Wednesday, December 23, 2015

Wayback Wednesday - Dark Shadows episode 10-15




Although I love the Dark Shadows episodes with Barnabas Collins, these first 210 episodes that began the gothic soap opera are well written and have a great story line that should not be missed:

Episode 10 Original Air Date 07/08/66
Writer Art Wallace / Director Lela Swift
Opening Voiceover: Alexandra Moltke
Timeline:  1966
Roger puts pressure on Elizabeth to send David away to boarding school, a conversation the boy overhears. Burke gives Carolyn false information on the reason for his return. David sneaks in through the front doors and peeks into the drawing room, but when the telephone rings, he hides behind a chair. Elizabeth answers the telephone, speaking to Roger, who wants Elizabeth to somehow subdue Victoria. She tells him she will not and hangs up, then addressed David, who she knew was there all along. David tells Elizabeth he didn't break the teacup; he implicates ghosts before zipping up the steps.


Episode 11 Original Air Date: 07/11/66
Writer Art Wallace / Director Lela Swift
Opening Voiceover: Alexandra Moltke
Timeline 1966
Burke Devlin pays the residents of Collinwood a visit, apparently hoping to reassure Elizabeth that he has no vendetta to pursue against her family. He does, however, ask if Collinwood is for sale. Elizabeth is very cold to Burke, and wants to know what he is after. Burke tells her that all he has done is drive her daughter home and stopped in to say hello. Elizabeth invites him into the drawing room, and asks Carolyn to wait in the foyer. But Carolyn says she wouldn't miss this for the world, and goes into the drawing room with Elizabeth and Burke.


Episode 12   Original Air Date:  07/12/66
Writer Art Wallace / Director Lela Swift
Opening Voiceover: Alexandra Moltke
Timeline 1966
Roger encountes Victoria on Widows' Hill and tells her the story of its legend and history of the wailing of the Widows. Roger tells Victoria that sailing Widows used to watch from Widows' Hill for the ships of their lost husbands, but once Jeremiah constructed Collinwood they were no longer permitted there. But if you listen carefully to the wind, you can still hear the widows. He asks Victoria if she had met anyone there, someone looking for him. Victoria tells him about meeting a man named Sam.  Meanwhile, Maggie Evans tries to learn what is troubling her father, Sam. Sam wants to skip town with Maggie, but won’t tell her why. He denies that it has anything to do with Roger Collins.



Episode 13  Original Air Date:  07/13/66
Writer Art Wallace / Director Lela Swift
Opening Voiceover: Alexandra Moltke
Timeline 1966
Roger enters the drawing room and finds Burke with his sister. Roger is cold to Burke, but on Elizabeth's request, decides to listen to what Burke has to say. Elizabeth and Roger continue to harbor suspicions about Burke, in spite of him offering the hand of friendship. As Victoria walks to Matthew's cottage, she notices Burke examining Roger's car.



Episode 14  Original Air Date:  07/14/66
Writer Art Wallace / Director Lela Swift
Opening Voiceover: Alexandra Moltke
Timeline 1966
Victoria learns about David's relationship with Roger. Burke arranges to meet with Roger at the Blue Whale, and spends time talking with Joe and Carolyn, at her request. David Collins is in his room, holding a small metal object. He sneaks over to Victoria's room, and is looking for a place to hide it, when Victoria walks in. She sees that David is holding something in his closed hand, but can't see what, and thinks that David has taken something. David runs out and back to his room.


Episode 15  Original Air Date:  07/15/66
Writer Art Wallace / Director Lela Swift
Opening Voiceover: Alexandra Moltke
Timeline 1966
David is sitting in the dark in the drawing room when his father enters looking for his car keys. David asks him if he still wants to send him away. Roger says he's only interested in finding his keys. David says, "I won't let you do it." David is now convinced that his father hates him. Roger leaves the estate in his car to meet with Burke. On the way, he loses control of the car and crashes.

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