563

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Number	556
Timeline	1968
Narrator	Kathryn Leigh Scott
Writer	Sam Hall
Director	Sean Dhu Sullivan
Broadcast	August 21, 1968 (Wednesday)
Recorded	August 14, 1968 (Wednesday)
Video	Complete: Disc 59 Collection 9: Disc 3
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Angelique uses Joe to finish off Tom.

Synopsis

Sometimes Collinwood senses peace when nightfall comes. But peace is not the only spirit to exist this night on the vast estate. Where in a far off corner, other spirits even now react to disturbing news. And what they do is sure to affect the lives of all who live in the great house itself.

A nurse stonewalls Nicholas when he tries to enter Tom's room; Tom wakes up and babbles to Maggie about a coffin in a room and implores her to get Joe. Maggie reports to Nicholas about Tom’s condition and coffin report; she also tells him Tom and Joe are close cousins. This fact pleases Nicholas to no end.

On a date with Maggie, Joe purports that he fell asleep at home when he missed their last date. Joe worries as night falls; he blows up at Maggie. Joe's distracted and blows up at Maggie again; Angélique summons him and Maggie frets... but Nicholas is there for her. He's actually rather charming and helps Maggie forget her troubles.

Joe comes to Angelique despite his desire to see Tom; Angelique orders him to visit Tom and he realizes that she has also victimized his cousin. Tom rants to Joe, begging him to go to the Police; Joe doesn't believe Tom's story of the coffin or the "hot blonde", but says he'll go to the police. Tom is relieved when Joe says he believes him, but less relieved when Joe opens the window because it's hot. After Joe leaves, Angelique appears and bites Tom.

Dramatis personae

• Joel Crothers as Joe Haskell
• Kathryn Leigh Scott as Maggie Evans
• Lara Parker as Angelique Bouchard Collins
• Humbert Allen Astredo as Nicholas Blair
• Donald Briscoe as Tom Jennings
• Beverly Atkinson as Nurse

Background information and notes

Production

• The nurse in this episode, played by Beverly Atkinson, is the only African-American to appear in the original series.
• There are sounds of honking vehicles outside the Collinsport Hospital.

Story

• Angelique admits to Joe that it was she who attacked Tom in 554. However, Nicholas did not raise Angelique as a vampire until after Tom was attacked in 555). However, it is possible that Nicholas awoke Angelique before this but his dialogue in 555 would indicate otherwise.
• It appears Angelique's coffin opens by its self, also when she is in her coffin her fangs are present, whereas the only time we see Barnabas arise with his fangs showing is when he is surprised by somebody watching him arise.
• INTERNAL MONOLOGUE: Angelique: Summoning Joe.
• TIMELINE: Nicholas plans to go to the hospital tomorrow. Day 228 takes place. It was last night when Joe stood Maggie up. Day 229 begins, and will end in 565. 2am: Angelique bites Tom.

Bloopers and continuity errors

• Near the beginning of this episode the camera is out of position and zooms around several times.