Tonight's episode was all about the first 200+ episodes. Mentioning some loose ends that were wrapped up, teasing us about a few more (WHAT is in the basement??), and introducing us to other cast members. In case you need an explanation, the show barely struggled along until Barnabas was introduced, when it became an overnight sensation. When they made the DVDs all anyone wanted to buy was the Barnabas episodes, or so they assumed. I haven't researched if the earlier episodes are available or not, but I'm of the group where I'm not interested as all the supernatural spooky stuff began with Barnabas.
I believe I said in an earlier post that Victoria was Barnabas' reincarnated lost love, and realized in today's episode that it was Maggie. How could I forget? As soon as they said her name (as she never made an appearance on this show) it all came flooding back. I can't recall how Maggie is involved with the Collins family, as it made sense that she was David's tutor. Clearly that's not the case. Maybe she is Elizabeth's secretary?
We met Caroline tonight (and that's "line" with a long i), she of the beautiful bouffant blonde hair do, past shoulder length but perfectly flipped up and over at every single tip. I don't know how they got it all done like that, I never have been able to get the bottoms to flip up in a giant curl, much less get it to stay and NOT move, not a single hair. It was awesome. And the 60's - times of heavy heavy eye makeup for young rich girls. I noticed the tutor's eye makeup was nowhere near what our beautiful blonde's was like. Another status/class indicator? How much eyeliner can you use on an eye as a sign of how much money you have? (I tickle myself.) Again, I LONG for the color episodes!
Barnabas did not appear for the whole episode, I was very saddened by that. I really thought Caroline was going to go out in the night and end up being a tasty snack for him, a la Mina in Dracula, and become his slave. It sounds familiar, but I don't think that actually happened. The joys we have in front of us as we re-discover Dark Shadows!dark-shadows-carolyn-3.jpg
Episode 213, aired 4/20/67
20 min on elliptical at 41 rpm
postscript: researched the show on amazon, there are 1036 episodes still to watch! Nearly 3 years if I do one a day. 26 boxed sets of DVDs.
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