I'm one of the minority who doesn't mind Rachel. Barnabas is attracted to her because she looks like Josette and we all know he can't stay away because of that fact. Quentin, well, extremely handsome man that he is, a womanizer from the get go, can't help himself either. What's the point of having someone locked up in the tower if nobody is going to try and sneak up there and see who it is?