Well, the great confrontation isn’t quite as explosive as the
build up might lead us to believe, but how could it considering the time given
to set it up? It was fun to see these two sizing each other up as Devlin tells
Roger he wants to forget about the past and let bygones be bygones. Elizabeth wants
this to be true but like Roger she is skeptical. Victoria visits caretaker Matthew’s
cottage to talk to him and it goes pleasant enough for a while (topics of
conversation, what little Matthew will reveal, that is, because he is hesitant
and careful in what he will and will not say, include Burke's trial for manslaughter as well as Roger and his wife's home at Augusta, Maine) until he thinks Mrs. Stoddard
might be threatened by what else might be said between the two. Matthew feeds
her muffins and makes tea while the two shoot the breeze, but all Vicky wants
to do is understand her past and get answers from him about Bangor, Maine.
Rudely told to leave, Vicky sees Devlin around Roger’s car, wrench in hand, and
this is curious because one might think he would tamper with it out of revenge.
This episode presents the possibility that he will succeed as Devlin wants to
meet Roger at the Blue Whale in a few hours to chat about a business deal. The
question is did Devlin fool with the brakes or some other nefarious deed to the
car and will Roger accept his invite, possibly placing himself in peril? Nice
set-up for the next episode and involving both storylines this time around
places Victoria at the scene of a possible crime being committed by Burke
against Roger. Vicky knowing Roger is about to go out and seeing Devlin around
his car, this places her right in the middle of another storyline; fishing for
clues while conversing with Matthew also continues to examine her own storyline
which is cool because Dark Shadows remains committed to the mystery of her
character. In dialogue for this episode, we learn that evidence (testimony by Roger at the trial) put Devlin away, his good behavior resulted only in five years behind bars, the fact that Devlin was once an item with Roger's wife, and that Roger and his wife married after Devlin was placed in prison. Lot of ground covered, but who was murdered and why?
Burke interrupts what could have been a decent dinner between Maggie, her father, and Vicky, and he's sore, agenda-driven, and pointed in defending himself, while also demanding answers...answers Sam is willing to flee to protect. Sam's only link to Burke at all, besides Roger himself, is the letter he wrote to Maggie. He escapes out the back door while the others were in the living room and heads to Collins Port Inn where the letter is kept but the owner will not give it over to him. The letter is Maggie's and she will have to give permission before Sam can get his hands on it. Malloy's death looms large and will not go away--especially as long as Burke steamrolls throughout Collins Port, pissed off and unrestrained. He wants to know Sam's connection to the wrongful conviction and isn't about to just forget his presence at the meeting that night. Maggie just cannot believe that her father had anything at all to do with Malloy's death; Sam and Malloy were fr...
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