Barnabas's Best Moments

[Julia99]

When Barnabas decided to go to Collinwood and "tell all" to the family. .admitting his part in what had happened and promised to try and exonerate Julia. .  .I thought that was one of his more mature and self-less moments. . .(and a 2nd declaration that he feel a sincere friendship for Julia  rather than the advesarial or full of self-interest thing he had going on earlier).  

What are some other purely selfless and good/mature Barnabas moments?

[MrsJ]

When Barnabas decided to go to Collinwood and "tell all" to the family. .admitting his part in what had happened and promised to try and exonerate Julia. .  .I thought that was one of his more mature and self-less moments. . .(and a 2nd declaration that he feel a sincere friendship for Julia  rather than the advesarial or full of self-interest thing he had going on earlier).  

What are some other purely selfless and good/mature Barnabas moments?

Purely selfless...hmmm...I'm thinking...there must be something...

This may not exactly qualify, but it did show a twinge of conscience on his part.  Back in his early Vicki obsession days, when Barn. was still a vampire, Vicki stayed overnight at the Old House due to one of those infamous storms (scandalous, really!)  Anyway, after she is asleep (in Josette's room of course) Barn. sneaks into her room and stands at her bedside, staring at her invitingly exposed neck.  He starts to approach her with fangs bared, then stops himself and backs away, silently closing the door as the unsuspecting Miss Winters continues her slumber.
That has always been, for me, one of the most powerful scenes Frid gave as Barnabas.  Everything worked for me...the lighting, music, and Frid's subtle use of body language and expression.  

So...what was the question again??

MrsJ.

[VAM]

In 1840, while watching the scene in the parallel time room between Catherine Harridge and Bramwell Collins and then his realization and willingness to admit he really did love Angelique.

[MikeS]

To spare Vicki further torment, he insisted she tell him her dream, even though he thought he would become a vampire again after having the dream himself.

[tripwire]

when barnabas declared to willie that he would "do away with dr. hoffman, now" and the fly began to interfere with his performence, he gently waved at it, instead of getting the collinsport gazette and attacking it  

[Cassandra]

Way back in 1795 Barnabas told Ben in the Masoleum that he was going to Collinwood to tell his family about the curse and what he had become in order to spare them any more grief.  However, he never got past the gate. Angelique's ghost stopped him by locking him in, so that was the end of that.

[The Ghost of Sarah Collins]

To me Barnabas' Best Moment will always be when Barnabas, taking the chance he will not be found by his Mother, goes to see little Sarah, while holding her in his arms she tells him of her love for him "I love you Barnabas... and always will"  where she dies in her brother's embrace.  

[kuanyin]

when barnabas declared to willie that he would "do away with dr. hoffman, now" and the fly began to interfere with his performence, he gently waved at it, instead of getting the collinsport gazette and attacking it  

Ohhhhhh, TOO funny!

[Craig_Slocum]

What are some other purely selfless and good/mature Barnabas moments?

SPOILER

The best Barnabas moment for me was when Harry found him on the ground in the woods, after he'd been bitten by Angelique the vampire. When Harry took him back to Collinwood, and Barnabas was bombarded with Mrs. Johnson's questions, he handled the situation well.

[ROBINV]

SPOILER!








This is something that will be happening on the show shortly.

Barnabas, risking his life and tossing himself into terrifying situations, wills himself back to 1796 in order to save Vicki from the gallows and unite her with her true love, Peter Bradford (Jeff Clark).

He reverts back to being a vampire and must deal with the return of Angelique and other difficulties before successfully saving Vicki and sending her off with Bradford to live out her life in the 18th century.  Given that Barnabas himself loved Vicki desperately, this was, by far, his most unselfish and shining moment.

Love, Robin

[Dr. Eric Lang]

This probably doesn't qualify as a "selfless" moment, but by far I think Barnabas' best moment was the time he first told the story of Josette to Vicki and Carolyn during the thunderstorm (early B/W episode). He had this enormously long monologue and never missed a beat; the emotion was so real, the atmosphere so haunting, it was a very genuine moment.

Another incident that stands out in my mind was during the seance when Sarah began to speak through Vicki and he tried to stop it - but he had to catch himself because he started to say "This is cruel . . . " then quickly glanced around to see if anyone caught on. The response here was also very genuine.

Just a couple of my favorite Barnabas moments.

[Cassandra]

Another self-less moment I remember with Barnabas was when Dr.Lang wanted to use Jeff's face for the experiment.  At first Barnabas was all for it because of his love for Vicky. But as soon as he overheard Vicky's torment about how worried she was about Jeff, he used that same love for her to decide against the whole face thing.  I thought that was a pretty self-less act on his part.  

[kuanyin]

Gosh, it took me long enough to come up with something....he DIDN'T kill Naggie on numerous occasions. (Which may be more than I would be capable of).  

[Cassandra]

Gosh, it took me long enough to come up with something....he DIDN'T kill Naggie on numerous occasions. (Which may be more than I would be capable of).  

LOL!! And for him not to have killed Jeff Clark on a number of occasions he had to have had the patience of a saint!!

[Patti Feinberg]

Well, since we're talking about Barnabas, we have to [shadow=red,left,300]stretch it[/shadow], but 2 examples are:

He told Ben Stokes to try (on numerous occasions) to help Victoria (and, for a change, her problem wasn't of HIS making).

Also, when, after Chrissy Pennock turns him back, Barn goes into P.T. to "avoid hurting Maggie".

Patti