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The Best Episodes of Dark Shadows Season 3

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Dark Shadows Season 3 Episode 30 - DS-221
    2.0/10(1 votes)

    S3:E30

    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. Willie asks Barnabas what his plans are for Maggie, he knows that Barnabas has "plans" for her. Later Maggie feels as if someone is watching her.

    Director:John Sedwick
    Writer:Ron Sproat

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  2. Dark Shadows Season 3 Episode 34 - DS-225/226
    2.0/10(1 votes)

    S3:E34

    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 Maggie leaves Barnabas wishes her "sweet dreams". After Maggie goes to sleep Barnabas creeps into her room.

    Director:Lela Swift
    Writer:Ron Sproat

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  3. Dark Shadows Season 3 Episode 35 - DS-227
    2.0/10(1 votes)

    S3:E35

    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. Sam works on Barnabas' portrait; later Barnabas steps out for some "air" to visit Maggie.

    Director:Lela Swift
    Writer:Malcolm Marmorstein

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  4. Dark Shadows Season 3 Episode 21 - DS-212
    0.5/10(1 votes)

    S3:E21

    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 Collinsport. Barnabas visits the Old Hous and finds David Collins playing there. After David leaves the Old House, Barnabas begins to talk to the portrait of Josette Collins.

    Director:John Sedwick
    Writer:Ron Sproat

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  5. Dark Shadows Season 3 Episode 1 - DS-192
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S3:E1

    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 remembers is the fishing shack. Victoria tells him that his mother had to leave town without him. After David leaves, Burke comes into the drawing room with Vickie and shows her Laura's locket, which he found in the ashes of the shack.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Ron Sproat

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  6. Dark Shadows Season 3 Episode 2 - DS-193
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S3:E2

    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 Blue Whale.

    Director:John Sedwick
    Writer:Ron Sproat

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  7. Dark Shadows Season 3 Episode 3 - DS-194
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S3:E3

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Ron Sproat

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  8. Dark Shadows Season 3 Episode 4 - DS-195
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S3:E4

    Elizabeth makes Victoria vow to keep her visit to the locked room a secret. Meanwhile, a stranger arrives at Collinwood asking to see Elizabeth.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Malcolm Marmorstein

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  9. Dark Shadows Season 3 Episode 5 - DS-196
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S3:E5

    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 notice.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Malcolm Marmorstein

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  10. Dark Shadows Season 3 Episode 6 - DS-197
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S3:E6

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Malcolm Marmorstein

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  11. Dark Shadows Season 3 Episode 7 - DS-198
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S3:E7

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Ron Sproat

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  12. Dark Shadows Season 3 Episode 8 - DS-199
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S3:E8

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Ron Sproat

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  13. Dark Shadows Season 3 Episode 9 - DS-200
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S3:E9

    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 locked room in the basement, but David catches him. Victoria and Carolyn start to suspect Jason and think he must have some kind of hold over Elizabeth. Jason tries to get into the locked room again, but Elizabeth catches him. She tells him to leave Collinwood immediately, but Jason points out to her that she killed Paul Stoddard 18 years ago and he helped her bury him.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Ron Sproat

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  14. Dark Shadows Season 3 Episode 10 - DS-201
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S3:E10

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Ron Sproat

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  15. Dark Shadows Season 3 Episode 11 - DS-202
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S3:E11

    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 protestations.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Malcolm Marmorstein

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  16. Dark Shadows Season 3 Episode 12 - DS-203
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S3:E12

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Malcolm Marmorstein

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  17. Dark Shadows Season 3 Episode 13 - DS-204
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S3:E13

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Ron Sproat

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  18. Dark Shadows Season 3 Episode 14 - DS-205
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S3:E14

    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 arrivals.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Ron Sproat

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  19. Dark Shadows Season 3 Episode 15 - DS-206
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S3:E15

    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 being blackmailed.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Ron Sproat

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  20. Dark Shadows Season 3 Episode 16 - DS-207
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S3:E16

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Malcolm Marmorstein

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  21. Dark Shadows Season 3 Episode 17 - DS-208
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S3:E17

    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 form a plan.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Ron Sproat

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  22. Dark Shadows Season 3 Episode 18 - DS-209
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S3:E18

    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 mysterious heartbeat.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Ron Sproat

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  23. Dark Shadows Season 3 Episode 19 - DS-210
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S3:E19

    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 buried with her. He finds a secret room. Inside it, he finds a coffin. Thinking that there might be jewels inside it, he opens the coffin. A hand comes out of the coffin and grabs his throat.

    Director:Lela Swift
    Writer:Malcolm Marmorstein

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  24. Dark Shadows Season 3 Episode 20 - DS-211
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S3:E20

    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 for Willie, finds out from the caretaker that Willie had broken into the Collins Mausoleum the night before. At Collinwood, Mrs. Johnson opens the door and finds a man who asks for Elizabeth. Mrs. Johnson goes to tell Elizabeth, but first asks the man's name. He tells her his name is Barnabas Collins - the name of the man in the portrait that is hanging in the foyer at that moment.

    Director:John Sedwick
    Writer:Ron Sproat

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  25. Dark Shadows Season 3 Episode 22 - DS-213
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S3:E22

    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 is sorry for using her to hurt her family. Carolyn thinks that Jason is holding something against her mother. Jason warns Carolyn that if she doesn't stop asking questions her mother will get into trouble.

    Director:John Sedwick
    Writer:Ron Sproat

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"DS-221" is the best rated episode of "Dark Shadows" season 3. It scored 2/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by John Sedwick and written by Ron Sproat, it aired on 5/2/1967. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "DS-225/226".