Subject: Re: DARK SHADOWS
From: mhr@ccicpg.UUCP (MHR {who?})
Date: 1991-01-25, 13:38
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks

In <1991Jan24.183433.29649@athena.mit.edu>, jlschwar@athena.mit.edu writes:
> > first truly supernatural storyline.  That would have been David's ghost friend
> > Sarah.  It was not known whether she was a figment of David's imagination or a
> > true ghost, until the one episode where she was shown alone on camera.  In the
> > words of Lela Swift, "We've crossed over."
> > 
Sorry, not quite right again.

I checked with my wife, who watched the entire series when it was
originally aired.  She says that the first supernatural storyline
started at the very beginning of the show when David made friends with
the ghost of Josette Collins, who appeared in her own protrait at the
old house.

Sarah did not appear until Barnabas showed up, so those two storylines
fit together, but do not represent the first of such.  You are quite
correct that the first "monster" storyline began with Barnabas'
appearance.

My wife says the show was better before Barnabas arrived, but if that's
true then it continuously declined thereafter.  Personally, I like the
whole Barnabas and post stuff, although when they went into parallel
time towards the end, they really lost it.

> > For more information read _My Scrapbook Memories of Dark Shadows_ by Kathryn
> > Leigh Scott.
> > 
An excellent reference.  I must add, though, that the complete storyline
summary gets pretty thick unless you're an avid fan.

BTW, for those who don't know it yet, the "Premiere" episode of Dark
Shadows (the new series), which was destroyed last week by Tom Brokaw
and his gang of "Gee I don't know what's going on either but let's
speculate for an hour or so" cronies in the Pacific Time zone, will be
airing tonight on NBC at 9PM PST, followed at 10PM by this week's show.

Too bad CBS couldn't see fit to do the same for Knots Landing - last
week's show has thus far simply been canceled with no plans to air
before next week's show (so we miss an hour of multi-day storyline plot
and it looks like some very important-to-the-show events will be
skipped).  Write an complain, quickly, if you care.

We now return you to alt.tv.twin-peaks - apologies for the interruption.

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