484 - May 2, 1968

[bunniefuu]

From inside the great house of Collinwood,

the curse of a witch reaches out into the night.

At the Old House,

Barnabas Collins knows that he is the intended victim,

and unless his plans for escape are carried out soon,

he will again be a member of the living dead.

Willie!

Barnabas.

I - I didn't know you were still here.

- I thought-- - What did you think, Willie?

Well, you usually go out at night.

There is no longer any necessity for me to go out only at night.

What - what do you mean?

Never mind.

We're going to talk about you.

About me?

About you're going back to Windcliff.

- Well, I don't want to go back there. - I don't care what you want!

You're going back and I'm going to tell them to keep you there.

You're going to spend the rest of your life, Willie,

in a mental institution.

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Barnabas, please, don't send me back there.

You broke your promise to me.

You went out of the house tonight

- and went into Collinsport, didn't you? - Look. I - I--

- Didn't you?! - I can explain.

What did you do when you went into Collinsport?

Well, I had to go just for a while.

Just - just - just to see what it was like.

Oh, it's been such a long time, Barnabas.

I asked you what you did. Now, answer me.

I went to see Maggie Evans.

Of all the stupid, insane things to do.

- Why, Willie? - Well, I - I - I had to -

I had to tell her that I wasn't going to hurt her that night.

Did you seriously think that she'd listen to you?

Well, I had to try, Barnabas.

And by your trying, you almost ruined everything for me.

I'm sorry.

Well, being sorry, it doesn't repair the damage you've done.

Your blunder brought Haskell here tonight asking questions.

He threatened to go to the police.

Fortunately, I persuaded him not to.

But he told me that if you ever went near

Maggie Evans again, he'd k*ll you.

I know. I heard him.

What do you mean, "you heard him?"

I was outside the window listening.

You were?

What are you doing with that r*fle?

Well, nothing.

You weren't planning to use it, were you, Willie?

No. Why should I do a thing like that?

I don't know.

Give it to me.

No. It - it's mine.

I wasn't going to do anything with it, I swear.

- It doesn't even have-- - I said, give it to me!

Barnabas, you're not going to send me back there, are you?

I mean, I didn't mean any harm by what I did tonight.

I won't do it again. I promise you.

I give you - I give you - I give you my solemn word,

my solemn oath.

I'll never do it again.

Well, why don't you say something?

Do you really think that you can keep

your promise this time, Willie?

I just said I would, didn't I?

All right. One more chance.

I might add that I'm not doing this so much for you as for me.

I - I don't follow you.

You're really less perceptive that you were

before you went to Windcliff, Willie.

Didn't you realize how unusual it was

when I visited you yesterday?

Well, I don't know. I was surprised to see you.

I thought you've forgotten all about me.

It never occurred to you that when I came to see you

it was during the day?

Hey, that's right.

You came during the--

What's happened to you, Barnabas?

Nothing compared to what's going to happen.

I'm going to be free of the curse, Willie.

After almost years, I'm going to be free.

How?

It's much too long and complicated to explain.

There's going to be what you might call, "an operation",

although it's not really an operation.

I - I don't understand.

There's no real need for you to understand.

The doctor who is going to conduct the experiment

will require some very simple assistance.

And that's why you were released from Windcliff, Willie.

I knew I should have never believed you.

- What is she talking about? - Never mind.

As long as he is here, he should be occupied,

shouldn't he?

Willie doesn't know the first thing

about a medical laboratory.

All he needs to do is to follow his orders.

It's as simple as that.

He can't follow your orders.

Why would you expect him to follow Dr. Lang's?

What do you mean by that?

I just ran into Joe Haskell.

He told me what happened tonight.

I don't think Willie should be allowed to assist Dr. Lang.

As I see it, Willie,

you have choice between assisting Dr. Lang

and going to Windcliff.

Which will it be?

I'll do whatever you and Dr. Lang tell me to do.

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Well, good evening, Julia.

Eric, what are you doing here?

Barnabas needs one more treatment

before the experiment tomorrow.

Doesn't he usually go to you for the treatment?

He does usually but he asked me to come here tonight.

Where is he?

He is with Willie. He'll be here soon.

Oh. And who's Willie?

Your new assistant.

Oh, yes, yes, yes.

Yes, Barnabas told me that he'll find someone.

Mm-hmm.

Did he tell you where he got him?

Yes, yes.

He said he'd try to get him out of the Windcliff Sanitarium.

How did he manage that?

- He didn't. I arranged his release. - Well, good, good.

That means he'll be sane enough to do the job

we want him to do.

- Eric, do you mind one piece of professional advice? - What?

Don't go through with that experiment tomorrow.

Sorry. It's out of the question.

You know, you can't do it alone.

Oh, I won't be doing it alone.

I'll have this Willie

and I think if he has even a spark of intelligence,

he'll be able to do job all right.

If Willie Loomis helps you, you will fail.

Actually, I may not even need this Willie Loomis

at all to assist me.

Oh. You know someone else?

Well, I know someone who will be perfect for the job,

someone with a great deal of medical experience.

Who?

You, Julia.

Eric, I told you I wouldn't do it.

I know you told me that

but I think if you know that I'm willing to go ahead alone

whether or not there is a risk to Barnabas,

- I rather think you'll change your mind. - No, Eric, I won't.

Well, you mean you'd let Barnabas

run the risk of dying then.

I think if Barnabas knows

how dangerous the operation is with you doing it alone,

I don't think he'll go through with it.

Then it's your will against mine until tomorrow.

You're making a mistake if you count on me.

You're a very formidable adversary, Julia.

You know, you nearly talked me out of using Willie Loomis.

You didn't believe me?

I think you'd do anything

to keep Barnabas off of that operating table.

Eric, you've got to believe me about Willie.

He will endanger your success.

Oh, come now. Come now--

He will endanger your success because of Barnabas.

Now, you know what Barnabas was

but you don't know that Willie was in his power.

Willie has many hidden resentments

that could come to the surface during the operation

and destroy everything for you.

Are you sure about this?

I know Willie. I know what I'm talking about.

Don't let him into that lab.

All right.

I'll try and find another assistant but I'm warning you,

assistant or no,

I experiment tomorrow.

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It's a dream.

I can't stop thinking about the dream.

It must be something... something I can do.

Something that will make me stop thinking about it.

Something that will take it out of my mind.

No.

No, it can't be.

I can't believe this.

You can't believe what?

It's happening exactly like in the dream.

It's happening again.

I know it. But how?

No, I can't go through it again.

Jeff, Jeff. I'm not here to hurt you.

I'm here because I'm going through the experiment tomorrow

and I need your help.

After all, you're the only one that knows the lab

and the equipment.

- No. Go away. - Jeff, please.

Let's forget about our differences for just one day.

- Look, I don't want to be a part of what you're doing. - Please Jeff!

I don't want to think about it

and I don't want to hear about it.

Jeff. Jeff, what - what's bothering you?

- It's the dream. - A dream?

Yes, last night.

It almost k*lled me.

k*lled you?

Jeff, a dream can't k*ll anyone.

Look, I know what I talking about.

Would you like to tell me what happened in this dream?

Yes. Yes, I want to tell you.

I'm not going to let you leave this room until I tell you.

- All right, Jeff. Just settle-- Settle down. - I have to tell you!

- Don't you understand I have to tell you? - Just settle down, Jeff!

- I'm going out of my mind if I don't. - All right.

Well, go ahead, Jeff. Go ahead.

It started with you.

- With me? - Yes.

There was a knock at the door

and when I answered it, it was you.

You were dressed just like you are now

but you didn't say anything.

You just stood there

and then you beckoned me to follow you.

And did you follow?

I didn't want to but I did.

It was as if there was something pulling me in.

I was led out of the room

against my will.

You led me to - to a door

and you motioned me to go in.

When I did, you slammed the door behind me and I was alone.

I shouted for you.

I looked around and there was a room with nothing but doors

and I didn't know which one I could get out through,

and I - I tried two of the doors.

Did you open them?

Yes. Yes, two of them.

I heard music coming from behind one of them.

When I opened it, there was a black room,

and in the blackness

there was a skull

and it had big eyes,

and the eyes were getting bigger and bigger

and I was terrified and I shut the door.

Then I went to another one but it wasn't a door at all.

- What was it, Jeff? - It was a guillotine.

It was inside the door and when I opened it,

it crashed down and that's when I woke up.

But, you know -

you know if I just put my head inside that door,

just put it in, I wouldn't even have awakened.

- Don't you see I would have been dead! - Jeff, Jeff!

You did awaken.

You did awaken and you're all right.

Yes.

Yes, I'm all right

and I think I know why.

Why, Jeff?

Because I told the dream to you.

Well, that's what we usually do

when trying to cope with something that frightens us.

We tell it to someone.

No, I didn't just tell it to someone because--

Because what? What, Jeff?

Because I was supposed to tell it to you.

Tell it to me?

Yes.

Don't you see? It makes sense.

You see I didn't hear the dream first.

Maggie told it to me. Maggie Evans.

Yes.

You mean she had exactly the same dream?

Yes. No. No.

She was only able to get to one door

but I was able to get to two.

So the third door must be yours.

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Julia. It's late.

What are you - what are you doing here?

No. No, I can't go with you.

I have the experiment tomorrow, Julia.

Julia, why are you asking me to go, Julia?

Julia, why--

Why are you doing this, Julia?

Julia, why am I leaving the room?

Julia.

Julia! Don't leave me!

Julia, don't leave me!

Show me how to get out?!

Julia, show me how to get out?!

Through safe and sound and faceless terror,

through endless corridors, by trial and error,

a head of blazing light does burn

and one door leads to the point of return.

No! No! Don't let me go in there!

I don't want to go in there!

I know what's in there!

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