I also like the fact that the writers are telling us that we're back in 1969 just by showing us Julia's very modern coat.
Lots of talk about "Chosen Ones," then Barn shuts himself up in the coffin, and the cairn vanishes from 1795.
I do like Julia's rather poetic voiceover. Doctor Julia Hoffman, in a long-sleeved, close-fitting dark green dress that suits her complexion and figure perfectly, is in the drawing room of the Old House, going over her diary entry for November 18, 1969. By the light of a single candle, she reads to herself: It has been a month since I returned from the past, and I have waited here every night for some sign from Barnabas. I frequently heard voices from the past that frightened me. Now I haven’t heard them in some days. I’m afraid that Barnabas is trapped in the past and lost to me forever. Outside the Old House, someone is peering in through the window at Julia--a man (played by the uncredited Mart or Mark Aldre) wearing a fedora, a dark blue raincoat, and black leather gloves.
Julia concludes her diary entry: I refuse to give up hope, even though there seems to be so little left now. She blows out the candle and retrieves her purse and coat. Seeing these signals of departure, the man conceals himself, then follows Julia as she walks back to Collinwood. She thinks for a moment that she hears something behind her, then hurries on her way. The stranger follows her.
Julia finds Carolyn wrapping a present for her mother: jewelry from a brand-new, "divine" antique shop. After Carolyn leaves, Julia paces restlessly, then shivers in a sudden draft. She hears a door closing and moves toward the foyer, but stops, electrified, at the sound of Magda’s voice. She listens with all her might as Magda and Charity/Pansy talk. C/P says, Mr. Edward wants to ask you some questions about the disappearance of Barnabas and Lady Hampshire. [She should say Mr. Collins, since Edward is the only adult male left at Collinwood!] Julia sees flashing glimpses of the portraits of Barnabas and Josette as C/P tells Magda, Mr. Edward following Barnabas and Kitty to the Old House--but they never came out. As Charity’s and Magda’s last appearances (as it were) on the show end, Julia calls to Charity. Carolyn hears and comes running out of the servants’ door. Greatly upset, Julia tells Carolyn, I’m sure Barnabas is dead! [I guess we can assume that Magda also found a home at Collinwood.]
Somewhere in the woods, the strange man reaches a clearing in the forest. The stone altar with its carved stele materializes in 1969 to the accompaniment of thunder and lightning. The man gazes at the scene for a moment, then slowly makes his way back to the Old House. He is gray haired under his hat, but we can’t see his face. He enters the house and lights one candle with his gloved hands. He sets it on the tall writing desk, finds pen and paper, and writes a note.
Carolyn serves Julia from the silver tea service. Julia explains about hearing voices from the past and what they said about Barnabas disappearing from the Old House. Julia suddenly realizes, I was wrong in thinking that meant Barnabas was dead! He must actually be on his way back to 1969! She leaves for the Old House, despite Carolyn’s attempts to stop her.
The man at the Old House searches behind Willie’s louvered door (to the left of the fireplace), then gazes at Barnabas’s 1967 portrait for a moment before moving toward the bookshelves to the right of the fireplace. Julia arrives and sees the man, then dashes out of sight as she realizes he isn’t Barnabas but a complete stranger. He blows out the candle and leaves the house--but is caught in the bright beam of Julia’s flashlight. She asks him, Who are you?........
