36

Roger demands that Sam cancel Burke's portrait. Elizabeth begs Victoria to stay, then confers with David.
== Synopsis ==
: My name is Victoria Winters. Collinwood is quiet, but the pressures of the past few hours are still around me. Pressures that may finally make it impossible for me to continue my search.
Victoria tells Elizabeth that she's leaving Collinwood while an eavesdropping David listens. Vicki recounts David's words to Elizabeth. Elizabeth tells Victoria she understands the governess' fear of the little boy, but that she is frightened for her nephew. She is evasive about her reason for wanting Vicki to stay, but Liz says that she chooses to keep her here because she's no longer a stranger. Victoria thinks, given David's feelings for her, someone else might be better. Victoria presses but Elizabeth holds out.
Sam calls for Roger, who's not home, and leaves a cryptic hang-up. Roger then shows up at the diner and he's upset that Sam had called Collinwood. Roger orders Sam not to paint Burke's portrait; he is afraid Burke will milk Evans for information about the ten year old scandal that put Burke in prison. Sam regrets what he did to Burke at that time. 
Elizabeth is sad telling Victoria she wants her to stay and promises that she will handle David. Elizabeth finally convinces Victoria not to leave Collinwood. 
David is chagrined when Victoria agrees to stay; Elizabeth purports that Victoria should stay so Carolyn can leave the house without any worries. She finally confronts David telling him that he threatened Victoria and she doesn't want any more of that; Elizabeth knows that her nephew tried to kill his father but she feels sorry for the boy. Elizabeth attempts to reason with him; Victoria decide to go out to see a movie. Elizabeth and David hug as she vows to protect him. Roger comes in and is rude to David, referring to him as a "devil." 
Victoria goes to the Collinsport Inn, since the movie had already started. Sam and Victoria talk about the middle of things, which Victoria hates and Sam prefers. 
Roger and Elizabeth fight about the future of Collinwood and, of course, David. Elizabeth places a call to Ned Calder in Portland.
== Memorable quotes ==
:Sam: Do you think I'm a fool?
:Roger: Yes, I do.
:Sam: You always have the polite answer, don't you, Collins?
:Roger: Politeness is a passing phase, Mr. Evans, and I plan to substitute something a good deal more biting if you ever again call me at my home.
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: David: All she wants to do is get me in trouble.
: Elizabeth: I don't think you need her help for that, David.
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: Roger (to David): Well, now, don't tell me the devil's afraid of the shadows he lives in.
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: Sam: No one here, Miss Winters, but you and I and our private thoughts.
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: Roger: The past doesn't concern you, Liz, but it very much does concern me. For me it is here and now.
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== Dramatis personae ==
* ← Joan Bennett as Elizabeth Collins Stoddard →
* ← Louis Edmonds as Roger Collins →
* ← David Ford as Sam Evans →
* ← David Henesy as David Collins →
* ← Alexandra Moltke as Victoria Winters →
== Background information and notes ==
=== Production ===
=== Story ===
* First mention of character Ned Calder.
== Bloopers and continuity errors ==
* 32 seconds into the episode off-stage noises can be heard, and later what sounds like crew members working on sets. (This could also be control room audio.)
*When Sam Evans is on the phone with Elizabeth the phone booth has moved back to the lobby from the restaurant.
* While talking to Elizabeth actor David Henesy stands up earlier than he was supposed to. He starts to sit back down, then stands again.
* In the upper hand right corner of the screen a small flashing white square appears in the episode's final moments.
* While Sam is finishing his speech to Victoria at the Collinsport Inn the shadow of a boom mic or camera can be seen moving around him.
== End credits announcements==
: Stay tuned for '' next on ABC.
: Dark Shadows is a Dan Curtis production.
==External Links ==
Dark Shadows - Episode 36 on the IMDb
The Collinsport Historical Society - Dark Shadows Diary - Episode 36
Dark Shadows Commentary: Episode 36: Politeness is a passing phase
Dark Shadows Before I Die- Episode 36: 8/15/66
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