591 - September 30, 1968

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NARRATOR:The great estate of Collinwood is quiet.

The wind is as soft as a whispered secret.

But in an old house nearby,

a secret is about to explode into reality.

A body lies waiting to come to life.

Waiting to become the mate of a man in love with the girl

who will provide its life force.

Before I go, before Carolyn comes here,

I want you both to know that nothing must go wrong.

If anything happens to Carolyn, if she is hurt,

you will be hurt even more, do you understand?

[MACHINES BEEPING]

Soon, you will breathe.

You will hold out your arms, you will walk.

You will smile at me.

Adam, she's still bandaged.

It is time.

- No, Adam. - Take off the bandages.

I can't do that.

Take the bandages off now.

Adam, you know why she has bandages on.

So that she won't be scarred, like you are.

Do you want her to be beautiful?

She will be beautiful.

She will be as beautiful as Carolyn is.

And I will have my own Carolyn at last.

[ERRIE THEME MUSIC PLAYING]

I can't imagine what it will be like.

How glad I will be when this is all over.

And I see two Carolyn's, one of them is mine.

- Two Carolyn's? - Of course.

Adam, she doesn't look like Carolyn.

What do you mean?

She just doesn't.

BARNABAS: Of course she won't be like Carolyn.

But I wanted her to be.

It's impossible to do that.

It is not impossible.

Adam, please.

Now we made a bargain

to build this body and bring it alive.

But there were to be no qualifications.

You know how much I admired Carolyn.

Adam, you will learn to like the way she looks,

I promise you.

I don't know.

Of course you don't, but you must trust us.

Will she be like Carolyn?

If we used Carolyn for the life force.

If? If?

I don't mean we're not going to.

It is definite we are using Carolyn.

Yes. Yes, of course we are.

You are not going to try and talk her out of this.

Do you understand?

Adam, let go of me.

Adam, drop her arm.

Now Julia, are you ready? Is the equipment ready?

Yes. Yes.

You didn't answer my question, will she be like Carolyn?

We presume so.

Or will she be like me?

As different from the life force that brought me alive

as it possible to be.

We don't know, Adam.

This experiment has only been done once before.

Eric Lang felt that it was possible

to put one's personality,

one's elan vital into another body

that was the purpose.

We will hope, for your sake,

that Carolyn's spirit is in this.

You should hope for your sake, too.

Is this another one of your threats, Adam?

Are we never to be free of them?

We are doing as you told us to do.

Barnabas, I don't understand. Why am I not more like you?

Because we're both alive, perhaps.

Well Carolyn must be alive.

After the experiment is over, she must be alive.

Do you think I want it otherwise?

Adam, Carolyn is my blood relative, my friend.

If I thought this experiment would cause her death,

I would tear this equipment apart and smash it to bits.

I don't think you will, you care for Vicki more.

I care for everyone at Collinwood.

You have threatened them all.

Now let's get this thing done,

so that you can take your mate and leave.

Or have you forgotten that part of the bargain?

Will I like her?

You won't know until she's alive.

Now I've got to go and get Carolyn.

You understand how I feel, don't you?

In a way, yes.

You know more about love than Barnabas does, I think.

No, but perhaps I understand your kind of love better.

But Barnabas is capable of great love, I've seen it.

Are you frightened?

Now? No.

- Yes, I can tell you are. - No.

No, from here on in, all I have to do

is push the proper buttons and trust the equipment.

What is there to be afraid of?

Perhaps it's you who are afraid.

What if she looks at me and doesn't like what she sees.

What will I do then?

What? What?

Carolyn, I keep getting the feeling

that you don't know what you're about to do.

I can't let you go on with it.

We'll tell Adam that you're ill.

We'll have Julia come up and examine you.

He'll have to accept it if you tell him how dreadful you feel.

I can get someone else, anyone.

I'll get someone by tomorrow somehow.

Carolyn, did you hear me?

Of course, Barnabas.

But what you said is absurd.

How could you possibly get anyone else?

Who does Adam even know to ask?

- Well, I'll find someone. - No.

I owe Adam this.

But why?

Because he loves me.

It's love, Barnabas, not friendship.

Love,

the kind of love that, I can't quite explain it.

The kind of love I felt when I was very, very young.

Love without reason and without much knowledge.

Adam loves me without knowing who I really am.

He gives me the feeling that I could do anything.

And he would still worship me.

Carolyn, you have been hiding him?

You haven't heard one word I've been saying

or you wouldn't ask that.

Carolyn, you are in love with him.

Julia's waiting.

We were just coming down.

I'm ready.

Go on ahead, Barnabas.

Go on.

Go.

Do you feel all right?

Yes.

Are you frightened?

No, I don't think I am.

I suppose I should be.

Aren't we always supposed to be frightened of new things?

You are frightened.

A little, I guess.

I don't want you to be, I never wanted you to be.

It's this waiting, I think.

Carolyn, you let me hold you then,

that was the first time.

Do you know how many times I've imagined it?

Sometimes, I guess.

Adam, we should go, they're waiting.

I tell them when to start, they don't tell me.

But I want to get it over with, now.

Well, not yet.

Not yet, Carolyn.

Have you ever thought of going far away from here?

Adam, please.

Carolyn, this is important.

Have you ever thought of going far away

where no one knows you?

Where you could live your own life,

not your family's, not your friends'.

Professor Stokes told me that people often live a life

that is expected of them, I don't understand.

I can't explain it to you.

Have you thought of living your own life?

Yes, yes.

Carolyn?

Come away with me.

Adam, this is exactly the conversation

I didn't want to have.

- Why? - Because there's no point in it.

But there is.

I want you to think.

That's the problem, you don't think.

You're very likely right.

Why don't you start thinking now?

Adam, Adam, I've thought and thought.

About me?

Yes.

Tell me exactly what you thought about me.

No.

Carolyn, when the experiment is over I am to leave,

do you understand?

This is the last time we'll have to talk.

Now is the time to tell me.

I thought about how dear you are.

How attractive.

But my scars, they're so ugly.

I can't even look at myself in the mirror.

Adam, I don't even see them anymore.

We should go downstairs, Adam.

No, finish what you were going to say, Carolyn.

You sound like Professor Stokes just then.

But that's one of the interesting things about you.

At moments, you sound like any one of us

who's ever taught you anything.

You sound as if you're talking to a child.

Is that how you think of me?

Partly, yes.

But you do think of me in other ways, too?

Perhaps.

Yes, you do, I know.

Then why are you asking me?

Because I want you to admit it to yourself.

Carolyn, when we leave this room,

I want us to walk down those stairs and out that door

- and go somewhere, anywhere. - No.

Carolyn, listen to me I'll work for you.

- Adam, please. - Carolyn, we'll be married.

There's no need to go through with this experiment.

We'll be happy, I'll make us happy.

Adam, you can't make us happy by yourself.

No one person ever can.

Carolyn, please.

Adam, they've waited long enough.

I'm going down now.

Wait.

Carolyn, please wait.

[TENSE MUSIC]

[ALARM BEEPING]

I only wish it weren't Carolyn.

Julia, please.

Does she know the risks involved?

Yes.

I feel guilty worrying about us, the dangers to us.

Nothing is going to happen, Julia.

How can you be so sure?

This is only the second time that it happened,

and the first time it didn't happen according to plan.

- Well, it worked well, thank God. - By chance.

Who knows what the chances are this time.

Julia, it's perfectly natural for you to be apprehensive.

Barnabas, please don't try to handle me.

- But I wasn't. - Yes, you were.

It's true, isn't it?

How tension can turn allies against each other.

Where is Carolyn?

She is coming.

Did you think she'd change her mind

at the last minute, Barnabas?

I'd hoped she would, I admit that.

Yes, we both hoped she would, Adam.

That body and Carolyn, both of them must live.

I can see in your eyes that you're nervous, doctor,

but you mustn't make a mistake.

You must not be nervous.

You are only making her more so.

I would like to see her.

She won't be as beautiful as you are.

Of course she will be.

You must think so.

Tell me you think so.

Adam, tell me you will judge her fairly.

I will.

No, say it as if you mean it.

I will.

Julia, I'm glad you're doing this.

Adam, I think it's time for you to leave now.

I want to stay.

- Absolutely not. - Why?

Because it's a terribly difficult thing

to try to accomplish.

If we were in a hospital, I certainly wouldn't allow you

in the operating room, would I?

She's right, Adam.

- But I will stay. - Adam please, do as they say.

Carolyn, I won't leave you.

That is another reason,

you are emotionally involved.

Well, you are emotionally involved too,

- aren't you, doctor? - In a different way.

And so is Barnabas, is that not true?

We know more in this what to accept.

We have knowledge that you don't.

You will interfere with my concentration,

it can mean the difference between success and failure.

I will stay.

You will not.

Don't you have faith in us, even now?

Don't you realize we wouldn't try to get out of this now?

- I belong here! - No!

Stop it, please!

I don't want to stand here any longer.

What difference does it make whether he stays or not?

Please, can we start now?

All right, Carolyn, if you would lie on the table.

Now Adam, I want you to stand there at the arch.

I don't want you to move or speak,

no matter what happens.

Barnabas, would you fasten the straps

for me, please?

Now Carolyn, I want you to take these.

What are you giving her?

Just something that will help her fight the pain.

Now there will be some discomfort,

don't try to be brave.

You will, hopefully, feel just a slight shock and tingling.

[MACHINES HUMMING]

[GROANING]

[ZAPPING]

[SCREAMING]

Barnabas?

Barnabas, watch that scope.

If those sine waves begin to start to collapse,

let me know, it will mean that Carolyn's in danger.

[GROANING]

They're beginning to change.

[SCREAMING] Adam! Adam!

Turn if off! She's dying!

You can't help her! Now get back!

[SOBBING] It looks as if she isn't breathing.

Get back, Adam!

Now, let Julia handle this.

Why is it taking so long?

I don't know.

How does the scope read?

It's collapsed.

Keep watching.

Julia!

Her breathing is very weak.

How weak?

If the mate doesn't come alive in seconds,

Carolyn will die.

[TENSE MUSIC]

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