I've a feeling that Maggie may be somewhat in Barnabas' thrall, even though she's yet to be bitten. It seems to me that Barnabas, like many other vampires, has a very powerful influence over his intended victims. So I think a lot of this may be in spite of her feelings for Jeff, which have probably not changed.
I've never thought of it in those terms, but they might be possible. And if they are, it could mean maybe there really are supernatural elements at play in Scenes 111 and 112 when Barnabas persuades Maggie not to leave Collinwood. As I said back in May, the novelization seems to play up that Barnabas has some sort of supernatural influence over Maggie as he persuades her. But to me the sequence as filmed plays as if Barnabas simply uses his charm on Maggie - and that's the way KLS approached it when she played it (unfortunately I've never seen any comments from Frid on how he played it). But there is that extreme close-up in Scene 111 -
Continuing Scene 111, picking up with a notation that DC added to his script -
- just before yesterday's quote, Maggie's reply to Barnabas saying things will be very different -
Page 42/Scene 111 - Maggie: 'You make me believe they can be.'
- comes up, followed by today's quote -
Page 42/Scene 111 - Barnabas: 'I'll see that they are.'
- coming up.
And when it comes to the dialogue, the descriptions, and the directions, as we can see in yesterday's capture, Maggie does indeed -
- turn to look at Barnabas before she delivers yesterday's quote, which she actually delivers as "You almost make me believe they can be" - and when Barnabas delivers today's quote exactly as scripted, one thing that isn't scripted but can be seen in today's capture, he's in -
- extreme close-up.
- which is of the variety the daytime show often used when Barnabas was supernaturally imposing his will on someone. However, unlike the novelization, which speaks of a "hypnotic something in his face" and a "magic in his eyes" when describing those moments in the scene, DC's script simply says there's "an intensity in his look" and that could mean anything. Though something that is interesting is that both the novelization and DC's script say that the look on Barn's face "frightens" Maggie, but she doesn't react that way at all in the film. But what would be interesting to know is if Dan Ross made up the novelization's descriptions of Barn's look on his own or if they were in the script he used for the novelization? One thing I can say and often commented on when I was sharing the version of the hoDS script from the DS Files books was that the descriptions of scenes and moments in scenes are far more vividly described than they are in DC's script, so it's quite possible Ross simply took those descriptions right from the script. And if so, that would more than likely mean that originally Barn's influence over Maggie in Scene's 111 and 112 was meant to be interpreted as supernatural and not just possibly supernatural. And if Barn could have been using a supernatural influence there, you could be on to something, KMR, that Maggie may be somewhat in Barn's thrall, even though she's yet to be bitten, and that's why she seems to forget all about Jeff when she's with Barn. Unfortunately, though, that has to remain speculation on our parts because there really isn't anything in the film as it stands to prove it one way or the other. And who knows, maybe that's exactly the way DC wanted it. Or maybe he just didn't care what the audience thought about Maggie's behavior. Considering character is hardly DC's strong suit in the film, Maggie being with Barn may have simply been a means to an end in DC's eyes...