Never Duel with a Vampire

Dark Shadows has always been my favorite TV show for a number of reasons -- the subject matter, the characters, the plots, the actors, its uniqueness at the time -- but, as a writer looking back at my childhood obsession, I am amazed at the quality of its script writing. Below is one of my favorite exchanges of dialogue - five minutes of  no "action", unthinkable in today's TV script writing. More theater than television, we have actors Jonathan Frid (Barnabas Collins) and Anthony George...