Dark Shadows
"Necking in the afternoon."
Dark Shadows is an American gothic soap opera that originally aired weekdays on the ABC television network, from June 27, 1966, to April 2, 1971. The show was created by Dan Curtis. The story bible, which was written by Art Wallace, does not mention any supernatural elements. It was unprecedented in daytime television when ghosts were introduced about six months after it began. The series became hugely popular when vampire Barnabas Collins appeared a year into its run. Dark Shadows also featured werewolves, zombies, man-made monsters, witches, warlocks, time travel, and a parallel universe. A small company of actors each played many roles; indeed, as actors came and went, some characters were played by more than one actor. Major writers besides Art Wallace included Malcolm Marmorstein, Sam Hall, Gordon Russell, and Violet Welles.
Season 11 Episodes
Julia finds herself in 1840. Gabriel Collins (wheel chair bound) tries to force Ben Stokes to tell Daniel Collins that Q…
Ben stops Daniel from harming Julia; Daniel mistakes her for his wife who he killed ten years earlier. During the strugg…
Julia opens Barnabas’ coffin, he does not recognize her and tries to kill her. Ben stops Barnabas from killing her. Juli…
Ben tries to convince Barnabas that he must be chain in his coffin, he refuses. Gerard and Leticia make plans to “get mo…
Barnabas is unable to go back to 1840, Barnabas and Stokes find Julia’s grave in the graveyard. In 1840 Julia meets Roxa…
Gerard tries to romance Samantha, knowing that she is the heir to the Collins fortune (now that Quentin is dead). Gabrie…
Ben shows Julia a note from Barnabas explain what he plans to do. Samantha finds Roxanne nearly dead; however when Saman…
Barnabas tells Julia that he has used the I Ching and was able to travel back in time from 1970. Desmond Collins (Flora’…
Ben is upset by the presence of the head. Barnabas meets Daniel, who remembers him from when he was a child in 1797, Bar…
Gabriel tells Gerard he wants him to kill Samantha soon, he agrees. Ben is found dead; it appears as if he tried to cut …
Gabriel tells Daniel that Ben is dead and that Samantha has married Gerard; Daniel tells Gabriel that he approved of the…
Quentin explains that he and survived. Quentin finds that Samantha has married Gerard. Quentin tells Samantha that she w…
Barnabas questions Daphne about Gerard, she does not know he is. It is revealed that Quentin was responsible for Gabriel…
Desmond starts to act erratically. Daniel is happy to find that Quentin is alive. Daniel tells Desmond about several str…
Leticia walks in on Desmond and senses evil, later she finds the Head of Judah Zachary. Lamar suspects that Barnabas is …
Desmond tries to find the body of Judah from the clues that Otis Greene gave him before he died. Gabriel believes that S…
Desmond hires a local man, Tim Braithwaite to help him move the coffin with the body of Judah. Lamar, Flora and Gerard h…
Desmond returns to find Tim dead and the body gone; he decides he must destroy the head, he later finds it missing. Desm…
Samantha chooses Gerard. Quentin tries to stop Samantha from taking Tad, she tells Quentin that Tad is not his son. Sama…
Quentin reminds Samantha not to get any ideas about leaving with Tad. Quentin tells Barnabas about Judah and his headles…
Angelique has Laszlo help find what happened to Barnabas. Leticia has the head and is under its power; she is able to fi…
Angelique introduces herself as Valerie Collins to Daniel Collin, he recognizes her from his childhood; Valerie makes hi…
Julia comes under the power of Judah, and she is to help join the head and the body. Quentin finds that Joanna killed he…
Lamar continues to investigate Barnabas to find the truth about the disappearance of her father. Lamar tells Roxanne tha…
Julia has prepared a laboratory to reunite the head and body of Judah Zachery. Leticia dreams that they need the mask to…
Gerard follows Leticia to the underground vault, however he loses her in the cemetery. Gerard suspects that Daphne is us…
Gerard finds out information about Judah Zachery and jeweled mask. Barnabas discovers that Julia is under Judah’s power.…
Judah is destroyed in the fire, Julia is released from his power. Gerard has a dream in which Judah tells him he must fi…
Gerard brings the head and the mask back to Rose Cottage. Julia tries to talk Roxanne out of marrying Trask. Roxanne goe…
Valerie (aka Angelique, aka Miranda) remembers that her real name is Miranda, a follower of Judah Zachery who testified …
Gerard is determined to not let Judah posses him, he tosses the head off of Widow’s Hill. Carrie is fond of Gerard, howe…
Gerard is forced to put the mask on and Judah takes possession of him. Gerard (Judah) plans to get revenge on the Collin…
Randell Drew questions Barnabas about his sister Roxanne’s death. Julia admits to Angelique that she and Barnabas have c…
After being bitten by Roxanne, Valerie holds Julia captive; Valerie plans to let Julia die and become a vampire. Gerard …
Quentin shows Gerard the “staircase through time.” Gerard causes Lamar to dream that Quentin is a practicing witchcraft.…
Daniel suffers an attack. Gerard causes Daphne to have a dream in which she loves him. Gerard tries to gain the affectio…
Quentin realizes that it “could not be” Daphne. Quentin finds another note from Joanna. Daphne plans to make Quentin fal…
aphne admits that she is Joanna Mills sister and she came to kill Quentin. Daphne tells Quentin that she has not been le…
Roxanne tries to stop Barnabas from taking Julia away. Roxanne attacks Trask. Barnabas tells Randall that Roxanne is a v…
Roxanne calls out to Barnabas’ name as Randall forces her to face the sunlight destroying her. Julia and Trask are relea…
The spirit of Joanna disappears. Desmond finds the journal of Judah Zachery in Gerard’s room, he takes it. Trask is conv…
Valerie finds that Julia is still alive. Julia tries to help Desmond who is still chocking. Leticia sees a vision of a v…
Trask takes the doll and plans to use it as proof that Quentin is practicing witchcraft; later he finds that it belongs …
Edith finds Randall searching Gerard’s room. Mordecai Grimes accuses Quentin of using witchcraft to kill his cattle and …
Trask finds Quentin standing over Randell’s body and accuses him of murder. Samantha believes that Quentin is guilty. Th…
Daniel suspects that Quentin is guilty of the witchcraft at Collinwood. Daniel asks Gerard to help him find the truth ou…
Gerard tells Gabriel that there is going to be a new heir; Gerard implies that it might be Gabriel. Valerie suspects tha…
Valerie finds that the watch fob was given to Gerard by Quentin; Gerard leads Valerie to believe that Quentin is Judah. …
Daniel dies and Gabriel destroys the new will. Edith becomes a follower of Gerard (Judah). The family fights over the wh…
Daniel has left Gerard control of the Collins fortune until Tad is twenty-one years old (if Quentin is proven innocent o…
Trask finds Quentin standing over Mildred’s body. Desmond asks Daphne to watch Gerard, as they both believe he is the ca…
Desmond is concerned that Quentin might be convicted of being a warlock. Carrie becomes attracted to Jeremy Grimes (son …
Roxanne’s spirit claims that Angelique was responsible for making her a vampire. Valerie refuses to help Quentin. Gerard…
Samantha claims to have seen an evil spirit of a woman and claims that Daphne has caused it to come to Collinwood. Charl…
Daphne is called to testify, she is forced to admit that she and Quentin held a seance to contact Joanna Mills. Samantha…
Trask and Gerard suspect that Barnabas might be a vampire. Daphne starts to fall in love with Gerard, she kisses him. Ge…
Trask and Gerard discover that Barnabas is the vampire, and killed Trask. Gerard finds there is a secret room in the Old…
Julia finds that Valerie has lifted the vampire curse from him. Valerie claims that she lifted the curse only for his lo…
Leticia interrupts Gabriel before he can kill Gerard. Gerard visits Quentin in jail and assures him that he is still his…
Gerard finds that it was Samantha who has been trying to kill Daphne; Samantha claims she was just trying to scare Daphn…
Trask walls up Barnabas. Julia searches for Barnabas, Quentin suspects that his disappearance was to keep Barnabas from …
Trask plans to use the note as evidence that Quentin communicates with the dead, however Gerard has him return it to the…
Samantha is sure that Joanna has left the note, and has come back from the grave to kill her. Gerard tells Charles Dawso…
Desmond tells Leticia that Gerard is possessed by Judah. Valerie tries to play on Judah’s love for Miranda to get him to…
Professor Stokes comes down the stairs; Julia explains all that has happened to him. Julia plans to introduce him as a f…
Trask tells Gerard that Barnabas is dead. The judge only gives Quentin three hours to find a new lawyer to replace Desmo…
Frightened by the reappearance of Barnabas, Lamar decides not to testify against Quentin in the latter’s witchcraft tria…
Joanna testifies and Trask’s testimony is nullified. Charles tells Gerard that they need to use the head of Judah if the…
Samantha explains to Gerard how she pushed Joanna off a cliff. Joanna visits Daphne. Samantha believes that Joanna has c…
Gerard tries to convince Daphne that she should marry him because Quentin loves Joanna. Quentin tells Joanna that he lov…
Quentin begs Daphne to wait until the trial is over before doing anything. Quentin (finally) tells Gerard that he does n…
Carrie is called to testify of Mordecai’s dying words that incriminate Quentin. Charles introduces Mordecai’s letter fur…
The judges find Quentin guilty and sentence him to be beheaded. Gabriel overhears Edith with Gerard. Later Gabriel kills…
Daphne tells Julia and Stokes about what she saw in parallel time. In parallel time Julia Collins warns Morgan that Coll…
Gabriel locks up Daphne in a remote part of Collinwood. Gabriel sees parallel time. In parallel time Stella Young has he…
Joanna finds nobody and leaves. Joanna plans a break out for Quentin and Desmond. Joanna plans to recapture Quentin’s lo…
Joanna searches for Daphne. Daphne finds a secret passage and is able to escape from where Gabriel locked her up. Daphne…
Daniel Collins appears to Gabriel and torments him and he falls to his death. Daphne is able to escape. Joanna gives Que…
Quentin and Daphne hide and overhear as Morgan tries to get Catherine to accept his marriage proposal, she finally agree…
Samantha falls off of Widow’s Hill, Joanna causally returns to Collinwood. Gerard finds Samantha’s body. In parallel tim…
Gerard tells Charles that he has found where Quentin and Desmond are hiding. In parallel time Melanie and Flora discuss …
Quentin is caught by Trask and returned to jail. In parallel time Daphne tells Catherine about a rumor that there is roo…
Gerard stops Valerie and takes away her powers making her human again. Charles holds Valerie captive. In parallel time J…
Valerie brings the head of Judah and interrupts the execution. Valerie explains that Gerard is possessed by the Judah an…
Barnabas declares his love for Angelique, however she dies before he could tell her. Barnabas stabs Trask; Trask escapes…
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