Peter tells Vicki that he's going to tell Reverend Trask that he let her out to go to Collinwood. He says that telling Trask she never left her cell allows him to claim that she was in two places at once—something only a witch could do. He prepares to leave, and Vicki begs him not to get into trouble on her account. He's surprised she seems to care what happens to him. He asks if there's someone waiting for her in 'her time', and she says she doesn't want to talk about it. She thanks him for his help and kisses him on the cheek.
He says she must be from another century, as women here would never do such a thing. He tells her he's been reading the Collins family history. She asks him the date, and when he tells her, she says it will be Sarah Collins' 11th birthday in two days, at which time she'll die. Vicki says they could prevent her from dying of exposure by keeping her from going outside. He asks Peter to fetch Naomi.
Sarah comes downstairs and asks her mother where Josette is. Naomi explains she went to Bangor. Sarah says she made a present for her; a candle to light the way home for the one she loves. She says she thinks Josette loves Barnabas still. She says she loves Barnabas, too, and wants him to come home from England. Naomi tells her that Barnabas may not come back until long after she's grown. Sarah says she's going to light the candle in Josette's room to lead Barnabas home.
Ben returns to the cemetery at sundown. Barnabas rises from his coffin. Barnabas tells Ben he plans to see Josette that night. Ben's concerned that might overwhelm her. He says he'll go to her room and leave her something to show that his return is imminent.
Naomi visits Vicki in jail. Vicki tells her how sorry she is about Barnabas. Naomi says Joshua expressly forbid anyone from knowing about Barnabas' death. Vicki realizes that explains why the book says Barnabas went to England. Vicki tells her that Sarah is in danger. She tells Naomi about the book, which she refuses to believe in. Vicki explains that Sarah will die on her 11th birthday if she doesn't take precautions. Naomi asks if the book predicted the death of Barnabas, and Vicki says the book describes the history of the family, including that Barnabas went to England. Naomi agrees to keep Sarah indoors.
Sarah goes into Josette's room and places the candle in the window. She lights it. Outside the window, she sees Barnabas and calls to him. He ducks into the shadows. Sarah runs downstairs to find him.
Barnabas emerges from the shadows.
Sarah runs downstairs and goes outside. She sees him and runs to him, but he runs away from her. Standing among the tombstones, she begs for him to come back.
Peter offers to take Naomi back to Collinwood. She asks if he believes Vicki. He says he does, as he's seen the book. Naomi says she needs to be with Sarah before anything happens to her.
Sarah searches the cemetery for Barnabas. She reaches the family crypt and calls to him. She says she's cold and scared. She goes inside to look for him. She continues calling for him, but he does not appear.
Our thoughts
John: A budding jailhouse (or gaol-house) romance, Vicki? Really?
Christine: She might as well make the best of her situation.
John: Does Barnabas have a dresser just offscreen in the crypt? I'm wondering when Ben has his clothes cleaned between feasting, since he doesn't pop out of his coffin wearing only his boxers at night.
Christine: I don't think he would have been able to get those bloodstains out, so he probably just brings him a fresh outfit from the Old House every evening. It could be he's learning to be a little more fastidious about his bloodsucking as he becomes more adept at it.
John: Who would have thought Barnabas will be the one responsible for Sarah's death by exposure. Although that's probably better than having him put the bite on his little sister...
Christine: It's probably caused him a lot of guilt over the centuries. I am confused by the opening narration that said, "Held captive on a charge of witchcraft, Victoria Winters is the one person who knows that this is but the beginning of a 200 year nightmare." It makes it sound like she knows what Barnabas has become, but it doesn't seem like she does.
Vicki does know that both Josette and Sarah are going to die soon and haunt Collinwood in the 1960s, so I'd say she does know that she is watching the beginning of a multicentury nightmare.
ReplyDeleteSo a little girl follows his brother seven miles north to Eagle Hill. She had to be exhausted, no wonder she ended up dying of exposure.
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