Discuss - Ep #0343

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The tables have turned. Julia was very persistant, not to mention brave, in persuading Barnabas that she has a plan to "cure" him. Now, after the death of her friend Dr. Woodard, she has lost the ambition to proceed. She knew he was killed to protect her "notes" on the experiment. What happened here? Perhaps she thought as long as Barn remained a vampire, he needed her to protect him (with Willy out of the way). Perhaps her jealousy of Vickie prevents her from making Barn "human" again. She certainly has given Barn many clues as to how she feels about him.

Barnabas was resistant to any idea that he could be cured, and now he is demanding that Julia proceed with the treatments. Of course he wants to court Vickie as a human. The scenes between Frid and Hall in this episode were excellent. Julia is haunted by her part in Dr. Woodard's death and probably feels that dumping the experiment, the cause of it all, will release her from her guilt.  :-

                                                                    Misty

Well Julia knows now she has gone way over her head....I don't think she ever expected her experiments on Barnabas to lead to murder and now that it has she believes it wasn't worth it in the long run.  I don't blame her for not wanting to continue the experiments, but Barnabas won't have it. He's now the one who wants to see an end to his curse, and if that means killing anyone who stands in his way....Woodard, David, Maggie.....then so be it.

I thought Burke was being a bit of a jerk today. He accuses Vicki of wanting to stay at Collinwood not for David's sake but for the sake of fixing up the west wing. He knows her better than that (or he should anyway). Why did he think she wanted to postpone the wedding for crying out loud?

Great episode, and Jonathan and Grayson were both great.

I first have to say that I loved the room where the experiment was in now. I wish they would have kept it there. This was the best show. JF and Gh were great. I wanted to hit Barnabas with a  hammer, brick, or what ever was handy. Why does he have to trample all over her feelings.

As to the experiment they now have switch what their goals are. Oh Well, that is DS. One question, why do men have have hard heads when it come to the ladies?  This is living or dead. 

So, Julia has concluded that Barnabas is, as he said on Monday, her only friend now, and she's gearing up to pursue him.  I had never before noticed the timing of that particular bit of business, and I like it.  Meanwhile Barnabas is trying to pry Vicky away from Burke.  If Julia does succeed in making Barnabas human again, does he really think he can just pay her for her services and walk away from his accomplice in a murder?  "And of course, Doctor, I'll be sure to mention your name to any other discontented monsters that I happen to come across."

I wonder if Burke and Vicky were asking themselves: "If Miss Hoffman cared so much about Dr. Woodard, why has she been spending all her time down at the Old House?"

They're making a lot of fuss about Burke's upcoming trip.  He has made other trips and it hasn't been such a big deal.  Perhaps this one is supposed to be longer than the other ones, but I can't remember anyone ever saying that.

I don't know if it's such a good idea for Burke and Vicki to move in to the west wing. Obviously Burke doesn't think so either. Vicki would get too wrapped up in the past, and I don't blame him for not wanting to stay there.
It annoyed me though when Vicki said Burke doesn't want to move in to the west wing, and whatever he doesn't want or care about, she doesn't either.

We got two treats in this episode today, we got to hear the cool fountain and the clock! 

when Julia was standing outside, I think she was by the fountain, was there really someone near her?

When Julia was standing outside, I think she was by the fountain, was there really someone near her?

I think that might have been a blooper. I saw Dr. Woodard start to materialize, but when Julia turned around, he wasn't there. It seems like she was supposed to see him.    I  just love that foutain!

Poor Julia! She dropped hints right and left about how she felt about Barnabas, and he wasn't interested. He has always treated her abominably. The best Barnabas could ever do was to call Julia his "very good friend". He was attracted to younger women. .................. Warning! Possible Spoiler! .................... I think Barnabas and Julia ended up together after the series ended. It's too bad we never got to see that onscreen.

----- Sally -----

BIT OF A SPOILER



Well, after the curse was removed, maybe they could both allow themselves to start thinking that way.... maybe he values Julia more, by keeping it as a friendship, thus saving her life.   I'm just throwing that little bit of fantasy out there, do what you will with it....

I might start saying this more.... I think people undervalue friendship.    What Barnabas and Julia had was already special.