Dark Shadows - A Marriage Proposal!

Yep, Jason McGuire plans to blackmail Elizabeth into marrying him! That comes at the very last scene of the episode, but the gist of the story involves Dr Woodard hoping to get a blood sample from Willie, Willie rejecting Woodard's request outright with emotional insistence, Barnabas "agrees" to hopefully convince Willie to do so at Woodard's request, Woodard hoping McGuire will talk to Willie if Barnabas can't get him to give up a sample, Woodard venting about Maggie and Willie's blood and physical condition being similar and not understanding why their cells were so unusual, McGuire meeting Barnabas about Willie and his change in behavior particularly in regards to taking orders and doing labor, McGuire pondering to Barnabas about Willie's fascination with him and the portrait of Barnabas' "ancestor", and McGuire asking Elizabeth about Barnabas and what she knows about his back story and history.

What we know and McGuire doesn't is just exactly who and *what* Barnabas is. He doesn't have a clue how his inquisitive typical curiosity could endanger his life. Yet he'll probe and question to get at the bottom of Barnabas' past because McGuire doesn't have the same dominance over Willie he used to. Well, it would best benefit Elizabeth if Barnabas bumped Jason off. McGuire will not go away. He's a pest. But there's a difference in pestering Elizabeth and Barnabas.

*Episode 243