Poor Willie.  That's quite a parade of looney tunes passing through the old house on that one night.  No sooner does he get rid of one space cadet than another shows up. 

It's amazing how Prof. Stokes can be so utterly vain, yet so lovable at the same time.  He's the kind of person who inspires such confidence through his own self-assurance that you want to have him around in a time of crisis.

After Adam kidnaps Carolyn, I wonder if anyone thought that he might also be the one who made off with Maggie earlier.  Or were they all so convinced that Willie was the perpetrator that they never even made a connection and simpy assumed that Adam was just another crazed man who liked to make off with Collinsport's prettiest and most beguiling women?

Mrs. Johnson's heartfelt anguish over having to tell the dream to David makes for some of the most genuinely poignant scenes in DS history.  Her watching over him as he sleeps is really very touching and Clarice Blackburn does a beautiful job in the role. 

I love watching Barnabas playing Henry Higgins to Adam's Eliza Doolittle.  I wonder if he'll be presentable in time for Barnabas' next ball. 

I can't remember.  Did Julia erase David's memories of Barnabas' vampirisim, or did it just disappear along with Vickie's and Carolyn's after Barnabas was cured?

That hiatus in 1795 is playing havoc with my memory.  Or maybe Julia and her little medallion got to it too.

This episode was filled with more "idiot plot" points than almost any installment of DS I can think of.

The first, of course, is Barnabas and Julia's leaving Adam in the hands of a terrified and incompetent Willie.  Utterly unbelievable.

Then we have the seemingly effortless acceptance of Willie back at Collinwood, depite the fact that the people there know only that Willie is the madman who kidnapped Maggie Evans. 

And why does Mrs. Johnson go searching for David on the terrace when he is the very person she has spent the whole day trying to avoid?  It's possible that she was falling victim to her irresistable urge to talk to him, but the almost cheerful, nonchalant way in which she calls him just doesn't ring true in the context. 

Also, Julia seems unnecessarily dense and clueless as to what is causing Mrs. Johnson's distress.

All in all, not a very sterling episode.

Gothick, great comments.  I too wonder about some of the legal logistics of this episode.  Wouldn't Willie have to stand trial for kidnapping and attempted kidnapping even after he was "rehabilitated"?  I mean, does he get to get off "scott free" just because some psychiatrist says he's well enough to go back into society?

Still, good episode, with nicely played scenes between Barnabas and Julia and Barnabas, Julia and Willie.