I'm sorry 1840 isn't one of the good eras for you Lydia, though there's still plenty for you to like in it obviously... for me, this bit of storyline with purely 1840 Barnabas is one of the classic periods of DS. That scene where he takes in the passage of time in particular... I missed it before: Ben tells Barnabas it's 1840, says can't you confirm it just by looking at me, then Barnabas briefly glances down at his own hands to see if he himself has aged.
You're right, we really were deprived of some great scenes in 1967, where we'd have seen Barnabas reacting to the passage of time. I don't know what those scenes would have been like. In 1840, there was still something of the novice, babe-in-the-woods vampire to Barnabas, wide-eyed at how he's survived time without aging.... In 1967, I doubt he was like that.
Shouldn't 1840 Barnabas remember Victoria Winters' time-travel story and connect it to Julia's? Come to think, should he also remember [spoiler]sharing consciousness with 1968 Barnabas as the latter popped into the former's body and freed Victoria?[/spoiler] He should at least recall some strange blackout period before being chained up... If the host Barnabas loses consciousness when future Barnabas takes over, then the "real" 1796, 1897, and 1840 Barnabases must have had blackouts followed by surprises when they awoke. 1795/6 Barnabas would have awakened in the coffin... [spoiler]though they had arranged to get him shot with silver bullets by Dad already, so it's the same surprise as the "first time around", I guess.[/spoiler]
Oh I forgot. 1897 and 1840 Barnabas [spoiler]never live on in their own times, in or out of the coffin. Their bodies stay possessed by future Barnabas and go to the 20th century with him. So what happens if someone tries to open the coffin in 1920 or 1860?[/spoiler]
Great, great scene, Barnabas being freed. One of the best.
