1795 is depressing, but this is a beautifully done episode. The interactions between Jeremiah and Josette were wonderful to watch: at the beginning of the episode, they adored each other, and at the end, they could barely stand each other. Since I said something the other day about how subjective love is, I was thinking today about what made Josette right for Barnabas and wrong for Jeremiah. I couldn't get a good fix on Jeremiah's personality. All I can come up with is "sort of authoritarian." I guess that's how they pigeonholed the Anthony George roles, the way they tended to pigeonhole Roger Davis as "angry young man." And Josette had a very strong sense of what was right and wrong, and therefore felt required to assert herself more than Jeremiah could stand, perhaps. Barnabas, on the other hand, comes across as less sure of himself than Jeremiah, and as sharing Josette's belief that one must do what is right. I guess that was why he was able to fight off, to some extent, the personality change that seems inevitable when one becomes a Dark Shadows vampire.
As for not searching Angelique's room...that doesn't surprise me. At this point Vicky is a far more obvious suspect in the witchhunt. Aside from the idiotic things she has said and done, she is a stranger with nobody to vouch for her, whereas all the other servants have been with their various employers for quite some time. Right now, Angelique appears to have nothing to gain from what has happened. Barnabas is the only person who would have any idea that she might have a personal interest in the matter, and he, as a sensible, modern young man, rejects the idea of witchcraft.
