Annoyance...thy name is Hallie...

I'm sorry but DS...you're killing me here...

Barnabas and Julia have returned to Collinwood 1970 to prevent the impending disaster that completely annihilates the Collins family...unfortunately, they learned absolutely NOTHING in the future and the only clues they have to go on are some vague, unspecific clues concerning events that occur right before the disaster at Collinwood. C'mon, Caroline! How difficult is it to simply write "The disaster will occur on August 4 at 3:30 pm"?

This storyline is beating me down harder than YAEGER!!! beating down Buffy Harrington right before he presents her with a painting. The major problem is that EVERYTHING is a carbon copy of the Quentin's ghost storyline. We've got a ghost trying to possess the children, a female ghost haunting the house (although Kate Jackson as Daphne is a huge upgrade over that pointy-chinned hack, Beth), and clues that precede the disaster just like there were clues preceding Quentin's death.

And then there's Hallie...oh my...

Replacing Amy "Everlasting Gobstopper" Jennings with Hallie Stokes is most definitely a major downgrade in talent. Does she really have to look like she's crapping her pants after every line she delivers? And why are these children so freakin' stupid? David and Hallie both know that something bad is going to happen at Collinwood and yet they refuse to tell the adults they're being harassed by Kate Jackson and the Java Queen! And their logic makes no sense at all! They don't want to tell anyone because they'll get in trouble...WHAT?! And now Roxanne Drew is back to distract Barnabas from the matter at hand (not that he'd be able to figure it out in time to stop it anyway), and I am just not a fan of that ginger, Roxanne, and her short, red boy haircut. I'm even having a hard time enjoying Chris Pennock in his new role as the hippie astrologist.

Oh well...at least Maggie hasn't been around much...