...facials!!"

I love Alexandra's opening voiceovers.

Wow, I totally agree, DL, Frid's "aged" makeup is first rate.

And yes, as per usual, Barn blames Julia, lol. I thoroughly enjoyed all the scenes between Frid & Hall in this episode. I always get a kick out of Julia's sarcasm (and malice) towards Barnabas and this episode offers plenty of it. Hall's hamming it up and I am loving every glorious second of it. I am also thoroughly digging Frid's performance. Not necessarily the line recitals per se but the way he is carrying himself as an aged Barnabas. I can't put my finger on it, but there is a subtle difference (a slight hesitance or a holding back of sorts) and I am completely taken by it. This is one of those times I'm impressed enough to want to see who wrote and directed.

Yeah, DarkLady, no surprise re: Vicki's reaction to Carolyn's thoughts on Barnabas. I might have expected Joe to placate Carolyn, but no, Joe is in soap opera male mode.

I generally loathe the 'thought' voiceovers but the two in this episode were perfect. Barn's remembrance of Julia prodding, "Vicki may never come to you of her own free will. You want her and you'd be a fool not to get her. Now. Tonight!" And Barn's thoughts as he looks at Vicki sleeping in her bed, "She's so lovely, so innocent. I can't do it. I can't!"

I am wondering if the strike is over? Things seem to be more than less back to order, namely, sound cues, lighting and cameras angles. I was really impressed with the episode as a whole.

Was this Frid's first, "NOOOO!" cry? Grayson has numerous deliciously quotable lines.

Nice one, PM, as a matter of fact it was, Grrrrrreat!

"Even though it deeply pained her, Carolyn felt she had to tell _David_ that _playing with his toy soldier all the time would make him go blind_!!"

_David_    _playing with his toy soldier all the time would make him grow hair on his palms_!!"

This was a great show! Carolyn certainly has the lightest brightest cheeriest room at Collinwood (not that it did her any good it seems). And has anyone ever woken up looking lovelier? A year ago, under these circumstances, Carolyn might have expected a knife through the heart, waking up to David standing over her.

David is independently psychic. Anyone disagree? I thought maybe Sarah was 'showing' him things but I am walking away from this episode convinced he has his own psychic powers.

I was actually able to stomach Sarah in this episode. I was fascinated with her saying that she's able to appear to people who believe she is real. I felt a piece of the Sarah riddle had been solved, so to speak.

I loved both scenes between Carolyn and David. I am a big fat silly sentimental sucker for any scene involving the loving and caring and/or protection of David. Nancy Barrett is really good at portraying multileveled pathos and the history between the two characters makes it all the more poignant. Poor David, is about all I can say. Not only is he losing his allies one by one but he now feels a sense of responsibility for their deaths. Carolyn returning the toy soldier to David was a very touching, loving and telling gesture.

I agree, I really enjoyed (and was impressed by) the lines of Frid/Barnabas about the passing of time. I don't know that I would have related to them so well as a youngster. I really enjoyed Grayson's subtle simpatico performance. Barnabas doesn't deserve her thoughtfulness. He's still threatening her and taking no obvious responsibility for what's now happening to him.

Their closing scene was great until the climax. Julia communicates what she must regardless of Barn's objections. Good for you gurl. Barn's pretty stupid if you ask me, but I guess under the circumstances he feels he must be brutish. I don't imagine he's being purposely sadistic for the sheer pleasure of it. Grayson's climatic double shock was too corny, one would have been enough -- less is more and all that rot.

This episode has technical difficulties with tape drag and sound. Are these evident on the DVD? There were dead spots during the closing scene re: sound. And most of the episode had tiny tape head drag lines.

I hated this episode the first time I watched it this week. I viewed it twice more with my eye's closed and a fourth time the next day with them open. The fourth time I felt a lot less critical of it.

I agree with all the negative comments about the lab equipment and procedures.

I absolutely hated Frid's acting the first time around but now find it adequate. I don't even have an explanation for the turnabout. Maybe I have DSBPD.

I was impressed with the concept of the Vicki/Julia/Barnabas in his coffin thang but I didn't enjoy the execution at all. I am sick & tired of Julia hypnotizing people, and just as tired of the amulet & the crystal (though both are lovely to look at). The only compliment I can give to that whole segment is that they actually matched the center of the crystal to the special effect.

AM's acting was subpar and ruined the drawing room scene with Frid for me.

Grayson did have some very good moments in the beginning scenes but overall, I can't rate this episode very high.

...screwing and multiplying like rabbits!!"

So I've got to wonder - the little marks over the "o" in Petofi must indicate how it is pronounced.  Does it make it rhyme with "Sophie" or "toffee" ?

A o with a double acute accent, a letter of the Hungarian alphabet, representing a long ö.