I had a “double feature Saturday” watching two Dark Shadows
episodes, both fully committed to Burke, Roger, and Sam as a murder from the
past serves as a reminder that 10 years cannot truly heal old wounds. In this
storyline’s case, the wound bleeds profusely. I like how the show has taken its
time getting to the confrontation of Roger and Devlin, because in not rushing
things, we can see the psychological damage caused by an incident that has
continued to haunt all involved. Dialogue feeds us details, revelations hinting
and giving us just enough to make our mouths water (that is if the storyline is
intriguing and interesting to you). We will eventually get the whole puzzle, a
soap opera must conclude one story so others can form and give characters fresh
avenues to travel down.
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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