Collinwood faces its greatest danger ever. Those who live in the great house are beset with horrible nightmares that are taking their toll on the family's mental and emotional faculties. A horrible ancient disease has also been introduced to house by the evil Judah Zachary. It has already claimed the lives of three, and threatens to spread throughout the remainder of the mansion, and on this night, a doctor has sought to administer a curative compound to those that remain. His efforts were thwarted by the cruel warlock when he was placed under a spell that caused him to believe he had treated his patients without success. But now, great questions have arisen, questions that could lead to either a cure, or even greater mysteries...
(Camera focuses on a sign that reads: Collinsport Hospital.) Dr. Simpson enters a lab in the Collinsport hospital and places his bag on a counter. He switches on the lights and sits down in a chair and looks exasperated at all that has occurred. He sits there for a moment pondering all that had occurred earlier. "Why didn't they respond to the treatment? All the tests showed we had the right serum! It just doesn't make sense!" A thought seems to occur to him and he rises quickly and goes over to his bag on the counter. As he does, the lab door opens. He looks up seeing Julia Hoffman in the doorway. "He looks at her for a moment as if he recognizes her, but cannot think of her name. "Dr..." He said almost as a question. Julia walked over to him and said, "Dr. Julia Hoffman." As if a light had just came on, he said, "Ah yes. How can I help you Dr.?" Her eyes narrow slightly as she says, "I was told that you are in charge of formulating the inoculations for the Bubonic plague at Collinwood." Dr. Simpson looked at her and replied, "Yes, that's right. Why do you ask?" She then asked, "How long will it be before the compound will be ready to administer?" Dr. Simpson looked at her cautiously and asked, "Just what is your interest in this matter, Dr. Hoffman?" Julia thought quickly and said, "I am the family's primary physician." Dr. Simpson paused, looking at her thoughtfully and said, "It seems strange they never mentioned that when I examining the children there a few weeks ago." Julia again had to grope for a reply. "I also happen to be in charge of Wyndcliff Hospital & Sanitarium. I was away that afternoon when the children became ill." He nodded and said, "I see." Julia then again asked, "So do you know when the compound will be ready?" Dr. Simpson then said, "No, I don't know yet. After the first serum failed I..." "First serum?" Julia interrupted. "Dr. Simpson turned to her and said, "Why yes. I just returned from Collinwood." Julia's eyes bug as three dramatic notes sound.
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(Two dramatic notes sound.) "You just came from Collinwood?" Julia asked incredulously. Dr. Simpson gave her curious look and replied, "Why yes, what's so strange about that?" Julia didn't bother to respond, but asked, "Doctor, would you mind telling me about your visit? Please tell me exactly what happened during your visit." Dr. Simpson was still stunned by her odd behavior, but proceeded to explain anyway, "There's really not much to tell. I went out to the estate. I found three of the patients dead, and the others in various stages declining health. I administered the vaccines and waited to see the results. When they didn't respond, I came back to get started on formulating a new compound." Julia looked at him for a moment and said, "That's not possible Doctor! I have been confined to that house myself throughout the entire quarantine. I myself have only left there. I would have seen you?" Dr. Simpson looked at her in disbelief and said, "Now look Doctor. I am doing you the courtesy as the family's physician of advising you of what I did. I'm not used to having my word or my sanity called into question!" Julia then asked, "Did you see me there, Dr. Simpson?" He looked at her and said, "No Doctor, I did not." So you did not inoculate me against the disease! Inoculate me now!" Dr. Simpson looked at her in disbelief and said, "Haven't you been listening to me, Dr. Hoffman? The compound is ineffective!" Dryly she said, "Humor me, Doctor. Please give me an injection of the serum. If I don't have the disease, no harm will come from it." The doctor looked at her curiously, but went to his bag and removed the contents. A look of utter shock crosses his face. "Incredible!" he exclaimed. Julia walked over and asked, "What is it, Doctor?" He turned to her holding the bottle in his hand with his mouth gaping. "I distinctly recall administering the treatments! Look! The bottle is still completely full!" he said in utter dismay. Quickly he turned back to the bag and withdrew some glass slides. "I also took cultures from each of the patients! The slides are all unused! This makes no sense! No sense at all!" Julia pursed her lips and turned away pacing the floor for a moment. Then she turned back to Dr. Simpson and asked, "Who let you inside the house, Doctor?" He looked at her and said, "Carolyn's husband. Uhhh... Halliburton! Yes, that it. His name was Trevor Halliburton! Why?" Her lips tightened and her eyes narrowed as her head nods slowly up and down. "Of course, it all makes sense now." She said with an air of realization. "Well perhaps you would enlighten me as well, Doctor!" he said with great concern. She turned to him and said, "It's so incredible, if I did tell you, you would be certain I myself belonged at Wyndcliff." Dr. Simpson looked at her and said, "Now look here, Doctor! I don't have time for games! There are people dying up on that hill! I swore an oath to do all I can to help people who need my help! So I suggest you start telling me what you know!" (Stinging transition music plays.)
Willie Loomis paces in the hospital waiting room running his hand through his hair. Mrs. Johnson sits in a chair nearby. A door opens and Barnabas and Quentin enter. "Barnabas, Quentin, whadda you two doin' heah?" Willie asked looking between Barnabas and Quentin. Barnabas then replied, "We came to make sure you arrived here alright." Willie then said, "Yeah we been heah for a little while. Julia's in talkin' to the doctah." Mrs. Johnson then stood and approached and said, "Mrs. Collins, you don't know what's going on." Barnabas looked at her curiously and said, "What do you mean, Mrs. Johnson?" She looked at him and said, "Well, it has to do with Dr. Hoffman!" Barnabas now grows slightly impatient and asks, "What is the matter with Dr. Hoffman, Mrs. Johnson?" With great concern she replied, "Well when we made our way up from the beach, I told her we should go get the sheriff and tell him what's going on up at Collinwood! She wouldn't hear of it!" Barnabas nodded with a look of understanding and said, "I realize it's hard for you to understand, Mrs. Johnson, but for the time being Julia is right in not alerting the authorities at the moment." Mrs. Johnson looked confused and said, "Well I sure don't know either of you are thinking. I just hope you know what you're doing." At that moment a door opened and Julia stepped out into the waiting room. "Oh good, you're here Barnabas! Dr. Simpson, this is Barnabas Collins, Quentin Collins, This is Willie Loomis, and the Collinwood housekeeper, Mrs. Johnson." Dr. Simpson nodded acknowledgement. Julia then continued, "We need for you all to step inside and be treated for the plague. Dr. Simpson has the serum that will provide the cure. It will require a series of injections. But the initial treatment will be the most important." Barnabas then said, "Mrs. Johnson, you should go first." Mrs. Johnson stood and followed Drs. Hoffman and Simpson into the room and closed the door. Barnabas then turned to Willie and said, "Willie, when the doctor has finished I want you to take Julia and Mrs. Johnson to Dr. Lang's house." Willie looked curiously at him and said, "Doctah Lang's, why ya wanna take ' em theah?" Barnabas then said, "It is the one place that Judah has no knowledge of. Selena is there already." Willie looked at Barnabas and said, "I guess I don't gotta ask wheah yoah goin'" Barnabas nodded quietly. Willie looked at him with great concern and said, "Ya gonna get yaself killed is what ya gonna do. You ain't in no shape to go back up to that house." Barnabas looked at his friend kindly and said, "I have no choice, Willie. The others are still in great danger." Willie looked at his shoes and said, "Yeah, I know ya don't." Barnabas then looked somberly at Willie and said, "I have one thing to ask of you Willie." Willie looked at him and said, "Shuah, what is it, Barnabas?" Barnabas then replied, "If I should not come out of this alive, I wish to be buried in the same place you found me. You will seal the panel and cut the cable that allows access so my rest can never be disturbed. Then you will go and see Tony Peterson. I have arranged for you to be rewarded for your years of faithful service to me." Willie looked stunned and said, "What I want is to see ya come out alive, Barnabas. Theah was a time when that stuff was impohtant to me, but you been a good friend to old Willie. I..." Julia then called out for Barnabas and Quentin to come in for their injections. Barnabas gave Willie a look of understanding and placed a hand on his shoulder briefly. He then turned and went to receive the treatment as camera fades on Willie's worried expression.
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Dr. Simpson sits looking in disbelief at the empty slides. He shakes his head wondering how he could have been so very certain he had taken those cultures. Julia then re-entered the room and saw his concern. He looked up and said, "I find it so difficult to believe that man was able to hypnotize me so I would think I had treated them. What is his purpose?" Julia struggled for a plausible answer the doctor could accept and then said, "He wants the family to die so he will inherit the estate. If he kills them outright he knows he will go to prison, but if it looks like natural causes, he will have everything!" The Dr. stood up and said, "Incredibly devious!" Then a puzzled look came over his face and he turned to Julia and said, "If that's true, why did he suggest research that might help to find a cure?" Julia's interest was piqued by this new information and asked, "What do you mean?" Dr. Simpson stood with his mouth twisted as he sought to remember the advice. "Carlotta Minor! He suggested I consult the writings of a Dr. Carlotta Minor for help in finding a cure. I've never heard of her. Have you, Doctor?" Julia thought for a moment and then replied, "No, I've never heard of her. Did he mention anything else about her?" Dr. Simpson paused a moment, and then said, "I'm afraid not. I was rather taken aback that a lawyer had any knowledge of ancient diseases. So if he did say anything else I missed it." Julia then said, "Well, I must be going, Doctor. I'd like to take this serum with me if you don't mind. I can administer the follow up injections to those we began tonight. I'll try to find out all I can about Carlotta Minor and her research as well." Dr. Simpson stood looking baffled at all that had occurred. He then acknowledged her and replied, "Certainly Doctor, I wish I understood it all." Julia then said, "I must ask you not to mention any of this to police just yet. They would find it too incredible to be true. We will bring Trevor Halliburton to justice for these atrocities. We will get the proof we need!" Dr. Simpson sat down at his desk and looked at her matter of factly and said, "I won't be able to sit on this for very long, Julia. If I don't hear something in the next 48 hours, I must go to the sheriff with what we know." Julia's eyes lowered for a moment and then realizing she would likely make the same decision were she in his position, she nodded agreement and said, "Good night, Doctor." He nodded back as she left closing the door behind her. Camera lingers on him looking pensively as he seeks to make sense of it all.
Fade in on Selena absently thumbing through a book as she sits on the sofa at Lang House. It is quite obvious the book holds no interest, but is merely something to keep her mind occupied. It is also obvious that it is failing to do so. She aimlessly turns a couple more pages and then in frustration, closes it and lays it on the table beside her. She hears the sound of the door opening and quickly stands in anticipation that it is Barnabas returning. The door is then heard closing. Her look of hope fades when she sees Willie and Mrs. Johnson entering. She was glad however that at least now there was someone else around and said, "Hi Willie." Willie then said, "Hey Selena, you remembah Mrs. Johnson heah doncha?" Selena then said, "Yes, it's good to see you again, Mrs. Johnson. Wasn't Dr. Hoffman supposed to be with you, Willie?" Willie then ran his fingers through his hair nervously and said, "Yeah, she said she'd catch anotha cab. She wanted to talk to the doctah a few moah minutes." She then asked, "And Barnabas?" Willie's eyes lowered briefly as he said, "He's detumined to go back to Collinwood. Quentin went with him. I don't know what they think they gonna be able to do against that monstah." Mrs. Johnson then said, "Even if he didn't look so much like the first Barnabas Collins, there would be no doubt he was a Collins; Stubborn and foolhardy!" Willie then said "He's worried about the othahs up theah. Figuahs he's gotta do somethin' to help 'em out. I tried to talk 'im out of it, but his mind was made up." Mrs. Johnson didn't say anything but her expression clearly said, "What did I tell you?" The front door is heard opening again, and Julia enters. She is so preoccupied she fails to say anything upon entering the room. Selena sees that she seems troubled and asks, "Is something wrong, Dr. Hoffman?" Julia laid her purse on the mantle and sighed, "Not really, I just wanted to look up something at the library. I had the taxi driver take there, but they had closed for the evening. I suppose I'll just have to wait for morning." Mrs. Johnson looked at her with a peculiar expression and said, "Well with all that's going on, I hardly think this is a time to be looking for a good book to read!" Julia then replied, "No, that isn't it at all, Mrs. Johnson. You see, Dr. Simpson said that when he was at Collinwood earlier this evening, that Trevor mentioned to him that a certain doctor's writings might help him solve the problems with his serum!" Mrs. Johnson looked skeptical and said, "Well now, you say he's responsible for bringing the disease to Collinwood in the first place! I would hardly think any advice from him would be worth putting any stock in! If he wants the family dead, he sure isn't going to tell anybody how to cure them!" Julia pursed her lips and said, "I'm sure you're right, but I can't help wondering why he volunteered any information at all. I must find out what this Dr. Carlotta Minor has to say. It could be he was just..." Selena then interrupted saying, "Excuse me Julia, but did you say Carlotta Minor?" Julia turned to her with a curious expression and said, "Yes, have you heard of her?" Selena then paced away from Julia and replied, "Well yes, but Carlotta Minor isn't a doctor!" Julia's eyebrows rose as she asked, "Oh and how do you know that?" Selena again faced her and said, "Because I have all of Carlotta Minor's books in my library at home! She writes about happenings in the paranormal!" All eyes grow wide as three dramatic notes sound.
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"The paranormal?" Julia exclaimed in surprise. "Yes, if you remember, at the séance we held in the East wing, I told you I've always had a fascination for the subject." Selena replied. Julia looked puzzled and asked, "What more can you tell me about her?" Selena then replied, "Not much more than I already have. I had her entire collection except for her last one. It was three years ago. I happened to mention to Trevor, my interest in her writings and that I was missing that final volume. On one of his business trips, he found the book and gave it to me for my birthday. I was so happy! He asked me just what I found so interesting about those books, and we discussed them at length." So Trevor Halliburton also held a fascination for the occult and the paranormal?" Selena then cocked her head to one side and said, "No, he actually scoffed at me over my own, as he put it, 'silly eccentricity over the subject." Julia placed a finger to her bottom lip and paced slowly. She then turned and asked, "Did you ever discuss any particular event?" Selena thought for a moment and then replied, "Yes! We talked about the Forsythe haunting. There was a man in the 18th century named Gideon Forsythe. He sentenced a man named Jonas Tyler to be hanged for murdering his wife. Jonas Tyler swore from the gallows that he would have vengeance upon Judge Forsythe! He said he would wipe out each and every one of the judge's family right before his eyes before ultimately killing him as well! No one took it serious. But one by one, the judge's family died under peculiar circumstances. Then 3 nights after the last family member died, Judge Forsythe himself was found hanged in his own cellar. The townspeople were mostly convinced it was suicide motivated by grief, but some who heard the oath declared by Jonas Tyler believed otherwise." Julia paced the room with an expression as if the lights were just turned on. "So it wasn't Judah that gave Dr. Simpson the advice, it was Trevor passing along a harmless sounding clue that would not arouse Judah's suspicion. Professor Stokes said that Trevor has found several occasions to drop hints that went totally unnoticed! Not only to Judah, but to us as well! He wanted Dr. Simpson to know that what's happening is outside the realm of the normal!" Willie then said, "Sounds like Trevah's takin' some big chances gettin around Judah like that." Julia nodded and said, "Yes. He needs Trevor to be in the forefront occasionally to keep from revealing he is a man out of his own time. The opportunities for Trevor to exploit that fact are few and far in between! He can't be too obvious or Judah would be certain find him out. If only there was a way to help him!"(Music stings out.)
Barnabas and Quentin slip quietly into a dark corridor at Collinwood. Quentin then speaks, "And you say Professor Stokes said he would put the journal inside that armor if he couldn't make it back to our time?" Barnabas nodded quietly and then said, "The journal is not there, and he has failed to return from the past as well. We need the information found in that journal if we are to defeat Judah! I must try to rescue him and get the journal!" Quentin looked at this broken down old man and said, "How can you be so certain in your present condition that a trip through time wouldn't be fatal?" Barnabas then replied, "I'm afraid I cannot be certain what effect it may have, but it is a chance I must take!" Quentin gave a look of resignation and opened the door to the staircase room. They step inside. Barnabas looks at the top of the staircase as two dramatic notes sound. There is no door at the top of the landing. His eyes drop in disappointment at the sight. "I need for that door to appear! I must reach the Professor! There is no telling what sort of danger he may be in!" Quentin patted him on the shoulder and said, "Well for now it's obvious you can't go anywhere. We'd best keep looking for some other way to get to the others without Judah finding out." Barnabas looked at the bare wall and said, "I hope you are alright, my dear friend!" He then sadly turned and two men left the room. Camera focuses on the blank wall. One throbbing dramatic note sounds as the door fades into view. Camera slowly pulls in tightly as dramatic stair step notes sound. As the camera blurs from being too close to the door, one shrill dramatic note rolls out.
Barnabas Collins.
JONATHAN FRID
Quentin Collins.
DAVID SELBY
Julia Hoffman.
GRAYSON HALL
Willie Loomis.
JOHN KARLEN
Mrs. Johnson.
CLARICE BLACKBURN
Selena Parker.
KATE JACKSON
Dr. Simpson.
ALFRED HINCKLEY
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 July 2, 1971