The WORST episodes of Dark Shadows
Every episode of Dark Shadows ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Dark Shadows!
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-791
Season 7 - Episode 91 - Aired 7/7/1969
Evan and Trask try to convince Judith to sign a paper committing her to a sanitarium.
#2 - DS-962
Season 8 - Episode 74 - Aired 3/3/1970
Jeb is able to subdue the werewolf with some silver. Bruno talks his way out of Jeb killing him, by casting suspicion on Megan whom is now under Barnabas’ control. Jeb raises four dead men to help him with his plans.
#3 - DS-952
Season 8 - Episode 64 - Aired 2/17/1970
Jeb has survived the fire. Julia starts new treatments to cure Barnabas. Barnabas and Julia make plans to bring Willie back to help them. Megan pretends to be on Philip’s side now that he is jail for all the recent murders. Jeb moves into one of the cottages on the Collins estate. Jeb is reluctant to take on his true form because it upsets Carolyn. Someone approaches Jeb’s cottage.
#4 - DS-926
Season 8 - Episode 38 - Aired 1/12/1970
Barnabas stops Megan from killing Philip. Barnabas and Philip plan to keep Michael locked up until he is ready to “emerge again.” Michael torments Maggie who is locked in a remote part of Collinwood. Philip searches for Maggie.
#5 - DS-801/802
Season 7 - Episode 101 - Aired 7/22/1969
After Petofi leaves Collinwood, it is discovered that Jamison Collins has been possessed by him.
#6 - DS-796
Season 7 - Episode 96 - Aired 7/14/1969
In the woods, Julianka the gypsy is found dead with a strange mark on her forehead.
#7 - DS-795
Season 7 - Episode 95 - Aired 7/11/1969
Aristede sets in motion a curved blade which will kill Quentin unless Aristede can get Petofi's hand.
#8 - DS-794
Season 7 - Episode 94 - Aired 7/10/1969
The gypsy named Julianka tells Barnabas she has come to end the curse in return for the hand.
#9 - DS-793
Season 7 - Episode 93 - Aired 7/9/1969
Victor Fenn-Gibbon observes as Angelique conducts a ceremony using the hand to help Quentin.
#10 - DS-1026
Season 9 - Episode 46 - Aired 6/1/1970
Elizabeth stops Maggie from jumping. Barnabas becomes suspicious of Angelique (posing as Alexis). Barnabas stares at the portrait of Angelique; Angelique realizes that someone is watching her and feels a burning stare, she runs in to Angelique’s room then Barnabas realizes that she really is Angelique.
#11 - DS-783
Season 7 - Episode 83 - Aired 6/25/1969
The hand of Count Petofi is used to perform the procedure on charity. Evan Hanley confronts Barnabas.
#12 - DS-744
Season 7 - Episode 44 - Aired 5/1/1969
Jenny meets Barnabas at the Old House and Quentin takes a pistol to search for her.
#13 - DS-743
Season 7 - Episode 43 - Aired 4/30/1969
Quentin and Barnabas decide to try to destroy Laura. Jenny is ordered by Laura to kill Quentin.
#14 - DS-742
Season 7 - Episode 42 - Aired 4/29/1969
Barnabas uses an incantation from the Egyptian Book of the Dead to conjure up the spirit of Laura.
#15 - DS-741
Season 7 - Episode 41 - Aired 4/28/1969
Laura confesses that she has returned to Collinwood to take custody of her children Jamison and Nora.
#16 - DS-740
Season 7 - Episode 40 - Aired 4/25/1969
Barnabas sends Sandor to find Laura's grave. Edward tells Barnabas what he knows of Laura's history.
#17 - DS-721
Season 7 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/31/1969
Barnabas finds out from Dirk that Jenny is Quentin’s wife and that she has been locked in the tower room. Jenny tells Beth that she killed Quentin. Barnabas asks Angelique to save Quentin as he was not supposed to die this way. Angelique plans to raise Quentin, but will use him to make Barnabas suffer.
#18 - DS-1035
Season 9 - Episode 55 - Aired 6/12/1970
Barnabas returns and kill Yaeger, after he dies he changes back to Cyrus. Barnabas tells Quentin that Cyrus was really Yaeger. Julia (PT) sees Quentin and Julia (PT) talking in the standard timeline and learns that Barnabas is a vampire. Shortly after dawn Julia (PT) prepares to drive a stake through Barnabas’ heart.
#19 - DS-1038
Season 9 - Episode 58 - Aired 6/17/1970
Julia tells Barnabas that she is going to stay in parallel time to help him. Angelique starts to become weak again, Julia goes to Stokes and finds out about the body that he is using to keep Angelique alive. Barnabas and Julia go to Stokes to kill the woman who is keep Angelique alive.
#20 - DS-1049
Season 9 - Episode 69 - Aired 7/2/1970
Trask is listening while Carolyn tries to convince Roger that Alexis is really Angelique. Amy tells Trask that someone is living in the tower room. Carolyn goes to the tower and someone approaches, she claims that they killed Angelique; Carolyn is then stabbed by whoever it was.
#21 - DS-1050
Season 9 - Episode 70 - Aired 7/3/1970
Roger tells Julia and Elizabeth that Carolyn has been murdered; Roger believes that Quentin is responsible. Julia conducts an experiment in order to revive Roxanne, however it does not work. A strange man enters and searches the Old House and Roxanne awakes.
#22 - DS-1059
Season 9 - Episode 79 - Aired 7/16/1970
Barnabas realizes that the scarf Roxanne uses belonged to Julia (PT) not Julia, and that she might still be alive. Again using Roxanne’s psychic powers they are able to find Julia. An autopsy proves that Alexis is really Angelique, Quentin orders the body cremated so Stokes cannot bring her back again. Stokes kidnaps Maggie.
#23 - DS-1060
Season 9 - Episode 80 - Aired 7/17/1970
Roxanne dreams that she and Barnabas are separated by fire. Stokes lures Quentin to Collinwood to kill him. Barnabas and Quentin are able to stop Stokes and save Maggie. Stokes escapes taking Roxanne hostage. Stokes sets Collinwood on fire. Julia and Barnabas are trapped in a room and it changes to another time.
#24 - DS-1065
Season 10 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/24/1970
Again Carolyn provides Julia and Barnabas with no information and kick them out of Collinwood. Julia and Barnabas find out from Stokes that Quentin recently escaped from a mental institution. Stokes tells them that he was out of the country in 1970 when everything happened, and agrees to help them find out. Barnabas and Julia find Quentin, he claims he could have stopped what happened in 1970. Quentin, Barnabas and Julia go to the playroom and they see David Collins.
#25 - DS-1074
Season 10 - Episode 14 - Aired 8/6/1970
Hallie does not know how she ended up wearing the dress. Carolyn is still upset about the death of her husband Jeb Hawkes. Daphne appears to Hallie in a dream, and later appears to David. Carolyn is shocked when she meets Sebastian Shaw, who looks like Jeb Hawkes. Sebastian gives Elizabeth her horoscope for the rest of 1970. David and Hallie hear music coming from the closet (that is occasionally a playroom), they also see the Daphne.