Another Violet Welles script, so of course we have a dream sequence (sort of).
Jeb (who has somehow changed from the green sweater to a white dress shirt while in peril of his life) manages to hit Philip over the head with a rock. He actually plans to let Philip go, but Philip rushes him and goes over the cliff. Farewell, Chris Bernau--and too bad. He was a fine actor who gave Philip tragic depth.
And farewell, Roger Davis: Peter materializes, cheated of his prey and angrier than ever. He tells Jeb, It doesn’t matter how many lives are lost as long as I kill you. You never will, Jeb vows, and turns to walk away (stumbling on one of the wooden steps up to the set). I’ll destroy you! Peter’s voice promises. No, you won’t, replies a sultry woman’s voice. Angelique steps into view, wearing her leopard-fur coat. [As she appears, a light square is seen in the upper right corner of the screen when lightning flashes.] Jeb belongs to me, she tells Peter. I had comfort, a good position, a wonderful marriage, a man who loved me--and because of Jeb I lost it all. Peter is still hell bent on drowning Jeb. I have many more options, Angelique replies. I told you I am no ordinary woman, she reminds him. [They met in 1795 at Vicki’s trial.] If you fail, Jeb will marry Carolyn. It seems grossly unfair to Peter that this home wrecker should find domestic happiness himself. I won’t fail, Angelique promises. I’ll look for Jeb as soon as I return you to your grave. He might get away, Peter frets. Angelique tells him, He won't get away. I promise you that. Jeb Hawkes has a very short future. Now go back, Peter Bradford, back into the darkness, knowing that he will soon follow you. Go back, knowing that you shall have your revenge. Go back now to where you belong, without fear. You will be avenged. Peter begins to sway slightly, but his eyes close and he looks peaceful as he fades out of the Dark Shadows universe forever. Angelique surveys the ocean with an anticipatory smile.
Elizabeth tries without success to talk Carolyn out of waiting for Jeb. The (new) sheriff calls to report that Philip is missing. (We don’t even hear the sheriff’s voice and we don’t know his name, so he has a good chance of surviving his term in office.) Carolyn tells her mother, Philip is missing and no one knows where to begin looking for him. Tell them to look in the water--below Widows Hill, Jeb says grimly as he enters the room.
Jeb offers to make a statement to the police--who never seem to doubt his veracity! Carolyn is afraid he's going to leave her behind but he says he wants to take her with him. They tell Elizabeth that they want to get married. Elizabeth is upset but sees that Carolyn loves Jeb. Jeb makes Carolyn promise that the wedding will be very quiet--so quiet that no one will know about it till it's done.
Downstairs in the drawing room, Elizabeth is offering tea and sympathy to Angelique Rumson on her busted marriage. Jeb returns from the police station, and Elizabeth introduces him to Angelique. Just so she can watch him squirm, Angelique says, Jeb has been to Little Windward Island. I was taking pictures for one of Sky’s magazines, Jeb replies almost smoothly, but we haven’t met. I must be confusing you with some other photographer, Angelique says blandly. Jeb excuses himself to get Carolyn. Are you and Carolyn are going to be married? Angelique asks. Jeb says yes. Angelique quotes an old Irish saying: May ye have all the luck ye need. Jeb eyes her coldly but thanks her and leaves.
Jeb is at the carriage house, presumably to get dressed for his wedding. Angelique is there, cutting a shape out of some black paper. What do you know about me? she asks. Only that you’re very beautiful and that you’re Mrs. Sky Rumson, he replies. I know a great deal more about you, she says--that you should have been destroyed when the box was destroyed, when the altar blew up and the room burned. How do you know all about that? he asks. You have a tremendous will to live, she says, as usual not answering the question--but it’s not enough against me because I know too much. For instance, I know how Peter Bradford planned to kill you. No one is going to lure me near water again, he assures her smugly. [Hopefully this doesn’t mean he will give up washing.] I don’t need water or to lure you anywhere, Angelique replies. I have the means to destroy you right here in this room.
Carolyn is also getting dressed when Elizabeth arrives with the traditional gift of something old for the bride to wear, in this case a brooch. This belonged to your great-great-great-great-great-grandmother, Elizabeth explains. [Sadly, she can’t mean Naomi, whose line died with Sarah and Barnabas.] I’m sure it’s old enough, Carolyn replies. Elizabeth lends her a hanky to carry. Carolyn thanks her for that too. And thank you for accepting Jeb, she adds. Elizabeth turns away in denial, and Carolyn says, At least you’ve given him a chance. I’m sure it’s going to work. I love him very much, and I’m glad we’re going to be married at Collinwood. Elizabeth mourns the lost opportunity for a big wedding. Carolyn admits, This wasn’t what I had in mind either, but I’m going to make the best of it. I have new stockings, so all I need is something blue.
Angelique shows Jeb what she's been cutting out: a sort of humanoid shape with raised arms, like a ghost's shadow. She shows him a vision of himself asleep as the shadow grows big enough to cover him entirely. He is horrified, but Angelique smiles with modest pride in her handiwork. You can’t make it work, he protests. I can die only by water. Death will wait for you around every corner, not just Widows Hill, Angelique replies. It will follow you wherever you go.
Carolyn is now in her wedding dress, a simple pale pink affair with ruffles at the throat and wrists. Elizabeth brings her a sapphire bracelet for something blue. Now you are a traditional bride, Elizabeth says with loving pride in spite of her misgivings. At a very small wedding, Carolyn says with a smile. That doesn’t matter, says Elizabeth. Happy the bride the sun-- The sun shines on, Carolyn finishes somberly. But the sun won't shine on me, will it, Mother? Jeb can't wait. Her voice fades: I will be married at night--in darkness.
Jeb is in the foyer, dressed in a dark green-gray jacket with a belt across the back of the jacket and black trousers. He reassures his reflection in the mirror: You look good, Jeb. You look fine. Everything is going to be fine. Suddenly behind him in the mirror he sees a small shadow on the opposite wall. He is astonished, then tells himself, None of them can hurt me. He turns on the lamp to drive the shadow away, and Carolyn comes downstairs, with her mother following. Perhaps Jeb’s distraction keeps him from saying one word about her appearance, but she hugs him anyway. He escorts her into the drawing room as Elizabeth speaks (offscreen) to the newly arrived Reverend Brand. Jeb steps into the foyer to check where the shadow had been. It has returned, but larger now and wavering even more. He looks at it in panic until Carolyn calls him back to the drawing room. It disappears as we hear Elizabeth speak to the Reverend Brand as she brings him in to perform the ceremony.....
