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The Best Episodes of Dark Shadows

Every episode of Dark Shadows ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Dark Shadows!

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Dark Shadows is an American gothic soap opera that originally aired weekdays on the ABC television network, from June 27, 1966, to April 2, 1971. The show was created by Dan Curtis. The story bible,

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Dark Shadows Season 1 Episode 50 - DS-50
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - DS-50

    S1:E50

    David's attempts to scare Victoria continue with a message written on her mirror. Later, while walking along the cliffs, Carolyn and Victoria make a terrifying discovery.

    Director:John Sedwick
    Writer:Art Wallace

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  2. Dark Shadows Season 1 Episode 52 - DS-52
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - DS-52

    S1:E52

    Sam forces Maggie not to open his sealed letter. At Collinwood, Victoria and Carolyn are scared by mysterious sounds as an unseen force moves a book in the drawing room.

    Director:John Sedwick
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Dark Shadows Season 1 Episode 84 - DS-84
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - DS-84

    S1:E84

    David attempts to scare Victoria by telling her stories about the ghosts that haunt Collinwood. Luring her to the closed-off wing of the mansion, David locks her in, leaving her trapped.

    Director:John Sedwick
    Writer:Art Wallace

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  4. Dark Shadows Season 1 Episode 85 - DS-85
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - DS-85

    S1:E85

    As a storm rages, Sam and Burke drink together and discuss the ghosts of Collinwood. In the closed-off wing, Victoria is visited by the ghost of Malloy, who warns her to leave Collinwood immediately.

    Director:John Sedwick
    Writer:Art Wallace

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  5. Dark Shadows Season 1 Episode 70 - DS-70
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #5 - 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.

    Director:Lela Swift
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Dark Shadows Season 1 Episode 37 - DS-37
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - 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.

    Director:Lela Swift
    Writer:Art Wallace

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  7. Dark Shadows Season 1 Episode 41 - DS-41
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - DS-41

    S1:E41

    Sam looks at a skech he drew of Burke Devlin at his home. The phone rings. Sam answers it and finds its Roger Collins. They talk. While they're talking, Sam Evans puts the phone down and gets a glass of alcohol. Roger can be heard demanding him to speak. Sam Evans hangs the phone up then rips up his skech of Burke Devlin. The phone rings, but he does not answer. At Collinwood, Roger hangs up. Elizabeth enters. They talk about how Roger sold his shares of Collins Enterprises to her. At the Evans Cottage, Sam sits down on the couch. Maggie comes in. She says she forgot her shopping list. Sam asks her why she didn't just let him run away. Maggie calls Collinwood. Victoria answers. Maggie asks for Roger; Victoria tells Maggie that she doesn't know where he is. Roger enters and hangs up the phone. Roger goes into the foyer as Elizabeth comes down from the landing. Elizabeth, seeing that Roger is leaving, asks if he can look for Carolyn. He says he is too busy and leaves. Victoria tells Eliz

    Director:John Sedwick
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Dark Shadows Season 1 Episode 43 - DS-43
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - DS-43

    S1:E43

    Bill continues to believe that Sam is withholding vital information about the true events behind Burke's manslaughter change. Appealing to Sam, he admits he would do anything to protect Elizabeth.

    Director:John Sedwick
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Dark Shadows Season 1 Episode 44 - DS-44
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #9 - 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.

    Director:Lela Swift
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Dark Shadows Season 1 Episode 45 - DS-45
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - 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.

    Director:Lela Swift
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Dark Shadows Season 1 Episode 46 - DS-46
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - 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.

    Director:Lela Swift
    Writer:Art Wallace

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  12. Dark Shadows Season 1 Episode 47 - DS-47
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - 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.

    Director:Lela Swift
    Writer:Art Wallace

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  13. Dark Shadows Season 1 Episode 48 - DS-48
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - 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.

    Director:Lela Swift
    Writer:Art Wallace

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  14. Dark Shadows Season 1 Episode 51 - DS-51
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - DS-51

    S1:E51

    Carolyn and Victoria rush back to Collinwood in terror, and tell Elizabeth about seeing the body of a man floating in the sea beneath Widows' Hill. Matthew investigates and finds nothing but seaweed.

    Director:John Sedwick
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Dark Shadows Season 1 Episode 53 - DS-53
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - DS-53

    S1:E53

    Matthew admits to a shocked Elizabeth that it was Bill's body that Victoria and Carolyn saw, and he pushed it out to sea. David warns Elizabeth that ghosts inhabit Collinwood.

    Director:John Sedwick
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Dark Shadows Season 1 Episode 59 - DS-59
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #16 - DS-59

    S1:E59

    The sheriff questions Roger about the murder, and Elizabeth lies to offer her brother an alibi. A suspicious David later eavesdrops as Roger makes a false confession to Elizabeth.

    Director:Lela Swift
    Writer:Art Wallace

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  17. Dark Shadows Season 1 Episode 87 - DS-87
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #17 - DS-87

    S1:E87

    Roger is suspicious about Victoria's disappearance and decides to investigate the closed-off wing of the house. He releases Victoria and is shocked to hear her claim that she was visited by a ghost.

    Director:Lela Swift
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Dark Shadows Season 1 Episode 98 - DS-98
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #18 - DS-98

    S1:E98

    Mrs Johnson begins working at Collinwood, quickly beginning her covert investigations. She is disturbed to hear a mysterious sobbing sound coming from a locked room in the basement.

    Director:Lela Swift
    Writer:Ron Sproat

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  19. Dark Shadows Season 1 Episode 100 - DS-100
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - DS-100

    S1:E100

    Victoria tells Burke about her suspicions regarding Roger and the pen she found on Lookout Point. Meanwhile, Carolyn reveals to Roger that Victoria knows about the pen's origins.

    Director:Lela Swift
    Writer:Ron Sproat

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  20. Dark Shadows Season 1 Episode 101 - DS-101
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #20 - DS-101

    S1:E101

    Victoria agrees to accompany David on a return visit to the Old House, Later, Victoria confides to Maggie that she believes she now knows who killed Bill Malloy.

    Director:John Sedwick
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Dark Shadows Season 1 Episode 4 - DS-4
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #21 - 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

    Director:Lela Swift
    Writer:Art Wallace

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  22. Dark Shadows Season 1 Episode 5 - DS-5
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #22 - 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.

    Director:Lela Swift
    Writer:Art Wallace

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  23. Dark Shadows Season 1 Episode 12 - DS-12
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #23 - 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.

    Director:Lela Swift
    Writer:Art Wallace

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  24. Dark Shadows Season 1 Episode 13 - DS-13
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #24 - 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.

    Director:Lela Swift
    Writer:Art Wallace

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  25. Dark Shadows Season 1 Episode 15 - DS-15
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #25 - 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.

    Director:Lela Swift
    Writer:Art Wallace

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Best Episodes Summary

"DS-50" is the best rated episode of "Dark Shadows". It scored 9/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by John Sedwick and written by Art Wallace, it aired on 9/2/1966. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "DS-52".