Darkness continues it terrible reign over Collinwood. The warlock, Judah Zachary has caused Carolyn to remember Barnabas Collins in his former state as one of the living dead. With the help of her old friend, Adam, she seeks to escape the terrifying happenings that beset the great house, but on this night, they have found that the exit they planned to used for their escape is being carefully guarded, so now they seek to find yet another way to flee the terror that awaits...
Adam and Carolyn walk down a dark spiral staircase in the East wing. Reaching the bottom, they walk over to a half boarded up door leading to the outside of the house. Adam walks up to the door. The small window is crusted over with years of dust and moisture which had set up over the years. He rubbed on the window vigorously in an attempt to see outside. Clearing a small place, he peered out through the area he had cleared. He turned back to Carolyn and said, "We can't go out this way. There are two policemen outside. If we leave, they will kill us." Carolyn looked shocked and said, "Kill us? Why?" Adam took her by the arm and led her back to the base of the stairs. He then paused and said, "The house is quarantined, Carolyn. The house has been infected with an ancient disease. Nobody is allowed in or out of the house. We have to find a different way." Camera switches to the main corridor of the East wing. A door opens and Adam and Carolyn emerge. They walk to the door leading to the main house. Adam reaches for the doorknob when a loud click is heard. "ADAM! Where are you going?" Terror filled Adam's eyes as he turned toward the sound of the familiar voice. Trevor Halliburton stood pointing a pistol at the two of them. Then Trevor asked again, "Where are you going Adam... WITH MY WIFE?" Long dramatic dirge rises as Adam's eyes widen in horror as he looks first at a frightened Carolyn, and then at Trevor, standing there grinning and nodding, with a most evil glee in his eyes. (Dirge reaches a fever pitch and concludes in a sustained climax.)
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(Three sets of two dramatic notes sound, the last note sustained and fading) Adam still looks completely stunned at what he just heard. "Your wife?" he said in total disbelief. Trevor slowly slinks forward still pointing the gun. Carolyn looks at Trevor in total confusion and asks, "Trevor. Why do you have a gun? I don't understand! Why are you behaving so strangely?" Trevor totally ignored her as he demanded of Adam, "Why did you free Barnabas Collins? Why did you let him escape?" Adam stood speechless, still shocked at the thought of Carolyn being married to this man. "Is it true, Carolyn?" he asked hurtfully. Before she could reply, Trevor interrupts, "Well of course, it's true! Isn't it Darling? It seems he won't believe it unless he hears it from you." Carolyn looks up at Adam and softly says, "It's true, Adam. Trevor is my husband." He looks confused first at Carolyn, then at Trevor, and demands, "Then why are going to kill her?" (Sharp stinging note as Carolyn looks shocked at this remark.) Trevor looks annoyed at him and says, "My plans are my own! I owe an explanation to no one!" Carolyn's heart skips a beat when she does not hear her husband deny the charges made against him. She looks at Trevor with a look that asks for him to explain. Instead, he looks at Adam and says, "I knew it was only a matter of time before you tried to play the hero and rescue dear Carolyn. I shall have to see that this kind of thing doesn't happen again. You will go downstairs and bring Roger Collins from his room and put him in your old room with his sister and Selena. After that, you will go and find Barnabas Collins and Julia Hoffman, and you will return them to the West wing as well. I want everyone where I can keep an eye on them. The maid, in the basement, kill her, if she isn't dead already. She is of no consequence to me!" Carolyn cannot believe her ears, and her face reveals it. "Trevor! What has gotten into you? You don't know what you are saying! Why would you want to kill Mrs. Johnson?" Adam looked at her and declared, "Because his name is NOT Trevor! His name is Judah Zachary!" Trevor turned to him and said, "You have been given your orders, Adam! Now see to them!" Adam looked at Carolyn's confused face, then back at Trevor, and then boldly declared, "No! I won't help you hurt these people!" Trevor's face became red with rage as he glared at Adam and said, "You owe me, Adam! You will do as I say, or else." He looked at Trevor again, and stood tall and said, "No! I won't do it!" Trevor stepped toward Adam, and looked into his eyes. "Have you forgotten my powers, Dead man?" Adam became enraged at the insult hurled at him and seized Trevor by the throat. Trevor's eyes then glowed bright green, just as they had the first time they met. Adam felt his knees buckle under him as he fell to the floor. Carolyn's eyes filled with horror at the spectre and she looked piteously at Adam, and in horror at this man she thought she had known so well. "Trevor, don't hurt him. Please, stop!" Trevor paused a moment, pondering her plea. He then said, "Perhaps you're right. He would let me kill him before he would do as I ask. But there is one way to gain his compliance..." He extended a hand in Carolyn's direction. She gasped and clutched her throat, unable to breathe. Adam then looked at her with a look of deep concern. He then looked at Trevor. "Stop! I'll do what you want!" A look of smug self assurance crosses Trevor's face as Adam rises and reluctantly enters the main house. Carolyn stares in disbelief at the ogre that stands gloating before her. (Three dramatic notes sound.)
The door opens to the deserted West wing. A frightened Silas McGruder hurriedly enters the main bedroom corridor of Collinwood. He carefully closes the door behind him. He looks at the strange lighting. No candles! How can this be? He then opens the door to Elizabeth Stoddard's deserted bedroom. Upon entering, he saw the room was dark, unlike the hallway. To see anything, he would have to leave the door open so light could spill into the room. He walked slowly around the room curiously looking at the room's contents. He walked behind the bed and looked on the bedside table. He reaches to pick something up when he hears the sound of a door opening in the hallway. Camera switches to the hallway and Adam closing the door at the end of the hall. He walks down the hall and spots the bedroom door standing open. A suspicious look crosses his face as he carefully moves toward the open door. He switches on the light and peers into the room. Camera switches to reveal a frightened Silas hiding under the bed. Adam looks the room over once more, and then switches off the light and closes the door. Silas lies still under the bed for a moment. When he is convinced no one was returning, he slid from under the bed and fumbled in the dark toward the door. He bends over and places his ear to the door to listen. Hearing nothing, he decides it is safe to open the door again. As he rises to grab the door handle, his shoulder flips the light switch. He jumps in fear and looks wildly about to see if he has apprehended. Seeing no one, his attention turns to the switch on the wall. Slowly he reaches out and touches it quickly and pulls away as if testing to see if it would hurt him. When it doesn't, he then flips it down and the room is in darkness again. A shocked look crosses his face and his eyes dart to and fro. He then flips the switch again and the room is illuminated once more. He looks at the switch as if it is something to be feared and eases away from it, still continuing to watch it. He glances then at the light for a moment, and then quickly returns to the bedside table. He picks up a makeup compact and opens it. He is amazed when he sees his image inside the lid. He puts a finger to his chin and sees it reflected in the mirror before him. He runs a finger through the powdery substance in the bottom part. He sniffs the powder and gives a curious look. He closes it quickly, looks about as if trying to see if anyone was about to see what he was about to do. Seeing no one, he slips the compact into his pocket. He gives a lipstick tube the same curious examination and pockets it as well. He also grabs a brooch and some earrings and add them to his stash as well. Looking about the room once more, he hurriedly departs, leaving the light on and the door open. Camera fades holding on the vacant doorway and dramatic music rolls out.
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Elizabeth Stoddard and Selena Parker sit bound in the abandoned West wing room Trevor had so often used. "Trevor is really a great guy, Mrs. Stoddard. It's this Judah Zachary that has control of him that is so evil. He is so evil that Trevor can't overpower him and take back control of his own body. Barnabas told me that this Judah Zachary lived nearly 300 years ago." Selena said as he looked in Liz's direction. Liz looks haggard after days of confinement with no ability to freshen herself. She responds, "Judah explained the whole story to Maggie and I..." her eyes then drop as she continues, "Before Maggie died. He took great delight in telling of how he would watch all of die in the same way. He blames us all for an ancestor who had him executed for sorcery." They are both startled as the door opens and Trevor drags Carolyn roughly into the room by the arm, slamming the door shut behind them. "Carolyn!" Liz cries out. Carolyn tries to go to her mother, but Trevor maintains his grip on her arm, not allowing her to do so. Carolyn turned to Trevor and scowled at him demanding, "Let me go to her, you... you monster!" He merely chuckles and says, "My aren't we spirited! You will join her soon enough. Now silence! In my youth, I took the orders of the Collins, now I'm giving the orders!" The door opens again, and Adam enters wheeling Roger Collins into the small room as well. "Well now, the family reunion is almost complete!" Trevor says with a smirk. "What is the meaning of this outrage?" Roger demanded looking hatefully between Trevor and Adam. "Silence, Mouse!" Trevor scowled back at him, and then turning to Adam he says, "There are ropes in the dresser drawer. Bind them both!" Adam looked sorrowfully at Carolyn, then turned to Trevor and said, "But Judah..." Trevor looked back at him and said, "Have you so soon forgotten my powers? You will bind them both! NOW!" Realizing he had no choice, he binds Roger's hands behind the wheel chair. With tears in his eyes, he then tied Carolyn's hands behind her as well. She saw his tears, and realized his helplessness, and gave him an understanding smile. "Did you see any trace of Barnabas and Hoffman?" Trevor asked. "No. I did see a bedroom door open when I went to get him." Adam replied as he looked toward Roger. Roger returned his look with an angry scowl. "When I came back upstairs the door was open again and the light was on." He continued. Trevor thought for a moment and then asked, "No one was inside either time?" Adam nodded negatively and replied, "No." Trevor walked behind Roger and checked his bonds and then did the same for Carolyn's. He then pointed to Selena. "Untie her! We shall use her as bait to lure Collins out into the open." Adam hesitantly moved over behind Selena and untied the ropes. "Get up Selena!" Trevor snapped at her. Selena stubbornly remained seated and retorted, "No! I will not help you trap Barnabas! I would rather die right here now than help you harm him!" Carolyn looked at Selena and scowled, "He deserves to die! If you are helping him, so do you!" Adam looked puzzled at Carolyn's reaction and response. Seeing her obvious dislike for Selena, he grabbed Selena's arm and pulled her from the chair. Liz and Roger looked curiously at Carolyn for her reaction to Barnabas, not at all understanding what had come over her. Trevor grabbed Selena by the arm and said, "Let's go, Adam. You search here in the West wing, Dear Miss Parker and I will search the East wing where he lives. I dare say he will likely return there." Adam looked at Carolyn one last time with sorrow for having had to do this to her. She looked back at him as if to say, "It's alright. I understand." He turned and left the room. Trevor roughly dragged Selena out the door in the same fashion he had brought Carolyn in. He looked at those remaining and smirked as he closed the door behind him. Camera pans the faces of Liz, then Carolyn, and then Roger as camera fades and music rolls out.
Silas McGruder enters the main hallway to the East wing. He pauses at Willie's door again. After pondering a second, he decides to enter. He walks over beside the bed and retrieves the lighter he had dropped earlier. He quickly stuffs it into his pocket and exits, again leaving the door open. He then enters the corridor leading to the stairway through time. He is hardly gone five seconds before the hallway door opens again, and Trevor roughly pulls Selena along behind him. He holds the pistol in his other hand. Upon entering he sees Willie's door standing open. Cautiously he peers inside seeing no one. He enters dragging Selena with him. He sniffs as if he smells something. He then spots the partially burned rug and looks curiously at the charred spot. A thump is heard in the distance and he looks up suddenly. He raises a finger to his lips indicating Selena should remain silent and pointed the pistol directly at her indicating he meant what he said. Camera switches to Silas approaching the bottom of the staircase. He sees the whisky bottle at the head of the stairs and begins climbing. Reaching the top, he starts to bend over and see if any of his precious liquid remained when Trevor enters the room seeing him. "Hold it right there!" he called out as Silas looked terrified at the gun pointed at him. Selena, seeing Trevor was distracted, then takes the opportunity to make a break for it, but Trevor's grip is too strong. Silas seeing this man's new distraction lunged through the flashing doorway. Trevor fired the pistol at him, but too late. The strange man was gone. He dragged Selena toward the stairs, but at that moment the door vanished. A look of confused bewilderment crosses Trevor's face as camera fades and three dramatic notes sound.
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The scene opens on the woods on the Collins Estate. A stairway suddenly appears with a door at the top. Second camera reveals the door up close. It suddenly bursts open and a very frightened Silas McGruder emerges. He quickly slams the door shut and then falls back against it struggling for breath. He pants briefly seeking to catch his breath. He then slowly dismounts the stairs still breathing in a staggered fashion. When he reaches the bottom he then turns to look at the stairs. As he does, they vanish. The camera pulls in tight on his face as he says, "Everyone thinketh Silas McGruder mad. They shalt think me mad no longer. For now I hath the proof!" (Low dramatic music begins.) He reaches into his pocket and withdraws the lighter. He opens the top of it and flips the striker. The flame bursts from the opening. This time he is careful not to drop it. He grins triumphantly as his head nods up and down. Music builds in intensity and climaxes in three dramatic notes.
Elizabeth Stoddard.
JOAN BENNETT
Roger Collins.
LOUIS EDMONDS
Carolyn Stoddard-Halliburton.
NANCY BARRETT
Adam.
ROBERT RODAN
Silas McGruder.
MICHAEL STROKA
Selena Parker.
KATE JACKSON
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 airdate would have been June 23, 1971