Alexandra does the opening voiceover.
The color VHS print I am watching of this episode is absolutely horrible. Is the DVD as bad?
Sarah reveals the mausoleum’s secret room to Woodard and he pretty much figures everything out – without her help – as he may as well have been talking to himself, lol. There was the typical forgetting, stumbling, feeding and recovery of lines one has come to expect of a Sharon Smyth performance. It was a good scene for content; there’s not much else to say other than I wish I could have seen Gerringer perform this scene.
Vicki uses the loss of Seaview as a “sign” that her wedding to Burke should be put on hold. And Burke concedes that David’s situation needs her undivided attention and then leaves town and lets her do just that. Burke sees the writing on the wall despite Vicki’s assurances to the contrary. And we get our “wink to the audience” via the fade-to-black on the portrait of Barnabas. Aside from the closure of the Seaview storyline, their relationship does seem to be losing steam and airtime.
Burke Devlin’s being out of town leaves Woodard extremely vulnerable to his newly attained knowledge. Why Vicki doesn’t know where Burke is, or how to get in touch with him is stupefying to me. I appreciate Woodard not filling Vicki in on his latest findings for her own protection.
I found Julia’s lack of sensitivity towards David’s plight and her overconfidence of Barnabas’ “feelings” a little off-putting and so did Vicki. When the characters don’t act as expected I always wonder just what the writers are going for?
I would think that Woodard would all ready be suspicious of Julia but he greets her in the library without pause. He tells her about his contact with Sarah in the mausoleum and of course Julia tries to steer him away from the truth, but Woodard isn’t budging. I wonder what Julia would have done if Woodard had told her that he was in the secret room and saw the coffin therein? As a matter of fact, I wonder why he didn’t tell her?
