I also really liked the 1897 storyline. Quentin was a great character, I loved the gypsies (Grayson Hall was fanastic as Magda!) and Mad Jenny in the tower room, I like the turn-of-the-century time period even more than the mid-1800's, I liked the story of Laura the phoenix, and I thought Terry Crawford who played Beth was beautiful. She's the reason I started using the name Beth (my real name is Elizabeth).

I also liked the Leviathon storyline. I loved the idea of the parallel time room but I missed most of the PT story because it was summer and I was camping a lot - no VCR's back then!

Thanks for asking! I hope some more DS fans find this forum.

Fans think the Leviathan storyline was boring? Really? I didn't know that.

I remember not liking it at first, just because I didn't like leaving 1897 and I didn't know what the heck was going on. When little brat Alexander showed up, I thought he was just annoying, but then Michael appeared and - instant crush! (Okay, I was 13 at the time, so that was perfectly predictable!)

But I thought there was a lot of good stuff in it - as you said, the tension between Julia and Barnabas was an interesting twist. Alexander's and Michael's pre-arranged interest in Carolyn turning into Jeb's life-changing love... Angelique's return, and getting to see another side of her... Quentin's mysterious appearance...And besides all that, I just liked the HPLovecraftian aspect of the Leviathans.

It was a bit of a departure for the show, it didn't have the classic gothic romance feeling about it that all the other storylines have with some romantic tragedy lurking in the past. But I thought the chemistry between Carolyn and Jeb was very believable, and that he really seemed to be the love of her life. I was glad that she finally got her own romantic storyline (not counting things that happened back before I started watching in 1969, that is!).

Of course, it's possible that I'm not remembering things clearly after all this time! I forgot about Carolyn's father being part of it until you mentioned it. My memory is not as reliable as I like to think it is!

Quentin: There is someone who suspects us.

Evan: Who?

Quentin: A man who claims he's a cousin. Barnbas Cousins...Barnabas Collins!

Those bloopers are the best.

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