Carolyn sure does blow hot and cold, doesn't she?
I know. In the previous ep she was positively gleeful at the prospect of Julia being killed. But in this one she warns Barn that killing is wrong. And the eps were both directed by John Sedwick, so the fluctuations in NB's performance/Carolyn's attitude can't be blamed on different directors. Though there's a real possibility that Sedwick may not have read the script for Ep #355 until after he'd already directed and they'd taped Ep #354 because even though the eps only run a day apart, Ep #355 was taped 5 days after Ep #354.
One of my favorite Julia lines to Barnabas: Your little helper is not going to find what she’s looking for.
Julia has several great lines in these eps. The writers were really on target with her and also with Carolyn. Some fantastic stuff with Julia and Carolyn is coming up next week.