Before trimming the hedges outside Collinwood, Matthew (Thayer David) joins Burke (Mitchell Ryan) at the Collinsport hotel restaurant. They are served coffee by silent waitress Susie (Carol Crist). After the men exchange threats, Burke calls Mrs. Johnson. She takes a cab to Collinwood for her live-in housekeeper job interview with Liz (Joan Bennett). Mrs. Johnson wants to work at Collinwood rather than move in with a daughter. Ms. Blackburn's performance and the location film footage of Matthew and the checker taxi are this episode's highlights. Having Mrs. Johnson in the drawing room seems to put Liz on edge. Later, Liz calls Mrs. Johnson with her decision...
***** Dark Shadows 1966 ABC #81 (10/17/66) John Sedwick ~ Clarice Blackburn, Thayer David, Joan Bennett, Mitchell Ryan