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Episode 40

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February 14, 1967

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Dark Shadows - S2 - E40

Laura makes plans to take David away before Elizabeth recovers from her illness. Victoria is shocked at Dr. Guthrie's suggestion to hold a séance at Collinwood.

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Dark Shadows: Season 2 - 64 Episode s

2x1 - DS-127
December 20, 1966
After Matthew's screams of terror, Burke and Roger break into the old house rescuing Victoria. They find Matthew dead from fright. Elizabeth, calls the Sheriff. Victoria comes home and states that the ghost of Josette Collins saved her. Roger thinks she is traumatized and imagined the ghost. Roger takes Sheriff Patterson to the Old House. Elizabeth orders Burke not to hurt Carolyn or Victoria, whom she suspects he is attracted to. Burke visits Victoria in her room and she thanks him. Burke tells her to flee Collinwood; she believes she's safe now that Matthew's dead. Roger comes home and tells the news that there will probably be no inquest. Matthew died of a heart attack most likely brought about by a big fright. Victoria feels Josette watched over her the whole time and she believes she resembles Josette. She thinks Josette is one of her ancestors. Meanwhile, Josette's ghost appears outside the Old House and dances around the columns.
2x2 - DS-128
December 21, 1966
Sam reveals to Roger that the stranger who spoke to Maggie was Roger's estranged wife Laura, who has returned to town. Elsewhere, Laura wastes no time in making her presence felt.
2x3 - DS-129
December 22, 1966
Elizabeth learns of Laura's return and decides that she must not see David. Meanwhile, Sam finds himself compelled to paint a disturbing picture of a woman burning amidst flames.
2x4 - DS-130/131
December 23, 1966
Laura visits Collinwood and reveals to Roger and Elizabeth that she has intends to gain legal custody of David. Meanwhile, David has a nightmare about his mother.
2x5 - DS-132
December 27, 1966
David learns the news that his mother has returned to Collinwood. Clearly disturbed by this revelation, he confides to Victoria that he senses Laura's presence watching over him.
2x6 - DS-133
December 28, 1966
Burke and Laura meet and discuss their respective agendas against the residents of Collinwood. Meanwhile, Sam finds himself compelled to continue working on the painting.
2x7 - DS-134
December 29, 1966
A frosty meeting between Roger and Laura takes place when she visits Collinwood. David is apprehensive about meeting his mother, following his dreams. When the pair meet, he runs away terrified.
2x8 - DS-135
December 30, 1966
Elizabeth struggles to comfort David, who hears his mother calling to him in his sleep. While attempts are made to reintroduce the boy to his mother, it is agreed that Laura will live in Matthew's empty cottage.
2x9 - DS-136
January 2, 1967
Roger locks horns with Richard Garner, as he attempts to speed up divorce proceedings against Laura. Sam continues to be troubled by his compulsion to paint the fire portrait.
2x10 - DS-137
January 3, 1967
Sam's painting is now almost complete, depicting Laura surrounded by flames. Meanwhile, Roger learns that the body from the Phoenix apartment has been positively identified as Laura.
2x11 - DS-138
January 4, 1967
The sheriff questions Laura about the body, but can offer no explanation for the mistake in identity. Roger goes to Laura's cottage with a gun and discovers her and Burke there together.
2x12 - DS-139
January 5, 1967
Roger demands that Laura tell him what Burke wanted from her. David does not want to meet Laura. When she encounters him by chance at Widows' Hill, he is terrified and almost steps over the edge.
2x13 - DS-140
January 6, 1967
Victoria makes an effort to reunite David and Laura, in spite of him not believing that Laura is his mother. Later, Laura tells David the story of a mythical bird, the phoenix which is reborn anew through fire.
2x14 - DS-141
January 9, 1967
David shows Laura a picture he has drawn of the phoenix and shows her the Old House. Meanwhile, Laura begins to reveal a darker motivation behind her return and her plans to take David far away.
2x15 - DS-142
January 10, 1967
Victoria receives the mysterious painting of Laura from Sam and passes it onto David. That night, the painting gives David a terrible nightmare vision of his mother calling to him.
2x16 - DS-143
January 11, 1967
Sam is alarmed to learn of the influence his painting has had on David, but finds himself unable to stop working on a second, identical painting. Lieutenant Riley investigates the fire at Laura's apartment.
2x17 - DS-144
January 12, 1967
Victoria looks through the Collins family album and is intrigued when she realises that its illustration of Josette features an identical locket to the one Laura wears. Riley's continues to search for answers.
2x18 - DS-145
January 13, 1967
Laura is outraged when she learns of Sam's painting. Later, as Sam sleeps in the living room of his cottage, Laura stares into her fireplace and makes a fire erupt around him.
2x19 - DS-146
January 16, 1967
Sam and Maggie put the fire out, leaving the cottage barely damaged. Sam is left with badly burned hands, preventing him from painting. The second painting of Laura has been destroyed by the fire.
2x20 - DS-147
January 17, 1967
Laura asks for Burke's help to reclaim David. Burke warms to her proposal, but in return asks for her to help clear him of his manslaughter conviction. David refuses to left Roger take the painting away.
2x21 - DS-148
January 18, 1967
Victoria and Frank continue to be concerned by Laura's influence on David and agree that, despite Burke's advice, that the boy should be kept away from her at all costs.
2x22 - DS-149
January 19, 1967
The ghost of Josette materialises in David's room and magically completes David's painting, so that it now depicts him and his mother surrounded by a wall of flames.
2x23 - DS-150
January 20, 1967
Roger is appalled by the painting and throws it into the fireplace. Meanwhile, Elizabeth tells Laura to stay away from David. Laura vows that she will regain her son.
2x24 - DS-151
January 23, 1967
David reveals to Elizabeth that Laura has visited him in the night. Meanwhile, Roger decides to encourage David to forge a closer relationship with his mother.
2x25 - DS-152
January 24, 1967
Laura uses her powers of persuasion to make Victoria agree to stand aside from her and David. The body from Phoenix is positively identified as that of Laura Collins.
2x26 - DS-153
January 25, 1967
Lieutenant Riley continues to investigate Laura. Meanwhile, Victoria is compelled to take her and Frank to a mysterious building located on the edge of a cemetery.
2x27 - DS-154
January 26, 1967
With the help of the caretaker, Victoria and Frank discover that the remains of Laura Murdock Stockbridge are buried in the crypt. Victoria falls into a psychic trance.
2x28 - DS-155
January 27, 1967
Elizabeth demands that Laura leaves Collinwood. Laura stares into the flames of the cottage fireplace and uses her supernatural powers to make Elizabeth fall unconscious.
2x29 - DS-156
January 30, 1967
Elizabeth regains consciousness, but has no memory of how she fell unconscious. Later, she is visited by a cloaked figure and reacts in terror, talking incoherently about fire.
2x30 - DS-157
January 31, 1967
Investigating the crypt at the Eagle Hill Cemetery, Victoria and Frank are intrigued to discover that the remains of two of Laura's ancestors are buried there, both of whom died of fire 100 years apart.
2x31 - DS-158
February 1, 1967
Elizabeth's condition continues defy any logical diagnosis. Laura pays Elizabeth a visit, leaving her deeply distressed. Laura uses dark powers to place Elizabeth into a coma.
2x32 - DS-159
February 2, 1967
Victoria tells Frank that Elizabeth was determined to ensure that Laura would not take David away. Laura frostily vows to Victoria that she will regain David at any cost.
2x33 - DS-160
February 3, 1967
Psychic investigator Dr. Peter Guthrie is called to Collinwood to access Elizabeth's condition. He concludes that she in a trance caused by an extreme case of mental trauma.
2x34 - DS-161
February 6, 1967
Guthrie determines that Elizabeth is the victim of a malicious act by an outside influence. Roger objects to Carolyn's attempts to assume the role of head of the household.
2x35 - DS-162
February 7, 1967
David tells Guthrie about the legend of Josette and that her ghost haunts Collinwood. David is horrified to see the portrait of Josette change into the painting of him and Laura in the flames.
2x36 - DS-163
February 8, 1967
Dr. Guthrie questions David at length. Meanwhile, Laura probes David for information on the investigation at Collinwood. Laura faces a stern interrogation from a suspicious Dr. Guthrie.
2x37 - DS-164
February 9, 1967
Dr. Guthrie visits Sam and questions him about how he felt when he was painting Laura. Victoria discovers that Elizabeth's illness came just after a visit from Laura.
2x38 - DS-165
February 10, 1967
David goes to the cottage to spend the night with his mother. Later during the night, the ghost of Josette appears to both David and Laura, leaving her frightened.
2x39 - DS-166
February 13, 1967
Sam continues to be troubled by recent events. Victoria and David continue to worry about David's welfare, while Burke begins to harbour suspicions about Guthrie.
2x40 - DS-167
February 14, 1967
Laura makes plans to take David away before Elizabeth recovers from her illness. Victoria is shocked at Dr. Guthrie's suggestion to hold a séance at Collinwood.
2x41 - DS-168
February 15, 1967
An embittered Sam blames Laura for causing all the recent troubles, and confides his fears about her to Dr. Guthrie. Guthrie invites Laura to join the séance.
2x42 - DS-169
February 16, 1967
Roger decides to take steps to move his divorce plans forward. Meanwhile, Dr Guthrie comes to the conclusion that there are forces acting at Collinwood beyond anyone's understanding.
2x43 - DS-170
February 17, 1967
The séance goes ahead as planned, with Laura present. Victoria falls into a trance and speaks erratically in French, but falls unconscious just as she is about to make an important revelation.
2x44 - DS-171
February 20, 1967
Victoria is unable to understand Josette's warming, but Guthrie succeeds in translating it. Later on, Laura appears in Victoria's room and warns her to stop interfering.
2x45 - DS-172
February 21, 1967
Mrs Johnson tells Burke about recent events at Collinwood, including the séance. Laura uses magic to erase the audio recording of the séance, disposing of its evidence.
2x46 - DS-173
February 22, 1967
Victoria tells Burke of the recent events and their apparent relationship with Laura. As Burke is convinced that he should be cautious, Laura takes new steps to cement her relationship with David.
2x47 - DS-174
February 23, 1967
The police are forced to close the case of the corpse found in Phoenix, but are shocked to discover that the remains have vanished from their casket in the mortuary.
2x48 - DS-175
February 24, 1967
Guthrie questions Laura at length about the missing body. Later, Laura gazes into the flames of her fireplace intently, causing Guthrie to collapse to the floor.
2x49 - DS-176
February 27, 1967
Laura is prevented from finishing her incantation and Guthrie recovers. Though shaken by his experience, he is now convinced that Laura possesses supernatural powers.
2x50 - DS-177
February 28, 1967
Guthrie tells Carolyn his surpicionsabout Laura, but decides that further investigation is needed. Guthrie asks Joe to help him to covertly exhume a coffin from the crypt.
2x51 - DS-178
March 1, 1967
Carolyn persuades Roger to tolerate Guthrie's investigation of Collinwood. Later, Guthrie and Joe break into the crypt at the Eagle Hill Cemetery and prepare to open Laura Radcliff's coffin.
2x52 - DS-179
March 2, 1967
The elderly caretaker intervenes before the coffin can be opened, demanding that Guthrie's party leaves. However, a supernatural force makes the lid open itself, revealing the casket to be empty.
2x53 - DS-180
March 3, 1967
Joe, Frank and Guthrie are shocked by the discovery and are confused when they discover that the records for the burial are faded beyond recognition. Later, Laura appears to the caretaker.
2x54 - DS-181
March 6, 1967
David sees a strange vision of himself in the flames of the fireplace. Meanwhile, Joe's research uncovers an old newspaper page which tells of a boy called David who died by fire.
2x55 - DS-182
March 7, 1967
David tells Victoria that he wants to leave Collinwood to live with his mother. Meanwhile, supernatural forces, bring the newspaper clipping to Roger's attention.
2x56 - DS-183
March 8, 1967
Guthrie continues to investigate Collinwood for clues. When Laura refuses to extinguish her fireplace, Guthrie realises that she is one of the undead, who gains her power from the flames.
2x57 - DS-184
March 9, 1967
Laura uses her supernatural powers to place Guthrie into a psychic trance. However, the ghost of Josette intervenes and leads David to the rescue.
2x58 - DS-185
March 10, 1967
Following his recent experiences, Guthrie is determined to hold another séance. As Guthrie drives to the séance, he loses control of his car, which crashes and is consumed by flames.
2x59 - DS-186
March 13, 1967
Despite Guthrie's absence, the séance is conducted as planned. This time, it is David who falls into a trance. Speaking as David Radcliff, he speaks of a terrifying ordeal with his mother in the flames.
2x60 - DS-187
March 14, 1967
Burke makes plans to take David away from Collinwood to protect him from Laura's influence. Victoria is concerned to learn that Laura Radcliff died exactly one century ago.
2x61 - DS-188
March 15, 1967
Laura surprises her detractors by announcing that she has decided to leave Collinsport without David. However, secretly, she tells David that she intends to take him with her.
2x62 - DS-189
March 16, 1967
Victoria, Burke and Joe try to find a strategy to defeat Laura. Mrs Johnson is enlisted to guard David until the danger is over. However, a telephone call provides an ideal diversion for him to slip away.
2x63 - DS-190
March 17, 1967
Laura meets David at an abandoned fishing shack and tells him that they will leave soon. As a fire starts to engulf the building, Laura begins to beckon David into the flames.
2x64 - DS-191
March 20, 1967
Laura makes a desperate final bid for David's acceptance as she is consumed by supernatural flames. Meanwhile, Elizabeth begins to recover and Victoria battles to save the life of David.

Dark Shadows: All seasons

S0: Specials
31 Episode s
S1: Season 1
124 Episode s
S2: Season 2
64 Episode s
S3: Season 3
83 Episode s
S4: Season 4
90 Episode s
S5: Season 5
93 Episode s
S6: Season 6
237 Episode s
S7: Season 7
182 Episode s
S8: Season 8
92 Episode s
S9: Season 9
80 Episode s
S10: Season 10
49 Episode s
S11: Season 11
85 Episode s
S12: Season 12
46 Episode s

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2x2 - DS-128

2x3 - DS-129

2x4 - DS-130/131

2x5 - DS-132

2x6 - DS-133

2x7 - DS-134

2x8 - DS-135

2x9 - DS-136

2x10 - DS-137

2x11 - DS-138

2x12 - DS-139

2x13 - DS-140

2x14 - DS-141

2x15 - DS-142

2x16 - DS-143

2x17 - DS-144

2x18 - DS-145

2x19 - DS-146

2x20 - DS-147

2x21 - DS-148

2x22 - DS-149

2x23 - DS-150

2x24 - DS-151

2x25 - DS-152

2x26 - DS-153

2x27 - DS-154

2x28 - DS-155

2x29 - DS-156

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2x32 - DS-159

2x33 - DS-160

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2x36 - DS-163

2x37 - DS-164

2x38 - DS-165

2x39 - DS-166

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2x41 - DS-168

2x42 - DS-169

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2x44 - DS-171

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2x47 - DS-174

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2x52 - DS-179

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2x56 - DS-183

2x57 - DS-184

2x58 - DS-185

2x59 - DS-186

2x60 - DS-187

2x61 - DS-188

2x62 - DS-189

2x63 - DS-190

2x64 - DS-191

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S1: Season 1

S2: Season 2

S3: Season 3

S4: Season 4

S5: Season 5

S6: Season 6

S7: Season 7

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