The scene between Carolyn and Adam is very well written and very well done. Kudos to RR and NB.

Good point, MT! I also remember that in Julia's first experiment with Barnabas, he's sitting in a chair several feet away from the bubbling, bubbling apparatus but not connected to it in any way! Maybe in the Collinwood universe, these things happen by osmosis. 

After Roger drives her to tears, Carolyn sets a new record for the fastest departure from Collinwood--she leaves the house by the front door (carrying a suitcase) and less than five seconds later we hear her car driving off.

I agree, MT. That was a missed opportunity. But later, Barnabas returns to the Old House--and finds Carolyn calmly waiting for him with the stunning announcement that she is volunteering for the experiment. Apparently when Nicholas hypnotized her, he telepathically informed her of how Adam came into being. She seems to know but doesn't mind.

Meanwhile, Willie lights a cigarette off one of the candles in the secret room at the mausoleum as he tries to tell Maggie that the police will think she's crazy if she tells them about Barnabas. But she remembers everything--including that Willie helped Barnabas. She suspects Willie of being "like Him." Willie reaches out his hand so that she'll feel his human warmth, but she promptly faints, and he's able to leave without revealing the mechanism for opening the panel.

While Barnabas is thinking over everything Carolyn said, Willie bursts into the Old House in total panic. Barnabas doesn’t let Willie get a word in. Coldly he tells Willie, Adam tried to kill Vicki--and if Vicki had died, you would have been responsible. Barnabas makes one more attempt to strangle Willie, but Willie shrieks, Barnabas, please listen to me! Maggie remembers the Old House, she remembers everything--what you were! If she tells the police they’re gonna come here! They’re gonna get you, Barnabas, and they’re gonna destroy you!

That's my fave too! But I also remember a moment when Barnabas is talking and a very determined fly is hell bent on having its closeup too. Sorry I don't recall the timeline or anything, but it was funny.

If I remember, the very first fly made a cameo appearance in an early episode, in Burke's suite at the Collinsport Inn.

And he would get there ahead of it!

 

Adam chokes Vicki into unconsciousness--and then is horrified at this, his first violent act. He wipes his hands on the green sweater as if he could remove his guilt that way.

As he sits by Vicki's side, awash in guilt and fear, Barnabas blames himself and wonders if the curse is still in force after 200 years. Carolyn refuses to believe that Adam was the attacker.


Carolyn doesn’t believe Adam attacked Vicki--what would his motive be?--so she is calling the police when Nicholas, his usual dapper self even at this hour, materializes beside her. He dissuades her from talking to the police by taking the receiver and hanging it up. How dare you! she rages and tells him that Adam has just attacked Vicki. Nicholas points out that she has no proof except for Barnabas's say-so. Carolyn goes back upstairs and demands to know why Barnabas thinks he (A.) was. Barnabas pleads exhaustion and worry and promises to answer her questions later. Yes, later, Carolyn replies with all of Elizabeth's own imperiousnessness.

Nicholas heads for the West Wing and scolds Adam for almost ruining the experiment. Nicholas is taken aback when Adam tells him that Maggie is to provide the life force. With a flash of perception, Adam suggests that Nicholas is in love with Maggie. (Adam is just as much of a romantic as Barnabas!) Nicholas denies it, saying, LOVE is a word I do not use. When Carolyn comes to see Adam, he denies attacking Vicki--his second lie to his little blond goddess. Nicholas assures him it wasn't a lie and coaches him in what to say to Barnabas.

Great job by RR in the last scene: When Barnabas gets home, Adam is waiting for him, calmly sitting by the fire and playing solitaire. Barnabas refuses to sit and listen at first, but with great dignity Adam says, When I first knew you, I never thought I could be the gentleman that you are. You are a very imposing man, Barnabas, and I still find it difficult not to be frightened by your manner. Barnabas finally sits and listens in astonishment when Adam continues in the same calm and dignified manner, I have decided to believe you. I have chosen the woman who will give her life force to my mate, and she is not a stranger. When Barnabas asks who it will be, Adam replies calmly, She is the only woman I will ever love--Carolyn Stoddard....

 

Maggie revives in the secret room. She looks around--and starts screaming when she sees a coffin. Since Barnabas no longer needs it, one presumes it was put there for safekeeping while Julia's experiment took over the cellar of the Old House.

Willie tries to calm Maggie down, but things only get worse when she starts to remember that Julia brought her here to test her memory. This whole flashback had to be reshot in color.

MT, good comment on Barnabas's smarts vs. Willie's tailfirst attempt at problem solving.