Kudos to both young David Henesy and Terry Crawford for their scene together and to TC for her scenes with Angelique and Quentin!
When Beth first appeared to David and Amy and to Barnabas and Chris, she wore an elaborate, light-colored lacy gown, but now Julia sees her in the ordinary workaday gown she wears in 1897. Strangely, she tells Julia, "My name would mean nothing to you." But Julia knows she's Beth, though she might not know her full name.
It is curious that Beth can reveal everything about the original 1897 story. Either Quentin the ghost doesn't know or just doesn't care, now that he's virtually sure of getting David. Anyway, the scenes are very compelling. And it must have been a relief to Beth the ghost to tell someone.
Yes, MT, I laughed at Angelique's comment. Angelique watches poor Beth run upstairs and comments to herself, You will get over it in time, my dear. Everyone does. [Well, almost everyone.]
Maybe now that Rachel is long dead, Beth is taking care of David in her spare time. His find-the-objects puzzle looks like a genuine one from the time. I think you can get reprints at the Museum of the City of New York now.
In a wonderful scene, beautifully written and played, Jamison stops Beth from taking the poison, then shows himself to be far more of a man than his uncle: You’ve always been good and kind to me, he tells Beth sweetly. Oh, Jamison! she sobs again. He tells her, I won’t leave you alone unless you promise not to do anything to hurt yourself. Will you? She turns to look at him and promises. Jamison is satisfied. I have something to do now, he tells her, but I’ll come back and talk to you later. He takes the poison when he leaves. Yes, later, Beth murmurs--as she takes a pistol from the top dresser drawer. She pauses, then hastily puts the gun back in the drawer and sits down on the bed again.
Jamison goes downstairs and reads the riot act to Quentin. Quentin has the grace to be shocked and saddened. BUT DOES THIS MEAN THAT ANGELIQUE WAS ALWAYS GOING TO BE IN 1897, WHETHER OR NOT BARNABAS WAS??? OR, IN THE ORIGINAL STORY LINE, DID QUENTIN DO SOMETHING ELSE TO MAKE JAMISON REJECT HIM???
Quentin's look of disbelieving surpring when he realizes that Beth has actually shot him is perfect. So is Beth's proud dignity when she leaves her room, then her deranged laughter as she shoots Quentin repeatedly (pretty strong stuff for a daytime soap).
After Beth finishes her story, Julia returns downstairs and finds David, forced there by the malevolent Quentin. Quentin finally speaks, gloating to Julia that David is his--but he vanishes when Professor Stokes walks in. Quentin doesn't really need to stick around, now that David is-- dead.
