DARK SHADOWS BEGINNING COLLECTION #5
Set 5 of the early days of Dark Shadows,
continuing on about Victoria, Elizibeth,
David, Maggie, Carolyn, Roger & co.!
Sadly there are still no closed captions!!
EPISODE # 144: January 12, 1967:
We've gone from the pen to the locket! A detective
from Denver is at Collinwood to ask Laura questions,
starting with the locket which she conviniently seems
to not have anymore!! A-
EPISODE # 145: January 13, 1967:
This is a pretty bad copy of this episode as the
original is lost! Laura goes to Sam's and tells him
to stop painting her! Laura stairs at a fireplace
and a fire breaks out at Sam and Maggie's place! A-
EPISODE # 146: January 14, 1967:
The aftermath of the fire!! Laura is aware of
what she has done! Sam winds up with burned hands,
a pretty bad situation for a painter! Elizabeth
confronts Laura about her relationship with David! A
EPISODE # 147: January 15, 1967:
Roger is determined to get rid of the painting in
David's room! Burke and Laura talk, both trying
to get what they want! A-
EPISODE # 148: January 16, 1967:
The police are suspecting the woman in the fire
in Denver was murdered before the fire! A woman
comes forward to say she saw Laura in Denver the
day of the fire! Carolyn shows up to make life Hell
for Burke! A-
EPISODE # 149: January 19, 1967:
Another episode that the original tape was destroyed,
leaving us with this kinescope copy! Not as bad as
the first one in this set, #145!
Carolyn is furious with Burke and talks to Vicky
about it! The Ghost of Josette finishes Sam's painting
in David's room of Laura! A-
EPISODE # 150: January 20, 1967:
Discussion about the scream that was heard when
Roger threw the painting in the fireplace and
burned it up! David's pissed about the painting!
Elizabeth tells Laura to stay away from David!! A
EPISODE # 151: January 23, 1967:
David tells Elizabeth about his visit from his
mother! Roger encourages David to get closer to
his mother!! A
EPISODE # 152: January 24, 1967:
Elizabeth tells Victoria to stop Laura from seeing
David again! Frank comes to visit Laura about the
divorce! The Collins' get a call from the police
saying that the body in Phoenix was definitely
Laura Collins!! A
EPISODE # 153: January 25, 1967:
Vicky goes on a date with Frank - to a graveyard!
The detective comes back to Collinwood to discuss
the affairs in Arizona! There's many indications
that the woman killed in Arizona was, indeed, Laura! A-
EPISODE # 154: January 26, 1967:
Frank and Vicky at a the cemetary where they meet
a strange caretaker of the cemetary! He tells a
story of the Stockbridge family who are the only
inhabitants of the cemetary for the most part!
One of those is Laura Murdoch Stockbridge!!
Roger and Laura have a discussion in the house
which Mrs. Johnson "overhears"!! A
EPISODE # 155: January 27, 1967:
Mrs. Johnson reports to Burke what she overheard
in Collinwood, that Laura is just playing Burke
for a fool! David visits Laura and she gives him
a music box! Elizabeth discovers that he has the
box and an argument ensues! Methinks that it is
waaaaayyyy past time this boy has a spanking!!
Laura plys her wiles on Burke to appease him and
on Elizabeth to get rid of her! A
EPISODE # 156: January 30, 1967:
Roger finds Elizabeth on the floor after her ordeal!
When she revives she is quite disoriented! A
EPISODE # 157: January 31, 1967:
Vicky and Frank go back to the cemetary to find
two more Lauras who died in fire, 100 years apart!!
The detective shows back up to the house! A
EPISODE # 158: February 01, 1967
The spell that Laura has cast on Elizabeth has
everyone concerned, with no diagnosis! The doctor
wants Elizabeth to go to the hospital in Boston,
but she's adament that she won't go! She asks Vicky
to keep Laura away from David!! Laura visits Liz! A
EPISODE # 159: February 02, 1967
Frank shows up at Collinwood and comes up with an
idea on how to help Elizabeth! He's going to call
a certain Dr. Peter Guthrie who specializes in
parapsychology! Laura encourages David to play
with fire!!! A
EPISODE # 160: February 03, 1967
The three main characters, Carolyn, Victoria &
Roger, talk about what to do with Elizabeth!
The new doctor arrives to see if he can come up
with answers! He comes up with an answer: she's
in a trance, or hypnotized!! A
EPISODE # 161: February 06, 1967
Dr. Guthrie is sure that Elizabeth is being
controlled by an outside force! Carolyn is
taking charge of the family much to Roger's
chagrin! A
EPISODE # 162: February 07, 1967
Dr. Guthrie goes with David to the old house to
try to understand him, and the rest of the family,
better! A
EPISODE # 163: February 08, 1967
David sees his painting of his mom with him in
it at the old house where the painting of Josette
hangs! Roger and Laura are still doing their scheeming!
Laura is trying to convince David to come with her!
Roger confronts Dr. Guthrie! A
EPISODE # 164: February 09, 1967
Vicky talks with Burke about Liz and Laura! Dr.
Guthrie talks with Sam! Both Guthrie & Vicky
come away with information that might help with
Elizabeth! A
EPISODE # 165: February 10, 1967
A lot of pushing and pulling on David here! Just
who IS in charge??!! A
EPISODE # 166: February 13, 1967
Vicky and Carolyn are concerned for David while
he's staying with Laura! Maggie is chastising her
dad(Sam) about talking with Dr. Guthrie! Burke drops
in to the Blue Whale and talks to Joe about Carolyn!
While there Burke finds out about the doctor talking
with Sam! A
EPISODE # 167: February 14, 1967
Victoria relates the dream that David had while
at Laura's place to Dr. Guthrie! Laura is getting
more insistant on David leaving with her soon! A
EPISODE # 168: February 15, 1967
The doc is at the BW looking for Burke and he
runs into Sam, striking up a conversation about
how he burned his hands! Burke talks to Guthrie
with undertones of threats! Guthrie goes to Laura's
cabin for another discussion! He invites her to
a seance!! A
EPISODE # 169: February 16, 1967
Roger's trying to expidite his divorce! Preparations
for the seance!! A
EPISODE # 170: February 17, 1967
Roger pawpaws the proceedings!! We have contact,
in French no less!!! A
EPISODE # 171: February 20, 1967
The aftermath of the seance! Laura and Roger
trying to get rid of the doctor(Roger for who
knows what reason and Laura for the obvious
reason!) Laura shows up in Vicky's room for
nafarious reasons! Carolyn stands up to Roger!! A
EPISODE # 172: February 21, 1967
Mrs. Johnson is being the sheriff of Collinwood,
keeping everyone away from Vicky, at Burke's
insistance!! The good doctor's tape has been
destroyed! Only 27 more episodes till this
particular story line is wrapped up! A
EPISODE # 173: February 22, 1967
Burke comes to Collinwood to talk things over
with Laura, who is still hot on getting David
away from Collinwood! Burke tries to persuade
David to go with Laura! Vicky talks with Burke
about Laura which gets him thinking!! David still
needs to be disciplined!! Laura plys her bewitching
ways on Burke! A
EPISODE # 174: February 23, 1967
The body of the burned up Laura in Phoenix has
disappeared! SHOCK!! LOL! Joe is at Collinwood
talking with Carolyn! Frank and the doctor show
up and discuss the whole thing! A
EPISODE # 175 Februaary 24, 1967
Discussion about the body disappearing! Dr. Guthrie
wants another seance! Laura's still trying to pull
the wool over Burke's eyes! Burke's interest in Laura
is strickly for his own good! The doctor goes to
Laura and later colapses, just like Elizabeth! A
EPISODE # 176: February 25, 1967
The good doctor almost collapses, but David interrupts
her concentration and he recovers, telling Vicky about
what happened to him while he was at Laura's bungalo!
While he's talking to her Laura burts in interrupting
their conversation, and of course tries to wield her
magic on him! A
EPISODE # 177: February 28, 1967
Dr. Guthrie relates what happened to him after
visiting with Laura! He tells her that the whole
thing is connected with all the Laura Murdocks
are that have died by fire! They hatch a plan to
have Joe help him find evidence! Meanwhile, said
Joe is romancing Maggie! A
EPISODE # 178: March 01, 1967
So the good doctor go grave robbing! And they
open up a whole can of worms, so to speak!! Roger
finds out from Laura just what kind of doctor
Dr. Guthrie is and goes ballistic! Carorly is
able to talk him down! A
SPECIAL FEATUERS:
There are four specials in this set:
Interview with Diana Millay;
Interview with author Leonard Wolf;
Interviews with writers Ron Sproat & Malcolm Marmorstein
From a reviewer at IMDb.com:
Like many people I used to rush home from grammar
school to see this Gothic soap opera. I distinctly
remember being petrified of the werewolf and running
out of the room when Barnabas bit somebody.
Seeing it now it's still sort of creepy. It moves
very slow (of course) and the black & white seasons
are extremely dull with really pathetic special
effects and threadbare settings. But when the
series switched to color and started to really
be popular (in 1967) it really got going. The
special effects improved, the settings and
costumes got more elaborate and the plot lines
went barreling out of control. Also they had
a good cast who played all their roles seriously.
That's good, because if they had camped it up
or winked at the audience it would have fallen
apart.
A good, fun horror soap. It's a good thing
it's available on video and DVD now. - preppy-3