Editing 574

{{Sidebar episode
|topimage=574f.jpg
|number=567
|timeline= [[1968]]
|narrator= [[Lara Parker]]
|writer= [[Gordon Russell]]
|director= [[Sean Dhu Sullivan]]
|airdate= [[Template:September 5|September 5]], [[1968 productions|1968]]<br><small>(Thursday)</small>
|tapedate = [[Template:August 29|August 29]], 1968<br><small>(Thursday)</small>
|video =[[The Complete Original Series#Collection 11|Complete: Disc 61]]
<br>[[Collection 10|Collection 10: Disc 1]]
|prevep= [[573|←]]
|nextep= [[575|→]]
|bottomimage=574h.jpg
}}
[[Angelique Bouchard Collins|Angelique]], who continues to meddle in the relationship of [[Maggie Evans|Maggie]] and [[Joe Haskell|Joe]], eavesdrops as [[Nicholas Blair|Nicholas]] learns that there needs to be a life force if the experiment is to be a success.

== Synopsis ==

: ''The night is silent and seemingly peaceful. Those who live in the great house at [[Collinwood]] are unaware of the drama that is unfolding not far away. In a majestic old [[house by the sea]] an evil [[Angelique Bouchard Collins|woman]] [[curse|cursed]] to live only by night waits for a [[Joe Haskell|man]] she has summoned. And in a [[Evans cottage|cottage]] on the other side of [[Collinsport]] a young woman will soon make a heart-breaking discovery.''

Nicholas comforts Maggie by patting her condescendingly and offering her explanations for Joe's absence. Joe arrives at Angelique's, where he tells her he doesn’t want to be here. Maggie wonders what is wrong with Joe; Nicholas speculates that it may be an "unpleasant aftereffect" of his accident ([[530]]), which Joe has denied to Maggie ([[573]]). Maggie says if Joe doesn’t cough up some answers for his unpleasant behavior soon, it may be too late.

Angelique continues to manipulate Joe, who wants to return to Maggie. Angélique purports to like Joe for reasons beyond her bloodlust. Joe is reluctant to return to Angelique the following night; she bites him to assure his return.

Maggie visits Joe in the morning; he’s sick and his eyes are hurt by the Sun. He again asserts that his illness has nothing to do with his concussion. Maggie asks him if there's another girl and he swears there isn't. Maggie has received another call from Joe's boss; Joe's missed 'a lot' of days of work in 'the last two weeks' and is in danger of being fired. He refuses to call his boss because he doesn’t know what to tell him. Maggie is more sorry than Joe about the situation.

Willie visits Maggie, who doesn’t have much time but invites him in anyway. He tells her that everything’s going wrong at the Old House. Nicholas arrives, causing Willie to start and slowly bolt. Nicholas recognises Willie, and Maggie repeats Willie’s remark to him. Nicholas picks up his painting but has a sudden reason to return home. He says his guests may become new patrons of Maggie's and implores her to call him by his first name. She is intrigued and coquettish.

Angelique and Nicholas sit silently until 11pm; she asks if his plans are stalling with a hint of hate in her voice. She talks about the experiment but he evades her questions. When the clock strikes, he sends her to her room. Nicholas casts the [[mirror|mirror's]] reflection to Willie's room. Willie wakes up and Nicholas talks to him. Willie is scared but answers Nicholas's questions. He learns that Jeff Clark is involved in the new experiment, as he was in the Old. Nicholas learns that Barnabas was involved as the 'Life Force' in the first experiment. Willie doesn't understand but explains how Adam became alive. Nicholas realizes that they must have another 'Life Force' for the second experiment. Nicholas is pleased; Angelique overhears.

== Memorable quotes ==

== Dramatis personae ==

* [[Joel Crothers]] as [[Joe Haskell]]
* [[Kathryn Leigh Scott]] as [[Maggie Evans]]
* [[John Karlen]] as [[Willie Loomis]]
* [[Lara Parker]] as [[Angelique Bouchard Collins]]
* [[Humbert Allen Astredo]] as [[Nicholas Blair]]

== Background information and notes ==

=== Production ===

* A dark vertical band can be seen on the left of the screen, affecting one camera.

=== Story ===

* The [[Evans cottage]] is on "the other side of [[Collinsport]]" from [[Nicholas Blair|Nicholas]]'s [[House by the sea|house]] [[House by the sea|by the sea]].
* '''[[INTERNAL MONOLOGUE]]''': [[Nicholas Blair|Nicholas]]: [[Mirror]] incantation.
* '''[[TIMELINE]]''': [[Joe Haskell|Joe]] hasn't been himself for the past two weeks ([[Angelique Bouchard Collins|Angelique]] bit him in [[560]]). Nicholas collects the painting from [[Maggie Evans|Maggie]] as planned. Nicholas is expecting guests at 8pm. 11:10pm: Angelique and Nicholas wait at the [[Seaview|house by the sea]].

== Bloopers and continuity errors ==

* At the end of the [[573|previous episode]], when [[Maggie Evans|Maggie]] notices [[Joe Haskell|Joe]] is gone from the sofa he was sleeping on at her [[Evans cottage|cottage]], the [[Collinsport Afghan]] is partially covering the sofa when she goes to answer the door. At the beginning of this episode, when she's talking to [[Nicholas Blair|Nicholas]] (whereas neither has gone beyond the front door of the [[Evans cottage]] just yet) and it pans over to the sofa, the [[Collinsport Afghan]] is now covering the entire back of the sofa.
* A [[boom microphone]] [[shadow]] can be seen briefly in several scenes.
* When Nicholas and Maggie are talking about the possibility of Joe's behavior resulting from his concussion, there is moderately loud off-stage noise.
* When Maggie and Joe are talking at Joe's apartment, Joe asks Maggie, "Why'd you have to come here tonight?" But they've already established that it's morning, and Maggie then says his boss called her that morning, saying that he had been calling Joe "all morning" with no answer.
* When Nicholas picks up the painting at the Evans cottage, the camera aims high and briefly shows the top of the set and the studio lights.
* When Nicholas first looks in the [[Mirror|mirror,]] part of what is reflected seems not to be part of the set. He moves his body so it covers up that part of the reflection (though it reappears after he is finished talking with [[Willie Loomis|Willie]]).
* When Willie is answering Nicholas's questions at the end of the episode, [[John Karlen]] stumbles over a line: "He was [[Barnabas Collins|Barnabas']]<nowiki/>s...[[Adam|Adam']]<nowiki/>s life force."

==External Links ==
<span class="">[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0869601/?ref_=tt_ep_nx Dark Shadows - Episode 574 on the IMDb]</span>

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