Dark Shadows sure has portrayed Roger Collins as a grumpy
jerk taken to Scotch, alienating everyone, his sister Elizabeth, son David,
even Victoria, at times. He “suggests”, in his usually assholish tone, to
Elizabeth that David be put in an institution (the kid is actually in the room, listening
to them behind a chair). There’s a great moment where David just unleashes on
Roger, after pops tries to lay down the law about his behavior, his knowledge of Burke Devlin (David informs us that Roger and his wife constantly argued about Burke, introducing another aspect to the story involving Devlin), with Elizabeth
having to drive the kid out of the room as to avoid an even uglier scene than what had already transpired. Meanwhile, Burke manipulates Carolyn who stops by
because of her inquisitive curiosity about “the monster” that her family seems
to fear, and soon, much to Elizabeth’s dismay, he is “invited” into the Collinwood
“old house on Widow’s Hill”. The cup that broke on the floor in the episode
when Elizabeth and Malloy talk about Burke is explained by David to not be
caused by him, leaving open the mystery of what ghosts might haunt the mansion.
Burke has avoided the Collins, but this episode is one step closer to his
eventual confrontation with Roger. Carolyn seems to be the perfect tool for Burke to get revenge because she's so easy to manipulate. As usual, the show has continued to alternate the "Burke Seeks Revenge" and "Victoria's Secret Past" storylines.
Burke interrupts what could have been a decent dinner between Maggie, her father, and Vicky, and he's sore, agenda-driven, and pointed in defending himself, while also demanding answers...answers Sam is willing to flee to protect. Sam's only link to Burke at all, besides Roger himself, is the letter he wrote to Maggie. He escapes out the back door while the others were in the living room and heads to Collins Port Inn where the letter is kept but the owner will not give it over to him. The letter is Maggie's and she will have to give permission before Sam can get his hands on it. Malloy's death looms large and will not go away--especially as long as Burke steamrolls throughout Collins Port, pissed off and unrestrained. He wants to know Sam's connection to the wrongful conviction and isn't about to just forget his presence at the meeting that night. Maggie just cannot believe that her father had anything at all to do with Malloy's death; Sam and Malloy were fr...
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