Why Doesn't Barnabas Just Go Home?!!!

[Raineypark]

If the whole point was to prevent Quentin from "possessing' David then isn't it fair to assume that's been accomplished?

Quentin now knows that a boy named David Collins is in mortal danger because of him in the future.  Wouldn't it be reasonable to assume that no matter WHAT happens to Quentin from here on in, the one thing he will NEVER do is threaten that little boy?  Or do we have to beware of Post-Mortem Amnesia?

Oh, I know....now he has to save JAMISON, otherwise there won't BE any future Collinses.  Well personally, I think that kid's been so traumatized he's likely to take Vows and retire to a Monastery, thereby blowing THAT plan all to hell. 

raineypark

[dom]

Barn still needs to prevent Chris from inheriting his werewolfism. And he wants to prevent Q's death so that he won't haunt Collinwood in the future. And he really hasn't quite messed things up as much as possible yet, LOL.

dom

[Gerard]

If I were Barnabas, I'd take advantage of future knowledge to invest a bit, like in General Electric, in the Collins' name.  Then, when he returned to the present, they'd make the Vanderbilts look like the Mother Hubbard family.  Haunting ended, David saved, everyone rolling in the dough.  Ka-ching!  Ka-ching!

Gerard

[Birdie]

Gerard,
                I like the way you think.  The Barnster could clean up.  Good luck with the back surgury.
                                                           Birdie

[Luciaphile]

His mission was actually accomplished ages ago, back when Quentin first got killed (just before Angelique raised him as a zombie, fulfilling her promise to make Quentin "rise and walk" and proving that her sense of humor is pretty damn twisted).

While there is the concern about Chris, the ever-cynical part of my nature notes that at the time, Barnabas was entranced by Rachel and her resemblance to Josette . . .