The fifteenth episode of Dark Shadows wasn’t that terribly
exciting as it focuses on Victoria’s trying to get through to David, that his
tense emotions and bitterness inside need to subside so others can better
accept him and enjoy his company. Roger is looking for his keys so the mystery
involving his car will be answered as he gets behind the wheel of his car to
drive to meet Devlin. Most of the episode is about the complex relationship
between Roger and his son David, the discord that exists, mainly because the
absent mother, I think. Any time Roger is in a room with him, you can sense the
unease and disrepair of their relationship. Victoria will have to provide the
love and trust and kind attention David sorely needs—all these things that
Roger cannot give him emotionally. Four characters, Victoria, Elizabeth, David,
and Roger: the topic of conversation is how to repair the fractured father-son
relationship. It will not be easy, but Roger nearly dying in a car wreck might
just change the current dynamic in the household. We see that Elizabeth and
Victoria both want to help David, not to mention, gain an understanding as to
why Roger is distant from his own son, with a certain dislike for the boy. I
don’t think this would be a good episode for newcomers to the series as it
really places David into the spotlight and he is rather annoying as boys can be
at that age. He actually points a cap gun right at the screen and speaks about
what he’d do to others if they treated him as the girl orphan in a story
Victoria tells him, regarding caring about one’s self before others could
love/like him.
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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