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Bruno tells Cyrus that he believes Angelique made Dameon's spirit appear.
== Synopsis ==
Teaser
: This is Collinwood as it exists in the strange and disturbing world of Parallel Time. A world in which Barnabas Collins lies trapped in a chained coffin. The prisoner of a man named Will Loomis, unable to witness or deal with the terrifying events going on around him. Once such event is the effort of a young chemist in Collinsport, to alter the human personality. Separating the good from evil. And he has suceeded, for he has discovered another side to his own personality. One that may permanently change his life.
Yaeger returns to the lab and searches for the antidote to turn back into Cyrus. Before he can drink the antidote, Quentin walks in and demands to know where Cyrus is. Yaeger makes up a story as to Cyrus' whereabouts, but Quentin doesn't believe him and vows to wait in the lab until he returns.
Act I
Quentin confronts Yaeger about the check he used at the Eagle, but Yaeger says he is innocent and dares Quentin to call the police. When Quentin goes to use the phone, Yaeger runs off with the antidote and locks Quentin in the lab. Sabrina rushes down the stairs to help him, but Yaeger is gone by the time they get the door open. Soon they hear somone coming down the stairs, and they are shocked to see that Cyrus has returned. Cyrus explains that he never went to New York and actually was in Portland. Quentin asks Cyrus how much he knows about John Yaeger. Cyrus gets nervous with Quentin's questions, but he says Yaeger is helping him with his experiments. After Quentin leaves, Sabrina makes it clear to Cyrus that she doesn't believe a word he has just said.
Act II
After dealing with more of Sabrina's questions, Cyrus tells her that he will "deal" with Yaeger himself. Bruno comes downstairs and asks to speak to Cyrus alone. After Sabrina leaves, Bruno tells Cyrus that Dameon's ghost is tormenting him. Cyrus agrees to help him, but he wants more time to think about the situation.
Quentin returns to Collinwood and Alexis runs to him. She says she has been alone in the house for hours, which makes Quentin wonder where Trask has been. Alexis tells Quentin she has a feeling that something bad is about to happen at Collinwood.
Bruno is alone in his room, very nervous. Dameon appears to him in the mirror and starts laughing at him. He disappears and the room catches on fire.
Act III
Bruno screams for Cyrus as the room continues to burn. Cyrus shows up and grabs a curtain and uses it to put the fire out.
At Collinwood, Quentin suggests to Alexis that she should leave town for a few days, but she decides to stay. Alexis tells him she feels much better knowing that Quentin is back in the house, and gazes at him as she leaves the room.
At Cyrus' lab, Bruno feels there is no help for him, but he devises a new theory that Angelique brought Dameon back from the grave to avenge her murder. Cyrus tells him he needs to stop accusing Alexis of being Angelique, but Bruno is already convinced and tells Cyrus he must defeat Angelique, or else Dameon will kill him.
Meanwhile, Quentin is trying to reach Maggie via telephone, but he is unsuccessful.
Bruno sneaks into Collinwood and rushes into Angelique's room. He claims she brought Dameon back from the grave, but Alexis says she has never even heard of Dameon. Bruno grabs Alexis and starts to strangle her.
== Memorable quotes ==
Alexis: This house...so quiet....It's like the calm before the storm. I don't know what it means, Quentin. But somehow I feel that all of us...are doomed.
== Dramatis personae ==
* David Selby as Quentin Collins (1970 PT)
* Lisa Richards as Sabrina Stuart (PT)
* Lara Parker as Alexis Stokes
* Christopher Pennock as Cyrus Longworth (PT) / John Yaeger
* Michael Stroka as Bruno Hess
* Jered Holmes as Dameon Edwards
== Background information and notes ==
=== Production ===
* This episode was recorded out of broadcast sequence. The previous episode to be recorded was 1001.
* This is the thirty-seventh episode, the sixth of nine consecutive episodes, and the third in an entire week of episodes with no pre-Barnabas cast members. Without Jonathan Frid, this is the eighteenth episode and the sixth of nine consecutive episodes with an all-post-Barnabas cast.
* Closing credits scene: Cyrus' laboratory. 
* First time an episode ends with Dan Curtis Productions, Inc. written in text instead of the usual logo. This version will be used another twelve times up to and including 1205.
*There are no cast or crew credits at the end of this episode.
=== Story ===
* Why is Alexis back in Angelique's room when Quentin previously moved her out? [Addendum: Alexis wanted to sleep in another room for only one night (after the piano played by itself). In episode 993, when Quentin offers her another room, Alexis says, "Just for tonight."]
* GHOSTWATCH: Dameon's ghost appears to Bruno in mirror; fire appears.
* INTERNAL MONOLOGUE: Yaeger: The antidote (reprised from the previous episode).
* TIMELINE: It was yesterday when Quentin found the check, the day after Cyrus supposedly left town.
== Bloopers and continuity errors ==
* A boom microphone briefly drops into shot when Quentin and Sabrina are alone in the laboratory and he asks her for the key to the door.
* When Dameon appears in the mirror, the curtain behind him appears closer; when he disappears, it returns to as it was before.
* A lot of studio noise is heard during the drawing room scene with Alexis and Quentin in Act III. It happens again when Cyrus' lab is shown (studio movement) and when Quentin is on the telephone (coughing.)
==External links ==
Dark Shadows - Episode 998 on the IMDb
Dark Shadows Everyday - Episode 998 - The Absence of Disturbances
== Gallery () ==
998b.jpg|Antidote to Discovery
998l.jpg|Cyrus Returns
998w.jpg|Alexis & Quentin
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