610 - October 24, 1968

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NARRATOR:The great house at Collinwood has known many

dark and sinister secrets.

Now it is the scene of another one.

A secret that had its origin in the late th century.

A secret that has mysteriously transcended time and space

to create a threat to the future of two young people.

So deep and supernatural is this secret

that not even the young man it concerns is aware of it.

But there is one who is,

a strange woman who recognizes him

as someone she knew in the year .

[CREAKING GATE HINGE]

WOMAN: Peter. Peter Bradford.

Who are you?

You responded to the name.

I asked you who are you.

I was right.

You're Peter. Peter Bradford.

♪ [DRAMATIC MUSIC]

♪ [EERIE THEME MUSIC]

What did you call me?

Peter Bradford.

MAN: Who are you?

It doesn't matter.

But that isn't my name. Peter Bradford.

Yes. Yes it is.

I know you.

Even though you're dressed so strangely,

everything else about you is the same.

MAN: I don't know what you're talking about.

Oh, I thought we'd never see each other again because,

because you were dead.

I watched you die.

I don't know who you are.

WOMAN: You should.

No, I don't.

I've never seen you before in my life.

WOMAN: You can't pretend you don't know me.

I'm not pretending.

You must be.

This is a joke, isn't it?

[NERVOUS CHUCKLE] It's a joke.

No, Peter.

Look, don't call me that.

- But it's your name! - No, it's not my name!

My name's Jeff Clark. Jeff Clark, do you understand?

Oh, of course.

You don't recognize me because I don't look the same now as,

as I did then.

JEFF: When?

Whenever it was we knew each other.

You see, we've both lived before.

Only you've come back looking the same,

and I've come back looking different.

What are you doing in Collinwood?

Why are you here?

I don't know. I...

I can't remember anything except you.

Get out of here.

Get out of here and don't come back.

I can't do that, Peter,

now that I've found you again.

No. Stop it.

Stop it.

Look, if you don't believe me, why are you getting so upset?

Look, I'm not...

Yes, you are.

You are upset and you're frightened.

You have nothing to be afraid of, Peter.

Look...

Will you please get it through your head?

You've just made a mistake. You've got the wrong name.

You've made a mistake.

Perhaps there could be two people in the world

who look exactly the same.

No.

You won't convince me that I'm wrong.

I don't know how I know who you are.

I don't know why we've been brought together again.

My memory's so dim, and it was so long ago.

I haven't made a mistake.

You are Peter Bradford.

My Peter Bradford.

And I won't rest until we're together again.

[GATE CLOSES]

No!

- Mrs. Stoddard. - Hello, Vickie.

I didn't know you were still up.

I'm behind in my correspondence.

But I didn't know the doctor would let you out of bed.

I spoke to him.

He said it was all right for me to attend to routine things.

VICKIE: Well, that must mean that you're better.

I am, a little.

VICKIE: Good, I'm glad.

I'm very lucky.

Everyone's been so understanding and patient.

Well, we all care about what happens to you.

I know.

You must ask Jeff to come out here soon.

I want to thank him for what he did for me the other evening.

Well, actually he's coming here tonight if you want to see him.

- Tonight? - Yes, we're going to a movie.

Oh, are you and Jeff seeing each other again?

Yes.

Um, I, I was going to wait a few days

before telling you the news.

What news?

We're going to be married.

I see.

Then you've resolved all your differences

and difficulties.

Well...

People always have their difficulties and differences,

but we've decided not to let it stand in the way.

We love each other and we want to be together.

Are you telling me now because you're planning

to leave Collinwood?

No, we haven't even set a date, yet.

Do you think it will be soon?

I don't know, there are so many plans to be made.

The doctor says that the best thing for me

is to keep my mind occupied.

Would you like me to help you with your wedding plans?

Yes. I would love that.

Perhaps if you keep me busy enough,

I can even convince myself

that I'll be alive on your wedding day.

- Mrs. Stoddard! - I'm sorry, Vickie.

but even in my better moments, I can't help dwelling on it.

I don't understand it.

I understand about fear,

but fear has to be caused by something.

I know.

The doctor's just as mystified as you, I,

and everyone else.

Perhaps this won't be of any help to you,

but I know you're not going to die.

You and the doctor, at least, are in complete agreement.

He says I'm in excellent physical condition.

And yet, there was the other night when I collapsed,

you all thought I was dead.

I recovered in a little while,

but the terrifying thing is

that it's going to happen again.

And when it does I...

I may not become conscious quite so quickly.

And when I do regain my consciousness,

I, I may find I've been... buried alive.

♪ [SOMBER MUSIC]

Jeff.

I'm sorry I'm so late.

No, it's all right.

I was just about to go inside and get you.

Well, I wanted you to come inside anyway.

What for?

Mrs. Stoddard wants to thank you

for finding her and bringing her back here.

JEFF: Well, she doesn't have to thank me now.

She wants to. Come on.

No, look, Vickie,

she doesn't have to talk to me right this minute, does she?

Well, no, but...

I was thinking that we'll be back home from the movie early.

I could talk to her then.

Why is it easier to do it then than now?

I just don't feel like talking to anybody now.

Except you.

What's the matter?

Nothing, why?

You're acting the way you did a few weeks ago.

Your mind is somewhere else.

I'm just a little tired, that's all.

That's what you said then.

Well, I, I'm starting a new job in a couple of days.

I'm a little uptight about it, that's all.

I let Roger Collins down once, I don't want to do it again.

Would you rather not go to the movie?

No, no. I'd like to go.

Well, I certainly couldn't tell that from your expression.

How's that?

It's not one of your best.

But it'll have to do.

[CHUCKLES] I'll see if I can't improve it on the way to town.

Come on.

[GATE CLOSES]

♪ [MYSTERIOUS MUSIC]

Who are you looking for?

Who are you?

I know.

I know who you are.

You've come to warn me

that I haven't much time left.

You're the angel of death.

♪ [MYSTERIOUS MUSIC]

[DOOR OPENS]

Eve.

Where do you think you're going?

Upstairs to bed. I'm very tired.

NICHOLAS: Come in here.

- Nicholas... - I said come in here.

Well, what's the matter?

You're doing everything you possibly can to ruin my plans,

and you casually ask me what's the matter.

I, I have no idea why you're acting so upset.

I am upset because of what happened tonight at Collinwood,

and you know it.

Nothing happened at Collinwood.

Don't try to lie to me,

Adam told me about the fight you had with Carolyn.

Oh, poor Adam.

The minute something doesn't go his way,

he comes running to show his broken heart

to papa Nicholas.

[GASPS]

I hate you.

You were not brought here to love me.

- Only to follow my orders. - Yes, master.

And I can do without your sarcasm.

Well, what do you want from me now?

The answers to a few questions.

All right, I had a fight with Adam.

I told you before I don't like him,

and I never will.

But you are going to pretend you do.

It isn't as easy as you seem to think it is.

He is impossible, he's like a spoiled child.

He can be handled.

What I want you to tell me now

is why did you leave the room after you fought with him

and where did you go?

I, I went outside for some air.

Well, why didn't you go back inside

so he could bring you home?

He knew where I was.

He could have come and gotten me.

He had no idea where you were,

he said you completely disappeared.

Oh, I didn't disappear,

I was downstairs in the garden.

You are not to wander around by yourself.

It is dangerous.

What's dangerous about it?

No one knows about you at Collinwood.

If someone saw you, they would begin asking questions,

and I do not want questions asked.

- Why not? - Do you understand?

No.

Why not, anyway?

I know how to give the right answers.

I did it tonight.

You mean that someone saw you out there tonight?

I didn't say anything about you.

Who was it?

Suppose I don't want to tell you.

You had better tell me.

Or what?

You are not indispensable to me.

- I think I am, Nicholas. - Well, you're wrong.

No. I've been doing a lot of thinking about it lately.

I don't know what your plans are,

but I do know that for some reason,

I'm very important to you.

You don't want anything to happen to me.

If you're thinking about trying to make a deal with me,

you can forget it.

- I'm right, aren't I? - All right.

I admit that you are important to me.

But I repeat, not indispensable.

Now, let's get back to who you met on the terrace.

I'll be glad to tell you

if you'll answer one question for me.

- I told you, no deal. - I'm not trying to make a deal with you.

I have a simple question,

and I think I deserve an answer to it.

NICHOLAS: All right.

What is your question?

I want to know who I was

and where I came from before the experiment.

You were no one. Nothing.

Oh, now you're lying. I know I've lived another life.

I want you to tell me who I was.

- Why? - Because...

Because there's someone else I want to know more about.

Who?

Someone I knew in another lifetime.

I saw him tonight.

I recognized him. I knew his name.

I knew he was someone who loved me before.

Only I didn't know when, or where, or why.

Nicholas, I want you to tell me.

♪ [DRAMATIC MUSIC]

Someone you knew...

in another lifetime.

That's fascinating.

Then it's true.

- I have lived before. - Yes.

But the less you know about that life the better.

No, I want to know all about it.

And about him.

Well, I want to know about him.

Not who he was before.

But who he is now.

I think it would be a mistake to tell you that.

- A mistake? - Yes.

I don't want him in danger.

You don't want anyone around

who might take me away from Adam.

You're not a stupid woman.

It would be very foolish of you to let anyone

take you away from Adam.

That's true. You're right.

So what harm can it do to tell me about my past?

First...

You tell me about the young man. His name.

He says it's Jeff Clark.

Jeff...

Clark.

Only I know he's really Peter Bradford.

Only I don't know why or how I know it.

You have no idea how long ago this Peter Bradford lived?

Just that it was long ago.

If that is true,

then they are the one and the same.

And there are forces at work that I don't know about.

I don't understand.

I'm afraid I don't, either.

But it will be worth my while to find out.

Nicholas.

Nicholas, I'll do anything you want me to do.

But you must tell me.

As a matter of fact, my dear...

I am going to let you tell me.

- What do you mean? - Never mind.

Here. I would like you to sit.

Why?

Don't ask questions.

Everything will be quite clear...

In a moment.

Now, Eve...

I would like you to...

look at this candle.

I would like you to look at the flame...

on this candle.

I'd like you to look deeply.

Deeply... Into the flame.

Keep looking.

Deeper.

Deeper.

Until you begin to feel...

light...

and relaxed.

Deeper.

Into the flame.

Until your mind is completely weightless...

and free.

Now...

tell me what you're thinking.

Nothing.

NICHOLAS: Your mind is a void.

My mind... is a void.

NICHOLAS: You will enter that void.

And let yourself... be taken back...

through the flame...

to another time.

Another place. Long, long ago.

Almost years.

Back. Back.

Through the flame.

To the time... you lived...

before.

EVE: Everything is hazy.

But I see something.

NICHOLAS: What is it?

EVE: A room.

I can't see clearly.

There's a figure.

Two figures.

Sitting at a desk.

Wh...

What are you going to do, Peter?

I don't know.

You're not going to tell them, are you?

- I should. - No.

I should tell them what an animal you are.

Vicious and crazy.

I did it for us, Peter. For us!

Why can't you understand that?

I'll never understand.

But...

Phillipe would have kept us apart!

He would have k*lled you!

- So the answer was for you to k*ll him. - Yes.

Just as simple as that.

I...

I watched the spilling of blood for four years

during the revolution.

k*lling no longer shocks me.

Peter, I k*lled Phillipe because I love you!

And you love me!

I did love you once.

You still do!

You'll see after you recover from the shock of this.

You listen to me, and you listen good.

Now maybe I do.

Maybe I do feel something for you,

and that's the only reason I haven't turned you in

and let 'em hang you.

But I'm going to the authorities, do you understand?

And I'm gonna tell 'em everything.

I'm gonna tell 'em everything about you.

But I'm gonna give you more of a chance

than you gave Phillipe.

You've got until tomorrow morning,

just tomorrow morning to get out of Collinsport.

Now get out of my life.

I never wanna see you again.

Never!

I was right.

Nicholas, he is Peter Bradford!

And I love him! I love him!

♪ [DRAMATIC MUSIC]

♪ [EERIE THEME MUSIC]