Barnabas asks Julia why she screamed, not realizing that the experiment failed. She says the dosage he requested was too powerful. He touches his face and realizes his face aged as his hands had.
He asks if this is her revenge for not letting their relationship become what she hoped it would be. She blames him for expediting the experiment. She says she may be able to counteract it with time. He says he doesn't have time. He's now closer to death than ever before. She says she can help him, and he tells her he no longer needs her. He tells her he must save himself. She asks if he means reverting, and he says yes. She says that if he goes on destroying, she'll be partially responsible each time. He tells her to go to the main house, and as Julia opens the door, he asks her to tell Vicki that he has to leave town and won't be back for a while.
Vicki walks in and says he can tell her himself. Barnabas hides behind a chair, and says he's not feeling well and doesn't want to expose her. She asks him if he should be going on a business trip if he's not feeling well. He snaps back that it isn't serious. He bids her goodnight, and she leaves.
Barnabas says he must act before anyone sees him this way. Barnabas says he'll never forgive Julia. She says Vicki could still be his. She suggests that he use Vicki as the instrument of his reverting. He says she must come to him of her own choosing. She tells him he should get her in any way he can.
Back in her room, Vicki starts to lie down when Carolyn comes in to tell her she's going to meet Joe at The Blue Whale, and she wanted Vicki to be there for David. Carolyn asks where Barnabas is, as he was supposed to come back with Vicki to look at the West Wing. She says he was sick, and going away for a few days on business. She says she's going to miss him while he's gone. Vicki says she's come to rely on Barnabas.
Julia tells Barnabas that Vicki's blood can be his, and he tells her to stop it. She says Vicki may never come to him of her own free will, and that if he wants her, he should get her tonight.
At The Blue Whale, Carolyn tells Joe that she saw Sarah. She says the other things David has said may be true. Joe says that Burke and Dr. Woodard proved there was no coffin in the basement of the old house. Carolyn says the things David said sound far fetched, but so did the stories of Sarah. She asks Joe to come with her to Eagle Hill cemetery to see if they can find the secret room. She says there may be a connection with Barnabas. Joe tells her to forget the whole thing. He asks if she believes there's anything sinister about Barnabas.
Back at Collinwood, Carolyn tells Vicki that she's having doubts about Barnabas, based on what David has been saying. Vicki says the things David says about Barnabas aren't true.
Barnabas paces in front of his portrait in the old house. He considers what Julia said about getting Vicki, and leaves the old house.
In her room, Vicki sleeps when a bat appears outside her window. Old Barnabas appears in her room, and approaches Vicki in her bed.
Carolyn calls to Vicki and enters her room. Vicki wakes up and asks her what she wants. Carolyn says she thought she heard something. She turns and outside the window, they see the giant bat flapping.
Our thoughts
John: You'd think Barnabas might be aware that his face had shriveled up like an old codger.
Christine: That is some pretty effective make up to still look so good close up. I suppose it should have occurred to everyone involved that restoring Barnabas to human form might also reinstate his real age to his body.
John: Having Vicki walk in on Barnabas and Julia was one of the best shocks in the show's history. Of course, poor, naive Vicki doesn't catch on to Barnabas' ruse.
Christine: Shouldn't Vicki still be feeling uneasy about Barnabas after seeing him in his coffin while in a hypnotic state? I would think she would avoid romantic sunrise encounters and would not argue against the validity of David's suspicions about him. Julia's infatuation has caused her to become quite diabolical in suggesting Barnabas partake of Vicki's vital fluids to simultaneously restore himself and bring her under his power. I wonder why he doesn't just use Julia to rejuvenate himself. Perhaps he wants to avoid an intimate encounter with her.
John: The squeaky bat sound doesn't do much to make the cheesy bat puppet seem any more realistic.
Christine: Yes, the squeaky marker on a board sound effect does diminish the bat's fear factor. I don't think that shadow bat is Bil Baird's puppet bat though, since it's not credited. Joe and Carolyn's scene at the Blue Whale took me back to Episode 2 when Carolyn was shaking her groove thing to the same tune (Cue 73: Med. Slow Blue Whale) as Joe sat at a table by himself looking miserable.
Frid's makeup was courtesy of the legendary Dick Smith. It's really quite a remarkable job, especially for a daily soap in 1967.
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