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| Episode number | 219 |
| Timeline | 1967 |
| First aired | May 3, 1967 |
| Tape date | April 27, 1967 |
| Narrated by | Victoria Winters |
| Written by | Malcolm Marmorstein |
| Directed by | John Sedwick |
| Home video | DVD: DS C1D2 |
Barnabas Collins commissions Sam Evans to paint a new portrait of himself to be displayed at the Old House.
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[edit] Synopsis
Teaser
- My name is Victoria Winters. The past and the present have intermingled at Collinwood, and the ancestral home has become a source for strange occurrences and strong curiosities. A foreboding structure can attract the least suspecting.
Vicki goes to the Old House to invite Barnabas over to Collinwood for dinner. She is startled to find Willie there.
Act I
Willie tells her that he now works for Barnabas, renovating the house. He gets extremely nervous as sunset approaches, and he rudely tries to rush Vicki out the front door. As she leaves, Barnabas comes upstairs from the cellar. He knows that Willie, who cowers from Barnabas, deliberately rushed Vicki out of the house before he could arrive.
Act II
Later, Maggie returns home from work at the Collinsport Inn. She is terrified, as she fears that someone was stalking her and following her home. Suddenly there is a knock at the door. It is Barnabas Collins. Maggie reluctantly lets him in, but Barnabas' gentle demeanor quickly calms her nerves. Maggie's father, Sam comes home and Maggie introduces him to Barnabas. Sam is uptight, because he has just discovered that another girl has been attacked in town.
Act III
Similar to the Jane Ackerman incident, this girl managed to escape from her attacker. Barnabas quickly changes the subject and commissions Sam to paint a portrait of him. He offers Sam $1,000 dollars as a fee, with the proviso that the work must be conducted at the Old House, and that he is to work only at night. Sam is only too happy to accept Barnabas' proposal.
Act IV
Maggie drives Sam to the Old House, where her father begins working on the portrait immediately. At Collinwood, Maggie pays a visit to Vicki and she tells her about Sam's commission. The girls comment on Barnabas and how they both like him, despite his seeming distant to them. Maggie admires the 18th century Portrait of Barnabas in the foyer and is struck by his penetrating eyes. Much later, morning arrives and Sam is becoming sleepy after having worked all night. As dawn approaches, Barnabas must quickly leave from the sitting. Sam looks up from his canvas to discover that Barnabas is gone. Willie arrives to take Sam home.
[edit] Memorable quotes
- Barnabas Collins: "I wonder if it would be possible if you could work only at night?"
[edit] Dramatis personae
- Jonathan Frid as Barnabas Collins
- Kathryn Leigh Scott as Maggie Evans
- John Karlen as Willie Loomis
- David Ford as Sam Evans
- and Alexandra Moltke as Victoria Winters
[edit] Background information and notes
- Sam Evans begins work on the 1967 portrait of Barnabas Collins.
