Dark Shadows Episode 1154/1155 11/27/70

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Randall sneaks into Gerard's room and snoops around. He finds a box in the bottom drawer of a desk, and opens it up to see the bejeweled mask. He hears someone at the door. It opens and Edith walks in. She asks where Gerard is, and then asks what he's doing there. He turns the tables on her, asking what she's doing there. She says she came with a message from Gabriel. He points out that she's a modern woman, coming to a man's bedroom. She uses Gabriel's disability as an excuse. He asks if Gerard and Gabriel are friends, and then asks her if she knows Gerard better. She says she's done nothing wrong coming there, and asks him again what he's doing. He tells her that he's curious. He then asks Edith how his sister felt about Gerard. He then follows up asking her how well Gerard knows Quentin, and he's surprised to hear that they are the best of friends. They agree not to mention running into each other to anybody.

Gabriel looks around Collinwood for Edith when Mr. Grimes comes looking for Quentin. When he hears that he isn't there, he says he'll go straight to the constable. Gabriel asks him if it's a serious matter. He invites Grimes in to wait for Quentin. Gabriel asks how things are at Weatherby Farm. Grimes tells him that he's not planning to sell them his land. Gabriel says Grimes' cows broke through the fence yesterday, and Grimes points out that they're all dead. 

Quentin arrives and addresses Grimes. Grimes accuses Quentin of being responsible for his herd of cows being killed. Quentin asks if he's been talking to Trask. Grimes says the whole town knows. Quentin pushes Gabriel out of the drawing room. Grimes says there was nothing wrong with his herd when they died. He lists off all the strange phenomena that has been occurring in Collinwood,  Quentin denies having anything to do with it. He tells Grimes to get out. Quentin threatens him, and Gabriel laughs as Grimes runs out. 

In the woods, someone follows Grimes. He hears someone following him, and calls to Quentin, saying he's prepared to fight him. He pulls a gun and fires. Randall appears and asks Grimes what he's doing. Grimes tells him to follow him. They find a paper with the Devil's mark stuck to a tree with a knife. Grimes says it's a warning Quentin left for him. Randall asks him if he's sure it was Quentin. Grimes tells Randall to get his sister out of the house while he still can.

Edith is sitting by the fireplace when she hears someone coming. She hides in the shadows as Gerard comes into his room. She asks him where he has been. He tells her to nevermind. She asks if he's going to be nice to her, or awful as he is sometimes. He kisses her, and then walks away. She tells him she can't stand it at Collinwood anymore. He says she took a big chance coming to his room, and she says he should be glad she did. He asks what she means. She tells him she caught Randall in his room, at his desk. Gerard sees the case with the mask has been opened. She asks him what's in the box, and he tells her she'll find out one night soon. She reminds him that she'll do anything for him. He tells her to go to Collinwood and find out who Randall has talked to.  He says he's going to go to the village to see if Randall is still at Trask's. He kisses her once again, and then sends her away. He hides the box with the mask.

Gabriel is in the foyer when Edith returns to Collinwood. He asks where she has been, and she says she was at the old house. He asks if Barnabas is the new object of her devotion. She asks him if Randall has been there, and Gabriel says he is more her type. She goes to ask someone else. He grabs her hand and says they're going to have a chat about why she went to the old house. She admits that she did not go to the old house. 

Randall comes in and asks them to tell them exactly what is happening in Collinwood, showing them the paper with the Devil's sign. He says it was left as a warning to Grimes. Gabriel dismisses it. Randall says Trask was right that there was something supernatural about his sister's death. He says tonight is the final proof — Desmond's attack through Quentin's voodoo doll. He asks how close Quentin is to Gerard, and Gabriel says very close. He says he's going to the police to meet Trask, and Gabriel tells him he admires how he can step outside his family and harm his sister, nephew and brother in law. He tells Gabriel he has no choice, and leaves. 

Edith is excited to think Quentin might go to jail. Gabriel says if that happens, he has many plans. He asks her why she was asking if Randall was there. She makes up a story about Samantha. Quentin comes in through the back door. Gabriel tells him that Randall is meeting up with Trask to go to the police, because they think he is a warlock. Quentin goes out after them. Gabriel sends Edith up to bed.

Randall waits in the woods for Trask. He hears someone approaching. He's surprised by who he sees. A gloved hand grabs Randall's throat and chokes him. The man stabs another piece of paper with the Devil's mark into the ground next to Randall's body.

Our thoughts: 

John: Who is this Grimes who appears to have arrived out of a Charles Dickens novel?

 

Christine: It was about time Thayer David showed up in 1840 to assume the role of Mordecai Grimes! 

 

John: I love how Randall reluctantly admits there was something supernatural about his sister's death. Oh, your vampire sister who disintegrated when you kept her from he coffin while the sun rose? Supernatural? Really?

 
Christine: That did not make a whole lot of sense, though I assume the supernatural aspect he's citing referred to how she became a vampire, which was instigated unconventionally by witchcraft. 

John: Place your bets on the mystery man! I guess there really aren't too many choices. It seems pretty obvious that it has to be Gerard... but maybe, just maybe, the writers have another trick up their sleeves.

 

Christine: You never know. Sometimes they make us think that it couldn't be the obvious choice and it turns out to be the obvious choice, though every now and then they hit us with something completely unexpected. Let's hope for the latter this time. 

Dark Shadows Episode 1153 11/25/70

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Daphne finds Trask sneaking out of Quentin's laboratory. He tells her that she had better forget what she saw. She says she intends to tell Quentin he was there. He asks if she's already in league with the Devil. He says she can tell Quentin that he found the weapon he used against Desmond, and he will bring the wrath of God down upon him, ridding the house of the witchcraft of which he has defiled it. He shows her the voodoo doll he found in Quentin's lab. Daphne doesn't believe him. She goes to find Quentin, and Trask leaves Collinwood.

Daphne answers a knock at the door. It's Randall. He introduces himself and says he's looking for Quentin. She says she doesn't know where he is, and invites him to stay in the drawing room while she looks for him. He says she looks familiar, and asks her name. She tells him, and he doesn't recognize her name. Quentin arrives and Daphne starts to tell him about Desmond. She says Trask says he was dying, and then he made some statements she doesn't want to repeat. Randall says he'll go to Rose Cottage, and Quentin says he'll join him there shortly. In the drawing room, Daphne says Trask found a voodoo doll in his laboratory that he said Quentin used to harm Desmond. He asks where Trask went, and when she says Rose Cottage, he leaves. 

Trask visits Gerard, and shows him the voodoo doll, proving that Quentin is a warlock. Gerard seems unimpressed. He asks if that constitutes proof. He points out that it could have been planted. Trask asks why Gerard is so determined to defend him. Trask says the ascot is the reason Desmond is choking. Gerard says there's only one way to find out.

Trask and Gerard go to Desmond's room.  Gerard removes the ascot from the doll's neck and Desmond rises, wondering what's going on. He says he couldn't breathe. Trask asks how he's feeling now, and Desmond says the pressure on his throat is gone. Trask says he has the weapon that was causing it. He shows Desmond the doll, and Desmond says that he gave it to Quentin as a gift. 

Quentin arrives at Rose Cottage. Randall says Trask and Gerard are upstairs with Desmond. He says Daphne cause Trask sneaking around his lab, looking for something he could pin on him. Randall suggests that he have Trask arrested for breaking and entering. Quentin asks Randall what he wanted to talk about, and he says he'd rather wait until after Quentin speaks to Trask. Randall says he feels like he has met Daphne before. They speak of Joanna, and Randall says he doesn't know or care if Quentin still sees her. Quentin tells him that Joanna committed suicide six months ago. He's shocked. He asks Quentin why she did it. He says he doesn't know, and adds that he was at sea when it happened. Randall realizes that he has met Daphne before — as a child. He says that she's Joanna's sister. He realizes Quentin already knows, and asks if Samantha is aware. Quentin begs him not to say anything. Randall assumes Quentin installed her in the house. Randall is terribly upset. He accuses Quentin of killing Joanna, and says he now wants to kill his younger sister. Randall warns him not to ruin her life. 

Trask comes in, and tells Randall that it's dangerous to threaten Quentin. Quentin warns Trask to stop his witchcraft talk, and tells him to stay out of Collinwood. Trask asks if he denies having a voodoo doll. Quentin says he has a voodoo doll, but it was in his room. Trask accuses Quentin of using it to choke Desmond. Quentin says he doesn't care what Trask thinks, and accuses him of taking the doll from his room and planting it in his lab. Quentin tells him that he wants the doll back. Trask refuses, saying that he'll use it as evidence against him. Quentin tells him to stay off of his property, and storms out. Trask shows Randall the voodoo doll. Randall asks Trask if he's going too far. Trask says he's going to the police with his evidence tonight, and asks Randall to support him. Randall says he's going to talk to others at Collinwood, and if he feels Quentin is guilty, he will go with Trask to the police. 

Daphne reads Gerard a note she received from Joanna. Gerard says the answer to where it came from lies in the supernatural. She says they held a seance earlier, and she thinks Joanna appeared. Gerard expresses concern for Daphne. He tells her that things are going to change for her, if she lets him help her. They kiss, but after a moment she pushes him away. She asks how he can claim to be Quentin's friend. 

Quentin returns and tells Daphne that he talked to Trask. He asks her if something has happened with Gerard, and she says she received another note. Gerard leaves them. Quentin says he'll get to the bottom of it, and then asks her what happened while he was out. She says it's just the note.

Randall asks Desmond if he fought with Quentin earlier. He says he did, but he knows it's not Quentin. He says he thinks Gerard is responsible, but he can't provide proof.

Randall sneaks into Gerard's room and snoops around. He finds a box in the bottom drawer of a desk, and opens it up to see the bejeweled mask. He hears someone at the door.

Our thoughts: 

John: Is Daphne just playing games? Or does she really not know that Randall was her sister's beau?

 

Christine: It's possible she did not know since they were somewhat estranged and only communicating through letters. Also, Randall mentioned that she was still a little girl when he last saw her, so it could be she was too young to really remember.

 

John: It sure seems like Gerard's treachery can't stay in the dark much longer. And while we know he's currently possessed by Judah Zachery, it sure is hard to separate where one man ends and the other begins, because we knew Gerard was one sketchy dude well before he was possessed.

 
Christine: I think the fact that Gerard was of low moral character made him ripe for possession by an evil entity. Without Judah he was simply a no-good scoundrel, but with him, he is much more malicious and dangerous.

John: Randall is an interesting character. He maintains a certain amount of skepticism even in the face of mounting evidence of the supernatural existing. Do you think he knows what the bejeweled mask is, and where it came from?

 

Christine: Randall is full of surprises, so he may know something about the mask, but may not live to tell about it if he does.

 

Dark Shadows Episode 1150 11/20/70

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At dawn, Roxanne returns to the crypt. Randall holds up the cross and she begs him to put it away. She says she must get to the coffin. He says that preventing her is the only way she can find peace. She begs him to let her live, and he refuses. He says it's the only thing he can do. She says she's not responsible for what she's become. He asks her who is responsible. She pleads with him for mercy, as his own sister. He slowly lowers the cross. She turns on him, and he raises it again, saying that she's not Roxanne. The sun rises and she screams as the room is bathed in sunlight. Roxanne calls for Barnabas to save her. She burns up in the sunlight. 

Julia wakes, feeling better, realizing that Roxanne is dead. 

Randall places the cross on the stain left behind by Roxanne's remains.

Daphne re-reads the note from her sister. Quentin comes in and tells her that Julia is at Rose Cottage, the victim of another attack. He invites her to come with him to get her. She says she thinks Joanna's spirit is restless, and will remain that way as long as she stays in the house. He asks if she wants to leave him, and she says no, that she only just found him. They hug. He tells her to wait until he gets back from Rose Cottage, and they'll try to settle things then. She asks if there will ever be an answer for the two of them, and he kisses her.

Randall arrives at the old house, looking for Barnabas. Trask hears him and calls to him from the basement. He begs Randall to let him out. Randall explains that Trask is no longer under Roxanne's control, as he destroyed her. Trask says they need to discover who is responsible. Randall can't understand why Barnabas locked Trask in the cellar, and offers to go to Collinwood in search of a key. 

In the basement, Trask hears chains. He asks who's there, and no one answers. Trask goes to the bricked up wall and listens. It seems to be where the sounds are coming from. 

Quentin helps Julia into the drawing room. He asks her how she accounts for her incredible recovery. Randall arrives, and asks her if she knows that it's all over. She nods. Quentin asks what he means, and asks what's going on. Randall tells him that Julia was attacked by a vampire — Roxanne. At dawn, he prevented her from reaching her coffin until the daylight destroyed her. Quentin says someone has to be responsible for making Roxanne a vampire. Randall says they're still at large. He asks Julia if she knows where Barnabas is. He says Barnabas locked Trask in the cellar at the old house, but then he left him there all day. He doesn't understand why Barnabas didn't stay with him. Julia says she has keys, and offers to go with them. Quentin asks who else knows about Roxanne. He says just Flora and Trask. Quentin says he doesn't want Samantha to know.

Trask continues to listen at the brick wall. He assumes he's imagining it, and then decides he's in control of his faculties. He demands to know who is behind the wall. 

Quentin tells Daphne that Julia doesn't know who attacked her. He tries to fondle Daphne's head, and she pulls away. She says they'll only have peace if she leaves Collinwood. He says he'll follow her if she leaves. He tells her that his place is with her. She tells him it's wrong for her to stay. He says Joanna didn't write those notes. He says it's possible that Joanna can help. He tells her they'll conduct a seance!

Randall comes into the basement and apologizes to Trask for taking so long. He asks him if something is wrong, and Trask tells him there is someone behind the brick wall. Julia tells him the wall is part of the house's construction. Julia says she doesn't hear anything, and Trask says that he doesn't right now, either. He asks her if there's a reason she doesn't want him to see what's behind that wall, and asks if she knows what's behind the wall. 

Randall tells Julia that Barnabas has a lot of questions to answer. He says he knows more about vampires than he is letting on. He knew how to find her, and what to do to put her to rest. Julia says that following that logic, a man who put out a fire is guilty because he knew how to put it out. Randall adds that Roxanne cried out for Barnabas, saying he was the only one who could help right before she died. Julia reminds him that they loved one another. Trask says he knew Barnabas was involved from the night she was stricken. Randall says Julia's explanation may be valid, but he will not be satisfied until he gets answers from Barnabas.

Daphne and Quentin prepare for the seance. She is reluctant, but sits down at the table. He explains the process, and holds her hands. He begins the ritual, and calls for Joanna to communicate through one of them. He asks her to appear to them, or give them a sign. Lightning flashes outside. Quentin asks her to appear to them and speak. The drawing room doors swing open, and a figure stands in the shadows.

Our thoughts: 

John: I was really kind of hoping for an onscreen disintegration effect when Roxanne died, but other than bright lights, we got nothing. Not even a skeleton in a dress lying on the crypt floor.

 

Christine: I am wondering if someone forgot to lay out the skeleton. The zoom to the floor was confusing since it had me expecting to see some king of vampire residue. Is that lame stain on the floor truly all that's left of her or are those bits of debris between the stones remnants of her disintegrated corpse? Also, does the demise of Roxanne indicate a change in future events at Collinwood? I have to say I'm impressed with Randall. I didn't think he was up to the task. 

 

John: I love how Randall, Quentin and Julia have drinks while discussing the vampire activity in Collinsport. Meanwhile, Trask still locked in the cellar of the old house!

 

Christine: That Randall guy is really starting to grow on me. Of course, if he didn't let Trask cool his jets in the cellar, Trask wouldn't have heard his daddy rattling his chains at him. 

John: Do you think the second Quentin and Daphne scene was presented out of sequence? I guess he could be avoiding telling her that he knew who Julia's attacker was, even though he could add that she's no longer a threat. And who would have thought it would be time to break out the seance tracker! I like how rather than just touching fingers, Quentin got to hold Daphne's hands. Of course the seance tracker should make it handy to figure out just how many times the seance ends with the drawing room doors swinging open to reveal a figure standing in the shadows!

 

Christine: It's a classic Dark Shadows séance finale! It would be totally awesome if it turned out to be Laura Collins, in homage to Collinwood's first séance.

Today's episode

Episode 860

Episode 170

Dark Shadows Before I Die Séance Tracker

Episode 170/171: Dr. Peter Guthrie conducts; Carolyn, Vicki, Roger, Laura Collins participate; Josette speaks through Vicki in French; held in the drawing room at Collinwood

Episode 186: Vicki conducts; Sam and David participate; David Radcliffe speaks through David; held in the drawing room at the Old House

Episode 280/281: Roger conducts; Liz, Vicki, Burke, Barnabas, Carolyn participate; Josette speaks through Vicki; held in the drawing room at the Old House

Episode 365: Roger conducts; Liz, Julia, Vicki, Carolyn, Barnabas participate; Sarah Collins speaks through Vicki after Carolyn pretends Sarah is speaking through her; Vicki is transferred to 1795; held in the drawing room at Collinwood

Episode 449: Countess duPrés conducts; Joshua Collins participates; Bathia Mapes shows up, claiming she was called; held in the drawing room at Collinwood in 1795

Episode 510/511: Professor Stokes conducts; Julia and Tony Peterson participate; Reverend Trask speaks through Tony Peterson; the basement wall breaks open to reveal his skeleton; held in the basement at the Old House

Episode 600: Professor Stokes conducts; Barnabas and Julia participate; Phillipe Cordier speaks through Barnabas; held in the drawing room at the Old House

Episode 640: David conducts; Amy participates; unsuccessful attempt to contact Quentin Collins; held in Amy's bedroom

Episode 642: Professor Stokes conducts; Liz, Vicki, Carolyn, Chris participate; Magda speaks through Carolyn; held in the drawing room at Collinwood

Episode 682: Professor Stokes conducts; Barnabas, Maggie, Mrs. Johnson participate; Janet Findley speaks through Mrs. Johnson; held in the drawing room at Collinwood

Episode 698: Professor Stokes conducts (assumed); Roger participates; unsuccessful attempt to contact Quentin Collins, whose laughter is heard; held at Collinwood offscreen

Episode 797: Barnabas conducts; Quentin and Magda participate; Julianka's ghost appears and curses Magda; held in the drawing room at the Old House in 1897

Episode 860/861: Charity, possessed by Pansy Faye, conducts; Edward Collins and Kitty Soames participate; a hooded figure appears (revealed as Judith in the following episode); held in the drawing room at Collinwood in 1897

Episode 898: Julia conducts; David and Chris Jennings participate; Jamison speaks through David and tells them that Quentin's spirit is gone and won't come to them; held in the drawing room at Collinwood in 1969

Episode 948: Barnabas conducts; Maggie and Julia participate; Josette speaks through Maggie, informing Barnabas that the Leviathans aren't holding her and that she died by her own hand with poison; held in the drawing room at Collinwood in 1969

Episode 990: Cyrus conducts; Roger, Elizabeth, Bruno, Sabrina and Alexis participate; an unknown entity speaks through Sabrina, claiming that Alexis is dying, who then passes out; held in the parallel drawing room in 1970

Episode 1008/1009: Quentin conducts; Hoffman and Angelique as Alexis participate; after hearing spacey sounds, Hoffman freaks out and runs off, breaking the circle, and an entity appears in the room that turns out to be Joshua Collins, warning of an evil that is coming to the house; held in the parallel drawing room in 1970

Episode 1021: Unknown conductor; Quentin, Angelique, possibly Cyrus and other unseen people participate; Quentin rises up and strangles Angelique as colorful psychedelic lights flash; held in Maggie Collins' dream in 1970 parallel time

Episode 1070: Barnabas conducts; Julia and Professor Stokes participate; Carolyn speaks through Julia, providing the same six clues she wrote down before she died that portend the destruction of Collinwood, but is interrupted by the presence of Gerard before she can explain what they mean; held in the drawing room at the Old House in 1995

Episode 1079: David conducts; Hallie participates; a ghostly voice that sounds like David's repeatedly says, "Let us live!"; held in the Playroom at Collinwood in 1970

Episode 1126: Gerard conducts; Flora and Lamar Trask participate; the ghost of Reverend Trask informs them they are surrounded by evil and tells them to beware the cross; held in Rose Cottage in 1840

Episode 1150: Quentin conducts; Daphne participates; Joanna Mills is summoned and a hooded figure appears; held in the drawing room at Collinwood in 1840

Dark Shadows Episode 1149 11/19/70

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Barnabas arrives at the lighthouse and finds Julia unconscious. He manages to wake her when he sees Roxanne, who says Julia must remain here. Barnabas says he wanted to spare her this existence. He says that there's nothing she can do to stop him. Roxanne says Julia responds to his will. He tells Roxanne to look at him. She turns away, and says he'll be sorry that he interfered. She leaves, and Barnabas helps Julia up.

Flora tells Randall that she hopes he'll stay in Collinsport. Trask arrives to speak to Gerard. Flora explains that he's at Collinwood. Trask says he hopes Gerard isn't becoming emotionally involved with anyone there. Flora asks what he means, and he says an insidious evil has crept into the house, and he is not at liberty to divulge its nature. Randall asks him why he bothers to bring it up if he's not at liberty to divulge it. Trask says the almighty will deal with Randall's blindness, and Randall says he will have his hands full dealing with Trask's. Randall tells Flora that Trask believes Collinwood if full of witches and evil spirits. Trask says Quentin is in league with the devil, and Randall says he's had enough of his nonsense. 

Trask says Randall may be content to merely accept Roxanne's death, but he intends to prove that she was murdered by an act of sorcery. Flora says he must be mistaken about Quentin. Trask tells Flora that she will soon believe him, as he has confidence in her judgement and faith. He says he cannot say the same for Randall. He bids them goodnight and leaves. Randall tells Flora that Trask has a warped mind. He says there may be a reason behind all of the tragedy, but he doesn't think it has anything to do with the supernatural. 

Trask is in the woods when he hears someone. He tells them to come out. Roxanne appears before him. He can't believe it. She tells him he was right — there is life after death. She tells him not to be afraid, and reminds him that he loves her. She commands that he look into her eyes. He begs her not to come closer as she approaches him with fangs bared.

Randall thanks Flora for dinner, and then prepares to leave. They hear the door open and Barnabas calling. They find him with Julia, who he explains he found in the abandoned lighthouse. Flora sees the wound on her neck, and Barnabas tells her to take Julia upstairs and find a cross, while he goes to get a doctor.

Barnabas tells Randall that a doctor has stopped the bleeding. Randall asks if she'll be alright, and he says she will only if they manage to keep the person who attacked her away form her. Randall doesn't understand. Barnabas says there's no gentle way of telling him, and explains that Roxanne has risen from the grave and was the one who attacked Julia.

Roxanne points out that Trask is no longer afraid of her. He asks her to stay with him, or take him with her. She assures him that he'll see her again, soon. She will feel her summoning him, and will come to her. He tells her that he understands. 

Randall tells Barnabas that what he says is not possible. Barnabas doubles-down and says that Roxanne died as a result of an attack by a vampire, and is now one of the living dead. Randall says he could only accept it if he sees her with his own eyes. Barnabas tells him to come with him. 

Flora hears someone in the house, and finds Trask sitting in the dark. He says he was meditating. She asks if he's feeling alright, since he said he was going home. He says he's tired. She says that he's welcome to stay, and Gerard may even return while he's there. She adds that Barnabas found his sister, who was attacked in the woods just as Roxanne was. She says there may be something to what Trask said earlier about witchcraft. 

Barnabas and Randall return, and Flora says that she's well-read in the supernatural, and asks if Julia was attacked by a vampire. Randall confirms that she was. They tell her that the vampire who attacked Julia is Roxanne. She can't believe it. Randall says Barnabas showed him her coffin was empty.

Trask overhears them talking about Roxanne. They all come into the room and Barnabas asks Trask if something is wrong. Barnabas asks Trask if he was on his way home through the woods when he came back to Rose Cottage. He asks if he met anyone. Trask says he did not.

Roxanne calls to Trask, demanding that he come to her. 

Trask gets up and excuses himself. Barnabas asks him what's wrong. He says he's very tired, and Gerard is unlikely to be back. After he leaves, Randall says he's never seen Trask so subdued. Barnabas points out that he's obviously a victim of Roxanne. He says if they follow him, he can lead them to her. 

They follow Trask to the cemetery.

Trask enters a crypt as commanded by Roxanne. She hears someone and says they followed him. He closes he door and she disappears. Barnabas and Randall enter, and ask where she is. Barnabas realizes that she disappeared. He grabs Trask and tells him that he's not letting him out of his sight. Barnabas says that Randall must guard the crypt, and prevent Roxanne from getting into the coffin. He says he's going to take Trask back to the old house. Randall closes the crypt door after they leave. 

At dawn, Roxanne returns to the crypt. Randall holds up the cross and she begs him to put it away. She says she must get to the coffin. He says that preventing her is the only way she can achieve peace.

Our thoughts: 

John: Flora is so aloof compared to Elizabeth, and yet she's the first one to figure out that a vampire was responsible for the attacks!

Christine: Joan Bennett appeared genuinely startled when Trask sidled up behind her and barked at her. It's not surprising that Flora deduced a vampire was responsible. You know how well versed she is in the supernatural, after all.

 

 

John: I loved Roxanne's over-done ghoulie-vampire make-up... and her switchblade canine-teeth, that appear and disappear as soon as the camera cuts away. Pretty impressive for freshman vampire to have already mastered the disappearing trick. Makes one wonder why she couldn't just reappear within her coffin.

Christine: She is absolutely hideous! Considering that this goes against the trend of seductive female vampires in the 70s, it really had a terrifying effect. Of course, most frightening was the way she subdued Trask. 

John: Randall made a pretty quick switch from "denier of the supernatural" to "willing to believe that my dead sister is a vampire." I guess that just goes to show Barnabas will always be more convincing than any Trask. Of course, classic bumbling Barnabas move of leaving an apprentice Van Helsing to fend off the vampire alone, particularly when said vampire is his own sister! Couldn't he have had Randall take Trask to the old house? Methinks Barnie didn't want to be the one to have to dispatch his former love interest. He could have really used Julia's help... but he didn't get it, and she didn't even have the day off!

 

Christine: I had those same thoughts exactly, but then I realized Barnabas needed to be returning to his own coffin, so he couldn't really stick around to do the job. On the other hand, maybe he could have taken over her coffin. I wonder if there's some vampire rule against that sort of thing. That would have been an interesting turn of events for Roxanne to raise the coffin lid and find her ex-boyfriend squatting in her resting spot!