01x08 - Episode 8

[bunniefuu]

[razor scraping]

[♪ low sinister music playing]

[drain gurgling]

-[student, muffled] Let me out!
-[banging on door]

-[student] Hey! Let me out!
-[banging on door continues]

[drain gurgling]

-[banging on door continues]
-[student] Hey! Let me out!

[banging on door continues]

[student] Get me out of here!

Nobody can hear you,
so why don't you shut up?

[♪ music builds]

[♪ music fades]

[Ms. Graves] Ladies! [sighs]

I'm sure you're wondering
why the head of warlocks

is here visiting you
before your exams tomorrow.

-Were you wondering that?
-I was not wondering that, no.

It's tradition to have
the longest-standing

faculty member here
at Crescent Vale

provide some words of wisdom
before your exam.

There are two essential elements

-that power all magic.
-[♪ pensive music playing]

Uh, first, there are

-the ley lines.
-[cell phone buzzes]

[Mr. Kittredge]
Ancient currents of magic

that we all draw
our powers from.

The ley lines, they, uh…

they connect
all the coven academies

-and cities across the globe.
-[♪ music rises]

Second, your covens.

Uh, each of you were born
with a singular ability.

But together, your powers
are magnified beyond anything

-that you can possibly imagine. [chuckles]
-[♪ music softens]

Love being warlock-splained
right before finals.

[Ms. Graves]
Thank you, Mr. Kittredge.

[students applauding]

[♪ tender music playing,
Benson Boone "To Love Someone"]

-[knocking on door]
-♪ Brand-new apartment ♪

♪ We sat on the floor ♪

♪ A blow-up mattress… ♪

-You actually came.
-[Briar] For the record,

I should be studying
for a test right now.

Uh, give me two minutes.
All it'll take.

♪ Keys in the door ♪

♪ You're all that I wanted ♪

♪ Never been so sure… ♪

[softly] Whoa.

-Moody.
-Yeah, sorry.

I'd kind of burn to death
if the curtains were open, so…

Does it ever just hit you
that you're a vampire,

and I'm a witch,
and this is all real life?

Only every second of every day.

A month ago, I was DJing
on the pier back home…

-[scoffs] You do not DJ.
-[Ollie] I do.

I did.

A month ago,
I was skipping school

to get a sausage
and mushroom slice from Joe's.

They played
the worst music, but…

I would, like, k*ll to hear

that terrible
generic Italian music again.

Pizza sounds good.

Actually, any food sounds good.

Liquid diet, huh?

Uh, not from humans.
Never from humans.

I drink cow's blood now.

Straight from the butcher.
It's as awful as it sounds.

You said you had something
for me?

A bunch of… [sighs]

…my old stuff
that might be useful.

♪ I stare at the ceiling
And I try to ignore… ♪

If there's a connection
to your mum

that might help solve something,
I hope it's in there.

♪ This is how
It's supposed to be ♪

Thank you.

♪ And chances are ♪

♪ This isn't the last time
I'll dance ♪

I should, uh…

♪ With your memory ♪

I gotta go study for this test.

♪ And suddenly nothing
Is the way that it was ♪

I'm not gonna
see you again, am I?

♪ Is this what it feels like ♪

For what it's worth…

♪ To love someone? ♪

…I wish I met you
when you were a DJ.

On a pier.

At a pizza restaurant.

♪ Is this what it feels like
To love someone? ♪

I mean… anytime…

but, you know…

[softly] Now.

♪ Maybe sweet
Maybe strange ♪

[softly] Yeah.

♪ Maybe pain's
The price you pay ♪

[Briar sighs]

♪ To love someone ♪

♪ To love ♪

♪ Someone ♪

♪ And suddenly nothing
Is the way that it was ♪

♪ Is this what it feels like ♪

-♪ To love someone? ♪
-[♪ song concludes]

[birds chirping]

[♪ soft pop music playing,
Tate McRae "Greenlight"]

♪ Two chains
Hanging off your chest ♪

♪ When you kiss me… ♪

[♪ tense music overlapping]

-[♪ ominous music sting]
-[screams]

[chuckles] If I were a vampire,
you'd be dead.

Not true! If you were a vampire,
you'd be burning to a crisp

-in the sunlight.
-Hey, somebody cracked a book.

I told you, I'm all in
on witch school.

-[♪ "Greenlight" continues]
-Although, I don't remember

real estate listings
being on our study list.

Are you looking to buy a house
in the Garden District?

From Tamora Tomlinson?

Okay, I was looking
through some of Tamora's things,

and apparently,
selling houses was her day job.

-So many questions.
-Right?

Like, how is Tamora
a real estate agent

if I've never seen
her face on a bus bench?

-[chuckles]
-[Sasha] No, like,

how did you get
all of her stuff?

To be totally honest with you,
I saw Ollie,

but only to get
into his aunt's house

and see if
I could find any clues.

I told him I wouldn't be
seeing him anymore.

[sighs] I know you're into him,
but this is the right call.

And thank you
for being honest with me.

Seriously.

Yeah, always.

Find anything interesting?

This is like
a really sad yard sale.

Yeah, that pot holder's
about as interesting as it gets.

[Tegan chuckles]

[♪ intriguing music overlapping]

Maybe not.

[Briar] Don't bother.
The mirror's broken.

It's not a normal mirror.

[chuckles]
It's a scrying mirror.

[Tegan] Wait, don't tell me.

A spellbound mirror
that witches use

to hold their memories?

The owner's face
unlocks the past.

[♪ music rises]

[school bell ringing]

-[♪ music fades]
-[indistinct chatter]

-Hi again.
-Look who's following me now.

[clears throat] Or are you here
to finish our conversation?

-[Briar] What conversation?
-[Jake] Just a little something

at Hex Fest about
how you're sorry

you can be prickly,
but you like having me around.

Mm, only when your shirt
stays on.

[chuckles] I didn't hear you
complaining about my arms.

Ignoring that. I need your help.

-Go ask your vampire boyfriend.
-A, he is not my boyfriend,

and B, how do you even know
about him?

Because I know things.

Brooklyn, he's a fledgling.
He was just turned.

Okay, whatever a fledgling is,
it doesn't matter.

He's different.

He wouldn't hurt me.

Do you know how hungry
he is right now?

And do you know
how dinner-shaped you are?

You don't think
I can handle myself.

[Jake] I never said that.

But you are here asking
for my help.

-[♪ pensive music playing]
-Why?

'Cause I can't shapeshift.
You can.

Shapeshifting's
pretty advanced magic.

We don't start officially
learning that until senior year.

You saying you can't do it?

Well, I didn't say that exactly.

-[♪ music rises]
-This is Tamora's.

Her face is the key,
but unfortunately,

she's kind of offline
at the moment.

If I can get inside here,

it'll help me figure out
who k*lled her.

I just need Tamora's face,
or a pretty good copy of it.

I thought you were focused
on your big test tomorrow.

I can focus on two things
at once.

It's called multitasking.

-[inhales deeply, sighs]
-[♪ music fades]

"On my visage, do replace.
Paint another's on my face."

-[voice echoes eerily]
-[magical rumbling]

[♪ tense music playing]

-[grunts]
-[♪ music fades]

[soft footsteps approaching]

[Peter] Shapeshifting, eh?

Yeah, I'm just…

just trying to level up.

Shapeshifting takes
years of training, Jake.

Without a dark grimoire,

there's no way
to speed up the process.

A dark grimoire? S…

-Do you mean dark magic?
-It's a forbidden art.

It's the least understood,
it's… [inhales sharply]

…it's the most powerful
form of magic there is.

You say that like someone
who's tried it.

[Peter] Tell me, Jake.

What do you know
about dark magic?

I don't know.
Just what people say.

It gives you a rush.
It's totally addictive.

Darkens your soul.

-Well--
-[Jake] Basically,

it could k*ll you,
and you shouldn't go near it.

Don't believe everything
they tell you. [sighs]

Are you saying you've used it?

As a historian
of all things magic,

-I have dabbled.
-[♪ low brooding music playing]

With proper guidance,
it can be controlled.

This proper guidance…

you wouldn't happen to know
anyone who could…

who could provide that?

Yeah.

Yeah, I may.

But it would have to stay
between us.

-Look, if you're afraid--
-No, I'm not afraid.

Good.

Come back here tomorrow at 2:00
and arrive with an open mind.

-[Jake] Mr. Cole, I…
-[♪ music rises]

Why are you helping me?

Because when I see you,
I see an utter waste of talent.

Don't take it the wrong way.
I was just like you.

Yeah, I doubt that.

I grew up without a father too.

It's not easy.

See you at 2:00.

[♪ romantic pop music playing,
Sadie Jean "Just Because"]

♪ I've been stuck in ♪

[cell phone blips]

♪ My head thinking ♪

[sighs softly]

♪ Of what we meant ♪

[cell phone blips]

♪ And if ♪

[wind whooshing]

♪ You could see me
Like this… ♪

-[tapping on window]
-[Briar gasps]

[mutters] How did you…

♪ Just because I miss you ♪

♪ Doesn't mean
I want you back… ♪

[Briar] Uh, how did you
get up to my ledge?

Vampires can fly.

Well, not me. Not yet.
I'm, like, flying adjacent.

-I can levitate.
-[scoffs] Of course you can.

I know you didn't wanna
see me again.

It's not
a question of "want," I…

Anyway,
I can't have a conversation

with a guy sitting on my ledge.

Well, in that case,
can you invite me in?

Right. Vampire 101.

Uh, you are cordially invited
into my room.

But I reserve the right
to change my mind.

♪ I couldn't have stayed yours ♪

♪ I deserve much more… ♪

Um…

Close your eyes.

-[bag rustling]
-[zipper hissing]

♪ Just because I miss you
Doesn't mean I want you back ♪

♪ And just because
I almost called… ♪

Sausage and mushroom.
[breathes deeply]

I had to ask them
to hold the garlic.

[chuckles softly]

-[speaker chimes]
-[♪ song stops]

-[automated voice] Bluetooth connected.
-[chuckles]

[automated voice] Pairing.

[Briar chuckles]
Are you about to DJ?

Something like that.
[exhales, clears throat]

[♪ romantic Italian song
playing over speaker]

My name is Ollie.

What are you doing?

I'm, uh… pretending
this was a month ago.

-And we're just meeting.
-[lighter clicks]

[♪ vocalist singing in Italian
over speaker]

[Ollie] Um…

excuse me,
is that, uh, seat taken?

[chuckles] No, pull up a floor.

[grunts, inhales sharply]

[softly] Uh…

This is cute.

-You're cute.
-Am I?

You know you're cute.

I have… [sighs]
…10,000 insecurities.

-Tell me two.
-[Ollie] Just two?

-Mm-hmm.
-[Ollie] That's easy.

I hate my ears, and…

I'm a huge disappointment
to my dad.

Okay. Let's unpack
the dad thing.

-That sounds deep.
-Deep doesn't scare you?

Deep is the only reason
to be alive.

He was tough.
Giant expectations for me.

Uh, didn't amount
to much himself, but…

[inhales deeply]

…I just wanted to impress him.

Be the man he could never be.

That sounds like a lot to carry.

[Ollie] Do you ever…

miss something
that you didn't really

like that much to begin with?

Hmm, I had a vendetta
against the rats of Brooklyn,

but, you know,
they felt like home.

I bet plenty of guys tried
to protect you from the rats.

[chuckles] They tried.
But I usually ghosted them.

Never saw a guy twice.

[Ollie hesitates] So, as soon
as you get close, you run.

Forget running.

I've…

I've never let a guy
get this close before.

[♪ vocalist continues singing
in Italian]

Are we still pretending
right now?

[Briar] Honestly…

the more time I spend with you,

the less I feel like
I'm pretending.

Yeah, same.

[exhales softly]

I really like your ears.

Jury's out on your dad.

Is it okay
if we stop talking right now?

[♪ vocalist continues singing
in Italian]

[♪ song continues faintly
in the distance]

[indistinct chatter]

Briar, brought you some coffee.

Lots of sugar.
[chuckles] Of course.

Briar?

-Are you…
-[Ollie and Briar kissing]

-[♪ song playing louder]
-[both smooch]

[♪ tense music playing]

[♪ music builds]

[♪ music concludes]

[♪ theme music playing]

[♪ theme music concludes]