Dark Shadows: The Beginning
6 Seasons
MPI presents the spooky series‘ rare, early episodes before the arrival of Barnabas. Victoria Winters’ mysterious journey begins as her train arrives in Collinsport, a small and stormy fishing village on the coast of Maine. An orphan in search of her identity, Victoria is befriended by a stranger named Burke Devlin. At the eerie Collinwood mansion, Victoria meets reclusive matriarch Elizabeth Collins Stoddard, her aloof brother Roger Collins, his troubled ten-year-old son David, and Elizabeth’s rebellious teenage daughter Carolyn.
Collins fishing fleet manager Bill Malloy informs Elizabeth that Burke wants to take everything the Collinses own as revenge for being sent to prison. Collinsport Inn waitress Maggie Evans tells her father Sam that she wants an end to the secret conflict between him, Roger and Burke. David warns Victoria that she will regret she came to live at Collinwood and be his governess.
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21:38Episode 1
Episode 71
Episode 1
After touring the Collins cannery with Roger, Victoria visits the sheriff and repeats her story to him.
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21:35Episode 2
Episode 72
Episode 2
Carolyn suggests to Elizabeth that Bill Malloy’s former housekeeper, Mrs. Johnson, works at Collinwood.
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21:44Episode 3
Episode 73
Episode 3
Sheriff Patterson informs Elizabeth that the coroner ruled Bill’s death an accidental drowning.
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21:29Episode 4
Episode 74
Episode 4
Roger is ecstatic over the coroner’s report, but Burke angrily insists that Bill was murdered.
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20:31Episode 5
Episode 75
Episode 5
On Lookout Point above the ocean, Victoria finds the missing fountain pen that Burke gave to Carolyn.
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21:33Episode 6
Episode 76
Episode 6
Elizabeth vows to fight Burke after he declares that he intends to take control of the Collins family holdings.
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20:55Episode 7
Episode 77
Episode 7
David finds he is unable to choose between Elizabeth and Burke. David and Carolyn argue about Burke.
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19:57Episode 8
Episode 78
Episode 8
Maggie and Joe enjoy each other’s company at the Blue Whale. Roger quarrels with Sam and with Joe.
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21:41Episode 9
Episode 79
Episode 9
As part of a scheme, Mrs. Johnson pretends to accuse Burke of being responsible for Bill’s death.
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20:24Episode 10
Episode 80
Episode 10
Roger is terrified when he learns Victoria found the fountain pen that he lost at Lookout Point.
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21:28Episode 11
Episode 81
Episode 11
Matthew expresses his hostility to Burke. Elizabeth offers Mrs. Johnson a job at Collinwood.
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20:48Episode 12
Episode 82
Episode 12
Burke realizes Roger lost the pen at Lookout Point. Roger takes the pen from David’s room.
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20:55Episode 13
Episode 83
Episode 13
Roger buries the pen, then defends David when Victoria accuses the boy of stealing it.
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21:26Episode 14
Episode 84
Episode 14
Luring her to a closed-off wing of Collinwood, David locks Victoria in an isolated room.
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21:26Episode 15
Episode 85
Episode 15
Sam and Burke get drunk and discuss ghosts at Collinwood. The ghost of Bill Malloy appears.
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21:19Episode 16
Episode 86
Episode 16
Burke and Carolyn enjoy a flirtatious date. Victoria attempts to escape from the locked room.
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21:34Episode 17
Episode 87
Episode 17
Victoria hysterically recounts how she saw the ghost of Bill Malloy after she is freed from the room.
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21:40Episode 18
Episode 88
Episode 18
In the locked room, Elizabeth and Roger discover seaweed on the floor where Victoria saw Bill’s ghost.
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21:39Episode 19
Episode 89
Episode 19
Collins Enterprise employees are offered better jobs by Burke if they come to work for him instead.
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21:38Episode 20
Episode 90
Episode 20
When David learns Victoria saw a ghost, he begs her to stay. Victoria finds a possible clue to her identity.
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21:05Episode 21
Episode 91
Episode 21
Burke drives Victoria to Bangor and again warns her that she should leave Collinwood for good.
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21:28Episode 22
Episode 92
Episode 22
In Bangor, Victoria questions Collins family lawyers Richard and Frank Garner, a father and son team.
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20:30Episode 23
Episode 93
Episode 23
Roger and Elizabeth argue over Burke’s offer to buy Collinwood. David draws a picture of Bill’s ghost.
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21:33Episode 24
Episode 94
Episode 24
Frank Garner promises Victoria to help her find information on her background.