For someone so experienced with vampires, Julia makes a lot of mistakes here. We don't see the bite. We don't even see Roxanne in the episode at all. The bite must have been pretty vicious, as Julia wasn't this weakened by her first bite from Tom Jennings. No surprise that Angelique is behind this but how did she acquire total obedience from Roxanne? She never had that with Barnabas. In some cases, he actually seemed to intimidate her. This is a much nastier Angelique than Mrs. Rumson, far much of a one note villain and not as interesting a character. Lara is quite effective but this Angelique is virtually devoid of audience sympathy.
Gerard and his yes man Charles are scoping out Collinwood. Revenge is in the air and Gerard seems to focus most of it on Quentin and Angelique. The idea of a witchcraft trial struck me as pretty dopey when I watched the show in 1970. My opinion of it has not changed. No one was ever beheaded, even back in 1692. This is taking poetic license a bit too far.
He does have more of a legitimate beef with Angelique and sets her up quite well. Angelique is spooked by the "ghost" of Amadeus. I'm not sure why. She's seen worse. She's done worse.
