Dark Shadows
Synopsis
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.
Season 8 Episodes
EP 1
Barnabas follows Kitty/Josette and finds himself once again in 1796, a vampire, shortly before Josette’s suicide. Barnabas is determined no…
EP 2
Natalie stops Josette from jumping. Barnabas and Josette plan to go back to 1897 together. Barnabas is abducted by two strange beings. Jose…
EP 3
Oberon and Haza perform a ceremony over Barnabas, they give him the Leviathan Box which he is to give to the chosen ones. They tell Barnaba…
EP 4
Julia stops the strange man, however he runs away. Julia purchases a painting by Charles Tate from antique dealers Philip and Megan Todd. J…
EP 5
Barnabas returns to 1969 with the Leviathan box. Julia shows Stokes the Charles Tate painting. Sabrina Stuart warns Carolyn about Chris Jen…
EP 6
Julia is unable to open the box; Barnabas gets angry with Julia’s questions. Julia finds that someone is willing to purchase her Charles Ta…
EP 7
Philip and Megan show up at the Old House; Barnabas knows they are the chosen ones. The strange man calls Collinwood asking for Elizabeth; …
EP 8
Megan and Philip find a book inside the box. Barnabas tells Megan that a room must be prepared. Philip and Megan put a cradle in the room t…
EP 9
Paul Stoddard talks with Carolyn, “explaining” why he was away for twenty years. The Todds care for a mysterious new infant. David catches …
EP 10
The “baby” becomes ill. Carolyn and Barnabas question David about the missing book. Barnabas takes Philip to the Leviathan altar to make hi…
EP 11
the baby has an unusual birthmark. David starts to become obsessed with the Leviathan book. Olivia Corey shows up at Collinwood asking to s…
EP 12
Chris tries to convince Carolyn that she would be better off without him. Barnabas releases Philip after “making him understand.” The ghost…
EP 13
Philip tries to strangle Megan, David stops him. David, now under the influence of the Leviathans, gives Philip and Megan instructions. Jul…
EP 14
Elizabeth follows Carolyn and finds her with Paul. Elizabeth demands that Paul leave town. A sailor recognizes the Leviathan mark on Paul’s…
EP 15
Carolyn finds Paul acting paranoid and asks Julia to check on him. Barnabas reminds Paul of an agreement he made twenty years earlier. In 1…
EP 16
Paul tries to get Carolyn to leave Collinsport with him. Roger tries to get Carolyn to stay away from her father. Roger gives Carolyn money…
EP 17
Megan convinces Carolyn the strange noise was just a radiator. A unknown man watches Carolyn at the antique shop; later he wanders around i…
EP 18
Olivia has the painting that Julia purchased photographed. Elizabeth questions David about his visit to the antique shop. Olivia actually h…
EP 19
Elizabeth again grills David about his recent strange behavior. Carolyn meets a strange man and becomes very interested in him. Elizabeth b…
EP 20
The stranger’s name is Grant Douglas, however Julia is convinced he is Quentin. Barnabas tells Megan in dream that things are going to chan…
EP 21
Carolyn !nds that the Todds are now caring for a boy named Alexander who is apparently their nephew. Alexander is very interested in Caroly…
EP 22
Barnabas resists the urge to kill Grant (Quentin). Paul moves into Collinwood and finds that Elizabeth does not believe his story that ther…
EP 23
Alexander visits Collinwood to play with David; Paul becomes convinced that Alexander is part of the plot against him. Maggie sees David ac…
EP 24
Paul sees Carolyn as a little girl, she runs away from him. Julia tries to hypnotize Grant to help him remember his past. Chris and Julia f…
EP 25
Olivia is upset to find that Grant (Quentin) does not recognize who her. Julia has an expert remove the top layer of paint from the landsca…
EP 26
Grant is unable to remember anything. David sees Grant and is confused because he looks like Quentin. Julia notices a birthmark on Alexande…
EP 27
Alexander lets Amy into his room, Amy is terrified and unable to speak. Stokes tells Julia that he believes Harrison Monroe is Charles Tate…
EP 28
Julia asks Tate to help Chris by painting a portrait of him; he refuses. David and Elizabeth go to the antique shop to find Michael, who is…
EP 29
Michael tells Barnabas that he must kill Julia; Barnabas refuses. Barnabas is warned that the Leviathans will turn him back into a vampire …
EP 30
Julia tells Elizabeth that she suspects that the baby, Alexander and Michael are one in the same. Julia is afraid Grant (Quentin) will beco…
EP 31
Paul becomes extremely paranoid and wants to leave Collinwood. Elizabeth and Mrs. Johnson attempt to drug Paul, however he escapes from Col…
EP 32
Elizabeth plans to kill Julia, but she is unable to bring herself to do it. Julia finds that Grant (Quentin) is not a werewolf. Chris takes…
EP 33
Chris finds that Tate is really a very old man. Carolyn becomes uncomfortable with the way Michael pays attention to her. Chris forces Tate…
EP 34
The werewolf attacks Tate; Quentin fights off the werewolf, however Tate dies. Olivia admits to Julia that she really is Amanda Harris; Ama…
EP 35
Mr. Best gives Amanda/Olivia seven days to live unless she can win Quentin’s love. Sabrina tries to warn Carolyn about Chris. Julia finds Q…
EP 36
Angelique tells Julia that she has given up her powers and loves Sky. Julia asks Angelique to barrow the Tate painting so she can have the …
EP 37
Maggie is lead into the secret passages of Collinwood. Philip is unhappy with being a servant for the Leviathans and is concerned with what…
EP 38
Barnabas stops Megan from killing Philip. Barnabas and Philip plan to keep Michael locked up until he is ready to “emerge again.” Michael t…
EP 39
Philip finds Maggie; Maggie thinks Philip is the person who was tormenting her and she knocks him out. Megan tells Michael that something u…
EP 40
Julia is unable to revive Michael and pronounces him dead. Julia checks up on Michael’s history and finds a woman who knew him; however Phi…
EP 41
Megan and Philip force Michael to stay in his room. Barnabas gives Paul money and encourages him to leave town. Paul sneaks into the antiqu…
EP 42
Barnabas resists the urge to tell Julia everything. Barnabas rescues Paul and puts him in the basement of the antique shop. Megan starts to…
EP 43
Barnabas again rescues Paul; Paul runs off. Julia !nds Paul unable to speak and takes him to Stokes. Olivia desperately tries to get Grant …
EP 44
After seeing the painting Grant realizes that he is Quentin and remembers Amanda. Mr. Best catches up with Amanda and tells her it is her t…
EP 45
Philip finds that the Leviathan has escaped from the room. Paul is attacked by the Leviathan creature again and dies. Amanda and Quentin en…
EP 46
Quentin touches Amanda while trying to help her after she slips; Amanda is killed by falling rocks. The sheriff investigates Paul’s death; …
EP 47
The sheriff opens the room and finds a man named Jeb Hawkes, he claims the Todds are renting the room to him. The sheriff tells Julia that …
EP 48
Jeb tells Barnabas that he does not trust him. The family attends Paul’s funeral. Jeb sets his sites on Carolyn; Barnabas tries to talk him…
EP 49
David gets a broken leg due to Jeb. Julia notices the birthmark on Jeb which was the same as the children who previously lived at the Todd’…
EP 50
Barnabas explains everything to Julia; how the Leviathans are holding Josette hostage, and have threatened to make Barnabas a vampire again…
EP 51
Jeb tells Carolyn that they are going to be married; she does not take him seriously. Jeb tells the sheriff that he has been raised from th…
EP 52
The poison has no effect on Jeb. Barnabas asks Angelique to help hide Carolyn for a while. Barnabas, Quentin, and Julia plan to send Caroly…
EP 53
Quentin beats up Jeb and takes Carolyn back to Collinwood. Barnabas tells Elizabeth that she and Carolyn should go away for awhile. Jeb kid…
EP 54
A man named Bruno appears at the antique shop and pledges his loyal obedience to Jeb. Bruno questions Maggie about Barnabas, he leaves her …
EP 55
After making Maggie look in the box, Jeb releases her. Sabrina brings Chris a flower which might cure him if he eats it at the full moon. M…
EP 56
Once Chris is the werewolf he cannot make himself eat the flower. Jeb fears the howling of the werewolf; Bruno goes to hunt it down. Sabrin…
EP 57
Jeb calls Elizabeth away from the Rumson estate. Carolyn is left alone and is terrorized by several unseen forces. Carolyn has a disturbing…
EP 58
Carolyn is terrified after seeing Jeb in his true form. Jeb decides he wants Carolyn to come to him willingly, he does not want to force is…
EP 59
The werewolf knocks Jeb unconscious but changes back to Chris before killing him. Barnabas takes credit for saving Jeb, who now appears to …
EP 60
Barnabas, Maggie and Julia hold a seance and find that Josette is not being held hostage by the Leviathans. Barnabas asks Philip to steal t…
EP 61
Jeb threatens to kill Philip, however he warns him not to cross him again otherwise he will kill Megan. Philip tricks Lawrence Guthrie, who…
EP 62
Barnabas warns Jeb that he will always !ght the Leviathans. Carolyn again has a disturbing dream in which Jeb tells her that he, the baby, …
EP 63
Barnabas, now a vampire again, kills Nelle Gunston a devoted Leviathan who has come to town in search of Jeb. Julia and Quentin find that B…
EP 64
Jeb has survived the fire. Julia starts new treatments to cure Barnabas. Barnabas and Julia make plans to bring Willie back to help them. M…
EP 65
Nicholas Blair arrives to make sure that his plan for the Leviathans will not fail. Nicholas consecrates a new room in which Jeb can change…
EP 66
Barnabas bites Megan and she tells him that Sky Rumson is one of the Leviathans. Barnabas tells Angelique that Sky is a Leviathan, she does…
EP 67
Angelique uses her powers to choke Sky and escapes. Barnabas tries to bite Maggie, Quentin interrupts him. Sky begs Angelique to forgive hi…
EP 68
Amy overhears Quentin and Maggie talking how they must fight the Leviathans. Amy tells Elizabeth about Maggie’s betrayal and locks her up. …
EP 69
Jeb is frightened off by something, then the door mysteriously unlocks allowing Maggie and Willie to escape. Willie tells Barnabas and Juli…
EP 70
Amy suspects that Quentin is the same Quentin that terrorized her the year before. As David reads the Leviathan book it bursts into flames.…
EP 71
Bruno arrives, and the figure haunting David disappears. Later an unseen force chokes Bruno with a noose. Sabrina and Chris decide to get b…
EP 72
Bruno locks up Chris and tells Sheriff Davenport to kill him when he changes to the werewolf. Jeb warns Roger that everyone he loves is und…
EP 73
Bruno stops Davenport from killing the werewolf, then locks him in with it. Bruno discovers bite marks on Megan’s neck. Bruno tells Jeb he …
EP 74
Jeb is able to subdue the werewolf with some silver. Bruno talks his way out of Jeb killing him, by casting suspicion on Megan whom is now …
EP 75
Julia continues the treatments for Barnabas, however he feels they are not working. Barnabas bites Megan again and she dies; Megan’s body d…
EP 76
Sky forces Julia into the room where Jeb is in his true form. Jeb asks Julia to cure him, so he will not have to change into his true form.…
EP 77
Nicholas catches Julia working on a cure for Jeb; Nicholas destroys her equipment. Nicholas tells Jeb that the “ceremony” must be performed…
EP 78
Jeb recovers, but Nicholas tells him that he will only survive for a short amount of time. Barnabas finds that everyone has been released f…
EP 79
Peter Bradford’s ghost threatens to kill Jeb because in 1797 he caused the death of Victoria Winters. Megan bites Philip in his jail cell. …
EP 80
After a struggle, Philip leaps to his own death. Angelique sends Peter back to his grave and plans to destroy Jeb herself. Angelique puts a…
EP 81
Jeb and Carolyn are married and make plans to leave Collinsport. Sky asks Barnabas for help as he is now under Megan’s power. Jeb continues…
EP 82
Barnabas explains the strange things he saw in the East wing of Collinwood. Julia explains Stokes’ theory of Parallel Time. Barnabas and Ju…
EP 83
Roger guards Megan; Willie knocks Roger out and destroys Megan. Barnabas again sees parallel time; Julia and William Loomis arguing over a …
EP 84
Jeb becomes increasingly paranoid about the shadow that is following him, he and Carolyn decide to return to Collinwood. Barnabas tells Sto…
EP 85
Jeb tells Carolyn about the shadow that has been following him. Sabrina tells Quentin that she wants to marry Chris. Jeb begs Bruno to ask …
EP 86
Bruno locks up Sabrina. Bruno and Nicholas plan to use Chris against Jeb. Sky offers to help Chris get Sabrina away from Bruno. Jeb begs An…
EP 87
Jeb plans to hold Chris until there is a full moon. Barnabas tells Roger about the room in the East wing. Barnabas sees Roger in parallel t…
EP 88
Roger saves Carolyn from Bruno, just before Chris changes. Later Bruno attempts to strangle Carolyn, however the werewolf attacks Bruno; Br…
EP 89
Roger tells Barnabas what he saw in parallel time. Julia tells Barnabas that she has given him the last treatment that she can safely give …
EP 90
Jeb asks Barnabas for help. Quentin sees the bite marks on Sabrina’s neck and confronts Barnabas. Barnabas asks Angelique to help Jeb for C…
EP 91
Jeb puts the shadow on Nicholas, it attacks and kills him. Nicholas’ ghost tells Sky that he must kill Jeb. Jeb and Carolyn make plans to g…
EP 92
Sky tries to kill Carolyn, but Jeb arrives and struggles with Sky, who pushes Jeb off of Widow's hill. Sky escapes, and Carolyn runs back t…
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many episodes does Dark Shadows (1966) have?
The series aired 1,225 episodes from June 1966 until April 1971.
Where can I stream Dark Shadows online?
Dark Shadows is available to watch for free in HD on MyWatchFlix.
Who is the iconic vampire character introduced in Dark Shadows?
Barnabas Collins, portrayed by Jonathan Frid, became the show's breakout supernatural lead.