mscbryk, I enjoyed reading your comments, although I disagree with you about the notebook business: I don't find it tiresome. As for the utilization of Carolyn, both Sam and Grayson Hall expressed admiration of her acting ability, and that's one reason why I think the Barnabas-bites-Carolyn subplot was Sam Hall's idea.
I found it interesting that Maggie talked about going "up" to New Hampshire. It was probably a slip-up by New York writers. But when I was a child in Massachusetts, one didn't go up to Maine, even though it was (and still is, for that matter) north of us. One went down to Maine, because Maine is downstream of Massachusetts. And I suppose New Hampshire is upstream of Maine.
Gosh, it was fun when Julia dropped all pretense and Carolyn followed suit.