Dark Shadows: The Beginning

Victoria Winters makes her way to Collinsport; Roger and Elizabeth discuss whether a governess is needed; Burke Devlin offers Victoria a ride into town.

Elizabeth Stoddard lets Vicky into Collinwood; Burke Devlin breaks up a fight at the Blue Whale; Vicky meets Roger Collins while taking a walk around the grounds.

Carolyn introduces herself to Vicky; Vicky asks Carolyn about Burke Devlin; Burke makes an offer to Joe Haskell; Vicky finds items in her room have been moved.

Vicky overhears Roger and Elizabeth arguing; Carolyn eavesdrops on Elizabeth and Roger as they discuss Burke Devlin; Vicky is awakened by the sound of crying.

Carolyn invites Vicky to have coffee, but notices the suitcase; David sneaks into Vicky's room; a strange man tells Vicky to go home; Vicky changes her mind.

Vicky runs into the handyman in the basement; Elizabeth offers David his father's books; Vicky asks Elizabeth about the recommendation from the foundlings home.

Roger and Sam discuss Burke Devlin; Maggie Evans waits on Burke at the diner; Vicky runs into Burke at the diner; Burke rings the doorbell at Sam's cottage.

Joe tells Carolyn about his promotion; Joe tells Elizabeth about Burke Devlin's offer; Vicky and Elizabeth argue about Vicky's call to the foundling home; Miss Hopewell begins writing a letter to Vicky.

Bill Malloy tries to visit Burke Devlin; when he can't connect with Burke, Malloy goes to Collinwood; Carolyn talks to Vicky about the cliffs; Malloy tells Elizabeth that Burke is a danger to her; Carolyn goes to visit Burke.

David hides to listen to a phone conversation; Carolyn asks Burke why her uncle is afraid of him; Roger tells Elizabeth to send David to an institution; Carolyn brings Burke Devlin home with her.

Elizabeth is shocked to see Burke, but invites him in for a drink; Sam goes to see Maggie at the inn; Elizabeth questions Carolyn about Burke's plans; Sam calls, looking for Roger; Burke asks to see Roger.

Roger confronts Vicky near Widow's Hill; Sam tells Maggie he is thinking of leaving Collinsport; Roger calls Sam; Vicky decides to question the caretaker; Roger heads for the drawing room to confront Burke.

Burke greets Roger warmly, but Roger is suspicious; Matthew tells Vicky about Burke Devlin's trial but knows nothing of the foundling home; Burke and Roger plan to meet later; Elizabeth warns Vicky about Matthew; Vicky sees Burke in the garage.

David tries to put something in Vicky's dresser; Carolyn chats with Vicky as she prepares for her date with Joe; Joe and Vicky talk about ghosts; Vicky sees a locked door open and close; Joe and Carolyn go to the Blue Whale, where Burke joins them.

Vicky gives Roger an update on her progress with David; Vicky tells Elizabeth about seeing Burke in the garage with Roger's car; David shouts at Vicky; Elizabeth is concerned about David; Roger's car hits a tree.

Bill Malloy calls to say Roger is fine; Elizabeth shares her suspicions with Vicky; Matthew reports that Roger's brakes were checked two days earlier; Joe gets angry and leaves Carolyn with Burke; Elizabeth learns that Carolyn is with Burke.

Upstairs in bed, David begins to scream; Roger lashes out at the doctor; Malloy tells Roger it was not an accident; Roger suspects Burke of tampering with his car; Elizabeth tries to calm David; Roger learns that Vicky saw Burke near his car.

Roger calls Vicky downstairs to talk; David asks Roger how he feels; Vicky tries to reassure David; Roger questions Vicky about finding Burke in the garage; David hides something in his dresser.

Elizabeth is worried about Carolyn; Malloy finds Sam at the Blue Whale; Joe and Carolyn argue at the diner; Elizabeth is relieved when Joe and Carolyn return to Collinwood; Joe checks the garage for Elizabeth.

Roger takes Vicky to the diner to confront Burke; Sam is angry when he realizes Maggie has been checking up on him; Roger accuses Burke of trying to kill him; Roger is unmoved by Vicky's story.

Vicky tells Carolyn that Roger's crash was not an accident; Malloy asks Burke about Roger's crash and Wilbur Strake; Vicky gets a letter from the foundling home; Burke makes a mysterious phone call.

Burke stops at the Evans cottage looking for Sam; Sam joins Roger at the diner in the inn; Burke offers Sam a painting commission; Carolyn tells Roger the constable is on his way.

David hides his magazine when he hears Vicky; Roger tells Constable Carter that he suspects Burke tried to kill him; David eavesdrops as Vicky recounts her story to the constable; David knocks the wrench off the table.

The constable heads to the diner to talk to Burke; Joe glowers when Burke stops to speak to Carolyn; Burke tells Carolyn that his plans have changed; Burke talks to Bronson again by phone.

David snoops in Vicky's room; Vicky shares her concerns about David with Elizabeth; Elizabeth and Roger discuss Vicky's letter; Vicky sees her letter is gone again and goes to David's room, but she finds something else.

Vicky confronts David about the valve, and he gets hysterical; the constable explains why he can't arrest Burke; David tells Elizabeth that Vicky tried to hurt him; the constable plans to search Burke's room; Vicky tells Elizabeth where the valve is.

Vicky explains to Carolyn why she and Elizabeth are looking for David; Burke, in Bangor, meets with Bronson to look at Collins' family finances; David's magazine is found in Vicky's drawer; a boy is caught trying to break into Burke's room.

Burke returns to Collinwood and confronts Carter about the search of his room; Maggie encounters David in the hallway at the inn; Maggie questions Roger when he arrives to get David; David has vanished.

Elizabeth blames Vicky for David running off; Burke finds David waiting outside his room; Carolyn upbraids Elizabeth for blaming Vicky; Burke tells David that his parents used to be Burke's friends.

Vicky sees a shadowed figure in the hallway when the lights go out; Burke examines the valve David put in the couch; David goes to retrieve the valve, but it's gone; Burke drives David to Collinwood.

Roger and David lie about where the valve came from; Vicky confirms it is the valve she found in David's room; Burke asks David for the truth; David wants Vicky to go away; Roger locks David in his room.

Roger tells Elizabeth that David is back and that he tried to kill his own father; Carter questions Malloy about David; Elizabeth tells Carter the missing valve was found at the accident scene.

Elizabeth and Carolyn talk about David and Burke; Joe gets drunk at the Blue Whale; Carloyn is shocked to learn that David is not being sent away; Vicky borrows Carolyn's car; a very drunk Joe makes a few announcements at Collinwood.

Vicky asks Burke about the investigator's report; Joe awakens at Collinwood, uncertain how he got there; Carolyn tells Joe he owes Burke an apology; Joe is surprised to find Vicky in Burke's room.

David listens to Carolyn's phone call; Joe tells Carolyn that Vicky was in Joe's room; Sam tries to refuse Burke's commission; Carolyn and Vicky argue about Burke.

Carolyn believes a locked room contains a clue to Jason's mysterious hold over her mother.

Sam visits the Old House; later, Maggie sneaks out and is spotted by Sam outside his cottage window.

Barnabas finds Maggie in the cemetery and puts her in the coffin in the secret mausoleum room.

The locked room in the basement is opened; everyone is shocked to hear of Elizabeth's wedding plans.

Burke Devlin telephones Carolyn to let her know he found her ring; Carolyn tells Roger she has a big date, but Roger is opposed to her seeing Burke; Burke and Carolyn argue at the diner; Malloy gets Sam Evans drunk.

Sam awakens from his drunken stupor alone in the cottage; Roger tells Elizabeth about Carolyn's ring; Maggie is worried after seeing Sam; Sam and Roger argue; Elizabeth tries to call Ned Calder again.

Burke confers with James Blair about taking control of everything the Collinses own.

Bill admits he would do anything to protect Elizabeth, and suspects Sam has some special knowledge.

Elizabeth learns that Burke has made a move to take over the Collins family financial holdings.

Bill sets up a meeting to clear Burke of the manslaughter charge and place guilt on someone else.

Bill issues a demand to Roger and Sam, expecting that they will agree to meet him in Roger's office late at night.

Burke, Sam and Roger wait in Roger's office for Bill to arrive, then leave after spending one hour there.

David receives a crystal ball as a gift from Burke, and consults the ball to learn about Bill's disappearance.

Everyone in Collinsport is concerned about the unexplained disappearance of Bill.

At Widows' Hill, Victoria screams when she comes across a dead body laying on the rocks below the cliff.

At Elizabeth's request, Matthew investigates Widow's Hill but reports he found no body.

Victoria and Carolyn are terrified by strange noises at Collinwood; Sam makes a promise to Maggie.

David tells Victoria that ghosts are all around them; Matthew makes an admission that takes everyone by surprise.

Sheriff Patterson questions Matthew about Bill; Elizabeth hears that Bill may have been murdered.

Roger is interrogated by the sheriff; he denies knowing the purpose of the meeting in which Bill never arrived.

Roger insists to Sam it is imperative that the two of them stick to their original stories.

Burke is eager to learn who was responsible for Bill's fate; the sheriff makes a revelation involving Bill.

The sheriff questions Sam; David studies tidal charts to learn more about Bill's disappearance.

Elizabeth is queried by the sheriff; David listens as Roger makes a false confession to Elizabeth.

Victoria visits Maggie and Sam for dinner and finds an old painting that closely resembles her.

Burke invites himself for dinner at the Evanses and tells Victoria of the events leading up to his manslaughter.

Roger questions Victoria about her dinner with Maggie and Sam; Sam denies to Burke that he killed Bill.

Maggie comes to Collinwood to confront Elizabeth; Matthew vows to protect Elizabeth.

Matthew issues a warning to Burke; the sheriff orders Burke to stay away from Collinwood.

Burke intends to settle his accounts at Collinwood; Roger and Sam threaten each other.

Burke attempts to prove Roger killed Bill; Victoria admits she is not sure what time Roger left for the meeting.

Burke tells Carolyn he was wrongly convicted and that Roger is guilty of the manslaughter.

David tells Victoria his parents used to fight and argue about Burke; Roger tries to be friendly to Victoria.

Burke suggests to Bill's housekeeper, Mrs. Johnson, that they work together to find Bill's murderer.

David and Victoria visit the Old House and see the portrait of Josette Collins.

After touring the Collins cannery with Roger, Victoria visits the sheriff and repeats her story to him.

Carolyn suggests to Elizabeth that Bill Malloy's former housekeeper, Mrs. Johnson, should work at Collinwood.

Sheriff Patterson informs Elizabeth that the coroner ruled Bill's death an accidental drowning.

Roger is ecstatic over the coroner's report, but Burke angrily insists that Bill was murdered.

Victoria finds the missing fountain pen that Burke gave to Carolyn.

Elizabeth vows to fight Burke after he declares that he intends to take control of the Collins family holdings.

David finds he is unable to choose between Elizabeth and Burke; David and Carolyn argue about Burke.

Maggie and Joe enjoy each other's company at the Blue Whale; Roger quarrels with Sam and with Joe.

As part of a scheme, Mrs. Johnson pretends to accuse Burke of being responsible for Bill's death.

Roger is terrified when he learns Victoria found the fountain pen that he lost at Lookout Point.

Matthew expresses his hostility to Burke; Elizabeth offers Mrs. Johnson a job at Collinwood.

Burke realizes Roger lost the pen at Lookout Point; Roger takes the pen from David's room.

Roger buries the pen, then defends David when Victoria accuses the boy of stealing it.

Luring her to a closed-off wing of Collinwood, David locks Victoria in an isolated room.

Sam and Burke get drunk and discuss ghosts at Collinwood; the ghost of Bill Malloy appears.

Burke and Carolyn enjoy a flirtatious date; Victoria attempts to escape from the locked room.

Victoria recounts how she saw the ghost of Bill Malloy after she is freed from the room.

Elizabeth and Roger discover seaweed on the floor where Victoria saw Bill's ghost.

Collins Enterprise employees are offered better jobs by Burke if they come to work for him instead.

When David learns Victoria saw a ghost, he begs her to stay; Victoria finds a possible clue to her identity.

Burke drives Victoria to Bangor and again warns her that she should leave Collinwood for good.

In Bangor, Victoria questions Collins family lawyers Richard and Frank Garner.

Roger and Elizabeth argue over Burke's offer to buy Collinwood. David draws a picture of Bill's ghost.

Frank Garner promises to help Victoria find information on her background.

When Victoria sees Burke's fountain pen, she believes he was involved in Bill's death.

On the way back from Bangor, Roger's car stalls and he and Victoria take shelter during a storm.

Elizabeth is annoyed that Victoria questioned the family lawyers about her background.

Mrs. Johnson comes to work at Collinwood and investigates sobbing coming from the basement.

Mrs Johnson makes the suggestion to Burke that Collinwood may be haunted, based on what she has experienced.

Victoria makes a revelation to Burke about the pen; Carolyn tells Roger that Victoria knows about the pen.

Victoria agrees to visit the Old House with David; she tells Maggie she knows who killed Bill.

Roger makes a frightening confession to Victoria regarding the death of Bill.

Victoria is terrified when Roger confronts her about a lie she told involving him.

Roger admits to Elizabeth that Victoria has dangerous knowledge; Victoria is nearly hit by a car.

The sheriff and Burke witness Roger tampering with evidence in the death of Bill.

The sheriff checks Roger's alibi for the hit-and-run accident and makes a discovery.

While Victoria searches outside the Old House on the estate, an urn falls from the roof.

Matthew admits to Victoria that he was responsible for a murder and may have to kill her.

Matthew explains the murder he committed was accidental, and he only meant to scare Victoria.

Matthew discloses his secret to a startled Elizabeth and takes refuge in the Old House.

David offers to help Matthew, who decides he has no choice but to trust the boy.

Victoria tries to convince Burke that Roger had nothing to do with the death of Bill.

Victoria loses her wallet at the Old House; while she searches for it, she is discovered by Matthew.

Matthew cannot bring himself to kill Victoria but informs her that she must die.

Burke learns about Victoria's disappearance and that she did not go to Bangor as planned.

Joe and Burke search the Old House while Matthew holds Victoria captive in a secret room.

Joe tells Carolyn that their relationship is over; Elizabeth vows to defeat Burke's plan.

David brings food and cigarettes to Matthew and almost discovers the hidden Victoria.

David begins to feel guilty about helping Matthew, who realizes he may not be able to trust David.

Matthew hears a ghostly voice, then sees an eerie light coming from the portrait of Josette Collins.

At the inn restaurant, a mysterious woman asks Maggie questions about the Collins family.

Sam becomes disturbed when he learns about the mysterious woman who has come to town.

The ghost of Bill Malloy appears to David and threatens Matthew, who prepares to kill Victoria.

Roger and Burke search for Victoria; the ghosts of Josette and Bill appear and scare Matthew.

Victoria is certain she saw the ghost of Josette; the spirit moves between the columns at the Old House.

Sam reveals to Roger that Roger's estranged wife, Laura, has returned to Collinsport.

Elizabeth believes that Laura should not see her son David; Sam paints a strange portrait.

Laura reveals that she has come back for David, who has a nightmare about his mother.

David is told that his mother is back in Collinsport; he feels that she is watching him.

Laura and Burke discover their respective plans; Sam resumes work on his odd painting.

After his nightmare, David is reluctant to see Laura; when they meet, he runs away from her.

Laura agrees to stay in Matthew's old cottage; while asleep, David hears his mother calling for him.

Collins family lawyer Richard Garner promises to expedite the divorce of Roger and Laura.

Roger and Burke argue about Laura; Roger notices that Sam's painting closely resembles Laura.

Sheriff Patterson questions Laura about the dead body found in her apartment in Phoenix, Ariz.

When David sees Laura on Widow's Hill, he becomes frightened and nearly falls off the cliff.

Victoria encourages David to speak to Laura, but he is not sure that she is his real mother.

David shows Laura a drawing he made, and she tells him of the place she wishes to take him.

Victoria gives David the mysterious painting from Sam; David has a nightmare vision.

Sam is disturbed to hear of David's nightmare about the painting and begins to make a new one.

In the Collins family history book, Victoria finds a picture of Josette wearing a familiar locket.

Laura stares into the flames and a fire begins at Sam and Maggie Evans' cottage.

Roger sees that Sam's second painting of Laura has been burned.

Burke asks Laura for help in clearing him of the manslaughter charge.

Victoria and Frank agree that Laura should not be left alone with David at any time.

The ghost of Josette finishes Sam's painting, which becomes a portrait surrounded by flames.

Elizabeth orders Laura to stay away from David, but Laura assures David she will take him away.

Roger encourages David to become closer to his mother.

The identity of the woman who died in a mysterious fire in Phoenix is revealed.

Victoria feels compelled to go with Frank to a building at the edge of a graveyard.

Victoria and Frank discover that Laura Murdock Stockbridge is buried in the crypt.

Elizabeth orders Laura to leave Collinwood; Laura stares into the flames and Elizabeth collapses.

Elizabeth cannot remember what happened to her; a shrouded figure appears in her room.

Victoria and Frank find graves of two Lauras who died by fire, one hundred years apart.

At the hospital, the doctor is baffled by Elizabeth's condition; a visit from Laura upsets Elizabeth.

Victoria tells Frank that Elizabeth is adamant that David be kept away from Laura.

Dr. Peter Guthrie believes Elizabeth's illness is the result of a traumatic experience.

Guthrie is convinced there must be some outside influence over Elizabeth's condition.

David relates to Dr. Guthrie the legend of Josette; David sees Josette's portrait make a transformation.

Laura questions David about Dr. Guthrie before the doctor closely interrogates her.

Sam describes to Dr. Guthrie how he felt when he was creating Laura's painting.

David goes to spend the night with his mother and the ghost of Josette appears to them.

Victoria and Carolyn are concerned about David; Burke is suspicious of Dr. Guthrie.

Laura insists she must take David away soon, before Elizabeth returns from the hospital.

Sam blames everything on Laura; Dr. Guthrie invites Laura to a séance at Collinwood.

Roger wants his divorce from Laura expedited; Guthrie admits they are dealing with an unknown power.

During the séance, Victoria babbles in French, then collapses just before revealing an important secret.

Dr. Guthrie translates Josette's warning; Laura appears in Victoria's room during the night.

Mrs. Johnson reports to Burke what happened at the séance; Laura causes a recording to be erased.

Victoria tells Burke of the mysterious events surrounding Laura; Burke becomes suspicious of her.

The police discover that the body is missing of the woman who died by fire in Phoenix.

Dr. Guthrie questions Laura about the missing body; the doctor mysteriously collapses.

Laura attempts to finish casting a spell on Dr. Guthrie, who warns her that he knows she has powers.

Dr. Guthrie asks Joe Haskell to assist his investigation of Laura by helping to open a grave.

Carolyn tries to persuade Roger to give Guthrie another chance; Joe and Guthrie break into the crypt.

The caretaker at Eagle Hill Cemetery forbids the opening of Laura's coffin.

Dr. Guthrie, Joe Haskell and Frank Garner discover the cemetery records are faded.

An old newspaper clipping tells of a boy named David, who was consumed in flames.

David decides he wants to go away from Collinwood to live with his mother.

Dr. Guthrie makes a discovery.

David receives a warning from the ghost of Josette to save Dr. Guthrie.

Guthrie plans another séance at the Old House and Laura places a spell on him.

During the séance, the spirit of David Radcliffe speaks through David Collins.

Victoria learns that Laura Radcliffe died exactly 100 years ago.

Laura tells David to be ready to go away with her; Victoria keeps watch over David.

While Mrs. Johnson looks after David, he slips out of the house when she receives a phone call.

Laura secretly meets David at an abandoned fishing shack, which becomes engulfed by fire.

Victoria attempts to save David; in the hospital, Elizabeth starts to come out of her trance.

Elizabeth has recovered from her attack; Roger tries to comfort David.

An art dealer asks to buy Sam's older paintings; Sam tries to get them back from Roger.

Elizabeth returns and demands the key to the locked room in the Collinwood basement.

Victoria makes a promise to Elizabeth; a stranger arrives at Collinwood and asks for Elizabeth.

Elizabeth reveals that the visitor, Jason McGuire, was a friend of her husband, Paul Stoddard.

While searching for Sam's paintings, Roger finds Jason snooping around in the basement.

Maggie realizes Sam sold his paintings to Roger for a bribe during Burke's manslaughter case.

Drifter Willie Loomis meets his friend Jason at the Blue Whale; Sam makes a confession.

Jason reminds Elizabeth of the secret they share; Burke and Sam confront Roger at Collinwood.

Roger admits that he was driving the car that killed a man and sent Burke to prison 10 years ago.

Willie picks a fight with Joe at the Blue Whale; Willie joins Jason as an unwelcome houseguest.

Victoria becomes frightened by the feeling that Elizabeth is powerless to control Jason and Willie.

Carolyn pulls a gun to scare off Willie; she and Victoria are disturbed by his violent behavior.

Willie becomes fascinated by the portrait of Barnabas Collins hanging in the Collinwood foyer.

Burke makes an offer to Elizabeth to help her deal with Jason and Willie.

Burke and Willie fight at the Blue Whale; Willie tells Jason he won't leave town without money.

A vampire returns to his family mansion in Collinsport, Maine.

Willie goes to the Collins family mausoleum, where a heartbeat is heard coming from the tomb.