Happy Birthday!

Wow, I am so out of touch, I thought only the film nominations were increased. I wouldn't expect anyone to get a nod but I do think Eva Green deserves one.

Happy birthday!

Wow, your name conjures up many heartfelt smiles.

Wow, brilliant, Unc.

I don’t get where Julia is coming from in this episode? I felt that she & Barnabas came to a finite understanding yesterday. Now she’s going for broke? I feel that Julia suggesting a séance is off the wall. Why does she want to contact Sarah, defend David, etc.? Is it that Barn told her he cares very little for her? SFW? This would be the perfect time for her to leave town – Barn implied that he was going to leave Julia alone to appease Sarah. I just don’t get it? Is this all for David’s sake? Is Barn not part of the equation? Julia definitely has something to lose – has she had enough and cares not about being exposed?

I love Liz in this episode. She is so authoritative and defiant, even calling Barnabas on to the carpet for his callous attitude. Also, I very much enjoyed the levity provided pretty much solely by Roger. Julia smiles at Roger's comment, "I'm at my worst with ritual."

Had to thrill at Sarah via Vicki calling Carolyn a liar. I expected a lot more from Barnabas under the circumstances. He really didn’t show any reaction except to freeze. I am wondering if Phyllis Wick ever made it to the Old House or if she died in the carriage accident? Should Barn even know her or be aware of her?

And away we go!

Love Dorrie Kavanaugh’s voice & her character’s hair (lol) and overall 'look'. I'll have to look her up on-line. I always picture Robin Strasser in the role once I forget what DK looks like. I can’t imagine what I’d think if I saw this as a kid watching back in ’67. I might have ended the episode then and there, not showing Vicki in the woods asking, “Where am I?” but whatever. Either way it’s a great Friday cliffhanger.

I am dying to know if that’s what the Spratt Mansion looked like when the location scout found it or if they spruced it up for still shots, and if they spruced it up specifically for 1795 or if they did it for general purposes before the series started. I’m pretty sure that the photo shoot of “Barn” at the “Old House” shows it to be in disrepair, peeling and chipped paint on the columns, etc. I love the spruced up shot of the Old House. I hope we see more than just the one we see in this episode. No red brick out front though, a blooper of sorts?

Big episode in the show's history; I'm surprised the original print wasn't stolen. I hope we've seen the last of the B&W kinescopes.

Love seeing Julia run from Barn. Very funny.

Burke's dead. Very sad for Vicki. I didn't remember that he was confirmed dead. Pictured MR and felt very sad.

Julia defending David re: Sarah is a very intriguing close to the episode.

Hated AM's eye makeup. LOL, Darklady, as I watched Liz saunter around the first floor in that "hideous yellow caftan" my first thought was that if I were a woman of Liz's means I would do nothing but walk around my mansion all day in a dress like that.

I am getting a very big kick out of Julia repeatedly asking Tony to "see it" and I am getting an equally big kick out of his priceless replies. If one were listening to the show through a keyhole one might get the wrong impression.

Once again, we get a phoned-in (and this time - horribly written) performance by Peter Turgeon and once again he receives credit for it at episode's end. And once again, nothing much new here. Barn assesses Julia's mental state, she once again accuses him of producing her mental torture and once again Barn feigns innocence & sympathy. And once again Barn has his usual push and pull conversation with Carolyn setting up this week's expectations. And, once again, we get the awkward & boring Carolyn/Tony scene.

We do get a few fresh minutes of delight from Louie Edmonds in the form of a returned Roger unwittingly comforting Julia as noted by DarkLady. Things heat up a bit with Hoffman's phone call to Peterson. Julia finally gets to turn the tables on Carolyn by having Tony bust her breaking into his office safe. Fabulous.

I found the heaving door sound effects slightly reminiscent of Leviathans. Carolyn walked left to right to get into Tony's office but yesterday Julia walked right to left.