Episode 5 Season 1 – Happy Valley Episode Summary 1.5

Episode 5 Season 1 Episode Summary: A fatally injured Sergeant Catherine Cawood is brought to the hospital, and Ann Gallagher is safely returned home to her parents, but Tommy Lee Royce along with Lewis Whippey remains at large.  The masterminds of the kidnapping, Ashley Cowgill and Kevin Weatherill, however, are immediately arrested.  Catherine survives the brutal beating but spirals into depression frustrating her loved ones at the futility of their best efforts.

Happy Valley Recap of Episode 5 Season 1: The police and ambulance arrive to find Sergeant Catherine Cawood lying on the street unconscious, and Ann Gallagher inside her police car who informs them of having been abducted and assaulted for the last four days.  Ann informs them the assailant is still in the cellar for Sgt. Cawood managed to gas him causing Inspector Mike Taylor to instruct police officers to surround the house, check the cellar, and calls on various crime agencies to report the attempted murder of a police officer.  However, Tommy Lee Royce managed to escape the cellar before the police arrived allowing him to call on Ashley Cowgill for help, but Ashley forsakes him and destroys the SIM card that could lead the pursued criminal back to him.  Tommy then calls Lewis Whippey for help offering money in return.

News of Ann’s escape has yet to reach Nevison Gallagher who follows Detective Phil Crabtree’s instructions of concealing their suspicion of Kevin Weatherill’s possible involvement with the kidnapping when they speak to him.  Detective Crabtree begins asking Kevin for details about the ransom drop-off, and the nervous accountant has difficulty describing the places where he left the ransom.  A call bearing news that the police have Ann Gallagher in their care interrupts the interrogation forcing Detective Crabtree to leave Kevin to inform Nevison of the good news, which Nevison mistakes as information extracted from Kevin which the detective was quick to correct.  Nevison calls Helen to inform her that Ann has been found and is safe in a local hospital for a routine checkup before rushing out to be with his family.  Soon after, Detective Crabtree arrests Kevin for suspicion of abduction and demanding money with menaces after learning Kevin’s car was not seen in any of the ransom drop locations.

Catherine Cawood, in critical condition, dreams of young Becky pulling her to show her something beautiful and perfect while getting her spleen removed in the operating room.  Clare waits outside worried and clueless about the events that brought her sister near death when Catherine’s estranged son, Daniel, arrives troubled by the news of his mother’s critical condition.  Meanwhile, Ryan is called to the headmistress’ office to learn that he will be staying with his grandfather and his step-grandmother while his aunt stays in the hospital with his grandmother following an incident at work.

The police arrive at Ashley’s house to arrest him on suspicion of abduction and demanding money with menaces to the shock of his perplexed wife.  Later that evening, Tommy, Lewis, and Lewis’ friend watch the news identifying them as armed and dangerous criminals at large wanted in the murder of PC Kirsten McAskill, the attempted murder of Sgt. Catherine Cawood, and the abduction of Ann Gallagher.  Ann Gallagher finally arrives home suffering from withdrawal symptoms after being drugged by her abductors and asks to see Sgt. Cawood, and gets reassurance from her father that Clare will let them know when they can visit.  Meanwhile, Catherine regains consciousness after being unconscious for almost the entire day and learns from Clare that Ann Gallagher is alive and well due to her heroism leaving the Gallaghers grateful and indebted to her.  Detective Crabtree wastes no time speaking to Catherine and informs her of getting close to proving Ann Gallagher’s kidnappers also murdered PC McAskill confirming her suspicion through corroboration from Ann’s testimony and overwhelming evidence from the house where Ann was held captive.  Ashley, however, continues to deny everything from his white van being stolen to not knowing Tommy and Lewis, but his denial will prove fruitless due to strong evidence linking him to the kidnapping, and the discovery of a large amount of cannabis in one of his caravans.  Detective Crabtree, unfortunately, also had to deliver the regrettable news of Tommy Lee Royce’s escape leaving Catherine grief-stricken for having failed to capture her ultimate nemesis.

Ann visits Catherine at the hospital and reveals Tommy Lee Royce raped her.  It’s a fact she can’t let her terminally ill mother know, but one her father would need to know before it is revealed in court, and she would like Catherine to be the one to inform her father.  Weeks later, Catherine is back at home suffering from depression when she gets a visit from Mike Taylor who assures her the tabloids are mistaken about Tommy Lee Royce escaping to Spain, and updates her about the fate of the other kidnappers.  Kevin Weatherill has been badly sexually assaulted in prison, which required hospitalization, and Ashley Cowgill is expected to be approved bail possibly in exchange for information about the drug ring.  Mike also reveals Catherine’s nomination for the Queen’s Police Medal for bravery, news he and the District Commander thought would lift her spirits given the novelty of the award, but it does nothing for Catherine.  Mike realizes Tommy Lee Royce’s capture is the only news that could bring Catherine out of depression and offers optimism about his capture believing they will find him soon.  Mike’s visit did not lift Catherine’s spirits and appears to have done the opposite as she feels compelled to visit her daughter’s grave and feels guilty for her absence at Kirsten’s funeral despite her invalidity.

Jenny Weatherill visits her husband in prison and informs him of foregoing her visits if she can’t find someone to drive her there and of the hostile condemnation the family has received for Kevin’s crime causing her to move permanently with her father.  Kevin asks if Jenny’s father can drive her to prison, and learns the man doesn’t even want Jenny visiting him leading him to deny responsibility for his crimes rationalizing the circumstances had forced him to do the unthinkable.  Meanwhile, Tommy and Lewis are watching news of the public’s outcry for the police’s failure to catch them a month after the manhunt started when Lewis’ friend, Brett, who has been hiding them arrives to alert them of the house-to-house search of their building causing Lewis to panic.  Brett answers the police officer’s questions, while another police officer searches the small, filthy apartment, and doesn’t find anything because Lewis is hidden inside the couch Brett is atop and Tommy is hidden in the bathtub’s enclosure.  The police finally leave and Lewis emerges from inside the couch with a dislocated shoulder and a plea to his friend to snitch on Tommy Lee Royce, the person responsible for the murder of PC McAskill and the rape of Ann Gallagher.  Meanwhile, Ashley is released from prison having done a deal with the authorities and informs his furious wife of agreeing to go into a witness protection program hence upending their lives.

Catherine, finally finds the will to resume fetching Ryan from school and is once again called in for a conversation due to Ryan destroying a classmate’s painting.  Ryan is unremorseful and blames the incident on the classmate’s name-calling, which led to his destructive response.  Ryan’s disallowance upsets Catherine even more revealing her frustration with him for raising an impudent grandson despite her best nurturing efforts.  Grandmother and grandson arrive home furious at each other with Ryan threatening to run away and receiving the unexpected response from her grandmother who unleashes her regret at having taken him under her care.  Catherine bewails her decision of choosing Ryan over her marriage and reveals her deepest fear that Ryan is a psychopath just like his father making Clare upset at her contemptible sentiment.  Clare pacifies Ryan who has been thrashing his room, tells him of Catherine’s magnanimous love for him, asks for kindness towards his depressed grandmother, and denies Tommy’s paternity.

Catherine meets with Richard at a restaurant, and confides her regret of raising Ryan, and her exasperation with the child she has come to believe to be a psychopath like his father.  Richard disavows Catherine of her belief expressing his notion of the absence of a nurturing environment caused Tommy’s deviance, while Ryan is raised in a caring and stable environment through Catherine’s selfless stewardship.  Richard seems to have comforted Catherine until he reveals their meeting was due to Clare and Daniel’s concern for her mental health and further annoys her at the mention of her upcoming birthday celebration.  Catherine fails to see Clare’s well-intended reason to celebrate her birthday, and rants about the perverseness of a parent who has lost a child to celebrate their existence before walking out and insulting Richard with the payment of their meal.  She finds a place of solitude, and later receives a call from Phil Crabtree offering to meet for an update on the National Crime Agency’s investigation of Ashley Cowgill.  Phil divulges in confidence Ashley’s revelation of the importation of cocaine capitalizing on a legitimate pharmaceutical company’s supply chain where a drum of paracetamol is replaced with cocaine and imported to England, while the reverse process is executed in England.  Phil commends Catherine for facilitating the link to a team of drug dealers with a multi-million-pound distribution network in the UK leading to frozen assets for the drug lords, and possibly a death sentence for Ashley for snitching on them.  Phil’s news brought Catherine out of her depression, and the conversation with Richard seems to have gotten through her as well for she returns home remorseful for her rudeness to Clare and as a peace offering agrees to a birthday celebration with family and friends including the Gallaghers.  Catherine also renounces her belief that Ryan is a psychopath and reconciles with her grandson resuming her caring love for the troubled child.

Brett arrives at the apartment having spent the night at his girlfriend’s house, finds Tommy in the kitchen bleeding from a stab wound, informs Brett of Lewis’ attack, and refuses to come forward despite his fatal injury.  Tommy shows real emotion for the first time, crying at the thought of a child living with an old woman as though recalling a traumatic experience of his own.  Brett is in disbelief at Tommy’s decision to choose death over prison, and becomes upset with Lewis for attacking Tommy only to learn his throat has been slit causing Brett to have a panic attack.  Tommy strangles the terrified man and manages to wander Happy Valley in a simple disguise without being recognized.

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Episode 4 Season 1 – Happy Valley Episode Summary 1.4

Episode 4 Season 1 Episode Summary: Sgt. Catherine Cawood reports probable criminal activity in the house where Tommy Lee Royce was last seen thereby initiating a criminal investigation.  Her concern for Helen Gallagher leads to the woman revealing the kidnapping of her daughter, Ann Gallagher, resulting in the Gallaghers’ cooperation with the police to find their missing daughter.  Meanwhile, Catherine becomes agitated at learning Tommy Lee Royce’s discovery of his paternity to her grandson, Ryan, and her determination to belie Tommy’s paternity inadvertently leads her to a shocking discovery.

Happy Valley Recap of Episode 4 Season 1: Sergeant Catherine Cawood rushes back to the police station, reports to her superior, Inspector Mike Taylor, her questionable discovery of probable criminal activity in the house where Tommy Lee Royce was last seen and is surprised and relieved when her request for a forensic investigation goes uncontested.  She instructs PC Shafiq Shah to put a request in for a CSI to meet them at the house with suspicious activity and directs him to prepare the house for investigation while she speaks to the registered owner of the property.  Meanwhile, Kevin Weatherill anxiously practices for his conversation with Nevison Gallagher and decides to inform him of the identity of the kidnappers, but becomes tongue-tied the moment he begins to say what he really wants to share.

Sgt. Cawood speaks with Julie Cowgill, the registered owner of the house under investigation, who confesses to only being the owner in name for tax reasons, and defers Sgt. Cawood to her husband, Ashley Cowgill.  Julie calls her husband as soon as Sgt. Cawood leaves her salon, annoyed at learning Ashley may be involved in illegal activity, unaware of the various crimes he is entangled with, and informs him of the police finding signs of habitation in their supposedly vacant property.  Ashley instructs Lewis Whippey for him, Tommy Lee Royce, and Ann Gallagher to stay silent in the caravan while he deals with the policewoman who will be arriving soon, assuring nervous Lewis the police hasn’t uncovered the crimes they have committed knowing only one police officer will be visiting.  Lewis arrives at the caravan to impart his conversation with Ashley, and finds keeping silent won’t be an issue with Ann for Tommy has drugged her almost to unconsciousness.

Catherine receives a call from Richard who she has obliged into writing a substantial story on the drug situation in the region known as Happy Valley and learns of the drug dealers’ dilution of heroin with harmful additives to maximize profit leaving unsuspecting customers ingesting the dangerously addictive drug along with other toxic substances that block their veins.  Richard’s research also revealed the constant fear from every level of the well-organized drug network run by reputable individuals with respectable businesses who instill fear and greed in their subordinates.

Sgt. Cawood ceremoniously wears her police helmet almost menacingly in front of Ashley Cowgill and informs him of an intruder in his property given he and his wife attest of its vacancy and the police’s current investigation of violent captivity in the premises.  She enumerates the names of recently released prisoners including Tommy Lee Royce to determine if Ashley has come across or employed any of the ex-convicts, and Ashley denies knowing any of them or employing anyone around their age.  The absence of new information about Tommy from her interview with Ashley compels Catherine to visit Tommy’s mother, Lynn Dewhurst, hoping to learn of the elusive ex-convict’s whereabouts, but Lynn was not any help either for the woman has not seen her son since the one night he stayed at her house after his release from prison.  Catherine leaves her calling card with Lynn with instructions of informing Tommy to see her despite the woman’s doubts of her son returning home, and in spite of Lynn’s inebriation, she somehow manages to recognize Catherine as the grandmother of Tommy’s son, Ryan.  The recognition of Ryan being Tommy’s son terrifies and upsets Catherine who denies Tommy as the father of her grandson, and triggers another hallucination of the morbid corpse of her daughter piercing through her tough exterior leaving her frightened and in tears.  She composes herself, meets PC Shah at the crime scene who informs her of a neighbor’s report of seeing a white transit van parked outside the property, and decides to flag the information to the serious crime unit despite the ubiquity of the vehicle in case a search of CCTV footage reveals a connection to the murder of PC McAskill.

Ashley speaks to Tommy and Lewis about killing Ann to which Lewis is absolutely against doing and suggests Ashley ask help from his superiors to get them out of their dilemma, but seeking the help of drug lords is impossible for their careless moonlighting that has attracted the attention of the police would definitely mean death at the hands of the drug lords for Ashley.  Tommy, however, has no qualms about killing Ann and only asks for money from both Lewis and Ashley to accomplish the task leading Ashley to pass on the heinous crime to Tommy who along with Lewis he has instructed to disappear after the deed is done upsetting Lewis for having lost his livelihood to a crime he was reluctant to commit.

Catherine arrives with Ryan at the mission after Clare informed her earlier that afternoon of Helen Gallagher’s arrival.  She introduces herself to Helen and bluntly asks the woman if her husband is abusing her after alluding to her husband’s presence as the reason for her reticence.  Helen assures Catherine her husband is not abusing her, and just as Catherine is walking away convinced of the woman’s statement and as Clare has arrived with tea, Helen blurts her daughter has been kidnapped.  Helen divulges the details of her family’s ordeal, and her husband’s decision to adhere to the kidnapper’s demands believing they will return Ann to them after paying the ransom.  Helen truthfully answers Catherine’s questions revealing Ann was abducted on her way to see her dentist, has been missing for four nights, and Nev has been paying the kidnappers’ ransom.  Helen begs Catherine not to report the kidnapping to the police only Catherine is the police who is also obliged to report the crime, and firmly believes a tragic outcome without police involvement, which is a belief Helen shares leading her to approve of Catherine reporting the crime even though she finds her actions a betrayal of her husband.  Catherine immediately calls the National Crime Agency and demands to speak to the detective superintendent revealing an active kidnapping leading the agency to send Detective Inspector Phil Crabtree to meet them without delay.

Detective Crabtree learns Helen knows little of the kidnapping for it is her husband who has been dealing with the abductors and placates Nev into cooperating with the rationale of the kidnappers’ desperation leading to the worse outcome given Ann’s knowledge of her captors after spending four days with them.  Detective Crabtree interviews Nev to uncover information about the kidnappers, and learns the same man always calls Nev at random times of the day with the most recent call that morning when the kidnapper provided instructions for the last ransom payment including its amount and location of the drop.  The detective also uncovers the kidnapper Nev has been in touch with is local given his accent, believes himself to be helping Nev deal with the other kidnappers, detaches himself from them, and speaks to Nev with some familiarity.  The interview also revealed the kidnappers explicitly asked for Nev’s accountant, Kevin Weatherill, to deliver the money, and Nev attributes their choice to Kevin’s cowardly nature making him easy prey.  Detective Crabtree’s line of reasoning, however, uncovers details Nev has not found suspicious before and begins to ponder the kidnappers’ demand to have Kevin make the drop unaware the mention of Kevin’s name has alarmed Sgt. Cawood as well though she has kept silent the entire interview.

Tommy arrives at her mother’s house, offers her mother money in return for the use of her cellar ostensibly to keep a fighting dog, warns her of noises it might make, and orders her not to visit the cellar for her safety.  Lynn conveys Catherine’s message to him but overlooks her unequivocal demand to forget about Ryan leading her to inform her son of Becky Cawood giving birth to a son before her death surprising Tommy for he was unaware of Becky’s passing or her having a child.  Moreover, Lynn reveals Ryan is living with Catherine and directly asks Tommy if the child is his after hearing rumors from other addicts that it might be so thereby putting a smile on Tommy’s face.

Detective Crabtree ends the interview, informs the Gallaghers of sending undercover officers to their house and office, and instructs them to stall the kidnappers should they receive a call from them before they have set up their operation.  Nev is supposed to act like everything is normal, agree to the kidnappers’ demands, and keep secret the police involvement even from Kevin who Detective Crabtree will be treating as a suspect.  Detective Crabtree sends the Gallaghers home and speaks to Catherine privately with the grim prognosis that Ann may already be dead despite the proof of life Nev showed them given the absence of contact from the kidnappers, and their decision not to ask for more money.  Catherine informs Phil of Kevin’s agitated visit to the police station four days ago where he ended up leaving without imparting the information he clearly wanted to share but could not bring himself to do, which increases suspicion on him and leads Phil to have him watched immediately.  Their conversation reveals Phil and Catherine know each other with Phil showing a hint of affection towards her, and that Catherine had once been on a path to becoming a detective, which was derailed by the death of her daughter and the raising of her grandson.

Ryan is playing football outside their house as Clare watches over when Richard arrives most likely to see Catherine, but upon learning she’s not home begins to claim he has come to play football with his grandson.  His visit is fortuitous as Catherine had just called to ask Clare to fetch her at Sowerby Bridge where she was left without a car after letting the Gallaghers return home and prepare for surveillance.  Clare arrives to fetch Catherine and surprises her with news of Richard babysitting Ryan, but Catherine has a surprise of her own and reveals Tommy Lee Royce’s mother knows Ryan is Tommy’s son.

Jenny Weatherill is watching the news honoring the fallen PC Kirsten McAskill disturbing Kevin enough to discuss with his wife a plan to snitch on Ashley to Nevison and feigning ignorance of the kidnapping, but Jenny is against the plan knowing her husband will lose his nerve.  Kevin reveals Ashley’s men murdered PC McAskill after she had pulled the van carrying Ann over, necessitating the need to distance himself from the kidnapping.  Jenny is shocked at the new piece of information, insolently tells her husband to confess to instigating the kidnapping but not the murder of the policewoman, and has become frustrated with her husband for entangling them in a crime.  Kevin, however, continues to blame Nevison for driving him to commit a crime and refuses to come out clean and take responsibility.

Tommy Lee Royce arrives at his mother’s house and finds her passed out on the couch allowing him to hide Ann wrapped in a sleeping bag in the cellar unnoticed.  Tommy talks to a heavily intoxicated Ann of having been instructed to kill her reveals his plans to keep her for his enjoyment before doing so, and even speaks to her of the inexplicable emotion he felt at learning he has an eight-year-old son.

Sgt. Cawood is at the precinct and complains to Inspector Taylor after discovering the cocaine she found in Councilman Marcus Gascoigne’s possession has been found damaged thereby making it unusable evidence.  She reveals her incredulity stems from her refusal to obey the district commander’s request for her to drop the case against the councilman, and remove the incriminating evidence.  Inspector Taylor, though disturbed at the district commander’s request, recommends the reluctant Sgt. Cawood acquiesce, reminding her about him turning a blind eye when she illegally entered the house which revealed probable criminal activity.

Catherine fetches Ryan at his school unaware Tommy Lee Royce is watching them expectantly as he waits to uncover the identity of his son.  He follows them and approaches Catherine, putting her in a panic and causing her to keep Ryan from Tommy and quickly takes control of the situation by interrogating the ex-convict about his whereabouts, especially the house where criminal activity has been discovered.  Tommy, however, turns the tables at the mention of Becky, his relationship with her, and recognizing Ryan as his son, leading Catherine to manhandle and threaten him but despite her best efforts, Tommy manages to reveal his paternity to Ryan.  Catherine quickly drives away and tries to convince Ryan that Tommy is just a deranged addict and not his father, but she is uncertain if her grandson bought her story.  Distressed, she confides the incident to her sister and discusses the consequences of Tommy’s discovery and the unfathomable possibility of Tommy taking custody of his son given his exoneration from the rape of Ryan’s mother.  Their conversation leads Clare to associate the criminal activity in the house Tommy was seen entering with the kidnapping of Ann Gallagher.  Clare becomes hopeful the police will arrest him, but Catherine knows the police’s strategy will be to follow Tommy and she doubts they will find him.  Catherine remains incredulous at Clare’s theory but decides to inform Detective Crabtree nonetheless.

The following morning Nevison Gallagher calls Detective Crabtree the moment he heard the news of the police looking for a yellow Mini in connection to the murder of PC McAskill, revealing Ann was driving a yellow Mini when she disappeared.  He arrives at his office and finds Kevin waiting for him because the man has decided to proceed with revealing possibly knowing the identity of the kidnappers.  Meanwhile, Catherine still agitated at Tommy’s discovery drops by Lynn’s house before going to work to insist to Tommy’s mother that Ryan is not Tommy’s son and to relay a threat if Tommy goes near her grandson.  In spite of her annoyance, Sgt. Cawood becomes concerned at the bruise on Lynn’s face knowing very well Lynn received it from Tommy, but the mother refuses to press charges and inadvertently reveals his son has been keeping a supposed dog in her cellar; one she’s not allowed to see.  This revelation raises suspicion causing Sgt. Cawood to break into the locked cellar finds gagged and restrained to a chair, Ann Gallagher, who frantically demands her freedom at the sight of the policewoman.  Tommy Lee Royce arrives at the house just as Sgt. Cawood is removing Ann’s restraints and begins attacking the policewoman, but Tommy overpowers her and brutalizes Sgt. Cawood.  Fortunately, Ann manages to remove the remaining restraints and has the presence of mind to attack Tommy allowing Sgt. Cawood to spray him with CS gas temporarily incapacitating the kidnapper and rapist giving the two women time to escape.  Ann drags the severely wounded Sgt. Cawood out of the cellar and into the street where the policewoman finds strength to put Ann safely inside the police car and send a distress call before passing out on the street in front of Ann who pleads for the policewoman to get herself safely inside the car.

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Happy Valley – Episode Summaries

Season 1

1.1 Episode 1 of Season 1
Sergeant Catherine Cawood copes with the news of Tommy Lee Royce’s release from prison, while dealing with her troubled grandson’s disturbing behavior, and the numerous drug-related cases in her district. Unbeknownst to her, she has also come across a kidnapping on its outset and has the identity of its mastermind. Happy Valley Episode 1 of Season 1 episode summary

1.2 Episode 2 of Season 1
Kevin Weatherill confesses to his wife of his involvement in Ann Gallagher’s kidnapping, becomes entangled when Ashley Cowgill explicitly asks for him to make the drop of the deposit, and secures his undeniable involvement after receiving a portion of the ransom. Meanwhile, Catherine Cawood’s dogged determination to uncover Tommy Lee Royce’s whereabouts leads her to the kidnapper’s hideout. Happy Valley Episode 2 of Season 1 episode recap

1.3 Episode 3 of Season 1
PC Kirsten McAskill inadvertently pulls over the van holding Ann resulting into a grave unexpected turn of events. Recent developments cause the kidnappers to consider ending the abduction after the last ransom payment giving Nevison Gallagher hope of her daughter’s return. Sgt. Catherine Cawood unlawfully breaks inside Tommy’s last known whereabouts and discovers probable criminal activity in the cellar. Happy Valley Episode 3 of Season 1 episode summary

1.4 Episode 4 of Season 1
Sgt. Catherine Cawood reports probable criminal activity in the house where Tommy Lee Royce was last seen thereby initiating a criminal investigation. Her concern for Helen Gallagher leads to the woman revealing the kidnapping of her daughter, Ann Gallagher, resulting in the Gallaghers’ cooperation with the police to find their missing daughter. Meanwhile, Catherine becomes agitated at learning Tommy Lee Royce’s discovery of his paternity to her grandson, Ryan, and her determination to belie Tommy’s paternity inadvertently leads her to a shocking discovery. Happy Valley Episode 4 of Season 1 episode summary

1.5 Episode 5 of Season 1
A fatally injured Sergeant Catherine Cawood is brought to the hospital, and Ann Gallagher is safely returned home to her parents, but Tommy Lee Royce along with Lewis Whippey remains at large. The masterminds of the kidnapping, Ashley Cowgill and Kevin Weatherill, however, are immediately arrested. Catherine survives the brutal beating but spirals into depression frustrating her loved ones at the futility of their best efforts. Happy Valley Episode 4 of Season 1 episode summary

Episode 3 Season 1 – Happy Valley Episode Summary 1.3

Episode 3 Season 1 Episode Summary: PC Kirsten McAskill inadvertently pulls over the van holding Ann resulting into a grave unexpected turn of events.  Recent developments cause the kidnappers to consider ending the abduction after the last ransom payment giving Nevison Gallagher hope of her daughter’s return.  Sgt. Catherine Cawood unlawfully breaks inside Tommy’s last known whereabouts and discovers probable criminal activity in the cellar.

Happy Valley Recap of Episode 3 Season 1: PC Kirsten McAskill is happily chatting with Sgt. Catherine Cawood on the radio about the odd affinity of sheep farmers towards their sheep when she comes across a speeding white van with a broken tail-light.  PC McAskill informs Sgt. Cawood of her plan to pull over the white van not knowing Ann Gallagher is hidden inside it, and Tommy Lee Royce is following behind in Ann’s yellow Mini Cooper.  Tommy Lee Royce pulls ahead of them watching closely as PC McAskill speaks to Lewis Whippey of his traffic violation including the broken tail-light, which she insists Lewis inspect with her.  PC McAskill is ready to let Lewis go when she hears Ann’s muffled screaming and banging on the door that grows louder causing her to insist on Lewis to open the van’s door.  Tommy Lee Royce drives the Mini Cooper behind the van, but PC McAskill thinks nothing of it until Tommy pins her into the van with the car and runs her over multiple times for good measure horrifying Lewis Whippey.  Tommy orders the shocked Lewis to drive away, while he follows him but not before running over the constable a few times more.

PC McAskill managed to call for help alerting Sgt. Cawood to send the police force to her aid, but unfortunately was unable to complete the PNC request denying the police identification of the white transit van.  Sgt. Catherine Cawood and PC Shafiq Shah followed by PC Twiggy arrive at the crime scene where the brutalized body of PC Kirsten McAskill lays motionless.  Sgt. Cawood initiates the investigation of PC McAskill’s murder and begins preserving evidence as PC Shah and Twiggy are still processing the death of their colleague.  CS Praveen Badal tells Sgt. Cawood to go home but she ends up being the one to tell and console PC McAskill’s husband, Ollie, the painful news of his wife’s murder.  Out of compassion for the distraught widower, Sgt. Cawood offers to deliver the heartbreaking news to the late constable’s parents.  Unlike Sgt. Cawood, CS Badal’s compassion does not go beyond instructing her to go home after she has completed the necessary paperwork, and callously questions Sgt. Cawood’s arrest of Councilor Marcus Gascoigne.  Sgt. Cawood leaves no doubt to the legitimacy of the councilor’s arrest, but CS Badal instructs her to prevent having the packet of cocaine sent to the lab and insists she obstruct justice when she refused to comply to his request.

At home, Catherine could no longer contain her emotions as she imparts to Clare the evening’s events including her guilt for her cruelty at letting PC McAskill feel incompetent following her failure to arrest Councilor Marcus Gascoigne herself.  She copes with her grief by contemplating the crime PC McAskill must have uncovered, which led to her violent death, but it’s not enough for the colleague’s murder had resurfaced the trauma of her daughter’s death causing Catherine to see images of her.  Catherine manages to function despite having anxiety attacks of her own, and reminds her team to do their jobs with compassion and respect for the people they serve will not know their grief.  Sgt. Cawood and Twiggy arrest a writhing, delusional addict convinced the government is spying on him when one of his neighbors starts singing a song disrespectfully alluding to the death of PC McAskill.  Sgt. Cawood does not tolerate the impudence, roughly arrests the insolent man, and in the privacy of the police car squeezes the man’s genitals leaving the man in tears, terrified, and apologetic.

Tommy and Lewis manage to bring Ann to Ashley’s caravan park where Ashley instructs Tommy to dump Ann in the middle of nowhere alive, but Tommy disagrees and directs Ashley to demand an even higher ransom informing him of Lewis’ mistakes which could almost certainly lead the police to them leaving Ashley to follow Tommy’s orders.  Ashley calls Nev to demand more money, sends proof of life as per Nev’s requirement, and informs the tormented father of possibly letting Ann go after the last ransom payment.

Jenny Weatherill notices Kevin’s distress, and becomes equally distressed upon learning he has taken part of the ransom that is now hidden in their car.  However, both of them have reservations parting with the money and after short deliberations both agree to keep and use the ransom money prudently to avoid suspicion.  Meanwhile, Helen Gallagher is watching the news of the police investigation surrounding PC McAskill’s murder, unware of her daughter’s kidnappers’ involvement.  She goes to her volunteer work at the mission where her friend Clare whom she helped through her addiction also volunteers, and confides her need to speak to a discreet police officer hoping Clare would connect her with Catherine.

Sgt. Cawood returns to the police station, begins cleaning up PC McAskill’s locker resurfacing her grief, and triggers morbid hallucinations of her deceased daughter.  Ollie’s visit adds to her sorrow when the grieving husband blames Catherine for Kirsten’s death attributing her recent harsh treatment of the fallen police officer as the reason for Kirsten’s need to prove herself.  Catherine once again finds diversion in Richard who she was ignoring following his refusal to acknowledge Ryan as his grandson, and surprisingly learns Richard has had a change of heart.  Their date is cut short when she remembers needing to be home to speak with Clare’s friend, Helen, only to learn the woman did not show up causing her to worry and to demand Clare call her friend.  Catherine speaks with Helen, senses her reticence, and begins to suspect her husband’s presence as the cause, which in fact is the case after Nev prevented Helen from going to Catherine’s house to speak to her believing the kidnappers will let Ann go after the last ransom payment.  Although Helen agreed to forego speaking with Catherine, she remains unconvinced of her husband’s belief and refusal to involve the police.

Kevin agrees to make the last drop despite his initial reluctance to do so, and goes to the caravan park to hand Ashley the ransom money learning from past experience to bypass specific drop-off instructions.  Kevin once again receives his cut of the ransom money, and comes across an upset Lewis who blames him for everything that has happened revealing the murder of the policewoman as a tragic consequence of the kidnapping.

Sgt. Cawood illegally breaks into the house where Tommy was last seen, finds it suspiciously empty despite signs of habitation, leading her to explore further resulting in her discovery of blood and signs of other criminal activity in the cellar.  Catherine calls Clare confiding her discovery, and the problem of reporting it given its unlawful attainment.  Clare is more concerned with Catherine’s plans with Tommy, which is the reason why she kept secret seeing Tommy at the mission, and remains worried upon hearing Catherine’s need to prevent Tommy from hurting anyone else.

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Episode 2 Season 1 – Happy Valley Episode Summary 1.2

 Episode 2 Season 1 Episode Summary: Kevin Weatherill confesses to his wife of his involvement in Ann Gallagher’s kidnapping, becomes entangled when Ashley Cowgill explicitly asks for him to make the drop of the deposit, and secures his undeniable involvement after receiving a portion of the ransom.  Meanwhile, Catherine Cawood’s dogged determination to uncover Tommy Lee Royce’s whereabouts leads her to the kidnapper’s hideout.

Happy Valley Recap of Episode 2 Season 1: Sgt. Catherine Cawood initiates Operation Greensleeves and pursues drug dealers selling drugs in an ice cream van playing Greensleeves alone and on foot.  The drug dealers see her and escape easily insolent of the helpless police officer.  She returns to the police station and calls Clare revealing having seen Tommy in their district worrying her sister after sensing Catherine’s resumed obsession in proving Tommy is a rapist.  Later, she receives information about the drug dealing ice cream van while in the police station affording her a team to conduct Operation Greensleeves properly leading to the arrest of the drug dealers.

Catherine arrives home with the black eye she received from the foot of one of the drug dealers she arrested, and recounts the day’s events to her sister including her annoyance with the drug squad’s reluctance to share information with her team.  Clare is relieved to hear the incident has preoccupied her sister only to learn that Catherine had brought a mugshot of Tommy to the curry house where she last saw him.  In fact, Catherine had asked the proprietor to call her when he sees Tommy, but cautions him not to alarm the criminal.  Catherine suddenly remembers to call Richard to ask him about Kevin Weatherill having noticed him residing on the same street as her husband.  Richard knows him as a pleasant, quiet, ordinary father of two girls, a caring husband to a wife in the early stages of multiple sclerosis working as an accountant for Nevison Gallagher.

Kevin arrives home and confides to his wife, Jenny, the disturbing news of Ann’s kidnapping and Helen’s terminal illness.  He is surprised to hear Ashley had called him after the man had dismissed and explicitly instructed him not to contact him, but Ashley wants verification that Nev had not gone to the police and more importantly has started to raise the million pound ransom.  Kevin has regained his confidence, scolds Ashley for doubling the ransom, instructs him to accept a smaller ransom, and insists they not hurt Ann, but Ashley could not guarantee Ann’s safety.  Kevin is overcome with guilt once again, and divulges his involvement with the kidnapping to Jenny who comforts her fearful husband with the rationalization that Ann will be unscathed, and Kevin’s involvement can be denied as long as they don’t take the money.

Lewis Whippey checks on Ann to offer her food and a chance to relieve herself, and is startled to find her underwear on the ground.  He calls Ashley to inform him of his discovery, and to establish if Ashley had ordered the rape only to learn Tommy had done it on his own initiative.  Lewis makes it clear of his refusal to perform sexual assault on their abductee, and becomes protective of Ann when Tommy returns to the hideout insisting he forego raping Ann again reasoning with him of the consequences, but Tommy is unafraid certain Ann will not be returned to her parents alive.  Tommy goes down to the garage to take Ann’s photo as per Ashley’s instructions, a proof of life and Ann’s distress to be sent to her father, and is about to violate Ann again until Lewis intervenes forcing him to beat Lewis instead.

Sgt. Cawood arrives at a traffic collision after PC Kirsten McAskill calls for her help following Councilman Marcus Gascoigne’s vehement refusal to take a breathalyzer, which he continues to refuse despite Sgt. Cawood’s insistence.  Sgt. Cawood confiscates Marcus’ car keys as per protocol ensuring the man suspected under the influence does not drive away, and finds a packet of illegal substance in his vehicle causing her to arrest the furious councilman for suspicion of drunk driving and possession of an illegal substance despite his threats against her.  Sgt. Cawood returns to the police station and chastises mortified PC McAskill for allowing the councilman to intimidate her causing the constable to seek Sgt. Cawood’s assistance, but the constable’s remorse is unappreciated.

Catherine and Clare with Ryan arrive at Daniel’s house for dinner where the child is clearly unwelcome setting the tone for an awkward dinner made even more uncomfortable by Richard and his new wife, Ros’ bickering over the woman’s desire to purchase a more expensive house despite Richard’s job loss.  To alleviate the tension, Daniel delivers the news that brought them all together, and announces his wife, Lucy, is pregnant, but Ros unwittingly curtails the felicity with her comment of Catherine and Richard becoming grandparents causing Catherine to remind everyone they already are.  Later that evening, Ryan begins to wonder and asks his relationship with Richard who he learns is his grandfather, and expresses his wish to spend time with him.

Anguished Nevison unburdens to Helen their daughter’s kidnapping, but he remains determined not to involve the police until they have retrieved their daughter.  He receives another call from Ashley wanting to receive a deposit of the ransom, explicitly instructing Nev to have Kevin make the drop at McDonald’s.  Kevin acquiesces, drives to the farm after receiving a call from Ashley reminding him the superfluity of going to the drop off point, and receives his portion of the deposit.

Catherine visits Richard at his house and is brought to tears in relaying Ryan’s request to spend time with him, but Richard is unmoved and is loathed to admit Ryan’s kinship blaming the child for their daughter’s suicide.  Catherine comes across Kevin as he arrives home, and checks on him but their conversation is interrupted by a call from the proprietor of the curry house informing her of having served Tommy and seeing the house where he’s staying.  Catherine knocks on the door of the house, alarming Tommy and causing him to call Ashley who sets in motion an inchoate plan of moving Ann involving the reluctant Lewis Whippey.  Unable to hear Ann’s muffled screams, Sgt. Cawood walks away, but it is enough to unnerve the perpetrators causing them to speculate the police have been alerted.

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Episode 1 Season 1 – Happy Valley Episode Summary 1.1

Episode 1 Season 1 Episode Summary: Sergeant Catherine Cawood copes with the news of  Tommy Lee Royce’s release from prison, while dealing with her troubled grandson’s disturbing behavior, and the numerous drug-related cases in her district.  Unbeknownst to her, she has also come across a kidnapping on its outset and has the identity of its mastermind.

Happy Valley Recap of Episode 1 Season 1: Sergeant Catherine Cawood, a 47-year-old divorcee, arrives at a convenience store, buys a fire extinguisher and a pair of sunglasses.  She meets PC Kirsten McAskill at a nearby playground hauling the fire extinguisher while donning her newly bought sunglasses for protection.  They are attending to Liam Hughes, a 23-year-old unemployed heroin addict who has doused himself in gasoline and threatening self-immolation after learning his ex-girlfriend has started sleeping with his best friend.

Sgt. Cawood keeps Liam engaged while waiting for the high-ranking, highly trained specialist expert negotiator to arrive.  She introduces herself as a 47-year-old divorcee living with her recovering heroin addict sister.  Moreover, Catherine has two adult children, one estranged, the other deceased and had left her with a grandson.  Later, Richard Cawood, Catherine’s journalist ex-husband, catches her on her way home from work and asks about the incident at the playground hoping to get details to write for his newspaper.  He invites her to dinner adding he is about to lose his job.  Although sympathetic, Catherine makes her leave as she is to fetch her grandson, Ryan.  Richard, however, shares the devastating news of Tommy Lee Royce’s release from prison.  The news gnaws at her mind as she waits for her grandson at the schoolyard when another unpleasant news greets her.  Ryan lost his temper at school and threw chairs across the room hurting himself in the process.  Catherine arrives home and updates her sister, Clare, of Ryan’s disturbing behavior along with the upsetting news of Tommy Lee Royce’s discharge only to learn Clare already knew about Tommy but kept it from her to spare her grief.

Kevin Weatherill speaks with Nevison Gallagher, the owner of Nevison Gallagher Associates Industrial Refrigeration, about his daughter’s acceptance at a prestigious school and asks for a raise.  Nevison condescendingly alludes to rejecting Kevin’s request, but informs him of considering his request.  Kevin becomes upset over dinner as he and his wife discuss Nevison’s decision to reject his pay raise request.  The Gallagher’s dinner conversation is about Kevin’s request as well for he is a friend of the family.  Both Nevison’s wife and daughter disagree with his decision, and his daughter walks out after he bluntly expresses his disappointment for not seeing the fruits of her expensive college education.

Catherine has accepted Richard’s dinner invitation after all, and she listens patiently as he casually complains about his new wife’s inconsiderate desire to buy a new house despite his job loss.  His new wife is confident of him finding another job, a confidence he, a middle-aged man, doesn’t share.  Richard presses Catherine again on the incident on the playground, one people have been gossiping about and have blown out of proportion.  As it turns out, Catherine had sprayed Liam with the fire extinguisher the moment he decided to smoke a cigarette unaware it would unwittingly ignite him.  Catherine becomes annoyed when Richard continues to press her of the uninteresting domestic case with the heroin addict and irritably recommends he write about a more substantial article on the proliferation of drugs in their district.  She then moves on to the most likely reason for her accepting the dinner invitation, Tommy Lee Royce.  Catherine presses Richard for information about Tommy, but he doesn’t have much to share.  She knows more about Tommy than Richard having done her research after learning the news of his release.  Catherine has learned of his release address, but is doubtful he is actually living with his mother while on probation.  Richard drives Catherine home, and finds her desirously gazing at him.  They kiss passionately and decide to continue their tryst in the house.  The next morning, Catherine visits the grave of her deceased eighteen-year-old daughter with Clare and Ryan, and confides her preoccupation with Tommy Lee Royce whose whereabouts is unknown but whom she believes is close.

Kevin brings his family to the caravan park they frequent, and continues to be resentful of Nev.  He has deluded himself of deserving half of Nev’s company, believing his father and Nev conceived the industrial refrigeration business together.  Kevin’s father instead ended up working for Nev when he returned home from college.  The sight of the caravan park’s owner’s expensive vehicles fills him with envy.  Kevin brings his caravan rental payment to Ashley Cowgill, the proprietor, while Ashley and his men are unloading bags of sand.  One of the bags rips revealing cannabis packets hidden in the sand.  Ashley forces Kevin to join him inside his house through threats despite Kevin’s assurances of silence, and is astounded with the man’s proposal; one Kevin had clearly already deliberated.  Kevin proposes working together to kidnap Ann, Nev’s daughter, for a half a million pound ransom.  Ashley releases Kevin while he considers the proposal.  Jittery Lewis Whippey confronts Ashley after seeing Kevin leaving the house unafraid and even confident, and conveys of his unease of the new hire whose bag of sand ripped.  Ashley is unconcerned of a recently released ex-convict who served eight years in prison.  In fact, he trusts Tommy enough to discuss Kevin’s proposal with him and Lewis.  Later that evening, Ashley calls for Kevin to inform him of his decision.  He and his men will proceed with the kidnapping and offers Kevin only ten percent of the ransom upsetting Kevin enough to threaten squealing to the authorities Ashley’s side business.  Ashley expresses his indifference having already removed the evidence from his property, and reminds Kevin of his ability to accomplish the kidnapping without his help.  Powerless Kevin instead negotiates a twenty percent cut leveraging both his daughters’ education.  The next day, Nev calls Kevin to his office to inform him of his decision to pay for Kevin’s daughters’ school fees following Nev’s wife and daughter’s badgering.  Moreover, Nev offers him a deputy managing director role revealing his need to take leave given his wife’s dismal liver cancer prognosis.

Sgt. Catherine Cawood and PC Shafiq Shah enters a flat after receiving a 999 call of suspected distress, and finds two drug addicts in bed.  They arrest the man who still has a syringe in his foot without complications unlike Liam Hughes who Sgt. Cawood reveals has threatened charges against her for assault.  Moreover, the newsagent who sold her the fire extinguisher decided to charge her personally for the item.  To add to Catherine’s misfortunes, she is once again summoned at the school due to Ryan’s bouts of anger.  The principal informs Catherine of having an educational psychologist spend time with Ryan to uncover the cause of his repeated misconduct especially after receiving complaints from other parents.  She believes the psychologist can help Ryan manage his anger.  Catherine breaks down in tears and reveals Ryan is the product of the brutal rape of her daughter, Becky, who took her life six weeks after giving birth to Ryan.  Catherine does her best to care for the unwanted child so undesired for being the constant reminder of Becky’s rape and eventual suicide that her husband left her following her decision to care for their grandson.  She reveals Tommy Lee Royce as Becky’s rapist, imprisoned for drug trafficking but not her daughter’s rape.  Catherine is terrified that Ryan is just like Tommy.  Later that evening, she once again seeks comfort in a tryst with Richard to whom she confides her gruesome fantasy of killing Tommy Lee Royce.

Kevin is overcome with a guilty conscience and unsuccessfully persuades Ashley to abandon the kidnapping that is already underway.  He decides to go to a police station, and insists on speaking to a proper police officer.  Sgt. Cawood attends to a distressed Kevin who struggles to convey the crime he has come to report.  She notices Kevin’s consternation and offers to continue their chat in her office.  Sgt. Cawood makes her way to the side door of the precinct to let Kevin in, but he instead returns to his car and drives away.  She makes note of Kevin’s license plate, and returns to the precinct to respond to another case.  Kevin finds a phone booth and calls Ashley wanting reassurance that Ann will not be hurt.

Lewis and Tommy have been following Ann in a white van waiting for the right moment to hit her car.  They find an opportunity at a remote road.  Ann steps out of her yellow Mini Cooper and scolds Lewis while Tommy puts on his ski mask and punches Ann.  Lewis and Tommy carry a frantic, screaming Ann inside the van struggling to be free of her kidnappers, but the two men overpower her.  Tommy hits Ann once again stunning her enough allowing them to gag, bind, and put her inside a sleeping bag.  Tommy finds Ann’s mobile phone in her car and gives it to Lewis before taking her car leaving a nervous Lewis with Ann.  Tommy drives Ann’s Mini Cooper into town while Lewis follows close behind.  They carry Ann inside a garage and Lewis inadvertently mention’s Ashley’s name causing Tommy to threaten him if he makes another mistake.  Lewis leaves for the farm to bring Ashley Ann’s mobile phone, while Tommy goes for a walk.  Sgt. Cawood is driving back to the police station telling PC McAskill her last case when she notices Tommy on the sidewalk looking inside a closed curry house.  She parks her patrol car and runs to the sidewalk where she last saw him, but he is gone and nowhere in sight.  Unbeknownst to her, Tommy has returned to the garage where Ann is bound.

Nev receives a call from Ann’s mobile phone only it’s not Ann on the other line, but Ashley.  Ashley, who refers to himself as God, instructs Nev to take his call in twenty minutes on a specific phone booth.  Kevin watches as Nev rushes out of the office, and later receives a frantic call from Nev telling him Ann has been kidnapped and her captors are asking a million quid for ransom.  Nev has called Kevin for help raising the ransom in two days without raising alarms.  Unbeknownst to Kevin, Sgt. Cawood has returned to the police station and looks up his license plate from the database revealing his identity.

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Ipsa Scientia Potestas Est – Orphan Black Episode Summary 2.5

Orphan Black Episode 5 Season 2 Synopsis:  Rachel Duncan reacts to the murder of Daniel Rosen with a blackmail that puts Felix Dawkins in danger of incarceration and prevents Cosima Niehaus from receiving treatment for her fatal illness.  Helena conveys vital yet vague information to Detective Art Bell, but leaves enough clues for Sarah and Art to uncover their meaning.

Ipsa Scientia Potestas Est Episode Summary: Rachel Duncan arrives at her apartment demanding to see the corpse of her loyal monitor, Daniel Rosen.  They recognize Helena’s handiwork in the slaying, but Dr. Aldous Leekie notes the security camera footage that shows the twins leaving the apartment together.  He attributes the vicious murder to Rachel’s heavy-handed tactics and urges the shift to a gentler way of handling the clones.  Rachel, however, assures him that the nefarious murder of her monitor does not dissuade her from pursuing equally wicked schemes against the clones.Continue reading...

Rachel answers the slaying of her monitor with the shutting down of the stem cell line research meant to treat the unknown illness that clones including Cosima Niehaus suffer.  It is a tactic meant to force Sarah Manning to agree to Dyad’s wishes.  Meanwhile, Cosima continues to look into the synthetic DNA of the clones and learns from her friend, Scott, that geneticists placed provisional patents on everything given the absence of laws on genetics.  It is Scott’s belief that science as radical as synthetic DNA in the 1970s would have a military patent.  Despite Cosima’s reliance on Scott’s knowledge, the young scientist is discouraged at the Dyad Institute’s refusal to employ him.  His disappointment is not of great concern to Delphine Cormier for she fortuitously received tissue test results from a stem cell line that are a match to Cosima.  The test results were meant for Dr. Leekie, but were accidentally sent to Dr. Cormier.  They become suspicious of Dr. Leekie for keeping from them the cultures.  With Dr. Cormier’s suggestion, they sneak into Dr. Leekie’s office to find the cultures compatible with Cosima, and find themselves caught red-handed.  Dr. Cormier takes a defensive stance and accuses Dr. Leekie of withholding a stem cell line from them, an accusation the Dyad director denies.  Dr. Leekie explains that Rachel has obstructed further testing of the pluripotent stem cell line from baby teeth that he had discussed with Cosima and Dr. Cormier in an attempt to coerce Sarah’s cooperation.  Furthermore, he imparts the story of the lab fire that cost the lives of several scientists and destroyed reams of data including the original genome.  In other words, the project is entirely an orphan with all record of several synthetic sequences that make the existence of the clones viable gone.  He asks Cosima to relay to him any information Sarah may have uncovered, but Cosima is adamant in her ignorance of such information.  Dr. Leekie remains suspicious, but expresses his willingness to disobey Rachel’s order and resumes Cosima’s treatment.

With Daniel dead, Rachel is in need of a new monitor, and she sets her eyes on Paul Dierden.  The knowledge that Rachel has a monitor despite her self-awareness and privilege surprises Paul.  She explains that she merely enjoys a unique vantage compared to the other clones, but reports to Dr. Leekie about her health and wellbeing are still required.  Paul agrees to become Rachel’s monitor where he is to report to Dr. Leekie about her health, while remaining loyal to her.  She explains that Dr. Leekie had become her guardian after being orphaned, but despite this, Rachel’s position outranks Dr. Leekie’s Dyad directorship.  She finds that Dr. Leekie has the propensity to become attached to his subjects and therefore compromising his decisions.  She watches the home video from her childhood delighting in the good memories while disliking the fact that Sarah has been studying her background.  Rachel begins investigating Cal Morrison and learns from Paul that the anti-corporate lover of Sarah made his money from micro-optics.  More importantly, there is a high probability that he is the father of Sarah’s child, Kira.  Aware of Paul’s attachment to Sarah, Rachel taunts him of the fact that Sarah has reunited with the father of her child.  She also tests his loyalty by giving him a task that involves the Daniel’s gun that was used in the murder of a police officer.

Much to Felix Dawkin’s dismay, Sarah brings Helena to his apartment and asks him to chaperone her while she works on straightening her own troubles beginning with the abandonment of Kira to the child’s father.  In fact, Kira has expressed her disappointment with the lack of affection towards her mother in the last Skype conversation they had.  Moreover, she has begun to refer to Cal as daddy.  Later, Cal’s RV parked in the woods catches the attention of a police officer who has become suspicious of its presence.  Precocious Kira shrewdly senses the trouble it will cause them should the police officer snoop inside the RV and happen to find the gun of which Cal is in possession.  Kira makes an appearance thus appeasing the police officer of his suspicion and intentionally mentions the burning dinner on the stove thus prompting the police officer to forego his investigation.

Felix brings Helena to the apartment of Detective Art Bell and receives treatment fit for a vicious criminal, which she is, but in spite of this Helena is to stay there for her own protection.  Detective Bell begins inquiring about the deceased Prolethean, Maggie Chen, whom Helena was working with before.  Witnessing her escape from Johanssen’s followers while wearing a wedding dress makes him wonder about the events that transpired in the Prolethean’s ranch, but Helena is uncooperative.  Detective Bell follows Felix’s advice and lures Helena with food.  The strategy worked and Helena becomes forthcoming about the information she holds.  She speaks of her childhood at a convent in Ukraine where she at an early age committed murderous acts.  She also speaks of Swan Man, information she came to know from Maggie Chen’s locker.

The Proletheans learn of Gracie Johanssen’s guilt at Helena’s escape causing her mother to punish her severely by sewing her mouth shut and imprisoning her.  Henrik Johanssen takes pity on his daughter, and gives her a chance for reconciliation if she decides to tell them the events that led to Helena’s escape.  Regrettably, Gracie refuses to agree to her parents’ demands causing them to leave her imprisoned.  Mark Rollins takes pity on Gracie and apologizes for his inability to help her out of her situation. Unlike her parents, Mark does not think less of her for what she did, and he expresses his love for her with a soft kiss on the cheek giving Gracie delight in spite of her unfortunate situation.  He, however, recommends that she confess her transgression.  Gracie accepts Mark’s advice and confesses of the attempted murder of Helena, an individual she believed to be an animal.  Her penance is to bring Helena back to the ranch and failure to do so will result in her carrying Helena’s child.

Paul arrives with a few corrupt police officers at Felix’s apartment, while he is in a compromising position with his date, Colin.  He pulls out the gun Daniel used to shoot a police officer and forces Felix to hold it thereby getting the poor man’s fingerprints all over the gun.  Sarah returns to Felix’s apartment only to find it surrounded by police cars.  She receives a call from Paul through Felix’s cellphone extorting her agreement to Rachel’s demand with a threat of a murder charge on Felix should she reject it.  Sarah reaches out to Detective Bell conveying the extortion and the legitimate threat of charging Felix for the murder of Officer Tom Bowman.  In the few minutes that he was on the phone, Helena managed to free herself from the handcuffs with the sardine can opener.  Sarah arrives too late for Helena had escaped and had left Art handcuffed to a column.  Helena did leave them coordinates through a paper fortuneteller helping Sarah and Art find Maggie Chen’s storage locker and allowing them to find a current picture of Swan Man, the adoptive father of Rachel Duncan thought to be deceased.  Sarah believes she can use this information to trade for Felix, who waits in terrifying anticipation of his possible incarceration.  The discovery of Helena’s missing sniper rifle from Maggie Chen’s locker and a beheaded Barbie doll of Rachel Duncan sidetracks their rescue of Felix.  Helena stations herself at an abandoned building across Rachel’s apartment and watches her seduce Paul.  Paul does everything Rachel commands and they have sexual intercourse on a chair, while Helena watches them waiting, biding her time before pulling the trigger.  Sarah and Art find her motorcycle in front of an abandoned building and easily find Helena in position for the kill.  Sarah dissuades her from taking down Rachel due to the hold they have over Felix, but Helena tries to convince Sarah of her good intentions by having her witness Paul’s infidelity.  Sarah could not care less about Paul, but Helena is adamant in killing both Paul and Rachel, causing Sarah to stand in the line of fire to prevent her twin from pulling the trigger.  Sarah appeals to Helena giving her the feeling of importance given her need for Helena’s help in searching for Swan Man, but Helena senses that Sarah only wants to use her.  Sarah, in tears, appeals to Helena’s sisterly love, and successfully manages to dissuade her from killing Rachel and Paul.  With the murder of Rachel Duncan averted and Dr. Leekie’s willingness to work with them, the clones agree to share some information with the Dyad director.  Sarah meets him at a bar and shows him a current picture of Professor Ethan Duncan therefore annulling the belief of his death from the lab fire and suggesting that knowledge of the original genome is not all lost.  Sarah is willing to share his whereabouts, but only after all charges against Felix are dropped.  Dr. Leekie offers to counterman Rachel’s orders that would cause her to drop the charges against Felix and to allow Cosima’s treatment.  Sarah is unaware that Cosima is suffering from the same illness that afflicted Katja Obinger, and her ignorance of it seems to have given Dr. Leekie advantage he might be able to use in the future.  Nonetheless, Sarah feels that she has the advantage and she threatens Dr. Leekie of death at the hands of Helena should he send an envoy to follow her in her search for Professor Duncan.  Paul arrives soon after Sarah leaves to speak to Dr. Leekie of Rachel’s concern given her knowledge of his meeting with Sarah.  Dr. Leekie explains that the information Sarah will uncover could hurt them all, and instructs Paul to come to him first instead of Rachel.  Sarah and Helena begin their search of Swan Man and immediately make their way to Cold River.

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Governed as It Were by Chance – Orphan Black Episode Summary 2.4

Orphan Black Episode 4 Season 2 Synopsis: Sarah Manning escapes Daniel Rosen and reunites with Kira with the help of Cal Morison.  She has come to believe that Mrs. S is the key to uncovering the truth about Project LEDA, and has decided to leave Kira to Cal while she searches for Mrs. S.  Alison Hendrix resurfaces from her heavy inebriation and she finds herself in rehab, while Helena remembers glimpses of the violation done to her and escapes from the Proletheans.

Governed as It Were by Chance Episode Summary: Cal Morrison was driving the truck that hit the car Daniel Rosen forced Sarah Manning to drive.  The incident was no accident for Cal had intentionally hit the car in an attempt to rescue Sarah from her kidnapper.  Cal declares calling the cops to report the events that transpired in his farm that led to the death of his friend, Police Officer Tom Bowman.  Sarah refuses to involve the police and panics when she sees a police car approaching them.  She readies the gun Daniel Rosen had used to murder Officer Bowman, and is relieved when the police car zips past them.  Cal is in disbelief after observing Sarah’s reaction and planned action had the police confronted them.  Nonetheless, he helps Sarah hide the wrecked car that holds Daniel.Continue reading...

Mired in Sarah’s troubles, Cal demands to know the truth, but the mother of his child refuses to divulge it to him.  He brings her to a deserted farm where he hid Kira, and reunites mother and daughter.  He shows them the camper he had prepared for their escape, and Sarah goes with him without protest.  Cal continues to extract information from Sarah and receives one that vaguely revealed the antagonists.  Shortly after the revelation, Sarah receives a text message from Rachel Duncan on Daniel’s phone asking for an update.  She replies to Rachel with news of returning to the institute with Sarah Manning.  She later contacts Cosima Niehaus to update her of her troubles, and shares with her the photo of Project LEDA.  Cosima relates the name with the Greek mythology where Zeus turns himself into a swan in order to seduce the mortal queen, Leda.  Their encounter bore fruit twins, the immortal demigod Pollux, the son of Zeus, and the mortal Castor, the son of her husband, King Tyndareus of Sparta.  Cosima figures that the choice of the name sounds military and the presence of a soldier in the picture adds validation to her assumption.  Sarah begins to believe that Mrs. S is the key to unlocking the mystery surrounding Project LEDA, and persuades Cal of her return home despite their fugitive status.  She speaks to Kira of leaving her to Cal while she searches for Mrs. S.  Cal, at last, manages to extract a bit of information about the people after Sarah.  He has come to learn that she is on the run from Dyad.

Benjamin Kertland enters his car only to find Siobhan in the backseat waiting for him.  The man’s concern for her seems genuine especially since he has no knowledge of her hand at the demise of the Birdwatchers.  Siobhan, however, already knew that Benjamin is innocent of the betrayal done to her.  She has come to him to ask for new papers that would allow her entry to London for she is in search of someone.  Benjamin, however, correctly guesses the person she wants to contact, and informs her that Carlton is in town.  Siobhan arrives at a bar, finds Carlton, and rekindles the passion they have for each other.  Later, she learns that the man had come after hearing of Brenda’s betrayal.  Mrs. S wants information from Carlton, but all he can provide is Kassov, the ferryman.  Mrs. S tells him of her knowledge of the true nature of the orphan he had asked her to put in the black in the hope that Carlton would divulge more information, but the man swears to know nothing else.

Detective Art Bell continues his surveillance of the Proletheans unaware of their cognizance of his lurking.  Henrik Johanssen assures his wife, Bonnie, of their safety, since the woman has become on edge after the arrival of Helena.  Helena wakes without a recollection of what had been done to her other than remembering being surrounded by people.  Gracie later arrives with a fresh replacement of linen and pillow, and attacks Helena in her sleep.  The vicious clone struggles and protests, but Gracie continues to suffocate her with the pillow.  Soon, Helena’s resistance dies down and she lays motionless on her bed.  Gracie makes her way to the door triumphant at eradicating the clone only to learn that it was all an act.  Helena attacks her from behind and makes her escape.  She stumbles into a lab and begins to remember bits and pieces of what had transpired in it.  She remembers lying on a table where an instrument is inserted in her sexual organ.  The memory of her violation fills her with rage, but she escapes instead of attacking her violators.  She comes across Det. Bell, who remains at the periphery of the ranch, startling the detective who encounters her for the first time.  News of her escape ring after Bonnie finds her daughter lying unconscious on the floor.  Prolethean men with their shotguns hasten to catch the escaped clone, but Det. Bell stalls them and forces the men to leave their shotguns.

Alison Hendrix wakes and finds herself retching in an unfamiliar bathroom with one arm in a sling.  She confronts the woman who delivered her luggage for unlawfully detaining her at the Dyad Institute only to learn that she is in rehab.  The arrival of Felix Dawkins relieves her, believing that he has come to take her home.  Alison is surprised to learn that rehab requires consent from the patient, and that her stay at the New Path Wellness Center was her idea.  Alison becomes aware that her memory lapse is the consequence of her heavy inebriation.  Felix talks her into the benefits of staying in rehab, and she agrees to participate in the program.  She returns to her room and finds the last person she wants to see, her husband, Donnie.  She is upset with him for putting her in rehab, and becomes even more upset after learning that Donnie had enlisted the services of a lawyer who had advised that he take full custody of the children should Alison prematurely leave the program.

Sarah Manning sneaks inside the house of Mrs. S only to find Felix already there; she gets an update regarding her fellow clones.  Together they scour through Mrs. S’ documents hoping to find information about her old network.  Felix comes across a picture of Carlton Redding, the man who brought Sarah to Mrs. S.  The man spent fifteen years in prison for smuggling humans when he, in reality, was helping them to go in hiding.  Sarah comes across an old newspaper clipping in Mrs. S’ files that reported the death of six scientists in a lab explosion.  The scientists were working on a project spearheaded by Professors Susan and Ethan Duncan, the adoptive parents of Rachel Duncan.  Sarah recognized the pictures of the professors as those on the Project LEDA photograph she received from her surrogate mother, Amelia.  The discovery reveals that Mrs. S knew of their identities the entire time.  Sarah receives a text message from Rachel informing Daniel of the arrival of her flight in the morning.  She decides to visit the woman’s apartment at the Cameron Arms before returning to Cal and Kira.  Fee volunteers to go with Sarah, but she asks him to bring the news clippings they uncovered to Cosima instead.  They leave the house of Mrs. S unaware that someone else has been hiding in there and listening in to their conversation.  Sarah arrives at the Cameron Arms and calls the concierge on the phone with instructions of preparing the suite to her requirements in order to determine the location and allow her entry to Rachel’s suite.  Sarah sneaks inside Rachel’s urbane suite at Cameron Arms and soon receives a phone call from Felix.  Cosima is with him and she updates her with information she unearthed about the deceased professors.  She learned that they are British geneticists with a molecular biology degree from Cambridge receiving acclaim for the paper they wrote on recombinant DNA and several others until the year 1976 when they disappeared given their highly confidential work on Project LEDA.  Their names only resurfaced after the fatal lab explosion.  Cosima confirms that they were the adoptive parents of Rachel.  Moreover, she learns that it was the professors who had asked Amelia to carry her for them.  In other words, they were supposed to be Sarah’s adoptive parents.  She adds that Rachel was raised self-aware of her nature.  The knowledge of being the only self-aware clone must have given her a profound sense of narcissism.  She supposes that Rachel was raised without any emotional attachments as part of their plan to groom her into the perfect, corporate leader of the Dyad Group, conjecture Sarah rejects after seeing the home video she has of Rachel and her affectionate adoptive parents.

Sarah surveys the apartment and finds men’s clothing in Rachel’s closet, and soon becomes aware of its owner after a bloody, Daniel Rosen, arrives at the apartment.  Daniel calls Dr. Leekie on the phone and informs him that their secret is safe.  He vows to find Sarah and extract from her what she knows.  Sarah makes her way out of the apartment, but Daniel is one-step ahead of her.  He confronts her with his gun aimed at her, but Sarah is aware of her value to the Dyad preventing Daniel from shooting her.  Sarah makes her way to the door without restraint from Daniel when he suddenly knocks her out unconscious.  Cal and Kira wait at the camper for Sarah and resigns to the fact that she will not be coming back that night.  Cal appeases the child only to learn that Kira is not worried about her mother, because she believes that a guardian angel is watching over her.  They are unaware that Daniel has tied her to the shower with plans of torturing her for information.  Though conscious of Daniel’s plan, Sarah continues to antagonize him with her actions and declaration of her knowledge of his status of monitor to Rachel Duncan and his allegiance with Dr. Leekie.  Daniel remains unperturbed causing Sarah to lose courage and to resort to begging, but Daniel is now acting of his own accord spiteful for the pain she caused him.  Daniel cuts through Sarah’s ear causing her to scream in pain when music suddenly plays; he leaves to check what had caused it. Sarah soon hears struggling in the living room and sees Daniel choking on his own blood with a bloody Helena standing over him.  Helena approaches her slowly and shushes her frightened twin sister whom she followed from Mrs. S’ house.  Sarah’s terror comes from the existence of Helena despite the knowledge of having shot her dead.  Helena, however, has not come to harm Sarah.  In fact, she has come to save her and to seek her help.  She informs Sarah of her marriage and her belief that the Proletheans had taken something inside of her.  Helena is right for Henrik Johanssen shows his wife and Mark Rollins the beginning of the mitotic cell division of Helena’s fertilized egg.

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Mingling Its Own Nature With It – Orphan Black Episode Summary 2.3

Orphan Black Episode 3 Season 2 Synopsis: Sarah Manning finds an empty cabin where she, Kira, and Felix Dawkins can stay the night.  Felix soon learns that the owner of the cabin is one of Sarah’s marks who also happens to be Kira’s father, because he finds himself an interloper, Fee decides to return to the city to help another friend in need, Alison Hendrix.  Alison’s recent discovery of her husband, Donnie, as her monitor, has brought her in a downward spiral towards alcoholism.  Meanwhile, Cosima Niehaus has learned the death of the first clone to suffer the same illness she has.

Mingling Its Own Nature with It Episode Summary: Daniel Rosen watches as the Proletheans burn to the ground the deceased Birdwatchers and their hideout.  Meanwhile, Sarah Manning and Felix Dawkins find a way to procure food for Kira.  It proved to be a challenge after Sarah threw away Felix’ visa card to prevent anyone from uncovering his or her whereabouts.  Kira pockets a snack in her coat distracting the polite owner of the convenience store from the real theft of goods by Felix. Continue reading...

Sarah finds an empty cabin in the woods and breaks inside that they may stay there for a while.  Unfortunately, a police officer has found the truck they abandoned on the road near the woods.  Although the plates have been removed, the police officer found the VIN to identify its owner.  Later that night, the owner of the cabin enters his house only to find intruders.  He prepares to attack Felix when Sarah calls the cabin owner by his name.  Cal, the owner of the cabin is the man from whom Sarah stole ten grand and a car, and he is livid at the sight of her.  He orders them to leave, but reconsiders when Kira appears and shrewdly identifies him as her father.  The question shocked everyone for no one knew the truth but Sarah.  Cal is indeed Kira’s father, and he hesitantly offers them a place to stay for the night.  He remains distrustful of Sarah.

Sarah apologizes to her daughter for her dishonesty and her decision to leave her to Mrs. S, while she struggles to find a better life for her and Kira.  She has come to realize that Kira does need to learn the identity of her father.  Cal is an engineer that designed the micro-optics for the mini drone pollinators for areas where bee populations have crashed.  He was a partner at a company that manufactured the pollinators until his partners forced him out after they sold the technology to the military, a decision he vehemently opposed for the technology is to going to be used to kill people.  Felix sees Cal as a moralist with money, which made him a perfect mark for Sarah.  Fee is livid with Sarah for her deception after realizing that his best friend had intended to bring them to the cabin of Kira’s father despite the pretense of finding a stranger’s empty cabin.  Felix finds himself the third wheel, one that does not belong with the reunited family.  He decides to leave and to help the other friend in need, Alison Hendrix.

Sarah and Kira stay with Cal at his cabin where Sarah confesses to have taken all his bank codes and passwords, and was planning to steal everything he had from the sale of his company, but decided against it.  She confesses that she is no longer the hustler she used to be, but admits that she continues to be in trouble probably in much more trouble than before. Tom, a friend of Cal’s, the local police officer who found the abandoned truck drops by his cabin to inform him of the shoplifting and the abandoned truck, and to ask him if he had seen any strangers as of late.  The owner of the convenience store identified the culprits as a new waver man and a woman with her young daughter.  The sight of a candy wrapper makes Tom suspicious of Cal, but their friendship made the police officer continue to trust him.  Sarah prepares to leave after the guilt of having put Cal in a position that forced him to lie to a police officer.  Cal convinces her to stay, and the two rekindles the passion they have for each other.  Unbeknownst to Sarah, Daniel has arrived in town, and has assumed the identity of a Detective Peter White looking for a little girl in a supposed custody case.  The convenience store owner relays the incident the previous day after identifying the picture the detective showed him of Kira.  Tom pulls over the supposed Det. White after learning that the man has been asking questions around town, and informs him that the police would already have the people he is looking for in custody if they are still in town.  Det. White informs the police officer of his intention to leave town, but goes to Cal’s cabin instead.  He finds Kira feeding the chicken, grabs her, and points a gun at Sarah as she comes to her rescue.  Daniel sees Cal and aims the gun at him, but Sarah manages to push Daniel’s hand away keeping him from being shot and giving Kira time to run towards Cal.  Tom arrives in his police car, but Daniel shoots him several times and kills him.  Cal manages to hide and to get a shotgun from his cabin, but Daniel uses Sarah as a human shield and forces her to drive away with him.  Daniel finds the picture of the two scientists from Project LEDA in Sarah’s person, but the young woman refuses to tell him where he got it.  He calls his superior to report having Sarah in his custody, but not Kira, and he reports the photo he found in Sarah’s possession.  Sarah threatens Daniel harm if he lays a hand on her daughter, but her threats have no effect on him.  They, however, meet an accident as a truck hits them on the side where Daniel sits.

Detective Angela DeAngelis arrives at suspended Detective Art Bell’s apartment to inform him of the disappearance of Sarah Manning’s Shakira-haired look alike.  The news of Det. DeAngelis pursuing the case infuriates Det. Bell that he threatens to inform her superior, but his threat is weaker than the detective’s resolve to bring justice to their deceased colleague, Detective Beth Childs.  She is unaware that the look alike is Helena, and that the Proletheans had taken her, but Det. Bell is fully aware.  He makes his way to the ranch of the Proletheans, and begins surreptitiously taking pictures of the cult members.  He sees Henrik Johanssen speaking with his daughter, Gracie, unaware of their conversation.  Henrik speaks to his daughter about her aversion to Helena, and sees her dislike of the clone as the result of fear.  He believes that Gracie is having doubts about her faith, but the young woman disagrees of her father’s assessment of her disapproval.  Henrik insists that Helena does have a soul, and that she is going to be part of their family.  The following day, Helena wakes to find herself in a white wedding dress surrounded by Proletheans in wedding attire.  Henrik speaks to his congregation about God’s love toward Helena despite her being created by men who created things in the name of science instead of God.  Henrik’s wife binds her husband and Helena in matrimony, and Henrik prays to God to reclaim Helena from eternal damnation.  He declares the Proletheans as God’s instruments in the war for creation.  The Proletheans applaud the newlyweds and Henrik carries Helena to the barn soon after.

Delphine Cormier shows a video diary from Jennifer Fitzsimmons, another clone suffering from the same illness that Cosima Niehaus has.  According to Delphine, Jennifer is the first to show symptoms, six months before Katja Obinger.  The young woman had recently died from the disease Cosima is trying to cure.  She watches hours and hours of the video and sees Jennifer’s disease eat away the vibrant, young swim coach despite treatments from the Dyad Institute.  Cosima and Delphine perform an autopsy on the corpse of Jennifer Fitzsimmons.  Cosima supposes that the disease might be autoimmune, and Delphine observes that the cancer cells are more pronounced and more mature on the uterine wall indicating that the cancer originated in the uterus.  Moreover, it may be the cause of the deceased clone’s infertility.  A call from a distressed Alison interrupts the autopsy.  Alison informs her that another monitor has approached her and she speculates that the institute has uncovered her knowledge of the identity of her monitor; she warns her about trusting Delphine.  Cosima advises Alison to continue with the pretense of ignorance with Donnie, and wishes her luck on her play.

Alison is in need of support for her preoccupation affects her performance at the dress rehearsal, and the appearance of Det. DeAngelis pretending to be a ditsy suburban housewife adds to her anxiety.  She makes her way to the theater where Angie once again pretends to bump into her, but soon learns that Angie is a police officer and not a monitor.  The detective tries to extract information from Alison about the other clones, but gets nothing from Alison other than an order to stay away from her.  Alison takes medication with copious amounts of alcohol in order to suppress her anxiety making her heavily intoxicated and unfocused.  She tries to stay on her feet, but the alcohol has overcome her enough that she falls off the stage.

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Governed by Sound Reason and True Religion – Orphan Black Episode Summary 2.2

Orphan Black Episode 2 Season 2 Synopsis: A call from Kira leads Sarah Manning to her daughter and Siobhan only to learn that betrayal is afoot.  Alison Hendrix stumbles upon text messages on her husband’s phone leading her to believe that he is truly her monitor.  Detective Angela DeAngelis learns of a Jane Doe at the hospital that resembles Sarah Manning among others and sets out to speak to her, but the Proletheans have gotten to her before she did.

Governed by Sound Reason and True Religion Episode Summary: Felix Dawkins receives a call from Kira just as Sarah Manning and Detective Art Bell are discussing the Proletheans, the people who abducted the child.  Regrettably, the man at her charge catches her on the phone before she could provide clues to her whereabouts.  Fortunately, the caller ID revealed the telephone number of a motel in Bridgeleigh County.  Felix supposes the phone call to be a trap and argues against Sarah and Detective Bell rushing to the motel to retrieve the kidnapped child.  Sarah could not bear not to take the chance, and Detective Bell is confident in the protection he can provide her.  Felix acquiesces to their plan, but gives Sarah one of the new clone phones that they may communicate without fear of being tracked.  Sarah is grateful to her best friend, and promises to leave for Costa Rica as soon as she is reunited with Kira.  Felix, however, has grown tired of the empty promises of a peaceful life in Costa Rica.  He expresses his frustration, but Sarah begs him to keep their dream alive.Continue reading...

Sarah and Detective Bell arrive at the Green Acres Motel, but they are an hour too late.  The information Detective Bell received from the hotel clerk did not mention Siobhan for Kira was only in the company of a man.  They enter their motel room and Sarah finds Kira’s drawing under a blanket confirming her presence at the motel.  It seems that they are not the only ones looking for the child, because Daniel Rosen has arrived as well.  Detective Bell risks his job to prevent him from seeing Sarah.  With Daniel’s back turned, Sarah manages to follow the trail of clothes Kira left for her.  The trail led to the laundry room whose backdoor led to a garage where a car with the trunk open and the engine running sits.  The man who was with Kira forces Sarah into the trunk of the car with a promise of bringing her to the child.  The man stops at a road surrounded by woodland and helps Sarah out of the trunk, but she attacks him.  Imagine her surprise when Mrs. S arrives to placate her.  Siobhan had set up an airlock after learning that Kira had contacted her mother knowing very well that Sarah would come to the child’s rescue bringing all her troubles with her.  The deception through the orchestrated kidnapping causes Sarah to suspect Mrs. S, but the woman asserts that she has always been on her side.  On the long hike to her hideout, Mrs. S confesses to have feigned the abduction to confuse those involved that she may bring Kira to safety.  They arrive at the hideout of the Birdwatchers, a place Sarah remembers from her childhood.  She soon is reunited with Kira.  Mrs. S reminds her that they landed at this hideout following their escape from the UK, and that the Birdwatchers is one again helping them disappear.  Sarah remembers the woman who received them as Brenda, but only vaguely recalls her son, Barry.  After spending some time reminiscing childhood memories of her stay at the Birdwatchers, Sarah confronts Mrs. S of her plans for Kira.  Mrs. S has set in motion an escape that will bring her and Kira to London.  However, Sarah and Fee are not part of that escape.  They are to stay with the Birdwatchers until Mrs. S has guaranteed the child’s safety.  Sarah is livid at Mrs. S’ plan that will keep her away from her child, but the woman argues that her care of Kira has always been bulletproof.  Moreover, Sarah’s lack of a plan only endangers the child.  Sarah shows Mrs. S a picture of the two scientists of Project LEDA as a means to oppose her claim, but Mrs. S feigns ignorance.  Sarah’s suspicion stems from Amelia’s warning regarding Mrs. S.  She also confides the manner by which and by whose hands it is that took Amelia’s life.  In her dying moment, Amelia associated Mrs. S with Project LEDA.  Mrs. S stands by her claim of ignorance of Project LEDA.  Later that night, Brenda prepares a nice meal for them and a conversation that revealed some of Siobhan’s past.  Siobhan used to run weapons to finance freedom.  They were all involved in a cause so dangerous.  In fact, their cause cost the life of Brenda’s husband, Jamie.  Siobhan has full understanding of the price of a desire to right some wrongs.  A call from their next driver interrupts their conversation; one Barry needs to take away from their earshot.  Siobhan and Brenda explain that the process ensures that none of them knows the details should their enemies find and coerce them to divulge the escapee’s whereabouts.  Sarah brings Kira to her room that she may extract some information from the child.  Kira asks about the picture she showed to Mrs. S and reveals that the woman has seen it when she snooped at Amelia’s things.  Mother and daughter agree that the two of them must escape the Birdwatchers including Mrs. S.  Barry returns to the dinner table and informs them that their departure is postponed, but says nothing of the reason behind the delay.  Mrs. S becomes suspicious of her friends.  She is, however, unaware that Sarah and Kira have snuck out of the house, while she is persuading her friends to allow her to speak to the driver.  Barry rejects her request despite the valid concerns she presented.  Brenda offers to make the call, but Mrs. S insists on making the call herself.  The sound of a struggling engine interrupts their argument and causes Barry to reach for his shotgun.  Barry rushes out the door and Siobhan prepares to follow, but Brenda points a gun at her.  Brenda makes the mistake of coming too close to Siobhan allowing her to attack and to restrain her with a steak fork and knife through her hands.  Meanwhile, Barry points his shotgun at Sarah demanding that she alight the vehicle with threats to Kira’s safety if she refuses his command.  Sarah refuses causing Barry to break the driver door’s window and to attack her, but Siobhan arrives and shoots him in the head with her rifle.  Mrs. S allows Sarah to escape with Kira.  Siobhan returns to the dining room to make sense of her friends’ betrayal.  Money from the Prolethean’s spurred Brenda’s betrayal.  The woman has no sympathy for the cursed children that Siobhan reveals to have come from Project LEDA, a project of which Brenda has no knowledge.  This relieves Siobhan who then shoots her pointblank.

Mark Rollins is back at the farm of the Proletheans and receives approbation for saving Helena.  He learns from Pastor Henrik Johanssen that Helena is the twin sister of the one that could bear a child.  Pastor Johanssen wants Mark’s help to get Helena out of the hospital.  Meanwhile, Detective Angela DeAngelis arrives at Detective Art Bell’s apartment to speak to him about the rumors of his impending suspension.  Art remains reticent, but finally reveals the encounter with Daniel Rosen, the man lobbying for his suspension.  Angela feels sympathy for Art and shares with him the information from Carp, the patrol person.  Carp had informed Angela of the weirdest Jane Doe in the hospital and sent her a photo of a woman that resembled their former colleague, the late Detective Beth Childs.  Angie finds that this young woman must be the fifth of these women.  Art urges Angie to drop the matter entirely, but the woman is determined to seek justice for Beth.  Detective DeAngelis arrives at the hospital looking for Helena, but she is no longer there.  Mark has beaten her to Helena and has managed to sneak her out of the hospital.  Pastor Johanssen’s daughter, Gracie, disapproves of Helena, but she hides her discontentment from her family and goes about her duty of feeding the clone.  She arrives at her room and finds Tomas in an act of self-flagellation.  Tomas is grateful to Pastor Johanssen’s family for his and Helena’s rescue, but his adoration of Helena has disappeared.  He now finds her an abomination, and the pastor’s exultation at learning of the abnormality that saved her life only added to his disgust.  Helena was shot through the chest, but lived only because her heart rests behind her right breastbone instead of her left.  In fact, all her internal organs are reversed.  Tomas is now certain that her abnormalities are the mark of corruption, an affront on creation, but Pastor Johanssen disagrees with him.  The pastor believes that Helena is God’s work.  Nonetheless, he offers him a place in his ranch.  Later, he speaks to Tomas once again to ascertain his estimation of Helena and learns that he is resolute in his belief that the clone is an abomination.  Moreover, he finds that any child of hers would be a monster.  Pastor Johanssen with the help of Mark kills Tomas.

Alison Hendrix is perturbed at the funeral of Aynsley Norris as some of the deceased friends cause her discomfiture with their gossiping.  News of her affair with Aynsley’s husband, Chad, has spread like wildfire resulting in the community’s unwelcome reception of her.  Fortunately, she has the support of her husband, Donnie Hendrix, and Sarah Stubbs, her friend at the community theater.  A text message on Donnie’s cellphone, however, revealed that her husband is truly her monitor.  The message orders Donnie to placate her wife.  Alison says nothing of the discovery, but it did change her mood and it preoccupied her so that it began to affect her performance during rehearsals.  Alexander, the director, takes the opportunity to make a pass at Alison, but Felix arrives fortuitously.  Alison introduces him as her acting coach and speaks to him privately about the discovery she unearthed.  Felix refuses to believe Alison’s inference from the vague text messages on Donnie’s phone, but Alison is certain of her belief.  Alison confides to him the details of Aynsley’s death including her involvement.  Therefore, it is revealed that her concern that consumed her thoughts is her guilt on the senseless death of Aynsley for it has surfaced that she was not her monitor after all.  Felix suggests confirming Donnie as her monitor.  They set out a plan to feed Donnie information that would trigger him to act as a monitor should.  Alison speaks on the phone with Felix feigning a conversation where she vehemently refuses to meet with Sarah, but ends up yielding to the request.  She leaves for the cemetery and stands by the grave of Aynsley Norris.  Donnie follows her and speaks to Dr. Leekie on the phone after the doctor instructed him to call if Alison meets Sarah.  Sarah Stubbs arrives and soon notices Donnie hiding behind a tree.  Donnie ducks behind a tombstone making Sarah and Alison more suspicious of his actions.  Dr. Leekie knows very well that Donnie has been set up, but leaves the poor man to his own devices.  Alison confronts her husband and allows him to fumble for an excuse, but seeing him spy on her already confirmed her suspicion.  She calls Felix to inform him that Donnie took their bait inadvertently revealing himself as her monitor.  She has called to ask him to rescue her from her deceitful husband before she snaps, but Felix is already ready to leave town with Sarah and Kira to an undetermined destination.  Sarah arrives with Kira prompting Felix to end his phone conversation with the troubled Alison Hendrix.  His parting advice is for Alison to call Cosima and to continue to feign ignorance of her discovery.  With no one to turn to, Alison resorts to pills and alcohol.

Cosima Niehaus faces Dr. Aldous Leekie for accusations of colluding with Sarah that resulted in the battery of Rachel Duncan.  Delphine Cormier comes to her defense with a contention that Dr. Leekie was fooled as well; it was his pass card that Sarah used to enter his office.  However, Dr. Leekie has not called Cosima to admonish her.  He had summoned Cosima to persuade her into working at Dyad with the notion that her joining the institute might benefit Sarah.  In fact, Dr. Leekie has agreed to Sarah’s request to establish a lab for Cosima.  He brings her to the old wing where she is to work and he does not deny the fact that the organizational structure of the Dyad Institute promotes compartmentalization of departments to ensure that employees do not exactly know the nature of the their projects.   He, however, claims that this will not be the case for Cosima for she will be working on herself.  The lab is not what she expected for it currently is nothing but a storage room for old equipment.  Dr. Leekie and Delphine persuade her to look past the room’s current incarnation and tell her one of the progressive projects they have just accomplished.  Dr. Leekie encourages her to make a list of the things she would need for her lab.  Cosima agrees to join Dyad, and soon comes face-to-face with Rachel Duncan.  Rachel shares with her the results of blood tests she does not recall taking, and also some of Katja Obinger’s data.  The cause of Katja’s death remains undiagnosed.  Cosima’s task is to help Dyad eliminate genetic predisposition through her research of the fatal condition she shares with Katja.  Cosima asks for the original genome, but Rachel refuses to submit to her request.  She only provides her with an assertion of the robustness of the original genome and maintains the belief that the issues stem from the cloning procedure.  Rachel also tasks Cosima to review Sarah Manning’s genome to determine the reason for her ability to bear child.

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