Vicki comes out of her room and finds Maggie awake and worried about Joe. She realizes something is wrong with Vicki, who tells her she had the dream last night. She says it ended with Barnabas dead, attacked by some wild animal. She's afraid that she'll tell Barnabas the dream, and then he'll die. Maggie tells her just not to tell Barnabas. Vicki asks her to remember how she felt until she told someone about the dream.
The phone rings, and it's word that Joe has been in an accident. Maggie rushes out, saying Willie and Barnabas found Joe in the woods, and he's at the hospital. She asks her to wait, as she doesn't want to be left in the house alone.
There's a knock at the door of Collinwood, and Blair answers it to find Barnabas. He says he's there to see Cassandra. Blair says she's still sleeping, and Barnabas asks him to wake her. Blair goes upstairs to do that.
Maggie and Vicki arrive at the hospital, and are excited to find that Joe is conscious. He says he owes his life to Barnabas. There's a knock at the door and the sheriff enters. He asks Joe what happened.
Joe says Stokes wouldn't let him search the house for Adam. He says Adam appeared, and wouldn't let Joe call the authorities. He ran into the woods, and when Joe caught him, Adam knocked him out. Maggie asks the sheriff if he's going to talk to Stokes, and he says yes, the professor is in bad trouble.
Blair brings Cassandra downstairs to see Barnabas. He says he needs to see her alone, and she asks her brother to excuse them.
She asks what he wants to say. He tells her that he realizes that she has won again. He calls her Angelique, and says there's no need to play the game any longer. She denies that's who she is, and he says he will indulge her by calling her Cassandra Collins. She goes to leave, and he says she'll regret it if she does. He asks her not to interrupt him, and then he will leave quietly. He says that Vicki has had the dream, but her strength of character will not allow her to share it with him, causing her to suffer. He says he will not allow that to happen, and so he will submit to Cassandra's desires. If she stops Vicki's suffering, he promises to love her and be faithful for all time.
He tells her she can find him at the old house when she makes her decision. He leaves, and she wonders if he could truly love her.
Maggie enters Collinwood while Vicki waits by the door. She checks the foyer and drawing room, and tells her she can come in. Blair enters the foyer and is surprised to see Vicki. She excuses herself and goes upstairs. Blair eyes Maggie, and introduces himself as Cassandra's brother. He says Cassandra mentioned her, but she wasn't as he expected. He says she's far more beautiful than he could have imagined. She explains she needs to return to the hospital, and he offers to drive her.
In the hospital, the sheriff is in the hall when Maggie returns. He tells her Stokes corroborated Joe's story, but denies knowing Adam. Stokes says Adam begged for food, he fed him, and that was the extent of his knowledge. He tells Maggie that he needs to find the person or persons who have been protecting Adam.
Cassandra is admiring Barnabas' portrait when Blair returns. He asks if she knows Vicki has returned, and she says yes, but she may not need to talk to her. She tells him that Barnabas came to her admitting defeat. He promised to love her, and she believed he was sincere. Blair says he helped her return for only one reason—revenge. He barks at her that an alliance between she and Barnabas is out of the question. He tells her to go upstairs and have a chat with Vicki, as Vicki comes downstairs.
Cassandra mentions Barnabas had been there earlier, looking for her. Vicki calls her an evil, selfish and wicked liar. She says it's not going to work; that her dream is not going to work. She says she'll die before she tells Barnabas, and leaves the room.
Blair returns and says he likes her. Cassandra says she won't go to Barnabas, and Blair says they'll bring Barnabas to her. He tells Cassandra to write a letter to Barnabas in Vicki's handwriting.
Our thoughts
John: I realize it has been 200 years, but doesn't Barnabas remember that there's no appeasing Angelique? Hell, he was already married to her once...
Christine: Yes, but while he was married to her he hung Josette's portrait over the mantle, then planned to betray Angelique by running off with Josette, and when she tried to stop him by stabbing Sarah's doll with pins, he shot her. So, really she should be the one to remember that he's not very good at keeping his promise to be faithful.
John: I don't know what's creepier. Blair's hitting on Maggie, or her being impressed by his creepy comments?
Christine: Was she impressed or was she uncomfortable? I couldn't help thinking of this scene:
John: Go Vicki! No more pussy-footing around with Cassandra. I wish Roger or Liz had been there to see Cassandra put in her place. Of course, I was a little surprised Blair wasn't more upset with her at that point. Her inability to close the deal has been getting to him.
Christine: Is it Cassandra's lack of motivation to follow through on her revenge plot that bugs him, or the fact that she's swooning over Barnabas again, which makes her act foolish? What's up with the characters peeking through the partially opened drawing room doors today?
Dark Shadows Before I Die Round Robin Nightmare tracker (bold appearing in this episode):
- Wide-eyed skull
- Guillotine
- Lang's Headless creation
- Skeletal bride
- Educational Bat-footage
- Giant spider-web
- Mounted wolf's head
- Carolyn's tombstone
- Maggie with Sam's coffin
- Blazing sunshine and a tour of the old house
1 comment:
KLS wore some of the most unusual wardrobe.
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