This was a frantically action-packed episode.
As time goes by, I like Barnabas less and less. Harsh voice, harsh face. And I like Jeremiah, so I found the Jeremiah-Josette pairing much more pleasing than the Barnabas-Josette pairing. It was rather sweet that Jeremiah crossed himself before the duel. He wouldn't have gotten that from his own religious upbringing, so he must have done it for Josette. It turned out to be no defense against Angelique's witchcraft, but it was sweet.
I assume that Barnabas and Josette had not slept together, but the evidence is suggesting otherwise. Back in the 20th century, when Barnabas told Vicky that the first Barnabas and Josette had been paramours, I figured it was sloppy wording, but gosh, if they weren't...um...intimate together, apparently they were everything but. In fact, Josette came across as a bit of a slut in this episode, and Barnabas didn't look any better.
Why did Angelique want Jeremiah dead? If she can manage to get herself married to Barnabas, then she can look forward to a lifetime of preceding Josette because because she is married to the eldest brother while Josette is married to a younger brother. As a widow, Josette will marry somebody else, and it won't be nearly as much fun for Angelique. Especially if the somebody else is Barnabas.
It surprises me that Jeremiah had a guitar. 18th-century Collinwood doesn't seem like a guitar-friendly sort of place. And I'm wondering if the script originally contained the scene in which Vicky borrowed the guitar from Jeremiah. It could have been interesting.
