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Another post worth revisiting:

And now I want to share the novelization of Scene 119 because, as I brought up previously, some of the dialogue in the version of the scene in the script that was used for the novel is different - and as was the case with the novelization of Scene 118, the scene is also a bit longer due to dialogue that was eventually dropped somewhere along the way and does not appear in DC's script:

When she returned to her lab after the funeral she at once went back to work on a problem which had been bother -ing her. From a refrigerator she removed a tray of blood samples, which she carried to a lab table. Then she be- gan to carefully check each sample under a microscope. She took her time with this. After a while she looked up with a thoughtful frown, then began to re-examine all the specimens once more.   She was busily engaged in this task when there was a knock on the lab door. She called out, "Come in."   The door opened and Professor Stokes entered. He said, "I got here as soon as I could."   "I'm glad," she said.   He crossed to the table and stared at the labeled blood samples in a box. "I'm not interrupting you?"   "It's all right," she said, staring into the microscope. "I'll be able to give you my full attention in a minute, Eliot."   "Do you have blood samples of all the victims?"   She raised her head and looked at him. "Yes."   His eyes met hers. "Have they revealed anything to you?"   A puzzled frown shown on her attractive face. "Yes, but I don't know what to make of it."   "What do you mean?" he asked, coming over to her.   She sighed and gestured toward the samples. "I've dis- covered a cell in these samples that I've never seen before. It obviously must have entered the bloodstreams of the victims while they were being attacked." And she put her eyes back to the microscope.   There was a pertinent pause between them before Pro- fessor Stokes asked warily, "Julia, do you believe in the existence of vampires?"   She gave him a startled look. "You're not really seri- ous?"   Stokes nodded gravely. "I am."   "And you think?"   "I'll tell you what I think in due time," he said, his expression serious. "I'm familiar with many documented case histories--some even in the twentieth century."   "I too am familiar with the legend of vampires."   "Then you'll realize all of the classic symptoms are present in the attacks that have occurred here."   "Julia heard him with widened eyes. She knew all about the vampire theories. But here in this white-walled modern hospital lab they seemed to have no place. She found it difficult to believe that this mystery facing them had its roots in the murky world of ancient witchcraft.   Swallowing hard, she said, "But, Eliot, vampires are only legend."   Professor Stokes stared at her grimly. "Julia, Carolyn Stoddard's body was almost completely drained of blood. Isn't that correct?"   "Yes."   "Do you know of any animals in this area that attack people for their blood?"   She stared at him with a disturbed expression on her attractive face. "Professor, this theory of yours will sound utterly fantastic to most people."   "I know it."   "What do the police think of it?"   He looked bleak. "If I told the police that the creature they're looking for lives by night and sleeps in a coffin during the day, they might question my sanity."   "There's no question about that," Julia agreed.   "Yet I believe it true."   Julia turned back to her microscope, thinking. "Assum- ing that you're right, the cell I've discovered would in- dicate to me that this creature, whatever it is, might be curable."   Stokes frowned. "Vampirism isn't a disease, Julia. Vam- pires are the living dead."   "How could you possibly prove such a thing?"   "I expect the proof will be forthcoming very soon," he said enigmatically.   Julia stared at him, having no idea what he meant.

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[spoiler]Yesterday's quote:
DS 1991 Ep #3 (-1966) - Prof. Woodard - 'Yes, I know there's a terrible storm, but I--I told you it's important. I MUST talk to him. It's very important.'

From SHADOWS IN THE '90s: The Dark Shadows Concordance 1991 - PLOT SUMMARIES - MINISERIES PART TWO (EPISODES TWO AND THREE):

WOODARD'S HOME:  Woodard impatiently asks the person on the other end of the phone if Patterson has returned yet.  The phone cuts off.  He slams it down.  A cat yelps.  He starts, then says, "Sebastian, that's not a good thing to do to an old man."  A window flies open, then something falls.  He goes downstairs, calling to his cat.  Barnabas, from behind, grabs his throat.  Woodard yells in terror.  Barnabas, coldly, "You've made a serious mistake, Professor.  Your foolish curiosity has now brought you into my bleak universe..."

The summary doesn't  reference the quote directly - but it does reference the circumstances it comes up in...

And as I've done previously when it comes to the '91 Series, I used a screen capture from the TGG Direct DVD release that's the same dimensions as the ones from the original series -

- because even though that release also doesn't have the correct color timing like the VHS release does -

- also like the VHS release, it has the correct aspect ratio, plus it even tends to show a bit more of the frame and it's clearer than the VHS.

And even though the MGM DVD release, like the TGG Direct release, tends to be clearer than the VHS, frustratingly, the aspect ratio is cropped from 4X3 to 16X9 -

And just a reminder, we've seen a notation similar to "DS 1991 Ep #3 (-1966)" before and in this case it means that the quote should have come from a Vicki's Arrival-Burke's Revenge-Matthew Morgan-Introducing Josette ep but there are no longer any eps from that storyline that haven't been quoted from.

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[spoiler]Yesterday's quote:
Ep #1050 (1970PT[-1966/67]) - Liz - 'No, it MUST be tonight! You MUST come with me to the mausoleum, Roger.'

From "#1050/1051: Robservations 08/05/03: Mourning; Claude North and His Dagger"

Liz returns--Roger, I want you to come with me and decide where Carolyn is to be buried. Not tonight, says Julia.  Yes, insists Liz, I must start believing that she's gone, and it would help me to decide one thing--where she is to rest--please, Roger!  That can wait until tomorrow, her brother says. No, it must be tonight! says Liz--you must come with me to the mausoleum.

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The Robservations references the quote perfectly...

And just a reminder, we've seen a notation similar to "(1970PT[-1966/67])" before and in this case it means that the quote should have come from a The Return of Laura ep but there are no longer any eps from that storyline that haven't been quoted from.

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[spoiler]Yesterday's quote:
Ep #286 (1967) - Vicki - 'But then, he MUST have done something to, to frighten her to make her feel so desperate.'

From "#0285/0286: Robservations 12/14/01: Barnabas Gets Soul"

Interesting that Barnabas lied to Vicki and said it was Jeremiah chasing Josette on that stormy night.

Vicki, confused, suggested that if Jeremiah had loved her, he wouldn't have frightened her. "I can't defend everything he did--nor could he," responded Barnabas softly. (I believe this was the first episode in which he called her Vicki rather than Miss Winters.)

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The Robservations only sort of references the quote...

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The glitch with the quotes in the slideshow has finally been fixed. If you not seeing the slideshow like this -

2026:

Ep #565 (1968) - Julia - 'Barnabas, you have responsibilities,
you MUST face them.

2025:

Ep #542 (1968) - Mrs. Johnson - 'MUST have been the
West Wing.

2024:

DS 2004 Pilot (-1968: Ep #478) - Barnabas - 'You MUST be
my cousin Elizabeth.

2023:

Ep #160 (1967) - Dr. Guthrie - 'She MUST have had a
memory block, then.

2022:

Ep #1128 (1840) - Gerard - 'Well, it's done...and you
MUSTN'T regret what you've done.

2021:

Ep #742 (1897) - Dirk - 'MUST be a storm coming up.

2020:

Ep #366 (1795) - Vicki - 'I MUST be having a dream.

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[spoiler]Thursday's quote:
Ep #432 (1796) - Abigail(thinking) - 'He's hidden something of the witch's here. I know it. Perhaps, even the book, that book which would convict her. That MUST be it. She gave it to him.'

From "#0431/0432: Robservations 04/08/02: Abigail Meets Her Dead Nephew"

432

The Robservations for Ep #432 doesn't summarize the teaser, which is a replaying of the ending of Ep #431. So, here's an excerpt of how things play at the end of Ep #431:

From "#0431/0432: Robservations 04/08/02: Abigail Meets Her Dead Nephew"

Abigail, certain Ben has hidden Vicki's book down in the basement, unlocks the door and heads downstairs.

However, even that isn't very detailed so here's the AOL Update for Ep #431 -

Abigail goes directly to the cellar door. As she searches for the correct key, she thinks to herself that he must have hidden something that belonged to the witch inside. Maybe even the missing book. Abigail opens the door and goes downstairs.

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[spoiler]Yesterday's quote:
Ep #565 (1968) - Julia - 'Barnabas, you have responsibilities, you MUST face them.'

From "Robservations 7/17/02 - #564/565 - JOOOLIA!"

Remember Vicki, advises Julia--Adam kidnapped her once, if anything happens to Barnabas, what will happen to the experiment? "You will do it," says Barnabas, but Julia reminds him that she can't deal with Willie, Adam, plus do the experiment--she needs Barnabas, and he must face his responsibilities. Barnabas agrees with her.

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The Robservations paraphrase but get the main points across quite well...

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[spoiler]Yesterday's quote:
Ep #1243 (1841PT[-1968/69]) - Kendrick - 'You MUST have some idea. You've seen what happens to others.'

From "#1242/1243: Robservations 01/19/04: Morgan Collins' Revenge"

You know a lot more about the locked room than I do, says Kendrick--what IS going to happen to Bramwell?  I have no idea, she says.  You must have some idea, he says--you've seen what has happened to others.  No one has ever known what happens to anyone in the room, says Julia--death, madness or possession are the three possible results of going into the locked room.  But didn't you and Morgan go into the room? he asks.  Yes, she says, Morgan took me there during the day when it was safe, but it was still a terrifying experience

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The Robservations paraphrase just a bit and still gets the main points across really well...

And just a reminder, we've seen a notation similar to "(1841PT[-1968/69])" before and in this case it means that the quote should have come from a The Werewolf-Quentin's Ghost ep but there are no longer any eps from that storyline that haven't been quoted from.

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Today's slideshow is actually working now. A missing semicolon in the code for the quotes was screwing things up. Sometimes it's the simplest things - and the simplest things are the hardest to spot...

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[spoiler]Yesterday's quote:
DS 1991 Ep #1 (-1897: Ep #826]) - Barnabas - 'Yes. Exactly the way it MUST have been almost 200 years ago.'

From SHADOWS IN THE '90s: The Dark Shadows Concordance 1991 - PLOT SUMMARIES - MINISERIES PART ONE (EPISODE ONE):

UPSTAIRS:  ...           They continue along the hallway. Barnabas reveals his discovery - a room that clearly once was boarded up.  They go inside. Victoria marvels at the room.  Barnabas ex- plains it appears as it must have 200 years ago.  She wanders around the room then ...

The summary doesn't  reference the quote directly - but it definitely does reference the circumstances it comes up in...

And as I've done previously when it comes to the '91 Series, I used a screen capture from the TGG Direct DVD release that's the same dimensions as the ones from the original series -

- because even though that release also doesn't have the correct color timing like the VHS release does -

- also like the VHS release, it has the correct aspect ratio, plus it even tends to show a bit more of the frame and it's clearer than the VHS.

And even though the MGM DVD release, like the TGG Direct release, tends to be clearer than the VHS, frustratingly, the aspect ratio is cropped from 4X3 to 16X9 -

And just a reminder, we've seen a notation similar to "DS 1991 Ep #1 (-1897: Ep #826])" before and in this case it means that the quote should have come from 1897 Ep #826 but there aren't any "MUST" quotes in that ep, so an alternative quote from the '91 Series was substituted.

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I forgot to mention two things in yesterday's post.

First, as with DS 1991's Ep #2, April 19th's quote from that show's Ep #1 is the last "MUST" quote from that ep.

And original DS Ep #826 joins Eps #1, #5, #8, #12, #13, #22, #24, #39, #47, #49, #59, #72, #86, #87, #120, #124, #136, #138, #139, #141, #145, #189, #198, #210, #217, #219, #223, #242, #272, #478, #659, #667, #690, #848, #904, #960, #1008, #1033 and #1087 as ones without any "must" lines.

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[spoiler]Yesterday's quote:
Ep #944 (1970) - Sabrina - 'He didn't kill me before and he won't now. That is why I MUST go to him.'

From "Robservations 5/19/03 - #944-945"

Barnabas picks up the remnants of the moon poppy, realizing Chris couldn't eat it--the human part of him submerged too quickly, and the animal could only destroy.

Sabrina enters, sees the flower in Barnabas' hand and screams in misery, taking the ruined petals into her own. Barnabas tries to comfort her, re-introducing himself--I'm trying to help Chris, too, he says. Nothing can help him now, she sobs. Don't think that way, says Barnabas. What other way is there to think? she asks bitterly--he's going to be killed tonight, I know it. You only fear it, amends Barn. No, she says, staring down at the flower, I know it, he will be killed as surely as this flower is destroyed, and it will be my fault--if I hadn't brought the flower, he wouldn't have stayed here by himself--he wouldn't have been able to get out into the woods where someone could get him! Barnabas assures her--he's gone out there before, he'll come back alive.  Not this time, she moans, I wish there was some way to tell him I only wanted to help--I wish I were in the woods with him now. Even if you were, you couldn't make him understand, says Barnabas--tomorrow. No, tonight, insists Sabrina, it's the only way I can save him. You're frightened, upset, saying things that make no sense, insists Barnabas. They do make sense, she says, I don't know why, but they do--I am the one person he won't hurt, or kill--he didn't kill me before, and won't now--that's why I must go to him. You're going home, says Barnabas, and I'm taking you there!  No, she cries.

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The Robservations paraphrase just a bit and still gets the main points across...

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[spoiler]Yesterday's quote:
Ep #733 (1897[-1970PT]) - Rachael - 'You MUST convince them.'

From "Robservations 11/19/02 - #732-733 - Ang & Barn's Bargain; Three For Worthington Hall"

Laura's room - She stares into the fire.  Rachel enters and asks how she is.  Much better, says Laura.  Rachel wants to talk to her--speak to Edward about bringing the children back from the school, begs the governess.  "*I* convince them of anything?" laughs Laura.  You must try, urges Rachel, I lived there, first as a student, then a teacher--kids are punished physically and mentally abused, and there's nothing the Trasks won't do to impose their will--on everyone--I ran away.  With a man, says Laura.  How did you know? wonders Rachel.  Because I know how hard it is for a woman to make her way in this world alone, says Laura.  There was nothing improper, says Rachel.  Laura doesn't care about that--I have much to do before I move into the cottage.

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The Robservations doesn't reference the quote at all, but, obviously, it comes up before Laura's remark questioning whether she could convince Edward (and Judith, who the Robservations doesn't even mention) to bring the children back from the school...

And this is the fourth quote from this ep. The first (Minerva - 'The innocent MUST suffer. Providence sometimes tests them. Sometimes by putting them in jail, or even putting them on a gallows) was back on October 3rd of 2020, the second (Magda - 'You MUST be brave. You MUST be brave, or you are going to die') was back on April 28th of 2022, and the third (Judith - 'Well, you MUST admit that you don't always admire each other') was back on May 17th of 2023.

So all that means that Ep #733 has joined the club with Eps #2, #3, #42, #44, #50, #52, #54, #66, #99, #106, #114, #119, #133, #158, #170, #195, #208, #211, #212, #271, #275, #281, #296, #300, #308, #315, #340, #365, #367, #377, #384, #405, #410, #426, #449, #450, #462, #466, #479, #481, #503, #506, #518, #528, #534, #543, #544, #545, #550, #555, #556, #608, #609, #629, #639, #643, #644, #646, #647, #651, #655, #678, #709, #717, #727, #734, #742, #743, #746, #750, #763, #764, #796, #883, #884, #886, #889, #915, #926, #975, #976, #977, #993, #1006, #1011, #1014, #1025, #1057, #1064, #1081, #1111, #1125, #1126, #1127, #1128, #1150, #1197, #1199, #1206, #1218, #1222, #1223, #1232 and #1245. However, not only recall that Eps #42, #44, #52, #66, #106, #133, #208, #211, #300, #367, #377, #384, #426, #449, #466, #543, #544, #550, #556, #609, #629, #639, #646, #655, #678, #709, #727, #734, #742, #746, #915, #977, #993, #1057, #1111, #1197, #1218 & #1232. have five quotes, but Eps #66, #377, #384, #449, #550, #646, #709, #727, #915 & #993 have six quotes, and even more of a milestone, Ep #550 has seven!!

And just a reminder, we've seen a notation similar to "(1897[-1970PT])" before and in this case it means that the quote should have come from a 1970PT ep but there are no longer any eps from that storyline that haven't been quoted from.

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[spoiler]Yesterday's quote:
Ep #506 (1968[-1840/41]) - Carolyn - 'There MUST be something terribly wrong with him. He kept jabbering about a dream he had, and said he had to tell me about it.'

From "Robservations 6/4/02 - #505/506 - Adam Over the Edge"

When it becomes clear she won't be silent, he screams that he'll tell her anyway, and, holding her fast, his face a mask of terror and determination, begins to tell her his dream. Carolyn bites his hand, forcing him to release her. Carolyn screams. Liz, downstairs in the garden, hears and races up to her daughter's bedroom. Willie, nursing his wounded hand, asks why she did that, he had to tell her the dream, he didn't mean to hurt her! Carolyn, as hysterical as he is, orders him out, but neither is listening to the other. Willie, sobbing, exits through the window. Liz enters and gathers the sobbing Carolyn into her arms. Carolyn calms down and tells Liz Willie broke into her room; she doesn't know why. Liz locks the window, assuring her he wouldn't get another chance--she's telling Barnabas to send Willie back to Windcliff. He told me he didn't mean any harm, explains Carolyn, he wanted to talk to me--he must be crazy, he kept jabbering about a dream he had and had to tell me about it. He's having hallucinations, says Liz, he told her about some dream, too, at the Old House. Carolyn thinks what scared her the most was the way he spoke of the dream

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The Robservations paraphrases the quote and completely changes the "must" part - shameful!!...

And this is the fifth quote from this ep. The first (Liz - 'Now lock your door after I go out. You MUST get some sleep') was back on March 28th of 2022, the second (Barnabas - 'No, you MUST stay here and help me with the search') was back on November 17th, the third (Liz - 'But he kept you against your will. He MUST have had to use force') was back on November 24th of 2023, and the fourth (Carolyn - 'It MUST be the most terrifying thing that's ever happened to him. He was shaking like a leaf the whole time he was in the room') was back on January 5th of 2024.

And this ep now shares the of a fifth quote with Eps #42, #44, #52, #66, #106, #133, #208, #211, #300, #367, #377, #384, #426, #449, #466, #543, #544, #550, #556, #609, #629, #639, #646, #655, #678, #709, #727, #734, #742, #746, #915, #977, #993, #1057, #1111, #1197, #1218 & #1232. However, recall that there's an even bigger because Eps #66, #377, #384, #449, #550, #646, #709, #727, #915 & #993 have six quotes, and even a bigger still because Ep #550 has seven!!

And just a reminder, we've seen a notation similar to "(1968[-1840/41])" before and in this case it means that the quote should have come from a Vicki/Jeff-Cassandra/The Dream Curse-Adam/Eve/Nicholas ep but there are no longer any eps from that storyline that haven't been quoted from.

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[spoiler]Yesterday's quote:
Ep #955 (1970) - Angelique - 'Surely you MUST'VE realized, just as I did, that neither of us has any chance for a normal life when Nicholas Blair came back into the picture.'

From "Robservations 5/27/03 - #954-955 - The Truth is Out; Ang & Sky Go Bust "

Barnabas hands Angelique a drink--Quentin told me you were here, he says. Quentin's been very kind and understanding, says Ang--you were right about everything, I've been a complete fool. If you'd rather not go into it, he says. I can't help but talk about it when everything that's happened to you has been my fault--I told Sky all about you, trusted him--I never dreamed he'd betray you.  Barnabas, surprised at first, quickly recovers--you had no way of knowing, he says--I realize you didn't do this to deliberately hurt me. "As I did the first time," she says softly. That's a long time ago, he says, best forgotten.

Yes, she agrees--how ironic it is--that it happened the same identical way--"I can't help thinking that it must mean something for you and for me". Her face is very close to his.  Perhaps it means we can be closer friends than we were before, he suggests.   Perhaps it means we can start again, at the beginning, as we did the first time, she rhapsodizes. This embarrasses Barnabas, who says, "Angelique," and turns away. We have so much in commons, both outcasts, she points out--"Surely you must realize, as I did, that neither of us has any chance for a normal life!--when Nicholas Blair came back into the picture..." Nicholas Blair, exclaims Barnabas.

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The Robservations paraphrases a bit but gets everything very close to the original quote...