Parallel Time
Barnabas' bloodlust led him to venture to the parallel time room in Collinwood's East Wing, in hopes life might be different for him in this alternative timeline. In this timeline, Maggie and her (never seen oncamera) sister had grown up in the village, but moved away with their father at a young age. Maggie returned as the bride of Quentin Collins. Quentin had had a stormy relationship with his first wife, Angelique, who had died 6 months earlier. Their son, Daniel, was hostile towards Maggie, although she eventually won him over. Everyone treated her with one level of disdain or another, except Quentin's cousin Elizabeth (Joan Bennett). The person who hated Maggie the most was Angelique's devoted maid, Hoffman, who did her best to sabotage Maggie and let her know she would never compare to "the first Mrs. Collins." Quentin's temper and mood swings frightened Maggie, and when she saw him with a woman who looked just like Angelique, she fled town to be with her sister in New York City. The actress was written out of the current storyline for a month to enable Kathryn Leigh Scott to film House of Dark Shadows.
The woman was actually Angelique's twin sister, Alexis, a good-hearted person. Unfortunately for the Collins family, when Alexis went to see her sister's body, Angelique absorbed her life force and took her place. She wanted to ruin Maggie and Quentin for good, and thus used her powers to bring Quentin to the point of death. Maggie returned to Collinwood and when Quentin quickly returned to good health, they reconciled. "Alexis" befriended Maggie, secretly pitting Maggie and Quentin against each other and convincing each that the other was practicing witchcraft. When insane John Yaeger became obsessed with Maggie, "Alexis" helped him kidnap Maggie. Maggie was saved by Barnabas, and eventually, "Alexis" was exposed and she died after running out of life force. Maggie and Quentin (who had been on the run after "Alexis" framed him for the murder of Bruno Hess) reconciled permanently.
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