Roger, & Ange’s portrait are missing, and Liz is worried. She tells Barn that Roger acts as if he is possessed by it. Enter Vicki confirming ‘the possession’ by recounting her interaction with Roger/Joshua the evening prior, seconding Liz’s similar experience that Roger acts as if he is Joshua Collins. Vicki states that Roger took the portrait and left Collinwood. Mrs. Johnson asks Liz if Her son can stay at Collinwood while visiting her. Alone with Barnabas, Vicki says that she thinks Ange may be trying to finish what she started in 1795 by possessing Roger. Barn tries to dissuade Vicki’s train of thought as too incredible.
 
Vicki: After what I’ve been through, nothing seems too incredible.
 
Barn has a relapse of sorts hardly being able to resist biting Vicki during their conversation. Vicki suggests seeing Lang and Barn leaves. Vicki screams at the sight of Harry Johnson. Sarah & her son – what a hoot!
 
Harry: Oh, great! Just like the old times, right maw? – ROTFLMAO!
 
Lang suggests a transfusion for Barn’s current ills. They discuss the plan for a permanent cure with Lang only revealing that Barn can take on the physical appearance of Jeff Clark. Even a vampire has trouble wrapping its mind around that idea, lol.
 
Harry and his sticky fingers are on the prowl in the drawing room. Well, if it causes another confrontation with maw, I’m all for it.
 
Afterthoughts: When Noah Gifford was terrorizing David, I had wondered if Vicki was going to recognize him as Harry. Now I know why she didn’t. How many people expected Harry instead of Barnabas at the door after Mrs. Johnson asked permission for her visiting son to stay Collinwood?

DarkLady, I love the sentimental thought of yours about the tree outside the drawing room windows.

Happy birthday, tomorrow!

LOL, AD. Sometimes I picture the old time bouncing ball when he talks.

Vicki looks huge in it, DarkLady! lol, I thought it was a nightgown! So much color in '68. I am very much enjoying Frid's natural look also. And it's a refreshing change - it makes you feel good - well, it makes me feel good. Sometimes the subtle things make a huge difference. And I agree, I thought the mirror scene was very poignant.

I thought the severed arm looked pretty damn good (in VHS) for a DS prop of that nature. The show is getting gruesome.

Powell, Addison Powell.

The trio enters the secret room. We are being led to believe JClark is Peter Bradford by his actions. Vicki accuses Julia of knowing the room was there already. Vicki recounts the killing of Noah Gifford. JClark opens the coffin and it’s empty. Lang admits to Barn that he is not fully cured but temporarily – there are no guarantees with the experimental drugs – but he can offer him a permanent cure – the big mystery. Julia confronts Lang about his promise to Barn and warns him that she won’t be brushed aside re: Barn’s wellbeing. JClark enters Lang’s home as Julia is leaving and it piques her interest. JC is robbing graves for Lang and wants to quit for want of Vicki. Lang threatens JC and we learn that he was once in an institution for the criminally insane and is a murderer – this according to Lang. I have my doubts
 
Afterthoughts: It seems like Barn takes no responsibility for Julia’s injections going wrong. I know that it’s my interpretation of his position, but it still annoys the hell out of me. Davis got his big blow up scene and it was very good.

Barn is cured and both Vicki and Carolyn are released from the vampire’s thrall. Thank goodness – out with the old and in with the new – but then again…
 
By chance, JClark visits in time to help Vicki leave the hospital. He and Lang have it out and we learn that there is a sinister aspect to their relationship. We also learn that JClark has a secret, it sounds like he doesn’t know who he really is. He is very protective of Vicki and Lang warns him of it. Lang questions Vicki and we’ve seen enough thrillers to know that he’s got something up his sleeve – some sinister plan for Vicki? Carolyn and Julia both look fresh & fabulous in this episode – so does Vicky for that matter. I like the scene with Carolyn & Vicki on the landing. I liked Barrett’s dialogue convincing Vicki that her trip to the past is all the proof she needs for JClark possibly and actually being Peter Bradford – if one is true, then why not the other? Vicki once again tries to convince herself that she was in the past by locating the secret room in the mausoleum and Julia accompanies her there. We see an unknown male figure lurking there before their arrival. My guess is that it is Peter, I mean, JClark. Yep, it’s him. He states he was on a walk but didn’t know why he ended up there. As Vicki recounts to Julia about being there and knowing where the room is but not remembering how to get in, JClark goes to the secret panel and opens it to reveal a coffin inside. Totally groovy ending – I loved it.
 
Afterthought: I also thought Julia knew about the secret room in the mausoleum. Didn't she and Barn discuss finding David's pocket knife in there? Maybe that was Willie. It's interesting to think that if the writers would have made it obvious by having Julia do something unrealistic to imply to the audience she already knows about the secret room, we, okay, I, would have probably criticized it as being stupid but if the whole thing plays out as it would realistically, Julia should not give us or Vicki any indication that she knows the room is there. I guess there are two coffins, one at the Old House and one in the secret room? I know this has been discussed recently but I don’t remember if it was in the context of the present or 1795, I imagine it was 1795, and now, I can’t remember just where Barn is residing in the future/present. Of course, it matters not, being he is 'cured' - there's no worry about him being found in one or the other.

Hopefully last episode was a Friday cliffhanger because the weekend would have given us time not to notice Barn’s new wardrobe in the reenactment. Barn’s got a new best friend, eh? Stupid Barnabas. Well, at least he knows it’s Angelique messing with Lang – that’s a definite improvement over the typical build to a character’s realization the writers can make us endure. Ange is casting spells on/controlling Roger from the great beyond. But Roger is able to retain a modicum of self-will – I’ll do anything for love, but I won’t do that!

After thoughts: I hope Lang’s stay is a relatively short one. I concentrate too much on my dislike of the character and Powell’s acting style and my mind starts wander. I’ve gotten so used to (liking) Joshua that I am now having trouble liking Roger. Lang’s praise of Julia to Barn made me feel as if we are seeing the very beginnings of the Julia/Barnabas alliance – like the writers are planting the seed.