Naomi is drinking by the fireplace in the drawing room when Joshua arrives home. He chastises her, and she describes how she has already seen the first bird of the morning. He starts to leave, and she says she has something to tell him. He says he's sure it can wait, and she says it CAN wait, because nothing can change it. She tells him that their daughter Sarah is dead. She says she's relieved; as Sarah was suffering. Joshua can't believe it. Naomi says they can call her and she'll come running. She asks Joshua to leave her alone.
He says he would have been there had he known. Naomi blasts him for not caring about his son, daughter or wife. She tells him that Vicki warned her that Sarah would die unless some miracle could save her. He suggests Vicki killed Sarah, and Naomi clarified that she warned her in order to try and save Sarah. Joshua suggests Naomi cannot spot a clever ruse. He can't understand why she would defend the woman who killed their child. Naomi tells him that he wants revenge—but not for Sarah; for himself. She tells him that Sarah is in her room if he'd like to say goodbye to her.
Joshua visits Vicki in jail. She realizes that her warning didn't help. He says it wasn't to help Sarah, but herself. He asks why he wanted to kill his daughter, and Vicki tells him that he tried to save her. She thought that somehow the past could be changed. He asks what she means by that. He reminds her that her life is in danger. He asks how she could know Sarah was going to die if she's not a witch. Vicki tells him she comes from another century. She explains she comes from the future, and is trapped in the past. She tells him that she loved Sarah and wanted to help her. She says that from what she read on the Collins' history, she knew Sarah would die on her 11th birthday, and she thought if she could help her live past that day, she might survive. Joshua tells her that she should enjoy her last few sunrises and sunsets, as she contemplates the fires of hell in which she will surely burn.
Ben returns to the family crypt and enters the secret room, where Barnabas is standing by his coffin. Ben explains that the funeral is over, and everyone has returned to the house. Ben says that everyone blames Vicki, and Barnabas says that he's responsible. He says he should give himself up as the real murderer. Ben tells him he can help Vicki escape. With some jewels, he could get her far away from Collinsport. Barnabas says it might not work. He says there is only one way. He will go into the village tonight and turn himself in so that they will free Vicki. As he begins to leave, Ben hears someone in the crypt. It's Naomi. She lies across Sarah's coffin.
Joshua finds Naomi in the crypt, and tells her he must take her home. She says that both her children are here now. He reminds her that she must be silent, as no one can find out that Barnabas is buried in the secret room. She says she failed to save them from their deaths, as well as Joshua's coldness and bitterness. Joshua shows some emotion over the loss of his children, and Naomi offers to take him home.
Ben says he'll see that Vicki escapes. Barnabas says he'll await the sunrise, and Ben asks if he means the sunset. Barnabas says that Sarah is at peace, and at sunrise, he too will be at peace. Barnabas asks him to prepare a stake from a holly tree, and drive it through his heart in the morning. Ben says he won't do it, but Barnabas gets him to agree to it.
Our thoughts
John: I did enjoy when Naomi tells Joshua not to leave, as she doesn't want to be alone, and then to leave, as she does want to be alone. Was she drunk, or was it an acting flub?
Christine: I think she may have initially wanted Joshua to stay to feel less alone, but realized it wouldn't have made a difference since he is no source of comfort. Naomi has lost the only two people in the world who truly cared for her, and is a step away from Widows' Hill with the sherry bottle in hand.
John: I guess it's only fair that Joshua know Vicki's story, too. Everyone else in Collinwood does...
Christine: Vicki has really set herself up to be convicted for witchcraft even with the demise of Angelique and an end to the spells she was casting.
John: Do you think Louis and Joan swapped script pages? Out of the blue, Joshua and Naomi seem to change roles as far as who is suffering, and who will take the other home.
Christine: It appeared that Joshua was beginning to overcome the shock of Sarah's death to realize he's lost both of his children, and Naomi took on a protective role when she saw him express emotion. I liked that she reached up as though she were going to open the secret room. It would have been interesting to have her and Joshua walk in on Ben and Barnabas.
John: Did Barnabas forget that Ben already prepared a holly stake to pierce his heart? It should still be on the floor in the secret room.
Christine: He probably forgot about it amidst the confusion over waking up dead and gleefully strangling his wife. I was wondering how he knew the stake should be made from a holly tree. It's clear his loyal servant will be unable to complete the task he has requested, but it remains for us to find out what will prevent him from doing so.
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