Good episode - low-key but full of interesting possibilities. Towards the end I decided that, rather than being chained up in a coffin for a century or two, Barnabas's essence had been shut up in the music box, like a genie. If Barnabas Collins could grant you three wishes, what would you wish for?
Hasn't Burke ever read any mystery novels? (No, of course not. That would involve imagination.) The character who has suspicions but doesn't tell them always gets murdered about three-quarters of the way through. His murder immediately gives the detective the vital clue as to who the villain is so there can be an exciting unveiling - but that doesn't help the victim much.
Vicky reminds me of a pumpkin when she wears that orange dress. And what was Maggie wearing? Was it a housecoat or a dress? Doesn't she know that she'll lose Joe if she doesn't start wearing miniskirts again?
Gosh, I like Robert Gerringer. I looked for him to turn away from the camera at the end of his scene the way he did before, but he didn't. Instead he made some sort of movement with his eyebrow. Maybe he was told he had been veering too far away from soap opera protocol. I looked him up on IMDB and found that he was in a TV production of Our Town in 1959, also featuring Dana Elcar. Has anybody here seen it? I don't suppose I'll ever get a chance.
