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DARK SHADOWS 569

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  DARK SHADOWS  569 “Too many things have happened in this house, too many things that you can’t explain. It’s as if there was (or were) some force, some evil force hovering over this house, some force that’s trying to destroy this family. Some nights I wake up trembling things around here frighten me so.”     “I believe Mrs. Stoddard was under some kind of a spell.”     Grayson. Fear pervades the great house of Collinwood. Mrs. Johnson is by the window. No reprise. It is a night of unknown terrors. This narration, so typical of DS, is one of the best.     Johnson lets in Nicholas Blair who seems to call her Mistress Johnson. Roger went to Windcliff. Johnson tells Blair that Mrs. Stoddard is missing for 24 hours. She explains about Liz’s obsession with her own death and that Liz believes herself to be Naomi   Collins.   Johnson tells him that he didn’t know Liz, it is not a mental breakdown. “Mrs. Stoddard was und...

DARK SHADOWS 568

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  DARK SHADOWS  568 “You don’t understand why we’re doing this.”  “I don’t want to understand!”   DARK SHADOWS  568 Grayson. New reprise. Zoom in on Barnabas’s face and no new material before theme. Jeff vs Barnabas. He didn’t think Barnabas was capable of this but Barnabas tells Jeff almost everything but can’t tell him why they needed Adam in the first place.         Barnabas says, “You don’t understand why we’re doing this.” “I don’t want to understand!”       He does tell Jeff that he needs his help. Jeff gets an IDK. Jeff’s first inclination is to get Vicki, tell her to pack her things and leave for good.     Barnabas asks him if he wants to see Carolyn, Elizabeth and David die. Jeff does not. He cannot explain why he created Adam in the first place. He wishes he had never started it.   Morning: Roger comes to the Old House. Barnabas comes down in a night robe. Roger is looking...