769 - June 4, 1969

[bunniefuu]

BETH:To save a dying boy in the present,

Barnabas Collins has gone back to the year .

But at that moment in time, Barnabas is a vampire

and vulnerable from dawn to dusk.

Now in the last few minutes before dawn,

an enemy, crazed with grief,

comes seeking him at the old house.

[ door opens ]

Who's that?

Dirk, what are you doing here?

I needed to visit Barnabas.

He's away.

Oh, then what are you doing here?

I came to pick something up for Miss Collins.

No, you're not,

you're here like a little hound dog...

[ howls ] just watching over him, aren't you, huh?

Watching over him, down there, where he is every day.

- You can't go down there. - Oh, yeah, why not?

Dirk, listen to me.

Why?

You move one step closer to that door, I'll k*ll you.

Oh, you're really not serious about that, are you?

Yes, I am.

Well, well, well, well, well.

- [ Dirk laughs ] - No!

Let go!

Now didn't your mother ever tell you

that you shouldn't play with g*ns?

You only play with dolls.

No, you can't go down there, Dirk.

He'll k*ll you, if he's not--

If he's not what?

Dirk, please don't go down there.

If he's not what, come on, I've been down there before.

It's just that I don't remember.

And I think that's enough reason to go back again,

don't you, huh?

[ rooster crowing ]

Oh, yes, yes, I've been in this room before.

It wasn't like this because the casket was empty.

But it's not gonna be empty today, is it?

No, sir, because, well, because Laura told me.

Of course, [ laughing ] of course.

Hey, Barnabas,

just in the wrong place at the wrong time.

And you know what's gonna happen because of that, huh?

I'm gonna k*ll you, that's what.

And you know why I'm gonna do it?

I'm gonna do it because of you, Laura.

Because I love you.

I really love you.

[ laughing ]

[ coffin creaks open ]

[ Dirk choking ]

Oh.

[ g*n firing ]

[ Dirk laughing ]

[ g*n firing ]

[ Dirk continues laughing ]

[ suspenseful music ]

[ eerie theme music ]

[ cellar door closes ]

I've got to go to him.

Oh, listen, you don't have to bother.

All dead things look the same.

He can't be dead!

Oh, but he's dead, all right.

-Dirk! -Yeah?

Why did you do it?

I did it because of Laura, that's why.

Because she wanted revenge.

Don't you see, it was so simple.

And Laura, Laura, wherever you are,

I'm not through yet, this is just the beginning.

Boy, before I'm through, I'm gonna get 'em all.

No, Dirk, she doesn't want you to k*ll anymore.

She doesn't want me to k*ll anymore?

What would you know, you wouldn't know whether

she would or whether she wouldn't.

You hated her, right from the start, you hated her.

You used to go to Judith all the time.

You were always telling her little lies.

No, that's not true, I never told her anything...

Sure you did, weren't you happy when I was dismissed

from this place, weren't you happy?

No, Dirk.

Well what about now, huh?

Aren't you happy now?

Hey, Beth?

I wouldn't do that if I were you.

You just wouldn't get very far.

What are you gonna do to me?

Oh, now you're afraid aren't you?

You're wondering what I'm gonna do, huh?

You're afraid that you're gonna be

the next on my list, aren't you?

- Let me tell ya something. - No, no.

Since you are so friendly with Barnabas,

maybe you can join him, huh? [ laughs ]

You're gonna k*ll me without even giving me a chance.

Give you a chance?

You want a chance?

Sure, I'll give you a chance, there, go ahead.

Go ahead, come on.

[ g*n clicking ]

Oh, [ laughing ] yeah, it's empty.

It's empty, what do you think, I'd give you a loaded g*n, huh?

Listen, I wanna have some fun watching you

go and tell Judith about Barnabas being down there,

housed down there in that coffin in the cellar.

And how...

How you're gonna be down there next to him.

Yes, with an empty g*n.

Oh, man, that's gonna be some tale to tell now isn't it?

Yeah, well you go down and you can pretend

that you're guarding Barnabas, that's a good idea.

Yeah, Barnabas, poor, poor, sweet Barnabas.

Barnabas?

Barnabas?

[ coffin creaking ]

[ sobbing ]

[ door slamming ]

Jamison, I've been looking for you.

Dirk, where have you been?

Well, I've been very busy.

Doing what?

See, ever since she left, I've been looking for you,

but they wouldn't let me see you.

Who wouldn't let you see me?

The enemies of your mother, Jamison.

That's why she had to leave, because of her enemies.

But listen, Jamison, you don't have to worry anymore

because tonight, tonight your mother's gonna be happier

than she ever has been before.

I don't know what you're talking about, Dirk.

Look, how long have you been here?

Fifteen minutes, I guess.

Well, then you've been here long enough to see the flames

get bigger and come alive.

That was your mother telling you that she's happy.

About what?

Because Barnabas Collins is dead.

Barnabas is dead?

Yes.

I just saw him last night.

He's dead.

How'd it happen?

I can't tell you that.

Why not?

Because of the enemies of your mother, you see,

they'd come after me, and then I wouldn't be able to

finish what I have to do.

I don't believe you.

I'm telling you it's true.

Now he's dead and he's in the cellar in his coffin

at the old house.

The cellar?

Yes, that's where he keeps his coffin.

- Where he keeps his coffin? - Yes.

Well, why does he have a coffin?

Because, because of what he is.

- Because of his secret. - What secret?

His secret, the secret that he hurt your mother with.

I don't know what you're talking about.

Please let me go, you're hurting me.

Look, you can't go,

you cannot go until you promise me

that you won't tell anybody.

Now, promise, promise, promise me!

I've gotta get back to the house.

They'll be looking for me.

Look, you can't go until you promise me.

Now look, don't be frightened.

The reason that I k*lled your mother

is because she wanted me to.

Because of this secret.

I don't... I don't know.

It's the secret that he was gonna hurt your mother with.

Now look, I know you wanna go,

but you have to be able to tell them

that the vampire is gone.

Vampire?

Yes.

You're just trying to scare me,

'cause there's no such thing as a vampire, is there?

Why don't you go to the old house

and see for yourself, huh? [ laughing ]

No, I don't wanna go to the old house.

You don't have to be frightened.

You don't have to worry, he's dead, I k*lled him.

The vampire is dead.

[ Dirk laughing ]

Don't worry.

Yes.

[ coffin creaking ]

No, it can't be.

BARNABAS: Beth?

I thought you were dead.

I saw you.

Dirk came.

He shot you.

BARNABAS: I know he did.

You know?

I saw him.

I was in my coffin.

I tried to fight with him, but the dawn came

and my life force left me,

so I was unable to deal with him then.

If he had come a few minutes earlier,

I would have been able to k*ll him.

But I don't understand.

He shot you. He emptied the p*stol.

Beth, I do not live like other men do.

Why should you think that I can die like other men do?

But where are the b*llet holes?

I saw them.

There are only two ways to destroy me.

Dirk had neither a silver b*llet

nor a stake and hammer.

So when the night came just now,

I was able to rise again.

Unmarked.

I was restored.

Dirk's g*n has no danger to me.

But Dirk is a danger, now that he knows about me.

But Dirk thinks he k*lled you.

But that won't prevent him from talking about me.

Suppose he's talked already?

Were you here all day? Did anyone come near the house?

No.

Then it's unlikely that anyone does know.

If they did, I'm sure that they would have

done something about it now.

What are you going to do with Dirk?

Deal with him.

- How? - Silence him.

Is it necessary?

I'm afraid so.

Barnabas, please take care of yourself.

If anything should happen to you--

Quentin would stand alone, wouldn't he?

Yes.

I'm sorry to be thinking about him

when you're the one who's in danger...

Nothing will happen to me if I deal with Dirk in time.

And I'm sure I can.

What do you want me to do?

First of all, be calm.

And under no circumstances are you to mention

anything to Quentin.

I won't.

The less he knows, the safer that we will be.

He can be dangerous.

He could destroy all of us.

But he's not usually like that.

He's just so frightened now.

Beth, you're such a strange, soft-hearted girl.

In this world of heartless people,

you're going to be hurt.

Well, perhaps I used to be,

when I stood in this very house

and pleaded with Quentin not to k*ll Jenny.

But I'm not anymore.

I'm, I'm hoping you find Dirk quickly

and do whatever you must to silence him.

Don't worry, I will.

I will not let him, know what he knows,

step in the way of what I must do.

Laura, Laura, it's all finished for Barnabas.

What he tried to do to you.

The way he wanted to hurt you, no more.

Does that make you happy, Laura?

The way I told Jamison?

I know it did.

Is that what you want from me?

[ thunder rumbling ]

Laura, Laura, if it is, please give me a sign.

Just give me a sign, one little sign,

and make yourself known to me.

Just be right here with me now.

[ door bangs open ]

Laura?

Laura, is that you?

Or is it the wind, huh?

Laura, is it just the wind?

Laura, who put out the lights?

Who put out the lights, Laura? Is that you?

Laura, are you here?

Laura, you're here, aren't you?

Please, Laura, please, you have to let me know.

Please.

Laura, Laura?

Oh, my, you're the flame.

And the fire, and you're happy.

You're happy because of what I did, I know it.

[ Barnabas laughing ]

Who is it, who's there?

[ Barnabas laughing ]

Who's there, who's that, huh?

[ Barnabas laughing ]

Who are you? I asked you who you are.

- Stop laughing at me! - [ Barnabas laughing ]

Stop laughing at me?

[ thunder crashing ]

BARNABAS:Are you frightened, Dirk?

That voice.

BARNABAS:You do recognize it, don't you?

It is impossible.

BARNABAS:But it is, Dirk.

No, no, you're, you're dead.

You're dead, I k*lled you.

BARNABAS:How can you k*ll someone who is already dead?

No, this isn't happening, it isn't happening.

BARNABAS:No, you must face it, Dirk.

You failed, and do you know what happens

to people who fail?

[ door slamming ]

You will never leave this house, Dirk.

No.

Oh, no.

You thought you could k*ll me, didn't you?

Stay away from me.

You cannot do that.

I, I did.

I k*lled you.

I put six b*ll*ts in you, you're dead.

Was I really dead?

- Yes. - Was I really?

- Yes, yes, yes! - Be quiet!

What are you gonna do to me, huh?

What do you think I'm going to do?

You're gonna k*ll me?

I have no choice.

You went where you shouldn't have gone.

- No. - You saw what you

shouldn't have seen.

What you know will never be spoken now.

What you saw will be reflected in your dead eyes forever.

No one else will ever know that you've been in this house.

- No, no. - No one.

That's where you're wrong.

Tell me what you're talking about.

I've already told somebody.

What are you saying?

Yes, you heard me, look,

I've already told somebody.

Don't you understand?

So even if you k*ll me, you're gonna be destroyed.

You're lying.

No. No, I'm not.

And Laura is gonna get her revenge.

Don't you understand?

She's gonna get her revenge, and you'll find out.

You'll find out in time who knows your secret.

I will find out now.

DIRK: No, no.

No, no, you, no, you...

Don't... Don't come near me.

Please, don't do that.

No, no, no, don't, don't!

Jamison, it was Jamison.

You told Jamison Collins?

He...

[ knocking on door ]

- Who is it? - Beth.

He was here, just as you thought.

Yes.

- Is he-- - No, he's not dead.

What have you done to him?

Only what was necessary.

Did he tell anyone?

Yes.

Who?

Jamison.

Jamison?

But it may be all right.

You must go to Collinwood quickly and stay with Jamison.

Don't make him suspicious, but keep him from

talking to anyone.

Judith and Edward are in Collinsport for the evening.

That will make it easier.

Now remember, be subtle.

Now if Jamison tells you what Dirk has told him,

you must keep repeating to Jamison that Dirk was mad.

That what was going on in his mind

was a tangle of fantasies, and none of them were true.

And you must make Jamison believe you.

I'll try.

And above all, you must not mention

any of this to Quentin.

I won't, I promise.

Remember, in case you're tempted,

I am Quentin's only hope.

If anything is found out about me,

there is no telling where it will end,

and with what victim.

I'll do everything I can, no matter what.

Except harm Jamison, you must not harm him.

What are you going to do with Dirk?

I have a plan.

Now go to Collinwood quickly and to the boy.

It's true!

What, what Dirk said,

it's true!

[ eerie theme music ]