Collinwood under siege; the evil warlock, Judah Zachary has now dropped the façade he has maintained for months as Trevor Halliburton. In a deserted wing of the great mansion, The mistress of the house, Elizabeth Collins- Stoddard, and Maggie Evans, have been isolated and left to die as victims of a dreadful plague. Those who have sought to defeat the evil are as yet unaware of the events that are taking place at this very moment.
Desmond Collins lies sleeping. His head tosses (Dream music sequence
begins.
Swirling lights fill the screen. In the distance he hears a voice. "Desmond?
Where are you, Love?" He sits up in the dream and calls out, "Leticia!" The
voice replies, "Yes, Love. Why are you not coming home?" He looks about not
seeing, but only hearing her. "The way has been blocked. I can't get back!"
The voice called out to him again, "Somethin' dark and evil is 'appenin! You
gotta come back!" He cries out, "I'm trying, Leticia, I'm trying!" The voice
then echoes, "Come back, Desmond, come back..." The lights flash again and
his head tosses back and forth. A hand shakes him seeking to rouse him. He
springs awake and looks up to see who is shaking him. He is stunned to see a
woman in a white robe. She wears a hood covering her face. He looks at her
as if to ask, "What do you want?" The woman points to the stairs. When he
turns to look, at the top of the stairs, he sees a door!
His mouth opens in wonder as he looks first at the door, then back at the
woman. (Five ascending dramatic notes sound)
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Desmond rises from the bed. The woman has vanished. He rushes to the door and calls out, "Barnabas, Professor, hurry!" Momentarily Barnabas and Stokes rushed in the door to see what the excitement was. Barnabas was hardly recognizable now, as his aging had progressed considerably in a 24 hour span. Stokes then said, "What is it, Desmond?" Desmond pointed and said, "LOOK!" Stokes and Barnabas saw the doorway. Desmond walked up the steps and paused, "Look, I'm really not sure I can make it back here with the journal, Barnabas. I actually never thought it would open here again. What if I go back, get the journal, bring it back here, and the door never opens again?" Stokes turned to Barnabas and said, "He could be right, Barnabas. If he doesn't return safely to his own time, the timeline could be irrevocably altered. I shall return with him, and seek to return with the journal myself." Barnabas then replied, "But Eliot, what if you cannot return to this time?" Stokes mused a moment and said, "I have no children; I don't foresee ever fathering any. If I cannot return, the impact on this time period would be minimal. I am the best choice to make the journey." Barnabas frowned with worry about the possibility that Stokes truly may not be able to return. He started to voice these very concerns when Desmond interrupted. "We don't know how long this door will stay here. We should go NOW!" Stokes turned back to Barnabas and said, "He is right Barnabas. If I cannot return, look for the journal inside the armor in the secret passageway from the drawing room. I shall put it there in the event I cannot make the journey back. It should be there immediately after I go through that doorway if I am unsuccessful in returning. If you find it there, then you will know I have become trapped there." Desmond opens the door and swirling lights appear. Desmond looks fondly at Barnabas and says, "God be with you, my cousin, and my friend." He smiles and turns, then disappears into the swirling lights. Stokes steps toward the door and turns, "I wish to thank you, Barnabas, for finally sharing your true nature with me. I remain, your friend whatever happens!" Barnabas looked fondly at Stokes, as he turned and vanished into the swirling lights as well. His eyes lowered as he fondly cherished the short trusting relationship he had been able to share with this man he once feared. His thoughts are then heard aloud, "I must check the armor! I must know if I shall ever see him again!" He reached to close the door when the hall door burst open. Trevor Halliburton dragged Julia into the room and sees the stairway and the open door. "Oh no, you will NOT descend those stairs, Collins. So you thought by going back you could stop me from following you here?" He draws closer to the stairway dragging Julia along with him. He holds the gun to Julia's temple and says, "Step away from that door, or Dr. Hoffman will die!" Julia cries out, "Don't listen to him, Barnabas! Go!" Trevor pulls the hammer back on the pistol and declares, "One step, Collins! One step toward that door and its goodbye Julia Hoffman!" Barnabas breathed a sigh and his thoughts are heard aloud, "He knows nothing of Desmond and Stokes passage through time. He thinks I alone planned to make the journey. I must make certain he continues to believe I acted alone!" Barnabas lowers his eyes and says, "No, Its no use, Julia. He's won." Barnabas then closed the door and it vanished leaving the bare wall once again. Judah, now full of himself, laughs and says, "A wise choice, Collins. Now come down from there this minute. Where's Loomis? I'm going to have him destroy that stairway! Tonight!" Barnabas' mouth opened in shock at that last statement. (Dramatic roll out.)
Willie Loomis stands in front of the Old House. He hears the rustling of leaves and turns to see who is approaching. Quentin Collins steps onto the porch and says, "Willie, what are you doing here?" Willie looked at him, pointed at the doorway and replied, Barnabas asked me if I'd put up a doah to keep people outta theah. I just got done, whadda you doin' heah?" Quentin looked at him and said, "So you don't know then?" Willie looked at him and asked, "I doan know what?" Quentin then said, "Willie, the police have Collinwood closed down. The house is surrounded. They won't let anybody in or out." Willie looked worried and asked, "Why have the police got the house surrounded foah?" Quentin replied, "Apparently there's been a dangerous outbreak. They're trying to contain the disease to Collinwood only." Willie nodded and said, "I remembah Mrs. Stoddahd had some doctah theah earlieh. They was waitin' to heah from him about somethin'. Quentin then added, "Apparently David and Hallie got sick, I wasn't able to get much more from the deputy. He just told me I had to clear out, that nobody was getting in or out. I don't know how I'm going to do it, Willie, but I have to get into that house." Willie thought for a moment and then said, "You say they got the whole house surrounded?" Quentin then replied, "Yes. I tried to sneak in a window in the East wing, but a deputy was too close and heard me." A clap of thunder is heard in the distance. Willie then opened the door to the old House and said, "Well, I guess we betta go in heah. Looks like it's gonna rain." Quentin looked skyward and then said, "I think you're right. Maybe we can think of a way to get into Collinwood while we're here. The two men enter and close the door. Camera holds on the closed door.
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Trevor Halliburton stands in the East wing drawing room. He has tied Julia and Barnabas to some chairs and stands facing Barnabas. "Where is Loomis? I want that stairway destroyed!" He demanded loudly. Barnabas looked up at him and said, "I'm afraid if you want it destroyed, you'll have to do it yourself. Willie is away visiting his brother in Logansport. When he returns, if what you say is true, the sheriff won't allow him inside the house. What's the matter, is the mighty Judah Zachary afraid? We can hardly journey down that staircase bound to chairs. Does your armor have a weakness in it, Judah? Perhaps you're only a third rate warlock whose powers are severely limited." Judah is seething at Barnabas' goading and seizes Barnabas' cane from beside the sofa. He looks angrily at Barnabas and threatens, "One more word, Collins! One more word and I will break this on you." He throws the cane across the room and storms out. Julia turns to Barnabas and says, "Barnabas, what were you thinking? He could have killed you!" Barnabas nodded and said, "Yes, I suppose he could have. I had to get him angry!" Julia then asks, "But why? I don't understand!" Barnabas replied, "I had to make sure Selena heard him. She had to know not to reveal herself." Julia's eyes widened and she asked, "Eliot and Desmond? Are they downstairs as well?" Barnabas replied, "In a manner of speaking." Julia looked confused and said, "I don't know what you mean." Barnabas then said, "When you and Judah happened upon me in the stairway room. I was not about to leave as he supposed. Desmond and Stokes had just used the stairway. They have returned to 1841!" Julia's eyes widened as she now realized why he had been so cooperative. She then enquired, "Barnabas, Willie has no brother in Logansport. I don't think he has a brother at all." Barnabas then said, "Willie went to close up the Old House. If the house is quarantined, he shall have to stay there. He won't be allowed back here. Either way, I don't want Judah to know where he is.
Willie Loomis pokes at the fireplace in the Old House with a poker. Quentin stands at the big bay window looking out. He turns back to Willie and says, "It seems as if the storm is almost over. For all the good it does us. We're pretty much stuck here until the doctors lift the quarantine at Collinwood." Willie stands up and says, "Trouble is, all the bedrooms ah ruined. The only place to get any rest heah, is the cots in the basement. I gotta go down theah an get some moah fyah wood. Ya wanna come with me?" Quentin sighed and said, "Sure, why not! Beats just standing around here watching rain come through what's left of the roof." They go over to the big metal door and open it. Willie descends the stairs first and Quentin follows ducking his head to avoid hitting it on horizontal support beams. Willie then turns and says, I gotta go back in heah to get the wood, the rooms with the cots ah around that cornah if ya wanna pick one. Quentin nods and says, "Sure, thanks Willie." Quentin disappears around the corner and Willie grabs an armload of wood. He exits the little alcove and prepares to take the wood back upstairs. Quentin enters the old cell once occupied by Adam. He looks about and then presses on the cot to gauge its firmness. His expression seems to say, "Well, it'll do I suppose." He straightens up and gives the room one last look when he hears, "Hey Quentin, ya betta come out heah." Wondering what could be the matter he exits the room and comes around the corner. He sees Willie standing there looking at a woman dressed in white. She wears a white hood covering her face. In her hands, she holds an empty wine bottle. She steps forward and places the bottle in Willie's hand, and then vanishes. Quentin walks up next to him staring at the spot where she had been standing, then at the empty bottle. He reaches for it, and Willie hands it to him. He looks at the bottle closely then back at Willie. "Well, if she really wanted to be helpful, she should have brought us one with something in it." He said with a slight chuckle. Then in a more serious note he looks at Willie and says, "Does it mean anything to you?" Willie looked puzzled and said, "No, but I can't help thinkin' it should. Theah's sumthin about wine." He paces a few steps agonizing over what this nagging in the back of his consciousness was. He finally shakes it off and says, "I can't remembah! I just can't remembah!" Quentin reaches down and grabs some of the wood and says, "Well, we can think about it some more upstairs." He ascends the stairs with an armload of wood. Still looking troubled, Willie gathered the rest of the wood and followed Quentin up the stairs. (Dramatic music rolls as screen goes black.)
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The woods on the great Collinwood Estate are quiet. The Camera pans past several bushes and trees and then it stops. A haze appears and suddenly a staircase appears with a door located on the landing at the top. The door opens and brightly swirling lights appear. A moment later, Desmond Collins and Eliot Stokes emerge from the doorway. Desmond's eyes widen in shock. Stokes thick lip protrudes as they both look about. Desmond turns to Stokes and says, "Professor; The laboratory; where is Quentin's laboratory?" Both men gaze about them in total confusion as five ascending dramatic notes sound.
Barnabas Collins.
JONATHAN FRID
Julia Hoffman.
GRAYSON HALL
Quentin Collins.
DAVID SELBY
Willie Loomis.
JOHN KARLEN
Professor Stokes.
THAYER DAVID
Desmond Collins.
JOHN KARLEN
Trevor Halliburton/ Judah Zachary.
KEITH PRENTICE
Written and Directed by RUSS WILLIAMS
Story Developed and Created by ART WALLACE
Produced By PETER MINER
Associate Producer GEORGE DiCENZO
Fashions courtesy of ORBACH'S
Music composed by ROBERT COBERT
Scenic Design SY TOMASHOFF
Music Supervisor SYBIL WEINBERGER
Costume Design MOSTOLLER
Make up VINCENT LOSCALZO
Associate Producer KEN McEWEN
Assistant to the producer HARRIET ROHR
Unit Manager PATRICK PLEVEN
Technical Director J.J. LUPATKIN
Lighting Director MEL HANDELSMAN
Audio FRANK BAILEY HENRY PLIMACK
Sound Effects ED BLAINEY
Video RUDY PICCIRILLO ROSS SKIPPER
Series created by DAN CURTIS Executive Producer
Had this been an actual episode, the air date would have been June 11, 1971