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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Oh!Carol Christmasson" data-source="post: 412081" data-attributes="member: 8">With so many villains wanting to kill each other, these last ten or twelve episodes felt like one big Mexican standoff.Angelique wanted Joe dead because he'd become too clingy.Nicholas wanted Joe dead because he jeopardised Nicholas' relationship with Maggie.Joe wanted Barnabas dead, and quite understandably so.For the umpteenth time: LEAVE JOE HASKELL ALONE!Where was I...oh yes, Nicholas wanted Vicky dead because she tried to interfere with his plans for Maggie.Barnabas wants Eve dead.Adam wants Vicky dead to punish Barnabas.Angelique wants Nicholas dead.Angelique wants Barnabas dead but only to turn him into the undead vampire again.It's always a sign that Dark Shadows is working towards the end of a chapter when there's a lot of story progress in relatively few episodes, and none of these episodes can be missed.I was surprised to see how quickly Eve's story arc ended and even Nicholas' departure seemed a little abrupt.For better or worse it is Angelique who saves the day when she decides to file a complaint with Nicholas' employer, The Master.The masked man at the front desk of Hell speaks with a loud and boring voice, I suspect it was Jerry Lacy.I must say that some of the scenes in these episodes are pretty intense for daytime TV, almost as scary as the Laura Collins story.Either way, there's an embrace to celebrate the relief now that Nicholas has gone.[ATTACH=full]54690[/ATTACH]Three seconds later there is yet another emergency. Adam had killed Eve in a moment of domestic disagreement and then Barnabas killed Eve again during her resurrection operation.Adam is furious and decides to destroy everyone at Collinwood, starting with Vicky.It's not exactly the massacre it could have been (in a Dynasty season 5 cliffhanger fashion) but nevertheless Barnabas is forced to shoot Adam.He's currently hiding out at professor Stokes place, physically and mentally wounded, and I'm not sure if there's any story left for him.Stokes even suggest plastic surgery (ha!) and the idea of a clinic has "Switzerland" written all over it. In other words, thank you and goodbye.He's been absolutely terrific, and while Adam progressed to a more developed human character, Robert Rodan maintained the monster's physical awkwardness as much as possible.In the meantime, Victoria Winters has been recast and according to the interview on the DVD Alexandra Isles is not coming back.I had never seen Tom Jennings but he's temporarily brought back only to be killed again. But wait! His brother Chris has arrived in Collinsport. He's not a vampire but that's where the good news ends.As for Maggie, she's...."I'm not sure" and "I feel so strange" and "where am I?"I'm not being sarcastic when I say that Kathryn Leigh Scott had the most challenging role in Dark Shadows: the iconic nitwit.</blockquote>

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