Welcome, Don Briscoe! He plays the irrepressibly cheerful handyman Tom Jennings. But he makes a fatal mistake in less than 30 seconds and comments, The Collinses wouldn’t store a coffin in the basement of one of their houses.
Costume notes: Julia looks great with big pearl button earrings and matching necklace and a dark dress with a white collar.
Barnabas is terrified at the howling he hears in the woods and what it portends. Sure enough, Jeff bursts into the house and immediately phones the police. Barnabas and Julia (and Nicholas) listen intently as he describes finding a strange man in the woods. The man was near death--with bite marks on his throat. Julia is eager to rush out to find him, but Jeff tells her that the police will find him faster. Then they notice that Nicholas has disappeared.
Julia is left with nothing to do but interrogate Barnabas, and she begins with her usual vigor and tenacity. Was it you? she asks sternly, almost as if Barnabas were her philandering husband--a situation that we will see again. (This might be the first such scene!) I swear it wasn’t! Barnabas exclaims. If I had reverted, surely I would be the first to know about it! Julia is forced to voice their worst fear: If you didn't do it, she says slowly, there is another vampire nearby.....
