Dark Shadows: Season 4
Season 4 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 3.
- 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 4 Progress Shield
DS-276
Jul 17, 1967
Jason's body lays dead in the floor in the Old House's basement. Willie comes down and sees the body. As he grieves for Jason, Barnabas asks him why. Willie tells him that even tho
DS-277
Jul 18, 1967
In an attempt to gain Victoria's affections and divert Elizabeth from her recent troubles, Barnabas decides to hold an ancestral costume party, suggesting that Victoria goes as Jos
DS-278
Jul 19, 1967
Victoria selects one of Josette's dresses from the Old House to wear at Barnabas' costume party. Barnabas is disturbed by the sight of Sarah's dress amongst the old clothes.
DS-279
Jul 20, 1967
At the request of Victoria, a reluctant Barnabas invites Burke to the costume party, indulgently suggesting that he adopt the guise of Jeremiah Collins, his old rival.
DS-280
Jul 21, 1967
While the residents of Collinwood enjoy Barnabas' hospitality at the party, Elizabeth senses a ghostly presence. An indulgent Roger begins a séance, sending Victoria into a psychic
DS-281
Jul 24, 1967
The séance continues and Victoria channels the spirit of Josette, reliving the moments before her suicide at Widows' Hill. Barnabas gives Victoria the music box as a gift.
DS-282
Jul 25, 1967
Maggie's fragmented memories seem to lead back to the Eagle Hill Cemetery, making Julia decide that they should pay it a visit. The music box has a marked effect on Victoria's beha
DS-283
Jul 26, 1967
Burke is unimpressed by the music box and Victoria's growing interest in the life of Josette. Later, they almost encounter Julia and Maggie, as they visit the cemetery in an attemp
DS-284
Jul 27, 1967
Julia is intrigued to see that Maggie reacts to Barnabas' name in fear and decides that the clues lead to the Collinwood estate. Julia arrives at Collinwood, where she poses as a v
DS-285
Jul 28, 1967
As Victoria pays an evening visit to the Old House, a violent storm prevents her from returning to Collinwood. Barnabas seizes on the opportunity and suggests that she spend the ni
DS-286
Jul 31, 1967
As she sleeps in Josette's room, Victoria is awakened by Sarah's singing. Barnabas begs Willie to prevent him from attacking Victoria and is shocked at the discovery of Sarah's bal
DS-287
Aug 1, 1967
Barnabas struggles with his instincts over Victoria. Elizabeth allows Julia to stay at Collinwood as a researcher. Julia wastes no time in making her presence felt around the Colli
DS-288
Aug 2, 1967
Julia continues her investigations at Collinwood, asking David for information about Sarah. Later, she visits the Old House and meets Barnabas and is shocked to discover that he ca
DS-289
Aug 3, 1967
Barnabas finds himself unable to attack Victoria. Meanwhile, Julia continues to investigate Barnabas at the Old House and discovers him sleeping in his coffin in the basement.
DS-290
Aug 4, 1967
Victoria begins to develop a fear of the past. Meanwhile, Barnabas goes to Julia's bedroom during the night, intent on killing her, but is shocked to discover that she is waiting f
DS-291
Aug 7, 1967
Barnabas is outraged by Julia's gloating revelation that she knows his secret and is determined to kill her. However, she makes an intriguing offer that saves her life and offers h
DS-292
Aug 8, 1967
Julia's presence at the Old House arouses Woodard's suspicions. Meanwhile, Sarah reveals to David that Maggie is still alive. After doubting her presence, Victoria finds Sarah's ca
DS-293
Aug 9, 1967
Victoria is overjoyed to discover an archaic house near the seafront. Burke hints to Barnabas that he is suspicious of his past and of the influence he has on Victoria, with intent
DS-294
Aug 10, 1967
Victoria, Barnabas and Burke share an uneasy evening in each other's company. Sarah appears to Maggie in her room at Windcliff and engineers her escape, leading her back to Collins
DS-295
Aug 11, 1967
Maggie's return to Collinsport sends shockwaves through the community. Barnabas is terrified to learn that the girl's memory has returned, but Julia's intervention prevents him bei
DS-296
Aug 14, 1967
As Julia revels in her work to maintain Barnabas' secrets, he remains unconvinced that her hypnotism of Maggie will remain successful. Now desperate, he renews his plans to kill Ma
DS-297
Aug 15, 1967
Sam continues to fear for Maggie's safety. Barnabas is shocked to learn of Maggie's visit from Sarah. Entering her room to during the night, he is confronted by a ghostly presence.
DS-298
Aug 16, 1967
Burke asks Elizabeth if he can purchase the house on the seafront for Victoria. Victoria succeeds in helping Maggie regain some of her memories, but Julia is able to renew the hypn
DS-299
Aug 17, 1967
Julia urges Barnabas not to pursue his relationship with Victoria further, warning that it will cause trouble. Barnabas overhears a conversation between Burke and Victoria and is u
DS-300
Aug 18, 1967
Victoria is haunted by the sensation that someone entered her room while she was sleeping. Barnabas is worried to learn the news that Burke has proposed to Victoria.
DS-301
Aug 21, 1967
Burke's proposal leaves Victoria with a difficult decision to make. Later, Burke and Barnabas share a drink at the Blue Whale and exchange veiled threats about their pursuit of Vic
DS-302
Aug 22, 1967
Barnabas is livid to discover that Victoria has accepted Burke's proposal and makes a telling outburst. Barnabas is now eager to complete Julia's therapy and vows to stop the weddi
DS-303
Aug 23, 1967
Joe and Maggie have a difficult time trying to restart their relationship. Burke makes enquiries about Barnabas as his suspicions grow. Victoria is confused by the preoccupation of
DS-304
Aug 24, 1967
Julia is convinced that she must make contact with Sarah, and goes on an expedition with David. Meanwhile, Burke demands that Barnabas stays away from Victoria.
DS-305
Aug 25, 1967
Barnabas begins to worry that Julia's experiments are having an adverse effect on him. Sarah shows David the coffin hidden in the secret room in the mausoleum.
DS-306
Aug 28, 1967
A duplicitous Barnabas tells Victoria about Burke's threat to delve into his past and investigate his affairs. Victoria is appalled to learn the news and pledges her support.
DS-307
Aug 29, 1967
Victoria tells Burke that she will only marry him if he stops his investigation of Barnabas. Joe and Sam face a difficult decision as Maggie becomes increasingly upset by her confi
DS-308
Aug 30, 1967
Julia is forced to justify her treatment methods to an angry Sam, after David reveals that she has been investigating Sarah at length. Maggie discovers a doll left by Sarah in her
DS-309
Aug 31, 1967
Barnabas reacts furiously when Julia reveals that Sarah has visited the Old House, fearing she will expose him. He relents realising that there is a possibility that she will appea
DS-310
Sep 1, 1967
David decides to search for Sarah at the mausoleum, looking in the secret room. He frantically scrabbles to hide in the coffin when he hears the approach of Willie and Barnabas.
DS-311
Sep 4, 1967
David panics when he realises that he is trapped in the mausoleum. While talking with Victoria, Barnabas is overcome by his vampire instincts and bares his fangs to attack her.
DS-312
Sep 5, 1967
Barnabas' attack is disturbed by Joe and Carolyn, returning from the search for David. Meanwhile, the sheriff broadens the hunt to the Old House, and demands access to cellar conta
DS-313
Sep 6, 1967
At the mausoleum, the caretaker notices that it has been disturbed. When David calls out for help, he becomes scared and leaves. Later, an unhappy coincidence prevents Roger and Jo
DS-314
Sep 7, 1967
After an encounter with Sarah in the woods surrounding the estate, Willie realises that she may have told David about Barnabas and warns Julia of the danger any knowledge would pla
DS-315
Sep 8, 1967
In spite of Julia's protestations, Barnabas joins the search for David. Inside the mausoleum, Sarah shows Barnabas the way out of the secret room and he runs out into Barnabas' wai
DS-316
Sep 11, 1967
David refuses to provide Barnabas with answers and seems scared of him. Barnabas reprimands Willie and is convinced David poses a threat. Later, David is afraid that he is being wa
DS-317
Sep 12, 1967
Barnabas is now certain that David has found out his secret. Meanwhile, a visit to the mausoleum by Woodard and Sam begins to convince them that Sarah is actually a ghost.
DS-318
Sep 13, 1967
Following their new discovery, Sam and Woodard decide to take Maggie out of Julia' s care. Barnabas decides to kill David, but is prevented by Sarah's intervention.
DS-319
Sep 14, 1967
In a desperate attempt to flush out Maggie's kidnapper, Sam and the sheriff decide to leak the false news that her fragmented memory is beginning to return.
DS-320
Sep 15, 1967
David is tormented by a nightmare of Barnabas baring his fangs. Meanwhile, Barnabas learns of Maggie's restored memory and vows to deal with the matter, despite Julia's protests.
DS-321
Sep 18, 1967
Willie unsuccessfully attempts to persuade Barnabas to spare Maggie. Meanwhile, while the Evans Cottage remains under police guard, Sarah pays Maggie a visit, managing to enter and
DS-322
Sep 19, 1967
Julia persuades Barnabas to spare Maggie, by claiming that she has written a letter to the police, which she tells Willie does not exist. Meanwhile, the police shoot an intruder en
DS-323
Sep 20, 1967
The police discover that the intruder was Willie, now barely clinging to life. As Woodard operates on Willie, Julia assures Barnabas that he will almost certainly die, maintaining
DS-324
Sep 21, 1967
Willie remains in a coma. Julia tells Woodard that she suspected Willie for some time, but he maintains that the abduction has a supernatural dimension. David remains highly suspic
DS-325
Sep 22, 1967
David continues to be terrified of Barnabas. Later, as he sleeps, David dreams that Sarah takes him to the Old House and reveals the secret of Barnabas.
DS-326
Sep 25, 1967
Willie's life continues to hang in the balance. Julia calls upon her powers of hypnosis to deal with David, but has not counted on the knowledge he has acquired from his dream.
DS-327
Sep 26, 1967
Sarah visits David again and as they talk, he realises that the place in his dream was the cellar of the Old House. However, Sarah warns him that if he goes there, he will be in da
DS-328
Sep 27, 1967
Barnabas is concerned that the evidence against Willie is not strong enough and hides Maggie's ring in Willie's room for a search party to discover. Willie begins to regain emerge
DS-329
Sep 28, 1967
Willie regains consciousness and is questioned by the sheriff. Barnabas and Julia are relieved when the sheriff announces that Willie's is clearly mentally unhinged and will be com
DS-330
Sep 29, 1967
Roger struggles to understand David's suspicion of his cousin. David is suspicious that the basement of the Old House is locked. After returning home, David is attacked by a giant
DS-331
Oct 2, 1967
Roger and Elizabeth are puzzled by David's claims that Barnabas is terrorising him and make plans to enlist a psychiatrist. Meanwhile, Barnabas attempts to convince Roger to send t
DS-332
Oct 3, 1967
Barnabas begins to suspect that Julia is working against him. Julia tries to persuade Roger to send David away to school. David decides to investigate the Old House and encounters
DS-333
Oct 4, 1967
Barnabas advances, demanding an explanation for David's intrusion. David runs away to Collinwood where he announces his findings, leaving Barnabas and Julia in a race to disprove t
DS-334
Oct 5, 1967
Burke and Dr. Woodard tell David that they didn't find anything in the Old House basement. David decides to tell them about the secret room in the mausoleum, breaking his promise t
DS-335
Oct 6, 1967
A psychiatrist is called to Collinwood to examine David. Burke believes that David's state is linked with Maggie's ordeal, while Woodard encounters the ghost of Sarah at the mausol
DS-336
Oct 9, 1967
Sarah shows Woodard the secret room, but she disappears before he can learn more. Julia is shocked to learn that Woodard believes that Sarah is Barnabas' sister and has returned wi
DS-337
Oct 10, 1967
Woodard continues his research at the cemetery and makes an unexpected discovery. Now convinced that he has uncovered Barnabas' secret, Woodard goes to the Old House to confront hi
DS-338
Oct 11, 1967
Woodard's confrontation convinces Barnabas that he must maintain his secret, warning Julia to destroy all her notes relating to the experiment. Julia appeals to Woodard in an attem
DS-339
Oct 12, 1967
Woodard manages to gain access to Julia's bedroom and finds her notebook on the experiment, which he steals. Later, Barnabas and Julia are mortified to discover that the book is mi
DS-340
Oct 13, 1967
Barnabas demands that Julia helps him to kill Woodard. Woodard arranges a meeting with Sam and the sheriff to discuss the notebook, but Julia and Barnabas pay a visit before it can
DS-341
Oct 16, 1967
Julia and Woodard are in his office. Barnabas enters, transforming from a bat to a vampire. Barnabas and Julia inject him with a poision that will make his death look like a hearta
DS-342
Oct 17, 1967
Sam comes home to Maggie. Maggie is shocked to find out that Dr. Woodard is dead. She feels responsible and feels his death is linked to her kidnapping earlier. Sam tells her that
DS-343
Oct 18, 1967
Julia wants to stop the experiments on Barnabas. Barnabas convinces her to continue. Burke starts to prepare to go on the trip to South America. Julia tries to convince Burke to po
DS-344
Oct 19, 1967
Sarah's ghost visits David. She tells him about the death of Doctor Woodard. She tells him something terrible happens but then disappears after he asks what is going to happen. Eli
DS-345
Oct 20, 1967
Mrs. Johnson comes to Elizabeth with bad news. She just heard that a plane, owned by the same company that owns the flight Burke is on, crashed. Elizabeth tells Mrs. Johnson that s
DS-346
Oct 23, 1967
This episode starts with Vicki in Josette's room at the Old House. She is wearing a bridal veil. Julia and Barnabas enter. They both comment on her beauty. Julia then leaves the ro
DS-347
Oct 24, 1967
Barnabas & Julia are in her laboratory. Julia gives Barnabas a treatment. After the treatment, Barnabas feels like he's on Cloud 9. He feels like new blood is flowing through him.
DS-348
Oct 25, 1967
Carolyn wakes up in the middle of the night and sees David staring at her. David says he was just checking to make sure she wasn't dead. David gives her a toy soldier to protect he
DS-349
Oct 26, 1967
Barnabas and Julia enter the drawing room of the Old House. Barnabas has aged very fast. Barnabas accuses Julia of doing this on purpose because she wants his affections. Julia tel
DS-350
Oct 27, 1967
Carolyn is in the drawing room, and is looking out the window. David enters. They talk, and he gasps. He says he saw an old man standing outside the window. Elizabeth enters. David
DS-351
Oct 30, 1967
Barnabas bites Carolyn. Later, in Josette Collin's room, Carolyn is at rest. Julia enters. Julia tells Carolyn about what happened. She asks Carolyn some questions, and Carolyn rep
DS-352
Oct 31, 1967
Carolyn looks outside the window in the foyer and looks at the sunset. She goes into David's room. She wakes him up, and he asks her why she is in his room at 6:00 in the morning.
DS-353
Nov 1, 1967
Carolyn once again looks at the portrait of Barnabas. Vickie goes to her and asks her if she wants to see a movie with her. Carolyn says she can't, but suggests Vickie go to the Ol
DS-354
Nov 2, 1967
Julia and Carolyn are in the same room. Julia asks Carolyn not to follow her around so much, and then leaves the room. Roger and Elizabeth tell Carolyn that Vickie and David will s
DS-355
Nov 3, 1967
At the Old House, Barnabas thinks about what to do with Julia while Carolyn waits impatiently. Barnabas decides he must kill Julia. He asks Carolyn to help him, but she does not wa
DS-356
Nov 6, 1967
Julia comes down the stairs to the foyer of Collinwood. She stares at Barnabas' portrait. She thinks about what is going on, and decides it's not safe to keep the notebook in her r
DS-357
Nov 7, 1967
In a desperate attempt to prevent Barnabas from obtaining the notebook, Julia entrusts it with Tony Peterson, a local lawyer pursuing a claim against a Collins family employee.
DS-358
Nov 8, 1967
Barnabas issues Carolyn with instructions to retrieve Julia's notebook. Meanwhile, he uses an ancient incantation to vengefully make the ghost of Woodard appear to a guilt-stricken
DS-359
Nov 9, 1967
Carolyn gains Tony's affections as part of Barnabas' plan. Julia is terrified to be confronted by Woodard's ghost, while Barnabas contrives to convince her that it is a result of h
DS-360
Nov 10, 1967
Julia continues to be concerned that her notebook will fall into the wrong hands. Julia later makes contact with Sarah, who refuses to help her because of her involvement in Woodar
DS-361
Nov 13, 1967
Julia finds herself tormented by a nightmarish sequence of events conjured up by Barnabas, culminating in a telephone call from the ghost of Woodard. Terrified, she suddenly sees t
DS-362
Nov 14, 1967
The visitor turns out to be Barnabas, feigning concern at Julia's welfare. Carolyn makes moves to obtain Tony's keys. Later at his office, Carolyn gains access to the safe, but is
DS-363
Nov 15, 1967
Carolyn claims that the notebook is part of a blackmail attempt by Julia, but is unable to take it. Julia confides in Barnabas that she has seen Sarah. As he accuses her of lying,
DS-364
Nov 16, 1967
Sarah tells Barnabas that he must be good and refuses to reappear to him until he does so. Meanwhile, Victoria begins to face the loss of Burke and Sarah warns David of a new dange
DS-365
Nov 17, 1967
Disturbed by her nephew's insistence that he is haunted by a ghost, Elizabeth Collins-Stoddard reluctantly agrees to hold a seance in her home. During the seance, the ghost, aka Sa