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[spoiler]Monday's quote:
Ep #663 (1796) - Nathan - 'Barnabas MUST be destroyed before it's too late!'
From "Robservations 9/25/02 - #662/663 - Barnabas & Yet Another 18th Century Doxy"
Millicent badgers Nathan about why he's in jail. You haven't been listening, he says--you haven't heard one word I've said. She assures him she has, but it makes no sense. Take my word and trust me, please, begs Nathan. I did that before, she says, and I'm sorry. Forget the past, he says, we'll make a new start. I'd like that, she says. Something must first be done about Barnabas, insists Nathan. That's the part I don't understand, says Millicent--I was so sure Barnabas was dead. Impatiently, he reminds her--you saw him taking me out of the house tonight, didn't you? Yes, she agrees. Then he can't be dead, right?, asks Nathan. No, he can't, says Millicent, but why did we all think he was? Nathan paces the cell and says "because of what he's become." I'm confused, Millicent says. I can't say why, Nathan explains, but Barnabas is trying to kill me, and you must help me--I will tell you how Barnabas can be destroyed, but you must promise to do something about it. (Isn't she one of Barnabas' victims herself by this time?--Naomi committed suicide because she caught her son feasting on his cousin's throat.) I promise to try, says Millicent. Find a wooden stake and hammer, orders Nathan, and go to the tower room during the day, where he sleeps in a coffin--you must take that stake and drive it through his heart. Millicent stares at him, horrified. She says she thinks she understands and again promises to try. Barnabas must be destroyed before it's too late, says Nathan. She complains about the chill and says she'll return to Collinwood, but come to see him tomorrow. He stares after her, shaking his head, knowing his wife is whacked out..
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We're back to the quote being perfectly referenced in the Robservations...
And this is actually the show's third trip to 1796. And interestingly enough, because I only got to see DS sporadically between September of 1968 and mid-January of 1969, I never saw the second trip and most of the third trip until I saw them in syndication in 1987. The only ep from the third trip that I saw was Ep #666 because January 13th was when the local ABC affiliates finally returned DS to 4pm. So much for 666 and 13 being bad numbers!