What a way to segway into Robert Cobert's spooky music as the opening theme starts. Of course, Mrs. Johnson is talking to Burke Devlin going to find her anyway when she says this, and is interrupted by Carolyn. Claiming that she has a touch of arthritis and wants to go see her doctor, mrs. Johnson arranges to go see Burke. She eavesdrops on a confrontation between Carolyn and Victoria, showing that indeed, she is going to be a housekeeper to keep an eye on! Victoria and Carolyn don't even seem to think it suspicious that she's hanging around, showing of those are naivete I don't want as young women or a flaw in the details of the writers.
Watching Clarice Blackburn as Mrs. Johnson makes me wonder if SCTV veteran and Tony Award winner Andrea Martin pick up some of her comic schtick by watching Dark Shadows as a youngster. They definitely have similar facial features, and in some of Martin's comic moments, she walks exactly like Blackburn does here. Mrs. Johnson tells Burke what she heard Victoria tell Carolyn which gives him cause for concern.
This episode features an appearance by Dolph Sweet, later of "Another World" and "Gimme a Break" as a Collins cannery employee who turned down what's wrong with Burke's offer to work for him. His character's name of Ezra adds to the gothic feel of the series, and is a short but vital scene in Burke's storyline. This enough Intrigue to keep this early episode interesting as it nears 100, but it is obvious that the show needed to step up the game to keep the episodes consistently eerie.
Watching Clarice Blackburn as Mrs. Johnson makes me wonder if SCTV veteran and Tony Award winner Andrea Martin pick up some of her comic schtick by watching Dark Shadows as a youngster. They definitely have similar facial features, and in some of Martin's comic moments, she walks exactly like Blackburn does here. Mrs. Johnson tells Burke what she heard Victoria tell Carolyn which gives him cause for concern.
This episode features an appearance by Dolph Sweet, later of "Another World" and "Gimme a Break" as a Collins cannery employee who turned down what's wrong with Burke's offer to work for him. His character's name of Ezra adds to the gothic feel of the series, and is a short but vital scene in Burke's storyline. This enough Intrigue to keep this early episode interesting as it nears 100, but it is obvious that the show needed to step up the game to keep the episodes consistently eerie.
