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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 1 Episode 4 - DS-4
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #1 - DS-4

    S1:E4

    Victoria is interrogated by Roger over her knowledge of Burke Devlin and their encounter at the train station. Later that night, Victoria has an unpleasant first meeting with David Collins

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  2. undefined Season 1 Episode 5 - DS-5
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #2 - DS-5

    S1:E5

    After her first night at Collinwood, Victoria has decided to go back to New York. Victoria explains to Carolyn that she is an orphan and came to Collinsport because she believed that somehow she would find out about her past. Near Widow’s Hill, Victoria meets Sam Evans who tells Victoria about Josette Collins. Victoria finds out from Sam that Elizabeth has not left Collinwood in eighteen years. Sam instructs Victoria to tell Roger that he wants to talk with him. Victoria returns to her room to find that David has helped her “pack” while she was out. Victoria changes her mind and decides to stay at Collinwood with renewed hopes that she will find out something about her past.

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  3. undefined Season 1 Episode 12 - DS-12
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #3 - DS-12

    S1:E12

    Roger encounter Victoria on Widows' Hill and tells her the story of its legend and history. Meanwhile, Maggie Evans tries to learn what is troubling her father, Sam.

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  4. undefined Season 1 Episode 17 - DS-17
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #4 - DS-17

    S1:E17

    Elizabeth comforts David after he has a nightmare about Roger's car accident. Collins family employee and retainer Bill Malloy begins to suspect that Roger was the victim of foul play.

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  5. undefined Season 1 Episode 19 - DS-19
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #5 - DS-19

    S1:E19

    Elizabeth continues to insist that Carolyn should not visit Burke again, adamant that he is attempting to destroy the Collins family. Bill Malloy attempts to learn more about Burke's motives.

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  6. undefined Season 1 Episode 18 - DS-18
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #6 - DS-18

    S1:E18

    Learning Victoria saw Burke by his car, Roger takes her to Burke's room at the hotel to make a confrontation. Meanwhile, David harbours the bleeder valve taken from Roger's car.

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  7. undefined Season 1 Episode 15 - DS-15
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #7 - DS-15

    S1:E15

    David is now convinced that his father hates him. Roger leaves the estate in his car to meet with Burke. On the way, he loses control of the car and crashes.

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  8. undefined Season 1 Episode 13 - DS-13
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #8 - DS-13

    S1:E13

    Elizabeth and Roger continue to harbour suspicions about Burke, in spite of him offering the hand of friendship. As Victoria walks to Matthew's cottage, she notices Burke examining Roger's car.

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  9. undefined Season 1 Episode 70 - DS-70
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #9 - DS-70

    S1:E70

    David tells Victoria about the Old House, an abandoned Collins' mansion built before Collinwood, and suggests that they pay a visit. When they later leave, they are followed by the ghostly form of Josette.

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  10. undefined Season 1 Episode 7 - DS-7
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #10 - DS-7

    S1:E7

    Sam Evans and Roger discuss Burke Devlin's return. Sam agrees with Roger's fear that Burke is planning revenge against the Collins family for his jail sentence, but refuses to offer any help.

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  11. undefined Season 1 Episode 3 - DS-3
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #11 - DS-3

    S1:E3

    Elizabeth's brother, Roger Collins, desperately searches for local artist Sam Evans. Meanwhile, Victoria meets Elizabeth's teenage daughter Carolyn and begins to wonder if Collinwood is haunted.

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  12. undefined Season 1 Episode 6 - DS-6
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #12 - DS-6

    S1:E6

    Victoria looks for David in the basement of Collinwood. While looking, a stranger enters the room and asks who she is. He accuses her of snooping around. Elizabeth comes down and says it's Matthew Morgan, the caretaker of Collinwood. She asks Victoria why she is in the basement, and when Victoria tells her that she is down there looking for David, Elizabeth tells her David would not come down there. Once she leaves, Elizabeth finds David hiding in the basement. Later, Victoria sees Matthew again, stoking the fireplace. She says she hopes they can one day be friends, and she starts asking him questions. She finds out that Elizabeth fired all of her servents 18 years ago and then hired Matthew, giving him a cottage on the edge of Collinwood grounds. In the basement, Elizabeth gets out a crate of adventure books that had belonged to Roger when he was a boy. David does not want anything associated with his father. Carolyn tells Victoria that she should ask Elizabeth about what happened 18

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  13. undefined Season 1 Episode 1 - DS-1
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #13 - DS-1

    S1:E1

    Victoria Winters travels to Collinsport by train from New York to be the governess of 10 year old David Collins. Also on that train is Burke Devlin, who seems rather mysterious. We get to see Elizabeth Collins Stoddard and Roger Collins argue over if it was wise to hire Victoria. Victoria and Burke go to the hotel where she can wait for a cab. He seems rather disturbed about the place. He leaves and goes to a local hangout called the Blue Whale, where he meets an investigator he has hired. Victoria meets Maggie Evans, who tells her she is a jerk for accepting the job. Even after all the things that has been said to her, she goes to Collinwood and is invited in by Elizabeth.

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  14. undefined Season 1 Episode 9 - DS-9
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #14 - DS-9

    S1:E9

    Victoria learns of the tragic legend of Widows Hill, a cliff located close to Collinwood, where many suicides occurred. Meanwhile, Carolyn is intrigued by Burke and decides to learn more.

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  15. undefined Season 1 Episode 10 - DS-10
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #15 - DS-10

    S1:E10

    Roger puts pressure on Elizabeth to send David away to boarding school, a conversation the boy overhears. Burke gives Carolyn false information on the reason for his return.

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  16. undefined Season 1 Episode 8 - DS-8
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #16 - DS-8

    S1:E8

    Carolyn's flighty romance with Joe Haskell takes a new turn when she admits that she is in love with him, but refuses an offer of marriage. Victoria investigates Elizabeth's claims about her job offer.

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  17. undefined Season 1 Episode 11 - DS-11
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #17 - DS-11

    S1:E11

    Burke Devlin pays the residents of Collinwood a visit, apparently hoping to reassure Elizabeth that he has no vendetta to pursue against her family. He does, however, ask if Collinwood is for sale.

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  18. undefined Season 1 Episode 14 - DS-14
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #18 - DS-14

    S1:E14

    Victoria learns about David's relationship with Roger. Burke arranges to meet with Roger at the Blue Whale, and spends time talking with Joe and Carolyn, at her request.

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  19. undefined Season 1 Episode 16 - DS-16
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #19 - DS-16

    S1:E16

    Roger emerges from the accident without serious injury, but is shaken by the experience. Meanwhile, Elizabeth is appalled to learn of Carolyn's flirtation with Burke.

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  20. undefined Season 1 Episode 37 - DS-37
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #20 - DS-37

    S1:E37

    Worried at the escalating feud with Roger, Sam entrusts Maggie with a sealed letter. Roger confides in Victoria that he too has heard the mysterious sobbing sounds coming from the basement.

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  21. undefined Season 1 Episode 44 - DS-44
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #21 - DS-44

    S1:E44

    Elizabeth learns from John Harris of Burke's plans to aggressively take over the Collins family businesses. Meanwhile, Malloy fears that Roger is in danger unless drastic steps are taken.

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  22. undefined Season 1 Episode 46 - DS-46
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #22 - DS-46

    S1:E46

    In spite of extreme reluctance on the part of Roger, Bill Malloy demands that the meeting will go ahead as planned, to take place at 11pm at Roger's office at the cannery.

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  23. undefined Season 1 Episode 45 - DS-45
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #23 - DS-45

    S1:E45

    Roger reprimands Carolyn for associating with Burke. Bill Malloy arranges a meeting between Roger, Sam and Burke, intent on proving Roger's guilt and ending Burke's vendetta.

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  24. undefined Season 1 Episode 48 - DS-48
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #24 - DS-48

    S1:E48

    David receives a crystal ball as a gift from Burke. Upon staring into it, the boy announces that Bill's disappearance is because he has been murdered by Roger.

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  25. undefined Season 1 Episode 47 - DS-47
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #25 - DS-47

    S1:E47

    Roger arrives for the meeting with Sam and Burke, and shares an uneasy hour waiting for Bill to arrive. However, after he fails to appear after an hour, the meeting is reluctantly abandoned.

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Lela Swift Ratings Summary

"DS-4" is the best rated episode directed by Lela Swift. It scored 8.5/10 based on 2 votes. It was written by N/A. It aired on 6/30/1966 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "DS-5".