Episode 1279

Aired: Thursday May 20, 1971

After a replay of Wednesday's close and the titles, Quentin and Barnabas discuss what has happened to David. "They must have taken him," Barnabas insists. "And probably to Roxanne." Quentin isn't so sure, since he knows that Anderson/Petofi has targeted him much more than the rest of the family. Stokes asks Quentin why a man such as Count Petofi would be an enemy, and Quentin tells Stokes he doesn't know as Barnabas remains silent. Barnabas says that if they indeed have David, he must be up at Collinwood. Stokes is more skeptical, saying that they may have taken him anywhere, since "we've never found their daytime hiding place. We must also consider the possibility that David simply got scared and ran off." Quentin doubts that, since David knew enough to make the old house a haven from Anderson/Petofi's power, so it doesn't make sense that he would run away. There is knock at the door, and the three men look at each other.

Barnabas opens the door, and it is Roger. "Hello, Barnabas," he says. "I suppose you won't be gracious enough to move all this junk out of the way and invite me in." Barnabas says he cannot, and that he is sorry, "but let's get to the point." "Yes, I agree," says Roger. "Where is Quentin?" Quentin comes into view and snaps "Where is he? What have you done with David?" Roger looks offended and sneers "He is my son, Quentin, not yours. I will do with him as I see fit. Frankly, I find your attitude very rude." Quentin answers "Even under Petofi's power, you haven't lost any of your charm, Roger." Roger hmphs, and says "Anderson wants to see you. Tonight. At Collinwood. Come alone if you want to see David. No harm will come to him. That's all." Roger walks away into the darkness as Quentin watches.

Quentin is loading the gun with the silver bullets while Barnabas begs him to be careful. "I don't think they've hurt David," says Barnabas. "I know, " Quentin answers. "It's me Petofi wants. David is just the lure." Stokes interrupts "It maybe Roxanne who wants David, however. I suggest you be very very careful. You will be surrounded by danger on all sides, Quentin." Quentin holds the gun and says "I'm pretty handy with this, Professor. I'll be back with David." Stokes reminds Quentin that he will have to shoot Anderson directly in the heart to destroy him. Barnabas again reminds him not to hurt anyone else in the family, especially since "they cannot control their own actions. Without the evil grip of Petofi, Roger would never allow his son to be in such a dangerous position." Quentin tells Barnabas he knows, and that "I've always liked Roger, even when he was a bit snobby. I know what I have to do." Quentin puts the gun behind his back in his belt, and puts a jacket on to cover it before leaving the old house.

At Collinwood, Roger is having a drink in the drawing room as Quentin storms in. "Well, that didn't take long," Roger sneers. "Where is he?" Quentin says angrily. "Have a seat. I'll bring them to you," says Roger. Quentin sits down and reaches behind his back towards the gun as we hear the sound of several footsteps approaching.

Episode 1278

Aired: Wednesday May 19, 1971

At the Blue Whale, Barnabas looks down at Quentin's gun and silver bullets and looks remorseful. Stokes tells Quentin that the gun will be more effective at protecting him from Anderson than anything else since it can also keep his servants at bay. "Unless they're willing to die for him as well," Stokes adds, to which Quentin and Barnabas look concerned.

After the titles, Quentin wonders aloud whether or not Roger, Liz or Carolyn would be willing to take a bullet and die for Anderson because of his power. Barnabas insists that "we must never find that out." Stokes points out that "It may be more of a question of whether they thing you would be willing to shoot them to destroy Anderson." Quentin tells Stokes "That's a very large bluff that I'm afraid they may call." Barnabas tells Quentin there's no other choice. Quentin looks at him and asks if there's also no other choice but to destroy Roxanne as well. Barnabas looks sad and meekly says "Yes. We must destroy them both."

At the old house, Daphne is looking out the window at the setting sun and wondering why no one has come back yet. David assures her that they are all well protected, and that no one can get into the old house since they can't cross the barrier of garlic that has been set up. Daphne is skeptical, but David tells her all about the books he has read on the subject, and how "neither a vampire or their servants can cross the line." Daphne tells David she wishes she had his confidence, since she still fears Anderson and "what he is capable of." David tells Daphne not to worry, since Quentin, Barnabas & Julia will be back soon, but he looks nervous as he watches the sun setting.

David is alone downstairs in the old house when there is a knock at the door. When he opens the door, it's Sebastian. David is surprised to see him, and asks him what he wants. Sebastian says he has talked to Quentin and Barnabas, and wants to help fight Anderson. "I know a lot about Roxanne, David," he says. "I think I can help." David asks him to come inside, but Sebastian says that Quentin and Barnabas are waiting for him outside and that there isn't much time. David gets a little more skeptical and asks where they are. Sebastian points off and says "They're out there in the woods. They told me to come and get you." David leans out the door to see, saying "Where? I don't see...." and Sebastian is able to grab him. David yells to be put down, but Sebastian says "I can't do that, David." David struggles to get his silver cross out of his pocket, but he drops it in the front door. Practically sobbing, Sebastian continues "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I just can't do anything I want anymore..." As he turns, we see blood running from two fresh fang wounds in his neck as he carries David off.

Quentin, Barnabas & Stokes return to the old house. Daphne comes downstairs and says she must have fallen asleep. Quentin asks where David is, and Daphne says she doesn't know. Quentin starts to call for him, and there is no answer. Barnabas says "He couldn't have gone outside. He knew not to leave this house after dark! Especially after what happened last night." Stokes picks up the silver cross in the doorway and says "Does this belong to David?" Quentin examines it and looks at Stokes. "It's David's." he says. "Then they have him," says Barnabas as the four of them look at each other.

Episode 1277

Aired: Tuesday May 18, 1971

At the Blue Whale, Sebastian is drinking at the bar and looking sullen. Quentin enters and spins him around on his barstool. Sebastian says "You again....what do you want now?" Quentin says "I want your help, Shaw. I want to know everything you know about Roxanne Drew and I want to know now." Sebastian looks uncomfortable.

After the titles, Sebastian tells Quentin he doesn't know anything about Roxanne. Quentin demands that he tell him "anything." Sebastian says he only knows he never wants to see her again, that he's "trying to get out of Collinwood. To get away from her. But I always hear her voice in my mind, calling me, calling me. I can't take it!" He gulps more alcohol down as Quentin looks on. "Her power over me is weakening since she hasn't fed from me in a while, Mr. Collins. Do you know what I mean? Do you want to know how she feeds from me and puts me under her power with each bite?" Quentin grabs him and tells him to get hold of himself. "If you've been away from her this long, Shaw, you should have your free will back. You should be able to leave town whenever you please." Sebastian laughs and says "Yeah, run away. I should run away after leaving Carolyn Stoddard to her fate. I can't do that! I have to find a way of undoing what I've done, but I'm afraid Roxanne will take hold of me again!"

Barnabas and Stokes enter the Blue Whale and see Quentin and Shaw. Quentin drags Shaw over to a table and Stokes begins to question him about Roxanne. All Shaw knows is that she has only referred to Anderson as a "partner" but in what he has no idea. Barnabas asks Shaw where he met Roxanne and how he came under her control. Shaw says that he was called a few years back to work up the horoscopes for "some silly rich ladies" who lived amongst Park Avenue society in New York city. He was given the address of Roxanne by one of them, and when he visited her that night, she bit him and made him her servant. They traveled around the country before "one of the horoscopes I read for her stated that she needed to go to the point of return. It was then that she insisted on coming here, to Collinsport." "So," Barnabas says, "she is from this town. Somehow that seems to make sense."

Stokes tells Barnabas "If Roxanne is from Collinsport, and we know that she cannot be the Roxanne Drew who lived in 1840, it logically follows that she may be part of the same family." Stokes smiles, takes a drink, and says "It seems I have another family history to research now." Barnabas thinks a moment and says "It's so strange how much she resembles her counterpart in parallel time." Stokes nods and says "Yes, the intricacies of parallel time are truly remarkable. I'm happy I only share my outward appearance with my counterpart in that universe from what you told me." Barnabas smiles, but gets a little nervous as Stokes continues. "Strange how you had no counterpart in that world, Barnabas. Even when the Roxanne Drew we are dealing with has no natural reason to still be amongst the living, she had a counterpart in the parallel timeband. But you never came across your own...." Barnabas interrupts "Perhaps my counterpart in that time never left England to return to Collinsport, Professor." Stokes nods and says "Perhaps. I suppose we can never know for sure." Quentin enters from the outside and says that Sebastian is planning on leaving town. "I also made a purchase that you should both find interesting," says Quentin, as he removes a gun and places it on the table along with some shiny silver bullets.

Episode 1276

Aired: Monday May 17, 1971

Kate Jackson's voiceover: "A new day dawns over the great house at Collinwood, after a terrifying night of evil. While several members of the family are under the power of that evil, others have barricaded themselves inside the old house on the estate, surrounding it with a barrier to keep the evil at bay during the seemingly endless hours of the night. On this day, they must decide how to face the evil and destroy it, without also harming the members of the family that are at its mercy..."

At the old house, it is morning. Julia and Barnabas are drinking some coffee in the living room and discuss how glad they are that the long night is finally over. Quentin comes downstairs and says that David is sleeping and is fine. "It's strange how Roxanne thought of him as Jamieson, when I've done the same," Quentin says. Barnabas agrees, though he points out "But at last we have some clue as to Roxanne's true identity. I intend to find out exactly who she is."

After the titles, Julia suggests looking through the Collins family history to see if there's any mention of a broken courtship between Jamieson Collins and anyone named Roxanne, but Quentin reminds her how the Collins family history is often "written more with wishful thinking than with truth." Barnabas agrees, and suggests that Professor Stokes may be helpful, since he has researched the family history and has "made discoveries of various things that most outsiders would never know." Barnabas decides to visit Stokes that day to see if he can find out anything about Roxanne.

Daphne comes downstairs and Quentin greets her with a smile. He thanks her again for coming to David's rescue. Julia asks her if she remembers anything of her past now that she has broken free of Anderson/Petofi's control. Daphne says she doesn't, and she still doesn't remember anything about her life before she was working as Anderson's assistant at the college. Quentin asks Julia if hypnotizing her again will help, but Julia answers that all that would most likely happen is that Daphne would begin to describe the life of Daphne Harridge Collins over 100 years ago. Daphne asks Julia why she describes someone else's life under hypnosis, and Julia has no answer. "I don't know. It could be anything," she says. Daphne answers "What if that's who I am?" Julia wonders.

Daphne presses the issue, but Julia insists that it would be "impossible" for her to be Daphne Harridge Collins, since that Daphne lived out a normal life and died years ago. Quentin agrees, saying "I know enough about my namesake's life that his wife did not die young. If I remember correctly, she even outlived him." Daphne gets more frustrated and confused, not knowing what her identity may be. Quentin takes her by the shoulders, looks in her eyes, and tells her "I don't care who you were, I only care who you are now. I care a great deal." Daphne holds him close while Julia awkwardly watches.

Barnabas is at Stokes' house discussing matters over sherry. Stokes says that he can try to research whatever he can about the life of Jamieson Collins for clues to Roxanne's past, but it will take time. "But," he adds, "I did discover something that you may find interesting." Barnabas asks what, and Stokes takes out an old yellow letter. "This, Mr. Collins," says Stokes. "It's a letter signed by a Professor Phillip Anderson, of the very college I teach at now." He hands the letter to Barnabas while continuing "Look at the date on the letter. October 21, 1909. I discovered that the college had a professor of anthropology and philosophy named Phillip Anderson at the turn of the century, who suddenly vanished in 1910. No trace of him was ever found. One can assume that was when he was transformed into the vampire he is now." Barnabas tells Stokes that what he has found matches the story Quentin had heard, but that finding Anderson has not been easy. "And as long as he has loyal servants under his power, it will be difficult to destroy him using a wooden stake as we attempted before. We will need something that will also frighten his servants as well." Barnabas looks at Stokes and says "A gun. With silver bullets. Lethal to the living dead, and to the living as well." Stokes smiles and says "Exactly."

Episode 1275

Aired: Friday May 14, 1971

After a replay of Thursday's close and the titles, Quentin moves towards Carolyn, but she steps aside into another room and is gone. There is a noise from behind David, so Quentin quickly moves back towards him and tells him to "look out." David looks around, but there is nothing there. There are several more noises from all directions that rattle both Quentin and David, so Quentin grabs David's hand and quickly leads him out of the window they snuck in through.

At the old house, Barnabas, Julia, Quentin & David await the dusk with dread. Quentin hands everyone a silver cross and says that before coming back, he and David had stopped in town to "get these and other precautions." David has a bag filled with garlic, which Julia and he begin to spread around the perimeter of the house. "If the book I read was right," David explains, "it should make the entire old house a safe haven!" Julia comments on how smart David is, and the two of them begin to work outside. "I hope you don't mind all of us as house guests, Barnabas," Quentin says facetiously. "I hope David's book is correct," Barnabas says. "Though I know how strong the lust for blood can be. They might not be able to cross that threshold, but they will call upon every power they can to make us weaken. This will not be good night for sleeping." Quentin looks out the window as the sun begins to set.

It's night in the old house, and everyone is nervous. Quentin and David are trying to play chess as Barnabas reads and Julia paces. Every noise outside causes someone to react, but when dogs begin howling, they all sit up and take notice. David gets scared and says he wants to go upstairs to Josette's room where Daphne is sleeping. Quentin thinks this will be okay, and right after David goes upstairs, there is a knock at the door. Barnabas answers, and is Carolyn. "I have a message for Quentin," she says coyly. "Tell me now," Quentin snaps. "May I come in? Or are you all scared of me too? I can't get past the garlic, you'll have to move it, please." Carolyn says. Barnabas answers "You know we can't do that. You should be the one afraid, Carolyn. You are submitting to a power that could destroy you. You've got to fight it!" Carolyn brushes him off as we cut to upstairs in Josette's room. Daphne is asleep, and David is looking at Josette's portrait, but he hears some tapping at the window. He hears Roxanne's voice calling to him "David.... David...." and begins to walk, trancelike, towards the window. He starts to reach out to open it.

David is at the window, and swings it open. Roxanne is floating outside, and smiles gently at him, still calling "David.... David...." David looks at her and says "You're so pretty...." Roxanne answers "Thank you, David. I remember when someone just like you said things like that to me. So long ago. You are the image of him, David, or at least you will be in a few short years. His name was Jamieson Collins. I thought he loved me until he left me. But now you can have another chance. Do you think I'm pretty?" David, still entranced, simply nods. Roxanne smiles. "Things would have been so different if you hadn't left me, Jamieson. So different and so wonderful. Come to me now, and I will make up for all the years we've been apart...." David starts to walk towards Roxanne, but suddenly Roxanne screams and averts her eyes. David snaps out of his trance, and looks behind him to see Daphne holding the silver cross on Roxanne.

Downstairs, Barnabas and company hear the scream from upstairs. Quentin hollers "What is going on up there?" David and Daphne run downstairs. David tells Quentin how Daphne saved him from Roxanne and how he almost went to her. Daphne says that she has locked the window upstairs. Quentin looks at Carolyn angrily and snaps "Tell your master that his diversion failed. Now get out of here!" Carolyn looks confused, but then Quentin shoves her back and slams the front door. Quentin thanks Daphne for what she did, and Daphne says she's glad she did it, since it proves to her that she's free of Anderson's power. Julia is happy to hear this. Barnabas asks David if Roxanne said anything to him, and David says "I can't remember all of it, but she called me Jamieson and said that she thought I loved her. I think she thought I was my grandfather! Why would she think that?" Barnabas and Quentin look at each other, intrigued.

Episode 1274

Aired: Thursday May 13, 1971

After a replay of yesterday's close and the titles, David comes downstairs to the waiting Barnabas and Quentin. Quentin tells David he has something very important for him to do, and David wonders what. Quentin sits him down and tells him "It turns out Anderson is an old enemy of mine from a long time ago. He's come here to take revenge on the family." David asks "Was he a vampire when you first met him?" Quentin answers "No, but he did have some strange powers. He can be very dangerous, David, I want you to truly understand that before you answer the question I'm going to ask you." David looks thoughtfully at Quentin for a moment and says "You're going to ask me if I still want to help you fight him." Quentin says yes, and David stands up, saying "You know I want to help you. I've got to save my father and Carolyn and Aunt Elizabeth from him. He made them so different when I saw them at that house...so evil." Quentin tells him that he needs to show them where the house is, during the day. "I can take you there," David says, "but what if he's hiding at Collinwood? Someone should go there too!" Barnabas agrees, and says that he and Julia will search through Collinwood while trying to avoid the family, and Quentin and David can go to the house where Anderson was.

Barnabas and Julia arrive at Collinwood, and it seems empty. They enter the drawing room and find only Anderson's brandy glass sitting on the table with a small amount left in it. "I see Petofi has made himself quite at home here," Barnabas sneers. "We need to search every room in this house." Julia points out how many rooms there are, along with secret corridors and passageways, and that she "doesn't know where to begin." Barnabas suggests the basement, since it's the darkest. Meanwhile, Quentin and David are making their way through the woods towards the other house. David tells Quentin it's not too far ahead, and then asks "What will we do when we find him?" Quentin puts his hand on David's shoulder and says "You better let me handle that part, David." David starts to realize what they must do.

Back at Collinwood, a search of the basement has yielded nothing. Julia suggests a search through some of the unrestored parts of the west wing, and Barnabas says that they should also search the tower room as well, remembering how his father had secluded him there for safety "a long long time ago." Julia looks through some empty rooms in the west wing and Barnabas finds an empty tower room as well. They call to each other before meeting in the foyer, and agree that Anderson/Petofi is not at Collinwood. "It would be too obvious a place, even for a brazen man such as him," Barnabas notes. "Perhaps Quentin and David are having better luck," Julia says. Back in the woods, Quentin and David have reached the other house and are sneaking inside the same window. As they enter, they hear the noise of someone moving in the other room.

David and Quentin carefully move towards the room where they heard the noise, and David whispers that it's the same room where he saw the coffins. But when they enter, the room is empty, except for some marks on the floor that indicate that two coffins were certainly there. "We're too late," says Quentin, and then they hear the cackling laughter of Carolyn, who is standing behind them. "Yes, too late indeed!" she says. "And tonight, it will be too late for all of you!" She continues laughing as Quentin looks at her frustrated and David looks at her frightened.

Episode 1273

Aired: Wednesday May 12, 1971

Grayson Hall's voiceover: "It is night at Collinwood, a night filled with the seemingly eternal power of evil. An enemy of Quentin Collins and the entire Collins family, long thought dead, has returned in a new guise and with terrifying new powers. On this night, he has told of his chance escape from the gypsies who held him prisoner nearly a century ago, and how his escape led to twin curses of monstrous dimensions, a curse that he intends to spread further...."

We are in the Collinwood drawing room as Storm/Petofi is moving towards Quentin with his outstretched hand. Quentin is backed up against the door as we fade to black.

After the titles, Quentin is struggling with the doorknob as the laughing Storm/Petofi gets closer, but suddenly the window blows open. Both men look towards it as a cold wind rushes through the room and the lights flicker. Storm/Petofi looks around the room and demands to know "Who is it?" At that moment in front of him, Angelique's ghost appears and glares at him. "You!" he says. "Your powers are no match for mine, my dear." Angelique laughs silently and waves her hands - and the doors fly open behind Quentin. He looks out of the room and sees the front doors swinging open in the wind as well. Quentin looks towards Angelique with a smile and runs out of the house. Storm/Petofi tries to follow, but Angelique waves her hand in front of him and he is pushed back for a moment. "Death has made you stronger somehow my dear," he says. "But this battle is far from over." She fades away as Storm/Petofi looks at the open front door in frustration before waving his hand and shutting them.

Quentin has made it back to the old house and tells Barnabas and Julia that they are dealing with Petofi. Barnabas asks how, and Quentin answers "A long story, but he stole another body to escape from the gypsies long ago. The fools punished that body with the curse of the vampire, not knowing it had Petofi's soul inside." Barnabas and Julia are not happy with this development. "All that monstrous power added to what he already had," says Barnabas. "A power that corrupts and spreads evil, polluting the soul." Quentin snaps "That's assuming he had a good soul to begin with." Julia agrees, adding "Your curse changed you until you fought back Barnabas, Petofi must clearly prefer what has happened to him." Barnabas smiles for a moment, but then thinks and says "But what of Roxanne? What has it done to her?" Julia says she doesn't know. "Perhaps she is under Petofi's control," Barnabas says, but Quentin answers that if he followed Petofi's story correctly, Roxanne was cursed separately and not by Petofi himself, which means that she may be acting completely on her own. Barnabas is not thrilled with this theory.

Barnabas is looking out the window, and says that it will be dawn soon, and that they can try to find Petofi's hiding place during the day. Quentin tells Barnabas that he's been thinking about some of the things Petofi has said, like referring to himself as a "prisoner of the night" as opposed to its master. "I'm not sure he is so happy with the fate he has been dealt," says Quentin. Barnabas answers that Petofi's evil has no other possibilities other than creating more evil, for himself and others. "I know, I know, the fault lies not in our stars but in ourselves, right Barnabas?" jokes Quentin. Julia asks Quentin what he thinks Petofi's plans are, and Quentin is not sure. "Revenge is the only thing I can think of. The last time he touched me with that hand I aged several lifetimes. Perhaps he saw me now after all these years and wanted to make me like that for all eternity. If Angelique's spirit hadn't intervened, he may have succeeded." The mention of Angelique makes Barnabas a bit melancholy, though he asks Quentin if she said anything to him. Quentin says she didn't, all she did was open the doors. "If she has more power than Petofi," says Julia, "she may prove to be a valuable ally."

It is daylight, and Barnabas and Quentin are ready to find Petofi's hiding place. Quentin doesn't think he would be at Collinwood now, but Barnabas says it's the only lead they have. Quentin says "That's not true. There was the house that David found. There may be a clue there, if not Petofi or Roxanne themselves." Barnabas agrees, and says they should wake David and get him to tell them exactly where the house is. Quentin looks at Barnabas and says "It's daylight and it's safe. I think he should just show us himself."