Episode 1485

Aired: Friday March 2, 1972

Mitchell Ryan's voiceover: "The great house at Collinwood has always been a house of many secrets. On this night, it contains a world of secrets apart from the world the Collins family of this time lives in. For Victoria Winters, that mysterious new world is about to unfold...."

After a replay of Thursday's close, Vicky turns the knob and opens the door. The room is lit up, and Burke is standing before the portrait of Vicky again. Carolyn gasps when she sees him, saying "Oh Vicky...it really is him! It really is Burke Devlin!" They both watch as Burke takes a drink.

After the titles, Burke starts talking to Vicky's portrait as Vicky and Carolyn listen outside. "I don't know why I still have this...." Burke says as he reaches into his pocket and pulls out the exact same necklace Vicky saw in her dream. Vicky gasps and tells Carolyn that she's seen the necklace before. "Why can't I let you go after all this time....after I lost you to......him!" Burke angrily slams the necklace down on a table and turns away from the portrait. Carolyn tells Vicky "You left him in that world...and now he's miserable. Look at him, Vicky!" Vicky nods and begins to tear up. "What could have happened? He looks so alone...." Burke continues "Why do I even come here, to this room that would have been ours. Now all of it is mine....and for what?" Vicky starts to take a step into the room, but cannot get in. Carolyn grabs her and says "Vicky! Don't! You can't go in there! Remember what Stokes said could happen!" Vicky turns to Carolyn as the two step away from the doorway for a moment. "Something blocked me, I couldn't enter. The room is...." She turns back and the room is dark and empty again. "It's gone.... Burke is gone," Vicky says as she steps inside the room. Carolyn pleads with her to get out in case it changes back, but Vicky says "Burke might still be here...in that other world...." Carolyn says "Vicky, get out of there! There's nothing there now!" Vicky sees something shiny and says "Not quite nothing..." as she picks up the necklace that Burke had slammed down from a dusty table.

Carolyn takes the necklace from Vicky and puts it back on the table. "Vicky, it's too dangerous! Now don't make me drag you out of here by your hair!" Vicky says "All right, all right. I can't help it. Something compels me to come to this room! That necklace is the same as in my dream!" Carolyn says "A dream where Burke tried to strangle you! Do you want to go into a world where that happens?" Vicky looks at Carolyn and then the two of them leave the room in a hurry. "You might be right," Vicky says as Carolyn closes the door and locks it. "I'm hiding this key, Vicky," Carolyn says. "It's the only way I'll be sure you'll be safe." Meanwhile, Julia has just finished telling Quentin about Brian's threats in the drawing room. Quentin wonders how you could fight someone "with such strange powers." Julia says she doesn't know, only that "Angelique seems very confident. I wish I could be as confident. He didn't seem afraid of her at all." Quentin says "How can we get it through that man's head that I can't reproduce the effect of that portrait? He's chasing after something that doesn't exist!" David comes in through the front door and starts upstairs, but then hears Quentin and Julia talking. He slowly walks towards the drawing room. Julia says "I know...and now Brian Miller is a threat to the entire Collins family." David, hearing this, says "What? How is Brian a threat to all of us?" Quentin and Julia don't know what to say.

David demands to know what's going on, and Julia tells him that it's not his concern. David angrily says that if someone is threatening the entire Collins family, that includes him. "I only thought Brian didn't like you because he was jealous of you and Lori," David tells Quentin. Quentin says "I think it goes far beyond that. I told you it wasn't a good idea to work for him. He may have even been using you to get information on us without you knowing it." David turns to Julia. "Who else has Brian threatened? I thought he liked Carolyn." Julia says that Brian hasn't threatened Carolyn, and David wants to know who in the family he did threaten. "If you're so concerned, Julia... maybe he.....did he threaten Barnabas?" Julia quickly says no, but David reads through her denial. "He did threaten Barnabas, didn't he? That's why you're so worried." David walks over to Julia and quietly says "What has Brian found out?" Julia tells David that Brian hasn't been threatening Barnabas. Quentin gets angry and says "Enough already! Tell the boy the truth! He's only going to find out anyway, why not face up to it now!" Julia tells Quentin not to involve David, but David says he's already involved "from all the things I've seen." He turns to Quentin and says "You're always the one who doesn't treat me like a dumb kid. Tell me what's happening." Quentin tells David that he doesn't want to put him in danger, especially since "Brian is probably watching you for clues." David asks Quentin if it's something about Chris, and Quentin says that part of it is. David looks at Julia and says "If that connects to Barnabas, then...well, maybe I should just ask Barnabas then..." David starts to leave, but Quentin stops him. He looks at Julia a moment, and then says "David, there's something you should know. What you know about Barnabas....I also know." David is surprised. "You do? Why didn't you ever tell..." Quentin says "A gentleman's agreement, what else? But you can talk freely about him in front of Julia and myself without betraying anything." David says "So Brian knows as well." Quentin says "Yes. He knows more than that, though, I'm afraid." David asks "What else has he found out?" Quentin asks David to sit down, and takes a deep breath. "He also knows about what I must tell you now. I only hope that you'll understand, David, and that you won't hate me for telling you." Julia looks nervous as David wonders what he's about to hear.

Vicky is wandering the west wing as we hear her thinking about Burke. "How could I have left you....why? Why do you seem so different....so alone...." she thinks. Every so often, she tries the door, which is locked. She laughs a little at herself and thinks "Carolyn was right...I am growing obsessed." Out loud, she says "It's a good thing you locked..." and just then the door clicks and swings open. The room is dark and empty as Vicky stands scared. "That door was locked..." she says. "I saw Carolyn lock it!" She sees the gleam of the necklace sitting on the table and after thinking a moment, walks to it. She picks up the necklace and examines the jewels. "It's so beautiful.....I can almost see Burke picking it out for me...." she says. She starts to put it on, and at the moment she locks the clasp behind her, the room suddenly lights up and Vicky is standing before her portrait, where she also wears the necklace. Shocked, Vicky spins around and says "Oh no! The room changed with me inside! Am I really here.... am I really in that other world?" She starts to look around, and suddenly she sees Burke standing at the far end of the room. He looks at her mystified. She smiles. "Burke! Burke! It's really you!" she says and steps towards him. He steps back and nods. "Yes, it's really me. Vicky. Vicky...I...." he can't speak. Vicky says "There's a lot I have to explain about why I'm here....and how I'm here." Burke continues to stay back and only says "This house....that's why you're here..." She takes another step towards him and he takes another step back. "You seem frightened. Why are you so frightened?" she asks as she steps in front of the window. Burke looks at her. "You really are beautiful, Vicky. The way the light is hitting you...your hair, your eyes....it's been so long since I've seen the real you and not just that portrait. I didn't think it would ever be possible again." Vicky says "It's a long story of how it's possible, I don't quite understand it myself." Burke is still nervous as he says "What's to understand? You know this house, Collinwood. Collinwood and all of its ghosts, you even told me you saw them yourself when you...." Vicky is surprised and says "Ghosts? You....you think I'm....." Burke says "What else can you be? I saw you die, Vicky." Vicky holds her hands over her mouth and gasps "No! It can't be! I don't understand!" Burke says "You must understand, Vicky! Because..... I was the one.....who had to kill you!" Vicky screams.