528

Victoria tells Jeff of her plans to leave Collinwood, but he thinks she is being irrational. Cassandra plots to force the dream curse on Victoria that night.
== Synopsis ==
: A dream has horrified many who live at the great house at Collinwood, a dream which spreads from one person to another, a dream that carries a curse with it, and the final person who dreams it will find himself forever alone, returning to some former state. And this evening, one girl has been warned that to avoid the dream, she must leave Collinwood immediately.
Victoria goes to stay with Maggie Evans trying to avoid having the dream. Nicholas is getting weary of Cassandra's tactics. Angelique visits Victoria while she sleeps, trying to get her to have the dream. Maggie sees Angelique standing over Victoria as she sleeps and screams.
== Memorable quotes ==
: Nicholas: My dear Cassandra, how commonplace you've become, like some suburban housewife with little human worries.
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: Nicholas (to Cassandra): I have very little interest in this tawdry affair. I let you come back for your vanity’s sake, and it has undone you. You cannot even stop a girl from leaving a house.
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: Nicholas: I am much too talented to spend my time drugging drinks.
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: Nicholas: If I were you, Miss Winters, I'd take my vacations during the winters.
== Dramatis personae ==
* Kathryn Leigh Scott as Maggie Evans
* Lara Parker as Cassandra Collins / Angelique Bouchard Collins
* Roger Davis as Jeff Clark
* Humbert Allen Astredo as Nicholas Blair
* Alexandra Moltke as Victoria Winters
== Background information and notes ==
=== Production ===
* This episode was recorded out of broadcast sequence. The previous episode to be recorded was 530.
* Originally aired on of 1968.
* Lara Parker's performance as Angelique is not listed in the closing credits even though she suddenly appears and has blonde rather than brunette hair. However, it could be argued that as both characters are one and the same, it is unnecessary to credit Parker for the real name and the pseudonym.
=== Story ===
* Maggie tells Victoria that she and Joe will marry soon.
* TIMELINE: 11:05pm and 11:30pm: Victoria sleeps. Day 217 begins, and will end in 531. 12 midnight: Angelique at Evans cottage.
== Bloopers and continuity errors ==
* In the teaser, when Victoria and Jeff are talking about the dream curse, there is a squeaking noise off-stage. Then when Jeff tells her not to leave Collinwood, it sounds like someone drops something off-stage.
* In Act III, when Nicholas tells Cassandra to find out where Victoria is going, he turns from the bureau where the drinks are and bangs his arm into the door, making a loud noise.
* When Maggie Evans and Victoria Winters speak at the Evans cottage just before bed, considerable studio noise and movement can be heard. This is especially noticeable after Victoria says she just needed to get away from Collinwood. Also, after Maggie says good night to Vicki and turns off the light, there is a squeaking sound that sounds like a door opening. Then toward the end of the episode, when the clock shows midnight and Angelique shows up in the room, there is shuffling off-stage.
* In the final scene, Maggie says that it's "almost midnight," but later, after a dissolve suggests it has been some time since Vicki has fallen asleep, the clock shows it is only 11:05.
==External Links ==
Dark Shadows - Episode 528 on the IMDb
Dark Shadows Everyday - Episode 528 - This Tawdry Affair
Dark Shadows Commentary- Episode 528: Old girl
Dark Shadows Before I Die- Episode 528: 7/4/68
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