Dark Shadows Episode 1035 6/12/70

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Maggie hears footsteps coming downstairs, and hides in the wardrobe. Barnabas comes in and finds Maggie's brush. He looks around the room, and leaves.

Maggie hears the footsteps going upstairs and leaving. She comes out of the wardrobe, and sneaks out of the cell. She sees Yaeger on the stairs and screams. He asks if she thought he forgot about her, and jumps down and grabs her. He says she should have come away with him, but now it's too late.

Barnabas tells him to let her go. Yaeger tells him to stay back. Barnabas says to let her go or he'll never leave this place alive. Yaeger says he knows what little time he has left, but he'll go out his own way. He throws Maggie aside and grabs his cane, extending the blade. Barnabas warns him that his weapon will do him no good. He stabs Barnabas in the chest.

Barnabas pulls it out of his chest. Yaeger asks what kind of creature he is, and Barnabas says he will never know. They grapple and Barnabas strangles him.

Maggie gets up and calls Barnabas. She comes into the room, and Barnabas says Yaeger will never harm her again. She screams when she sees his body, and they watch as he changes back into Cyrus. Barnabas takes Maggie out.

Julia comes downstairs as Carolyn enters. She asks if he spoke to Quentin, and Carolyn says he's chartered a plane, and should be home within an hour. He was terribly upset with the news. Barnabas comes in with Maggie and brings her into the drawing room. Julia asks if he found her at the farmhouse, and Carolyn asks if she was Yaeger's prisoner. Barnabas tells them that Yaeger is dead. Julia asks how, and he says they must tend to Maggie. He directs Julia to get her a blanket.

A car arrives at Collinwood, and Quentin rushes in. He asks Maggie what happened. Barnabas says she's in shock. He says Yaeger didn't hurt her. Quentin asks if anyone has called a doctor, and tells Julia to contact Cyrus. Barnabas says he won't be able to reach Cyrus, and Quentin tells her to call Dr. Ford. Barnabas asks to speak to Quentin privately. Quentin apologizes for not believing him. Barnabas tells Quentin that Cyrus is dead. Quentin asks how. Barnabas offers to take him where he is. Quentin asks if Yaeger killed him. Barnabas says that Yaeger is also dead. He tells Quentin that he must come with him to the farmhouse.

Carolyn tells Julia that the doctor is with Maggie. Julia asks why Quentin came back without Alexis. Carolyn says she doesn't understand why Quentin left with Barnabas. She says she thinks Barnabas knows more than he's telling the rest of them.

Julia tells Angelique on the phone that Yaeger is dead and Maggie is back in Collinwood. She adds that she found out something concerning Barnabas, and she'll tell her more when she returns.

Quentin says it's incredible, and no one could imagine it. Barnabas describes killing Yaeger, and how he and Maggie both saw him transform into Cyrus. He points out that Cyrus was the one who told him where to find Maggie. Quentin says that this was his secret experiment. Quentin points out that someone should have noticed that Cyrus and Yaeger were never in the same place at the same time. Barnabas says that the authorities may have an issue with Cyrus being dead at his hands. He says he's willing to abide by whatever Quentin wants. Quentin says that he thinks it's best that they reveal the whole story.

Parallel time Julia opens the door to Angelique's room, and sees herself and Quentin inside. She explains that she tried to dissuade him, but he had made up his mind, and had to go to the other time to save Maggie. Quentin tells her that Barnabas doesn't realize that he too is in danger. He says he's as good as dead if they find out he's a vampire. Parallel time Julia realizes that Barnabas' secret is that he's a vampire.

Julia reads up on vampires in a book from the Collins Library of the Supernatural, getting details on how to kill one by driving a stake through its heart. She hears Carolyn tell him that it's impossible for someone to be two people at the same time, and Julia takes a compact mirror out of Carolyn's purse in the drawing room. She uses it to confirm that Barnabas casts no reflection. He bids Carolyn goodnight, and leaves. Julia realizes that she has her confirmation.

Barnabas settles into his coffin for the night, and closes the lid.

Julia arrives at the old house with a stake and mallet. She takes them into into the secret room and opens Barnabas' coffin. She finds him sleeping inside. She places the stake over his heart and raises the mallet to strike.

Our thoughts

John: I'm a bit disappointed that after the big build-up the other day, Barnabas didn't even have his cane with him when he confronted Yaeger. Makes you wonder what that whole my-cane-is-tough monologue was all about.

Christine: Exactly. What happened to my-cane-is-bigger-than-your-cane? I barely got through a bowl of popcorn and Yaeger/Longworth was already dead. Too easy!

John: Now I get it. It's not so much a parallel time door, but a deus ex machina door. Need a character to know some detail there's no way they could arrive upon naturally? Open the deus ex machina door! Need a character to travel from one time band to the next for any reason? Open the deus ex machina door!

Christine: I was disappointed that Dr. Hoffman, of all people, would not recognize the importance of not having the kind of conversations in that room that could put Barnabas at risk, knowing full well that someone could be watching. It was a nice touch to have Julia discover that Barnabas was a vampire the same way that Dr. Hoffman did back in Episode 288.

John: I almost think we should have a Friday afternoon 'about-to-stake-a-vampire' counter. Who do you think will stop her... Barnabas himself? Carolyn? I think we might see Will return just in time to help out his old pal Barnabas.

Christine: I agree. We could call it "Raising the Stakes." While not a stake counter, here's a blog search for mallet that returns many fine staking moments on the show if you are interested in reviewing them. Ah...such good memories. The Loomis' are the ones entrusted with guarding him, so I expect either one or both of them will prevent the hammer drop on Monday.

Dark Shadows Episode 1034 6/11/70

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Elizabeth walks into the drawing room to find Yaeger standing over Sabrina's body. He approaches her, saying she's next, but she backs out of the room and locks the door. She tries the phone but it's been pulled out of the wall. Julia comes downstairs and Elizabeth tells her to call the police; that she saw Yaeger kill Sabrina.

Yaeger realizes that he must go to the lab and switch back to Cyrus.

Julia and Elizabeth hear glass breaking. Elizabeth says he'll try to break into the house, as he was trying to kill her. Julia says she's sure he's gone. She confirms that Sabrina is dead. Julia says she'll go call the police from the old house. She tells Elizabeth to get a gun and keep it, and she'll be alright. Elizabeth opens a drawer and pulls out a pistol.

Julia calls the police from the old house. She explains that the murderer is John Yaeger. As she goes to leave, she realizes that no one is home, and she can scope out the secret room Barnabas went into. She pulls the bookcase open and goes inside. She sees a coffin, and without hesitation, she opens it. It's empty. She closes the lid and wonders why he would keep a coffin.

She leaves the secret room, and closes the bookcase panel. As she's leaving, Barnabas enters. She tells him that Yaeger murdered Sabrina at Collinwood.

Yaeger arrives at the lab and opens the safe. He drinks the last of the antidote as the police pound on his laboratory door.

He puts on his lab coat and opens the door. The detective asks what took him so long, and he says he was upstairs in his sleeping quarters. He says he's looking for Yaeger. Cyrus says he's out of town, and asks why he's looking for him. The detective says murder. Of another one of his employees. Cyrus says Sabrina was his fiancee. He breaks down. The detective says he thought Yaeger might come back to the lab. Cyrus says it's been a dreadful shock. He agrees Yaeger should be caught. He tells the detective where Yaeger took rooms. He says he'd work for him as a chemist when he was in town. Cyrus starts to say something, and hesitates. He then asks where the murder took place, and he says it was Collinwood. Cyrus says he'll call if he sees Yaeger. The detective says he'll station an officer outside in case he returns, and warns Cyrus that he's a madman.

Barnabas asks Elizabeth if anyone has notified Cyrus. She says the police sent someone, but he's out of town. Barnabas asks her why Yaeger and Sabrina were there. She says she doesn't know. He asks if she knew Yaeger had threatened Maggie. He says he's sure Maggie is somehow involved in all this. He wonders where she is. He escorts Elizabeth to the old house.

Maggie struggles with her ankles and wrists tied. She rolls out of bed and crawls to the wall where she tries to wear through her bindings.

Cyrus worries that Maggie must be found. He decides to call Barnabas.

Barnabas hangs up with the sheriff, and says that Cyrus is back. The phone rings and it's Cyrus. He tells him he knows where Maggie is. He says Yaeger has her imprisoned in the basement of the Wicks farm. Barnabas asks how he knows. Cyrus pauses, and says that he can't say, but he has to hurry because Yaeger may be on his way.

Cyrus realizes that he has no explanation for how he knew where Maggie was. Cyrus reaches into a drawer and pulls out a pistol. He says goodbye to John Yaeger, and brings the gun up to his head. He drops it, struggling...

Julia can't believe Maggie is a prisoner of Yaeger. Elizabeth says she can't understand how Cyrus knew. She's worried about Barnabas. Julia says she doesn't think Yaeger will be there. Elizabeth says she's going to tell the police.

Maggie gets out of her restraints, and is able to get out through the open door. She hears someone upstairs and returns to her cell. She hears footsteps coming downstairs, and hides in the wardrobe. Barnabas comes in and finds Maggie's brush. He looks around the room, and leaves.

Maggie hears the footsteps going upstairs and leaving. She comes out of the wardrobe, and sneaks out of the cell. She sees Yaeger on the stairs and screams. He asks if she thought he forgot about her, and jumps down and grabs her.

Our thoughts

John: I wonder why Yaeger didn't just open one of the full windows in the drawing room and step outside... instead requiring someone to locate a glass-breaking sound effect.

Christine: How would Julia have known that it was safe to enter the drawing room and claim he was miles away if she hadn't heard the sound of glass breaking? The bandage on his hand would seem to indicate he broke the window bare handed.

John: Good to know that in parallel Collinwood, there's also a gun in a drawer in the drawing room. And maybe not just Collinwood, but all of Collinsport! Of course Cyrus wasn't fast enough on the draw to take out Yaeger...

Christine: I found it interesting that parallel Collinwood has an ambulance to remove the dead and that they don't receive same day burial as they do in the original band of time. I am confused by how much Cyrus can remember of Yaeger's actions. He seemed surprised to hear that he killed Sabrina, yet he knew exactly where to tell Barnabas to find Maggie.

John: Oh, come on. There's no way Barnabas wouldn't call Maggie's name as soon as he set foot in the farmhouse... I'm sure it's all just a big setup for his rescuing Maggie tomorrow.

Christine: Exactly what I was thinking. Maggie also should have realized that Yaeger would have been yelling and making a fuss to find her gone, but we'll chalk her lack of observance up to being traumatized. Pop the popcorn and break out the pop-up bar, and hope we're in for a good cane fight tomorrow!

Dark Shadows Episode 1027 6/2/70

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Barnabas stares at the portrait and says he must know the truth of Angelique, and calls her to come closer. Angelique bursts in screaming about her eyes, telling him to stop looking at him. He says he's looking into Angelique's eyes. She says that he knows, and he confirms that he does.

She asks how he discovered that she is Angelique. He says he's a cousin of Quentin, and a friend of Quentin and Maggie. She says he is not human. He tells her his reason for summoning him is to stop her plot to destroy Maggie. She asks what he'll do if she refuses, and he says he will stop her himself. She says Quentin is convinced she's Alexis. She tells him that she has powers stronger than his, and he says we shall see, and bids her good night.

He leaves, and she picks up the phone. She calls her father, and tells him she must see him immediately. He says he's not interested. She says she has something to tell him about Angelique, and tells him to meet her in Angelique's bedroom in half an hour.

Barnabas comes downstairs when Quentin returns. He asks if Maggie is alright, and Barnabas says she's upstairs, and he should go see her. He says he will in a minute. Barnabas asks him if he ever met Alexis before she arrived, and he says no. Barnabas says he was just curious, and excuses himself.

Mr. Stokes arrives and asks Angelexis what she has to say about her sister. She congratulates her father on his experiment, telling him that she's come back. He hugs her. She says for safety's sake, he should call her Alexis. He says that although she was only his stepdaughter, he is sad Alexis is dead.

Angelique tells him that they have work to do, to get back together with Quentin. She explains that Barnabas Collins is getting in her way. She adds that she, Quentin and Barnabas have experienced weird things in the room. After a brief description, he identifies what she saw as parallel time. He describes the theory to her.

Maggie is sleeping when Quentin comes into the room. His presence causes her to wake up. She tells him that she was worried about him, and asks why he left they way he did. He asks if anyone told her the dress she was wearing. She says she knows now that it was Angelique's, but she didn't know that when Alexis suggested it as a costume.

She tells him that she almost killed herself last night, when Angelique's voice told her she had nothing to live for. He tells her that she was imaging that. He says he's struggling to understand things. He says he's willing to start over again.

Stokes enters the old house and looks around. He finds Barnabas' cane. Barnabas comes in and asks who he is. Stokes introduces himself, and says he's a friend of Will Loomis. Barnabas takes his cane from him. Stokes asks if he's Barnabas. He says he looks very 18th century. Barnabas reminds him that there was a costume party last night. Stokes says it's a tradition started by his daughter.

Barnabas asks if he's the father of Angelique an Alexis. He says he's her stepfather, adding that there's only one of them left now. He asks Barnabas if they have met before. The clock chimes, and Barnabas tells him that he needs to get some sleep.

Sabrina asks Cyrus what's wrong with him. She says they haven't seen each other in days, and she doesn't know if they're still engaged. He asks if she wants him to answer that, and she says she knows it's stupid. There's a knock at the door and Sabrina goes upstairs to answer it. Cyrus hears her welcoming Maggie in.

Maggie tells Cyrus that Quentin didn't believe she heard Angelique's voice from the portrait. He says Quentin will always be involved with Angelique. He tells her there are other men in the world besides Quentin. She says he doesn't sound like himself. He struggles, and asks her politely to leave. She does, and he convulses.

Sabrina comes downstairs and finds John Yaeger in Cyrus clothes. She says it can't be true, and Yaeger tells her it is. She asks about the experiment, and he says it succeeded beyond his wildest dreams. Sabrina tells him she loves him no matter what happens, and asks him not to go. He says she couldn't possibly understand.

They hear Maggie come back in, and he sends Sabrina to deal with her. They come downstairs and Maggie asks where Cyrus is. Sabrina says he left out of the side door. Maggie asks if he's not feeling well, as he treated her differently than he has before. Quentin comes downstairs looking for Cyrus. Sabrina says he went to the chemist, and Quentin says he'll wait. Sabrina suggests that they go wait upstairs. Quentin asks her why she's so nervous. He then asks Maggie why she's there. She says she wanted to talk to Cyrus about what happened in Angelique's room. He storms out.

Yaeger thinks that Maggie won't be dealing with the likes of Quentin much longer. He'll see to that.

Barnabas meets up with Quentin at Collinwood. He asks about Maggie. Quentin says he thought she was getting better, but she has a fixation on Angelique. She says she thinks she heard her voice coming from the portrait. He says he was just going to see Cyrus, and Barnabas offers to go with him.

Maggie is in bed asleep when John Yaeger sneaks into her room. He approaches her in bed...

Our thoughts

John: In addition to a doorway to parallel time, it would seem that the doorway to Alexis' bedroom is accessible to any character whenever the plot warrants it. Why there's papa Stokes now! And he didn't even have to come through the front door!

Christine: Interesting to find out that he helped orchestrate her return from the dead. Were they both expecting her to be in mortal danger to have prepared an experiment in resurrection?

John: So why the last minute lane-change, making Stokes the 'step-father' to Angelique and Alexis. And what does that mean for his unnatural fondness for one identical twin over the other?

Christine: I hate to guess. I wonder what happened to their mother and why she is never mentioned. Perhaps we'll get filled in on the Stokes family history at some point, though I wouldn't count on it.

John: Sabrina seemed a little quick to accept that Cyrus and Yaeger were in fact one and the same. Of course, her devotion didn't seem to register with Yaeger. He seems more interested in just about every other person in Collinsport than Sabrina.

Christine: The Collins family really needs to start locking doors with all the strangers traipsing in and out of the place. Yaeger seemed to have no trouble getting into Maggie's bedroom. Since Cyrus destroyed all his potion making equipment, I wonder if he is going to be stuck in Yaeger form forever now, or if he will be able to revert back to Longworth without potion.