479 - April 25, 1968

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The same unblinking moon that Victoria Winters saw

shining on Collinwood

in her terror-ridden journey into the past

shines this night over the great house by the sea.

But the moon and Collinwood itself

are not the only survivors from the past.

Terror too is beyond time

and it has pursued the inhabitants of Collinwood

down from the dark past to an even darker present

and the ghoulish plan to cure Barnabas Collins

unfolds as inexorably as time

and with increasing terror.

Why did you strap me to this table?

Why didn't you just k*ll me?

- I have plans for you. - Plans?

I know what you're going to do to me.

Lie quietly and you'll feel no pain.

My face. It's going to be my face.

It's the only part of that monster that isn't finished.

Lie still. Lie still.

Don't come near me. Let me out of here!

Quietly, quietly.

No! No!

You should be honored, Jeff.

After all, it is through your eyes

that Barnabas has chosen to see.

It is through your lips that he has chosen to speak.

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Dr. Lang!

- Barnabas? -Dr. Lang!

I must see you immediately, please.

Open the door.

I need your help, at once!

Doctor!

Dr. Lang!

Doctor!

I'm frightened.

Frightened? Of what? Of what?

You've got to help me.

In what way? What's happened?

I was taking a stroll in the moonlight,

enjoying the night air, and then--

And then, what happened?

- I had a feeling that this thing was coming over me. - What?

An urge,

a sudden irresistible urge to go into Collinsport

and find someone, anyone and,

and I'm changing back.

I know I am.

Barnabas, Barnabas,

I told you these symptoms might return,

but I also told you how you could deal with them.

I don't think I can.

It was like a - a giant wave coming at me,

mounting higher and higher.

This - this feeling within me.

Who is this?

You might say it was you, a part of you.

Me? What do you mean?

You interrupted me, Barnabas, at a very important moment.

- Jeff Clark. - Yes.

Now I suggest you leave at once.

You are really going to do it.

You should know by now that I'm a man of my word.

Barnabas, the anesthetic won't last much longer.

Now, you really must go.

Surely, there's a - a kindness and a gentleness of spirit

in this smile.

How will I look when the goodness and the sweetness goes

and - and it reveals a monster's soul.

Barnabas, Barnabas, you'll be a new man.

How can I be a new man and still be myself?

You live a new life, free and safe.

Will - will I be free of memory?

Will I look at myself in the mirror and see myself or -

or will I see the ghost of a man

haunting me to the grave?

No. I - I can't let you do it.

Barnabas, Barnabas, this sudden surge

of sentimentality is ridiculous.

Is it sentimentality to recoil from such a horror?

Surely, you're no stranger to horror, Barnabas Collins.

But can the moment come when I,

yes, even I can cry enough?

Yes, the moment can come but not yet,

not until you're free, not until you're safe.

And I never will be, never free from guilt,

from loathing of things that I have done.

Barnabas, do you really want me to stop?

Yes.

And then you want Ms. Winters to marry this man,

this young man and live a life of unending joy?

Don't say that.

Well, I was only stating the alternatives.

I mean, after all, I was under the impression

- that you loved her. - You know I do.

- Well, for love, most men would dare anything. - No.

Well, so, if you really want to change back to what you were

and very probably destroy Ms. Winters

- in a rage over your loss-- - No, I wouldn't do that.

You - you almost did it. You know you'll do it again.

- No, I swear. - You wouldn't be able to control yourself.

Admit it.

You'd want revenge on what they did to you.

- Admit that! - I can't.

You have a chance now to live the life of a man

with a woman you love

or you can destroy yourself and the woman as well.

Now, pick your choice.

Do it.

All right.

Will you please leave us alone?

Yes, I'm going.

Dr. Lang!

Dr. Lang!

Jeff! Are you here?

Dr. Lang!

- Who's that? Who's there? -Barnabas.

I thought I told you to leave immediately.

She is here calling for him downstairs.

Who is here?

Victoria.

Calling Jeff.

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What made you think he'd be here?

He said he was coming here the last time I saw him.

Oh, I see.

Well, I'm afraid he isn't here now.

But has he been here at all?

I'm really afraid I don't know.

I haven't - I haven't been in all evening.

I'm worried about him.

He said he was coming here to pick up his things

and move them to the Evans' cottage.

Oh, yes, yes, yes. Now that you mentioned it,

I did notice that some of his things are gone

which means he probably came here

and he is now at the Evans' cottage.

No, he is not. I just come from there.

Well, maybe, you could have passed him on the way.

No.

He said he'd meet me at Collinwood,

but that was three hours ago.

Oh, well, you learned that Jeff Clark

is rather an unreliable young man.

How can you take it so lightly?

And how can you take it so seriously?

Because we both know that he's been ill.

I'm afraid that something has happened to him.

Well, what - what could have happened?

Something terrible. I don't know.

Well, I'm sure nothing terrible has happened.

Well, I have the feeling that - that something has.

Well, I'm sure he's all right now.

You'll have to forgive me if I seem a little bit foolish,

but if anything happened to Jeff,

I don't know what I'd do.

Nothing has happened to him, I'm sure.

No, it's - it's just that - I - I can't help it.

I'm frightened.

I love him.

And I - and I need him.

And - and he needs me. I know he does.

I'm sorry.

I have to get a little bit of control over myself.

It's just that, for the first time,

I'm - I've come so close to being happy

and I'm afraid of losing everything.

And by everything, I mean Jeff.

It's as simple as that.

He's all I want.

And I know that I'm all he wants.

It is you who she loves.

I know it is so.

She will never change, never.

No.

No, no, the time has come for me to cry,

"Enough, enough."

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What have you done?

He's free now and he's safe.

What are you trying to do?

- He could come out of that anesthetic at any moment. - Let him.

Are you mad, Barnabas?

I've seldom been more sane.

Will you please leave so that I can get on with my work?

I've had enough interruptions for one evening.

- My mind is made up. - Please, I don't want to argue with you, Barnabas.

You offered me a choice, I've made it.

You don't know what you're talking about.

I overheard Ms. Winters.

A young woman's hysteria and weeping

is no reason for us to change our course.

She loves him.

She will love you when the experiment is over.

No, it will always be that, always.

Well, all the more reason to go through with the experiment.

My mind is made up irrevocably.

Then I think the time has come to tell you

that my decision also weighs in this

and my mind is made up irrevocably.

We will continue.

I never said that we should stop it altogether.

I merely suggested a way that you set him free.

Now, you're really being - you're really talking nonsense.

He knows all about the experiment.

Well, it made no difference before.

Including my plans to use him as part of it.

I thought you were telling him

that you were giving him a treatment

for his own difficulties.

- I was, but he guessed the truth. - Oh, no.

Yes and I can't blackmail him anymore into silence.

If he talks, we're both - we're all implicated.

When he comes out of the anesthetic,

you have merely to tell him that it's -

it's a delusion on his part,

that you meant no harm to him.

He wouldn't believe me.

Or worse yet, he'd pretend to

and then come back and plot some revenge on us.

Oh, now, you are the one who is imagining a delusion.

Believe me, Barnabas, neither of us can afford to -

to live as long as he's alive.

- That isn't necessarily true. - As long as it's even a possibility.

I can't take that chance and neither can you.

- I am willing to take that chance. - Well, I am not.

You're not going to have a chance

to think about anything, Doctor.

Jeff, put - put down that knife.

I'll put it down right in your ribs.

Jeff, Jeff, Jeff.

- You - you don't know what you're doing. - Oh, don't I?

- Well, I know what you were going to do to me. - You heard.

- I was only-- - Yes, I heard.

I was only going to give you a treatment.

Yes, thee treatment, Doctor. Isn't that wonderful?

Listen to me, Jeff.

In a minute, I'm busy right now.

You're free now.

Nothing will happen to you

as long as you don't touch Dr. Lang.

He's right, Jeff. He's right. He's right.

- You are going to k*ll me. - No, no.

I was just going to change my mind, Jeff.

- Well, I'm not going to change my mind, Doctor. - Jeff, Jeff, Jeff,

think what you are doing.

Another m*rder.

You don't want another m*rder on your conscience, do you?

- Another, Jeff? - What do you mean another?

Guilt, guilt can be a terrible thing for the mind, Jeff.

It can do terrible things to the mind.

What are you talking about?

This may be the last chance you have, Jeff,

- the last chance. - What do you mean the last chance?

- Your - your sanity hangs by a slender thread. - No!

Use that knife, yes, use that knife

- and the thread will snap. - Stop it!

And you know what will happen then, Jeff.

You know.

Your mind, pray to insanity will lose its control

and go deeper and deeper

- and deeper into madness. - No!

Seeking a refuge that it will never find.

No! It will never happen again.

Jeff, if you destroy me, you will destroy yourself.

It happened once before. It could happen again.

Never! Never! It will never happen again.

And it's not going to happen to me again.

- No! - Not when I live.

He's dead.

Not yet.

But soon - very soon.

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But won't you listen for a single moment?

I listened, Barnabas, and it almost cost me my life.

But I'm telling you that k*lling him isn't necessary.

Barnabas, I'm not listening.

He could be completely harmless.

Do you think I'm doing this out of bloodlust?

I am doing it to protect my experiment

and this is one area where I will allow no interference.

We can call in Dr. Hoffman.

Dr. Hoffman? What are you talking about?

I'm talking about a way of saving this boy's life.

You can't be serious about bringing in Julia.

Perfectly serious. She can hypnotize him.

No, I'm sorry. I'm not even listening.

Oh, then you are acting out of bloodlust.

There is a way of making Jeff forget everything

he has seen that's happened this evening.

What, hypnosis?

Exactly.

It's happened in the past.

Barnabas, I gave you credit

for much greater intelligence than that.

It's been successful. I swear.

- I'm not questioning that. - Then what are you questioning?

What I am saying is that I do not want Dr. Hoffman

to be informed of this experiment.

She needn't know about it.

Well, Jeff would tell her right away.

You could tell her that he was momentarily deranged.

Julia is too inquisitive.

She'd pry and pry until she found out the truth.

Then, let her know everything.

Barnabas, are you mad?

She can keep your secrets.

You know, I don't know whether I like your trust

or your absolute stupidity.

Julia is not without her guilt.

She had her mishaps

the first time she did this thing with me.

No one must know what I'm doing.

No one.

Is that clear?

Vicki, Vicki, where are you?

- He's coming out of it. - You must call Julia.

- You must get her here-- - No, no.

- Vicki, Vicki help me. - No.

Help me.

Vicki, help me.

If you won't call her I will.

You'll do nothing of the kind, Barnabas.

You - you must let him help me.

- Vicki, where are you? - No.

Julia...

Julia would make him forget, I swear it,

and she could keep your secret.

I said no, Barnabas!

- Vicki -- - I'm going to call her even if you don't.

- Vicki, where are you? - Put down that phone.

I'm not going to.

- There's nothing you could do to stop me. - Oh?

- Isn't there? - No.

Now, hang up that phone.

You know as well as I do how hollow a threat that is.

Hang up by the time I count three

or I'm going to sh**t.

And what good would it do sh**ting me?

You know that an ordinary b*llet

can have no effect on me.

You're mistaken, my friend.

One of the melancholy aspects of the cure

that I've given you is that you now,

like all men, are susceptible to death.

I'm going to count to three.

One,

two...

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