Dark Shadows Episode 578 - 9/11/68

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In the garden, Tony tells Carolyn he'd like to go back to the early days of their relationship, and they kiss. Adam watching them. Carolyn goes inside, and Adam attacks Tony, telling him to leave her alone before knocking him out.

Carolyn finds Tony in the garden and calls for help. Roger shows up as Tony comes to. They ask what happened, and he says he was attacked from behind. They help him into the house.

Adam watches the events unfold from the window of the tower room. He realizes Carolyn will be angry, but doesn't care.

Roger helps Tony onto the couch. Tony describes his assailant as tremendously strong. He says the man told him to, "stay away from her." He asks her if she knows who it might have been, and she says she doesn't. Roger goes to call the sheriff, and Carolyn says that's not necessary. Roger then decides to ask Tony what he was doing at Collinwood. Tony explains that Liz hired her tonight to change her will. Roger goes to speak to Liz. Tony asks if she's sure she doesn't know who attacked him. She assures him she doesn't.

Adam watches as Tony drives off. He realizes that Carolyn loves Tony, and wishes that he had killed him.

There's a knock on Adam's door. He lets Carolyn in. She accuses him of attacking Tony. He doesn't deny it. She says she should turn him over to the authorities. He tells her to go ahead. He then takes a scarf from a drawer and gives it to her. He said he kept it to remind him of her, but he doesn't want it any more. He asks if she loves Tony. She says she's attracted to him, but she doesn't know if she loves him. Adam tells her he doesn't want to just be her friend. He asks her to leave, and she does.

Roger calls Carolyn into the drawing room. He tells her that Liz plans to cut everyone out of her will unless they all agree to have a special mausoleum built to her specifications, that will send up an a alarm and open her coffin to prevent her from being buried alive. Roger proposes sending her back to Windcliff. She says she needs time to think about. They argue, and she excuses herself.

Carolyn meets Harry in the garden, and tells him that she needs him to stay with Adam full time. Harry reminds her that he's afraid of Adam. She assures him Adam will be friendly. He tells her he wants $100 a day to stay with him. Carolyn agrees, and Harry says he'll do it, but he won't like it.

Harry goes to Adam's room and lets him know Carolyn told him to stay with Adam. Adam tells him to go get Carolyn, or he'll kill him.

Carolyn apologizes to Roger, and he tells her that she acted like she didn't care about her mother at all. Harry interrupts them, and Carolyn excuses herself to talk to him. He explains that Adam threatened to kill him if he didn't get her.

Roger goes into the foyer looking for Carolyn, but can't find her.

Upstairs, Carolyn and Harry find the door to Adam's room broken open. Harry points out a note that Adam wrote, indicating that he was leaving,

Our thoughts

John: Fake Carolyn alert! They really should warn us before we see an imposter filling someone's shoes. Of course, it's not just the performance, the character of Carolyn seems different in the way she interacts with the other characters. And her performance doesn't make it appear that she actually knows Adam was behind the attack, when we know that she would. Bad day for Nancy Barrett to miss work!

Christine: Did you somehow miss Louis Edmonds' announcement that "Today, the part of Caro-line Stoddard will be played by Miss Diana Walker" during the opening credits? I'm not sure why he mispronounced Carolyn's name, but I guess the doppelgänger threw him off. I like how they shrouded her face in shadow in the opening scene before letting us know that someone would be standing in for Barrett, who is obviously irreplaceable, but have no fear, this will be the only time Walker impersonates Carolyn. It certainly couldn't have been easy to show up out of the blue and try to assume the role of a character with a lot of history, so we'll try to cut the brave lass some slack. I wonder if that's Adam's shadow moving in the window behind the lovebirds.

John: Considering Roger's love of money, I would think he should be happy to know that all he needs to do in order to ensure his share of the inheritance is to go along with Liz' whims. Will he really risk it all to try and get her committed in Windcliff again?

Christine: Mental illness seems to frighten Roger more than any ghosts, witches or vampires ever would.

John: Nice bribery job, Harry! Instead of getting kicked out of Collinwood, you get Carolyn to commit to giving you $100 a day to babysit Adam! But then you blow it by letting him escape. I betcha Harry still asks for the money...

Christine: I don't think we can blame him for requesting a stipend for the extra duties, or for doing what Adam asked upon threat of death. What I don't get is why Adam is all put out by Carolyn making out with Tony when he's got a specially ordered undead mate on the way.