Dark Shadows Episode 474 - 4/18/68

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Cassandra asks Roger what's wrong. She says she doesn't know him well, but she knows him well enough to know he's upset. He fixes her a drink as she tells him Liz would have stopped them from getting married. She suggests that they postpone their trip, but Roger is reluctant to change their plans. 

Liz enters telling him there's a long distance call for him. He goes to take the call, and Cassandra says she knows Liz doesn't approve of her. Liz says she doesn't approve of the marriage, not because of her because she doesn't know her. Cassandra says she'll do anything to make Roger happy, and Liz suggests that she do so by having their marriage annulled. Cassandra is shocked. 

Liz explains that she's been concerned about Roger recently. She describes his staying at the Inn, and his thinking other family members are long-dead relatives. Cassandra assures Liz that she trusts Roger, and she wants to spend the rest of her life with him. Cassandra brings up that she's never had much money, so she doesn't know what it will mean to be rich. She asks if she would have married Roger if all this had not been his. Liz clarifies that the house and business are hers, not Roger's. Cassandra says they will have to find somewhere else to live, and Liz clarifies that is not what she intended. She implores Cassandra to convince Roger to see a doctor. She says she knows what he needs; her.

Roger shows Cassandra their room. She begs him to cancel their trip. She says everyone is going to plan against them. She says his sister and cousin will plot against them if they go on a trip. She explains that if she's in Collinwood, she can deal with them. He promises not to let any of them harm her.

Liz tells Vicki about her exchange with Cassandra. Vicki tells Liz that Cassandra is the woman in the painting. Liz admits there's a resemblance, but tells Vicki her imagination is working overtime. Roger comes downstairs asking for Julia. She says Cassandra has had an accident.  

Julia wraps Cassandra's sprained ankle, while welcoming her to Collinwood. Cassandra thanks her for being the first to welcome her, and says she doesn't understand Barnabas' hostility. She says he and Roger are the same age, and have both been unmarried for some time. Julia corrects her, saying Barnabas never married. Cassandra asks Julia how well she knows Barnabas. She tells Julia that Barnabas is a man of many secrets, and Julia seems to know them.

Julia meets Vicki in the garden. Vicki asks Julia if she met Cassandra. She tells her that she is sure Cassandra IS Angelique. She says that Barnabas is at risk, because he's the only one Angelique cared for.

   
Roger tells Cassandra they'll leave as soon as her ankle is better. She tells him she likes Dr. Hoffman. He starts to pour a drink when she asks him to get her pain medication. When he goes into the other room, Cassandra drugs his drink. 

She asks how Julia came to stay at Collinwood, and he tells her it's a long story. They toast, and Roger drinks from the glass Cassandra drugged. He immediately reacts, and goes to the window to get some fresh air. He asks why he did it, and she asks if he's referring to why he married her. He admits it. He says the day has been like a dream, and it's insane because they hardly know each other. She tells him to look into her eyes. He tries to look away, but she won't let him. He tells her there have been so many emotional things before collapsing on the couch.

Cassandra approaches the portrait of Barnabas and says that she had never known he was free from his chains. She says he may walk in the sunlight today, but he has not escaped. She says that in time, he will find the curse back with him again.

Our thoughts

John: I loved when Liz told Cassandra, "Wait till he (Roger) confuses you with some picture he's seen," as they both stand mere feet from the portrait in the same room.

Christine: Nice observation. I loved when Cassandra told Liz, "I would never marry a man I knew well. How boring that would be." Roger expressed a similar sentiment to Liz in yesterday's episode. That could be why she and Roger are each on their second marriage, while still married to their former spouses!

John: Is it just me, or when Liz points out that Barnabas looks like his ancestor's portrait, Vicki doesn't seem to clue in on that? And how come the similarity in Angelique/Cassandra's case is all but ignored by so many family members?

Christine: Julia does tell Cassandra that the Collins family is "a very inbred family," so perhaps it's not surprising to them that Barnabas would be the spitting image of an ancestor. Vicki seemed close to realizing that he is the same Barnabas she knew in 1795 when assuming Angelique was back to torment him. Angelique seems to be as intuitive as she claims to be to suspect that Julia is in love with Barnabas.

John: So Cassandra was finally left alone long enough to basically announce that she is, in fact, Angelique.

Christine: Did Cassandra-lique spirit herself into 1968 from 1795, or has she been popping up now and then over the past 100+ years? And did she drug Roger to evade any amorous intentions he may have had for their wedding night, or was it just to have some alone time with Barnabas' portrait? She claims that she knew Barnabas had escaped his chains because Vicki traveled to the past, which explains why she hasn't shown up before now to torment Barnabas. I believe this is the first time we've seen Roger's room.