DARK SHADOWS 402-403

 DARK SHADOWS 402-403

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“She can make anything happen.”

“She loves you. She did everything to get you to love her.”

“This house is so strange. When I’m alone in it, I’m frightened.”

“I must stop her.”

“You can’t begging your pardon sir. Nobody can except the devil  when he’s used her up!”

 

What’s another interesting thing is that Barnabas was, by her own and for once truthful admission, NOT controlled by Angelique when he shot Jeremiah and so he killed Jeremiah. It was HIS reaction to it all that killed Jeremiah. Yes, Angelique was partly responsible but here he acts as if he is blameless. He’s NOT. It was he who directly killed Jeremiah. HE pulled the trigger.

 

      Joan. Reprise. Different reprise: the delivery is different and the dialog

      slightly changed. (When Ben first draws the V in the sand, Barnabas, this time does not say, “V for Victoria” and then Ben writes the line across to make an “A”.) In 401, Barnabas first said, “V for Victoria.” Here, he does not.

 

NO new stuff added. Ben says only the devil can stop

      Angelique when he 's done with her. She can make anything happen. Jeremiah

      does know Barnabas is not to blame now. Angelique loves you, Ben tells

      Barnabas but he thinks it is hate. She taught him the meaning of hate. Ben

      tells Barnabas to be careful but he tells Ben that revenge is a necessity

      to him. Ben wants to do it, he knows the paths she takes in the woods.

      Barnabas tells him he must do it: she has taken his reason for living.

      Barnabas voice over: he will poison her drink. He and Angelique have a

      memorable conversation they cannot have at any other time like this: he

      knows about her and she doesn’t know he knows but he starts giving her

      sarcastic double meanings in their talk and LIKE A DOPE, gives her reasons

      to suspect but it's kind of a funny dialog. Angelique says, "You know

      everything I do." "I do ?" She also calls herself such a romantic. She says

      she's not used to asking for things. She wants to go away on a wedding

      trip and she keeps hesitating before she drinks the poison. She also says,

      "I can't make anyone disappear." "You can't?" Before she can drink, Naomi

      interrupts them by coming in. She mentions she is glad he is all right and

      mentions that Ben must be found. This alerts Angelique to these facts.

      Without realizing it, Angelique gives Naomi the poisoned untouched

      drink...is this foreshadowing? I doubt the writers knew at this point what

      would happen to Naomi but maybe? In any case, Barnabas lies that the glass

      is chipped and goes to show her but purposely knocks the glass from her

      hand. When Angelique takes the glass, she realizes it was not chipped.

 

      Nathan Forbes brought a mail package and they have Riggs bring it in.

      Unseen Riggs. Barnabas holds his knife at ready. The package is unveiled

      unseen but it is revealed to be a portrait of Josette from Andre to

      Barnabas and Josette for their wedding. Josette enclosed a letter from

      before they left wherever they were (Martinique or are they from

      Paris????ANYONE?) . He throws the letter into the fire. Angelique

      teleprompter. She notes he seems kinder in attitude toward Josette than a

      month ago. A month ago he called her fickle and callous. She tells him she

      is sorry and that she loves him so much. The chimes sound later. Later

      that night, Barnabas comes into their bedroom and puts a knife into the

      figure sleeping on the bed...

 

      A good ep if just for the interaction between Angelique and Barnabas. It’s

      also annoying that she's so hard to kill and that Naomi interferes without

      knowing it. Abigail, like Clarice's other busy body character Mrs. Johnson,

      will cause problems like this in the very near future for telling

      Angelique too much. Abigail's a jerk though; Naomi isn't. Abigail

      suspected Angelique as the witch at one point and wasn't ever sure but

      later on she tells her ALOT of info that Angelique uses against Barnabas

      and attacks him, thus Abigail is indirectly responsible for Barnabas's

      curse, the vampire and everyone that loves him dying including maybe even

      herself. Abigail's a jerk and the sooner she dies the better!

             

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      Nancy Barrett. Uh oh, that means Millicent is around. Angelique comes out

      of the corner of the room. The gall of this woman. She constantly blames

      others for her misfortune and is constantly surprised when they (or in

      most cases, he, Barnabas) turn on her and then she again, wonders why and

      meets their punishment with more ghoulishness. She's so annoying and

      pedantic, it begins to grate on one's nerves. One wishes, like Servalan in

      BLAKE'S SEVEN she would get her final comeuppance. She tells Barnabas, "I

      will always love you." She makes him drop the knife. There is a clunk at

      the end of the theme. Barnabas vs Angelique. He tries to choke her. She

      will not make him do anything; she wants a man not a puppet. She says she

      never wanted Jeremiah to die but he tells her she is as responsible as if

      she pulled the trigger herself and LO AND BEHOLD, he says, "Yes." She owns

      up to something! However, she says she's hated Josette because she loves

      the man she, Angelique wants. Barnabas realizes all Angelique has done.

      The choking, the love potion, and Sarah's illness. He says he will turn

      her over to the authorities. QUESTION (HANDS UP): with her powers, what

      can THEY do to her? Angelique will not let him and as the years go by, she

      believes they will have a good life and he will forget. Is SHE DELUSIONAL?

      She also threatens Josette again if he doesn't do what she wants. Now,

      even I, hate Angelique.

 

      Poles hold an iron gate. Nathan Forbes and Millicent; she feeling the

      night is black and gloomy. There is that nice music again. Millicent has

      shocked herself by being so alone with him. They sit on a bench. Millicent

      says they must never be alone. Are they trying to tell us that these two

      have had sex? Forbes hates rules. Barnabas arrives and Millicent

      overreacts and says, "I am ruined." He wants Millicent to wake up Josette

      and tell her to come and see him. Why doesn't he just tell them all about

      Angelique right now?  Angelique voice over.

 

      Angelique in the mean time wants eyes of the night to find a body to use

      so she can watch what Barnabas is doing. Or see what he sees or something.

 

 

      Natalie comes to the threesome outside in the courtyard and refuses his

      request. In room that looks like it will be David’s room, it's Natalie vs Barnabas. She says, "None of my

      business" is a phrase she never knew until she came to Collinsport. He

      wants Natalie to take Josette to Boston. He says, "I thought we were

      friends." She respected him before his marriage, "It's impossible to have

      friendships with anyone in this house, you're all too unwilling to explain

      yourselves." THIS IS NOT TRUE of at least Naomi. And what about her? She's

      a jerk. Natalie takes Barnabas downstairs and ignores his warnings of

      danger for Josette. IF anything happens, he tells her before leaving the

      second floor, it is her responsibility.

 

      Angelique draws (laughable) eyes on paper. The eyes of the night will

      borrow a body.

 

      Millicent tells Nathan, "No one has ever seen me with anyone." Forbes

      says, "Not to your credit." Barnabas asks Millicent to bring Josette to

      the garden at 9am tomorrow. Millicent feels a chill and says that someone

      is watching them. When she goes, Barnabas senses something out there.

      Nathan says, "There always is." Nathan asks if he needs help and explains

      he has more experience than Barnabas with women like Angelique. A giant

      bat is watching them. A laughable bat.

 

Barnabas gets two IDKs and at least one IDU. Millicent gets an IDK.

 

      It’s is interesting that Millicent is somewhat sensitive to

      supernatural...not that we know that this bat IS supernatural...but in

      light of the future events of Barrett's other characters...they all seem

      to have some insight to things if not outright ESP.

 

      Another good ep and not too badly ruined by Millicent stuff...