Shadows on the Wall: Episode 29

   

Before continuing, you may enjoy revisiting our original 50th anniversary summary and commentary: https://dsb4idie.blogspot.com/2016/08/episode-29-8466.html

Then & Now

John: After hiding the valve under the couch cushion, David sits on it and has a wide-eyed expression that suggests he can feel it!

I don't think anyone other than Burke calls David, 'Dave.'

Christine: Carolyn admits to her mother that she dreamed of killing her father at one time, and Elizabeth takes it in stride. Perhaps it's because Liz believes herself responsible for actually killing Carolyn's father.

John: Ah, the missing Paul Stoddard. Not referenced by name, but one of the great Collinwood mysteries.

Christine: Burke tells David that he's broken promises to doctors, lawyers, firemen, and even an Indian chief. I was curious about what kinds of promises he may have broken to each of these people. Anyone have any guesses? 

Shadows on the Wall

John: Who is the third portrait in the drawing room? 

Christine: The portrait you're referring to is of Theodore Collins. Elizabeth identifies the drawing room portraits in Episode 4, pointing to them from left to right saying, "Look at them, Roger, lined up on the wall: Isaac Collins, Jeremiah Collins, Theodore, Benjamin." While that might lead some to believe that the portrait by the phone is Benjamin, it actually depicts a woman. The portrait in the foyer is the one the characters identify as Benjamin Collins.

John: I wonder if Burke really gave David a fruit juice cocktail, or a real cocktail to get him to talk...

Christine: While we hear it more than see it, does Burke's swat on David's backside qualify for the slap tracker page?

What did you notice during this viewing that you had never noticed before?

Shadows on the Wall: Episode 28

   

Before continuing, you may enjoy revisiting our original 50th anniversary summary and commentary: https://dsb4idie.blogspot.com/2016/08/episode-28-8366.html

Then & Now

John: Burke tells the Sheriff that he was railroaded 10 years ago. The facts leading to all this bad blood may be finally starting to emerge.

Christine: Sheriff Carter has psychological interrogation tactics down pat. While he had a search warrant for Burke's hotel room, I wonder how many hapless citizens of Collinsport have voluntarily given up their constitutional rights after hearing Sheriff Carter argue, as he does with Burke, that if you've got nothing to hide, you shouldn't be afraid of a search. 

John: Roger's bouncing outside the diner door is really creepy during David's Sundae training. 

Shadows on the Wall

John: Why would the Sheriff so proudly proclaim that he can't find a warrant in the mess on his desk. 

Christine: No wonder Sheriff Carter couldn't find the search warrant for Burke's hotel room. It appears he was busy rearranging his office, swapping the criminal posters that were on the bulletin board behind his desk in yesterday's episode for the officer of the month and police photos that had been hanging behind the water bottle, instead of organizing his desk.

Episode 27

Episode 28

Episode 27

Episode 28

John: Maggie's Sundae might be the best dessert we've seen to date.

What did you notice during this viewing that you had never noticed before?

Shadows on the Wall: Episode 27

   

Before continuing, you may enjoy revisiting our original 50th anniversary summary and commentary: https://dsb4idie.blogspot.com/2016/08/episode-27-8266.html

Then & Now

John: For all the times Carolyn called David a monster, she seems shocked to hear that he may actually be a monster.

Well, Bronson is no Charles Bronson. I completely forgot that he was Grandpa from The Lost Boys — his voice didn't change in the 20 years between the show and movie.

Christine: It's a good thing Bronson knows his limits. He came close to giving Roger some serious competition in the drinking department in just this one episode. 

John: Carolyn is perhaps our most convincing ghost whisperer yet. 

I love how Liz just leaves the door to the 'always locked wing' wide open.

Christine: Right? Ghosts could easily come creeping out of there. 

Shadows on the Wall

John: Whose portraits are hanging in Vicki's room?

Christine: The portrait of Abigail Collins is hanging above Vicki's dresser, and the two portraits over her bed are too difficult to make out to allow an identification at this time. I don't believe the portraits hanging over the mantel are ever identified, but my guess is that they are former governesses Phyllis Wick and Rachel Drummond, though that theory may not hold up once the show goes back in time.  

John: I think the actual magazine article was titled, "How to sabotage your father's car." Funny that Liz mentions the suspicious article is in Vicki's room... is she building a case against her?

Christine: Don't miss the rare sighting of a TV at the Bangor Pine Hotel. 

What did you notice during this viewing that you had never noticed before?