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July 23, 1969 |
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Tessie Kincaid dies, and Charity accuses Quentin of her death and tries to call the police.
Synopsis[]
- A new day has just dawned over the great estate of Collinwood in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-seven. The night which just ended has been long and torturous, for the moon was full, and Quentin found himself once again changing into the animal that walks like a man. And in the eerie morning light, all sleep in the tragedy-ridden mansion except one woman, a woman who has had a disturbing, terrifying dream about Quentin and an unknown girl. And now she hurries off to the gypsy to find the dream's meaning.
Charity finds Quentin unconscious with his clothes torn and a bloodied, injured woman laying nearby. Charity wants to call a doctor but Quentin threatens her and tells her to go away. Charity realizes Quentin is a werewolf. Quentin threatens to kill her if she tells anyone his secret.
Petofi finds Quentin and is ready to make a deal.
Trask has a private talk with Charity he tells them all the Collins family is mad, and they must take care of them. Trask tells Charity she must marry Quentin. Charity refuses but does not tell him why.
Petofi comes in and says he found a dying woman in the woods. The Count lets Jamison come to the surface. He gives Quentin a clue about Trask's confusion. The Count uses a riddle to tell Quentin where the confession is. Quentin puts the paper in his jacket. Trask returns to Collinwood carrying the injured girl in his arms. He orders Quentin to call the doctor and the police. The doctor was not able to help the victim; she says Quentin's name then passes out. Quentin says that her name is Tessie and that he knows her from the Blue Whale. Trask tells Charity to call the police.
Memorable quotes[]
- Charity: Quentin, she’ll die!
- Quentin: You’ll die too, Charity. If you tell anyone you saw me here, if you say one word to anyone that links me with this, I’ll kill you.
Dramatis personae[]
- Nancy Barrett as Charity Trask
- David Selby as Quentin Collins
- Jerry Lacy as Gregory Trask
- David Henesy as Jamison Collins / Andreas Petofi
- Deborah Loomis as Tessie
Background information and notes[]
Production[]
- The Collinsport Afghan appears on Charity's bed.
- Quentin sports shorter sideburns because David Selby's natural sideburns are now grown out enough, ending the need for fake ones..
Story[]
- TIMELINE: A new day has dawned; last night, Quentin was a werewolf. Before the week is out, Trask wants Charity and Quentin to be married. Jamison has been possessed by Count Petofi for about a week.
Bloopers and continuity errors[]
- During the teaser, Charity stands directly over Quentin lying unconscious and looks around as if she doesn't see him and doesn't react until she looks down. It would have been impossible to miss the prone body on the ground as she approached and stood directly next to it.
- The rustling leaves sound effect continues even after Jamison/Petofi has arrived and stopped at Quentin and Tessie.
- When Jamison/Petofi says, “Back from your evening revels, eh, Mr. Collins?” he walks around Tessie’s body. The camera pulls back to keep him in shot but goes back a little too far, so you can see a playback monitor beyond the edge of the forest.
- The boom microphone shadow moves by the mirror as Trask tells Charity to step into the drawing room.
- When Quentin walks into the drawing room after threatening Charity on the stairway, a stage light can be seen at the top of the screen.
- Quentin has a nonsense line when looking in the desk for the "paper" that Jamison/Petofi says he needs to find. The audience knows it is a distinctive-looking yellow document, but he doesn't. Quentin pulls out a pile of white papers and says, "There's no paper here."
- When Trask enters Collinwood with Tessie and calls for Charity, the camera switches briefly to Quentin and Jamison/Petofi in the drawing room. As Quentin runs out, the camera wobbles up and down.
- A somewhat humorous moment occurs when Trask returns carrying the bloodied body of Tessie and insisting Quentin call a doctor quickly. It seems that David Selby is really taking his time getting his lines out while Jerry Lacy is standing at the foot of the steps carrying this full-grown woman waiting for Selby to say his lines. Jerry, as Trask, shoots him a few eye daggers in character as to say "get on with it". [Addendum: I've watched this scene several times and don't see this happening; it appears to be a normally acted scene to me.] When the scene ends, Jerry turns to walk up the stairs with the woman, but clearly didn't do that as the camera cuts at that moment.
- As Trask is leaving the room where Tessie lies to call the police (and with Quentin in the room), there is a loud noise off-stage, sounding like a piece of furniture being scraped on the floor.
- In the last scene when Trask is telling Charity to call the police in the drawing room and then she does, the studio lights do not seem to be fully on as the scene is quite dark and the characters are in shadow.
External Links []
Dark Shadows - Episode 809 on the IMDb
Dark Shadows Everyday - Episode 809 - Twice Burned
Dark Shadows Commentary- Episode 809: Back from your evening revels