Somewhere in the woods, PQuentin watches impatiently as QPetofi, somewhat short of breath, tamps down the dirt covering Wanda Paisley’s unmarked, shallow grave. That is enough, he says. Stop, my boy. I would have buried her even if you hadn’t forced me to, QPetofi says defiantly. I felt sorry for the poor girl. She died for you and your mad scheme. PQuentin laughs. Of course, he comments with massive unconcern. You’re altered in form, but still embarrassingly sentimental. What would people think of “Petofi”? he wonders. QPetofi protests, You can’t go on killing people until you find the right hexagram! [One down, sixty-three more to go?] PQuentin says angrily, You try and stop me! Do you think I care how many people die along the way? Do you think I care how many leaves are on this tree? All I care about is reaching the future--and believe me, I will reach it!
After the opening credits, QPetofi and PQuentin are still arguing. You can go, PQuentin tells QPetofi. I’m not going anywhere, QPetofi insists. I’m going to stay with you, watch you. You aren’t going anywhere, either. PQuentin laughs. I am--to 1969, he says. Not in my body! QPetofi protests. It’s _my_ body now, PQuentin retorts with a particularly evil laugh. You should have had second thoughts before accepting my offer of help. Now it is too late--you can’t stop me. I won’t give up, QPetofi vows. PQuentin tells him, You should watch for my enemies--a full-time activity. Watch for the gypsies--a word I can say easily now, without fear even, he adds smugly. Watch for the gypsies, because they are still looking for Petofi. They will find him--and you will know what fear really is. You are Petofi--and they will know that, QPetofi retorts. PQuentin laughs again. I don’t think so, he replies. Cheer up--they might not be here for a little while. He adds cruelly, I will let you know when I need more graves dug--you could use the exercise. He laughs and walks away, leaving QPetofi standing alone. He picks up the shovel. We get one last look at Wanda’s lonely grave.
Just for this episode, Julia wears a beautiful gray satin brocade gown with leg-o’-mutton sleeves. QPetofi visits her at the rectory and proves that he's really Quentin, trapped in Petofi's body. Although Barn and Julia chose to have their headquarters at the old rectory because no one had lived there for a long time, somehow, there is a working telephone line.
QPetofi visits Beth and tries to convince her that he's actually Quentin. He pleads with her to ask PQuentin about things that only Quentin would know. [I suppose QPetofi could have told her to ask “Quentin” about something he did with her in bed that she liked--but then again, this was a daytime show.]
PQuentin stumbles very badly in talking with Beth. But she doesn't have the faintest suspicion of what has happened to the man she has loved so faithfully.
I suppose GH needed some time off. Too bad for us!
MT, here are my notes regarding Petofi's journey to the future:
When the real Quentin hears the wind and voices from the present, Julia believes his story. She heard the sounds, and she lives in the present, therefore if Quentin hears the sound he too must live in the present, and he truly is Quentin despite his incredible story. Earlier in the episode, Angelique cannot hear the sounds, presumably because she does not live in the present. Or does she?
[spoiler]Before 1897, Angelique was last seen in the present (1969), pleading with Diabolos to return her to the real world. After 1897 she is first seen happily married to Sky Rumson, having given up her powers. Therefore Diabolos must have released her so that she can live in the present, meet Sky and marry him. If Angelique is alive in the present, she would have heard the wind and voices that Julia heard. But this fact must be ignored or forgotten so that Julia can believe Quentin's story.[/spoiler]
