After Julia refuses (or simply just can’t bring herself to do it) Barn kills Woodard. Magnus, What’s the big deal? What was so shocking about this? Barn’s killed before (so it's not his first murder) and Julia kills no one. Is it that it’s not a “bad guy” getting killed? (I ask curiously & with all due respect.)
I remembered this event totally wrong. I thought Julia killed Woodard so I am somewhat relieved. I don’t have to hate Julia (yes, I am giving her a free pass on this one) I all ready hate Barnabas, and Woodard chose death over compliance. I'm good with all this.
Julia is a mess and who can blame her? Barn is still being a bosshole. Him, I can blame. Why can’t he be a respectful killer? (snort) I wasn't at all moved by anything Barn had to say, as a matter of fact most of it made me sick to my stomach in the context of the episode. I'd have spat on him and told him to go ____ himself after his "Don't mock my pain" statement. We're supposed to feel sorry for him? I'm beginning to think DarkLady is correct in guessing that present-day Barn is becoming more unsympathetic so as to contrast the "nice" Barnabas of 1795.
I totally don’t get the bat in the window of The Blue Whale? WTF?
And the woman screaming outside/bats in women's hair/Don't hang around the waterfront if you don't like bats -- a bit of comic relief from the writers to shake off the shock of Woodard's murder?
Sam & the sheriff find Woodard dead. They both suspect foul play. Sam’s poignant “Oh, no, not Dave.” almost got to me to tear up and probably would have had it been Gerringer’s Woodard that got iced.
The lack of experienced technicians on set is excruciatingly obvious in this episode. Lot's of camera shadows.
My favorite lines: Please! Don’t let him kill you! (lol, only on DS?) & Barn: I know a dead man when I see one!
It’s weird, out of context I was I was impressed with so many things in this ep. and yet in context I didn’t really like it.
I'm glad (well, for the sake of converstion, lol) you brought up Sarah, DarkLady, because I wondered why we heard her flute during that part of the scene? You say it signifies that Sarah was a witness to Woodard's death and that makes sense. Anyone think that Sara is creating Woodard's voice for Julia to hear (that it wasn't really "Woodard" from the great beyond)? And if so, why? Why torture Julia? Maybe to recruit Julia as an unwitting ally in her crusade to...oh, yeah, not really sure what Sarah is up to.
And thinking along the lines of Lydia's thoughts that Sarah was willed into existence by Maggie's desperation, I have to wonder if maybe Woodard calling out her name had anything to do with her showing up unseen? What puzzles me is why Sarah (if witnessing this) didn't feel Woodard was worth protecting/saving as was Maggie and David? Does Barn's ultimate safety trump all? Throwing Sarah into the mix seems odd to me. Perhaps a definitive answer (in DS, yeah, right!) to that is yet to come.