@Loner, I never thought the writing got as bad in Dark Shadows as in Star Trek, because it never got as focused. Dark Shadows just kind of rambled along, while Star Trek tried to make Big Points that were (IMO) pretentious and either obvious or debatable.
The acting was generally better in Dark Shadows, too. Even a person trying to play a werewolf was better at it than William Shatner trying to play anything.
