Episode 1445

Aired: Friday January 7, 1972
The 200th episode!

After a replay of Thursday's close and the titles, Quentin continues to struggle as Kitty cuts her own finger with the knife and then touches the blood to Quentin's lips despite his squirming. Quentin spits it at her and she laughs. "Your blood will now refresh the altar and my power will grow..." she says. Edward stands motionless holding the large club. Back at Collinwood, Harrison demands Petofi tell him what has happened to Quentin, and Petofi says he can "help you save Quentin's life once you tell me the secret of how that room operates, switching between timebands." Harrison asks Petofi why he even cares "Now that you're here, and you claim you are well hidden from your enemies." Petofi says he simply hates not knowing something. Harrison says he'll find out on his own, since "I have nothing more to say about that room! It's as much a mystery to me as it is to you." He storms out of the room and Petofi follows. As Harrison moves through the hallway, he nearly slams into Benjamin. Harrison asks Benjamin if he has seen Quentin, and Benjamin says no. Harrison tells Benjamin that he believes Quentin is in great danger, and Benjamin curiously asks if Trask has returned. Petofi has caught up at this point, and says "Remember Harrison... you have few allies here. I'd hate to see you caught up in all of this." Benjamin asks Petofi "All of what?" Harrison wonders what Petofi meant by that and then looks at Benjamin suspiciously. "Quentin seems to have disappeared, Benjamin," Harrison says. "And Petofi seems to know more than he's willing to tell." Harrison walks away and Petofi says to Benjamin "I believe the strain of what has happened to Miss Valery has clouded Harrison's judgment. I have no idea what he means." Petofi goes into his room and closes the door as Benjamin thinks a moment. "Petofi knows more than he lets on....I must let Kitty know this....immediately." He moves quickly in the opposite direction. Harrison, who had been hiding around a corner, thinks "I was right to gamble on Benjamin.... he knows something...." Harrison begins to follow him.

Benjamin enters Kitty's room and doesn't find her, and then thinks "Kitty is nowhere...and neither is Quentin or Edward for that matter....Edward! Could Kitty have chosen him over me? It's not possible....but what could she possibly want with Quentin unless....unless!" He suddenly runs out of the room and Harrison follows him again. Benjamin enters Roderick's room and sees the books on the floor among the pieces of the vase. He thinks a moment, and then steps out of the room. Harrison enters and sees the broken vase and the books. He picks up a piece of the vase and says "Blood...." He looks at the open book and begins to read "...to destroy the succubus, one must destroy the source of the demon's power, usually contained in the flame of her altar..." He picks up the book and begins reading, his eyes growing wider. Out loud he says "the victims are young men who are aged prematurely by the powers of this demon..." He slams the book shut and we hear him think "Benjamin....Benjamin knows....I must follow him!" We cut to Benjamin coming down the stairs and leaving the house. Harrison follows, and once he leaves, Petofi steps out near the railing overlooking the foyer. "Yes....you are a very clever young man, Mr. Harrison...." he chuckles. Meanwhile back at the prison, Gladstone cannot figure out why he would be the final victim. "How could I kill myself in such a fashion?" he says from behind his cell bars. "It makes no sense at all!" Carl is still looking through the old papers and journals and then seems to find something. "Wait a minute...one of these names is mentioned twice in an older newspaper...." He looks at another paper and says "Look at this! The body of one of the victims was discovered by someone who died the same way five years later!" Gladstone asks to see, and Carl hands him the papers as Gladstone reads. "The first person to discover the fifth victim died five years later..." He goes through some of the papers and then says "And then they were the fifth victim!" Carl thinks a moment and says "Gladstone....five years ago....who was the first person to find the body of the last victim?" Gladstone thinks a moment and then says "It was me....I was only a constable, and I was the first person on the scene....." Carl says "That's it! That's how he chooses the next person to possess! Whoever finds the final victim!" Gladstone looks scared as he says "And then they become the final victim in the next cycle...meaning whoever finds my body first will be the next person to suffer this horrible curse!" Carl thinks a moment, and then Gladstone says "Unless...what if you looking in that book and seeing it makes you that person?" Carl says it's ridiculous, but Gladstone says "What if it's true, Carl? What if it's true?" Carl wonders.

Benjamin walks through the woods with Harrison behind him. "Where could he be heading?" Harrison thinks. "He must know where Quentin is somehow...why else would he react this way?" Harrison keeps moving through the woods as we cut back to Quentin on the altar. Kitty kneels before the walls of the altar and chants holding the knife. Quentin tells her how he'll kill her once he gets free. "You will never be free of me now, Quentin," she says. "Once your outer shell is destroyed, you shall always be a part of me. This is a time for rejoicing." Quentin tells her she's "mad" and then realizes what she means by "outer shell" as Edward thumps the club on the altar steps. Back at the jail, Gladstone is starting to nod off and tries to stop himself, moaning that he doesn't want "Bradford to take him" again. Carl tells him that he's safely locked up and shouldn't worry. Laughter begins to cackle around Carl, the same as we have heard before. We hear the voice now, much clearer and sounding like Bradford (Roger Davis) "You will never destroy me.... I must exact my payment for my injustice....." Carl yells "I'll destroy you, Bradford! For what you did to my Jenny and my sister! I'll stop you and send you back to hell where you belong!" Suddenly the spirit of Peter Bradford appears before Carl, laughing. Gladstone is terrified as the spirit moves through the bars. He backs away, but when the spirit puts out its hand to touch Gladstone, he falls down, asleep. "In his sleep, he is mine," Bradford says as he starts to fade away. As he does, Gladstone stirs and awakens. He stands and says "Peter Bradford lives again!" and begins to laugh. Carl is shaken, but says "Live behind those bars, Bradford! Your killing days are over!" Suddenly, the scimitar materializes in the air in front of Gladstone, who gleefully takes it with a smile. Carl can't believe it as Gladstone slashes at the lock of the cell, and the door opens. Carl looks around for a gun, but Gladstone waves the scimitar at Carl, backing him into a corner. Gladstone laughs. "Do you think your measly bars can hold someone of my power? But you need not worry, you are not in my book.....yet. But now I have a date with someone who is....." Carl gasps "Charity! I won't let you kill her! I won't, do you hear?" Gladstone laughs and runs out of the room. Carl fumbles through the desk and finds a gun before running after Gladstone.

Harrison is searching in the woods, and instead of seeing Benjamin ahead of him, he sees the altar through the trees. Edward stands over Quentin with the large club. Kitty begins to chant and tells Quentin that his "sacrifice will serve to the greater immortality. Once your shell is crushed upon this altar, the blood will flow into my eternal flame..." Quentin struggles as Edward raises the club, but Harrison runs out of the woods and screams for Edward to stop. Edward seems jolted by this, but does not drop the club. Kitty looks at Harrison and snarls "You will not save him... and by coming here, you have only added to our sacrifice." Harrison steps forward and says "I know how to destroy you." Kitty laughs and says "And I know how to destroy you as well." She smiles as Benjamin grabs Harrison from behind. Quentin sees this and gasps "Benjamin! You've taken Benjamin too!" Benjamin growls "You will be destroyed, Harrison Collins!" as Harrison tries to break free. Kitty laughs.