The BEST episodes of Dark Shadows season 4
Every episode of Dark Shadows season 4, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Dark Shadows season 4!
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-350
Season 4 - Episode 75 - Aired 10/27/1967
Carolyn is in the drawing room, and is looking out the window. David enters. They talk, and he gasps. He says he saw an old man standing outside the window. Elizabeth enters. David tells Elizabeth what he saw, and leaves. Elizabeth talks to Carolyn, and tells Carolyn that she thinks David is mentally disturbed and she has no choice but to send him away. David is listening in. At the Old House, Barnabas enters the house and finds Julia waiting. Julia asks Barnabas if he bit someone, and he says no. Julia says Barnabas can bite her. Barnabas declines because he may need Julia later. At Collinwood, David and Carolyn talk. David says he knows aunt Elizabeth thinks he's crazy. He tells Carolyn that he made everything up, and makes Carolyn promise she will not go to the Old House. David leaves and Carolyn decides to go to the Old House. She enters the house, and goes to the basement. She is shocked to find a coffin. Julia finds her, and tells her to leave before it is too late. Barnabas find
#2 - DS-362
Season 4 - Episode 87 - Aired 11/14/1967
The visitor turns out to be Barnabas, feigning concern at Julia's welfare. Carolyn makes moves to obtain Tony's keys. Later at his office, Carolyn gains access to the safe, but is discovered by Tony.
#3 - DS-363
Season 4 - Episode 88 - Aired 11/15/1967
Carolyn claims that the notebook is part of a blackmail attempt by Julia, but is unable to take it. Julia confides in Barnabas that she has seen Sarah. As he accuses her of lying, the girl appears before them.
#4 - DS-355
Season 4 - Episode 80 - Aired 11/3/1967
At the Old House, Barnabas thinks about what to do with Julia while Carolyn waits impatiently. Barnabas decides he must kill Julia. He asks Carolyn to help him, but she does not want to. Barnabas tells her that all she will have to do is get Julia's notebook about him and he will do the actual killing. When Carolyn gets home, she is greeted by Mrs. Johnson. Mrs. Johnson tells her she shouldn't make a habit of not eating dinner. She also remarks that Carolyn is very pale and thinks she might be sick. After Mrs.Johnson leaves, Maggie stops by. Maggie had been in New Hampshire and just gotten back and heard the news of Burke's death. Carolyn tells Maggie that Vickie is in Boston and that Burke is probably dead. Maggie remarks that Carolyn isn't acting like she normally does. Maggie tells Carolyn that when Carolyn touchs her scar it makes her uncomfortable, Carolyn retorts that it's her favorite scar. Maggie then leaves. Carolyn then sees Julia and tells her Barnabas wants her as a cover f
#5 - DS-359
Season 4 - Episode 84 - Aired 11/9/1967
Carolyn gains Tony's affections as part of Barnabas' plan. Julia is terrified to be confronted by Woodard's ghost, while Barnabas contrives to convince her that it is a result of her conscience.
#6 - DS-361
Season 4 - Episode 86 - Aired 11/13/1967
Julia finds herself tormented by a nightmarish sequence of events conjured up by Barnabas, culminating in a telephone call from the ghost of Woodard. Terrified, she suddenly sees the door begin to open
#7 - DS-276
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/17/1967
Jason's body lays dead in the floor in the Old House's basement. Willie comes down and sees the body. As he grieves for Jason, Barnabas asks him why. Willie tells him that even though Jason threatened to kill him, the two of them were always friends. Barnabas and Willie carry Jason out of the house and take him to the secret room in the mausoleum. Though Barnabas hates to dishonor his family with McGuire's presence, he and Willie bury him under the concrete floor. Meanwhile, Maggie is able to remember Sarah from a sketch that he father made. Later, Sarah appears at the mausoleum.
#8 - DS-291
Season 4 - Episode 16 - Aired 8/7/1967
Barnabas is outraged by Julia's gloating revelation that she knows his secret and is determined to kill her. However, she makes an intriguing offer that saves her life and offers him hope.
#9 - DS-294
Season 4 - Episode 19 - Aired 8/10/1967
Victoria, Barnabas and Burke share an uneasy evening in each other's company. Sarah appears to Maggie in her room at Windcliff and engineers her escape, leading her back to Collinsport.
#10 - DS-349
Season 4 - Episode 74 - Aired 10/26/1967
Barnabas and Julia enter the drawing room of the Old House. Barnabas has aged very fast. Barnabas accuses Julia of doing this on purpose because she wants his affections. Julia tells him that she told him that she needed more time to get ready. Barnabas says he no one longer has confidence in Julia's work. Barnabas then tells Julia to go to Collinwood an tell Victoria that he can not keep his appointment to watch the sun rise. Julia opens the door, only to find Vickie already there. Vickie wants to talk to Barnabas. Barnabas quickly moves a chair around to make it so that Victoria can not see him. Barnabas tells Victoria that he is sick right now and doesn't want to pass it to her. He says he is going to leave town soon. Victoria leaves. Julia tells Barnabas he should bite Vickie to make himself look young again. At Collinwood, Vickie returns. Carolyn enters and tells her she has suspicions that what David has been saying might be true. Vickie says that Barnabas does not deserve the go
#11 - DS-360
Season 4 - Episode 85 - Aired 11/10/1967
Julia continues to be concerned that her notebook will fall into the wrong hands. Julia later makes contact with Sarah, who refuses to help her because of her involvement in Woodard's murder.
#12 - DS-311
Season 4 - Episode 36 - Aired 9/4/1967
David panics when he realises that he is trapped in the mausoleum. While talking with Victoria, Barnabas is overcome by his vampire instincts and bares his fangs to attack her.
#13 - DS-277
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/18/1967
In an attempt to gain Victoria's affections and divert Elizabeth from her recent troubles, Barnabas decides to hold an ancestral costume party, suggesting that Victoria goes as Josette.
#14 - DS-364
Season 4 - Episode 89 - Aired 11/16/1967
Sarah tells Barnabas that he must be good and refuses to reappear to him until he does so. Meanwhile, Victoria begins to face the loss of Burke and Sarah warns David of a new danger.
#15 - DS-358
Season 4 - Episode 83 - Aired 11/8/1967
Barnabas issues Carolyn with instructions to retrieve Julia's notebook. Meanwhile, he uses an ancient incantation to vengefully make the ghost of Woodard appear to a guilt-stricken Julia.
#16 - DS-351
Season 4 - Episode 76 - Aired 10/30/1967
Barnabas bites Carolyn. Later, in Josette Collin's room, Carolyn is at rest. Julia enters. Julia tells Carolyn about what happened. She asks Carolyn some questions, and Carolyn replies that she feels in place at the Old House. Barnabas enters and talks to Carolyn about what has happened. At Collinwood, Elizabeth is getting worried. She tells Roger this. Roger says she probably has a late date. At the Old House, Barnabas tells Carolyn that she will be helping him, and that if she does a good job he will give her everlasting life. He tells her to leave before anyone at Collinwood starts to worry. Barnabas tells Julia that he needs to get another person to protect him during the day, and she volunteers. Carolyn arrives at Collinwood. Elizabeth asks Carolyn where she has been, and Carolyn says she has been taking a walk. Later that evening, Carolyn comes downstairs and looks at the portrait of Barnabas and touchs her neck wound.
#17 - DS-333
Season 4 - Episode 58 - Aired 10/4/1967
Barnabas advances, demanding an explanation for David's intrusion. David runs away to Collinwood where he announces his findings, leaving Barnabas and Julia in a race to disprove the boy's claims.
#18 - DS-290
Season 4 - Episode 15 - Aired 8/4/1967
Victoria begins to develop a fear of the past. Meanwhile, Barnabas goes to Julia's bedroom during the night, intent on killing her, but is shocked to discover that she is waiting for him.
#19 - DS-288
Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 8/2/1967
Julia continues her investigations at Collinwood, asking David for information about Sarah. Later, she visits the Old House and meets Barnabas and is shocked to discover that he casts no reflection.
#20 - DS-320
Season 4 - Episode 45 - Aired 9/15/1967
David is tormented by a nightmare of Barnabas baring his fangs. Meanwhile, Barnabas learns of Maggie's restored memory and vows to deal with the matter, despite Julia's protests.
#21 - DS-321
Season 4 - Episode 46 - Aired 9/18/1967
Willie unsuccessfully attempts to persuade Barnabas to spare Maggie. Meanwhile, while the Evans Cottage remains under police guard, Sarah pays Maggie a visit, managing to enter and leave unseen.
#22 - DS-347
Season 4 - Episode 72 - Aired 10/24/1967
Barnabas & Julia are in her laboratory. Julia gives Barnabas a treatment. After the treatment, Barnabas feels like he's on Cloud 9. He feels like new blood is flowing through him. He goes as far as saying that tomorrow he will go on Widow's Hill with Victoria to see his first sunrise since 1795. Julia tells him not to risk things which might hasten his destruction. Meanwhile, at Collinwood, Carolyn is pleading with Victoria not to stay night and day at the phone. Julia enters. Carolyn says that she'll ask Mrs. Johnson to make coffee for them and leaves. Julia hypnotizes Victoria and takes her to the basement of the Old House. There she shows Barnabas in his coffin and tells her to remember this yet not remember it. They go back to Collinwood. Carolyn brings them coffee (According to her, Mrs. Johnson isn't feeling very well so she had to make it herself....a long time to make coffee!). Victoria is already uneasy every time Barnabas' name is spoken. Barnabas stops by later and asks her
#23 - DS-341
Season 4 - Episode 66 - Aired 10/16/1967
Julia and Woodard are in his office. Barnabas enters, transforming from a bat to a vampire. Barnabas and Julia inject him with a poision that will make his death look like a heartattack so they can get his notebook on Barnabas and prevent him from telling people that Barnabas is a vampire. Meanwhile, at the Blue Whale, the sheriff comes to Sam Evans. He asks Sam if he's seen Woodard. They have a discussion over where he could be. A woman shrieks outside due to the sight of a bat. Sam & the sheriff decide to go to Dr. Woodard's office. They break down the door and find the body of Dr. Woodard. Julia hears the ghost of Dr. Woodard tell her that 'you no longer have any friends'
#24 - DS-337
Season 4 - Episode 62 - Aired 10/10/1967
Woodard continues his research at the cemetery and makes an unexpected discovery. Now convinced that he has uncovered Barnabas' secret, Woodard goes to the Old House to confront him.
#25 - DS-317
Season 4 - Episode 42 - Aired 9/12/1967
Barnabas is now certain that David has found out his secret. Meanwhile, a visit to the mausoleum by Woodard and Sam begins to convince them that Sarah is actually a ghost.