DARK SHADOWS 563

 

DARK SHADOWS 563

KLS. Sometimes, the narration says, Collinwood senses peace. The narration goes on to tell us that the two villains are upset and so that could upset the peace. OR something.

 

 

Different reprise with some different camera angles and different dialog.

 

 

Tomorrow Morning, Blair will visit Tom but knows that Angelique would like to take care of it. The way these two talk, now makes it more like a campy show with them as super villains.

 

 

Blair says, “For Tom Jennings’ case will have a climax his doctors are not expecting.”   Uhm….less said the better maybe.

 

NOTE: just dawned on me, why isn’t Tom a werewolf, too, like the later Chris will be? He’s related, isn’t he?

 

Collinsport Hospital: we see the sign, we see a hallway and doors AND we see a black nurse. Yes! A black person in DS! She might be ever the only one. At least the only present day African American we ever see! NOTE: also we hear car horns beeping when we see the sign and when we see Nicholas inside the hallway.

 

When the nurse blocks Blair again and lets Maggie in, he gets a rare (from him) IDU. Maggie has permission from the doctor.

 

Blair lies and says he is Tom’s lawyer. Now why would he do that? She will not let him in. This is also the time of the show JULIA. Maggie comes. Joe and Maggie visit Tom every day. Maggie DOESN’T KNOW OR NOTICE Tom’s neck wound????

 

 

Did any of that storyline with Barnabas ever happen? And how could they think Willie was to blame for all of that?

 

 

Tom sees Maggie alone and mentions a coffin and a room. The nurse gives him a sedative.

 

 

In the vestibule, the time says 3pm which is hardly morning. Blair lies and tells Maggie he feels Tom was his responsibility. He only knew Tom that one day. Maggie blabs all about what Tom just told her. BIG MOUTH. She also tells Blair that Tom is Joe’s cousin. Blair tells Maggie he is sure Joe will take care of everything.

 

BLUE WHALE. Where? It’s been a long time. Maggie comes in to Joe, who is sorry he didn’t show up or call her or answer the phone. Maggie tells him she is not the type of girl that will nag her boyfriend or husband about where is all the time. NO?

 

Angelique’s coffin opens and she sits up. She mentally starts summoning Joe. She shows her fangs. The Blue Whale still has still waters: it’s a photograph.

 

 

Joe keeps snapping at Maggie, who feels for the first time she cannot read his expression.

 

As Angelique summons Joe, the camera seems to lose locking and sways down and then up.

 

 

Joe says he is going to go to the hospital. He rushes out.

 

 

Blair comes in. The life preserver on the wall has no ship name on it. Blair will charm all her problems away.

 

 

Blue Whale outside: now we see a film insert as the small boats are actually moving on  the water, rocking. Blair pulls a napkin off two drinks, real magic? No. He tells her whatever it is she would not do in sensible way, they shall do including swimming after dark and staying out past midnight.

 

Blair says, “I’m trying to take advantage of you.”  “I don’t believe you.”   He smiles in close up, “You will, you’ll see.”

 

The extreme close up makes his dialog all the more creepy as the camera is so close as to read his mind of evil.

 

He likes women who have a sense of themselves. Maggie: IDK that I do.  

 

 

Camera shot on their drinks. Why? Are they implying something? Blair likes serious women. He talks of a magic wand and wanting her carefree and smiling. When she says she thinks he is magician, he tells her in a way he is. She wants to have fun. Fun? Dinner here?

 

Joe goes to Angelique (and gets an IDU) and guesses it was she that attacked Tom. Despite this, he can’t resist her again and they hug. Dog howls.

 

Joe visits Tom who tells him about Blair and tells Joe to tell the police he didn’t make this up. WHY HASN’T TOM CALLED THE POLICE THE MOMENT HE CAME TO?

 

 

Or better yet: why haven’t the police figured out that someone attacked Joe and put protection on him? Better still: why haven’t the police noticed the similarities between this and the attacks last year? Tom gets an IDK and says, “It does sound strange and funny.”

 

 

Tom tells Joe that the woman that attacked him has blond hair and strange eyes. There was a bird sound or the sound of wings and then he couldn’t move.

 

 

The way Tom’s head and the lamp was filmed it makes it look like he is wearing a dunce hat. Joe believes Tom but acts odd. Joe opens the window and later at 2am, the dogs howl. We hear a bat sound and Tom tears his bandage off in his sleep.

 

 

Angelique is in the room and bites Tom. Credits have the coffin room and a blue light suddenly pops on and then off.

 

Review: Sort of…inconsequential despite Joe’s being taken over again and Tom’s unfortunate events.  Maggie continues to be dull as dishwater.

 

Why Blair likes her so much is beyond me? He’s clearly falling in love with her…which is ironic. Again, though and I keep making this complaint: the family is so far out of the show, it’s annoying.

 

And as much as I like Joe, he can’t hold an episode on his own without Julia or Barnabas or even Willie. SO in this ep, we have Tom and the villains. Not great.

 

On top of that, almost everything is punctuated. Tom, we know is going to get attacked. Blair told us. Joe will help. Blair told us. Maggie will remain clueless. No one has to tell us that. Angelique will bite Tom or kill him. Nothing seems energetic in this episode at all.