Barnabas Collins hits the bars in this memorable episode where he goes to the Blue Whale. If anything would set his teeth on edge, it would be that song that plays over and over on the jukebox. Maggie does what every young lady would do, be convinced to go to a bar after waking up and having a nightmare. Joe insists on taking her, and it ends up being a party along with Sam and Barnabas (finished with the painting) and Burke who meets Barnabas for the first time. Burke warns Barnabas about Willie which leads to Barnabas's claim that he deplores violence. But by looking at Maggie, there's no other way to describe his desire than with violent intensions even if he doesn't want to go there.
It's interesting to see Barnabas pretty much meeting everybody in town, and the thought of a 400-year-old vampire hitting a dive bar like the Blue Whale is funny. Everybody gets something good to do, and there are some amusing lines with Frid having a great dialogue that may not be Williams or Albee or even Poe, but when spoken with the dulcid tones of the excellent Frid, it's as if he was reciting Shakespeare's "Quality of Mercy" speech. A highly memorable episode.
It's interesting to see Barnabas pretty much meeting everybody in town, and the thought of a 400-year-old vampire hitting a dive bar like the Blue Whale is funny. Everybody gets something good to do, and there are some amusing lines with Frid having a great dialogue that may not be Williams or Albee or even Poe, but when spoken with the dulcid tones of the excellent Frid, it's as if he was reciting Shakespeare's "Quality of Mercy" speech. A highly memorable episode.
