One of the all-time greatest episodes ever. JF, GH and even SS shine in this one.

Unnoticed by Barnabas and Sarah, Julia revives and watches with rapt attention--and even compassion--as the scene before her unfolds. Thoroughly ashamed, Barnabas doesn't dare look Sarah in the eye. Wonderful moment when the dreadful vampire is on his knees before his little ghost sister, ordering and then pleading with her to stay.

Still worse for Barnabas is the fact that Julia has seen him at his most vulnerable, so of course he is furious with her, especially when she tries to comfort him. Even as he throws her out of the Old House, she must have some hope that her love for him hasn't been misplaced--because he is still capable of human feelings, even if not for her.

Elizabeth is wearing the hideous yellow caftan that unfortunately makes a return appearance in HoDS. JB and AM are very touching in the scene where Vicki tells Elizabeth that she refuses to give up hope, because otherwise Burke will be gone forever.

Sarah visits David in his room to continue their interrupted conversation. arah warns him, The dead have come back. Someone in the house is in great danger from them. It isn’t you, she tells him but refuses to say whether it’s his father, his aunt, or Carolyn. Then she disappears, despite David's pleas. [spoiler]As far as I know, David will never see her again.[/spoiler]

One of my all-time favorite episodes!

They reshot the teaser so Tony could wear his Bogart fedora as well as his trenchcoat. Carolyn is at her all-time worst here. She is so enslaved to Barnabas that she is willing to smear her beloved mother just to get the notebook.

Julia gets Carolyn's story out of Tony. Grimly she tells him, It isn't true. The notebook isn't about some ordinary scandal, but about something far more dangerous and devastating. If you like, I’ll write a letter authorizing you to read the notebook if anything happens to me. That's enough to convince him that whatever the real story is, Julia is no blackmailer, and he agrees to keep the notebook.

David is back from his trip to Boston with Vicki. He's wandering around disconsolately when Sarah appears to him, and they have their cutest, most delightful conversation in the series. But suddenly she says, Something bad is happening at the Old House. Unlike other times, when the camera simply turned away, she disappears before our eyes.

Julia has apparently decided that she has nothing left to lose. In one of the most powerful scenes in the series, she goes to the Old House and with massive understatement tells Barnabas that this isn't a social call. After some mutual name-calling, she plays her ace. Tauntingly she tells him that she has seen Sarah--and he hasn't. Julia says, She’s lonely, very lonely. She’ll talk to anyone--anyone but you. Don’t talk to me that way! Barnabas warns her, his fury growing. Anyone but you, Julia repeats triumphantly, looking straight at him. Before she can get away, Barnabas seizes her by the throat, shouting, No more words, Doctor! You’ve done as much-- Suddenly the front door is blown open by a rushing wind. The chandelier swings back and forth violently. Barnabas drops his intended victim in surprise. The unconscious Julia slumps to the floor as Barnabas hesitantly moves toward the door, knowing what he will see, on the knife edge between fear and longing. Sure enough, Sarah stands gazing up at her brother, silent but very, very angry. Barnabas at last hears "my fair lady" in D minor....

I'm sure I don't know what came over me! 

*splort* 

Your spoiler makes me feel a bit better, MT. Thanks for the suggestion.

The latest slide show features one of my favorite Natalie quotes: "Think of me as a giant child."

Barnabas orders Carolyn to plant a small metal box containing the syringe and the vial of serum that killed Dr. Woodard. These are what the tabloids would call “macabre mementos,” Barnabas comments. Does Barnabas read the National Enquirer between treatments?

Later, Julia gets a little payback when Carolyn is on the phone, happily arranging a date with Tony. Julia demands to speak to her and hangs up the phone on her, ignoring Carolyn’s fury. She shows Carolyn the syringe and says, I know Barnabas made you plant it. Why don’t you leave me alone? she asks in pain. Isn’t it enough that I remember? Isn’t it?

NB gets one of her best lines in the show: Control yourself, Julia, answers Carolyn heartlessly: It’s almost dinnertime, and you haven’t even changed. Her voice laden with irony, she continues, Really, Julia, when you’re with us, you must live by our rules.