Yeah, that whole deal with Pansy’s demise is very puzzling. When Dirk Wilkins bit Pansy fatally on the neck, it was odd that Barnabas just buried her in an unmarked grave without first taking some “precautions.” Shouldn’t Barnabas have chained Pansy inside her coffin as Joshua Collins had done with him (presuming that some makeshift coffin had been made or was readily available)? And, if no coffin was at hand, shouldn’t Mr. B. have just staked Pansy before “planting” her?
One other thing about Dirk’s vampire attack on Pansy; I think this was the only time on DS that we saw a member of the “living dead” attack someone in their vespertilian form. Every other vampire we saw on DS maintained their human form when “greeting” their victims with a memorable “hickey”: Barnabas, Angelique, Tom Jennings, Megan Todd and Roxanne Drew.
As to why the deceased Pansy would direct Carl “The Comedian” Collins to Barnabas rather than Dirk is perplexing. Maybe Pansy never realized who had attacked her? Certainly, she’d want to exact her revenge on the loopy Dirk Wilkins rather than Barnabas.
Similarly, when the ghost of Sam Evans appeared to Vicky Winters to tell her the “dream,” which was a threat to Barnabas, and Vicky pleaded with Sam to tell her who was behind the dream and for what reason, Sam refused to tell Vicky. Since Sam had already departed this mortal coil, why didn’t Sam just tell Vicky all about Barnabas and how Barnabas had abducted his beloved daughter, Maggie, terrorized her for weeks and almost turned her into one of the “living dead,” not to mention that Sam had lost his vision, “courtesy” of Barnabas’ feckless plan to eliminate Angelique. I mean, I wouldn’t blame Sam at all if he wanted to stick the knife into Barnabas and twist it from beyond the grave, in order to pay Barnabas back and enjoy some good, old schandenfreude at Barnabas’ expense.