Daniel climbs through the window to get into the drawing room, and then makes his way to the front door to let Vicki in. They hide in Joshua's study. Vicki reminds him not to tell anyone other than his cousin Naomi that she's there, and she doesn't want him to ever be alone with Nathan. Daniel goes to get Naomi, and Vicki locks the door behind him.
As Daniel walks upstairs, Millicent meets him coming down the stairs. She asks who he was talking to, and when he doesn't respond, she goes to see for herself. Daniel tells her he was talking to himself. She says she'll have to tell Nathan and he pleads with her not to. Naomi comes downstairs and is relieved to find Daniel safe. Millicent is angry that Naomi didn't tell her Daniel had been missing. Millicent says Nathan told her they're trying to drive her mad, and storms off. Daniel takes his cousin to see Vicki.
Vicki tells Naomi she didn't want to come to Collinwood. Naomi says she specifically requested that Peter bring her to the new house. Daniel describes how he was abducted, and how Vicki saved him. Vicki thinks Peter has been captured. Naomi explains that she'll make arrangements for them to get away when they hear Nathan arrive home, calling for Millicent.
Millicent says that he's against her, too, as he didn't tell her Daniel was missing. She says he's back, and Nathan asks where. She tells him he's in the study, and Nathan says he'll have a little chat with him. He knocks on the door of the study. Naomi asks what he wants, and he says he wants to speak to Daniel. They hide Vicki in a closet, and Naomi tells Daniel not to worry. She lets Nathan and Millicent in, and Nathan asks to speak with Daniel alone. Millicent agrees to leave, but Naomi does not. Naomi described Daniel's abduction. Daniel says he was being strangled, and stops short of saying how he got away. He describes the man as a sailor, and Naomi points out it matches Nathan's friend who had been at the house. Nathan says he found that man earlier, dead, and he has already taken the man responsible to the authorities. Bradford killed him, and unless the witch is found, he'll hang first.
Nathan tell Millicent that Naomi sent Daniel to bed, guarded by Stokes, as if he's in danger. He suggests that they draw up legal documents to make Daniel his responsibility. Millicent says there's a witch in the house. She says Daniel let someone in earlier. Nathan takes her to bed, and assures her if there's a witch in the house, he will find her.
Naomi comes to see Vicki. She says she wanted to be sure Daniel was safe. Vicki says Forbes was lying—Peter didn't kill the man. She says that she killed him, because he was strangling Daniel. Naomi realizes she had to do it, and thanks her for saving Daniel. Vicki says she can't let Peter die due to Nathan's lie. She asks why Nathan lied about that, and in her trial. Naomi tells her that Joshua will take care of things when he returns tomorrow. She tells Vicki to follow her upstairs.
The next morning, Daniel comes downstairs where Nathan is coming in. He accuses Daniel of lying, and says he knows he let Vicki in the house. He grabs him, and Naomi yells at him from the top of the stairs.
She says she is in charge of Daniel, and tells Nathan that she is having the authorities investigate what happened to Daniel. She says there is a witness, and Nathan gets nervous. He says she may not want to do that before her husband returns, and then asks if Joshua told her about Barnabas. She refuses to listen to him, as he claims that Barnabas is alive, and the strangler of Collinwood. He tells her to check the tower room if she doesn't believe him.
Naomi makes her way to the tower room. She opens the door and sees the coffin inside. She turns to leave, and then returns to it, lifting the lid a few inches.
Our thoughts
John: Wasn't someone guarding Millicent's door to keep her in there? She's really whacked out of her mind.
Christine: Riggs must have needed to find a chamber pot. Can't Barnabas exert some control over her or has he not acquired that skill yet?
John: Nathan was introduced as a bit of a cad, but he's really turned out to be quite the evil villain. He seems to have taken a turn after the initial blackmailing by Trask. I hope he gets a fitting end before we return to the future...
Christine: I think the only thing Joel Crothers will have to look forward to in returning to the character of nice guy Joe Haskell is finally getting out of that stinky uniform. He seems well suited to the bad guy role.
John: It might be a good thing for Naomi to find Barnabas' body in the tower room, as that will reinforce what she already believes—that he's dead, and then she can pursue the murder that Nathan doesn't want investigated. Of course, if Barnabas wakes, all bets are off.
Christine: I wonder why Nathan hasn't gone to the tower room to visit Barnabas himself. If Naomi finds Barnabas dead in his coffin and tells Nathan, I expect he'll decide to go investigate. If so, I hope he arrives after sunset and gets the savage comeuppance we'd like to see, and not the same disappointing chokehold that Jason McGuire got in Episode 276.
There was a limitation in wardrobe for some of the cast over the years, especially noticable when they went to color, Julia was wearing the same clothes since she arrived in Collinwood it seemed like prior to the seance.
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