Millicent checks in on Josette, who tells her that she feels Barnabas is somewhere close, not realizing that he's lurking outside of her window.
Barnabas waits for Josette to return to the window so he can see her face one last time.
Josette congratulates Millicent on her upcoming nuptials, and she explains that she still has to wait and see if cousin Joshua approves. Millicent sees Nathan out the window and goes downstairs to greet him. Josette gets back into bed.
Nathan knocks on the front door, and Millicent comes downstairs to let him in. He mentions that he saw a man near the woods as he was coming up the road. He would swear it was Barnabas Collins. Millicent says that Josette said she thought she saw Barnabas yesterday, and Nathan is sure that it must have been him. He asks if Millicent has thought about the date he proposed for the wedding. Millicent says she's been too busy comforting Josette. Nathan is confident that Josette will be just fine. Millicent explains that men love many women, but women only fall in love once. He tells her that he hasn't been in love until now. There's another knock at the door, and Millicent goes to answer it.
Nathan's wife Suki charges in, expressing excitement to see him. Suki introduces herself as Suki Forbes to Millicent, and she's shocked until she adds that Nathan must have told her he has a sister. Nathan plays along with the ruse, but is obviously anxious.
Suki is shocked to see Barnabas at the window, and when the others look he's gone.
Nathan asks Millicent to make some tea, and she leaves to do that. He asks Suki what her game is. He reminds her she gave him his word, and she says that was until he found out what his game was.
He tells her it's not what she thinks it is. Suki says she's sure he's in love with Millicent's money. He asks how much she wants, and says he'll give it to her provided that she leaves now.
She tells him that Millicent may not have her family's blessing yet, and she says that he doesn't yet have hers. Millicent comes back in with tea, and tells Suki that she and Nathan are planning to be married.
Barnabas continues to loiter outside Josette's window, waiting for her to make an appearance. He realizes that if she doesn't, he will have to go to her.
Josette sees a bat outside her window. Then Barnabas appears inside her room. He says he had to see her one more time. She's excited to see him, but doesn't understand him. She says she cannot leave Collinwood having seen him again. He begs her to go away and forget him. She says he doesn't mean it, or he wouldn't have come back. She tells him that nothing can keep them apart. She asks him to take her with him. She hugs him, and he leans in to bite her neck.
Our thoughts
John: Shouldn't folks in Collinwood be more upset about Sarah's death?
Christine: Sarah who? We're on to the next tragedy already. Everyone's a little too wrapped up in their own storyline to remember a little girl just died.
John: She may be a schemer, but I'm getting the sense that Suki Forbes is no Jason McGuire.
Christine: Nathan Forbes had a variety of amusing expressions in today's episode.
John: It just dawned on me that we don't know when Barnabas' portrait was painted. Unless it's already been finished and sitting in storage in Collinwood, that would mean it was done after he became a vampire. It will be interesting to see if that gets resolved before we're out of 1795.
Christine: Perhaps he and Jeremiah had their portraits done at the same time and are yet to be hung, what with the chaos surrounding the move to Collinwood. Great Friday cliffhanger! Barnabas appears to be really chowing down on Josette's neck this time. Will she become his vampire bride after all? She did ask for it, though Barnabas could have at least clued her in as to what it would entail.
Suki could have been the female Jason McGuire if they hadn't killed her off too soon. I liked the character and the actress, Jane Draper, was that a character off Mad Men?
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