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Number	467
Timeline	1968
Narrator	Alexandra Moltke
Writer	Sam Hall
Director	John Sedwick
Broadcast	April 17, 1968 (Wednesday)
Recorded	April 11, 1968 (Thursday)
Video	Complete: Disc 51 Collection 7: Disc 3

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Roger mysteriously returns to Collinwood and is now married to a woman named Cassandra.

Synopsis[]

Teaser

At the great house of Collinwood, Victoria Winters has returned from her strange and haunting adventures in the past, but the terrible events she lived through in 1795 are beginning to change not only her life but the lives of those around her, and the changes are like a devil's game: one man escapes an ancient curse, another disappears, and a painting he took with him is mysteriously returned, though he has not.

All of Roger's luggage is sitting in the foyer. Elizabeth assumes that means Roger is back, but Vicki says Roger is not in the house, but the painting is back on its easel. Something has happened, Vicki says, something that has no explanation.

Act I

Barnabas tells Vicki she must dispose of the painting. He is convinced it has something to do with Roger's strange behavior. Vicki agrees to call Prof. Stokes and offer to sell him the painting. Unexpectedly, Roger comes in through the front door and tells Vicki to get some champagne; they all have something to celebrate. He then tells them to meet his wife.

Act II

Roger introduces his new bride, Cassandra Collins. Elizabeth, Barnabas, and Victoria are all startled at the news. They say they were married at the Rockport city hall. The newlyweds inform the family that they plan to honeymoon in the West Indies, perhaps Martinique. Barnabas asks Cassandra if she has ever been there, and she says she has not. Elizabeth tells Roger they have some business to discuss in the study, and they go off while Vicki gets the champagne, leaving Barnabas alone with Cassandra.

Act III

Elizabeth expresses her disapproval of the marriage. Roger admits that he has just met her, in Rockport. Elizabeth does not understand how he can marry someone he had just met. Roger can't even tell her much about her. Elizabeth threatens to tell Cassandra that Roger has not been well. But Roger says if she does, he will leave the house with Cassandra and never return.

Act IV

Barnabas excuses himself to Cassandra, and leaves. Vicki returns with the champagne. Cassandra mentions she is a transfer student at the college and Prof. Stokes is her faculty advisor. She met Roger at Stokes' home. Vicki goes to get some photos of David to show her, and a picture of Daniel Collins as well, to show her the resemblance. Left alone in the drawing room, Cassandra goes to the painting, and laughs.

Memorable quotes[]

Victoria: Barnabas, why do these things keep happening?

Barnabas: Do witches ever die?

Cassandra: It wasn't at all the marriage I always dreamed I would have.

Roger: An evening with Barnabas is like an evening with a history book.

Barnabas: More fascinating than that, I hope.

Barnabas: We'll see each other again soon.

Cassandra: Inevitably.

Elizabeth: (to Roger) Your behavior is younger than Carolyn's.

Roger: Oh, Liz, you only understand rules. As far as you're concerned, I should have met an already approved widow, one with whom I would have spent months sipping tea and having dinner until finally we got to know each other so well that we got bored to death with each other...and then we would marry.

Roger: You're obviously hostile.

Elizabeth: I am not; I am sensible.

Roger: Well, they're often the same thing.

Dramatis personae[]

Joan Bennett as Elizabeth Collins Stoddard
Jonathan Frid as Barnabas Collins
Louis Edmonds as Roger Collins
Lara Parker as Cassandra Collins
Alexandra Moltke as Victoria Winters

Background information and notes[]

Production[]

Lara Parker returns to the cast after an absence of 37 episodes.

Story[]

Elizabeth mentions that Roger's wife was never confirmed dead. Laura, Roger's first wife, died when she was consumed by flames in 191 when she attempted to turn David into a phoenix like her. Obviously, the family never reported that death.
David is in Boston.
Roger and Cassandra were married in Rockport at the city hall. Cassandra says she met Roger at Professor Stokes', who is her faculty advisor as she had just transferred to the college.
Roger and Cassandra are planning a honeymoon in the West Indies, likely Martinique.
TIMELINE: The portrait of Angelique wasn't back early last night. Julia and Barnabas encountered Roger at Dr. Lang's house last night. Roger has been behaving irrationally for the past week (Roger first began obsessing over the portrait in 464).

Bloopers and continuity errors[]

At the start of Act I, Jonathan Frid has a hard time pronouncing "Elizabeth."
In Act I, when Barnabas walks into the drawing room to see the portrait of Angelique, there is an off-stage squeaking noise.
In Act I, Jonathan Frid flubs a line (to Elizabeth): "Lets Vicki and me do you worrying for you."
When Barnabas observes to Victoria that Roger's strange behavior started when she brought the portrait of Angelique into the house, Victoria replies, "Really?" But everyone seems to know this connection already; it should be no surprise. Even Victoria has observed it.
When Roger walks out of the drawing room into the foyer to fetch Cassandra, a boom mic shadow moves over Victoria.
When Act II starts, Joan Bennett is looking off to the side for her cue before saying, "Your wife, Roger!"
As the scene shifts from Cassandra and Barnabas in the drawing room to Elizabeth and Roger in the study, the camera lingers on a close-up of Cassandra's face, and Lara Parker looks off to the side a couple of times for her cue that the scene has ended.
At the end of the episode, when the camera returns to Cassandra after the shot on the portrait, Lara Parker looks to her left for her cue to continue fingering her hair and to start laughing.