I knew it all along! 

Either Vicki has graduated to heroine status, or Carolyn took her shopping. She's swapped her pajamas for a billowing nightgown, not quite as ornate as Carolyn's, but still. Poor Carolyn--this is probably her first slumber party ever. Vicki's twin bed has miraculously grown into a double in honor of the occasion. The girls get no sleep but manage to scare themselves silly.

Carolyn tells Vicki that her mother never let her swim at the foot of the cliffs because of the undertow. This may be the only time she ever mentions any form of exercise.

Sam has trusted Maggie to find someplace safe for his letter (the hotel safe, in fact) but forces her to swear on her mother's name that she won't read it. I don't have to swear, she replies patiently--I've never lied to you.

If Maggie knew how many times her father has lied to her over the years, she'd probably wish she had a dollar for each time.

I hope everyone is right about post-production. That makeup looks like inch-thick plaster of paris. Heaven help us if this is any indication of what the rest of the movie will be like. I wasn't very hopeful to start with, and now I'm really pessimistic.

Heaven forbid (as it were) on both counts! Barnabas was nothing if not a thoroughgoing rationalist and a true child of the Enlightenment--even if it didn't save him from getting cursed.

Good zingers, but this was a very repetitious episode. Even Elizabeth doesn't seem inclined to believe the girls saw what they did.

And speaking of inclines, according to my notes, when Matthew is walking down the cliff path, flashlight in hand, it certainly doesn't appear quite so steep as it does from the top.

The treacherous Nathan Forbes was one of the best parts of the 1795 story line. I know he was in other soaps, but I don't know if he got such plum roles on those.

Roger is probably well past the point where he would notice such trifles.