Barnabas and Julia find that the time they have returned to Collinwood is in ruins. Barnabas and Julia find that they have returned to their own timeline but to 1995. Julia and Barnabas find Mrs. Johnson, now an old woman, and find that David died in 1970. Mrs. Johnson tells them to go to a shack and find many things that once were in Collinwood.

Julia and Barnabas find Carolyn, half insane and refusing to answer any of their questions. Julia goes to the records office who suspiciously claims that all records about the Collins family have been destroyed. Julia meets Stokes and he warns Julia to leave. Barnabas and Julia talk to a Victor Flagler, who’s wife was mysteriously killed at Collinwood. Julia and Barnabas return to the Collins mausoleum to find that someone is there.

Barnabas and Julia find Carolyn in the mausoleum, she warns them to leave (again). Carolyn speaks to the Sheriff; later the Sheriff warns Julia and Barnabas to leave town. Julia is almost killed by a falling statue, and strange ghostly man can be seen staring out the window of Collinwood.

Barnabas and Julia again question Carolyn and are unable to find anything out. They later find out from Mrs. Johnson that something happened at the playroom in Collinwood; Mrs. Johnson is stopped from continuing by the ghost of Gerard Stiles. Later Julia and Barnabas find Mrs. Johnson dead. Barnabas and Julia follow Carolyn to the playroom in Collinwood where they hear music.

Again Carolyn provides Julia and Barnabas with no information and kick them out of Collinwood. Julia and Barnabas find out from Stokes that Quentin recently escaped from a mental institution. Stokes tells them that he was out of the country in 1970 when everything happened, and agrees to help them find out. Barnabas and Julia find Quentin, he claims he could have stopped what happened in 1970. Quentin, Barnabas and Julia go to the playroom and they see David Collins.

The ghost of David disappears. The ghost of Gerard torments Quentin. Julia and Barnabas see the ghost of David and a strange girl. Quentin later tells them that the ghost was Tad. Barnabas and Julia overhear Quentin trying to talk to a ghost named Daphne. Julia follows a ghost of a young girl to the playroom at Collinwood.

Julia finds the ghost of Gerard at the playroom, she comes under his power. Quentin claims that Stokes’ attempted exorcism in 1970, caused Gerard’s anger and the destruction of Collinwood. The ghost of Daphne appears to Barnabas with a note stating “she will die.”

Barnabas continues to search for clues and Julia helps Gerard keep him from learning anything. Carolyn agrees to tell everything that happened, however, she is found dead at Collinwood.

After going to get Julia, Carolyn’s body disappears. Barnabas finds a note Carolyn was writing before she died, that contains some incoherent clues to what happened. Later they find Carolyn’s body in the playroom. Under Gerard's control, Julia agrees to help the sheriff. The sheriff opens Barnabas’ coffin.

Carrie Stokes’ ghost distracts the sheriff, Barnabas is able to overpower and kill him. Barnabas realizes that Julia is under Gerard’s power. Barnabas, Julia and Stokes hold a seance to contact Carolyn; the seance is interrupted and stokes dies. Gerard tries to force Julia to kill herself. The ghost of Carrie leads Julia and Barnabas to a staircase which leads them out of the playroom. They find a girl who does not know who they are.

Barnabas and Julia find that there is now a girl name Hallie Stokes (niece of Professor Stokes) living at Collinwood. Elizabeth and Quentin are surprised to find Julia and Barnabas have returned. Barnabas finds that Daphne and Gerard lived in 1840. Barnabas finds that the playroom does not exist and is currently a closet.

Barnabas questions various family members about a place called “Rose Cottage,” which was something that Carolyn warned him about in 1995. Carolyn and Hallie both feel that some sort of presence is threatening them. David has a dream in which Hallie is wearing a strange old-fashion dress; later Hallie finds that dress laying on her bed.

Hallie is disturbed by the presence of the dress in her room, especially after David tell her about his dream. Elizabeth goes to see psychic/astrologer, Sebastian Shaw, after becoming concerned that some great tragedy is coming to the Collins family. David finds a note telling him to go to the gazebo; David finds Hallie wearing the dress.

Hallie does not know how she ended up wearing the dress. Carolyn is still upset about the death of her husband Jeb Hawkes. Daphne appears to Hallie in a dream, and later appears to David. Carolyn is shocked when she meets Sebastian Shaw, who looks like Jeb Hawkes. Sebastian gives Elizabeth her horoscope for the rest of 1970. David and Hallie hear music coming from the closet (that is occasionally a playroom), they also see the Daphne.

Barnabas and Julia find that there is going to be an eclipse, which is another clue that Carolyn told them of the impending doom in 1995. Barnabas finds out that Elizabeth has had her horoscope charted, yet another clue that Carolyn warn about. As the peak of the eclipse David and Hallie hear music and are able to enter the playroom.

In the playroom Hallie appears to be temporarily possessed. Hallie becomes concerned and plans to dispose of the dress. Julia tries to find out more about Gerard Stiles. Hallie is compelled to go to the playroom where Daphne is waiting with the dress. Quentin has a dream about Daphne, when he awakes there are powers in the room, and he calls out for her.

Daphne appears to Quentin, then later to David and gives him a model boat. Daphne leads Quentin to a room which has a unfinished letter that is incoherent. Carolyn is still upset about her husband’s death. Carolyn, Maggie, Quentin and David go on a picnic and David takes photos. When David develops the photos he feels there is a strange figure in one of the pictures; Gerard Stiles watches Carolyn and David looking at the photograph.

Julia feels that Gerard is in the house. Julia and Barnabas ask Quentin about the ghosts at Collinwood, however he is unable to help them at the sight of Daphne. David finds old-fashioned clothing on his bed; Daphne appears to David again. Daphne leads Quentin to her grave and is about to stab him in the back.

Quentin’s concern for her appears to cause Daphne to change her mind about killing him. Daphne appears to David and Hallie. Quentin performs an exorcism but he is interrupted by Daphne’s spirit. Hallie falls and hurts her arm while Quentin performed the exorcism. David and Hallie hold a seance in the playroom and hear a voice stating “let us live.”

David passes out after the seance. David and Hallie decide to tell Elizabeth everything that has happened to them, however they are too frightened when the boat that Daphne gave David shows up in the drawing room. Carolyn has Sebastian Shaw prepare a horoscope for her, and asks him many personal questions. Hallie sees the ghost of Tad Collins in the playroom thinking it is David, she later sees David when she leaves.

Sebastian decides not to complete Carolyn’s horoscope, as the only reason she asked him to do it, was because he looked like Jeb Hawkes. Barnabas realizes that an “unfinished horoscope” is another clue from 1995. David and Hallie agree not to go back into the playroom, however David later returns to the playroom and becomes possessed by Tad. “Tad” tells Hallie that they have to find “Rose Cottage”. After leaving the playroom David returns to normal. Barnabas goes to Sebastian and begs him to finish Carolyn’s horoscope, however he refuses. While at Sebastian’s house, Barnabas sees Roxanne.

Roxanne does not know Barnabas, he asks to see her again. Hallie and David continue to occasionally become possessed by Carrie and Tad; they are concerned they could become permanently possessed. Roxanne tells Barnabas that she cannot see him. David and Hallie have the same dream in which they are having a part in “Rose Cottage;” later they find they were inside a dollhouse that is in the playroom.

Stokes visits Sebastian, he looks into the future and is disturbed but does not tell Stokes what disturbed him. Sebastian reveals to Roxanne that in his vision the children (David and Hallie) were dead. David and Hallie burn the dolls from the dollhouse. Roxanne stops Sebastian from telling anyone about the dangers he has seen for the Collins family. Later David and Hallie find the dolls have returned.

Davie and Hallie decide to write down everything that has happened to them in a notebook. Julia tells Sebastian everything about her trip to 1995 and the predicted destruction of Collinwood. Julia suspects Sebastian is not telling everything he has learned from the visions he has been having. David and Hallie find the notebook missing, later they see the ghosts of Tad and Carrie reading their notebook.

Tad and Carrie possess David and Hallie. Julia finds plans by a Quentin Collins in 1840 for a stairway into time. Daphne forces “Tad” and “Carrie” to burn the notebook. Julia searches for the playroom however only finds a closet. Daphne appears to Quentin and gives him a book written by his namesake from 1840. David and Hallie are beckoned by Tad and Carrie to follow them up a staircase.