Episode 1463

Aired: Wednesday February 2, 1972

Alexandra Moltke's voiceover: "My name is Victoria Winters. I have learned many secrets since my return to Collinwood, including the truth of my own identity. Knowing who I am has helped me to re-evaluate my future, but I know all too well that at Collinwood, the future is inevitably intertwined with the ghosts of the past...."

Carolyn is studying her journal when Vicky walks into her room. Vicky asks Carolyn if she's "still having those same dreams of this house in the past." Carolyn says "once in a while. Since I've been writing them down, they seem to be occurring less often. Professor Stokes thinks I may be gaining some control over them." Vicky asks Carolyn what she thinks they mean, and Carolyn answers that "I might not know unless Sebastian can help me." Vicky asks if Sebastian ever found the woman in his vision in any of the old family albums. "No," Carolyn said. "But that doesn't mean she never existed. It only means there was never a picture made of her, at least not one in those albums. Professor Stokes said he's going to help me track down records on everyone who lived at Collinwood around 1840." Vicky sighs. "1840.... it must have been a very strange year at Collinwood. I've heard about some of the people of that time, but was one really a mad scientist of sorts?" Carolyn laughs a little, and says "Yes, turns out to be one of Quentin's ancestors as well. Sebastian and I looked around his old laboratory. We didn't really find anything." We cut to the 1840s lab, and to the portion of the old desk that looks brand new. Suddenly, there is an eerie glow of light that shines on the desk, and now the broken old chair has been completely restored as well....

After the titles, Vicky says "Would you rather have Sebastian help you more than Stokes?" Carolyn smiles knowingly, and answers "He reminds me of Jeb sometimes, Vicky, but I don't know. There's so much I don't know about him. I know nothing about his past, and he's been very secretive about it." Vicky recounts how Sebastian knows the Slater sisters as well as Brian Miller. "Brian strikes me as the kind of man who prefers to be mysterious," Carolyn says. "He certainly charmed you," Vicky says. Carolyn smiles, and asks Vicky what she thought of him. Vicky says she really hasn't thought anything. "I'm still not sure of myself, I guess," she says. "After all I've been through, first with Burke and then with Peter. Even Barnabas. When I first came here at least I knew I was the governess. Now I'm not even sure of that. What am I supposed to do, now that I'm a Collins daughter?" Carolyn humphs, and says "If I'm any indication, you're supposed to fritter away your time until you're safely married off." Vicky points out that Carolyn is taking classes at the college, not "wasting your time." Carolyn tells Vicky "you're the one with the education. You ought to be the one Uncle Roger has helping him down at the cannery and with the fleet." Vicky answers "Me? I could never run that business the way Elizabeth....the way our mother does. I don't think I want to." Carolyn says "You know what? I don't think I want to either! Let David deal with it!" David enters the room and says "Let me deal with what?" Vicky says "We just decided to let you inherit the job of running the Collins business affairs." David rolls his eyes and says "Oh, great. Just when I'm starting to think I might want to...well...do something else." Carolyn asks what, and David makes them both promise not to laugh. They do, and he answers "I was hoping I'd like helping Lori Slater out at her laboratory. I like science. Maybe I'd like medicine. Who knows?" Vicky tells David that's wonderful, but David doesn't know how he's going to tell his father if he has no interest in running the Collins business.

David comes downstairs to answer the door. It's Lori, who asks him if he's talked to his father yet about helping her out. David says "It'll be okay. I'd like to do it." Lori says that's wonderful, and takes out a piece of paper. "Here is your first assignment then. You'll need to go into town and get me these chemicals from the addresses listed." David looks the list over and is about to leave when Lori stops him. "Actually, I also wanted you to help me out here as well." She takes a volume of the Collins family history out of her bag and tells David she had borrowed it since she's gotten curious about the family since her father married into it. "I understand you're quite the family historian," she says. David says he knows a lot about his ancestors, "sometimes a little too much. I used to think I'd always wind up doing something in the family business. I used to think Carolyn would marry someone and they'd run it all, and I could leave, or do whatever I wanted. I wanted to be a photographer for a while. I even got interested in cooking after I tried improving some of Mrs. Johnson's recipes. I thought I'd leave here and go out into the world. Maybe even run my own restaurant and if anyone ever came in and mentioned Collinwood, I'd throw them out! But now, I think I'm interested in science more than anything else. I had an ancestor who was a scientist." Lori tells David that he's lucky since he really can do anything he wants. "When I was your age a lot of people told me I could never be a doctor. It only made me want to be a doctor more. Of course, my father told me I could do anything." David tells Lori that he likes her father too. Lori asks David if she could see some of the other material on the family. David says "There are some old albums of pictures. Carolyn was looking through them. They must be in the study. Come on." They head off in that direction. In the study, she begins to look through the albums, and says "Oh, yes, these look very interesting." David asks her when she'll need the chemicals on the list, and she says "Oh, you can go now if you want. I'll spend some time here looking at these. I suppose I can't borrow them if Carolyn needs them, but they'll satisfy my curiosity." David says thanks and heads out. Lori sits down and starts looking through the albums intensely. In the foyer, the clock strikes. Quentin enters from outside and looks towards the study before heading off in that direction. He enters, and Lori is still looking through the albums. "Oh, it's you," Quentin says. "I thought I might have found Roger in here when I saw the light on. I was going to put in a pitch for David to work with you." Lori says that David is "already on the job." Quentin asks her why she's waiting in the study, and she puts the album down and answers "Oh, no reason, really. Just curious." She looks at her watch and says "It's a good think you came in and reminded me. I need to get back to my lab to let David in. I'll be seeing you, though." She runs off and Quentin gets curious about what she was looking at. He sees it's the album, and we hear him think "Why was she looking through these old pictures?" He starts to flip through the album, and his eyes start to open wider. "Judith....Edward.....Carl.....this is an album with pictures from the 1890s..." He looks towards the couch where Lori was sitting and sees another album opened to a picture of him labeled "Quentin Collins, 1897."

Quentin enters the Blue Whale and walks to the bar. After he orders a drink, he hears Brian Miller calling out his name. Miller sits at a table and invites Quentin over. "As much as I'm used to larger cities, I find this waterfront bar quite charming," Miller says. Quentin says he wonders why anyone would ever willingly move to Collinsport. Miller answers that the village "certainly has an interesting history. It seems a number of rather eccentric characters have passed through this place one time or another." Quentin answers that the "most eccentric ones live here." The two order more drinks, and Quentin says "Actually, I'm glad I met up with you here. You might be able to help me with something." Miller raises an eyebrow. "Oh?" Quentin says "How much do you know about Lori Slater?" Miller takes a drink and says "Quite a bit, actually. But I don't think I'll tell you unless...." Quentin says "Unless what?" Miller answers "Unless you tell me more about your lovely cousin Carolyn." Quentin smiles and says "You have a deal." Back at Collinwood, Sebastian waits in the drawing room with Vicky. Vicky tells him that Carolyn should be ready soon. "Have you been able to figure out what her strange dreams mean?" Vicky asks. Sebastian says no. Vicky says that she could look for more old picture albums, but Sebastian tells her "perhaps it might be better if Carolyn weren't so focused on dreams of the past. She might want to be more aware of her situation now." Vicky wonders what he means when Carolyn arrives. She and Sebastian leave for dinner in the village as Vicky thinks.

Quentin and Miller have been drinking for a while and seem to be getting along. Miller remarks on how he had no idea Carolyn was such a young widow, and that he'll be sure to be "sensitive" around her. Quentin says "From what you've told me about Lori Slater, perhaps I should be sensitive around her too." Miller asks "Oh? Why is that?" Quentin says he has his reasons when Carolyn and Sebastian enter. Carolyn sees Quentin and Miller and waves at them. Sebastian says that he'd rather go someplace else. Carolyn frowns and tells him to come over with her. They join Quentin and Miller, who immediately kisses Carolyn's hand. Sebastian tells him that Carolyn is with him. Carolyn tells Sebastian that he doesn't own her. Sebastian tells Carolyn she doesn't know Miller and "shouldn't want to." Sebastian glares at Miller and says "Why did you have to come here?" Miller answers "Oh, Shaw, relax. Can't you leave our disagreements in the past where they belong?" Sebastian laughs and says "It was more than just a disagreement, you know that." Miller takes a drink and says "Call it what you want, it's long since over." Sebastian suddenly shouts "It's NOT over for me! I could never go back to school after what you did! What you made....me do!" Carolyn asks Sebastian what he's talking about, and Miller goads "Yes, Shaw, go on, tell her. Tell her how you got thrown out of medical school and nearly got arrested as well." Sebastian lunges at Miller shouting "You're the one! You're the fraud!" Quentin grabs Sebastian and keeps him from attacking Miller, shouting at him to calm down. Sebastian accuses Quentin of "taking his side" pointing at Miller. Quentin says he's on no one's side "I just don't want to see a brawl." Carolyn says she has a headache and wants to go home. Sebastian offers to take her, but she says she'll go by herself. Miller stands and tells her she shouldn't go back by herself. Quentin says he'll take her home. Miller kisses her hand and says "I'll be seeing you again..." Sebastian suddenly shoves Miller back into his chair and says "Not if I can help it!" Carolyn shouts at Sebastian to "stop it!" as Quentin gets her out of the way. Sebastian takes a swing at Miller who steps out of the way before knocking Sebastian into the wall. The bartender yells at them both to "break it up." Miller says he was attacked first, and two sailors grab Sebastian to throw him out. Carolyn is embarrassed for him as Quentin tells her that he'll take her home. Miller sits back down and finishes his drink with a smile.