The Dark Shadows Companion: 25th Anniversary Collection

by Kathryn Leigh Scott

  1134/1135. Leticia tells Julia they cannot reunite Judah’s head and body until they find the jeweled mask he was buried with.

  1136. Having retrieved the mask from Desmond’s hiding place, Leticia brings it to Julia and the experiment begins.

  1137. Julia discovers Judah’s vital organs are functioning, but the body is comatose. Desmond discovers the mask is gone.

  1138. After a fire burns Judah’s body, Gerard attempts to steal the mask from the head, but Judah’s head still lives.

  1139. Barnabas sends Julia to convince Roxanne not to marry Lamar.

  1140. Angélique recalls the 1692 court trial where Judah Zachery threatend revenge after being found guilty of witchcraft.

  1141. Concealing Judah’s head in his room, Gerard begs it to reveal why he dreamed his own head would take Judah’s place.

  1142. Aided by Charles Dawson, Judah takes possession of Gerard and vows to begin his revenge on the Collins family.

  1143. Barnabas meets Roxanne’s brother, Randall, who tells him Lamar claims Roxanne died as a result of sorcery.

  1144. Angélique taunts Barnabas by hiding Julia in an abandoned lighthouse.

  1145. In his lab, Quentin shows Gerard his incomplete stairway in time and reveals his theories on time travel.

  1146. Hoping to bring Edith Collins and Daphne into Judah’s coven, the possessed Gerard makes advances towards both women.

  1147. After Gerard teaches her to use a crystal ball, Carrie Stokes tells Tad she sees a vision of the two of them dead.

  1148. Daphne admits to Quentin that she is the sister of his former love, Joanna Mills, whom he believes is dead.

  1149. As Barnabas rescues Julia from the lighthouse. Risen as a vampire, Roxanne attacks Lamar in the woods.

  1150. In Roxanne’s crypt, Randall confronts her with a cross. She cries out for Barnabas as she disintegrates.

  1151. Quentin confides his love for Daphne to Gerard.

  1152. After Gerard causes Desmond to become ill, Lamar discovers Quentin’s lab and accuses him of being a warlock.

  1153. Daphne finds a letter from Joanna, warning her to stay away from Quentin.

  1154/1155. Randall is killed after finding Judah’s mask in Gerard’s room.

  1156. Quentin is arrested for Randall’s murder after Lamar finds him with the body.

  1157. Gerard and Charles trick Daniel into changing his will by making him believe Quentin killed Randall.

  1158. Aware that Angélique suspects him, Gerard deceives her into believing Judah has returned by possessing Quentin.

  1159. Daniel suffers a stroke after Gabriel harrasses him for changing his will.

  1160. When Daniel dies, Gabriel, alone with his wife Edith, burns Daniel’s revised will, hoping they will inherit everything.

  1161. Gabriel accuses Gerard of foul play when it is revealed Daniel’s will names Gerard as the main beneficiary.

  1162. After the constable’s wife dies in Quentin’s jail cell, Lamar assures Quentin he’ll be tried for witchcraft.

  1163. Desmond tells Barnabas they must work together to save Quentin.

  1164. Flora Collins is determined to find out who Angélique is after Roxanne’s spirt names her as the one who made her a vampire.

  1165. Samantha testifies in court that Quentin has brought an alien spirit into Collinwood through occult practices.

  1166. Samantha accuses Daphne of being in love with Quentin.

  1167. After reading Ben’s diary, Lamar and Gerard find the 1795 Trask’s skeleton bricked up in the Old House basement.

  1168. After Gerard and Lamar discover Barnabas is a vampire, Gerard is stunned to see Barnabas in the daylight.

  1169. Angélique tells Barnabas that she has lifted his curse, but for the first time she expects nothing in return.

  1170. Gabriel warns Quentin that Gerard is his enemy.

  1171. Lamar bricks up Barnabas in revenge for the 1795 Barnabas bricking up Lamar’s father, Reverend Trask.

  1172. Julia accuses Lamar and Gerard of knowing what has happened to Barnabas.

  1173. Angélique realizes Barnabas’ claims that Gerard is possessed by Judah may be true.

  1174/1175. Desmond is arrested for witchcraft after Dawson forces him to admit he had Judah’s head in his possession.

  1176. Leticia tells Desmond that Gerard must be saved, not destroyed.

  1177. Professor Stokes arrives through the stairway in time, telling Julia he read of danger in a Collins history book.

  1178. In the courtroom, Lamar is devastated when Barnabas arrives to serve as Quentin’s new legal representative.

  1179/1180. Barnabas’ presence forces Lamar to refrain from testifying against Quentin. Barnabas secretly taunts Lamar.

  1181. After Joanna Mills mysteriously appears and testifies on Quentin’s behalf, Lamar’s testimony against him is thrown out.

  1182. Samantha tells Gerard she thought she killed Joanna by pushing her off a cliff at the asylum where Joanna was kept.

  1183. In his jail cell, Quentin tells Joanna they cannot resume their love affair because he is in love with Daphne.

  1184. To frame Quentin, Gerard performs an incantation that kills Mordecai Grimes, who was to testify against Quentin.

  1185. A note from Mordecai prompts the court to find Quentin guilty of witchcraft and sentence him to a public beheading.

  1186. Daphne urges Quentin to escape. After discovering Edith is involved with Gerard, Gabriel choaks her to death.

  1187. When Daphne describes witnessing strange occurances in a room in the east wing, Julia warns her to beware of parallel time.

  1188. Gabriel ties up Daphne after she learns he killed Edith. He sees a vision of parallel time in the upstairs parlor.

  1189. Quentin and Desmond escape from jail. Witnessing Quentin’s true love for Daphne, Joanna offers to step aside.

  1190. Daphne escapes from Gabriel through a secret passage.

  1191. Daniel’s ghost makes Gabriel fall from the roof to his death. Quentin and Daphne are trapped in the parallel time room.

  1192. Quentin and Daphne return from parallel time. Samantha tries to shoot Joanna, but the bullets pass through her.

  1193. After tricking Samantha into coming to Widows’ Hill, Joanna forces her to fall to her death.

  1194. Daphne marries Gerard after he places a spell on her.

  1195. When Quentin is captured and sent back to jail, Barnabas asks Angélique to help save him from execution.

  1196. Gerard takes away Angélique’ powers and holds her captive. Quentin and Desmond are led to the guillotine.

  1197. Angélique stops the beheadings by appearing with Judah’s head, which turns to a skeleton - killing Gerard.

  1198. After Lamar shoots Angélique, she dies in Barnabas’ arms as he confesses his love. Barnabas and Julia leave 1840 through the stairway in time and find all is well in the present; they have successfully changed the course of history, preventing the death of David, Liz, Daphne and Hallie and preventing the destruction of Collinwood.

  1199. In 1841 Parallel Time, Bramwell Collins insists that Catherine Harridge marry him instead of Morgan Collins.

  1200. Before Justin Collins dies, he gives Morgan a letter explaining the family curse begins each century with the spotting of a spectre: the Woman in White.

  1201. As the oldest son, Morgan is in charge of the lottery, where a family member is selected to endure a night in the cursed room.

  1202. After Bramwell abducts her, Catherine admits she cares for him, but insists she also loves Morgan and will marry him.

  1203. Catherine learns Melanie Collins has a history of personality disorders after Melanie almost stabs her with a knife.

  1204. After Melanie discovers Stella Young being held captive in the tower room, Stella is found stabbed to death.

  1205. Suffering from a memory lapse, Melanie fears she killed Stella. Morgan and Catherine prepare to be married.

  1206. Bramwell interrupts Morgan’s and Cath
erine’s wedding ceremony. Morgan challenges Bramwell to a duel.

  1207/1208. After Bramwell loses his duel with Morgan and is badly wounded, Catherine learns Bramwell did not fire his gun.

  1209. With Gerard Stiles, Kendrick Young finds the secret grave of his sister Stella and discovers she was murdered.

  1210. During a seance, an unknown voice warns that Collinwood will be stricken with the plague unless the lottery is held.

  1211. When Melanie comes down with the plague, the family agrees to commence with the lottery.

  1212. Gabriel Collins draws the designated lottery slip and escapes from Collinwood. Quentin Collins is diagnosed with the plague.

  1213. After Morgan returns Gabriel to Collinwood, Gabriel is placed in the cursed room.

  1214. Now married to Morgan, Catherine warns Bramwell not to become too fond of her sister, Daphne Harridge.

  1215. In the locked room of the curse, Morgan discovers the dead body of a villager in place of Gabriel.

  1216. Melanie tells Julia Collins and Quentin that Justin’s spirit has warned that the family’s curse is not over.

  1217. Having gone insane from staying in the cursed room, Gabriel attacks Kendrick with a knife and menaces Daphne.

  1218. Catherine tells Bramwell she will prevent his marriage to Daphne, insisting Bramwell is marrying out of hatred, not love.

  1219. Kendrick is convinced Gabriel killed Stella. Bramwell and Daphne announce they are now married.

  1220. Bramwell is devastated to learn from Catherine that she is pregnant with his child.

  1221. After Catherine draws the designated lottery slip, Morgan takes her place by locking himself in the cursed room.

  1222. When Melanie tells Kendrick the sad story of her life, he vows to make things different for her.

  1223. The morning after being locked in the cursed room, Morgan appears insane, claiming he is not Morgan.

  1224. Carrie reveals that Morgan is possessed by James Forsythe, the man who placed the curse on the Collinses in 1680.

  1225. The ghost of Brutus Collins taunts Morgan as he digs up the grave of Sarah Forsythe, who betrayed Brutus in 1680.

  1226. Kendrick discovers that Melanie suffers from a split-personality.

  1227. In a crazed state, Gabriel nearly stabs his mother, Flora Collins, to death. Kendrick almost kills Gabriel.

  1228. Melanie fears she has lost Kendrick when she claims to have killed his sister, but he insists he thinks she’s innocent.

  1229. Bramwell forces Catherine to admit she still loves him. Fearing the loss of Bramwell, Daphne becomes suicidal.

  1230. Quentin saves Julia from being strangled by Morgan. A seance is held to remove James Forsythe’s spirit from Morgan.

  1231. James Forsythe’s spirit reveals why he cursed the Collinses in 1680. Brutus Collins’ spirit bans him to his grave.

  1232. No longer possessed, Morgan remembers nothing of his experience in the cursed room.

  1233. Learning Daphne is dying from an undiagnosed illness, Catherine becomes guilt-ridden over her relationship with Bramwell.

  1234. After Carrie reveals that Melanie’s mother is alive and nearby, Gabriel escapes from the tower room.

  1235. Daphne tells Bramwell he mustn’t feel guilty for loving Catherine.

  1236. Brutus’ ghost traps Morgan and Julia in a secret corridor after they find two mummified bodies.

  1237. Kendrick rescues Melanie after she’s been stabbed by Gabriel. Morgan stabs Gabriel to death.

  1238. Josette Collins, Bramwell’s mother, reveals to Melanie that she is her mother and Barnabas Collins was her father. Daphne dies.

  1239. Melanie turns insane after she and Kendrick marry. Brutus’ ghost warns she won’t be sane until another lottery is held.

  1240. Julia explains to the family that the lottery must be held again. Kendrick draws the designated slip.

  1241. While eavesdropping on Bramwell and Catherine, Morgan learns that Catherine is pregnant with Bramwell’s child.

  1242. Morgan tricks Bramwell into going to the west wing and locks him inside the room of the curse.

  1243. Morgan locks Catherine in the room with Bramwell after she confesses she is carrying Bramwell’s child.

  1244. In the locked room Catherine is temporarily possessed by the spirit of Amanda Forsythe.

  1245. After Bramwell and Catherine banish the ghost of Brutus, they realize they have broken the family curse forever by surviving a night in the lottery room without going insane. Morgan wounds Bramwell with a gunshot and attempts to throw Catherine off the roof, but Kendrick saves her and Morgan falls to his death. With Melanie recovered, she and Kendrick make plans to leave town together. Bramwell and Catherine renew their pledge of love with the anticipation of a happy and peaceful new life together. (End of Series)

  UPDATE

  Where Are They Now?

  Here’s what Dark Shadows alumni have done since the show ended.

  HUMBERT ALLEN ASTREDO (Nicholas Blair, Evan Hanley, Charles Dawson) Concentrating on stage work, he starred in the national tours of The Little Foxes with Elizabeth Taylor and Dracula with Martin Landau.

  CONRAD BAIN (Innkeeper Mr Wells) Starred in the sitcoms Maude and Diff’rent Strokes, in addition to various TV films.

  NANCY BARRETT (Carolyn Stoddard, Millicent Collins, Charity Trask, Carolyn Loomis, Leticia Faye Melanie Collins, Amanda Collins) Appeared in several daytime soaps including The Doctors, the film Belizaire the Cajun, and the New York stage.

  JOAN BENNETT (Elizabeth Collins Stoddard, Naomi Collins, Judith Collins, Flora Collins) Starred in several TV films, the motion picture Suspiria, and appeared as herself on Guiding Light.

  CHRIS BERNAU (Philip Todd) Before his death in 1989, starred as Alan Spaulding on Guiding Light.

  CLARICE BLACKBURN (Mrs Johnson, Abigail Collins, Minerva Trask) In addition to acting on several daytime soaps, has written for All My Children, for which she’s received a Daytime Emmy.

  DON BRISCOE (Tom Jennings, Chris Jennings, Tim Shaw, Chris Collins) Returned to his home in Tennessee and retired from acting.

  BARBARA CASON (Mrs Johnson, House of Dark Shadows) Appeared frequently on stage, film, and in television until her death in 1990. She was a regular on the Carter Country and It’s Garry Shandling’s Show TV series and guested on many others.

  KATHY CODY (Hallie Stokes, Carrie Stokes) Starred in three Disney films (Superdad, Charley & The Angel, Snowball Express) and many TV guest appearances such as Gunsmoke, Cannon, Barnaby Jones, and TV films including Babe.

  ROBERT COBERT (Music Composer) Scored nearly all of Dan Curtis’ productions, including the miniseries Winds of War and War & Remembrance, the motion picture Burnt Offerings, and the NBC Dark Shadows primetime series. He also composed the TV film Bonanza: The New Generation.

  JOEL CROTHERS (Joe Haskell, Nathan Forbes) Until his death in 1985, was one of daytime TV’s busiest actors, starring in Santa Barbara, Edge Of Night, Somerset, and Secret Storm.

  DAN CURTIS (Executive Producer/Series Creator/Director) Directed and produced many TV films including When Every Day Was The Fourth Of July, The Night Stalker, The Norliss Tapes, Trilogy Of Terror, and the momumental miniseries Winds Of War and War & Remembrance. The latter won the Emmy, Golden Globe, People’s Choice, and Director’s Guild Awards. He also directed the motion picture Burnt Offerings.

  KEENE CURTIS (Voice of Judah Zachary) Has been featured in many TV character actor roles and on the Broadway stage with The Rothschilds (winning the 1971 Best Supporting Actor Tony Award) and as Daddy Warbucks in Annie.

  THAYER DAVID (Matthew Morgan, Ben Stokes, Professor T. E. Stokes, Sandor, Count Petofi, Timothy Stokes, Mordecai Grimes) Until his death in 1978 was a featured character actor in films such as Rocky, Little Big Man, and Eiger Sanction. and on TV films and series. His final role was the title character in the Nero Wolfe pilot film in 1978.

  ROGER DAVIS (Peter Bradford/Jeff Clark, Ned Stuart, Dirk Wilkins, Charles Delaware Tate) Best kn
own for his role of Hannibal Heyes on the Alias Smith & Jones series and many guest star roles, he’s been active in commercial voice-overs and managing his own businesses.

  GEORGE DiCENZO (Assistant to the Producer/ Associate Producer) True to his realization during the filming of House Of Dark Shadows that actors don’t work as hard as associate producers, he’s become one of the industry’s busiest character actors, most recently starring in the TV series Equal Justice and the motion picture Face Of The Enemy.