Dark Shadows is an American gothic soap opera that originally aired weekdays on the ABC television network, from June 27, 1966, to April 2, 1971. The show was created by Dan Curtis. The story bible, which was written by Art Wallace, does not mention any supernatural elements. It was unprecedented in daytime television when ghosts were introduced about six months after it began. The series became hugely popular when vampire Barnabas Collins appeared a year into its run. Dark Shadows also featured werewolves, zombies, man-made monsters, witches, warlocks, time travel, and a parallel universe. A small company of actors each played many roles; indeed, as actors came and went, some characters were played by more than one actor. Major writers besides Art Wallace included Malcolm Marmorstein, Sam Hall, Gordon Russell, and Violet Welles.
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- Seasons
- 12
- Episodes aired
- 1.225
- Latest aired
- S12E46
- Total runtime
- 18d 21h
Timeline when each season aired
- Season 1 June 1966 – December 1966 124 episodes
- Season 2 December 1966 – March 1967 64 episodes
- Season 3 March 1967 – July 1967 83 episodes
- Season 4 July 1967 – November 1967 90 episodes
- Season 5 November 1967 – March 1968 93 episodes
- Season 6 April 1968 – February 1969 237 episodes
- Season 7 March 1969 – November 1969 182 episodes
- Season 8 November 1969 – March 1970 92 episodes
- Season 9 March 1970 – July 1970 80 episodes
- Season 10 July 1970 – September 1970 49 episodes
- Season 11 September 1970 – January 1971 85 episodes
- Season 12 January 1971 – April 1971 46 episodes
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S02E01 DS-127
December 20 · 22min find the promo
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After Matthew's screams of terror, Burke and Roger break into the old house rescuing Victoria. They find Matthew dead from fright. Elizabeth, calls the Sheriff. Victoria comes home and states that the ghost of Josette Collins saved her. Roger thinks she is traumatized and imagined the ghost. Roger takes Sheriff Patterson to the Old House. Elizabeth orders Burke not to hurt Carolyn or Victoria, whom she suspects he is attracted to. Burke visits Victoria in her room and she thanks him. Burke tells her to flee Collinwood; she believes she's safe now that Matthew's dead. Roger comes home and tells the news that there will probably be no inquest. Matthew died of a heart attack most likely brought about by a big fright. Victoria feels Josette watched over her the whole time and she believes she resembles Josette. She thinks Josette is one of her ancestors. Meanwhile, Josette's ghost appears outside the Old House and dances around the columns.
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S02E02 DS-128
December 21 · 22min find the promo
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Sam reveals to Roger that the stranger who spoke to Maggie was Roger's estranged wife Laura, who has returned to town. Elsewhere, Laura wastes no time in making her presence felt.
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S02E03 DS-129
December 22 · 22min find the promo
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Elizabeth learns of Laura's return and decides that she must not see David. Meanwhile, Sam finds himself compelled to paint a disturbing picture of a woman burning amidst flames.
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S02E04 DS-130/131
December 23 · 22min find the promo
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Laura visits Collinwood and reveals to Roger and Elizabeth that she has intends to gain legal custody of David. Meanwhile, David has a nightmare about his mother.
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S02E05 DS-132
December 27 · 21min find the promo
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David learns the news that his mother has returned to Collinwood. Clearly disturbed by this revelation, he confides to Victoria that he senses Laura's presence watching over him.
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S02E06 DS-133
December 28 · 22min find the promo
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Burke and Laura meet and discuss their respective agendas against the residents of Collinwood. Meanwhile, Sam finds himself compelled to continue working on the painting.
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S02E07 DS-134
December 29 · 21min find the promo
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A frosty meeting between Roger and Laura takes place when she visits Collinwood. David is apprehensive about meeting his mother, following his dreams. When the pair meet, he runs away terrified.
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S02E08 DS-135
December 30 · 22min find the promo
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Elizabeth struggles to comfort David, who hears his mother calling to him in his sleep. While attempts are made to reintroduce the boy to his mother, it is agreed that Laura will live in Matthew's empty cottage.
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S02E09 DS-136
January 2 · 22min find the promo
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Roger locks horns with Richard Garner, as he attempts to speed up divorce proceedings against Laura. Sam continues to be troubled by his compulsion to paint the fire portrait.
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S02E10 DS-137
January 3 · 22min find the promo
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Sam's painting is now almost complete, depicting Laura surrounded by flames. Meanwhile, Roger learns that the body from the Phoenix apartment has been positively identified as Laura.
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S02E11 DS-138
January 4 · 22min find the promo
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The sheriff questions Laura about the body, but can offer no explanation for the mistake in identity. Roger goes to Laura's cottage with a gun and discovers her and Burke there together.
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S02E12 DS-139
January 5 · 21min find the promo
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Roger demands that Laura tell him what Burke wanted from her. David does not want to meet Laura. When she encounters him by chance at Widows' Hill, he is terrified and almost steps over the edge.
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S02E13 DS-140
January 6 · 22min find the promo
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Victoria makes an effort to reunite David and Laura, in spite of him not believing that Laura is his mother. Later, Laura tells David the story of a mythical bird, the phoenix which is reborn anew through fire.
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S02E14 DS-141
January 9 · 22min find the promo
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David shows Laura a picture he has drawn of the phoenix and shows her the Old House. Meanwhile, Laura begins to reveal a darker motivation behind her return and her plans to take David far away.
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S02E15 DS-142
January 10 · 22min find the promo
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Victoria receives the mysterious painting of Laura from Sam and passes it onto David. That night, the painting gives David a terrible nightmare vision of his mother calling to him.
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S02E16 DS-143
January 11 · 22min find the promo
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Sam is alarmed to learn of the influence his painting has had on David, but finds himself unable to stop working on a second, identical painting. Lieutenant Riley investigates the fire at Laura's apartment.
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S02E17 DS-144
January 12 · 21min find the promo
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Victoria looks through the Collins family album and is intrigued when she realises that its illustration of Josette features an identical locket to the one Laura wears. Riley's continues to search for answers.
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S02E18 DS-145
January 13 · 22min find the promo
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Laura is outraged when she learns of Sam's painting. Later, as Sam sleeps in the living room of his cottage, Laura stares into her fireplace and makes a fire erupt around him.
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S02E19 DS-146
January 16 · 22min find the promo
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Sam and Maggie put the fire out, leaving the cottage barely damaged. Sam is left with badly burned hands, preventing him from painting. The second painting of Laura has been destroyed by the fire.
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S02E20 DS-147
January 17 · 22min find the promo
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Laura asks for Burke's help to reclaim David. Burke warms to her proposal, but in return asks for her to help clear him of his manslaughter conviction. David refuses to left Roger take the painting away.
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S02E21 DS-148
January 18 · 21min find the promo
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Victoria and Frank continue to be concerned by Laura's influence on David and agree that, despite Burke's advice, that the boy should be kept away from her at all costs.
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S02E22 DS-149
January 19 · 21min find the promo
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The ghost of Josette materialises in David's room and magically completes David's painting, so that it now depicts him and his mother surrounded by a wall of flames.
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S02E23 DS-150
January 20 · 22min find the promo
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Roger is appalled by the painting and throws it into the fireplace. Meanwhile, Elizabeth tells Laura to stay away from David. Laura vows that she will regain her son.
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S02E24 DS-151
January 23 · 22min find the promo
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David reveals to Elizabeth that Laura has visited him in the night. Meanwhile, Roger decides to encourage David to forge a closer relationship with his mother.
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S02E25 DS-152
January 24 · 22min find the promo
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Laura uses her powers of persuasion to make Victoria agree to stand aside from her and David. The body from Phoenix is positively identified as that of Laura Collins.
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S02E26 DS-153
January 25 · 22min find the promo
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Lieutenant Riley continues to investigate Laura. Meanwhile, Victoria is compelled to take her and Frank to a mysterious building located on the edge of a cemetery.
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S02E27 DS-154
January 26 · 22min find the promo
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With the help of the caretaker, Victoria and Frank discover that the remains of Laura Murdock Stockbridge are buried in the crypt. Victoria falls into a psychic trance.
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S02E28 DS-155
January 27 · 22min find the promo
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Elizabeth demands that Laura leaves Collinwood. Laura stares into the flames of the cottage fireplace and uses her supernatural powers to make Elizabeth fall unconscious.
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S02E29 DS-156
January 30 · 23min find the promo
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Elizabeth regains consciousness, but has no memory of how she fell unconscious. Later, she is visited by a cloaked figure and reacts in terror, talking incoherently about fire.
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S02E30 DS-157
January 31 · 22min find the promo
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Investigating the crypt at the Eagle Hill Cemetery, Victoria and Frank are intrigued to discover that the remains of two of Laura's ancestors are buried there, both of whom died of fire 100 years apart.
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S02E31 DS-158
February 1 · 22min find the promo
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Elizabeth's condition continues defy any logical diagnosis. Laura pays Elizabeth a visit, leaving her deeply distressed. Laura uses dark powers to place Elizabeth into a coma.
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S02E32 DS-159
February 2 · 22min find the promo
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Victoria tells Frank that Elizabeth was determined to ensure that Laura would not take David away. Laura frostily vows to Victoria that she will regain David at any cost.
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S02E33 DS-160
February 3 · 22min find the promo
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Psychic investigator Dr. Peter Guthrie is called to Collinwood to access Elizabeth's condition. He concludes that she in a trance caused by an extreme case of mental trauma.
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S02E34 DS-161
February 6 · 21min find the promo
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Guthrie determines that Elizabeth is the victim of a malicious act by an outside influence. Roger objects to Carolyn's attempts to assume the role of head of the household.
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S02E35 DS-162
February 7 · 22min find the promo
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David tells Guthrie about the legend of Josette and that her ghost haunts Collinwood. David is horrified to see the portrait of Josette change into the painting of him and Laura in the flames.
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S02E36 DS-163
February 8 · 21min find the promo
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Dr. Guthrie questions David at length. Meanwhile, Laura probes David for information on the investigation at Collinwood. Laura faces a stern interrogation from a suspicious Dr. Guthrie.
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S02E37 DS-164
February 9 · 22min find the promo
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Dr. Guthrie visits Sam and questions him about how he felt when he was painting Laura. Victoria discovers that Elizabeth's illness came just after a visit from Laura.
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S02E38 DS-165
February 10 · 21min find the promo
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David goes to the cottage to spend the night with his mother. Later during the night, the ghost of Josette appears to both David and Laura, leaving her frightened.
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S02E39 DS-166
February 13 · 22min find the promo
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Sam continues to be troubled by recent events. Victoria and David continue to worry about David's welfare, while Burke begins to harbour suspicions about Guthrie.
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S02E40 DS-167
February 14 · 22min find the promo
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Laura makes plans to take David away before Elizabeth recovers from her illness. Victoria is shocked at Dr. Guthrie's suggestion to hold a séance at Collinwood.
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S02E41 DS-168
February 15 · 22min find the promo
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An embittered Sam blames Laura for causing all the recent troubles, and confides his fears about her to Dr. Guthrie. Guthrie invites Laura to join the séance.
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S02E42 DS-169
February 16 · 22min find the promo
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Roger decides to take steps to move his divorce plans forward. Meanwhile, Dr Guthrie comes to the conclusion that there are forces acting at Collinwood beyond anyone's understanding.
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S02E43 DS-170
February 17 · 22min find the promo
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The séance goes ahead as planned, with Laura present. Victoria falls into a trance and speaks erratically in French, but falls unconscious just as she is about to make an important revelation.
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S02E44 DS-171
February 20 · 22min find the promo
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Victoria is unable to understand Josette's warming, but Guthrie succeeds in translating it. Later on, Laura appears in Victoria's room and warns her to stop interfering.
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S02E45 DS-172
February 21 · 22min find the promo
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Mrs Johnson tells Burke about recent events at Collinwood, including the séance. Laura uses magic to erase the audio recording of the séance, disposing of its evidence.
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S02E46 DS-173
February 22 · 22min find the promo
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Victoria tells Burke of the recent events and their apparent relationship with Laura. As Burke is convinced that he should be cautious, Laura takes new steps to cement her relationship with David.
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S02E47 DS-174
February 23 · 21min find the promo
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The police are forced to close the case of the corpse found in Phoenix, but are shocked to discover that the remains have vanished from their casket in the mortuary.
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S02E48 DS-175
February 24 · 22min find the promo
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Guthrie questions Laura at length about the missing body. Later, Laura gazes into the flames of her fireplace intently, causing Guthrie to collapse to the floor.
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S02E49 DS-176
February 27 · 21min find the promo
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Laura is prevented from finishing her incantation and Guthrie recovers. Though shaken by his experience, he is now convinced that Laura possesses supernatural powers.
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S02E50 DS-177
February 28 · 22min find the promo
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Guthrie tells Carolyn his surpicionsabout Laura, but decides that further investigation is needed. Guthrie asks Joe to help him to covertly exhume a coffin from the crypt.
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S02E51 DS-178
March 1 · 21min find the promo
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Carolyn persuades Roger to tolerate Guthrie's investigation of Collinwood. Later, Guthrie and Joe break into the crypt at the Eagle Hill Cemetery and prepare to open Laura Radcliff's coffin.
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S02E52 DS-179
March 2 · 22min find the promo
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The elderly caretaker intervenes before the coffin can be opened, demanding that Guthrie's party leaves. However, a supernatural force makes the lid open itself, revealing the casket to be empty.
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S02E53 DS-180
March 3 · 22min find the promo
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Joe, Frank and Guthrie are shocked by the discovery and are confused when they discover that the records for the burial are faded beyond recognition. Later, Laura appears to the caretaker.
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S02E54 DS-181
March 6 · 22min find the promo
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David sees a strange vision of himself in the flames of the fireplace. Meanwhile, Joe's research uncovers an old newspaper page which tells of a boy called David who died by fire.
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S02E55 DS-182
March 7 · 22min find the promo
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David tells Victoria that he wants to leave Collinwood to live with his mother. Meanwhile, supernatural forces, bring the newspaper clipping to Roger's attention.
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S02E56 DS-183
March 8 · 22min find the promo
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Guthrie continues to investigate Collinwood for clues. When Laura refuses to extinguish her fireplace, Guthrie realises that she is one of the undead, who gains her power from the flames.
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S02E57 DS-184
March 9 · 21min find the promo
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Laura uses her supernatural powers to place Guthrie into a psychic trance. However, the ghost of Josette intervenes and leads David to the rescue.
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S02E58 DS-185
March 10 · 22min find the promo
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Following his recent experiences, Guthrie is determined to hold another séance. As Guthrie drives to the séance, he loses control of his car, which crashes and is consumed by flames.
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S02E59 DS-186
March 13 · 22min find the promo
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Despite Guthrie's absence, the séance is conducted as planned. This time, it is David who falls into a trance. Speaking as David Radcliff, he speaks of a terrifying ordeal with his mother in the flames.
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S02E60 DS-187
March 14 · 22min find the promo
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Burke makes plans to take David away from Collinwood to protect him from Laura's influence. Victoria is concerned to learn that Laura Radcliff died exactly one century ago.
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S02E61 DS-188
March 15 · 22min find the promo
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Laura surprises her detractors by announcing that she has decided to leave Collinsport without David. However, secretly, she tells David that she intends to take him with her.
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S02E62 DS-189
March 16 · 21min find the promo
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Victoria, Burke and Joe try to find a strategy to defeat Laura. Mrs Johnson is enlisted to guard David until the danger is over. However, a telephone call provides an ideal diversion for him to slip away.
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S02E63 DS-190
March 17 · 22min find the promo
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Laura meets David at an abandoned fishing shack and tells him that they will leave soon. As a fire starts to engulf the building, Laura begins to beckon David into the flames.
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S02E64 DS-191
March 20 · 20min find the promo
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Laura makes a desperate final bid for David's acceptance as she is consumed by supernatural flames. Meanwhile, Elizabeth begins to recover and Victoria battles to save the life of David.