Louis VO. Welcome, Julia, to 1897! You finally figured out where the action is! Was this promoted heavily? Were fans unhappy with Magda? Hard to believe. Perhaps they hoped for a Magda/Julia scene!
I love how the trip affects her. She didn't just pop in and get down to business. How this was written and acted gets across what a strange barrier had to be crossed, in order for her to come here. This was not something that happened every day. Laws of reality were violated, and prices had to be paid. This is very satisfying, after time travel moments we saw earlier, such as the one where Barnabas decided he must be able to will himself back, having no reason to think he could possible do so... then he does. Julia's trip got across time travel as being hard. It was a phenomenon that didn't just "happen"; it followed rules, most of which are unknowns to us.
Julia's nicely aged letter from Barnabas and her clothes made the trip with her, which seems strange, considering what we find out later about her 1897 "self"... Her clothes should only exist once, though I don't know why I should find this harder to accept than she herself being in two times and places. Maybe in the back of my mind I'm pondering her making the journey Terminator-style... The letter certainly shouldn't have made the trip. I would have liked a scene, though, where someone holds in her/his hands both old and new versions of the same letter...
What and where is "The Rectory"? Another building on the estate to keep track of? Did the Collinses once have their own minister who lived there, isn't that what a rectory is?