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July 28, 1969 |
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Tim returns to Collinsport with Amanda Harris and the hand of Count Petofi.
Synopsis[]
- The shades of night enclose the great house at Collinwood in an atmosphere of frightening unreality. Strange and terrifying events have happened and will continue to happen. On this night, soothed by the strains of a familiar song, Quentin Collins went to sleep and began to dream. But what seemed like an ordinary dream has suddenly turned into a living nightmare.
Quentin awakens to Edward strangling him. Quentin tries to reason with him but can't. Nora enters and screams at the sight. Edward abruptly frees Quentin, but does not recognize his daughter. Meanwhile, Tim Shaw returns to Collinsport with his girlfriend, Amanda Harris. He still has the Hand of Count Petofi. Tim sends Amanda to see Trask: she says she needs help becuase she is running away from a man. She says there is something unnatural about the man. Quentin interupts a prayer session between Trask and Amanda. Amanda says she is at the Collinsport Inn. Quentin goes to the Inn to find Amanda and sees her leave with Tim. Quentin ransacks Tim's room. He leaves just before Tim comes back. Tim gives Nora a necklace then asks her to hide the box with the hand in it for him. He asks her to keep it a secret. She opens the box.
Memorable quotes[]
- Tim (to himself): Well, well, Reverend Trask. I shall be meeting you on the back road to salvation.
- Amanda (to Tim, regarding Trask): You were right about him. He's despicable.
- Amanda: I'm not sure I can make it up the stairs.
- Tim: Why? What's the matter?
- Amanda: I'm weak from all the excitement on the Collinsport docks. Where are we going tomorrow night, the local cemetery?
Dramatis personae[]
- Louis Edmonds as Edward Collins
- David Selby as Quentin Collins
- Jerry Lacy as Gregory Trask
- Don Briscoe as Timothy Shaw
- Denise Nickerson as Nora Collins
- Donna McKechnie as Amanda Harris
Background information and notes[]
Production[]
- This episode was recorded out of broadcast sequence. The previous episode to be recorded was 807.
- Denise Nickerson returns to the cast after an absence of 27 episodes.
- First appearance of actress Donna McKechnie and the character Amanda Harris.
- The room Tim is using at the Collinsport Inn appears to be a redress of the set used for Joe Haskell's apartment in the present day as well as Burke Devlin's room 24 at the inn.
- There is a videotape cut when the camera is on Nora's face as Tim is asking her to hide the box with the hand for him and she says "Sure."
Story[]
- INTERNAL MONOLOGUE: Quentin: Ending the madness.
- TIMELINE: Amanda and Tim have been together for the last two weeks. It's late. Amanda arrived in Collinsport from New York yesterday. Gregory plans to meet Amanda tomorrow.
Bloopers and continuity errors[]
- In the reprise, David Selby lifts his chin somewhat so that Louis Edmonds can grab him by the throat.
- At the beginning of Act I, David Selby is coughing quite a bit after Edward stops strangling Quentin. It seems to be more than just acting for effect.
- When Quentin is talking to Nora in the drawing room, there is a lot of off-stage noise.
- At the end of Act I , when Tim Shaw takes the Hand of Count Petofi out of the box and looks at it, someone coughs off-stage.
- As Tim and Amanda kiss and converse at the beginning of Act II, there is a frequent knocking sound off-stage.
- Don Briscoe forgets his line and looks at the teleprompter during his first scene after he mentions the new furs and jewels for Amanda Harris.
- When the scene shifts from Tim Shaw to the Collinwood drawing room, Jerry Lacy stares straight into the camera for some time before he turns and closes the door.
- There is a lot of shuffling sound in the studio as Trask and Amanda converse in the drawing room. As they sit down to converse, tape marks are visible on the studio floor.
- When Tim opens the door to his room at the Collinsport Inn while Quentin is escaping through the window, he unlocks the door. Yet the door must have been unlocked for Quentin to enter, and it's doubtful he would lock the door behind him. Also, Quentin escapes through the window, but the room is on an upper floor since it has been established that it's upstairs. [Addendum: Perhaps Quentin came in the window using a ladder. We do not see him arrive.]
- Nora has a Raggedy Ann doll here and in the next episode. The character was created in 1915 as a doll, then was introduced in the 1918 book Raggedy Ann Stories, making the doll's appearance here anachronistic.
- When Tim talks to Nora in her bedroom, a boom mic shadow can be seen on the wall to the left of Nora's bed.
- When Nora is hiding the box with the hand and then taking it back out of her wardrobe, there is off-stage noise, including what sounds like a distant recording with voices on it.
External Links []
Dark Shadows - Episode 812 on the IMDb
Dark Shadows Everyday - Episode 812 - While You Were Out
Dark Shadows Commentary- Episode 812: The back road to salvation