Episode 1481

Aired: Monday February 27, 1972

In a repeat of Friday's close, Vicky goes into her room, but then gives into her curiosity about the west wing. She goes back to the room she saw her portrait in and opens the door. There is nothing there, and she wonders "What kind of a world could there be in there....what am I doing there?" She turns around, and suddenly hears some sounds. When she turns back, the room is once again lit up, and her portrait is on the wall. But even more shocking to Vicky is who stands in front of it, with a drink in his hand. It's Burke Devlin (Mitchell Ryan), looking up at Vicky's portrait with a frown! Outside, Vicky gasps "Burke! Burke is in that other world!" Burke looks up at the portrait and says "A toast to you, Vicky. A toast to you....and to all that's here....all of the great estate of Collinwood.....all mine.... and all worthless!" Burke angrily swigs his drink and than smashes his glass against the wall. The door suddenly slams shut and Vicky cannot open it up. She pounds on the door and yells "Burke! Burke!"

After the titles, Vicky continues to pound on the door, making enough noise that Carolyn comes down the hall and asks what all the ruckus is about. Vicky tells her that she saw Burke inside the room talking to her portrait. Carolyn is shocked to hear that Burke is alive in some other world, but then thinks a moment about it. "It makes sense, Vicky. If what Professor Stokes said is right. Somewhere, in some other world, Burke never died in that plane crash five years ago." Suddenly the door clicks open, but when Vicky pushes the door in, the room is once again empty. "He's gone...everything is gone like before," Vicky says. She starts to step into the room, but Carolyn stops her. "Vicky, no! You don't belong in that world!" Vicky turns to Carolyn and says "I can't help thinking I do. You didn't see him, Carolyn. You didn't see how angry and bitter he looked. I don't know why, but it's like I know he needs me somehow." Carolyn says "Vicky, remember what Stokes said! There might already be another Vicky Winters in that world! If that other Burke needs her, he won't even know you!" Vicky says she can't help but wonder. "Right before Burke got on that plane we were talking about restoring the west wing and living there as man and wife..." Carolyn says she remembers. "Maybe in that other world, that's just what happened!" Carolyn asks "Then why was he so angry?" Vicky says "I don't know. He said something about Collinwood being all his..." Carolyn is shocked. "He did it... in that world, he did it! He got Collinwood away from my mother somehow.... and put your portrait on the wall. Vicky, in that other world, do you think he even knows who you really are? Who your mother and father really are?" Vicky says she has no way of knowing. "Maybe it's better left alone, Vicky. Lock that door and forget about it all." Vicky looks into the empty room and wonders.

Quentin and Barnabas are in the old house. Quentin tells Barnabas how David discovered his portrait, and gives a recap of the excuse he made. "When he was younger his incessant inquisitiveness annoyed me greatly," Barnabas says. "He nearly uncovered my secrets at a time when I was a great danger to people, especially Maggie Evans. Julia has since seen to that. But David has become a very honorable young man. Very protective of the family and those he's fond of." Quentin whines how David will "certainly hate him" if he ever learns his true identity "as the ghost who once tried to kill him." Barnabas answers "He must find out the truth sooner or later. Remember Harrison, after all. In Harrison's world of the future, David knew who you were and helped you guard your secret as he aged and you did not." Quentin says "I avoided this problem with Jamison by going far away until he was an adult. It was a mistake, I'll admit it. He was a far different person as a man than as a boy, and I hated myself for depriving him of my influence. Leaving him to my brother Edward was almost like condemning him. I.... I couldn't bring myself to meet him face to face when I came back.... I only went away again, waiting for when I could return here to you and Julia." Barnabas says "You have a second chance. The boy forgave me for things beyond my control, and he's grown closer to you. Tell him the truth about yourself. Tell him the secret of that portrait. After all, he even helped us fight Petofi when he returned as Professor Anderson." Quentin nods, but says it won't be easy as we pan over to Sarah's cat, who has been sitting in a nearby chair listening to everything.

The old house is empty, except for the cat, who jumps off a chair and jumps through an open window. We follow the cat as it runs into the woods, and as the camera pans away and back again, we see Brian standing behind some brush. "I must become human for my next task," he says. The camera pulls close to his eyes as he concentrates. "Maggie Evans....hear me. You know my voice as it carries to your mind across the silent wind....you will follow it to me....hear me, Maggie.....come to me now!" At Collinwood, Maggie, who had been reading, suddenly looks up from her book, which she places at her side on the couch. In a trance, she gets up and walks slowly to the front door before walking out into the night. In the woods, Brian continues to call her, until she appears in front of him. "I heard your voice calling me....as it was before," she says. "Yes," he says, grinning. "And when you heard your master's voice, you followed. Only this time, I do not wish to speak to Josette DuPres." She looks confused. "No?" she asks. "No," he answers. "I wish to speak to Maggie Evans. I want to unlock all the memories that Maggie Evans has....you will break the bounds put into your mind by Julia Hoffman and reveal those memories only to me, and only when I command it. When you leave me, those memories will return to the lockbox (sorry Al Gore) where Dr. Hoffman had safely hidden them. Do you understand, Maggie Evans?' Maggie nods passively, and then seems to become overwhelmed by her own thoughts. She grows terrified and screams. Brian is startled, and says "Maggie, what is it? What are you remembering?" "Barnabas!" she shouts. "Barnabas! He's.....he's a monster! And he's trying to kill me!" Brian grabs a hold of her and says "Calm down, Maggie, I can protect you now." She shakes her head. "No one can! He's....not human! I have to escape! One two, away they flew....what does it mean? Five six count the bricks! I have to figure out the riddle!" She grows more hysterical and Brian shakes her. "What kind of monster is he? Tell me! Is he the wolf who walks as a man?" Maggie looks confused and says "No... what does that mean?" Brian asks "What is he?" again. Maggie's eyes open wide as she answers "He's....he's a vampire!" Brian raises both eyebrows.

Brian thinks about what Maggie has just told him as the wind howls through the woods. "A vampire?" he says. Maggie says "Yes...he's trying to make me into another woman...into Josette...don't you see? He must have killed her too! In the portrait....the one all the legends were about... he was the one who killed her hundreds of years ago and now he's trying to kill me! Somebody, help me! Help me!" Brian grabs her again and says "Maggie! You are safe now! You will return the memory of Barnabas threatening you to a safe place, deep within your subconscious, where only I can access it. Do you understand?" Maggie calms and says "Yes." Brian says "Tell me, Maggie... how did Barnabas become mortal again? Was it because of Dr. Hoffman or Angelique?" Maggie looks confused and says "I... I don't know. He's different now. He's so nice...charming... he's helped me....it can't be true! It just can't be the same!" Brian tells Maggie to hide "the remainder of your memories. You will return to Collinwood, only remembering that you wanted to take a walk in the woods to get some air." Maggie repeats "Get some air..." Brian says "Once you return to what you were doing, all you will remember is taking a short walk around the grounds. Do you understand?" Maggie nods, and Brian tells her to go. After she leaves, he thinks about what she's said. "This puzzle only grows...." we hear him thinking. "It seems that more than one kind of immortality runs within this fascinating Collins family. If I cannot reproduce Quentin's secret, then perhaps there is way of using Barnabas. That must be what Julia Hoffman was after when she covered up his crimes with Maggie Evans. Why else would she save him, unless......" He shakes his head. "No, no, no. That cannot be....not with Angelique in the picture.....but then again, Dr. Hoffman is a woman, after all...." He smiles slyly. "Yes, I have much to work with here....."