In watching this story line, I found it useful to remember that for whatever crazy reason, Carolyn never saw the ghost of Quentin Collins. In this instance at least, Quentin’s portrait hasn’t done a good job of keeping him from harm. Has it lost some of its power since 1897? Or did Petofi only cast immortality and anti-werewolf spells on it? If he'd known anything about how fast cars (still in their infancy in 1897) would be going in 1970, he might have added an anti-collision spell too.
Strangely, the Unknown Man’s looks are only enhanced by the wide bandage around his forehead. Julia arrives at the hospital in her angular way. Carolyn tells her that Dr. Green (another M.D. who survives by staying off screen) says that the patient has had a "brain concussion." Is there any other kind?
When Megan sits at the desk (a leftover from Worthington Hall?) at the antique shop, the phone is on the lid. By the time she wakes up after receiving Barn's instructions, the phone is gone, so she can open the desk and we can see what's inside the box from Brewster's.
Julia takes Chris into Grant Douglas’s room and reminds him, Jenny told you to find Quentin Collins. Now you have. It’s impossible! Chris bursts out. Quentin would be very old if he were still alive. Julia says, You will have to trust me that there’s a logical reason that Quentin looks young. (Is having a portrait of yourself that does the aging for you logical?) Julia goes off to check Grant's credentials.
Chris is still by Grant Douglas’s bedside when Julia returns. Grant Douglas is very mysterious, she tells Chris. He has no immediate family, no previous address, no fingerprints on file, no record of military service [the draft was still in effect in 1970], and no indication he has ever held a job. (This alone would confirm his being Quentin!) Chris comments on Julia’s thoroughness. Barnabas arrives. Despite the evidence of his lying eyes, he insists that the patient absolutely is not Quentin Collins. Barn isn't very nice to either Julia or Chris about it, either. He walks out of the room, and Chris comments ironically on his cheerfulness. Greatly upset, Julia replies, He is the one that doesn't exist. Quentin Collins still exists. It is the Barnabas that I once knew who doesn't. Discouraged, Chris goes home to his cottage. Grant Douglas suddenly gives a few groans and starts to wake up. Julia rushes to his side and takes his hand. When his eyes flutter open, she smiles at him and says, Quentin--Quentin! It is you, isn't it? But he only stares at her blankly.
Welcome (not) David Jay. Luckily for us and everyone in the cast, the Leviathan child will morph again in a short time.
Grant Douglas has what we once called the perfect preppie name--that is, his first and last names could be switched and still sound like a name.
