Cassandra listens to Lang's recording again.
Adam lies asleep in his bed.
Cassandra explores the West Wing, using her witchcraft to open the door to Adam's bedroom.
She comes inside and finds him asleep on the bed. She realizes that she can't kill him through magic, or Blair would know she was responsible. So instead, she raises an axe over her head. Meanwhile, Blair watches her from across the room. He asks her if she never follows orders.
Adam wakes up, and asks who she is and why she's trying to hurt him. He grabs her, and Blair tells him to let go of her, and leave her to him. Adam clutches her throat, demanding to know who she is. Blair points out that they have a shared hate of Barnabas.
Adam releases her throat, and Blair promises she won't bother him again. Blair adds that Carolyn would not like it if Adam hurt Cassandra. He lets her go, and Blair sends her to the drawing room to wait for him. She says she was only doing what he wanted her to do, and he points out that she wasn't obeying his direct orders regarding Adam. She leaves, and Adam asks why she hates him. Blair says he has so much to teach Adam, after he finishes the business at hand.
Cassandra goes downstairs, thinking Blair couldn't get rid of her, but realizes it's her last chance. In the drawing room, she removes a voodoo doll of Adam. She says he can be destroyed as easily as she can tear the doll apart. She says when his heart stops beating, Barnabas will be a vampire again. She takes a pin and prepares to poke the voodoo doll.
In his room, Blair tells Adam that they will be very good friends.
Cassandra declares that Adam will bring the curse to Barnabas, and sticks the doll with the pin.
Adam clutches his chest in pain. Blair asks what's wrong.
Cassandra repeats her assault.
Adam drops to the floor.
Blair knocks the doll from Cassandra's hand. He grabs her and she admits she disobeyed him. She asks forgiveness, and he asks her what his master would say. She says he's her master, too, and he tells her that her master is on Earth, living in the old house.
She begins to panic, and he tells her that she will be a woman in panic. He asks her name, and she says Angelique. He tells her Cassandra Collins is her name now. She's no longer playing a woman married to a human—she is a human. He strips her of her powers, and tells her that she will die as humans die. He reminds her that she was born in 1774, and they shall soon know when she dies. He tells her she is now mortal, and laughs maniacally.
He hands her the voodoo doll, and says she can try to use her powers. She realizes that she is powerless. She asks how much time she has left. He won't tell her, other than to indicate that her time is short.
He mentions that her husband is coming downstairs. He opens the door to the drawing room, and meets him in the foyer. Roger asks about Cassandra, and Blair says she's in the drawing room.
Roger demands to talk to her, and she tries to leave. He tells her she's coming upstairs, and she says what he thinks of her no longer matters. He says the marriage was a mistake. She's not interested in him, and she says he's keeping her from more important things. She storms out, telling him that there has never been anything between them. She says that she used him, and when he asks for what, she explains she used him for what she's about to do.
Cassandra arrives at the old house and sees Barnabas through the window. She knocks on the door and he asks what she wants, and she says as the former mistress of the house, she should be allowed in. He asks why she's admitting that now. She tells him she remembers the day he hung Josette's portrait, and asks him where it is now. He doesn't trust her. She says she has come to say goodbye. She lets him know that one word can end 200 years of pain. She asks why he never loved her, and he says he loved Josette. She's angry that he has escaped her curse. She says she has wasted her time on him. She explains that even dying, she loves him. He asks what she means, and she tells him that she too is now human, like him. He reminds her she is a witch, and she says not anymore. She says she will die by the morning, and if she must die, he must, too, as she pulls a gun on him.
Our thoughts
John: Holy Axus-interruptus, Batman! While I'm glad Adam has lived to see another day, I was kind of hoping that his dismembered limbs might live on to attack Angelique, EVIL DEAD 2-style...
Christine: We all have our dreams... I loved how Nicholas removed her powers, kicked her out of the coven, and then cackled madly about it. I was surprised he finally did it after all the times he threatened her and never followed through.
John: Poor Roger, only now realizing the girl of his dreams (or portrait) never truly loved him. Do you think anyone will point out that he has particularly bad taste in wives?
Christine: Liz may do so once she's back from the hospital, and free from Angeqlique's spell. Unfortunately, Nicholas didn't have the foresight to realize that without her powers, Angelique no longer has any hold over Roger, who will probably ask them both to leave, causing Nicholas to lose access to Adam.
John: I wonder if Cassangelique found Roger's gun in the drawer in the drawing room, or if she stopped by the gun shop in Collinsport on her way over to the old house.
Christine: She must have grabbed it from the drawer while Nicholas spoke with him in the foyer. That was some quick thinking. Angelique continues to have a funny way of showing Barnabas how much she loves him by threatening to kill him. Can't wait to see how this all turns out.
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