Episode #1.3 (1966) User Reviews (5)

Enter Bill

[movieman_kev · 8/10 · 6 April 2011]

Victoria still getting settled in meets Carolyn and has a nice little heart-to-heart. Seems that Carol is a bit more forth coming with information than Elizabeth was. Also she has a pretty unnatural crush on her Uncle Roger. Elsewhere, at The Blue Whale, Burke has a talk with Joe about the Collins family. Also Bill Malloy enters the picture for the first time.

Very interesting episode that scratches the surface of why Devlin despises the Collins family so much. I was more intrigued than i found myself after the previous episode and this is on par with the series premiere, enjoyment-wise.

In which questions are beginning to be asked

[Leofwine_draca · 6/10 · 3 February 2018]

The third episode of DARK SHADOWS and questions are beginning to be asked by various characters as the mystery thickens. It's very slow moving at this point, having settled down somewhat from the introduction, but the viewer is treated to a tour of the Collinswood house while motivations begin to be explored.

"They Creep Out of Every Corner"

[wes-connors · 6/10 · 24 July 2011]

Frantic upon hearing from Vicki that Burke Devlin has returned to Collinsport, Roger (Louis Edmonds) goes to the Evans cottage, but the "drunken bum" he calls for does not answer the door. At Collinwood, Carolyn (Nancy Barrett) introduces herself to Vicki (Alexandra Moltke), "I bid you welcome to The House of Usher." Carolyn seems infatuated with her uncle Roger. It hasn't been made clear in the scripts, but Roger has only recently returned to Collinwood himself. He and wife Laura moved to Augusta after the tumultuous 1956 events; Roger, Laura and son David resided there until 1966.

At the Blue Whale, Burke (Mitchell Ryan) quizzes Joe (Joel Crothers) about Carolyn while Roger goes to the Collins Port Inn to get information from Maggie (Kathryn Leigh Scott). Back in the Collinwood drawing room, Carolyn informs Vicki about another ancestor, "good old uncle" Isaac Collins. His portrait hangs to the left of the bay window. Carolyn has the timeline correct, "back in the seventeenth century," in 1698, he "built the fishing fleet, founded the town, gave it a name." Carolyn thinks Roger looks like Isaac Collins. As we will eventually see, members of the Collins family tend to look alike.

Present day Collins fishing fleet manager Frank Schofield (as Bill Malloy, age 60) has also learned Burke is back in town, and finally confronts him at the Blue Whale… We learn Burke has been away from Collinsport since his conviction in 1956. He has made a fortune in the five years since his release from prison. Burke lets us know Liz hasn't left the Collinwood estate in 18 years, which signals 1948-49 as another crisis point in Collins family history. There are a couple of instances in this episode where a ghostly presence seems to be following Vicki, but the series has yet to certify the supernatural is a real concern.

****** Dark Shadows 1966 ABC #3 (6/29/66) Lela Swift ~ Alexandra Moltke, Mitchell Ryan, Louis Edmonds, Frank Schofield...

Burke's Offer to Joe, Vicky's Tour with Carolyn

[Scarecrow-88 · 7/10 · 15 August 2016]

This episode really focuses on Burke and how his reappearance in Collins Port has ruffled the feathers of Roger and his family's shipping fleet captain, Mallory. Burke Devlin is also topic of conversation between Victoria and Carolyn, who have a meet-and-greet, taking a tour of the Collinwood mansion for which they reside.

Again, Vicky is told to leave by Carolyn who believes this is the last place someone from the outside should wind up living. Someone is following Victoria, opening a door that was shut and leaving a letter on her bed. Carolyn doesn't know Burke, but she does give Vicky some family history because members of the Collins have portraits on the walls.

Roger goes to the house of Maggie Evans' artist father, insisting they talk, stomping on the front door, heated and angered, the reason involving Burke. Burke, meanwhile, wants Joe Haskell (offering him over $2000) to get him information on the Collins since the young fisherman (who is saving up to start his own fishing business, working currently for the Collins' Shipping Fleet) is dating Carolyn. It's obvious here that Joe and Carolyn (despite what Joe might desire) will not be an item for much longer, but the proposition could eventually work in Burke's favor. Anyway, Mallory interrupts Burke's conversation with Joe, and the two, obvious animosity brewing, engage in what is an intense yet ambiguous talk about the returning local's motivation for being in Collins Port. Also, Roger seems desperate to find Maggie's father so they can talk about Burke...this mystery continued to intrigue me.

The episode really was starting to establish buried secrets possibly surfacing as Burke seems to know a few things, with an agenda that is evident, and members of the Collins are quite nervous that he has returned. I love stories like this that give you bits and pieces episode per episode, just enough to wet your appetite and bring you back for more.

David, the son of Roger, has yet to be seen so I think he might be the one following Vicky. Carolyn intrigues me because she seems like the kind of inquisitive, nosy sort that will cause walls to collapse around her own family, possibly even inadvertently. I like how Vicky and Carolyn have a shaky developing friendship with a slight level of nervous energy because of the place and possible sinister goings-on that infiltrate their conversations on Collinwood.

Is this the beginning of a beautiful friendship?

[mark.waltz · 9/10 · 23 October 2019]

Carolyn Stoddard barges in on Victoria preparing for bed and they instantly hit it off due to Carolyn's that day shift nurse in spite of begging her to leave even though she desperately wants her to stay. It's a bit of a test, and Victoria passes, but mysterious goings-on in Herroom make Victoria concerned. It's apparently that she's being set up for a fright, and that makes this a perfect set up for Victoria to be concerned about the fact that she may be staying in a haunted house.

There's no Elizabeth Collins Stoddard in this episode, but Roger does visit Maggie and meets up with the manager of the cannery that the Collins family owns. Also, there's a lengthy scene between Burke Devlin and Joe Haskell about getting information on the Collins family oh, and it's set up that Burke has plans to remain indefinitely and seek revenge on Roger. It's a combination of being both spooky and mysterious, and the first week is off to a great start.