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The Vanishing




“Where are we all headed?”
“Towards death, Maggie. We’re all headed towards death.”

Burke wants to know where Malloy is. He presses and presses Sam for answers. Nothing. Sam, dammit, just will not budge. This guy has hammered himself with the liquor the entire series and Maggie keeps trying to just get through to him. His peace of mind, something that has been under subjection thanks to the secret he holds with Roger, is what she wants.  What will crack him? There’s a scene towards the very end where Maggie wants to know how he ties in with Malloy, Roger, and Burke. He is adamant she just drop the questions. He gobbles the whiskey, lives day to day to day in misery, pining in anguish, yet will simply not release his soul from what ails him. Frankly, I’m tired of writing about him. This episode did little for  me, although I am glad Dark Shadows Creative hasn’t completely given up on the Maggie character, placing her in the Burke storyline as a means to needle into Sam; if he will not budge for her, then all hope is lost he will ever be free. And, heaven help us, the relationship that will not end, Joe and Carolyn meet at the diner, both raising up Malloy’s name. It went from Burke, to Sam, to Roger, now to Malloy, the person of creative interest is heavily mentioned constantly until something happens that centrally moves the plot to someone else. Anyway, Malloy is missing, his whereabouts are a mystery but his fate, I think, is not in doubt. He was the man who knew too much; he had to “disappear”. Joe and Carolyn discuss Burke briefly, the crystal ball, and marriage (ugh), finishing this off with a couple of long embraced kisses. It just won’t die fast enough for me. DSC seems to think this romance is worthy prolonging…I don’t see why. Roger is currently somewhere, no one knows—could it be he’s burying a body?

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