I thought I was the only person who remembered "Frankenstein: The True Story"!
This is a wonderful Friday episode. Talk about a cliffhanger ending! I also caught the reference to six men subduing Adam, where before it was twenty.
Barnabas is taken aback when the sheriff tells him that Willie mentioned Adam's name (Willie managed to keep this detail from him), but insists that he's told all he knows. However, the sheriff has apparently decided that even a Collins is not above suspicion. With the majesty of the law at his back, he tells Barnabas [in his own house!], You’d better sit down . You’re going to have to answer a lot of questions. Barnabas complies, but no doubt is secretly lamenting the good old days when anyone named Collins was above the law.
Adam arrives at Widow's Hill, still carrying Carolyn in his arms. Eventually he listens to her pleas and sets her down. But she's too close to the edge. Her little shoes slip on the rocks, leaving her hanging on to the cliff's edge. At first Adam doesn't quite comprehend what has happened, even though she screams at him to take her arms. Even now he attempts to repeat what she says without understanding it. The next moment, Barnabas, the sheriff and the deputies arrive. Don’t shoot! Carolyn screams at them. As they watch in amazement, Adam finally clasps Carolyn's arms and pulls her straight up in one smooth motion, turning himself at the same time so that her feet land far from the edge of the cliff. Once down, she rushes to the relative safety of Barnabas's arms. As the sheriff's men close in, she begs them, Please don’t hurt him! He just saved my life! For a long moment Adam hesitates, looking at the sheriff's men, then at the steep drop to the rocks below. Then with a cry, he throws himself off the cliff as Carolyn's screams of horror, and perhaps sorrow, fill the air.
The scenes from the opening credits roll by, showing the waves breaking majestically against the indifferent rocks at the base of Widow's Hill. The last thing we hear is Dr. Lang's warning to Julia about how Adam and Barnabas are linked....
