Liev Schreiber as Ray Donovan in ‘Ray Donovan’ season 5 (Photo: Jeff Neumann / SHOWTIME)Showtime announced the critically acclaimed dramatic series Ray Donovan starring Liev Schreiber has been renewed for a sixth season. The upcoming season will move the series from Los Angeles where it’s been based for five years to New York City. Production is expected to get underway on season six early next year.
Per Showtime’s official announcement, season six of Ray Donovan will consist of 12 episodes. The network confirmed the show’s return just days prior to the season five finale.
“Ray Donovan broke new ground this season with its deeply emotional and innovative approach to Abby’s passing, without sacrificing any of the intensity that has been its trademark,” said Gary Levine, President of Programming, Showtime Networks Inc. “We so appreciate that David Hollander is never satisfied with the status quo, and his creative plan for moving the show to New York reflects his relentless ambition for this series.”
“For our show, creatively, New York is exciting. Fashion, media, finance, theatre, culture. It’s going to present new challenges for Ray Donovan which mean new opportunities for us as dramatists,” explained showrunner David Hollander. “Ray came to Los Angeles to build a life for himself and his family. They’re not there anymore. Ray’s career has changed and he is looking for a place to rebuild his life. Ray thinks he went to New York to help his daughter. He’s going to find out he’s there to help himself.”
The Season 5 Plot: The current season of Ray Donovan finds Ray (Schreiber) turning his attention back to Hollywood and his celebrity fixer firm, while struggling to deal with the recent death of his wife and family matriarch Abby (Paula Malcomson). As the season comes to a close, Ray’s fractured relationship with his daughter Bridget (Kerris Dorsey) draws him to New York to make amends for a past wrongdoing. In the riveting season finale airing this weekend, Ray enlists the help of Hollywood mogul Sam Winslow (Susan Sarandon), who agrees to help Ray, but on the condition that Ray commit a brutal act. Meanwhile, Mickey (Jon Voight) tries to get himself out of jail by turning the tables on Ray.
The cast also includes Eddie Marsan, Dash Mihok, Steven Bauer, Katherine Moennig, Pooch Hall and Devon Bagby. Additional season-five guest stars include Brian White (Chicago Fire), Adina Porter (American Horror Story), Rhys Coiro (Entourage), Lili Simmons (Hawaii Five-0), Tara Buck (True Blood), C. Thomas Howell (Criminal Minds) and Dominique Columbus (Sickhouse).
CBS All Access announced the new Star Trek series, Star Trek: Discovery, has been renewed for a second season. The sci-fi series airs on CBS’ digital subscription service and stars Sonequa Martin-Green (First Officer Michael Burnham), Doug Jones (Lieutenant Saru), Jason Isaacs (Captain Gabriel Lorca), Shazad Latif (Lieutenant Ash Tyler), Anthony Rapp (Lieutenant Paul Stamets), Michelle Yeoh (Captain Philippa Georgiou), Mary Wiseman (Cadet Sylvia Tilly), Chris Obi (T’Kuvma), Mary Chieffo (L’Rell), James Frain (Ambassador Sarek), Rainn Wilson (Harry Mudd), Terry Serpico (Admiral Anderson), Maulik Pancholy (Doctor Nambue), Damon Runyan (Ujilli), Rekha Sharma (Commander Landry), Kenneth Mitchell (Kol), Clare McConnell (Dennas), and Sam Vartholomeos (Ensign Connor).
Alex Kurtzman, Bryan Fuller, Heather Kadin, Gretchen J. Berg, Aaron Harberts, Akiva Goldsman, Rod Roddenberry and Trevor Roth are season one’s executive producers.
Season one debuted on Sunday, September 24, 2017 and will air in two chapters. Chapter one’s episodes run September 24th through November 12th. Chapter two will premiere in January 2018 and will consist of six new episodes.
“In just six episodes, Star Trek: Discovery has driven subscriber growth, critical acclaim and huge global fan interest for the first premium version of this great franchise,” stated Marc DeBevoise, President and Chief Operating Officer, CBS Interactive. “This series has a remarkable creative team and cast who have demonstrated their ability to carry on the Star Trek legacy. We are extremely proud of what they’ve accomplished and are thrilled to be bringing fans a second season of this tremendous series.”
The Plot:Star Trek: Discovery follows the voyages of Starfleet on their missions to discover new worlds and new life forms, and one Starfleet officer who must learn that to truly understand all things alien, you must first understand yourself. The series will feature a new ship and new characters, while embracing the same ideology and hope for the future that inspired a generation of dreamers and doers.
Focus Features has released the first official trailer and theatrical poster for the dramatic film, Phantom Thread. Phantom Thread reunites Oscar winner Daniel Day-Lewis with writer/director Paul Thomas Anderson. The two previously collaborated on the Oscar winning film, There Will Be Blood. Phantom Thread also marks the final film with Daniel Day-Lewis before he retires from acting.
In addition to Daniel Day-Lewis, the cast includes Lesley Manville and Vicky Krieps. Phantom Thread will open in theaters on December 25, 2017.
The Plot: Set in the glamour of 1950’s post-war London, renowned dressmaker Reynolds Woodcock (Daniel Day-Lewis) and his sister Cyril (Lesley Manville) are at the center of British fashion, dressing royalty, movie stars, heiresses, socialites, debutants and dames with the distinct style of The House of Woodcock. Women come and go through Woodcock’s life, providing the confirmed bachelor with inspiration and companionship, until he comes across a young, strong-willed woman, Alma (Vicky Krieps), who soon becomes a fixture in his life as his muse and lover. Once controlled and planned, he finds his carefully tailored life disrupted by love. With his latest film, Paul Thomas Anderson paints an illuminating portrait both of an artist on a creative journey, and the women who keep his world running.
Turns out there’s a legitimate reason Warner Bros Pictures chose not to screen Geostorm for critics in advance of its theatrical opening. The $120-ish million disaster film which marked the directorial debut of writer/producer Dean Devlin played to near empty theaters, ringing up a measly $13 million over its first three days in release. The Snowman, based on the bestselling novel by Jo Nesbø and starring Michael Fassbender, is also a box office loser. The film was slammed by critics and apparently in this particular case, ticket buyers agreed with the reviews. CinemaScore has The Snowman sitting at a D as voted on by audiences, and Rotten Tomatoes has the thriller registering a 9% approval rating, with 11 fresh reviews and 113 rotten.
Only the Brave came in at $6 million which was pretty much what everyone expected. The film has received overwhelmingly positive reviews and audiences gave it an A, according to CinemaScore. However, it just couldn’t generate much business despite being based on a heroic true story. It’s possible strong word of mouth will help Only the Brave out next weekend, however it’ll have strong competition from Thank You for Your Service which is going after Only the Brave‘s target audience.
Tyler Perry’s Boo 2! took the top spot, as expected, but it pulled in $7 million less than the original film. Despite not matching the first film’s opening numbers, Boo 2! is still sitting pretty on top of the box office chart at $21 million.
Next Up: Opening in theaters over the Halloween 2017 weekend is a new addition to the Saw franchise, Jigsaw. Jigsaw should take over the top spot fairly easily, given the Saw audiences’ support of past entries in the horror film franchise. Suburbicon, directed by George Clooney and starring Matt Damon, is also heading to theaters on October 27th.
Box Office Top 10: October 20-22, 2017
Tyler Perry’s Boo 2! A Madea Halloween – $21,650,000
The CW’s Supernatural season 13 episode three welcomes back Loretta Devine (The Carmichael Show, Being Mary Jane) as Missouri Mosley. Psychic Mosley was first introduced back in season one of the series in an episode titled “Home.” Season 13 episode three was directed by Robert Singer from a script by Robert Berens. Titled “Patience,” episode three will air on October 26, 2017.
The season 13 cast includes Jensen Ackles as Dean, Jared Padalecki as Sam, Misha Collins as Castiel, Mark Pellegrino as Lucifer, Alexander Calvert as Jack, and Samantha Smith as Mary Winchester.
The “Patience” Plot: LORETTA DEVINE RETURNS AS MISSOURI MOSLEY – When her friend is murdered by a wraith (guest star Jon Cor) with a taste for psychics, Missouri (guest star Loretta Devine) enlists the help of Dean (Ackles) and Jody (guest star Kim Rhodes) to protect her granddaughter, Patience (guest star Clark Backo), who has no idea she shares her grandmother’s trait and could be next on the wraith’s hit list. Meanwhile, Sam (Padalecki) continues to work with Jack (Alexander Calvert) on learning how to control his powers.
The Season 13 Plot: The exciting journey of the Winchester brothers continues as Supernatural enters its thirteenth season. Sam and Dean have encountered every kind of supernatural threat, facing down monsters, demons, and gods. Saving people, hunting things, and keeping the world safe. In the show’s twelfth season, the Winchesters were reunited with their long-dead mother, and joined forces with the British arm of the Men of Letters. But things turned from bad to worse, with the return of Lucifer and the surprising revelation that the Devil is expecting a child. Now, Sam and Dean find themselves facing a creature of almost unimaginable power… one that could save the world… or destroy it.
The CW’s Arrow season six episode two found Oliver working with Team Arrow to come up with a legitimate reason there’s a photo of Oliver in the Green Arrow suit all over the news. Episode two of the current season also revealed Oliver’s son is being picked on in school, Felicity and Curtis are exploring the formation of their own tech company, and – most importantly – Oliver is turning over the Green Arrow suit and duties to John Diggle.
Up next, season six episode three directed by Kevin Tancharoen from a script by Speed Weed and Oscar Balderrama. Episode three is titled “Next of Kin” and will air on October 26, 2017.
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, Jack Moore as William Clayton, and Rick Gonzalez as Rene Ramirez/Wild Dog.
The “Next of Kin” Plot: DC CHARACTER ONYX VISITS STAR CITY — A rogue black ops team led by Onyx (guest star Chastity Dotson) breaks into Kord Industries and steals something lethal. Oliver (Amell) struggles to connect with William (guest star Jack Moore) so he reaches out to a surprising source for help.
Andrew Lincoln as Rick Grimes in ‘The Walking Dead’ Season 8 Episode 1 (Photo Credit: Gene Page/AMC)
Lingering closeups of a weary Rick (Andrew Lincoln), a cane, flowers, and the face of a clock reading 8:21 kick off season eight of AMC’s The Walking Dead. As season eight episode one – the show’s 100th episode – begins, Rick is standing at the foot of a grave. An unspecified amount of time has gone by, and in another clip, we see members of Rick’s group gathering metal.
The scene shifts to Rick telling the citizens of Alexandria, Hilltop, and the Kingdom the bigger world is theirs by right. He believes that’s even more true since they came together.
An arrow’s shot and lands near Dwight (Austin Amelio). He unfurls its message and it simply states, “Tomorrow.” Dwight scribbles on the note and reattaches it to an arrow. He shoots it back at Daryl (Norman Reedus) who’s outside of the Saviors complex.
Rick continues his speech, saying it’s time to end the rule of those who take the world and call it their own. Only Negan has to die, and Rick vows to kill him himself. He’s also ready to take down those who stand with Negan and those who turn a blind eye.
“Together” is the key theme to his speech, and King Ezekiel (Khary Payton) joins Rick and Maggie (Lauren Cohan) to declare those who join together his brothers and sisters. Maggie adds her voice, saying they practiced this repeatedly and the plan doesn’t end this morning, reminding them they all have to keep their faith in each other. “If we can hold onto that with everything we have, the future is ours. The world is ours.”
Tara (Alanna Masterson) and Carol (Melissa McBride) make notes of times and movements. A large horde of walkers pass under the bridge they’re positioned on.
Rick glances down at the grave again. Once more to the closeup of the cane, flowers, and clock stopped at 8:21. The closeups lead into a shot of an older Rick in bed, with a full, neatly trimmed beard and lots of grey in his hair.
Once more to a shot of Rick, tears flowing, eyes bloodshot, and looking exhausted.
Carl (Chandler Riggs) drives a van down the road, stopping at a gas station. He hears a man going off about being shot, mumbling about lessons his mother taught him. Carl locates the stranger and as they begin to talk, Rick shoots over the guy’s head. Rick wants him gone, believing he might have been a spy. He doesn’t kill him and if he’s not a spy, Rick admits he hopes he makes it.
The note Dwight wrote reveals the locations of Negan’s lookouts. Each location is crossed off the list after Daryl, Morgan (Lennie James), and Rick take them out.
It’s 30 minutes to attack time and Father Gabriel (Seth Gilliam) asks Rick if he’s ready. Rick claims just one person brought them to this and Gabriel advises him this preparation for war is also rooted in just one person – Rick.
Tara and Carol are joined by Morgan and Daryl on the bridge at 7:49.
Rick kisses his young daughter goodbye and then shares a passionate kiss with Michonne (Danai Gurira). Carl watches and then he and his dad hug. “This is the end of it,” says Rick as he gets into a truck and leaves, followed by a brigade of vehicles all plated in scrap metal. Carl remains behind as do Rosita (Christian Serratos) and Michonne. They’re ready to defend Alexandria.
Rick stabs one of Negan’s men and then goes through his supplies. The man struggles to speak, saying he remembers Rick begging and crying. Rick crosses that location off his lookout list and then turns a walker loose on the barely-alive man. He signals the group and the caravan appears.
The caravan makes its way to a field and now we’re caught up with the moments prior to Rick, King Ezekiel, and Maggie’s speech. The well-armed fighters prepare to go to war. Some pray, some make new friends. Maggie is ready for this, joking that you can wage war through the second trimester. She needs to stand with the Hilltop, at least for the first part of the battle, since she convinced them to stand up to Negan’s Saviors.
Rick actually laughs at Maggie, and then they discuss what tomorrow might look like. Rick is anxious and can’t wait for it, and Maggie assures him there’s just one more fight. King Ezekiel tells Maggie they have a doctor in case she’s worried, but Jesus believes the Hilltop will get theirs back. King Ezekiel declares they’re going to reshape this world. As the leaders break up their talk, Rick tells Maggie that the Hilltop is lucky to have her. He also reveals that after this, he’s following her.
7:50am. Tara, Carol, Daryl, and Morgan wait as Tara counts down 10 seconds. Nothing happens and Tara says, “Shit!” A few more seconds pass and the horde is now approaching the bridge. The team race away, Daryl on his motorcycle. The vehicle left on the bridge explodes.
Back at the Saviors’ camp, radio communications indicate the explosion on the bridge was heard. Two cars, 10 guns, and a few motorcycles are sent out, but they assume it’s probably just something that was left under a dead body. (It’s Dwight on the radio commanding the group.)
A cord is stretched across the road as Carol, Morgan, Tara, and Daryl stand on an overhead pedestrian walkway over the street the Saviors will take to investigate the explosion.
Dwight leaves his post as two of Negan’s lookouts at the camp are shot. The armored caravan, which includes the motorhome, arrives outside Negan’s gates. The fighters all get into position behind the armor and a few fire their guns in the air at Maggie’s command. They then wait for action and it doesn’t take long before Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), Dwight, and a few of his men emerge from the building. Negan smiles.
Once again, we return to the red-eyed, worn-out Rick. He looks up at a stained glass sign. He’s alone.
And now we’re back to the older Rick in bed. He checks his watch and then greets Michone in the kitchen, chiding her for turning off the alarm. She smiles, reassuring him they can manage without him for one morning. He’s walking with a cane.
Seth Gilliam as Father Gabriel Stokes in ‘The Walking Dead’ Season 8, Episode 1 (Photo Credit: Gene Page/AMC)
Back to the action, Negan has five people with him (including Eugene) as he claims they don’t need to shoot it up, reminding Rick his d*ck is the bigger of the two. He doesn’t look worried as he says he actually doesn’t care if his penis isn’t bigger, he’s not going to let his people die over this particular contest. But, he says Rick’s about to let his men die because of it. Negan wants to know what he can do for Rick, and Rick begins calling out the names of the people assembled behind Negan. Eugene starts to talk but Rick immediately cuts him off.
Rick tells the five, and the Saviors inside the building within earshot, they have a chance to survive if they surrender. Now’s the only time Rick can guarantee that. None do, and Negan smiles again.
Back at the overhead walkway, Morgan’s forced to go back to the street level to kill a walker who might set off their explosion.
Negan thinks Rick’s offering his people a good deal. Then he asks about himself, and Rick reminds him he’s twice told him what’s going to happen. Negan thinks Rick has no idea what’s about to go down. He also wonders if Rick has the numbers for this fight, and then answers his own question saying Rick doesn’t.
Gregory, the leader of Hilltop, emerges next to Negan. Gregory announces the Hilltop stands with Negan and the Saviors. If anyone takes up arms, they will no longer be welcome in the Hilltop. Plus, their families will be thrown out. Negan urges him on and Gregory says to go home now or there will be no home to go back to.
No one moves in Rick’s group but Maggie tells the Hilltop members near her to do what they have to do. Again, none budge. Negan suggests the Hilltoppers leave and go back to whatever they normally do with their daily lives. Maggie calls out that no one is leaving and Jesus interrupts Gregory when he tries to say once again that the Hilltop stands with Negan. Jesus shouts, “The Hilltop stands with Maggie.”
Returning to Carol’s team, Morgan spots the Saviors’ cars approaching and doesn’t have time to make it back to the bridge. He shelters in place instead. The cars blow up as they hit the tripwire.
Negan’s number two, Simon (Steven Ogg), expresses his disappointment in Gregory and shoves him off the platform.
Outside the Saviors’ complex, Rick and Maggie nod when they see the smoke from the explosion. The nod is passed on by King Ezekiel and goes down the line.
Rick once again tells Negan’s lieutenants to make up their minds. Negan’s smile is gone but as Rick begins his countdown from 10, it returns. Rick stops at 7 and begins firing. Negan and his men make a run for it as the combined forces begin firing into the building’s windows.
Morgan walks through the wreckage as the horde of walkers approach their location. Tara and Morgan leave in one car as Carol gives Daryl a hug and tells him to be careful. Daryl says, “Shit, this is going to be fun,” but Carol says it isn’t. They do agree it’s better than letting things be.
Back at the Saviors’ complex, Maggie screams, “Now!” and most of the group return to their vehicles.
Daryl is just feet in front of the massive horde when he starts up his motorcycle. He shoots at specific targets as he leads the group forward, each shot setting off a fiery explosion so the horde can easily follow his path. It also alerts Rick and Father Gabriel as to how close the horde is to the Saviors’ complex.
Rick and Father Gabriel remain in place and fire at the complex. At a specific moment, Father Gabriel gives the signal and Rick blows up the motorhome. Negan limps out of the building and Rick fires at him. Gabriel pulls him away, reminding Rick it’s not about him since Rick doesn’t want to stop shooting at the place where Negan’s barely concealed. Before he runs away with Father Gabriel, Rick snaps a Polaroid of Negan hiding.
Rick and Father Gabriel get in the two remaining vehicles as the massive zombie horde approaches the Saviors’ complex. Father Gabriel’s about to drive away when he sees Gregory, injured and asking for help. Father Gabriel can’t leave him so he rushes out to help Gregory. He assures him he’ll take him to safety as the Saviors begin shooting at the horde. Gregory panics and runs to Father Gabriel’s car. He drives away leaving Father Gabriel at the mercy of the zombie horde.
Carl returns to the gas station where he saw the stranger and leaves him some canned food with a note reading, “Sorry.”
The cars have reassembled away from the action and King Ezekiel smiles.
Rick and Daryl wait outside of town with part of the group for Father Gabriel, but he should have been at their location by now. Rick explains that Father Gabriel stopped to get him instead of fleeing, but he’s unaware Father Gabriel also stopped to save Gregory. They have to head out and Rick repeats Father Gabriel’s words when Daryl asks if he’s okay. “This is not about me,” says Rick.
Morgan, Tara, and Dianne (Kerry Cahill) are positioned outside the gate at a Saviors’ facility. Dianne’s not sure she can hit the guards with arrows given that there are so many zombies being kept inside the fence as undead shields.
At another gate, Daryl takes out a guard and he and Rick push open the gate.
Carol, King Ezekiel, and a group of the Kingdom’s men march down a street. They fire at a Savior, but he tosses a grenade their way.
The horde makes its way into the main Saviors complex. Father Gabriel tries to flee and finally makes his way into a building. Unfortunately, it’s the same small building where Negan is holed up. “I hope you’ve got your shitting pants on,” says Negan, clearly gleeful at this turn of events. Walkers surround the building.
So, apparently the older Rick isn’t that much older as his daughter’s still fairly young (five or six-ish). They’re all preparing for a festival and she tells him they’ve built a big owl and it’s right outside. She holds his hand and he sees the owl and people tending to gardens.
Yet another scene of Rick with bloodshot eyes and tears running down his cheeks. He says, “My mercy prevails over my wrath.”
The scene transforms to Rick finishing up his speech, saying he doesn’t want to wait for this anymore, and neither do any of the rest of them. “With everything we’ve beat, everything we’ve endured, everything we’ve risen above, everything we’ve become, if we start tomorrow right now, no matter what comes next we’ve won. We’ve already won!” The crowd cheers.
Episode 100 ends with title cards reading “In Memory of John Bernecker” and “In Memory of George Romero.”
Caitriona Balfe and Sam Heughan in ‘Outlander’ season 3 episode 6 (Photo Courtesy of Starz)
Slainte Mhath to our Sassenach and A. Malcolm!!! After I watched this week’s episode of Starz’s Outlander, one word came to mind (after the word passion of course) …AWKWARD!!! Every touch, every conversation, every renewed acquaintance has an undercurrent of awkwardness and tension to the situation. But wouldn’t that be exactly what would happen after 20 years of being thought dead by everyone but Jamie (Sam Heughan)? Claire (Caitriona Balfe) must convince people she isn’t dead, but I am getting ahead of the events of Outlander season three episode six. Let’s start back at the Print Shop of Alexander Malcolm. {Fan tidbit, the set for the Print Shop was reworked from Master Raymond’s Apothecary in season two.}
At the end of season three episode five, “Freedom & Whisky,” we watched as Claire took her trip toward the print shop of A. Malcolm. This episode starts with A. Malcolm, Himself! Jamie looks so dashing heading down High Street, but I do miss the kilt. He reaches the shop and wipes a smudge off the same sign that Claire would be touching in a matter of minutes. He heads into the shop and goes about his business. Jamie’s business is not just simply printing, but has a bit of a knack for seditious printing. At least it was seditious, according to the Crown. What would we expect from our dashing hero who has almost been killed for treason so very many times already in his life?
After sending some workers away with tasks to attend to, he begins to work on a printing project. Jamie takes out a pair of spectacles to view his handiwork. (The glasses are new. With all he has been through, it’s amazing he only needs glasses.) The bell at the front door rings as someone enters, and here is Jamie’s perspective of Claire’s entrance back into his life. He looks up, falls back on the press, and promptly faints. Cue the “The Skye Boat” music. It was great they gave us Jamie’s side of it; we don’t get that very much in the books since things are told from Claire’s point of view.
Jamie’s eyes clear and he sees Claire leaning over him. She made her way down to him on the floor while he was passed out. They both are wrapped in incredible emotion all at once. During Jamie’s fall, he knocked the ale he was drinking onto his pants. He thought maybe he had lost all control of his faculties but was relieved when it was just the ale on his breeks. He’s rather shy of taking off his pants in front of Claire, but she reminds him they’re still married.
He takes off his pants and is standing in his shirt and vest before her. She has unshed tears in her eyes as he grabs her hand that bears his ring. He leans in a bit and she steps back a bit, both actions are very clumsy and awkwardly cute. Jamie asks if he can kiss her ever so formally and polite. They press lips so gently and remain leaning forehead to forehead, both with tears and tenderness engulfing them. Jamie mentions how he would see her at various times, but she would never touch him. Claire says that she can touch him now, as they stand there holding each other tightly. In the book, it was that Claire never said anything to him in his visions of her, but that was shot out the window as a reason when she spoke to him in the first episode this season when he was wounded on the Moor.
After one of Jamie’s associates catches them standing together, Jamie without trousers, they both share a bit of a laugh and head to the back of the shop for him to get a spare pair. After putting on the pants, he finally thinks to ask about the child Claire was carrying when she left him. Claire reaches into one of her ‘bat suit’ pockets for a stack of photographs. Only the rare tintype or a painted amulet was used during Jamie’s time so, naturally, he has no idea what a photograph is.
Claire tells him they have a daughter, and that she knows of him. Jamie has to pull the glasses out of his pocket; the action shows Claire that he did have some changes due to age. Claire admits she dyed the gray out of her hair. Time marches on for us all, and I love that the story makes honest points about the everyday subtle underpinnings of life.
As Jamie looks at the first picture – it’s of Claire holding Brianna as a wee bairn – Jamie’s so overcome he must sit down on his cot. He croaks out a request for her name. Claire says she named her Brianna. Jamie smiles and says that’s an awful name for a lass. Claire defends the choice and says she had promised to name the child after Jamie’s father, Brian. Jamie asks to know of her, so Claire shares some of the traits Bree had that are like Jamie. Her first words, smiling in her sleep like him, her red hair from her father…just as Faith did. Keep in mind, Jamie had not seen either of his daughters face to face.
The next picture is Claire and Bree after Claire graduated from medical school. Claire mentions that she’s a doctor, a surgeon. Completely unsurprised, Jamie says she’s always been a doctor, it’s just now she has the title as well. The next picture of Bree is of her almost grown, as a teenager, sitting and reading a book. Then a picture with Bree and their dog. The following picture is Bree with an axe. Jamie sounds proud that she’s strong enough to split wood. The next picture takes Jamie by surprise. Bree’s sitting on the beach in a bikini. Remember Da, 200 years difference here!! The last picture is of her smiling, holding up some small fish she caught. The colors are faded in that photo.
Jamie gets a look on his face, stands, and goes to the hearth. Claire thinks he’s angry about the bikini Bree was wearing, but Jamie returns with a small item. Jamie begins explaining about his son, Willie. Claire asks if Jamie loved the boy’s mother, and Jamie says no, he did not. That tale of his son came much later in the book. Again, the books are from Claire’s point of view so we know about it when Claire did.
Claire tells him that she knew he would have had a life while they were apart. Jamie asks if Claire left Frank to return to him, and she admits that she did not. Frank died a few years ago, she says. They get into the back and forth of events and how Frank raised Brianna as his own daughter.
Jamie suddenly remembers after the clock chime that he was supposed to be at the tavern. On the way to the tavern, they encounter Fergus (Cesar Domboy). Claire notices the false hand on Fergus’ left arm and asks what happened. In the book, he had a hook, but the show had an artificial hand. Claire naturally asks what happened, and Fergus explains he lost it fighting redcoats. Then he asks her where she’s been. Claire’s story in the show was different than the books. She explained she went to America in the show; the book had her going to France as her original tale to the MacKenzie’s in season one.
Fergus and Jamie have a side conversation a little away from Claire that eludes to a legal matter now that Claire is back. Book readers know what this little breadcrumb means, but show-only fans will have to wait to find out later what they are referring to. They must go to the tavern, The World’s End, to deal with Mr. Willoughby (Gary Young). He’s a rather eccentric Chinese man with odd sexual fetishes.
Jamie picks the man up off the floor when they enter the tavern and then pays a barmaid for Willoughby’s actions of licking her elbow. In the book, he freaked the barmaid out by grabbing her feet. Jamie makes him sit down and watch after Claire as he rushes off to his meeting. Claire asks Mr. Willoughby what his real name is, and he explains that his original name was very close to a rather rude Gaelic word so they chose something that would serve better for Scotland.
Caitriona Balfe and Sam Heughan in ‘Outlander’ season 3 episode 6 (Photo Courtesy of Starz)
After paying the bribe money in the backroom, a.k.a. Jamie’s appointment, he comes back out to retrieve Claire. Claire and Jamie head down the street to his room in the attic of a brothel. Madame Jeanne (Cyrielle Debreuil) is very surprised, to say the least. The height of awkward! The Madame looks rather jealous and Claire’s completely frigid. They make their way up to his room in the attic and Claire starts the inquisition. (She was much more reserved about it than I would be.) She asks if he was a customer, and Jamie says that SHE was a customer of his. It’s a convenient arrangement for him to have a room away from the Print Shop at times, so he stays there for a warm bed and hot meal.
Jamie suddenly blurts out the question I’m sure he had been thinking the entire time since she arrived. “Why have you come back?” Claire admits her timing had to do with her assumption he was dead. He asks how she found out he was alive and where he was. Claire explains a young historian helped her find him. They both are getting deeper into the abyss of their fears about why the other was there. Claire was afraid that Jamie possibly had other reasons for wanting her to go. Jamie was afraid of how little they knew each other, that he was so different that she would not want him. They both get close enough to be in the other’s space, and finally say the equivalent of ‘damn the torpedoes.’ They kiss and a knock at the door announces their dinner has arrived. They sit down to a meal, glass of wine, and some much-needed catching up…always desire in the eyes. Jamie asks Claire if she would come to his bed with him. Might I say for her, YEAH BOY!!!
They rise and make a ritual out of disrobing one another. Each taking one piece of clothing off the other in their turn – very cute, and clumsy. Claire’s ‘new’ corset has a zipper instead of laces, and it throws Jamie off a bit. One more sign of her new arrival from the future. Jamie eventually has Claire completely without clothes, while he stands in his shirt. Claire’s bashful and jokes he’s losing his sight after all when he says she’s the most beautiful woman he has ever seen. Claire says she wants to see him and takes off his shirt. (The statement harkens back to their wedding night.) They both admit they’re scared and Claire verbally brings up their wedding night, that it was easier if they started touching like Jamie suggested then.
They try to get into the bed and fumble it terribly. Jamie headbutts her by accident, and she thinks her nose is broken. Again, AWKWARD but cute! Who hasn’t had a totally unromantic experience in a bed with a partner? But they kick things off in fine fashion and have a rousing and aggressive love-making session. They both eventually melt into each other’s arms.
Jamie starts talking about how beautiful her skin is and how much he has always wanted her. They continue with cute pillow talk and finally get around to Claire asking Jamie what he REALLY does for a living. Jamie asks her to guess as he gets out of bed for food. They run down a list of things, joking along the way, but Claire mentions she knew he was in prison at one point when they are talking of his treasonous activities. Jamie eludes to the fact that his life is still dangerous. Claire mentions she’s not going anywhere. Jamie finally gets around to telling her he’s a smuggler. They use the brothel as an offloading point and storage.
The couple maneuver themselves into a second round of passion, this time much softer and slower. Before drifting off to sleep in the arms of the other, Jamie brings up Brianna and how glad he is that she is alive and safe. You can see on Claire’s face that she misses Bree. They finally drift off to sleep together. Finally, together.
In the early hours of the morning, Claire leans back over to catch Jamie watching her. They still talk about changes of age, but they also harken back to Jamie asking what it was between them. Neither knows, but they do know it continues to be there between them. It is obvious Jamie has been with other women, so Claire asks if he ever loved anyone else. Jamie says that he never had and never will love anyone but her. They have sex again. Mid-life with that kind of stamina…mmmm boy!
Later, Jamie’s up and dressed when Claire wakes. He must attend to some business but will return later, so she slips off to sleep again. A while later wee Ian (John Bell) comes looking for Jamie. Claire and Ian meet for the first time and Claire must explain that she’s his aunt and that she’s not dead. He runs off after a short time, and Claire heads downstairs looking for something to eat. She has a very entertaining chat with the ladies of the brothel before the Madame comes in and asks why she’s out of Jamie’s room. Claire mentions she came in search of food, but has had enough to eat and heads back upstairs.
When she arrives in their room, a man’s there turning things over looking for ledgers, so he says. Claire tells him to leave. He grabs her and the episode ends abruptly. Quite the cliffhanger to end on. Those who have read the books know what happens, but it didn’t happen in Jamie’s room in the book. I’m not about to spoil it for you, so join me next week to find out what this man is doing and how Claire handles her first danger since coming back through the stones.
Samuel Barnett, Elijah Wood, and Jade Eshete in ‘Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency’ season 2 episode 2 (Photo Credit: Ed Araquel / AMC)
BBC America’s Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency season two episode one began in the fantastical world of Wendimoor, and so does episode two. Inside a castle in Wendimoor, Silas Dengdamor (Lee Majdoub) kneels before his mother and lies that Panto Trost (Christopher Russell) has been killed. Silas describes in too much detail a gruesome death, and his mother is surprised Silas was able to duel the greatest swordsman in the land and come out the victor. (The Trosts don’t like the Dengdamors because the Dengdamors want to mine the land.)
Quickly figuring out Silas’ mom isn’t buying his story, Silas’ guard, Wygar Oak (Aleks Paunovic), takes the blame and says Panto slipped away from him. His mother demands the Trost lands be burned down, but Silas believes they have to unite with their enemy and that there’s still time to fulfill the prophecy. The mom says there is no such thing as Dirk Gently.
And now we catch up with Todd (Elijah Wood) and Farah (Jade Eshete) standing by the mysterious car that fell out of a tree. The car flips onto its hood and Todd thinks maybe aliens did it. They discover a burned female body inside and that the car only had 42 miles on it, even though it’s an older car. (Of course, it’s 42 since that’s the answer to life, the universe, and everything!) “So, it’s a brand new old car?” asks Todd. As they’re examining it, they hear banging in the trunk. Farah covers Todd as he opens the trunk and out falls Dirk Gently. Dirk (Samuel Barnett) can’t believe he’s free and then he and Todd break out into a happy dance ending in a hug.
Farah believes the car’s at least 50 years old, but Dirk’s not sure about that because if that’s true then he would look much older. He’s also soaking wet because Mona splashed him with water and told him to find the boy right before he wound up in the trunk of the car. He also reveals he was in Blackwing and Todd wonders if Amanda is at Blackwing, but then the conversation devolves into a normal Todd/Dirk type of conversation. Dirk has no idea why Amanda would be in Blackwing and Todd keeps demanding to know who Mona is.
Their reunion’s broken up by a siren approaching. They all put their hands in the air and Sheriff Hobbs (Tyler Labine) uses his PA to inform them from a distance they’re all under arrest. Dirk can’t believe Todd and Farah are wanted by the FBI, and Sheriff Hobbs – gun drawn – admits he’s never arrested anyone before. Farah drops her gun, and Hobbs thanks her for being cool.
Back at Blackwing, Hugo Friedkin (Dustin Milligan) discovers Dirk has escaped. Friedkin’s told he disappeared but he wonders if actually Dirk might be invisible, feeling around Dirk’s room in case he’s still there. All they really know is that the bed is wet and there was a glitch that jumped two seconds ahead. One minute he was asleep in bed, the next he was gone. Friedkin asks, “Is it possible he peed himself invisible?”
Friedkin demands his assistant fetch Mr. Priest.
Suzie Boreton (Amanda Walsh) is sick in bed and her husband, Bob, wants her to get up and walk the dog. She refuses, and he warns her if the dog poops on the floor she has to clean it up. After he leaves, Suzie fetches the spell book The Mage left behind. The images on the page change from symbols she doesn’t understand into English instructions on using the wand, complete with info on what each spell is used for.
Suzie tries a spell on her dress and is shocked/pleased that it cleans her clothes.
Deputy Tina Tevetino (Izzie Steele) arrives at the police station to find Dirk handcuffed outside. He claims he’s not under arrest but his friends are, saying he’s just a person who needs to use the toilet. Just then Hobbs rushes out of the station, describing one of the prisoners as real grumpy and one as weird. And, he’s not at all sure what’s up with the British guy (Dirk). He also reveals he found them with Marina Cardenas’ body which has been missing for decades. Hobbs has Cardenas’ driver’s license as proof, and the license expired back in 1968. Tina and Hobbs are weirdly excited the body was found at the old farmhouse that was seized by the government back in the ‘60s. Both realize this is the biggest thing that’s ever happened to them.
Elsewhere, Vogel (Osric Chau) acts like he’s going to hit Amanda (Hannah Marks) with a golf club, but unfortunately it doesn’t cause her to have an attack. She’s too used to it and Vogel just doesn’t scare her anymore. He promises to get way scarier. Amanda decides they should try something crazy.
Suzie zaps herself with the wand and it heals her hurt leg. She runs and jumps to prove it to herself, even giddily jumping on a trampoline.
Sheriff Hobbs is interrogating Farah and she claims they are only responsible for the death of one person – and that one person is responsible for all the other deaths. Farah’s coming clean with her past wrongdoings while organizing the pens on Hobbs’ desk by color. She wonders if she’s destined to be a failure, and freaks out about his disorganized pens.
Todd demands Tina Teventino read him his rights or let him go, and he’s shocked when Tina asks if he’s from Mexican Funeral. He is, and she calls him a god of the Seattle mid-2000 alt scene. He can’t believe she’s a fan, and Tina proclaims this the coolest day of her life.
Meanwhile, Dirk is attempting to explain their adventures in time travel to a very patient Sheriff Sherlock Hobbs who’s taking notes. Dirk admits this is the longest conversation he’s had with a police officer. When Dirk explains he’s a holistic detective, Hobbs asks, “Holistic? You mean like the interconnectedness of all things?” Dirk answers by saying, “I love you.”
Hobbs puts Dirk back in his cell with Todd, and Todd begs him not to call the FBI or whoever. Farah’s in the next cell and Dirk says this must be where they’re meant to be. It must be part of the new case. Todd wants to find Amanda first but Dirk says first he has to find the boy. Todd and Farah pepper him with questions, and Dirk has absolutely no answers. Not a name, age, or location. Or, even what “the boy” looks like.
Todd reaches his limit and yells, “Who is Mona Wilder?!” Dirk explains she’s a Blackwing subject who probably doesn’t have the ability to pay them. Dirk also demotes Todd back to assistant because of his attitude.
Amanda and Vogel head to the tracks and Amanda lies down on them as a train approaches. She had a vision of a train and Vogel screams like a madman as the train passes over Amanda.
Elijah Wood, Samuel Barnett and Tyler Labine in ‘Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency’ (Photo by Katie Yu)
Todd tries to escape, no longer calm. Dirk promises everything will work out just like last time. Todd admits he’s out of his medication for Pararibulitis, revealing he had his first attack the day Dirk was taken. He also believes the universe is punishing them all, not rewarding them. Dirk says it might not be easy, but it will all work out in the end. Or, they’ll die. He promises Todd he won’t die and he’ll find his sister.
Just as Todd says they’re never getting out of jail, Hobbs arrives and releases them. He even brings Dirk a jacket. Hobbs and Tina aren’t going to report them yet, but they will use the threesome to help figure out what’s going on. Basically, Hobbs and Tina are bored and want to investigate the reappearance of Marina Cardenas who disappeared 50 years ago along with her husband. The husband is still missing and Hobbs wants to go poke around that old house. “Maybe do a holistic,” adds Hobbs, and Dirk believes he’s in heaven.
Hobbs even has some pills that might help Todd. Dirk, sarcastically, says it’s a weird coincidence Hobbs’ cat uses the same medication that Todd needs. Dirk and Todd might not agree on everything right now, but they do agree Hobbs and Tina are both crazy.
The train scare worked and Amanda has a vision that includes the old house and a Welcome to Montana sign. She knows where to go.
Suzie’s having a lot of fun with the magic book, giving herself new hair and a gorgeous body.
Back at Blackwing, Friedkin – clad in a full hazmat suit – returns to ask Ken (Mpho Koaho) what he knows about Dirk Gently. The Corgi (Bentley) looks on as Ken convinces Friedkin he doesn’t need to wear the suit. Friedkin zaps Ken for no reason and Ken admits he met Dirk once. Friedkin also wants to know the range on teleportation, and then reluctantly admits he lost Dirk. He doesn’t have anyone else to turn to except Ken and the Corgi.
Ken’s willing to make a deal. He’ll help Friedkin find Dirk if Friedkin lets them out of the taxi. Friedkin gets all excited about the offer but leaves without letting Ken go free.
Hobbs snips the lock on the gate and the group makes it to the front door. It’s been ripped off its hinges from the inside, and there’s a set of footprints inside. Tina and Todd follow Dirk toward the second building while Farah and Hobbs venture inside the house. The Mage watches everything from a second-floor window.
Farah thinks there was a fire in the house, but Hobbs explains the burn marks happened all over town after the power surge of 1967. The electrical pulse fried everything, and most of the citizens wound up leaving Bergsberg. Marina and Hector went missing before it happened. Farah asks about the beached boat, but that happened 10 years prior to the power surge.
They find one phone jack still in the wall, while all the others have been ripped out. They wonder why anyone would leave just one phone and then follow the footprints to a bedroom door where they discover they begin in the middle of the room. As they’re investigating, Farah reveals to Hobbs her whole family is in law enforcement. As they talk, The Mage is standing literally inches behind Farah without her noticing.
Farah finally feels something and turns around quickly, but The Mage disappears.
Suzie goes through the house zapping the messiness into cleanness. She then turns the wand on a $1 bill and makes it turn into multiple dollar bills. She’s having a blast and rolls around on her bed covered in cash.
Todd points out the wet circle in the outer building and Dirk says it’s just a circle. Tina thinks she’s figured out how Dirk works. “So, basically he ignores whatever you say and then does some random shit for no reason?” Nailed it!
Dirk has made it into the rafters, but Tina sidetracks Todd to ask if he and Farah are together. Todd admits they’ve gotten close, and Tina asks if she’s his Yoko or if Dirk is. “Is that the reason Mexican Funeral broke up?” asks Tina. Todd says he was his own Yoko before Dirk or Farah. As they’ve been chitchatting, Dirk has found a strange gun.
Back at Blackwing, Friedkin has the Rowdy 3 zapped awake. They scream at each other about how happy they are to finally be reunited, but Friedkin quickly sends the two back to sleep so he can talk to Martin. Martin (Michael Eklund) remembers Friedkin and reminds him they eat neurological energy. He also reveals feeding off normal people can be bad for those people, and Friedkin confesses he needs his help finding Dirk Gently. Martin eats Friedkin’s energy, and Friedkin is only saved when Mr. Priest (Alan Tudyk) arrives.
Dirk finds a good spot in the woods and Tina tries out the gun. It sends out a short burst of energy rather than a bullet. Dirk’s excited about it and when he goes to check out a tree they shot, Tina admits to Todd she’s freaking out and really losing her sh*t right now. Todd confesses it’s only his second case and it’s bound to get weirder.
Tina doesn’t think the weirdness level can increase. She’s proved wrong when Dirk points out there’s a person in the tree they were shooting. Farah joins them, says it’s an adult male, but has no idea how the man got mummified in the tree. Dirk wonders if maybe he ate some tree seeds or a baby tree and the tree sprouted. They think maybe this man might be Hector Cardenas. Farah believes that means there’s a missing child since she saw scratch marks on the door frame in the house marking a kid’s height.
Dirk exclaims, “Yes, of course! The Cardenas’ had a child and that child could have been a boy – the boy! Find the boy! Solved it!” Dirk hugs Hobbs, proclaiming that he solved it. He didn’t, and Todd and Farah point that out. Dirk asks them to just let him have this moment.
Friedkin comes to and Mr. Priest tells him not to get that close to Project Incubus if he’s going to starve them out. Mr. Priest says Friedkin has to find people to let them feed on and when Friedkin hesitates, Mr. Priest calls him soft. He says he brought in 30 of the 42 Blackwing subjects and it was the most fun he’s ever had. He wonders why Friedkin only called him in now, admitting he’s a bad person, a scary monster, and troubled. He reminds Friedkin that Blackwing has empty rooms that need filling and someone in charge will notice the situation is out of control. Mr. Priest warns Friedkin he’ll be replaced, but that he can help him. He shows Friedkin a photo of Incubus #4 and Amanda, saying he can bring them in.
A man drives down a dark road at night. He takes his eyes off the road for a second and runs into Panto who appears out of nowhere. Panto runs off, seemingly unharmed.
Bob arrives home and it barely registers that the house is cleaned up. It doesn’t register at all that his wife has transformed her hair and body. He tells her he needs her help, and she suggests he comment on how amazing she looks. He doesn’t think whatever she did to herself will fix what happened in the accident. He thinks she’s on a niceness self-improvement kick but no matter what she seems like, she can’t change who she really is. Suzie zaps him with the wand and it freezes Bob in place. She apologizes, saying he pushed her buttons. All he can say is, “Yep.” When she orders him around, he does things without hesitation. She tells him to get rid of the dog and he kills it immediately.
Fox’s The Exorcist season two episode four opens in Antwerp, Belgium, with Mouse (Zuleikha Robinson) and Father Bennett’s (Kurt Egyiawan) visit to the possessed Sister Dolores (Karin Konoval). Sister Dolores tells Father Bennett the song Mouse keeps playing, “Jesus Loves Me,” isn’t torture; she loves it. Dolores asks Father Bennett to dance with her and he’s stunned.
On Nachburn Island, Washington, Rose (Li Jun Li) borrows Andy’s (John Cho) car to pick up Harper. Even though she’s grateful he’s taking in the poor girl, Rose reminds Andy that according to the rules he needs another primary caregiver staying at the house.
Andy tells the group about Harper and that Rose will be bringing her to live with them temporarily. Verity (Brianna Hildebrand) isn’t happy she’ll have to share a room, and the group doesn’t accept the news with open arms. Andy tells them a good family only gets bigger, asking them if they understand what he’s telling them.
Grace (Amélie Eve) runs from the room and Andy follows, and when he hears a door slam downstairs he goes to investigate. He finds Grace standing outside looking into the woods. Gracie says, “She shouldn’t be here,” and then the door slams shut behind her. Andy comforts the young girl, saying it was just the wind. However, it’s obvious he doesn’t believe it.
Father Tomas (Alfonso Herrera) calls his sister, Olivia, and she’s shocked to hear from him. He won’t say where he is, but he does ask after his nephew, Luis. It was Luis’ birthday last week and Tomas missed it. Olivia then reveals a bunch of men claiming to be from the Church visited her last week. She begs him to come home, but Tomas hurries off the phone. He then destroys the phone’s sim card.
Back inside their hotel room, Father Tomas bandages Marcos’ wounds while repeating his conversation with Olivia. Father Bennett hasn’t contacted Marcos (Ben Daniels), so they’re not sure about their next move. They have a restrained but angry conversation about God and whether He’s leading them in a specific direction, with Marcos insisting He isn’t. Tomas admits he was wrong about Harper and Marcos says, “Maybe you were wrong about God.” He asks Tomas if he’s heard anything from God, saying he hasn’t.
Wildlife biologist Peter Morrow (Christopher Cousins) gathers some of the dead birds from Andy’s front yard. Andy says he got rid of 30 of them yesterday, and Peter confirms they all died quickly of broken necks. He blames the birds’ deaths on global warming, saying it messes with their GPS. Shelby (Alex Barima) asks about the deformed baby lamb, and Peter says that happens. He also says he’ll take some samples and check the island. However, he doesn’t think it’s worth losing sleep over.
After Peter leaves, Andy tells Shelby it’s not omens, just science. Shelby admits he’s scared and Andy claims they’re safe.
Rose brings Harper (Beatrice Kitsos) to see Marcus and Father Tomas at the hotel, and Harper gives Marcus a huge hug. Rose quietly tells Father Tomas that Harper kept asking for them and wouldn’t leave the hospital until Rose promised they were seeing the priests.
Back in Belgium, Mouse explains the dust on the floor is ground from the bones of saints. The circle of dust weakens Sister Dolores, and Mouse confirms the demon has integrated into the Sister. Father Bennett raises a cross and tries to exorcise her, but Mouse makes him stop. Mouse knows Sister Dolores is gone and exorcising the demon won’t bring her back. The reason Mouse is keeping Sister Dolores alive is because the demon knows the names of those who’ve infiltrated the Vatican. That’s how Mouse found out about Cardinal Guilott.
Father Bennett swears he’s seen a person come back from integration, telling Mouse about the Rance case in Chicago. Mouse says the demons have been talking and now she knows the rumors are true. She also reveals Father Tomas and Marcus have “kicked up a hornet’s nest,” warning Marcus they’re turning exorcists and killing the ones they can’t turn.
Mouse says the war is already here and the exorcists are losing.
Father Tomas, Marcus, Rose, and Harper arrive on the island as the kids, with the exception of Grace, play outside. Grace wants a tea party with Andy all to herself, and she thinks Andy loves the other kids best. Grace begins yelling, “I don’t want to,” to someone only she sees by her bed. Andy asks who she’s talking to and Grace answers, “No one.” The table moves and the tea set falls to the floor.
Rose tries to assure Harper everything will be okay and that Andy’s place is a really special home.
Grace stays inside on the steps heading to the second floor, wearing her special brave face pillow case head, while Andy and the rest of the kids are outside to greet Harper. As Andy introduces himself to Harper, Marcus and Tomas spy something strange in the nearby trees. They exchange looks while Andy asks if it’s true Harper loves to paint. It is true, and she agrees to help him paint later.
Andy introduces Verity to Harper, asking her to show Harper to their room. Andy then finally greets Father Tomas and Marcos, calling them Harper’s heroes.
Grace is still inside by herself as different items in the house begin to move on their own. She watches, terrified, and heads back to her room as a window breaks.
Andy gives Marcus and Tomas a grand tour of the house and the yard. Marcus tells Andy a story from when he lived in a home with 150 other boys as a kid. He then glances down and sees a dead bird. Andy explains crows dive-bombed the house, and Marcus spots the webbing in the trees again.
Verity tells Harper the shower’s hot, the wi-fi is patchy so it’s hard to stream, and that Andy is a fair-to-decent cook. She also says he’s “relatively woke” and he’s safe. “No one’s going to hurt you anymore. Not here – I promise,” says Verity. She then gives Harper a lamp she made for her that changes color and can be controlled with a remote control. Harper smiles for the first time since she’s been inside the house.
Father Tomas watches from the doorway and then sees a painting vibrating on the hall wall. What he doesn’t see is Grace in her brave face standing in another doorway watching him. When he turns, she’s already gone.
Father Tomas is still in the hallway when Shelby greets him and says he’s a believer, but not a Catholic. Shelby wonders why they’re here, and Tomas says it was to accompany Harper. Rose interrupts to tell Father Tomas that Marcus is looking for him.
Back in the living room, Father Tomas confesses to Marcus that he got a feeling from one of the kids that there’s something wrong here. He also feels it himself, and he’s wondering if he was right about Harper in the first place.
Marcus heads outside to look around and comes upon Peter taking samples from a dead deep-water fish that shouldn’t have washed up on the island. Marcus asks about the dead birds and Peter figures out Marcus isn’t from around these parts. Marcus explains he brought Andy’s new foster child, Harper, and Peter asks if he’s one of the priests. Marcus says he used to be.
Sister Dolores shakes as she listens to “Jesus Loves Me,” and Father Bennett turns the music off and asks the demon its name. It gives it and Father Bennett says that’s a beautiful name. He then asks if Dolores can give him a sign she’s still in there, and the demon spits in his face. It says the days of the exorcists are over. Father Bennett gives it a drink of water, and then it warns him “she” is going to find him first and then the old grey lion and his little cub. When Father Bennett asks who “she” is, the demon says Father Bennett already knows her name. “You met her in Chicago.”
Items lift off the floor distracting Father Bennett as Sister Dolores picks up some of the ground dirt from the saints on the floor and tosses it in Bennett’s face. He shrieks, falls to the ground, and then she drags him into the circle and begins beating him while cackling, “She sends her regards.”
Sister Dolores is choking Father Bennett when Mouse intervenes and injects Sister Dolores with Holy Water. Mouse wants to know the identity of the lion and the cub, and Father Bennett says it’s Marcus Keane and Father Tomas Ortega. Mouse seems to recognize Marcus Keane’s name and asks if Bennett knows how to get in contact with them. He says he doesn’t, explaining they broke off contact. She then wants to know about the group in Chicago, and Father Bennett says it was controlled by the integrated body of Maria Walters. He adds that they tried to integrate him too, but weren’t successful. Mouse wants to get her hands on a demon that powerful, believing they can get the names of those at the very top of the infestation. Father Bennett agrees.
Peter tells Marcus the island is having problems with its fish and wildlife, and not just one farm. Peter believes it might be a toxin but admits the island has a lot of odd stories. Peter asks why Marcus left the Church and Marcus says it was because of insubordination and that he hasn’t lost his faith. Peter is doing a bit of flirting with Marcus, and the men have definite chemistry. Peter invites him for a sail to see a condor’s nest that’s off limits to everyone but Fish & Wildlife agents. Marcus smiles and says, “Maybe some other time.”
Rose is saying goodbye and thanking Father Tomas when Andy stops him from leaving so he can witness a ritual upstairs. The entire group is gathered to watch Harper put her hand in red paint and then leave the print on the hall wall. Andy says, “Now you’re family. No matter what happens, you will always have a home here.”
Father Tomas stands stock still, staring at the handprints on the wall that match the ones on the outside of the church in his vision.
That night, Verity offers Harper nail polish and Harper admits she’s never painted her nails. Harper wonders if it’s okay if she misses her mom, and Verity assures her it is – even if she’s a bitch. Andy and Rose secretly watch from outside the room as Verity paints Harper’s nails, with Andy happy that Verity really stepped up after Nikki’s death. Nikki and Verity really got each other, with Nikki loving her just the way she was. Andy’s happy to finally get to talk about his wife since no one mentions her name. He then says when this is over, he’d like to see Rose again.
Rose is in bed that night when something wakes her. She sees someone standing in the dark in her room, and calls out to see if it’s Andy. It’s not, but whoever/whatever it is doesn’t answer. She tries to turn on the light by her bed but it refuses to come on. Instead, she grabs her phone and uses the flashlight to reveal nothing is in her room. As she walks toward her bedroom door, she steps into a pool of what looks like blood.
Harper screams and thrashes in her bed. Rose rushes in to wake her up, and Harper says, “It’s her! It’s mommy!” Rose comforts her, saying it’s just a dream. Harper asks her not to go and Rose promises she won’t.
Downstairs a short while later, Rose and Andy are alone in the kitchen when Rose tells him she had a nightmare. She doesn’t want to talk about it. She then says Harper cried herself to sleep and after getting too attached to one kid last year, she can’t afford to get attached to another one. She also says she should have kissed Andy back all those years ago, but she was with someone else. Rose still wanted him to be happy and he says he was. They share a lengthy kiss.
Father Tomas and Marcus sit outside at a bar, discussing the handprints in the hallway over a beer. Father Tomas believes they must mean something. Father Tomas reveals he doesn’t want them in his head and doesn’t understand what’s going on. He asks if Marcus thinks God led them there, but Marcus says God isn’t talking to him anymore. He hasn’t felt him for months, which is hard because he can’t remember when he didn’t feel him there. “Tell you what. Next time you have a chat with the Creator, can you ask him where he’s been?” asks Marcus.
Father Tomas is concerned for his friend, and Marcus admits he feels like an empty pitcher. He’s worried when the words run dry, what will become of him? Father Tomas assures him that if that happens, he’ll be there for him. Marcus looks upset as he reveals that maybe Father Tomas wasn’t sent by God to be his partner but instead to be his replacement. However, even though Marcus isn’t sure what’s going on, he also agrees there’s something wrong on this island. “You believe in God, Tomas. I believe in you,” says Marcus.
The next morning Grace and Andy have breakfast in her room. She asks if she can be his favorite if she goes outside, calling him daddy.
Andy carries Grace outside with her eyes closed. He promises her no more birds and she asks to be set down. They hold hands as she smiles and then takes tentative steps away from him.
Verity enters the house and calls out for Andy, saying she’s sick – for real this time – and wants some soup. He’s outside and doesn’t hear her.
Grace runs around and acts like a kid, and Andy’s proud of her. He picks her up, they hug, and then she gets back on the ground so they can race around.
Inside the house, Verity notices Andy outside.
Grace and Andy return to the house and she tells him now they can be together forever since she’s able to go outside. He says first she has to take a nap. He leads Grace to her room on the top floor and gives her a kiss on the forehead, telling her he’s really proud of her.
After Andy leaves Grace’s room, Verity quietly visits the room Andy just left. When she walks to the door, the childish paintings on the door that were hung there when Andy approached it with Grace are no longer there. Opening the door, Verity enters a room that looks completely different from how Andy sees it. Paints, easels, drawings, and a sewing mannequin are in the room, and the floor is covered with a drop cloth often used in an artist’s studio. Gone is any sign of Grace including her bed and her furniture. An uneaten sandwich is on the floor covered with maggots. Verity looks around and says, “Is somebody in here?”
It seems this child who never wanted to join the rest of Andy’s foster kids, never interacted with the foster family, and never wanted to go outside doesn’t actually exist!
