Episode 1352

Aired: Tuesday August 31, 1971

Kate Jackson's voiceover: "It is a dark and mysterious night at Collinwood, a night of both discovery and mystery. For Victoria Winters, the discovery of her identity as the long lost daughter of the mistress of the great house has been a revelation. But for another resident of Collinwood, tonight will be a night of mystery, as the discovery of her true identity has only brought her to the brink of terror...."

Daphne is asleep, and begins to dream. In her dream, she is wandering through Collinwood, calling for Quentin. She finds him in the drawing room, but it is 1840s Quentin, from his clothes. She asks him why he is looking at her so strangely, but he says nothing as he leads her to the grandfather clock in the foyer. He points to it and says nothing as it begins to strike midnight. Daphne pleads with Quentin to speak to her, and as the clock strikes midnight, Daphne sees that her clothes have changed to an 1840s style dress. She looks herself over, and then notices Quentin's hand....which is old and bony. She looks up at Quentin, and he is now a skeleton with white hair. As Daphne screams, skeleton Quentin begins to fall towards her as she continues screaming, waking herself up. She gets her bearings, but then begins to cry.

After the titles, Quentin enters Daphne's room and tells her that he heard her scream and asks why. She says she had a horrible nightmare, but can't remember all of it. "I only have this terrible feeling that I'm going to lose you...and lose myself!" she says. He asks her if she's still upset by hearing about Vicky "fading into the past" and Daphne says she's not sure. Quentin reminds her how Vicky has returned to Collinwood and to the present, so that Daphne shouldn't worry. But Daphne isn't convinced and answers "Vicky returned here to her own time. Quentin, this isn't my own time, we both know that! What if I return back there?" Quentin has no answer, as we cut to Vicky entering the Blue Whale. She sees Sebastian and Carolyn at the bar, and walks over to talk to Carolyn. Carolyn turns away from Vicky, and Sebastian says that Carolyn "doesn't seem to be able to talk to anyone." Annoyed, Carolyn turns around and says she can speak for herself. "Have you come here to apologize for my mother?" she says, before laughing a bit and adding "our mother, I should say." Vicky answers "Carolyn, you really should come home with me." Carolyn begins to tear up and says "With you....I never knew, all that time, all that time we became friends, that you were really my sister....do you know how often I used to wish for a sister when I was growing up? I knew I couldn't have one because I didn't even have a father. You were such a good friend to me. Vicky, to all of us. I used to wish you could be my sister...." Carolyn starts to cry and return to her drink, but Vicky grabs her and hugs her. "I am your sister, Carolyn. I always felt the same way about you. Please, don't be mad at me too." Carolyn tells Vicky she's not mad at her, and "I don't know what to think anymore." Vicky tells her she needs to come home and talk to Liz, but Carolyn answers "I don't know if I can. I just don't know."

The next day, Daphne is in the foyer looking at the grandfather clock as Harrison comes down the stairs. He remarks on what a "fascinating piece" the clock is, and Daphne seems to snap out of a daze when noticing him. "These old clocks can last a long time," he continues. "They can go on running for hundreds of years." Daphne apologizes, and says she didn't sleep very well. Harrison says he's sorry to hear that, and offers to get her some coffee since he was heading for the kitchen. She says that will be nice, and as he leaves, there is a knock at the door. Daphne answers, and it's Nicholas. She says hello, and Nicholas introduces himself as a friend of Roger's. "You must be Daphne, the governess," Nicholas says. "Yes, how did you know?" Daphne remarks, and Nicholas smoothly answers "I was told the new governess at Collinwood was a young and very beautiful woman, and since you fit that description madam, I'm sure it must be you." Daphne is charmed by him, and tells him that Roger is not in. Nicholas feigns surprise, and then adds that "perhaps I could talk to you about the Collins business then." Daphne says she doesn't know much about it, and Nicholas says "Well, I'm sure we could still find something interesting to talk about." Harrison returns with a tray with a coffeepot and some cups. Nicholas sees him and greets him with "Ah, Mr. Harrison Collins, I believe. We met at the old house some time ago." Harrison answers "Yes...Mr..Blair, wasn't it?" Nicholas answers "At your service." Harrison replies "I suppose I could be at yours if you'd like to have coffee with us." The three go into the drawing room. As Harrison pours coffee for everyone, Nicholas continues "I understand you are the last member of the New York branch of the Collins family." Harrison says he is, but that he certainly doesn't "hope to be the last ever." Nicholas looks at some of the portraits in the room and continues "That line of the family was started by a Quentin Collins back in the 1840s, I believe, if I remember what Roger told me one night. That Quentin was some sort of scientist, wasn't he?" Daphne begins to get nervous as Nicholas brings this up, but Harrison only answers "Yes, though I haven't read that much about him." Nicholas goes on "From what Roger told me, he was fascinated with the prospect of traveling through time. That always struck me as something more akin to magic than to science, if it were possible, of course." Harrison, getting more guarded, answers "Of course." Daphne starts to mutter "Quentin....Quentin....time...." Harrison asks her what is wrong, and Daphne says "The time! The time is running out!" Harrison asks her what she means, and Quentin walks in the room at that moment. She looks at him and screams "Quentin!" and faints. Quentin rushes to her, saying "Daphne!"

Quentin tries to revive Daphne, while Nicholas says "We were just talking, and then she fainted." Quentin glares at Nicholas and says "Blair, somehow I think something more than that happened here." Nicholas answers "I see no reason to take that tone with me, it's just a coincidence that..." but Quentin cuts him off "I'm very familiar with the kind of coincidences you tend to be connected to." Nicholas' eyebrow raises. Meanwhile, at Sebastian's, Vicky is waking up on the couch as Sebastian makes some tea. Vicky thanks him for letting her sleep there, and he thanks her for helping him get Carolyn "someplace safe to sleep." Vicky remarks how she doesn't know how to convince Carolyn to go home and talk to Liz, and Sebastian answers that "Carolyn can be a very stubborn girl, but I think she'll get over her anger." Vicky says she's not sure about that, wondering if Carolyn can "ever get over thinking she's been lied to all her life." Sebastian drinks some tea and says "Well, you forgave her, didn't you? Didn't she keep the truth from you all your life as well?" Vicky thinks a moment and says "Yes, perhaps. But she felt she had to." As Vicky continues, a groggy Carolyn starts to come out of a room and listen. Vicky goes on "She was scared. She was scared of what people would think of her, she was scared of finding out the truth herself, I think she was even still scared of her father in a way. I really can't blame her. I kept putting myself in her place when she had to give me up, how that must have hurt her so. All those years, not knowing what happened, and then finding me but still not being able to face the truth. She must have felt tortured inside." Carolyn steps out and angrily says "Vicky, how can you say that? Can't you see what she did? How can you be so forgiving?" Vicky looks at Carolyn and says "She did what she thought she had to. I can't judge her, especially when she tried to make it right." Carolyn snarls "I don't know how she can make it right with me," and then complains of a splitting headache. Vicky answers "You've got to let her try to make it right. Don't let her lose her daughter again!" Carolyn thinks about this.

Daphne begins to come around, and Harrison tells Quentin that "all we were discussing was my ancestor and then she fainted." Daphne hugs Quentin saying "Quentin....Quentin...." Quentin looks at Nicholas and sneers "Discussing the original Quentin Collins, Blair? Certainly a coincidence, of course." Nicholas puts down his coffee cup and answers "It's very clear that I am not welcome in this house right now." Quentin snaps "Why confine yourself to the moment, Nicholas?" Harrison tells Quentin "I don't see how he could have caused anything to happen to Daphne," but Quentin answers "You don't know Blair the way I do, Harrison. And the less you know the better." Quentin turns to Blair, still holding Daphne in his arms, and says "If any harm comes to Daphne, I will blame you. And if I blame you, your life won't be worth anything." Nicholas sneers right back with "Be very careful who you threaten, Mr. Collins. I don't take such threats lightly." Harrison wonders about all this.