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Dark Shadows - S5 - E84
Angélique proves a formidable foe for Bathia, who is left weak after a failed effort. After Naomi accidentally disturbs a renewed attempt to cure Barnabas, Bathia is destroyed by supernatural flames.
Dark Shadows: Season 5 - 60 Episode s
5x34 - DS-401
January 8, 1968
Barnabas bribes one of the servents and enters the New House at Collinwood to interogate Ben. Ben says he doesn't know who the witch is. Ben gets frustrated and hits Barnabas over the head with a bottle. Ben escapes Collinwood. Barnabas is found by a servent and Joshua tells him to leave. Barnabas finds out that Victoria has been jailed after Reverand Trask turned her in. He now believes that Angelique is most likely the witch. Barnabas finds where Ben is hiding and finds out that Ben can not tell Barnabas who is the witch because he can not speak her name in that fashion. Barnabas tells her about how Victoria will be killed for witchcraft. Barnabas then tells Ben to write the first letter of the name of the witch. Ben makes a 'V'...Barnabas says ""V for Victoria"". Ben then makes a mark in the V which makes it an A. Barnabas then says, ""A....for Angelique""
5x35 - DS-402
January 9, 1968
Barnabas now knows for sure that Angelique is the witch that has been causing all the terrible things to happen. Barnabas tells Ben how he figured it out when he heard Angelique say the incanation and how Victoria told him that she felt a 'cold fire'...the same cold fire that Angelique had talked about in her incanation. Barnabas now plans on killing Angelique. Barnabas tries to kill Angelique at first by putting poision in her sherry. Naomi enters, and Angelique gives her the sherry. Barnabas quickly knocks over the glass so Namoi will not drink it. Angelique suspects something isn't right. Naomi came to tell Barnabas that a package. The package turns out to be a portrait of Josette duPres that had been sent to him before the events had occured. At the end of the episode, when it is nightime, Barnabas is seen creeping into Angelique's room with a knife and swoops down with the knife.
5x36 - DS-403
January 10, 1968
Angelique is prepared for Barnabas' murder attempt, and puts a pillow in her place. He confronts her and tells her he knows she is a witch. He tries to stab her again, and Angelique says she did everything for his love. She threatens to kill Josette, the woman who Barnabas still loves, if he does not play the part of a loving husband, which would include telling the authorities that Angelique is really the witch. Barnabas goes to Collinwood where he sees Milicent and Nathan kissing. Milicent gets upset because she only wants to be seen as a 'lady'. Barnabas tries to get to Josette, but Natalie won't let him. Angelique sends an 'eye' for her to see- a bat, to spy on Barnabas.
5x37 - DS-404
January 11, 1968
Barnabas gets Millicent to set up a way for him to meet with Josette, by getting Millicent to take a walk with Josette in which Barnabas will stop the two. Victoria is unable to get a respected judge to defend her at the witch trial, because she can not supply enough information. A young law student who works at the jail offers to defend her at the trial. His name is Peter Bradford. Barnabas convinces Josette that she must leave Collinwood and the surrounding Collinsport for her own safety.
5x38 - DS-405
January 12, 1968
Josette starts getting ready to leave for Boston and Natalie sees her. She finds out that Barnabas told her to leave and tells Josette she is leaving too. Natalie tells Abagail to say goodbye to the family, and Abigail is dismayed because Natalie and Josette are two key people in the case against Victoria Winters and will not be able to go against her. Barnanbas says goodbye to Josette with a kiss and gives her the music box, incinuating that Angelique will soon die. Angelique finds out from Abigail that Josette has left town. Also, Angelique tells Abagail that Barnabas had insisted on hanging the portrait on the wall. Angelique confronts Barnabas. She shows what she can do to Josette by making the portrait of Josette show her as a skeleton. Angelique threatens to kill Sarah by using voodoo. Barnabas gets angry and shoots Angelique with a gun in the shoulder. Angelique falls to the floor, mortally wounded. Barnabas takes out the pin in Sarah's doll that Angelique had already put in. An
5x39 - DS-406
January 15, 1968
After being bitten, Barnabas becomes deathly ill and faints. Ben enters the household and finds Angelique dead and Barnabas hanging on to life. He takes Barnabas upstairs. Barnabas, going and returning from delirium many a time, tells Ben what happened. Ben reasures Barnabas that Angelique is dead. Suddenly, Angelique enters the room, her dress stained with blood. She is afraid of the curse she put upon him, because if he dies, he will become one of the living dead. In an inn, Josette feels that she needs to come back to Collinwood for Barnabas. Her neck starts bleeding, and has bite marks on it, the same that Barnabas has from the bite of the bat. Natalie tells Josette that if her feelings continue, they will return to Collinsport for Barnabas.
5x40 - DS-407
January 16, 1968
Angelique tries to clean her blood off the carpet, but is not able to remove it. Naomi comes to the Old House to see Barnabas. Angelique tells her that he left last night on business. We see Barnabas upstairs, appearing very ill and delirious. Naomi enquires about the blood stain, and is told that it was from wine. Naomi tells Angelique that she should stay with her at Collinwood, but Angelique refuses Naomi's hospitality. Naomi hears Barnabas moan, but is told by Angelique that it is just the stairs. Back at Collinwood, Naomi is worried. She talks to Joshua, and Joshua tells her that he is not concerned because he has become more independent in the past. Joshua thinks that Barnabas ran off with Josette. At that moment, Josette and Natalie enter the room. Josette tells of the feelings she has that something bad has happened to her Barnabas. Naomi tells her that Barnabas is not in Collinsport, but Josette does not believe her. She and Natalie decide to go to the Old House Angelique want
5x41 - DS-408
January 17, 1968
Angelique tells Josette and Natalie that Barnabas has the plague. They ask if he has seen a doctor, and she quickly responds that he hasn't. When asked why, Angelique says that she is afraid that they will take Barnabas away from her and isolate her from everyone. Natalie has a doctor come. He is not sure about it, but agrees that it is most likely the plague due to the marks on Barnabas' neck, which the doctor thinks was caused by an infected rat. At first the doctor wants to have him removed, but Natalie talks him out of it. Josette visits Victoria in jail. Josette pleads with her to cure Barnabas. Victoria again and again tells her that she is not the witch. Victoria tells Josette to leave Collinsport for her safety. Josette does not understand, and Victoria tells her to look in the Collins Family History book that Victoria had brought with her from the past. Josette and Natalie search Victoria's room. They find it. Josette finds her portrait and an entry on her saying that she died
5x42 - DS-409
January 18, 1968
Josette is upset about what the book says about how she dies. Natalie tells her it is all lies. Josette wants to see the fate of Barnabas. According to the book, it was Jeremiah who met Josette in Martinique, which is false and never mentions her engagement to Barnabas. It says that her marriage with Jeremiah was an unhappy one, and also mentions Barnabas was in love with Josette, which is of course true. It says that Barnabas left for England. Josette becomes upset because she does not know if she should believe it. Meanwhile, at the Old House, Naomi sits by Barnabas, who, in his delrium, is ranting about the bat. Joshua comes into the room, and tells Barnabas how stupid he has been by excommunicating him from his family. Barnabas tells his father how he remembered that during the American Revolution, when his father was wounded, he had cried. He stopped because he thought his father would be ashamed of himself. Barnabas had then promised himself he and his father would from then on
5x43 - DS-410
January 19, 1968
Angelique is furious when Joshua tells her about the lie he will tell concerning the death of his son. What upsets her even more is that his body will be buried in secret. She wants the coffin with Barnabs to remain in the room until morning- time enough to stake him. But Joshua tells her that she has no power anymore. Angelique then summons Ben to come to her. Josette finds Natalie looking through the Collins Family History book. Natalie plans to take Josette with her as soon as possible back to Martinique. Josette says she will not go because she will wait for Barnabas to return to her. Josettes see's the body of her loved one being carried away. Joshua appologizes for her having to see that. Josette sees Ben looking in through the window, and tells Joshua. Ben is able to escape. Later, Ben returns. Joshua sees him and asks what he's doing here. He believes that Ben is going to rob the house. Angelique comes down the stairs, and says that Ben has the right to grieve for Barnabas. Ang
5x44 - DS-411
January 22, 1968
In an attempt to stop the vampire curse from becoming complete, Angelique attempts to drive a stake through Barnabas Collins' heart at sundown. However, Barnabas stops her and exerts his own revenge upon her by strangling her to death.
5x45 - DS-412
January 23, 1968
Grief-stricken over Barnabas'death and with mis-placed anger, Josette tells Victoria Winters that she will do everything she can to see to it that Miss Winters is hanged for being a witch. Fearing that the Collins Family History book may be used as evidence against her in the trial, she persuades Peter Bradford to let her leave her jail cell so that she can retrieve it from Josette's bedroom.
5x46 - DS-413
January 24, 1968
Victoria warns Naomi Collins that she must keep her daughter, Sarah, from leaving the house until the day after her birthday, otherwise, she is fated to die from exposure on the same day as her birthday. Barnabas makes plans to keep his promise and let Josette know that he has returned from the dead. On his way back to the family mausoleum, Sarah sees Barnabas and eagerly runs after him, only to find that he has disappeared inside the crypt. Saddened to have missed him, Sarah turns to leave the mausoleum but finds herself locked inside.
5x47 - DS-414
January 25, 1968
Sarah Collins is forced to spend the night locked in the family mausoleum, exposing herself to the cold night air. In the meantime, gold-digging Lt. Nathanial Forbes proposes to his naive victim, Millicent Collins. Naomi Collins returns home to discover that Sarah is missing. After drinking the blood of his latest victim, Barnabas returns to the family mausoleum. Sarah calls out to him, but his bloody mouth frightens her and causes her to turn and run away from him.
5x48 - DS-415
January 26, 1968
Little Sarah Collins becomes deathly ill after being out all night during a heavy rain storm. Guilt-ridden, Barnabas secretly visits his beloved little sister and apologizes for having frightened her. Sarah reconciles with him, but then she dies in his arms. Despite the well-meaning attempts to change her destiny, the fate of Sarah Collins has been fulfilled just as it was written in the Collins Family History book.
5x49 - DS-416
January 29, 1968
A grieving Joshua vows that Victoria will pauy for her part in Sarah's death. As his guilt over his condition grows, Barnabas begs Ben to kill him at dawn with a wooden stake, so that the trail of death will end.
5x50 - DS-417
January 30, 1968
Natalie makes plans to leave Collinsport, fearing for Josette's safety. As Ben prepares to drive a stake through Barnabas' heart, Angélique's spirit arrives to stop him, so that her curse will remain for eternity.
5x51 - DS-418
January 31, 1968
Realising the fate his vampire curse will bring Josette, Barnabas resolves they must remain apart to protect her. Angélique draws Josette to Eagle Hill, where Barnabas is unable to resist baring his fangs.
5x52 - DS-419
February 1, 1968
Barnabas struggles with his instincts and spares Josette, insisting that they must remain apart. As Nathan cements his relationship with Millicent, he is disarmed by the arrival of his gold-digging wife Suki.
5x53 - DS-420
February 2, 1968
Posing as Nathan's sister, Suki makes herself known, whilst blackmailing Nathan to maintain her silence. Barnabas decides to meet Josette for the final time, but is unable to resist his vampire urges.
5x54 - DS-421
February 5, 1968
Barnabas and Josette make a pact to be reunited by death. Natalie meets with Victoria to appeal for mercy, but Victoria's attempts to tell the truth serve only to further confirm Natalie's suspicions.
5x55 - DS-422
February 6, 1968
Natalie and Joshua are alarmed to see Josette wearing the ring Barnabas was buried with. Deciding to investigate further, Joshua is shocked to discover that Barnabas is missing from his coffin.
5x56 - DS-423
February 7, 1968
Suki puts pressure on Nathan for money, and the pair agree to meet at the Old House to strike a deal. Barnabas attacks Suki and leaves her for dead. As she dies, she manages to tell Barnabas' name to Nathan.
5x57 - DS-424
February 8, 1968
Joshua and Nathan search for answers over Suki's murder. Millicent is shocked to learn Suki's true identity. When bite marks are found on Josette's neck, the prediction of her death seems inevitable.
5x58 - DS-425
February 9, 1968
As the Collinwood household struggles to protect Josette, Angélique uses witchcraft to lure her to Widows' Hill. Tormented by a vision of herself as a vampire, Josette throws herself from the cliff to her death.
5x59 - DS-426
February 12, 1968
Barnabas is devastated by Josette's suicide. Millicent is intrigued to see Barnabas in the cemetery and shocks Joshua and Naomi by announcing that Barnabas should combat Nathan, to appease her honour.
5x60 - DS-427
February 13, 1968
The witchcraft trial opens. Abigail has her day in court, denouncing Victoria as a witch from the stand. Peter is forced to admit that he freed Victoria to obtain the Collins Family History.
5x61 - DS-428
February 14, 1968
Becoming increasingly troubled, Joshua goes to the mausoleum, where he is shocked to learn that the coffin concealed inside now contains Barnabas. Millicent attempts to kill Nathan for his betrayal.
5x62 - DS-429
February 15, 1968
Trask tries to make Peter abandon Victoria's defence. Reading the Collins Family History, Peter realises it threatens to become powerful evidence against Victoria and decides to dispose of it.
5x63 - DS-430
February 16, 1968
Calling on supernatural powers, Barnabas resurrects an unwilling Josette from beyond the grave. When she appears to him, to his horror she is a now a tragic, ruined figure, resentful of being disturbed from her solace.
5x64 - DS-431
February 19, 1968
Barnabas tells Ben of what happened between him and Josette earlier before. They're moving Barnabas' coffin to the cellar of the Old House. Ben sees Daniel outside the Old House and they talk about running away. Daniel says that it's no fun at Collinwood. Daniel sends him away. Abigail asks Daniel about Victoria Winters and learns about how she talked about people flying. Abigail also finds out that Ben was in the Old House, closing off the cellar. Abigail goes into the cellar and sees the coffin. She plans on getting Trask to look at the coffin but the coffin lid rises and Barnabas is inside! Abigail let's out a LOUD shriek of terror.
5x65 - DS-432
February 20, 1968
Barnabas tells Abigail that she has been wrong about evil all along. He tells her that Angelique was the witch but she won't believe it. Abigail thinks Barnabas is just an apperition sent by Victoria. Barnabas tells Abigail about all the things she has been wrong about. He shows her his fangs and she dies of a heart attack from the site of them. Meanwhile, at Collinwood, Daniel and Naomi are talking about Daniel and Millicent possibly staying with Naomi and Joshua at Collinwood. Daniel says he doesn't like Collinwood especially after Sarah died. Trask enters. Trask inquires about what Victoria told Daniel. Daniel runs out of Collinwood from fright. Naomi runs after him and tells Trask that HE will be the one who will have to face the lord over these things. Trask joins Naomi in going after Daniel. Daniel finds the dead body of Abigail, and calls Naomi and Trask to him. Trask and Naomi are shocked.
5x66 - DS-433
February 21, 1968
At Victoria's trial, Trask relates the story of Abigail's death. He says that Victoria did it. Peter gets angry and says there is no proof of that. The judges tell Trask that there is not enough evidence to accuse Victoria of witchcraft. In the goal, Peter asks Vicki if there is anybody who she discussed Abigail with. She names Barnabas (Dead-well not really), Jeremiah (Dead), Natalie (Thinks Victoria is a witch), and Ben (Who won't testify). She then remembers Nathan and Peter gets Nathan to agree to testify for Victoria. At the trial, Victoria is called to the stand. Trask asks her questions, many relating to Abigail's death. He then calls in a new witness- Nathan Forbes! Peter and Victoria are shocked by this. On the stand, Nathan says that Victoria told him how she would like to strike Abigail dead (All lies!). Victoria is horrified. Peter then cross examines him. Nathan then leaves the stand and takes one last look at Victoria before he leaves.
5x67 - DS-434
February 22, 1968
Nathan is working in his room when Peter enters. Peter asks him many times why he decieved them and Nathan tells him that he changed his mind about Victoria. Before long, the two are fighting. Peter ends up winning. 'You have won the round, but lost the fight' says Nathan. Meanwhile, at Collinwood, Naomi notices that Joshua hasn't left for work yet. Naomi believes this was caused by his sister's death. They talk about her and Joshua leaves. Trask and Nathan talk about their deal, in which Trask would talk to Joshua about not sending a letter to the army. Trask goes to Joshua and asks him and Naomi to testify. He then has Nathan come in and Joshua and Nathan talk. Trask leaves. Joshua promises Nathan he won't send the letter if Nathan asks the navy for relocation. Peter talks to Naomi and tells her that she needs to testify for them because Nathan lied. Naomi goes to Joshua and tells him she's going to testify. She's lost her children and she doesn't care about her dignity! is what she
5x68 - DS-435
February 23, 1968
At Barnabas' urging, Ben takes to the stand to give evidence in Victoria's defence. Ben's testimony soon lies in tatters when Angélique makes a shock appearance in court to refute his claims.
5x69 - DS-436
February 26, 1968
Angélique's performance in court convinces Peter and Victoria that she was the witch. As Victoria's fortunes grow worse, Peter makes a declaration of love. Peter appeals to her to tell the truth to the court.
5x70 - DS-437
February 27, 1968
At Trask's suggestion, Nathan commits purjury and claims to have been under a spell from Victoria, testimony which seals her fate. Victoria is devastated when a guilty verdict is returned.
5x71 - DS-438
February 28, 1968
Barnabas is furious to learn of trial verdict, blaming Trask for his victimisation of Victoria. Using his supernatural powers, he summons a disembodied hand to taunt Trask with the promise of death.
5x72 - DS-439
February 29, 1968
Suspicions about Barnabas, Nathan enlists Noah Gifford to gather information. Barnabas is forced to flee the scene of an attack, losing his cane. Nathan retrieves it and makes a valuable discovery.
5x73 - DS-440
March 1, 1968
Trask tells Nathan that the hand that appeared to him wore Barnabas' ring, confirming his theories. Barnabas kills Maude Browning, a street-walker, and leaves her body for Trask to find on his bed.
5x74 - DS-441
March 4, 1968
Nathan helps an increasingly unhinged Trask remove the body. Later, Abigail appears to Trask in a dream, warning him of an evil force at the Old House which must be destroyed.
5x75 - DS-442
March 5, 1968
Barnabas lures a terrified Trask to the Old House and intimidates him into signing a confession of purjury during Victoria's trial. Barnabas then bricks him up in the Old House cellar as a final act of vengeance.
5x76 - DS-443
March 6, 1968
Peter attempts to convince Natalie of Victoria's innocence. Nathan puts his plan into action. Posing with the stolen cane, Noah Gifford attacks Millicent to unmask Barnabas as the Collinsport strangler.
5x77 - DS-444
March 7, 1968
Nathan fakes a rescue of Millicent and feigns shock when she claims that it was Barnabas who attacked her. Nathan's plan works and Millicent later reconsiders her decision and asks him to stay.
5x78 - DS-445
March 8, 1968
Joshua is enraged when Millicent plans to marry Nathan, while Nathan threatens to expose Barnabas as the strangler if Joshua objects. Joshua investigates the Old House and discovers Barnabas' coffin.
5x79 - DS-446
March 11, 1968
Barnabas faces Joshua and reveals the truth about his death and return from the grave. Joshua reluctantly blesses Millicent's marriage plans. Joshua faces a crisis of conscience and shoots Barnabas.
5x80 - DS-447
March 12, 1968
Joshua is astonished that his bullets do not harm Barnabas. Joshua hides Barnabas in Collinwood and begins the search for a cure. Millicent makes plans to sign her fortune to her younger brother, Daniel.
5x81 - DS-448
March 13, 1968
Nathan and Millicent marry, but Nathan's triumph is short-lived when he learns of Daniel's newfound fortune. A shell-shocked Nathan tries to salvage the situation by making Millicent question her sanity.
5x82 - DS-449
March 14, 1968
Joshua confides in Natalie, who agrees to help Barnabas. Millicent's pre-occupation with the tower room continues, causing to fall into Barnabas' clutches. A seance summons a powerful ally for Barnabas.
5x83 - DS-450
March 15, 1968
White witch Bathia Mapes makes her presence felt. Millicent is left unhinged from Barnabas' attack. Bathia uses magic to return Barnabas to Collinwood, where she tries to break Angélique's curse on him.
5x84 - DS-451
March 18, 1968
Angélique proves a formidable foe for Bathia, who is left weak after a failed effort. After Naomi accidentally disturbs a renewed attempt to cure Barnabas, Bathia is destroyed by supernatural flames.
5x85 - DS-452
March 19, 1968
Naomi begins to question Barnabas' death. Joshua unsuccessfully attempts to intercede on Victoria's behalf. Peter helps Victoria stage an escape from jail, but she suffers a gunshot wound in the process.
5x86 - DS-453
March 20, 1968
Millicent's mental illness allows Nathan to become Daniel's guardian. With Ben's help, Victoria and Peter hide in the mausoleum, where she has a nightmare vision in which Nathan strangles Daniel.
5x87 - DS-454
March 21, 1968
Nathan decides to kill Daniel to gain control of the boy's money. Noah is blackmailed into abducting the boy, who breaks free. Forewarned by her dream, Victoria hides him in the mausoleum as Noah approaches.
5x88 - DS-455
March 22, 1968
Daniel tries to leave the mausoleum, where Noah is waiting for him. Victoria is forced to shoot Noah to protect the boy. Peter is found by Nathan with Noah's corpse and taken to the authorities.
5x89 - DS-456
March 25, 1968
Victoria and Daniel return to Collinwood. Nathan and Naomi face off over the attempt on Daniel's life and Nathan's association with Noah. Nathan delights in telling Naomi that Barnabas is hidden in the tower.
5x90 - DS-457
March 26, 1968
Naomi is shocked to see Barnabas in his coffin. As Nathan vies for custody, Naomi sends Daniel away to avoid his clutches. Later, following Millicent, Naomi is devastated to witness Barnabas attack her.
5x91 - DS-458
March 27, 1968
Struggling to cope with the truth about Barnabas, Naomi's melancholy grows and she leaves a final note for Joshua. After drinking poison, she goes to the tower room, where she falls dead into Barnabas' arms.
5x92 - DS-459
March 28, 1968
Ben and Barnabas are waiting in the dining room awaiting the news which will tell them if Naomi is dead. Joshua comes in. She has died. Barnabas swears revenge against Nathan Forbes who had told Naomi about Barnabas. They can not find Victoria and realize that Nathan has turned her in. Barnabas swears revenge against him. Meanwhile, at the Eagle, Nathan is talking to a barmaid. She leaves. Barnabas shows up and Nathan shoots him but BArnabas does not die, saying ""You can not kill me Lt. Forbes, for I am already dead!"" Barnabas tells him that he is going to kill Nathan at 9 PM and leaves. Riggs has come to the Old House with silver bullets which Joshua had ordered. These silver bullets, if shot in the heart, could kill a vampire. Joshua tells Ben to move the coffin to the secret room in hte moseleum so he can kill Barnabas there. Nathan is nervous. He tells it to Joshua. Joshua says he can not help. Barnabas appears to Nathan. Nathan shoots Barnabas with an arrow by the heart, and Barna
5x93 - DS-460
March 29, 1968
It turns out the arrow missed Barnabas' heart. Barnabas kills Nathan by strangulation. Joshua has Ben bury Nathan and has it reported that Nathan had left Millicent. The sun rises. Barnabas has by now found out that Joshua is gonna kill him and asks for two requests. The first is that Ben will be freed, and the second is a letter to the governer asking to postpone Victoria' hanging. Barnabas then leaves to go to his coffin. Joshua tries to shoot him but can't. He has Barnabas' coffin chained up in the secret room, with a cross in the coffin that will paralyze him until it is removed,w hich is hopefully never. Meanwhile, at the goal, Victoria seems to be praying. Peter enters since Victoria had asked to see him as her last request. Peter and Victoria admit their love for each other, and Peter tells her that they will meet each other once again someday. They are seperated and Victoria is taken to the gallows. She is asked if she wants to wear a hood and she agrees. We then see the rope g
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