Julia Hoffman is being held captive by the evil warlock, Judah Zachary, in an abandoned wing of the great house of Collinwood. It is his hope to lure Barnabas Collins there to his final destruction. In an attempt to find a weakness to exploit, Julia seeks to get into Judah's psyche and learn a way to bring about Judah's destruction. On this night, he continues to await the rescue he is certain will be attempted...
Julia Hoffman looked at the possessed Trevor Halliburton as he speaks, "If not for you and Barnabas meddling in the past I would have destroyed the Collins Empire in 1841! Quentin Collins would have been condemned to the same death that was imposed upon me! There would BE no Collins family in 1971!" Julia then confidently says, "It is rather a moot point now, Judah. We did transcend time and we did defeat you in 1841. It's past history now! History you won't be able to change!" Judah chuckled and replied, "Perhaps! But I will succeed now!" He pulls the Devil's Mark amulet from his pocket and holds it in front of her face. "You're going to tell me where Barnabas Collins is!" Julia quickly turned her head and said, "It won't work, Judah! I know all about hypnosis and I won't allow you to do it!" Judah grinned and said, "Fine. Your refusal will not save his life however. You see, just as Quentin Collins came looking for you, so will he! Mark my words, Doctor! When he does... Barnabas Collins will DIE!" (Three dramatic notes sound.)
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Julia fought to hide her horror at the words Judah Zachary, through Trevor had just uttered. Could she somehow distract him so if Barnabas did indeed come, he could take Judah by surprise? She watched as Judah paced confidently and observed his frequent glances in the direction of the door. Her eyes widened and she momentarily bit her lip and then with a staunch expression she asked, "Perhaps you're right." Trevor turned with a grin and replied, "But of course I'm right, Doctor! Only four of Amadeus' descendants remain. Before the week is out, I shall destroy them all! Then all that Amadeus has wrought shall be mine! In this time, I will finally be allowed to live the life Amadeus deprived me of!" Julia's eyes narrow and then she asks, "Before I die, I would like to hear your story, Judah. I'm interested to know just what Amadeus did, besides ordering your execution. I'm quite intrigued by all you've been able to accomplish through the centuries. Tell me what drove you to become "The Devil's Son." Trevor turned and simply stared at her for a moment. Why should she care? But he cracked a smile as his incredible ego saw an opportunity to tell his own story. "Well you already know about what happened in 1841, and about the murder Amadeus caused to fall upon me. Were you aware that he also married my first love?" Julia remembered well the night Stokes revealed this fact to her and Barnabas, but thought it better to claim ignorance of the fact to encourage him to open up. "No, I wasn't aware of that!" she exclaimed in feigned surprise. Trevor paced the floor and stared off into space as he recalled the entire series of events in his mind. "Laura Martin was my pledged. The woman I was to marry. But she became the wife of Amadeus Collins. Oh not at first! In the fall of 1677 I left Collinsport and journeyed to Bedford to learn the ways of the craft from my master, Samuel Dawson. After a year, I decided to return and claim Laura as my bride. When I stopped first at my mother's house I was to learn something that crushed my heart...
The door opens to Drusilla Zachary's house and Judah entered. Drusilla looked up in shock and quickly ran and embraced her son. "Oh Judah, it is so good to see thee again!" Judah smiled and said, "Tis good to see thee as well, Mother." Drusilla then looked at him and said, "Supper is done, but there be yet some left! Come, break bread and tell me of thy journey!" Judah looked at her and said, "Wouldst thou mind if I partake later? I wish to see Laura and convince her to return with me." Drusilla's eyes widened and her mouth dropped open. Judah saw her shock and asked, "Is something amiss, Mother? Laura? Is she...dead?" Drusilla's eyes dropped and she turned and walked toward the center of the room. She then heaved a heavy sigh and then turned back to Judah and said, "No Judah... she hath wed! Six months past." Judah's eyes then widened in horror as he was struck totally speechless. He remained silent as he stood there in complete unbelief of what his mother had told him. He grasped for words that simply would not come. After what seemed like an eternity he finally managed to utter a single word query, "Who?" Drusilla pursed her lips for a moment and heaved a heavy sigh and then said, "Thou knowest him not." Judah swallowed hard and then took his mother's shoulders in his hands and said, "His name? Thou must tell me!" Drusilla then said, "His name be James Murdoch; A wealthy merchant that came to town three months after thy departure." Judah turned and paced the room with mouth open still crushed by the news.
"James Murdoch! He came to Collinsport to strike a business arrangement with Isaac Collins! He met my beloved Laura and stole her heart." Trevor said looking earnestly at Julia. He then displayed a look of smugness as he continued, "I would not be displaced by this Murdoch, so I set about to remove him from the picture. After my return to Bedford several weeks passed. I overheard a man in the marketplace say he was to meet with a James Murdoch at an appointed place and hour...
Judah Zachary stepped out from behind some trees onto the road. He looked off in the distance as if looking for someone. Seeing no one, he remained in his place waiting and nervously fidgeting. Suddenly he turned and looked again as in the distance the sound of hoof beats are heard. "Hellooo!" a voice called out. Judah stepped in the direction he had been watching. A man approached him and said, "Hello good man! I doth seek to find Mulvaney Square, canst thou point me in the right direction?" Judah then smiled and replied, "Of a certainty I can!" He then pointed off in the distance. "Thou must take the South road. At the bend in the road, thou must turn to thy right. Follow that road to its end and Mulvaney Square thou wilt find!" The man smiled and said, "My thanks to thee, good man! My name is Murdoch. James Murdoch. A business I shalt start here soon. Come see me, I shall make a place for thee." Judah smiled and said, "I thank thee kindly!" The man then turned and departed. Judah watched as he left. A moment later the hoof beats resumed and faded off into the distance. A sly and mischievous look crossed his face as he slowly nodded up and down...
"I had betrayed him and sent him to a district of ill repute rather than where he wished to go. James Murdoch was found the next morning...with his throat cut and all his belongings stripped from him." Trevor announced, seeming quite proud of himself for his ingenuity. "Now I would have Laura once again. I would win her heart anew and bring her to share my new life. Her dear James Murdoch was dead!" (Dramatic music rolls out.)
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Julia watched Trevor as he stood gloating over his supposed triumph and then spoke. "So you thought you deserved Laura more than a man she was in love with did. He was able to give her the happiness you could not, and you took that away from her. I don't see how you could say you loved her, and yet, deprive her of what made her happy." Trevor turned in anger and stepped toward Julia, glaring intensely at her as he replied, "I wanted to provide that happiness, Doctor! I could have made her happy as well, but I hadn't had the chance to even try! Well, I was going to have that opportunity!" He then turned and paced the room yet again as his thoughts rushed once again to the past. "I was not completely heartless. I realized she would need time to grieve, so I stayed at Bedford and continued my apprenticeship. I learned quickly and became quite powerful. Samuel Dawson, my Master Teacher said that in all his years in the craft, never had he had such an astute pupil. I was distracted for a period with my studies and my practice, but always in the back of my mind, I longed for Laura to be by my side. A full year had passed, and I decided that now was the time! I would return to Collinsport and make Laura love me yet again...
Judah Zachary approached the door to his mother's house. He stopped suddenly and his mouth opened in shock. The doors and windows were boarded up. He looked about in confusion, wondering why the house was closed up. He then went to the house next door and knocked loudly. He fidgeted nervously as he waited for someone to appear. Finally the door opened and a woman opened the door and asked, "Yes? May I be of help to thee?" Judah turned to the woman and pointed in the direction of his mother's house and asked, "Dost thou know where my mother hath moved? I have journeyed far to see her, and found her old house closed up." The woman then asked, "Art thou Judah?" Judah nodded in the affirmative and replied, "I am." The woman's face turned sad as she said, "We sought to find thee, but none knew thy whereabouts. Two months ago, your mother died." Judah stood stunned at the crushing news. He struggled for a moment not knowing what to say. The woman, seeing his state, continued, realizing what he wanted to know. "A fever did sweep through the village, and many were stricken. Thy mother was one the more fortunate ones. Many who survived are mute or maimed. Mine own cousin is confined to his bed, unable to move his limbs. He cannot speak. The look on his face when I visit saith that if he were able, he would destroy himself rather than live in such a state." Judah then asked, "Didst thou know my mother well?" The woman then replied, "We spoke a few times in the marketplace. When she taketh ill, and had no one to tend her, I did care for her. She asked for thee daily and I besought her to tell me where thou couldst be found, but she knew not." Judah looked downward in sorrow that he had not been able to tell his mother where he was. He paused for a long moment and then turned quickly and asked, "You did say others were stricken by the malady?" The woman nodded and said, "Many were infected." Judah then nervously licked his bottom lip and took the woman by the shoulders. He then asked eagerly, "Laura Murdoch? Was she stricken by the malady?" The woman looked at him, partly confused, not recognizing the name, and partly frightened by his hands seizing her so suddenly. Judah saw her discomfort and withdrew his hands from her shoulders and said, "My apologies, I meant not to alarm thee, but I must know if Laura was stricken." The woman smiled slightly as she understood his current emotional state and could not hold his momentary outburst against him. She then said, "We hath lived here only a few months. Mine husband and I did come here from the Boston colonies. There be few here that I have come to know." A look of resignation crossed Judah's face, as he realized he would gain no more information here. He reached into his pocket and withdrew a small pouch and removed several silver coins and said, "I wish to thank thee for the care thou didst give unto my mother in her final hours." The woman held her hand out in a blocking motion and replied, "I cannot accept this. I should wish that were I in her place, there would be one to do the same unto me. It was simply the right thing to do." Judah paused a moment, and then returned the coins to the pouch. He then managed a bit of a smile as he said, "Then I do offer my most humble thank you for all thou didst do to make her last hours comfortable." The woman gave him an understanding smile as he turned to go and said, "I wish I could tell thee more of thy friend Laura, but I fear the only Laura I know would be Laura Collins. (Two dramatic notes sound as Judah reels back around in horror.) "LAURA COLLINS?" The woman was taken aback at the sudden change in Judah. He again seized her shoulders with his eyes wide. "Did you say, Laura Collins?" This time the woman was truly frightened and frantically replied, "Yes! Laura Collins, wife of Amadeus Collins!" Judah tore his hands away from her shoulders and his head shook side to side as he said, "NO! IT CANNOT BE HER! IT CANNOT!" He turned and ran quickly away from the house leaving the woman standing stunned at his reaction.
"I inquired in the village and indeed learned that Amadeus Collins had comforted Laura after the death of the family's business partner, and that they had married six months after James Murdoch died. I remained in the village and lie in wait until I saw her coming into town. She went into the milliner's shop and I waited a moment and then followed her inside...
"Laura!" Judah exclaimed as he entered the millinery shop. Laura turned in surprise and exclaimed, "Judah! You hath returned unto Collinsport?" Judah approached her with his arms extended for an embrace. Laura turned away from him quickly with a troubled expression on her face. This seemed to confuse Judah, and he asked, "Laura, what is it? Thou art not happy to see me?" Laura placed the hat she was holding back on the rack and then turned again to Judah and said, "Of course it is good to see thee, but..." Judah leaned his head to one side and inquired, "But what? Thou hast not seen me in almost two years!" Laura pursed her lips and her eyes dropped as she prepared for what she knew she must say. "Judah, the reason I embrace thee not is... "She gave a sigh and looked up at Judah and continued, "Judah, I am wed now. I am the wife of Amadeus Collins!" Judah pretended to be surprised by this news and then asked, "But why? Was it the loneliness caused by my absence that caused you to do this unseemly thing? From the time we were children we knew that one day we would marry. How could you do this thing?" Laura looked at Judah and replied, "Surely it hath not been so long a time that thou hast forgotten that I told thee I could no longer be pledged to thee! My life is changed now. I am no longer the silly girl I was in my youth." Judah then said, "But good years they were, Laura! We can renew the years that were taken away from us. I would still have thee, Laura! Leave Amadeus and come away with me! We can yet have the life we intended!" Laura then turned to Judah and sharply said, "Judah, I cannot!" Then her eyes lowered as she continued more quietly, "I am with child, Judah. Amadeus Collins' child; I shall not destroy the child's life being the vagabond you wish me to be. I am happy, Judah! I shalt not destroy my life to become a wanderer with thee! Collinsport is, and always will be mine home! It was told unto thee two years hence, I will not leave Collinsport! It is why our pact was broken; I doth not love thee, Judah! It is Amadeus whom I love." She then quickly ran past him and out the door. Judah turned and stared at the empty doorway.
"She had made her choice. I returned to Bedford an embittered man. I continued learning the craft, but Laura yet burned in my heart! In the year 1682 I could bear it no more, and I returned again to Collinsport to show her the error of her ways, but she rejected me yet again. When I persisted she informed Amadeus Collins of my actions. He had the town constable run me out of town. So I returned home and immersed myself in the practice of the craft. Five long years passed. I gained so much power and knowledge in the craft that I ascended to the leadership of the coven, but Master Diablos decreed that one thing yet encumbered me. The love I had known for Laura had been replaced by hatred. Before I could mentor another, I must bring about resolution to the matter. For me to reach the heights, Laura must be made to pay for what she had done! As long as she lived, she would be hindrance to me. So in the dead of night in the summer of 1687, I returned to Collinsport and waited in the woods near Collins House until I saw her going into town. Two of my followers captured her and took her to my mother's boarded up house in the village...
Laura Collins sits bound in a storage room in the old Zachary house. The store room door opened and a somewhat older Judah Zachary entered the room. He looked upon Laura with a menacing sneer and said, "Hello Laura." Laura looked up at the now balding Judah, studying him for a moment. Suddenly a look of realization came over her face as she exclaimed in a quizzing manner, "Judah?" Judah slowly paced the room as he replied, "Very good, Laura. It is good to see you still remember!" Laura looked down at the ropes which bound her, and then back up at Judah and said, "Why Judah? Why hast thou had me bound?" Judah interlocked the fingers of both hands and replied again with a sneer, "I hath come to write the final chapter of the book, Laura! Every story must have an ending, my dear and ours is no exception!" Laura glared at Judah in shock and retorted, "What book? I dost not understand!" Judah laughed out loud and said, "Ours is a tragic tale, Laura, and thus, must have a tragic ending!" Laura frantically replied, "Thou speakest in riddles, Judah, tell me plainly why thou hast done this!" Judah turned and approached her angrily and declared, "We were meant for each other Laura, but you would not have it! For years, I hath burned inside with longing for thee, and thou returned only hatred! Now it is thee that shall burn!" Laura looked back in fear and cried out, "Judah, I am sorry that I could not love thee and thou would wish, but you must release me! I hath a son whom I must raise! He hath need of me! Release me now and I will say nothing of this to Amadeus!" Judah laughed hardly and then replied, "But of course you will say nothing, Laura for I hath no intention of releasing thee!" Laura than pleadingly said, "But Judah, my son, Benjamin..." Judah walked to the door and knocked on it twice. The door opened and a young boy was thrust into the room roughly. Laura cried out, "Benjamin!" The young boy turned seeing his mother and ran to her crying out, "They hurt me Mother!" Laura then soothingly said to her son, "All will be well now, dear Benjamin. I am here." Judah laughed and said, "How very touching! Yes all will be well! You see Laura, thy son shalt join thee in thy fate!" Laura looked back at Judah in horror and cried out, "He hath done nothing! Let him be! If thou must have vengeance upon one, then let it be me alone for this boy is innocent!" Judah slowly nodded as he replied, "No, no, no, my dear, for the fate that I hath decreed for thee must include the boy!" Judah then reached into his pocket and withdrew the Devil's Mark amulet and said, "I hath watched with broken heart as you chose another instead of me! Thou hast bore a son, who should have been my son! Now thou also shalt know through all eternity what it means to burn inside as I hath done!" Laura screamed out, "Judah, NO! Please let the boy go! I alone shall bear thy wrath!" Judah then held up the amulet toward Laura and closed his eyes, "From this time forth, thou shalt burn with the fires of the great god, Ra! Thou shalt be consumed by the flames as will those which thou hast borne! From this night forward thou shalt hear the cry of the Phoenix! In every other generation, thou shalt take unto thyself one of the men of the Collins family! Thou shalt bear children by these men! Then during their youth shalt thou hear the call of Ra, and shalt take unto thee the child and shalt give sacrifice unto him! This curse shalt continue until there is no man child of the Collins name upon this Earth!" Then Laura screamed out and frantically shook her head saying, "NOOOO! Please do not do this, Judah! Let Benjamin go!" Judah threw his head back and simply laughed saying, "No my dear, it hath been declared, and so shall it be! Thou art now the child of Ra!" Judah then opened the door to leave. Laura cried out, "Run Benjamin!" Benjamin looked first at the open door and then at his mother. He was torn between remaining with his mother or seeking escape. Judah stepped outside and sneered back, "It is too late! Burn Laura, BURN!" No sooner had he spoken these words, Laura suddenly burst into flames. Judah then closed and locked the door from the outside as he laughed hysterically. (Laughter continues and fades.)
"I wasn't to learn until much later that someone had seen my two followers bring young Benjamin Collins to my mother's house." Trevor said as he looked upon Julia. "Amadeus Collins and the constable burst into the room and were able to spare the life of young Benjamin. Laura, however, was consumed before they could save her." Julia looked at Trevor with great disdain and said, "All because she could not love you as you wanted. How could you be so cruel?" Trevor got down face to face with her and replied, "It brought closure, Doctor! I soon found that I was able to love again! Samuel Dawson brought to me a young girl to mentor in the craft and I became quite taken with her! Her name...was Miranda Duvall! I loved her dearly, but then, she also betrayed me! This time it cost me my life! The rest of the story you know, Doctor. Amadeus Collins saw to it that I was beheaded. You know well the events in 1841. Now, at last...I will have my revenge upon Amadeus and all who have followed him. This night marks the end of the Collins family!(Julia's mouth opens and her eyes widen as three dramatic notes sound.)
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Julia pleads with Trevor, "Judah you must be reasonable! The Collins family living in this time cannot be held responsible for what happened 300 years in the past any more than those were who lived in 1841."Trevor then said, "The sins of the fathers shall be visited upon the sons, even to the third and forth generations! It has been that way since the beginning of time, dear Dr. Hoffman! You should have remained as you were when we labored in the crypt, to rejoin my head and body, but you and Barnabas had to meddle in a century that was not your own! So now, I have to settle my score with you!" Julia looked up at him fearfully and asked "What are you going to do?" Trevor's eyes grew wide as he said in a menacing tone, "I'm going to see that you never meddle in anyone's affairs again!" He slowly takes a step toward her, then another, then another. Julia's eyes widened in horror, more with each step he took. She frantically shakes her head back and forth as she cries out, "NO...NOO ...NOOOO! (Three sets of three sharply dramatic notes sound, followed by one sustained dramatic note which fades as the screen goes black.)
Dr. Julia Hoffman.
GRAYSON HALL
Drusilla Zachary.
CLARICE BLACKBURN
Benjamin Collins.
DAVID HENESY
Judah Zachary (1677.
CHRISTOPHER PENNOCK
Laura Murdoch-Collins.
DIANA MILLAY
Trevor Halliburton/Judah Zachary.
KEITH PRENTICE
Neighbor.
ELIZABETH EIS
James Murdoch.
GENE LINDSEY
Judah Zachary (1687.
MICHAEL McGUIRE
Voice of Judah (1687.
KEENE CURTIS
Had this been an actual episode, the air date would have been July 13, 1971