Episode #225/6
Maggie's dream is repeated, and afterward she calls Joe on the phone. Nice that she has a phone in her room. She tells him she's very scared and could he please come over? He agrees. Then we see them entering the Blue Whale. The sit down at a table and order drinks from Bob. She apologizes that this is not like her. She tells him the dream scared her, it seemed so real, now that it's over she feels like a child for being so afraid. She describes the dream in which she was in the woods, came upon the casket, it opened of it's own accord, she looked in and saw herself. Then looking back at herself, she became a skull. Joe wonders what caused this, someone or something that happened recently? She can't pinpoint anything, so he suggests that maybe it's all the girls who have been attacked.
Throughout this whole episode Joe was very understanding and supportive, and I liked seeing how he took good care of her.
Sam and Barnabas enter, Barnabas is going to buy Sam a drink to show appreciation for Barnabas' hard work, they see Joe and Maggie, and come to them. Sam thought Maggie was in bed hours ago, and Joe takes the blame for bringing her out again (she had told him to say nothing about the dream to her father). Barnabas greets Maggie and she becomes nervous, knocking her drink over, and Sam teases her about wasting good booze (LOL!) Barnabas then orders for all of them. Sam and Barnabas then sit with them and Sam begins to say maybe he should paint only at night. Barnabas comments that the night allows one to be in touch with himself (though in his case he has no choice!) Joe says he likes to get up early. When Barnabas asks Maggie directly if the night affects her she says not really. [spoiler]Later when Barnabas is trying to woo Vicki he will ask her this same question.[/spoiler]
Maggie and Joe get up to dance and Barnabas tells Sam how extraordinary Maggie is, she's kind, generous, gentle [spoiler]later on he will say the same things to Vicki.[/spoiler] Sam comments that she is also tempermental but a woman should have some fire in her veins. Barnabas pretends to agree but really I felt that he was being polite. We know [spoiler]based on his future relationship with Julia and other women that he doesn't like a woman with fire in her veins, he wants her to be docile and submissive![/spoiler]
As they dance Joe notices that Maggie is trembling. She's sorry for not being good company and he says he has no complaints (very sweet!)
Barnabas tells Sam that if he were of that nature (HAH!) he'd be jealous of Joe since Maggie brings out our better instincts (he is really slinging it!) Sam comments that it sounds as if Barnabas is interested in Maggie, Barnabas says he's interested but not involved. (Baloney!) As for the better instincts thing, yeah right she brings out his instinct to bite her neck, is that a better instinct??
After their dance Maggie wants to drink at the bar rather than going back to the table. Joe thinks she must be mad at her father for some reason and she says no, he asks if it's about Barnabas, and she says no. She seems to not know exactly what it is, but it's clearly that Barnabas makes her nervous. She can't really put her finger on why he makes her nervous.
Burke enters and comes to Maggie and Joe and when he learns that Barnabas is there with Sam he wants to meet him, so he goes to their table. Barnabas says that his man Willie Loomis (ticking me off, boy oh boy doesn't this sound so possessive? Does he really think he owns Willie? He does but we know it has to do with his fangs and they don't. Don't they think it's sort of weird that he would say my man and not my servant?) mentioned Burke, told him that there was trouble between them and Willie accepted blame. This floors Burke, he can't believe Willie said that! Sam comments that Willie has changed, but Burke tells Barnabas he should get rid of Willie. He's being bossy again but this is not gonna work on Barnabas. Barnabas tells him like he told Liz that Willie has changed, he works hard, he will cause no further trouble and offers to buy Burke a drink to make amends for the trouble "his man" caused. Then he said something that made me drop my jaw in amazement. "I hate violence, I can't bear the thought of violence, serenity is my favorite emotion." Yeah I'll remind him in a future episode in which he [spoiler]beats Willie with his cane for telling Vicki where Maggie could be found. Later on Jason opens his fat yap and says bad stuff about Willie, causing Barnabas to get angry all over again so he goes home, opens the door and hollers "WILLLIIIEEEEEEEE!!!" and brandishes his cane and beats him all over again for the same offense! Oh yeah he just hates violence doesn't he?[/spoiler]
Joe and Maggie are ready to leave but she doesn't want to go over to the table and say goodnight. Joe is confused about her attitude, so she bravely goes over to the table and they say goodnight. Then Barnabas wishes her sweet dreams and she looks at him in confusion.
Later in her room, she looks at the bed as if she is afraid to get into it, and sits down to read. Sam enters and notices that her book is upside down, and wonders what's wrong. She can't tell him so he leaves. She gets into bed but just at that moment the dogs start howling. Poor Maggie, that always unnerves her so how is she gonna get any sleep?
At the Blue Whale, Burke and Barnabas talk about his cane. Barnabas says the wolf represents the savage beast now tamed and made a servant and of course I couldn't help but think of my poor sweet Willie, how Barnabas has tamed him and made him a servant. (But I like him to be a bit savage and you took all that out of him!) Burke asks to hold it and enjoys the feel of it. I started thinking he plans to get one for himself. He even comments that Barnabas has tamed Willie! He asks if the cane is pure silver but Barnabas has become distracted, and we know what he is planning, so he runs off abruptly leaving Burke to look confused.
Maggie is in bed tossing and turning, the dogs are still howling. Barnabas appears at her French doors and opens them (cool looking doorknob). He enters the room and looks down at her, approaches the bed, holds up his cane and smiles. We know what happens next though we don't see it. Poor Maggie. :-
Alondra
