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Adam kidnaps Victoria after she tells ex-fiance Barnabas that she's going to marry Jeff.
== Synopsis ==
: Silence and calm have fallen over the great house at Collinwood, providing those who live there with a false sense of security. No one is aware of the danger this night will bring. At the Old House on the Collins estate, a strange confrontation is taking place between Barnabas Collins and the creature known as Adam.
Barnabas and Adam continue to discuss the possibility of his getting a mate; Willie wants to go into town. Victoria tells Jeff she can’t date him tonight, because she’s telling Barnabas that she’s going to marry Jeff.
Willie wants to hunt Adam with a rifle; he feels he and Barnabas won't be safe until Adam is dead. Adam hides as Victoria walks by him to the Old House; Victoria tells Barnabas that she and Jeff are going to be married and that he’s the first person she's told.
Victoria recognizes Adam, who takes her hostage as she is walking home from the Old House.
== Memorable quotes ==
: Adam: It will not help you to lie to me, Barnabas. I know what is true. Whoever created other people made them beautiful. But you created me and made me ugly, and that is why people are afraid of me. They don’t want to look at me. They run from me! And I am alone. I do not like being alone, and I will not go on being lonely and unhappy. Ordinary people cannot love me. But someone who is different, like me, could love me and be with me all the time. And that is why, Barnabas, you will create for me — a woman!
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: Adam: I understand only one thing, Barnabas. I cannot be happy until there is another one like me. You gave me great strength, Barnabas, and a good mind. But you gave me strong feelings with which to love!
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: Victoria: The fact that he's in love with me is something that I can't change. But the fact that I'm in love with you is something he can't change.
== Dramatis personae ==
* ← Jonathan Frid as Barnabas Collins →
* ← Robert Rodan as Adam →
* ← John Karlen as Willie Loomis →
* ← Roger Davis as Jeff Clark →
* ← Alexandra Moltke as Victoria Winters →
== Background information and notes ==
=== Production ===
=== Story ===
* TIMELINE: Adam was brought to life two days after Dr. Lang died, (Lang died in 486; Adam came to life in 490). 8:40pm: Adam gives Barnabas until 9pm to decide. 8:55pm: Victoria leaves to go to the Old House. 9pm: Barnabas says no to Adam. It was a couple of weeks ago when David came to the Old House with the tape recorder looking for Julia; Willie sent him away (occurred in 540).
== Bloopers and continuity errors ==
* Jonathan Frid and Robert Rodan both have line trouble in Act 1, relying heavily on the teleprompter.
* In Act 1, the camera shakes.
==External Links ==
Dark Shadows - Episode 552 on the IMDb
Dark Shadows Every Day - Episode 552 - Hooked On Phonics
The Dark Shadows Daybook - Episode 5520552