89

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Elizabeth and Roger learn of Burke's plans.
← Dark Shadows (1966) episode 89 →
Episode number	89
Timeline	1967
First aired	October 27, 1966
Tape date	October 18, 1966
Narrated by	Victoria Winters
Written by	Francis Swann
Directed by	Lela Swift

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. For more than 130 years the foreboding mansion of Collinwood has stood on the top of Widows' Hill like a giant headstone, marking the watery graves of fishermen who have perished in the sea below. It is a monument to one man: Jeremiah Collins and his dreams. But when men dream, spoilers always seem to lurk nearby ready to destroy their dream, turning them into nightmares. Even in a small, family town like Collinsport.

Burke is bidding on the Logansport fishing industries; Roger tells Liz that Vicki is delusional and dangerous and should be gotten rid of because she's endangering David. Liz dismisses this absurd assumption, and then she is alerted to Burke's bid on the Logansport Fishing Fleet and Canneries; she plans to fight Burke even though she couldn't possibly raise the necessary funds before the deadline: 10 days. Blair warns Burke that Liz's fishermen are very loyal and like her; he believes he can buy their loyalty. He begins a meeting despite the loyalty pledge the fishermen state. Liz believes she can count on all the folks who work for her. Burke tells the men that if they don't take the job now, they'll find it very difficult to find jobs in Logansport when all the jobs in Collinsport dry up. Roger is cynical about loyalty; Amos Fitch divulges Burke's plan to Liz. Burke is overconfident and glad that Fitch probably went to the Collinses. Liz calls Burke, then tells Roger it's him or them.

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[edit] Dramatis personae

• ← Joan Bennett as Elizabeth Collins Stoddard →
• ← Mitchell Ryan as Burke Devlin →
• ← Louis Edmonds as Roger Collins →
• ← John Baragrey as James Blair →
• George Mathews as Amos Fitch

[edit] Background information and notes

• Sole episode with Amos Fitch, played by George Mathews.

[edit] Continuity and mistakes

• In the opening narration, Collinwood is purported to have stood for "over 130 years". This is long before the storyline was envisioned showing the building of Collinwood in 1795, which would be over 170 years prior.