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Dark Shadows
Episode 1481
Aired: Monday February 27, 1972

In a repeat of Friday's close, Vicky goes into her room, but then gives
into her curiosity about the west wing. She goes back to the room she saw
her portrait in and opens the door. There is nothing there, and she wonders
"What kind of a world could there be in there....what am I doing there?"
She turns around, and suddenly hears some sounds. When she turns back, the
room is once again lit up, and her portrait is on the wall. But even more
shocking to Vicky is who stands in front of it, with a drink in his hand.
It's Burke Devlin (Mitchell Ryan), looking up at Vicky's portrait with a
frown! Outside, Vicky gasps "Burke! Burke is in that other world!" Burke
looks up at the portrait and says "A toast to you, Vicky. A toast to
you....and to all that's here....all of the great estate of
Collinwood.....all mine.... and all worthless!" Burke angrily swigs his
drink and than smashes his glass against the wall. The door suddenly slams
shut and Vicky cannot open it up. She pounds on the door and yells "Burke!
Burke!"

After the titles, Vicky continues to pound on the door, making enough noise
that Carolyn comes down the hall and asks what all the ruckus is about.
Vicky tells her that she saw Burke inside the room talking to her portrait.
Carolyn is shocked to hear that Burke is alive in some other world, but
then thinks a moment about it. "It makes sense, Vicky. If what Professor
Stokes said is right. Somewhere, in some other world, Burke never died in
that plane crash five years ago." Suddenly the door clicks open, but when
Vicky pushes the door in, the room is once again empty. "He's
gone...everything is gone like before," Vicky says. She starts to step into
the room, but Carolyn stops her. "Vicky, no! You don't belong in that
world!" Vicky turns to Carolyn and says "I can't help thinking I do. You
didn't see him, Carolyn. You didn't see how angry and bitter he looked. I
don't know why, but it's like I know he needs me somehow." Carolyn says
"Vicky, remember what Stokes said! There might already be another Vicky
Winters in that world! If that other Burke needs her, he won't even know
you!" Vicky says she can't help but wonder. "Right before Burke got on that
plane we were talking about restoring the west wing and living there as man
and wife..." Carolyn says she remembers. "Maybe in that other world, that's
just what happened!" Carolyn asks "Then why was he so angry?" Vicky says "I
don't know. He said something about Collinwood being all his..." Carolyn is
shocked. "He did it... in that world, he did it! He got Collinwood away
from my mother somehow.... and put your portrait on the wall. Vicky, in
that other world, do you think he even knows who you really are? Who your
mother and father really are?" Vicky says she has no way of knowing. "Maybe
it's better left alone, Vicky. Lock that door and forget about it all."
Vicky looks into the empty room and wonders.

Quentin and Barnabas are in the old house. Quentin tells Barnabas how David
discovered his portrait, and gives a recap of the excuse he made. "When he
was younger his incessant inquisitiveness annoyed me greatly," Barnabas
says. "He nearly uncovered my secrets at a time when I was a great danger
to people, especially Maggie Evans. Julia has since seen to that. But David
has become a very honorable young man. Very protective of the family and
those he's fond of." Quentin whines how David will "certainly hate him" if
he ever learns his true identity "as the ghost who once tried to kill him."
Barnabas answers "He must find out the truth sooner or later. Remember
Harrison, after all. In Harrison's world of the future, David knew who you
were and helped you guard your secret as he aged and you did not." Quentin
says "I avoided this problem with Jamison by going far away until he was an
adult. It was a mistake, I'll admit it. He was a far different person as a
man than as a boy, and I hated myself for depriving him of my influence.
Leaving him to my brother Edward was almost like condemning him. I.... I
couldn't bring myself to meet him face to face when I came back.... I only
went away again, waiting for when I could return here to you and Julia."
Barnabas says "You have a second chance. The boy forgave me for things
beyond my control, and he's grown closer to you. Tell him the truth about
yourself. Tell him the secret of that portrait. After all, he even helped
us fight Petofi when he returned as Professor Anderson." Quentin nods, but
says it won't be easy as we pan over to Sarah's cat, who has been sitting
in a nearby chair listening to everything.

The old house is empty, except for the cat, who jumps off a chair and jumps
through an open window. We follow the cat as it runs into the woods, and as
the camera pans away and back again, we see Brian standing behind some
brush. "I must become human for my next task," he says. The camera pulls
close to his eyes as he concentrates. "Maggie Evans....hear me. You know my
voice as it carries to your mind across the silent wind....you will follow
it to me....hear me, Maggie.....come to me now!" At Collinwood, Maggie, who
had been reading, suddenly looks up from her book, which she places at her
side on the couch. In a trance, she gets up and walks slowly to the front
door before walking out into the night. In the woods, Brian continues to
call her, until she appears in front of him. "I heard your voice calling
me....as it was before," she says. "Yes," he says, grinning. "And when you
heard your master's voice, you followed. Only this time, I do not wish to
speak to Josette DuPres." She looks confused. "No?" she asks. "No," he
answers. "I wish to speak to Maggie Evans. I want to unlock all the
memories that Maggie Evans has....you will break the bounds put into your
mind by Julia Hoffman and reveal those memories only to me, and only when I
command it. When you leave me, those memories will return to the lockbox
(sorry Al Gore) where Dr. Hoffman had safely hidden them. Do you
understand, Maggie Evans?' Maggie nods passively, and then seems to become
overwhelmed by her own thoughts. She grows terrified and screams. Brian is
startled, and says "Maggie, what is it? What are you remembering?"
"Barnabas!" she shouts. "Barnabas! He's.....he's a monster! And he's trying
to kill me!" Brian grabs a hold of her and says "Calm down, Maggie, I can
protect you now." She shakes her head. "No one can! He's....not human! I
have to escape! One two, away they flew....what does it mean? Five six
count the bricks! I have to figure out the riddle!" She grows more
hysterical and Brian shakes her. "What kind of monster is he? Tell me! Is
he the wolf who walks as a man?" Maggie looks confused and says "No... what
does that mean?" Brian asks "What is he?" again. Maggie's eyes open wide as
she answers "He's....he's a vampire!" Brian raises both eyebrows.

Brian thinks about what Maggie has just told him as the wind howls through
the woods. "A vampire?" he says. Maggie says "Yes...he's trying to make me
into another woman...into Josette...don't you see? He must have killed her
too! In the portrait....the one all the legends were about... he was the
one who killed her hundreds of years ago and now he's trying to kill me!
Somebody, help me! Help me!" Brian grabs her again and says "Maggie! You
are safe now! You will return the memory of Barnabas threatening you to a
safe place, deep within your subconscious, where only I can access it. Do
you understand?" Maggie calms and says "Yes." Brian says "Tell me,
Maggie... how did Barnabas become mortal again? Was it because of Dr.
Hoffman or Angelique?" Maggie looks confused and says "I... I don't know.
He's different now. He's so nice...charming... he's helped me....it can't
be true! It just can't be the same!" Brian tells Maggie to hide "the
remainder of your memories. You will return to Collinwood, only remembering
that you wanted to take a walk in the woods to get some air." Maggie
repeats "Get some air..." Brian says "Once you return to what you were
doing, all you will remember is taking a short walk around the grounds. Do
you understand?" Maggie nods, and Brian tells her to go. After she leaves,
he thinks about what she's said. "This puzzle only grows...." we hear him
thinking. "It seems that more than one kind of immortality runs within this
fascinating Collins family. If I cannot reproduce Quentin's secret, then
perhaps there is way of using Barnabas. That must be what Julia Hoffman was
after when she covered up his crimes with Maggie Evans. Why else would she
save him, unless......" He shakes his head. "No, no, no. That cannot
be....not with Angelique in the picture.....but then again, Dr. Hoffman is
a woman, after all...." He smiles slyly. "Yes, I have much to work with
here....."

Episode 1482
Aired: Tuesday February 28, 1972

After a replay of Monday's close and the titles, Barnabas stands in front
of the old house fireplace looking nervous when there is knock at the door.
He answers it, and Brian walks in uninvited. "I have a business proposition
to discuss with you, Mr. Collins," Brian says. Barnabas answers "You're
certainly presumptuous, inviting yourself into my home." Brian smiles and
says "How long has it been your home, Barnabas?" Barnabas answers "About
five years...." Brian finishes his line "since you arrived from England?"
Barnabas says "Yes," looking more suspiciously at Brian. "Where in England?
I'm very familiar with that country," Brian says. Barnabas answers "I
thought you wanted to discuss a business proposition." Brian answers "Why
don't we simply be honest with one another, hmm? Why should we have any
secrets when I know exactly what you're thinking I'm doing here." Barnabas
says "If you think I will help you find Chris Jennings, you're mistaken. Is
that the supposed secret you're talking about?" Brian laughs. "I've lost
interest in Chris Jennings, Mr. Collins. Granted, he did lead me to much
more interesting discoveries, one that you in particular can be quite
helpful with. You know of my work in the sciences, I'm sure. I believe I'm
on the brink of discovering a secret that has eluded mankind for all of
history. Mr. Collins, I will soon discover the secret of eternal life."
Barnabas snaps "You're being preposterous!" Brian answers "How preposterous
is it that Quentin Collins walks, lives and breathes to this day, looking
exactly the same as he did in 1897?" Barnabas answers "You're insane!"
Brian replies "Enough, Barnabas. I know the secret of Quentin and that
portrait. I only need to know what sort of scientific basis lies behind the
supposed sorcery. Was it something in the paint, or perhaps some sort of
connection between Quentin's blood, tainted by the same curse that affects
Mr. Jennings, mixed with that paint somehow.... I wonder if that portrait
ever bled for Quentin...." Barnabas interrupts him. "What would I know
about it? I'm no sorcerer. Who can explain the supernatural?" Brian answers
"You are close to Quentin and he suspects me. You will have to carefully
watch whatever work Lori Slater does with him and report back to me."
Barnabas angrily answers "Why would I betray Quentin to you? You know
nothing of the loyalty I feel!" Brian says "I know what you fear more than
anything, Mr. Collins, and ironically, it's something that might help me
further in my quest for the secret of eternal life." Barnabas shouts
"You're chasing after something that doesn't exist! There's no possible way
to reproduce the effect of that painting! And you have no hold over me,
none!" Barnabas moves closer to shove Brian out of the house, but Brian
answers "Barnabas Collins, beloved of Josette DuPres, who died so
tragically back in 1795..." Barnabas turns away. "What do you know of my
ancestor?" Brian answers "More than you think. I even know what he did to
Maggie Evans only five years ago, oh, right after you arrived from
England...." Barnabas yells at Brian to get out, and Brian parts with
"Perhaps you need more of a reason to help me...." Barnabas pushes him out
the door and slams it shut. After a moment, Barnabas hears a tapping
against the window. He walks into the living room to see what it is, and
then screams in horror, backing away. We hear a squeaking sound, and
suddenly a giant vampire bat smashes through the window, and heads straight
for Barnabas' neck....

Barnabas fights off the bat, screaming "No! No!" but is soon cornered
against a wall. To his surprise, the bat flies away from him without
biting, going back through the broken window. Barnabas is out of breath and
still terrified when the door opens again. Brian walks in and says "You
see, Mr. Collins....I know all your secrets. Your choice is to help me
discover the source of Quentin's eternal life, or become an experiment for
me as I try to reproduce your own. Good evening." He leaves as Barnabas
sinks into a chair, more worried than ever. We cut to Angelique coming
into the house from outside. It's somewhat later, but Barnabas is still
sunk deep into the chair. She asks him what's wrong, and Barnabas answers
"Everything. I'm in more danger now than I've ever been." Angelique rushes
to his side and asks what has happened, and Barnabas tells her about
Brian's discoveries and threats. Angelique feels awful, blaming herself for
involving Brian in "our affairs" when she tried to get rid of Maggie's
Josette possession. Barnabas tells her it's too late to feel guilty, and
that "perhaps I am to be eternally punished for the hell I put that poor
girl through." Angelique tells Barnabas that he's more than made up for the
things he's done and "you had no control over yourself anyway. If Maggie
could understand that, perhaps even she could forgive you." Barnabas doubts
that, but says that Brian is now the problem, not Maggie. Angelique tells
Barnabas that she might be able to fight Brian, "but if he manages to put
his own curse upon you, I cannot reverse it. I....I would lose you to his
control..." Angelique says tearfully. Barnabas holds her. "If only I could
make him understand that there's no way to bottle the secret of Quentin's
portrait! He dreams of either getting it for himself, or even selling it
for a profit. It was Petofi...it was Petofi's powers....there's no way to
satisfy Brian with that!" Angelique tells Barnabas she'll figure out
something since "I'll never stop protecting you, you know that." He kisses
her as we pan over to see that Brian has become the cat again and has been
listening.

In Lori's lab, Quentin comes in from another room and tells her that Chris
is asleep, "safely locked up where he can't hurt anyone while the moon is
full." Lori tells Quentin that she will find some way of ending Chris'
"condition." Quentin tells her that he'll always blame himself for Chris'
condition. Lori tells him that if "all of it is blood based, then it might
be a condition that could be cured, or at least controlled." Lori tells
Quentin that her interest in him and Chris first came out of her
"competition with Brian Miller" over discovering a scientific basis for
"legends of eternal life from the supernatural. If such creatures existed,
I thought I might be able to use those things to advance science." Quentin
tells Lori that she reminds him of "another scientist I know. Perhaps...."
Lori asks perhaps what, and Quentin says "Perhaps if I contacted them, they
might be able to work with you. Who knows?" We cut to Julia waiting by the
fountain. Barnabas approaches her, and she asks him why he wanted to meet
her "so late." Barnabas tells her what happened with Brian and that he's in
great danger. Julia is worried and says "Brian Miller has been trying to
discover Quentin's secret ever since he got here. I thought he was working
with Lori Slater, but it seems they hate each other." Barnabas says "Then
we may have an ally in Lori. Quentin has grown close to her. There must be
a way for her to help us fight Brian's powers." Julia says "But what if she
learns what Brian has discovered about you? You'd still be in danger
there." Barnabas says "Perhaps. But there's something about her.... she
actually reminds me of you a little." Julia asks "Really? How?" Barnabas
says "She's a scientist, interested in the supernatural, yet.... she seems
to have empathy. Understanding. Not the greed and commercial calculations
of Brian Miller. If she's interested in Quentin, it's to help him, not use
him. Like you when you discovered me." Julia says "That was a long time
ago. So many things have changed." Barnabas says "Yes... I can't think what
might have happened if it hadn't been you. What if it had been someone else
who discovered me that way I was? Or if no one did? Sometimes I lay awake
contemplating what kind of evil I might have done to everyone in this
house....and others. It's too much to bear sometimes..." Julia says
"Barnabas, it didn't happen that way. And it won't again." Barnabas says
"You didn't see the bat, Julia. That bat embodied all the evil of Brian
Miller, who wants to use me as his instrument. We must stop him, Julia, we
must!"

Quentin escorts Lori into the Blue Whale, and he seats her at a table
before going to the telephone. As Lori sits there, Barnabas and Julia walk
in. They walk over to Lori and say hello, and she says "What a strange
coincidence.... Quentin just went to call Collinwood to see if you had come
back yet, Dr. Hoffman." Julia says "Oh?" Quentin comes back and says "Now
that's service! I went to call you to invite you here, and here you are
already." Lori says "Quentin thought that you and I should work together to
help an old friend of yours, Chris Jennings." Julia, surprised, looks at
Quentin who nods. Julia asks Lori how she intends to help Chris, and Lori
says, quietly, "we both know of his condition. I believe that isolating and
controlling a key element I discovered in his blood might be the key."
Julia laughs a little and says "You sound a lot like me. Barnabas was
right." Lori is confused, and then Julia says "I can help you, but I've
tried to help Chris in the past. His condition might be unalterable. And in
the meantime, we will both have Brian Miller to worry about." Lori asks
Julia what she knows about Brian. "Not a lot," Barnabas says. "And that is
where you can help us. You see, he's trying to force me to help him learn
about Quentin." Quentin and Lori are intrigued.

Episode 1483
Aired: Wednesday February 29, 1972

Chris Pennock's voiceover: "A cloud of terror has descended on Collinwood.
A stranger with mysterious powers has threatened Barnabas Collins with what
he fears more than anything else, a return to the curse that transformed
him into a destroyer of those he loved. On this night, unlikely allies will
come together in order to protect him from this new and dangerous
threat...."

Julia waits at the gazebo for a moment, and then Angelique arrives. "What
did you want?" Angelique says. "The same thing you do, for Barnabas to be
safe." Julia answers. "Then he told you..." Angelique says. Julia says yes,
and how Barnabas thought that combining her scientific knowledge with Lori
Slater's would be a way to overpower Brian. Angelique humphs, and says that
"Barnabas is too stubborn to admit there's only one way to stop Brian
Miller." Julia says "I know. We both know that the only thing that can
fight him is your power." Angelique nods.

After the titles, Julia asks Angelique what she plans to do, and Angelique
answers "I must learn more about the man to know the extent of his powers.
After all, he may have powers stronger than my own." Nervous, Julia asks
"What will we do if that's the case? There may be no way to protect
Barnabas!" Angelique smiles and answers "In that case, I may not need to be
a witch, but a woman. Miller is still only a man, after all." She takes a
handkerchief out of her bag and says "This belongs to Miller. I can use it
to learn what I need to." She holds the handkerchief in front of her eyes
like a veil and begins to cast her spell. "Brian Miller....I hold that
which you have possessed, that which still contains your essence. As I look
through its fibers, let me see through your eyes....I will see what you
see, Brian Miller, as I look into that which is yours....." Through
Angelique's eyes, we see a picture forming within the hanging handkerchief.
It slowly takes focus, and then we see that it's Sarah. "Sarah!" Angelique
says. Julia gets scared. "Oh no, he's not threatening Sarah, is he?"
Angelique says "No.... she doesn't look scared." We see Sarah smiling and
giggling. "Sarah is happy....even playful," Angelique says as the image
grows sharper. We see that Sarah is waving a piece of yarn in front of our
view. "Yarn..." Angelique says. "She's playing with....." She drops the
handkerchief and the vision vanishes. Julia says "Yarn? What are you
talking about?" Angelique starts to rush off. "I think I know....but stay
here! I don't want to arouse suspicion!" Julia asks Angelique what she
knows, and Angelique says "Stay here, Julia! You must trust me!" Angelique
runs off, leaving a confused Julia behind. At the old house, Angelique
comes in the door and runs upstairs. She enters Sarah's room, and sees
Sarah happily playing on the bed with the cat, who swats at the yarn.

At Collinwood, Vicky stands at the door of the room where she saw Burke,
thinking. We hear his voice in her mind telling her he loves her, and that
they will get married once he comes back from South America. We hear her
thinking how Burke is still alive "inside this room, somewhere, in another
time. If only I could see more....what is it about it that compels me to go
inside?" Carolyn comes up behind her and says "Penny for your thoughts.
Though I bet I know what they are." Vicky tells Carolyn that she can't help
thinking that the Burke she saw in "that other world" needs her. Carolyn
tells her that Stokes' warnings should be taken seriously. "You could die
if you entered that world, or maybe destroy the life of another Vicky
Winters living there." Vicky says she knows about Stokes warning, but "he
might not be right. After all, he only knows theories about such things."
Carolyn tells her that "losing you once was enough. Now that mother has
faced the truth, we can't lose you again." Vicky says "Do you think there's
another Carolyn Stoddard in there too?" Carolyn shrugs and says she doesn't
know, only "I wonder if there's another Carolyn Stoddard somewhere who is
happier than I am. There are probably all sorts of different Carolyn
Stoddards in all sorts of different worlds, all happily married and in
love. And here, there's only me." Vicky tells Carolyn not to be so down on
herself. Carolyn says "You lost Burke and I lost Jeb. I guess if you can go
on, I can too." Vicky says she'll go downstairs and make them both some
tea. Carolyn says that's a good idea. Vicky walks off, and Carolyn thinks
about the Burke room for a moment before stepping away. Out of the corner
of her eye, she sees a light come on in another room down the hall. She's
startled by it, but slowly walks towards the door. She hears a voice inside
that sounds familiar, and with tears in her eyes, she opens the door and
sees Jeb Hawkes standing inside, only wearing a suit and looking over some
papers. "Jeb...." she says through tears. He cannot see or hear her.

Carolyn continues watching Jeb as he sits at a desk with the papers.
Outside, Carolyn says "Jeb... you're still alive in some other
world....just like Burke...and I can't go in and hold you....Stokes said I
couldn't...." Suddenly from the other end of the room, a different Carolyn
enters. Carolyn is shocked to see herself. "It's....it's me!" she says,
holding her hands over her mouth in shock. The other Carolyn runs up to Jeb
and hugs him, but he's indifferent. "I'm alive in that other world, and I'm
with him..." outside Carolyn thinks. "It's like I'm seeing the life I could
have had....." Inside the room, Jeb pulls away from Carolyn and tells her
he's busy. She answers that "you always seem too busy for me." Jeb says
"It's only business. Your mother and Roger wanted me to go over these
figures. It's nothing you would understand anyway." Carolyn starts to look
over the papers and says "Maybe I could understand if you explained it a
little." He snatches the papers from her and says "Forget it! None of this
concerns you. Taking care of the business is my job now." Carolyn snaps
"What if I wanted it to be mine? It's my family, after all." Jeb laughs and
says "Do you think they'd trust the family business to a pampered little
girl like you? They'd let the lawyers handle it until David was old enough.
Why else do you think they wanted to marry you off? They knew I could
handle things as well as I handle you." He takes her into his arms, but she
pulls away. "Don't talk to me like I'm stupid," she says. "Do what I want,"
he says, grabbing her again. "Your mother and Roger know what's best for
you, and that's for me to be in charge." She resists as he kisses her
harshly, and outside Carolyn is surprised to be seeing herself like that as
the door suddenly closes in her face. She thinks about what she's seen for
a moment and only says "Wow....was that really me?"

Downstairs, Vicky has made tea as a shaken Carolyn slowly enters the
drawing room. Vicky asks her what took her so long, and Carolyn says "I saw
it, Vicky. I saw another world." Vicky asks her what Burke said and what
she heard, and Carolyn shakes her head, answering "No, not in that room. It
was in a different room. Jeb was there, alive, just like what we were
talking about." Vicky says "Stokes said that our own thoughts might affect
what we see inside those rooms." Carolyn says "I saw myself, Vicky. I was
married to Jeb. It might have been the life I would've had if...." Vicky
gets sympathetic and tells Carolyn she's sorry, but Carolyn stops her. "No,
Vicky, there's nothing to be sorry about. It wasn't the life I would want.
Jeb was different. He was cold and cruel. He treated me like I was a
nothing. I'd hate that to be my life, Vicky, so dependent on a man that I
would live as the person I saw in there every day." Vicky answers that
maybe there was a reason she saw what she did. Carolyn agrees. "I've always
thought I needed to find some man to take care of me," she says sipping her
tea. "Maybe I'm better off taking care of myself." Meanwhile, Angelique has
returned to the gazebo where Julia asks her why she ran off so suddenly. "I
know where Brian Miller is, and what powers he has," Angelique answers.
"And if I'm right, Barnabas is in very grave danger. The vampire bat that
will attack him won't be something conjured up by Brian Miller, it will
actually BE Brian Miller!" Julia is shocked.

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