I would figure that once he got sprung from the hoo-hoo hotel, he would move as far away from Collinsport as possible, all the way to the west coast, getting a job with the fishing boats among the isolated Oregon coast. He would still not be "quite right," keeping to himself, being a distant and even hostile person, a total loner, the memories still haunting him. Some pretty little thing, very Maggie-like, would take to him, trying desperately to help him with whatever is wrong, creating a very tense relationship. How's that for a Dark Shadows spin-off?
Gerard