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.