"Sam covered his eyes after Dr. Woodard announced he was going to examine Willie's _bippy!!"

I always wondered if DVR recordings were counted as viewership.

Still waiting for the Adonis shots. <wink>

Oops! I mean, THANX!!!, for the Adonis shots. <thumbs up>

Enjoyed having AM's voiceover back.

Is this the first we've seen of Liz since she's been gone? I see Liz went shopping while she was away. I guess this is the new Liz, and it shows. Liz is my favorite character so I am happy. I liked all her scenes but I am extremely biased. "Nothing must happen to David." That sounds like the old Liz.

Do you suppose they dressed down AM & GH because of Joan being in this episode? Just wondering.

I'm not why this episode has a green tint to it but the clarity, even on VHS, is marvelous; especially in the scenes in the study.

Love Grayson's eye make up and the wig is looking very healthy. Still eating up Gerringer's Woodard. And I used to wear my hair like David is in this episode. All of a sudden, David looks taller and older.

Favorite lines: David - "I'm not being childish! I don't want to go to the Old House. And I don't want to see cousin Barnabas! And you can't make me!"

The big comfy oversized red leather chair in the study looks big enough to fit Henry VIII. It's fun seeing the study, or is it the library?

It was a lot of fun watching Grayson in this episode. I got a big kick out of Julia bragging about her long justified investigation to Doctor Woodard. And her incredulousness at Dave Woodard's talk of the supernatural. And then the icing on the cake... "You didn't have to, Julia. You didn't have to." Julia and Barnabas sittin' in a tree...

I guess now it's going to be David vs Barnabas vs Julia.

Hate the twice played theremin music cue (aka curtain). Love it as a single, but the double cue is stupid. And I'm not being childish.

If I had every photo of the Old House known to exist I would be a happy man.

More Barnabas in the window. No wonder that became such a widely distributed still.

My thought is that this episode would have been great in a silent film. Frid's body language is superb. I'm not digging the vocal deliveries here. Something's seems off to me. Nobody's acting right! They used a lot of thought-voice (what is that called when we hear the character's thoughts in their own voices?). I don't like it. I also dislike Sam calling Maggie darling. It sounds insincere. Grayson had some great highly theatrical/fun moments - vocal and facial but they didn't add up to a great performance. Maybe Lela Swift is new to the crew, I don't know. Maybe the writing? It couldn't possibly be me.

My favorite part in this ep. is seeing Barnabas open the front doors of the Old House and seeing Julia standing there, waiting. (It was a lol moment for me.) I am really noticing the dead trees outside the Old House doors. I feel like that isn't the usual sight we see looking out. It will be interesting to see if and when it changes; maybe leaves in the spring? I'm thinking about Lydia's dead bush right now. How fun would it be to track that during the run of the show? A fun game perhaps, but I digress.

I think every character is acting as they should except Julia. Barn's smart enough to know Jules is more than likely bluffing, Willie knows that Barn is pulling Hoffman's leg. Julia seems dumb as a post right now. I did think it was somewhat inconsiderate that Julia ratted Willie out to Barn's guess of he being the one to tell her that Barn was going to kill Maggie. You'd think she'd consider sparing Willie the possible beating. Which leads me to my favorite line in this episode ~ Willie sez, to himself: "...Barnabas'd know; he'd kill me, or worse."

Karlen does his quivering face schtick and I will confess that every time I see him do it I try to do it. I fail. He's marvelous (almost always). Poor Willie, the tortured soul. His karma seems a bit harsh though.

I'm at the point of looking up Sarah's last appearance, it must be documented somewhere.

I'm wondering for the first time why the town drunk wears a sports jacket, button shirt and tie.

The doll must be an, "I'm watching you! Love Sarah"  signal to Barnabas. What else? Maggie can sense Barn, why would he even bother to put "it" out there to begin with?

Does Joe Have a new hairstyle?

Well, somebody gets it. Shoot first, ask questions later.

This episode wasn't that great.

Happy birthday, today!

Happy birthday tomorrow!

_pack of Winstons_