is today's slideshow from the infamous "dinner party" ruse that barnabas,julia and professor stokes cook up to get nicholas blair out of the house so barnabas can get in to dispose of a certain man-made lady?
A little late in coming (sorry) but as we now know thanks to the Robs slideshows for those eps having come and gone, that particular capture of Stokes, Julia and Barn was indeed from the planning stages of the "dinner party" ruse (though the actual "party" took place in the next ep).
Here's the cap in question from Ep #605:
1968: Ep #605 - Stokes: 'The man is an insufferable
egotist!' And here's a Robs slideshow cap from Ep #606:
1968: Ep #606 - Barnabas' guests wonder what's taking
him so long. i wonder about this gathering. after the days of the diner(donuts,coffee and roast beef sandwiches only,please)no food is ever seen being consumed and the old house certainly never featured a kitchen or dining room of any sort. so what was to be served at this gathering of intellectuals and sophisticates?
was it passed hors d'oeuvres? b is such a proper gentleman he seems like would have served something really formal like boeuf bourguignon or coq au vin.
Well, even though it was never seen, we can deduce that there was some sort of Old House kitchen because back during the original 1795/96 storyline Natalie complained about the night's meal because the fish wasn't cooked in wine because to have done so would have been against the Collins cook's religion.
It's actually amusing to try to picture Willie getting that kitchen back into working order after such a long period of neglect.