Episode 1388

Aired: Wednesday October 20, 1971

Grayson Hall's voiceover: "Barnabas Collins has discovered that Harrison Collins, the mysterious visitor from another time, has somehow prevented him from destroying those he loved most in the Collins family. But other unknown changes have left shadows of more terrifying things to come....a future in which the entire family, including Harrison, are destroyed by some evil spirit unknown to Barnabas and Harrison. But little to they suspect that Barnabas most trusted friend, Julia Hoffman, has been possessed by that spirit and is moving forward with plans of destruction...."

Barnabas and Harrison return to Collinwood going over what they learned at Stokes'. Barnabas remarks about "the awful thing about it all is not knowing who to turn to." Harrison answers that "Angelique gave me a vision somehow. Did you know of her psychic powers? Perhaps she could be of help in locating the spirit Stokes talked of." Barnabas answers evasively that Angelique's psychic powers "can sometimes strain her too much." Julia comes downstairs and says hello. Harrison looks at her suspiciously, but Barnabas tells her "Julia! We just came from Stokes. We've learned much more about what is happening." Julia smiles and says "Well then Barnabas, let's step into the drawing room where you can tell me all about it."

After the titles, Barnabas has spilled it to Julia. "An evil spirit?" she asks. "Yes," he answers. "Evidently, I was possessed by it in he original timeline, before Harrison came here to alter it. But now it seems the future is even more bleak." Julia turns from him to hide her smile. "How interesting..." she says. Julia asks Harrison what he did to prevent Barnabas from being possessed. Harrison answers that he has "no idea" but that "from what I know of time travel, even the most insignificant thing I've done here may have changed something. The only thing now is to prevent the current chain of events from taking place." Julia asks "How can you know if another insignificant thing won't do it? Perhaps you've already altered that version of the future as well without knowing it." Harrison smiles at her and says "Somehow I doubt that." Barnabas frets "We must discover the nature of this spirit, and why it is our enemy." Julia answers "that may be impossible unless the spirit reveals itself, which may only happen right before the destruction of the Collinses begins." Harrison says "You seem awfully sure about that." Julia answers that she is an expert on such things, after all. Harrison smirks a bit and adds "I believe you, Doctor. Though I doubt you would have some of the knowledge I have from my own time on spiritualism. It's quite a science in the twenty-first century. I'll need to gather some materials, of course, but I think with the tools I have available because of that future knowledge, I should be able to identify and locate this spirit fairly quickly." Barnabas asks "Is that true?" Harrison, never taking his eyes off Julia, answers "Yes. And then I'll also have just as many tools available to destroy it." Julia wonders about this.

Barnabas says goodnight to Julia and tells Harrison he must tell Angelique of what has happened. After he leaves, Julia asks Harrison if she can help him with "the tools" he mentioned. He looks at her and answers "I'm not sure you'll be able to handle all of them. After all, we are dealing with science you are not familiar with." Julia asks how science can be used to destroy spirits, "especially considering how the science of this century denies their existence in the first place." Harrison answers "We are wiser in my world. Trust me. I'll find out what this is all about, and I will fulfill my mission here." Julia wonders how true this can be, and Harrison adds "After all, you must understand how those in my time can manipulate the laws of time and space. Else, how could I have come here so easily? A spiritual possession is rather easily dealt with, compared to that. All I need is to construct the proper instruments. And then the spirit will be powerless against me." Julia gulps and answers "Really?" Harrison nods and asks Julia if she wants a nightcap as he heads back to the drawing room. She declines, and says she feels more like some fresh air. As she gets her coat, she takes Harrison's scarf from his coat and sneaks it into her pocket before leaving. Harrison takes a drink and thinks "I don't know what you're thinking, Doctor.... whether you believed everything I said about future science. But I do know that a good bluff works in any time period...." He gulps the rest of his drink.

Barnabas and Angelique are in the old house living room, and he has told her what has happened. "Perhaps Harrison is right," she says. "I should use my powers to find this spirit." Barnabas answers "I didn't want to say it in front of him, but what if that is the trap? You said yourself that you are drawn closer to Nicholas' influence every time you use the powers he gave you. What if this is all a trick to bring the evil spirit to us?" Angelique says they can't be sure. Barnabas wonders aloud why some unknown spirit would want to destroy the Collins family. Angelique answers that the Collins family has made its share of enemies over the years, and the spirit could be anyone. Barnabas thinks a moment and says "What if it was more personal? What if it was only an enemy of yours and mine?" Angelique answers "Then it could merely be Nicholas himself." Barnabas angrily says "There must be some way! Why does this family live under so many curses?" Angelique sighs and answers "I was once a part of those curses, Barnabas. I was once a tool to be used to destroy the family. My only escape was gaining your love." Barnabas asks her why the curses exist in the first place. Angelique says that if the evil spirit that may possess Barnabas is part of the long standing curse against the Collins family, it would "have only a limited number of chances to succeed." Barnabas asks her what she means, and she answers "Remember how I told you that unless I found human love, I would be forced to return to my master in the underworld for all eternity." Barnabas nods, and Angelique answers "All of us who were sent to vex your family were only given limited chances to succeed. I was able to convince my master to give me extra chances to escape as well." Barnabas asks "Why does your master want to destroy my family?" Angelique seems afraid to tell him.

Angelique tells Barnabas that "my master has wanted revenge against your family since its founding here in Maine." Barnabas says "Since the beginning?" Angelique answers yes. "Haven't you ever wondered why each generation of the Collins family has faced such horrible tragedies?" Barnabas answers "I had thought it was due to the curse Judah Zachary placed on Amadeus Collins in 1688." Angelique answers "Judah tried to take credit for my master's work. But the curse was placed on the family earlier than that. On the founder of the family, Isaac Collins, in the year 1651." Barnabas answers "So our destruction of Judah Zachary in 1840 did not end the curse on the family?" Angelique says no, since "the original arrangement with Isaac Collins has not been fulfilled yet." Barnabas turns to her and says "Original arrangement? Tell me what this was. What did Isaac Collins do in 1651 which may mean our destruction now?" Angelique prepares to tell him.

Episode 1387

Aired: Tuesday October 19, 1971

After a replay of Monday's close and the titles, Liz and Alan are going over some papers in the drawing room. "I think the weekend right after David's return from school would be the best time," Liz says. "If you really want to wait that long," Alan answers, kissing her hand. Liz tells Alan that she's waited many years to "feel this happy" and waiting two more weeks for David to return from school won't be much more. "I'll have to let my daughters know so they can arrange their schedules," Alan says. Liz tells Alan what a "delight" it was to meet them in Boston, and how she can't wait for the rest of the family to meet them as well. Julia enters and Liz tells her "You're just in time! Alan and I have decided on a date." Julia looks at them and says "Oh?" Liz tells Julia that she and Alan plan to marry in "a family ceremony, here at Collinwood" right after David returns from school in two weeks. Julia congratulates them and begins to think a bit as Liz says "I'd like you to be in the wedding party, Julia. You've been such a good friend to the family." Julia thanks her, and adds that "I wouldn't want to miss such a happy occasion in the Collins family." Meanwhile, Barnabas and Harrison are at Stokes' house. Stokes offers them some of the cheese he's having with his sherry, but both decline. Stokes agrees that "this puzzle of the future is certainly mysterious" but he feels that by going over "all the details" Harrison remembers, "especially in the original vision, the mystery may be solved." Harrison answers that he'll never forget what happened to him, down to the last detail. Stokes says that while he respects Harrison's memory, "I would rather I put you under hypnosis, and made you relive what happened. Barnabas and myself will pay careful attention, and see if we can discover what some of those clues mean. Are you willing to do this?" Harrison looks at Barnabas first, and then agrees. Stokes says "Good. I have a rather strange ulterior motive in all this, Harrison." Harrison asks what, and Stokes answers "I'd like you to complete your mission here in this time so that we can have a nice relaxed chat about your world. I'm fascinated to know more about it." Harrison smiles and answers that he looks forward to such a conversation "once I've accomplished what I came here to do." Stokes takes out a pocket watch and begins to swing it in front of Harrison.

Julia goes back to her room and begins to settle in, but then notices that some of the drawers are a little bit open. She looks through them, and then thinks a moment before checking the armoire. She suddenly leaves the room. At Nicholas' house, Nicholas is having a drink and reading when Julia enters. He asks her what she's doing there at such a late hour, and she answers "I think someone has been searching through my room at Collinwood." Nicholas stands and says "Do you think someone suspects you? That's impossible!" Julia paces and answers that she's not sure. "It could have been that idiot housekeeper, but I can't be sure." Nicholas asks if anyone seems to suspect her, and Julia nods. "Harrison seems to be watching me, somehow. I thought I had gained his trust after Barnabas vouched for me, but now I am not so sure." Nicholas snickers and reminds her that Harrison will be "eliminated with all the rest of them soon enough anyway." Julia says "Perhaps not soon enough. Perhaps we should move forward with our plans sooner than we wanted to." Nicholas asks when the entire family will be together, and Julia answers "I found that out today, at Elizabeth Stoddard's wedding to Alan Slater. But that won't be for another two weeks. What if we're discovered by then? I don't know if I want to risk that." Nicholas scoffs and answers that "no one could do anything even if we were discovered." He pulls a necklace from under his robe and we see the ring hanging on it. "As long as we have this, we control the entire game!" he says. Julia answers "I want to destroy Angelique and Barnabas most of all. I'm willing to sacrifice killing a few of the others if I can have my revenge on them. I must have that revenge!" Nicholas tells Julia to be patient, but she snaps "I say we move forward. And my say is somewhat more..... powerful than yours, is it not?" Nicholas is quieted, and then Julia adds "Perhaps we can buy ourselves some time, though..... if I find a way to silence Harrison Collins." She smiles an evil smile.

Stokes is putting Harrison under hypnosis and telling him to relive the events of 2045. Harrison retells the story of Angelique walking into the drawing room and facing the angry Barnabas. Stokes asks Harrison what is happening, and Harrison describes how Barnabas forces Angelique into the hellfire. "What does he say? Does he say anything about a witch?" Stokes asks. Barnabas asks why Stokes would say that, and Stokes answers "Please, quiet! It's only a hunch I'm playing." Harrison answers "No. He says nothing, except.... to me." Stokes answers "Then it's clear Barnabas, that you did not wish to destroy Angelique because she was a witch." Barnabas protests that he loves Angelique as his wife, and Stokes snaps "Need I remind you of your own past, Barnabas?" Barnabas answers "You're right. We must explore every possibility." Stokes asks Harrison what Barnabas said to him. "He told me I was a Collins, and that I must die." Stokes thinks a moment. Harrison continues "And then he suddenly stopped himself. He looked at the hellfire when little Sarah was burning, and he....he....seemed to change somehow." Stokes stops Harrison and asks him to describe how Barnabas looked when he changed. "Which one?" Harrison answers. Stokes and Barnabas look at each other puzzled. "What do you mean?" Stokes asks. Harrison answers "The ghost looks one way and his reflection in the window another. The ghost is sad and remorseful. The reflection is smiling, an evil smile. I don't think I can ever forget it...with those red, burning eyes of hate...." Barnabas asks "What could that mean?" Stokes thinks a moment and asks Harrison what happened next. Harrison describes how he ran out of the room but knew the ghost of Barnabas re-enacted his own suicide. Barnabas is saddened to hear this, but Stokes seems to see a revelation. "Fascinating," he says. Stokes tells Harrison he will awaken at the count of three and feel relaxed and refreshed. Harrison wakes and asks Stokes if what he told them helped. Stokes answers "Yes, Harrison. Indeed I think it may have helped us a great deal." Harrison and Barnabas wonder what he means.

"Normally I would have thought that what Harrison witnessed was the re-enactment of an episode of temporary insanity," Stokes begins over another slice of cheese. "But the image of the reflection in the window made me think otherwise." Harrison says "That smile...and those eyes. Is that what I described?" Stokes answers yes, and that "At first, Barnabas was bent on destruction. First Angelique, and then Sarah, two people he loves deeply. Perhaps it was the strength of his love for Sarah that led to the change. You said when he saw Sarah in the flames he suddenly changed and felt remorse, so much so that he ended his own life. Yet, he cast her into the fire in the first place." Harrison answers yes, and that's why he had thought that Barnabas would have exhibited erratic behavior when he first arrived. "But the reflection remained the same. Evil and angry. And, that evil spirit recognized you as a Collins and was bent on destroying you as well until it changed to the sad and remorseful one." Barnabas asks what it all means, and Stokes says "It's quite simple. It seems your spirit was possessed by another, an evil spirit bent on destroying those you love or even perhaps any member of the Collins family for some reason. When you saw Sarah become part of that destruction, your own spirit reasserted itself, but too late to save her. When you were overcome with guilt, you took your own life." Barnabas sighs deeply, but Harrison says "He said 'I will destroy you'.... that's what I heard before the gunshot." Stokes nods and answers "Then it seems Barnabas destroyed himself in order to kill the evil spirit dwelling within him." Barnabas adds "And I reenact it throughout eternity trying to undo what I did.... how horrible." Harrison tells him "It's not what you did, Barnabas. Is it, Professor?" Stokes answers "No. It's what the spirit that possessed you did, Barnabas. The same spirit that no doubt condemned your soul and the others to the vision Harrison witnessed in the future's original timeline." Barnabas answers "The timeline has been changed! We know that!" Stokes answers "Yes, it has. And for the worse, from what you've told me. Whatever it was that originally possessed you, Barnabas, seems to have been able to destroy the entire family as it stands now." Barnabas answers "We must find out what spirit this is! We must!" Stokes answers ominously "Yes, but we may also need to find out where it is, for it may already be among us." Harrison and Barnabas look at each other.

Episode 1386

Aired: Monday October 18, 1971

In a repeat of Friday's close, Angelique has put Harrison under a trance so that he can envision his own time as he has changed it by his trip to 1971. We zoom in on Angelique's eyes and then Harrison's and see what he sees...we are panning across the Collinwood foyer. It is dusty and aged looking, as it did in Harrison's story. We hear Harrison say "I am at Collinwood. It is the year 2045...." Angelique says "Tell me what you see. Who is living in the house?" As we pan to the empty drawing room, Harrison says "There is no one here.... the house has long been abandoned...." Angelique says "You are to tell me the future that exists now, not the one that once existed.... tell me the future as you have changed it, Harrison Collins. Who is living at Collinwood?" As we continue to pan the empty drawing room, with old and rotting 20th century furniture, Harrison says "No one lives here.... they are all dead....all of them....no! They are here!" Angelique says "Tell me what you see." In the middle of the drawing room, a vortex begins to open and within it begins to burn hellfire. "The vortex is locked on eternal hellfire!" Harrison yells. "The spirits are still trapped within it!" Within the hellfire, we see the screaming Carolyn, Elizabeth, Angelique and Sarah.... and then Harrison says "No! There are more!" We now see Vicky, then Alan, then Quentin and then Barnabas burning in the hellfire. Harrison yells "No! Quentin! Barnabas! Vicky! They are all trapped!" And then, from out of the flames the last screaming spirit appears... it is Harrison himself. He screams "NOOOOOOO!" as we cut back to the breakfast table as Harrison screams "I am one of the suffering dead as well! Whatever I have done here..... has destroyed everyone!" Angelique and Vicky look at each other, terrified.

After the titles, Angelique pleads with Harrison to give her more details, but all he says is that the "same faces" keep appearing in the vision of hellfire. Vicky tells Angelique that she "better bring him back." Angelique reminds Vicky that Harrison will have no memory of what he has seen, but Vicky says "Is that a good idea?" Angelique reminds Vicky that Harrison could discover the truth about her identity if he knew she had these powers. Vicky answers "That's a small price to pay considering the alternative. If he knows how his future has changed, he may know how to help us now." Angelique agrees, and starts to bring Harrison out of the trance. "Harrison, you will return to me now. Come back through the waves of time, back to 1971 where your physical body is. But I have a new command for you.... you will remember what you have seen in your own time, as if reliving a vivid dream. You will remember it, Harrison, but you will be able to deal with it rationally. Do you understand?" Harrison nods. Angelique and Vicky return to their original positions and Angelique waves her hand over Harrison's eyes. He comes to as if awakening from a dream, but then is suddenly startled. Angelique takes his hand to calm him, and says "It's all right, Harrison. You're back here with us now." Harrison looks around to get his bearings and asks "Do you know? Do you know what I saw? It was like a nightmare." Vicky answers "Yes. We know. But it hasn't happened yet." Harrison asks Angelique "How did you do that? What kinds of powers do you..." Angelique cuts him off with "I have no time to explain that now. There may be clues in what you saw, clues to help us prevent it." Harrison thinks a moment and says "Perhaps. But I can't be sure that no matter what I do in this time, the results will not be the same." Angelique says "More of us were dead in what you saw, but not everyone...." Harrison starts to recount the names of those he saw, and Vicky figures it, saying "Roger and David were not there!" Angelique says "Yes, just as in the original timeline. But there are more people in this house that are missing from what Harrison saw." Vicky says "Maggie Evans and Julia Hoffman. Perhaps they managed to escape." Angelique thinks a moment, but Harrison says "Julia Hoffman...." out loud and piques Angelique's curiosity.

Vicky walks in on Maggie, who is going over some math with Sarah. Maggie remarks that Sarah is a quick learner. Vicky asks Maggie how she's been settling into Collinwood, and Maggie answers that "it feels strange sometimes" but that she's happy. "I'm especially waiting for David to come back." Sarah suddenly says "Yes! I haven't seen David in so long!" Maggie looks at Sarah and says "Sarah, I didn't think you'd ever seen David. Has he ever been to England?" Sarah answers "I don't know." Maggie tells Vicky that Sarah has an active imagination. Vicky asks Sarah when she saw David, but this time Sarah says "I don't remember. He just sounds familiar. What does he look like?" Vicky answers with a brief description, and Sarah says she can't wait to meet him. "Do you think he'll like me?" she asks. Vicky says of course, and then thinks to herself "especially considering the understanding he and Barnabas have." Vicky and Maggie smile at each other. We cut to Angelique, entering Julia's room carefully. She looks around and then closes the door behind her. We hear her think "It would make so sense for Nicholas to use Maggie Evans in his plans. He cares too much for her. But Julia Hoffman is a different story... there must be some clue in here...." She begins to look through the drawers, but as she turns her back, the door opens and lights suddenly come on, startling her.

Angelique turns to see that it's Quentin, who tells her he thought he heard Julia. He asks her what she's doing there, and she closes the door. Angelique quickly recaps Harrison's new view of the future, and reminds Quentin that this time, it looks like he died in 1971 and that Julia was one of the people missing from the vision. "Just because Julia was absent is no reason to automatically suspect her. There's no way she could have gone over to Nicholas' side," Quentin says. "Never underestimate the anger of a woman scorned, Quentin," Angie answers. "Haven't you seen the change in her since Barnabas married me?" Quentin laughs a little and says "You pay yourself quite a compliment, don't you?" Angelique scoffs at the remark, but Quentin continues "Julia is far too devoted to Barnabas. There's nothing that could make her turn on him, especially to join forces with Nicholas Blair." Angelique answers that Harrison seems to think the "clues point towards Julia" and "no one would know better than him. He comes to this time with no preconceived views of anyone here." Quentin answers "I know, Harrison told me how he thinks Julia may be involved in all this somehow. But he was wrong about Barnabas. You forget what Harrison thought when he first showed up. He turned out to be wrong, and he could be wrong about Julia as well." Angelique answers "Please, Quentin. Help me. If there isn't anything here, I'll admit my suspicions are wrong." Quentin shakes his head, and says "I can't betray Julia like this. I just can't believe it would be her. And if you could put aside your womanly jealousy long enough, you'd see that too." He leaves, and Angelique looks around for a moment before following him.

Barnabas is looking over the talisman that Stokes gave him when there is a knock at the door of the old house. It's Harrison, who comes in urgently and tells Barnabas that "the future has been changed, but for the worse." Barnabas hears a recap of the new vision and has no answer. "All of us are trapped in the hellfire this time?" he asks. Harrison answers yes, "All except for Roger, David, Maggie Evans and... Julia Hoffman." Barnabas asks "Are you suggesting that one of them may be somehow involved?" Harrison answers that he doesn't know. Barnabas says that the new vision must be connected to the old one "somehow" since "the general outcome is so similar, only this time more people suffer. We need to find some consistent set of clues from the vision you just had and the one you remember from your own time before you came here." Harrison agrees, and then notices the talisman. "What is that?" he asks. Barnabas answers that Stokes gave it to him as a protection against Blair's powers. Harrison answers "Perhaps we should both go see Professor Stokes if he is an expert in these areas. Maybe he can help us find those clues we both want so badly." Barnabas agrees, but Harrison adds "And maybe he can help us to figure out who is helping Blair." Barnabas thinks about that a moment.

Episode 1385

Aired: Friday October 15, 1971

After a replay of Thursday's close and the titles, Julia is fascinated by Harrison's story. She tries to hide her elation at knowing all the secrets when she turns to tell Harrison and Barnabas "We must prevent that tragedy from happening to the family!" Barnabas tells her they were on their way to Nicholas' to search for the ring. Julia says "Let me help," and the three move on. At Nicholas' front door, Julia says she will go in first and make sure Nicholas isn't there. Barnabas asks what she will do if she's discovered, and Julia answers "I'll tell him I came over to warn him against doing anything else to us. You know, the usual." Julia forces the door and goes inside. Harrison remarks "She is a very brave woman, isn't she?" Barnabas answers "She has saved my life more than once." Inside, Julia looks around the corner, and then Nicholas starts coming down the stairs. Before he can say anything, she shushes him and tells him to go back upstairs, whispering "We have them right where we want them. Go back upstairs and turn out all the lights. I'll be back here later." After Nicholas does this, Julia opens the door to let Harrison and Barnabas in. "It looks like no one is here!" she says. Barnabas makes straight for the living room and tells Harrison "If Blair stole that ring, chances are it's hidden in here." As Harrison and Barnabas begin to search the room, we pan down from Julia's smiling face to her open purse where we see the jewel of the ring glistening.

At Collinwood, Barnabas, Julia & Harrison return. Julia tells Harrison that "the ring must be somewhere." Barnabas answers "We looked over every corner of that house. Blair must be hiding it somewhere, or even wearing it himself." Harrison walks to the portrait of Barnabas and begins to look at it, thinking. Barnabas asks Julia if she'll go back and see Stokes the next day, "to see if there's any safeguard we can take against any actions by Blair." Julia says she will, but "I need some sleep now." Barnabas tells her goodnight as she goes upstairs, and tells Harrison he'd better be getting back to the old house. Harrison apologizes for not hearing him, only saying "I was deep in thought. Something I thought once while looking at this painting, only I wish I could remember it now." Barnabas wonders what that might be, but says goodnight and leaves. Quentin comes out of the drawing room and asks Harrison if he's recovered the ring. Harrison says no, but leads Quentin back inside the drawing room and closes the doors. Quentin asks what's going on, and Harrison tells him "Barnabas is not what I expected him to be, but according to Stokes, there's still the chance he may change somehow." Quentin answers "We both know it won't be a voluntary change." Harrison nods and says "Exactly. Something or someone changes him." Quentin answers "And we both know it's likely to be Blair, so where does that leave us?" Harrison says "What if it isn't Blair? What if it's someone else? Barnabas would be on his guard against Blair, whether or not I was here, right?" Quentin thinks a moment and agrees. Harrison adds "If you were Blair, how might you get to Barnabas?" Quentin answers he doesn't know, and Harrison continues "Yes, you do. You just don't want to face it. Blair would need an ally, someone Barnabas trusted. Maybe even loved." Quentin is shocked to hear this idea. "Do you suspect Angelique? She hates Blair! And he hates her!" Harrison shakes his head "No, no, not Angelique. Not if Blair's intent is to destroy Angelique as well for some reason of his own. I wasn't sure about it when I first saw it, but then I remembered as I told my story. Those eyes, those red eyes, filled with blind hatred I saw in Barnabas' spirit. I have seen them here, Quentin." Quentin asks where, and Harrison answers "I remembered where tonight. I saw them in Julia Hoffman." Quentin is stunned.

The next morning, Nicholas is having breakfast when Julia arrives. She tells him how she snuck out of Collinwood before anyone could see her. Nicholas asks her why she allowed Barnabas and Harrison to "ransack" his house the previous evening. "I needed to make sure they remained confused as to this," she says, holding up the ring. "Now I understand what Quentin Collins tried to explain to me so long ago in 1840.... this crystal needs to link to elements in those planks he used to build his staircase to open the vortex properly." Nicholas says "So, that's it? That's the secret? We will need to go to that laboratory in the basement then!" Julia answers "Not necessarily. If we can remove those broken planks and arrange them as you saw Harrison do, we should be able to open the vortex anywhere we wish. And how convenient for us that Harrison has reminded me of where I want to focus it.... on an eternity of hellfire for Angelique and the Collins family she betrayed me for. And for what? For that stupid emotion humans call love, in a pathetic attempt to save what was left of her dark soul. Now we can add others to her torment." Julia scowls as she studies the ring and we see her eyes are red and bloodshot. Meanwhile, Barnabas is at Stokes, explaining he couldn't find Julia but needed to see Stokes anyway. Stokes answers that he has a talisman that may protect Barnabas from Blair, but may not. "It all depends on what kinds of powers he attempts to use against you. And if he controls the time vortex, the talisman may be completely useless." Barnabas answers that if Nicholas controls the time vortex, there may be no way to stop his plans. "Indeed, " Stokes says. "He could alter the timeflow in ways to destroy any of his enemies. There may be only one way to stop him if what Harrison says is true." Barnabas asks what, and Stokes answers "If we destroy the remains of that staircase, the crystal will have no receptor to create the vortex." Barnabas agrees, but adds "But if we destroy it, Harrison will have no way to return to his own time!" Stokes answers that in order to prevent the power from falling into the hands of Nicholas, "Harrison may have to remain here." Barnabas wonders how to tell him.

Harrison is having coffee when Angelique and Vicky enter. Vicky tells Harrison that Angelique has told her everything, and a nervous Harrison asks her if she is all right. She smiles and says "Well, your vision of the future is something we need to change. But I wanted to thank you for what you did for me." Harrison says "Please, don't thank me. I feel I owe you an apology...I attempted to use you as a pawn in a larger plan. I cannot think of you that way now. I am sorry." Vicky tells him he still saved her life and helped her discover who she really is, and "now I want to help all of you stop what you saw from happening." Harrison remarks that "According to Professor Stokes, I may have already prevented it without even knowing it." Angelique says "You cannot be sure unless you go back to your own time and see." Harrison reminds her that's impossible without his ring. Angelique smiles and says "Perhaps not... there may another way....look into my eyes." Harrison wonders what she means "Your eyes? Why?" Angelique says "You will look into my eyes, deeply." Harrison is beginning to go under a spell as he stares at Angelique. "You can only see into my eyes...deep into the well of their existence. Deep within the endless visions of what their soul can see...across space and across time. Across the span of time to a future yet unknown to us....." Angelique continues. Harrison slowly says "Yes....I can see them....." Angelique says "You must tell me what you see, Harrison. You will not remember it when I tell you to turn away from my eyes....but you must tell me what you see....." Harrison doesn't say anything, and Vicky asks if it's working. Angelique says she thinks so, but "he will need to tell us everything. When he comes out of the trance, he won't remember what he's seen." Harrison says "Where am I?" Angelique focuses her attention to Harrison again and says "Tell me where you are, Harrison.... and what you see....." We zoom in on Angelique's eyes and then Harrison's and see what he sees...we are panning across the Collinwood foyer. It is dusty and aged looking, as it did in Harrison's story. We hear Harrison say "I am at Collinwood. It is the year 2045...." Angelique says "Tell me what you see. Who is living in the house?" As we pan to the empty drawing room, Harrison says "There is no one here.... the house has long been abandoned...." Angelique says "You are to tell me the future that exists now, not the one that once existed.... tell me the future as you have changed it, Harrison Collins. Who is living at Collinwood?" As we continue to pan the empty drawing room, with old and rotting 20th century furniture, Harrison says "No one lives here.... they are all dead....all of them....no! They are here!" Angelique says "Tell me what you see." In the middle of the drawing room, a vortex begins to open and within it begins to burn hellfire. "The vortex is locked on eternal hellfire!" Harrison yells. "The spirits are still trapped within it!" Within the hellfire, we see the screaming Carolyn, Elizabeth, Angelique and Sarah.... and then Harrison says "No! There are more!" We now see Vicky, then Alan, then Quentin and then Barnabas burning in the hellfire. Harrison yells "No! Quentin! Barnabas! Vicky! They are all trapped!" And then, from out of the flames the last screaming spirit appears... it is Harrison himself. He screams "NOOOOOOO!" as we cut back to the breakfast table as Harrison screams "I am one of the suffering dead as well! Whatever I have done here..... has destroyed everyone!" Angelique and Vicky look at each other, terrified.

Episode 1384

Aired: Thursday October 14, 1971

Jonathan Frid's voiceover: "On this night, a terrifying vision of the future of Collinwood has been revealed. Harrison Collins, the future grandson of young David, has traveled back from his own time to change the history he has known, a history that records the destruction of the Collins family in the year 1971. Harrison saw the spirits of the dead re-enact their horrible end, and now has confronted the still living whom he thinks will be responsible...."

At the old house, Harrison asks Barnabas if he understands "any clues" from the behavior of his spirit and the others in the future. Barnabas doesn't know what to say. "That's what I meant," Harrison says. "Your behavior since I arrived here has not been what I expected. I haven't seen the anger or the strange remorse I could not understand. There's something else about you that is different, something I cannot put my finger on. Somehow, you're not as menacing." Barnabas answers that he can't understand why he'd look so "menacing" in the future, but Angelique and Quentin look at each other as if they are thinking of an answer. Angelique asks Harrison how long he's been in "our time," and Harrison answers that he arrived in 1971 "about a week before I returned to Collinwood." "Returned?" Quentin asks, and Harrison answers that once he had the crystal set in the ring Quentin gave him for his 18th birthday in his time, he returned to Collinwood and the laboratory to open the vortex, concentrating on 1971. "My concentrations were slightly off, however. I didn't materialize in the laboratory, but instead further out within the vortex. I found myself in a linen closet upstairs. I quickly got out of the house before anyone saw me, though." Barnabas asks "How far does the vortex extend when it is opened?" Harrison answers that he's not completely sure, though "our ancestor seemed to think the vortex could transcend normal timeflow towards its edges." Quentin looks at Barnabas and says "The room in the east wing. The entrance to parallel time." Barnabas says "Of course! It must have been opened by Quentin Collins' experiments back in 1840." Harrison is surprised, and says "You know of that room? I traced its existence on the blueprints. Everything I saw there in the other timeband was destroyed by a fire." Barnabas answers "Someday I can tell you more about that room, but for now, we have a more pressing problem. How do we prevent the future you've seen?"

After the titles, Harrison answers that he first thought a way to prevent it was to separate Barnabas and Angelique, "though I admit my reasons for doing that were quite selfish." Barnabas answers "In an odd way, I suppose I can appreciate your approach. But let me assure you that I would never harm her." Angelique smiles, but doesn't seem to sure. Barnabas tells Harrison "I think we should go tell your story to Professor Stokes. He may be able to help us." Harrison asks "Can we trust him with this knowledge?" Barnabas gets his coat and answers "of course we can." Barnabas and Harrison leave, and Quentin notices Angelique's deep thoughts. "His story unnerved me as well," Quentin says. Angelique answers that it wasn't so much the story but a "fear" she has. Quentin asks what, and Angelique answers "Perhaps it's nothing. But there was a time when a very different Barnabas wanted to see me burn. If my powers could be restored by Nicholas Blair, who is to say that Barnabas cannot be changed to what he was?" Quentin realizes what this means "You think Blair will turn Barnabas back into a vampire?" Angelique answers "I don't know. I just don't know. Nothing makes any sense to me." Quentin answers "Even when Barnabas was a vampire, he didn't want to destroy the family. It must be something else that Blair has in mind." Angelique says "If it is Blair at all." Quentin replies "Who else could it be? Someone stole Harrison's ring. That means someone else knows about the time vortex." Angelique reminds Quentin that the last time he crossed Nicholas, Nicholas aged him and nearly killed him. Quentin is frustrated and says "There must be a way...."

Barnabas and Harrison have told Stokes the story of the future. He is fascinated, but adds "it seems we must find out what those visions of the future mean before we can act to prevent them. And perhaps, we may need to act quite differently." Barnabas asks why, and Stokes answers "Because the future as you know it, Harrison, may no longer exist anyway. Your mere presence here in your past may have already changed certain elements of it." Barnabas says "Vicky! Vicky wasn't here in the original timeline!" Harrison agrees, and says "But it's impossible to tell which are major changes and which are minor in the timeflow." Stokes nods and smiles, and says he's familiar with the theory that only minor fluctuations in a timeflow can be altered, "much like making minor changes in the course of a flowing river, even though it still reaches the same destination." Barnabas counters that his own knowledge of what Harrison saw "should prevent it from happening." Stokes replies that he cannot be sure, "especially if you were not acting in your right mind when these events took place in the original timeline. And if that is Nicholas Blair's intent, you can be assured he will try to make it so." Harrison says "The important thing is that the future is changeable from this point on." Stokes answers that there's no way of knowing if the changes that have occurred have made any difference. Harrison says "My ring... if I had my ring I could return to my own time and see what has happened from my actions here." Barnabas tells Harrison they will need to find the ring, and that "most likely, it was stolen by Blair himself." Stokes tells Barnabas that confronting Blair could be the pivotal event that causes him to turn evil. Barnabas answers that he must take that chance as he and Harrison leave.

Vicky stops by the old house to see how Sarah is, and Angelique answers that she's sleeping upstairs. Vicky asks Angelique why she is so upset, and Angelique says "I have been given a vision for the future, and it is horrible." Vicky asks what, and Angelique answers "I know how I will die... along with the rest of the family." Vicky is shocked and asks to know how. Angelique answers "It doesn't matter. I must find a way to prevent it from happening somehow." Vicky asks Angelique to tell her everything she knows so that "I can help you." Angelique smiles. We cut to Harrison and Barnabas walking in the woods. Barnabas tells Harrison that "perhaps you have already changed the course of events and don't know it. I learned that from my experience with Quentin in 1897." Harrison says he "has to be sure somehow. What if I've made things even worse? I must get that ring back from Blair." Barnabas says "Unless he has already unlocked its secrets." Harrison asks what Blair would want with the ring. "Who knows? But you can be sure of one thing," Barnabas adds, "he will use it for evil."

Vicky has heard Angelique's story and is devastated. "The entire family except for Roger, Quentin and David? That's horrible!" Angelique agrees, and adds "And there's no way of knowing if Harrison has changed anything by being here." Vicky points out that "he definitely changed one very important thing for me." Angelique says "Yes, of course." Vicky laughs a little and Angelique asks what's amusing. Vicky answers "I suppose in an odd way, I owe you my life. If Harrison hadn't been smitten by seeing your spirit and wasn't so determined to make Barnabas leave you, he never would have brought me back here." Angelique tells Vicky that "If either of us owed the other, it was me owing you." Vicky asks Angelique if she thinks Barnabas and Harrison can get the ring back from Nicholas, and Angelique answers "I don't know. I may have to find my own way to accomplish this." Vicky says she'd like to help. In the woods, Barnabas and Harrison are still moving, and Barnabas points out that they are "getting closer to Nicholas' house." Harrison asks what they should do when they get there, and Barnabas says "Hopefully, he'll be out and we can search for the ring. If not, well...." but before he can finish, they hear footsteps. When they realize someone is coming, they duck out of the path. Julia comes walking by, and when Barnabas sees her, he steps out into the path, startling her a little. "Barnabas! What are you doing out here?" she says. "It's a long story, Julia. But Harrison and I need your help with something." Julia says "Of course, what is it?" Barnabas says "Harrison has a story to tell you." Harrison looks at Barnabas with some hesitation, but Barnabas tells him "Please, Harrison. If there's anyone I trust with my life, it's Julia Hoffman. Tell her everything!" Julia looks at Harrison and smiles.

Episode 1383

Aired: Wednesday October 13, 1971

After a replay of Tuesday's close and the titles, we are back at the old house in 1971. Harrison has paused in his story, but Barnabas looks at him and says "You're obviously not finished. What did you see in the drawing room?" Harrison looks at Barnabas sadly and answers "The destruction of the family." We flashforward to 2045 again as Harrison voiceover begins "I searched the drawing room for clues. I assumed that the spirits viewed me as a stranger unlike Quentin and were not threatened by me...." Harrison looks at the carpet and finds a large spot that has been burned black. He touches it and feels some ashes. He looks around a little more, and suddenly Sarah is back. "You shouldn't be in here!" she says. He sees her and says "Sarah! I heard you scream! I tried to get in here to help you!" Sarah turns away sad and says "You can't help me. That's the way it always happens, and then I'm back here. I don't know why." Harrison kneels before her again and says "Please tell me exactly what happens. I must know if I can help you." Sarah insists he can't, but Harrison takes out the crystal and says "See this? David told me I could use this to help you. After I read everything he wrote to me I should be able to stop this all from happening." Sarah looks at the crystal and wonders how, but then is suddenly scared. Harrison asks her why she is scared, and then looks up to see Barnabas, staring at him angrily. "You are a Collins...." Barnabas says. "You will never get this house back!" Harrison stands in front of Sarah and says "Leave her alone." Barnabas begins to laugh, and Harrison recognizes it as the laugh he heard before. "I know that laugh," Harrison says. "And then I heard the same voice crying in pain. Was that you as well? Why do you cry in pain?" Sarah says "Barnabas! Don't get angry with him! He doesn't know! He doesn't know!" Barnabas looks at Harrison angrily, and Harrison is taken aback by the icy stare. "You will die here, Collins," Barnabas says. Harrison looks at Barnabas and sees his eyes are red and bloodshot, filled with hate. We get the impression that Harrison will not forget this glare. Sarah runs out from behind Harrison and says "Don't hurt him, Barnabas! You promised!" Barnabas brushes Sarah aside and begins to move toward Harrison menacingly. Harrison backs away but is trapped.

Harrison cannot get away as Barnabas slowly walks towards him, but again the clock strikes. Barnabas suddenly turns away from Harrison and faces the doors of the drawing room, which open by themselves. Harrison calls to him by name and asks him what is happening, but now Barnabas ignores him. "Barnabas! Why do you cry in pain?" Harrison yells, but Barnabas ignores him. Sarah tells Harrison "You can't be in here! You can't!" Harrison looks at her and says "Why not?" Suddenly, Angelique walks in, zombielike as before. Barnabas sees her and smiles, and takes her into his arms with a kiss. Harrison is not thrilled to see this, but before he can get over his jealousy, Barnabas suddenly pushes Angelique away and holds out his hand towards her. She is standing over the blackened spot on the floor as Barnabas says "And come hellfire, which shall consume her! Hellfire!" Angelique screams as flames suddenly surround her. Harrison lunges at Barnabas, but passes right through his ghost and falls to the floor. "I call upon you, my master, to destroy them all!" Barnabas yells. Carolyn appears in the flames and screams as she burns. Elizabeth appears next and shrieks as she burns as well. Barnabas laughs as Harrison watches, and next Sarah screams as her spirit drifts into the flames. Barnabas suddenly drops his hand and yells "No! No! What have I done? What have I done?" Barnabas spins around towards Harrison and angrily says "You.... you did this! I will destroy you!" Harrison starts to back away, but then sees that Barnabas is not looking at him, but at his reflection in the window. "I will destroy you!" Barnabas says again. Barnabas no longer has the red bloodshot eyes, but his reflection in the window, smiling back at him, does. Barnabas walks right by Harrison to the desk and takes out a gun. He puts it to his head and only says "Die! You will die!" Harrison is shocked as we see his reaction to the gunshot we hear next. The smoking gun drops to the floor and the blood looks fresh again. Harrison looks at the gun as it vanishes and then sees that the room is once again quiet and he is alone. He is out of breath.

Harrison gets up and is still trying to recover from what he's seen. He checks the crystal is still in his pocket and starts to walk out of the drawing room. Sarah is sitting on the stairs. "It always happens like that," she says. "All those people...." Harrison says. "They were the family that David told me about. Did I just see how they died?" Sarah doesn't answer. "Barnabas said hellfire. How could he conjure up hellfire? What was he, Sarah?" Sarah answers "I can't tell you. He'll get angry with me." Harrison thinks a moment and says "Why are you the only one who can reappear and speak?" Sarah shrugs. "You were the last one.... you were the last one when Barnabas broke away....." Sarah walks away from him and says "You can't stay here. He knows you're here. He knows you know!" Harrison thinks about that a moment, and then notices the portrait of Barnabas on the wall. "Him...." Harrison says. "The clothes are different.... why?" Sarah answers "You ask a lot of questions. Can we play a game instead? I never get to play games anymore." Harrison says "I'm sorry about that. But if you can answer one more question, I may be able to change things so that you can." Sarah looks at Harrison and wonders. "Why is Barnabas so angry at everyone?" Harrison asks. Sarah thinks a moment and answers "He was only really angry at Angelique." Suddenly, loud crashes are heard. Harrison looks away, as Sarah screams and vanishes. He yells "Sarah! Come back! Tell me more!" The clock strikes again. Angelique appears at the top of the stairs and begins to walk down, zombielike. Harrison grimaces in disgust and watches as the drawing room doors open again, as the scene is about to be reenacted. He dashes to the front doors and runs out of the house.

Old David sleeps in a chair in the library we saw earlier. Harrison enters with some tea and nudges him awake. David thanks him for the tea, and Harrison says "I still can't over what I saw there." David answers that "The destruction has been reenacted continuously. An endless loop of time repeating." Harrison replies "Endless suffering. For that poor child's spirit. And for that woman... that beautiful woman. Do you remember her, grandfather?" David nods, and Harrison continues "Quentin. He killed Quentin. No doubt finishing what he started all those years ago. It's a good thing you never went back, grandfather. He would have killed you as well, I'm sure of it." David says that this may be true, but "you have the crystal now. You managed to open the vortex, just as I theorized. You must practice your concentrations. You must focus on the time before the destruction." Harrison looks at the crystal as David continues. "You must step through the vortex and solve the mystery of the past. You must undo what has been done!" Harrison looks at David and says "And what if I do? What will happen to this world, the world I know?" David thinks a moment and answers "I don't know. But some things will change for the better. Your father will no longer lose his life as he did returning to Collinwood when you were only a baby." Harrison is shocked to hear this, and David continues "Yes... that's how it happened. And now you know that Quentin will no longer die as well." Harrison studies the crystal and says "I never knew my father... and Quentin....." David says "Quentin will not have died if you are successful." Harrison "So I risk changing this world I know or I spend the rest of my days in it, haunted by the memories of all those suffering souls...." David says "As I have been haunted. Harrison, you must try!" Harrison looks at David and smiles. "I'll try," he says. We fade back to the old house in 1971 as Barnabas says "And it's clear you've succeeded in getting back to this time." Harrison says yes, but "I have no succeeded in solving the mystery I came to solve. I've only succeeded in getting to know better the people I know are doomed to be destroyed. I have no idea how to prevent it. That's why I've revealed myself to you." Barnabas looks at Angelique and then back to Harrison, sadly saying "I have no idea how to prevent it either."

Episode 1382

Aired: Tuesday October 12, 1971

Lara Parker's voiceover: "Collinwood, in the year 2045. The great house is abandoned, the result of the destruction of the Collins family in the year 1971. On this night, Harrison Collins, the grandson of survivor David Collins, will learn some of the secrets behind the catastrophe of the past. But some of these answers will only lead to more and troubling questions...."

After a replay of Monday's close and the titles, Harrison and Quentin struggle over the knife. Harrison twists Quentin's wrist and grabs a small board from nearby. He manages to swing it into the path of Quentin's knife, knocking it out of his hands and saving the portrait. He grabs Quentin and shakes him, demanding that he "snap out of it." Quentin comes to and asks what he's "doing up here." Harrison tells him he suddenly went into a trance and "tried to destroy...that." Quentin sees the portrait and is disgusted. "I can remember when that looked very different," he says. "So, this is the reason for your condition," Harrison says. Quentin nods, and says he doesn't understand why he's gotten this fate, only that he's tried to make the most of it. "And I must thank you for knocking that knife out of my hand," he adds. "Thank yourself for teaching me those fencing moves," Harrison answers. Quentin tells Harrison that "the spirits in this house must be angry. And they know we are here. We'd better take that jewel and leave." Harrison nods agreement and they start downstairs. As they walk down the hallway, they see a strange glowing light in one of the bedrooms. Harrison stops to investigate and calls to Quentin to help him. As the light fades, Harrison sees Quentin standing beyond the doors of the hallway which suddenly slam shut. Harrison yells "Quentin!" and runs to the doors. He cannot get them open. Suddenly, there is the sound of loud laughter in the hallway. Harrison listens a moment, and then forces the doors open. He is stunned to see that before him stands an easel - with Quentin's slashed portrait on it, the ribbons of canvas waving in the draft. We can see that the portrait has returned to showing Quentin's young face. Harrison slowly looks away from the portrait and sees a rotting skeleton dressed in Quentin's 2045 clothes laying dead on the floor as the laughter begins again.

Harrison kneels before Quentin's body, devastated. "Quentin.... how can this be? It can't be.... I can't let this happen!" The light reappears in the room down the hall and Harrison yells angrily "You will not keep this house! I will stop you!" He marches to the room, but when he goes inside, he suddenly stops in his tracks, startled. Sarah stands before him, studying him. "Why are you so angry?" she asks innocently. "Who are you?" he says. "Are you angry with me?" she asks. "No. How could I be angry with you, little girl?" he answers. "Do you....live here?" Sarah shrugs and says "I don't know. I'm here all the time, though. Well, almost all the time." Harrison looks her over and remarks "Your clothes...they are different than mine. Old fashioned." Sarah laughs. "You have funny clothes on!" Harrison smiles a bit and says "Yes, I suppose I do. What is your name?" She tells him her name is Sarah, and he introduces himself. "Why are you here? I never see anyone else here." she says. "Anyone else? Who else is here?" Harrison asks. "All of them," Sarah says sadly. "They're all here, but they're all very sad." Harrison asks "Who? Are they your friends?" Sarah answers "You'd better leave, or else he might get angry! I don't think you're supposed to be here." Harrison asks "Who will get angry?" He takes out the notebook David gave him and begins to read. "Would Barnabas get angry?" Sarah gets scared and says "I can't tell you!" before she runs out of the room. Harrison calls out to her to wait and follows her out into the hallway, but she is gone. He sees another room with an open door suddenly shine a light out into the hallway. He walks over to investigate, and as he pushes the door open to look inside, he sees Angelique, sitting on the bed doing some needlepoint, oblivious to him. He looks at her and only says "Wow...."

Harrison slowly enters the room, but Angelique goes on with her needlepoint and ignores him as he speaks to her. "Hello.... who are you?" he says, but gets no answer. "Can you see me or hear me?" he asks, but she goes on tatting. He walks around her, studying her, remarking "You certainly are beautiful.... I dare say bewitching. If only you could hear me..." He looks through the notebook and starts to wonder aloud "Are you Carolyn? Or perhaps even Elizabeth? I wonder....." Suddenly from behind him, he hears Sarah say "She's not any of them." Harrison turns to see her, and says "There you are! I'm sorry if I scared you. I really need to talk to you." Sarah looks at Angelique and says "She never talks. It always starts this way." Harrison asks "Starts? Who is she?" Sarah answers "Don't you know? She's Angelique!" Harrison looks through the notebook and remarks "Angelique? There's no one in here named Angelique that David mentioned...." Sarah suddenly says "David? David Collins?" Harrison says "Yes. Do you know him? Sarah nods. "Do you know him too?" Harrison says "Of course, he is my grandfather." Sarah starts to laugh and says "He can't be your grandfather! You're so much older than him!" Harrison smiles at her innocence and says "You have no sense of time, do you?" Suddenly, the foyer clock begins to strike. Angelique puts down her needlepoint and stands up. Harrison looks at her and tries to get her attention, but she walks right through him and out the door. He turns to Sarah and asks what is happening, but Sarah only says "It's time...." and turns to follow Angelique. Harrison follows them out the door to the hallway.

In the foyer, the clock continues to strike as Angelique walks downstairs, zombielike. Sarah follows as does Harrison, asking Sarah what is happening. "It always happens. It's happening again," she says. The drawing room doors open, and Angelique enters. The doors close behind her as Sarah stops and stands before the doors. Harrison gets in front of her and says "What is happening? Please, tell me." Sarah looks at the foyer doors and says "It happens in there. He's always angry, and then he's sad. It always happens the same way." Harrison wonders what, when suddenly there is a piercing scream from behind the foyer doors. Harrison tries to get them open, but cannot. "You can't stop it," Sarah says. "It always happens this way." Harrison demands to know what, but Sarah fades through the drawing room doors herself with a shriek before Harrison's terrified eyes. He hears more of the laughter, and then Sarah screaming "I'm burning! I'm burning! Barnabas....no! No!" He frantically tries to get the drawing room doors open when suddenly he hears a gunshot. The doors suddenly pop open, but when Harrison rushes into the drawing room, it is completely empty. He sniffs the air a moment and we see some smoke around him. He looks down to see a smoking gun laying on the carpet next to some fresh bloodstains. As he bends down to investigate, the gun vanishes and the bloodstains suddenly dry and age. Harrison looks around the room and then hears the same voice that had been laughing wailing and crying.

Episode 1381

Aired: Monday October 11, 1971

In a replay of Friday's close, Harrison and Quentin confront Barnabas over the truth of Harrison's identity. Barnabas wants to know. Quentin somberly says "Harrison, tell him the rest. He must hear it!" Barnabas, curious, says "What must I hear?" Harrison says "In my time, Collinwood is abandoned. When I first visited it, I discovered why my grandfather and the other survivors had fled." Barnabas asks "Other survivors?" Harrison answers "Yes. Only David, Roger and Quentin survived. In my time, Collinwood remains haunted by a vengeful angry spirit.... one whom is condemned to re-enact, throughout eternity, the murders and destruction they committed years earlier... I saw these ghosts act out their tragic fates over and over.... it was often too horrible to bear." Barnabas says "Sarah was one of those spirits?" Harrison says "Yes." Barnabas frantically asks "And the vengeful angry spirit you mentioned, the one who was the cause of all the murders?" Harrison looks at Quentin, and then at Barnabas, only saying "Yours, Barnabas. Your spirit." Barnabas is aghast.

After the titles, Harrison continues his story. "In my time, I was very close to my grandfather. He spent much of his life researching theories of time. I didn't realize it until I visited him one day that much of his research was in the work of an ancestor of ours...." The scene dissolves to a private library where a calendar reads "June 2045." Aged David Collins (Louis Edmonds, in old makeup) is going through piles of books and papers when Harrison enters. "Grandfather, I brought the books you asked for," he says. David calls him over to sit down. "Listen my boy, " he says, "You've wondered for months about your grandfather and all his crazy books, well it hasn't been for nothing." Harrison asks him what he means, and David says that he has "found the answer" and that "the tragedy of my youth can be altered." Harrison asks how something so long ago can be altered. "You've never spoken too much of what happened to our family back then, Grandfather," Harrison says. David says it was too painful to lose so many people he loved. "All my life I've wondered why he suddenly turned evil again... Barnabas had changed. I knew he had changed. We had a gentleman's agreement before I went to school." Harrison ignores David's babbling and pours him a cup of tea. "Here," Harrison says. "This may settle your nerves a little." David snaps "My nerves need no settling! I have found the answer in here!" Harrison asks what the answer is, and David says "Our ancestor, who lived two centuries ago, discovered a doorway through different times. He left writings on how to manipulate the doorways. If one can manipulate them, one can travel through them." Harrison pours himself some tea and grows curious. "Time travel? Are you saying our ancestor thought time travel was possible and wrote all these books on the subject? What a strange man he must have been." David scoffs "Not so strange as you might think. It's possible. I've been searching through his books all my life for the secret. I've written a summary of his theories here, in my own words. I wish to give them to you." Harrison asks "Why me?" David smiles and says "I'm too old to do what must be done. You must read what I've instructed you, Harrison. You were always my favorite." Harrison thanks David, but again asks him what must be done. "The prevention of the tragedy, my boy. You must use what I've discovered to go back to the year 1971 and stop those murders. The Collins family must be saved!" Harrison looks at David warily, but then starts to read the notebook he's been handed.

Harrison is reading through the notebook and some other books when Quentin arrives. Quentin asks how David is, and Harrison says he's sleeping. Harrison catches Quentin up on the "strange conversation" he's just had, and how "fascinating this material grandfather has been investigating is. Did you know about the Quentin Collins of the 19th century?" Quentin gets a little nervous, but Harrison continues "He was a mad scientist of sorts." says Harrison, and Quentin says "Oh, the early 19th century. Yes?" Harrison continues "He worked with theories of time and theoretical physics. Supposedly he found a doorway of sorts through time. He constructed it as..." Quentin finishes the sentence "...as a staircase?" Harrison says yes, and Quentin asks "Did David discover the secret of that staircase? Is that why he gave you all this?" Harrison answers "Grandfather thinks he has. How do you know about it?" Quentin answers "I know it existed. I know of people who actually traveled on it and managed to change history once." Harrison, growing interested, asks who, when and why and Quentin only answers "A long story from long ago, but I'm sure it's the story that started David's obsessions. "From your grandfather, Quentin? Didn't he save my grandfather from whatever that catastrophe was back in 1971?" Quentin turns away and says "Yes. That's who told me about the staircase." Harrison chuckles "We have too many ancestors named Quentin, it seems." Quentin asks Harrison what David discovered about the staircase, and Harrison answers "Something about a crystal and some other materials in the stairs themselves. I don't quite understand it all yet, but I've only started reading it." David enters the room and says hello to Quentin. Harrison tells David he "almost understands" what the notebooks say, and David answers "There's no mistaking that the crystal is the key. Whomever touches it and concentrates on their destination directs the doorway. That crystal is at Collinwood. I am sure of it!" Harrison says "In Maine? At the old estate?" David says "Yes. In an old laboratory. Quentin, you will need to go with Harrison. You know the layout of Collinwood." Harrison says "Grandfather, please. Quentin's never been to the old estate. He wouldn't know his way around..." David looks at Quentin and says "You will have to tell him. It's time he knew anyway. And he will need to know if he does make it back to 1971." Harrison asks what he is talking about, and David looks at Quentin who asks "Do you think he can really go back in time and stop what happened?" David says yes. Quentin looks at Harrison and says "Then maybe you should know the rest of the truth." Harrison wonders what that is.

The interior of Collinwood is dark and abandoned. There are cobwebs and dust everywhere as we pan across the foyer. The front doors open and Harrison and Quentin enter with flashlights. Quentin tells Harrison to be "very quiet and very careful." He turns to look at the portrait of Barnabas and winces a bit. Harrison looks around and comments "This house was once magnificent, I can tell." Quentin tells him they may not have time to admire it. "If what David said is true, we'll need to go by the servants' quarters and downstairs to the old laboratory," Quentin adds. Harrison looks at Quentin and smiles thoughtfully. "So, you've known David since he was a boy. That must be so odd to watch an entire lifespan like that," he says. Quentin thinks a moment and says "Odd isn't the only word for it." Harrison asks "Did you intend to watch over me my entire life as well?" Quentin smiles and says "Maybe. You've always reminded me of someone I was very close to a long time ago. Second chances are nice, although my condition has caused me to lose a lot of people close to me through the ravages of time." Quentin finishes that statement while looking at Barnabas' portrait. Harrison shines his light on the servant's door and leads Quentin past it. In the laboratory, things aren't much cleaner. The place is covered with dust and is a mess. The desk has some books on it, and the dusty old planks of the staircase are in the corner. "This must be what grandfather was talking about," Harrison says, looking at the desk. Quentin looks at the planks and remarks how they must have been the staircase in question. Harrison takes out a small notebook and reads aloud "The crystal key must be near enough to the remains of the staircase to have activated it involuntarily." Quentin replies that he has no idea what that means. Harrison says "Grandfather felt the staircase was activated by thoughts relayed through a crystal. A crystal somewhere in this laboratory." They start searching, and Harrison begins to unjam the desk drawers. He yanks a large one open and finds a small jewelry box. He blows some dust off of it and places it on the desk. He opens it, and it's empty - except for a small red jewel that shines in the reflection of Quentin's flashlight. "Could that be it?" Quentin asks. Harrison replies "According to grandfather, there's only one way to find out." He places the crystal in his hand and turns towards the planks. "I must concentrate...." Harrison says. Quentin watches him for a moment, and suddenly near the planks, some wind begins to blow. Before Quentin and Harrison's astonished eyes, a vortex begins to open and flash multicolored lights. Harrison is startled and gasps, dropping the jewel to the floor. The vortex vanishes. Quentin and Harrison look at each other before Quentin picks up the jewel and studies it. "David was right," he says. "This is the key."

Harrison is reading in the notebook, thinking aloud "My concentrations seemed to control it, but there must be more to mastering the technique. If one wanted to direct the vortex to certain times and places." Quentin looks over the planks and says "Amazing how this has been laying here all these years...." Harrison is engrossed in the notebook. "Grandfather talks of opening doors to other timestreams as well. Parallel times are opened at the rim of the echo of the vortex, whatever that means. Random thoughts and desires from anyone living at Collinwood may have inadvertently directed the vortex..." As Harrison reads, Quentin suddenly seems to hear something. He turns and starts to follow it. As he starts up the stairs, Harrison asks him where he is going. He gets no answer. Quentin continues up the stairs as Harrison picks up a flashlight and follows him. In the foyer, Quentin walks zombielike up the stairs, and as he gets near the top, the hallway doors open by themselves. Harrison follows, yelling "Quentin!" after him. Quentin stops near the hallway doors and shouts back at Harrison "Turn back! This house will not be yours!" before continuing on. Harrison follows him upstairs. In the hallway, Harrison has lost Quentin. He looks around, shining his flashlight into eerie empty rooms, many of which look suddenly abandoned. There are clothes in closets, pictures on dressers, beds unmade for decades. Harrison hears a noise behind him and follows it down the hall. A door opens before him, and he sees a staircase leading upwards, which he takes. In the attic, Harrison comes up the stairs and confronts a large painting on an easel, with a dust covered cloth covering it. Curious, looks at the bottom of the frame where his light shines on "Quentin Collins, 1897." Harrison's eyes open wide, and trembling, he removes the cloth - he is shocked by what he sees and steps back - the portrait is of a rotted skeleton, with white wiry hair and missing its lower jaw, in Quentin's 1897 suit. Before Harrison can recover from this horrifying sight, Quentin suddenly appears from behind him, deep in a trance and wielding a large knife....

Episode 1380

Aired: Friday October 8, 1971

David Selby's voiceover: "For generations the great house at Collinwood has hidden many secrets. On this day, the many mysteries surrounding the newly arrived Harrison Collins will be revealed... only these truths will create more mysteries, mysteries shrouded in matters of life and death for the Collins family...."

Harrison enters the old house with Quentin close behind. He takes a quick look around and says "They're not here." Quentin says that he overheard Angelique say they were headed for the village, to shop for toys for Sarah. "Poor little Sarah..." Harrison says. "A sad lost spirit, wandering the Earth alone." Quentin remarks "She didn't look like a lost spirit just now. She looked like a happy little girl full of life." Harrison answers "I intend to see that she stays that way. We need to search this place before Barnabas returns. I know my ring is here. It must be!" Quentin looks at him skeptically.

Harrison begins to look through the desk as Quentin protests "You are wrong about Barnabas! There's no way he could have stolen that ring. There'd be no reason for him to do so!" Harrison snaps "Didn't you listen to a word I said in the lab? You said you believed me. Do you?" Quentin answers that he doesn't know what to believe, "but it does explain a great deal, and yes Harrison, I do know what you describe is possible." Harrison says "Then you should help me search for the ring." Quentin answers "Perhaps you and I should confront Barnabas. You must tell him what you told me." Harrison turns away from Quentin and says "It was a big enough risk telling you. Telling him may alter things in ways we cannot predict." Quentin walks around to face Harrison and says "What could be worse than what you told me? We must take the chance." Harrison thinks about this as we cut to Julia holding the ring and admiring it in Nicholas' house. Nicholas enters and says "You have it! How?" Julia smiles and only says "What does that matter, Nicholas? Now that it is in our possession, we need to find out how it works, exactly." Nicholas takes the ring and tries to put it on his finger. Julia says "And where do you get the idea that you should wear it?" Nicholas answers "I think it may arouse too much suspicion if you do." Nicholas cannot get the ring on, though. "The ring is too small!" he says angrily. "Perhaps we should simply remove the jewel from it. The jewel must be the source of the power!" Julia takes the ring back and replies "We cannot be sure of that. Better we leave it in once piece. Perhaps one does not have to wear it to access its power... perhaps only touching it..... tell me, what did Harrison do when he opened the vortex?" Nicholas thinks a moment and answers "He brought the ring up to his face and seemed to concentrate... I think he did touch the crystal with his other hand." Julia nods and says "That's good to know, Nicholas. That's good to know."

Nicholas asks Julia if she is going to attempt to use the ring now, and Julia only says "Stand behind me." She raises the ring up in one hand and touches the crystal with her finger while concentrating. "Open your door through time...." she says. Nothing happens. Embarrassed a little, she tries again, this time adding some witchcraft, but again nothing happens. Nicholas angrily says "The ring doesn't work! Harrison must have some other way." Julia tells Nicholas not to be so quick. "We may need to find out a little bit more before we are able to make use of this power." Back at the old house, Quentin and Harrison wait for a beat, and then Barnabas, Angelique and Sarah arrive. "What are you doing here?" Barnabas asks, and then scowls at Harrison. "Do you simply feel the right to walk into anyone's home?" Quentin says "Barnabas, we need to talk to you. It's actually quite urgent." Barnabas says "I don't want him saying anything to frighten Sarah." Harrison says "I don't want to frighten her in any way. Sarah, did you have a good time in the village?" Sarah nods, but looks at Harrison warily. "I see Angelique got you a doll. She's very pretty." Sarah smiles a little, but Barnabas says "Angelique, why don't you take her upstairs. I need to discuss something here." Angelique tells Barnabas she'll be back once Sarah is in her room. After she takes Sarah upstairs, Barnabas angrily confronts Harrison and says "Now tell me, cousin. What do you want from me?" Quentin tries to calm Barnabas down by saying "Barnabas, he's here to help." Barnabas says "Help what? What has he told you? Ever since he's arrived he has interfered in my business and been quite curious about me." Harrison says "Yes, I admit that. I am interested in you, Barnabas. For example, I know we have something in common." Barnabas sarcastically says "Besides an interest in Angelique? What?" Harrison answers "I know we both believe in the possibility of time travel." Barnabas wonders what this remark means and says "What does that have to do with anything?" Harrison answers "A great deal. You have found ways of traveling through time. I know that from Quentin, I know all about what happened in 1897." Barnabas is shocked to hear this, and looks at Quentin wondering why this secret was revealed, but Harrison continues "I wasn't sure I should reveal myself and my motives to you, but Quentin has convinced me that there may be no other way. Besides, you are probably the most likely person to believe my story." Barnabas says "And what story is this?" Harrison answers "I too, have traveled back in time. I am from your future." Barnabas looks at Quentin stunned, but Quentin looks back knowledgably.

Julia studies the ring as Nicholas paces. Nicholas struggles to remember how Harrison made the vortex open, but cannot remember any kind of a special trick he did. Julia thinks a moment and says "When he did this, did he do this in the woods or outside, perhaps?" Nicholas answers no, "he did it at Collinwood." Julia asks where, and Nicholas says "In an old empty room downstairs. It was an old laboratory of sorts. Why?" Julia gets up and has a revelation. "The old laboratory...Quentin's old laboratory! I remember now.... the last time I walked this Earth! Quentin Collins in 1840 claimed to have built a staircase through time....he tried to explain it to me when I controlled Gerard Stiles... the secret must be in that laboratory someplace! There must be a connection!" Nicholas says "How can I search for the secret without arousing suspicion at Collinwood?" Julia laughs a little and says "You may arouse suspicion, but Doctor Julia Hoffman is trusted by everyone." The two laugh as we dissolve back to the old house. Barnabas asks Harrison "You are from our future? When?" Harrison answers "From the year 2045. In that time I live in New York. All of the Collinses live in New York, actually. David Collins moved there towards the end of this century. David Collins was my grandfather." Barnabas says "Your grandfather?" in disbelief. Quentin says "Barnabas, hear him out. I believe him." Barnabas asks why, and Harrison answers "You cannot deny the family resemblance. We both know that there is no New York branch of the family in this time. Even Roger and Elizabeth said I resembled Jamison Collins, something I was often told growing up by you, Quentin." Barnabas says "By Quentin? Quentin is still alive in your time more than seventy years in the future?" Harrison nods and answers "His portrait locked in the attic at Collinwood. We both know of it, Barnabas. We also both know Victoria Winters mysteriously returned to this time." Barnabas replies "What does Vicky have to do with this?" Harrison answers "I brought her here. I reached through the window of time to prevent her from falling to her death from Widow's Hill, as I had been told. I thought bringing her back here would accomplish my mission, and would have no affect on the world of the 18th century." Barnabas asks "Your mission? How those words ring familiar to me. Did you know of Vicky's true identity? Was that why you brought her back?" Harrison shakes his head and answers "A happy accident. I had no idea who she was. Quite ironic, really, to save a cousin I never knew existed." Barnabas asks "Why did you save her then?" Angelique comes downstairs and asks what is going on, and demands Harrison tell her why he "insists on frightening Sarah." Harrison answers "Because I needed answers. Answers to a riddle that my grandfather grappled with for most of his life. Answers I was determined to find, to save him and Sarah from their fate." Barnabas grabs Harrison and pleads "Sarah's fate? What do you know? What will happen? Tell me, what will happen to her?" Harrison looks at Barnabas with some sympathy for the first time.

Harrison answers that he doesn't know exactly what happens to Sarah. "But you came back in time, to here, to alter that fate?" Barnabas says. "Yes," Harrison answers. "There were things that I wanted to change. But I cannot be sure that I have changed them as yet. And time is running out!" Angelique asks "How do you know that?" Harrison answers "Because my grandfather told me that the disaster happened shortly after he returned from school in 1971." Barnabas thinks a moment and says "David... Roger said David will be home in only a few more weeks." Harrison says "Yes. Which means I need to solve this riddle before then." Barnabas says "But how do you know you haven't changed the flow of time already? Simply by being here, you may have altered things without realizing it." Harrison says "Perhaps. I thought about that when I brought Victoria Winters back. But after seeing Sarah, I realized that events may be taking their course as described to me." Quentin somberly says "Harrison, tell him the rest. He must hear it!" Barnabas, curious, says "What must I hear?" Harrison says "In my time, Collinwood is abandoned. When I first visited it, I discovered why my grandfather and the other survivors had fled." Barnabas asks "Other survivors?" Harrison answers "Yes. Only David, Roger and Quentin survived. In my time, Collinwood remains haunted by a vengeful angry spirit.... one whom is condemned to re-enact, throughout eternity, the murders and destruction they committed years earlier... I saw these ghosts act out their tragic fates over and over.... it was often too horrible to bear." Barnabas says "Sarah was one of those spirits?" Harrison says "Yes." Barnabas frantically asks "And the vengeful angry spirit you mentioned, the one who was the cause of all the murders?" Harrison looks at Quentin, and then at Barnabas, only saying "Yours, Barnabas. Your spirit." Barnabas is aghast.

Episode1379

Aired: Thursday October 7, 1971

After a replay of Wednesday's close where Harrison fails to open the vortex & the titles, Quentin asks how Harrison knows the ring is a fake. Harrison says "Because the real one has an inscription on the inside. The ring itself was a gift. I had the crystal set into it after I discovered it in that desk." Quentin laughs a little and says "Well, you certainly make things very difficult to believe." Harrison says "I understand your skepticism, Quentin. If I were in your position, I'd feel the same. But you must believe me when I tell you that I am speaking the truth, and that whoever has stolen my ring holds in their possession a very dangerous weapon." Quentin replies "For someone to steal that ring, they must know about it. Who else knows about it?" Harrison says he's not sure, but that he once caught Willie Loomis attempting to steal it, and "this makes me suspect Barnabas." Quentin answers "Barnabas? I doubt that very much. I don't know what use he could possibly have for it." Harrison answers "That's something I'd like to find out." We fade to the Collinwood drawing room, where Liz is putting out some cups and saucers. Alan enters with Carolyn, and asks "Well, what's the occasion?" Liz tells Alan that Barnabas and Angelique are bringing Barnabas' niece over to meet the family. Alan remarks how Collinwood can't seem to stay without children too long. Liz answers that "David is hardly a child anymore, though it's hard for me to think of him otherwise." Maggie enters, and Liz says hello. Maggie asks what the occasion is as well, and Alan tells her that Barnabas and Angelique will be over soon with "Barnabas' long lost niece." Liz says "Oh, Alan. Sarah isn't really a blood relative, but Barnabas was very close with her parents in England. He'll be her guardian." Maggie says "Yes, Julia mentioned that to me. Barnabas was wondering if I could serve as her governess." Liz says "Oh Maggie, that's wonderful! That should work out just fine." Maggie says "Yes, it should. It's just..." Liz asks what, and Maggie says "Nothing, really. I just got a funny feeling when Barnabas talked about her. Almost like a memory, but not quite. I'm sure it's nothing." She sits down and has some coffee with Liz and Alan.

Down in the lab, Quentin and Harrison are still discussing the ring. "I can't see any reason why Barnabas would steal your ring," Quentin says. Harrison replies "Well, someone certainly seems interested in it. Barnabas has mystified me ever since I arrived. I must admit, he's not what I expected at all." Quentin asks Harrison what he expected about Barnabas, and Harrison only answers "It's a long story. And I doubt you'll believe me unless I show you what that ring can do." Quentin muses "Quite a remarkable concept, the travel through time. All the decisions of people, their choices in life. You can't help but wonder how things would change with just the simplest choices altered." Harrison looks at Quentin and says "Altering the flow of time can be very dangerous. Changing any kind of event can have numerous consequences for the future." Quentin replies "Well, if you really know everything about me as you say you do, you might realize that some tragic events can be altered and history can be changed for the positive." Harrison nods and says "I have thought about that more than you can ever know, Quentin. In fact, there was one tragedy from the past that I did change, though I'm not sure what effect it will have..." As he says this and Quentin waits for more details, we cut to Vicky, sitting with Carolyn in the drawing room with Alan, Liz & Maggie. Vicky asks Carolyn if she wants any more coffee, and Carolyn says no. "So, you've already met Barnabas' niece?" Carolyn asks. Vicky says yes, since she was visiting at the old house when Sarah arrived. "Sarah...." Maggie says to herself. Carolyn says "Hmm?" and Maggie says "Oh, nothing. I was just thinking about that name." The front door opens, and Barnabas, Angelique and Sarah enter. Vicky walks out to greet them, and Barnabas tells Sarah "This is Collinwood. It's a grand house, as you will see." Sarah looks around, and then sees Barnabas' portrait. "Why are you dressed like that?" she asks Barnabas. Barnabas tells her "He was my ancestor... people dressed differently long ago." Sarah looks around, and Liz comes out. She says hello to Angelique and Barnabas, and then sees Sarah. "And this must be little Sarah! Hello, I'm your cousin Elizabeth." Sarah says hello, but studies Liz carefully. Liz asks her "Why are you looking at me like that?" Sarah says "You look like my mother." Barnabas and Angelique get nervous, but Liz only says "Really? Well, that's something Barnabas never mentioned." Barnabas only says "Well, I suppose there was a slight resemblance." They all enter the drawing room, and Sarah is introduced to Alan and Carolyn. Everyone says hello, and then Maggie and Sarah see each other. Barnabas nervously watches as Liz introduces Maggie to Sarah. Maggie says hello, and Sarah looks her over a moment before saying "You look like my friend!" Barnabas worries.

"I look like your friend?" Maggie says, and Sarah nods. "Well, that's nice. But I know we haven't met before." Barnabas smiles with relief, and remarks how Sarah is still "a bit tired" from her long trip. Liz asks Sarah how she likes Collinsport so far, and Sarah says she "likes the woods around the old house." Liz laughs a little and remarks how Sarah is "already calling it the old house." Carolyn says "Sarah, what is England like? Did you like growing up there?" Sarah says "It's very different than here. I really don't remember it well." Everyone laughs at this supposedly cute remark, but Carolyn continues "What about London? I loved my visit there when I was about your age. I went with my Uncle Roger, you'll meet him soon. London was a wonderful city..." as Carolyn goes on, we zoom in on Maggie, who starts to hum "London Bridge" louder and louder. Sarah listens to her, and then suddenly the two of them sing a verse of the song. Barnabas gets very nervous, and Maggie says "I don't know why I did that, I'm sorry." Sarah says "It's okay, I like singing with you." Angelique says "Sarah, we were thinking of having Maggie be your governess, your teacher. Would you like that?" Sarah nods yes, and Angelique takes Barnabas aside and says "I will protect you, do not worry." Vicky asks Sarah if she'd like to see the rest of the house, and Sarah says yes. Carolyn and Maggie say that they'll help show Sarah around, and the four of them leave. Liz tells Barnabas "She's delightful! I'm sure she will be very happy here, Barnabas. " Barnabas thanks Liz, and then tells Angelique "I hope I can be sure as well." Liz says "I wonder where Quentin and Harrison are. I thought I had mentioned this to them. I'm sure they'd love to meet Sarah as well." Barnabas suddenly gets panicky and takes Angelique aside. Angelique asks what's wrong and Barnabas says "I was a fool to forget! Harrison!" Angelique says "What about him?" Barnabas says "Harrison has seen Sarah before. He's most sure to recognize her." Angelique thinks about this as we cut to Harrison down in the lab with Quentin. Quentin says "If I help you find this ring, what are you going to use it for?" Harrison answers "What do you mean?" Quentin says "I mean... you will have the power to alter time. What do you intend to alter? And what does it have to do with me?" Harrison answers "You'll have to..." Quentin says "I know, I know. Trust you. How familiar those words are beginning to sound to me." Harrison says "Please, Quentin. I will tell you everything, I promise. I know I can trust you." Quentin snaps "And how do you know that? Especially if you know me so well as you claim...not everyone who has known me has found me very trustworthy..." Harrison answers "When we find the ring, you'll be able to recognize it by its inscription. Like I said, it was a gift." Quentin says "If I help you find it..." Harrison continues "The inscription reads 'To Harrison on his eighteenth birthday....from Quentin." Quentin raises an eyebrow. "I think it's time I told you everything," Harrison says.

In the foyer, Maggie and Vicky come downstairs with Sarah and remark about how big Collinwood is. Vicky remarks that Sarah will have plenty of chances to explore as time goes on. Barnabas and Angelique come out of the drawing room and tell Vicky that they'd better get Sarah ready for a "tour of Collinsport." Angelique tells her that "there's a wonderful toy store in town you must see." Sarah says that she loves dolls, and Angelique says that they can look for a "pretty one" for her. Maggie thinks a moment and says "Doll...." Vicky asks Maggie if she's allright, and Maggie says she's fine, only she keeps thinking about things "and daydreaming too much, I guess." Barnabas tells Sarah to say goodbye to Liz and Alan before they go, and Sarah goes into the drawing room. Maggie thanks Barnabas for the governess job, and says "I think Sarah and I will get along just fine." Barnabas says he's happy to hear that, but still looks at Angelique nervously as Maggie heads upstairs. Sarah comes back out and asks if they can go, but then Harrison and Quentin come out of the door under the stairs. Sarah looks at them and says her familiar "hello." Quentin says hello, but Harrison stops in his tracks. Barnabas says "Quentin, this is...my niece, Sarah." Quentin says "Your niece?" Barnabas says "Yes. She's just arrived....from England. She will be staying with us." He looks at Quentin with a "I'll explain later" nod and Quentin looks at Harrison, who is looking at Sarah with a grave look on his face. "Hello," Harrison says. "Do you remember me?" Barnabas takes Sarah's hand and says "Well, we must be getting to town now," but Harrison steps in front of Sarah and says "Do you remember me? From the woods? You must remember me, please!" Sarah looks confused, and Barnabas snaps "How could she remember you from the woods when she has arrived from England only last night?" Harrison looks at Barnabas and says sarcastically "Why don't you tell me?" After an uncomfortable beat, Barnabas leads Sarah out the door along with Angelique as Vicky is confused. "I don't understand," she says (what else?). Quentin looks at Harrison and says "Neither do I. What was all that about?" Harrison looks at Quentin and says "It was all about what I just told you. That little girl. She's the one." Quentin is suddenly devastated and only says "Oh my God...." Vicky asks what is going on, and Harrison only tells her "Miss Winters, trust me. It's better that you do not know. Quentin, come with me, quickly." Harrison grabs his coat and leaves, and Quentin follows, asking "Where are we going?" before the door closes on a confused Vicky. Liz and Alan come out of the drawing room and ask Vicky why she looks so upset. Vicky says "I'm not sure....but something is definitely wrong!" Vicky suddenly goes out the door as well, while Liz and Alan wonder why.

Episode 1378

Aired: Wednesday October 6, 1971

Keith Prentice's voiceover: "There is an ominous shadow of evil over Collinwood.... but no one suspects that it is found in the form of Julia Hoffman, now possessed by an evil warlock from an earlier century. She and Nicholas Blair, who brought the evil spirit to her, conspire to unlock the secrets of time discovered by Barnabas Collins... and conspire towards revenge against him as well...."

Nicholas enters his house and looks around for Julia. He stops at the mirror for a moment and wonders why she is not there. Julia comes downstairs and he asks her what has been happening with "the plan." Julia answers "Everything is going according to plan. Barnabas has his Sarah again and couldn't be happier." Nicholas smirks. "Do you enjoy tormenting that child with nightmares?" Julia smiles and answers "Once was amusing enough. I'm sure she has forgotten the experience by now, though the seeds of the truth were planted in her mind. It will be enough to destroy her when the time is right." Nicholas remarks that "destroying little girls" was not the reason he brought Judah to this century, and Julia snaps "I have already moved forward with the major objective before us." Confused, Nicholas asks "What have you done to Harrison Collins? Did you get the ring?" Julia smiles and says "I have.....a ring" as she holds up a jeweled ring in her hands.

After the titles, Nicholas asks her "How did you get that? Does he know?" Julia scoffs "Of course not, how could he? This is not his ring, Nicholas. It's a replica I had made in the village." Nicholas catches on. "And all you think we need to do is switch them somehow?" Julia nods. Nicholas answers "That may be impossible. It means we have to get Harrison to remove the ring from his hand." Julia answers "Nicholas, you surprise me in your limited thinking. We have many ways at our disposal..." as we pull in to study the crystal in the ring, we dissolve to the ring on Harrison's hand, and pull back to see him sitting in the Collinwood drawing room reading the newspaper. Quentin enters, but then turns to exit to avoid Harrison. Harrison sees him and calls after him. "Quentin! Please, I've been waiting for you." Quentin turns again and stands at the entrance of the drawing room. "Why?" he says. "What kind of nonsense are you going to tell me now?" Harrison puts the paper down and says "We both know what I told you is far from nonsense. But if you still don't believe me, there's something else I can show you." Quentin snaps "All I want you to do is tell me what this is all about." Harrison stands before him and says "I promise to tell you everything after I show you that I am telling the truth." Quentin skeptically asks "What will you show me?" Harrison says "Come with me" and starts leading Quentin out of the drawing room when Julia enters the house. Quentin says hello as Harrison continues to lead him, but Julia stops them and says "Oh, Harrison. I'm glad I caught you. I needed to discuss something with you." Harrison answers "Well, perhaps later. Quentin and I have some business to attend to..." Julia looks at him seriously and says "It concerns Sarah." Harrison thinks a moment, and says "Perhaps we should talk now, Doctor. Quentin, if you wouldn't mind waiting..." Quentin says sarcastically "Well, I've been waiting for a long enough time, what's a few more minutes?" Harrison takes Julia into the drawing room and closes the door. "What did you want to talk to me about?" Harrison asks Julia. She looks at him and answers "You've seen Sarah a few times since your arrival here, haven't you?" Harrison says yes, and Julia suddenly takes Harrison's hand. "Yes, Harrison. I know you have. I also know you are concerned for her, but that is not what interests me now. You understand that, don't you?" Harrison stands still and says nothing. Julia smiles "Oh, I see suddenly you have lost your ability to answer me. Well, no matter. This shouldn't take too long." Julia lifts his other hand and we see the ring. Harrison otherwise remains immobile and unresponsive. "I only need to make a trade with you. You need not know it is happening, nor do you need to remember." Julia takes Harrison's ring off his hand and holds it in the light, admiring it and smiling. She drops in into her purse and takes out the replacement, carefully sliding it onto Harrison's finger. She lowers his hand again, and then grabs his other hand again as before, continuing with "Are you all right?" Harrison suddenly becomes awake and says "Yes, I'm perfectly fine. You were saying, about Sarah?" Julia says "I've just seen her myself, on the way over here. She was outside the old house, but then I lost sight of her." Harrison looks at her skeptically and says "Did you really come here to tell me you saw Sarah, Doctor Hoffman? Somehow I don't believe you." Julia is surprised to hear this.

Harrison continues "What did you want me to say about her? We both know you know more about Sarah than I do. You and Barnabas. Why don't you just tell the truth?" Julia breathes a sigh of relief and says "I don't know anything more about her than you." Harrison looks at Julia and shakes his head. "I am in no mood for games, Doctor, not from you or from Barnabas. Is that all? I have business with Quentin, as I discussed." Julia says "I am not playing games with you, Harrison. Perhaps one day you will tell me everything you know." Harrison smiles as he opens the drawing room doors to leave and parts with "Perhaps one day you will as well, Doctor." After he leaves, Julia smiles as we zoom in on her purse. Meanwhile, Quentin is waiting in Harrison's room. He looks through a few things when Harrison enters. "I thought I might find you here when you weren't in your own room in the west wing," Harrison says. "I thought I might find a few clues as to this great truth you're about to tell me," Quentin snaps. "No, not here," Harrison answers. "This was where I began my own search for clues, actually." Quentin asks him what he means, and Harrison says "Never mind for now. I can only tell you once I know you trust me. Follow me." Quentin follows him out. They walk down the hall as Quentin asks "Where are we going?" Harrison says "I want to show you the old laboratory downstairs. There's something you must see." But suddenly, Harrison stops. Quentin asks what is it, and Harrison answers "But first, there's something I must see." He walks past Quentin to a locked door. "This door leads to a small attic, does it not?" he says. Quentin gets a little nervous but answers yes. "There's something up there I'd like to see, Quentin. We both know what it is. If you allow me to see it, I'll trust you enough to show you what I must show you in the laboratory." Quentin answers "It doesn't matter anyway. That door is locked. There's no way of getting up there." Harrison takes a key out of his pocket and holds it up. "Quentin, please. We have to time for these games. You have nothing to fear from me, I swear it." He unlocks the door and reluctantly, Quentin follows him up the stairs.

In the attic, Harrison and Quentin enter and stand before Quentin's portrait, which is covered by a blue cloth. Harrison looks around and says "Yes....this is the place. A place that will remain unaltered...." Quentin angrily snaps at Harrison "How do you know about all this? Are you going to tell me?" Harrison answers "I am going to tell you everything. I owe you that much since I know everything about you. Quentin Collins, born in the year 1870 and kept perpetually young by this portrait." Harrison removes the cloth to reveal the picture of the decaying old Quentin. Harrison is startled by it for a moment, and says "I didn't quite expect it to look like that..." Quentin grabs the cloth out of his hand and covers the portrait again. "What did you expect, dear Harrison Collins, if you know the truth? And is your name really Harrison Collins?" "Indeed it is, Quentin," Harrison answers. "What do you want from me then, Harrison? Why prove to me that you know the truth about me?" Quentin says. Harrison looks thoughtful for a moment, and then answers "I wasn't sure if I should tell you I knew. I was afraid of what might happen, but then I thought that I needed to change what might happen. I want you to remember me, Quentin, to remember that we both know the secret of this room." Quentin asks why, and Harrison answers "That is what I want to show you in the laboratory. Come with me." Harrison leaves, and Quentin, growing curious, follows.

Harrison and Quentin come down the stairs into the 1840s Quentin's lab. Harrison says "Our ancestor and your namesake was quite an eccentric scientist. He was fascinated by theories of time, and has stumbled upon a rudimentary form of time travel." Quentin answers "I've heard all about that from Stokes. What are you going to show me?" Harrison smiles and says "I'm going to show you the secret of how it works. I've spent years researching our ancestor's work, and the key to the staircase through time that those rotted planks in the corner were once a part of." Quentin says "What does that have to do with my portrait in the attic or my secret?" Harrison answers "It has everything to do with my secret, Quentin. A secret you will know one day, so why can't that day be today? Watch." Harrison gets the planks from the pile and lays them in a square on the floor, and then backs Quentin away from them. "There must be a closure in the field," Harrison says, "or else the vortex will close in on itself." Quentin asks "Vortex?" and after looking at the planks adds "A vortex through time?" Harrison says yes, and Quentin says "A portal through time.... that can't be possible!" Harrison says "Is your age any less possible? Of course the time portal is possible, and it is possible to travel through it." Quentin answers "How could it be controlled?" Harrison lifts his ring and says "With this. The crystal in this ring. It is linked to metallic elements in the planks of those stairs. When focused by the concentration of someone touching the crystal, the vortex can itself be focused as well. That was our ancestor's discovery." Quentin says "And where did you get the crystal?" Harrison points and answers "From out of that desk." Quentin asks "How did you know it was there?" Harrison says "A simple deduction from reading our ancestor's journals. Watch, Quentin, I will open the vortex." Harrison lifts his ring and says "Open...show me Quentin Collins in the year 1897...." Quentin looks but as Harrison watches the planks, nothing happens. Quentin asks "Well? What should be happening?" Harrison says "Open...show me Quentin Collins in the year 1897.." again, but nothing happens. Harrison says "I don't understand... this should not be happening." Quentin says "Perhaps you need to tell me something that doesn't require a demonstration." Harrison angrily says "The vortex should have opened! This crystal...." Harrison stops a moment, and then removes the ring. Quentin sarcastically says "Are you going to take your magic ring into town and have it fixed?" Harrison looks at the inside of the ring and says "This isn't my ring... it's a copy, a fake! Someone....someone has stolen the vortex crystal!" Quentin wonders if he is telling the truth.