668 - January 15, 1969

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[Carolyn narrating] - Night at Collinwood.

A night that appears to be quiet and serene,

but unknown to the residents of the great house,

there is terror in this night,

for the spirits of those long dead

still exist within its walls

and they have made contact with the living.

Two innocent children have become possessed

and, as a result,

they will be compelled to destroy.

Unwittingly, they will place every member

of the Collins family in great danger.

- David!

David, where are you?

- I'm over here, Amy.

Did anyone see you come in here?

- Oh no, I was very careful.

- Good.

I'm glad you came

because I've decided what we're going to do.

- You have?

- Yes.

- We are going to play the game,

but this time, we're really going to play it.

- We are?

- Yes.

We are going to play the game with Carolyn.

♪♪

[eerie music] ♪♪

- Why Carolyn?

- Because that's what Quentin wants.

- But David, why?

- She knows too much.

She isn't sure, but she thinks we go into the West Wing.

She wouldn't let us play together today and she --

she's just causing too much trouble.

- But I like Carolyn.

I don't want to play the game with her.

- We have to do what Quentin tells us to do.

- Always? - Yes, always.

[knocking on door] - I don't know.

- Hide!

- David?

- Maggie?

- Where's Amy?

- Amy?

- David, I heard you talking to her.

- You couldn't have.

She isn't even in here.

- I think you're lying David, I heard her voice.

Amy where are you?

- Here, Maggie.

- What are you doing here?

- Well, I came to see David.

- You know, you're not supposed to be here.

- Yes, I know.

- David, why did you lie to me?

- I got scared.

I knew we weren't supposed to be together and I was afraid we -

well, we'd be punished.

- David, you should be punished for lying.

- Are you going to tell Carolyn?

- Well, I should.

- Please don't Maggie because you'll get David in trouble

and it will be all my fault.

- Your fault? - Yes.

David didn't ask me to come in here.

I just came.

- But Amy, I wanted you to come.

I have been so lonesome.

- So, have I.

- But we did disobey Carolyn.

I guess we have to be punished.

- I don't want you to be punished.

I'm going to tell her David.

- No don't! - Tell me what, Amy?

- I'm ashamed to tell.

- Well, don't tell her.

Not if you don't want to.

- I do because I don't want to get you in trouble.

- Amy, what are you talking about?

- Maggie, I had a dream, a terrible dream.

- What kind of the dream?

- I dreamt that David was dead.

- Amy!

- You shouldn't have told her.

You said you never wanted to talk about it again.

- I know but I had to tell.

That's why I came here Maggie because of the dream.

I had to make sure that David was all right.

I had to see for myself.

- Well, I'm OK, Amy. So, you don't have to be afraid.

- Of course, he is.

Amy, you just had a nightmare.

- Every time I've had that dream I get scared.

- You've had it before?

- Lots of times about people that I like.

- Amy, tell me.

- Well, so many people have died.

My mother, my father, then Tom.

- I know Amy.

- Sometimes I get scared to like people

because I'm afraid.

I'm afraid that they will go away and leave me.

They'll die.

- Oh, I won't leave you, Amy.

- Of course, you won't David

and neither will I, Amy.

- I'm ashamed of myself.

- Why?

- Because I got scared and only babies get scared.

- Oh, that's not true.

Even grown-ups get frightened.

- That's what I told her.

- It's the scariest thing in the world

to lose somebody that you love.

- Yes, I know.

- Then don't let Carolyn punish David

because it just isn't fair.

- Well, it isn't fair for Amy to be punished either.

[knocking on door] - Well --

- Carolyn?

- Please don't tell her I'm in here.

Maggie, please.

- Oh, Mrs. Johnson.

- I heard voices.

- Oh, I was saying good night to David.

- Well, is Amy here? - Amy?

- Yes, she's not in her room

and I thought she might be in here with David.

- Oh, no she's not here.

Well, lucky for her she's not because

Ms. Carolyn gave very strict orders

the children were not to play together today.

- Yes, I realize that.

- Where do you suppose she is?

- I don't know.

Don't worry about it Mrs. Johnson, I'll find her.

- Well, all right.

- You didn't tell on us, Maggie!

- Well, I shouldn't have lied,

but I didn't want you to get punished,

either one of you.

- Oh, thanks, Maggie!

- Well, don't thank me.

Just behave yourselves from now on.

- We will.

- I promise, we will.

- All right.

Now you stay here,

I'll make sure that Mrs. Johnson is downstairs.

Then I will take you to your room.

And you go to sleep, David.

- OK, Maggie, good night.

- Good night.

- Maggie is nice. I like her.

- I like her, too.

- David, we won't play the game with her will we?

- No! Not her. - I'm glad

because I wouldn't want anything bad to happen to her.

- Amy.

When you get to your room, put on "The Clothes"

and when it safe again, we'll play the game.

- Tonight?

- Yes, tonight!

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- Thank you for dinner. - My pleasure.

- Chris. - Mm-hmm?

- I, um, I had an idea today.

I've been meaning to suggest it to you all evening.

- What's that?

- How would you like to live here?

- Here in Collinwood?

- Well, not in the house.

But, there's the cottage on the property.

It used to belong to the caretaker

but it's been empty for ages.

There's no reason why you couldn't live there.

- You are very kind.

- No. Not really.

The cottage is empty,

so why should you be paying for a room

at the Collinsport Inn?

And - well, I would feel better knowing

that you were living on the property.

- Would you?

- Wouldn't you like to be closer to Amy?

- Yeah, sure.

- Then what do you say?

- Well, tell me, this cottage,

how far it is it from the main house?

- Oh, it, it is quite a distance.

- You mean, it's isolated?

- Very.

Why?

- I like privacy.

It's, uh, it's just the way I am.

- Oh, well, if you decide to move to the cottage,

you'll have plenty of privacy, I promise you that.

- Then I accept your generous offer with many thanks.

- Good.

- It's, uh, it's getting late.

- Chris? - Yeah?

- Is - is something wrong?

- No. Why do you say that?

- Well, it's - it's just the way you look at me sometimes.

I just wondered? - What do you mean?

- Should I be honest with you? - Of course.

- You look at me, as if you wanted to kiss me.

- Yeah.

- But you never do.

Why not?

- Maybe I'm beginning to like you too much.

- What does that mean?

- I'm not the kind of guy you should get involved with.

- Why not?

- For one thing, you're a Stoddard.

I'm a Jennings.

- That doesn't make any difference to me. - Doesn't it?

- Of course not. Chris, don't you understand --

- I think I'd better go on back to town.

- Chris, don't turn away from me.

- Carolyn, I don't --

- Look at me.

Please.

[knocking on door]

- I put on the clothes.

- Good.

- David, I'm sleepy.

I don't feel like playing dress-up tonight.

Do we have to?

- You know we do.

- Well, what does Quentin want us to do?

- You'll see.

[record playing] ♪♪

Ah --

- What is it?

- Music!

Can't you hear it?

- No!

- Light your candle. - All right.

- Come with me. - Where are we going?

- You'll see.

We're going to - to a place in the west wing,

the deserted servants quarters.

- Well, why does Quentin want us to go there?

- Well, find out when we get there?

- How do we get there?

- Well, we have to go through the west wing,

that's the safest way,

otherwise, someone might see us.

- Oh.

- Come on.

- It was a lovely evening, Chris.

- Yes, it was.

- When would you like to move into the cottage?

- Well, when would be convenient?

- You - you can move in tomorrow if you like.

- That will be fine.

[Carolyn] - I'm sure Amy will be very pleased.

[Chris] - I'm pleased myself.

- Chris, about Amy. - Mm-hmm?

[Carolyn] - I - I'm beginning to wonder,

if David is a good influence on her.

[Chris] - What do you mean?

- Well, I - I caught David being very a*usive to Amy today.

I punished him for it. - What did he do?

- But it still worries me.

He was fighting with her.

Ordering her around.

- Hmm, kids, you know, they fight.

I don't think there was anything to it.

He probably didn't mean anything.

- I don't know.

David is changing.

He's not the way he used to be.

- Change? It sounds natural to me.

It's probably just growing up.

- Maybe.

- Well, it's getting late. I'd better --

- But it's not that late!

Um, come into the drawing room and have a drink.

- Well, I, uh... - Please do.

- Oh, it's late, I'd better go on, I'll take off.

- All right.

Goodnight, Chris. - Goodnight.

- Come on.

- Why does Quentin want us to come here?

- I don't know yet.

[record playing] ♪♪

- David, the music. I can hear it.

- I can hear it too, Amy!

- David?

- Yes.

- I know.

- What do you know?

- I know where we are.

- Where are we?

- We're in my room. - Your room?

- Yes.

- Who are you?

- Beth!

- And who am I?

- Quentin.

- That's right.

- Quentin, you shouldn't have come here.

- Why not?

- Because I'm afraid of them.

I'm afraid of both of them.

- Don't be afraid.

They can't do anything to us.

- But he hates you so and so does she!

- No more than I hate her.

- You don't believe in her powers.

You don't believe in her curse,

but you should.

[David] - I'll find a way of stopping her.

[Amy] - I don't know if you can stop her.

I don't know if anyone can.

[David] - Don't worry,

I am tired of their interference.

I'm going to put it to an end.

- [gasps]

♪♪

David! Amy!

- Mrs. Johnson!

- What are you children doing down here?

- Oh, we're just playing.

- That's all, Mrs. Johnson.

- You know you're not supposed to play together today.

Ms. Carolyn gave strict orders about that

and you're supposed to be in bed.

- But it's not that late.

- Yes, it is.

What - what are those strange clothes you're wearing?

- Oh, we found them. - Where?

- In a trunk in the attic.

- That's right.

David thinks they belong to some of his ancestors.

- They must.

- Why are you wearing them?

- It's part of our game.

- Game?

- Yes, dress-up.

- Yes, it was my idea. I like to play dress-up.

- You children were saying very strange things

when I came in here, what were you talking about?

- That was all part of the game.

- What do you mean?

- Well, we were just acting as though we were other people.

- You know, like we were acting out parts in a play.

- You children play very odd games.

- Well, what's so odd about dress-up?

- Didn't you ever play it when you were a little girl?

- Sometimes.

- Maybe you have forgotten how much fun it is.

- Well, I haven't forgotten that you're supposed to be in bed.

Both of you, now come on.

- Are we going to be punished for playing down here?

- That's all depends on Ms. Carolyn.

- Do you have to tell her?

- Well, I have to tell Ms. Carolyn

that you did not obey her.

- I knew we were being naughty, David.

- But please, Mrs. Johnson.

- Now, David, don't argue, go to bed right now!

- OK.

Come on, Amy.

- All right.

- Maggie!

- Mrs. Johnson, I thought you went to bed.

- Well, I started to and then I heard strange voices.

Do you know who I found downstairs?

The children!

- Oh, I thought they were asleep hours ago.

- Well, so did I.

But that David, he is a sneaky one,

he likes to prowl around the house in the middle of the night

and Amy is as bad is he is.

- Did you send them to bed?

- Yes, I did, but, the Lord only knows if they will stay there.

- Well, I'll see that they do.

- Maggie, there is something peculiar about those children.

- Peculiar?

- Yes.

When I came upon them, they were talking strange things

and they were dressed in strange clothes.

They were wearing clothes from another century!

- What?

I know that's what I said, I couldn't believe my own eyes.

- But where did they get the clothes, did they explain?

- They said they found them

and that they were playing dress-up.

- There's nothing wrong with that.

I used to play dress-up when I was a child.

- I don't know, Maggie.

I don't know.

I'm - I'm frightened of the children.

- Frightened, how?

- I - I don't know how to say it.

I can't put my finger on it.

But somehow, they have changed especially David.

He's - he's gotten somehow sly.

There is something about him almost sinister.

- I think you're imagining these things, Mrs. Johnson.

They're two of the dearest children that I have ever met.

- Well, you may think so, but I don't.

I don't know. There's something about them.

I'm afraid of them!

- David, I feel funny.

- How?

- I don't know.

I just don't feel the same as I did downstairs.

- What are you talking about?

- I don't feel like Beth.

I don't want to be Beth.

- You're Beth!

- No, I'm not.

Not really. I'm Amy!

- Don't talk like that.

Not while we are playing the game.

- Well, don't get mad!

- You know the rules of the game!

When we are wearing the clothes,

you are Beth and I am Quentin.

Do you understand that?

- Yes.

- And another thing, we've got to be more careful.

- I know.

- We cannot get caught again.

- What's going to happen now?

- Something is going to happen to Mrs. Johnson.

- What?

- You'll see. You'll see.

♪♪

[eerie music] ♪♪