Gosh, it was interesting to watch Julia today. Her allegiance has changed, as it changed when she was victimized by a vampire, but the change is not so glaringly obvious now, and Julia is more aware of it, it seems.
So Stokes held an unsuccessful exorcism. What happened to him? When he was fighting the dream curse, he had power, but ever since then it seems to me he has been a source of knowledge but not power.
I always like the business about the flaw in the foundation of the Old House. I guess it makes 1995 start to feel like a place where Barnabas and Julia are starting to feel at home, even though the flaw in question was probably imaginary. Barnabas is talking about exorcising the evil spirit, rather than going back to 1970 and fixing things.
Barnabas was moving as he talked about how he was cruel to his cousins but now he loves them. It was a rare reference to the early days.