Quentin is positively smirking with anticipation as David starts to open the secret panel. Barn arrives just in time. Maybe Barn is being so severe in order to find out what David knows.
GH gets a day off, since Julia appears not to have kept her promise to wait up for Barnabas. He does have a nice scene with Maggie, though. He promises to find out what's going on with the kids. Be patient and understanding with the children, and above all, don't be frightened, he finishes gently. Then Maggie gets another idea: David had Vicki Winters to take care of him for a very long time, she recalls. In her anxiety she fails to notice that Barnabas has suddenly found it necessary to look away. Perhaps he’s having trouble accepting me, she says, her innate sweetness shining through. It’s nothing to do with you, Barnabas assures her. Why don’t you go upstairs and get some rest. He turns to leave, but gives her a concerned look over his shoulder before he walks out the door.
Poor David is so frightened that he throws himself into Maggie's arms but still refuses to tell her anything.
Chris tells Barn that when he's his "other self," he expends enough energy to kill an ordinary man. But he didn't trash the coffin this time. Maybe Barn had Willie repair it in case he needs it again? Chris tells Barn how Sabrina became the first person to see him transform. Gloomily Chris decides he has to leave town so he won't hurt anyone else and confesses that he loves Carolyn. If you leave now, Barnabas says, there's no hope for you at all. There's none if I stay, with Ned around, Chris replies. He intends to avenge his sister's death, and I can't blame him for that. Barnabas reminds him, We found a way to contain your violence--we'll deal with Ned. No, Chris says. He's a man with too much purpose, and he'll hound me until he kills me. He might have come close the other night. He probably poisoned my drink. I doubt that, Barnabas says. Ned claims he only showed up last night. He’s probably lying about that, Chris replies. He won't confess the truth. It will be much easier to deal with you if Ned isn't here to kill you, Barnabas says. [WTF? But funny!] Barnabas leads the way out of the mausoleum.
Another great scene as David awakes to find Quentin glaring at him. Desperately he tells Quentin, I tried to obey your orders, but Barnabas stopped me. You never told me what was behind that secret door. What was it you wanted me to let out? As usual, Quentin doesn't respond. Was it something bad, David asks, something you would have been ashamed of? If we're such good friends as you say we are, why won't you let me go? [A truly sad moment, with David Henesy at his very best.] I don't like it when you hurt people, he says. It makes me feel guilty. Oh, Quentin, he bursts out, won't you let me go! But Quentin only moves closer. David tries to hide under the blankets as the ghost holds out his hands as if to throttle him.
It has been a busy night for Quentin as Elizabeth and Maggie find that someone or something has trashed the drawing room.
Quentin grabs David's arm, and he screams in pain. Maggie hears his screams--and then Quentin's laughter as David Selby makes his vocal debut.
