Barnabas is even more heartless than usual when he tells Julia to get a grip on herself. When Mrs. J. shows up, Barnabas tries to get her to go home. Mrs. Johnson protests, I simply can’t leave without doing whatever it is I came to do. Finally Julia shows Barnabas her trembling hands. How can I run the experiment properly in this condition? she asks. And even if Mrs. Johnson went home, I would be compelled to follow her. So Barnabas has to relent. (Behind him we can see a very nice painting of a four-masted schooner.)
Good scene with Barn and Vicki and very well acted. Near tears, Vicki tells him, I’m sorry I couldn’t give you the kind of love that you have given me. Barnabas reassures her, Perhaps it's better you don’t feel that way now. One day we will talk again, he promises her, and I'll be able to tell you things I’ve never told anyone else. You'll realize then that if you loved me now, you would be making the greatest mistake of your life. At this moment thunder announces the usual approaching storm, and Barnabas wants Vicki safe at home before the storm breaks. In his courtliest manner, he bows in farewell, saying gently, Until we meet again. But once he's seen her out he simply closes his eyes in anguish.
But don't be too sympathetic toward him. Poor Julia twirls all the dials like mad to keep the man she loves alive. And unlike Eric Lang, who was always whining about needing an assistant, our Julia performs the entire experiment all by herself! She is nervous about keeping track of so many devices with such recently gained knowledge. Things go well--until they don't. Barnabas crossly demands to know why he's still alive, then barks, Go back downstairs and check Lang's notes to see what you did wrong. He assumes it was her fault!
Adam is alive--but so is Barnabas, much to his chagrin....
