A morning, filled with anxiety and horror, for a child has been possessed by an unscrupulous, evil man, and the boy must act as the man would have him do. And now, just after dawn in an old house on the estate, the child has kissed a gypsy, and the gypsy suddenly has no will of her own. And she is told to lead them to an enemy's hiding place.
Episode 808 | |
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Air date | July 30th, 1969 |
Writers | Sam Hall |
Director | Henry Kaplan |
Producers | Robert Costello |
Starring | Grayson Hall; David Selby; Nancy Barrett; David Henesy; Michael Stroka; Deborah Loomis |
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Episode 808 is an untitled episode of the daytime Gothic soap opera series Dark Shadows. It was directed by Henry Kaplan and written by Sam Hall. It first aired on ABC on Tuesday, July 30th, 1969. This episode is part of the storyline commonly referred to as the "1897 Flashback". In this episode, Jamison Collins - still possessed by the spirit of Count Petofi - and his assassin Aristede force Magda Rakosi to bring them to the coffin of Barnabas Collins. They fail to kill Barnabas, but through the experience Petofi learns that Barnabas is from the future. Armed with this insight, Petofi plans on using the ability of time travel to insure his own immortality.
Cast[]
Principal Cast[]
Actor | Role |
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Grayson Hall | Magda Rakosi |
David Selby | Quentin Collins |
Nancy Barrett | Charity Trask |
David Henesy | Jamison Collins/Count Petofi |
Michael Stroka | Aristede |
Guest Stars[]
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Deborah Loomis | Tessie Kincaid |
Notes & Trivia[]
- Dark Shadows was created by executive producer and showrunner Dan Curtis. Major storylines were developed by writers Art Wallace and Sam Hall. The original daytime Gothic soap opera, Dark Shadows aired on ABC from June of 1966 to April of 1971 spanning a total of 1,245 episodes. Two spin-off films House of Dark Shadows and Night of Dark Shadows were released in theaters in 1970 and 1971. A remake series of Dark Shadows was produced in 1991 and ran for thirteen episodes on NBC. In 2012, director Tim Burton crafted a comical reboot of Dark Shadows as a high-budget feature film.
- This episode is available on disc 4 of Dark Shadows DVD Collection 15 and disc 84 of the Dark Shadows: The Complete Original Series DVD collection.
- Opening narration: Nancy Barrett.
- Opening still: Collinwood estate; exterior, day.
- Closing still: Old House parlor.
- This episode was recorded on July 22nd, 1969.
- This is the eleventh appearance of Michael Stroka as Aristede.
- This is the twentieth appearance of Nancy Barrett as Charity Trask.
- This is the first appearance of Tessie Kincaid. Identified only as "Tessie" in the closing credits. She appears next in episode 809.
- The song that Charity Trask sings in her dream is the same one traditionally sang by Pansy Faye during her dance hall performances. This is an indicator that Pansy Faye is possessing Charity.
Allusions[]
- Numerous references are made to Barnabas Collins in this episode between Jamison/Petofi and Magda Rakosi, but he does not make an actual appearance.
- Magda Rakosi makes a passing reference to her husband Sandor Rakosi. She implies that Barnabas Collins was responsible for his death, but in truth it was King Johnny Romano and his band of Gypsies.
- Magda Rakosi makes reference to someone that Barnabas knew named Vicki. This is of course Victoria Winters, whom Barnabas first met in the year 1967, but was chronologically re-introduced to her when Vicki traveled backward in time to the year 1795.
- The "sick child" that Jamison Collins reads about in the Collins Family History refers to David Collins who, in the year 1969, was hovering on the verge of death after being tormented and possessed by the ghost of Quentin Collins.
Bloopers[]
- Michael Stroka drops some of the papers that he is carrying after he comes back into the Old House parlor. It is possible that this may have called for in the scene however.
- Right after Magda says "There it is, now I go." when she shows Jamison and Aristede the coffin, a boom mike can be seen in the top left-hand corner of the screen.
- Grayson Hall stammers over her lines slightly in the scene where she begins to explain to Jamison that Barnabas Collins is from the future.
- The blood on Tessie Kincaid's face is very cheap looking and clearly fake.
Quotes[]
- Jamison Collins/Count Petofi: And we are going to give her a chance... to atone for all of her sins. I'm going to give you the opportunity to end this horror, and you will be very grateful to me won't you, Magda? Won't you, Magda!?
- Magda Rakosi: Jamison...
- Jamison Collins/Count Petofi: Don't call me that! I don't call you by your wrong name, Gypsy!
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- Jamison Collins/Count Petofi: You know the will of Count Petofi is stronger than any other man.
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- Aristede: You know I threatened to kill you tonight. I'm sorry now that I didn't.
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- Jamison Collins/Count Petofi: Petofi! He could escape! I could escape. I could be in another century. I would live forever!
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- Magda Rakosi: I know his secret! I know why he acts like he does.
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