A visitor has just gone from Collinwood vowing vengeance. Count Petofi's physical self is no longer present, but his evil spirit has possessed young Jamison and remains to watch as one by one the inhabitants of Collinwood face a moment of truth so shattering that it can destroy as surely as the strongest weapon.
| Episode 804 | |
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| Series Dark Shadows Season 1969, Episode 804 | |
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| Air date | July 24th, 1969 |
| Writers | Violet Welles [1] |
| Director | Henry Kaplan [1] |
| Producers | Robert Costello; Dan Curtis |
| Starring | Jonathan Frid; Louis Edmonds; Nancy Barrett; David Selby; Roger Davis; David Henesy |
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Episode 804 is the untitled 804th episode of the Gothic daytime soap opera series Dark Shadows. It was directed by Henry Kaplan with a script written by Violet Welles. It first aired on ABC on Thursday, July 24th, 1969. This episode is part of the "1897 Flashback" storyline.
Cast[]
Notes & Trivia[]
- Dark Shadows was created by executive producer and showrunner Dan Curtis. Major storylines were developed by writers Art Wallace and Sam Hall. The original daytime Gothic soap opera, Dark Shadows aired on ABC from June of 1966 to April of 1971 spanning a total of 1,245 episodes. Two spin-off films House of Dark Shadows and Night of Dark Shadows were released in theaters in 1970 and 1971. A remake series of Dark Shadows was produced in 1991 and ran for thirteen episodes on NBC. In 2012, director Tim Burton crafted a comical reboot of Dark Shadows as a high-budget feature film.
- "DS 804" serves as a shortcut to this page.
- This episode is included on disc 83 of collection 14 on the Dark Shadows: The Complete Original Series DVD collection, which was released by MPI Home Video on July 10th, 2012. It is also included on disc 4 of Dark Shadows DVD Collection 15, released on November 23rd, 2004.
- This episode was recorded on Wednesday, July 16th, 1969.
- Opening narration is by actress Nancy Barrett.
- This is the first appearance of Charles Delaware Tate. Actor Roger Davis has previously portrayed the roles of Jeff Clark and Peter Bradford on this series.
- Andreas Petofi makes a behind-the-scenes appearance only as a ghost possessing Jamison Collins.
- Pansy Faye makes a behind-the-scenes appearance only as a ghost possessing Charity Trask.
- Petofi/Jamison commissions Charles Delaware Tate to paint the Portrait of Quentin Collins in this episode.
- Jenny Collins appears in a photograph only in this episode. Jenny Collins is usually played by actress Marie Wallace.
- Behind-the-scenes appearance by Gregory Trask, whom Charity Trask tries to call on the telephone.
Allusions[]
- The plotline revolving around Charles Delaware Tate and the Portrait of Quentin Collins is a pastiche of the 1890 novella The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde.
- Reference is made to the child of Quentin Collins and Jenny Rakosi, whose name is Lenore. At this time, Quentin and Jenny believe the child to be deceased. Lenore was adopted by a local woman named Mrs. Fillmore. Lenore carries the curse of lycanthropy, which she will pass down to her grandson, Chris Jennings.
- Reference is made to Edith Collins in this episode. Edith is the mother of Quentin, Edward and Carl. Edith died of natural causes in episode 706.
- Reference is made to Carl Collins in this episode. Barnabas Collins murdered Carl in episode 780.
Quotes[]
- Charity Trask: Carl Collins is dead because of you! You helped kill your brother!
See also[]
Media
The World of Dark Shadows
Miscellaneous
External Links[]
The Original Series
The Revival Series
Tim Burton's Dark Shadows
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Dark Shadows Wiki; Episode 804; Infobox.
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