Standing over the coffin in the secret chamber of the Collins family mausoleum, Maggie thinks about the dream she had, where she was alone in a room with Willie when Barnabas came in. She was terrified of him, but she doesn't know why. She thinks it was too vivid just to be a dream. She realizes that she needs to remember what happened during the time she can't remember.
She tries to picture the room, and imagines the drawing room at the old house, watching as Willie lights candles at a table. He tells her she should be upstairs in her room. Willie gives her a dress, and calls her Maggie, and then corrects himself and calls her Josette.
She tells him that's not her name. He opens the music box, which almost hypnotizes her. He tells her she's not afraid anymore, and she needs to be what Barnabas wants her to be. He sends her upstairs to change into her dress. She comes out of her recollection, wondering why Barnabas wanted her to be Josette.
Blair arrives at Collinwood, and Carolyn lets him in. He asks about Vicki, and Carolyn tells her she'll be alright. He asks if Roger is in town, and she says he went into town to speak to the sheriff. Blair asks her if she's all alone, and then invites himself in for a drink. He tells her she should never be left alone.
He closes the doors, and when she asks why, he says so that they can talk privately. He asks her to look at him. He tells her she cannot move nor speak until she understands what she is to do, as she is his slave. He tells her that she is going to participate in an experiment that will provide a mate for Adam. He says that she will provide the necessary life force. He tells her that she will not be in danger, and asks her to tell him that she is not afraid. She does, and he tells her that she will participate in the experiment willingly to help Adam. She says she will help Adam.
Willie returns to the secret room, and tells Maggie she can go home, as she's not in danger anymore. She asks him who Josette is. He says he doesn't know anyone by that name, and she tells him he's lying. She says she's remembering things, like being in the old house. She says he gave her a dress to wear, and that Barnabas wanted her to be Josette. She says she remembers a room in the old house—Josette's room. She says Barnabas was holding her prisoner. He tells her she needs to stop thinking. She says she escaped once, but Barnabas found her. She says Barnabas brought her to the mausoleum, and though she was frightened, there was nothing she could do.
Maggie remembers being in the mausoleum with Barnabas. He tells her she is to be punished for trying to leave him. He calls her Josette, and she says the name several times. He says she will be his bride, and they will be together through all eternity. He says it may not be necessary to punish her now, but she must not try to escape him. She then makes a break for the door, but he grabs her and bites her neck.
He then takes her into the secret room and places her in a coffin. He tells her she will remain there until he sends for her. She screams as he closes the coffin lid.
In front of Willie, Maggie screams that she knows what Barnabas is.
Our thoughts
John: Well, Maggie has acclimated well to being trapped in a mausoleum with a coffin. If she were to open it, would she find it empty? Or are the remains of Jason McGuire in there?
Christine: In Episode 276, we see Willie shoveling dirt in the corner of the mausoleum as Barnabas remarks that Jason ended up in a narrow, unmarked grave, so it's not possible for him to be found in the coffin. I really wish we'd had another POV shot of the coffin closing on Maggie like we saw in Episode 248.
John: I'm sorry, before Nicholas Blair could ask me to look at him, I'd already be creeped out by him. Fortunately for his sake, Carolyn has slave experience. But getting her to cooperate is one thing. Convincing Julia and Barnabas to use her still seems like a long shot.
Christine: Honestly, I'm afraid to look at him onscreen when he's doing the hypnotic eyes.
John: I like the transitions in and out of Maggie's memories. It will be interesting if Willie and Barnabas try to prove that she's imagining things by proving that he's not actually a vampire (anymore).
Christine: I'm not sure Maggie has anyone she can tell who will believe her. Vicki's having a breakdown from the Adam attack, her pop's dead, and her boyfriend's consorting with a vampire. All she has left is Nicholas Blair, and he's got his own designs on her.
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