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Number	658
Timeline	1969
Narrator	Nancy Barrett
Writer	Ron Sproat
Director	Dan Curtis
Broadcast	January 14, 1969 (Tuesday)
Recorded	January 6, 1969 (Monday)
Video	Complete: Disc 70 Collection 12: Disc 2

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Willie and Julia release Barnabas from the coffin; however, they are almost discovered when Amy and Carolyn visit the Collins mausoleum to put flowers on the graves.

Synopsis[]

The pale light of early morning illuminates the walls of Collinwood, and the great house appears to be serene and peaceful. But elsewhere on the great estate, two people have just lived through a night of terror, for unseen forces carried Barnabas Collins back to the past on a desperate mission. That mission has been accomplished. But he has not yet returned to the present. On this day, his fate will be decided, and a new reign of destruction, quite unexpectedly, will begin.

In 1795 Ben trapped Barnabas in his coffin. When time transports him to 1969 he is transformed because of Adam and no longer a vampire. Suffocating in his coffin, Willie and Julia rush to release Barnabas from the coffin, but they're almost discovered when Amy and Carolyn visit the Mausoleum to put flowers on the graves. David hurts Amy when she will not do what Quentin wants them to; Carolyn punishes David. David later tells Amy that they are going to "play the game" with Carolyn.

Memorable quotes[]

David: What are you going to do, spank me?

Carolyn: David, look at me. You don't mean a word you're saying.

David: The idea of leaving Collinwood scares me.

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Background information and notes[]

Production[]

This episode was recorded out of broadcast sequence. The previous episode to be recorded was 665.
The end credits give a production year of 1968.

Story[]

Bloopers and continuity errors[]

Carolyn says she is going to visit her mother's grave. Elizabeth is not in a grave; she is in a special mausoleum she had built. We saw it in episode 659 with stained glass windows.
Willie tells Barnabas he saw Josette's ghost under Barnabas's portrait, but in the previous episode, he actually saw her in the foyer near the staircase. [Addendum: This continuity error is likely because the episodes were recorded out of sequence. The previous episode, 666, was recorded after this one. Clearly the plan changed as to where Josette's ghost would appear in the meantime.]
As with the previous episode when Nathan Forbes opened the coffin, Willie opens the coffin in this episode, and the chain drags against Barnabas' head, moving it slightly.
As Julia gets within inches of Barnabas' face to see if he is still alive, Willie asks her if he is in fact alive. For whatever reason, she ignores him and answers only after John Karlen asks her a second time, this time physically grabbing Grayson's feeble frame a little roughly. [Not sure why this is a blooper. This seems like it would be what the script said.] It should also be noted that when the camera focuses on Jonathan Frid, it clearly shows the actor moving his eyes around, so it should have been a rather easy call by any person, doctor or not, to assume he is alive.
As Julia and Willie stand over the coffin rejoicing that Barnabas is awake in the daytime, someone is visible moving around outside the door to the mausoleum.
As Carolyn and Amy enter the mausoleum, the wall to the secret room is closing, making a lot of noise. Amy says she saw the wall moving, though Carolyn doesn't believe her. It seems she should have heard the loud stone scraping noise, though. She and Amy do hear Willie's tool bag slipping off the stairs behind the wall after all.
As the scene between Amy and David begins, something is not right with the sound. Their first few lines are quite echoey. It seems the echo effect for the previous mausoleum scene may not have been cut from the microphone.
A boom microphone shadow passes over David and Amy as Carolyn leaves the drawing room.
The time frame of events doesn't quite make sense. Barnabas is quite weak after he is freed from the coffin, and Julia says they will go to the Old House, where they can take care of him. However, shortly afterward, Barnabas appears at Collinwood, seemingly fully revived. Hardly any time has passed because it seems Amy has just returned from the cemetery with Carolyn (where they almost discovered the secret room shortly before). We hear a door closing as if she's coming back (although we don't hear Carolyn), and David wonders where she has been since he was looking all over for her.
As Barnabas begins to talk to David and Amy, a camera with the teleprompter can be seen in the foyer.
Jonathan Frid flubs when talking to Amy on the drawing room couch: "Now Carolyn, what happened?" He begins to make the same mistake again but corrects himself: "I can't do that, Carol... Amy."
When David and Carolyn are talking in David's room, there is a lot of off-stage noise.
Amy emerges from her bedroom at the end of the hallway, which most often has been Victoria's and is now Maggie's room. This room entrance has often represented others' rooms as well.
David says, "Carolyn is going to play the game with us," but in the reprise of the next episode, he says, "We're going to play the game with Carolyn."