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At Edward's request, Gregory Trask shows up to take Nora and Jamison to his boarding school, Worthington Hall.
Synopsis
- Collinwood in the year 1897, where Barnabas Collins has returned to save a life in the present. Barnabas' mission is in jeopardy for Quentin has died before his time and returned as a zombie, and his spirit has inhabited a child. Now Barnabas must try desperately to lure the spirit from the child into the unthinking body.
At Edward's request, Reverend Gregory Trask shows up to take Nora and Jamison to his boarding school, Worthington Hall. Trask finds that Jamison is possessed and performs a ceremony on Jamison and Quentin’s body.
Memorable quotes
- Barnabas: I've learned nothing can be known for sure.
- Rev. Trask: Do not come in. You would only aid the devil's work.
- Rev. Trask (to Judith): Peace! That is what we are all after. Peace within ourselves. It’s so enormously difficult to find. One must begin with the child. Let the seed of contentment grow. Show the child how to protect himself from the forces of anarchy, which exist in all of us.
- Barnabas: I have lived long enough to doubt nothing, but I have also lived long enough not to expect miracles.
Dramatis personae
- Joan Bennett as Judith Collins
- Jonathan Frid as Barnabas Collins
- David Selby as Quentin Collins
- Jerry Lacy as Gregory Trask
- David Henesy as Jamison Collins
Background information and notes
Production
- First episode narrated by David Selby. Wikipedia (and, initially, this Wiki) credited the opening narration to Thayer David, but he does not appear in this episode, nor does he narrate.
- Jerry Lacy returns to the cast after an absence of 144 episodes. First appearance of character Gregory Trask. This was the third role played by Lacy in the original series.
- Only cast members are credited.
Story
- INTERNAL MONOLOGUE: Judith: What is happening to all of us?
- TIMELINE: 9pm: Gregory and Jamison come downstairs.
Bloopers and continuity errors
- While Judith and Barnabas talk at the start of the episode, the closed front door opens by itself.
- As Jamison kneels by zombie Quentin and says, “You get up now," a camera enters the frame on the left.
- As Trask introduces himself to Judith at the door, there is a squeaking noise from off-stage.
- It seems very odd that just a short time after hiring a governess for his children, Edward would contemplate sending them away to school.
- The shadow of the boom microphone flies overhead shortly after Barnabas sees Trask.
- Jerry Lacy looks directly at the teleprompter several times.
- Barnabas repeats a line that Judith just said: "All I can think about is what is happening behind those doors.” It's unclear if Barnabas is meant to just concur with what Judith said or if he is mistakenly repeating her line. [This is repeated in the next episode's teaser, and I believe it was intentional.]
External Links
Dark Shadows - Episode 725 on the IMDb
Dark Shadows Every Day - Episode 725 - The Unrest
The Dark Shadows Daybook - Episode 725
Dark Shadows Commentary- Episode 725: Imagination, properly channeled