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September 25, 1969 |
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Count Petofi, now inhabiting Quentin's body, attempts to fit in at Collinwood without anyone noticing.
Synopsis
- Collinwood at the turn of the century. On this night Count Petofi has arranged a horrifying substitution. He has trapped the mind of Quentin Collins in his own ungainly body. To everyone who looks at him this man is Quentin Collins, but in fact the mind within is that of the evil Count Petofi.
Quentin (Petofi) attempts to fit in at Collinwood without anyone noticing. Edward plans to marry Kitty. Petofi (Quentin) tries to convince Edward that he is really Quentin; Edward does not believe him. Aristede finds a woman to test the I Ching wands; shortly after entering the trance she turns into a skeleton.
Memorable quotes
- Edward (to Trask): Blast your ledger! You can't run Collinwood like a boarding school!
- Edward: What is it? Is there something wrong?
- Quentin (in Petofi's body): Something is terribly wrong. Edward… I am Quentin. (Edward pours a drink.) Do you hear me? I am Quentin! Edward, you can forget about the brandy.
- Edward: I assure you, if you were Quentin, you wouldn’t forget about the brandy.
- Wanda: It sounds coo-coo, goin' through a door that ain't there.
Dramatis personae
- David Selby as Quentin Collins / Andreas Petofi
- Thayer David as Andreas Petofi / Quentin Collins
- Louis Edmonds as Edward Collins
- Jerry Lacy as Gregory Trask
- Michael Stroka as Aristede
- Karen Lynn as Wanda Paisley
Background information and notes
Production
Story
- The Hampshire holdings take up half the county.
- Wanda throws the I-Ching wands to show the 34th hexagram (White, White, Black, Black, Black, Black), representing vigor. She sees death and is reduced into a skeleton.
- INTERNAL MONOLOGUE: Count Petofi: New eyes; Quentin: He's got to know me now.
- TIMELINE: Aristede is to bring someone to the cottage in two hours to enter into an I-Ching trance.
Bloopers and continuity errors
- When Wanda throws the I Ching wands, all six sticks seem to land black-side-up. However, when Quentin rearranges the sticks, only four of the six sticks are now black side up.
- When Quentin and Edward are in the drawing room discussing Edward marrying Lady Hampshire, there is a loud noise offstage.
External Links
Dark Shadows - Episode 857 on the IMDb