Carolyn tries to convince Barn not to kill Julia, geez Carolyn, make up your mind! All of a sudden now, Carolyn is unsure of herself and things in general. I wonder if this is Barn’s influence waning & Carolyn needs another bite. Barn warns her not to let her emotions get the best of her and pretty much puts her in her place with a somewhat veiled threat. This was a great moment in the scene – not in the way of it being thrilling or well acted, but it quickly answered a lot of questions the scene brought up for me. As a viewer, I appreciate that.
Did you notice Barn’s face when Carolyn kind of chastised him for letting Julia keep notes? It was so subtle, but so perfect. Frid is usually good for that and it’s one of the things I always watch for and really appreciate re: his performances.
OMGoodness, I loved Maggie’s yellow coat! And KLS looked absolutely splendid in it. I really liked the scene with Maggie and Carolyn outside the front doors of Collinwood. I think I may be tired of seeing the same three characters so much lately. Seeing Maggie was like a breath of fresh air. I don’t see the importance of the scene but I enjoyed it nonetheless. I was a good scene – Maggie picking up on the change in Carolyn and sensing the similarities with her own experience but not being able to put a conscious finger on them. And the howling dogs seemed subtly chilling in context.
I also very much enjoyed seeing Mrs. J. and I really liked how she was written in this episode, as being motherly towards Carolyn. It appears that the change in Carolyn is not going unnoticed by anyone, not mom, uncle, Vicki, Joe, Maggie, or even the maid.
The scene with Frid & Hall at the Old House was interesting and fun in the sense of Jules putting Barn in his place, lol. I always eat that stuff up. I mean nobody holds sway over Barn like Jules does – I LOVE IT!!! It always throws me off a little when Barn bumbles around, like in this scene, trying to keep Julia at the Old House. I guess I’ll never get used to vampires losing their composure.
I’m sure it’s been said/noted/explained before but hearing Julia’s explanation of the meaning of the howling dogs to Carolyn seems to have put to rest a lingering puzzlement (that's been in my mind) once and for all. Well, sort of – Now I want to know if these are supernatural ghost dogs or if they are the neighborhood dogs of Collinsport (which would seem absurd considering the house sits on a hill away from town…right)?
I think this will be the last time Carolyn & Barn will be able to pull the wool over Julia’s eyes, don’t you? Things ought to get really interesting for Julia (and us) now that Jules has busted Carolyn searching her room (I guess if there’s a secret panel in Julia’s room, Carolyn doesn’t know about it) and called out Barn on his trying to keep her at the Old house for Carolyn’s benefit.
No big Friday cliffhanger but a decent episode. Anyone notice that Julia’s room has been rearranged?
