And once again continuing by presenting today's scripted quote -
Page 87/Scene 192 (Outtake) - Barnabas: 'Of course, you are right... but this house was never meant to be a tomb.'
- I was somewhat surprised that it was dropped from the scene because Barnabas made a very similar remark in Ep #214 of the original series, and not only was it an important part of the scene, but it was even used to cap off both the scene and the act. Plus, at this point in the pilot Barnabas' coffin is already in the basement of the Old House, so essentially the house
is being used like the pyramids as a tomb, so Barnabas' remark in the pilot would have held even more irony than it did in the original series. But apparently for some reason they didn't think so. Or perhaps they felt Vicki's remark had already made the point. But still, I don't believe Barnabas' remark would have been the least bit redundant...