Dark Shadows Episode 548 - 7/31/68

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Julia asks Barnabas and Roger to leave her with the withered woman. She says she will not be long. Barnabas is concerned about what she'll do, but leaves with Roger.

Roger wonders who the woman is and where she came from. Julia comes out and says the woman's heart is weak, and she only has moments to live. Roger says he can drive her to the hospital. When they go back in, the woman is missing.

Barnabas tells Julia he should have killed her. She tells him he must go to Blair's room, which is where Cassandra must have gone.

Angelique enters Vicki's room through the secret door. She approaches the portrait when Blair turns on a light. He reminds her that her powers are lost, and the painting can no longer help her. She begs for him to turn her back the way she was. He tells her he doesn't care if Barnabas is a vampire, but he does not want him to die. She tries to convince him that she doesn't care about Barnabas.

He reminds her how she interfered with his plans. He says he needs Barnabas alive to find out how Adam was brought to life. She says she can help him with that. She begs him not to let her die like this. He says she should beg Barnabas for his forgiveness. He asks if she would, if he makes her a little stronger. He agrees to let her live if Barnabas forgives her. She asks if he'll restore her powers, and he tells her he'll see about that.

Barnabas comes downstairs, and tells Julia that Blair wasn't in his room. He leaves for the old house.

Withered Angelique is in the old house, waiting for Barnabas. He enters and is not particularly surprised to see her. He asks what she wants, and she begs him to sit down and listen to her. She asks if he remembers how she was when they first met, and he says yes. She asks if he pities her, because she needs him to forgive her. He says it's too late. He reminds her of all the people who are dead because of her. He refuses to forgive her. She begs him, and he says he cannot forget the suffering she caused so many—most recently with her dream curse.

She drops to her knees and he catches her. She asks him again, and once again he refuses. He tells her that when he asked for forgiveness, she made him a vampire. He says the two of them can never forgive one another. She appears to die, sitting across from the fire.

Roger tells Blair that the mysterious woman disappeared without a trace. Blair brings up Cassandra, and says that he saw her while Roger was out looking for the old woman. He gives Roger a note he says is from Cassandra, and Roger reads it and says she's gone, and will never come back. He tells Blair he's not sure how he feels about it. He tells Blair that there's no need for him to rush away. Blair says he would feel awkward to stay. Blair says he's looking into taking on a property in Collinsport, and Roger says they own some property, and can check into its availability.

Blair leaves the house after Roger goes upstairs to bed.

Roger is in the drawing room, throwing Cassandra's letter into the fire. Julia walks in, and then Barnabas arrives at Collinwood. Roger asks him if he found the woman, and when Barnabas says no, he raises his voice and asks if he's just paying a late call. Roger then apologizes, and explains that Cassandra has left him. Barnabas asked when it happened, and he says Blair brought him a letter from her. He retires to bed.

Barnabas and Julia enter the drawing room and close the door. He tells her that Angelique is dead. He's not sure what that means. Julia tells him the portrait should show what happened to her, and they go upstairs to look at it.

Blair is in the old house, standing over Cassandra's dead body. He picks her up and leaves.

Barnabas tells Julia that Angelique is gone forever when they see the portrait looks burned. He smiles, realizing that he is now free.

Our thoughts

John: The Cassangelique make-up looked pretty nasty today. She didn't just look like she was old - she looked like she was starting to melt. Although when she was in Vicki's room, she reminded me of Chaka from LAND OF THE LOST...

Christine: She did look wonderfully bad. I love when she asks Nicholas not to look at her and he tells her that her appearance is his masterpiece. He really seemed to relish toying with her, though I found it odd that he wanted her to develop empathy for Barnabas by making her feel the same fear she has caused him, and then promised to let her live if she got Barnabas to forgive her. It could be that he wanted her to develop her abilities beyond relying on her beauty to charm people.

John: I was very happy to see Barnabas not cave, and forgive Angelique. It took 200 years, but he finally stood up to her when it mattered the most!

Christine: I'm surprised that Roger would offer to help set Nicholas up with one of their properties and not want to sever all ties with Cassandra. It's funny that he said he would have preferred a legal break, but didn't intend to marry again, when that obviously didn't stop him from marrying Cassandra while still being married to Laura Murdoch Collins.

John: Do you think Blair can magically appear anywhere he chooses? How did he get in to the old house, and where is he taking Angelique's withered body?

Christine: Yes, he probably can, since he gained access to Adam's locked room, though Barnabas probably left the door to the Old House unlocked. I'd like to think he's keeping her crusty corpse around to use once he learns how to create human life, though it will be interesting to see where he's chosen to store her decaying body until he decides he needs her again. It's obvious that Angelique is not truly gone or the Collins ancestor that occupied the portrait before she stepped into it would have reclaimed it.