Episode 1251

Aired: Monday April 12, 1971

At the old house, Barnabas is stirring in his sleep, and then the dream-sequence music and lighting effects begin as we fade to.... Barnabas is standing in his living room amongst some dream fog when the front door opens. Barnabas looks and it is Angelique! She beckons him to follow her, with a sad face. He asks her what she wants, but she says nothing. He follows her out of the house. They enter Collinwood, which also has some dream fog floating around. "Why are we here? Why can't you tell me?" he asks. She stops by the doors of the drawing room, which are closed, and turns to face him. She shakes her head "No" while pointing to the doors and then to him. "What is in there, Angelique? What shouldn't I see?" he says. Angelique begins to weep silently, and the doors fly open as she vanishes. Barnabas walks inside and sees Quentin, dressed rather nicely in a jacket and ascot, sitting and staring off into space. Carolyn, Liz and Roger sit surrounding him, and all turn to see Barnabas as he entered. "Quentin! What is wrong? Quentin! Why can't you hear me?" Barnabas says. Carolyn, Liz and Roger all rise together and slowly approach Barnabas, looking sinister. He calls to them, but they do not respond. He begins to back away, slowly, and as they come closer, all three open their mouths to reveal long fangs... Barnabas screams in terror and wakes up in horror.

After the titles, Barnabas is pacing in the old house living room when Julia arrives. She asks him what is wrong, and he describes his dream to her. Barnabas is not sure what the dream means, but he is sure that it was created by Angelique's spirit for some reason. Julia asks for what reason, and Barnabas says he thinks it is some sort of a warning.

Over at Collinwood, Carolyn is studying a book on the occult and making notes in a notebook when the telephone rings. It's Sebastian, and after some flirtation on the telephone, she agrees to meet him for lunch at the Blue Whale. She passes Roger on the way out, and when he asks her where she is off to and she says to meet Sebastian, he remarks that he doesn't understand how an astrologer can earn an "honest living." Carolyn smiles and says they are only having lunch, not getting married.

Back at the old house, Julia and Barnabas are still trying to interpret the dream. Barnabas believes that the vampirism in the dream must be connected to Roxanne, but Julia thinks otherwise. She hesitates to tell Barnabas until he insists, when she postulates that the dream may not be a friendly warning, but the taunting of an evil and angry Angelique, teasing Barnabas with what she herself may have planned for him. "That is nonsense," he scoffs. "She died in my arms, declaring her love for me. She wept in the dream over what I was to see. It must be a warning! It must!" "Then do you think it means that if we don't destroy Roxanne, the entire family will fall under her curse?" Julia asks. Barnabas isn't too thrilled with this idea either, and diverts attention from it by trying to figure out why Quentin was not a vampire in the dream. "Perhaps it is not Roxanne, but Quentin who is the key to this," he says, but when Julia asks him how, he has no answer.

At the Blue Whale, Sebastian is drinking at the bar when Carolyn enters. They take a table, and he proposes that they take a trip to Vermont or New Hampshire to go skiing, something that surprises Carolyn since she points out that mid-term exams are coming up. Sebastian insists that she knows it all and studies too much and ought to get away for a while. Carolyn accuses him of trying to "chase her out of town," and Sebastian gets defensive and nervous.

Sebastian has seen Carolyn home, and asks her to think about the trip. She tells him she'll think about it, and maybe by the time mid-terms are over and she knows him better she'll feel better about it. Roger, who has been eavesdropping, says hello to them both before returning to the drawing room pleased with Carolyn's answer. Sebastian's not thrilled with this answer, but he's stuck with it. He looks worried as he leaves.