38-day Dark Shadows Challenge
Day 7 - Least favorite protagonist and why.
Bramwell Collins. I actually like Parallel Time. As a fan of comic books I love Elseworlds, Alternate Earths, Other Dimensions, etc., but the 1841 PT Flashback was a mistake. I know this was the producers attempt to placate Jonathan Frid, because he was tired of playing a vampire, but I think they could have come up with something better than this.
Dark Shadows began as a traditional soap opera and ended as one. The only problem is that DS was NOT a traditional soap opera.
Dark Shadows Trivia
Why was the spirit of Josette so eager to help in the fight against Laura Murdoch Collins?
There were hints of a connection between the two of them. One link was a particular locket, a family heirloom that Roger had given Laura when they were married. Vicki saw a small portrait of Josette wearing the same locket. This connection was never clearly explained. As we learned during the 1897 flashback, Laura was also the first wife of Jeremiah Collins. Perhaps Jeremiah gave the locket to Josette after Laura’s death (although this was never established on the series).
Josette’s spirit seemed particularly fond of David, appearing to him at the Old House for some time before anyone else on the estate knew of her existence. She tried to warn the family about the danger that Laura posed to David by influencing Sam Evans to paint a portrait of Laura in flames. Sam, who was very disturbed by being “influenced,” gave the portrait to Vicki even though the painting was unfinished. Josette finished the portrait herself by placing the likeness of David with his mother in flames. There were other confrontations between Josette’s spirit and Laura, one in proticular being when Laura convinced David to stay the night with her at the cottage. Josette’s spirit appeared at the cottage while Laura, holding the sleeping David, vowed that Josette had no power over her. Throughout these confrontations there was an implied sense of familiarity between the two.
(From The Dark Shadows Book of Questions And Answers, Dale Clark)
