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Julia and Willie make plans to leave Collinsport after burying Barnabas. Adam comes back to life and can't breathe, making Julia realize that he and Barnabas are connected and that Barnabas was buried alive.
== Synopsis ==
: A night of horror at Collinwood, for the dream curse has finally found the man it has marked for its own. And Barnabas Collins made battle with the evil which has pursued him so relentlessly, and Barnabas Collins lost. But he is not the only one, for another, brought to life by him, suffers as he has, dies as he died... a fact unknown to those who've just finished burying a man they both love.
Willie and Julia bury Barnabas with great sorrow. Willie says he now has nothing to look forward to; he makes plans to leave town. Julia not only agrees with him, but decides she'll leave, too. She offers him a job at Windcliff, because it's what Barnabas would have wanted. Willie remembers to pack Barnabas’ clothes.
Willie visits Maggie, tells her he's leaving town. He also insinuates that Barnabas won't be back and breaks down crying. Maggie thinks he's done something awfully wrong; he tells her Barnabas died. She thinks Adam killed Barnabas; Willie tells her it was the dream.
After slapping her, Julia tells Cassandra she’s won. Stokes arrives, looking for Julia's help. Once Cassandra is gone, Stokes tells Julia that Adam is suffering from a strange attack. Julia realizes Adam’s attack occurred at the same time Barnabas’ did. Adam revives, but begins suffocating. Julia realizes she and Willie have buried Barnabas alive.
== Memorable quotes ==
: Julia: (about Barnabas) I'm past crying, Willie. Far past that. If I could imagine living without him, I could cry, but I can't.
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: Cassandra: I think that you're...
: Julia: I'm not in the least bit interested in what you think.
: Cassandra: ...in love with him.
: Julia: Not nearly as much as you are.
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: Julia (to Cassandra): If it weren't for you, there would be a man in the Old House who could finally savor the life that you denied him all these years, who could finally perhaps find the love that you were determined he never see. 
== Dramatis personae ==
* Grayson Hall as Julia Hoffman
* Thayer David as Timothy Eliot Stokes
* Robert Rodan as Adam
* Kathryn Leigh Scott as Maggie Evans
* John Karlen as Willie Loomis
* Lara Parker as Cassandra Collins
== Background information and notes ==
=== Production ===
=== Story ===
* TIMELINE: Day 220 begins, and will end in 542. It's very late in the night (i.e., the early hours of Day 220). Julia and Willie plan to be gone before dawn. It will take Julia an hour to pack. It was around 11pm (yesterday) when Adam's attacks started.
== Bloopers and continuity errors ==
* John Karlen fumbles a line, saying, "Hey, what are we gonna tell people — Roger and everybody up at the Old House, at the, at the big house?”
* It sounds like John Karlen mispronounces Willie's last name when he's outside Maggie's door. It sounds like he says "Willie Loomingess."
* In Act II, Kathryn Leigh Scott flubs a line: "I'm sure Barnabas would vis-miss you very much."
* Just after Willie tells Maggie "Friends, they mean a lot to me," someone in the studio coughs.
* When Maggie says, "There should be an autopsy," there is a loud noise off-stage.
* When Cassandra says, "Dr. Hoffman, I was just wondering about you" in the Collinwood foyer, a boom mic shadow appears on the drawing room door. 
* When Cassandra says, "He's dead?" there is a cough off-stage.
* In Act III, when Professor Stokes arrives at Collinwood, he tells Cassandra that he needs to see Dr. Hoffman. He says, "She is here...?" but Julia is standing in the foyer just a few feet from him. Although Stokes is facing Cassandra at a 90-degree angle from Julia, he certainly should have seen her standing there in his peripheral vision. 
==External Links ==
Dark Shadows - Episode 537 on the IMDb
Dark Shadows Everyday - Episode 537 - Life Without Barnabas
Dark Shadows Commentary- Episode 537: Reason to stay
Dark Shadows Before I Die- Episode 537: 7/16/68
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