What outstanding drama can be created out of sheer nonsense!
The scene between Willie and Maggie was great. First I felt for Maggie, trying to be nice as Willie indulged his delusions, and then it was totally believable that Willie just backed himself into a corner and had no choice but to tell Maggie that Barnabas was dead. Earlier in the episode, as he was comforting Julia, Willie was almost starting to come across as a little plaster saint, so it's good to know he's still the same idiot.
Grayson Hall was very moving today. Once again she demonstrated her ability to put me right smack into Julia's shoes.
I suddenly wondered today: when the writers had Angelique pretend to be Cassandra, was it so that both Barnabas and Angelique would have other selves or identities? Barnabas had Adam, and Angelique had Cassandra. And of course the cases were completely different, but still it makes for a nice balance.
At the beginning of the episode - and at the end of yesterday's episode - I looked at the three flowers on Barnabas's grave and thought, "Hmm...where did they come from so conveniently, I wonder." And then at the episode, I saw why they had to be there: so that we would know without a doubt that we were looking at Barnabas's grave, and not at some random pile of dirt.