HOST: Evening brings no peace to the estate
of Collinwood, for there is a new master in the great house,
Gerard Stiles, possessed by the spirit of the warlock
Juda Zachary, and Quentin Collins
is on trial for his life, charged with witchcraft.
Quentin has won the first round, for Samantha
testified against him, accusing him of bringing the ghost
of Joanna Mills to Collinwood through a seance
but this attempt to communicate with the dead
was dismissed as irrelevant.
Now Daphne, home from the courtroom, has a dream
in which she sees herself in a strange room
wearing a wedding dress, calling for her husband, Gerard
and when she wakes, she is mysteriously drawn
to a deserted wing of the house.
[tense orchestral music]
Where have I seen this before?
Why can't I remember?
What's happening to me, why did I come here?
Daphne, are you exploring, too?
I love this house so, it's so full of surprises.
Yes, isn't it?
This room, it looks as if it's waiting for someone.
Someone to come in it and just start living.
Yes.
Oh what a beautiful dress, is it yours?
No, it's not.
It's a wedding dress.
I know.
And it's new, who's could it be?
I don't know.
Just the kind of wedding dress I want to be married in.
Put it down, Carrie, now!
You're angry.
No, I'm not.
Yes you are, I'm sorry.
Don't apologize.
Who's could it be?
It's a real mystery, I adore mysteries.
Now Carrie, don't start romanticizing, the dress
is probably not new, it's probably been here for years.
But it's in style.
Talking about it's not going to explain it.
Let's go back to the other wing.
There's a secret in this room, I can feel it.
It isn't just an unused room.
Something important's going to happen here.
Carrie, I used to be just like you.
Were you?
Making stories out of anything
that was even the slightest bit unusual.
Why did you stop?
I don't know, I grew older, that's all and I learned
that nothing really is as we imagine it, that other people
have plans for us, plans we don't even know about
but plans that affect us.
Now come on, we've been here long enough.
[tense orchestral music]
Every day that Quentin Collins' trial continues
fear mounts in the village.
Everyone knows that he will soon grow desperate
and they're afraid of the consequences.
His powers as a warlock are great
and he will soon be forced to use them.
I tell you Gerard, the trial must be brought
to a faster conclusion.
Well, there's nothing I can do about that.
You could speak to your friend, Dawson.
Have him put me on the witness stand.
I'm afraid I have very little influence over Dawson.
Oh, nonsense, I wouldn't be surprised if you
using your influence as master of Collinwood
weren't instrumental in getting him appointed prosecutor.
I'm sorry to disappoint you, Trask,
but I had nothing to do with that.
Well however he was appointed, it was a good choice.
But he must be more driving.
We must guard his left flank while he charges onward.
This is a battle, Armageddon itself.
Surely you agree to that.
You made it into an Armageddon.
Yes.
There is one who should be on the witness stand, Withwit,
awaiting the judgement of the tribunal,
awaiting the flash of the executioner's a*.
Barnabus.
Barnabus Collins.
Yes, will you come out into the open about him?
Will you join me in seeing that he gets
the punishment he deserves?
Seeing that Barnabus Collins is beheaded, too?
There is only one reason by Barnabus Collins
isn't in the prisoner's dock, we have no case against him.
But he and Quentin are cohorts in this, I know it.
Barnabus Collins knows more
about Roxanne's death than he's admitted.
He held some strange power over her.
That could be your imagination, Trask.
You were in love with her.
Yes, when I think of my beloved as she was
and as they made her, a vampire.
GERARD: But we have no proof of that.
I can prove it, she att*cked me,
I've told you that before and if that's not sufficient,
there's Julia Collins.
She could be called and forced to testify
about the att*cks upon her.
You would do that, you would expose Roxanne?
You would let everyone know?
Yes, I would sacrifice her good name so the evil
could be recognized and dealt with.
There's only one point that you've overlooked, Trask.
In order to be a vampire, one has to be bitten by one
and as we both know, Quentin is not a vampire.
Could Barnabus be?
He certainly has been acting strange lately.
We must find out.
Yes, but carefully.
It is extremely dangerous
if there is a vampire in our midst.
Yes, we must proceed with caution.
I shall curb my impatience to see this to it's end.
What is our first step?
First step is Flora, she was inspired by Roxanne
to write a book about vampirism.
She had delved long and hard into the old records.
Yes, tomorrow we shall go visit Flora.
But there must not be one word about Barnabus.
No one must suspect it.
Very well, I'll meet you at Flora's at three,
if that is satisfactory.
You've helped me more than you know, Gerard.
For the first time, I feel that I shall live
to see peace about my Roxanne.
Oh, excuse me.
Don't go.
I find it very difficult to stay
in the same room with you.
Now what have I done?
Your friend, Dawson, you could have hurt him
in that cauldron today, he really hates Quentin.
Dawson is merely the county prosecutor.
He takes his job seriously and he wants to win the case.
Oh, it was my mistake to bring him here.
Are you admitting it was a mistake?
Of course I am, I asked him not to accept the case.
I pleaded with him, if you would believe that.
But he refused and now Charles Dawson is no longer my friend
and I will tell Quentin that when I see him tomorrow.
Oh well, then I'm very sorry about what I said just then.
Why are you so determined to be alone at supper, why?
Why didn't you tell me that you and Samantha
had seen the ghost of Joanna Mills?
Yes, I heard about it,
I heard about Samantha's testimony in court.
Because I didn't see her, only Samantha did.
She must have been frightened, why didn't you come to me?
Oh Daphne, how long is it going to be before you trust me?
DAPHNE: I can't answer that.
How long before I can show myself to you
for Quentin's sake?
It would ease his mind to know that you were in good hands.
That I love you very much, you know that now, don't you?
Don't you, my dear?
My poor, poor Daphne, so confused you are.
But someday you will find out how much you like me,
how much you love me.
If Quentin knew you'd said that.
But you won't tell him.
Because I don't want to upset him more than he already is.
Oh, come now Daphne, that's not the reason,
that's not the real reason at all.
It's only because you believe every word that I say.
That we will love each other some day very strongly.
Yes, we will and all the fear that you feel against me
will slowly dissipate.
Now I know, I can tell.
Jeremy Grimes, how fortunate I am to have found you.
I've needed an accountant for years
and this is the very first time I've ever understood
how much I've realized in royalties
from Love's First Summer.
Oh but your father's not going to like you
working for me, even part time.
Then he must never know.
It's hard to believe that Mordechai Grimes is your father.
You're nothing like him, I'm glad to say.
Oh I'm sorry but I always speak frankly.
You don't believe in this witchcraft trial, do you?
I can give you a list of things I don't believe in,
witchcraft is first.
You need say no more, you're always welcome here.
Thank you, Mrs. Collins, I'm very grateful to you.
Do you think that Carrie Stokes is old enough to be courted?
Well certainly, I was married
when I was only two years older.
But you should ask her sponsor first.
Well who is her sponsor, Mrs. Collins?
Well, Quentin of course.
Well I can hardly ask him, he'd throw me from the jail.
Mordechai's son.
Well, try Gerard Stiles.
The new master of Collinwood?
You've never met him?
Oh you might get along very well.
Well tell me, don't you have an errand
you'd like me to do for you now?
MRS. COLLINS: No.
Well surely you have something to go to Collinwood,
something terribly important?
Oh as a matter of fact, I have, of course.
Those books.
How could I have forgotten them?
Go and good luck with Carrie.
Thank you, Mrs. Collins.
You know if I weren't so determined to court Carrie,
I'd come courting you.
[clock chiming]
I'm fascinated about your new book
on vampirism, dear Flora.
You've learned so much about it since last we talked.
Fascinating is hardly the word for such an evil being.
Flora, have you found anything in your research that
might give us evidence to discover the
Actually I have, at least I think so.
There was a vampire in Collinsport in .
What?
They didn't realize it but I am convinced of it.
I've gotten the papers of that year and those att*cks,
exactly like those suffered by you and poor Julia,
began in the year, the winter of
and continued for six months.
That was during the time that my father,
the Reverend Trask was here,
investigating witchcraft at Collinwood.
I do not intend to discuss witchcraft with you, Lamar.
In fact, I'm surprised that you even dared
come to this house knowing how I feel about Quentin.
But we are united at least, Flora, in the common cause
to find out hwo the vampire is.
And that's all we are united in,
I want that clearly understood.
Dear Flora, who lived here in Collinwood in ?
Well, now let's see.
Daniel was a child, there was Ben Stokes of course
and Barnabus' father lived at the old house
until he went to England that same year, I believe.
Oh Lamar, the year your father disappeared, he told
the newspaper that the following day he was going
to have an important announcement to make
Yes, that was the reason
that he was never heard from again.
He was k*lled before he could say what he found.
Isn't it a shame.
If Daniel were alive, I'm sure he could help us.
Or Ben Stokes.
He was Barnabus Collins' servant, was he not?
Yes, the was.
Then it is a shame.
He could have helped us a great deal.
[gasps]
Jeremy, what are you doing here?
I've come to tell you that I've m*rder*d my father.
Please help me before the constables come.
Oh you're crazy!
But Mordechai Grimes will k*ll you if he finds out.
Yes, but has so much to find out.
That I'm here, that I'm working for Mrs. Flora Collins.
You're working for Flora, doing what?
I'm doing her accounts in my spare time
so I'll have enough money to leave.
Leave, where would you go?
TRASK: The original Barnabus Collins
left for England in .
It's Lamar Trask, he'll tell your father.
Please hide.
TRASK: However, I've not been able to find
any evidence that the English branch
of the Collins family ever existed.
Carrie, there you are.
Good evening, my dear.
Mr. Trask and I were just talking about your grandfather.
He had some belongings that we don't know where they are.
After his death we couldn't find them.
Well, everything is in his room, why?
GERARD: Well Mr. Trask has a book.
Carrie, is there something wrong?
No, not at all.
Are you sure?
Yes, it just upsets me to talk about my grandfather.
I'm sure whatever book you want will be in his room.
Well, thank you.
Thank you, my dear.
I better leave.
Please be careful, they're just going upstairs.
You said when you had the money, you would leave.
Where would you go?
Meet me, tonight at the brook where the fence crosses it
after supper and I'll tell you.
I can't.
If you wanted to, you would.
And you'd better find out where I'm going
when I get the money because I might take you with me.
Oh Jeremy!
I'll be there waiting, meet me, please.
I think I will.
[clock chiming]
It's hard to believe that Ben Stokes would write a diary.
It's not a diary, really, it's more of a journal
written after the fact.
It's incredible isn't it, that Ben Stokes
could neither read nor write?
It's also very incredible how much Barnabus' father
looks a lot like him.
They could be the same man.
Indeed perhaps they are the same man.
If Barnabus Collins was a vampire, he would live forever
and never change.
Yes, that but journal there doesn't indicate
one iota that he was a vampire.
Yes, but it was written by Ben Stokes
who was his devoted servant, he would never say anything
against him, but listen to this.
It was during the witchcraft trial, the day I testified
that Victoria Winters was not a witch, the day the witch
herself appeared in court, that the Reverend Trask
made his last trip to the old house.
He made the mistake of finding the secret in the basement.
The basement of the old house, that's where I was the day
that Randall destroyed Roxanne.
Barnabus Collins had locked me in there
because he said I was under her power.
As I waited for someone to release me I heard sounds
coming from behind a brick wall.
Sounds of rattling chains.
What did you find?
Nothing, nothing at all, it was just a brick wall.
But now I'm convinced that
it was my father's spirit behind the wall.
The sounds I heard was his spirit trying to reach me.
So, the next step is that we must go to the basement.
TRASK: It was here, I swear it, where I heard the chains.
GERARD: You should have stayed upstairs
in case someone comes back.
At last!
At last I've found my father's burial place.
The horror of it, he shouldn't have d*ed like this.
Only if we can be sure that it is him.
A note.
So it's true, Barnabus Collins k*lled my father.
I only pray that it is God's will
that this note tells me why.
1167 - December 15, 1970
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The show depicted the lives, loves, trials, and tribulations of the wealthy Collins family of Collinsport, Maine, where a number of supernatural occurrences take place.
The show depicted the lives, loves, trials, and tribulations of the wealthy Collins family of Collinsport, Maine, where a number of supernatural occurrences take place.