Episode 857: All Of Him Also, the werewolf does his famous mirror routine. I’m holding out for a hero. Nicholas Blair walks onto the set, and takes over. It’s all sets and violence today, as Barnabas runs in circles, Liz has someone else’s dream, and Sabrina learns an important lesson about fiscal responsibility. Episode 401: Bewitched “Fear not! Barnabas and Julia talk about Cassandra and Trask’s title bout like they’re doing a post-game wrap-up on ESPN, while Liz’s drinking problem catches up with her. For folks who have been worried about my absence during most of 2020: I’m fine, thank you for your interest and concern, and I’m really glad you’re reading the blog. Hear ye, hear ye! We travel through time to 1991, to watch the second episode of the Dark Shadows revival. Quentin and Beth have a romantic moment at gunpoint, and Magda makes a shocking, ridiculous and wonderful discovery. Onodera: "Well, look at that. The countdown to calamity continues, as Daphne considers stabbing Quentin, Hallie apologizes for something she didn’t do, and Quentin abjures the spirits, to no avail. Episode 738: The Little Games Jeb Hawkes is on the run, besieged by a long line of villains just itching to take advantage of any of his three only weaknesses. Dark Funeral achieved nothing less than breathing new life into a genre that seemed to have become somewhat antiquated and musty. The late Quentin Collins is on the floor and covered in gore, while other characters stand nearby and deliver about sixty percent of their dialogue. It’s another Dark Shadows pre-emption Christmas special, where we discuss The Mary Tyler Moore Show. The wedding guests clear the room for a flashback to 1949, where Elizabeth picks up a poker and just does what comes naturally. I ended up watching the series until Julia, Stokes, Barnabas, when back to 1971 and were going to some event with Elisabeth. Episode 766: You Have to Admit She’s Got a Point What’s his future going to be? One of the largest engagements of the Old Sith Wars, the Great Sith War saw the rise of the Sith, once again in opposition to the Jedi Order. A young heiress explores a haunted house with a pair of professional ghost-disturbers in the pilot episode for Dead of Night, Dan Curtis’ first attempt to bottle the Dark Shadows magic. Jeff’s crotch. Episode 1092: The Tenterhooks Episode 704: It Just So Happens Episode 720: Halfway Charity figures out that Quentin is the werewolf, just so that Count Petofi can stroll onto the set and fix all of Quentin’s problems. Quentin, Daphne and Leticia execute their top-secret escape plan, which everybody knows about and doesn’t seem particularly urgent. Jeb Hawkes shows us how to treat a lady. It’s Halloween 1968, and the young children of America are watching a half-naked Joe throttle Barnabas with a rope. Episode 582: The Can’t Let Me Know What Scene Episode 714: Inherit the Win Barnabas Collins finally appears on prime time, although it’s not really the Barnabas from Dark Shadows as much as the Barnabas from Barnabas Collins In a Funny Vein. Count Petofi’s got the portrait, the suitcase, the map, the money and the 49th hexagram, and he’s ready to head for the future. Many were the nights I couldn’t fall asleep unless my neck and wrists were covered — even as an adult! Continuing our week trapped on the mysterious island of Strange Paradise, the whiny main character is possessed by the spirit of a guy who’s way more interesting than he is, and somehow that’s a problem. Episode 1109: The Last Straw No, they didn’t have a plan about Quentin and Chris and the werewolf curse. And why does Charity Trask have blue eyes? Episode 296: United Stakes    Episode 329: Willie Loomis Must Die Episode 408: A Compromising Physician Episode 697: The Young and the Restless Dr. Woodard channels Art Linkletter, and discovers that ghost kids say the darnedest things. Episode 785: We Interrupt This Program Episode 939: My Father’s Killer Episode 428: Duel It Yourself We found the complete DVD set half price because someone had busted into (or out of) the cardboard coffin case. Episode 409: Spoilers Maggie is still spitballing escape plans, while David continues his reign as World’s Noisiest Intruder. Dr. Lang chews on all of the available scenery. Nicholas struts around, and puts Reverend Trask in his place. The week-long Dark Shadows quality improvement program concludes by turning into the weirdest possible version of Rebecca. Where does he go from here? Episode 980: Next Stop Keystone City — nervous — very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad? Episode 902: Bringing Up Baby It’s a day of reunions, as Barnabas and Daniel catch up with their dead wives. Roger catches Jeff and Eve having an intimate moment in the garden, and Jeff touches his face a lot. Updates from the 1897 police blotter. Episode 1099: Damsel of the Damned Everybody sits around in the Blue Whale and does an epic recap of the last two months of the show. Episode 728: The Pacer I fear you have been transported to another time and plot, and I will never have the answer I seek. Episode 220: Never Drink Wine Eve resents Nicholas’ plan for her and Adam, because she’s awesome, while Barnabas, Julia and Stokes hold a seance, because ditto. It’s Curse Day! Episode 484: Chekhov’s Gun Laura was sacrificed on a burning pyre by the fire priests of Alexandria, and now she’s standing in the drawing room. He’s eight foot two, yellow, and he doesn’t know how to count. Episode 364: Boom Goes the Dynamite Life is full of surprises. Vicki tries to figure out how time travel works. Episode 455: Food and Medicine and a Plan Episode 754: The Hunger Games Also: two minutes spent opening and closing doors. Nicholas and Adam stand around in a dirty room and talk about what they’re going to do with a kidnapped governess. Episode 1172: The Deck Chairs Episode 897: You’re the Worst Episode 873: The Violent Majority Vinyl records are a unique collectable form of music, they are fun and offer a great listening experience. Episode 337: Time to Kill We examine the show’s new “pretty boy in peril” motif, as vampire Angelique turns Joe into a hunk of meat. I’m really enjoying your blog! You take the same girl and lock her up in a different room. Century Media Records 2016.OUT NOW! Eve comes over to give Jeff a good stalking-to. Vicki finally figures out that time is a thing. Episode 554: Fresh Blood We ring in the show’s last New Year by watching the 2012 Tim Burton movie, as it gradually topples over backwards, and falls to a messy death on the rocks below. A performance art piece in one act. Episode 1150: The Strange Goings-On Episode 526: Nothing But Vengeance Episode 753: Dog Days Episode 238: Unreal Estate Plus, the first appearance of a new cast member: slow doorknob. All the funny extras you toss in have me ROFL and you point out all the little things I missed as a child which makes it even funnier. A werewolf is battling a space octopus in the living room, and as always, the only one who can save us is Jonathan Frid. I’m away this week, so to tide you over, I’m presenting some odd little things that I can’t fit into a regular post. In a graveyard, Barnabas tells Julia the story of the time Dark Shadows tried to make a clip show. Now he’s sitting on the couch and talking about how discouraged he is. Joe fights off a brutal werewolf attack with a pair of scissors and a reckless disregard for the young set. Angelique’s planning to turn Barnabas into a vampire, like she ever does anything else. Episode 885: Not in Canvas Anymore Episode 828: It’s My Skeleton For behold, I bring you tidings of great joy, which shall be to all my people.”. Barnabas rounds the turn, and sprints for the finish line. What happens when Schrodinger opens the mystery box, and the cat refuses to play along? I am back, I am entirely back. Nice to follow. The Great 1968 Wrap-Up puts on a new burst of speed, as Dark Shadows ushers one cast member out the door, and lets a new one walk right on in. Dressed up in each other’s bodies after a particularly freaky Friday, Quentin Collins and Count Petofi learn what it’s like to see the world from the other guy’s point of view. Episode 1116: That’s Us In There Episode 664: Sproat’s Last Stand Amy tries to blow the whistle on the haunted-house story, but she runs into a couple of unfortunate speed bumps. Barnabas tells Carolyn that her husband is dead, and her fury burns down the show. We reach another crucial turning point in the Dark Shadows history — the day writer Ron Sproat finally leaves the show, and leaves my life. Episode 273: All These Years There’s only one thing to do: unwrite the comic strip, and make sure that it never exists. Episode 826: Hungarian Crime Story Episode 782: Don’t Leave Home Barnabas Collins battles Damon Salvatore from The Vampire Diaries for possession of Victoria Winters’ very soul, as we delve into the 1999 novel Dreams of the Dark. It’s amazing how much I’d forgotten and yet it all came right back reading your episode guide. Quentin struggles to cope with his most cunning enemies: props, dialogue and doorframes. Hooray!!! Episode 420: The Stalking Dead Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Episode 797: Meanwhile, in the Present Episode 861: The Unvisited There’s only a week and a half left in the 1840 storyline, so it’s time to start pushing villains off the roof. For the first time in two centuries, the Collins family has abandoned Collinwood, leaving it to the mad, the cruel and the aimlessly eccentric. Episode 1075: The Night of the Sun and the Moon Well, God’s domain isn’t going to tamper in itself. It’s date night for Quentin and Barnabas, and they play their first round of Junior Detectives. David and Hallie are Tad and Carrie, and Carolyn is Leticia, and I’m bored and nobody cares. Episode 642: Mind Over Manners Episode 354: Haunted House of Cards Episode 603: Television Without Pity Episode 575: Crazy Talk Barnabas thinks that everything will be fine, now that Sarah’s come back. This is not the good news that you might expect it to be. Episode 345: Rest in Pieces Jenny’s on the loose again, and she’s taking advantage of Collinwood’s most plentiful natural resource: murder weapons. It’s time for another turn on the Dream Curse merry-go-round. Sam and Dr. Woodard are still walking around and asking questions, like there’s any chance that they will ever learn anything. What could go wrong? Episode 253: Alive and Someplace It’s day two of the Joshua/Barnabas conversation, with no end in sight. Rituals, locked rooms, vampire attacks and magical portraits — this episode has everything, except sense. A full episode of Trask trash talk. Episode 304: Scooby-Doo Must Die Episode 871: Give Me Back My Talent This is not a typical soap opera question. Somebody’s going around perforating cows, and Jason’s going to get to the bottom of it. The final phase of the Siege of Collinwood begins, as Quentin openly declares war on the family. 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