Why didn't Barnabas bombard the judges with evidence that Mordecai Grimes quarreled with everybody? Summon the butcher, the baker, and the candlestick maker to the stand and make them tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth about how they closed up shop for the day the minute they saw Mordecai coming up the street.
And did Barnabas take the trouble to have a talk with Julia about the state of the medical profession in the 1840s? I'm sure she could give him a few hints on natural causes of death that an 1840 autopsy would not turn up, and then he could call in an expert medical witness from Bangor and ask him a few questions.
David Selby did a nice job with Quentin's display of temper on the stand and “When I get through with this, I'll deal with you!” (And boy oh boy, did Humbert Allen Astredo grin Satanically or what?) But on calmer reflection I find it not entirely believable. We've heard about Quentin saying that sort of thing, but have we ever actually heard him saying it before today? To Samantha? To Gabriel? To Trask? To Gerard when he learned that Gerard was perfidiously attempting to steal Daphne from him?
I like the evolution of Jeremy, economically presented. If I remember correctly, this is the third episode in which he has appeared. In the first, he was a nice young lad, with malice toward none. In the second, he was still a nice lad, but he was telling Carrie what to think. And now he has assumed his father's mantle – taking up Mordecai's quarrel with the foe. In another twenty years he'll look just like his father, like David Henesy turning into Louis Edmonds.
And when you get right down to it, how does Carrie know that Quentin didn't kill Mordecai Grimes?