Barnabas is in the basement of the old house with his coffin. Ben comes downstairs and tells him it's time to go back to the mausoleum. Barnabas explains that he caused Josette to rise from the grave, but he has sent her back, never to be seen again. Barnabas explain he learned his lesson after seeing Josette's face in death. Ben tells him he can't stay in the old house, and Barnabas says he must be where he and Josette were happy. Ben says he'll keep folks out of the old house.
Daniel Collins wanders around outside the old house. Abigail calls for him but doesn't see him hiding behind a pillar. He sneaks into the old house.
Ben locks the basement door in the old house when Daniel stumbles across him, asking what he's doing. Ben says he's locking a door. Daniel asks him what's in the cellar, and Ben says nothing. Daniel asks him why he locks it if there's nothing there. Ben tells him to go and play, and Daniel says there's no one to play with since Sarah died. Ben grabs him by the arm and says he's taking him home. Daniel breaks free of Ben and runs away.
Daniel makes it out of the old house, but Ben grabs him by the neck. Daniel threatens to tell his uncle Joshua, and then says he'll tell Ben what he's doing. He explains that he's running away. Ben points out that he doesn't appear prepared to be running away. Ben tells him that he should make a list and prepare what he needs before he tries to run away again.
In the new house, Daniel comes downstairs. His aunt Abigail asks him where he's going. She says she spent the entire morning looking for him. She grabs a list from his hands. She reads it and asks him what it's about. He tells her it's what he wants for his birthday. She doesn't believe him, and asks him to join her in the drawing room.
He sits down and she asks him about a bracelet. She asks where he's seen it, and he says it belongs to Miss Winters. Abigail explains that she's in jail, and only she has a bracelet with heathen symbols. Abigail asks if Vicki asked him to get down on his knees and worship the devil, and Daniel tells her she's silly. He tells her he likes Vicki. Daniel describes some of the things from the future Vicki told him about. Abigail suggests that he should testify that at Vicki's trial. Daniel says he likes Vicki. She was nice to he and Sarah. He complains about how others treat him, and says Ben won't let him go to the old house any more. Abigail asks when this happened, and Daniel says it was this morning, and Ben was locking the cellar door. Abigail tells him they'll continue their talk later. Daniel tells her not to go to the old house now, because it's dark, and she explains that she's not afraid of the dark.
Abigail confronts Ben outside the old house. She tells him to go to the new house, and tell Reverend Trask to meet her at the old house when he arrives. Ben tells her that the old house is haunted. He offers to get her whatever she wants from within the old house. She tells him she thinks he's still in league with the witch. She sends him away and goes inside.
Abigail heads straight to the cellar, believing she might find Vicki's book. She unlocks the cellar door and goes downstairs. She sees the coffin in the basement, and decides to wait for Reverend Trask. While she does, the coffin lid slowly opens. She watches as Barnabas slowly sits up. He asks her what she's doing there, and she screams in terror.
Our thoughts
John: Amusing how they act as if Daniel has been around the whole time Millicent has been in Collinwood.
Christine: Just because we didn't see him didn't mean he wasn't around. There are a lot of rooms at Collinwood, so not everything can be on screen at the same time.
John: Geez, Vicki. You even told Daniel about the future? At this point, I say burn the witch.
Christine: I would like to think that Daniel is embellishing the truth when he said Vicki told him that someday he wouldn't have to learn arithmetic because it would be done by machines. Vicki is clearly not the person you want teaching your children.
John: Well this is certainly an interesting development. Will Barnabas do away with his nasty Aunt Abigail once and for all?
Christine: What choice does he have? He can't have her blabbing about his alternative lifestyle to his dad or Reverend Trask. Barnabas really showed his true colors today by making it clear he only loved Josette for her beauty. I'm willing to bet he would have kept her around had her face not been so busted up. He claims he learned that it's wrong to want to bring the past alive, but it's pretty obvious he forgot that lesson when we last saw him in 1967.
John: Additions to our 1795 scorecard:
Present Day/1795
- David Collins/Daniel Collins
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Those that don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
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