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-1245
Season 12 - Episode 46 - Aired 4/2/1971
Catherine and Bramwell survive Brutus’ final attempts to destroy them. Brutus declares that they have won. Morgan shoots Bramwell, then takes Catherine hostage. Melanie’s sanity returns; She and Kendrick make plans to go away. Bramwell and Kendrick to go after Morgan, they fight and Morgan is pushed off the roof of Collinwood and dies. Melanie is found with mysterious bite marks on their neck, it is briefly implied that perhaps a vampire might be loose at Collinwood, however it is confirmed that this time the marks did come from an animal. Melanie and Kendrick move to Boston; Bramwell is invited to be the new master of Collinwood, he and Catherine are married.
#2 - 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.
#3 - 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.
#4 - 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.
#5 - 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.
#6 - 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.
#7 - 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.
#8 - 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.
#9 - 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.
#10 - 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.
#11 - 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.
#12 - 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.
#13 - 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.
#14 - 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.
#15 - 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.
#16 - DS-1212
Season 12 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/16/1971
Gabriel draws the slip with the X, he runs off to avoid having to spend the night in the locked room. Quentin and Morgan catch Gabriel, they lock him in the tower room until it is time for him to go to the cursed room. Quentin comes down with the plague. Gabriel escapes from the tower room.
#17 - DS-1205
Season 12 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/5/1971
Morgan disposes of Stella’s body. Catherine resists Bramwell’s continued advances; she is attracted to him however she plans to marry Morgan. Morgan accuses Melanie of murdering Stella, she does not remember anything. Catherine asks Morgan to marry her immediately. Melanie and Kendrick start to fall in love, but she tells him to never come back to Collinwood. Bramwell interrupts Catherine and Morgan’s wedding.
#18 - DS-1171
Season 11 - Episode 60 - Aired 12/21/1970
Gerard finds that it was Samantha who has been trying to kill Daphne; Samantha claims she was just trying to scare Daphne. Samantha tells Gerard about Joanna and that Daphne is her sister; Samantha agrees to help destroy Quentin. Trask plans to avenge his father’s death. Trask traps Barnabas and prepares to wall him up like it was done to his father.
#19 - DS-1162
Season 11 - Episode 51 - Aired 12/8/1970
Trask finds Quentin standing over Mildred’s body. Desmond asks Daphne to watch Gerard, as they both believe he is the cause of witchcraft; Trask overhears them and reports this to Gerard. Gerard causes Daphne to have a dream in which she marries him. The Judge dismisses the murder charges against Quentin, however at Trask’s urging Quentin is charged with witchcraft.
#20 - DS-1110
Season 11 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/25/1970
Julia finds herself in 1840. Gabriel Collins (wheel chair bound) tries to force Ben Stokes to tell Daniel Collins that Quentin is dead (apparently Quentin and his son Tad have died at sea). Daniel (Quentin and Gabriel’s father) is apparent ill (mentally and physically). Julia tells Ben Stokes that she is a friend of Barnabas Collins; Ben agrees to help her. Later Daniel Collins escapes and everyone looks for him; someone attempts to strangle Julia.
#21 - DS-1109
Season 10 - Episode 49 - Aired 9/24/1970
Julia and Barnabas find out where Quentin is buried from the children; they dig him up. Quentin tries to save children with a ceremony, however Gerard stops him and waves a green flag. The zombies come to back to life to destroy Collinwood. Gerard kills Daphne and the children. Julia and Barnabas run from the zombies. Julia is able to escape through the stairway in time, however, Barnabas is captured by the zombies.
#22 - DS-1095
Season 10 - Episode 35 - Aired 9/4/1970
Julia tells Barnabas that Carolyn sang a song. Barnabas questions Carolyn about the song and she is unable to tell him anything. David and Hallie put a doll of Barnabas in the dollhouse, hoping that it will allow him to help them. Later they find the Barnabas doll destroyed. Julia and Barnabas decide that they must take the children out of the house. David is summoned from the house.
#23 - DS-1079
Season 10 - Episode 19 - Aired 8/13/1970
Quentin’s concern for her appears to cause Daphne to change her mind about killing him. Daphne appears to David and Hallie. Quentin performs an exorcism but he is interrupted by Daphne’s spirit. Hallie falls and hurts her arm while Quentin performed the exorcism. David and Hallie hold a seance in the playroom and hear a voice stating “let us live.”
#24 - 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.
#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.