I like the mileage they get out of two short scenes with Tom Jennings. They talk about him at Collinwood, they talk about him at the Old House, they talk about him at Nicholas Blair's house - and by this time in 1968, the viewers had probably forgotten what he looked like - assuming anybody could ever forget what Don Briscoe looked like.
The scene between Joe and Willie was sort of interesting: Willie did not recognize what was happening to Joe, even though the same thing happened to Willie last year. But maybe it's not so surprising. After all, Julia hasn't yet had a chance to check the wounds on Tom Jennings's neck and to confirm that there's a vampire on the loose, and for some reason, the dogs have been silent lately. It couldn't be because Angelique is happy because Angelique is never happy. It was irritating to see how callously she treated Joe today. But that's Angelique all over.
And then we've got Barnabas treating Willie callously. Even though Barnabas is human and reformed now, he still treats Willie like dirt. All I can figure is that when he first had Willie under his power, in April of 1967, he got a good look at Willie's pre-Barnabas personality and found it beneath contempt, and he just can't change his view of Willie now. I can't say as I entirely blame Barnabas. Since Willie came out from under Barnabas's power this year, he's been pretty contemptible.
