Another great episode. I agree, the B&W makes it very eerie.
Willie wakes up at dusk fully energized unlike his weakness during the day. If this is suppose to happen to a vampire's victim: weak during the day, well at night, how can Willie guard Barnabas during the day? Also, what about all the work Willie does during the day while his master is in a comatose state? How can he do that and be weak? This all seems to change so maybe Willie just has to get use to the changes. And god-forbid if Willie dies.... then he too would be a .... vampire?
Jason drills Willie for answers about his "speedy recovery" and that makes Willie very nervous... something JK does very well. Jason talks about Willie confiding in him but Jason doesn't tell Willie all his plans. If they are friends, that's not fair. Jason acts more like Willie's "boss" then friend.
Willie tells Jason he's "sorry"--that their relationship has fallen apart and that they are splitting up, and Jason wonders where he learned to say such a foreign word... [thought: no you wouldn't Jason!] Then Jason walks out saying "I'd like to know what happen to you in the cemetery" and Willie's look says "no ya wouldn't!"
Vicki is surprised by Willie's apology and remorsefulness. "Is that why you changed, your illness?" Willie turns, agrees "yeah my illness" but you can tell he's thinking his "illness" was caused by his actions instead.
When Willie tells Mrs. Stoddard he has something to say to her and that "it's important", you really believe he wants to warn her about Barnabas. Will he be able to spit it out? He should have just said it, "Your cousin is a vampire and I know because I released him from the mausoleum!" I wonder how long he would have been believed? A millisecond? But Jason thinks Willie wanted to tell Liz about his plans. Jason thinks it's all about him. NOT.
It's very sad when a man doesn't think his life belongs to him.
Did Barnabas say, "my proposal to move into the "new" house..."? New? Liz goes to get the keys to the Old House and remarks "you may want to lock up sometime"... yeah right... when does he EVER lock up the old house while he "lives" in the basement? You'd think he would but...
Barnabas tells Vicki she's welcome to the Old House "anytime" but won't he want his privacy during the day? If the doors are always "open" then how does he expect his secret to be kept? He's making it difficult for his servant already.
Barnabas thought Vicki's name, Victoria, was beautiful and he wouldn't change a syllable. I heard him address Vicki as Miss Winters during this episode and never Victoria. You'd think he use her beautiful name instead of being so formal.
Barnabas' statement to Elizabeth, "you'll never know how much you've done for me", is so scary because of what he actually plans on doing...! We can't blame Liz for letting him stay there and what Barnabas does do there.
Vicki is very insightful in this episode, about Barnabas and about Willie. Drats, sorry to see that go in the future.
This is the first day we see Willie and Barnabas together. Willie's master wants him to go out and do "something". Willie doesn't want to do it. Barnabas tells him, "You no longer have any say in what you do. Go... NOW." OMG the beginning of the end for Willie! Everyone speculates on what Willie had to do that's so frightening. I don't think it's to kill a calf and bring home the blood. Barnabas does that himself as we've heard of the expert killings of the cows. I think maybe Willie is to go get a hooker, a bum or someone unknown and bring them back to Barnabas. Knowing what would happen to that person could freak Willie as much as the next guy.