Does anyone else have a problem with Barnabas' behavior when he was in 1897?   He seemed to act as though things were to go his way regardless of how history originally went.  He makes no qualms about Rachael or Kitty into making them yet another Josette without thinking they had their own future lives to lead. This obviously goes for his callousness to Dirk and Carl (and indirectly Pansy).

To me, he totally defeated his purpose for being in 1897 to help David by being responsible for the many deaths of all the others that happen due to his own fault.  I know Vcky wasn't a smart time traveller, but at least she tried to change some things for the better, even though the outcome was the same as it originally was.  IMHO, Barnabas is an even worse time traveler then Vicky with his abruptness that things be done to his own policing (Ediths will come to mind) like he is a new sheriff in town.

Then there is the Laura matter, which he obviously didnt see the obvious, that the family was there in the present, therefore, there wasnt any need to worry about her taking her children with her by fire.

He realy didnt have to do anything other then to observe why Quentin's spirit was so vengeful. 1897 shows Barnabas much  less as a hero then as someone on an ego trip at times.  I think his character regressed a lot in this storyline.

The craziest statements he makes has to be when he accuses Angelique of changing history when she announces that she plans to marry Quentin and she accusaes him of the same.  His response was hilarious: "I have done all i can do to make sure to keep histpry the way it was" or something to that effect.

As much as 1840 is maligned, at least there he was more of an observer then a participant.

He had a small role in one of the 1991 episodes as a store owner.

Charles Lane, the prolific character actor whose name was little known but whose crotchety persona and roles in hundreds of films made him instantly recognizable to generations of moviegoers, has died. He was 102.


His son, Tom Lane, said he was talking with his father at 9 p.m. Monday. "He was lying in bed with his eyes real wide open. Then he closed his eyes and stopped breathing."

Lane, whose career spanned more than 60 years, appeared in such film classics as "It's a Wonderful Life," "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town" and "Twentieth Century." He also had a recurring role as the scheming railroad man, Homer Bedloe, on the 1960s TV sitcom "Petticoat Junction" and appeared often on "I Love Lucy."

They never really went into detail as to what happened with her & I am still confused on some points.

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Did she really go to 1796 with Barnabas or did Barnabas just believe that Kitty was inhabiting Jostte's body?   It seems the Leviathan's may have led Barnabas to think she was really in 1796 with him.   They could have had him imagine she was entering Josette's portrait at the end of 1897.  Another thing is that if Josette dies again by suicide (poison), where does Kitty go?  Are they both killed at the same time?  I tend to think Kitty never really left 1897 and after her confusion passed, she went back to Edward and ended up marrying him.

Has MPI started to release the 1966-1967 episodes yet?

From Yahoo News:

A researcher has come up with some simple math that sucks the life out of the vampire myth, proving that these highly popular creatures can't exist.

University of Central Florida physics professor Costas Efthimiou's work debunks pseudoscientific ideas, such as vampires and zombies, in an attempt to enhance public literacy. Not only does the public believe in such topics, but the percentages are at dangerously high level, Efthimiou told LiveScience.

Legend has it that vampires feed on human blood and once bitten a person turns into a vampire and starts feasting on the blood of others.

Efthimiou's debunking logic: On Jan 1, 1600, the human population was 536,870,911. If the first vampire came into existence that day and bit one person a month, there would have been two vampires by Feb. 1, 1600.  A month later there would have been four, and so on. In just two-and-a-half years the original human population would all have become vampires with nobody left to feed on.

If mortality rates were taken into consideration, the population would disappear much faster. Even an unrealistically high reproduction rate couldn't counteract this effect.

"In the long run, humans cannot survive under these conditions, even if our population were doubling each month," Efthimiou said. "And doubling is clearly way beyond the human capacity of reproduction."

So whatever you think you see prowling around on Oct. 31, it most certainly won't turn you into a vampire.

This is Betsy Durkin at her table where she is selling her new book.

I klnow she returns as Edith Collins in 1840.

Was there any reason why she didn't return as a new character in the present time after 1897 ended?

When he learned about the secret room, if he was unable to find Burke, wouldn't the logical thing to do was go directly to the sheriff or at least Sam Evans and Joe Haskell.   Taking it all on his own was not a wise decision.