Thanks, midnite, for the info.   I kind of remembered a scene like that but wasn't sure.  Appreciate the refresher.

So many bloopers, so little time.  First, we have Jonathan running through what seems like the entire repertoire of female characters on the show before finally alighting on Julia's name.  Then, as stated above, Adam is standing peacefully outside a second-story window as if he were floating on air.

I also found it ironic that Adam would think Barnabas of all people DIDN'T know what it was like to be alone when Barnabas is probably the most love-deprived and unrequited character in all of DS (second only to Angelique, but then she deserves it).  I know Adam probably is not aware of that fact, but the irony still struck me as amusing.

If Barnabas really wanted to be a success at giant-slaying maybe he should have borrowed one of David's slingshots.  That rifle sure did him no good and, frankly, he looked a little foolish holding it.

I, too, liked the scene between Roger and Vickie.  Sometimes my favorite moments in DS have nothing to do with vampires or monsters but are just quiet exchanges between characters.

Just wanted to say...I LOVE Carolyn. 

And why do Jeff's vampire bites keep disappearing?  And why doesn't he ever seem drained of energy?  Is Angelique giving him a low dose of vampirism or something?

One thing that has never made sense to me in this Elizabeth storyline is the issue of embalment.  Would it even be possible for a person to be buried alive in modern times?

I thought Lara Parker was exceptionally wonderful in this episode, especially in her scene with Nicholas.  I found it almost touching when she said about Joe, "I don't like doing these things to him."  I thought Angelique rather liked having a hunk in her thrall, but it does show she may genuinely care for him and actually regrets in some strange way having to hurt him.  [spoiler]Kind of like when she says in 1897 that she actually cares about what happens to David.[/spoiler]  Such scenes make Angelique a little more complex and, dare I say it, "human."

Come on, folks.  You gotta have a little weirdness sometimes.  I think always having him lurking in the shadows, so that sometimes only his arm is visible in the background adds an aura of eeriness and suspense often lacking in the otherwise rather cerebral horror that is DS (it probably would have been more effective in the black and white episodes). 

He reminds me a bit of that creepy zombie in the opening scene of "Night of the Living Dead." 

I really love all the comments in this thread...very amusing indeed.

Sometimes I wonder about Tom's taste in women.  With such delectable morsels as Vickie, Carolyn and Maggie hanging around, he's so far "hit on" Julia and Elizabeth.   Barnabas was clearly more discriminating as a vampire than Tom is.

I like how they always have Tom lurking in the literal dark shadows.  It does add to his sense of menace. 

How many hysterical calls for help do you suppose the sheriff has received from Collinwood over the years?  I can just imagine his reaction: "Good grief, there go those crazy rich people up on the hill again.  What do they DO up there?"