When Joe comes to, he sees Nicholas and learns that Angelique and he have put him up to a trick. He realizes he's her slave and he has to come up with lies for Barnabas and Maggie; Nicholas gloats. Barnabas returns from Collinwood, where he called Joe's house and the Cannery, and tells Julia of the incidents from last night. Joe frets over Angélique; Barnabas visits him and notices his paleness, which Joe attributes to a too-early release from the Hospital. The phone rings, and Joe admits it's Maggie and he’s reluctant to talk to her... he also refuses a doctor. Barnabas wants Julia to examine Joe, but realizes the experiment comes first.