At the House by the Sea, Nicholas admires himself in a small mirror on the drawing-room wall. He is quite unembarrassed when Angelique catches him preening. Of course Angelique cannot see her own reflection now, which only increases Nicholas’s enjoyment. In his pride, Nicholas demonstrates how the mirror (which is magical) operates by showing Angelique Vicki, sitting in her prison room upstairs, alone and despondent. Nicholas tells Angelique, I’m going to free Vicki--but not till after the most terrifying experience of her life. She won’t remember a thing afterward. In spite of herself, Angelique watches the mirror eagerly as the scene unfolds--although Nicholas’s threat might not seem like much to someone who’s traveled back through time, been exorcised, tried as a witch, hanged, and been transported back to the present.
And yes, Nicholas expects Angelique to stay at the House by the Sea and be bored while he goes off to visit Maggie. Joe, just released from the hospital, arrives a moment later. hey embrace, then Maggie introduces the two men to one another and goes to the kitchen to make coffee. Predictably, Joe and Nicholas instantly become enemies. With a working man’s pride, Joe asks Nicholas, What do you do? Do? echoes Nicholas in some surprise. Oh, I’m a consultant--specializing in human relations.
Best line of this ep. is Jeff on the phone with the sheriff: No, I won't be here when I hang up!
Angelique is deep into her sulk when Nicholas returns, but she brightens up when he tells her the name of her first victim.
