420 - February 2, 1968

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[narrator] -A séance has been held in the great house at Collinwood,

a séance that has suspended time and space

and sent one woman on an uncertain

and frightening journey into the past,

back to the year .

There, each of the Collins' ancestors

bears a resemblance to a present day member

of the Collins family,

but the names and relationships have changed

and Victoria Winters finds herself a stranger

in a sea of familiar faces.

She has also learned that the early history

of the Collins family is one of an evil reign of terror,

destined to go on through all eternity.

[thinking[ -One more day.

Tomorrow evening,

Collinwood will be just a memory.

[knocking]

Oh, good evening, Millicent.

- How are you feeling, Josette?

- No different really than I have felt since last night,

since I saw him.

- You should be trying to get some sleep.

- Oh, there are too many things to do,

too much to think about.

- But the countess is making

all the arrangements for the trip.

- I know,

but I tried to sleep, but I couldn't.

I keep thinking that Barnabas is somewhere nearby,

somewhere very close.

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[eerie theme music] ♪♪

[thinking] -Come to the window, Josette.

I want to see your face one more time.

That's all I ask.

One more time.

- Josette, is there anything I can get for you?

- Oh, no, thank you.

You've been so kind to me since last night, Millicent,

I'm very grateful to you.

- Well, I think I know how I would feel

if I were to lose the man I love.

So, I know how much you needed companionship last night.

You told me about your wedding plans last night,

didn't you?

- Yes.

- And I didn't even congratulate you properly.

I am sorry.

- Well, congratulations are not really in order yet.

- What do you mean?

- We still have to decide on a time and place

and get Cousin Joshua's approval.

- You think Cousin Joshua may not approve?

- Well, he places very great importance

on a young man's position in life.

- You mean, he's concerned whether the young man

has any money?

- Well, yes, and of course,

Nathan has only what the navy pays him and no more.

- Oh. Well, if you think it would help,

I could speak to Joshua before I leave.

- No. Thank you, Josette.

This is something I must handle myself

and I won't rest until I have his consent.

You see, I've always dreamed of marrying someone like Nathan

and I'm not going to lose him now.

There he is now!

- Who? - Nathan.

- I better go downstairs and let him in.

- Oh.

- Perhaps you'd like to come downstairs and have tea with us?

- Oh, no, thank you. I think I'll stay here.

And I'm sure that Nathan would rather be with you alone.

- Oh. He wouldn't mind.

- Well, thank you anyway.

- All right.

- But try to get some rest. - I will.

- Millicent,

I'm sorry now that we did not get to know

each other better during my stay here.

- So am I.

- And I am very happy for you.

- Thank you, Josette.

♪♪

[knocking]

- Good evening, Lieutenant! - Good evening.

- Is something the matter?

- Well, yes. - What is it?

- When I was coming along the road,

I - I saw a man in the distance, near the woods.

- What man?

- Well, either my imagination is getting the better of me

- or it was Barnabas Collins. - Barnabas?

- Millicent, I could swear it was he.

- And I could swear that everyone is going quite mad.

- What do you mean?

- Last night, Josette thought she saw Barnabas.

- That wasn't my imagination.

- Oh, of course it was.

You know as well as I do

that Barnabas is on his way to England.

- But if Josette saw him-- - She thought she saw him, that's all.

- You must remember, poor Josette

has been under a very great strain.

Well, I haven't been and the man I saw just now

was dressed exactly like Barnabas and looked like him.

- You said you saw him from a distance, didn't you?

- Yes.

- Well, then, it could have been anyone.

If you think about it for a moment, Nathan,

you'll know it couldn't have been he.

If Barnabas were here,

why would he be standing in the woods

in the dead of night?

- Yes, I suppose you're right. He lives here.

He'd - he'd have no reason not to come in.

I don't know what to make of it.

[dog howling]

♪♪

Well, have you thought about it?

- What?

- The date I proposed for the wedding,

nd of March.

- Oh, Nathan. I am sorry.

I really have no time to think about it.

- Millicent, you've had all day.

- Yes, and I've spent all of it with Josette.

I'm terribly concerned about her.

- Oh, why?

- How can you ask why?

You know how much tragedy she suffered.

- Oh, and I suppose I - I view such things differently,

in a more sensible light than you do.

- What does that mean?

- Well, Josette is still very young,

very attractive.

I know she'll be sad for a long time,

but one day, she'll meet somebody else,

she'll fall in love again.

- I wish I could believe that, Nathan,

but I can't.

I'm afraid she may never recover from what's happened

to her here at Collinwood.

- Oh, she may never be the same as a result of it,

but she will recover.

- It's easy for you to say that, Nathan.

You're a man.

Men seemed to be able to fall in love over and over again,

but a woman really loves only once.

- Oh, Millicent, that is a romantic bit of nonsense.

- I don't think so.

I - I imagine you've been in love many times already.

- No, not really.

Not until now.

- Oh, Nathan, you are the most impulsive man I've ever met!

[knocking]

- Oh, who could that be?

- I don't know.

It can't be one of the family. They're all in the house.

- Oh, perhaps, Barnabas has decided

to come in from the woods.

- How do you do? I'm looking for--

Nathan!

Dear, dear Nathan!

- Suki.

- How delightful to see you again.

You're looking just as handsome as ever.

- Nathan. - Millicent, I can explain.

- Oh, forgive me.

You must be one of the Collins family.

- Yes, uh, this is, uh, Ms. Millicent Collins.

- Millicent, this is-- - Suki Forbes.

- How very nice to meet you.

- Suki Forbes?

- Yes.

You - you don't mean Nathan has never told you?

- Suki.

- Told me what?

- Well, that he had a sister!

- No!

No, he never did.

- Oh, Nathan, shame on you.

He's always been terribly forgetful about certain things,

haven't you, dear?

- Yes. I'm afraid I have.

- Nathan, you don't look very happy to see me.

- Oh, well, I am. I am.

Just that seeing you here is such a surprise.

- Oh, but I like surprises.

Don't you, Ms. Collins?

- Sometimes, yes.

- Well, I hope I haven't arrived in a bad time for you. - No.

- No, of course not.

Won't you come in to the drawing room, Ms. Forbes?

- Thank you.

Oh! What a beautiful house you have, Ms. Collins.

- Oh. It doesn't belong to me.

It belongs to my Cousin Joshua.

I'm just visiting from New York.

- Won't you sit down, Ms. Forbes? - Well, thank you.

- Tell me, are you planning to stay in Collinsport for a while?

- Well, I really haven't decided yet.

Anyway, I think that will depend on Nathan.

- Oh? What does that mean?

- Well, dear, we haven't seen each other in so long.

I'd like to be able to spend a lot of time with you.

- Well, I don't know if that's going to be possible, Suki.

See, my work at the shipyards

takes up almost all of my time and I--

- Oh, Nathan, I'm sure Cousin Joshua will allow you

time off to spend with your sister.

After all, she's come all this way just to see you.

- Oh, that's very sweet of you, Ms. Collins.

Nathan, your friend is very thoughtful.

I think she and I are going to become fast friends.

Oh!

- Ms. Forbes, what's the matter?

- Oh, I saw a face! A man's face at the window!

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Oh. Forgive me if I startled you.

I don't usually scare easily,

but there was something evil about that face.

- Well, I don't see anyone outside.

- It must have been your imagination, Ms. Forbes.

- No, I definitely saw a man's face.

I'm sure of it.

- Are you going to be all right?

- Yes.

Yes. I - I'll be fine in a moment.

- Millicent, perhaps a cup of tea

would help her feel a little better.

- I'm afraid cook has gone to bed.

- Oh. Well, would you mind making it?

- Well--

No, no, of course not.

- All right. What's your game?

- What's my game?

Oh, Nathan, you get more amusing all the time.

- You gave me your word you'd be on that carriage

leaving this morning.

- That was before I found out what your game was.

- What are you talking about?

- Come now. Do you think I'm a complete imbecile?

- I want you to be out of here now, tonight, Suki!

- No, Nathan.

I have found Collinsport a lot more interesting

than I thought it would be.

I think there might be definite advantages

to my staying here awhile.

- You're not going to stay and that's all there is to it.

- And who is going to make me leave? - I am.

- How?

- Listen to me, Suki.

This is not what you think it is.

- It's precisely what I think it is, Nathan,

and I found out about it,

thanks to your unbelievable conceit.

- What do you mean?

- You're such a social climber, Nathan,

and the trouble is, you're unable to hide it.

You just couldn't resist letting all of the common folk

in the village in on your great trials.

- Suki, I swear to you, this is different.

I happen to be in love with Millicent.

- Pure rubbish, my dear husband.

- Be quiet!

- You are in love with her money.

And as a matter of fact,

I'm growing rather fond of it myself.

- Look, I gave you $

to get out of here this morning.

- But you didn't tell me about this, my dear.

You neglected to mention that you're about to snare

quite a fortune.

- How much more do you want?

- Patience, my dear, patience.

There'll be plenty of time for us to decide that.

- No.

I'll give you whatever you want

but you have got to get out of here now.

- But you'll need me here, Nathan.

- Oh, stop being absurd.

- I'm not.

You see, I'm sure lovely Ms. Collins

doesn't have her family's consent yet

and even if she does, you don't have mine.

- Here it is!

- I'll pour it for you. - Oh, thank you, Ms. Collins.

- Nathan has just been telling me

what a nice place Collinsport is.

- Oh?

Is that all he told you?

- Why, yes.

Is there something else he should have told me?

- Well, I thought he might have mentioned

something about it by now.

Nathan, may I tell your sister?

- Tell me what?

- Nathan and I are planning to be married.

- Married! Oh, Nathan!

How divine!

Didn't I tell you he was forgetful?

[thinking] -Why doesn't she come to the window?

I must see her one more time before she leaves.

One more time.

If she will not come to the window,

then I must go to her.

♪♪

[clock chime sounding]

[bat squeaking]

Josette?

- Barnabas?

- I had to see you one more time.

- Oh! You've come back! - No, stay there!

- I just want to look at you for a moment

and then, I'll go.

- No. Barnabas, you can't go. I won't let you.

- That is the way it must be, Josette, for your sake.

- Oh, Barnabas, I can't leave Collinwood tomorrow.

I want only to be with you.

- Don't you think that's what I would like?

- Oh, then, why-- - More than anything in the world.

- Why can't it be?

- Because of the way I am, Josette,

what I have become.

- Why do you talk like that?

I don't understand anything you say.

- I'm sorry.

- I can't leave tomorrow.

- You must, Josette.

You must go away from Collinwood forever.

- No.

I thought I could go through with it,

but now that I've seen you, I--

I know it wouldn't be possible.

- Then I should never have come here now.

- Oh, Barnabas, your coming here makes no difference.

Even if I were to leave Collinwood tomorrow,

I know that my feelings would not change.

Wherever I go, I would think of you.

I would always have to fight that urge to come back

- to try to find you. - Josette--

- That's why I know that it's - it's useless

for me to think of leaving.

- I beg of you, go away and forget me.

- Oh, Barnabas, no matter how many times you say that,

I know you don't mean it.

- Yes, I do. - No!

- No, you came here tonight for another reason.

You had to come. You could not stay away.

Because - because you know that our destinies are one,

that there is nothing, absolutely nothing

that can keep us apart.

- Josette, you don't know what it would be like

if we were together.

- Oh, Barnabas, of course I do!

I've dreamed about it for so long.

I don't care about those things that - that I don't understand,

those things you said about our - our new life together.

I only want to be with you.

Don't let me go.

Please take me with you.

Barnabas, please take me with you!

♪♪

[eerie theme music] ♪♪