Oh no, by way of wardrobe and a little stuffiness, they are once again tilting PT Roger in the direction of RT Roger.
Yes, that was interesting. When Roger was talking to Angelique (except he thinks she's Alexis), he had on a blue ascot, and then when he was scolding Carolyn, he had changed into a regular suit and tie, and Carolyn was wearing a long blue scarf. I can't decide if somebody noticed that Roger and Carolyn were dressed sort of alike so Louis Edmonds made a quick change, or if it was felt that you can't take a moral stand while wearing an ascot. Either way, I'm still having trouble fitting the wardrobe change into the Dark Shadows universe.
Barnabas should have told Julia to
run, not walk to the parallel time room, and
stay there, hiding behind a drape perhaps, until it changes. She wouldn't listen to him, of course, because she won;t leave him - but at least he should have said it. They were both of them fools today.
Barnabas was something of a fool on another point as well. Does he really think Carolyn cares if she gets into trouble? The worst thing has happened already. I agree with Taeylor that Nancy Barrett's doing a fine job in this stage of the life of Carolyn Stoddard Loomis. Remembering Carolyn and Will before Will's death, I find it hard to believe that she cared that much for him (I expect I'll get contradicted on this, but that's all to the good), but putting that out of my mind, I find Barrett's performance very believable.
We saw more of Inspector Hamilton today, and learned a little more about the late Julia Hoffman. She used to work for the Richardsons, but then came to work for Angelique. I always think of Angelique and Hoffman as being friends from womb to tomb, but of course that can't be right because Hoffman is about a decade and a half older than Angelique. So Hoffman would have had an adult life while Angelique and Alexis were growing up, with friends like the Inspector Hamilton and his wife. And then Angelique put her hair up and started wearing long skirts - so to speak - and suddenly Hoffman had found her final obsession. But just as Julia had an obsession before she met Barnabas - i.e. delving into the physical ins and outs of being a vampire - so Hoffman would have had an obsession before she met Angelique. What was it? Maybe it was Jane Hamilton, who died and who didn't come back from the grave.
I hate seeing Angelique figure out that Julia is Dr. Julia Hoffman, but it was neat to see Angelique sitting there after Inspector Hamilton left, with her eyes big with discovery.
