Angelique attempts to clean up the blood on the floor where she was shot. She hears a knock at the door, after which Naomi enters looking for Barnabas. She explains that Barnabas is out. Naomi says she'll wait, and Angelique says that he left town, and she doesn't know when he'll be back.
In his room, Barnabas pulls the bandage off his neck wound.
Naomi asks if Angelique has any idea where Barnabas was going, or why he was leaving. She asks if there's something she can do to help Naomi. Naomi says no, but continues asking about Barnabas' hasty departure. Angelique suggests it may have been business related, and Naomi says that if it were, his father would know. She tells Angelique she's coming with her to stay at the new house until Barnabas returns. Naomi says they can leave a note for Barnabas, and notices a large bloodstain on the floor. Angelique tells her it's just wine that she spilled.
Upstairs, Barnabas hears his mother, and gets out of bed.
Angelique says she feels safe with Victoria Winters confined. Naomi says that Vicki is not what she sees as a threat. She prepares to leave when there's a sound upstairs.
Barnabas has knocked something off his dresser.
Angelique convinces her it was nothing, and and Naomi leaves.
Barnabas opens the door to his room and calls for his mother before collapsing to the floor.
Angelique finds Barnabas on the floor. He says he heard his mother's voice, and tried to call her. Angelique helps him back to bed. She tells him to rest, and he asks her what's happening to him. She gives him something to drink that she says will help him.
He asks what it is, and she says it's the only thing that will help him now. She tells him that he's going to get better. She tells him to keep his eyes closed and she pulls back the drapes to let sunlight in. She tells him to open his eyes and he does, screaming in pain. She closes the drapes and says the medicine didn't work. What's done can't be undone.
Naomi tells Joshua she's worried about Barnabas. He says he's surely run off with Josette. He says she's seen the last of the two of them. There's a knock at the door, and Naomi goes to answer it. It's Josette and the Countess.
Josette explains that they had to return to Collinwood. Naomi says she's not clear why they left. The Countess asks if anything happened to Barnabas. Josette tells Naomi that Barnabas said she was in terrible danger. He was to meet them last night, but never arrived. Naomi says he's not at the old house—Angelique told her he was gone, and she didn't know where. The Countess says the things she's concerned with must be affecting Barnabas. Josette says she's going to the old house.
Josette and the Countess arrive at the old house. Angelique rebuffs them. The Countess says she can feel it in the house. Josette tells Angelique that Barnabas was supposed to meet them last night, and Angelique tells them she wants them to leave immediately.
Barnabas hears Josette's voice downstairs.
Angelique says Barnabas is not in danger, and again asks them to leave.
The Countess tries to impress upon Angelique that Barnabas may be in danger.
Barnabas makes it to his bedroom door.
Josette and the Countess prepare to leave when they hear Barnabas upstairs. Josette goes upstairs, and when Angelique tries to stop her, the Countess holds her back.
Josette finds Barnabas lying on the floor, bleeding from the neck.
He doesn't notice her in his delirium, and continues to call her name.
Our thoughts
John: Okay writers, would you like to explain why sunlight would only affect Barnabas with his eyes open?
Christine: They are rewriting the vampire myth, so they can do anything they want. Barnabas must really love that superb dressing gown since he continues to wear it in 1967.
John: Angelique is polite with Naomi, but by the time Josette and the Countess arrive, she just gives them the cold shoulder.
Christine: I think it's understandable since she knows Josette has been secretly meeting with her husband, who's decided to add insult to injury by hanging her portrait above the mantle.
John: Hmm. Angelique will be in a bit of a pickle now. She can't kill off Josette and the Countess, so word is bound to get back to Naomi that Angelique lied to her.
Christine: She'll be less likely to believe the story about the spilled wine. Naomi surely knows what a wine stain looks like.
Technically, Barnabas is still alive, thus is still human. His reaction to the sunlight (I assume) was a foreshadowing of things to come. My bigger question is what happened to that stubborn bloodstain between Naomi and Josette's visits?
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