Please Repost 833,834 Episodes
Karl F Rudock
Could someone please repost the synopsis of
833,834- Wednesday april 19th episodes of
Dark Shadows. My server didn't recieve the
story, and we had a power failure in our cable
system and missed the shows. We just started
getting Dark Shadows on SCI FI last week here
in Bethel Park, PA. Just in time to reacquaint
myself with the Quention Collins werewolf storyline.
Thanks in advance. KARL RUDOCK
Tony Ning Lew
May 5, 1994 - II
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Episode 833
Tape Date: August 26, 1969
Air Date: September 3, 1969 Wednesday
Writer: Sam Hall
Director: Henry Kaplan
Quentin barges into Charles Delaware Tate's studio and
angrily asks, "Why did you paint a portrait of me with a
wolf's head?" Tate replies, "I have no idea what you're
talking about". He shows Quentin some prelimary sketches
of the portrait he had painted and says, "This is what I
painted". All the sketches are of Quentin as a man. Quentin
asks, "Is that what the painting looked like when you put it
in my room?" Tate replies, "I didn't put it in your room.
Petofi did". Quentin tells Tate, "Come with me and take a look
at it!"
At Collinwood, Charity Trask walks down the stairs into
the foyer. Hearing Quentin's music coming from behind the
closed drawing room doors and thinking he's inside, she primps
in front of the mirror then goes into the drawing room. But
instead of Quentin, she finds Amanda Harris in there. Charity
becomes angry and accuses Amanda of trying to steal Quentin
from her. She asks Amanda, "What are you doing here, anyway?"
Amanda replies, "I live here now". Charity is shocked and asks,
"And who's letting you live here?" Amanda replies, "Your father".
Charity, shocked, shouts for her father. Gregory Trask comes.
Charity asks, "Are you letting her live here?" Trask replies,
"I am", and, seeing that Charity obviously doesn't like the
idea, adds, "It's none of your business. Go to your room".
Charity refuses to do so, so Trask drags her upstairs to
her room.
Quentin takes Charles Delaware Tate up to his room and
shows him the portrait. Tate is shocked. It is, as Quentin
had said, the portrait of a werewolf. Tate, puzzled, tells
Quentin, "I have no idea how this happened" and leaves.
Gregory Trask is in the drawing room talking to Amanda.
Seeing Charles Delaware Tate coming down the stairs, he
excuses himself and goes out into the foyer, closing the
drawing room doors behind him. He asks Tate, "What are you
doing here?" Tate lies, "I was upstairs looking for you to
see about that painting of your daughter you wanted to have
done". Trask replies, "It's not a good time for that right
now. Charity is not well". He thinks for a moment then tells
Tate, "But there is someone I would like a portrait of", and
takes him into the drawing room. Tate is shocked to see
Amanda standing in there. Trask introduces them to one another
and leaves, saying, "I'll leave you two to discuss the arrangements"
Tate tells Amanda, "I have the strange feeling that we've met
before", and asks, "Do you have the same feeling?" Amanda replies,
"It's strange, but Count Petofi also asked me if I had ever met
you. At the time, I couldn't be sure if I had ever met a Charles
Delaware Tate, but now that I see you, I'm certain that I haven't"
Tate asks her about her past, where she was born, etc, but Amanda
replies, "I'd prefer not to discuss that. It might seem strange,
but it's a subject I'd prefer not to discuss".
Trask goes up to Charity's room. He and Charity have a furious
argument about Amanda living at Collinwood. Charity angrily tells
Trask, "If she's going to live here, I'm moving out of Collinwood!"
Charles Delaware Tate finally manages to convince Amanda to
talk about her past. She tells him, "It's strange, but I can't
remember much about my past. The first memory I have is of
walking down a street, fully grown. It was March 11, 1895.
I remember the date because I found a newpaper with the date
on it". This seems to stike a chord with Tate. He tells
Amanda, "I've got to check something out", abruptly excuses
himself and leaves.
Charity comes down into foyer, packed to leave. Seeing
Amanda in the foyer, she says, "You may have won the battle,
but you haven't won the war!", then happily tells her, "You'll
find your stay at Collinwood a horrible experience!" and storms
out the front doors.
Charles Delaware Tate goes back to his studio and searches
furiously through his sketches, looking for the first sketch he
had ever made of his "ideal woman". He finds it, and sees that
it is dated March 11, 1895. He finds this too incredible to
believe and convinces himself that it must be a coincidence.
He tells himself, "I've got to take my mind off of this. I'll
sketch something, anything".
Quentin walks into the drawing room and finds Amanda there.
He turns on his music, and they dance. Eventually, they end up
kissing. Trask walks into the room and exclaims, "Miss Harris!"
Quentin and Amanda quickly separate. Trask angrily orders
Quentin to leave. Quentin does so. Trask angrily tells Amanda,
"I will help you fight your attraction to unsuitable men. From
now on, I will see to it that you and Quentin are never alone
in the same room again!"
Charles Delaware Tate finishes his sketch, a still life of
some objects he has placed on a table - a potted fern, a bowl
of fruit, and some loose fruit lying about on the table. He
looks at the sketch, decides, "It doesn't look quite complete",
sketches in a vase from his imagination, and says to himself,
"That looks much better". But when he looks up at the table,
he finds that the vase he had made up is now actually sitting
there. He goes to the table and picks it up. It isn't his
imagination. It is real...
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May 6, 1994 - I
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Episode 834
Tape Date: August 27, 1969
Air Date: September 4, 1969 Thursday
Writer: Sam Hall
Director: Lela Swift
Petofi comes to Tate's studio and finds Tate there holding
a vase with a strange expression on his face. Petofi remarks,
"Nice vase. Where did you get it?" Tate lies, "I don't know
where it came from. It came with the studio furnishings".
Petofi takes it, examines it, and says, "Odd. No maker's mark".
Tate asks Petofi, "Why are you here?" Petofi replies, "I'm
expecting a guest here. I wrote a letter to him using your
name and address asking him to come here". Tate asks, "Why
did you do THAT?". Petofi replies, "I need to talk to this
person, but he would not come if he knew it was I who was
waiting here for him".
Barnabas and Magda go to Quentin's room. Magda tells Barnabas
about the surprising fact that Quentin did not tranform into
a werewolf the last night of the full moon. She also tells him
that she has learned the date of Quentin's death, that Charity,
possessed by the spirit of Pansy Faye, had predicted that
Quentin would die on September 10 and be found dead in the
tower room. Barnabas tells Magda, "I must go to the future
to learn from Quentin's ghost what killed him!". He tells
her that the rods which he used to travel to the past were
found in Quentin's room in 1969 so must be there now. They
start searching for them.
Petofi's mystery guest arrives at Tate's studio. It is
Edward Collins. Petofi asks Tate to leave so he can talk
with Edward in private. Tate does so. But Edward angrily
tells Petofi, "I don't want to talk to someone who's cursed
my family, who came to me under an assumed name!" Petofi
lies, "I have nothing to do with the curse, and I only came
to you under an assumed name because the gypsies had something
valuable of mine I came to retrieve, and it would have put them
on alert had I used my real name". Edward replies, "I don't
believe you", but Petofi continues, "I asked you here because
I want to join forces with you against a common enemy - Barnabas
Collins". Edward pretends not to know what Petofi is talking
about and says, "Why should I consider Barnabas Collins an
enemy of mine?" Petofi replies, "Because he's a vampire".
Edward, shocked, asks, "How did you find out?" Petofi replies,
"It's not important how I found out, what's important is that
I want to help you hunt him down. Trust me. I could easily
have gone to the police with this information, but I did not.
Since you did not go to the police yourself, I assumed that
you wanted to keep this a family secret. I respect that wish".
Edward, impressed with the logic of this, decides to trust
Petofi, but when Petofi suggests they go question Magda,
Edward declines his offer of help, saying, "I will go to
the old house and question her alone. This is something
I must do myself". Petofi warns Edward to be careful and
gives him a gun loaded with silver bullets to protect himself.
While searching for the I-Ching rods, Magda and Barnabas
find Quentin's portrait sitting covered on an armchair. They
uncover it and are shocked to see that it is a portrait of
a werewolf in a suit. They examine the portrait and find
that the nameplate says, "Quentin Collins, 1897" and the
portrait is signed "Charles Delaware Tate". Barnabas tells
Magda, "I'm certain Tate doesn't know Quentin's secret" and
theorizes that Petofi is behind this for some nefarious
reason. They continue seaching the room and finally find
the rods on the top shelf of the armoire. Barnabast tells
Magda, "I think it would be best if I used them in the same
place I did in 1969, the cellar of the old house".
Barnabas and Magda go to the cellar of the old house.
Barnabas tells Magda what will happen when he uses the rods,
that his body will remain here while his spirit travels into
the future. He tells her that while he does this, she is to
go to Collinwood and warn Quentin to leave Collinwood and
not return until after September 10. Magda leaves to do so.
Barnabas concentrates on the rods. After a while, his
spirit leaves his body. He sees the door and starts going
towards it...