Dark Shadows Episode 1028 6/3/70

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Maggie is in bed asleep when John Yaeger sneaks into her room. He approaches her in bed thinking about where he can take her. As he gets closer, the phone rings in her bedroom. Yaeger hides behind a curtain, and hears her talking to Quentin, who is at Cyrus' lab with Sabrina.

She hangs up the phone and there's a knock on her door. It's Daniel, asking about his father. She says he's at Cyrus', and he says he'll go to his cousin Roger. She asks if she can help. He says he saw a man outside the house. She asks if he's sure it wasn't his imagination, and then apologizes for doubting him. She takes him to find Roger, and Yaeger comes out from behind the curtain. He takes Maggie's hair brushes.

Sabrina reviews Cyrus' notes. Yaeger bursts in, surprising him. She calls him Cyrus, and he says that's not his name. He asks her where Quentin is. She says he's gone. He asks if he went to the police. She says no. Yaeger says it's no wonder why Cyrus was bored by her. He tells her he went to the Eagle every night to see Buffie. He then tells Sabrina that he has murdered Cyrus, adding that she saw Cyrus' face turn into his. She says she knows that Cyrus is still inside him. He says Cyrus' detestable traits don't exist anymore. She asks why he used his body, and Yaeger said he did it to escape. He threatens her with his cane-knife.

She mentions Gladstone, and Yaeger says he was his first victim, and his sword hungers for another. He asks her if she'll be its next victim. He puts the blade away. She asks why he killed Gladstone, and Yaeger says he tried to blackmail him. She says there must be a way for him to turn back to Cyrus. She says she wants to help him, and Yaeger says he has too much to do that Cyrus can't do. She says she'll be there waiting when he needs her.

Yaeger is surprised she loves him that much. He says that she needs to be there at this time, every night. If he comes in and needs help, then she will help him. He says he's going to take something that Cyrus was too timid to take. He threatens her, saying if she speaks to anyone about him, she'll end up like Gladstone.

Maggie asks Daniel if he's seen Julia. She doesn't know what happened to her brush and mirror. Daniel tells her he has something for her, and hands her a seashell. He tells her he found it this morning. She thanks him for it. He offers to take her where he found it some time, and she says she'd like that very much.

A man offers Yaeger a good deal on a room for rent. He says the room would be perfect for his laboratory. He confirms there's only one door, and that the room is soundproofed. He tells the man that he measures the velocity of high speed notes, and the room would be perfect. He offers to rent it immediately, and the man accepts. Yaeger tells him he wants a cot, a comfortable rocking chair, and a mirror.

Daniel tells Maggie that he saw Julia, and she doesn't know where her things are. Daniel tells her that strange things happen in the house, and he has a feeling something horrible is going to happen tonight.

Yaeger returns to his new room, now furnished with a cot, mirror and rocking chair. He fondles Maggie's brush when his landlord comes in to settle. Yaeger asks if he's leaving town tonight, and said all his goodbyes. The landlord says he didn't have too many goodbyes to say.

He asks Yaeger about his experiments again. Yaeger says he is a curious man. He tells him he's going to use the room as a dungeon. The landlord suggests that next he's going to tell him that he's going to find a fairy princess and lock her up. Yaeger says he hadn't planned on telling him that, but he's right. The landlord asks if he's serious. Yaeger pulls his cane-knife, saying that no one will miss him, as he stabs him.

Maggie tells Daniel that he was wrong, nothing terrible happened. She tells him that she thinks they're going to be really good friends, and says goodnight. Her phone rings, and though it's Yaeger, she thinks it's Cyrus. He says he's in town and needs to see her. He asks her to meet him, and that she not tell anyone. She asks if it has anything to do with Yaeger. He tells her to meet him at Widow's Hill at 11pm. She says she doesn't understand, but she agrees. He tells her he'll be in danger if she tells anyone. She agrees to meet him.

Our thoughts

John: Yaeger is a bit too big and clumsy to be able to hide in plain sight... Even if Maggie didn't see him hiding behind the curtain, I would have expected Daniel to!

Christine: I might have expected that also, but considering that Daniel is a young teen seeing Maggie in a flimsy nightgown, it's understandable that he may not have been able to pay attention to anything else in the room.

John: I don't know if Yaeger's tick cane is just cheap, or if he's used it too much. But I did get a laugh when the sword fell right out of it today!

Christine: I was laughing up until the time his tongue slithered out again. I thought that was pretty gross, and then he outdid himself when he started French kissing Maggie's hairbrush. Blech!

John: How long into Yaeger's looking around of the bricked up rental before everyone at home realized that Maggie was about to get kidnapped—again!

Christine: It was about the time he was asking about the door, and if the place was soundproof. Yaeger's mustache seems to be migrating across his face today. Am I going to have to start a Yaeger 'stache tracker?

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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.

Dark Shadows Episode 1026 6/1/70

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Maggie steps inside Angelique's room, where the piano plays with no one at it. She hears Angelique's voice calling her name. She starts to run, and Angelique says she can't run away from her. Maggie stops and says she'll fight her. Angelique tells her that she has already won. She says no one wants Maggie around, especially Quentin. Maggie looks at Angelique's portrait, which dissolves into Alexis face, telling her how Quentin doesn't love her. She tells Maggie to go to the window and jump. Maggie stands on the window ledge, as Angelique's voice tells her to let go, and fall. Angelique tells her that Quentin will never stop loving her, and that only death will stop her voice.

Julia stands outside Angelique's door when Elizabeth walks by saying she heard someone screaming. Elizabeth brushes past Julia and goes in. She grabs Maggie, who says she wants to die. Elizabeth asks her if she wants to destroy Quentin, too, and that calms her down. They come in, and Maggie says that everything Angelique said was true.

Angelique continues to call to Maggie, telling her to look at the portrait. Julia interrupts her and says she almost did it, but Elizabeth stopped her. Julia reminds her that Quentin must get rid of Maggie of her own free will. Angelique says that Julia's right, that she has won, and that's what's important.

Elizabeth escorts Maggie downstairs into the drawing room. There's a knock on the door, and she goes to answer it. It's Barnabas. She asks what made him return so late, and she invites him into the drawing room. He asks if Quentin returned, and Maggie says that he'll never come back as long as she's there. Elizabeth says she'll never forgive Quentin for leaving like he did. They give Maggie a drink. Elizabeth asks him to stay with Maggie while she fixes a place for her to stay with her in her room tonight.

Elizabeth goes upstairs, and Maggie says Angelique promised that she'd return, and she kept her promise. Barnabas asks her about it, and she dismisses him, saying he won't believe her. Maggie says she heard Angelique's voice coming from her portrait, saying that she was the one Quentin wants. He tells her Angelique is dead, and Maggie tells him the house is filled with her presence. Barnabas says that in a way she may be right.

In Elizabeth's room she brushes Maggie's hair. She says that Quentin saw all the differences between she and Angelique when he saw her in the dress.

Julia finds Barnabas in the drawing room, and he asks her if she was close to Angelique. She says she was very devoted to her. He asks her about the book of witchcraft that was Angelique's. He says he heard Angelique promised to return after her death. Julia says it was a figurative statement. Angelexis comes in and asks what they're talking about. Julia tells her what Barnabas was asking about. Angelexis says he surely can't believe her talk of returning from the dead had anything to do with witchcraft. She sends Julia upstairs to fix her bedside lamp.

Angelexis says that she finds the occult boring, and the pursuit of it a waste of time. She laughs at his belief about Angelique. He tells her there are portions of the book that might interest her, such as the use of fire in sorcery and witchcraft. He says she appeared to have more than an aesthetic interest in the fire. She tells him that her sister had a marvelous appreciation for the preposterous. Barnabas bids Angelexis good night, and leaves to say goodnight to Maggie.

Julia asks Angelique if she thinks Barnabas knows. She says he suspects, but does not know. Julia asks what they'll do if Barnabas is able to prove it. Angelique assures her that she has the means for dealing with Barnabas, as he is only human.

Barnabas says goodnight to Maggie. She asks if Quentin is home yet, and he says he hasn't seen him, but they'll find a way to deal with their difficulties. He bids the two ladies goodnight and leaves. Elizabeth tells Maggie what a fine man Barnabas is.

Barnabas closes a window in Angelique's room, and stands before her portrait. He demands to know the truth.

Angelique dismisses Julia for the night, and then says she can feel someone staring into her eyes. She doesn't realize that it's Barnabas. Angelique tells Julia that her eyes are burning. Barnabas 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.

Our thoughts

John: Maybe I was wrong about all the parallel time folks. Elizabeth certainly seemed compassionate towards Maggie. Though it was almost kind of creepy when she started to brush Maggie's hair.

Christine: I think the hair brushing was a means of comforting her. Elizabeth was certainly treating her much more warmly than she has in the past. I assume her empathy comes from also being on the receiving end of Quentin's cruel behavior.

John: Julia isn't going out of her way to hide where her allegiance lies. I'm surprised that Elizabeth didn't scold her for just standing by the door while Maggie was inside, screaming, and preparing to leap to her death!

Christine: I think Elizabeth was too busy rescuing Maggie to address it. I hope she might question her inaction in tomorrow's episode.

John: So the jig is up for Angelique. Barnabas knows who she is. But best of all, she appears to have no idea who—or what—he is! Should make for an interesting showdown tomorrow.

Christine: Indeed! Barnabas has the upper hand for once. Can't wait for the battle to begin so early in the week!