Dark Shadows: 1897 Flashback

"The 1897 Flashback" was one of the major storylines from the 1966-1971 daytime gothic soap opera Dark Shadows. It began with episode 701 and ended with episode 885, spanning a total of 184 episodes. The storyline followed events established in the previous arc, "The Ghost of Quentin Collins", and involved the central protagonist of Barnabas Collins, traveling backwards in time to the year 1897 in the hopes of altaring the past, thus saving the future fates of the children David Collins and Amy Jennings. The storyline was key for turning the previous antagonist Quentin Collins into a tragic and somewhat heroic character.

Production crew

 * Dan Curtis - Executive producer; Creator
 * Art Wallace - Story developer
 * Robert Costello - Producer

Directors

 * Henry Kaplan
 * Lela Swift

Writers

 * Gordon Russell
 * Sam Hall

Notes & Trivia

 * The "1897 Flashback" was one of three major time travel story-arcs featured in Dark Shadows; the other two are the "1795 Flashback" and the "1840 Flashback". The "1897 Flashback" is the longest of all three storylines.


 * The end of the "1897 Flashback" overlaps a reprise of the "1795 Flashback" (which is actually set in 1796) as well as the beginning of "The Leviathan Cult" storyline.

Home Video

 * Dark Shadows: The Complete Original Series
 * Dark Shadows DVD Collection 13
 * Dark Shadows DVD Collection 14
 * Dark Shadows DVD Collection 15
 * Dark Shadows DVD Collection 16
 * Dark Shadows DVD Collection 17

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