Whoops, I got here first again!
Watching the teaser from #741, Selby almost tripped over his words, but managed to get the sentence back on track.
Quentin is desperate to get her away from the kids, and he's apparently truly afraid for them. We don't see enough in what we're shown to know why this is, but is this fear because he knows she's dead? Has he reasoned out that she wants them for some other reason? Magda points out in the previous episode that she never had much interest in her children before, now they're the be all and end all. Is that what's setting off his alarm bells, or something else we never find out.
Loved that line about getting money to pay her off so she would leave. "I'll steal it -- but I'll get it."
Laura's power over Dirk reminds me a lot of Barnabas and Charity. Singleminded, obsessed with the love object. And as we see as things progress, it gets even more and more so.
And, speaking of the devil
, the next scene is Charity and Dirk, and Charity slipping off to meet HER love object.
Barnabas sure thinks he's invulnerable. Even after his snack he wants Charity to stay around.
Love the scene with Quentin and Beth. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe this is the first time we've seen them together since what I call the I want you" scene. Implication I see here is it's after they've done the deed and are going back to the outside world.
From the conversation, he has genuine feelings for Beth, and it doesn't come off like he's playing her. This is a less defensive, more trusting Quentin. The bit where they are discussing Jenny and what they can do is pure Jane Eyre and Mr. Rochester. It's also apparent time has passed since that first time, as they've apparently discussed the impossible position they're in regarding Jenny many times, and Beth has stood her ground on how she feels. This scene goes back to something I said elsewhere about that "I want you" scene. He apparently likes and respects Beth, so once that scene goes forward, he essentially gets caught in his own trap. She's not a one time fling, he likes her and wants her to think well of him., and is apparently at least starting to fall in love with her.
And nosy Barnabas snooping through the window. Good thing he hadn't been there earlier,
he might have seen something sent his eyeballs crawling down his back.
Good scene too with Beth and Barnabas. Silly chance he took snooping like that. Not clear though, why she went back to Quentin's room. I would think though she'd be worried Barnbas would snitch to Judith that she was there, but then again maybe not, since Quentin himself isn't there. She seems real pleased to have caught him there, which makes you wonder how much Quentin is telling her of his suspicions about Barnabas. She's also quick, which often gets forgotten (he didn't develop a taste for stupid women till later)
. She realizes they should have seen Barnabas when they left, but didn't . He brushes right past that in his worry over what Barnabas took.
Dirk has a Quentin obsession -- and LAURA has a new dress!
Always keep meaning to snoop through The Book of the Dead and see if there's an incantation ANYTHING like that in it.
Have a copy kicking around the house somewhere from writing Indy fanfiction.
And Charity freaks out just as Quentin bumbles in and messes it all up.
Somethign tells me Barnabas got some 'splainin' to do.
Jeannie