Episode #1473: CDT's "The Many Worlds Of Collinwood, 1972"
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Dark Shadows Returns: Episode 1246 & Beyond
By Charles Delaware Troll
Episode 1473
Aired: Wednesday February 15, 1972
After a replay of Tuesday's close and the titles, David asks Brian what kind
of work he's doing, and Brian answers "It will make more sense once you
actually start working on it. Mostly working with different kinds of animal
blood for....medicinal purposes." David says that he read that most
medicines come from plants, not animals. Brian answers "Precisely why I want
to look into some of the natural healing powers of the animal kingdom. I
don't think Dr. Slater was doing similar research..." David says he wasn't
sure what Lori was working on, since "all I really got to do was run errands
for her. I was hoping to do more." Brian tells David "I'll give you more
interesting things to do, trust me." David says "At least Quentin won't get
mad at me for working with you." Brian says "Oh?" David says "I think he
must have gotten into a fight with Dr. Slater over her sister or something.
Don't tell anyone I told you that, though." Brian thinks it over and says
"I'll keep your secret, David, don't worry." Carolyn comes downstairs and
tells Brian she's ready for a "delicious dinner." Brian says he is as well,
and escorts her out. David smiles and goes back into the drawing room.
Vicky is writing in her diary in her room as a storm rages outside. The wind
blows the window open, and she gets up to close it. She sees the glowing
light in the west wing room again. "There it is again..." she thinks. "The
same locked room....what could be in there? Professor Stokes said it could
be dangerous, but something tells me I must know...." In a flash of
lightning, Vicky thinks she saw someone move in the window of the room as
the light fades. "There's someone there!" she says aloud. "I know I saw
someone!" She runs out of her room and heads to the west wing. In the west
wing, she wanders down a cobwebbed corridor and finds the door. In the dark
corridor, she sees light coming through the keyhole. "This is the door....it
was locked last time, but... there's a light coming from the keyhole..." she
thinks. She tries the knob, and this time the door opens! The room is lit
and fully furnished with beautiful antique furniture. "It's like Professor
Stokes said," Vicky says aloud. "The room has been transformed to a
different place and time....whenever this room was used, perhaps...." She's
about to step inside, and then stops herself. "Perhaps I shouldn't...." she
thinks. "Stokes seemed to think one could be trapped in there like the room
in the east wing Barnabas described to me...but I wonder what this other
world is? Is it the world of 1840 where Leticia Faye actually lived?" Vicky
looks around the room, and sees a modern telephone. "No, it can't
be...there's a phone on that table. It must be a modern time, and..."
suddenly Vicky gasps as she looks at the room. On the wall is a large
painted portrait - of her. She sees it and recognizes it as herself, but as
she begins to take a step into the room, the door suddenly slams shut in her
face. She struggles with the knob, but now it is locked. "Let me in!" she
yells. "Let me in!"
The next morning, Vicky and Carolyn come down the same west wing corridor.
"I don't care what Professor Stokes said about the room being dangerous,"
Vicky says. "I must know why my portrait was hanging on that wall!" Carolyn
says "I'll help you look, Vicky, but I don't think we should go in there. It
could be a completely different world going on inside that room if Stokes is
right." Vicky says "At least it made for good conversation at breakfast."
Carolyn starts trying the door with different keys on a large ring. "And to
think I wanted to tell you all about my dinner with Brian Miller." Vicky
says "He seems a mysterious man in some ways." Carolyn tries more keys and
answers "What girl can resist that? One of my mother's keys to this old tomb
must be the right one for this door..." Vicky wonders what kind of a world
could be inside that room if her portrait is on the wall. "Who would have a
painting of me done? Why put it up there?" Carolyn laughs and says "Maybe
you're mistress of the Collinwood inside that room!" Suddenly the lock
clicks. Carolyn smiles. "It's unlocked. Are you sure you want to see?" Vicky
says yes, and Carolyn opens the door - and the room is dusty and deserted.
Carolyn is disappointed, and Vicky says "Just like Stokes said...it could be
like the room in the east wing." Carolyn says that they shouldn't enter it
since it could change at any moment. "But the light transformed the desk in
the basement...why didn't it do that here..." Vicky wonders. Suddenly, she
points to the wall where her picture hung and says "Carolyn! Look!" Carolyn
looks, and a corner of a large old dusty portrait of some old ancestor is
new and bright. "That's it! That must be the portrait of me from that other
time! Only part of it visible here! Look how the corner doesn't match the
background color of the portrait hanging there now!" Carolyn sees it, and is
amazed. "We should tell Stokes," Vicky says. "Or maybe Brian," Carolyn says.
Vicky asks "Brian?" Carolyn says "Yes, Vicky. It's what I was telling you at
breakfast. He's a fascinating man, and he's studied strange phenomena like
this. Asking him would be, well, like getting a second opinion from a
doctor." Vicky says "Perhaps....but I'm somehow more comfortable with
Professor Stokes knowing the secrets of this house." We cut to Brian working
in his lab when David enters. Brian asks him if he likes what he's seen so
far," and David says yes. Brian tells David to sit down, and says "I have
something else you might like." He takes out a small flashlight and turns on
the beam. "Look at the light, David. Look at it very carefully..." David
looks, and begins to go under hypnosis. "All you can see is the light,
David. You will concentrate on its colors and spectra and only hear the
sound of my voice. Do you understand?" David passively nods "Yes." Brian
says "Excellent. Now, remember what I tell you, David. You will tell no one
about any of the experiments we do here, do you understand?" David says yes.
"And... you will tell me everything you know about Quentin Collins..." David
stares passively at the light.
David stares at the light and tells Brian he thinks Quentin and Lori got in
a fight over Joanna. "And what did you work on with Lori Slater" Brian asks.
David says "Nothing. I don't know what she's working on." Brian asks "Can
you think of anyone she may have told?" David says "I'm not sure. She might
have told Chris." Brian gets very interested. "Chris? Chris Jennings?" David
says "Yes, he was in Dr. Slater's lab." Brian snickers. "I thought so! But
it seems Chris told you nothing. Onto bigger things, David. Where did
Quentin Collins come from?" Brian asks. "I don't know," David says. "He's
lived all over the world." Brian says "David, remember, you must tell me the
truth. When was the first time you saw Quentin Collins?" Suddenly, David
gets terrified and says "Quentin! Don't hurt me! I'll do what you say!" His
voice sounds higher and younger, and more scared. "Why did Quentin want to
hurt you?" Brian asks. "We weren't going to tell! We weren't going to tell
anyone about the room!" David says. "What room?" Brian asks. "It was only a
game...a game where we talked on the telephone. I didn't know he'd do those
things! I didn't know! Beth! Beth! Help me!" Brian is confused. "Who is
Beth?" he asks. David continues "I don't want to play the game anymore,
Quentin! Leave me alone! You're dead! You're dead! I don't want to be dead
with you!" Brian says "Quentin is dead? How can he be?" David says "Beth
didn't want to do it, she had to...." Brian interrupts him. "The Quentin
Collins at Collinwood now is alive, David! How can he be dead? Who is Beth?"
David says "Not that Quentin, his grandfather. His grandfather's ghost! He
looks just like him!" Brian thinks a moment "Does he...." David continues
ranting until Brian commands him to look at the light. "David, you will
forget everything you have told me about Quentin's ghost. I only want to
know about the Quentin alive at Collinwood now." David immediately gains
composure and says "I like him a lot." Brian thinks a moment and then says
"David, on the count of three, you will wake up and remember nothing except
coming into this room. Do you understand?" David says yes, and Brian counts
three. David comes out of it, and Brian tells him "Well, as long as you're
all set with your job here, why don't you accompany me back to Collinwood?
Perhaps we can round some people up for lunch?" David smiles and says "You
mean my cousin Carolyn, don't you?" Brian smiles and says "I can see that
I'll keep no secrets from you, David, eh?" David smiles.