Willie accuses Barnabas of planning to kill Maggie Evans. Barnabas indicates that he has no choice. He's going to kill her tonight.
Willie tells him he'll never get away with it. Barnabas says he isn't concerned with the idiots protecting her. Willie says Julia might turn on him if he kills Maggie. She walks in to give him his injection. She says that she's pleased that Barnabas truly trusts her, and that he's not worried about Maggie.
Maggie falls asleep in her chair, and Sarah appears in her bedroom. She wakes Maggie and tells her she shouldn't sleep in a chair. Maggie asks if she's real or if she's dreaming. Sarah tells her she's real. Maggie asks why she's there, and Sarah tells her because she wanted her to come. She asks how she got in, and Sarah said she found a way. Maggie points out that all the doors and windows are locked, and Sarah says she has ways of getting in. Maggie asks her to stay while she gets a glass of milk. Sarah says she'll leave if Maggie leaves, or if anyone else comes in the room. She says she came to see Maggie and no one else. Sarah asks Maggie why she wanted her to come. Sarah asks her where her doll is. Maggie says she loaned it to Dr. Woodard. Sarah says she has to get it back. She has to have it. Sarah says she has to go. Maggie asks her to wait a minute. She tells Maggie not to call her father, but Maggie does, and Sarah disappears. Sam comes in, and Maggie explains that Sarah was there. He probes to see if she was sleeping or imagining it. Maggie tells him that Sarah told her she needed to get her doll back from Dr. Woodard tonight.
Julia is outside the main house when Willie whispers to her. He says he has to talk to her. He says she has to stop Barnabas from killing Maggie tonight. She asks if he's sure, and Willie says she's the only one who can stop him. She tells Willie she believes him. He asks what she's going to do, and she says she's going to the old house and will reason with him. She tells Willie to wait until she returns.
Sam tells Maggie that none of the men guarding the house saw Sarah. Maggie says she's sure Sarah was trying to warn her. Sam confirms that Joe is getting the doll from Woodard and will bring it to her. She tells Sam that if Sarah could get in past the guards, someone else could. They hear the wolves outside.
In the old house, Barnabas prepares to leave to kill Maggie.
Our thoughts
John: Barnabas is playing Julia, and she's completely unaware. You'd think she'd be the slightest bit suspicious, him even prodding her about it being time for his injection.
Christine: Julia's judgement may be clouded by the fond feelings she has for Barnabas. I thought it was funny the way she winced while giving him his injection.
John: If Sam hadn't previously seen Sarah, I could see him writing off Maggie's experience as a dream or hallucination. But he did, and he still doesn't seem worried that whoever's after Maggie might slip past her protectors as well...
Christine: I'm assuming Sarah wants Maggie to have the doll so that Barnabas won't kill her when he sees it, but why doesn't she just show up herself to stop him? Is there some reason she can't appear before him?
John: Poor Willie likely has another beating coming his way when Barnabas finds out he told Julia of his plans.
Christine: He may get more than a beating. Barnabas may decide to do away with Willie and have Julia take his place as vampire servant, to punish them both.
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| Goodbye, Maggie Evans. I might have loved you. I might have spared you. But now...you must die. -Barnabas |
Barnabas stating that Maggie must die means, of course, that she won't. We all know by now that he's the king of empty threats.
ReplyDeleteI loved how Julia winced when she injected Barnabas.. like did it hurt you Doctor Hoffman?
ReplyDeleteThe pose of Barnabas at that window (With David reacting in horror as Barnabas bares his fangs!) was used as a cover of one of the Gold Key comic books in the late 60s/early 70s. Ironically, I don't think David ever appeared in the comics!
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