I don't get why Barnabas just leaves Joe when the latter goes to Maggie's. Barnabas clearly knows that Joe is under the influence of a vampire and he is desperate to find out who that person might be. So why not at least keep Joe close at hand in the hopes that the vampire will reveal him (or, in this case, her) self? Color me puzzled. 

Great, goofy and wonderful episode.

I love the scene between Elizabeth and Julia in the drawing room - the doctor has become as crazy as the patient!

I also love Julia throwing Elizabeth off her own property. This episode really conveys a sense of the topsy-turvy world that is Collinwood.

Vickie would have been real stiff after spending all that time in the closet.

I get kindof tired of Vickie always being the damsel in distress.

I think Alexandra Moltke got tired of it too!

The never ending night continues with a nice fade in from Barnabas to Adam.  Stokes digs up Barnabas without becoming drenched in sweat as one would expect from a grossly overweight sedentary old gentleman. Carolyn decides to hide Adam in the West wing of the great house at Collinwood. Can't wait to see it again.

I've often wondered why Adam didn't bump into Quentin and Gerard while he was staying there. 

It's kind of amazing how long they've been around - far longer than DS probably. 

This episode is notable for its many highly dramatic confrontation scenes - the most probably in any single episode. The best is watching Professor Stokes trying to slink away into the shadows out of sight of Cassandra, realizing the impossibility of it, then throwing caution to the wind and confronting his arch-enemy head-on.

Then we have that great scene between Liz and Cassandra. No one plays the affronted grand dame better than Joan Bennett.

One thing did make me a little sad, though, in the scene in the Evans cottage. It shows how much some of the original cast members have, by this point, become little more than extras in somebody else's story. Joe and Maggie both look a bit foolish and superfluous in this episode. They were always made to appear so clueless and in-the-dark about what was really happening in Collinsport.

Funny that nobody seemed to notice that the portrait of Josette resembled Maggie (possibly because it doesn't) until Barnabas came along. I always felt that the writers expected the audience to suspend its disbelief too much in this regard.

Also, I wonder how Stokes knows how the 18th Century Barnabas "acted." Or is that just a comment on the modern Barnabas' old-fashioned, gentlemanly ways?

I've been noticing how often Barnabas, Julia and Willie turn their backs on Adam. In fact, their whole behavior towards Adam is self-defeating and erratic. And, really, nothing but a skimpy little bowl of soup for a growing boy like Adam? And why feed him something that requires the use of a spoon at this early stage in the game? It seems a bit unnecessary to be instructing him in table manners at this point. I keep imagining scenes from "My Fair Lady," with Barnabas as Henry Higgins, teaching Adam to drink tea with a lifted pinky, walk around with a book on his head, and recite catchy little ditties about weather phenomena in Collinsport.

David has certainly gotten over his fear of Barnabas, even though the mystery of the coffin in the basement was never really resolved to his - or our - satisfaction.

Gotta give that Roger credit. Generally so urbane and stuffy, he really kicks into bad-ass action-hero mode when the situation calls for it!