768 - June 3, 1969

[bunniefuu]

JUDITH:On this night in ,

a young boy has had a dream

in which of the ghost of Quentin Collins

describe the three events that signal his death.

A silver b*llet was discovered outside Collinwood.

The one person who could've saved him

was m*rder*d.

And the one person he loved turned against him.

David told the dream to Barnabas,

who later watched Edward Collins

display a silver b*llet

found on the path outside Collinwood.

And now he wonders how much time is left

for Quentin Collins.

A penny for your thoughts, Barnabas.

I was thinking about Jamison's dream.

The discovery of a silver b*llet outside the door

doesn't disturb you in the least?

Well, I'm afraid I don't have any explanation for that.

But I'm afraid I do.

Someone knows what's happened,

and joined the hunt.

Someone's planning to k*ll me.

I think you know who it is.

[ eerie theme music ]

I find your silence very disturbing.

I wouldn't jump to conclusions if I were you.

I have the proof right here in my hand.

A silver b*llet for a werewolf.

Now, who knows enough to have one made?

Only a few names come to mind.

Yours is one of them, Barnabas.

Quentin.

Isn't it interesting that this silver b*llet

was found so soon after you...

concerned yourself with my situation?

I only told you I'm trying to help you.

If that's true,

then where did this come from?

Who had it made?

I don't know.

The b*llet exists but fortunately it wasn't used.

So let's put it out of our minds for the moment.

Barnabas, you can convince other people

to trust you and follow your orders.

But not me.

Now there are answers I must know.

I can't take my mind off this b*llet.

I've got to find the person who's planning to k*ll me,

and k*ll him first.

[ old-timey music ]

[ door slam ]

Beth.

Quentin.

You look strange. What's the matter?

Where have you been?

Out.

Well, that's apparent. Where?

I had something to do in town.

What?

I took some things to someone who was ill.

Oh, to who?

Do you remember a red- headed girl named Alice Austin,

who used to work here?

She's in Portland, and her mother's all alone.

Oh.

You're a doer of good deeds, aren't you?

BETH: Stop making fun of me.

I've never been more serious in my life.

You meet me at the cottage in one hour.

It may be difficult for me to do that.

Why?

Miss Judith likes me to stay in at night.

Oh, but going to Alice Austin's old mother's

is just fine, huh?

Why can't we talk here?

QUENTIN: Because what I have to say is too important

to talk about here.

What's the matter, Beth?

Are you afraid to be alone with me?

Don't be ridiculous, Quentin.

I'll meet you at the cottage in an hour.

[ Quentin grunts ]

[ suspenseful music ]

Stop staring at me as if I were some kind of exhibit!

[ door slams ]

JUDITH: Barnabas.

Have you any idea what's the matter with Quentin?

No, I don't.

His behavior is terrible.

He's drinking far too much.

He yelled at Charity and me.

And he was upset about that peculiar silver b*llet

that Edward found outside the house.

Now why would a little thing like that bother him?

I'm sure I don't know.

I know Quentin too well. He's in some kind of trouble.

And I must find out what it is before

it involves the whole family.

Would it help if I had a talk with him?

Talking to Quentin doesn't do any good.

I'll handle him.

I would like you to look in on Jamison.

He woke up just a few minutes ago.

He admires you so, as I do.

I'm so happy you decided to stay here with us.

Well thank you, Judith.

You don't know how happy that makes me feel.

Dirk!

Where have you been for the past three days?

Dirk, I asked you a question.

You're employed by this family,

and you have a responsibility towards us.

Do you understand that?

Oh, I, I know what I have to do.

And I'm, I'm doing it right now.

I'm doing just what she says.

Who is she?

DIRK: Laura.

Laura?

Yes.

She told me to give this letter to you.

Now you have to read it very carefully,

very, very carefully, because it's about

Barnabas Collins.

Laura gave you this letter for me?

That's right.

When did she give it to you?

Just open it.

I don't understand.

It, you don't have to understand.

Just, just open it.

See?

Laura gave you this for me?

DIRK: That's right.

I see.

Yes, she said that, that it was very important

that you read it.

That you'd know what to do after you read it.

You see, Barnabas tried to k*ll Laura,

but she was clever and she managed to escape,

but you don't have to worry, Miss Collins.

Oh, she's coming back.

Dirk, Laura is gone.

She will not be back.

No.

No, you're talking as if

you're against her, Miss Collins.

Now you've already read the letter.

You're, you want her here, don't ya?

JUDITH: Laura is dead.

No. Who told you that?

Barnabas Collins? Or Quentin Collins?

No one had to tell me.

Look, I can prove that it's not true.

Jamison.

What has Jamison got to do about it?

Jamison, he knows.

He knows that Laura isn't dead, and so does Nora.

They both know.

Now I can go and talk to them.

I forbid you to talk to the children, either one of them.

This is my house and you'll do as I say.

I don't do what you say. I only do what Laura says.

Then you'll get out of here.

You'll get off this property.

You're dismissed, is that clear?

You know, Mrs. Collins,

you always hated Laura, didn't you?

Huh?

You know I used to look at your eyes,

and I used to watch the way you watched her.

And when you did, I noticed there was a little pulsing,

kind of tight pulsing thing in your neck.

You what I wanted to do, huh?

You know what I wanted to do?

I wanted to choke you to death!

- [ Judith screams ] - [ Dirk laughs ]

- Dirk! - Barnabas!

He's gone mad. Get him out of here, please.

Leave this house, now.

Listen, Barnabas,

there's something I have to do here.

There is nothing you have to do here anymore.

What's the matter?

Oh, there was some trouble with Dirk,

but it's all right now.

He's gone mad, completely mad.

Gave me a letter from Laura.

- Laura? - Yes, he said it was about you.

- About me? - Look at it.

There's not one word on it.

He is mad.

Ah, I suppose it was wrong of me to order him off the property.

But I didn't know what else to do.

Leaving here was the best thing for him, probably.

Do you think so?

Sometimes I don't know what the best thing

or the right thing is anymore.

You look tired.

Can I get anything for you?

No, thank you.

I think I'll go up to my room and rest.

- Good night, Barnabas. - Good night, Judith.

I will need you later.

- Later? - In about an hour.

At the Old House.

[ fire crackles ]

Laura, Laura?

I gave the letter to Judith,

and she read it

and now she knows all about Barnabas.

I did it just, just like you said.

I did it exactly the way you said, Laura.

Why are you still hiding from me?

QUENTIN: She's not hiding, Dirk, she's gone.

And no matter how many fires you stare into, she's gone.

No, you're trying to fool me.

You're trying to fool me just like you tried to fool Laura.

QUENTIN: I'm not fooling you.

You're fooling yourself.

Laura said right from the first that you hated her.

Yeah.

You were one of the reasons that she had to go.

You know, I made a vow.

Hey, you know what that vow was? Huh?

I hated you and I vowed that I was gonna avenge it sometime.

And, I think the time is now.

[ grunting and scuffling ]

Dirk!

Get out of this house right now, or I'll tell Miss Collins!

Did you hear me? I'll tell Miss Collins!

High and mighty.

High and mighty, all of ya.

Even the maid.

[ Dirk laughs ]

Hey, don't you worry.

I'm gonna be back.

He makes my blood turn cold.

I'm glad I came when I did.

You're here early.

BETH: I was anxious to see you.

Oh, were you?

You didn't seem to be before.

You seemed troubled when you were at the house.

I wondered what was wrong.

What do you thinks wrong, Beth?

I don't have time to trade questions with you, Quentin.

QUENTIN: Why are you in a hurry?

Oh, I'm sorry.

That's another question.

Judith is very upset.

Dirk came into the drawing room and started screaming at her.

I have to go see and make sure she's all right.

Well suddenly you're very devoted

to everyone in the family, but me.

Quentin, how can you say that?

You have begrudged any time I've spent with you.

That's not so.

But I do have duties.

Like what?

Like looking after Judith.

And what else?

Don't you have a nice lie made up to tell me, Beth?

Why don't you tell me instead of accusing me?

Oh, I haven't begun my accusations, Beth.

What do you mean by that?

Is Dirk mad or is he just pretending?

Is Beth in love with Quentin, or is she just pretending?

Now wouldn't it be nice if we had some kind of mirror

where we could all watch each other

and see the truth?

What would you look like in it, Beth?

What would Dirk and Judith look like?

And what would our dear cousin Barnabas

look like in such a mirror?

Oh, I would pay a lot to see that.

Quentin, what are you talking about?

And then, of course, in that great mirror of truth,

there comes Quentin Collins.

And what does he look like?

At least, in the light of the moon?

But you know, don't you Beth?

You know exactly what he looks like.

And exactly how to k*ll him.

What's the matter, Beth?

You've gotten deathly pale.

Why?

Because I've hit on the truth? Huh?

You are trying to k*ll me, aren't you?

[ dramatic music ]

How can you accuse me of trying to k*ll you?

This was found outside of Collinwood tonight.

A silver b*llet for a werewolf.

Now how many persons know my secret?

You, Evan Hanley, Barnabas, and the gypsies.

Now, I don't think it was Barnabas, nor the gypsies.

They put the curse on me. [ chuckles ]

So now that leaves Evan Hanley, and you,

who once loved me.

I still love you.

Oh, that's so easy to say.

But is it so easy to do, considering what I am?

Now confess, Beth.

Do you think the monster doesn't deserve to live?

Or perhaps, you feel it's your duty to society to k*ll him?

Or perhaps your duty lies in ending my suffering, huh?

Oh, I can think of a great number of reasons

why you would want to k*ll me.

All very high- minded, and all accomplished

with one small, silver b*llet.

Quentin, you're wrong.

Evan and I would never hurt you.

I don't believe you for a minute, baby.

I wouldn't lie to you.

- [ Beth yelps ] - Liar!

[ chuckle ] Now, that slap gives you another reason

for wanting to k*ll me.

One more reason.

Don't you wanna know why I called you a liar?

I don't care.

All right then, I'll tell you.

Red-headed Alice Austin's mother

died five years ago of pneumonia!

I helped to comfort poor Alice on that sad occasion.

I remember it well.

Then this is Alice's aunt.

I'm confused.

Oh, you're confused about a lot of things.

How can I help it, when you make accusations- -

Wouldn't you wanna k*ll me?

No, Quentin, no.

What are those marks on your neck?

They look like animal marks.

Mrs. Austin has a cat.

I was playing with it.

I didn't realize it was so wild.

It's nothing.

Quentin, please believe me.

I love you.

I'll never hurt you.

And Quentin, if you love me,

promise you won't hurt me.

[ wind blows ]

So Quentin insisted upon you seeing him at his cottage?

Yes, and he accused me of wanting to k*ll him.

Well, that doesn't surprise me.

But it surprised me.

He kept asking me questions about why I went to town.

I got so confused.

I almost told him about the children.

BARNABAS: Well that would've been a very grave mistake.

I, I told him a lie, about seeing a sick old woman,

and playing with a cat and getting bitten.

He saw the marks?

Yes.

Everything that could go wrong, went wrong.

Beth, you must be calm.

I can't.

I seem piling one lie on top of the other,

and soon they're all gonna come crashing down on me.

I, I don't know how much more I can take.

I feel as if there's no one in the world I can turn to.

Except me, Beth.

Except me.

And you have me, to do whatever has to be done.

And now, I'll tell you what has to be done.

Magda and Sandor have gone to Boston

to try to get help for Quentin.

While they're gone, you must guard me.

I will.

It will be difficult, but you must do it.

There are winds blowing in all directions.

We must be watchful.

I will be.

[ door closes ]

[ door opens and closes ]

What's that?

Dirk! What are you doing here?

I'm visiting Barnabas Collins.

He's away.

Oh, he is?

Well what are you doing here, then?

I came to pick something up from Miss Collins.

Oh, no, you didn't.

You're just here like a, like a watch dog.

Ooh, taking good care of him, aren't ya, huh?

Because he's right down in that cellar.

Right there where he is every other day.

You can't go there.

Oh, yeah, why not?

Listen to me.

Why?

Dirk, make one more move to that door,

and I'll k*ll you.

Hey now, you're not serious about that, are ya?

Yes, I am.

Well, well, well, well.

- [ candle stick clatters ] - [ Beth screams ]

Now didn't your mother ever tell you

that you just oughta play with dolls, huh?

No, you're the one who's gonna be hurt

if you go down there.

He's gonna k*ll you if he's not...

If he's not what?

BETH: Please don't go down there.

Come on, if he's not what?

Say it, I've been down there.

Come on, I just don't remember now.

I think that's reason enough to, to go down

and find out, don't you?

[ rooster crows ]

Oh.

Oh, yes.

Yes, I have been in this room before.

But that coffin was empty the last time I was here.

But it isn't gonna be empty this time.

Because Laura told me.

Of course, of course.

Oh, Barnabas,

You're just at the wrong place at the wrong time.

And I'm gonna k*ll you.

You know why I'm gonna k*ll you?

'Cause of you, Laura.

Laura?

I'm gonna k*ll him because I love you.

I love you.

[ coffin creaks open ]

[ Dirk choking ]

[ g*n fires ]

[ Dirk laughs ]

[ g*n firing ]

[ Dirk continues laughing ]

[ eerie theme music ]