DARK SHADOWS COLLECTION #01
Set 1 of Dark Shadows, after the introduction
of Barnabas!! There are no more clappers in this
which means that there's no more telling us what
episode number or date they are!
Sadly there are still no closed captions!!
An introduction to the series
up to this point!!:
EPISODE # 210: April 17, 1967:
Willie finally gets into the coffin he's been
so insistant on, but gets a lot more than he
bargained for!!! A-
EPISODE # 211: April 18, 1967:
Willie is now missing in action! And we have a
new visitor to Collinwood! A-
EPISODE # 212: April 19, 1967:
And we finally get Barnabas! He is very criptic
about his past! And he makes several little slips
along the way indicating who he really is!! A
EPISODE # 213: April 20, 1967:
A filler episode, with relationships being discussed
and weird people being talked about!! Willie's gone
and now his belongings have disappeared! Joe tries to
talk Caroline into letting Burke appologize to her!
While in the Blue Whale an instrumental version of
the very pretty "I'll Be There" by Gerry And The
Pacemakers" is being played in the background, as an
instrumental! A-
EPISODE # 214: April 21, 1967:
Vicky goes to the old house looking for David
and intead finds Barnabas! There are more clues
given to the Collins' about who Barnabas truly
is! He knows way too much about Collinwood for
someone who just read or heard about!!
Barnabas meets Roger and Carolyn who notice his
close resemblence to the portarit in the hallway! A
EPISODE # 215: April 24, 1967:
Another filler, with a lot of talking about where
Willie disappeared to! And Joe relates a strange
tale about his uncle's farm! Willie shows up at
the pub acting very strange indeed!! This whole
episode is taken up with Burke, Jason & Willie! A-
EPISODE # 216: April 25, 1967:
Willie's back, but what the Hell has happened to
him? He is just not himself! Jason "talks" Liz
into letting Willie stay at the house for a bit
longer because "he's not well"! A
EPISODE # 217: April 26, 1967:
Willie's at the big house but says he doesn't want
to stay there, that he want's to get out of there
before night time! He finally gets out of the hous,
but Jason follows him and..... A-
EPISODE # 218: April 27, 1967:
Barnabas comes to Elizabeth and Roger asking if
he can move into the old house!!! Elizabeth confront
Jason about the whereabouts of Willie! More threats! A
EPISODE # 219: April 28, 1967:
Dana Elcar is back after many episodes of beeing
mia!!! The sheriff calls on Roger to ask if he has
any idea on what/who/why the animals are having the
blood drained out of them! A doctor shows up at
Collinwood to give Willie a check up and says that
Willie is fine, 'cept for a considerable loss of
blood!! A
EPISODE # 220: May 01, 1967:
This whole episode is about Willie and his lot
in life/death??! A
EPISODE # 221: May 02, 1967:
Barnabas shows up at the coffee shop and spends time
talking with Maggie! He accidently(on purpos) leaves
his cane behind and Maggie and Joe return it to him
at the old house! Things seem very spooky! A
EPISODE # 222: May 03, 1967
Vicky goes to the old house to invite Barnabas to
dinner and finds Willie there and that Willie is
working for Barnabas! Barnabas goes to Sam and
Maggie's place saying that he wants to have Sam
do a painting for him! But only at night!! A
EPISODE # 223: May 04, 1967
Really not much here: David's upset that Josette's
painting has been removed from the old house; Burke's
disappointed that Elizabeth sold some land to someone
else; And everyone's wondering why Willie is working
for Barnabas!! A
EPISODE # 224: May 05, 1967
Barnabas is assuring everyone that Willie is under
his control and will be fine! And Maggie, well we
are seeing just what her future may have in store
for her!!! A
EPISODE # 225/226: May 08, 1967
Joe picks up Maggie after she's called him about
her nightmare and they wind up at the Blue Whale!!
Who should walk in but Barnabas and Sam, and the
tension is so thick you could cut it with a, um,
noodle??! Burke meets up with Barnabas for the
first time!
And Barnabas pays a visit to Maggie's room!! A
EPISODE # 227: May 09, 1967
It's the morning after, and Maggie just isn't
herself! A-
EPISODE # 228: May 10, 1967
Jason is back to trying to worm his way into the
family, this time in the business! Things get a
little testy between Elizabeth and the rest of
the family, and Carolyn decides she REALLY wants
to see what's in the locked room in the basement! A-
EPISODE # 229: May 11, 1967
Maggie gets the same prognosis that Willie did,
loss of blood!!! Leter that same episode, Maggie
goes missing! An instramental version of The Chad
And Jeromy song "Willow Weep For Me" is played in
the background at the Blue Willow here! A
EPISODE # 230: May 12, 1967
Sam is beside himself with worry about Maggie's
disappearance!! Burke, Joe & Carolyn show up at
their place to help out! Meanwhile, Maggie is
out on the tow, oops, out in the graveyard going
who knows where! Joe and Burke to the rescue!! A
EPISODE # 231: May 15, 1967
This one is all Maggie, and her overacting!!!
LOL!! Anyway, new doctor same vampire story! B+
EPISODE # 232: May 16, 1967
95% about Maggie, a ittle tiny bit about Jason
& Willie! More overacting, but a little better
than the last!! A-
EPISODE # 233: May 17, 1967
A long scene with Carolyn & Vicky! Then in walks
Barnabas! A-
EPISODE # 234: May 18, 1967
And we continue on about Maggie!
EPISODE # 235: May 19, 1967
And even more about Maggie, this time she's in the
hospital and fakes like she's dead! The stupid nurse
in the stupid hospital without a stupid phone in the
stupid room goes out to call for help and Maggie
disappears through the window the stupid nurse
stupidly opens!!! Stupid episode!! B-
EPISODE # 236: May 22, 1967
And STILL about Maggie, this time the boys(Burke & Joe)
go out looking for Maggie, first the cemetary then
the old house! The boys give up, but we find out
what hapened to Maggie(although we always knew, now
didn't we!)!! A
EPISODE # 237: May 23, 1967
Maggie(now Josette, at least in Barnabas' mind) is
the focus of just about everyone in Collinsport
(although Elizabeth seems to be quite absent in
all this)! Even the sheriff(Dana is back again) and
Burke are joining in! And Jason goes to confront
Willie rather roughly!! A
EPISODE # 238: May 24, 1967
Elizabeth show up after several episodes missing!
The girls(Vicky & Carolyn) go to the old house to
see how the renovations are going on the house! A-
EPISODE # 239: May 25, 1967
Maggie seems to be fully under Barnabas' control now!
Sam is desperate for information! Willie's quite
confused by the whole thing! Joe and Sam come to
the old house and Maggie hears them, almost snapping
out of the haze!! A
EPISODE # 240: May 26, 1967
David goes to the old house after learning that
the picture of Josette is hanging back up there!
While there, he sees "Josette" and wants to talk
with her!! Here we have the return of David and
Roger who've been MIA for the last several episodes! A-
EPISODE # 241: May 29, 1967
David sneeks of to the old house(again) and meets
up with "Josette"! They have quite a long conversation
which almost snaps her out of it again! In walks,
several people and chase her away! The sheriff shows
up to talk with Willie, but Barnabas intercepts him! A
EPISODE # 242: May 30, 1967
The whole episode is about two things: the blood
samples & the Elizabeth's predicament with Jason! A-
EPISODE # 243: May 31, 1967
The doctor show up at the old house! He wants a
blood sample from Willie!! He, of course, is
vehimently against it! Jason presents an answer
to his predicament, he proposes to Elizabeth!!! A-
EPISODE # 244: June 01, 1967
Jason still putting the screws to Elizabeth about
what happened 18 years prior! She decides to tell
Carolyn what happened!! That doesn't go so well! B+
EPISODE # 245: June 02, 1967
The doctor goes to the old house and gets a sample
of Willie's blood, only to have Baranabas switch it!
A scene with Burke and Vicky at the Blue Whale! A-
EPISODE # 246: June 05, 1967
Elizabeth calls her lawyer to Collinwood to start
divorce proceedings against her husband Paul! B
EPISODE # 247: June 06, 1967
Carolyn is insistant on getting into the room in
the basement!
The sheriff tells Sam that Maggie might be dead!
This is the first time we see Barnabas in his "bed"!
Sam came to the old house to work on his painting
and leaves his pipe, which Maggie finds and it
triggers her again that she may not be "Josette"!
This prompts her to go out searching for answers
to her questioins! A-
EPISODE # 248: June 07, 1967
This is Mitchel Ryans last episode as Burke Develin!
He unfortunately was an alchoholic and this caused
his demise in the series! He kicked the problem,
but unfortunately too late for the series! :(
As for the series, Barnabas finds Maggie and locks
her away in his tomb for running away! Willie goes
to the tomb and releases her and brings her back to
the old house! A-
EPISODE # 249: June 08, 1967
Jason talks Elizabeth into taking the whole house
down to the locked room in the basement! Of course
we know that Jason had his reasons for having the
room searched were purely selfish!! Strangely, David
is noticably absent! A-
EPISODE # 250: June 09, 1967
A very short list of cast here; Maggie, Barnabas &
Willie!! Maggie's planning to drive a stake into
Barnabas, Willie says "NO"!!! A-
SPECIAL FEATUERS:
There are only a couple of specials in this set:
An introduction about the first 209 episodes
Interview with Jonathan Frid
Interview with Kathryn Leigh Scott
Interview with John Karlen
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