← 631 → Timeline 1968 Narrator Betsy Durkin Writer Gordon Russell Director Sean Dhu Sullivan Airdate November 25, 1968 Tapedate November 18, 1968 Home Video DVD: DS C11D2 We have 29 images of Dark Shadows #631

Nicholas removes the stake from Tom and send him to kill Vicky. Then Nicholas strikes a bargain with Barnabas before he and Harry dig up Eve's grave. Barnabas destroys Tom for good.

Synopsis

Teaser

Under a turbulent sky, Collinwood sleeps. None within its great walls can know the terror this night will bring. Not far away in a House by the sea there is another who sleeps ... the sleep of the living dead. In a moment this condemned soul will be unleashed by a man who is waging a desperate battle against time.

Nicholas removes the stake from Tom Jennings and proclaims himself as Tom's new master. Tom enters Victoria's bedroom through the window and advances on her, fangs bared...

Act I

Vicky screams and passes out. Barnabas arrives just in time to save her. Chris Jennings arrives at Nicholas Blair's house, Nicholas is obviously surprised, but manages to control himself. Chris starts asking about Tom's death and tells Nicholas he believes Tom was murdered. Nicholas sees Tom outside the window and is preoccupied, but manages to tell Chris that he knows nothing. Chris looks to the window in time to see something, but it leaves before he can see it is his brother. Nicholas escorts Chris to the door and offers his hand, which Chris does not shake. Vicky wakes up and tells Barnabas what she thought she saw, and Barnabas confirms that it was, indeed, Tom Jennings, who has become a vampire. Vicky surmises that since Tom worked for Nicholas, it must have been he who made Tom a vampire, and sent him to kill her because of what she knows, and because she tried to stop him from marrying Maggie Evans. Barnabas promises that he will deal with Nicholas and both she and Maggie will be safe.

Act II

Harry arrives at Nicholas' house having watched Eve's corpse being buried. There is a knock on the door and Nicholas sends Harry to the cellar to retrieve a shovel while he answers the door. It is Barnabas who tells Nicholas he sent Tom to harm Vicky. Nicholas denies it. Barnabas demands that Vicky remain unharmed, or he will not carry on with the experiment. Nicholas acquiesces and guarantees Vicky's safety. Barnabas also demands that Nicholas leave Maggie alone and destroy Tom. Nicholas reluctantly agrees. Barnabas leaves and Harry returns from the cellar. Nicholas decides to dig up Eve first, then deal with Tom.

Act III

Harry Johnson balks at grave robbing, but Nicholas persuades him. As they leave, Barnabas watches from the woods, with Tom following him closely. Nicholas and Harry arrive at the graveyard and Nicholas orders Harry to start digging. Back at the house, Barnabas goes back inside Nicholas' and starts to head to the cellar, unaware that Tom is behind him. At the graveyard Nicholas has Harry open the coffin to confirm it is Eve, then tells him they are going to carry it to the Old House. In the cellar, Barnabas finds Tom's coffin then heads upstairs. In the drawing room he is attacked by Tom, Barnabas grabs two candlesticks and uses them as a makeshift cross to hold Tom at bay. Tom begs for his life as the sun is starting to rise. Tom continues to scream as he fades and disappears.

Memorable quotes

• Nicholas (to Harry): "This is the last request I shall ever make of you. After tonight, you will never see me again”.

Dramatis personae

• ← Jonathan Frid as Barnabas Collins →
• ← Humbert Allen Astredo as Nicholas Blair →
• ← Don Briscoe as Tom Jennings
• Don Briscoe as Chris Jennings →
• ← Betsy Durkin as Victoria Winters →
• ← Craig Slocum as Harry Johnson →

Background information and notes

• They repeat that Betsy Durkin is now playing the part of Victoria Winters.

• Don Briscoe receives double credits as both Tom and Chris Jennings. Previously people have only received single credits for playing two roles.
• The part of Victoria Winters is not listed last in the cast credits.
• This is the final appearance of Tom Jennings.

Bloopers and continuity errors

• A crewman can be seen putting a lantern down in the graveyard as Nicholas and Harry arrive.

• Tom's shirt has a hole (and is dark & wet) from where Nicholas removed the stake at first, but then the shirt has no hole and is clean at the end of the show.
• Barnabas looks out the window at the House by the Sea which has the EXACT SAME VIEW as the Old House.