I noticed too how smitten Maggie was with Nickolas Blair. I thought it rather odd since her fiance is lying up in the hospital with a concussion to his head. Maybe all is not well here with those two. She seems to be enjoying all of Mr.Blair's compliments (then again, who could resist that charm) or perhaps, with her dad just passing, and Joe not there, she's lonely and was happy to have someone there to talk to.
It's funny how David couldn't remember much of the tape. He's ususally as sharp as a knife when it comes to things that he's not suppose to see or hear. And you're right Chris_2, I thought he seemed out of character myself. Why on earth would he give Cassandra (of all he people) the tape to hear? When did they become so chummy? The only thing I can think of is that with Willie shooing him out of the old house, Liz being away, Roger gone as usual on some business trip, and Lord knows where Vicky's been, there just wasn't anyone else there he could go to. Still, he could have given Mrs.Johnson a try.
Also I was glad to see David FINALLY "revert" back to his old self when he decided to sneak out of the house to go to the old house to see Julia after Cassandra had told him to go up to bed. Before that he seemed to be listening to her alot,with her shooing him off to go to bed, and then again when she told him she knew nothing about what the tape meant. Suddenly, he was behaving like the perfect child, accepting everything and doing what he was told. For awhile there I was beginning to get worried about him.