I liked the thunder during the voiceover. Joan Bennett said there was a storm going on, and I thought, "Yup, knew that already."
Roger's great. He goes to London for weeks, is completely unavailable when anybody tries to call him, and then comes home and is sure he knows better than everybody what is going on. And nobody's asking him why he never answered all the messages that I assume they left for him at the hotel. Maybe Elizabeth did in the car, but I don't have that impression. On the other hand, Julia backed Barnabas up in public when they were talking with Elizabeth but argued with Barnabas in private, and Roger backed up David in public but felt snubbed by him in private, so maybe Elizabeth did rake Roger over the coals in the car for neglecting his family, and maybe Barnabas and Julia discussed in private Roger's London silence, and maybe we missed a conversation between Maggie and Mrs. Johnson on the same subject.
How many messily abandoned rooms are there at Collinwood? Those people need to hold a yard sale. And aren't there any big rooms? The place is a rabbit warren I'd like to see a ballroom. I suppose the size of the studio didn't allow for such a thing, but I still would like to see one huge room. The revival series has a plethora of huge rooms, with completely level floors too, and I don't like that because it just seems unnatural (it may be real, but it's unnatural), but a house the size of Collinwood should have a ballroom. Oh, well, maybe Joshua thought balls were a waste of time and Abigail thought they were the devil's work. Poor Naomi.
Note: reading the Preview of this note, I keep seeing "bathroom" for "ballroom" and "bath" for "ball". Either will do.