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Roger tells Victoria the legend of the Widows.
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Episode number	12
Timeline	1967
First aired	July 12, 1966
Tape date	June 28, 1966
Narrated by	Victoria Winters
Written by	Art Wallace
Directed by	Lela Swift
Home video	DVD: TB C1D2

On Widows' Hill, Roger tells Victoria the legend of the widows. Maggie is upset not knowing what is troubling her father, Sam.

Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Memorable quotes 3 Dramatis personae 4 Background information and notes 5 Continuity and mistakes

[edit] Synopsis

My name is Victoria Winters. The night wind batters the house on Widows' Hill with the force of a thousand demons. There's no world beyond, it seems; only the waves and the wind. And the terrible loneliness of fear. I've decided to stay and continue my search, and yet there've been no answers.

Vicki encounters Roger on the beach; he's dressed differently (perhaps he changes clothes frequently). Roger believes in the wailing of the Widows. Roger tells Vicki that sailing Widows used to watch from Widows' Hill for the ships of their lost husbands, but once Jeremiah constructed Collinwood they were no longer permitted there. Sam wants to skip town with Maggie, but won’t tell her why. He denies that it has anything to do with Roger Collins. Roger and Vicki argue about her meeting Burke. Vicki tells Roger she gave Burke no information about Roger's reaction to Burke's return. As Sam prepares to leave sans Maggie, she reminds him of what he told her when her mother died: Nothing more can harm them if they stick together. Roger tells Vicki to go back to New York before Burke kills everyone at Collinwood. Carolyn sends Roger up to meet with Liz at Collinwood. Roger gets up there, but before going in to the Drawing Room, he calls Sam Evans. Sam hangs up on him when he tells him to leave town. Sam denies Roger's calling him, even though Maggie answered the phone. Maggie asks Sam if he really thinks he can run away from whatever's troubling him. She vows to stand by him. Carolyn suggests that Vicki see Matthew, who's been at Collinwood longer than anybody and probably knows something about Vicki's past. Carolyn's upset that Roger hasn't gone to the Drawing Room yet, so she drops the bomb that Burke's in the Drawing Room. Roger bravely enters the Drawing Room.

[edit] Memorable quotes

[edit] Dramatis personae

• ← Louis Edmonds as Roger Collins →
• ← Mark Allen as Sam Evans →
• ← Nancy Barrett as Carolyn Stoddard →
• ← Kathryn Leigh Scott as Maggie Evans →
• ← Alexandra Moltke as Victoria Winters →

[edit] Background information and notes

• This episode opens with a rare side-view of Collinwood.

[edit] Continuity and mistakes

• This is the final episode in which Kathryn Leigh Scott wears a blonde wig.
• Dark Shadows appear on Sam Evans' easel as he contemplates pouring a drink, and on the Evans couch during the credits.