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Edith Keeler wants to be Cleopatra.
Larry Linville wants to be the kind of guy who makes things happen, a mover… so Roarke gives him telekinesis.

That seemed like a really short opening scene. Maybe because I didn’t pause a billion times to transcribe and complain about things.

Roarke: Since you will be in a different time frame, Miss Atwell, I cannot provide you with all the details of your fantasy.

Suuure, that sounds legit.

Roarke: Alright, will you come with me? This way, please.
Lucy Atwell: Now?
Roarke: Now.
[Roarke opens a door. Then another door. The another door. Then another door.]

Hahahah wtf. First of all, this door is in a different place than it was last episode (3×21 “Jungle Man”). It’s not on the fourth wall; it’s on the wall opposite Roarke’s desk. I feel like this is a good thing, because it’s showing Roarke’s office is kind of magic, and so the layout of the main house doesn’t really need to make that much sense… because it really, really doesn’t, and I’ve kind of given up now on making it make sense.

Lucy Atwell: But this is just like some sort of old museum. I really expected something a bit more than this, Mr. Roarke.
Roarke: Oh, did you? Well, perhaps you’re right. I told Tattoo exactly what I wanted, but he obviously misunderstood. Well, I shall speak to him — very sharply, I assure you. Will you excuse me?

Love this.

Oh, I remember this scene, when the Egyptian guy makes fun of Joan Collins’ not-at-all-Egyptian outfit.

Roarke: It is believed that most people use less than six percent of their brain’s potential.

I can’t remember if he’s made this claim in another episode (like “On the Other Side”?), or if I’m just remembering when I saw this episode on TV before.

I think this might be our first good shot of the Hilltop Bungalow.

Roarke is talking with Mr. Webster’s girlfriend in her bungalow. She’s all “oh, he wants to be more assertive, because he thinks I want him to be more assertive, but I like him just the way he is.” Roarke’s like eh, let him enjoy his fantasy for a while. She walks away, and then Roarke makes this face that means he is up to something; I feel like he’s gonna be playing the other man again.

I’m so bad at recognizing Roarke in disguise. He had bare arms too, so I should have realized.

This might be the first appearance of the blue dress with the pink belt that extras always wore. It’s been too long; I don’t remember what it looked like any more.

Fantasy Island Theatrical Warehouse

lol.

Oh my god. This guy just used telekinesis to make a net fall on the bad guys. This is so Monkees.

Roarke: I can’t interfere in the course of history or change it in any way.

I don’t think there have been too many time travel episodes yet, but I feel like this show is usually pretty consistent for once in saying that that past can’t be changed.

Nothing ever came of Roarke’s mischievous look in Webster’s girlfriend’s bungalow. Like, seriously — her boyfriend shows up, and Roarke tells her to tell him to go away… and then come back to him, alone, in her bungalow. I guess you could say Roarke wanted her to send him away so he would go get into trouble with Carol Lynley, but that’s not very satisfying.

• Ominous Roarke:
  • Roarke: The way Mr. Webster wishes to move things is through the force of his own willpower, which may very well bring destruction down on others… and very likely, on himself.
  • Roarke: Ah, but what Miss Atwell will learn is that the sceptre of royalty bears fruit as bitter as it is sweet, and as deadly as the worst poison.
• Roarke’s drink: clearish yellow
• Ominous shot of Roarke drinking: not really; they’re slacking this week
• Time travel:
  • Lucy Atwell: Am I actually going to be able to go back in time to 49 BC and sit on the Egyptian throne?
• Last chance:
  • Tattoo: If you change your mind, you don’t have to go.
• Recurring phrases:
  • Roarke: However, let me warn you. You are going back to a real time in history, a time of great political upheaval, full of assassinations, war, slavery, palace intrigues. Savage times.
  • Roarke: However, I warn you that with such a power goes an equal and awesome responsibility.
  • Roarke: Miss Atwell. Your fantasy is over, Miss Atwell. It is time for you to go back.
• Magic door:
  • Roarke: Alright, will you come with me? This way, please.
    Lucy Atwell: Now?
    Roarke: Now.
    [Roarke opens a door. Then another door. The another door. Then another door.]
• Disappearing act:
  • [Technically, she knew Roarke was leaving, but she didn’t know the door he went into was gonna turn into Egypt.]
    Lucy Atwell: Well, this won’t do at all. Mr. Roarke? Mr. Roarke!
• Magic object:
  • Roarke: A tasteless potion, Mr. Webster. If you swallow it, it will release one of the dormant powers of which I spoke.
• Roarke in disguise: As an Egyptian guard.
• Hypnosis:
  • [This is iffy, but:]
    Lucy Atwell: What do I do? What do I say? How do I act?
    Roarke: Play the game you are in as you would if you were truly queen. The proper answers are in your own mind, and in your own heart… search for them, Miss Atwell. Search for them.
• Can’t help you:
  • [Webster’s girlfriend has been kidnapped.]
    Fred Webster: But can’t you do something, Mr. Roarke?
    Roarke: It’s a big island, Mr. Webster. It would take days to search even part of it.
• Recurring characters: Wally is running a craps table.
• Locations: Fantasy Island Theatrical Warehouse
• Someone else had a fantasy:
  • Roarke: He is a guest. His name is Eric Williams. He too had a fantasy which was to be Marc Antony.
• Leaving with an extra guest: Lucy Atwell with Eric Williams