Back to the Barnabas Plot today. Vicky does mention to Burke that Jason has a job at the cannery, but the whole question of why Elizabeth is behaving so strangely is not even mentioned, whereas on a Jason Plot day it would be the only possible subject of conversation.
Dr. Woodard applies a double standard to his patients. Bad boy Willie loses a lot of blood, but he isn't sick. Good girl Maggie loses blood, and she's a very sick girl.
So, how much does Maggie know of what's happening to her? It's a wonderfully mysterious setup. During the day she knows something is wrong, and she knows a doctor can't help her, and she knows she'd better not let anybody see her neck - but that seems to be all. At night, Barnabas is communicating with her - but does she know, consciously, that it is Barnabas? I like to think that all she really knows is that there is a Voice that must be obeyed. Oh, yeah, and that the Voice's Thirst must be quenched. Nice and shadowy.
These episodes have more car sound effects than I remember there being later in the show. Did they decide that car noises detracted from the supernatural atmosphere? Did the car sound tape get lost or erased? Or is my memory of the later episodes defective?