Episode
Dark Shadows: DS-488
Overview
Preparations for the experiment continue, as Lang's creation will not last indefinitely. Stokes uses his knowledge of the occult to investigate the dream curse and learns of Barnabas' suspicions about Cassandra.
Details
- Series
- Dark Shadows
- Season
- Season 6
- Episode
- Episode 28
- Air date
- 1968-05-08
- Runtime
- 22 min
Episode context
DS-488 is Episode 28 in Season 6 of Dark Shadows. It aired on 1968-05-08. The runtime is 22 min.
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Episode 27: DS-487
Determined to contain the dream, Julia visits Stokes and appeals for help. Jeff raids Lang's files looking for information. Without Lang's expertise, Julia and Barnabas worry that the experiment will not work.
Episode 29: DS-489
Cassandra faces tough questions from Tony over Lang's death. When David witnesses Cassandra kissing Tony Peterson, her magic leaves him unable to speak to protect her secret.
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Episode 26: DS-486
As he dies, Lang leaves a cautionary message for Julia on his tape recorder, revealing that the curse will be free as long as Adam lives. Meanwhile, Julia becomes the dream's latest victim.
Episode 30: DS-490
Julia is compelled to tell Mrs Johnson about the dream. Lang's experiment goes ahead, with Julia at the helm. At its conclusion, both Barnabas and the creation survive, as it begins to come to life.
Episode 25: DS-485
Dr. Eric Lang works on his creation but can't keep his mind off his dream. Julia enters in the same fashion that she came in during his dream. Eric tells her the dream. Barnabas tells Willie to give Elizabeth a note saying that he will be leaving and that Adam Collins, a cousin from England (really Barnabas in a new body) will arrive to take his place. When Willie arrives at Collinwood, only Cassandra is home. She tries to get the letter, but Elizabeth's car pulls up in the driveway before she can. Meanwhile, at Dr. Langs', Julia and Eric get ready to transfer Barnabas' life force into the body of Adam. Barnabas enters. The electricty for the expierment is started. Meanwhile, at Collinwood, Cassandra has clay doll of Eric. She starts putting pains into it. He starts having pain in his chest. Something in the lab explodes and they are forced to stop it. Eric still has pains from the voodoo doll, and Barnabas now appears dead.
Episode 31: DS-491
The experiment does not transfer Barnabas' life force, but instead brings Adam to life. Adam acts like a child, unable to control his strength. When night comes, Barnabas' cure seems to be complete.
Episode 24: DS-484
Julia argues successfully that Willie is not stable enough to assist Lang. Lang becomes the unwitting recipient of the dream while trying to gain Jeff's assistance, which sees him confronted by his unfinished creation.
Episode 32: DS-492
As Mrs Johnson refuses to sleep while caring for David, Cassandra grows frustrated that the dream is halted and cures him, taking his memory of the kiss. Mrs Johnson faces the horrors of the dream.
Episode 23: DS-483
Barnabas asks Julia to arrange the release of Willie Loomis from Wyndcliffe Sanatarium. Barnabas and Julia visit him there and release him, inspite of Julia's objection to Barnabas' plans. They then take Willie to the Old House, where Barnabas tells Willie that he is not allowed to leave the house unless Barnabas is with him or he has permission. Willie does not obey and goes to the Evans Cottage. He scares Maggie, who is still upset about what she thinks he did to him. He chases her around, but the arrival of Joe scares him off. Joe asks Maggie who it was and Maggie tells him to just hold her in his arms. Joe comes to the Old House and talks to Barnabas about Willie returning. As Joe leaves, Willie moves out from behind the column and pretends to shoots at Joe, laughing maniacally.
Episode 33: DS-493
Barnabas, Julia, and Willie are in the cellar of the Old House, gathered around a sleeping Adam. Barnabas and Julia tell Willie that he must not frighten Adam because he would react the same way that everyone reacts when frightened-by striking out. Julia tells Willie that teaching Adam things calms him. Barnabas and Julia then leave the cellar, and Willie is now stuck with Adam. Willie lights a cigarette, which Adam grabs. The cigarette burns Adam's hand, and Adam lashes out by knocking Willie out. At Collinwood, Julia looks over Dr. Lang's old things. Mrs. Johnson enters. She is trying to avoid David, Julia asks why. It turns out Mrs. Johnson had the dream. Julia advises Mrs. Johnson to leave Collinwood for both the sakes of herself and David. As Mrs. Johnson is about to leave, Willie enters. He tells Julia that Adam has left. Julia has Willie go look for him. Adam finds his way to the terrace. Mrs. Johnson sees him and screams. She demands information from him as to who he is; but he
Episode 22: DS-482
Lang needs a new assistant to replace Jeff, so Barnabas decides to bring Willie Loomis back from Windcliff. Maggie passes the dream on to Jeff in a conversation, which he has himself when he sleeps.
Episode 34: DS-494
Willie brings Adam some food to eat. Julia tells Willie to expect this behavior from Adam, after all he feels dejected. Willie tells Julia that he would rather return to Wyndcliffe then continue to live like this, but Julia tells him if he returns to Wyndcliffe he won't ever get out. Willie reluctantly agrees to continue working with Adam. Willie goes back into the cellar to work with Adam. Willie finds out that he likes shiny things, so he opens a secret door and takes out some jewelry, formally owned by Josette Collins, out of the compartment. Willie tells Adam about the time Maggie was in the Old House and thought she was Josette Collins. He puts the jewlery back, and decides to leave to give Maggie a pair of earrings. Meanwhile, at the Evans Cottage, Maggie and Joe are getting ready to leave. Maggie and Joe leave the room to do other things in the cottage, and Willie sneaks in and puts the earrings in Maggie's purse. He the flees the cottage. Meanwhile, in the Old House cellar, Ju