Mrs. Johnson is staring out the window in the drawing room when there's a knock at the door. Blair comes in looking for Roger. She explains he's driven up to Windcliff because Liz has disappeared. She explains that she had been acting strangely, thinking she was Naomi Collins. Blair assumes she had a mental breakdown, and Mrs. Johnson says she thinks she was under a spell. Blair asks who would put her under a spell. She describes an evil force that hovers over the house, trying to destroy the family.
Roger returns home and Mrs. Johnson asks if there's any news. Roger says they haven't found a trace of her, and Blair says he wishes there was something he could do. Roger goes to get a drink, and invites Blair to join him, when Julia bursts in. She says she searched for him, but couldn't find Tom. Roger says Tom Jennings is the only Tom he knows, and she says that's him. Roger reminds her that Tom Jennings is dead, and Julia collapses. Blair carries her into the drawing room. Roger says that Barnabas had said she was ill, but he had no idea. Blair notices the marks on her neck.
Julia sips brandy as she comes to. She asks what she's doing in Collinwood. Roger gives her the rest of the brandy. She says she feels alright.
Roger tells her she came in looking for Tom Jennings before she fainted. She makes up a story about being reminded of Tom's attack when she was walking in the woods. Mrs. Johnson says the doctor is coming, and she tells them to send him away when he arrives. Roger suggests she go upstairs to rest. Roger says that Liz might be on the property. She says her nurse says she babbled on about wanting to come home to die on the property. He's concerned that if she is, the maniac who killed Tom might still be out there. Blair offers to search for her with Roger.
Liz wanders through Eagle Hill cemetery. She thinks about being buried alive. She sees Tom Jennings and asks who he is. He bares his fangs and she screams.
She hears Roger's call and Jennings disappears. She says there was a young man, but there's no trace of him. He tells her she's safe with them. Roger introduces her to Cassandra's brother. He tells her they'll take her home.
They return to Collinwood with Liz. She recognizes Mrs. Johnson. Roger asks her if she recognizes him, and knows who she is, and she says he's her brother Roger. She says she doesn't want to go back to the hospital. She wants to die at home. She describes how they're going to bury her alive if he doesn't help her. He assures her he will, and asks her to wait while he goes to do something.
Roger tells Mrs. Johnson that he's going to take her back to Windcliff, as she's still not well.
Liz listens at the door, and realizes she has to stop Roger.
Roger goes to get the car, and Mrs. Johnson goes to make a call. Liz explains that she cut the phone cord. Julia walks in and Liz asks her to help her.
She tells her that she's sane, and doesn't need to go back to Windcliff. Julia hears the dogs howling. She tells Liz she must go to him, and leaves as Liz says she's her only hope. Liz follow Julia out, and when Mrs. Johnson returns, they're both gone.
Julia enters a room with a coffin, and asks Tom where he is. Liz follows her in and asks her if it's her coffin. Julia yells at her to leave. Liz leaves Julia.
Tom lurks in the shadows behind her. He tells her he's there, and comes to her. She removes her scarf, and he leans in for another bite.
Our thoughts
John: Is it just me, or did you think that Mrs. Johnson was going to tell Blair that she was originally hired to spy on the Collins family? She dished a bunch of other family secrets to the relative stranger...
Christine: It didn't occur to me at the time, but I can certainly envision it now. Mrs. Johnson's role on the show is to blab to anybody and everybody about Collins family business, while proclaiming she does not gossip. It's what makes her character so much fun. Roger has an amazing way of administering first aid. No smelling salts, no problem! Just grab a glass of brandy and dribble it down the unconscious lady's throat!
John: Didn't they once establish that Windcliff was hours away, and yet somehow folks keep walking back to Collinwood from there?
Christine: I think we got the impression that it was a long drive for Joe and Sam to see Maggie there in Episode 265, and then Maggie inexplicably walked to the Blue Whale from Windcliff in Episode 294. There must be some time portal in the woods that they are managing to slip through.
John: So Liz escaped from Windcliff, possibly because she no longer believes that she's Naomi (which makes sense since Cassangelique the witch is no more). Her current death fixation is not completely clear, but it doesn't seem like it warrants a return to the sanitarium. Has Roger gotten too comfortable as the lord of Collinwood, that he's willing to lock Liz up to avoid returning to his role as a guest in the house?
Christine: Since her death fixation was a direct result of Angelique's spell, I would have expected it to cease once Anqelique transitioned from witch to human to vampire. It could indicate that the spell has worn off, but the trauma of recent events has inspired her to spiral down into a Poe inspired storyline. I'd say you were right about Roger wanting to assume charge of Collinwood, except that Carolyn is the mistress of Collinwood and the actual person in charge, just as she was the last time Liz went on vacation to the hospital. I'd expect her to put the kibosh on Uncle Roger's plans to return her mom to Windcliff, should she put in an appearance before he's able to do so.
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