Suave warlock Nicholas Blair is furious with his subordinate, vampire Angelique. He had ordered Angelique to summon her blood thrall, hardworking young fisherman Joe Haskell. While Joe was out of the way serving as Angelique’s breakfast, Nicholas would be making time with Joe’s fiancée, Maggie Evans, The Nicest Girl in Town. Much to Nicholas’ dismay, Joe turned up at Maggie’s house.
Angelique explains that she did summon Joe, but that old world gentleman Barnabas Collins was with him and persuaded him to leave before she could take a bite. Since Nicholas has, for reasons of his own, forbidden Angelique to harm Barnabas, he has no choice but to accept that explanation. Angelique teases him about his interest in Maggie. Nicholas used to be very harsh with Angelique about her lingering human attachment to Barnabas, and she is hugely amused to find him chasing Maggie. Her amusement fades when he tells her that if she doesn’t bring Joe back tonight, he will not allow her to return to her coffin at sunrise.
Back at the Evans cottage, Joe is pleading with Maggie to keep him from leaving. “You’ve got to watch me tonight. Be with me. Don’t take your eyes off me. Don’t let me get away like I did this afternoon. If I start to leave, just take something — hit me over the head. Do anything you have to, to keep me here with you!” He keeps telling her that he needs her, that he belongs with her, and that it is his last chance. He hears Angelique’s voice and yells back to it; Maggie is bewildered.
Joe asks Maggie for two sleeping pills. She says that the pills she has are very strong. He says that if he can be knocked out until morning, he might be all right. It is daytime television and it is 1968, so while Joe sleeps on the couch, she goes into her bedroom and closes the door. Angelique’s voice finally wakes him, and he goes.
Nicholas knocks on the door. He apologizes for disturbing Maggie at 4 AM. He explains that he had a strange feeling she was in danger. She tells him about Joe, and says she is glad Joe is sound asleep on the couch. He breaks the news to her that the couch is vacant. While she is looking away, he allows himself a self-satisfied smile.
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