Dark Shadows: The Beginning
6 Seasons
MPI presents the spooky series‘ rare, early episodes before the arrival of Barnabas. Victoria Winters’ mysterious journey begins as her train arrives in Collinsport, a small and stormy fishing village on the coast of Maine. An orphan in search of her identity, Victoria is befriended by a stranger named Burke Devlin. At the eerie Collinwood mansion, Victoria meets reclusive matriarch Elizabeth Collins Stoddard, her aloof brother Roger Collins, his troubled ten-year-old son David, and Elizabeth’s rebellious teenage daughter Carolyn.
Collins fishing fleet manager Bill Malloy informs Elizabeth that Burke wants to take everything the Collinses own as revenge for being sent to prison. Collinsport Inn waitress Maggie Evans tells her father Sam that she wants an end to the secret conflict between him, Roger and Burke. David warns Victoria that she will regret she came to live at Collinwood and be his governess.
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20:48Episode 1Episode 144
Episode 1
In the Collins family history book, Victoria finds a picture of Josette wearing a familiar locket.
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21:38Episode 2Episode 145
Episode 2
Laura stares into the flames and a fire begins at Sam and Maggie Evans’ cottage.
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21:33Episode 3Episode 146
Episode 3
Roger sees that Sam’s second painting of Laura has been burned.
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21:41Episode 4Episode 147
Episode 4
Burke asks Laura for help in clearing him of the manslaughter charge.
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20:58Episode 5Episode 148
Episode 5
Victoria and Frank agree that Laura should not be left alone with David at any time.
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21:00Episode 6Episode 149
Episode 6
The ghost of Josette finishes Sam’s painting, which becomes a portrait surrounded by flames.
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21:27Episode 7Episode 150
Episode 7
Elizabeth orders Laura to stay away from David but Laura assures David she will take him away.
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21:05Episode 8Episode 151
Episode 8
Roger encourages David to become closer to his mother.
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21:08Episode 9Episode 152
Episode 9
The identity of the woman who died in a mysterious fire in Phoenix is revealed.
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21:37Episode 10Episode 153
Episode 10
Victoria feels compelled to go with Frank to a building at the edge of a graveyard.
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21:35Episode 11Episode 154
Episode 11
Victoria and Frank discover that Laura Murdock Stockbridge is buried in the crypt.
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21:37Episode 12Episode 155
Episode 12
Elizabeth orders Laura to leave Collinwood. Laura stares into the flames and Elizabeth collapses.
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22:08Episode 13Episode 156
Episode 13
Elizabeth cannot remember what happened to her. A shrouded figure appears in her room.
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21:45Episode 14Episode 157
Episode 14
Victoria and Frank find graves of two Lauras who died by fire one hundred years apart.
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21:33Episode 15Episode 158
Episode 15
At the hospital, the doctor is baffled by Elizabeth’s condition. A visit from Laura upsets Elizabeth.
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21:43Episode 16Episode 159
Episode 16
Victoria tells Frank that Elizabeth is adament that David be kept away from Laura.
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21:36Episode 17Episode 160
Episode 17
Dr. Peter Guthrie believes Elizabeth’s illness is the result of a traumatic experience.
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20:50Episode 18Episode 161
Episode 18
Guthrie is convinced there must be some outside influence over Elizabeth’s condition.
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21:32Episode 19Episode 162
Episode 19
David relates to Dr. Guthrie the legend of Josette. David sees Josette’s portrait make a transformation.
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20:32Episode 20Episode 163
Episode 20
Laura questions David about Dr. Guthrie before the doctor closely interrogates her.
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21:39Episode 21Episode 164
Episode 21
Sam describes to Dr. Guthrie how he felt when he was creating Laura’s painting.
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20:56Episode 22Episode 165
Episode 22
David goes to spend the night with his mother and the ghost of Josette appears to them.
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21:02Episode 23Episode 166
Episode 23
Victoria and Carolyn are concerned about David. Burke is suspicious of Dr. Guthrie.
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21:36Episode 24Episode 167
Episode 24
Laura insists she must take David away soon, before Elizabeth returns from the hospital.