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« on: August 29, 2014, 05:24:44 PM »
Barnabas is vulnerable to being exposed in people's dreams. How can he ever feel safe? Pansy's problem with Barnabas is a little abstract. Dirk was the culpable vampire who did her in. It's only we viewers who hesitate to judge Barnabas though, I guess.... and as for that, I see him more as a sort of villain this time around.
Nice taking-stock, emotional scene at Rachel's grave. Angelique tries to warn Barnabas, the warning is sincere, but understandably, Barnabas rejects anything to do with Angelique, including ... especially... offers of help.
Great scene in which Carl tells Quentin that Barnabas is a vampire. Quentin laughs, stops abruptly, camera zooms in tight on his face as realization dawns! You just could not afford to miss a single episode, at this point. I wish I could remember the actual experience of watching this unfold, back then.
No one values Carl's life. Two relatives are fine with his dying to suit their own ends. Quentin makes a very interesting and cunning spot decision to trap Carl in the Mausoleum. I imagine he's good at calculating the angles of a new dangerous situation very well, panicking only when he sees no route of escape. He doesn't have to be the one to dispatch Carl, yet he arranges for it to happen. Maybe he even tells himself Barnabas and Carl might come to an understanding.
Quentin goes to Magda, announces he Knows. Carl in the Mausoleum... he gets worked up and pounds the coffin, then realizes what he's doing! Carl may be smart, despite being a fool; he finds the switch that lets him escape, and he runs off, babbling in triumph.