526 - July 2, 1968

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NARRATOR: The great house of Collinwood

is shrouded in darkness.

But within the darkness, the powers of evil exist.

Not far from the house in the forest that lies beyond it,

there is one, who is evoking the powers of evil

to cause the return of a woman

who could destroy one member of the Collins family.

Spirit of Angelique, this is where you exist.

Your ashes are scattered in this earth.

I call upon all the powers of darkness

to restore you to life.

Return as you were when you lived.

Return!

Return!

Return!

[THUNDER RUMBLING]

[WOMAN SCREAMING]

[CRYING]

[SCREAMING AND CRYING] Spirit of Angelique, return!

Return! Return!

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[CRYING]

Angelique!

[GASPS] Nicholas!

Oh, you found me.

With some difficulty. How did you let this happen?

- Untie me please. - All right.

Oh, Nicholas, I was so afraid you wouldn't find me.

I was so afraid you wouldn't hear me calling you.

You didn't answer my question. How did you let this happen?

[SIGHS]

Trask.

The spirit of Trask.

He brought me here.

He destroyed me.

- Your power should have been stronger than his. - It wasn't.

It wasn't.

- That's your fault. - Mine?

Yes.

You allowed yourself to feel an emotion.

No.

You still love Barnabas Collins.

I hate him, I'll always hate him.

Yet you love him still

because your power is not as strong as Trask's.

From this moment on, I will feel nothing

but hatred in my heart for Barnabas Collins.

I will think of nothing but vengeance.

You must.

Because I will never save you again.

I will concentrate on vengeance.

And nothing else.

Nothing else is possible.

Where did you-- How did you find me?

Did my portrait guide you to me?

No, I found you through a most unlikely source,

Victoria Winters.

Trask bought her to the same spot

when he tried to exorcise her years ago.

I put her in a trance and had her lead me here.

Where is she now?

On her way back to Collinwood.

What if someone finds her before she gets there?

No one will.

She will return to Collinwood and sleep

and no one will ever know she made your return possible.

[KNOCKING AT DOOR]

[KNOCKING AT DOOR]

Clark!

What are you doing here in the middle of the night?

- I have to see Vicki. - At this hour?

Yes, I have something to tell her.

I have to see her.

Well, whatever it is you have to tell her

can wait until morning.

No, it can't. I have to see her now.

I refuse to awaken any member of this family,

at this hour of the night.

Look, I can go up and wake her myself,

but I have to see her.

Oh, this is nonsense.

Very well, come in.

I'll wake her and send her down here.

In future, please be more considerate of other people.

[CLOCK CHIMING]

And so everyone in the house accepts you as my brother.

Yes.

You know, what you must tell to Roger.

Yes, I know. Every word.

He'll believe me.

I'll make him believe me.

I don't anticipate any problems with Roger

but you've made other members of the household suspicious.

That was a mistake.

I can win them over with your help.

You should be able to do it without my help.

I need your help, Nicholas.

The dream curse must continue.

Nothing must prevent it's fulfillment.

I will help you,

but only for the sake of our bargain.

Yes, our bargain.

I answered your summons and returned you to life.

Because of our bargain.

Our bargain means more than anything else to me.

Never forget that.

I will not forget.

Come, it's time to return to the house.

She wasn't there.

- She wasn't. - No.

But it's odd.

The bedclothes are mussed

so she must have been there.

Maybe she's in some other part of the house.

Well, possibly, but I don't know where.

Wait a minute.

The front door.

What about it?

It was open when I came in here.

Don't you usually lock your doors?

Yes, I locked it myself tonight.

Maybe she left it open when she went out.

Where would she go in the middle of the night?

I don't know.

But she may be in danger. I'm going to find her.

I'll get my coat and go with you.

Hello, Roger.

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Cassandra.

Hello, darling.

Are you all right?

Yes, of course.

Oh, it's so good to be back.

But, what's happened to you?

Where have you been?

I did a very foolish thing, darling.

You must try to be understanding.

Well, I'll try to be.

I just had to get away for a while

so I left on impulse.

But why?

Because I'm a very foolish woman.

Well, that's hardly the explanation.

Roger, please try to understand me.

I am weak, I'm not good at facing hostility.

So many of the people in this house are hostile towards me.

I just couldn't take it any longer.

That's why I had to get away,

can't you understand that?

I can't understand why you didn't tell me

you felt this way.

I couldn't.

- I couldn't tell you how frightened I was. - Frightened?

Hostility always frightens me.

I have to face it, I have to learn to.

Especially if we're going to live here

in this house with your family.

Every one will accept you, Cassandra,

it will just take a little time.

I know that.

And I understand why they feel strangely towards me.

We did marry very, very quickly.

I know it's up to me to make your family accept me.

I'll see that no one this house causes you any trouble.

But you must promise me

that you will never try to disappear again.

I promise.

And I'll keep my promise.

There is only one place I want to be,

and that's here.

Here with you.

Where did you go?

- To Philadelphia. - Why Philadelphia?

I grew up there.

- I feel secure there. - Why didn't you phone me?

- I was terribly worried about you. - I know, darling.

I'm so sorry.

I'm just a weak, frightened woman.

Can you ever forgive me?

Of course I can forgive you.

Thank you.

It's more than I deserve.

Vicki.

- What did you say? - Vicki, I forgot about her.

- What about Vicki? - She disappeared.

Clark was here at the door a few minutes ago

asking for her and I went to wake her up,

but she wasn't there.

Clark thinks something is happened to her

and he's searching the woods for her now.

I was going out with him, when you arrived.

I hope he finds her.

So do I.

Vicki?

Vicki?

Vicki.

Oh, Vicki I found you.

Hey, why are you staring like that?

Vicki, wake up. Wake up!

- Jeff. - Yes it's me, Jeff.

Where am I?

You're in the woods, outside Collinwood.

- How did I get here? - You were walking in your sleep.

I was?

Vicki, you could have been hurt.

But I've never done any sleep walking before.

I don't know why I did tonight.

Look, I better get you back to Collinwood.

You're so pale.

Well, you look like you're about to faint.

All right.

What do you have clutched in your hand?

My hand?

Yes, there is something in your hand.

It's a button.

Where did you get it?

I don't know.

Come on, let's get back to Collinwood.

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Perhaps I'd better help Clark search for Vicky.

Are you sure she's not here in the house?

Well, possibly, I just haven't had a chance to search.

Cassandra.

Nicholas.

What on earth are you doing here?

Well, I came here to see you and meet your new husband,

didn't Roger tell you I was here.

No, not a word.

Oh, Nicholas, how wonderful to see you.

- Oh, how are you? - Fine.

Fine, now that I know that you're all right.

I owe you an apology too, don't I?

You were probably very worried about me.

No, not as worried as Roger.

Yes, I was just telling him what happened.

I had to get away for few days,

so I went to Philadelphia.

- To our old house? - Yes, I wanted to see it.

To be alone for a while.

You shouldn't do things like that, Cassandra,

especially now that you're married.

I know that.

I know I've been quite a trial to Roger, but...

He's forgiven me.

Well, I won't forgive you,

if you ever do anything like this again.

My brother's always been very strict with me, darling.

Which is one of the reasons I've always adored him,

since I was a child.

Sometimes, you've got to be strict with her, Roger.

- She needs it. - I'll remember that.

Oh, Nicholas, what a wonderful surprise.

How long are you staying?

I'm not certain.

I wouldn't want to wear out my welcome.

Please stay as long as you can.

You don't mind, do you, Roger?

You don't know how happy it makes me

to have someone of my own family here in the house.

Of course, I don't mind,

Nicholas, you can stay as long as you want.

I might just take you up on that invitation.

[DOOR OPENS]

Vicki.

I found her in the woods, she was sleepwalking.

She's exhausted, she needs rest.

Vicki, are you all right?

Mrs. Collins, you're back.

Yes, are you all right?

Yes.

JEFF: Look, she is very weak.

I'll take her upstairs.

- I'll do that. - No.

Look, I'll take her upstairs.

Shall we go into the drawing room?

Yes, we might as well, Nicholas.

Darling, I feel like celebrating.

Do you have any champagne?

That's a good idea, I'll get some.

Victoria Winters is suspicious of you,

I can tell by the way she was looking at you.

I know she's suspicious.

And I can't seem to do anything about it.

Her suspicions could cause trouble.

I shall have to do something about them

and quickly.

Hey, hey, you're still trembling.

Sorry, I can't help it.

Look, there's nothing to be afraid of,

it's all right now.

Thanks to you.

Listen.

If you're still worried about sleepwalking,

I'll stay outside the door all night.

I'm not afraid of sleepwalking, I'm afraid of her.

Of her?

Of Mrs. Collins.

Why does she frighten you?

I thought she'd gone away for good.

I'd hoped she had.

Now she's back.

And that's frightening.

It's terrifying.

Jeff, I've never been so frightened in my life.

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Why does Cassandra Collins frighten you so much?

What has she done?

Nothing.

At least I can't prove she's done anything.

I don't understand.

Jeff, I didn't want to say anything to you

about this before because,

I just wasn't sure if I was right or not, but...

Go on.

Except for the color of her hair,

Cassandra Collins looks exactly like Angelique.

Angelique Collins.

The wife of the original Barnabas Collins.

Yes.

There's something so strange about her.

The way she looks just like the portrait.

The way she appeared here so suddenly.

You don't think she really is Angelique, do you?

I don't know.

All I know is that I'm frightened of her.

And her brother.

Vicki, has either one of them do anything to hurt you?

If they do, you call me.

I won't let anything harm you.

I feel so much safer now that you're back.

Well, you can keep on feeling safe,

'cause I'm not going anywhere, anymore.

- Don't, please don't. - Never.

I found you and I'm staying right here with you,

okay.

Well, come on, get some rest.

- Jeff. - What?

How did you find me?

What... What were you doing here at this hour of night?

It's a long story and I'll tell you in the morning.

Tell me now.

All right.

But be prepared for a shock.

Why?

Because I know who I am.

Well, of course you do. You're Jeff Clark.

No, Vicki.

No, I'm Peter Bradford.

What?

That's right.

It finally all came back to me.

A memory of my past, in a dream.

What did you dream?

I dreamed,

I dreamed we were in a prison cell.

It was right after you had been turned into the authorities

by Nathan Forbes.

And you were about to be hanged.

Yes, that's right.

You, you came to my cell.

Just before I was going to the gallows.

Do you remember what we talked about?

Yes.

Yes, I told you I love you.

Yes, you did.

And we talked about Nathan Forbes.

Nathan Forbes?

Yes, I said I had k*lled Nathan Forbes

for what he had done to you.

I don't remember you saying anything like that.

It was just before I escaped.

You escaped?

Yes, somehow I managed to get out of the cell.

And I found Forbes.

And I shot him.

Jeff.

I shot him again and again.

But he wouldn't die.

And I kept on sh**ting and he kept on laughing.

Just laughing, laughing and laughing.

And he wouldn't die.

And he looked at me and he said I...

I can't die,

[CHUCKLES]

'cause I'm already dead.

Vicki, he was a ghost.

Jeff, that didn't happen.

No. No, I guess the first part of it didn't,

but it was all so vivid.

It was as if it happened. I know it did, Vicki.

It didn't happen.

Peter Bradford never escaped from jail

and he never k*lled Lieutenant Forbes.

Oh, he wanted to, but he didn't.

No, I... I don't know that.

I guess your dream doesn't prove anything.

Vicki, I still believe it happened, it was all so vivid,

there were a hundred things I remember.

Vicki...

I know I was there.

You've heard me talk about it.

And that's probably the reason for your dream, and...

Probably proves that you are just Jeff Clark.

No. I'm Peter Bradford.

Jeff.

Why don't you go to Professor Stokes,

- he can help you. - Oh, come on, what can he do?

He can hypnotize you and,

and maybe bring back your memory

and then you'll know who you are and I will, too.

All right.

- You'll go? - Yes, I'll go.

I have to know who I am.

I do too.

[KNOCKING AT DOOR]

Come in.

Miss Winters, I just wanted to make sure

that you are all right.

Fine, thank you.

Can I do anything to help?

No, thank you.

Well, if there is anything I can do,

you let me know.

Yes, well, I think I'm all right now.

If I can just get a good night sleep,

I think in the morning, I'll be fine...

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