Dark Shadows Episode 344 - 10/19/67

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David is in his room with Sarah. She apologizes for telling him something, and says she has to go. He asks her to stay and play her flute. She then says that she thinks she knows how he died. David asks if she means Dr. Woodard, and she says yes. She says she's not sure, but it was terrible. He begs her not to go but she disappears.

David plays with a Major Matt Mason Space Crawler when his aunt walks in. She says they all had to go in to Collinsport, and he says he knows. She says she has something to tell him, and he says he thinks he already knows. She says it happened a few days ago, and David asks if Dr. Woodard is dead. She says he must have heard them talking. She apologizes for his hearing that way. She says the whole town went to the funeral this morning. She asks why he didn't tell anyone that he knew. David says terrible things happen and no one seems to do anything about them. He says it shouldn't have happened. She asks what he means, and he says it doesn't matter, since no one believes him anyway. Before she leaves, he says he'll miss Dr. Woodard because he believed him, and maybe that's why he's dead.

Liz tells Carolyn and Vicki that David already knew about Woodard, and he had no reaction. Carolyn offers to take him his lunch and goes to the kitchen. Vicki asks if they should call the psychiatrist again. Liz says David thinks something terrible happened to Dr. Woodard.

Carolyn brings David food, and tells him he doesn't need to eat it if he doesn't want it. Carolyn commiserates with David. He tells her Sarah is not his imaginary friend, and she says she believes him. She describes her best friend when she was younger. She says she last saw him on her 10th birthday, and she never saw him again. David says maybe he was a ghost. She says she doesn't know, but he was real. A real person, a real figment of her imagination, or a real ghost. David says that Sarah is a real ghost. Carolyn tells him that she believes him. London Bridge starts to play, and he asks if she can hear it. She says she can. He tells her that something is going to happen soon, very far away, and it's going to make them all sad for a very long time. It will be an accident. Carolyn asks who it's going to happen to, and David says nobody knows, but it's going to happen. Carolyn is upset, and David says she can go. She tells him that none of this is real, and he says it is, and there's nothing they can do about it.

Burke explains that they can't accept Liz's generous offer. Vicki implores Burke to consider it, and he says he'll give it some consideration while he's traveling. They head out of the drawing room, and Liz wishes him a good trip. From upstairs, David tells Burke goodbye. He thanks him for all he's ever done for him, and tells him that he's going to miss him. Vicki explains he'll only be gone a few days. Burke says he'll look for some stamps to bring back for him, and David says he'll have them to remember him by. Vicki doesn't understand why David would say that, and Burke clarifies that he'd remember his trip through the stamps. David says he'll never forget Burke. David apologizes for upsetting everyone, and says he just wanted to say goodbye to Burke. As he goes upstairs, Burke tells him they'll go on a fishing trip when he returns, and they won't come back until the boat is full of fish. David fixates on 'won't come back', says goodbye to Burke, and goes to his room.

Vicki and Burke talk in the garden. He tells her the West Wing idea might not be so bad. He says he didn't realize how bad things had gotten with David. Burke asks if he took Woodard's death very badly, and Vicki abruptly says that must be it. She's clearly upset, and Burke tells her not to worry about him while he's gone. She says she's not worried, but she'd like to go inside. She hears a sound and asks if Burke heard it. She says it's the wailing of the Widows, and Burke says it's only the wind.

Our thoughts
                                                                
John: So Sarah didn't help Woodard, but was happy to break the news of his death to David. Do you think she knew Barnabas was responsible?

Christine: Her vague responses lead me to believe that she knew Barnabas was responsible and she bears some guilt in choosing not to prevent him from killing Dr. Woodard, or it could be she is simply confused by the writers leaving such a gaping plot hole.

John: Nice to see Carolyn back in time for the funeral. I thought we all might get to attend, but it sounds like the crowd would have required more actors than they could afford.

Christine: I like how she goes to comfort David and ends up being upset by his doomsaying instead.

John: Wow. Have we seen the last of Burke Devlin? David didn't even need to whip out his crystal ball to have such a clear vision.

Christine: If so, you'd think David might put some effort into warning him not to take a plane trip right now. It will be ironic if it turns out the crystal ball Burke gave David in Episode 48 wasn't used to his benefit.