471 - April 15, 1968

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Victoria Winters has returned

to the great house at Collinwood,

back from her strange and frightening

adventure in the past.

Now, she and all those around her

are haunted by the terrible events

she witnessed in the year ,

events which may change the course of history

and forever alter the destiny of all who live at Collinwood.

And Barnabas Collins,

fearful of what the future may bring,

places his destiny in the hands of a stranger.

Did Miss Winters say why she changed her mind?

Yes, she did. Why do you ask--?

Was there - is there by any chance anyone else?

Yes.

Would his name by any chance be Jeff Clark?

How did you know that?

He works for me.

- For you? - Yes.

He insisted on seeing her

and I warned him to stay away from her.

But he ignored your warning?

Barnabas, Barnabas,

if I could do something to make Miss Winters

cooperate, change her mind,

would you then be willing to cooperate with me?

- What would you do? - Never mind,

just leave it to me, I know how to handle it.

I don't want you to talk to her.

That won't be necessary believe me.

Oh, this is Mr. Jeff Clark, my assistant.

Jeff, this is Mr. Barnabas Collins.

How do you do?

How do you do?

Now, that I - I don't want you to worry about another thing,

I will be able to help you, believe me.

And I will be in touch with you very soon.

Goodnight, Mr. Collins.

Good. You've got it.

What's the matter?

Nothing.

Oh, Jeff, Jeff, don't be so squeamish.

Come have a look at it.

It's a perfect specimen.

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Oh, Mrs. Johnson, I'd like you to hang the painting

that Miss Winters bought and hang it over the desk

in the drawing room.

Oh, I'm afraid I can't do that, Mrs. Stoddard.

Why not?

Because that painting is gone.

Well, then ask Mr. Collins where it is.

- Well, but that's impossible, too. - Why?

I was just up cleaning his room and he's gone, too.

Well, of course he's gone,

he's probably gone to the shipyard.

No, I mean his room hasn't been slept in.

- Are you sure? - Positive.

That's why I was worried,

it's not like him to disappear without saying a word.

Now, there's no need to get upset Mrs. Johnson,

I'm - I'm sure there's a very simple reason

why Mr. Collins didn't sleep in his room,

he probably dosed off in his study.

No, I looked in every room, he is not in this house.

Mrs. Stoddard, shall we call the police?

No, we'll wait.

If he doesn't come in this evening, then we'll call.

As you wish.

Do you know where Miss Winters is?

Oh, yes, she went to visit Mr. Barnabas in the hospital.

Oh, when she comes back, will you tell her

I'd like to speak with her please.

Of course.

Oh, Mrs. Stoddard,

I have a favor to ask of you.

Yes.

Uh, my son is coming to visit me.

I didn't know you had a son, Mrs. Johnson.

Yes. Well, he's quite grown up now.

He's been out of the country for a long time

and I wondered if it would be all right

if he stayed here while he visited me.

I promise he'll be of no trouble to anyone.

Well, of course, you can put him in the room next to yours.

Oh, thank you.

- Oh, Mr. Barnabas! - Mrs. Johnson.

Barnabas!

Good afternoon, Elizabeth.

Well, I didn't know you were out of the hospital.

I received a clean bill of health this morning.

Oh, I can't get over, how quickly you recovered.

Well, the doctor said that my recovery was miraculous.

How is everyone at Collinwood?

All right as far as I know.

As far as you know?

Come into the drawing room. I want to talk to you.

That day we visited you at the hospital,

did you notice anything unusual in Roger's behavior?

Yes, he did seem exceptionally remote.

I'm worried about him, Barnabas.

He hasn't been himself in days.

Do you think something is troubling him?

Yes, and I think it might be something serious.

Why do you say that?

Well, he hasn't been seen since

early yesterday evening by anyone

and he didn't sleep in his room last night.

Are you saying that he has disappeared?

I don't know what's happened to him.

Elizabeth, I don't think anything has happened.

If he's troubled, I'm confident that he will work it out.

Roger always has impressed me

as being a man who is very stable.

No, Barnabas, I'm sorry to say

that the one thing I question about Roger

at this moment is his stability.

Elizabeth, what are you talking about?

He has been acting strangely ever since Vicky

brought that painting into the house.

- Painting? - Yes.

He was immediately fascinated by it,

but then it became something more than just fascination.

It's as if he were possessed by it.

And again, spending all his time

standing in front of the picture staring at it.

And then the other day, a frightening thing happened.

I came into this room and he didn't know me.

His whole personality had changed.

He insisted that he was master of the house

and he kept shouting at me.

And at one point,

he even accused me of drinking too much.

He is convinced that I was Naomi Collins and he was--

Joshua Collins.

Yes, how did you know?

Why, he would have to be,

after all Naomi and Joshua Collins

were married and lived in this house.

Barnabas, what do you think is happening to Roger?

I don't know Elizabeth, but under the circumstances

I strongly suggest that you have that portrait removed

from this house at once.

It has already been removed. It's missing.

Missing?

You don't know where it is or who took it?

I know about the painting.

I was here in this room last night

when Roger took it from the easel

and left the house with it.

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I came downstairs late last night

and Roger was standing there in front of the easel

staring at the painting.

Mrs. Stoddard, he wasn't himself.

He - he didn't know what he was doing.

He said that he was Joshua Collins.

When he started to leave the house with the painting,

I tried to stop him and talk him back into his senses,

but it didn't do any good.

I'll have the grounds searched.

If no one finds him I'll call the police.

Vicky, do you have any idea what is happening to Roger?

None.

I only know that it frightens me.

Why should he begin thinking that he is Joshua Collins?

I don't know unless--

- No, no that's too impossible. - What?

Joshua Collins was one of the few people

who escaped the terror that Angelique

inflicted on the family.

I was just thinking that perhaps she is trying to finish

what she started.

Well, it sounds too incredible to me.

After what I've been through, nothing seems too incredible.

Well, Vicky, you have been through a terrible ordeal

and I think that you shouldn't let your imagination

runaway with you.

I've thought of that.

You must understand, it's not my imagination,

but my memory that I'm afraid of.

If Angelique uses her powers on this family,

no one will be spared.

It frightens me to think of what happened

and what could happen because of it.

Barnabas, what is it?

Oh, nothing at all, I was just thinking.

Are you all right?

Yes, I think so.

- Well, if you only think so, perhaps if you sit down-- - No, it's all right.

I'm just feeling a little weak, that is all.

I thought when I saw you in the hospital this morning

that they were letting you out too soon.

Well, maybe you're right.

Perhaps I should go to see Dr. Lang

and have him look at me.

You shouldn't go and see anyone.

Now, you let me call Dr. Lang and have him come here.

Oh, no, no, no, please, it's all right.

I'll get there without any trouble.

Please excuse me.

Barnabas, be careful!

I will.

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Where is Barnabas?

Oh, he wasn't very - he wasn't feeling very well,

he went to see Dr. Lang.

Well, he was fine when he came in.

It happened quite suddenly.

Oh, I hope our talk didn't upset him.

I'll get that.

Argh!

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Argh!

Vicky, what's the matter?

That man. It's impossible.

What are you talking about? What's impossible?

I don't understand she just opened the door.

Who are you and what do you want?

My name is Harry Johnson.

Johnson?

Yes. I - I've come to visit my mother.

Oh, I'm sorry.

Vicky, this is Mrs. Johnson's son,

she told me she was expecting him to visit.

- Do you know him from somewhere? - No.

I'm sorry if I startled you. I didn't mean to.

- It's all right. - Why did you scream?

Mrs. Stoddard, do you remember I told you

- when I was in the past that I shot someone? - Yes.

Well, this man, he looks exactly like him.

- And when I opened the door and saw him I was terrified. - I heard someone scream.

Harry, when did you get here?

He just arrived.

It was just a case of mistaken identity.

Mistaken identity?

- Yes, this lady thought I was someone else-- - Be quiet, Harry.

Mrs. Stoddard, what happened?

Now, don't get upset, Mrs. Johnson.

I'm sure your son will be glad to explain it to you

while I take Vicky upstairs.

Come on Vicky.

Come in here.

Now, what did you do?

I didn't do anything.

Then what did you say to her?

Nothing.

Don't you tell me nothing.

A young lady like Miss Winters

doesn't scream for just nothing.

I don't know what's wrong with her.

If there's anything wrong with anyone, it's with you.

Thanks.

Now, tell me what happened.

The lady just told you,

she thought I was someone else.

All right. I'll just wait until Mrs. Stoddard gets down

and see if that's what really happened.

Oh, great!

Just like the old times, right, Ma?

You don't believe anything I say,

but believe everybody else.

With your talent for getting into trouble,

I usually had no other choice.

Can't you break down a little just once

and give me a chance?

I told you, I've changed.

And I told you,

you're on trial here until you prove that to me.

All right then, I'll prove it.

Stop worrying about it.

You didn't get off to a very good start.

Will you stop talking about what just happened?

It wouldn't have happened if you used your head.

What am I suppose to be psychic?

How am I supposed to know some girl would come to the door

and take one look at me and scream her head off.

Well, you shouldn't have come to that entrance,

you should have come around to the back entrance.

All right, I'm sorry, it won't happen again.

I hope it doesn't.

I hope you've changed for your good.

Because if you should happen to do anything again,

if it should just happened that you get--

What was that that you call that?

- Itchy fingers. - Yes.

If you should make a mistake like that again,

I couldn't help you this time.

They'd send you back to prison

and this time they'd throw away the key.

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Is Miss Vicky all right?

Oh, yes, she was just frightened,

- it was nothing serious, she'll be fine. - Good.

Did you get your son settled?

Oh, yes.

Ah, Mrs. Stoddard, I wanted to show you this, look.

It's something that a doctor uses.

I know it is. Where did you get it?

Well, I found it in your brother's room.

Well, what on earth would he be doing with a thing like this?

I don't know.

I've never seen it there before, so I thought I'd show it to you.

It has a name on the back, Dr. Eric Lang.

Why that's the doctor who treated Mr. Barnabas.

I had the feeling of being completely helpless, Doctor.

But if I didn't get out of that house soon,

I - I would have harmed Vicky.

Well, that would have been a very grave mistake.

Don't you think I realized that?

Why do you suppose I came here as soon as I could?

Well, I'm glad you did.

I'll arrange an immediate transfusion.

How often are these transfusions

going to be necessary, Doctor?

For the time being, at least once a week.

- For the time being? - Yes.

I hope you are going to get favorable consideration

to that offer that I made earlier today.

You mean your willingness to help me and Victoria?

Yes, in return for your cooperation with me.

I will need more time to think about that.

And I'll also want to know a great deal more about you

and what you have in mind.

What I have in mind for you quite simply

is the opportunity to free yourself of this curse

that has plagued you for so many years.

But you haven't told me how you proposed to do that.

Suppose I would tell you that if you chose,

you could have the physical appearance of Jeff Clark.

Do you think that is possible?

No.

Well, I know it is. It is possible.

How do you know that?

How I know is irrelevant.

Does the idea appeal to you?

I don't know.

Well, don't you think it would help you win Vicky back?

Dr. Lang, I am very grateful for everything you have done.

And I find you a most interesting man,

but strangely mysterious.

You keep hinting about some plan,

something revolutionary in nature,

but you never come around to being specific about it.

I'm not at liberty to be specific yet.

Then I'm sorry, Doctor,

but I cannot in effect consign my future to you

unless you're willing to be free -

to be very open with me.

Barnabas, I will reveal my plan to you soon,

very soon.

And you will begin a new life.

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