Episode 1476

Aired: Monday February 20, 1972

In a replay of Friday's close, Brian kisses Maggie's hand and tells her to sit down. "Close your eyes, my dear. I have a surprise for you," he says. She does, and he takes out the small flashlight and shines it at her closed eyes. "When you open your eyes," he commands. "You will look at the light. You will concentrate upon it and put aside your feelings of passion." Maggie opens her eyes as Brian continues "You are fixated on the light because that is what I want you to do. Do you understand?" Maggie passively says "Yes." Brian sits next to her. "Good, good," he says. "I want to know exactly why you came over here tonight Miss Evans..." Maggie interrupts to say "That is my name, but is not my name. My name is Josette DuPres." Brian is confused. "Josette DuPres? Did you change your name for some reason?" Maggie says "Josette DuPres, beloved of Barnabas Collins." Brian raises an eyebrow. "Most interesting, my dear. Let's forget why you came over here for the moment." He shines the light into Maggie's eyes and smiles a sinister smile. "Let's start at the beginning," he says. "I want you to tell me everything you know about the Collins family." Maggie stares passively.

After the titles, Brian shines the light at Maggie and repeats "Tell me all you know about the Collins family." Maggie says "My father wants me to marry into the Collins family for his business, but I don't care about those reasons. I love Barnabas." Brian asks "Do you love Barnabas, or does Josette DuPres love Barnabas?" Maggie looks surprised and says "I am Josette DuPres!" Brian says "Barnabas is already married, though." Maggie laughs and says "No he isn't, he is my betrothed. His father owns a molasses fleet." Brian thinks a moment. "Molasses fleet? What year is it, Josette? Tell me?" Maggie answers "1795. It was supposed to be a good year, the happiest year...." Maggie starts to look sad as Brian contemplates 1795. Then he asks "Why isn't it a good year?" Maggie gets angrier. "Because of....her! The demon in our midst! She will not have my beloved! Not this time...I will destroy her as she once tried to destroy me!" Brian asks "Who is the demon?" Maggie scowls "Angelique...I will destroy Angelique!" Brian says "Angelique....Barnabas' wife...." thinking out loud. "She will NOT be his wife!" Maggie shouts. "I was to be his bride before she....she made him into a MONSTER!" Brian snickers a little. "The jealousies of women reach across the centuries, it seems...." He turns back to her. "Josette, Angelique is the wife of Barnabas Collins in the year 1972. She did not marry the ancestor you speak of." Maggie laughs maniacally. "You fool! Don't you see? They are one in the same! Barnabas now and my Barnabas are one in the same!" Maggie suddenly gets terrified and says "No, Barnabas! No! I cannot become like you...." She screams and passes out to Brian's amazement. Hits her up and says "Maggie Evans...hear me...you will forget what you have told me...you will forget Josette DuPres unless I command you otherwise. Do you understand?" Maggie reels a bit, but says "Yes...I understand." Brian smiles and says "Excellent. Josette DuPres will remain silent and hidden within you unless I call for her. You will remember nothing of coming over here once you return to Collinwood. You only stepped out for a moment and had a drink with me at the Blue Whale, do you understand, Maggie Evans?" Maggie nods and says yes. Brian stands her up and shines the light in her eyes. "You will walk back to Collinwood, and when you hear the sound of the doors slam shut, you will awaken as Maggie Evans, and only Maggie Evans." Maggie says "Yes...I am Maggie Evans...governess of Collinwood..." Brian tells her to go, and she walks out, still in a trance. Brian says "How fascinating you are, Miss Evans....and much more fascinating Barnabas and Angelique Collins just became....it seems immortality runs throughout that illustrious family..." He smiles and leaves.

At Collinwood, Julia is reading in the drawing room when she hears the doors open. Maggie walks in, still in a trance as Julia calls to her. She does not answer, and Julia runs over to her and tries to revive her. Maggie does not respond, but when Julia shuts the doors, Maggie suddenly snaps out of her trance and says hello to Julia. "Are you all right, where have you been?" Julia asks. After a moment, Maggie says "I was at the Blue Whale. I met Brian Miller for a drink." Julia says "You did? Why?" Maggie thinks a moment and says "I don't know...I just felt like going there and there he was. That's all. I think I'll go upstairs, I'm very tired." Se goes upstairs, and Julia leaves the house. Outside the old house, Brian is in the woods, watching. "There must be a way I can discreetly find out about Barnabas and Angelique..." he thinks, but then ducks when he hears the sounds of footsteps. Julia passes by him on the way to the old house. "Dr. Hoffman..." Brian thinks. "I wonder how she figures into all of this...." Julia knocks at the old house door and is let in by Barnabas. She tells him that Maggie has returned to Collinwood, but "seems to be acting normally." Barnabas tells Julia that "Angelique may have an explanation for that," and tells Julia about the spell Angelique had placed on Maggie. Julia understands why she had met Brian in the village, but wonders "why did Maggie seem so aloof if it was some sort of love spell?" Barnabas wonders about that as well as Angelique comes downstairs. After hearing the news from Julia, Angelique wonders about Maggie's behavior. Julia says that Maggie had gone to rest, and that she should try to find out what effect the spell had on her. "I'm not sure how what you did would purge Josette from her," Julia says. "I'm not sure either," Angelique answers. "I only know I wanted her to get away from here. But I'm not afraid to find it out for myself, Julia." Sarah comes downstairs and asks if she can go outside. Barnabas says yes, and Sarah runs out. Julia remarks on how "At least Sarah's memories have been successfully stifled." In the woods, Sarah finds her way to a swing, and we see Brian watching her from behind some brush.

At Collinwood, Maggie sleeps when Angelique slips into her room. Angelique takes the doll and commands it to "sleep in body, but not in mind." Maggie begins to wake, and Angelique tells her "You can only dream of me now, Maggie Evans. If you are indeed Maggie Evans, that is." Maggie sits passively. Angelique asks "I want to speak to Josette DuPres," and to her surprise, Maggie answers "You cannot." Angelique says "Why can't I?" Maggie answers "Because she is gone. And she will not come back for you." Angelique asks "Who will she come back for?" Maggie answers "Only she can tell you that." Angelique asks "Will she come back for Barnabas? Or for me?" Maggie thinks a moment, and then says "No." Angelique thinks a moment, and then says "If Josette is gone, how do you feel about Barnabas Collins, Maggie Evans?" Maggie says "He's nice, though eccentric. Living in a house with no electricity....at least he found a wife willing to live that way as well. I wonder how Sarah likes it..." Angelique says "She's completely Maggie Evans again..." to herself. Angelique commands "Your mind will now return to sleep along with your body" as she tilts the doll horizontally. Maggie follows, laying back down on the bed. Angelique leaves the room. "If it wasn't my spell...." she thinks to herself in the hallway. "Brian Miller had something to do with this. But if he did...how much does he know about Josette DuPres?"

Sarah gets off the swing and begins to walk around the woods. Suddenly, a small cat peeks from behind some bushes and begins to meow. Sarah sees it, and calls it over. The cat runs to Sarah and begins to get playful. Sarah pets it and giggles. Back at the old house, Angelique returns to Julia and Barnabas and tells them Maggie seems back to normal, adding that she wonders about Brian Miller. "I may have made a mistake in choosing him," Angelique says. "Obviously, the man has powers that we may need to know about." Barnabas remarks on how Quentin seemed to find Brian's interest in the Collins family "troubling." Sarah comes in, carrying the cat. She tells Barnabas and Angelique how she found it in the woods. Angelique says "It must be someone's pet, Sarah. You shouldn't take it in without making sure..." Sarah begs to keep it, and Barnabas tells her "the woods are full of strays, but we should make sure." Sarah asks if she can keep it for now, and Barnabas says "I see no harm in that. I suppose we can check around the village to see if anyone's lost one, and..." Sarah asks "If not, can we keep her?" Barnabas looks at Angelique and says "Sure." Sarah kisses him and runs upstairs with the cat. Angelique says she's surprised Barnabas will let her keep the cat, and Barnabas says "I still remember comforting her when a dog died....so long ago...." Sarah puts the cat down in her room and tells the cat she'll be right back with some milk. The cat jumps up on the bed. Sarah leaves and closes the door. As we pan back to the bed, we see Brian sitting there, chuckling to himself.