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Dr. Lang reveals that his treatments have cured Barnabas, at least for the time being.
Synopsis
Teaser
- At the great house of Collinwood, Victoria Winters has returned to her life from her strange and haunting adventure into the past, but the terrible events she lived through there are beginning to change not only her life, but the lives of others around her. For this night, one man, afraid of what she might have discovered in 1795, has taken her away with him, but the end of their journey was a hospital, and the unexpected attention of a strange doctor.
Barnabas wakes up in the hospital. Dr. Lang tells him he has been given many experimental drugs, and it is vital they monitor him. But Barnabas insists on leaving. Dr. Lang tells him he does not understand what has happened to him. Lang opens the drapes covering the window, letting sunlight in. Barnabas screams.
Act I
Barnabas finds the light does not affect him. He is even able to stand in the direct light with no pain. He revels in feeling the warmth of the sun. Lang can not explain just how he cured Barnabas, other than to say it was by chance. But he has kept a record of what he did, so it can be done again if there is a regression. He promises that not only is he human again, but he won't age as he did with the cure produced by Julia Hoffman. He has also sent his notes along to Julia, so she can take care of him if Lang is not available. Barnabas is so grateful, he vows that if there is anything Dr. Lang wants him to do, he shall do it without question.
Act II
At Collinwood, Roger Collins is staring at the portrait of Angelique. When Elizabeth interrupts him, he calls her Naomi. Roger gets so riled up accusing Naomi of drinking that Elizabeth slaps him. This brings him back to himself, and he doesn't remember calling Liz Naomi. He starts staring at the portrait again, wondering who the woman is. When Elizabeth points out that the portrait is an antique and that whoever the woman is is long dead, Roger says she is wrong. Sometimes he can even hear her voice.
Act III
Liz and Roger visit Barnabas in the hospital. But while Liz and Barnabas chat, Roger is remote and doesn't take a part in the conversation. Dr. Lang comes in to drop off some pills for Barnabas. While being introduced to the family, Lang removes his head mirror and places it on a table. While the others are chatting, Roger surreptitiously takes the head mirror and puts it in his coat pocket. He then announces he has to get back to Collinwood, but before he leaves the room, he says to Barnabas, "It is not this easy," leaving both Barnabas and Liz puzzled.
Act IV
Back at Collinwood, Roger talks to the portrait of Angelique, saying how she must have put the idea in his head. He takes the head mirror and starts to twist the headband. At the hospital, Dr. Lang is talking to Barnabas and starts experiencing a severe headache. When Roger releases his grip on the head mirror, Lang's headache vanishes as quickly as it started. Barnabas says he may know the cause of headache, but he hopes he is wrong. Roger starts twisting the band again, and Lang's headache returns. When Roger covers the mirror with his hand, Lang starts to shout that he can't see. Under Angelique's command, Roger starts to throw the head mirror into the fire, but he stops, saying he can't do that, even for her. Lang recovers as Roger releases the head mirror, and Barnabas becomes sure it is Angelique, trying to hurt Lang for helping him.
Memorable quotes
- Barnabas: How warm the sun is... I had forgotten.
- Barnabas: Can it all be over? Can the curse be finished?
- Dr. Lang: Ah, so a curse was responsible!
- Barnabas: No, Angelique will not let it happen, you're wrong, Doctor, this will end as it did with Doctor Hoffman.
- Dr. Lang: (referring to Barnabas' previous ageing) You are wrong, Mr Collins; I have given you an injection to avoid what happened with Doctor Hoffman!
- Barnabas: Then I can live as any other man...
- Dr. Lang: Yes. For now, I see no reason why not.
- Barnabas: For now... How often have I wanted to give a year for an hour to be as I was, just to step into the light... I only dreamed... I had forgotten the beauty of the day, the colors, the light, the green of the grass, the leaves, the trees, the blue fo the sky... I am alive again!!
- Dr. Lang: Doctor Hoffman has your best interests at heart.
- Barnabas: She told you about me, what I am?
- Dr. Lang: No, she did not; actually, she refused to tell me. But I suspected, right from the beginning, and when she insisted that the room be darkened, then it was that I knew.
- Barnabas: (about Angelique) Oh, if I could only find some place where I could hide from her spirit-
- Dr. Lang: Mr Collins, perhaps in the mastery of science, in the mastery of modern medicine you will find your best hiding place?
- Barnabas: She will fight you!
- Dr. Lang: No, I will defend you, Mr Collins!
- Barnabas: Doctor, how can I express my gratitude? What can I do for you?
- Dr. Lang: For now, nothing; your feelings are enough.
- Barnabas: I will make a vow - if ever you want me to do anything for you I will do it without question, whatever it is.
- Dr. Lang: Thank you. I shall remember that.
- Dr. Lang: Begin a new life, the most exciting thought that a man can have. I am learning that too...
Dramatis personae
- Joan Bennett as Elizabeth Collins Stoddard
- Jonathan Frid as Barnabas Collins
- Louis Edmonds as Roger Collins
- Addison Powell as Eric Lang
Background information and notes
Production
- When Roger returns to Collinwood from the hospital, there is new music heard.
Story
- Julia has been sent a copy of Dr. Lang's notes in case Barnabas ever becomes a vampire again.
- Dr. Lang has apparently been working on his own project, later revealed to be the creation of Adam, along with Barnabas' cure.
- TIMELINE: Barnabas was chained in his coffin until last year. Dr. Lang reveals Barnabas can leave in two or three days.
- It appears that some time has passed since the previous episode, as Dr. Lang would have taken a while to perfect his cure before waking Barnabas up and exposing him to direct sunlight. Julia apparently refused to provide her expertise and record of her own partially successful experiment to speed things up.
- Dr. Lang's head mirror is a once common device doctors used to examine patients. It consists of a band to wrap around the doctor's forehead, and attached to the band is a concave mirror with a small hole in the middle. The mirror could be used to focus light onto the patient (into the mouth, for example) while the doctor could look through the mirror's hole. Even in the late 1960's, head mirrors were fast becoming obsolete, being quickly replaced by newly invented penlights. Today head mirrors are rarely used.