Evil abounds in the town of Collinsport, as the deranged spirit of a man born three centuries ago is bent on wreaking his long ago sworn vengeance upon those who put him to death for high crime of witchcraft in the year 1692. Not satisfied that one of the magistrates, a certain Amadeus Collins has been dead these many centuries, he will not rest until he has destroyed anyone who bears the name, Collins.
Judah Zachary stood looking out the window of Trevor Halliburton's office. "What is Quentin Collins doing in this century?" He growled. Nicholas Blair sat on the end of the sofa and replied, "Oh, then you don't know? This is not the Quentin Collins you sought to destroy in 1841. He is a descendant of that Quentin Collins. But here is what you will find interesting. This Quentin was born in the last century. He was cursed by a gypsy to walk the nights as a werewolf until a certain artist named Charles Delaware Tate painted a portrait of him. Tate had some remarkable talents, I've come to understand. When he painted this portrait, instead of Quentin Collins transforming when the full moon rose, the portrait changed instead. Apparently the portrait must be preserving his age as well. As you see, he doesn't look like a man of 100 years of age.
"Remarkable!" Judah exclaimed, being totally fascinated with this new
information. "I suppose this man, Tate is now dead?" Nicholas stood up and
said, "In all likelihood, he would have been around the same age as Quentin
when the portrait was painted." Judah paced across the floor and then said,
"This painting must be well hidden and guarded no doubt?" Nicholas replied,
"The man would be a fool not to. That portrait essentially IS his life.
Without it, he would either age to his full 100 years, or revert to his
lycanthropy, or both." Judah Zachary then turned to Nicholas Blair and said,
"Then I must have that portrait"
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Selena Parker sat at her desk processing papers. The outer door opened and
Barnabas Collins stepped inside. He approached the desk and said, "Hello, my
name is Barnabas Collins, I'm afraid I don't have an appointment, but I was
wondering if Mr. Halliburton might grant me just a couple of minutes of his
time?" Selena looked up and smiled at him and said, "Well, he's in a
conference with his partner, Mr. Bentine. I'll see if he has a moment
though." She pushed the intercom button and said, "Excuse me, Mr.
Halliburton; there is a Barnabas Collins here. He was wondering if he might
speak to you only for a moment. I can have him return if you're too busy
right now." Inside the office, Nicholas Blair's eyes grew wide. "He must not
see me. He is one who knows my true nature." Trevor Halliburton pressed the
reply button and said, "Yes, Miss Parker, but I am just about to leave for
lunch, I'll just step out there. Tell him to have a seat. I'll be right
out"
Nicholas leaned back in the chair once again and said, "I wonder what he
wants here"
Back in the outer office, Selena motioned toward the sofa and said, "Make
yourself comfortable, Mr. Collins. Mr. Halliburton will be right out."
Barnabas nodded and stepped over to the opposite side of the office, but
examined the paintings on the wall, rather than sitting. Momentarily,
Halliburton entered the outer office and extended his hand. "I'm Trevor
Halliburton. How can help you, Mr. Collins?" Barnabas shook his hand and
replied, "Mr. Halliburton, I understand you were representing a certain,
Gerald Fenton in a civil case, were you not?" Halliburton replied, "Well,
yes I was briefly. I told the man the case had no substance and that I didn't
wish to continue with it. Anyway, with him in jail, it's a dead matter
anyway." Barnabas replied, "So you have no intention of acting in his
defense in the attempted murder charge?" Halliburton paused momentarily.
"Mr. Collins, No doubt you are a member of the family that Fenton brought
harm to. Now I couldn't discuss a matter such as this with you if I were
representing him, but let me set you at ease. As I told your sister the
other night, I only work in civil cases, and the kind of help Fenton needs
is beyond the extent of my practice. I don't do criminal cases. I wouldn't
handle his case if I did. The man is unbalanced." Barnabas lips pursed as he
listened. He then said, "Actually, Elizabeth is my cousin, and she did say
you told her much the same as you just told me. I just wanted to confirm
that for myself. Of course, who you represent is really none of my concern,
but I needed to satisfy my curiosity in the matter all the same."
Halliburton then said reassuringly, "There's absolutely no chance of my
having any further connections to Gerald Fenton. You can count on that, Mr.
Collins. Your cousin seems like a very wonderful lady. I do hope you will
send my regards and my assurances that I will not involve myself further in
the matter. I think it's a marvelous thing you did, coming to put her mind
at ease." Barnabas nodded slightly and then said, "Well I shall not detain
you any longer, Mr. Halliburton. I appreciate your candidness in the matter.
Good day to you." He passed by Selena's desk and then said, "Thank you very
much, and Miss Parker a good day to you as well." With that, Barnabas left
the office with Halliburton standing by Selena's desk. She looked at Trevor
and remarked, "What a charming man." Trevor simply looked at the door as he
pondered the real reason for Barnabas' visit.
Julia Hoffman entered the door to Collinwood. It was obvious from her appearance that she was utterly exhausted. Carolyn emerged from the drawing room as she was about to go upstairs. "Julia! I want to thank you for taking a personal interest in Uncle Roger's case. I'm so glad he's doing better. You look tired." Julia nodded and said, Yes, Carolyn. I am very tired. I'm going to spend the rest of the afternoon resting. Can you see that I'm not disturbed?" "Of course I will. You just go get some sleep and I'll see you at dinner." Julia continued on up the stairs and disappeared through the doorway. Carolyn turned to go back in the drawing room when she heard a loud scream coming from upstairs. Quickly she ran up the stairs. In side David Collins room, he lay sleeping, obviously in the midst of a horrible nightmare. The door opened and Julia Hoffman and Hallie stokes rushed in to see what the matter was. Julia went to the bedside and began trying to rouse David as Hallie watched on. Carolyn burst into the room just as David woke up. "It's ok now, David" Julia assured him, "You were just having a bad dream." David sat up looking around the room frightened. "No! I saw her! I saw her!" he said looking around the room. "You saw who, David?" Carolyn asked as she knelt by the bed. "I saw mother, Carolyn! I saw mother! But I saw her die. I know it was her!" Carolyn put her arms around David assuring him he couldn't have seen his mother, "Oh David. It was only a dream. A very bad dream. You're alright now." David still looked frightened as he cried out, "I saw her burning, Carolyn! I saw her burning!" Hallie with eyes wide looked back and forth between Julia and Carolyn. Julia motioned to Hallie to follow her. The two left Carolyn and David alone. In the hallway, Hallie looked at Julia in confusion. "What does he mean, he saw his mother burning?" Julia replied, It happened a few years ago, Before either of us arrived here at Collinwood, Hallie. David saw his mother burn alive not far from here. Almost losing his father after losing her that way has got to be weighing heavily on his mind right now." Hallie looked very sad and said, "Oh Poor David!"
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Trevor Halliburton stood at the front door of Collinwood. He reached for
the knocker.
Three knocks sounded loudly throughout the foyer inside. Hallie emerged from
the top of the stairs and descended to answer the door. "Hello?" she asked
when she saw the stranger at the door. "Well hello, my name is Trevor
Halliburton. Is Mrs. Stoddard in?" he asked as he removed his hat. Hallie
motioned him inside and said, "She went into town to the hospital this
morning. "Ah yes, silly me! I should have known she would be there." He said
as he poked his forehead jestingly. Carolyn now descended the stairs and
came to meet this man. "You must be Carolyn Stoddard? He said extending his
hand. Carolyn looked at the man cautiously and replied, You seem to have me
at a disadvantage." Seeing her discomfort, he announced, "Trevor
Halliburton, at your service!" he said making a mock bow. Carolyn smiled
slightly and said, "Well Trevor Halliburton, what brings you to Collinwood?"
Trevor looked about the foyer at the high ceilings, the exquisite
grandfather clock, grand construction, and finally spotting the ancient
portrait of Barnabas Collins. He walked over to the portrait and said,
"Actually, you could say this man brought me here!" he said turning back to
Carolyn. She looked at him with a slight smile, obviously a bit taken by his
handsomeness. "Well now, if that man brought you here, I'm afraid you must
have stepped through a time machine. He hasn't been around here for almost
two hundred years!" she said to him, now more curious than ever. Trevor now
took on a more serious demeanor and said, "I saw your mother at the
Collinsport hospital the other night. I used to represent a certain Gerald
Fenton. I assured her then that I wanted to have nothing more to do with the
man. Then, this morning, your cousin, who I might add looks remarkably like
the gentleman in this portrait, came by my office apparently not convinced,
so I set him at ease and just wanted to make sure your gracious and kind
mother was assured that there isn't a thing in the world to be concerned
about." Carolyn motioned him to the drawing room and he followed her inside.
She then looked at him with cold serious eyes and said, "If you don't mind
my asking, Mr. Halliburton, just what made you decide not to represent
Gerald Fenton?" Trevor sat down on the sofa and looked at her thoughtfully.
"Well now, as you know, after you've talked with a man a few times, you can
get a pretty good handle on what kind of man he is. I discovered too late
what kind of man Gerald Fenton is, and I'm sorry I ever accepted him as a
client in the first place. After what happened to your uncle, I felt the
family didn't need the added worry of thinking they had anything to fear
from me. I just wanted to set the record straight." He concluded smoothly
looking for her reaction. Hallie stepped inside the drawing room and said,
"Excuse me, Mr. Halliburton, Carolyn, David is much better now. Dr. Hoffman
seemed to calm him down. She finally went to sleep. I thought you would want
to know. I'll leave you now to finish your talk"
Carolyn thanked her and turned back to Trevor. "Did I come at a bad time?"
he asked. Carolyn nodded and said, "No David just had a bad dream, he'll be
alright now. I was about to have some tea. Care to join me?" Trevor smiled
and said, "Well certainly! Thank you!" Carolyn motioned for him to wait
where he was and departed to get the teapot. Trevor Halliburton stood
watching the door with a scheming evil expression.
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Nicholas Blair sat behind the desk in his office in deep thought. Nagging
thoughts kept troubling his mind. "Why do I feel this human regret for what
Judah is doing to Roger Collins? I cannot let him know or I will be returned
to the torments of the damned! But I felt like I betrayed a friend when I
gave him that tie! Who interfered in our ceremony? Who?" The office door
opened and Selena came in holding a large stack of folders. "You'll need
these. I took the liberty of ordering them. I've ordered a few more supplies
for you too. The delivery boy should be bringing them later this after noon,
Nick." She said smiling widely. "I never thought I'd see this office put to
good use again!" Nicholas looked up turning on his usual debonair act and
replied, "Aw now, Trevor is much too sharp to let things go to waste for
very long. He would have had some other fine outstanding upcoming partner
join him before too long. I was fortunate I got here before he did." Selena
tilted her head and asked, "Why did you move from Phoenix to a backwoods
place like Collinsport anyway? Surely you must have left a very successful
practice behind." Nicholas grinned and replied, "Noise, Selena. Noise. I
like the quiet of a small town setting. Every time I would read one of
Trevor's letters it just made me lonely for the kind of life he has here. So
one night I just packed it all up and said now is the time. If you don't do
it now, you never will. So here I am." Selena looked in awe and said, "That
took a lot of courage. I really do hope you find exactly what you wanted
here. I'm going out for about an hour. Do you need me to bring back anything
for you?" Nicholas then replied, "No thank you. I just need to familiarize
myself with some of Trevor's cases. He wants us to confer on some of them so
I'll just need some peace and quiet to review. You take all the time you
need. I'll see that Trevor understands." Selena smiled once again and said,
"Thank you Nick." With that, she departed closing the door behind her.
Nicholas stood up and paced the room a moment lost in his earlier thoughts.
He paused a moment and walked out into the reception area. Selena had gone
already. He turned to return to his office when the outer door opened.
Standing in the doorway was the form of Tony Peterson. (Three dramatic notes
sound)
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Nicholas Blair's eyes grew wide at the sight of Tony Peterson. It was three
years ago since he had encountered Peterson. What if he recognized him? No,
He couldn't recognize him. He had made sure he hypnotized him so he would
forget their meeting.
Tony Peterson walked toward him and said, "Hi, my name is Tony Peterson. I
dropped by to see Mr. Halliburton. Judge Stein needs both our signatures on
this document saying we are dropping the Collins/ Fenton case." Nicholas,
regaining his composure, extended his hand and said, "Nick Bentine, I'm
Trevor's new partner." Tony nodded and said, "Good to meet you Mr. Bentine."
He paused momentarily looking at Nicholas like he distinctly knew him from
somewhere. Nicholas grinned and said, "Let me guess, I look like someone you
know? I can't seem to get away from that, no matter where I go. Los Angeles,
Phoenix, Denver, it's always the same. I must have doppelgangers all over."
Tony looked for a moment longer still trying to figure out where he had seen
this man before. Then suddenly he shrugged it off saying, "Yeah, I guess you're
right. You do remind me of someone, but I just can't place where. Anyway,
Could you have Mr. Halliburton sign and return this to Judge Stein's
chambers by tomorrow? He's anxious to get this one off the docket." Nicholas
took the folder from Tony and said, "Consider it as good as done." Tony
nodded once again replied, "Thanks again, Mr. Bentine." Tony turned back to
the door and departed. Nicholas eyes bulged as he considered how close a
call that had been.
Trevor Halliburton sipped his tea and looked across the sofa at Carolyn. "So your cousin David had a bad dream. Does he have bad dreams often?" he asked as he turned sideways to give her his full attention. Carolyn brushed her long blonde hair back from her face with her hand and replied, "No, it's just that almost losing his father brought back some bad memories of when his mother died a few years ago. The poor boy saw his mother burning alive. It's a miracle he hasn't had to have psychiatric treatment." Trevor feigned a deep concern and said, "That's awful! Maybe I could talk to him. I had a similar thing happen years ago. I can image how the poor guy feels." Carolyn tilted her head and replied, "Well, maybe after he's met you and gets to know you that would be a good thing. Laura may have been a poor mother, but he still loved her." Trevor's eyes narrowed as he repeated in question form, "Laura?" Carolyn looked in his direction, and said, "Yes, Laura Collins. That was his mother's name." Halliburton momentarily averted his eyes to hide the knowing look as something dark and sinister came to his mind. He stood up, and gallantly kissed Carolyn's hand and said, "I really must be going, my partner and I have some briefs we need to review for a case tomorrow, and I've been away from the office most of the day. Do excuse me, please." Carolyn rose and walked him to the front door. "Well, I hope I didn't wear out my welcome here. I enjoyed the tea, Carolyn." Carolyn smiled and said, "Not at all, come by anytime, Mr. Halliburton." Trevor placed his hat on his head and replied, "Ok, but only if you promise to call me Trevor. Mr. Halliburton seems just a little too stuffy, don't you think?" Carolyn smiled and nodded slightly in agreement and said, "Alright, Trevor." Tipping his hat, Trevor turned and departed. Carolyn closed the door and then leaned back against it in deep thought.
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Trevor Halliburton entered the front door of the office and Nicholas came
out of his office and motioned quickly for him to come inside. Halliburton
followed him inside and Nicholas turned with wide eyes and said, "I was
almost discovered! A lawyer named Tony Peterson whom I've had prior dealing
with came into this office unannounced today and saw me. Fortunately, I had
the foresight to hypnotize him 3 years ago, so he doesn't remember who I am,
but he did know he had seen me before." Trevor looked back at him with the
cold steel eyes of Judah Zachary and scowled, "Do not trouble me with your
unfinished affairs. I am not responsible for your carelessness in leaving a
mess behind. What did he want?" "He says the judge in the Collins/ Fenton
case needs your signature showing the case is being set aside. Then it has
to be delivered back to his chambers by morning." Nicholas replied.
Halliburton looked out the office window and said, "Well, I had quite a
productive day, Blair. I have made one of the most incredible discoveries. I
now know yet another way to bring about my plans. One I should have realized
long ago.
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Barnabas Collins…
JONATHAN FRID
Carolyn Stoddard…
NANCY BARRETT
Julia Hoffman…
GRAYSON HALL
Tony Peterson…
JERRY LACY
Nicholas Blair…
HUMBERT ALLEN ASTREDO
Selena Parker…
KATE JACKSON
Judah Zachary/ Trevor Halliburton KEITH PRENTICE
David Collins…
DAVID HENESY
Hallie Stokes KATHY CODY
Written By RUSS WILLIAMS
Directed By RUSS WILLIAMS
Story Developed and Created by ART WALLACE
Fashions courtesy of ORBACH'S
Music composed by ROBERT COBERT
Series created by DAN CURTIS Executive Producer