Plot Summaries - Episodes 601-900

(Note: These summaries are meant as a quick guide to the many plots that made up the larger narrative of Dark Shadows.)

Barnabas plans to kill Eve, so Adam hides her in Nicholas' basement. When Barnabas goes there he finds Angelique waiting. He is bitten by her and is put under her spell. However, Nicholas forbids her from seeing Barnabas without his permission. Joe is rejected by Angelique and tries to kill himself. When Barnabas takes him to Julia they discover bite marks on his neck. Nicholas sends Eve on a trip to the past to meet Peter Bradford, who she is in love with via Jeff. Unfortunately, Peter does not feel the same way. Nicholas proposes to Maggie but is turned down.

Barnabas is ordered to poison Joe by Angelique. Joe in turn tries to strangle Barnabas. Julia discovers that Peter has been bitten and tries to lock him up, but he escapes. Angelique tries to run off with Barnabas, but he escapes and is found by Vicki. It appears that Angelique has been getting around when Julia finds that Adam too has been bitten. Nicholas decides to destroy Angelique, but he cannot find her, the coffin is empty. It appears that Angelique got wise and moved it. She sends Eve back in time to 1796 to find Peter. Peter is in jail, waiting to be hung. He refuses aid from Eve but gives her a note just before he dies. Eve returns and gives the note to Jeff, who then calls off the wedding with Vicki and goes to Peter's grave. When he digs it up he finds it empty. Adam kills Eve. Chris Jennings arrives, mistaken by some for his brother Tom. Angelique takes a field tip to the Netherworld to discuss some things with Diabolos (a.k.a. Satan). She tells him of Nicholas' love for Maggie. Subsequently, Diabolos orders Nicholas to sacrifice Maggie in a Black Mass. Vicki learns of these plans so Nicholas calls up Tom Jennings to stop her. He is destroyed by Barnabas.

Adam tries to revive Eve but is stopped by Barnabas. Around this time Nicholas is believed destroyed by a fireball. Adam kidnaps Vicki in order to try once more at the experiment, but he fails. Jeff discovers that he is indeed Peter Bradford. Jeff and Vicki are married but Jeff fades back to the past. Amy, Chris' sister, moves into Collinwood. David shows her a phone (disconnected) where she talks to Quentin Collins. David and Amy then hold a seance to contact Quentin. Meanwhile, another seance is held so that Vicki can contact Jeff. David and Amy are possessed by the ghosts of Quentin and Beth Chavez. They then try to kill Roger. As a result, a psychic medium, Janet Findley, is brought in to investigate. Unfortunately, the children trap her and she dies of fright when Quentin pays a visit to her. Jeff stops by the present one more time and takes Vicki to the past with him [in reality the actress was pregnant]. Maggie takes over as governess.

Following several shadowy appearances, Chris transforms into a werewolf and attacks Joe. With many strange things occurring Barnabas decides to take the children to Boston for awhile, for safety. Joe starts having vampire and werewolf dreams and is put in Windcliff Sanitarium. There is evidence that Vicki wants to return to the present and that she dies in the past. Barnabas decides to time travel to save her. Angelique offers to help in the past, but changes her mind. Vicki is saved when Barnabas torches Angelique. Barnabas has himself chained up in his coffin and is revived in the present by Julia and Willie.

All this while Liz was believed to be dead; actually she was paralyzed in her coffin [the actress was doing a play]. After she senses Carolyn is in danger, attacked by the werewolf, she revives. One of Carolyn's friends visits Chris and is killed by the werewolf. Chris is jailed for the murder, but is released when Barnabas provides an alibi. Chris confides in Barnabas. The ghost of Quentin recognizes Chris as his descendant and tries to poison him. David is punished by Maggie and gets very upset, he vows revenge. When Barnabas finds a child's coffin with a pentagram in it he calls in Ezra Braithwaite for assistance. Ezra realizes who Quentin is but dies of fright. Chris is protected on the next full moon by Barnabas. David is punished for not following Quentin's orders. Quentin starts to be a very annoying ghost and the family abandons Collinwood. David sneaks back in and ends up in a coma. Barnabas attempts an I Ching trance, to contact Quentin, but ends up in 1897.

Barnabas uses the same line of being a cousin from England, but Quentin is suspicious. Quentin has been trying to get his grandmother, Edith, to reveal the family secret. She realizes that Barnabas is the secret. Edith dies and Quentin has her will stolen. Barnabas finds another Josette look alike in Rachel. Quentin and Evan Hanley hold a ritual in order to obtain aid in dealing with Barnabas. They get Angelique. She puts Rachel under a spell and Barnabas must then get a amulet from the gypsy Magda to protect her. Everyone is shocked when they learn Judith, the house mistress, is Edith's only beneficiary.

Previously Quentin had married Jenny, but his eyes roamed. He ran off with his brother's wife, Laura. Leaving his pregnant wife at home. She has twins, a son and a daughter. Since Jenny is considered to be insane the children are taken away and Jenny is locked in the tower room. Quentin returned later.

Now Jenny escapes and attacks Rachel. Judith tries to hide Jenny, but she escapes when she hears Quentin's music. Jenny stabs Quentin and leaves him to die. Angelique is summoned by Barnabas to help. He is resurrected in a sort of zombie state, possessing Jamison. When he starts misbehaving, a ceremony is performed to try and bring things back to normal (or Collinwood's equivalent). Rev. Gregory Trask attempts to exorcise Quentin from Jamison's body. When things work out, Trask thinks he is responsible. Barnabas bites his daughter Charity. Laura Collins now returns to Collinwood. Much to Quentin's anger, since he saw he burnt on a pyre in Egypt (the phoenix returns). He tries to kill her and is injured. Angelique offers to help, but only if Barnabas marries her. Laura is warned by Rachel about her children's treatment at Rev. Trask's school. When he refuses to return the children to her the school catches fire.

Quentin tries to destroy Laura's source of supernatural power. Laura calls on the god Ra for aid. Clues gather for the rest of the family about Laura's true nature. She admits to returning for the children. It has decided by Quentin and Barnabas that they must destroy Laura. However, she has already sent Jenny to stop them. During a struggle, Quentin kills Jenny.

It turns out the Jenny was the sister of Magda, a gypsy witch. She (Magda) places the werewolf curse on Quentin and his descendants. Not realizing that she had a niece and nephew by him, who are also cursed now.

A character names Dirk, who works for the Coillins family, finds a diary in the grave of Ben Stokes. Laura learns from it that Barnabas is a vampire and plans to destroy him. Quentin attempts another ceremony intended to destroy Laura. Ra is again called on by Laura in order to destroy Angelique. Laura has written a letter to Judith describing Barnabas' condition. Barnabas manages to destroy it after attacking Dirk. Laura attempts to take the children into the fire with her, but she is destroyed by a spell Angelique casts.

Quentin now devotes his time to the werewolf curse. When Barnabas cannot get any straight answers he bites Beth, she becomes his slave. Barnabas is told by Magda about a possible cure for Quentin, but Barnabas has his own problems. When Dirk reveals his secret Barnabas attacks him, he later rises as a vampire. Dirk tries to get Barnabas to bring Angelique back to life, but then Edward stakes Dirk.

Enter Count Petofi. A powerful, yet eccentric, sorcerer. Petofi had been a werewolf in the past and had killed the last unicorn. In addition, for killing one of them, the gypsies severed his hand, where his power was centered. It now travels the earth in its own box. Magda returns after a long trip with the mysterious box containing the Hand of Count Petofi. She hopes it will cure Quentin. Carl sees Barnabas enter the mausoleum and is trapped there by Quentin. Barnabas rises and kills Carl. Barnabas later finds his coffin chained up and with a cross on it. Trask is now on Barnabas' trail and attempts to use Charity to trap him. Trask marries Judith and reveals to her Barnabas' secret. Magda uses the hand of Petofi in an attempt to cure Quentin.

However, the werewolf is caught in an animal trap and the hand is stolen by Evan Hanley. Judith has now come to the opinion that she is Minerva, Trask's recently deceased wife. Minerva's ghost is raised by Trask and Evan. Judith is "persuaded" to commit herself. Aristede, a new character, forces Quentin to relinquish the hand to him. Quentin then goes to Angelique for help. Unfortunately, Angelique attempts a cure but fails. A gypsy, Julianka, persuades Barnabas that she can cure Quentin, if the hand is returned to the gypsies. Aristede again captures Quentin and threatens his life if he doesn't give Aristede the hand again. Julianka is found dead. When she is contacted through a seance she refuses to help Quentin and curses Magda. When Magda's loved ones start to die she tries to destroy the hand.

A new character appears, Victor Fenn-Gibbons. Magda and Quentin soon discover that he is in fact Count Petofi, come for his hand. Petofi devises a cure for Quentin. Charles Delaware Tate arrives to paint Quentin's portrait. He has been given a power by Petofi. Instead of Quentin turning into a wolf his portrait does, it also gives the effect of immortality. Through a few plot manipulations Petofi is reunited with his hand. Count Petofi tries to extort the secret of time travel from Barnabas. He chains Barnabas in his coffin. Quentin manages to release Barnabas. Magda is placed on trial by the gypsies. Quentin now appears to be fully cured, but Petofi has made a deal with Edward to trap Barnabas.

Back in the present, Beth's ghost appears and explains to Julia how Quentin dies. Julia travels back to 1897. Julia agrees to stay and cure Barnabas, but she is taken hostage by Petofi who wants the I-Ching wands used in time travel. Barnabas manages to rescue her. He and Angelique make a deal to destroy Petofi. Lady Kitty Soames arrives, and surprise, she looks just like Josette. Before this can be expanded on, Barnabas is staked by a possessed Charity. His coffin is sealed in a cave. Petofi discovers that he needs a body in the future to time travel, so he begin manipulations to possess Quentin. Julia is called back to the present. Angelique is warned about the mind switch.

Now it is revealed that Barnabas was not killed (he actually took a vacation). It was only a double created by Angelique. In fact, he is human again (Julia's cure worked). Kitty is becoming aware that she is Josette and goes to Barnabas. Angelique is forced to tell Petofi how she created the double. Petofi attempts to time travel but is called back. Quentin manages to reverse the mind switch and orders Aristede to kill Petofi. Judith has returned, fairly sane, with the knowledge that Trask is after the family wealth. She has him bricked up in Quentin's room. Though the effects of several sub plots, Petofi is destroyed in the burning studio of Tate. Kitty fades into the past and Barnabas does likewise. Josette believes that he has betrayed her and kills herself.

Barnabas is captured by the Leviathans, a Lovecraftian race of ancient beings. Barnabas is returned to the present with the task of finding a suitable couple to raise a Leviathan child. There are two new inhabitants of Collinsport, Philip and Megan Todd. They run a local antique shop. Megan is given the box containing the essence of the Leviathan leader and the Leviathan comes to live with them. Paul Stoddard now appears, Carolyn's father. The book on the Leviathans is stolen by David. Paul realizes that the Leviathan's want Carolyn, due to a deal he had made with them years ago.

Copyright 2007 Todd Frye