I've still got like 8 pages of Caption This posts to go through. But while I'm up, I'll get a head start on tomorrow.
Review
After a long day of slinging hash and passing out coffee cups, I must say, Maggie's uniform is spanking clean. She closes up shop and is then startled by Barnabas' ninja like abilities at entering unheard. He doesn't seem startled in any way that she looks EXACTLY like Josette, which leads me to believe he's been stalking her for a while now. They banter for quite a while about who he is, the town, the Old House and it's ghosts, his cane, etc.
As Maggie goes to heat up Barnabas' coffee, he places the cane on a nearby chair. Dogs start howling outside which creeps Maggie out to no end. Barnabas then takes his leave, leaving the cane behind. Joe shows up, worried about Maggie as there's been an attack on a local girl. They discuss Barnabas as Maggie cleans up again. On their way out she notices the cane and is disturbed by the thought of keeping it overnight. They decide to head up to the Old House to return it.
Up at the Old House Maggie and Joe are confronted with a door that opens by itself. They enter and take a look around. I *love* the echo effect as they stand in the foyer and in the drawing room. Really makes the house seem imense and empty. Barnabas seems to be out, but Maggie reasons the candles are burning so he must be home. That means jack crap on this show where candles are lit in secret passageways nobody has been in for a hundred years. Joe goes upstairs to look for Barnabas, who then appears and startles Maggie again. If he's trying to charm her he should stop sneaking up on her. He seems disappointed the Maggie didn't come alone. I wonder if he would have started something then and there if she had. They return the cane and beat a retreat.
Willie comes out of the basement and demands to know what Barnabas' plans are for Maggie. Concern for Maggie's welfare wins out over concern for what will happen to him if he questions Barnabas. Barnabas looks sinister and doesn't answer.
At the Evan's cottage, Maggie and Joe discuss Barnabas. She was spooked by his presence in the house. Who wouldn't be? Alone in a screepy old house, the dark, cobwebs, and the owner glides about silently like a ghost. I'd be spooked too.
Back at the Old House Willie again demands to know what Barnabas is up to. Barnabas orders him out of the house. Willie has a job to do, but what that job is, I'm not quite sure. Kidnapping girls for Barnabas? I don't think it's drainings cows because if I remember correctly from a few episodes ago Joe said all they found was two puncture wounds on the cows neck and it appeared the blood had been expertly drained. So what exactly is Willie up to? A grisly thought with no story backing, but maybe he's digging up the rest of the Collins' graves to get the jewels buried with them for Barnabas? I mean seriously, from what we see Barnabas wasn't buried with any jewels in 1796. So where did they come from? Willie thinks any more of this and he's going to go insane, but he goes out anyway. He's halfway down that road already.
Dogs howl and Barnabas puts the Evil eye on Maggie. Nice spooky shot of him by the window with the candle.