615 — darkshadows

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Number	608
Timeline	1968
Narrator	Lara Parker
Writer	Sam Hall
Director	Sean Dhu Sullivan
Broadcast	November 1, 1968 (Friday)
Recorded	October 25, 1968 (Friday)
Video	Complete: Disc 65 Collection 11: Disc 1

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Julia discovers the bite marks on Barnabas' neck.

Synopsis

Again the sounds of shrill police sirens have broken the silence on the great estate of Collinwood, for one man has tried to kill another and vowed that he would keep trying until the deed is done.

Mrs. Johnson tells the sheriff that she saw Joe try to kill Barnabas. Julia overhears the account. The sheriff believes that someone has driven Joe over the edge, and he says he is going to get to the bottom of things. Julia asks Barnabas why he is protecting the vampire. Mrs. Johnson apologizes for the police involvement, but she says Roger called them. The sheriff questions Barnabas who tells the sheriff he found Joe in the woods injured. Barnabas says he did not report Joe's sucicide attempt because Joe is a friend. Barnabas writes off the murder attempt by saying Joe is insane. The sheriff asks if the attempt is over a woman. Barnabas is distracted by the dog's howling but denies the attempt was because of a woman.

Meanwhile Angelique rises from her coffin. She summons Barnabas while he is talking to the sheriff. The sheriff says he will have more questions after the medicine is examined. Barnabas becomes confused. The sheriff asks what is wrong. Barnabas does not tell him anything, so he leaves.

The sheriff questions Julia about Barnabas' health and tells Julia he was distracted by the dogs. Julia begins to suspect something is wrong. After the sheriff leaves, Barnabas will not come to Angelique so she apppears to him. She is upset Joe is not dead. She bites him again. Julia comes in to find him in a weakened state. She finds the bite marks.

Memorable quotes

Julia: The woods are scary.

Mrs. Johnson: The things I've seen.

Mrs. Johnson: I've always prided myself in not saying too much.

Dramatis personae

Jonathan Frid as Barnabas Collins
Grayson Hall as Julia Hoffman
Lara Parker as Angelique Bouchard Collins
Clarice Blackburn as Sarah Johnson
Alfred Sandor as George Patterson

Background information and notes

Production

Alfred Sandor plays the part of Sheriff George Patterson. This is his only appearance.
There is a tape edit before Sheriff Patterson interviews Julia at Collinwood and before Mrs. Johnson leaves the drawing room.

Story

This the fourth time vampire Angelique bites Barnabas (606 x2, 612, 615, 618, 620).
INTERNAL MONOLOGUE: Barnabas: Resisting Angelique.
SEDATIVE: Barnabas suggests Julia give Joe a sedative in order to stop him from talking to the police.
TIMELINE: It was this morning when Joe attacked Barnabas. It was an hour later when Joe was found at Eagle Hill Cemetery. Barnabas says Joe had been with them for three days.

Bloopers and continuity errors

A boom microphone shadow can be seen as the episode begins.
Mrs. Johnson lies when she tells Barnabas she resisted calling the police when in fact she was about to call the police but Harry stopped her.
The tape edit mentioned above appears to result in the loss of some footage and dialogue. Just prior to the edit Sheriff Patterson and Julia Hoffman are talking at the entry to the drawing room. The Sheriff says "Dr. Hoffman..." before the scene suddenly switches to inside the drawing room, with the Sheriff now talking to Mrs. Johnson, "... Mr Collins and then you came here?".
After Barnabas hears Sheriff Patterson drive up, Mrs. Johnson starts to fret. Jonathan Frid flubs as he tells her, "Now, there's no reason to get upset, Mrs. Hoff... Johnson."
Just after Barnabas tells Sheriff Patterson, "At what cost to himself," meaning Joe, squeaking noises can be heard as if a cart or piece of furniture was being moved, and the wheels squeak. [This is likely the cameras moving around on their tracks. This noise is often heard throughout the episode.]
Alfred Sandor flubs when he uses the word 'term' instead of 'trial'; he then corrects himself; "Something... someone..."; and "Well, that Dr. Hoffman says that... (a cough can be heard off camera) ...the, uh, his medicine was tampered with and that it had been poisoned." He also looks to the door in the drawing room, perhaps waiting for Grayson Hall to appear listening at the door. [Sandor has difficulty with his lines throughout the entire episode and seems to spend most of his time looking at the teleprompter.] This makes me wonder if Sandor was a last-minute substitution, and that maybe Vince O'Brian (who played Paterson earlier and would play him a couple of more times later, was scheduled to play the sheriff but had a last minute emergency and couldn't.
One of Lara Parker's nipples is prominent as she is in the cellar and first comes out of the coffin. [I believe her undergarments/dress may be bunched up.]
When Angelique hugs Barnabas, you can briefly see her insert her vampire teeth into her mouth, which she was holding in her left hand.