1219 - February 25, 1971

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Hello, I'm Lara Parker,

your host for the following

lost episode of Dark Shadows.

At the great house at Collinwood,

the Collins family, for many generations,

has lived under a mysterious curse

that has brought them nothing but tragedy.

And now a romantic conflict has developed.

One which threatens to split the family apart.

Daphne Harridge has announced

she will be married to Bramwell Collins.

But on this night

Daphne has suddenly begun to have some doubts,

and so is trying through a young woman,

who is clairvoyant,

to determine what the future holds.

[ominous music]

An image is beginning to form.

DAPHNE: What kind of an image?

It's not clear enough yet.

It's Bramwell.

He has a very sad look on his face.

DAPHNE: Sad?

He's walking somewhere.

He's in a graveyard.

DAPHNE: A graveyard?

Yes.

He's gone to pay his respects to someone's grave.

DAPHNE: Carrie, who's grave is it?

I don't know.

He's standing in front of it.

I can't see the name on the tombstone.

[dramatic music]

[gasping]

[eerie music]

At night, in the Stokes cottage,

Carrie insists she could not see

whose grave was in her vision.

But an alarmed Daphne eventually persuades her

to admit it was Daphne's grave she saw.

Carrie suggests that Daphne

should marry Bramwell immediately,

and leave Collinsport.

But Daphne pulls herself together,

and insists she will not run away,

because she believes the vision was wrong.

Outside Collinwood a storm has arisen.

Catherine, looking very depressed,

stands by the drawing room windows.

A tired and discouraged Morgan enters the house

and admits he failed to keep Kendrick

from going to the police.

Being convinced that Gabriel k*lled his sister, Stella,

Morgan also reveals that the police

are now searching for Gabriel.

Realizing that Catherine is hardly listening to him

Morgan asks, what is wrong?

Catherine tells him

that Daphne and Bramwell are to be married.

[gasping]

DAPHNE: What is it, Carrie?

CARRIE: Nothing, nothing it was just Bramwell.

DAPHNE: Whose grave was he standing before?

CARRIE: I told you, I couldn't see it.

He was standing in front of it.

DAPHNE: Carrie, you're not telling me the truth.

CARRIE: I am, believe me.

DAPHNE: Then why did you react the way you did?

You must have seen something.

CARRIE: It was just that I was startled

when the vision disappeared.

DAPHNE: Carrie, look at me.

Now, you're not the kind of person who can tell a lie.

I want to know whose name was on that tombstone.

CARRIE: No, you don't want to know.

DAPHNE: Carrie,

it was mine, wasn't it?

CARRIE: Yes,

it was your name I saw,

but I don't know what it means.

DAPHNE: But it must mean something.

CARRIE: Maybe if you marry Bromwell right away

and leave Collinsport, then nothing will happen to you.

DAPHNE: No, no, nothing's going to happen to me.

CARRIE: Daphne, I'm so sorry.

You asked me to help you

and I never dreamed it would be like that.

DAPHNE: It's alright, Carrie.

It's alright, what you saw was wrong.

You mustn't worry about it.

Do you understand?

It's going to be alright.

[dramatic music]

CATHERINE: Morgan, I expected you back long before now.

MORGAN: I've been to the police.

CATHERINE: Police?

MORGAN: Yes.

I did everything I could

to keep Kendrick from going to them,

but he wouldn't listen to me.

He's convinced that Gabriel k*lled his sister

and there's no other way I can convince him.

CATHERINE: So they locked Gabriel away?

MORGAN: No,

the police and Kendrick are out searching the woods now,

but I don't think I'll have much luck in this weather.

Where's Quentin?

CATHERINE: Flora sent him out to look too.

MORGAN: Of all the people Gabriel had to thr*aten,

it had to be Kendrick.

Of course,

supposed to convince him that when his sister was k*lled,

Gabriel was safe

and that Gabriel wouldn't have k*lled anybody.

But the question is now that,

if they find Gabriel,

he'll be charged with m*rder.

And Kendrick's testimony is enough to convince them.

Do you realize that, Catherine?

CATHERINE: Yes.

MORGAN: If only he would gone into that room.

He'd be better off dead now.

We'd all be better off.

Catherine,

have you been listening to me?

CATHERINE: No, not really.

MORGAN: Well, what's wrong, Catherine?

CATHERINE: Something happened while you were away.

Something very disturbing.

MORGAN: Well, what is it?

CATHERINE: Daphne came here.

She told me that she and Bramwell are

going to be married.

[dramatic music]

Morgan is thunderstruck by Catherine's announcement.

Catherine says she knows Bramwell is marrying Daphne

out of spite,

and admits that Daphne would not listen to her protests.

Catherine insists there must be some way

the marriage can be stopped.

She's shocked when Morgan replies that Daphne is of age

and can do what she pleases.

Catherine is further upset at Morgan's lack of interest

in her problems.

His concern is for the Collins family curse,

and the lottery,

and who James Forsythe is.

Morgan and Catherine argue and he enrages her

by bringing up her own past relationship with Bramwell.

Catherine is hurt,

saying she might expect Bramwell to be jealous,

but not Morgan.

She storms out of the room and Morgan angrily

throws his glass into the fireplace.

In the old house Daphne sits alone staring into the fire.

Bramwell enters and asks her if she needs more time

to make her decision.

He realizes something is wrong

and asks what it is.

Daphne tells him to sit down.

Back at Collinwood, Morgan remains

in the drawing room still upset.

Carrie arrives looking for Quentin.

After Morgan tells her that Quentin is not at home,

Carrie reports that while she was rummaging through

the cellar of the cottage,

an old letter fell from the pages of a dusty book.

Morgan is astounded

when Carrie shows him the letter

which is addressed to James Forsythe.

MORGAN: Daphne must have taken

loose of her senses.

CARRIE: She's been taken in,

that's what's happened.

Morgan, don't you understand that Bramwell

is just marrying her out of spite for all of us.

MORGAN: Well, have you spoken to Daphne?

Well, couldn't you make her see the folly

of what she's doing?

CARRIE: I tried, Morgan, I tried.

All I succeeded in doing is making her angry.

Bramwell's got her so deluded

that she won't listen to anyone.

MORGAN: Well, have they set a date?

CARRIE: No,

they didn't say anything about a date,

but I have the feeling they're going to do it very soon.

Oh, Morgan, there must be something we can do to stop them

for Daphne's sake, if for no other reason.

MORGAN: But darling, there's nothing you can do.

Your sister's a grown woman.

She may do anything she wants within the law.

CARRIE: Well, you're certainly taking

MORGAN: Well, I'm looking at it the only way I can

possibly look at it, realistically.

Quite frankly, I really don't have time to worry

about Daphne and Bramwell.

CARRIE: I think this is a very serious problem.

MORGAN: We must find Gabriel

before he becomes violent again.

We must still deal with the curse.

If we can find some way of solving it,

we might not have to go through that lottery again.

We might one clue that we didn't have before.

We think that a man by the name of James Forsythe

had something to do with starting the curse back in .

CARRIE: Your attitude is infuriating.

MORGAN: What?

CATHERINE: My sister is about to make a tragic mistake

and all you can think about is that lottery.

MORGAN: My only obligation at this moment

is to my family, not your sister.

CARRIE: Does it disturbs you

that she's about to ruin her life?

MORGAN: Well, of course, it disturbs me,

but I have no control over that and neither do you.

CARRIE: Morgan, this marriage must be stopped.

MORGAN: I am getting tired of hearing you say that.

In fact, your reaction to this is beginning to disturb me.

CARRIE: Morgan, what are you talking about?

MORGAN: The way you're taking all this

it leads me to wonder,

what really is disturbing you?

CARRIE: Why don't you say what you mean.

MORGAN: Very well,

is it Daphne's future you're so concerned about or

are you having second thoughts about

what might have been with Bramwell?

CARRIE: Are you implying that I am jealous?

MORGAN: I am not implying anything,

but the fact remains that every time there is a crisis

involving Bramwell,

you seem to have the most extraordinary

emotional feelings.

CARRIE: Well, I am sorry that you feel that way.

And I'm also sorry that you can't share my compassion

for my sister.

I might have expected a reaction like that from Bramwell,

but I didn't expect it from you.

[emotional music]

[door closes]

BRAMWELL: When did you come in?

DAPHNE: Just a few minutes ago.

BRAMWELL: Well, have you had time

to think about your answer?

DAPHNE: Bramwell, it's all I've been doing,

just walking, thinking.

BRAMWELL: Something tells me you need more time.

Let me take you home

and tomorrow morning you can tell me what you decide.

DAPHNE: No.

No, I can tell you now.

And besides that, I don't want to go home right now.

BRAMWELL: Is there something wrong?

DAPHNE: Yes.

Yes, something is, Bramwell.

Something strange happened this afternoon.

Something

was really rather frightening.

Bramwell: Well, please tell me about it.

DAPHNE: Come inside and sit down.

[knocking at door]

[thundering]

MORGAN: Good evening, Carrie.

Carrie: Good evening.

Is Quentin about?

MORGAN: No, I'm sorry, he went to the village.

Isn't it a little late for you to be up?

CARRIE: Well, yes, I didn't want to come out

with the storm,

but I just had to see Quentin.

MORGAN: Well, I'll tell you what,

let's go in by the fire and warm up.

Is that better?

Now, what's so important

that couldn't wait 'til tomorrow morning?

CARRIE: Well,

I was down in the cellar of the cottage,

looking through some old trunks.

My father had meant to always do it,

but he never did, and...

MORGAN: Well, yes, Carrie, go on.

CARRIE: Well, I found an old, dusty book

and this fell from one of the pages.

MORGAN: What is this?

CARRIE: It's a letter,

addressed to a man named James Forsythe.

Morgan reads the letter aloud.

Carrie has discovered a love letter

written to James Forsythe and signed with the letter A.

Morgan asks Carrie to use her gift of insight

to tell them about James Forsythe,

and the woman who wrote the letter.

As Morgan reaches for the letter,

the room becomes disturbed.

The curtains billow, the chandelier swings,

and the candles go out.

They watch in terror as the letter

suddenly bursts into flames.

When the lights come back on,

Carrie exclaims that a cruel and evil spirit is in the room.

She dashes out, leaving Morgan terribly disturbed.

Meanwhile, at the old house,

Daphne has told Bramwell of Carrie's earlier vision,

admitting it upset her.

Looking intently at Bramwell,

Daphne assures him that she has not changed her

mind about their marriage.

She insists that no matter what happens in the future

she knows Bramwell will never hurt her.

They embrace passionately.

The next day in the Collinwood drawing room,

Morgan hears a knock at the door.

Bramwell and Daphne enter the house,

go into the drawing room, and ask for Flora.

Morgan tells them she is upstairs.

Out in the foyer,

Catherine walks down the stairs.

In the drawing room,

Bramwell announces

that he and Daphne are now man and wife.

A sound is heard from the foyer.

Morgan and Bramwell rush to investigate

and discover that Catherine

has collapsed on the floor.

CARRIE: Quentin seemed so interested in finding

something out about James Forsythe.

I thought I should bring that to him.

MORGAN: Yes, thank you, Carrie.

I'll make sure that he sees it.

I am so desperate to see you again.

I shall try to get to the cottage this evening,

but I anticipate difficulty,

for I fear he may finally have become suspicious.

If it becomes impossible,

know that I shall be with you in spirit

and that I love you with all my heart.

Signed A.

And you say that you found this

in the cellar of the old cottage.

James Forsythe used to live in the cottage.

He may have used it for a meeting place.

CARRIE: Well, I had told Quentin

when he came to see me that

James Forsythe had once lived on the estate.

MORGAN: Carrie, is there anything else you can tell me

about that note?

CARRIE: Well, I don't think I could tell you anymore

than I told Quentin.

MORGAN: If you concentrate very hard,

could you tell me what the A means?

CARRIE: In my first vision,

there was woman, but her back was always towards me.

Perhaps that would happen again.

MORGAN: Could you try?

CARRIE: Perhaps if I had the letter.

MORGAN: I'll get it for you.

[gasping]

[wind howling]

CARRIE: What's happening, Morgan?

MORGAN: I don't know.

CARRIE: What's happened to the lights?

MORGAN: Don't be frightened, Carrie.

I'll get a candle.

CARRIE: Morgan, the letter.

[gasping]

MORGAN: What happened, Carrie?

CARRIE: Someone touched me.

I felt someone.

I felt a cold hand brush up my cheek.

MORGAN: Carrie, there's no one here but us.

CARRIE: Yes, there is.

We're not alone here, Morgan.

There's a spirit,

a cruel and evil spirit.

[wind howling]

[dramatic music]

BRAMWELL: Daphne, surely you don't believe

all that nonsense that Carrie's told you.

She's a young, foolish girl who's trying to give

the impression that she has psychic powers,

but they're pretense and you know it.

Daphne: I tried not to let it upset me, but,

Bramwell, it's hard to just disregard something like that.

BRAMWELL: Daphne, you're young, healthy, and vital,

and if I have anything to do with it,

you're going to live a long and happy life.

DAPHNE: I know you mean that.

BRAMWELL: But you still have reservations?

Daphne, have you changed your mind about us?

DAPHNE: Of course not.

I'm still upset by Carrie's vision but,

Bramwell, I know it has nothing to do with you.

And I know that no matter what the future holds

you will never do anything to hurt me.

[knocking at door]

[door opening]

MORGAN: What do you want?

BRAMWELL: To see Flora, may we come in?

[intense music]

She is in, isn't she?

MORGAN: Yes, may I ask what you want with her?

BRAMWELL: Yes, since she is the

mistress of the family,

Daphne and I felt that she must know.

MORGAN: Know what?

BRAMWELL: That Daphne and I are now man and wife.

An hour after Catherine's collapse,

Morgan waits impatiently

in the Collinwood foyer with Bramwell and Daphne.

While behind closed doors in the drawing room,

a doctor confers with Catherine.

At Morgan's insistence, Bramwell and Daphne

go to wait in the study.

In the drawing room,

Catherine urges the doctor

to reveal only what she wishes.

Reluctantly, the doctor agrees.

He opens the doors and tells Morgan

there is nothing physically wrong with Catherine.

After the doctor leaves,

Catherine tells Morgan she had a dizzy spell

brought on her by her concern for Daphne

and thoughts of the lottery.

Morgan appears to believe Catherine.

She goes to the study

so that she may make the proper gesture

of congratulating Daphne and Bramwell.

Later that afternoon,

Catherine has walked through the woods to the old house.

At the door, Bramwell informs her that Daphne

has gone to the village.

Catherine replies that she must talk to Bramwell.

Inside the house,

Catherine tells Bramwell

that her fainting spell was not caused by dizziness.

Catherine reveals to a stunned Bramwell

that she is going to have his child.

BRAMWELL: At least the doctor

could have told us something.

MORGAN: He'll come out when he's ready.

DAPHNE: I still can't understand what happened to her.

BRAMWELL: This house

and the tension she's been living under.

DAPHNE: Please, Bramwell.

MORGAN: Listen to your wife, Bramwell.

I am in no mood for your remarks this evening.

In fact, I think it would be advisable to wait in the study.

I'll tell you when the doctor comes out.

BRAMWELL: I'd prefer to wait here.

MORGAN: In this house, you do as I ask.

DAPHNE: Bramwell, please, wait in the study.

CATHERINE: I know it seems

highly unusual to you, doctor,

but I must insist that you do as I say.

I have my own reasons.

DOCTOR: I can't imagine what they are.

CATHERINE: Nevertheless,

you will tell my husband exactly what I told

you to tell him.

DOCTOR: Very well.

[footsteps]

[door opens]

MORGAN: Look, doctor, what's wrong with her?

DOCTOR: There's no need to worry, Mr. Collins.

There's nothing wrong with her.

She's just been under some emotional strain,

some tension,

but she's physically sound.

You may see her now.

[dramatic music]

CATHERINE: I'm sorry if I frightened you, darling.

MORGAN: I don't understand.

The doctor said there was nothing wrong with you.

CATHERINE: Oh, well,

he's the doctor, he ought to know.

MORGAN: But, Catherine, you collapsed outside.

CATHERINE: Now let's not make more of it than it is.

It was just a dizzy spell, that's all.

MORGAN: But you've never had a dizzy spell before.

CATHERINE: Well, there are a lot of good reasons,

don't you think?

Daphne's marriage to Bramwell, for instance.

I have been so worried about her.

And then there are other things.

Well, the lottery for instance,

I've been thinking about

how someone has got to spend another night,

a terrible night in that room.

Then our argument last night had me very upset.

MORGAN: I'm terribly sorry about that, Catherine.

CATHERINE: Oh, no, you mustn't be.

Why I was just thinking about it,

and I've decided that you were right.

I wasn't being very realistic.

Now, don't you worry about me

because I'm going to be all right.

MORGAN: Catherine, what are you doing?

You should stay on the sofa and rest.

CATHERINE: The doctor said it was perfectly alright

for me to be up and around.

Are Daphne and Bramwell still here?

MORGAN: Yes, they're waiting in the study.

CATHERINE: Well, then I should do the proper thing

and congratulate them.

[wind howling]

[knocking on door]

Catherine.

CATHERINE: Where's Daphne?

You've offered your congratulations.

Let the matter rest there.

I cannot, where is she?

BRAMWELL: She's gone to the village.

Then may I come in?

It's you I must see and speak with,

alone.

Before, at Collinwood, when I fainted,

the doctor told everyone that it was

just a dizzy spell

and that was all.

He did not tell the truth.

The truth is I'm going to have a child,

and the child

is yours.

[intense music]

[spooky music]