Instead of restaging the finale of the previous ep, the same clip was simply repeated at the start of this ep.
The effect of the spinning I-Ching wands was dizzying, especially by the 3rd time.
I'm sure I saw Barnabas dematerialize in the woods outside of Collinwood. Did they forget that this power was taken away? Then he
hid behind a tree as he waited for Beth to come along; give me a break!! Just because the subject matter is the supernatural does not mean we don't deserve some consistency: Either Barnabas has a power or he does not. If he regained the ability to disappear, he should have done so in the basement cell and certainly would not need to be ducking behind foliage.
Ha ha, when Petofi passes through the door while in a trance, you can see remnants from where the I-Ching wands were attached.
Was that fantastic tribunal set a redressed Collinwood foyer?
He again remarks that Aristede is no intellectual giant, but perhaps he keeps him around to make himself seem intelligent.
I love the expressions on Aristede's face while Petofi talks about their relationship.
The "heroes" make all sorts of mistakes trying to read Petofi and fight him at every turn.
The man seems incapable of discerning whether someone is telling him the truth or not. Even when faced with total sincerity, such as Barnabas' assurance that he cannot take him to the future, Petofi assumes he is hearing a lie. So if being truthful is only going to make him lash out like a petulant child, I figure you may as well make something up. And stroking his massive ego probably wouldn't hurt. Instead of telling him, "I told you everything I know," Julia should have found some some excuse to stall him or make herself seem indispensable as a time traveler / co-conspirator / doctor / whatever. But by affirming that she was no longer of use to him, she basically signed her own death warrant. And btw, what prevented her from spitting out the gag or tumbling onto the floor along with the chair? Sigh.
When Petofi accused Julia of knowing what awaited him beyond the door because the I-Ching trip occurred under her "supervision," it brought to mind his Cupboard-o-Vision in which he sees to it that another party has a vision that, unfortunately for him, he cannot see for himself. Jerk.