The CW’s huge four series crossover event continues with Arrow season six episode eight, “Crisis on Earth-X, Part 2.” Arrow‘s part of the major crossover involving cast members from Supergirl, Legends of Tomorrow, and The Flash will air on November 27, 2017. “Crisis on Earth-X, Part 2” airs immediately after Supergirl at 9pm ET/PT.
Arrow season six episode eight was directed by James Bamford from a script by Wendy Mericle and Ben Sokolowski.
The “Crisis on Earth-X, Part 2” Plot: THE EPIC FOUR-WAY CROSSOVER WITH ARROW, SUPERGIRL, THE FLASH AND DC’S LEGENDS OF TOMORROW CONTINUES — Barry (guest star Grant Gustin) and Iris’s (guest star Candice Patton) wedding brings the gang together, but things go awry when villains from Earth-X attack the ceremony. All of the superheroes band together with help from their super friends like Citizen Cold (guest star Wentworth Miller), The Ray (guest star Russell Tovey), Felicity Smoak (Emily Bett Rickards), Iris West and Alex Danvers (guest star Chyler Leigh) to take on their most formidable villains yet. Earth’s mightiest heroes – Green Arrow (Stephen Amell), Supergirl (guest star Melissa Benoist), The Flash and White Canary (guest star Caity Lotz) – lead their teams into battle to save the world.
The cast of season six includes Stephen Amell as Oliver Queen/Arrow, David Ramsey as John Diggle/Spartan, Willa Holland as Thea Queen/Speedy, Emily Bett Rickards as Felicity Smoak, Echo Kellum as Curtis Holt/Mr. Terrific, Katie Cassidy as Black Siren, Juliana Harkavy as Dinah Drake/Black Canary, Jack Moore as William Clayton, and Rick Gonzalez as Rene Ramirez/Wild Dog.
Warner Bros. Pictures and DC Comics’ big-budget superhero film, Justice League, failed to make it over the $100 million mark over its first three days in domestic theaters. Critics didn’t embrace the film but audiences were more receptive, with those who did show up for the opening weekend awarding it a B+ school, according to CinemaScore.
The much-anticipated teaming of Batman (Ben Affleck), Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot), Superman (Henry Cavill), The Flash (Ezra Miller), Aquaman (Jason Momoa), and Cyborg (Ray Fisher) didn’t match the opening weekend of any of the films in the DC Extended Universe: Wonder Woman, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Man of Steel, and Suicide Squad. Meanwhile, Marvel’s Thor: Ragnarok continues to ring up impressive ticket sales. Since its release 17 days ago, Thor: Ragnarok has brought in over $247 million, domestically.
Justice League will be taking on Disney’s animated feature film Coco and Bleecker Street’s The Man Who Invented Christmas starring Dan Stephens, both opening in theaters on November 22, 2017. Plus, Columbia Pictures’ Roman J. Israel, Esq starring Denzel Washington and Colin Farrell will be expanding into 1,500 additional theaters the day before Thanksgiving.
The Justice League Plot: Fueled by his restored faith in humanity and inspired by Superman’s selfless act, Bruce Wayne enlists the help of his newfound ally, Diana Prince, to face an even greater enemy. Together, Batman and Wonder Woman work quickly to find and recruit a team of metahumans to stand against this newly awakened threat. But despite the formation of this unprecedented league of heroes — Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Cyborg and The Flash — it may already be too late to save the planet from an assault of catastrophic proportions.
Disney’s just released the official US trailer for the fantasy film, A Wrinkle in Time, along with four brand new photos. The film’s based on the popular novel by Madeleine L’Engle and was adapted for the screen by Oscar winner Jennifer Lee (Frozen), with Oscar nominee Ava DuVernay (13th) directing.
The star-studded ensemble cast includes Oscar nominee Oprah Winfrey (The Color Purple), Oscar winner Reese Witherspoon (Walk the Line), Emmy nominee Mindy Kaling (The Office), Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Michael Peňa, Zach Galifianakis, and Chris Pine. Newcomer Storm Reid stars in the lead role of Meg Murray.
The behind the scenes team includes director of photography Tobias Schliessler, production designer Naomi Shohan, editor Spencer Averick, costume designer Paco Delgao, and composer Ramin Djawadi. Jim Whitaker and Catherine Hand produced, with Doug Merrifield executive producing.
Disney’s set a March 9, 2018 theatrical premiere date for A Wrinkle in Time.
A Wrinkle in Time Plot: Meg Murry (Reid) is a typical middle school student struggling with issues of self-worth who is desperate to fit in. As the daughter of two world-renowned physicists, she is intelligent and uniquely gifted, as is Meg’s younger brother Charles Wallace (Deric McCabe), but she has yet to realize it for herself. Making matters even worse is the baffling disappearance of Mr. Murry (Pine), which torments Meg and has left her mother (Mbatha-Raw) heartbroken. Charles Wallace introduces Meg and her fellow classmate Calvin (Levi Miller) to three celestial guides—Mrs. Which (Winfrey), Mrs. Whatsit (Witherspoon) and Mrs. Who (Kaling) — who have journeyed to Earth to help search for their father, and together they set off on their formidable quest.
Traveling via a wrinkling of time and space known as tessering, they are soon transported to worlds beyond their imagination where they must confront a powerful evil. To make it back home to Earth, Meg must look deep within herself and embrace her flaws to harness the strength necessary to defeat the darkness closing in on them.
Mindy Kaling, Oprah Winfrey and Reese Witherspoon in a scene from Disney’s ‘A Wrinkle in Time. Zach Galifianakis is The Happy Medium in Disney’s ‘A Wrinkle in Time.’A scene from Disney’s ‘A Wrinkle in Time.Storm Reid is Meg Murry in Disney’s ‘A Wrinkle in Time.’
Josh McDermitt as Dr. Eugene Porter and Austin Amelio as Dwight in ‘The Walking Dead’ season 8 episode 5 (Photo Credit: Gene Page / AMC)
AMC’s The Walking Dead season eight episode four ended with King Ezekiel (Khary Payton) returning to The Kingdom after the devastating loss of his fighters and the death of the heroic Shiva. Episode five returns us to Father Gabriel (Seth Gilliam) who’s currently stuck in a portable building with Negan. A flashback shows him praying for a purpose to his life.
Another flashback sets up what was happening immediately before Negan stepped outside to negotiate with Rick and his men. Simon (Steven Ogg) serves Gregory (Xander Berkeley) pancakes and tells him he did the right thing by visiting the satellite outpost. Simon understands he tried to warn them all about the betrayal of Hilltop, Alexandria, and The Kingdom. Gregory’s been brought to the Saviors compound to solve the uprising.
Gregory addresses Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) and his main enforcers in a meeting room, beginning by discussing the management of resources. Negan admits he likes killing the right people at the right time, suggesting if you kill just one person you could be saving hundreds. Gregory figures out that’s why Negan’s group is called the Saviors.
Dwight (Austin Amelio) excuses himself for a smoke, acting like he doesn’t want anything more to do with Gregory.
Gregory assures Negan he can stop this betrayal before it happens. He’ll kick all the Hilltop people out who don’t fall in line. But, Negan’s not sure Gregory’s actually in charge any longer. Gregory says, “I’ve always been the guy.”
Negan wonders why Gregory didn’t know about Maggie leading an army. Negan also believes Gregory’s being a typical politician playing both sides. Gregory keeps reiterating he’s always been loyal to Negan, and Simon believes him. Simon suggests to Gregory that now he needs to make Negan believe him.
Gregory blames everything on Maggie taking advantage of him. Simon thinks they can send in enforcers to back up Gregory, returning everything to how it should be.
Negan pounds the table, yelling that people are a resource and the foundation of what they’re doing here. He asks Simon if he’s confused about who’s in charge and if he’s backsliding. Simon says no, that it’s just a “pronounced event in a fragile moment.” Negan agrees and adds that they must win it all.
Plan A will be to take Rick, The Widow, and King Assface alive and then kill them the right way. He wants everyone to watch as they die.
As Negan’s talking, the sound of gunfire’s heard outside. Negan sees the cars outside have armor and decides they need to chat with the rebels.
Back to current events, Negan attacks Father Gabriel in the trailer. He takes Gabriel’s gun, amused it has a full clip. The building’s surrounded by walkers and as time passes, Negan says Rick is an a**hole. Father Gabriel replies by calling Negan an a**hole. Negan tells Gabriel it was Rick who caused Glenn’s death, and then he asks why Gabriel stopped for Gregory. Father Gabriel says it wasn’t a pointless decision, and there had to be some reason he did what he did. “I think I’m here to take your confession,” says Father Gabriel.
Rick (Andrew Lincoln) and Daryl (Norman Reedus) question the Savior who’s still alive from the truck. He says everyone was killed at the complex except the King, the Axe Man, and the Short-Haired Lady. Those three are the only remaining fighters and Rick is stunned.
Negan believes if people think he’s dead, a lot of people will die because he’s not there to stop it. He claims he has nothing to confess and asks why Gabriel became a priest. Gabriel did it because he loves God and people, and wanted to help them over rough times.
The Saviors’ leaders meet without Negan, and Simon reminds them they’re all Negan so it doesn’t matter if the real Negan’s not there. Regina wants to send out a fence crew to clear a path. Eugene (Josh McDermitt) disagrees, saying they’d be killed in minutes. Regina thinks they would use the workers as distractions, sacrificing them so they could send out small teams to warn the rest of the Saviors.
Eugene shoots that idea down, and Regina suggests putting Eugene out there on the line. Simon and Dwight don’t think they should sacrifice the workers. They’re reminded about the snipers outside. There’s also a possibility they have a mole among them. Rick’s people know everything, thanks to a rat.
Dwight takes charge of the meeting, saying they need to leave the complex. He even tells Simon he’ll lead everyone out himself if Simon won’t. Simon actually agrees but adds they’ll find the rat and kill him slowly. He stares at Eugene as he discusses the rat.
After the meeting, Eugene visits Dwight in his room. Eugene thanks Dwight for backing him up, and brings him some primo cucumbers. As he’s leaving, Eugene says he understands that he’s the prime suspect and is doubly happy Dwight’s watching his back.
Back in the building with Negan, Gabriel has discovered that Negan helped kids before the zombie apocalypse. Negan used to show kids the way so they wouldn’t turn out weak. Negan then admits he’s weak, but killing the innocent isn’t why. As they speak, a walker punches through a wall.
Negan wants to wait to see if they’re rescued before using any bullets. Negan says it’s not how he’s weak, it’s why he’s weak that’s important. He took the Saviors over and brought them all together. The former ruler let the Saviors be weak, and he has made them strong. He believes Gabriel now is his special project and they’ll find his purpose together. Gabriel admits he was at the satellite station and killed Saviors, declaring that he’s strong.
Negan agrees killing sleeping Saviors is a strong act, but that’s not the “strong” he’s talking about. Gabriel wants Negan to explain why he calls himself weak, asking if he wants absolution. He keeps asking him to confess, but Negan says he didn’t kill anyone who didn’t need it. Even the workers treated like slaves are that way for a reason. Gabriel brings up Negan’s wives and Negan responds by saying all the women made their own choices.
Gabriel asks about Negan’s first wife and then attacks Negan from behind, grabbing back his gun and missing when he shoots. Negan fights back and then kills the walkers who are poking through the wall. As Negan’s distracted, Gabriel hides in a room inside the small building.
Daryl heads down the embankment to the truck. It’s leaking gas as Rick joins him to remove the gun. They grab a box full of dynamite and Daryl suggests if there isn’t a Kingdom anymore, they have to blow up the Sanctuary. The walkers will kill everyone inside if they don’t surrender. Rick reminds him about the innocent workers, and Daryl suggests they hit the side of the complex opposite the workers. Rick doesn’t like that idea because if they miscalculate, the workers could become fighters and pick up guns against them, something they might not have done without being attacked.
Daryl’s done listening to Rick and says things have changed since so many have died. This is all on Negan, and now they have to look out for their own people. When Rick tries to stop him, Daryl punches him in the face. A fight ensues.
Eugene’s playing a game when the electricity goes off.
Rick and Daryl continue to fight, and Rick tosses the dynamite back into the truck. The truck explodes, taking with it all the weapons and dynamite. (They are basically idiots who ruined a great opportunity.)
Rick and Daryl are still pissed at each other, but Rick reminds him they have to see the plan through. Rick then tells Daryl chokeholds are illegal. Daryl confirms he knows that. It’s time to set up the last play in this battle, and Rick heads off on foot. Daryl rides away, heading in the opposite direction.
Negan speaks to Gabriel through the door, telling him people are a resource and they have each other. If they make it inside, they live. Negan says he can also just kill Gabriel now if he doesn’t want to work together.
Gabriel admits through the closed door that he locked his congregation outside and listened to them die. He failed them, failed God, and was a coward. He’s working to lessen that sin. He offers Negan a pardon if they work together as equals, assuring him it’s the only way to a future. But, Negan must confess first.
Negan thinks Gabriel did spineless sh*t and then talks about his first wife – his only real wife. Death did part them, but he admits that first he lied and cheated on her. She was sick before the zombie apocalypse and when she died during the zombie attack, he couldn’t put her down. That’s why he considers himself weak.
Gabriel leaves the room and forgives him. Negan punches him in the nose but hands him back his gun. Negan begins cutting up a walker and Gabriel helps him as they spread zombie fluids all over themselves.
Covered, Gabriel and Negan bang on the walls attracting more walkers. They open the door and allow them in, and the walkers pass on by them as they scuffle inside. Gabriel and Negan make their way through the zombie horde, and Gabriel stumbles but rises. One walker attacks Gabriel and Negan defends him. It becomes an all-out battle for survival as more walkers attack.
The Saviors’ leaders meet and learn no supplies have been delivered. The outposts have been attacked. Another Savior arrives to warn them the workers are coming upstairs. Simon goes out into the hallway to meet them, reminding them they’re supposed to stay on the ground level. He wants them to go back to the factory floor.
The workers ask when the power will be turned back on, and Simon soon becomes upset with the workers and ready to kill at least one. The workers remind him they do the work, and the Saviors protect them. Once more, they’re told to return to the factory floor. The workers ask about Negan and if he’s dead, and soon it gets rowdy in the hallway as more people yell out asking about Negan.
Regina fires her gun and says she’s Negan. Just then, Negan and Gabriel make it into the hallway. Negan declares he has a leather jacket, has Lucille, and has a steel nutsack. He wants a shower, a meal, and a massage. Then, he’ll attend to some serious business. He wants to talk to his right-hand man, Simon, to figure out how this happened. The workers are thankful for his return, and Gabriel looks shocked at their reactions. Negan instructs his men to gently lock Gabriel up.
Negan and his team meet once again and they determine the guns used by the rebellion were stolen from the armory. This is definitely an inside job. Eugene figures out it’s Dwight, but doesn’t say anything.
Rick is walking toward the next stage of the battle when a helicopter flies over his head. Yes, you read that right – a helicopter. Rick seems unsure if he’s hallucinating.
Negan takes Eugene aside and lets him know that if he solves this thing, he’ll make him very happy. If he doesn’t solve it, he’ll kill Eugene quickly when they run out of supplies. Negan assures Eugene that either way he has his back.
Eugene delivers a pillow and other supplies to Father Gabriel, reminding him through the door they’re traveling companions who’ve eaten dog together. He keeps knocking on the cell door, but Gabriel doesn’t answer. Eugene finally unlocks it to find Gabriel’s in bad shape, sweating and shaking. Eugene tells him he needs to get him to Dr. Carson, and Gabriel says that’s why he’s there. They need to get Dr. Carson – Maggie’s doctor – out of there.
Richard Dillane as Captain Raines and Sam Heughan as Jamie Fraser in ‘Outlander’ season 3 episode 10 (Photo Courtesy of Starz)
Our trouble-prone couple are separated again in tonight’s episode, season three episode 10, of Starz’s Outlander titled “Heaven and Earth.” Jamie (Sam Heughan) would like to move Heaven and Earth to get Claire (Caitriona Balfe) off that ship, and Claire has to practically move Heaven and Earth to save lives aboard that ship. The British man-o-war is rather popular, it would seem.
If you recall, we ended season three episode nine with Claire being forcibly taken by the disease-infested bucket of rigging and wood. To start this episode, we get to see Jamie’s reaction to that event. Jamie’s still standing by the railing watching the British ship when Fergus (Cesar Domboy) arrives with little bitty bags of things from the cook. He announces that it’s a makeshift potpourri for Marsali (Lauren Lyle) since the cabins are beginning to be rather gamey.
As they’re talking, Fergus notices the British ship drop one of its sails, which is a signal for making way. Jamie practically loses it on the spot. He runs to where the first mate is watching the proceedings and snatches the telescope from him. He sees Claire standing there arguing with the captain on the deck of the British man-o-war. Jamie officially freaks out at that point.
Jamie starts shouting orders to make way but Captain Raines (Richard Dillane) stops those and gives orders of his own. Jamie realizes that based on those orders the British ship is going to outpace them, and thus get away with Claire on board. Captain Raines informs Jamie they’ll meet up with them in Jamaica, as per a notice from the other ship. Of course, Jamie’s not satisfied with that. He grabs and pushes Captain Raines and everything sort of happens at once. The ship’s crew pull out weapons, Jamie’s men pull out dirks, and one of the ship’s crew puts a loaded and cocked pistol right in Jamie’s face.
Captain Raines calls a stand-down and Jamie is taken to the cells below. Back in another prison for our hero. Jamie takes one last look at the British ship as he’s forced below decks.
Claire’s waging her own battle on the other ship. She’s fighting disease, naturally, but also male opinions of a female giving out orders. She’s used to both situations and is taking everything in stride. Captain Leonard (Charlie Hiett) has given her authority to do what she must so any rumblings are quickly shut down and all her orders are followed.
Claire’s made everyone start dipping their hands in grog, and naturally the men don’t understand germs or how dangerous they are. She puts measures in place to clean the ship, have men sanitize their hands, not touch each other even while sleeping, and several other more modern and unknown approaches the men grumble about at first.
Mr. Pound (Albie Marber), Claire’s constant helper, tells her about a couple of men pressed into service due to being convicted of making what we in America would call Moonshine. They put those men to work building a still so they can distill the grog into pure alcohol.
As Claire’s provisions are implemented, things start to level off and gradually improve. The number of infected men slows and eventually stops. Once infected, it’s still possible they may die; she does only have primitive measures to fight the disease. Claire looked back through the previous surgeon’s book to determine when the outbreak began. She rooted out that one man on the carpenters’ crew was the ‘zero’ patient. Crewman Howard (Nathan Lynn) was the carrier but didn’t come down with the illness. Guess where he was at the moment of Claire’s discovery…with the cook preparing food. He’s the ship’s Typhoid Mary, as it were. Claire has him quarantined in the hold, with no small argument from Cosworth (Lawrence Joffe) the cook since he was the last helper the cook had.
Back on the Artemis, Fergus takes food to Jamie. Jamie’s back to his seasickness thanks to not being able to have the acupuncture treatments that prevented it. Jamie’s still out of his head with worry for Claire. It’s true she cannot get the disease, but Jamie doesn’t have faith in the British to not allow other harm to befall her given there are 300+ men on board. Jamie just simply cannot lose her again.
Jamie starts hatching a plan to break out of the cell and take over the ship. Fergus tries to bring him to reason, but Jamie is not having any common sense enter his thinking at the moment. Stubbornness can be a bad thing in a situation like this. Jamie accuses Fergus of not knowing what love really is and thinks it was right for him to withhold his blessing to marry Marsali. That cuts Fergus to the quick, of course. He’s been Jamie’s man, without question, since he was a boy of 10. Jamie tells Fergus that if he truly loved a woman, he would be willing to move Heaven and Earth for her; risk arrest, death, even hell itself. Jamie says he would give Fergus his blessing if Fergus does what he asked.
Claire watches as the British ship readies the bodies of the dead for burial at sea. They have a ceremony with Captain Leonard delivering a eulogy and the crew reciting “The Lord’s Prayer” before sending the bodies overboard to a watery grave.
Later that night, Claire’s looking out over the sea when the cook walks up making snide remarks about how many have died. He clearly does not understand that illness takes time to start and thus would require time to slow down or stop. Claire never says a word in return to his remarks. Mr. Pound arrives as this is happening and sends the cook away.
Caitriona Balfe as Claire Fraser in ‘Outlander’ season 3 episode 10 (Photo Courtesy of Starz)
Mr. Pound asks how she handles the deaths and difficulties so easily. Claire explains the concept of ‘compartmentalizing’ things. We do what we have to do in the face of difficulties. They muse on how they hope this is the turning point in the battle with the disease, but Mr. Pound compliments Claire on all her hard work. Claire thinks it will take luck for them to save those who are left.
Mr. Pound pulls out a rabbit’s foot his mother gave to him. You might notice the rabbit theme in some of the episodes – the rabbit that Jamie saw on the Culloden battlefield, the baby bunny Bree had in her crib, and now the lucky foot on the toxic ship. Where will another one show up, do you think?
One of the other crew members comes to get Claire and says Mistress Johansen’s (Chanelle de Jager) husband has fallen ill. Claire heads down to where the couple tends the very urgently-needed goats that provide the milk that’s keeping the crew from dying of dehydration, due to the illness. Claire discovers he’s not taken with the illness but has drunk himself into alcohol poisoning by drinking the pure alcohol needed for the sickness prevention. To the man’s defense, people did not know of, nor use, pure alcohol for such reasons in that day. In the book, Claire does warn them NOT to drink it and I think a couple men even die drinking it, but the show only slightly references something about the difference in what they have been drinking and the pure distilled variety.
Claire picks up the bottle of what the man drank and does her cursing outburst thing. She assures the wife her husband will live and thanks her for all her hard work with the goats.
As Claire’s leaving the goat pens, she notices a flag of a ship she and Jamie were told might have young Ian aboard. She goes to the Captain’s office to ask about it and finds the room empty. She looks in the log to see if it lists anything about the other ship they encountered that was carrying that flag. She doesn’t find anything about the other ship but does see a note about Jamie in the log. There’s a man on board who recognized Jamie and informed the Captain he was wanted for sedition and murder. The expectation of capturing Jamie was noted in the book.
The cook enters to catch her standing at the desk. As Claire tries to get around him and leave the room, the man moves ever closer to her. Claire threatens to tell the Captain he tried to violate her and reminds the cook she has the Captain’s confidence. The cook lets her go from the room, but she’s more shaken by the news she read than the cook’s behavior.
Fergus and Marsali are talking in the cabin about Jamie’s plan. Marsali brings up a very good point about if Fergus was captured, then no one would be around to protect her from the crew. They start kissing but Fergus breaks it off, grudgingly. He says they must wait for when they are married, even though no one’s able to watch them right now with Jamie in a cell and Claire on the other ship. Marsali comments that he’s just like Jamie in that once he gives his word, Fergus will never break it. Fergus steals one last kiss and leaves the cabin.
Claire’s cleaning her tools when Mr. Pound comes in to inform her there were four new cases that very day. He muses that he thought it would have stopped by then. Claire sees an opportunity to locate the man who gave the Captain the information about Jamie, so she has Mr. Pound hunt for him under the excuse that he’s possibly a second carrier.
Fergus attempts to go steal the keys to the cells, being the pickpocket he’s always been. However, as he stands by Captain Raines’ door he overhears the Captain and some of the men talking about all of them: Jamie, him, Marsali, and Jamie’s other men. They also mention not minding having a ‘taste’ of Marsali. Fergus changes his mind and doesn’t attempt to take the keys. He simply cannot risk leaving Marsali alone if he and Jamie’s other men are captured in the overthrow of the Captain.
Claire’s still working on preventive measures when men bring in the man who knew who Jamie is, Harry Tompkins (Ian Reddington). The man just so happened to be the same man who broke into the print shop, fought with young Ian, and caused the shop to burn. Claire threatens to kill Tompkins but he says he would thank her for it after his difficulties over the past month. He explains they found the dead man in the cask of Crème de Menthe and they pinned that on Jamie. The young Captain might retain the vessel if he could turn over a wanted criminal. Claire has Tompkins placed in the same cells with Typhoid Howard.
Claire returns to check on Mrs. Johansen’s husband. He’s better and Mrs. Johansen gives Claire some goat cheese to thank her for helping her husband. She doesn’t speak English well but as Claire tells her that she’s worried for her own husband when they arrive in Jamaica, Mrs. Johansen eludes to a plan for her to escape. She says she’s happy to help when the goats need grass. She can’t explain what she means, so Claire’s not clear what she’s saying.
Fergus brings Jamie water, but no keys. Jamie’s angry when Fergus admits he didn’t try to get the keys. Jamie’s still dead set on his plan and doesn’t see that Marsali would be alone and at the whim of the crew should the plot fail. Fergus says he’s doing it for Jamie as well as Marsali, but naturally Jamie doesn’t see that Fergus is right. That shows you the level of blindness Jamie’s in. He’s supposed to be Marsali’s Da and he’s completely disregarding her welfare in all of this.
The crew of the British ship notice they’re improving in their situation. Some of the crew on the upper deck actually start singing as one member plays the fiddle. Claire walks through them to many nods and smiles as she looks for Mr. Pound to return his rabbit’s foot. She finds him sick and in a hammock. Somehow, she missed the signs he was taken with the illness before it was too late. As they prepare him for burial, Claire returns the rabbit’s foot and they finish sewing him into the shroud.
That evening, Claire’s standing at the rail as the Captain approaches her. Captain Leonard explains that things are better and her efforts are heroic. As the Captain’s walking away, Mrs. Johansen and another crewman interrupt to say they’ve smelled land. Mrs. Johansen mentions the grass for the goats again. Claire now understands what she meant about the goats needing to feed.
Claire attempts to get away once they’re all on land with the goats, but she’s found by Captain Leonard. He reveals he knows she’s trying to leave to warn her husband. He cannot let her go and has her taken back to the ship.
Jamie’s sitting in his cell looking at his pictures of Bree and Claire when Captain Raines comes in and says they’re close to land. He mentions that he’ll need every able body to help with the ship. Jamie notices Marsali standing there. She informs Captain Raines that if he makes Jamie give his word he won’t rebel, Jamie would not break his word. Marsali tells the hard-headed man behind the bars that Fergus did what he did for his well-being, though he’s too stubborn to see it.
Captain Raines lets Jamie out and gives Jamie a minute to speak with Fergus and Marsali alone. Jamie finally gives his blessing to let them get married by a priest in Jamaica. Jamie then is told to be on deck to help the rest of the crew manage the ship.
That same night, Claire and Mrs. Johansen hatch and execute a new escape plan. Claire’s to jump off the ship and use a makeshift raft Mrs. Johansen made by strapping a couple of smaller barrels together. Claire’s scared and very much against it. Mrs. Johansen gives Claire the money she has and helps with other provisions. They push the makeshift raft over and Claire jumps in behind it to close out this week’s episode. Jamie was going to risk his life to save her, but Claire actually does risk her own to save him.
Next week we might actually see land and trees again. Join me as we watch season three episode 11, “Uncharted.”
Izzie Steele, Elijah Wood, Samuel Barnett, and Jade Eshete in ‘Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency’ season 2 episode 6 (Photo by Katie Yu / BBC America)
Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency season two episode six is the first episode of the season that doesn’t begin in Wendimoor. Instead, it kicks off in the past with a boat falling from the sky and landing in an open field. A young couple watches as it happens, and as they approach the boat they’re completely confused. The boat is nowhere near any water.
The couple hear a baby cry and the camera zooms in to show that where the name of a boat is usually written, it reads: “The Infant, Male, Pollock, Francis.”
Flash-forward to now and Scott Boreton’s happy to see his mom at the now-empty concert venue. The wand’s blast enabled him to figure out why he’s been angry at his mom, and he reveals it’s because he thought she didn’t want him. He tells her he loves her and supports her. In response, Suzie (Amanda Walsh) zaps him and Scott is now a frog.
Meanwhile over at Blackwing, Friedkin (Dustin Milligan) is annoyed the Rowdy 3 have escaped and confused as to how they did it. He finally decides to turn to the only smart person in the building. The smart person is, of course, Ken. Ken (Mpho Koaho) and Rapunzel the Corgi (Bentley) are taken to a new bedroom, complete with a comfy bed, a warm shower, and computers.
The results of Suzie’s spell are evident as the sheriff’s station looks like the aftermath of a frat party. Farah (Jade Eshete), Todd (Elijah Wood), and Detective Tina Tevetino (Izzie Steele) wake to discover the place is a mess. It turns out they’re not the only ones who partied hard at the station, as dozens of people wake up from underneath assorted items after Tina tells them to leave.
Todd realizes Dirk isn’t among them. That’s because Dirk’s asleep in Bart’s cell. Dirk (Samuel Barnett) wakes with a start, wearing a fluffy pink coat and a yellow cowboy hat, and Bart (Fiona Dourif) gives him a rundown of all the sordid happenings from the night before. He’s freaked out to be locked up with her since she’s tried to kill him multiple times. Bart wonders if he knows how the universe works or what he is, and Dirk asks if she has an answer. Bart says she’s just an assassin, but she thinks this will all end badly.
Suzie’s forced to tell The Mage (John Hannah) that she failed to kill Dirk at the concert. She begs for another chance, but The Mage has decided it doesn’t matter. They’re at the Cardenas house and The Mage explains the drawings on the wall depict actual battles he won in his world. However, the drawings show he lost every battle.
The Mage has figured out he’s just a puppet. He’s angry Dirk Gently’s found the boy from the prophecy and believes he can’t go back to his world because he’ll be defeated. He had no idea a child created this world.
Suzie can’t believe he’s just giving up on going after the child. She demands he make her into the queen he promised he would. Suzie also points out she’s not in the drawings.
Over at the station, Farah, Tina, and Todd show Panto (Christopher Russell) a photo of Suzie. He doesn’t recognize her or know why she has a wand. Todd wonders if Suzie’s been to Wendimoor and that’s how she got the wand. Dirk believes that’s illogical and they should finish the case before anything else happens.
Tina’s explanation of everything is that Wendimoor has always existed, Arnold found it, and then his parents were killed and the government shut it down. If that’s true, Panto asks what set everything into motion. Todd declares himself Team Panto after that question.
Dirk stops everyone because he’s figured out it’s almost certain that Suzie met The Mage and is now working with him. The Mage must have arrived first, then Panto. That also means The Mage would want to kill Dirk. Panto agrees, telling them they’re all in danger.
Scott’s phone is in Farah’s shirt, so they call his mom who answers while standing next to Frog Scott. Tina lies and says Scott is locked up after a little bit of trouble, and Suzie asks why she’s lying. Suzie threatens Tina and Team Dirk, and admits she was just trying to kill Dirk. She’s done letting people drag her down and says she’ll cover herself in their blood.
At Blackwing, Ken analyzes all of Friedkin’s errors and it’s a lengthy list. Ken thinks they need to concentrate on Bergsberg, and then he realizes Friedkin has absolutely no idea how this “everything is connected” thing works. Ken decides the best route to take is to reach out to Mr. Priest.
Hannah Marks and Michael Eklund in ‘Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency’ (Photo Credit: Katie Yu / BBC America)
And, finally, we’re in Wendimoor with Amanda (Hannah Marks) and the newly freed Rowdy 3. They’re having fun with the goofy natives, and Martin (Michael Eklund) asks how Amanda pulled them into this world. He admits he’s never seen these furry monsters before, and Vogel (Osric Chau) screams that a Martian is touching him. Amanda has to remind him they’re not on Mars, while another member of the Rowdy 3 decides they must be in Canada.
Amanda’s determined to get everyone home, but Martin thinks she should stay and learn from Wakti Wapnasi. Amanda’s surprised he suggests that and Martin assures her they’ll follow wherever she goes. They’ll hang out in Wendimoor as long as she wants. That earns Martin a hug.
The group at the sheriff’s station finally learn (after listening to multiple phone messages) the motel’s been shot up and there are government trucks in town. Hobbs is missing and Todd and Dirk realize Blackwing’s in town. Tina’s upset because she didn’t hear Hobbs’ messages saying he needed help at the Cardenas place. He sounded nervous and that’s totally unlike him.
Todd thinks they should go to the Cardenas house, but Dirk is adamant they stay put. He, again, blames himself for putting them in danger. He then has an epiphany…he’s finished the case! He found the boy and that’s all he was supposed to do. Mona Wilder never mentioned Wendimoor or Panto, so the only step they need to take now is to go to the hospital and talk to Arnold Cardenas. Arnold is the only one with answers. Dirk swears Arnold has to be “the boy.”
Dirk is nearly frantic as he repeats in various ways, including with a “snap snap,” that the case is closed. Todd just stares at him as if he’s lost his mind. Dirk continues with his case-closed nonsense, only now he’s decided his new thing will be snapping and saying, “Did it!”
The team heads out to the hospital while Mr. Priest (Alan Tudyk) secretly watches.
In Wendimoor, Amanda is working on her special skills with Wakti Wapnasi (Agam Darshi). It’s tough work but Wakti assures her if she can control her visions, then she can control her reality. Amanda’s afraid but Wakti pushes the right button and forces Amanda back into training. A mini-celebration ensues when Amanda creates an actual knife out of one she imagined was stuck in her hand.
Team Dirk makes it to the Hill County Memorial Hospital where Officer Rizzio runs into them in the lobby. When the officer mentions Hobbs, Farah asks if he’s talked to him lately. He hasn’t but he reveals guns have been stolen in Great Falls and the suspects poofed into thin air. He describes the payment to the buyers as gold bars with big Ks on them, “like something out of a fairy tale.”
Todd knows that’s The Mage’s work, and the group scurry down the hall into Arnold’s room. Arnold isn’t happy to see them and tries to send them away. When Dirk asks who made the house within the house and the air gun, Arnold says Wendimoor can’t be real. “If it is, I’ll never be forgiven,” says Arnold.
Arnold says his parents fought a lot and that a company called Kellum wanted to buy their land. Mom wanted to sell, but dad said no. Finally, one night his mother killed his father with scissors after arriving home in a shiny new car.
Arnold had been promised he’d be taken to Wendimoor, but he never was. He assures Todd he can take them there.
Ken radios Mr. Priest and asks for an update. Mr. Priest says he’s watching the group at the hospital, but nothing is happening. Scratch that… Mr. Priest sees Suzie (who he describes as an unknown female) approaching the hospital looking crazy.
Suzie looks totally bonkers, covered in dirt and with the wand now taped to her hand so she won’t lose it. (She’s wearing a Girl Power sweatshirt, hence the episode’s title.) She grabs the receptionist’s clipboard and then uses the wand on anyone who tries to interfere.
Mr. Priest watches as people scatter and run from the hospital. Ken tells him to find Project Icarus but don’t hurt any of the subjects of his search. Mr. Priest acknowledges that order and asks about the civilians and accomplices. He’s happy when Ken answers, “Project Icarus is the priority.”
Locked and loaded, Mr. Priest heads toward the hospital while Suzie strides down the hall. Cops chase her, but she easily takes them down as the loudspeakers announce the hospital’s in lockdown.
Farah and Tina hurry Todd and Dirk along in getting Arnold out of the hospital. Arnold thinks this is his fault because he betrayed “him.”
Suzie strides down the hall toward the fleeing gang and they’re forced to hide behind a wall. Tina provides cover for Farah as Farah shoots Suzie smack dab in the center of her forehead. Unfortunately, Suzie uses her wand and withdraws the bullet. Todd activates the fire alarm and the halls are crowded with fleeing patients and hospital staff.
As Todd, Dirk, and Farah work on opening an emergency door, they don’t notice Arnold is no longer in his wheelchair. Suzie uses the wand to kill him just as Mr. Priest arrives in the hallway and sprays her with dozens of bullets, sending her flying out a nearby window.
When Mr. Priest looks out the window and down on the street, Suzie’s no longer there.
Todd and Dirk make it outside and now Dirk’s a Debbie Downer once again. It’s over and the boy is dead. Just then Farah drives up to the rescue.
Back in Wendimoor, Amanda continues pushing herself with the training. She saw Dirk and other stuff, and she saw an army coming – thousands of them. She asks Wakti what happens when it arrives, and Wakti replies, “Evil will win. Everyone will die.”
Checking in with Bart and Panto it’s apparent Panto doesn’t think Dirk and the gang will be back. He demands to be let out so he can go back to Wendimoor and fight alongside his family. Bart can’t believe Panto knows how to get to Wendimoor, and he confesses he didn’t know he could trust Dirk before he found the boy. Panto thinks Bart can help him, but she won’t open his cell door because that’s apparently not what the universe wants. Panto’s done with fate, mysteries, etc, and asks her to get his scissors and break the lock. He asks if she wants to help him save his family and come with him to Wendimoor or stay and let fate play out.
Panto asks what Bart wants, a question probably no one has ever bothered asking her.
Dirk’s depressed and Farah and Todd try to tell him it’s not his fault. Todd’s set on going to the Cardenas house to find Amanda in Wendimoor. He thinks that’s the only place she could be, and finally, Farah agrees and turns the car around.
Amanda leaves Wakti’s hut to tell the Rowdy 3 something bad’s coming. She wants them to use their sense of smell to see if an army is coming. They immediately agree simply because she asked them to do it.
Todd races into the Cardenas place with Farah, but Dirk doesn’t follow. A car approaches and Farah pulls out her gun, saying they have to get Dirk inside. Dirk thinks he’s failed the case and they can’t move forward without the boy. Suddenly Todd says, “Maybe I’m the boy.”
Farah stays outside to deal with the car while Todd and Dirk enter the room with the Wendimoor drawings. Todd thinks there’s a portal there and Dirk is now totally useless. He won’t even offer any suggestions on how to find the entrance to Wendimoor, so Todd decides he has to fall onto the bed.
Todd launches himself onto the bed and nothing happens.
Mr. Priest calls Farah by name and says he’s with Blackwing. He knocks out Farah with a ruthless punch and then heads into the house.
Todd’s still touching various things while looking for the portal as he hears Mr. Priest enter the house. Mr. Priest yells out to Dirk, telling him to come home. Dirk says, “If that’s Priest, Farah’s dead.” He apologizes to Todd that he’s dead too. Todd doesn’t believe him, but Dirk just lies down on the bed, apparently giving up.
Todd keeps at it, throwing himself against the wall in case the opening’s through the mural. It’s not.
Mr. Priest approaches the room talking about how Project Icarus is always causing trouble. He warns him to return to Blackwing before anyone else is killed.
Todd suddenly believes the bed has to be closed up into the wall in order for the portal to open. He lies next to Dirk and they make the bed retract, just as Mr. Priest shoots through the door. No one is in the room when he enters, so Mr. Priest asks Ken for a lockdown team.
The Mage places thumbtacks in Bob’s face while confessing he likes to hurt people. He calls himself “nothing” and then explains he was moving weapons from this world to his so he could watch the violence. But now he realizes he should leave Wendimoor behind and torture people in this world.
Suzie arrives home, covered in blood from head to toe. She tells The Mage that Dirk Gently is defeated and the boy is dead. She demands to be sent to Wendimoor.
Disney•Pixar has unveiled a new teaser trailer for The Incredibles sequel, Incredibles 2. The teaser is only 50 seconds long and doesn’t give away much about the plot, but it does show Jack-Jack is showing off a wide range of new superpowers. The studio also released a new poster and photo from the long-awaited animated sequel.
The voice cast includes Craig T. Nelson as Bob, Holly Hunter as Helen, Sarah Vowell as Violet, Huck Milner as Dash, and Samuel L. Jackson. Brad Bird directed the 2004 original film, which earned the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film, and returned for the sequel. In between directing The Incredibles and Incredibles 2, Bird directed 2007’s Academy Award winning Ratatouille and 2015’s live-action Tomorrowland.
The Incredibles opened in theaters on November 5, 2004 and rang up $70 million domestically over its opening weekend. That $70 million was enough to take over second place on the highest opening weekend for an animated film chart as of 2004. The PG-rated animated family-friendly superhero movie grossed more than $633 million worldwide before exiting theaters.
John Walker (The Incredibles) and Nicole Grindle (Sanjay’s Super Team short, Toy Story 3 associate producer) produced the sequel. Disney•Pixar’s targeting a June 15, 2018 theatrical release.
The Plot: Everyone’s favorite family of superheroes is back in Incredibles 2 – but this time Helen (voice of Holly Hunter) is in the spotlight, leaving Bob (voice of Craig T. Nelson) at home with Violet (voice of Sarah Vowell) and Dash (voice of Huck Milner) to navigate the day-to-day heroics of “normal” life. It’s a tough transition for everyone, made tougher by the fact that the family is still unaware of baby Jack-Jack’s emerging superpowers. When a new villain hatches a brilliant and dangerous plot, the family and Frozone (voice of Samuel L. Jackson) must find a way to work together again—which is easier said than done, even when they’re all Incredible.
The CW’s released photos and plot details for the much-anticipated November 2017 crossover episodes of Supergirl, The Flash, Legends of Tomorrow and Arrow. The Supergirl portion of the crossover was directed by Larry Teng from a script by Robert Rovner and Jessica Queller. Titled “Crisis on Earth-X, Part 1,” Supergirl season three episode eight will air on November 27, 2017.
The “Crisis on Earth-X, Part 1” Plot: THE EPIC FOUR-WAY CROSSOVER WITH ARROW, SUPERGIRL, THE FLASH AND DC’S LEGENDS OF TOMORROW BEGINS — Barry (guest star Grant Gustin) and Iris’s (guest star Candice Patton) wedding brings the gang together, but things go awry when villains from Earth-X attack the ceremony. All of the superheroes band together with help from their super friends like Citizen Cold (guest star Wentworth Miller), The Ray (guest star Russell Tovey), Felicity Smoak (guest star Emily Bett Rickards), Iris West and Alex Danvers (Chyler Leigh) to take on their most formidable villains yet. Earth’s mightiest heroes – Green Arrow (guest star Stephen Amell), Supergirl (Melissa Benoist), The Flash and White Canary (guest star Caity Lotz) – lead their teams into battle to save the world.
The Supergirl season three cast includes Melissa Benoist as Kara Danvers/Supergirl, Chyler Leigh as Alex Danvers, David Harewood as J’onn J’onzz, Jeremy Jordan as Winn Schott, Mehcad Brooks as James Olsen, Katie McGrath as Lena Luthor, Chris Wood as Mon-El of Daxam, and Odette Annable as Reign. The series is executive produced by Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, Robert Rovner, and Jessica Queller.
Fans of new fall shows S.W.A.T. and 9JKL will be happy to know CBS has given both series orders for additional episodes. The action-drama S.W.A.T. has earned a full first season and the comedy series 9JKL picked up three more episodes. Season one of S.W.A.T. has been averaging 10.36 million viewers while 9JKL has been attracting an average of 7.4 million viewers.
9JKL was created by series star Mark Feuerstein along with Dana Klein. Mark Feuerstein and Dana Klein also executive produce with Aaron Kaplan, Wendi Trilling, Dana Honor, and Pamela Fryman. The half-hour comedy debuted on October 2, 2017 and currently airs on Mondays at 9:30pm ET/PT. In addition to Feuerstein, the series stars David Walton, Elliott Gould, Linda Lavin, Liza Lapira, Matt Murray, and Albert Tsai.
S.W.A.T. debuted on November 2, 2017 and airs on Thursdays at 10pm ET/PT. The cast includes Shemar Moore, Stephanie Sigman, Alex Russell, Jay Harrington, Lina Esco, Kenny Johnson, Peter Onorati, and David Lim. Aaron Thomas, Shawn Ryan, Justin Lin, Neal Moritz, Marney Hochman, Danielle Woodrow, and Pavun Shetty executive produce.
The S.W.A.T. Plot: Inspired by the television series and the feature film, S.W.A.T. stars Shemar Moore as a locally born and raised S.W.A.T. sergeant newly tasked to run a specialized tactical unit that is the last stop in law enforcement in Los Angeles. Torn between loyalty to where he was raised and allegiance to his brothers in blue, former Marine Daniel ”Hondo” Harrelson has everything it takes to be an excellent leader and bridge the divide between his two worlds.
Hondo’s elite unit includes David “Deacon” Kay, an experienced S.W.A.T. officer who always puts the team first, despite feeling overlooked for the lead job; Jim Street, a cocky but promising new member of the group; Christina “Chris” Alonso, a skilled officer and the team’s canine trainer; Dominique Luca, an expert driver who gets them in and out of high risk situations; and Victor Tan, who started in the LAPD Hollywood Division and uses his confidential informants in the community to help the team.
Overseeing the unit is Jessica Cortez, the captain of L.A. Metro who values her job above all else, including her off-the-books relations with Hondo. Hondo’s team enjoys an intense rivalry with another L.A.-based unit led by Jeff Mumford, an aggressive leader who likes to do things his way. With Hondo leading the charge, these dedicated men and women bravely put themselves at risk to protect their community and save lives.
The 9JKL Plot:9JKL stars Mark Feuerstein in a family comedy inspired by his real life. Josh Roberts is a new divorcé and actor between projects who moves home to New York to regroup, living in an apartment sandwiched between his doting, meddlesome parents on one side and his brother, sister-in-law and their new baby on the other. Josh’s well-intentioned mom, Judy, is so excited to have her beloved son home after his 12 years in Los Angeles that she bribes their doorman, Nick, to secretly call her every time Josh comes up the elevator so she can greet him in the hallway.
Also thrilled is Josh’s larger-than-life father, Harry, an attorney with no personal boundaries who’s eager to help Josh land his next starring role using his Hollywood “connections.” Teasing Josh about his return home is his competitive brother, Andrew, a successful surgeon who, unlike Josh, doesn’t have a problem saying “no” to their interfering parents; Andrew’s Harvard-educated pediatrician wife, Eve; and 12-year-old neighbor Ian from 5A, who hangs out in the lobby. As Josh’s family literally comes at him from both sides, he realizes he desperately needs to establish some ground rules, because his loving family is always going to be right there for him.
Fox’s The Exorcist season two episode seven begins with Andy (John Cho) waking up alone and reaching for the side of the bed where Nikki usually sleeps. The house is quiet and the front door’s open as he heads into the kitchen, still keeping an eye out for Nikki. Truck (Cyrus Arnold) asks about a note in his lunch that reads, “Don’t forget I will always love you,” signed by Nikki.
It’s obvious now this is a flashback to the morning of Nikki’s death.
Andy continues calling for Nikki as he walks around outside. He finally makes his way to the shore of the lake and sees Nikki walking into the water. He watches as she walks far enough that she’s completely submerged. That spurs him into action and he runs, screaming, into the water. Andy flails around looking for Nikki in the water, constantly calling her name.
The police and rescue crews arrive, with boats looking for Nikki’s body. Peter Morrow (Christopher Cousins) from Fish and Wildlife is there to comfort him, but Andy has no idea why Nikki would do this. She’s finally found and brought to shore, and Andy has to be dragged away from her dead body.
The significance of the rock is revealed when it drops from her dead body as she’s carried away on a stretcher. Andy picks it up and takes it home.
And now we’re back to a possessed Andy with Father Tomas (Alfonso Herrera) and Marcus (Ben Daniels) attempting an exorcism. He’s restrained in bed and snarls at the priests.
Another flashback shows the family in happier times, posing for a holiday photo and making funny faces. Andy and Nikki (Alicia Witt) seem happy and deeply in love.
Andy continues to writhe on the bed while Father Tomas and Marcus pray. He wants to be set free and seems himself when he asks about the kids. Father Tomas and Marcus assure him they’re safe. He confesses to the priests he couldn’t save Nikki, and Marcus tries to convince him this thing isn’t his wife and instead is a parasite who does terrible things.
Father Tomas asks about the thing that looks like Nikki. He needs Andy to concentrate and find that specific memory.
A flashback shows Andy and Nikki talking about a girl who’s difficult to place in a foster home. She says the girl’s smart but has been through a horrible time. She wants to bring her home because they need each other. Andy considers it briefly and agrees. They kiss and Nikki’s elated. (They’re discussing Verity, their first foster child.)
Another flashback shows the family gathered with Andy to spread Nikki’s ashes. Andy has a hard time letting the ashes go, so Shelby (Alex Barima) helps out and begins to empty them into a bed of flowers. Before he’s finished, Verity (Brianna Hildebrand) says to stop because he’s supposed to scatter them, not dump them. Shelby apologizes and Andy assures him there’s no right way.
Verity runs toward the house but Andy catches her and embraces her in a huge hug. She cries as Truck says, “Love you, mom.”
Back to the exorcism, Father Tomas and Marcus are continuing to pray. Andy opens his eyes and has a lucid moment. Marcus tells him there’s something inside him and Andy says it’s cold. Marcus tells him the demon lies and twists memories, and Andy says it’s too strong.
Marcus explains the demon wants him to feel weak and he needs to fight it. Father Tomas tells Andy they’re there to help; he’s not going through it alone. Marcus tells him to fight like he fights for those kids. They want him to keep searching for his first memory of this Nikki-thing so they’ll know where to start.
Andy returns to his memories and sees Verity doing the laundry after Nikki’s death. She’s washing the sheets and Andy holds one to his nose, trying to smell Nikki. Verity asks if Nikki said anything before her death, and Andy says no. Verity doesn’t think Nikki was sad and doesn’t understand what happened. Andy explains it’s not about being sad, depression is a disease.
Marcus and Father Tomas continue to try and get Andy to remember the demon’s first form. Andy returns to his memories and he’s in Nikki’s attic art room when Grace arrives to comfort him. He doesn’t know her but she acts like she should be there. She asks why he’s sad and says she’ll be his new friend. They shake hands and she shows him her brave pillow case face. She tells him it’s a mask she uses when she gets scared. She doesn’t like going outside.
As they talk, the room transforms to a little girl’s room complete with a bed, dresses, and toys. She asks for help and says she can help him, too. Andy smiles.
They’re talking when Marcus’ voice comes through telling him to fight it. Grace flees the room and Andy follows. He finds her brave face at the foot of the stairs and when he looks back up the stairway, Nikki’s at the top looking gorgeous.
Nikki embraces him, asking what “they’ve” done to him. Andy’s confused and thinks he’s losing his mind. Nikki believes the priests are trying to break them apart. Father Tomas and Marcus continue to tell him to fight back as in his mind he’s being embraced by Nikki.
Andy struggles on the bed as Rose talks to Marcus and Father Tomas about the dead body in the next room. They want to finish the exorcism and then they’ll deal with it. If they stop, Andy will die. If they go to a hospital, innocent people will die.
Father Tomas asks how the kids are doing and Rose replies, bluntly, “They watched their father kill someone. How do you think they’re doing?” She’ll try to give the priests time to finish, but ultimately someone will come looking for these kids.
Andy wakes on the bed and sees Nikki lying next to him. He also sees Father Tomas and Marcus having a discussion in the corner of the room, but Nikki insists he look at her – not them.
The scene shifts to Nikki and Andy having a picnic. They’re relaxing and enjoying themselves, while the kids are in the garden. He wants to check on them, but Nikki wants him all to herself.
And we’re back to Andy struggling against his restraints, calling out for Nikki as Father Tomas and Marcus rush to hold him down. They insist he stay with them and fight, but Andy keeps screaming out for Nikki. Marcus tries to convince him the Nikki he’s seeing is the demon that targets children and families.
Marcus says the demon will corrupt his memories, while Father Tomas warns it will make him harm the children.
Andy’s back in his mind with Nikki, completely happy and with a new room in the house for his office. “It’s just like you always wanted,” she says, and Andy thinks it’s perfect. However, there aren’t any pictures of the kids, just lots of photos of the couple on vacation. The room should be for the boys and when he asks about them boys, Nikki says they’re in the garden.
She then takes him through the house to her new studio, which is Verity’s room transformed. He calls out for the kids and Nikki reiterates they’re in the garden. Andy races outside to the garden and finds their freshly dug graves. He begins digging them up and screaming.
Nikki joins him, telling him it had to be this way since he’s the reason why she died. The kids took him from her, so she killed them.
Andy realizes Nikki would never say anything like that. Nikki gets angry, revealing she was unhappy with someone else’s children but he didn’t notice. He grabs her by the neck, telling her he’s seeing things clearly now. “You’re not my wife. These aren’t my memories. Get out of my head!” yells Andy, hand still around Nikki’s neck.
Nikki begs for him to stop and then grabs his head, wanting to show him more memories of their time together with the kids. They’re in bed getting intimate when the kids start yelling at each other, but they decide to let them be. Unfortunately, Truck and Caleb barge into the bedroom and ruin the mood.
Caleb doesn’t want to share a room with Truck and they begin slapping each other. Nikki and Andy send them back to bed, but Nikki is near tears. She wonders if they’re not cut out for this and made a mistake.
Andy tosses the demon Nikki to the ground, knowing she’s altered his memory of that event.
Andy recalls another memory of Nikki and Verity fighting, with Verity telling Nikki she’s not her mother. Verity’s cruel and puts Nikki down, and Andy finally stops the argument. He tries to comfort Nikki but she leaves the kitchen.
Andy hears Marcus telling him the demon lies and twists memories. In his mind, Andy’s alone in the kitchen telling the demon it doesn’t know his daughter or Nicole. That wasn’t how that memory ended.
Father Tomas and Marcus realize Andy is fighting the demon, and Marcus tells him to hold on to his memories and not let go.
The memory of the fight between Verity and Nikki plays in his mind, and it actually ended with Nikki comforting Verity in her bed while she hugged her and cried. The demon Nikki doesn’t like him remembering this, and mimes shooting him in the head with her fingers.
Andy’s in bed again and it’s back to the morning of Nikki’s death. It’s a repeat of the opening scenes of the episode, but this time the kids try and stop him from leaving the house. They tell him he belongs in the house with them forever.
Andy runs from the house, ending up at the lake as Nikki is about to go under the water. He races into the lake to save her and this time he’s the one who finds the body. As he stands in the water holding her limp body, Shelby, Harper, Verity, and Caleb stand on the shore. They chant that they’re glad she’s dead.
Father Tomas and Marcus are forced to untie Andy’s restraints as he chokes up water. They fear he’s drowning. They roll him over to get the liquid out of his lungs, and he asks for their help. He sounds like himself and Father Tomas assures him they’ll stay with him as long as it takes.
Marcus tells Andy to concentrate, reminding him the demon’s twisting his perception. The demon continues to play with Andy’s memories as Father Tomas and Marcus keep at the exorcism. Andy shrieks and squirms as they use Holy Water on him.
When Andy wakes up, Rose is seated on his bed. The priests have told her to keep talking to him, giving him something to hold onto. She confirms the kids are safe and jokes she’s their best friend now after giving them a free pass from homework. She lets Andy know they’re worried about him and they love him.
Andy asks her to untie him, but she won’t. He then blames her for bringing Father Tomas and Marcus to his house. She leaves the room, telling Marcus she trusts him to bring Andy back.
After Rose is gone, the demon makes Andy believe Father Tomas and Marcus are also demons. He thinks they’re telling him the kids destroyed his family and God turned his back on him.
Andy tries to hide in his good memories of the kids, but he keeps seeing Father Tomas and Marcus as demons with distorted faces. He even sees his kids as red-eyed evil beings.
The demon makes Andy believe the priests have burned a cross into his forehead. Father Tomas’ head spins around in a Linda Blair-ish move and he says, “Let’s kill the bastard!”
The Marcus-demon tells Andy they’ll stop if he just says the word. “Help me,” says Andy. “Please help me.”
The action in the room freezes. Andy is able to move while the demon versions of the priests are immobilized. Nikki steps forward and replies, “I thought you’d never ask.”
Nikki sits on Andy’s bed and he tells her he loves her. He apologizes for not being there for her and not putting her first. She wonders if it’s not too late and if maybe it’s her turn to save him. The demon Nikki lies on top of Andy in bed and keeps him from being sprinkled with the Holy Water as the demon priests return to action.
The demon versions of Father Marcus and Tomas tell Andy he can make it all go away, all he has to do is choose. Nikki also begs him to choose.
And Andy’s once again in bed on the morning of Nikki’s suicide. This time when he leaves his bedroom he finds the kids are all tied up in theirs. Through gags, they ask why he’s doing this. He turns from them, without helping them. He even steps over Caleb to run out the front door to save Nikki.
Andy doesn’t hesitate and runs straight into the water. This time he arrives in time and saves Nikki. She can’t believe he saved her and they kiss in the lake. Decision made, the demon has control of Andy and sends Father Tomas and Marcus flying across the room.
