In a dream, David sees Barnabas baring his fangs and screams. He wakes up screaming when Vicki and Burke run in to check on him. He says he was scared, but that he'll be fine. They tell him they'll be downstairs if he needs them, and he asks Burke not to turn off the light.
Outside his room, Vicki says David has been disturbed for days. David comes out and asks to speak to Burke privately. They go into his room, and he tells Burke that he does remember his dream. He didn't want to tell Vicki, as he thought she'd be mad since the dream was about her friend Barnabas. Burke asks what his dream was. David says he was in a dark spooky place, and he turned around to see Barnabas, who was going to do something horrible to him. He describes his face as twisted, mean and ugly. Burke asks if he has any reason to fear Barnabas. He says no, but he says he doesn't like how Barnabas looks at him sometimes. Burke tells him his relative wouldn't harm him. David asks Burke to promise not to let Barnabas come near him.
Vicki tells Burke she doesn't understand why David would have such a nightmare about Barnabas. He was very concerned when David was missing. Burke says that kids can be a better judge of character than adults. Vicki gets upset at Burke for being suspicious of Barnabas again. There's a knock at the door, and Vicki answers it to find Barnabas. He asks about Miss Hoffman. VIcki says she's out, and he asks her to send her to the old house as soon as she arrives, for an urgent matter. Burke points out that Barnabas has never been in such a rush that he didn't even say hello to Vicki.
Burke is staring at the Barnabas portrait when Julia returns home. He passes on the urgent message from Barnabas. She says he must have new information for her book. Burke asks who else she's talked to about her book. She doesn't provide any specifics. She says Barnabas has been her first interview, and she'll explore others once she's done with him. She leaves to go to the old house, and Burke returns to the portrait of Barnabas.
Barnabas asks Willie where Julia could be. There's a knock at the door and Willie lets Julia in. Barnabas tells her she's blundered, and that Maggie's memory is returning. She says it's not possible, and Willie explains what he heard at The Blue Whale. She reiterates that the only way she could regain that memory is if she hypnotizes her again and tells her to. Barnabas tells her to go to Maggie immediately. She tells him she can't, because she's no longer Maggie's doctor. Barnabas tells her that this blunder may cost Julia her life. She tells him he has to trust her. Barnabas says that perhaps his fears were without cause. She tells him he's being sensible. He asks if it's time for his injection, and she says yes.
After she leaves, Willie tells Barnabas he knows that he's still planning to kill Maggie Evans. Barnabas tells him that he's going to do it tonight.
Our thoughts
John: The black and white kinescope enhances David's dream in which he sees Barnabas as a vampire.
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| I'm crushing your head, David. |
Christine: That was some nightmare! I'm partial to B&W, but I think it would have also been scary in color.
John: Barnabas was very out of character when he dropped by Collinwood looking for Julia. But only Burke picked up on it. And he's pushing his luck with Vicki again.
Christine: Barnabas is losing his cool. Could it be a side effect of Julia's experiments?
John: So Willie noticed, and we noticed. How could Julia not tell that Barnabas was making plans to kill Maggie regardless of what she said?
Christine: She may want to believe that she's got some influence over him and that he is beginning to trust her.
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