Key characters’ secrets boiled to the surface on Freeform’s The Stolen Girl episode four. Airing on May 7, 2025, the limited series’ penultimate episode opens 11 months before Lucia was taken. The Blix family is playing mini golf, and it appears someone is watching them.

The action jumps to seven weeks after Lucia was taken, and Elisa (Denise Gough) gives a radio interview, asking anyone with information to come forward. The interviewer brings up that there has been a lot of attention directed towards Elisa, and she’s asked how she is handling it. Elisa discusses a journalist who overstepped boundaries, even going so far as to speak with her mother. The interviewer also brings up her social media presence and that she’s even posted a video of herself crying.

As her questions become more accusatory and badgering, Elisa points out that she’s just reinforcing the hate and negativity.

Selma (Ambika Mod) is back at the commune, and the final lady she’s interviewing isn’t happy. Selma is making them sound like freaks, and she isn’t fond of what she is doing to Elisa. When Selma asks about the last time Elisa was there and suggests it was for her father’s funeral, the woman corrects her. Elisa was actually there the day he died. Selma’s mind goes into overdrive, wondering how he died. The woman claims she doesn’t know but adds that Elisa left before the ambulance even got there.

Selma’s next stop is the local police station, where she asks for a little background on the commune. The officer assures there was a thorough investigation, and Elisa’s father’s death was ruled an accident. Selma wonders how long Elisa’s father had been dead when they arrived, and the officer confirms it was a couple of hours. Apparently, there was a serious accident blocking the roads.

Selma goes to the spot of the accident and finds flowers and a teddy bear attached to the fence. While there, Selma looks up details on the accident and finds out that two people died.

Meanwhile, the French police find the vehicle that was used to transport Lucia and pull it out of a river. Rebecca (Holliday Grainger) receives a text warning her that the police have found the vehicle and to be careful. She calls Milan Matkovic, saying it is an emergency; she needs a passport.

Elisa is at some sort of gathering with Georgie when she tries to take a picture of him. Another mom steps forward, warning her not to photograph her own son. The other mother reminds Elisa that it’s her job to protect her son, not exploit him. She believes Elisa is making Georgie perform for her social media.

When Elisa and Georgie return home, Elisa is blindsided to discover a social worker at the house who’s there to do a welfare check on Georgie. The woman informs Elisa they have had several calls concerned for Georgie’s welfare.

Fred (Jim Sturgess) feels they should leave the house, but Elisa refuses.

Selma practically ambushes her boss, Kaleb (Michael Workeye), with news on her recent visit to the commune and how Elisa was there when her dad died. Kaleb is furious with Selma; he has already had to back her up with management and warns her to leave it alone. She doesn’t listen. “The first complaint probably won’t ruin your career, but the second one will,” Kelab warns.

Rebecca shows up at the address that was provided by Milan to get her passport. When she shows the man a photo of Lucia, he says that it’s not worth it. It’s best not to get involved. He then tells her it will be 15,000.

Lucia (Beatrice Campbell) and Josephine (Robyn Betteridge) are playing hide-and-seek when Lucia peeks through a door and spots Rebecca stuffing money in her lockbox. Lucia sees where Rebecca hides the key.

Selma clearly doesn’t heed her boss’s warnings and looks up the car accident again. She finds out that a man was taken into custody for death by dangerous driving. The man is none other than the mysterious Marcus Turner! Selma notes that he is a hotel owner and searches for the webpage of said hotel. She sees a photo of a woman in a robe with the signature trademark of the hotel on it and realizes she’s seen Elisa in that same robe on her Instagram page.

Selma’s already defied her boss, so why not add to it by reaching out to Elisa? She sends Elisa a text asking if she knows a Marcus Turner. Elisa throws her phone, clearly spooked. She hurriedly retrieves all the letters sent to her by Marcus where he signs, “All my love.”

Selma visits Elisa, and Elisa demands to know why she is doing this to her after she lost everything. Elisa wants Selma to stop writing vile things about her that are unrelated to Lucia. Selma’s response is to bring up the day Elisa went to visit her parents at the commune. Selma asks the key question: did she have an affair with Marcus and what does it have to do with Lucia’s disappearance? Selma informs Elisa that she submitted a request to interview Marcus.

Josephine wakes up Rebecca because there’s someone in the house. The visitor turns out to be Milan, and he’s there to get more money so he can disappear. Rebecca becomes frantic while he searches the house. Milan begins to choke her, and Josephine screams for her mom. Rebecca reaches for her knitting needle and stabs him repeatedly, killing him.

Elisa visits Marcus in prison just as Selma calls the prison, trying to get a visit as well. Selma tries to retrieve photos of Marcus on the day of his sentencing but instead finds Rebecca at the press conference. Still unaware of what Rebecca looks like, she compares the photo to the composite sketch.

Elisa apologizes to Marcus (Xavier Samuel) for not visiting him and not responding to his letters. She wants to know if he told anyone what happened, and he replies, “How can you ask me that, Elisa? I did this for us. I did this for our son.” He asks about any news on Lucia and learns his son’s name for the first time. Elisa tells him she is never going to be able to repay him for what he has done for her. She asks him again whether anyone else is aware of the situation. Marcus seems evasive when he admits the man’s wife came to see him. It’s now confirmed that the man who died was Nicolas, and his wife is Nina/Rebecca. But Marcus insists he did not tell Nina about Elisa.

As Elisa is leaving, she receives a text from Selma, accompanied by a picture, asking if the photo is of the person who took Lucia. Elisa then meets with her husband, Fred, and shows him the photo. She asks if it’s Sara Banks, the lady he’d been talking to, and Fred confirms it is. Elisa asks if Sara/Rebecca ever mentioned France. Fred remembers that she did mention a place, and they come to the realization that it’s where they found the transport car.

Rebecca struggles to move Milan’s body but finally manages to dump him in a well. Lucia watches her clean up his blood on the floor. Everything seems to take a toll on Rebecca, and she has a breakdown.

With just one episode left, episode four ends with Elisa not calling the police and informing them of all that she has discovered, but calling the private jet company she works for and asking if anyone is flying because she needs to get to Toulan, France. Selma shows up, telling her what she has already gathered. Elisa begs Selma not to call the police because if she does, then she will get arrested. Selma aks why, and Elisa ignores the question. She begs Selma not to mess this up for her. Selma agrees … but for a price. Elisa will have to drop her complaint, reveal everything she knows, and allow Selma to go with her to France. Elisa agrees.

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