Dark Shadows Episode 1108 9/23/70

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We're told that the missing children have returned to the old house, and Barnabas is questioning them while we see Julia review Quentin's diary for information. Barnabas comes downstairs and says if the children have any information they're concealing it well. He says they were in the woods for days, and were exhausted and hungry. He asks her about Daphne and Carolyn, and Julia say she gave Daphne a sedative, and Carolyn was gone when she came downstairs. Barnabas says he's worried that if they don't find out what happened to Quentin before the night is over, it will be too late. He says Carolyn might have helped them, but she's gone. Julia says the funeral she referred to must be Quentin's. She shows him Quentin's diary on this day in 1840, and points out that it contains his last entry. Barnabas assumes she's suggesting that he died on this date in history. He says there's one person who can possibly help them.

 

Sebastian watches over Maggie as she has a nightmare. She wakes up screaming, and is surprised to see him. She says the bad dream is always the same. She sees heavy chains wrapped around an object, but she can't make out what it is. She says she hears a woman's voice calling her name, begging her to come and free her. He asks if she see's the woman, and she says she only hears her voice. She says she feels sorry for her and wants to help her. Sebastian yells that it doesn't have any meaning, and she asks why he's so upset. He tells her that she needs to get out of Collinwood. He explains that she can't even do her job, but she says she needs the children. 

Barnabas and Julia arrive at Collinwood, and he goes to call Sebastian when he finds an old death notice for Quentin dated 1840. Barnabas says that Gerard left it for them. Julia says she can feel his presence. Sebastian comes downstairs, and says he wants to talk to them about Maggie. He says he wants her out of Collinwood. He says Roxanne is going to get out of her coffin. He explains that Maggie told him about a dream of going to the old house and letting Roxanne out. Barnabas says he suspected something like this might happen. Sebastian asks how he would know. Barnabas tells Sebastian that he agrees with him, and they will take Maggie away tomorrow. He says that they need his help with Quentin. Julia says he may be dead. Barnabas asks Sebastian to use his powers to find out where Quentin is, and he agrees to help if they promise to get Maggie out of Collinwood. They do. 

Sebastian uses his power and sees a high window in Collinwood, where a green flag is waving. Julia says it's Gerard. Sebastian then describes a cemetery, with the earth rumbling near the graves. Barnabas asks if he sees Quentin. He says he does not. 

He then sees Maggie escaping Collinwood, which is in flames. He then sees her arriving at Roxanne's coffin and setting her free. He says he knew she was going to set her free. Julia says she doesn't know what the vision means—the green flag and the rumbling graves. Barnabas asks when this is all going to happen, and Sebastian tells them that it's going to happen tonight. Barnabas tells Julia they must find a way to stop Gerard. He says the murder precedes the destruction, so they need to see that Daphne stays alive. Sebastian asks about Maggie, and Barnabas says she must got to Windcliff. He goes upstairs to get her.

Maggie asks Barnabas what he's there for. He tells her that Julia thinks she should go to Windcliff for treatment, whether she likes it or not. He asks her to trust him, and helps her out of bed.

Sebastian doesn't understand why Julia wants to send Maggie to an insane asylum. Julia says she'll be safe there, and once she's well, he can take her away. Barnabas comes downstairs with Maggie. Maggie says she needs to see Carolyn. She says Carolyn gave her a box to give the children, and Julia takes it to give to them. Barnabas tells her that she'll be herself again soon. Sebastian takes her out of the house to go to Windcliff. 

Julia looks at the box and begins to open it. Barnabas asks what she's doing. She opens it and it contains the clothing the children were wearing in 1995. Barnabas realizes that if they don't prevent it, they're destined to die in these clothes tonight. Julia is frantic. Barnabas says the children must be kept safe, and out of the clothes. Barnabas says they will burn the clothes, but they turn to get them and they're gone.

Maggie is in a convertible with Sebastian on their way to Windcliff. She tells him he has to turn around. She says she belongs at Collinwood. She says if they keep going, she'll never see Collinwood again, or any of the people she loves. He tells her it will all be fine and puts his arm around her.

Barnabas and Julia are relieved that the children are safe. Barnabas tells her to relax in the drawing room while he looks for the clothes. Julia hears a heartbeat, and wonders where it's coming from. She hears it coming from the secret room, and realizes that Roxanne is trying to call one of her victims. She opens the panel and the noise doesn't get louder, so she assumes it must be something else. Barnabas comes downstairs and also hears the heartbeat. He thinks it's Roxanne and she says she already checked. Julia says it's coming from upstairs. They ascend the staircase together.

Barnabas and Julia go into the room with Quentin's portrait. Julia says that he's still alive. Barnabas says he's either been taken prisoner and is close to death — or Gerard has buried him alive!

Our thoughts: 

John: Boy, the exposition in the first few minutes makes it seem like they decided to cut a week out of the show to move the 1840 flashback up! What a way to pick up from Quentin being buried alive!

Christine: Won't Roger and Elizabeth be surprised when they finally return home to find everyone gone?

John: Funny how the biggest set-piece in Sebastian's vision, Collinwood in flames, was the only one we didn't get to see. I guess they blew this week's effects budget bringing a convertible into the studio (for the least convincing poor-man's process shot that I've ever seen).

Christine: They certainly didn't put as much effort into it as they did Joe and Sam's trip to Windcliff, where branches were waved over the car to make it appear as though they were going somewhere. Sebastian confirmed that Windcliff is no walk around the block, despite the fact that many of its patients make their way back to Collinsport on foot fairly quickly, when he told Maggie they'd been driving for an hour and a half.

John: Ah, yes. The good old tell-tale heartbeat... the standard indicator when someone has been buried alive! Of course the odds of Quentin still being alive when they find him seem pretty thin. How they plan to save Quentin, Daphne and Collinwood in one night when they haven't had any real successes since returning from 1995 is beyond me...

Christine: Don't forget David and Hallie, who are probably decked out in period clothes already. In reflecting back on all of Barnabas and Julia's schemes and capers, they have never been very successful. It could be they were both cursed the night they conspired to murder Dr. Woodard. 

Dark Shadows Before I Die Catastro-tracker

❎ The picnic

❎ The night of the sun and moon

 ▢ The murder

❎ The unfinished horoscope

❎ The night Carolyn sang her song

❎ The destruction of Rose Cottage

Dark Shadows Episode 1107 9/22/70

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In the old house, Sebastian comes out of the shadows, grabs the mallet, and opens the secret panel. Inside the secret room, he uses the mallet to break the chains, and opens Roxanne's coffin. He points a gun at Roxanne's chest. He suddenly notices someone in the room with him—the ghost of Gerard. He shoots at him several times, but the bullets have no effect. 

Barnabas comes in and Sebastian says that he's gone. Sebastian says he wanted to end it, but he wouldn't let him kill her. Barnabas asks how he knew Roxanne was there, and Sebastian says he saw Willie in the crypt. Barnabas demands that Sebastian tell him exactly he knows about her. Sebastian removes a scarf and shows Barnabas the bite marks on his neck. He says he was under her power until Maggie... he says he hates Roxanne and will destroy her. Barnabas stops him, and says he won't let her harm Maggie. He tells Sebastian to forget Roxanne. Barnabas closes the coffin. He asks Sebastian if Roxanne ever mentioned Gerard Stiles. He says she did, but he can't remember what she said.

Daphne tells Barnabas that she remembers a Roxanne Drew in Collinsport. She says she was pretty, and she lived with her father. There was some mystery about her; she changed after... and then she senses Gerard's presence. She begs Barnabas not to ask her any more. Barnabas and Quentin tell Daphne that she's going to leave Collinwood tonight. She says she cannot go while the children are lost. Quentin tells her they're leaving, and Barnabas says that once he finds the children, he'll send them to her.

Quentin tells Daphne that Gerard can't take her from him now. He tells her they're both going into a whole new world, and pours them each a drink. They toast to their life together. After taking a sip, Daphne collapses, and then Quentin falls to his knees. He sees Gerard enter the room, and asks him what he's doing to them.

Barnabas and Julia go upstairs and find Daphne, unconscious but alive. Barnabas goes to look for Quentin. 

Carolyn comes downstairs dressed all in black. Barnabas asks her if she's seen Quentin. And then he asks her whey she's dressed in black. She tells him that there will be a funeral tonight. Barnabas asks her whose funeral, and the asks if it's Qunetin's. He asks her to user her second sight to tell him where Quentin is. She says she sees the forest. She adds that he's dying, but doesn't know it. She says no one can help him, because Quentin doesn't want to live.

In the forest, Quentin asks Gerard why he ever thought they were enemies.

Barnabas says that nothing would make Quentin want to die, not even Gerard. He tells her that everyone's lives are at stake. She says that she cannot stop anything. Barnabas says that he will find Quentin, and leaves the house to search for him.

Julia sits with Daphne. Daphne calls to Quentin, and Julia asks her where Gerard took Quentin. She says that Quentin is not in this time now—he lives in Gerard's.

Gerard takes Quentin to an unmarked grave. Quentin says he knows why it's unmarked, but can't remember. He then reviews names on surrounding graves, recognizing them as pirates Gerard knew. Quentin sees the dates from 1840, and wonders how he knows these things. Gerard puts his hand on Quentin's shoulder. He tells Gerard that when he looks at him, it all doesn't seem so strange. Gerard gives him a shovel, and Quentin begins to dig up the unmarked grave.

Quentin finishes digging the grave, exposing a coffin. He tells Gerard that it's Quentin Collins' coffin, and Gerard smiles.

Carolyn comes in to see Daphne with a large box, and tells Barnabas and Julia that she wants to see her alone. They leave the two of them.

Daphne asks her if Gerard sent the dress, and if she must put it on now. She asks Carolyn if the children will die, too, and refuses to put on the dress. Barnabas demands that Carolyn open the door. She does. He asks Carolyn what she told Daphne. Carolyn says she pities them for thinking they can change anything. She tells him that Gerard will wave his green flag, and walks out. Barnabas asks Daphne what Carolyn brought her.

Quentin says he doesn't want to look in the coffin because he'll remember. He says it's empty because Quentin was supposed to be buried in 1840. He can't remember why he wasn't. He asks Gerard if it's time now, and he nods.

Daphne tells Julia that he knows, and there's nothing she can do. Julia calls for Barnabas.

Quentin says he won't go if Daphne won't be there. Gerard gives him a stern look, and Quentin realizes he can't run away from him. He turns and sees Carolyn. He calls her Leticia. She asks if he remembers the night they sang together, and he says that he does. She kisses him, and leaves. Quentin lists off the names of women he remembers. Gerard points at the coffin.

In her room, Daphne cries.

Gerard finishes filling the grave. Six feet under, Quentin has been buried alive.

Our thoughts: 

John: Everything truly seems to be shaping up for our 1840 flashback. Now that it's been established that Roxanne has been a vampire since back then... it's only a matter of time before we're transported back. How do you think it will be? I Ching? Time-Traveling Staircase? Phone Booth outside the Circle K?

Christine: Quentin may be going by way of time traveling coffin, but I expect the dynamic duo to find their way back by Quentin's Patented Time-Traveling Staircase. It was interesting that Sebastian said he was not under Roxanne's control since she started working on Maggie, yet he was still having to wear a stylish scarf. It could be because Roxanne's bites leave big, gory holes that take a long time to heal.

John: So nice to see more than one expression from Gerard in an episode, let alone seeing him somewhat active. Even without speaking to Quentin, it's the closest thing he's had to an actual conversation! And he even did some manual labor today, filling in Quentin's grave!

Christine: Gerard was all smiles and seemed extremely pleased to finally have things going his way. So, are we to believe that Quentin actually lived in 1840 and somehow became immortal during that time period? 

John: If ever a trademark Collinwood quick-disinterment was going to come in handy, it's with Quentin buried alive!

Christine: I wonder if this will be what causes Quentin's mind to snap and sends him to live out his days at Windcliff until he finally escapes in 1995. 

Dark Shadows Before I Die Catastro-tracker

❎ The picnic

❎ The night of the sun and moon

 ▢ The murder

❎ The unfinished horoscope

❎ The night Carolyn sang her song

❎ The destruction of Rose Cottage

Dark Shadows Episode 1106 9/21/70

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After sunrise, Julia and Willie arrive at the crypt. They expect to find someone guarding the coffin, but no one is there when they arrive. Willie considers if it were Barnabas' coffin, and they were two other people. Julia tells him not to think that, and opens the coffin. She looks inside and is shocked by what she sees—Roxanne! 

Willie asks who she is, and Julia says it's the woman Barnabas thinks that he loves. Willie says they've got to do it now, and prepares to stake her. Julia stops him. Willie reminds her that Barnabas says it doesn't matter who it was. Julia says they can't do it without his knowing. Willie says that Maggie will die if they don't, and that Barnabas won't blame them. He offers to take the blame. He tells Julia to leave, and let him do it. She refuses. She asks him to close the coffin. She tells him to go and find Quentin. Willie is disappointed in Julia. He tells her that she knows they'll never get this chance again.

Sebastian is in the old house, looking through the locked door to the basement. Julia arrives and asks him what he's doing. He asks if he's committing a crime. He says he just let himself in. Julia checks the basement door. She asks what he wants. 

He suggests that they talk honestly about Maggie. He asks why she keeps Maggie at Collinwood. She asks what he knows about what has happened to Maggie. He says he saw her this morning, and didn't realize how weak she was. He asks if she can be doing more for her. He suggests that Maggie might be better off elsewhere. She accuses him of being in love with her. She asks him how Roxanne is, and he says she's fine. He asks for Maggie's permission to sit with Maggie tonight. She refuses. He says Maggie has got to live, and she agrees with that. He leaves, and Willie comes in. He says Quentin is is outside with it, and asks if they should bring it in now.

Sebastian goes to the crypt and finds Roxanne's coffin is missing.

Julia and Willie are in the secret room in the old house with Roxanne's coffin. Willie says Quentin thought they did the right thing. Julia says Sebastian will find the coffin missing. Willie says they can chain the coffin shut. He suddenly recalls leaving the hammer and stake in the crypt, and Julia tells him to go get it.

Sebastian finds the stake and mallet, and realizes they weren't used, meaning that Roxanne is still alive. He hears someone enter the crypt and hides. Willie comes in and finds the stake and mallet. he grabs them and leaves. Sebastian comes out of hiding.

Willie and Julia finish chaining up Roxanne's coffin. He asks how they're going to tell Barnabas. He asks Julia to be the one to tell him. Barnabas comes upstairs and asks if it's done. Willie hesitates, and Julia says they opened the coffin. He asks who was in it, and they said they brought it to the secret room. He asks why they're afraid to tell him who's in it, and Julia explains that it's Roxanne. He says it can't be, and goes to the secret room. He tells them to unchain it, and Willie does. Julia asks if it would have been better if they did what he asked. 

He tells them to leave him alone. He opens the coffin. Roxanne sits up and tries to attack him. Julia comes in with a cross. Barnabas runs away, and Roxanne groans. Julia places the cross on her and Willie shuts it and chains it up. Julia asks what he's going to do. He says he has to explain that he wants to help her. He says once she realizes they're the same, he might be able to control her. He reminds Julia that she saved their lives at Rose Cottage. Julia says if they could help her, she could have helped him. He wonders what curse changed her. Julia holds up the stake, and says it's the solution for he and Maggie. He throws it into the fireplace. She says Sebastian will find her. He says he has feelings that he cannot ignore. He tells Julia and Willie to leave the house. He says he must see Roxanne alone, and goes back into the secret room.

Sebastian sneaks into the old house.

Standing over Roxanne's coffin, Barnabas thinks about how long he's wanted a bride like him. He opens the secret panel leaves the house. Sebastian comes out of the shadows, grabs the mallet, and opens the secret panel. Inside the secret room, he uses the mallet to break the chains, and opens the coffin. He points a gun at Roxanne's chest. 

Our thoughts: 

John: So, do you think anyone was actually surprised by the reveal of Roxanne as the other vampire? Perhaps if you haven't been watching every day.

Christine: Even Julia admitted that she should have known. While it was predictable, it was still an enjoyable reveal. I like how Julia stressed that Roxanne was the woman Barnabas "thinks" he loves. She knows that she is the one he truly loves.

John: It didn't look like Sebastian got a look at Willie when he returned to the crypt, but I guess we can assume that he did, since he came right to the old house. Maybe seeing the mallet in Barnabas' house confirmed it for him.

Christine: Well, he is clairvoyant, so maybe he didn't need to get a look at him to know. 

John: Well that ending was unexpected! Sure, it was established that Sebastian had stepped into the Willie role of having fallen in love with his boss' latest victim, Maggie, and wanting to protect her. But why would he bring a gun in place of a stake? Roxanne is clearly not meant to die—yet!

Christine: A gun doesn't require any physical contact and can be used from a safer distance. One way or another, it seems like we may end up checking off the last clue on the Catastro-tracker.

Dark Shadows Before I Die Catastro-tracker

❎ The picnic

❎ The night of the sun and moon

 ▢ The murder

❎ The unfinished horoscope

❎ The night Carolyn sang her song

❎ The destruction of Rose Cottage

Dark Shadows Episode 1094 9/3/70

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Carolyn enters the playroom, wondering why she's there, and how it can be, considering the room doesn't exist. She walks to the carousel music box. She looks around the room, wondering who called her there. She doesn't see Gerard's ghost standing behind her. She turns and gasps.

She asks who he is. He approaches her and she tries to escape, but she can't leave the room. He touches her head, and she says she knows him. She smiles and remembers the playroom, and Rose Cottage. She picks up the doll representing her and says she's Leticia, and asks Gerard how she could have forgotten.

Julia comes downstairs and asks Elizabeth if she's seen Carolyn. She told her it was important not to leave Maggie alone. Elizabeth asks why Maggie can't be left alone, and Julia tells her that she gets very restless. Elizabeth wonders what kind of animal could have attacked her. Elizabeth reads a book on astrology, and tells Julia that she trusts astrology more than the story she and Barnabas had been peddling. She goes so far as to suggest the last clue won't come true, as Carolyn cannot sing.

Caro-Leticia remembers the lovely times she had with Gerard. She asks him if he remembers how Leticia used to please him, and promises to do the same before leaving the playroom. Gerard's snarl almost turns to a smile for the first time.

Julia tells Elizabeth she's not going to give up trying to decipher the clues. She opens Quentin's diary and says she opened it to the current day, but back in 1839. Elizabeth asks her what terrible event happened. She says he had a vision of the future, and the next day he got a collection of books on witchcraft from England, and there was a concert in the drawing room. Carolyn comes in and searches the room for something. She says she's trying to find something; a present for everyone. she leaves, and Elizabeth follows after her. Julia continues reading the diary.

In a cobwebbed room, Carolyn opens a trunk full of old clothes. She finds a dress and a hat, which she puts on. Her mother walks in and asks what she's doing in this room. She continues to rummage through the trunk. She tells her mother to leave her alone, saying she's become interested in the past. Elizabeth tells her they'll talk later, and leaves her to her searching. Carolyn finds a book, which she identifies as Gerard's surprise.

Shaw arrives at Collinwood to see Maggie. Julia says she's not seeing anyone. He asks if she'll be alright. He asks Julia to ask Maggie if she'll see him. She sends him into the drawing room and goes upstairs. He picks up Elizabeth's horoscope when Carolyn walks in. When she sees him, she turns away, upset. She apologizes. He asks if it's something he did, and she says it's nothing he's done. She says that he's unhappy because he's terribly dependent on someone and he doesn't want to be. He denies it, but she says she can see it. She says she can see into people now, past the surface—a second sight. Julia walks in and asks if that's true. She tells Shaw that Maggie is asleep, but Elizabeth would like to see him. He goes upstairs to see her, and Julia tells Carolyn she's fascinated to hear about her second sight. She asks when she got that gift, and Carolyn asks what business is that of hers, and Julia proclaims that anything strange in Collinwood is her business. Carolyn says she doesn't know what Julia is talking about, and runs out of the room.

Elizabeth tells Shaw that she's also concerned about Maggie, but she's getting the best of care. He asks her to see if Maggie will see him. She says she's sure she will when she's better, and adds that she'd like him to do Maggie's horoscope when she's feeling better. She goes to get him her book on astrology. Carolyn confronts Shaw and asks why he doesn't tell her mother that the horoscope is all a lie. He says she's wrong, and she tells him she can't see why he did it, but he deliberately wrote false predictions. He says he's very serious about his work. She laughs at him. Elizabeth returns with the book, and after giving it to Shaw, he rushes out.

Elizabeth asks what she was talking with him about, and she says it was nothing. Carolyn tells her mother that she has to light the candles for her surprise. She says she's very nervous, and tells her mother to call everyone in. She arranges chairs, and says she can call them in. Elizabeth calls for Julia. She goes to the foyer and sees Gerard's ghost. She returns to the drawing room and asks her mother to sit down so she can begin her concert. She starts to sing the Pansy Faye song. Julia hears her from upstairs and rushes into the drawing room, screaming for Carolyn to stop.

Our thoughts: 

John: Wouldn't Elizabeth assume that Maggie was attacked by the same kind of animal that had attacked her not that long ago? A wolf that walked upright, wearing mans clothes? Perhaps she already got the memo that the werewolves had been written out of the show.

Christine: I was screaming for Carolyn to stop along with Julia! Just when I got "I Wanna Dance With You" out of my head, it has come back to haunt us all.

John: How intensive can your research be if you randomly open books to decide where to start reading? I guess we are to assume the concert Quentin referenced was Leticia Faye singing? And since Carolyn only knows one song, does that mean Leticia Faye is somehow related to Carl's widow Pansy Faye? I can't wait to see how they connect these dots in the Collins family history...

Christine: Didn't Pansy Faye also have the gift of second sight? There must be some relation.

John: Tick off the Catastro-tracker! The ghost of Gerard is finally smiling, suggesting that we're now just a murder away from the destruction of Collinwood!

Christine: Julia told Elizabeth that "the destruction of Rose Cottage" was one of three clues left. We prematurely checked off the appearance of Rose Cottage, since 1995 Carolyn's list wasn't quite so specific and only listed Rose Cottage. The Catastro-tracker has been updated to reflect this new information. Fortunately, that means we are not as close to the catastrophe at Collinwood as we thought!

Dark Shadows Before I Die Catastro-tracker

❎ The picnic

❎ The night of the sun and moon

 ▢ The murder

❎ The unfinished horoscope

❎ The night Carolyn sang her song

 ▢ The destruction of Rose Cottage

Dark Shadows Episode 1093 9/2/70

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David and Hallie start to leave the playroom, and then hear Carrie's voice, telling them not to go. She tells them to look in Rose Cottage to find out what happened to them. She tells them to look through the window. They look through the window and see themselves in Rose Cottage. Carrie tells them that now they know what is to happen to them. Hallie asks how they got in there, and what does it all mean. David says that it's what's going to happen to them. They'll be trapped in Rose Cottage forever, and they can't do anything about it. Hallie starts to cry, and says they have to try and tell someone. She says Barnabas and Julia are still researching the books, and may find the answers without their having to tell them. The carousel starts to spin and play music. David tells her to listen to it. He says he's not afraid any more. He says they might even like it at Rose Cottage.

Carolyn wanders the west wing looking for David and Hallie. She hears music from behind a door, but when she opens it, she finds herself in a closet. She then goes into the room across the hall.

David tells Hallie they won't be alone in Rose Cottage. He tells her to come and listen to the music. He says they want her to. She reluctantly approaches him.

Carolyn continues to search for the sound of the music. David comes out of the playroom and Carolyn turns and sees him. He says he's looking for Hallie. She says Hallie must be where the music is playing. David tells her that they must be hearing it from the east wing. Carolyn reminds him he's not supposed to be in the west wing.

Hallie listens to the music and says, "yes, she knows."

David asks if Maggie is feeling better, and Carolyn says she's going to check on her. Hallie comes into the drawing room, and Carolyn tells the two of them to get ready for bed. She goes upstairs. Hallie tells David he was right about the music, and she knows what they must do tomorrow.

Hallie tells David that he'll have to do it, because her wrist still hurts. She tells him to lock the door after she leaves so no one will catch him. He does, and then he sits down at the table and begins to assemble ghostly looking dolls. There's a knock on the door, and once he confirms it's Hallie, he lets her in. She has some green material that she marks with chalk. She tells him to cut along the lines, and hands it to him. He follows her instructions.

Maggie asks Carolyn to draw the drapes because the bright light hurts her eyes. Carolyn tells her they should have called the police. She mentions that there were attacks like this a year ago.

David asks Hallie why they need to make the doll. She says the doll is going to be someone who will live with them in Rose Cottage. There's a knock at the front door, and David goes to answer it. It's Sebastian Shaw. He asks if Maggie is there. David says she's sick, and Hallie goes upstairs to see if Maggie will see him. Shaw tells David that he can't do his horoscope right now. David tells him there's no point in knowing the future—it's just going to happen anyways. He leaves, and Carolyn comes downstairs. She explains to Shaw that it wouldn't be good for Maggie to see him. She explains Maggie was bitten by an animal in the woods. He asks for more detail, and Carolyn takes him into the drawing room.

Hallie tells David he has to draw a face on the doll.

Shaw asks Carolyn if Maggie was bitten anywhere else besides the neck. He seems strangely interested in the details. Shaw asks Carolyn if Maggie doesn't want to see him, and she confirms that she did not. He tells her to tell Maggie to get well soon, and he'll call on her later. He says he doesn't give up on anything that easily.

David finishes a doll, and asks Hallie who it is. She says, "Leticia." David asks who she is, and she says she doesn't know, but they will no soon. They leave to go to the playroom.

David puts the doll in Rose Cottage.

Carolyn tells Maggie that Sebastian was disappointed that she wouldn't see him. The dogs howl, and Maggie says she has to get up. Carolyn helps her to a chair, and freshens Maggie's bed.

The carousel spins in the dark playroom, the only lights coming from Rose Cottage.

Carolyn hums the tune she heard in the west wing. Maggie asks her about it, saying it was lovely.

David says that maybe they shouldn't have done it. Hallie reminds him that he was happy about being in Rose Cottage this morning.

Maggie opens the window to her room, and Carolyn tries to get her to lay down. She asks about the tune again, and Carolyn hums it again.

Carolyn enters the playroom, wondering why she's there, and how it can be, considering the room doesn't exist. She walks to the carousel music box. She looks around the room, wondering who called her there.

Our thoughts: 

John: Carrie, the friendly ghost, the friendliest ghost you know! Okay 1970 ghosts, Carrie has broken the sound barrier, so the next time we see Gerard or Daphne, I expect them to start yapping!

Christine: If the ghosts of Daphne and Gerard start jabber-jawing, do you think they are going to be as frightening? It's just not going to happen.

John: Shaw's response to the news of Maggie's attack furthers my belief that we'll soon find out his gal-pal Roxanne was responsible. But I was surprised by his question about whether she was bitten anywhere else besides the neck... that's a question Willie wouldn't even ask about his undead employer! 

Christine: I thought his question was an attempt to rule out an actual animal attack in order to confirm that his vampire mistress is responsible.

John: It sure was nice of the kids to make a doll so they won't be lonely when trapped in Rose Cottage for all eternity. Of course we know that 1995 Carolyn isn't stuck in Rose Cottage, so if she's also Leticia, does that explain her being crazy in the future? Before anyone gets too excited thinking this will all make sense someday, keep in mind how story continuity has been maintained for the past 1100 episodes...

Christine: After seeing the doll they made, it is obvious that Maggie really needs to be spending more time teaching the children arts and crafts. Do you think we can check off another item on the Catastro-tracker or not? Carolyn hummed a tune rather than singing a song. I guess we'll see what happens tomorrow to decide whether or not the la-la-la counts towards impending doom for Collinwood.

Dark Shadows Before I Die Catastro-tracker

❎ The picnic

❎ The night of the sun and moon

 ▢ The murder

❎ The unfinished horoscope

 ▢ The night Carolyn sang her song

❎ Rose Cottage