Tuesday, November 25, 2014

S4 E8 – “The Nobel and the Witches”

Haven Rewrite: S4 E8 – “The Nobel and the Witches” Strange figures and objects pop up in Haven as the group works on the Fan symbol murders. Duke and Sam start to get serious, or do they?

Previously on Haven/Haven Rewrite: Sam, The Good Shepard’s new Reverend, who is trying to unite all of Haven in community, has slept with Duke. Sam’s admitted that she loves him and Duke can’t seem to get her out of his head. But she’s made Duke aware they if she’s going to go out with him he’ll need some heavy re-conditioning, such as attending Bible study. Audrey, Dwight, and Nathan have discovered that a group of at least three people are making the troubles worse, killing people and taking their hearts.

Teaser

Audrey, Nathan, Dwight, and James talk in the police station, reviewing what they know about the fan symbol murders, a symbol of a fan is left on each of the bodies, there is three people killing as evident by the three different heart murders, during the time of a trouble where hearts were remove so the killer had to know something about that trouble. And the victims have no connections to each other- even Dave and Vince hasn’t found a connection. They write out a timeline starting with Shelby, who was the first fan victim.

In a room filled with smoke a hand holds a syringe taking blood from the back of a woman with dark hair, in the center of a four person tattoo. A skirt is pulled up and a four person tattoo flashes onto the lower thigh of a woman. Another hand sticks a syringe into the center of the tattoo filling a vial with blood.

On a Rainy night outside a movie theater someone in a hooded poncho is attacked by another hooded figure. There’s a fight and the person in the poncho wins as the attacker scampers off. Behind this person there’s a gray figure, his head bobs back and forth up and down so fast it’s a blur and he shrieks like he’s a demon.

Act I

Sunday morning, Duke, dressed up shows up at the Good Shepard Church. The service is full of guard and non-guard members. It’s so full Duke has to stand as he hears Sam preaching. He enters as she says; “Recently I had to confess to my confessor. I am not perfect. I too sin.” She looks up and sees Duke in the crowd and stares glad he’s there. Others stare at him. She continues, “We are growing as Christians and some of us are seedlings and some have leaves, others have already produced fruit. It is not our duty to determine who is not suited for the Kingdom of God, God speaks of his harvest which he will reap in Matthew 13 verses 18-30. It is his job to separate the wheat from the thorns otherwise we may pull up some wheat as we try to get the thorns out ourselves. Everyone has probably been in a group experience where they disapproved with how things were being done some…” Duke stands listening.

On the edge of the forest Audrey and Nathan come up to a crime scene. A hole has been dug and police tape surrounds the area. Audrey says, “What’s up? You pulled us out of Church.” He tells them that the man has the fan mark like the others. Audrey and Nathan go down to the body. The corner asks about the church service. Audrey says they’re really good. The coroner doesn’t like the idea of church. Audrey says, “Not religious?” “No, too many people.” Audrey nods and chuckles. Cause of death is still a mystery, but the coroner is guessing it’s in the brain since blood is dripping from his eyes. Audrey wonders out loud, “What are they up to?” Nathan says, “Nothing good.”

After Church outside as the last people leave, Sam turns to Duke who waits. “It’s nice of you to come.” She says. Duke steps up to her, “Well, Christianity has a lot of similarities with Buddhism and I tried that for a while. I really liked your speech.” She nods saying, “Thank you.  We overeducated call it a sermon.” Duke gives her an inquisitive look. “It’s supposed to be a lesson.” She informs him. “Well I learned a lot. I like how you ended with a focus on encouraging those who are seedlings and really caring for each other through the power of the Spirit. I really felt empowered then. I think you may be onto something here. When is the next Bible study?” Duke asks. She turns to him, “Duke, you didn’t come here for the sermon.” “No, I did” She gives him a look, “Okay I came for you but now I’m really interested. Really.” She hands Duke a small piece of paper, “the Bible studies are listed.” She says. Duke says, “Great, thank you.” He starts to walk away, as he does she calls to him, “Duke,” He turns to her, “You free for lunch.” Duke smiles, “I am.”

TWO MONTHS LATER

Duke and Sam walk in front of the church as they have coffee. “I like our morning coffee,” Duke says, “It’s a little early for me but I get a good start on the day.” He’s not convincing. Sam turns to him with a slight attitude says, “It’s once a week Duke, the Gull is closed the night before.” Duke nods, “Yeah, but it’s still early. I like them though I really do.” Sam steps closer to him, “Maybe we should go out on a real date.” He looks down at his coffee, “And what would happen on a real date if we can’t…” She smiles, “Eating, talking. Asking how the other’s day was.” He nods. “And then dropping you off with a goodnight kiss.” “Or me driving my own car home.” Sam says. “Sounds like a first date that didn’t go well.” Duke comments. “I’ll kiss you at the door of the restaurant.” She leans into him and kisses him deeply. “Okay” he relents, “the Gull, Thursday.” “What about Friday?” She asks. “I’m going out of town for a couple days leaving Friday.”, “Thursday then.” She gives him another deep goodbye kiss. “Reverend Lewis.” An older woman who stands and watches them chides Sam and glares. Sam and Duke break the kiss, Sam leans her forehead against Duke’s chest and utters “sorry”. The women yells, “Get in here, right now.” Duke whispers, “Into the Lions Den.” She nods and goes inside.

Inside, a group of people wait for her, people who are dressed in Sunday best. They are very polite asking her when she’s going to talk to Duke. She sits at her desk and asks, “Talk to Duke?” An older man says, “About killing people for us.” Sam looks at then attentively, a young man stands up eager, “Troubled people to end their family’s trouble. Kill the man kill the trouble.” He says like it’s a lyric to some catchy tune. “That’s why you’re dating him?” says the older woman who was watching her in front of the church. “Yes.” Sam says nodding, “I will talk to him…in my own time.” The older man stands, “Well don’t take too much time.” A middle aged woman nods as she picks up her purse to leave she turns to Sam “I have to say, dating him was a brilliant way to get him to work with us. He can’t avoid those women you know.” The woman says. Sam nods. The people leave Sam picks up the phone.

At the high school the bell rings, students rush out of a classroom as the young male teacher reminds them their reports about the dreams for their future are due next week. The students run out of class a short boy is teased by some jocks, “Move out of the way Stuart.” The student drops his binders and papers on the floor. He stays back to pick them up. The teacher turns to the student and helps him, “Mike, are you okay?” He asks. The student says, “Yeah.” The teacher hands him the papers he picked up. “Why do they call you Stuart?” “Because I’m little.” The teacher nods, “Stand up for yourself.” “Nah, it’s just easier not to, but thanks for noticing most teachers just ignore it.” The teacher looks sad, “You’re welcome Mike.” Mike walks into the hall and the teacher watches him. The hall is busy, someone bumps into the teacher and he ignores it as he watches Mike. The two jocks come up to Mike and tease him. The teacher jumps about to intervene but Mike tells them to stop it. “What are you going to do?” A jock says. Suddenly in a blur a man, in a mas and a yellow spandex suit with a cape comes from out of nowhere and grabs a jocks arm as he’s going to push Mike, “No pushing. Bullies never prosper.” He says and everyone is shocked. “I hope I don’t have to come back here.” The masked man says and disappears in a blur. Everyone is stunned.

Act II

Audrey and Nathan show up at the School, they have just finished taking statements. They trade notes, everyone has said the same thing. A masked man came in and stopped the bullying. They know it’s a trouble but Nathan comments, “this might be one we may not want to stop”. The question Audrey is concerned about is, if someone is dressing up as a hero and using their trouble they could get hurt or worse hurt someone else. “So” Nathan says annoyed, “what will we do when we find him? Put him in jail for stopping a bully without hurting him. He hasn’t done anything criminal yet.” Audrey says, “Yet being the operative word. He’s showing signs of vigilantism which is criminal. Nathan, I know you like the idea of there being someone to stop the bullying but-” “I just don’t want to punish someone for doing the right thing for once.” “We’re not going to punish him, but we can talk to him. At this point I think all we can do is wait, see if he shows up again and depending on what he does we’ll figure it out.”

Thursday night Sam shows up at the Gull, Duke has a private table waiting for them with a meal all set up outside. She tells him he didn’t need to go all out. He wanted to. He pulls out her chair and once they’re seated her phone rings, she looks at it and apologizes, “I’ll put it away.” She says as she does and tells him, “It’s the wedding planning. It’s driving me crazy.” Seeing him look at her eyes bulging out of his head she puts both her hands on the table, “Duke, I’m a Reverend I’m marrying other people.” He swallows the wine in his mouth and nods then realizes he messed up, “This is not a good start is it.” She shakes her head, “No,” she takes a swing of wine, “But while things are awkward I might as well mention, I heard about your trouble.” He breaths deeply saying, “I was going to tell you.” She smiles, “Duke, you don’t have to tell me anything.” He looks at her curiously, “Now if we were getting married you would…” He chuckles and she continues, “But I don’t want you to feel like you have to keep things from me like you have any reason to be ashamed. I know it must be hard living with that constant choice kill or watch others possibly die. And I know no matter what choice you’ve made in the past or make in the future I can’t judge you.” He looks at her with great admiration, “You are a remarkable woman.” Sam continues, “I am a little biased…I talked to my dad after I found out and…my parents left Haven right after my dad’s trouble disappeared, right after his grandfather was murdered.” Duke sighs, “My Father.” She nods and puts her hand on his, “I just want you to know, you don’t have to keep secrets from me.” Duke looks into her eyes and takes her hands. He takes a deep breath and says, “I’ve killed.” She listens intently without judgment, “The first person I killed was an accident I’d just found out the family secret and there was a trouble…”

That night Nathan sits on Audrey’s couch as she sits by him asleep.  He looks over some paperwork, evidence from the fan murders spread out around them. Her eyes darting back and forth underneath her eyelids indicate she’s dreaming. She starts to shake her head back and forth terrified, Nathan shoves the paperwork aside and takes hold of her. Awake she hugs him. “You’re alright.” He says like this is old hat for them. “I feel asleep. Why didn’t you wake me?” “You haven’t been sleeping well Audrey, I don’t like these nightmares.” “I don’t either but I can’t do anything about them.” Audrey looks down, “I don’t want to have this fight again. Let’s just look back at the case.” Audrey pulls away from him and they look back down at the evidence. They talk about the case in addition to the man’s body, there’s two others that have shown up in the last month and that’s just the ones they know about. All of them have the symbol of the fan etched into their skin. He wants to take the night off but she feels it’s important because she remembers the symbol from a previous life. Upset she sits on the chair hugging her legs like a scared little girl and wonders if she’s somehow responsible for all this. Maybe that’s the something bad, maybe that’s why she shouldn’t have stayed so long, why she had to go into the barn. Nathan won’t let her think this he denies it flat out, it’s not her. It’s not who she is. As he hugs her there’s a noise outside. Nathan says he’ll check it out and looks outside. When Nathan doesn’t come back Audrey grabs her gun and goes down to see where he’s gone.

At the bar Audrey sees there’s a stuffed Black Teddy Bear dancing around all happy. He dances around with the yellow spandex man. Nathan dances around too. Audrey stares. Then a cowboy comes in and holds up his gun, aiming it at a large man, “You’re a bad man and you need to get out of town.” He says. Audrey holds up her gun, “put down the gun.” She demands. “Dance”, the Black Teddy Bear says dancing on the bar. People laugh. Dave at the bar scoots over to Audrey, “I swear I’ve seen that cowboy before.” Vince stands, “There’s bandits over the hills.” He says to the cowboy and the cowboy turns to him, “Where?” has asks, “Over the hills out yonder.” The cowboy runs out front. Audrey watches the whole thing speechless she runs out after the cowboy and he disappears. Nathan follows her. They both look to each other and say, “what was that?”

ACT III

Inside the Gull, Audrey turns to Vince and Dave who are bickering saying, “No it was Far out West.” And “You’re wrong is was ‘The Other Side of the River’.” Audrey asks what just happened. Dave and Vince explain that the cowboy is from a movie, though they can’t agree on which one. Nathan points to the Black Bear still dancing on the bar, “I swear I’ve seen that bear before.” A teenager says, that yellow guy’s from the driver’s Ed movie.” And Audrey says, “they’re all from the movies”. Then Nathan figures it out, “The Bear was in Play Time with Black Bear Mombo.” Audrey, Vince, and Dave stare at Nathan and Audrey says, “How do you know that?” Nathan says, “What I, watch little Benjamin sometimes for Beati.” Audrey then puts the pieces together if the hero (the yellow guy), the Black Teddy Bear and the cowboy are all from the movies, the hero’s not the troubled person someone else is doing this. But it could be anyone and not everything that came out of the movies was friendly.

Outside at the private table Duke and Sam are sitting at dinner, their plates empty, “The guy who was farming his children’s body parts had set off the trouble in all his family members so they’d need replacements too and…I didn’t want to do it but I knew I could save them. Those two are the only two people I’ve killed.” Sam looks at him with compassion. She places her hand over his she says, “It was a hard choice to make.” He nods and as she pulls her hand off his taking a sip of water he says, “Wow.” like a burden’s been lifted. He looks at his watch, “I can’t believe I’ve been talking all night.” He looks up to her, “What about you, any secrets?” She turns to him, “I secretly want to strangle this couple I’m marrying.” He gives her attitude, “real secrets?” She scoffs, “I mean it. Sometimes I really hate the world and everyone in it. I know I appear all loving all the time but they can get on my nerves.” Duke nods, “Yeah, sometimes I hate people too.” She shakes her head, “No you don’t. You pretend to hate everyone but secretly you care.” He looks at her not buying it. “When we were freed from our inhibitions, you’re the one who wanted to make sure Vernon was alright after I’d kicked him in the face.” Duke points out in her defense, “he did tie you to a chair all night.” She smiles, “We’re like yin and yang you and I, each have a little bit of what the other has a lot.” He nods, she leans into the table, “Oh, if any of my parishioners come to you about killing for them, I told them I’d talk to you, they kind of thought that’s why I was dating you. Saying yes and sure was just easier.” He gives her a look like he doesn’t fully understand but he nods, “Okay.” She stands up from the table, “I think I should go.” He stands up, “I’ll walk you to your car.” She says, “No, I’m good.” And kisses him deeply. He wraps his arms around her and kisses her deeply. She pulls away and she says, “Now I’m good.” He stands dazed smiling at her as she wishes he’s safe on his trip. She then walks away.

Later that night James walks over to the forest by a line of houses. He talks to Dwight on the walkie. He called him in because the paranoid little old Mrs. O’Riley was talking about teens lighting fires in the forest and he wants him to check it out. James sees a group of people wearing robes around a fire and says, “It doesn’t look like teens but some witch circle from a movie.” Dwight calls him back saying that Nathan and Audrey have stumbled onto a movie trouble, just come back. James does as he’s told.

The next day James comes to the Newspaper Audrey and Nathan agreed to help look for his mother again. Vince and Dave tell him they’re out on a case but they show him a picture of the Colorado kid murder thinking he might be interested in solving a cold one, “where do you start?” they ask him, “with the victim.” He says. Vince and Dave say everyone called him the “Colorado kid, no one knew his name.” James takes interest.

Sam wakes up in the blouse and skirt she wore the night before she stumbles into the bathroom, winces as she pulls down her blouse, underneath it is a spiral symbol etched into her skin, blood peeking through. She puts her hand on it wincing, wondering how she’s going to cover it. She feels her back and lifting her blouse she sees scratch marks. She pulls some disinfectant and bandages from the bathroom cabinet and looks at the spiral on her front again.

At the school Audrey and Nathan talk to the students again. Audrey has a theory the kid who was bullied could be the one doing this. Nathan’s skeptical, a kid at a bar on a Thursday night. Audrey points out it’s also a restaurant and that wouldn’t be the strangest things for a teenager even if it was a bar. But the kid wasn’t there, he had a paper to write. He was at home. She thinks they can see who was at the bar and the school but Nathan points out half the teachers were there. “But which of them cares about the kid”, Audrey says going back to talk to them.

As James searches information about the Colorado kid murder, Audrey and Nathan talk to teachers asking questions like have you ever seen “Play Time with Black Bear Mambo?” and “What do you think about Mike…Mike Stevenson, he’s in your class.” It’s really depressing when the teachers don’t even know who he is.

Suddenly as Nathan and Audrey question the students, objects from sets start to appear in the school; a fighter plane appears in the gym, a witch on a flying broomstick flies down the hall, candles from a ceremony appears in a circle in the quad.

James and Dwight notice objects are appearing in town as well, a spaceship wizzes by as a pumpkin patch appears on main-street, where zombies begin to roam. There’s also a flock of birds, crows.

And As Audrey and Nathan go outside to see the birds they see a giant spaceship.

Act IV

In the school Audrey and Nathan look at a map of Haven and trace out when the episodes occurred. They figure the person responsible had to be in the vicinity of each of them. Dwight’s gotten reports of incidents all over town. A talking Unicorn appeared on Green Street.

Duke even notices an old pirate ship appear in the bay as he takes off in his boat.

Sam, wearing a high collared blouse notices a Virgin Mary, with a child in a manger in front of the church.

Dwight informs Audrey and Nathan that the incidents ended at Juniper Street there’s a cluster of events near 1420, which is Mr. Edmunds house. The English teacher who was upset that Mike was getting bullied. Audrey and Nathan head to Mr. Edmunds house.

When Audrey and Nathan enter Mr. Edmund’s house animals are all around mixed with hippies, a scientist, and some kind of hero. Edmunds is sitting on his couch with a pillow over his head, telling himself to think about anything but the movies. But he can’t help it a beautiful angel appears. Audrey, putting her gun away, tries to talk him down, saying they can help him but he wants them to go away. “Movies used to always make life easier, a place to escape when life got hard but now I can’t escape them.” Audrey says they can help him if he trusts them. Nathan puts his hands on Mr. Edmunds and heals him. Everything disappears.

Tag

Back at the police station they speak of how all the sets and animals are gone. Unfortunately the space ship is gone, though James thinks it would have been cool. Dwight thinks it would have been hard to explain.

Vince and Dave come to the station, they have found something very interesting about the fan symbol victims but with the two new bodies it’s probably not the link. Vince and Dave argue whether it’s relevant to tell them since the new victims don’t match the pattern. Dave says they need to look back to the evidence and Vincent insists that they, Audrey, Dwight, and Nathan should know. Audrey, Dwight, and Nathan want to know. Dave tells them “all the victims are decedents of three of the founding families of Haven.” Vince continues, “They are all direct decedents of very strange people outcasts of those families, who were friends.” Dave says they don’t need to know but Vince continues, “It’s said they were witches.” Dave laughs, “Witches during the time of the Salem witch trials there were millions of them.” but Vince says to Dave, “After everything we’ve seen I believe it and you should to.” Vince then turns to the others and says, “There’s more, there was a fourth member.” Dave says, “They were supposedly a coven, chased out or killed by the town.” Audrey asks, “who was the fourth member?” Nathan says that her decedents might be in danger. Vince and Dave shake their heads, “We haven’t been able to find any decedents” Dave says, Vince continues, “And if you did you probably wouldn’t want to. She was the worst of the four.” Dave says, “Everyone was scared of her in the end. They even drew a detailed portrait to remind them of her so no one would ever fall victim to her again.” Vince says they tried to get a hold of it but the records seem to be missing. James comments, “Well that’s not good.” Dave says it could just be a misfiling besides the latest victims don’t match. We’ll continue looking.” Dwight thanks them. Vince follows Dave commenting, “what if the hearts were used to resurrect the witches somehow?” Audrey shivers Nathan asks if she’s alright, “I don’t think so. I have a bad feeling.”

James catches up to Vince and Dave and tells them he’s going to solve the Colorado kid murder. They are excited. Audrey and Nathan overhear and they’re worried, “what if he finds out that he’s the Colorado kid. What then?” Nathan asks. Audrey doesn’t have an answer for him.

Later, Dwight sees James, having called him in. He requests, with Vince and Dave’s new information James goes to check out the sight where he saw the witches in the forest the night before.

James looks at the site. It’s all been cleared away like they were never there. They must have been part of the movie, its right by Mr. Edmund’s house. But it feels weird to James and he finds a pattern of blood, on the grass, it makes a swirl shape.

END OF EPISODE
Tune in Next week (Dec 2nd 18th 2014) for S4 E9 – “Frozen”, When baby Gene comes back into town Duke is unable to get away because the bay inexplicable freezes over. And yes, there are references to the Movie, can you find them.
To catch up on the TV show Haven, read the Haven Character Bios or Haven's Syfy page at http://www.syfy.com/haven and you can catch up on Netflix.

 

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