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September 29, 1969 |
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September 17, 1969 |
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Angelique threatens to kill Amanda if Quentin goes to New York to be with her.
Synopsis
- This night at Collinwood, a man and a woman have closed the door on their past. Many secrets and many enemies have stood between them, but their love has been strong enough to solve and defeat them all, even their most powerful enemy: time itself. For though he has come to the station too late to catch the train that was to take them to their new life, Quentin Collins sees with joy that Amanda Harris has waited for him.
As Quentin races to make the 6pm train, he is relieved to see a woman standing on the platform with her back to him. But when she turns around Quentin sees that he has made "a terrible mistake." The train has left with Amanda on it.
Petofi, enraged with Tate for having stolen Quentin's portrait, goes to his studio to reclaim it. Petofi also insists that Tate create a new picture of a raven-haired woman with cat-shaped eyes. After Tate does so, Petofi says that Tate must be punished for his arrogance, and seizes Tate by the wrists. Afterward Petofi has gone Tate is horrified to find that he has lost the ability to draw.
Quentin is visited by Tim Shaw at Collinwood, and after discovering what little Tim knows about Amanda - basically just the building where she used to live in New York - he throws Tim bodily from the house.
Angelique presses Quentin to set a wedding day, but he is noncommital. Petofi visits Collinwood and tells Angelique that they have something in common: an interest in Quentin.
Petofi visits Tim Shaw and expresses sorrow that Amanda has left him. Tim begs Petofi to bring her back, and Petofi only says that he will do what needs to be done.
Angelique catches up to Quentin at the train station and says she knows all about his intention to find Amanda. Using a voodoo doll and the brooch Amanda returned to Tim Shaw, Angelique threatens to kill Amanda if Quentin boards the train to follow her.
Memorable quotes
- Count Petofi (to Charles): I don't mind theft. I do mind stupidity...and you have been incredibly stupid.
- Count Petofi (to Angelique): You see, my dear, you and I have a common cause...at last.
- Count Petofi (to Quentin): Distance is no impediment to me. Wherever you are, I will be with you.
Dramatis personae
- David Selby as Quentin Collins
- Lara Parker as Angelique Bouchard Collins
- Roger Davis as Charles Delaware Tate
- Thayer David as Andreas Petofi
- Don Briscoe as Tim Shaw
- Amy Yaekerson as Woman on Train Platform
Background information and notes
Production
- This episode was recorded out of broadcast sequence. The previous episode to be recorded was 847.
Story
- When Amanda was last in New York, she stayed at the Hotel Hallbrook.
- INTERNAL MONOLOGUE: Quentin: I knew she'd wait; Charles: I can't be.
- TIMELINE: 6pm at the start of the episode.
Bloopers and continuity errors
- As Roger Davis is lying on the floor in the teaser, he moves around and places more debris on himself before he "wakes up" upon hearing Petofi knock on the door. He must have either thought he was hidden from the camera by the couch or was unaware that the scene had begun. Also, someone coughs off-stage before the door knock.
- In the scene between Charles and Petofi in Charles' studio, when Petofi stands up and says, "May I confess something to you, Charles?," a loud rattling noise sounds off-stage twice, likely Thayer David stepping on paper on the floor from the fight between Charles and Quentin.
- Roger Davis steps on Thayer David's lines. Also, Thayer David stumbles a bit over one of his lines: Petofi: "Draw a woman with black hair, eyes like a cat...." Charles: "Look, I'm af..." Petofi: "You hesitate, Charles. Is there some reason you don't r...want to draw this woman?" Charles: "Yes, I'm afraid that I might, uh, disappoint you."
- When Tim Shaw comes into Collinwood, he closes the front door, but when Quentin goes to toss Shaw out, the door is standing open. Also, when the struggling pair bump into the wall, the mirror on the wall shakes.
- In the fight, when Quentin throws Tim toward the staircase, as Tim gets up off the floor by grabbing onto the newel post, the newel post and banister wobble.
- When Quentin tells Angelique he has no marriage plans and she responds, "I know," a boom mic shadow moves on the foyer wall.
- In Tim Shaw's Collinsport Inn room, when Tim asks Petofi if Charles drew a person for him and Petofi says, "Yes, he did," a loud noise, perhaps someone sneezing, occurs off-stage.
- Lara Parker nearly drops the brooch before she stabs it in the doll.
- How on earth did Angelique come into possession of Amanda's brooch? Witchcraft? [Addendum: The clear implication is that she got it from Count Petofi. Petofi tells Angelique that they have a "common cause at last," which is clearly Quentin. When Petofi visits Tim Shaw, he picks up Amanda's brooch that she had returned to Tim, and Petofi clearly takes it--at the end of the scene, the camera closes in on the desk where we see the letter from Amanda but no brooch. The implication, then, is that Petofi took the brooch to Angelique.]
External Links
Dark Shadows - Episode 851 on the IMDb
Dark Shadows Everyday - Episode 851 - Everybody Hates Quentin