Editing 350

{{Sidebar episode
|topimage=0350.jpg
|number=346
|timeline= [[1968]]
|narrator= [[Grayson Hall]]
|writer= [[Ron Sproat]]
|director= [[Lela Swift]]
|airdate= [[Template:October 27|October 27]], [[1967 productions|1967]]<br><small>(Friday)</small>
|tapedate = [[Template:October 23|October 23]], 1967<br><small>(Monday)</small>
|video =[[The Complete Original Series#Collection 7|Complete: Disc 38]]
<br>[[Collection 4|Collection 4: Disc 2]]
|prevep= [[349|←]]
|nextep= [[351|→]]
|bottomimage=350d.jpg
}}
[[Carolyn Stoddard|Carolyn]] is determined to find out if [[David Collins|David]] is telling the truth, so she goes to the [[Old House cellar|basement]] of the [[Old House|Old House,]] where she finds a [[coffin]] and an aged [[Barnabas Collins|Barnabas]], who bites her.

== Synopsis ==

'''Teaser'''

: ''A cold, piercing night wind whistles around [[Collinwood]], and its chill somehow seems to penetrate the walls of the great house, for this promises to be a night of danger. One [[Carolyn Stoddard|girl]] may learn a terrifying [[secret]] tonight, and that knowledge could cost her her life.''

[[David Collins]] finds [[Carolyn Stoddard]] gazing out of the window in Collinwood's [[drawing room]]. He carries with him the [[toy soldier]] given to him by [[Sarah Collins]] for protection. Again, he insists his cousin keep it with her all the time. Carolyn tries to convince David she isn't in any danger. But David makes her promise to take the toy soldier. As he starts to head back upstairs to his [[David's room|room]], David gasps in horror at the aged [[Barnabas Collins]] staring at them outside the window.

'''Act I'''

Carolyn turns to see what has frightened her cousin... but Barnabas has disappeared. [[Elizabeth Collins Stoddard]] hurries into the room when she hears an anguished David trying to convince Carolyn of the old man he saw. Neither Elizabeth or Carolyn believe him, which only depresses the troubled boy more. Dejected, he returns to his room. Alone with Carolyn, Elizabeth despairs over how helpless they are where David is concerned. Carolyn tells her mother about her encounter with Sarah. Elizabeth is stunned by the news.

'''Act II'''

Not knowing what to believe anymore, Elizabeth becomes even more worried for David. His tales about Barnabas seem too far fetched, but, as Carolyn points out, Sarah is very much real and not a figment of David's imagination. Elizabeth cannot accept David's accusations about Barnabas, and, unbeknownst to her, David overhears when she declares her nephew to be mentally unbalanced and that she has no other choice but to send him away from Collinwood.

Across the estate at the [[Old House]], [[Julia Hoffman]] awaits Barnabas' return. She questions him, worried over the vampire having taken a victim. Barnabas tells her he plans to do so tonight. But it will not be [[Victoria Winters]]. Instead, he will attack a stranger. Julia, deeply in love with Barnabas, offers herself to him.

'''Act III'''

Barnabas, taken aback by her suggestion, calls Julia by her given name for the first time. Julia is happily willing to relinquish her free will if it means restoring Barnabas. However, he refuses. If Julia submits, she will no longer be able to function as a doctor, and he might still have need of her in that area. Julia, visibly upset, goes downstairs to her laboratory in the [[Old House cellar]] on the pretext of attending to some work.

Back at Collinwood, David finds Carolyn alone and asks her if thinks he is crazy. Carolyn firmly believes he is sane. Again, out of fear for her safety, David tries to convince his cousin the stories he told about Barnabas were a lie. But Carolyn is contemplating going to the Old House and checking things out for herself. This upsets David greatly, and Carolyn promises him she won't go there. After she sends David to bed, Carolyn contemplates what the truth really is. Leaving the toy soldier on the [[foyer]] table, she grabs her coat and heads out into the night for the Old House.

'''Act IV'''

Sneaking inside the Old House, Carolyn finds it empty... but is startled when she hears a shutter banging against the window. Carolyn, calming herself, picks her way down to the [[Old House cellar|cellar]] where she is shocked to find Barnabas' [[coffin]]. She opens it carefully, but the coffin is empty. Carolyn screams when Julia catches her. Julia urges her to leave, but it is too late... Barnabas has found them. Carolyn is horrified to discover the decrepit old man is Barnabas. The [[vampire]] grabs her and sinks his fangs into her neck.

== Memorable quotes ==

: '''[[Barnabas Collins|Barnabas]]''':  Well… why, Julia?
:'''[[Julia Hoffman|Julia]]''':  That’s the first time you’ve ever called me by that name.
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:'''[[Barnabas Collins|Barnabas]]''': What are you doing here, Carolyn?
: '''[[Carolyn Stoddard|Carolyn]]''': I... I came to see Cousin Barnabas.
: '''Barnabas''': And now you see him.
: '''Carolyn''': But you can't be Barnabas.
: '''Barnabas''': But I am!
: '''Carolyn''': What's happened to your face? You're... so old...
: '''Barnabas:''' ''It won't be old much longer!'' (Grabs Carolyn; she screams) You may scream all you want, but no one will hear you. Now, don't be afraid of me, my dear. I'm not going to hurt you. I wouldn't do anything... ''to hurt my own flesh and blood!'' (bares fangs)
: '''Carolyn''': (bloodcurdling screams)

== Dramatis personae ==

* [[Joan Bennett]] as [[Elizabeth Collins Stoddard]]
* [[Jonathan Frid]] as [[Barnabas Collins]]
* [[Grayson Hall]] as [[Julia Hoffman]]
* [[Nancy Barrett]] as [[Carolyn Stoddard]]
* [[David Henesy]] as [[David Collins]]

== Background information and notes ==

=== Production ===

=== Story ===	

* When [[Barnabas Collins|Barnabas]] contemplates finding a victim to rejuvenate himself, he only contemplates young women. Surely a young man's blood would have the same desired effect? ''(He probably feels it's safer to target women as a man might more forcefully fight back, making for a greater chance of being discovered.)''
* '''[[INTERNAL MONOLOGUE]]''': [[Carolyn Stoddard|Carolyn]]: [[David Collins|David']]<nowiki/>s fear of the [[The Old House|Old House]].
* '''[[TIMELINE]]''': Day 134 begins, and will end in [[351]].

== Bloopers and continuity errors ==

* A [[boom microphone]] hovers into the shot during Act I as [[Carolyn Stoddard|Carolyn]] and [[Elizabeth Collins Stoddard|Elizabeth]] talk together after [[David Collins|David]] leaves to go to his room.
*[[Nancy Barrett]] starts to call David "Daniel" when [[Carolyn Stoddard|Carolyn]] is talking to Elizabeth about sending him away.
*[[Barnabas Collins|Barnabas]] talks about waiting to find his next victim until he can "move safely through the darkness," but we've already seen that he can turn into a bat and even appear through closed windows without opening them, so there really shouldn't be any need for him to wait. ''(He clearly has his "vampire powers" since appearing in [[Victoria Winters|Vicki']]<nowiki/>s room after becoming a bat, so this is probably just a way to avoid telling [[Julia Hoffman|Dr. Hoffman]] about his almost biting Vicki.)''
* In Act III when the camera switches from [[Carolyn Stoddard|Carolyn]] in the [[drawing room]] to David at the [[foyer]] stairs, [[David Henesy]] is standing still, awaiting his cue.  As David walks across the [[foyer]], a loud clanging/grinding of metal can be heard off stage. 
*The door to the [[Old House cellar|basement]] isn't locked, although it had always been locked in previous episodes. The front door of the [[Old House]] is also unlocked. ''(This may be due to Willie no longer being around to watch over Barnabas - perhaps Julia is not nearly as careful about these things as he was?)''
==External Links ==
<span class="">[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0861984/?ref_=tt_ep_nx Dark Shadows - Episode 350 on the IMDb]</span>

[https://darkshadowseveryday.com/2014/03/14/episode-350/ Dark Shadows Everyday - Episode 350 - Grumpy Old Man]

[https://darkshadowscommentary.com/2023/10/27/episode-350-own-flesh-and-blood/ Dark Shadows Commentary- Episode 350: Own flesh and blood]

[https://dsb4idie.blogspot.com/2017/10/dark-shadows-episode-350-102767.html Dark Shadows Before I Die- Episode 350: 10/27/67]
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