Jeremiah carries Angelique's unconscious body through the graveyard.
Back in the old house, Barnabas paces anxiously.
Jeremiah places Angelique's body in his open grave. He wakes her to tell her she'll now know what it is to be one of the living dead. Angelique screams as Jeremiah throws dirt into the grave.
The reverend tells Barnabas that brides are never on time. He also says that the guests haven't even arrived yet, and Barnabas explains that there will be no guests. Not even his parents. Barnabas leaves him to check upstairs. The reverend asks Ben why the family is not attending the wedding. Ben hears Angelique crying for help. The reverend hears nothing, and doesn't understand what's going on. Ben runs out when he has a vision of Jeremiah's graveside. Barnabas comes downstairs and says there will be no wedding today, as the bride is gone. Naomi arrives at the old house, and Barnabas tells her Angelique is gone.
Angelique is lying next to Jeremiah's open grave when Ben shows up. She explains the ghost of Jeremiah is haunting her. Ben erupts in laughter. She reminds him that he's under her control. He helps her up and she says she'll never make anyone unhappy again. They both hear Jeremiah's laughter, and when he appears, Ben grabs her by the arm and they run off together. Jeremiah calls to them, telling them they cannot escape.
Naomi is with Angelique, and asks why Jeremiah has come back. Angelique tells her there must be a witch. She also says that she and Barnabas must be married tonight. Naomi asks what she plans to wear, and when Angelique points out her dirty dress, Naomi gives her a wedding dress and a brooch that belonged to her mother. Angelique cries in happiness.
The reverend tells Barnabas that the absence of his father is disturbing. The curtain billows and a table is knocked over. The chandelier rattles, and the reverend decides to leave. Barnabas commands him to stay to conduct the wedding.
The reverend performs the ceremony with Ben and his mother present. They exchange rings and are pronounced married.
They kiss, and Barnabas tells Ben to bring champagne. The reverend hurries off. Angelique tells Barnabas that she's happy, and asks about the champagne. Ben returns with glasses and the bottle, and Barnabas tells him he has the first toast as the best man. Barnabas pours what appears to be blood into a champagne glass. Jeremiah's laughter is heard throughout the room, and Angelique runs off.
Ben prepares to escort Naomi to the new house. She asks Barnabas why all of this is happening to them.
In her room, Angelique hears the music from Josette's music box. She can't find the source of the music. She turns to see a box on her dresser. She opens the box, and lifts the music box out from within. She wonders how it began playing inside the package.
Barnabas enters and asks where she got it. She says it was in the room, and he commands her to give it to him. He takes it and leaves the room as she screams at him that he still loves Josette. She opens the door to find the ghost of Jeremiah standing in the hall. She calls upon Beelzebub to send him away, and Jeremiah's ghost explains he has no power over him before vanishing.
Our thoughts
John: Set a marker. I want to see how long Angelique's promise not to make anyone unhappy actually lasts.
Christine: I would give her until the next episode to keep that promise. It's interesting that Reverend Bland was calling himself Reverend Alton Brook when he showed up for Barnabas and Josette's wedding in Episode 380.
John: Was this the first time we heard Josette's music box theme as it would become famous when released on vinyl?
Christine: I believe so. Apparently, the original music box theme last heard in Episode 289 was not composed by Bob Cobert, but was from a stock file at ABC. You can read more about it over at Dark Shadows Wiki.
John: Does this represent the first time (chronologically) that we've seen Josette's music box? I don't recall Barnabas having given it to her yet...
Christine: Yes, this is the first chronological appearance of the music box. Barnabas probably intended to give it to Josette on their wedding night, though it's clear he'll have another opportunity. It seems that someone is messing with Angelique. She can't control Jeremiah and knows someone else is. The doll and pins magically appeared in her luggage, and now the music box mysteriously shows up and begins playing inside its package. There must be another witch in town, but who could it be?
2 comments:
Man, this episode had some major gaps in logic. How did Angelique escape the grave? Nobody questions where she was or why her dress is all dirty? The music box just appears out of nowhere? Also, it looked like a very abrupt cut near the beginning of this episode. I'd guess that they had to stop taping? Also loved Barnabas having to come back and close the other door right before Jeremiah appears in the last scene.
After Barnabas ruined his huffy exit by having to fiddle with the doors, Angelique throws them open again and you can see a hand reach in from the right to pull one of the doors open wider.
It was definitely a sloppily written episode. We had to assume Angelique dug herself out of the grave somehow, but why would she go to Collinwood to see Naomi? She and Barnabas are not exactly welcome there. Naomi must have been hitting the bottle pretty hard to be so nonchalant about Jeremiah's corpse roaming the estate and burying young ladies in graves. I love how there's always a wedding dress handy for these last minute weddings.
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