03x09 - The Voices in the Frost

[bunniefuu]

Just because the Frozen Hearts
case took a supernatural...

super... sad turn

does not mean that we have no leads.

We still know what connects each victim.

Charity's a soul, okay?

So, you're the FBI.
Let's profile this thing.

We can interview Matthew Burke's
family or talk to Jake's mom...

First of all, there's black ice
on the roads

from last night's storm and
the Trenton Bridge is closed.

So we're stuck on the island.
And we don't have

unlimited resources.
It takes months to put together

accurate victim profiles
in typical cases.

And this, well, isn't typical.
It's supern...

... tremely sad. This is ridiculous.

So what are we gonna do... nothing?

People are gonna die.

The only immediate way to know
which people on Earth

- have the last two pieces
- (PHONE DINGS)

of Charity's soul would be
to ask the Copperhead himself.

Or we ask the Copperhead's wife.

Ace thinks Charity Hudson's
haunting the Historical Society?

You said you take leads from anywhere.

Prove it.

♪ ♪

- AUTOMATED VOICE: Call from Temperance.
- (PHONE VIBRATES)

That's, like, the third call
you've ignored from her.

- What happened?
- Oh, you know, nothing much.

It's just, after the Burning
Sorrows destroyed her body

she stole her daughter's face.

Yeah, you mentioned. Intense and creepy.

Yeah, and Nancy doesn't even
seem bothered about it.

She says it's the only way that
Temperance could have survived,

but... I'm just worried that
my judgment about Temperance

may have been clouded because

I was so excited to become
a Woman in White. And now

I can't shake the feeling
that-that she's hiding something

from us, and that she
is a low-key sociopath.

AUTOMATED VOICE:
Your message to Temperance says:

"I can't shake the feeling that
she is hiding something from us

and she is a low-key sociopath".

Ready to send?

Oh, no, no! No, no, no! Do not send.

Cancel. Do not send!

(SIGHS) Okay, so-so...

- so what do I do?
- Okay, well, you're gonna need

way more than a teeny tiny
feeling about this

if you want Nancy to take you seriously.

- (ENTRY BELL JINGLES)
- Sorry, we're closed right now

- because of the ice on...
- Okay, good,

because Eve needs our help.

Cool. Um, I need
to talk to you first. Come on.

- Sorry.
- Two secs.

Hi.

Okay, I know we haven't seen each other

since you and Eve met up last
night, but I have some news.

That relic lead I told you
about a couple days ago?

Uh-huh?

It worked.

We extracted Odette's soul. She's gone.

What... gone-gone?

- Forever?
- Forever! No more shortened lifespan!

- Oh, my God!
- (LAUGHS)

- Oh, my God, George!
- I know!

- It's incredible!
- I know.

- Mm. You're cured!
- Mm. I'm cured!

So, wait, wait, wait. Wh-Wh...

- When'd this happen?
- Two night ago.

- Two nights ago?
- Mm-hmm.

Why didn't you tell me right away?

I tried to, but then you
disappeared for hours

- and you were catching up with Eve last night...
- Oh, so, wait, wait...

you're telling me I spent
an entire night talking

to an old friend instead
of finding out my fiancée

got cured from a terminal condition?

Hey, don't feel bad. I needed
time to think about things.

- What'd you need to think about?
- I don't know. Things.

- What things?
- Why are you mad?

- I'm not mad.
- Well, you look mad.

NICK: I'm not mad. I'm-I'm...
I'm-I'm thrilled, all right?

GEORGE: Okay, good, 'cause I'm excited

to spend the rest of my life with you!

Yeah, that's the part
where they start kissing.

Sort of their natural progression.

So, what is it that
we can help you with?

I'm a suspect in a m*rder investigation.

My boyfriend and I were celebrating

our one-year anniversary.

We took his parents' sailboat

out in the harbor for the day.

We were partying with another boat.

One minute, the sun is shining,

and the next minute, it's sunset,

and Anthony is dead.

His body dragging behind the sailboat,

caught in one of the boat lines.

Oh, my God.

Okay, so, the-the investigation
is open and you're a suspect?

Do the police know you fled to Maine?

They haven't charged me yet.

And it's not technically fleeing.

I read about the crazy mysteries

you guys have solved on @NancyDrewsNews.

And I came across the Fan fan site.

George lost time when
Odette was in control.

What if I'm possessed?
What if this thing inside me

wants to k*ll somebody else
that I care about again?

I've lost time before this boat trip.

Usually for just a few minutes, but

if this spirit inside me is
getting stronger, then that

- would explain...
- Okay, so, Odette

became entwined with George
when she d*ed,

and Nancy had to use a mystical shroud

to-to bring her back to life.

Have you been
mystically resuscitated lately?

Just because I haven't had
any near-death experiences

doesn't mean I'm not possessed.

I was the only one on that boat,

and I know the cops are
gonna say that I did this.

And if I did, possession
is the only explanation.

NICK: Okay, possessed or not,

let's just figure out if you
actually k*lled Anthony first.

Yeah.

NANCY: Hey!

- We came right over.
- We?

Ah. Because the FBI

is notoriously open-minded about ghosts.

People say they see Hoover
in the building all the time.

- Really?
- No.

Okay.

Well, for the last two
weeks, this building

has shown signs of a haunting.

And with each haunted event
caught on the cameras,

there's a supernatural glitch

hiding an audio frequency. I
deciphered said audio frequency

and found a distinctly female voice

on the recording. That's point two.

- Ace, that's incredible.
- Thank you.

What did the voice say?

WOMAN: Die. Die.

Okay, that ghost is telling you to die.

- Is there a point three?
- Yeah.

I scrubbed through
all the security footage

and I found the day that
it began. November th.

That's the night that Temperance
returned to Horseshoe Bay.

And we know that she has
a fraught relationship

- with her daughter Charity...
- Yeah.

So maybe Temperance's return
stirred up Charity's spirit.

Interesting but circumstantial.

Well, then allow me
to present point four:

the first supernatural event.

The night Temperance came back to town.

Keep your eye on that
paperweight on Hannah's desk.

Power goes out, glass turns clear.

Like a signal.

Hmm.

Six roses. The symbol
for Women in White.

Charity Hudson was a Woman in White,

so it can't be a coincidence.
It has to be Charity.

It's like our brain's the same brain.

How exactly can a ghost exist
if its soul was divided

into four pieces before death
and two of those pieces

are still intact in living human beings?

- NANCY: That's a good question.
- It would be a better question

if the premise wasn't flawed.

Agent Park presumes that

ghosts and souls are the same.
My experience has shown that

hauntings do include souls,

but also Viking gods,
demons, ghost loops.

Residual hauntings, like Agnes Marvin

- in the Captain's cottage.
- Exactly. Not all

- paranormal events are tied to souls.
- PARK: But you yourself

said Charity's spirit was disturbed

by Temperance's arrival in town.

Yeah, it was a literary flourish.

"There are more things
in Heaven and Earth", Agent Park.

Okay. Uh, how do we get
Charity on the tip line?

Well, uh, there's just
one thing. Remember how

nor'easters in Horseshoe Bay
blow restless spirits ashore?

- Mm-hmm.
- I'm sorry, what?

With all the icy weather incoming...

- WOMAN: Die. Die.
- (VARIOUS VOICES CHATTERING)

Charity's not the only one here.

BESS: Okay,

typically, when a mysterious
woman shows up from a man's past

with a tragic backstory asking
for help, it never goes well.

I mean, come on, possession?

- Okay.
- It just doesn't add up.

Look, I agree, but
let's at least find out

how Eve's boyfriend
wound up dead in the water

- before diving into the possibility of possession.
- Okay.

I know I sound crazy.

You should try to prove that
I k*lled Anthony knowingly.

I'm serious. Follow your gut.

- The evidence will prove that I'm possessed.
- (PHONE DINGS)

AUTOMATED VOICE: Would you like
a new event created for your gut?

No. No, no, no. Ew.

Sorry, that's just my overactive

phone assist...

BRB.

Nature calling.

(COUGHS)

(LOUDLY): Every time I
think I hear Charity,

another voice will sh...

(NORMAL VOLUME): Every
time I think I hear Charity,

another voice shouts over her.

So we need a way to amplify the signal.

Like a totem. Something that

she touched the day she d*ed.

- Her wedding ring.
- Her wedding ring.

So, the Copperhead...

hung onto Charity's doll
for over years,

and he kept this chest

in the cell with him.

No wedding ring.

Time for plan B.

Uh, creepy, secret underground cage.

I'll get our coats.

(RINGTONE PLAYING)

- Ace's phone.
- Our phones are always

listening to us, right?

Well, mine just gave me an idea.

I need to know how
to access passive recordings.

Well, the recordings
are only gonna be, like,

a minute long, at most.

Unrelated: you've spent
some time with Agent Park?

- He showed up here with Nancy.
- Hmm.

- Hmm?
- Yeah,

you know that hot, stuffy
feeling you have right now?

That might be because
the window for you and Nancy

is closing and you're
finally realizing it.

Who said I had windows or...

feelings?

I know you. I'm your platanchor.

Anyway, can you text me
those instructions? Okay, bye.

Step one...

(TYPING)

(PHONE WHOOSHES)

Wh...

NANCY: Ace, what's going on?

The door's sealed. I can't open it.

PARK: Ace, are you okay?

(GLASS SHATTERS)

NANCY: Ace.

Ace!

(STATIC)

Okay, well, I'm sure
he'll get the hatch open.

He's very resourceful.

Meanwhile, since we're stuck down here,

want to go look at the cell?

There has to be something of Charity's.

How have we found nothing yet?

All right, think. Think, think, think.

Okay, the Copperhead's mission
was tied to Charity.

He split her soul so that Temperance

could never reunite with her.

And he hated Temperance,
just like his mother did.

He let Cora turn him into a monster

so that he could carry out her plan,

and then he waited here,

living off of rats... Hmm.

(THUD)

Got something?

Yeah.

Yeah, there's a symbol

on the ceiling... could have been left

by Cora Dow or the Women in White.

But this metalwork is the same
type as the-the padlock

and that broken key that we found.

So maybe this is the business end.

Good find.

But the key didn't belong to Charity,

so it won't work as a totem.

We need something that belonged to her

so that we can ask her ghost

where the last two pieces
of her soul are.

And if we can't do that,
then two more people

will die supernatural deaths,
and I'm the only one

that can do anything about that,

and the whole town is counting on me,

- and the only way that I...
- Have you ever been in love?

That's off-topic.

I'm sorry, are you just

gonna sit there and do nothing?
Because, for all we know,

the only reason the Copperhead
isn't here right now

is because he's out there,

- freezing another heart.
- When an investigation

hits a wall, the best thing
you can do is nothing.

Sit in the discomfort of
not knowing the way forward.

Clear your mind.

Give it a try.

This better lead to an amazing epiphany.

Are you meditating?

I'm imagining what it was
like to be Beckett Dow.

Alone in an iron cage
for over years.

You're shivering.

Yeah, I mean, the-the air flow
in these tunnels

makes it feel like we're
outside in Arctic temperatures,

so of course I'm shivering.

Not gonna let you freeze to death.

Clear your mind.

Why would Beckett Dow
choose to imprison himself?

Wait, what do you mean,
imprison himself?

Take a look at these
bolts on the bottom.

They're a different shape than the bolts

on the rest of the cell
and they're on the inside.

This section of metal here...

the finish is slightly different.

The cage was completed from the inside.

He didn't trust anyone else
to lock him inside this cage.

He had to do it himself.

Hatred can drive a man
to do a lot of things.

But Beckett didn't hate Temperance.

His mother did.

Somebody else's hate doesn't
make you seal yourself

inside your own tomb.

Well, what does?

- Love?
- But Temperance said it was

Cora's ritual that turned
Beckett into the Copperhead,

so he couldn't have
done that on his own.

Who says he did it on his own?

(CANNON BLAST)

Beckett and Charity were going to w*r.

What if they were trying
to find a way to make sure

their love survived, even in death?

In that memory vision that we saw,

Charity told Temperance,

"You cannot imagine
the power of our bond".

Beckett and Charity could have
formed a lover's pact.

So, i-if Charity's soul was split,

that she never moves on,

and if Beckett becomes the Copperhead,

then he would act like a...

A radio?

Tuned into Charity's frequency.

Knowing she was always out there.

Still doesn't explain why the Copperhead

is going after Charity's soul
now that Temperance is back.

That feels like Cora's revenge.

In case you're wondering,
I'm clearing my mind

in hopes of achieving
further epiphanies.

♪ ♪

EVE: Wow. You guys

are... thorough.

This police report from your
lawyer will only get us so far,

and we have to make do
without the actual crime scene.

- Accident scene.
- Accident scene.

Uh, remind me: which side of
the boat was Anthony found on?

Yeah. "Decedent found attached
to lines on the starboard side

of the boat". And Anthony had a cut

to the left side of his head,
presumably from the fall...

Weird.

W-What?

It's-it's just, Anthony
had a cut to the left side

of his head and a
bruise to the right side.

He hit his head twice when he fell?

Or the bruise
on the right side of his head

came from someone striking him,

causing him to fall overboard.

Sorry.

Do you remember a moment where
Anthony might've hit his head?

I wish I could, Ned. Believe me.

Can I see your phone?

If you can't remember what happened,

I have a way to get a glimpse.

Unless, you do... remember,

and you don't want us to know?

Thank you.

So, our phones learn voice commands

by listening to us, even when
we're not speaking to them.

These recordings are stored in the cloud

and then eventually deleted,

but since the trip
was only a week ago...

(SHORT CHUCKLE)

I found one passive recording
made during the boat trip.

Are you waiting for applause?

EVE: Stop lying!

I saw you. You kissed her
right in front of me.

ANTHONY: Why the hell are you
so uptight? We were having fun.

EVE: How could you? You
selfish, cheating piece of...

- (MOTOR REVS)
- (WAVES SPLASH)

Sounds like he was unfaithful

and you were about ready to k*ll him.

I didn't tell you about the fight
because I don't remember it.

I found this article
online about someone

who was possessed and they
kept getting into these

crazy arguments with
people, and I just...

Eve, you are not possessed, okay?

Why do you keep harping on this?

Because there is no other
explanation that makes sense.

You selfish, cheating piece of...

- (MOTOR REVS)
- (WAVES SPLASH)

- That noise... that's a speedboat.
- Yes.

I told you guys, we were
partying with another boat...

- two girls we knew from school.
- Okay, right,

and do you remember
Anthony kissing one of them?

You do, don't you?

Eve, why didn't you tell us?

Because she's building
an insanity defense,

and admitting an earthbound
motive for m*rder

muddies the water? I mean, I'm sorry.

Okay! Well, that motive
could go both ways. Right?

What if the girl he kissed
got angry 'cause Anthony

wouldn't break up with Eve?
And just because it sounds like

the boat's leaving in the recording

doesn't mean it actually left.

Mm-hmm. They could have circled
back. I mean, this recording

is really close to the
time of death. Maybe...

They saw something?
You know, we should...

Scrub Instagram and find them?

We're the perfect team.
Come on, social media savant.

I sound angry

in that recording.

I know you.

You are not a k*ller.

Neither are you.

How come you haven't been back home?

I mean, not even for one visit?

Uh... uh, I guess it feels like my...

my life got divided in two.

Everything that happened
before that night at the party,

and everything that happened
since I went to juvie.

And Florida is part of the before.

And right now...

I need to be in the present.

I understand. But

I know you, too, Ned.

And I know there's another reason

why you haven't come back home.

Maybe you could bring George.

Nick, George wants
to show you something.

Okay, good.

You found the girls
on the speedboat. But does this

help or hurt Eve's case?

Look at his right eyebrow.

The mysterious bruise.

Not from someone hitting him
over the head before he d*ed.

And he's clearly drunk
at this point, too.

These are all things
Eve can use in her defense.

Okay...

You're amazing.

But...

No, you are amazing.

You didn't doubt her,
not for one second.

We're amazing.

- Yes, we are.
- We're, like,

we're, like, a... like a perfect team.

Mm-hmm.

Why are we waiting
any longer to get married?

- What?
- No, I-I'm serious.

Aft-After everything
we've been through...

me getting locked up,
you-you having to take care

of your sisters, you know, facing down

a shortened lifespan because of Odette.

Life... life is already short.

And I don't want to waste
a single second of that time

without you as my wife.

The sooner we're married,

the sooner our lives can really begin.

You want to elope?

Well, when?

Well, they say-they say
tomorrow's not promised, right?

So... how about today?

Yes. Yes!

NANCY: Okay, let's talk
about what we know.

Thought we were clearing our minds.

Yeah, well, talking keeps me warm.

So, years ago, Beckett Dow

split Charity's soul into four pieces

and those four pieces

jumped into the nearest four
people on the b*ttlefield.

From that, we can extrapolate that

when those four people d*ed,

Charity's soul jumped
into the nearest person.

- And so on.
- Which is why you think

that profiling won't work, right...

because the-the soul jumping's random?

I'm nodding.

- Can you tell?
- (CHUCKLES)

Um, once-once Charity was dead

and-and... and-and her soul was split,

Beckett returned to Horseshoe Bay

and, uh, and-and
followed the instructions

to make himself the Copperhead,

to complete their lover's pact.

Temperance said that she thinks

that the Copperhead's
gonna destroy Charity's soul

and himself in one fell swoop.

And if we're right
about the lover's pact,

that makes this a tragic love story.

Beckett hopes to be reunited
with Charity.

I-It's never been about revenge.

It's always been about love.

They just want to be together, forever.

So you have been in love.

(STATIC)

(GROANS SOFTLY)

(DISTORTED VOICES)

WOMAN'S VOICE (DISTORTED): Ace.

Ace?

Charity?

(STATIC CONTINUING)

Charity.

Charity.

Charity.

Not Charity.

Die!

The limestone's crumbling there.

Oh, my God.

Charity Hudson Dow.
This belonged to Charity.

- We have a totem.
- Let's hope Ace got that hatch open.

Hope you don't mind that
I borrowed your keys, Eve.

(SCOFFS SOFTLY)

Do you want to explain to us why you hid

your dead boyfriend's
$ , watch in your suitcase?

You broke into my car?

What happened to "follow your gut"?

Or did you only want us to do that

when we were proving
your possession excuse?

That is a violation, Bess.

She's been cooperating.

Oh, excuse me for wanting answers.

I mean, come on...
why was that in there?

Okay, Eve, why was it hidden?

- Come on.
- You gonna say it was a gift

or that you have no idea
how it got in there?

- Is it possessed?
- Anthony probably put it

in the dopp kit himself.

He was obsessed with that thing,

and if he forgot to take
it off while we were

on board, he probably just

tucked it in there
for safekeeping. I don't know!

God, she is using us,
and at the very least

she's trying to worm her way
back into Nick's life

- and ruin your relationship.
- That's not true. Ned!

And at the very most, she's using us

to get away with m*rder. Come on!

Okay, but to k*ll someone over a watch?

Clearly, they were having
troubles in their relationship.

Uh, angry girlfriend plus a big payday?

- I mean, people have k*lled for a lot less.
- (ENTRY BELL JINGLES)

(SCOFFS) See?

Guilty. Already on the run.

Without her... without her keys
and her phone and her jacket?

In the middle of an Arctic front?

It's, like... it's, like,
degrees outside.

- She blacked out.
- She blacked out.

Oh, for God...

NANCY: The escape ladder
should be down this way

based on our walking pace

and the amount of corridors
we've passed.

Trying to plot a mental
map of the tunnels.

Still resisting the
discomfort of not knowing.

Yeah, well, it's just how my mind works.

It's an incredible mind.
You can do anything.

That's why you feel like
you have to do everything.

Find the totem, ask the
ghost, save the town,

- map the tunnels.
- Are you-are you profiling me

or you making of fun of me or both?

It's a compliment.

But I know just because
you can't do everything

doesn't mean that it's easy
or doesn't require

constant intentionality and effort.

You're definitely profiling me.

It's how my mind works.

You don't have to do anything
to mitigate my discomfort.

I am...

good with walking into the unknown.

(THUDDING IN DISTANCE)

Ace?

- Oh, my God.
- ACE: Hey!

Oh, good.

I have a couple of things. Uh,

we're gonna have to replace
the hatch. Also,

I was wrong. We're not
dealing with Charity.

But whoever the ghost is,
she still wants us to die.

The icy front, though,
has kind of made her strong,

so I think we should
probably vacate the premises

until the freeze passes.

After you.

- Eve? - Eve!
- Eve!

- Eve?
- Eve!

- Eve? Eve!
- Eve?

BESS: She's here, by the water!

Eve, stop!

GEORGE: Eve, be careful.
There's an undertow!

Eve!

No, Nick,

be careful!

Eve! Eve!

- No!
- GEORGE: No, Nick!

- Hey, hey, no, no.
- Bess, what do we do?

I don't... We just stay
here. Just stay. It's okay.

Where is he?

(GROANS) Nick, come on!

(PANTING)

- Oh, thank God.
- Come on.

So cold.

- Here. There, are you okay?
- Come on. Come on.

Come on.

- Come on.
- Come on.

Come on, come on, come on, come on.

Oh! Oh!

Oh, my God. Oh, God.

What just happened?

(SHARP EXHALE)

(INDISTINCT CONVERSATION)

- Here.
- Thank you.

They're still talking.

Do you actually think
that Park can help Eve?

Yeah, she's in good hands.

(TYPING)

We already did a social media dive.

BESS: Except we didn't find

anything that was from
a story or a snap.

Those posts go away after hours.

But nothing's ever gone
from the Internet.

BESS: He's looking for deleted
posts. Maybe those can

- give us some answers.
- Yeah, it seems like answers

are hard to come by today.

We were wrong about it being Charity

who was haunting the Historical Society,

which means we lost our only lead

on Copperhead's next victim, so...

Yeah, and you touched a dead
person's snot rag for nothing.

I still think these things
could be useful,

even if Charity's not around to talk to.

You really think so?

Yeah, I do.

Um... uh, Park said

he thinks he has an explanation
for Eve's blackouts.

He said it's a trauma response.

Eve started having lost moments of time

a little over two years ago.

So, the blackouts are real?

So, Eve's blackouts started after you...

- k*lled someone in self-defense.
- Uh-huh.

Usually the kind of behavior exhibited

is either, um, self-soothing
or, um, self-harming.

- Like walking into the bay.
- Yeah.

He said, uh,

the blackouts are triggered by, uh,

Eve's emotions being heightened.

Like during an argument.

Hey, this...

this is not your fault, all right?

No, no. Th-This is mine.

(COMPUTER CHIMES)

Got something.

This is a deleted story,

geotagged in the same harbor
that Eve and Anthony were in,

right around the time of death.

GEORGE: There's Eve.

She's winding and unwinding a line.

That's repetitive movement...
self-soothing behavior.

ACE: And there's Anthony.
He looks a little...

(GASPS)

It was an accident.

You didn't have anything to do with it.

And I am so, so sorry

for-for getting carried away.

I have trust issues,

and think I was projecting

my distrust of someone else onto you.

Maybe you are right.

I mean, you weren't right about me.

But you were right to keep digging.

Maybe you should do the same thing

with this other person.

Thank you. For helping Eve.

And for going on that wild-goose chase

at the Historical Society earlier.

(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)

So, what's the plan now?

Well, I just thought that I
would take some advice

that I recently received...

and sit here

and do nothing.

Care to join?

You can have the bigger half.

BESS: Oh, and

I nicked this out of your bag.

It's... bad habit?

I really didn't know this was in there.

I'll give it back to his dad.

It's been in his family for generations.

Generations! Oh, my God.

- Is she okay?
- Oh, yeah,

yeah, she does this all the time.

What if it's not random?

What if Charity's soul is
passed down generationally?

Uh, if that's the case,

then all we'd-we'd need
to prove the theory

is to confirm that
Matthew Burke and Jake Cazine

had ancestors at Gettysburg
the day Charity d*ed.

And if they do,

we can extrapolate
who the next victims would be

from there. We could

compile a list of potential victims.

I mean, it'll be a big list,
but it's a lead.

A solid lead.

Because Jake Cazine had an ancestor

who fought with the th
Maine Regiment at Gettysburg.

Jake used to go to
reenactments with his dad.

The courthouse closes at : .

Oh. Okay. Uh, we-we still
have time, right, right?

Can we-can we check on Eve first?

Yeah.

You all right?

I was thinking about what
you said about windows.

So I wanted to...

just text Nancy something.

"I have something important
I want to tell you.

Can you meet me at the
loft at : ? Alone?"

It is both perfect...

and sent.

Bess.

You will thank me later.

Hey, we have to follow our instincts.

No matter where they lead us.

Your instincts are uncool.

You are fine.

And no. My instincts are leading me

to a currently unoccupied Icarus Hall.

The Trenton Bridge is still closed

and Temperance's voice mail
said she's stuck in Ellsworth.

Thank you, phone assistant,
for transcribing my messages.

Good luck.

- Everything okay?
- (PHONE VIBRATES)

Peachy.

See you later.

- NICK: Give me two secs.
- GEORGE: Yeah, yeah, yeah.

- Hey, what's this?
- Agent Park

put together a list of psychologists

that he knows in Florida.

He thinks they can help
with my blackouts.

- You're going back to Florida?
- For winter break.

Maybe longer.

I got some things to process.

(SIGHS)

It's me, isn't it?

I'm the reason you never
came back to Florida.

Because you blame me
for what happened that night,

- and I...
- No. No. No, no. God, no.

Eve, no. It's...

It's because I'm ashamed.

Okay? It's because...

... everyone back home
expected great things from me.

College. NFL career.

Success beyond their
wildest dreams, and instead

I k*lled a man and I went
to juvie. It feels like

I can't go back home until I make better

than what everyone expected.

The only person putting
that pressure on you is you.

I'm starting to realize that, yeah.

And I hope you believe me

when I say this. You have
nothing to be ashamed of.

You were amazing then
and you are amazing now.

Mm.

But I won't push you to go back.

Especially since I don't much
feel like going back myself.

GEORGE: Hey.

Then don't go back.
Stay in Horseshoe Bay.

Thank you, George. But

no, I-I have to go back.

I have to start processing my trauma.

And...

you two still have time
to get to the courthouse.

I heard you earlier. Go get married.

Be happy, Nick.

(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)

♪ ♪

What? No. It's : .
We have ten minutes.

Maybe-maybe they shut down
for the weather?

A little frost, and the halls
of justice stop?

I don't think so!

Excuse me! Hello?!

Ma-Maybe there's a sign, huh?

Maybe we should, uh, we
should try again tomorrow.

No.

No way. No. You know what's a sign?

You not drowning.

Us getting here in time, despite heroics

and black ice being on the road,

and a freakin' m*rder investigation.

- Hello! Whoa.
- (DOOR OPENING)

Sorry about that.

I'm the only one here today,

and I was just about to head home.

Lucky thing I heard you.

Hear that? Lucky thing.

(BOTH LAUGH)

- We would like to get married today.
- Yes.

- Please.
- Well, you came to the right place. Come on.

♪ This feeling. ♪

Okay...

All the paperwork's ready to go.

Great.

Oh.

Everything okay?

An aisle.

I-I should walk down an aisle, right?

Right, right. Yeah. Of course.

Um, uh, Judge Goodman, would you mind?

Sure.

How's this?

Yeah.

This... is good.

JUDGE GOODMAN: Whenever you're ready,

just walk towards us.

♪ ♪

I can't.

Oh, I want to so badly,
but I don't think I can.

I can't do this.

- Give us a second?
- Mm-hmm.

Hey. Hey, hey.

You okay?

I just keep thinking "what is marriage?"

It means entwining two souls together

for the rest of their lives.

Hey, marriage isn't the same thing

as what happened with you and Odette.

Isn't it, though?

Nick, I said yes to you earlier,

but it's because of that same fear

that made me propose to you
in the first place.

"Life is short.

Tomorrow's not promised".

But, Nick, if-if you and I
do this now, we'll be like

two plants that wrap around each other

before they're fully grown.

And then they spend
the rest of their lives

struggling for light and water.

I want to grow next to you, Nick.

I want to live so badly.

And I don't want us
to make this decision

just because we're afraid
that our lives could end

at any moment.

I want to tell you you're wrong.

Because I love you.

And I want to spend my life with you.

Ah...

But after what happened today with Eve,

I know I have healing to do, too.

So... let's grow side by side.

Strengthen our roots.

Next to each other.

And we don't... we don't...

We don't have to rush this.

Right?

I mean, Charity Hudson and Beckett Dow

rushed into a marriage,
and look what it got them.

Four pieces of a soul and an obsession

with eating rats
and frozen hearts, so...

(LAUGHS)

Yeah, that's a...

that's a vivid and excellent point.

You and me...

we got nothing but time.

(SNIFFLES)

Will you ask me again one day, please,

Ned Nickerson?

You better believe it, George Fan.

(SIGHS)

We still haven't confirmed
Burke's family connection

to Gettysburg, but I'll make
some calls in the morning.

Good work, Nancy.

Yeah, good night, Agent Park.

(DOOR OPENS)

(DOOR CLOSES)

(WHISPERING): Okay, if
I was a -year-old witch,

where would I hide compromising
evidence against me?

Okay.

Oh, it's a nice chair.

Who are you writing letters to?

(GRUNTS)

"I let her think my charm would
bait the Copperhead,

but I designed that charm to awaken

the Burning Sorrows

as a way to get Nancy
to trust me". No. No.

- Why is it blurring? No!
- (CLATTERING NEARBY)

Oh, gosh.

(CLATTERING NEARBY)

(LOUD BANG ECHOES)

No, no, no, no. I need evidence! No!

I need to find more evidence.

Okay, okay.

- (PHONE CHIMES)
- Send a message to Temperance.

OMG. So sorry I missed
your calls. Crazy day.

Let's get brekkie first thing

and talk Long Night Ball plans.

AUTOMATED VOICE: Ready to send.

Oh, yeah.

♪ ♪

(CLANG REVERBERATES)

(DOOR OPENS, CLOSES)

NANCY: Ace?

(CLOCK TICKING)

Oh, no, I am sorry.

I lost track of time.
I was working on the key.

Nancy.

(SLOW KNOCKS ON DOOR)

Hannah?

What are you doing here?

You can see me?

I have been trying
to contact you all day.

Oh, this isn't what I wanted, no.

We're both in terrible danger.

BESS: Nancy, who is it?

It's the phantom knocker again.
There's no one here.

Nancy, wait.

She can't see us.

♪ ♪

Where are we?

(WOMAN SCREAMS, BELL DINGS)

(PENCIL SCRIBBLING)