556

Adam gives Barnabas an ultimatum: either make a mate for him or Victoria will die.
== Synopsis ==
: Fear stalks the great house at Collinwood, for Victoria Winters has been missing for over 24 hours. She is in great danger, for she's been locked in a room in an isolated house by the sea. She is the prisoner of a man with a diabolical scheme, a scheme that will bring terror and destruction to everyone he contacts.
Nicholas outlines his plan for Adam and his master race; Angelique poses as Nicholas’ secretary to answer the Deputy’s questions. Angelique is about to bite the Deputy when Nicholas comes in and scolds her; the Deputy says that Tom won't come out of his coma.
Victoria is frightened by the apparition of Angelique, convinced she’s not real. Angelique tells Victoria that they’re stuck in a pocket of time between the past and the present; Victoria doesn’t believe her. Angelique says if Victoria gives her her engagement ring, she can take it to "the man Vicki loves" as proof that Victoria's alive.
When Victoria complies, Angelique says she knows no Jeff Clark, only Peter Bradford. Victoria goes bonkers. Nicholas gives Adam the engagement ring with orders to take it to Barnabas; he does so, and tells Barnabas that if he doesn’t create him a mate, Victoria will die.
== Memorable quotes ==
: Nicholas: Don't plead with me, my dear. You know how much it bores me.
== Dramatis personae ==
* ← Jonathan Frid as Barnabas Collins →
* ← Lara Parker as Angelique Bouchard Collins →
* ← Robert Rodan as Adam →
* ← Humbert Allen Astredo as Nicholas Blair →
* ← Alexandra Moltke as Victoria Winters →
* James Shannon as Deputy
== Background information and notes ==
=== Production ===
=== Story ===
* First appearance of the vampiric Angelique. [Technically this occurred at the end of the previous episode when Nicholas opened her coffin.]
* INTERNAL MONOLOGUE: Victoria: Where am I? (reprised from previous episode); Barnabas: Where is Victoria?
* TIMELINE: Tom left Nicholas's house between 8:30pm and 8:45pm on the night he was attacked.
== Bloopers and continuity errors ==
* When Victoria wakes at the beginning of the episode she has two blue pillows, at the end of the previous episode she only had one.
* Lara Parker stumbles over her lines several times as Angelique asks for Victoria's ring.
* When Victoria asks Angelique to wait, someone clears his throat off-stage. Then there is a knocking sound.
* When Barnabas is telling Adam that he cannot kill Victoria, Jonathan Frid stumbles over his lines and looks at the teleprompter.
==External Links ==
Dark Shadows - Episode 556 on the IMDb
Dark Shadows Every Day - Episode 556 - Apotheosis
The Dark Shadows Daybook - Episode 5560556