Interesting. Now that I think about it, the sort of "tough cookie" female characters on the show: Carolyn, Julia, Angelique, Eve, and to a degree, Elizabeth, are all written with a comfort level to zing their unsavoury male and female adversaries, while indeed, Victoria responds to such elements with a standard "deep freeze" haughtiness.  What gave her a rare chance to be dicey in so few fleeting moments were Vicki's lapses of concentration; when she'd become simply exasperated, forget her manners, and just snap (she took David & Roger to task several times in that first year as the new governess):

Vicki (to Cassandra): "You deserve a whole lot more than just a slap in the face!"
Vicki (to Nicholas): "...[you appeared] as if we had to have some eye of evil constantly staring at us!" "You're not human!"

For a girl who went toe-to-toe with both a witch and a warlock, Vicki deserved to be let in on more of the real goings-on at Collinwood and The Old House, but that reality might have hardened her spirit. Maybe her haughtiness was to give her character the ongoing hope of becoming humbled in her enlightenment. Characters like Julia and Eve had already been around the block and weren't dropping the chips on their shoulders over the next dashing vampire who summoned them into his web.

I always wondered if Jenny's madness was brought on by an old gypsy curse - someone in the caravan cursed Jenny with madness, for marrying outside of her own kind.

While trying to think of a fun Julia scene, I suddenly realized how well Grayson Hall worked with so many different actors on the show. My favorites weren't limited to her Julia scenes with Barnabas; they included:

1967: Julia & Carolyn's catty scenes when Barnabas was plotting to destroy Julia
1968: Julia & Nicholas Blair's verbal showdowns during the Adam storyline
1968: Julia can't pull the wool (or cloak) over Professor Stokes' knowing eyes
1968: Julia & Tom Jennings makin' whoopie in the woods
1969: Julia comes to 1897 and tangles with Angelique
1970: Julia helps Grant Douglas find his inner-Quentin

She didn't just give her all in her scenes and storylines with Barnabas - she made every interaction Julia had with every character a memorable and entertaining one.

You're the best, Midnite. Have a super duper day on your birthday. I will raise a toast in your honor.

Always,
Sandor

The suspense is killing me! Can't wait to hear some fun feedback about the DS reunion. I hope someone remembers to seek out a Don Briscoe T-shirt for me.

Pansity, keep spreading that Gemini charm. Have a great birthday.

-Sandor

Favorite unseen moments would definitely include the lugging around of all those "disappearing" or "relocated" coffins - through the thick brush in the woods at that! Poor Willie must have had a hernia, if not severe back trouble, in his older age.

And that scene after Julia once fished Barnabas out of a premature burial in the ground, there should have been a follow-up scene where Barnabas dusts himself off, climbs out of the casket, and says to Julia, "Did you bring your car? Let's swing by The Blue Whale. After all that, I could use a stiff drink!"