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When I watched this episode for the first time, I didn't think there was any way Barnabas and Jeremiah would go through with the duel, and if they did, they certainly wouldn't really fire their weapons. How wrong I was!

I can't stand Angelique! She was as much responsible for his death as was Barnabas. How could she be so heartless to tear a family apart? 

I feel so sorry for Naomi, what with the countess and Abigail badgering her to question Vicki.

Poor Joshua, having no memory of being gone for an entire week, it was obvious he was unsettled by it.

The screeching of the cat always amuses me.

Angelique sure knows how to play the injured party, first acting like she feels bad for trying to help Josette with her headache, then when Josette hesitates to pin the amulet to her dress. If only her energies would have been directed more positively, she could have been a very caring person.

Doesn't anyone care that Barnabas and Josette are marrying without Joshua? You would have thought Naomi would have protested at the very least.

When Ben is working outside, there are birds singing up a storm. Hello, it's supposed to be winter, yet you'd think it was the middle of summer.

Ben should have stayed quiet about Jeremiah to Angelique. Perhaps then Jeremiah could have gone through with leaving.

Why isn't Barnabas more puzzled by Josette's fervent desire for Jeremiah to stay? It's not like she was very fond of him in the first place. Then just as quickly she changes her mind. If I was Barnabas I would be confused by Josette's behavior.

When Josette and Jeremiah are under the spell, I wonder why when they're returned to their normal state, why they don't tell someone what's going on.

Hope you had a great birthday, Raineypark! 

I liked the way Andre was so very shocked upon learning that Jeremiah and Josette were kissing.

I don't think Natalie was aware of what went on between Barnabas and Angelique, otherwise she most likely wouldn't have allowed a relationship between he and Josette.

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Poor Ben, being manipulated by Angelique to do her dirty work, helplessly watching as one tragedy after another befalls the Collins family and unable to stop it, or even to warn them.

I love how Barnabas is so kind to Ben, offering to give him a better life with him and Josette.

I very much enjoy watching the scenes between Barnabas and Jeremiah. They really are very close, and it shows. I only wish we could have seen more of them interacting with each other.

Maybe that skull was the head of Judah Zackery.  LOL!

Can you imagine Jeremiah's shock upon Josette coming in to his room and practically throwing herself at him?

Excellent acting by all.

Having never seen the pre-Barnabas episodes, I was confused by Vicki's screaming about Ben's resemblance to a man named Matthew Morgan, but then realized he must have been someone from those episodes.

Joshua sure loves being king of the castle doesn't he?

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I'm glad we finally get to see Ben, a servant Barnabas actually holds in high regard and affection. If everyone would have been as observant as Ben, maybe Angelique would have been caught performing witchcraft. She lured him in with flattery, giving him false hopes of a relationship, when her only intentions were to use him. 

I wonder who she was intending to poison with the nightshade. We never saw her use it to my knowledge, unless she used a smaller amount in a potion that wouldn't be deadly.

Looking at how Angelique worked her wiles with Ben Stokes even before she had any idea of enslaving him, I have absolutely no doubt that she made the first move with Barnabas.

An idea I'd never thought of just occurred to me. Is it possible Angelique, upon barnabas's arrival in Martinique, saw him and wanting to improve her status in society, and perhaps a little smitten with him, decided that the only way to get him was to bewitch him with a spell or potion? Might she have already enslaved him in Martinique before we ever saw her doing anything at Collinwood? I realize barnabas turned to Josette after a time, claiming he loved her, but Angelique, as we have already witnessed isn't a very skilled witch. maybe the effects of the spell gradually wore off without her knowing , and by the time she realized what had happened, Barnabas had already returned home before she could renew it. Just a thought...