Visiting parapsychologist Dr Guthrie is organizing a séance. Well-meaning governess Vicki is strongly in favor of this. Flighty heiress Carolyn has mixed feelings about it. High-born ne’er-do-well Roger is contemptuous of the notion. Instantly forgettable young lawyer Frank shows up and says that he trusts Guthrie.
Nancy Barrett throws herself completely into whatever her character is supposed to be doing at any given moment. At one point, Carolyn throws a big fit because she is afraid her mother, reclusive matriarch Liz, might die before she can see her again. Mrs Acilius recently lost a close family member, and says that it was therapeutic to watch this scene.
Frank and Roger have a scene in Roger’s study. It’s the first time we’ve seen that set. That favorite prop of Dark Shadows’ hardcore fans, the “Ralston-Purina lamp,” is there.
Acilius on Dark Shadows 