I am out of town and out of episodes, so it will be a while before I can continue posting. FYI

The opening voiceover reminds us that Barnabas still needs blood to survive and the Collinsport Star confirms it. I hadn't thought about that. So, my first thought was that Barn attacked the woman in town because he was all ready in killing mode. He was on his way out to kill David when he was stopped by what we are supposed to presume was Sarah's ghost. Was he unable to quell the urge to kill? I guess I was wrong.

Willie's conversation with Barn at the old house was very thought provoking. Willie accuses Barnabas of being scared of becoming human, losing his powers and losing control. Maybe this is why Barnabas felt the need to attack that woman, he needed to feel that he still has control over something -- anything. Maybe he was just thirsty.

The trap is set to catch the Collinsport Maniac; will Barnabas walk in to it?

...leg of lamb was on sale at the Grand Union for 39 cents a pound!"

"Barnabas was not pleased when Dr. Hoffman and Willie made plans to _attend a matinee showing of Bonnie And Clyde_ together!"

...wore a good-luck corset that hasn't been washed in 24 years."

..said that Mrs. Johnson wouldn't know fresh mayo from Blue Whale sperm."

I too want to think it is Josette that's giving Barn a hard time, AD.

This episode is brought to us in glorious black and white, as many of us would have seen it originally. Frid looks great in B&W, at least in this episode. Love the thunder (right on cue) when Woodard says the word ghost.

Sam is the realist in this ep. insisting that Sarah being a ghost is a ridiculous notion. Woodard tells Sam that he spoke with Julia (Hall's reaction as Julia to this is priceless) and she was convinced that Maggie's experience had to somehow be bound up with the supernatural. Barn's reaction to this is to attack Julia right then and there, and she screams and Sam hears it but he and Woodard decide it couldn't be a human voice coming from behind a solid brick wall. Of course it couldn't. And of course there's no such things as ghosts.

Gothick is right, Hall & Frid are great together in this episode and they are both in great form. Whoever stole the original color print must have thought so too. Once more Julia has to convince Barnabas not to kill David. I would think he'd now be after Woodard too. He could have taken care of him and Sam, but, well, you know. If Julia's winging it at this point she's doing one helluva job. And though Barn pines for Sarah we know that she isn't avoiding him, she just can't find him.

I appreciate how everyone tries to manipulate David; the kid is smarter than most of them. Interrogations of him usually come off as a bit hokey because we know that try as they might, David's inquisitors are usually not successful at manipulating him at all.

Why do you suppose Woodard expressly told David that someone else knows about the secret place and that, that someone is very dangerous. Do you suppose Woodard thinks David may know who it is or do you think he is trying to get David to reveal the secret place because he must in reveal it in order to help stop the danger?

Woodard comes at Hoffman with both barrels blazing- nice work by Gerringer. Julia ignores him in favor of the howling dogs and a frustrated Woodard takes Maggie out of Hoffman's care, but Julia's got much bigger fish to fry.

Standing at the drawing room windows listening to the howling dogs Julia shows fear and worry one moment and resolve the next and then marches chin up out the front doors of Collinwood. I love that little scene. And while confronting Barn at the Old House I also love how Hall has Julia breathing heavy as if she had run all the way from Collinwood, to stop him from killing David. Also got a kick out of the head scarf to protect her hair from the storm. If it had been clear plastic I would have fallen to the floor.

Had it not been for the recorder blowing up "London Bridge" I'd have insisted that it was Josette stopping Barn from leaving the Old House in the closing scene. Julia sure knows the power of using Sarah's name to control him.

Might have been a near perfect episode had it not been for Frid messing up his lines in the last scene. It was an intense one regardless.

I was looking forward to it's premier since the teasers started showing up on TV, but missed the first two weeks. But I was able to catch them On Demand, and I really like the show. Nothing extra special about it but I like the Holmes character as portrayed by JLM. I had no idea that JLM played Roger in the 2012 DS movie so that made it all the more fun and interesting to watch for me. I really, really like JLM. My only problem so far has been catching all the dialogue. I had to do a bit rewinding to re-listen to words I couldn't make out. I don't know if it's the TV I was watching it on (not mine and it did have sound quality issues) or a sound problem with the show or even perhaps his accent. Most likely, it's my hearing that's going.

I plan on watching all season. I thought JLM as Roger was fantastic and so is his Holmes. Big fan here.