Dark Shadows: Jason McGuire's Blackmail Scheme

"Jason McGuire's Blackmail Scheme" is a multi-episodic storyline featured in the 1960s-70s daytime Gothic soap opera Dark Shadows. As it's title suggests, the storyline begins with the introduction of the character of Jason McGuire in episode 193 and concludes with his demise in episode 276. The storyline began immediately after the conclusion of "The Return of Laura Collins" arc and encompassed some eighty episodes of the show throughout the 1967 season, though not all episodes necessarily centered around Jason McGuire. The storyline also overlapped "The Arrival of Barnabas Collins" story-arc, which began with episode 210.

Notes & Trivia

 * This is the last storyline featured in Dark Shadows that contains absolutely no elements of the supernatural.


 * Actor Dennis Patrick would later return to the series in 1969 with episode 888. Ironically, he would play the role of Paul Stoddard - a character who not truly seen before, but was an integral plot element of the Jason McGuire storyline.

Home Video

 * Dark Shadows: The Complete Original Series (Discs 22-31)

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