Discuss - Ep #0464

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Robservations #464

[Lydia]

Both Louis Edmonds and Grayson Hall seem to be recovering from a cold.  I wonder which of them gave it to the other.

Interesting that Stokes didn't mention the witch trial when he was talking about the life and times of his ancestor Ben Stokes.  I assume that if he had, he would have said that the woman who was hanged was named Phyllis Wick.  He said that the murders in the town that year were never solved, but my understanding that was everybody attributed them to the witch.  Stokes, as a student of the occult, knew that witchcraft was a real force, so why didn't he accept the general consensus?  Am I missing something here?  I'm very tired, so it's quite likely.

I suspect that this was the first confirmation Barnabas got - after nearly two hundred years - that his father had indeed freed Ben.

Julia's being a daredevil again.  She's pushing Barnabas into a corner, and it is not wise to push a vampire into a corner.  In her own mind, it was just 8 episodes ago that Barnabas was gaslighting her.  She knows that he isn't a tame vampire.

[MagnusTrask]

(1) Both Louis Edmonds and Grayson Hall seem to be recovering from a cold.  I wonder which of them gave it to the other.

(2) Am I missing something here?  I'm very tired, so it's quite likely.

(3) I suspect that this was the first confirmation Barnabas got - after nearly two hundred years - that his father had indeed freed Ben.

(4) Julia's being a daredevil again.  She's pushing Barnabas into a corner, and it is not wise to push a vampire into a corner.  In her own mind, it was just 8 episodes ago that Barnabas was gaslighting her.  She knows that he isn't a tame vampire.

(1) I just started writing a couple of lines where Louis said to Grayson that he thought that in the early 21st century, someone would wonder which of them had their cold first.    Grayson says, Oh really?! or something.  Then I remembered the prohibition on 'fan fiction'.   I am nothing if not law-abiding.  But does it abide me?    Just barely I suppose.

(2) I should make this my signature.

(3) Nothing to add, it was just an interesting thought.

(4) Well, she wouldn't still be there at all, if she didn't feel he was a fixer-upper..... maybe reversing the intimidation is supposed to be step one...

[EmeraldRose]

This was the debut of Professor Stokes! He sure did look and act a lot different from Ben! This is Thayer David's third DS character. All of them were very different.     Indeed,TD was a very versatile actor.

I'm glad that Barnabas finally got confirmation that Ben was freed. It's ironic that just after Vicki was in 1795 that Prof. Stokes showed up.

I love Julia's chutzpa!  Good for her that she's given Barnabas another ultimatum.

Vicki sure isn't much of a "victim" of Barnabas. She's not subservient like so many others were.

----- Sally -----

[IluvBarnabas]

It has to be Angelique's portrait that is weakening Barnabas' power over Vicki and Carolyn. Angelique's spirit is still alive and well in that painting.

It is great to see Professor Stokes....he is truly such a cool character and very smart too. He will play such an important and vital part to the present-time story as time goes on.

As to Stokes not mentioning anything about witchcraft or the trial....I always wondered if maybe Joshua didn't have a hand in expelling those little tiblits from the history books as well. We all know how he already successfully expulged certain other little details from the record (Barnabas and Angelique's marriage, Nathan and Millicent's, the duel, etc).

I love watching Julia stand up to Barnabas. If nothing else, it showed Barnabas he couldn't brow-beat her anymore with his threats to her life.