545

Nicholas meets Adam and tells him that he will help teach him.
== Synopsis ==
: With the coming of this night, the new and dangerous secret within the great house of Collinwood has been discovered by one more person, a man whose evil power knows no limits and who will use the secret to further his own ends.
Roger returns and tells Cassandra that Elizabeth has not improved. Nicholas finds Adam in the west wing, and tells him that he will help teach him. Adam tells Carolyn that Nicholas came to visit him. Carolyn confronts Nicholas, but he assures her that he respects her privacy and will not disclose Adam's whereabouts to the police. Cassandra plans to kill Adam to restore the curse to Barnabas, she finds Adam.
== Memorable quotes ==
: Nicholas:  You mustn’t worry about what other people think, Adam. And you needn’t always do what other people want you to do. You must learn to be a strong-willed individual. Adam:  Individual. Nicholas:  You are Adam. You’re bigger than other people. You learn fast. You have a better brain. You can do things that other people can’t do. And you’re very strong. You are a very important person. You are a man who, with my guidance, can alter the course of history. Yes, you and I shall be going a long way together.
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: Nicholas (to Carolyn): I was in hopes that I could win you over completely, but I'm a patient man. I can wait.
== Dramatis personae ==
* Louis Edmonds as Roger Collins
* Nancy Barrett as Carolyn Stoddard
* Lara Parker as Cassandra Collins
* Robert Rodan as Adam
* Humbert Allen Astredo as Nicholas Blair
== Background information and notes ==
=== Production ===
* This episode was recorded out of broadcast sequence. The previous episode to be recorded was 543.
=== Story ===
* INTERNAL MONOLOGUE: Cassandra: Killing Adam.
* TIMELINE: Day 223 begins, and will end in 553. 12am: Carolyn and Nicholas in the drawing room. It was this morning when Professor Stokes told Carolyn that Nicholas was asking questions about Adam. 2am: Cassandra finds Adam.
== Bloopers and continuity errors ==
* In the teaser, when Roger returns to Collinwood, the front door swings back open after he attempts to close it.
* When Roger is talking to Cassandra about Elizabeth, he struggles with his lines: "Liz has always been...such a...[sighs]...well, she's always been so stable."
* When Adam is looking at a book in close-up, the top of Humbert Allen Astredo's head can be seen moving behind him as he takes his spot near the table.
* When Adam and Carolyn are talking in Carolyn's room, reflected lights move across the two pictures above Carolyn's bed.
* When Carolyn goes to confront Nicholas in the drawing room about visiting Adam, the scene starts with the camera on the grandfather clock in the foyer and doesn't change perspective until Carolyn enters the drawing room. The hands are at 12, and the clock starts to chime the hour as Carolyn comes from upstairs. The clock continues to chime the entire time Carolyn moves down the stairs but does so only 11 times instead of 12.
* The hallway outside Carolyn's room appears different from what was seen previously.
* Toward the end of the episode, when Cassandra stands at the open doors in the drawing room, a camera shadow can be seen moving across the floor.
==External Links ==
Dark Shadows - Episode 545 on the IMDb
Dark Shadows Everyday - Episode 545 - Teacher's Pet
Dark Shadows Commentary- Episode 545: Another living soul
Dark Shadows Before I Die- Episode 545: 7/26/68
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