667 - January 13, 1969

[bunniefuu]

[Carolyn narrating] - The pale light of early morning

illuminates the walls of Collinwood,

and the great house appears to be serene

and peaceful.

But elsewhere on the great estate,

two people have just lived through a night of terror.

For unseen forces carry Barnabas Collins

back to the past on a desperate mission.

That mission has been accomplished,

but he has not yet returned to the present.

On this day, his fate will be decided,

and a new reign of destruction,

quite unexpectedly, will begin.

[heart beating]

- I hope you're not imagining things.

- I'm not.

- Do you hear something, Willie?

- The heartbeat.

It's louder now and coming from behind that wall.

Julia, look!

The chains!

They weren't there before, now they are.

- It's not possible. - He is there, Julia!

I know he is.

- Take off - take off the chains quickly.

- Yes, yes.

[banging]

I've given up hope of ever finding him again but now --

Willie.

Willie, why are you stopping?

- Julia.

What if he is in there

and he is the way I first found him?

- He won't be, Willie.

If he is in there,

he will be the way he was when he left us.

- Well, how can you be sure of that? - Willie.

Willie, hurry, he - he may be trapped in there,

gasping for breath, unable to get out.

- Maybe, maybe not. - Willie, take the chains off, Willie.

- Okay. I'll do it. I'll do it.

- Willie, open the coffin.

Open the coffin, Willie.

[lid creaking open]

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[eerie music] ♪♪

- Julia, is he alive?

Is he alive?

Julia, is he alive?

- Yes,

barely.

- Julia, it's morning.

You know what that means.

- Yes.

He didn't revert to what he was.

- It didn't happen, Julia. I was so afraid it would.

- Barnabas.

Don't - don't try to get up.

- You found me.

- Yes. Thanks to Willie.

- I - I saw the ghost of Josette under your portrait

and I heard the heart beat like I did before

and I knew you'd be here, Barnabas.

- I thought I'd never see you again

when you didn't return last night.

I'd given up all hope.

- Everything is going to be all right.

- But - but- Just rest now.

For a while.

- Good morning.

- Well, you're up bright and early.

- I like to get up early.

Carolyn? - Yes.

- Is Barnabas coming back today?

- I don't know, Amy.

- Why did he have to go away?

- Dr. Hoffman told you why.

He had to take a business trip unexpectedly.

- He went away so fast.

He never even said goodbye.

I thought that was funny.

- Well, he probably just didn't have the time.

- Oh, what pretty flowers.

I like roses best of all.

- Yes.

They're my mother's favorite flower, too.

Ask Mrs. Johnson to fix you breakfast.

- Where are you going?

- To my mother's grave, then to the old mausoleum.

- What for?

- I want to put these flowers on the grave.

I won't be gone long.

- Can I come with you, please?

- No, Amy.

- Why not?

- Because a graveyard is no place for you.

- But it doesn't scare me to go there

and I liked Mrs. Stoddard very much.

I like to put some flowers on her grave.

I could pick some on the way.

Please, let me go with you.

- Well -- - Please.

- Well, all right. This once.

Come along.

- You mean you destroyed her?

I mean, actually destroyed Angelique?

- Yes.

I destroyed her as she should have been

a long time ago by fire.

- Then she's gone forever?

- Yes, forever.

- And Vicki?

- She and Bradford managed to escape.

- But how?

- I'll tell you when we get back to the old house.

- Do you feel strong enough to walk now, Barnabas?

- I think so.

- Well, easy, Barnabas. Why don't you just wait,

rest, rest, rest, rest a momentum.

- I think he will be better off

if we get him to the old house.

We can take care of him there.

- OK, come on.

I'll help you up the stairs, Barnabas.

[Carolyn] - It's just over there, Amy.

That way.

- Do you come here often, Carolyn?

- No. I haven't been here for a very long time.

- Carolyn.

- What is it?

- That wall.

- Yes, what about it?

- That wall. I just saw it move.

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- Amy, a wall cannot move.

- But it did. I saw it.

- You just imagined you saw something, that's all.

- No, it moved. It really did.

- Amy, come over here.

[knocking on wall]

[Carolyn] Now, you see how thick that wall is?

[Amy] - Yes.

[Carolyn] - How can it possibly move?

[Amy] - I don't know.

- The answer is it didn't.

- Maybe not.

[Carolyn] - Won't you put your flowers on the grave?

[Amy] - Yes.

Carolyn?

Did you hear something?

- Yes.

[Amy] - What do you suppose it was?

[Carolyn] - I don't know.

- Do you think there is something behind that wall?

- No.

No, of course not, Amy.

- Then, what did we hear?

[Carolyn] - Probably just a branch hitting against a wall.

[Amy] - Are you sure that's all it was?

- Yes, Amy. I'm sure.

Why don't you put your flowers down now?

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- Come on, Carolyn. Let's go.

[gate closing]

- Barnabas, you better do something about that kid

poking her nose around here.

It could be dangerous.

- I realize that. Now come.

[door opening]

- Hi!

- Where have you been?

- I went with Carolyn

to put some flowers on the graves

and then we went to the old mausoleum.

- I've been looking all over this house for you.

You shouldn't have left it.

- Why not?

- You know why not.

Quentin wants us to play the game today.

- Do we have to?

- He wants us to.

- I don't feel like playing games, David.

- That's too bad.

We must do what Quentin wants us to do.

You know that.

- Well, I'm not going to do it.

I just don't feel like it.

- You're going to come with me.

You're coming with me!

- Where are we going?

- To see Quentin.

- No! I don't want to see him.

Not today. Ow!

- That's too bad.

You're coming with me.

- David don't! - David!

How dare you do that to Amy?

- We were just playing.

- Was that your idea of playing,

being cruel to Amy?

- He wasn't being cruel, Carolyn, not really.

- Amy, don't try to defend him.

I won't allow you to behave this way, David.

David!

- What are you going to do?

Spank me?

- No.

I'm going to send you to your room.

- What for?

- You can spend the rest of the day there.

- All day? - That's right.

- Can I go with David to his room to play with him?

- No, Amy.

- That isn't fair.

- It wasn't fair for you to be cruel to Amy.

- I wasn't. We were just playing a game.

- That's right. That's all it was. - Amy, please.

David, go to your room.

Now!

David, have you had anything to eat?

- No.

- I'll ask Mrs. Johnson to fix you a tray.

You'll have your meals in your room.

- Please, Carolyn. - No arguments, David. Go to your room.

I'll see about your lunch.

[door slams shut]

- Now, we can't play the game and it's all your fault.

- Will Quentin be very angry?

- You know he will be.

- What are we going to do? - I don't know.

But, I'm going to get even with Carolyn.

You'll see.

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- David. Amy.

Why so serious?

- Hi, Barnabas.

- Hello, Amy.

- Did you just get back, Barnabas?

- Yes. - Good.

I'm glad because we missed you.

- Did you?

- Yes. We missed you a lot.

- I missed you, too.

- Uh, Barnabas, there's something I wanted

to talk to you about.

- Really?

Well... What is it?

- Um...

Are you still planning to take us to Boston?

- Yes. Why?

- Well, we both decided that we don't want to go.

- Really?

- I was the first one to decide.

- Well, you were so anxious to go to Boston, Amy.

- Well, I was at first.

But then, I get to thinking about it and,

well, this seems like home,

the first home I've had in a long time.

Now, I don't want to leave it to live with strangers.

- Neither do I.

The more I thought about it,

the idea of leaving Collinwood seems scary to me.

- I see.

- Do we have to go, Barnabas?

- Well, I was hoping that it would be good

for both of you to go.

- Oh, but it wouldn't.

We both will be miserable. I know we would.

Wouldn't we, Amy?

- Yes. I'm sure I'd hate it there.

- Well, in that case,

perhaps we can delay it for a while.

I'll think about it. - Good.

- Can we go outside and play for a while?

- Of course.

- Come on, David.

- David, why aren't you in your room?

- Hello, Carolyn.

- Barnabas. You're back.

- Yes.

Well, what's wrong?

- David behaved very badly today, and I'm punishing him.

He is supposed to be spending the rest of the day in his room.

- I see.

- Why aren't you there?

- Well, I was going to go up when...

when Barnabas came back.

- That's true, Carolyn.

- All right.

Then come along, I'll take you up there now.

- Okay.

- Now, Carolyn, what happened?

- Well, it just isn't fair.

- What isn't?

- Well, Carolyn said David was being cruel to me,

but he wasn't.

We were just playing.

Can you tell Carolyn not to punish David?

- Oh, I can't do that, Amy.

- Why not?

- Well, Carolyn is responsible for him

and she knows what's best for him.

I can't interfere.

- Oh.

- David, I want you to stay here.

Do you understand that? - Yes.

Carolyn?

- Yes.

- You're right to be angry with me.

I guess, I was being mean to Amy.

- Yes, you certainly were.

- I feel just awful about it.

Honest.

- Do you?

- Yes.

So, please, don't be angry with me because

I don't like it when we're angry with each other.

I could never be angry with you.

- David, look at me.

You don't mean a word you're saying.

- Yes, I do. - I know you much better than that, David.

You got very deceptive lately, and I don't like it at all.

I think you're up to something, you and Amy.

- No.

We're not.

We just played together.

- Yes, and I know your idea of playing.

You repeatedly do things you've been told not to do.

I expect you've even taken Amy into the west wing.

- No.

We've never gone up there.

I'll see about your lunch, David.

- David?

David? Where are you?

- I'm over here, Amy.

I'm glad you came.

Did anyone see you?

- Oh, no. I was very careful.

- Good.

You see I've - I've decided what we're going to do.

- You have?

- Yes.

We're going to play the game.

This time we're really going to play it.

- We are?

- Yes.

You see, Carolyn is going to play the game with us.

♪♪

[eerie music] ♪♪