I'm thinking that "the jigsaw puzzle of the past" referred to in the voiceover that Barnabas is desperately trying to piece together is now, thanks to him, an incomplete and unrecognizable mess.
But the more I watch this storyline, the more I love Thayer's portrayal of Sandor!
Never were truer words ever spoken -- to both statements!
Isn't that coffin awfully plain for a Collins? Looks like just pine boards slapped together, yet Barn's from only 10 years later is much more ornate.
...But Barn's heightened senses-- in 1897, he can sense when Angelique or Laura is near-- seem to have come out of nowhere. Or at least I don't recall his having the ability to feel the presence of supernatural creatures when he was last a vampire.
I don't remember anything like that either. I suspect it was the classic writers thing: "we need to indicate that she's there so we need him to feel something"
And Quentin's a real bright boy -- he immediately catches on to Magda's lack of response and reasons out why it ISN'T. Interesting juxtaposition with the next scene where Barnabas thinks he can trick Quentin into saying something he didn't intend to.
"My cousin Uncle Jeremiah" hee hee
LOL I loved that one too. But to give him points, he charged right ahead with the rest of the line.
Barnabas and Quentin have a common goal (destroying Laura), but unfortunately they're still incapable of working together. And Barnabas is not helping the situation with his mysterious comings and goings, constant interferences in family matters, and dreadfully obvious interrogation techniques.
Oh that was a close one. Now what would have possessed him to go pay a social call at 5AM? And Quentin knows something is up, and is managing to turn the tables quite neatly on Barnabas' little attempt at getting information.
Interesting line there after Quentin opens the telegram: "I used to be able to believe my own lies. How fortunate I was. I don't think I realized that until tonight" Since we have a good idea what news was in that telegram, we see that even as someone who was described as obsessed with Baal (aka the supernatural), this confirmation of the supernatural has rocked him deeply. It's as if he would like to be able to lie to himself and convince himself that this wasn't possible.
And we have a few more dates to play with now. Quentin sent the cable to Alexandria on April 27 1897, which means it's probably now the first week of May or so, 1897 time. Laura died in Alexandria March 7,1896. Working backward from that, it would seem that Quentin got tossed out isometime in mid to late 1895, Laura followed sometime soon after, and with travel times and all, presumably they were together there a few months before whatever happened with the police and Quentin spying for the police that ended in her death by fire. Working back a little further, one can guesstimate that their affair went on from 1894 and Quentin and Jenny were married from at least 1894 forward, if not earlier.
Jeannie
