Barnabas considers what Carolyn told him about Julia. He wonders about her betrayal, and Carolyn says she doesn't think she's betraying him, she's just undermining his efforts with Vicki out of jealousy. He tells her he will have to get rid of Julia, permanently. Carolyn discourages him from killing her. She refuses to help him, and he explains that she has no choice. He tells her he needs her help getting Julia's notes. She pledges her loyalty to him.
Carolyn returns home and Mrs. Johnson tells her dinner was served hours ago. She tells Carolyn she's as pale as a ghost. Carolyn asks about Julia, and Mrs. Johnson says she's up in her room. There's a knock at the door, and Carolyn greets Maggie. She says she's there to see Vicki. She just heard about Burke. Carolyn is rather dismissive about Burke, and says Vicki is off in Boston. Maggie asks if Carolyn is feeling alright. She says she doesn't seem to be herself, and the way she fondles her scarf gave her a funny feeling. She hears a dog howl, and tells Carolyn that she feels frightened. She asks Carolyn to let her know when Vicki gets back from Boston.
Carolyn finds Julia in the drawing room. She says she heard the dogs howling, and that means Barnabas is upset and planning to do something about it. Carolyn says he wants to see her at the old house immediately. Julia grabs her coat and heads out.
Carolyn sneaks into Julia's room and searches for her notebook.
Julia arrives at the old house and says she got his message. He doesn't know what she's referring to, and when she says Carolyn said he wanted to see her, he plays off of that. Julia realizes that Carolyn must have been trying to get her out of the house. Julia excuses herself, and he tries to stop her. He stumbles over his words, and then says he wants to resume her experiment. Julia tells him she's going back to Collinwood immediately, and he says she cannot. She tells him his little helper isn't going to find what she's looking for, but if anything happens to her, someone will.
Carolyn searches high and low for Julia's notes with no luck. She finally finds a safe in a drawer, which after picking the lock she finds empty. She places it back in a drawer as Julia walks in on her. She says she was looking for aspirin. Julia tells her that if she doesn't tell her what she's doing, she'll tell Carolyn's mother she found her snooping around her room. Julia sends her out of the room. She realizes that if Barnabas sent Carolyn to find her notes, then he's definitely planning to kill her.
Our thoughts
John: Barnabas dispenses his wisdom about women to Carolyn this time. Amazing that he manages to retain the respect of so many women despite his views.
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| "Hoffman is, professionally, a very sensible and levelheaded woman. But, emotionally, she is as foolish as most other women."-Barnabas |
Christine: Is it their respect he retains? Carolyn made a dramatic shift from yesterday, when she seemed delighted by the prospect of Barnabas killing Julia, to now being reluctant to help him do away with her.
John: Julia manages to turn the tables on Barnabas, by anticipating how he's using Carolyn against her. Of course that just means they could be stuck in a stalemate for quite a while.
Christine: I think it made him secretly admire her all the more.
John: Why wouldn't Carolyn follow through with her threat to tell her mother who Julia really is? Is there a down side to that? I can't imagine Liz would let someone who had deceived her for all this time stay in the house any longer. Of course, Julia could also spill the beans on Barnabas, but technically he's family, so I think Liz might let his being a vampire slide.
Christine: Carolyn can't expose Julia's true identity because she has not been directed to do so. If Julia got sent away from Collinwood, it might make it more difficult for Barnabas to execute his plans for her, and he'd take out his anger on Carolyn with his characteristic choke hold, or possibly by caning her. I don't think Liz would shrug off Barnabas being a vampire. She would most likely refuse to believe it.
Not to have too much of a one-track mind, but that sixth photo above shows that Carolyn searching Julia's room has a pleasant NON-horror story quality to it.
ReplyDeleteDid the director make a point of having her reach THAT high?
Well, Nancy Barrett is pretty short. I was amused how she had to use the chair just to get up on the bed!
ReplyDeleteDon't forget, Barnabas is really from the late 1700s, so his view of women would naturally be less enlightened. Of course, Barnabas insisting that Julia must die means that she will surely live on!
Finally, it's always fun to see Mrs. Johnson pop in now and again.
You have to hand it to Nancy Barrett. She can't reach it on her own.
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