Okay, I will admit that I really enjoyed the first 209 episodes (at an average of 20 minutes each that is a true time commitment) of Dark Shadows. I like the characters. I like the quirky lighting and shaky sound and off-stage mistakes. But nothing, nothing, compares to the arrival of Barnabas Collins.
Now fellow fans already know this and I hate to be a spoilsport to those newbies who may have stumbled across this blog, but Barnabas is the original charming, handsome vampire. Oh, we don’t KNOW that he is a vampire yet but there have been clues: he was released from a chained coffin; he asks the portrait of Josette why she didn’t protect him when he lived in the manor; he describes the relationship between a young man and his father and how the father killed the man right on the stairs in the old house; he talks about how the Barnabas in the portrait (claiming he is his ancestor) outlived all his enemies.
And then there is the return of Willie.
Willie went missing for a while after he opened the coffin. Everyone was worried. They didn’t really miss him, they just wanted to be sure he was gone. Just as suddenly as he disappeared, he’s back. But he’s a changed man. He is quiet, subdued. He is apologetic and sincere. He is afraid of the dark.
No one knows what to make of the new Willie. They all agree something is off about him. He must be sick and should remain at Collinwood until he feels better able to leave.
I think when nightfall comes, they will change their minds.
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