I wonder why barnabas asked if Joe had taken his medicine for the night,
You're right, Sunny, but I don't think we can expect Barnabas to be strictly logical at the moment. He doesn't want to kill Joe, and I imagine he's hoping that if he throws enough hints out, he'll be stopped - even while he's telling himself, "I just need to know what's going on so I can do the job."
I had trouble seeing invisible bonds today. Harry Johnson was bound to Nicholas, but all I saw was an independent young man. That didn't surprise me to much; I don't expect much of Craig Slocum. But I didn't see the bond that drew Barnabas to Angelique, either. There was no tension of resistance, and no eagerness to obey. Just Barnabas looking worried. But then, I have already observed that I am unobservant.
I enjoyed the atmosphere of the show. It really felt like the dead of night, when all sorts of evil can happen.
I suppose the reason it doesn't occur to Julia that Barnabas is in the unknown vampire's power is that she assumes the vampire has only one victim at a time. After all, Barnabas didn't turn to Carolyn until well after Willie had been carted off, and if Tom Jennings had any other victims, he wasn't telling Julia about them. So why should Julia suspect that the Collinsport's current vampire has a whole string of victims?
Oh, dear, does Clarice Blackburn feel useless or what? I don't know why she was in today's episode; Mrs. Johnson did nothing to advance the plot that I could see. It's always good to see her, but what was Dan Curtis paying for?