AIR DATE: 8/12/68
WRITER: Ron Sproat
DIRECTOR: Sean Dhu Sullivan
Nicholas Blair holds Victoria Winters captive at the House by the Sea. In order to force Barnabas and Julia to create a mate for the man-made creature Adam, the warlock commands Angelique -- now a vampire under his control -- to visit Vicki dressed as she did in 1795 to terrify Vicki into submission.
VICKI: Angelique!
ANGELIQUE: So we meet again.
VICKI: You're not real.
ANGELIQUE: I'm not?
VICKI: You can't be!
ANGELIQUE: I assure you, I'm quite real.
VICKI: It's not possible! You're dead! You must be a ghost!
ANGELIQUE (laughing): Is that really what you think I am?
VICKI: Why are you laughing?
ANGELIQUE: Touch me. Don't be afraid. You'll see that I"m made of flesh and blood.
VICKI: I don't want to come near you!
ANGELIQUE: Then I'll come to you. (She touches Vicki, who shudders.) You see? Are ghosts made of flesh and blood?
VICKI: You're real!
ANGELIQUE: Of course.
VICKI: But you died in 1795 ...
ANGELIQUE: I know.
VICKI: Is it possible?
ANGELIQUE: What?
VICKI: I've gone back in time again? That I'm living in 1795?
VICKI: But is it true?
ANGELIQUE: Perhaps.
VICKI: Why am I here? You must tell me.
ANGELIQUE: I'm not allowed to tell you that.
VICKI: But who's keeping me here? At least you can tell me that!
ANGELIQUE: I'm not allowed to tell you that either.
VICKI: This must be a dream. But why can't I wake up?
ANGELIQUE: Because it isn't a dream. You really exist in this place.
VICKI: But you -- this room -- it's all so unreal!
ANGELIQUE: Perhaps there's a reason for that.
VICKI: What do you mean?
ANGELIQUE: Perhaps you're lost in a void.
VICKI: A - a void?
VICKI: I don't believe you.
ANGELIQUE: Believe what you want to believe.
VICKI: Why are you here?
ANGELIQUE: I've come to help you escape.
VICKI: But why would you want to help me? You've never been anything but vicious and cruel to me.
ANGELIQUE: If you don't want my help, there's nothing I can do.
VICKI: I'll take anyone's help as long as it allows me to escape from here.
ANGELIQUE: You're willing to cooperate?
VICKI: How?
ANGELIQUE: You must give me something in order for me to help you.
VICKI (wary): What?
VICKI: My engagement ring?
ANGELIQUE: You must give it to me or I can't help you.
VICKI: Why do you want it?
ANGELIQUE: I'll take it to the man you love, and through it, he will find you.
VICKI: I won't give it to you.
ANGELIQUE: then I won't be able to help you. I'm the only one who can.
ANGELIQUE turns to leave.
VICKI: Where are you going?
ANGELIQUE: Would I want to take your ring if I weren't trying to help you? I don't exist in time. Worldly possessions mean nothing to me.VICKI: You want it because it's my last link to reality. But I won't give it to you!
ANGELIQUE: So be it.
VICKI: Where are you going?
ANGELIQUE: I'm leaving, and I shall never return. Neither will anyone else. You face eternity in this room because you won't accept my help. Goodbye, Victoria Winters. I pity you.
VICKI: No! Wait!
ANGELIQUE: Yes?
VICKI: I still don't trust you, but if there's one chance in a million that you're telling the truth --
ANGELIQUE: Give me the ring.
VICKI slips off the ring and hands it to her.
VICKI: Here.
ANGELIQUE: I'll take it to the man you love and he will find you.
VICKI: Please be telling the truth. Please find Jeff and give it to him. At least he'll know I'm alive.
ANGELIQUE: Jeff? Who's Jeff?
VICKI: Jeff Clark, my fiancee.
ANGELIQUE: There's no Jeff Clark. Jeff Clark does not exist. There is only Peter Bradford.
Angelique vanishes out the door, leaving Vicki to call after. Her only answer is Angelique's evil cackle.
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