664

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Number	655
Timeline	1796
Narrator	Thayer David
Writer	Gordon Russell
Director	Dan Curtis
Broadcast	January 9, 1969 (Thursday)
Recorded	January 2, 1969 (Thursday)
Video	Complete: Disc 69 Collection 12: Disc 1

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Angelique agrees to help save Victoria if Barnabas agrees to resume their marriage.

Synopsis[]

Night at Collinwood, but this is not Collinwood as it exists in the present. It is the Collinwood of 1796, for Barnabas Collins has been drawn back into the past. Forces from beyond the grave have brought him here to save the life of Victoria Winters. Today he will succeed or fail. In returning to the past, he has had to pay a penalty. He has become what he was, and as a consequence, he must endure a wave upon wave of terror, terror that will seemingly never end.

Barnabas tells Ben of Crystal's body and he agrees to help him dispose of it. When they return to the study they find Angelique in her place. Angelique reveals that she has been sent back to the past as a punishment for her behavior in the future. She offers to help Barnabas save Victoria, on the condition that he remain in the past with her. He reluctantly agrees.

At the jail Victoria and Peter discuss their past. Victoria tries to tell him how she already lived through this once before, but Peter doesn't understand. Barnabas arrives and tells them that Victoria can be saved, if she remains calm and follows his instructions. She agrees. He tells her that she must go to the gallows and not panic. She doesn't seem to quite believe him, but the jailors come to take her away. She and Peter kiss passionately and he pledges his undying love for her. He swears that he will find her somehow.

Barnabas confides his plan to Peter. Peter doesn't believe that Angelique would be willing to help Victoria, but Barnabas insists that she has agreed to it. Her plan is to have Victoria collapse at the gallows and appear dead, then be revived at Collinwood. However, when Victoria is led to the gallows there is no sign of Angelique. Victoria is hanged.

Memorable quotes[]

Angelique: I must remain in this century now as a punishment for the mistakes I made in the past...mistakes I will never make again.

Angelique: It is true that I never was very fond of Miss Winters.

Barnabas: Can I trust you?

Angelique: Can you save Victoria Winters alone? Then you have no choice. You must trust me.

Angelique: You made a wise decision, Barnabas--one you should have made many years ago when we first met.

Ben: You're a fool to trust her.

Barnabas: I know her better than you do.

Barnabas: If I don't save Victoria Winters, then I don't know what will happen.

Dramatis personae[]

Jonathan Frid as Barnabas Collins
Lara Parker as Angelique Bouchard Collins
Thayer David as Ben Stokes
Roger Davis as Peter Bradford
Carolyn Groves as Victoria Winters
← Anthony Goodstone as Jailor
Audrey Larkin as Crystal Cabot (uncredited)
James Shannon as Hangman (uncredited)
David Groh as Hangman's Assistant (uncredited)
Timothy Gordon as Spectator (uncredited)
Pieter Jan Van Niel as Spectator (uncredited)

Background information and notes[]

Production[]

The first part of the teaser is tape from the previous episode, as indicated by the accidental brief appearance of the body of Crystal in the chair in the background as Barnabas sits down.
Ben and Barnabas walk from the foyer to the study, and the camera follows them through a dark corridor, the first time this has happened.
The end credits give a production year of 1969. This was the first episode recorded that year.

Story[]

It is never revealed how Angelique escaped the vampire curse she was under when last seen in 628, only that she has been sent back to the past as a punishment for her behavior in the future. [it is assumed that Diabolos removed the curse in exchange for her revealing Nicholas's failure.]
TIMELINE: Day 260 begins, and will end in 665. Victoria is hanged at midnight. Angelique will return at sunset tomorrow for Barnabas.

Bloopers and continuity errors[]

Angelique is in dark shadow as she strikes the bargain with Barnabas. Before that, when she says she is there to help Barnabas, two camera shots go awry as Angelique approaches Barnabas.
Jonathan Frid flubs a line in Act I when talking to Angelique: "Then how did you even...stop to think about it?" He also flubs when talking to Victoria about how to escape when at the gallows: "Don't ask questions. Now, secondly, you mustn't panic or ask...or be afraid or ask questions...because something unexpected may happen and you mustn't panic."
In Act I, when Barnabas and Angelique are talking about Barnabas staying in this time period forever, there is a lot of off-stage noise.
When Barnabas and Ben start their walk from the foyer, the Collinwood's front doors are wide open. (Presumably, this is where the camera is set up for the close-up shot of Barnabas when he was hollering for Ben.) (The later speculation seems unlikely given the Frid's positions in the shots.)
As Barnabas talks to Peter, part of the cell behind Peter moves about.
Just before the door opens as Victoria is led to the gallows, at the left of the screen, a crew member can be seen squatting while holding a light.
Anthony Goodstone flubs when he says, "Dispose of her [another sound]... dispose of her as you will."
In the beginning of the scene at Collinwood immediately after Vicki's hanging, Ben speaks a few lines in close-up as Jonathan Frid, Roger Davis, and Carolyn Groves take their places in the new scene. Shuffling sounds can be heard, presumably the actors moving into the new scene, and shortly after Ben is finished speaking, Thayer David looks to the side, presumably looking for a cue.
After Barnabas and Ben leave the room where Vicki's body lies, the camera stays on a close-up of Vicki for several seconds. A shadow can be seen moving, presumably Lara Parker taking her place in the scene. Then, after the camera pulls back, she can be seen for a long time in the corner of the room before she enters the scene.
Peter 's use of "O.K." with Vicki in her cell is a bit anachronistic; either he picked it up from her, or perhaps there's still something of Jeff Clark left in him?