The BEST episodes of Dark Shadows season 11
Every episode of Dark Shadows season 11, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Dark Shadows season 11!
With vampires, witches, warlocks, werewolves, and other supernatural creatures, it became a surprising phenomenon. The show revolves around Barnabas Collins (Jonathan Frid), a guilt-ridden 175-year-old vampire who longs to be human again and returns to his estate after being chained inside a coffin for nearly 200 years.
#1 - DS-1131
Season 11 - Episode 22 - Aired 10/27/1970
Angelique introduces herself as Valerie Collins to Daniel Collin, he recognizes her from his childhood; Valerie makes him forget. Julia finds there is a curse on families of the jurors who convicted Judah Zachery. Valerie shows up at the Old House to the surprise of Barnabas and Julia. Leticia tricks Julia into going to the cave where Judah’s head and body is.
#2 - DS-1136
Season 11 - Episode 26 - Aired 11/2/1970
Gerard follows Leticia to the underground vault, however he loses her in the cemetery. Gerard suspects that Daphne is using a false name. Quentin tells Gerard about Joanna Mills and how he has been haunted by her. During a lighting storm Julia brings Judah back to life.
#3 - DS-1111
Season 11 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/28/1970
Ben stops Daniel from harming Julia; Daniel mistakes her for his wife who he killed ten years earlier. During the struggle one of Julia’s earrings falls off and Gabriel later finds it. Gerard is a clairvoyant. Julia and Stokes devise a story that she is Julia Collins, brother to Barnabas, both of whom are cousins from England. Julia goes to Barnabas’ coffin and plans to release him.
#4 - DS-1137
Season 11 - Episode 27 - Aired 11/3/1970
Gerard finds out information about Judah Zachery and jeweled mask. Barnabas discovers that Julia is under Judah’s power. Gerard finds the underground cave, Judah awakes and tries to stop him from taking the mask. Gerard accidentally sets the underground vault on fire.
#5 - DS-1138
Season 11 - Episode 28 - Aired 11/4/1970
Judah is destroyed in the fire, Julia is released from his power. Gerard has a dream in which Judah tells him he must find something. Roxanne reluctantly agrees to marry Lamar Trask. Gerard returns to the underground vault and retrieves the mask.
#6 - DS-1139
Season 11 - Episode 29 - Aired 11/5/1970
Gerard brings the head and the mask back to Rose Cottage. Julia tries to talk Roxanne out of marrying Trask. Roxanne goes to Barnabas telling him she still loves him; Valerie catches them together. Roxanne tells Trask that she cannot marry him. Valerie causes the wounds on Roxanne’s neck to open again and die. Barnabas and Julia plan to keep her from rising as a vampire. Gerard reads in Judah’s journal that he will live again. Trask believes that Barnabas is responsible for Roxanne’s death. Under the in"uence of Judah, Gerard calls Valerie Miranda.
#7 - DS-1140
Season 11 - Episode 30 - Aired 11/6/1970
Valerie (aka Angelique, aka Miranda) remembers that her real name is Miranda, a follower of Judah Zachery who testified against him in 1692. Amadeus Collins was a judge at Judah’s trial, he was convicted and swore to put a curse on the Collins family. Quentin finds another mysterious note telling him to meet them in the woods. Quentin is surprised to find Daphne in the woods. Gerard has a dream in which Judah tells him that he will control his mind
#8 - DS-1141
Season 11 - Episode 31 - Aired 11/9/1970
Gerard is determined to not let Judah posses him, he tosses the head off of Widow’s Hill. Carrie is fond of Gerard, however he asks Daphne out to dinner, which bothers Desmond. Gerard dreams that someone returns the head to him. When Gerard awakes Charles Dawson returns the head to him.
#9 - DS-1142
Season 11 - Episode 32 - Aired 11/10/1970
Gerard is forced to put the mask on and Judah takes possession of him. Gerard (Judah) plans to get revenge on the Collins family and Miranda. Trask overhears Lorna Bell and Quentin arrange a meeting. Charles and Gerard kill Lorna Bell as a sacrifice for the return of Judah. Trask suspects that Quentin is responsible for Lorna’s death (Quentin’s ring has the same mark that was found on Lorna’s body.
#10 - DS-1143
Season 11 - Episode 33 - Aired 11/11/1970
Randell Drew questions Barnabas about his sister Roxanne’s death. Julia admits to Angelique that she and Barnabas have come from 1970. Angelique causes Julia to fall asleep so that she cannot destroy Roxanne. When Julia arrives at Roxanne’s is waiting for her.
#11 - DS-1144
Season 11 - Episode 34 - Aired 11/12/1970
After being bitten by Roxanne, Valerie holds Julia captive; Valerie plans to let Julia die and become a vampire. Gerard plans to have Quentin beheaded as revenge against the Collins family. Barnabas suspects Valerie is responsible for Julia’s disappearance. Gerard and Charles summon the spirit of Amadeus Collins and discover that Valerie is Miranda DuVal, the woman who betrayed Judah in 1692.
#12 - DS-1145
Season 11 - Episode 35 - Aired 11/13/1970
Quentin shows Gerard the “staircase through time.” Gerard causes Lamar to dream that Quentin is a practicing witchcraft. Lamar tells his suspicions about Quentin to Samantha. Samantha tries to convince Daniel that Quentin is practicing witchcraft. Gerard causes Daniel to see a vision of Quentin killing Lorna Bell.
#13 - DS-1146
Season 11 - Episode 36 - Aired 11/16/1970
Daniel suffers an attack. Gerard causes Daphne to have a dream in which she loves him. Gerard tries to gain the affections of Edith Collins (Gabriel’s wife). Quentin sets a trap to find who has been delivering notes from Joanna; Daphne walks in.
#14 - DS-1147
Season 11 - Episode 37 - Aired 11/17/1970
Quentin realizes that it “could not be” Daphne. Quentin finds another note from Joanna. Daphne plans to make Quentin fall in love with her as part of her plan to kill him. Quentin purses Daphne’s affections. Carrie sees herself and Tad dead in a crystal ball. Quentin goes to see a doctor that treated Joanna before she died; when Quentin returns to Collinwood he accuses Daphne of being Joanna’s sister.
#15 - DS-1148
Season 11 - Episode 38 - Aired 11/18/1970
aphne admits that she is Joanna Mills sister and she came to kill Quentin. Daphne tells Quentin that she has not been leaving the letters from Joanna. Barnabas forces Laszlo to tell him where Julia is being held. Daphne finds a note addressed to her from Joanna. Barnabas finds Julia unconscious.
#16 - DS-1149
Season 11 - Episode 39 - Aired 11/19/1970
Roxanne tries to stop Barnabas from taking Julia away. Roxanne attacks Trask. Barnabas tells Randall that Roxanne is a vampire. Barnabas and Randall follow Trask as he is summoned by Roxanne. Randall waits for Roxanne to return to her coffin to destroy her.
#17 - DS-1158
Season 11 - Episode 47 - Aired 12/2/1970
Gerard tells Gabriel that there is going to be a new heir; Gerard implies that it might be Gabriel. Valerie suspects that Gerard is Judah Zachery; she sends Laszlo to steal Gerard’s watch fob. While in jail Quentin receives another letter from Joanna. Daphne dreams that she will be with Gerard. Valerie performs a ceremony on Gerard’s watch fob to identify who Judah is; Gerard causes Valerie to see a vision of Quentin.
#18 - DS-1170
Season 11 - Episode 59 - Aired 12/18/1970
Leticia interrupts Gabriel before he can kill Gerard. Gerard visits Quentin in jail and assures him that he is still his friend. Daphne receives another note from Joanna and believes that Joanna wants to kill her. Gerard sets a trap; when someone creeps into Daphne’s room and tries to stab her, he is waiting.
#19 - DS-1178
Season 11 - Episode 66 - Aired 12/30/1970
Trask tells Gerard that Barnabas is dead. The judge only gives Quentin three hours to find a new lawyer to replace Desmond. Quentin is forced to defend himself. Charles calls Trask to testify. Barnabas walks into the court stating he is ready to represent Quentin.
#20 - DS-1190
Season 11 - Episode 77 - Aired 1/15/1971
Joanna searches for Daphne. Daphne finds a secret passage and is able to escape from where Gabriel locked her up. Daphne gets lost. Joanna sees parallel time in which Melanie Collins asks what happened to Stella. Daphne finally finds a way out of the corridors but is re-captured by Gabriel.
#21 - DS-1194
Season 11 - Episode 81 - Aired 1/21/1971
Gerard tells Charles that he has found where Quentin and Desmond are hiding. In parallel time Melanie and Flora discuss the possibility of a lottery taking place if someone dies. Gerard uses his power to make Daphne marry him. Quentin goes to stop the marriage however he is too late.
#22 - DS-1195
Season 11 - Episode 82 - Aired 1/22/1971
Quentin is caught by Trask and returned to jail. In parallel time Daphne tells Catherine about a rumor that there is room at Collinwood that anyone who goes in either dies or ends up insane. Quentin and Desmond’s execution is set for the next day. Barnabas asks Valerie to help save Quentin, she refuse. Later Valerie uses voodoo on Gerard however he catches her.
#23 - DS-1196
Season 11 - Episode 83 - Aired 1/25/1971
Gerard stops Valerie and takes away her powers making her human again. Charles holds Valerie captive. In parallel time Justin Collins is ill and warns that Catherine should not marry Morgan because of something at Collinwood. Shortly before the execution Leticia and Desmond exchange vows. Valerie kills Charles and escapes. Quentin’s head is placed on the chopping block.
#24 - DS-1197
Season 11 - Episode 84 - Aired 1/26/1971
Valerie brings the head of Judah and interrupts the execution. Valerie explains that Gerard is possessed by the Judah and explains that she was once Judah’s follower. Desmond grabs a gun from one of the guards and shoots Gerard, the head of Judah changes to a skull. Judah leaves Gerard’s body, Gerard apologizes to Quentin for all that has happened. Quentin and Desmond are released. In parallel time Bramwell Collins returns to Collinsport after five years away; Catherine tells him that she is going to marry Morgan. Bramwell swears to win her back. Barnabas realizes that he loves Valerie and goes to tell her, Trask arrives and shoots her.
#25 - DS-1133
Season 11 - Episode 24 - Aired 10/29/1970
Lamar continues to investigate Barnabas to find the truth about the disappearance of her father. Lamar tells Roxanne that Barnabas is married to Valerie. Valerie finds that Barnabas is in love with Roxanne. Quentin receives another note from Joanna. Angelique causes the wounds on Roxanne’s neck to reopen. Angelique tells Barnabas that he must be her faithful husband, otherwise Roxanne will die and become a vampire.