Outside of Collinwood, Barnabas realizes that he can't bring himself to tell everyone the truth. Then he decides he must tell them about Carolyn, and knocks on the door. He is shocked when she answers. She asks him what's wrong, but he's speechless. She pulls him in, and he asks her if she's all right. She tells him that she only fainted. He asks what she remembers after that, and she says she woke up in her bedroom. She assumed he and Julia brought her to Collinwood, and when he says they did not, she says it must have been Adam. She asks if they'll try the experiment again. He says no, and abruptly leaves.
Outside the house, Barnabas marvels at the fact that Carolyn is alive. He wonders if Julia could have made a mistake, but thinks that as a doctor, she couldn't make that big of a mistake.
Adam is shocked to hear that Carolyn is alive. Blair tells him that he has special powers. He adds that he will provide a new life force, and she will be far more beautiful than Carolyn. He tells Adam that he will love her as much as he loves Carolyn now. Adam says he wants to see Carolyn, and Blair says he'll summon her, but he needs to say goodbye, because his mate, Eve, will be created tonight.
Carolyn comes by to visit Adam. He tells her how happy he is to see her. She says she thought he would be disappointed the experiment didn't work. He offers to go through it again, and he tells her she cannot. He says that someone else will provide the life force. She says she wants to be involved, so that she can help him. He tells her she's making it difficult to say goodbye. He tells her once the experiment is completed, he will be leaving. She says that she'll miss him, and he asks her not to forget him. She says she always will. He asks to hold her, and she lets him. He asks if he can kiss her, and she says yes. They kiss and Adam says goodbye.
Adam goes to the old house, and tells Barnabas they will complete the experiment tonight. Barnabas asks if he wants to risk Carolyn's life, and Adam tells him he'll provide the life force.
Carolyn tells Blair that she wishes she could help Adam. He tells her there is a way; if she'll participate in a ritual to summon a woman who has been dead for hundreds of years.
Blair leads Carolyn to his basement. He gives her matches and tells her to light some candles. He has her sit down in a chair at a table surrounded by circles. He warns her not to set foot outside the circle, as the one they are rising from the grave will kill her. He tells her he will be summoning the spirit of Danielle Roget, a woman who enjoys the spectacle of death, and sent two members of her own family to the guillotine. Blair tells Carolyn he will protect her.
He gives her a script to recite, and she begins calling for Danielle. As she does, a woman's screaming voice is heard. Carolyn says she can't stand it, and gets up to leave. Blair tells her she cannot leave the circle. She passes out, and a woman's voice asks why he protects her. Danielle appears, and Blair asks her if she'd like to live again. She says it's not possible. He tells her to appear to him as she did in life when the clock strikes 3. She asks him to let her kill Carolyn, and he sends her back to her grave. She disappears and Carolyn comes to. He offers to take her home.
The clock in Collinwood shows 2:45 when Blair returns with Carolyn. She says she'll never forget the terrible screaming and laughter. He tells her to look into his eyes, and he hypnotizes here so that she will forget all that happened tonight, including the experiment. He brings her out of the hypnotized state and bids her goodnight.
In the old house, Barnabas wonders who Adam could have found to provide the life force when there's a knock at the door. Barnabas opens it, and a woman who identifies herself as Leona Eltridge, a friend of Adam's. Adam enters and tells Barnabas that she will provide the life force for his mate.
Our thoughts
John: I got a good laugh out of Barnabas suggesting that Julia couldn't make a mistake.
Christine: Barnabas sure has come a long way. When are those two going to get together, anyway?
John: I had forgotten about Carolyn's M.O., where she hates someone until they they demonstrate they don't need/want her. I'm beginning to think that she's not so much under Blair's spell as she is falling for Frankenstein, as he threatens to walk out of her life. Just wait until Eve arrives and she really has someone to be jealous of!
Christine: I thought it was interesting the way Carolyn so readily agreed to participate in a ritual with Blair. His witchcraft makes me wonder where Angelique has been hiding lately. Did she run off with Jeff Clark?
John: It's been a while since a new character was introduced! I'm curious if Danielle will have history with Barnabas or Angelique from her French Revolution days, or if the writers just pulled her out of a hat to add a new supernatural flavor to the mix.
Christine: While Danielle Roget's pseudonym is listed as 'Leona Eltridge' in credits, I'm quite sure she introduced herself as Leona Eldritch, which I think may be a more appropriate name. Nicholas Blair seems to be the one who has Adam thinking his mate will take on the appearance of whoever provides the life force.
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John C., Houston TX: So, is Carolyn now one of the living dead? I can't imagine that being brought back to life via witchcraft is the same as natural life.
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