Enjoyed the appearance of the pentagram.   Is Amy the cause of all the trouble at Collinwood?  She's lucky she didn't come to Collinwood in 1795 or she'd be facing the gallows.

My problem with the Woodard segment is that if he so desired to become a vampire then why would he risk it all by attacking the sheriff. He could easily have disposed of that tiny film.   It was great that Julia jumped in and saved the sheriff instead of looking on like a helpless bystander.  Victoria also seems to know no fear as she treks off after Sarah into the west wing.
 I liked how they split the story up and began to develop the Roger storyline.  The scene with Maggie and Victoria was in a very New England setting and it was a good way to tell Laura's backstory to Victoria.  The writers should have done this in the first episode to let the viewer and Victoria in on some of the other characters and make it seem natural that the newcomer would be interested in finding out about the people she  would be working for.  Maggie's simple declaration that Laura was a witch makes one wonder if Collinsport is used to unusual happenings.
The scenes in the Old House with Angeligue's spirit were startling and spooky.

I was glad they pointed out that it was Madame as then and now it certainly looked like someone else at the bottom of the stairs.

The writers would want to throw in some red herrings to the mystery of Vickie's mother being Elizabeth to keep up the suspense. Liz  didn't really begin to trust Vickie enough to confide in her until the Jason storyline and then there is the question once she told Vickie after all this time how would she react and would she want to tell people and stir up gossip about the Collins family.  All these things should weigh on Liz's mind.   

Supposedly, in Art Wallace's original outline for the show,  Joseph and Carolyn were Liz and Roger's parents.  Carolyn died at age 38 giving birth to Roger and Joseph died three years later.   Liz was raised to take over the business and was busy raising a 20 years young brother.  Liz married Paul at ag 35 and three years later had Carolyn.  This comes from a book  called the History of Dark Shadows by Jim Pierson and was of course not totally followed by the shows later writers. 

I had forgotten this was the first appearance of the theme and it  brought back how we wanted to hear more of it. No wonder it became so popular.   Having grown up with one grandmother who was a fortune teller and another who had ghostly visits and premonitions, all these clues have some meaning and have to be interpreted.  The Collins family are so good together and the actors bring so much to these characters.  I'm not missing Barnabas either.   

I have to agree with Lydia on who cares.  Daphne who we know nothing much about get's attacked, died and then gets staked.  None of the character's seemed to show much emotion about it except Joe and it appears that Carolyn is waiting like a spider to snare Joe.