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Burke's Expectations of Laura; Laura's Brief Interrogation




Episode dated 1-4-67

The whole point of Laura at the onset is to establish her as an enigma. She’s purposely mysterious and her behavior is aloof and obviously she conceals a bit from all around her. Laura wants David; Roger doesn’t. Elizabeth does. A dead body is seemingly unrecognizable, and it’ll take a bit of forensics (as Sheriff Patterson mentions, “they’re getting a bit good at that now…”) to give it an identity. That bit of business alone raises a lot of uneasy questions about Laura herself. Was she the cause of the dead body? Why was the body burnt alive? Why was it in Laura’s apartment specifically? When Sheriff Patterson gives Laura a “pleasant interrogation”, as Roger looks on in bemused interest, she seems to know nothing except her whereabouts prior to arriving at Collins Port, the travel spots between Phoenix and her present location. With a burnt apartment, Roger does raise the question of where she’ll make residence with David.  
















Laura has plans, but in this episode itself she isn’t about to reveal too much. This is a soap, remember? So Roger tells her he shall return to discuss Burke Devlin with her, and the next bit of storyline focuses on Burke’s seduction of Carolyn, only too pleased to oblige him with kissy embraces and warm closeness. Being that Dark Shadows is a Gothic soap—with emphasis on soap—there has to be some juicy character entanglements. After holding and kissing the hand of Carolyn, drawing on her vulnerability, eventually leaving because Roger stormed in with demands for him to go, Burke does so, taking Laura’s suitcase to her. Oh, Burke hasn’t left Carolyn five minutes, and into a conversation with Laura he’s trying to make out with her. It’s funny stuff. Especially funny when Roger shows up at the cottage with a shotgun pointed at Burke!

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