We see Julia's laboratory setup in the old house. Barnabas comes downstairs and asks for an update on Woodard. Julia confirms that the coroner has ruled the death a heart attack. She says she can't go on. He tells her she has no choice. She says he had a plan before they met, and he should go on with that. He explains that she gave him hope of being human again. She reminds him that with humanity comes conscience and guilt. He brings up forgiveness and love. He tells her the first treatment will begin at midnight.
Vicki and Burke argue in the garden, as Barnabas eavesdrops on them.
She reiterates how she needs to be there for David. Burke asks if he knows about Woodard. Vicki says they haven't told him yet. Vicki pleads with Burke to fix up the West Wing so they can move in. Barnabas interrupts them and Vicki says she was trying to persuade Burke to restore the West Wing but it's hopeless. Barnabas asks if she's referring to Burke or the West Wing, and Burke replies both. Burke excuses himself to makes some calls.
Barnabas tells Vicki he can't imagine a man who loves her refusing her anything. Julia eavesdrops on the two of them as Barnabas suggests the West Wing could be restored like he did the old house. He offers his services to help in the restoration.
Vicki is initially excited, but then says it's not what Burke wants, and therefore it's not really what she wants. She tells Barnabas that Burke has shown her that the past is not as important as the future.
Burke is on the phone in the drawing room when Julia walks in. She asks him if he thinks it's wise to leave town at a time like this. Burke asks what she means. She explains that Vicki is upset about David, as well as the death of Dr. Woodard. Vicki walks in, and Julia apologizes for being worried about Vicki. Vicki asks if Julia would like to join her and Burke at the funeral. They didn't want her to go alone. Suddenly upset, she says she'll have to let them know and excuses herself.
Julia steps out into the garden. The ghost of Woodard appears behind her. It reaches out for her but disappears before she turns around. She screams and Burke and Vicki run outside. She tells them that no one was there.
Back in her lab, Barnabas joins her to get the treatment. She asks him not to make her go through with it. She warns him, and he says he has no reason to fear her. He says after the way one murder affected her, she couldn't be responsible for another. He talks about being human again, so he can pursue his love. She asks him what if he didn't need to change; if he found someone to accept and love him as he is. He says he couldn't accept himself, and tells her to begin the treatment.
Our thoughts
John: It would have been great if they just kept extending the folks eavesdropping on conversations. Why not have Mrs. Johnson and David in on it, too?
Christine: I expected Burke to double back so he could also listen in on Barnabas and Vicki.
John: What the hell was Julia doing, washing up with water from a fountain? If they timed it differently, I would have blamed any hallucinations she had on exposure to that.
Christine: What was she doing suggesting someone could love Barnabas for who he is? Assuming she's referring to herself, does she love him for his bloodsucking lifestyle, his tendency to bluster and threaten people, his obsessive desire to make over young girls into his long lost paramour, or for the way he coerced her into helping him kill her colleague? Even though he responds by playing dumb, he knows as well as we do that Julia's got the hots for him.
John: We get our first Ghost Woodard sighting, looking appropriately zombie like, for an all-too brief visit. Let's hope that's not the last we'll see of him.
Christine: How could you tell that was Woodard? It was actually Peter Murphy, who first appeared as the new Caretaker in Episode 337, showed up as a Blue Whale customer in Episode 341, and will have a variety of mostly uncredited parts in the 15 episodes he will appear on the series.
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