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Number	567
Timeline	1968
Narrator	Lara Parker
Writer	Gordon Russell
Director	Sean Dhu Sullivan
Broadcast	September 5, 1968 (Thursday)
Recorded	August 29, 1968 (Thursday)
Video	Complete: Disc 61 Collection 10: Disc 1
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Angelique, who continues to meddle in the relationship of Maggie and Joe, eavesdrops as 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 woman cursed to live only by night waits for a man she has summoned. And in a 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'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 one. 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.

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's house by the sea.
• INTERNAL MONOLOGUE: Nicholas: Mirror incantation.
• TIMELINE: Joe hasn't been himself for the past two weeks (Angelique bit him in 560). Nicholas collects the painting from Maggie as planned. Nicholas is expecting guests at 8pm. 11:10pm: Angelique and Nicholas wait at the house by the sea.

Bloopers and continuity errors

• At the end of the previous episode, when Maggie notices Joe is gone from the sofa he was sleeping on at her 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 (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, 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).
• When Willie is answering Nicholas's questions at the end of the episode, John Karlen stumbles over a line: "He was Barnabas's...Adam's life force."

External Links 

Dark Shadows - Episode 574 on the IMDb

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