The BEST episodes of Dark Shadows season 5
Every episode of Dark Shadows season 5, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Dark Shadows season 5!
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-460
Season 5 - Episode 93 - Aired 3/29/1968
It turns out the arrow missed Barnabas' heart. Barnabas kills Nathan by strangulation. Joshua has Ben bury Nathan and has it reported that Nathan had left Millicent. The sun rises. Barnabas has by now found out that Joshua is gonna kill him and asks for two requests. The first is that Ben will be freed, and the second is a letter to the governer asking to postpone Victoria' hanging. Barnabas then leaves to go to his coffin. Joshua tries to shoot him but can't. He has Barnabas' coffin chained up in the secret room, with a cross in the coffin that will paralyze him until it is removed,w hich is hopefully never. Meanwhile, at the goal, Victoria seems to be praying. Peter enters since Victoria had asked to see him as her last request. Peter and Victoria admit their love for each other, and Peter tells her that they will meet each other once again someday. They are seperated and Victoria is taken to the gallows. She is asked if she wants to wear a hood and she agrees. We then see the rope g
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Season 5 - Episode 91 - Aired 3/27/1968
Struggling to cope with the truth about Barnabas, Naomi's melancholy grows and she leaves a final note for Joshua. After drinking poison, she goes to the tower room, where she falls dead into Barnabas' arms.
#3 - DS-411
Season 5 - Episode 44 - Aired 1/22/1968
In an attempt to stop the vampire curse from becoming complete, Angelique attempts to drive a stake through Barnabas Collins' heart at sundown. However, Barnabas stops her and exerts his own revenge upon her by strangling her to death.
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Season 5 - Episode 89 - Aired 3/25/1968
Victoria and Daniel return to Collinwood. Nathan and Naomi face off over the attempt on Daniel's life and Nathan's association with Noah. Nathan delights in telling Naomi that Barnabas is hidden in the tower.
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Season 5 - Episode 92 - Aired 3/28/1968
Ben and Barnabas are waiting in the dining room awaiting the news which will tell them if Naomi is dead. Joshua comes in. She has died. Barnabas swears revenge against Nathan Forbes who had told Naomi about Barnabas. They can not find Victoria and realize that Nathan has turned her in. Barnabas swears revenge against him. Meanwhile, at the Eagle, Nathan is talking to a barmaid. She leaves. Barnabas shows up and Nathan shoots him but BArnabas does not die, saying ""You can not kill me Lt. Forbes, for I am already dead!"" Barnabas tells him that he is going to kill Nathan at 9 PM and leaves. Riggs has come to the Old House with silver bullets which Joshua had ordered. These silver bullets, if shot in the heart, could kill a vampire. Joshua tells Ben to move the coffin to the secret room in hte moseleum so he can kill Barnabas there. Nathan is nervous. He tells it to Joshua. Joshua says he can not help. Barnabas appears to Nathan. Nathan shoots Barnabas with an arrow by the heart, and Barna
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Season 5 - Episode 71 - Aired 2/28/1968
Barnabas is furious to learn of trial verdict, blaming Trask for his victimisation of Victoria. Using his supernatural powers, he summons a disembodied hand to taunt Trask with the promise of death.
#7 - DS-452
Season 5 - Episode 85 - Aired 3/19/1968
Naomi begins to question Barnabas' death. Joshua unsuccessfully attempts to intercede on Victoria's behalf. Peter helps Victoria stage an escape from jail, but she suffers a gunshot wound in the process.
#8 - DS-457
Season 5 - Episode 90 - Aired 3/26/1968
Naomi is shocked to see Barnabas in his coffin. As Nathan vies for custody, Naomi sends Daniel away to avoid his clutches. Later, following Millicent, Naomi is devastated to witness Barnabas attack her.
#9 - DS-448
Season 5 - Episode 81 - Aired 3/13/1968
Nathan and Millicent marry, but Nathan's triumph is short-lived when he learns of Daniel's newfound fortune. A shell-shocked Nathan tries to salvage the situation by making Millicent question her sanity.
#10 - DS-453
Season 5 - Episode 86 - Aired 3/20/1968
Millicent's mental illness allows Nathan to become Daniel's guardian. With Ben's help, Victoria and Peter hide in the mausoleum, where she has a nightmare vision in which Nathan strangles Daniel.
#11 - DS-451
Season 5 - Episode 84 - Aired 3/18/1968
Angélique proves a formidable foe for Bathia, who is left weak after a failed effort. After Naomi accidentally disturbs a renewed attempt to cure Barnabas, Bathia is destroyed by supernatural flames.
#12 - DS-450
Season 5 - Episode 83 - Aired 3/15/1968
White witch Bathia Mapes makes her presence felt. Millicent is left unhinged from Barnabas' attack. Bathia uses magic to return Barnabas to Collinwood, where she tries to break Angélique's curse on him.
#13 - DS-449
Season 5 - Episode 82 - Aired 3/14/1968
Joshua confides in Natalie, who agrees to help Barnabas. Millicent's pre-occupation with the tower room continues, causing to fall into Barnabas' clutches. A seance summons a powerful ally for Barnabas.
#14 - DS-447
Season 5 - Episode 80 - Aired 3/12/1968
Joshua is astonished that his bullets do not harm Barnabas. Joshua hides Barnabas in Collinwood and begins the search for a cure. Millicent makes plans to sign her fortune to her younger brother, Daniel.
#15 - DS-446
Season 5 - Episode 79 - Aired 3/11/1968
Barnabas faces Joshua and reveals the truth about his death and return from the grave. Joshua reluctantly blesses Millicent's marriage plans. Joshua faces a crisis of conscience and shoots Barnabas.
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Season 5 - Episode 65 - Aired 2/20/1968
Barnabas tells Abigail that she has been wrong about evil all along. He tells her that Angelique was the witch but she won't believe it. Abigail thinks Barnabas is just an apperition sent by Victoria. Barnabas tells Abigail about all the things she has been wrong about. He shows her his fangs and she dies of a heart attack from the site of them. Meanwhile, at Collinwood, Daniel and Naomi are talking about Daniel and Millicent possibly staying with Naomi and Joshua at Collinwood. Daniel says he doesn't like Collinwood especially after Sarah died. Trask enters. Trask inquires about what Victoria told Daniel. Daniel runs out of Collinwood from fright. Naomi runs after him and tells Trask that HE will be the one who will have to face the lord over these things. Trask joins Naomi in going after Daniel. Daniel finds the dead body of Abigail, and calls Naomi and Trask to him. Trask and Naomi are shocked.
#17 - DS-407
Season 5 - Episode 40 - Aired 1/16/1968
Angelique tries to clean her blood off the carpet, but is not able to remove it. Naomi comes to the Old House to see Barnabas. Angelique tells her that he left last night on business. We see Barnabas upstairs, appearing very ill and delirious. Naomi enquires about the blood stain, and is told that it was from wine. Naomi tells Angelique that she should stay with her at Collinwood, but Angelique refuses Naomi's hospitality. Naomi hears Barnabas moan, but is told by Angelique that it is just the stairs. Back at Collinwood, Naomi is worried. She talks to Joshua, and Joshua tells her that he is not concerned because he has become more independent in the past. Joshua thinks that Barnabas ran off with Josette. At that moment, Josette and Natalie enter the room. Josette tells of the feelings she has that something bad has happened to her Barnabas. Naomi tells her that Barnabas is not in Collinsport, but Josette does not believe her. She and Natalie decide to go to the Old House Angelique want
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Season 5 - Episode 75 - Aired 3/5/1968
Barnabas lures a terrified Trask to the Old House and intimidates him into signing a confession of purjury during Victoria's trial. Barnabas then bricks him up in the Old House cellar as a final act of vengeance.
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Season 5 - Episode 45 - Aired 1/23/1968
Grief-stricken over Barnabas'death and with mis-placed anger, Josette tells Victoria Winters that she will do everything she can to see to it that Miss Winters is hanged for being a witch. Fearing that the Collins Family History book may be used as evidence against her in the trial, she persuades Peter Bradford to let her leave her jail cell so that she can retrieve it from Josette's bedroom.
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Season 5 - Episode 58 - Aired 2/9/1968
As the Collinwood household struggles to protect Josette, Angélique uses witchcraft to lure her to Widows' Hill. Tormented by a vision of herself as a vampire, Josette throws herself from the cliff to her death.
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Season 5 - Episode 68 - Aired 2/23/1968
At Barnabas' urging, Ben takes to the stand to give evidence in Victoria's defence. Ben's testimony soon lies in tatters when Angélique makes a shock appearance in court to refute his claims.
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Season 5 - Episode 76 - Aired 3/6/1968
Peter attempts to convince Natalie of Victoria's innocence. Nathan puts his plan into action. Posing with the stolen cane, Noah Gifford attacks Millicent to unmask Barnabas as the Collinsport strangler.
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Season 5 - Episode 31 - Aired 1/3/1968
Angelique discovers that Barnabas has hidden Victoria Winters in a room in the Old House when she sees Victoria. She talks to Barnabas about Victoria, and Barnabas gets the impression that Angelique may be jealous of Victoria. Angelique has Ben steal a hair ribbon from Abigail to use in a spell that will let Abigail see where Victoria is in a dream. Ben gets caught stealing the ribbon and claims that the witch made him do it and starts to choke.
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Season 5 - Episode 88 - Aired 3/22/1968
Daniel tries to leave the mausoleum, where Noah is waiting for him. Victoria is forced to shoot Noah to protect the boy. Peter is found by Nathan with Noah's corpse and taken to the authorities.
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Season 5 - Episode 87 - Aired 3/21/1968
Nathan decides to kill Daniel to gain control of the boy's money. Noah is blackmailed into abducting the boy, who breaks free. Forewarned by her dream, Victoria hides him in the mausoleum as Noah approaches.