Dark Shadows: Season 3
Season 3 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Dark Shadows Season 2.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 3 Progress Shield
DS-192
Mar 21, 1967
Now that Laura is "dead", Elizabeth awakens from her coma and immediately wants to return to Collinwood. Victoria talks to David about his experience, but the only thing he rememb
DS-193
Mar 22, 1967
Sam receives an offer of professional exhibition of his paintings, but needs to regain some of his earlier works which are now owned by Roger. A stranger makes an appearance at the
DS-194
Mar 23, 1967
Elizabeth returns to Collinwood and is frantic to regain the key to the locked room in the mansion's basement. Victoria later sees Elizabeth leave the mysterious room.
DS-195
Mar 24, 1967
Elizabeth makes Victoria vow to keep her visit to the locked room a secret. Meanwhile, a stranger arrives at Collinwood asking to see Elizabeth.
DS-196
Mar 27, 1967
The stranger reveals himself to be an old acquaintance of Elizabeth's, Jason McGuire. Despite her protestations, Jason insists that he will be staying at Collinwood until further n
DS-197
Mar 28, 1967
Elizabeth refuses to let her brother have the key to the locked room in the basement. Roger is later disarmed to discover Jason snooping about in the basement.
DS-198
Mar 29, 1967
Maggie releases that the paintings were sold to Roger as a cover for a bribe. Elizabeth stops Roger from gaining access to the locked room in the basement.
DS-199
Mar 30, 1967
Jason McGuire meets with his friend Willie Loomis at the Blue Whale. A broken Sam admits to Burke the truth of his involvement in providing Roger with an alibi for the car accident
DS-200
Mar 31, 1967
Burke and Sam confront Roger, who finally breaks down and confesses he was responsible for killing the man who Burke went to prison for. Jason makes another attempt to get into the
DS-201
Apr 3, 1967
Roger is forced to confess that it was him that drove the car that killed a man 10 years earlier, not Burke. Elizabeth is distraught to learn the truth and Roger is left devastated
DS-202
Apr 4, 1967
Joe almost comes to blows with Willie Loomis at the Blue Whale after lewd comments are made to Maggie. Willie later joins Jason as a guest at Collinwood, in spite of Elizabeth's pr
DS-203
Apr 5, 1967
Victoria finds herself the disgusted victim of Willie's lecherous advances and is especially concerned by the way in which Elizabeth seems unable to intervene.
DS-204
Apr 6, 1967
Carolyn is appalled by Willie's advances and uses a gun to scare him off. Both she and Victoria are disturbed by his antisocial behaviour and propensity for violence.
DS-205
Apr 7, 1967
Willie becomes intrigued by the portrait of Barnabas Collins that hangs in the Collinwood foyer and the jewellery it depicts. Carolyn pressures Elizabeth for answers on the new arr
DS-206
Apr 11, 1967
Burke offers his support to Elizabeth if she needs help to combat the hold Jason has over her. However, though obviously distressed, Elizabeth refuses to acknowledge that she is be
DS-207
Apr 12, 1967
Burke and Willie come to blows in the Blue Whale, when Willie threatens him with a knife. After the fight, Willie tells Jason he will only leave town if he is given money to do so.
DS-208
Apr 13, 1967
Willie continues to be fascinated by the portrait of Barnabas and decides to do some research. After he learns that the Collins family were buried with their jewels, he begins to f
DS-209
Apr 14, 1967
Willie visits the Eagle Hill cemetery and encounters the elderly caretaker, and claims to be a Collins family relative. Entering the family crypt, he is terrified to hear a mysteri
DS-210
Apr 17, 1967
Everyone at Collinwood now believes that Will will soon be leaving town. Meanwhile, Willie Loomis attempts to open the tomb of Naomi Collins, hoping to find some of her jewlery bur
DS-211
Apr 18, 1967
Elizabeth is disturbed by Willie's disappearence. While she did want him to leave, he did not take any of his belongings or the money Elizabeth offered him with him. Jason, looking
DS-212
Apr 19, 1967
Barnabas tells Elizabeth that he is from England, and is the only surviving member of the English branch. When asked, he tells her that he is thinking of possibly settling down in
DS-213
Apr 20, 1967
Jason tries to get more money out of Elizabeth, which upsets her because she still does not know whether Willie Loomis has left town. At the Blue Whale, Burke tells Carolyn that he
DS-214
Apr 21, 1967
Barnabs meets Victoria at the Old House. He tells Victoria about the history of the Old House. Roger and Carolyn meet Barnabas at the Collinwood. They are both astonished by how mu
DS-215
Apr 24, 1967
Joe tells Burke and Maggie that a calf was found drained of blood. Willie, visibly shaken/shaking, shows up at the Blue Whale, Burke plans to kick him out, but Willie apologizes fo
DS-216
Apr 25, 1967
Jason drags Willie back to Collinwood to apologize and then leave. Willie passes out after looking at the portrait of Barnabas. Jason convinces Elizabeth that Willie is sick and le
DS-217
Apr 26, 1967
Carolyn and Victoria are confused by Willie's recent illness and behavior. Carolyn tries to find out what trouble her mother is in. Willie attempts to leave, but Jason stops him. A
DS-218
Apr 27, 1967
After searching for Willie, Jason leaves the cemetery, and Barnabas emerges. Barnabas asks Elizabeth if he can move into the Old House, she says she will have to think about it. Ba
DS-219
Apr 28, 1967
Willie, weak after being out all night, returns to Collinwood. Jason believes Willie has been out grave robbing. Roger attempts to kick out Willie but is too weak to go. The sherif
DS-220
May 1, 1967
Willie starts to feel a better and decides to leave. Willie tries to tell Elizabeth something but she doesn't want to hear it. Elizabeth agrees to let Barnabas live in the Old Hous
DS-221
May 2, 1967
Barnabas visits the coffee shop and talks with Maggie. Barnabas leaves his cane behind. Joe arrives to pickup Maggie and she notices the cane, they decide to return it to Barnabas.
DS-222
May 3, 1967
Victoria goes to the Old House and finds Willie is now working for Barnabas, Willie is eager for Victoria to leave. Barnabas commissions Sam Evans to paint his portrait; Barnabas i
DS-223
May 4, 1967
Victoria tells Elizabeth that Willie is now working for Barnabas. Elizabeth goes to the Old House to speak to Barnabas and David follows her (against her wishes). David is disturbe
DS-224
May 5, 1967
David asks Barnabas if he can have the portrait of Josette, Barnabas tells him it belongs to the Old House, but he can still visit it. Elizabeth asks Barnabas to fire Willie, but h
DS-225/226
May 8, 1967
Maggie is disturbed by the dream she had; Joe takes her to the Blue Whale. Later Sam and Barnabas show up, Maggie tries to avoid Barnabas. Burke shows up and meets Barnabas. When M
DS-227
May 9, 1967
Maggie is edgy and tired after last night, although she is weak she insists on going to work. In the coffee shop Maggie passes out. As night falls, Maggie starts to feel better. Sa
DS-228
May 10, 1967
Jason manages to get Elizabeth to give him a job at the Collins cannery. As a result everyone wonders what hold Jason has over Elizabeth. Carolyn finds out that Paul Stoddard's bel
DS-229
May 11, 1967
Maggie becomes increasing sick; Sam calls the doctor despite Maggie's protests. Victoria tells Burke that Jason is now working for the Collins cannery. Dr. Woodard tells Sam and Jo
DS-230
May 12, 1967
Following Maggie's disappearance everyone searches for her. Willie finds out from Victoria that Maggie has disappeared; Later Willie (anonymously) tells Victoria that Maggie can be
DS-231
May 15, 1967
Dr. Woodard examines Maggie and orders a blood transfusion. Maggie struggles as they give her the transfusion. Sam watches over Maggie as she sleeps, but he dozes off. Sam awakes a
DS-232
May 16, 1967
Maggie appears to be feeling better, but then her mood changes and demands that Joe leave. Joe gets Victoria to watch over Maggie. Jason questions Willie about Maggie's disappearan
DS-233
May 17, 1967
A violent storm rages and the power goes out. Later Barnabas shows up and tells Victoria and Carolyn the story of Josette Collins and how she jumped from Widow's hill. Victoria tel
DS-234
May 18, 1967
Barnabas beats Willie and accuses him of tipping off Victoria that Maggie could be found at Eagle Hill Cemetery. Barnabas also warns Willie to get Jason McGuire to stop asking ques
DS-235
May 19, 1967
Maggie is found unconscious and the wounds on her neck have been re-opened. Dr. Woodard moves Maggie to the hospital. The nurse watches over Maggie as she sleeps, Maggie appears to
DS-236
May 22, 1967
Maggie is missing, Dr. Woodard thinks she may be dead. Burke and Joe go to the Old House to question Willie, however he is not there and Barnabas vouches for his whereabouts. After
DS-237
May 23, 1967
The sheriff questions Willie about the night someone called to report that Maggie was seen at Eagle Hill Cemetery. The sheriff suspects the strange things happening in Collinsport
DS-238
May 24, 1967
Victoria and Carolyn visit the Old House to see the restoration work Willie and Barnabas have done. Willie tries to get them to leave. Barnabas plans to have dinner with Josette(Ma
DS-239
May 25, 1967
Barnabas dines with Maggie(aka Josette). Sam goes to the Old House to tell Barnabas that he cannot work on the portrait while his daughter is missing. Maggie overhears her father a
DS-240
May 26, 1967
David sneaks down to the Old House to search for Josette, Barnabas catches and tells him that he should not trespass. Roger tells Barnabas that Dr. Woodard has some blood samples f
DS-241
May 29, 1967
David speaks with Maggie, thinking she is Josette. Roger, Victoria and Barnabas find David and lecture him again about trespassing. Barnabas reminds Maggie that she is Josette. Bar
DS-242
May 30, 1967
Dr. Woodard is puzzled by what he finds in samples of Maggie's blood. Roger suspects Elizabeth is paying money to Jason because he has something on her. Elizabeth tells Jason she c
DS-243
May 31, 1967
Dr. Woodard wants to get a sample of Willie's blood as his symptoms resembled those of Maggie. Jason starts to become suspicious of Barnabas Collins. Jason tells Elizabeth that she
DS-244
Jun 1, 1967
Jason tries to blackmail Elizabeth into marrying him, Elizabeth refuses and rather go to jail for Paul Stoddard's murder. Elizabeth tries to tell Carolyn, however she refused to li
DS-245
Jun 2, 1967
Dr. Woodard takes a sample of Willie's blood, however Barnabas switches slides while distracting him. Dr. Woodard is unable to find anything unusual in the blood sample.
DS-246
Jun 5, 1967
Elizabeth starts divorce proceeding against Paul Stoddard so she can marry Jason. Carolyn becomes determined to get into the locked room in the basement to see what Jason has on he
DS-247
Jun 6, 1967
Sam goes to the Old House to work on portrait of Barnabas, however Willie tells Sam to take the portrait with him. Sam leaves behind his pipe and Maggie finds it. Later Maggie snea
DS-248
Jun 7, 1967
Barnabas finds Maggie and punishes her for escaping by putting her in his coffin. The sheriff searches for Maggie however they start to believe that Sam must have only seen her in
DS-249
Jun 8, 1967
Carolyn, Roger, and Victoria plan to break into the locked room in the basement. Jason convinces Elizabeth to let them into the room; when she does they find nothing. Elizabeth ann
DS-250
Jun 9, 1967
Barnabas plans to make Maggie his bride, she pretends to be Josette. Maggie finds that Willie has made coffin intended for her. Maggie tries to stake Barnabas, but he rises from hi
DS-251
Jun 12, 1967
Willie makes an impassioned plea for Maggie's life which placates Barnabas. Locking Maggie in a basement cell, Barnabas vows that she will become Josette, regardless of her attempt
DS-252
Jun 13, 1967
Carolyn and Elizabeth continue to argue about plans for the impending wedding. Seemingly to spite her mother, Carolyn begins a relationship with Buzz Hackett, an uncouth hippy moto
DS-253
Jun 14, 1967
Maggie offers Willie her ring as a bribe to help her escape. When it becomes lost and makes its way back to Collinwood, its inscription quickly becomes a liability until Barnabas s
DS-254
Jun 15, 1967
Jason's plans to marry Elizabeth continue to develop apace as he announces a date in two week's time. Carolyn smugly informs her mother that she will marry Buzz on the same day.
DS-255
Jun 16, 1967
Barnabas learns from Sam that the police now think Maggie to be dead and takes glee in revealing this news to his rebellious prisoner. Maggie is puzzled to later see a little girl
DS-256
Jun 19, 1967
Maggie fails to make sense of the little girl Sarah's cryptic clues. Later, while playing outside the Old House, David encounters a dispondent Sarah, who claims to be lost.
DS-257
Jun 20, 1967
Elizabeth engages Jason to prevent Carolyn from going ahead with her plan to marry Buzz, but his bribe is met with disinterest. Carolyn is now convinced she can prevent Elizabeth m
DS-258
Jun 21, 1967
Maggie is intrigued by the appearance of Sarah in her cell and talks with her at length. Willie later tries to convince Maggie that no one could have visited her, but Maggie finds
DS-259
Jun 22, 1967
After Victoria hears Elizabeth sobbing, she confronts her and demands to know why. A distraught Elizabeth confides in Victoria that she murdered her husband Paul and that Jason kno
DS-260
Jun 23, 1967
Sarah tells Maggie a cryptic riddle which offers her an escape route. Uncovering a secret passage in her cell, Maggie disappears into the darkness, stalked by a malevolent Barnabas
DS-261
Jun 26, 1967
Maggie manages to escape to the beach and is discovered by Sam. Woodard remains concerned for Maggie's safety and decides to announce her death, while she is sent away for treatmen
DS-262
Jun 27, 1967
Victoria and Carolyn are devastated to learn the news of Maggie's death. Elizabeth is troubled by Carolyn's developing relationship with Buzz Hackett and asks Victoria to be witnes
DS-263
Jun 28, 1967
Sam and Joe struggle with their consciences, but ultimately decide that they cannot risk Maggie's safety by confiding in Victoria. Carolyn continues to victimise Elizabeth.
DS-264
Jun 29, 1967
Jason revels in his new status as head of the household. After Roger confides his worries about Jason, Barnabas tells Willie that Jason may fall foul of his intervention if this co
DS-265
Jun 30, 1967
Maggie undergoes therapy with the aloof Dr Julia Hoffman, who continues to try and restore her personality from the childlike state of her trauma. Joe and Sam are sceptical of this
DS-266
Jul 3, 1967
Elizabeth is tormented by dreams of the three widows and seems troubled and preoccupied as the wedding approaches. Later, Mrs Johnson prevents her from jumping from Widows' Hill.
DS-267
Jul 4, 1967
Victoria continues to fear for Elizabeth's state of mind. Later, David shows Victoria the family Bible, containing the death dates of the whole family. Elizabeth fills in a date fo
DS-268
Jul 5, 1967
Now determined to commit suicide, Elizabeth says her goodbyes to David and Carolyn and prepares to jump from Widows' Hill, haunted by the wails of its ghosts.
DS-269
Jul 6, 1967
Victoria intercepts Elizabeth at Widows' Hill and prevents her from jumping to her death. Burke's attempts to confront Jason with proof of his crimes have little effect.
DS-270
Jul 7, 1967
Jason gives Carolyn an ultimatum to leave Collinwood. At her wedding, Elizabeth breaks down and reveals to the shocked congregation that she killed Paul Stoddard with Jason as her
DS-271
Jul 10, 1967
Before a shocked audience, a shell-shocked Elizabeth remembers the fateful night 18 years ago that lead to the death of Paul Stoddard, and of the deal she struck with Jason to conc
DS-272
Jul 11, 1967
As Elizabeth ponders that her future holds, the police are summoned to investigate her claims. Excavating the locked room in the basement, a trunk they uncover an old trunk.
DS-273
Jul 12, 1967
When the trunk is discovered to be empty, Jason is forced to admit that Paul was not killed by Elizabeth and that he engineered Paul's disappearance. Elizabeth refuses to allow Jas
DS-274
Jul 13, 1967
His blackmail plan defeated, a humiliated Jason is ordered to leave town by the Sheriff. Spying on Willie and Barnabas exchanging jewels, Jason decides to break into the Old House
DS-275
Jul 14, 1967
Jason demands that Willie gives him access to Barnabas' valuables, in spite of Willie's protestations that he is in danger. Convinced that the jewels are hidden in Barnabas' coffin