It had to be the I Ching that "chose" (is it somehow a conscious being?) to run the events of 1969 and 1897 in parallel according to calendar dates...
Barnabas explained recently (I think in the previous ep) that the I-Ching works by freeing the mind and the will. So wouldn't it be the user that is making the choices, not the I-Ching itself?
Julia mentioned something to Professor Stokes about Barnabas trying to help Chris as well as David, which surprised me, because Stokes didn't know that Chris was a werewolf, did he? But Stokes didn't comment on what Julia said.
That was definitely a plot hole. And I'd venture to say not the only one in the episode...
Edward proclaimed that Barnabas would not be able to get out of his cell, and confirmed Barnabas' statement that he thought of everything. But in actuality, he hadn't. Edward previously witnessed Barnabas disappearing in the police station. Granted, Barnabas is unable to disappear as long as he bears Petofi's mark (and I'm assuming he lost the ability to turn into a bat as well, since he didn't turn into one now or right after receiving the mark), but Edward does not know this-- we witnessed his entire conversation with Petofi and it did not come up. So Edward, like the Professor in Lydia's above example, behaved as if he had knowledge that he just didn't have.
More oddness--
Edward: "Even with someone like you, I cannot force myself to kill in cold blood."
I'd have an easier time accepting this had Edward not bravely staked Dirk Wilkins. Yes, Dirk was not a Collins, but considering that Edward preferred to return an hour before dawn to watch Barnabas die slowly rather than shoot him in the heart so that he could die quickly, I'm just not seeing the advantage to being kin if all it gets you is a more agonizing death.
As for this--
Julia to Stokes (about Amy): "I don't think she has ever been in any jeopardy."
Okay, that's just stupid, but I'm chalking it up to Julia's desperation to save her man!!
Major Milestones: ...
2. This episode took place in both 1897 and 1969.
It was cool, but was it a milestone?