578 - (Louis Edmonds) - On this night, the great house of Collinwood is quiet--and no one is aware of the potential dangers that exist--for in the deserted West Wing of the great house, there is one who is watching a scene that is being enacted on the terrace below--a scene that is provoking him to jealousy and anger--and in a moment his anger will explode in an unexpected burst of violence.
We have a substitute actress playing Carolyn, obviously wearing a blonde fall. She doesn't kiss Tony with the same amount of passion.
Carolyn finds Tony lying by the terrace and calls to Roger. She fears he's dead, but Tony stirs, making that diagnosis wrong. They ask him what happened, and he says someone attacked him from behind. He didn't see who it was. Carolyn and Roger help Tony into the house. Adam, watching from above, sneers and petulantly says he knows Carolyn will be angry with him, bur he doesn't care!
Carolyn and Roger assist Tony to the sofa and he tells them he has a big headache. He refuses a doctor, and has no idea who attacked him--I started to leave and someone grabbed me. He was very strong, and said, "Stay away from her." Carolyn's face conveys that she's figured out who his attacker was, and Tony knows, too. Carolyn says that's ridiculous, no one would want him to stay away from her--she has no idea who it was, either. Roger wants to call the sheriff and report a prowler attacking visitors, even unexpected ones, like Tony. (LOL!) What was he doing at Collinwood? Liz sent for me, explains Tony--she wants to change her will. This upsets Roger, who asks for details, but Tony says he can't tell him--Liz hired him just this evening. Roger explains that his sister is emotionally unstable and has no need of his services. Tony insists that's for Liz to decide. Carolyn says she feels Tony is right--she won't oppose what her mother wants. Roger demands to know about the changes to the will, and Tony retorts that he should ask Liz himself if he wants to know. Roger says he'll call the sheriff after he speaks to Liz. Carolyn sense a family battle in the offing and suggests Tony leave--he's been through enough tonight. I always runs into trouble at Collinwood, says Tony. Carolyn asks if it will keep him from coming back. He asks if she wants him to come back. Yes, sure, assures him softly. He asks if she is sure she doesn't know who attacked him--who else could he have been talking about when he said "Stay away from her."
Carolyn, mystified, says she hasn't seen anyone since they stopped dating--do you believe me? she asks. Tony wants to. Then do, she asks. He agrees to leave it at that for now. Is he angry? No, he assures her, she didn't have anything to do with this. She's sorry it happened, but he's glad they saw each other tonight. Holding his hand, she escorts him to his car.
Adam watches as Tony's car takes off, looking after it as it heads down the road. She loves him, he agonizes, I wish I had killed him. (That's a bad temper, Adam!)
Adam answers Carolyn's knock at his door. He ask what she wants, and she says she knows he attacked Tony and could have killed him. He doesn't deny it. She tells him she should turn him over to the police. Go ahead, he challenges. She can't allow him to attack innocent people, she insists. Then call the police, he says--I don't care. You broke your promise by leaving the room, she accuses, why?--were you jealous of Tony? NO! barks Adam. She apologizes for asking the question, and he says to leave him alone. She's trying to help him, she protests. Stop trying, advises Adam. She doesn't know what to say, and he says to say nothing and just go. No, wait--he opens a drawer and gives back her scarf. Take it, he says, you left it here and I kept it. Why? I look at it sometimes, he says harshly. He pushes it into her hand--it reminds me of you--I don't want it--I don't want to think of you. She doesn't want to hurt him, she says. He asks if she loves Tony. She likes him, she says. You said you liked me, Adam reminds her, but she says, honestly, she's very confused about Tony. She doesn't know him well enough to be sure if she loves him, but she admits she is attracted to him. He knows what that means--she likes him in a way she doesn't like Adam. She tells Adam she wants to be his friend, since it's all she has to offer--forget anything else. He doesn't want to be her friend, he says huskily.
She objects to that, and asks why he makes things so difficult for both of them. Just go, he urges, leave me (does that sound like Daddy Barnabas or what?) She does, angry, and he locks the door behind her, depressed.
Drawing room - Roger helps himself to a drink. Carolyn comes downstairs. Where have you been? he demands--I want to talk to you--whatever you've got to do, this is is far more important--Tony does want to change her will--Liz intends to cut them all off without a cent unless they agree to some bizarre suggestions. She wants them to build her a special mausoleum, at once, a tomb, a final resting place. That's not all--the tomb is to be equipped with a buzzer system in her coffin. Carolyn is stunned. This will be connected to the bells in the tower, and, when pushed, the bells will ring and the coffin will open. Carolyn is perplexed. Roger says Liz still thinks they are trying to bury her alive. He's worried about her and feels she should return to Windcliff--they can't help her here.
Roger proposes to return her to Windcliff, but Carolyn is mixed up about Tony and can't make such a serious decision tonight. She grows upset with her uncle, asking him to leave her alone. He asks what has gotten into her, and she apologizes and hastily leaves as Roger takes another, much-needed--sip of his drink.
Out on the terrace, Carolyn meets with Harry. She asks him to stay with Adam 24 hours a day if necessary. Adam needs company, but Harry says he and Adam don't like each other. Harry's all she's got, says Carolyn--he brings Adam his food--he's used to him. Harry says he's afraid of him, he did try to kill him once. Carolyn says Adam will be friendly to Harry if Harry is friendly towards him. How will he explain his disappearance to his mother? asks Harry, and Carolyn says she'll say she sent him to Bangor on business. What do I get out of it? demands Harry, and she assures him he'll be paid for his trouble. He wants $100 per day for every day he's up there.
She agrees to $100 to stay with Adam tonight, but that's as far as she'll go. Harry tells her he'll stay, but he doesn't like it at all.
Morose, Adam sits in his room, writing on a pad of yellow paper. Harry knocks and Adam lets him in. Harry explains that Carolyn sent him up--she wants him to stay with Adam who she feels is in need of company. Adam doesn't want company, but Harry has his orders. Adam tells Harry to tell Carolyn he wants to talk to her, sounding near tears. Harry says Adam doesn't need to speak to him, but he must stay, per Carolyn's orders. Adam again demands to see Carolyn. Harry can't. Adam insists. He grabs Harry by the arms and threatens to kill him if he doesn't go get Carolyn. Harry agrees, but he must lock the door. Adam tries the handle and realizes he is, indeed, locked in. Adam is pissed.
Carolyn apologizes to her uncle. Roger points out that she behaved as if she wasn't thinking of Liz at all. I'm as worried about her as you are, she assures him. She thinks Julia should make the final decision about sending Liz back to Windcliff. Harry appears in the foyer, asking to speak to Carolyn right away. She closes the doors behind her, leaving Roger alone in the drawing room. She demands to know what he's doing here. Adam wants to see you, says Harry--he threatened to kill me if I didn't go find you. Roger paces the drawing room. He goes into the foyer to look for Carolyn, but she's gone.
Harry and Carolyn find the door to Adam's room ripped from its hinges. There's a note which Carolyn reads: "You don't want me. Goodbye." Harry wonders where he went, but Carolyn doesn't know--nor does she know what's going to happen to him now.
NOTES: Don't know what happened to Nancy Barrett today, but it sure was weird having so many important scenes played by a different actress. No Barnabas or Julia again, boo hoo! I miss them!
It was great seeing Tony back, and the kiss he planted on Carolyn was damn nice! I guess she's ready to forgive him for his "attraction" to Cassandra, but will she? Or will the Tony-Carolyn relationship just fade away? Roger has no idea how very preoccupied his niece is, how much she has going on. Between Adam's crush on her and her feelings for Tony, she doesn't know whether she's coming or going. And now she must worry about Adam's disappearance--again. Where will he go? Nicholas, probably, who seems to be his only ally--at least Adam thinks so. Bad move!
579 - (Alexandra Moltke) - It is nightfall at Collinwood, and the great mansion lies quietly under a gleaming moon. Beneath its radiance, the Old House hides dangerous secrets--secrets a young man is attempting to learn. He is under the spell of an evil woman, and because he cannot break her hold over him, he must secretly learn how to complete a terrifying experiment.
Jeff, rubbing his neck instead of his hair for a change, goes into the Old House basement and hears a sound. No one is there; Julia's going to be gone for at least an hour. He opens a cabinet and takes out a red notebook. This is the information he needs, the way Lang intended to make Adam live. He takes the notebook over and adjusts the voltage to the equipment, then checks a marble notebook, rubbing his eyes. Why is he doing this? he asks himself--because of that girl, because she's forcing him to do it? She has such a hold over him. . .he's asked himself a thousand times why, but he doesn't know. If Barnabas and Julia learned what he was doing. . .he pages through the red notebook. Someone comes downstairs. It's Julia. "Jeff!" she cries He's snagged!
Tight lipped, Julia demands to know what he's doing with her notebook. He hedges, explaining that he just wanted to learn more about the experiment.
Why? She demands, twice. Because of Vicki, he says, since this is the only reason he's helping them. If anything happens to Julia, he'll have to complete the experiment alone, so. . .she assures him nothing will happen to her, but he reminds her she was ill before. You know all you need to know, she says, and the book is my property--you should have asked to see it. He says he didn't think she would mind. "Well I do," she says, locking the book in the cabinet and pocketing the key. He asks Julia about Barnabas providing the life force--who will bring this creature alive? Julia doesn't know. Jeff asks what will happen to whoever is used? Nothing, says Julia, but Jeff read in Lang's journals that Barnabas was supposed to die--what did she do to prevent it? Julia asks about all his questions, telling him not to be so curious--the less he knows, the better. She only needs him to help set up the apparatus. Julia hears Barnabas come in upstairs and asks Jeff to work on some wiring. He's upset, knowing she suspects him. He must be very careful, he warns himself.
Barnabas, cane in hand, sits in the wing-backed chair, looking really sad. He tells Julia he's puzzled--he just came from Collinsport, and nothing has happened. He expected to hear of attacks, but there haven't been any. Julia says she's glad, as is Barn, but someone attacked Tom, and they know what did it. Why hasn't the vampire attacked anyone else? Barn is convinced Blair has something to do with this. Julia is, too, but Willie has been watching his house and nothing has happened. Julia suggests they stop worrying, and consider that the danger ended when he destroyed Tom. No, Barn senses something is wrong, but he feels they have only seen the beginning of this. Another vampire exists somewhere very close to them, and yet where is HE? (No consideration of a female vampire?) Julia tells Barnabas about finding Jeff reading her notebook, claiming he wanted to learn as much as he could in case anything happened to Julia. Although she doesn't believe it, Barnabas considers it a sensible explanation. Barn admits he isn't fond of Jeff, but feels he loves Vicki and wants the experiment to succeed so Vicki won't be in danger. Julia's trust of Clark has gone downhill, but she can't explain why. Vicki knocks at the door and tells Barnabas that Stokes is on his way to see him, and it's very important. She came to make sure he would be there. Barnabas thanks her for delivering the message, and Vicki asks to speak alone with Julia.
Barnabas heads downstairs. Vicki asks Julia about Jeff's medical history--is he all right? Physically, he's healthy, Julia assures her, although he might never remember his past. Vicki says he's been behaving strangely and wondered if he was sick and didn't want to tell her--I'm worried, sobs Vicki.
Barnabas meets Jeff going upstairs and Barn tells him Vicki is upstairs with Julia. She came to deliver a message, says Barnabas, and wanted to see Julia alone. He doesn't know why, but Jeff does, and sneaks upstairs to listen in. Barnabas looks worriedly after him. Vicki tells Julia about Jeff turning down Roger's wonderful job offer without a reason. He said he was busy--doing what? Vicki says he hasn't had a steady job since he worked for Lang, months ago, so why did he turn it down, especially since it would have meant they could have married sooner? Jeff is listening in as Julia assures her that Jeff must have had a good reason. Vicki wonders what that is. He might be disturbed about something, but Julia says not. Perhaps he's having second rhoughts about her and their marriage, muses Vicki, but Julia assures her he loves her. Vicki believes he wants to delay the marriage, and she's so unhappy. Julia comforts her and says she'll take her back to Collinwood. Eavesdropper Jeff feels like crap, wishing he could race after her and tell her everything's all right--but he can't!
Stokes tells Barnabas Adam disappeared from his hiding place last night. Barn asks what the note said, but Jeff comes out and greets the professor, who expresses surprise at seeing Jeff. Barn tells him he's helping with the experiment for Vicki's sake. (Didn't Stokes already know this the other day, or is he pretending it's the first he's heard of it because of Barnabas?) Jeff announces he's leaving; he has a date with Vicki, and Barnabas tells him about Adam's disappearance. Stokes says this puts Vicki in greater danger than ever before--when Adam was hidden, he unfortunately fell in love--with Carolyn. This is shocking news to Barnabas. They spent a great deal of time together, continues Stokes, and Adam became emotionally obsessed with Carolyn. Barnabas realizes Carolyn WAS hiding Adam, and demands to know where.
Stokes says it doesn't matter, as he isn't there any longer. Carolyn was forced to reject him, and the note said, "You don't want me. Goodbye." Jeff wants to know what this has to do with Vicki. Stokes says Adam threatened to kill Victoria Winters. Jeff says he knows they're working on the experiment, which was enough to pacify him--until now. Stokes knows Adam--he's only driven to acts of violence when rejected--and he's just experienced the cruelest rejection, to be rejected by the woman he loves. His mood is dark and violent and Adam could strike out at anyone, anytime--he swore his first victim would be Vicki. First he'll come to the Old House to see how the experiment is progressing, guesses Barnabas. Jeff adds that if they haven't gotten far enough, as far as Adam is concerned, it will hurt Vicki. Stokes advises them to give Adam what he wants--work around the clock, work harder, he and Julia. Jeff wonders how he'll explain this to Vicki, but Stokes suggests that one tick of the clock could mean the difference between life and death for his fiancee, and he'd better consider that. Both Jeff and Barnabas consider Stokes' words, concerned.
So Jeff goes to Collinwood and breaks his date with an unhappy Vicki. He tries to tell her it doesn't have anything to do with her. All right, Jeff, she says, I won't ask for an explanation because I know I won't get one. Trust me, he says, and, fed up, she turns on him--you put everything on that basis, she cries, and it just isn't fair. He knows, but that's the way it must be. Is it, she says, and moves away from him when he tries to touch her hair. She asks for 3 minutes of his time, and invites him into the drawing room. She asks him to look at her. Do you still love me? she asks. He assures her he does. Why can't you confide in me, then?--why did you turn Roger down?
It came at the wrong time, he says, helplessly, he can't leave Collinsport now--in a week or two, yes, not now. She says she'll try to accept that, but why haven't they even been seeing each other? I've been busy, he says--I can't tell you how. She asks if he doesn't want to marry her. Oh, no, he wants to more than anything else in the world! Why are you behaving this way? she asks--you can tell me anything, I'll try to understand, but you've got to tell me something! I can't, he says. It's no use, she says--us, our engagement--I can't marry a man who keeps secrets from me, and you're doing it--I would stop loving you after we were married if that happened, and so, we aren't getting married the way things are now! He begs her not to say that, he loves her very much. She hands him back his engagement ring and thrusts it into his hand. "There's nothing left to say!" she cries, running upstairs and slamming the door. "Vicki, please!" he calls after her, but she ignores him. He rubs his forehead, wishing he could tell her he's doing this for her. . .but he can't! And she can't understand, maybe she never will, maybe he really has lost her--forever. He holds the ring in his hand, miserable.
Down in the lab, Julia's gloved hands place instruments on the table. She removes the gloves. Barnabas comes downstairs; she tells him the body will be completed tomorrow. If they're successful, says Julia, touching the draped body, this creature will be a living human being.
NOTES: So, we've reached the crucial part of the experiment, but who will serve as the life force? Will Nicholas provide the most evil woman he can conjure up? Will Barn and Jul have to make a choice? This sounds like the hardest part!
Now Jeff has lost Vicki, at least for now. How can he possibly EVER tell her why he is behaving so strangely? Won't she most likely break up with him even if she learns the truth, that he was creating a mate for a very strange, violent creature--Adam?
What has become of Adam? Where will he go? How will he react to this final rejection of Carolyn's? How cans he make someone this "young" yet this sexually mature soul understand why they aren't right for each other? Then again, could Carolyn love Adam if she let herself?
Love, Robin
