Tuesday, August 28, 2018

Dark Shadows Episode 567 - 8/27/68

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Barnabas grills Julia on being in the woods, why she passed out, why she wouldn't leave, and most importantly—why she's wearing a scarf. He pulls it from her neck, revealing bite marks on her throat.


He says he's going to destroy Tom Jennings, and she's going to help him. He asks her where his coffin is hidden. She says it's too late to stop him. He tells her that he'll take her to the old house and lock her into a room to prevent her from seeing him. He says Tom will be forced to come and see her, and he will be ready for him. She agrees to join him, and he tells her that in the morning, she can resume the experiment. She tells him she's too weak to continue.


Jeff and Vicki stumble across Adam outside of Collinwood. Jeff tries to attack him, and Adam knocks him out before running off. Vicki screams for help.


Barnabas and Julia hear Vicki and come to her aid. Julia examines Jeff. Barnabas asked what happened, and Vicki says they saw Adam. Jeff says the man who hit him was the one who attacked Vicki in the woods, and they need to call the police. They go inside, and Barnabas tells Julia that Adam will be on his way to the old house, and they need to be there working on the experiment.


Jeff calls to tell the Sheriff about the attack. Vicki sits Jeff down in the drawing room. Jeff asks Vicki if she's sure Adam was the man's name. He says it's not possible, and when Vicki asks what he means, he's somewhat cryptic. He asks her to tell him what happened in the woods, and where Adam took her. She says she remember Adam lifting her up, and then returning to Collinwood. She says she can't remember anything, except Adam saying that she would help him. Jeff tells her he wants to check on something, and leaves her alone. She asks why he can't tell her what he's doing, and he says he will when he returns.


Adam stands in the empty basement of the old house. He rummages around the lab, and breaks something, when he hears the door upstairs. He hides as Barnabas and Julia come downstairs. He comes out and asks where they had been. Barnabas says they were at Collinwood, and the police have been called to find him. Adam points out that Barnabas would like that. He says that they have done nothing in two weeks. Julia tries to explain that it will take several weeks, and Adam asks why. She adds that she's been sick. Adam suggests that she's lying. Adam demands to know how much longer it will take, and Julia says it might be four weeks. Adam gives them four weeks to make him a mate. He says he will check in on their progress, and to remind them of what will happen if they fail. Vicki first, and then the others. Adam bids them goodnight.


From the woods, Jeff sees Adam leave the old house.

Julia asks Barnabas what they're going to do, and he tells her he's going to find and destroy Jennings. He tells her he'll lock her into Josette's room, where she'll be safe.


Jeff approaches the old house and wrestles with the door. Depressed that it doesn't open, he tries several windows before finding one that is open. He enters the old house and goes downstairs. He sees Lang's lab equipment setup, and his journals. He realizes that he's right, and that Barnabas brought Lang's experiment to life, creating a monster. He wonders why they would have done that, and what they hoped to gain. He can't figure out why they moved the equipment to the house, until he finds the cadaver under a sheet. He screams, and Barnabas comes out and tells him that they are going to create another one.





Our thoughts

John: It seems like Adam must have taken a strange route to the old house if it led him right by the gazebo at the main house.

Christine: Maybe he was stopping by to peek in on Carolyn. Barnabas was right to question where Tom Jennings takes his repose. Is he cozied up with Angelique in her basement tomb at the house by the sea? I hope Barnabas will meet up with his wife sometime soon and see that she's getting a taste of the lifestyle she had imposed on him back in the day.

John: Adam's appearance got Julia to snap out of her vampire bride daze. I have to admit the thought of seeing Julia the vampire is intriguing...

Christine: Poor Julia. At long last, Barnabas says he's going to take her and lock her up in the Old House and she's unable to appreciate it. I think Barnabas may be jealous of Tom Jennings, after all.


John: I was wondering where Adam's bride's body was at when he visited, and as soon as he was gone, it seemed to have miraculously reappeared in the basement. You'd think that would have been great example of the progress they had made thus far. I guess they were more interested in showing Jeff finding the body than Adam. Of course, Adam wouldn't have squealed like a schoolgirl.

Christine: Are you still of the opinion that Don Briscoe is the most over the top actor on DS after seeing Roger Davis' performance today?



2 comments:

Grant said...

I've said this before, but if you want to hear about Roger Davis being over the top, you should see the comments on the "Dark Shadows Every Day" blog.
Unfortunately, they're just about all very negative.

Christine said...

Roger Davis is somewhat ridiculous (see photos above), but it's hard not to appreciate the way he twitches and convulses in an almost cartoonish way after being knocked to the ground by Adam. All soap operas have characters that viewers love to hate. He's an easy target.