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Timeline	1796
Narrator	Thayer David
Writer	Gordon Russell
Director	Dan Curtis
Airdate	January 8, 1969
Tapedate	December 31, 1968
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Synopsis Edit

The secrets of time and space are no longer a mystery to one man at Collinwood. Barnabas Collins has known this house for almost 200 years. Now he has gone back to it as it was in the year 1796. He has embarked on a daring and dangerous plan to change the events of one twenty-four hour period in history.

Instead of killing Forbes, Barnabas throttles him and instructs him to recant his testimony against Victoria Winters. He and Ben lead him out of the house, and Millicent follows them. The confession from Nathan clears Peter, but isn't enough for Victoria. Millicent visits Nathan in jail, and he begs for her to listen and understand him. She sadly observes that she always understood him, and yet she is still willing to listen.

Barnabas meets a streetwalker named Crystal. She tries to talk him into taking her to the Eagle for drinks, but he wishes to remain outside. She suddenly recognizes Barnabas Collins. He bears his fangs, and she jumps off the dock.

At the jail, Nathan tells Millicent how to destroy Barnabas. She is shaken from the instructions, but tells her husband that she will try. She leaves and Nathan shakes his head after her, certain that this last effort will be in vain.

Barnabas returns to Collinwood, where he tells Ben how hard it is to be a vampire once again. Ben asks him how they are going to save Victoria Winters and Barnabas confesses that he does not know. He goes alone into the study, and finds the body of Crystal Cabot.

Memorable quotes Edit

Barnabas: You’ve shown more ingenuity than I have given you credit for.

Nathan: If you need my help that desperately, then you can't afford to kill me.

Nathan: Barnabas must be destroyed before it's too late.

Ben: What now?

Barnabas: I don't know.

Nathan: You've just got to take my word, Millicent. You've got to trust me.
Millicent: I did that before, Nathan. I trusted you. And I was sorry.

Dramatis personae Edit

Background information and notes Edit

Series creator, Dan Curtis directs from 661 to 667.
Crystal's last name is not mentioned in the episode, but is revealed in the end credits.

Bloopers and continuity errors Edit

During the reprise, has someone turned on an old scratchy record player of the soundtrack?
This time, Nathan looks into the hall for Barnabas rather than waiting for him to open the door.
The grandfather clock ping pongs.
As Ben and Barnabas chat, the musical ending before a commericial comes on and ends abruptly.
Toward the end, Barnabas's gray eye make up seems to be running sideways...or sweat has ruined it.
In the study as Barnabas broods and then sits down, we see the face of Crystal Cabot before we're meant to.
The credits say 1968.