We are treated to an atypical opening shot of Collinwood.
Roger is slated to die...but not today. Roger survives the accident much to Liz's (and Vicki's) relief. We'll have to wait for David's reaction. He's asleep, or as Vicki puts it, "At least his eyes were closed when I went in." No doubt he will be severely disappointed when he wakes to the news that his father has survived to see another day.
Liz suspects Burke and a conversation with Matthew who is certain the brakes were tampered with, all but confirms her suspicions. Vicki on the other hand is not so sure. This gauls Liz and the ensuing conversation leads to Liz labelling Carolyn a child. This becomes quite apparent in the next scene at the Blue Whale.
Carolyn's behavior is atrocious. Her immaturity and naivety are on full display. Burke's behavior is somewhat puzzling. One moment he encourages Carolyn and Joe's relationship and the next he seems to be undermining it. Joe's behavior is totally understandable. He walks out on her after she goes too far. He should have at least insisted on bringing her home though.
During a brisk and abrasive bonding session Liz pressures Vicki into snitching on Carolyn. Liz is in a tizz over the fact that Carolyn is pursuing Burke. Then she is stunned into mortification when she learns that Carolyn has left the Blue Whale alone with Burke, the man she believes tried to kill her brother.

I thoroughly enjoyed this episode. Bennett and Moltke have some great scenes with great dialogue. Liz mentions a person living with years of hate and bitterness is capable of almost anything. This made me think of her and Paul. "Wait. It seems like I've been doing that all of my life." she tells Vicki. This conjures up so many scenarios in my head including the 18 years. I'm a little surprised that she might think Matthew could harm a family member but he admits it. And how about Liz's vignette about the house, stating bringing David to grow up there was probably the worst thing she could have ever done. "This is no place for young people. It's old and decaying and smells of death." Great stuff. Later Liz states that Carolyn, in her pursuit of Burke, "...is reaching out for something that she doesn't understand." I love that line.
Joe is a hoot (dancing aside, lol). More great/fun dialogue in the Blue Whale scenes. Love all of Joe's snide remarks regarding Burke and his thwarted movie date with Carolyn. I don't blame Joe one bit for walking out. Poor Joe.
Liz calls it the kitchen so I guess that's what it is. I would expect a very large kitchen in a 40 room house. I'm going with alwaysdavid's description of it as an eat-in kitchen.
Is this our first sighting of the Dark Shadows mascot, the Collinsport Fly?

Not liking the Collins children much. Carolyn's foolishness is getting quite irksome. David IS a f**king monster as described. Watching the two of them makes me so disgusted I can barely muster the want to write about the episode. I don't remember there being a secret door in David's room but I don't believe a ghost opened the door at the end of the hall. I love Vicki's heartfelt plea to David for a truce. Unfortunately the little fuckface takes advantage of it. I wonder if Roger was like that when he was a kid. It appears as though Vicki is helping raise two children, neither of which heed her advice. Joe meets Vicki. Nice/cute scene. How can you not like (and feel sorry for) Joe. Vicki and David have another conversation and he brings up Burke Devlin hating his father and Vicki calls him on his obsession with hate. And once again she tries to guide him in the right direction. What a waste of compassion (at this point). Joe & Carolyn & Burke & the Blue Whale. Joe doesn't like or trust Burke. Carolyn invites Burke to sit with them. Not sure this qualifies her being a bitch but I am calling her one. Burke mentions not wanting to be a fifth wheel. I think that honor will probably go to Joe by visits end.

I'm liking Vicki more with each episode. Same for Joe & Liz. The shot of the moon and drop to the house was used in episode one during Vicki's opening voice-over.

Priceless: The looks Roger gives Maggie at the hotel front desk.

Excellent recap.
Another good opening voice-over. Great opening scene. Both actors are on their game. And I agree, the Maggie we come to know shows up in this episode. I welcome her with open arms. Vicki is learning how to handle Roger and does so quite well up there on Widows Hill. And again, I totally agree, Roger seems poised to give Vicki a quick shove. I like the writing in their scenes together. Maggie's closing in on Sam's torture. I don't remember if she eventually learns the whole truth. I absolutely love KLS's performance in this episode. I bet this is the first time Roger has ever shown contempt for Carolyn. She deserves it. Though I don't remember if it was ever made clear to her, as it was to Vicki, that he is a dangerous man and is to be avoided at all costs. 
I got robbed! If it wasn't, this should have been a Friday show. Stalling Burke's and Roger's face to face from Thursday to Monday would have made me stay home from school. I wouldn't have been able to run home fast enough, lol.

We are treated to a rare opening shot of Collinwood. I'll be looking for it again to see just how rare a shot it actually is. I enjoyed this episode very much.

They're really playing up the idea of ghosts. David talks to them (the widows) and witnesses their misdeeds (the teacup). David appears to have a direct line to them. David has an unnatural fear of his father and we learn why as Roger and Liz have what they think is a private conversation. David's toy robot betrays him. Bad for David but good for us. We learn that Roger's wife is also involved in this mess regarding Burke. And now Roger has an unnatural fear of his son. Liz seems to hold all the cards where Roger and David are concerned, luckily for David.

Carolyn holds her own but eventually gets hoodwinked by Burke. So much so that she brings him home to mother, lol. Liz is not as amused am I am.

Roger is quite despicable.

I wanna say that the opening voice-over was a little corny but I don't remember it because this episode blew me away. It's my second favorite to date. It was exciting and engrossing. I don't think Carolyn is in love with Joe. Since last episode I've been wondering what Joe wanted to talk about. I figured it was Burke. I didn't remember it was about the promotion. Poor Joe, Carolyn cut him down at the knees twice. Third time's the charm as we'll learn in time. Joan has one of her better days if I remember correctly. She had nothing but great scenes to act today. I was on the edge of my seat. Especially when Joe told Liz about Burke Devlin. Now that we know she knows we want to know. Obviously Burke wants to know as well.

Another great opening voiceover. Having started watching during the Petofi period, seeing sets such as the kitchen (or is it more a ? ) and the basement is still a thrill for me. The storage room appears to have some great significance. We get a sense of the better/softer side of Liz in this episode. Her talk with David and Mathew's Liz speech make her out to be a good person with a bad secret or two. How can we not think Vicki is one of them. Of course she keeps denying it. And quite well to Vicki's face. Vicki and Carolyn have a conversation without Carolyn blowing up, lol. Apparently David & Roger hate each other. Come to think of it, no one likes Roger but Carolyn. What surprises me more than Mathew being unaware of Vicki's presence at Collinwood is that Vicki knows how to drive! Orphanage/NYC? Not likely.