01x10 - Episode 10

[bunniefuu]

[♪ intense string music playing]

[shaky breathing]
Show me who k*lled my mom.

So, um... um,
gentle... gentle observation.

If you're in Tamora's memories,
she wouldn't have seen

who k*lled your mom.
Why... why don't you try asking

her what... what she knew
about your mom?

[sniffles] Okay.

[♪ mysterious music plays]

Show me...

your last memory
with Mary Roberts.

-[laughs, speaks indistinctly]
-[silverware clinking]

[softly] Mom...

[laughs]

[Jake] Wait, wait, wait.
I... I know that restaurant.

Um. Uh, it's in the...
it's in the arts district.

-[Briar] Are you sure?
-[Jake] Not totally sure. Um...

It's called, uh, Lisette's.

There's... there's a burger spot
right next door.

-[scoffs]
-No. It doesn't make sense.

-The necklace she's wearing.
-[Jake] What about it?

I made it for her.
I gave it to her

the night before she was k*lled
in Brooklyn.

Her body was found in New York.

What was she doing
in New Orleans that night

with her coven?

[♪ music intensifies,
crescendoes]

[♪ music concludes]

-[birds chirping]
-[duck quacking]

-[♪ unsettling music playing]
-Ostende mihi lineas lucis...

-[whooshing]
-[rumbling, crackling]

Ostende mihi lineas lucis.

[Kittredge] Mr. Cole!

[♪ music fades]

[Peter] Kittredge?

What's the head warlock doing
all the way out here?

Yeah, I could ask you
the same question.

[♪ tense music playing]

This area is restricted.

Only Ms. Graves and I have
authorization to be here.

Oh, no. Really?

I was just taking
a morning stroll around campus.

I must've...
I must've got turned around.

And found yourself here,
at the Ley Line access point.

What are you really up to?

[♪ foreboding music playing]

In pulverem,
in ventum, in nihilum.

[screams]

[scream echoes, fades out]

[♪ music fades out]

[Sasha] I'm trying
to give her a chance, Mom.

But during the exam
we fought with each other

more than the monsters.

-[knocking on door]
-Sasha?

[sighs] I gotta go. Love you.

[sighs] And what do you want?

Peace between the two of us.

Can I come in?

[background chattering]

I'm sorry, Sasha.

It was wrong of me not to tell
you and Tegan about Ollie.

I knew you'd be mad,
and I wanted to avoid a fight.

[scoffing]
I'd say that backfired.

I didn't know
about your brother.

Now, that I do, I can see why
you'd be incredibly upset.

I'm not just upset.
I'm terrified.

I can't lose another person
I care about to a vampire.

Ollie is a good guy.

I wanna give him
the benefit of the doubt,

even if no one else does.
Especially if no one else does.

Have you ever had feelings
for a guy that everyone

kind of misjudged?

[♪ soft music playing]

[breathes deeply]

You really like him, huh?

If I had to choose between him
and the coven,

I would choose you
and T every time.

I want to give him a chance.

It's just my brother.

Sometimes, I miss Mason so much.

It hurts like a physical pain
in my chest.

Believe me. I get that.

I'll try, with Ollie.

But it's gonna take some time.

Trust takes time.

I won't keep any more secrets
from you guys. Promise.

Same.

Good. [inhales deeply]

Because I have something else
to tell you and T.

Something huge.

So, wait, your mom
was in New Orleans

on the night she died?

Having dinner with Tamora
and Ms. Graves?

And an hour later,
her body was found

on a subway platform
in New York.

I mean,
how is that even possible?

I mean, she probably used magic.
There's more than one way

to travel fast
and far in our world.

Portals, summoning stones,
enchanted mirrors.

Okay, that makes sense.
But you know what doesn't?

Is Graves never mentioned
any of this to us.

Yeah, kind of sus.

Maybe we should ask her
about it?
If she was there that night,

she could tell us
what happened.

[Briar]
Or she could lie to us again.

She said she hadn't seen
my mom in years.

Super sus.

Yeah. So, we can't trust Graves.

There is one way.

[Briar] What is it?

Okay, we could do a time jump.

Basically, I can rewind
the clock wherever I'm standing

to the exact moment on that day.

So, if we go to the bistro...

We can time jump back
to that night and follow my mom?

How far back
have you time jumped before,

like, historically?

My record is a month to prove
my sister did in fact borrow

and lose my favorite cardigan.
Still mad.

Um, but I was fine afterward.

And you're sure you can take
the two of us with you?

I took my pet rabbit Checkers
with me on a jump once.

How much harder
can two human girls be?

-[school bell ringing]
-[Peter] Don't forget
to study camouflage spells.

They could be
on next week's quiz.

[class chattering]

[Jake] Mr. Cole.

-Do you have a second?
-I have several. What's up?

Last night, I tried that...

that shape-shifting spell
that you taught me.

and... and afterwards,
I... I noticed this.

Have you shown anybody else?

-No.
-Good.

Don't. No one needs to know.

So, it does leave
a physical mark?

Nothing to worry about.

In fact, you should consider it
a badge of honor.

I certainly do.

Wait, you... you have
a mark like this?

More than one.

But given this faculty's
close-mindedness,

I choose to hide them
here at school.

So, how'd it go?

-The shape-shifting, I mean.
-Oh, good. Good.

-[Peter] Good.
-Really good. Um,

I was just doing a favor

-for a friend.
-This friend doesn't know

how or where
you learned the spell, right?

-Course not.
-[Peter] Oh.

-Who is she?
-How did you know it was a she?

Oh, come on.
I was a teenager once.

Her name's Briar.

Briar Roberts?
Girl that lost her mother?

[♪ uneasy music playing]

Not that it matters.
She's got a boyfriend.

-One of your classmates?
-Worse. A fledgling vamp.

Then she's in serious danger.

Fledglings can't control
their bloodlust.

Believe me, I've warned her.

-But she thinks
this vamp is different.
-He's not.

Every fledgling
has a violent past.

And if she's not careful,
she'll wind up part of his.

You understand?

[♪ tense music playing]

In vultu meo, repone,
alterius in vultu meo

Latine pinge.

-[whooshing]
-[♪ music rises]

Show me Ollie.

[♪ music fades]

This is definitely the place
from Tamora's memory,

at least according to Jake.

He would know all the date spots
in town. [chuckles]

[gasps] Ooh, the hush puppies
here sound great.

We should come here for lunch.

Maybe on another day
when we're not time jumping.

-Oh, right.
-What do you need from us, T?

Me need from you?

You're the one in charge, girl.

Right, okay. Sorry.
Loving the attention,

but not the pressure.

Uh, first, I need your hands.

Is this for comfort
or the spell?

-Why choose?
-[both chuckle softly]

[exhales deeply]
Then we need to close our eyes

and clear our minds.
Total focus.

[whooshing]

-Does anyone else feel that?
-[shushes]

[eerie tinkling]

[♪ eerie,
discordant music playing]

[♪ music swells]

-[♪ music stops]
-[pants] Whoa. It's night.

-It's the night. We made it.
-[♪ upbeat jazz music
playing nearby]

-Tegan, you're a legend.
-[breathes deeply]

-[Briar] You good?
-Uh, totally.

Just remind me to replenish
my electrolytes later.

That was quite the jump.
[chuckles]

Yeah.

-[♪ music stops playing]
-[insects chirping]

-[Ms. Graves] May I have a word?
-Sure. What's up?

I just received
some upsetting news

-about Mr. Kittredge.
-Uh-huh. Something happen?

This is a resignation letter.
Kittredge is retiring?

It's the strangest thing.

Is it? Man's well past
the retirement age.

Yes, but he's hardly the type
to leave without notice.

Or a proper goodbye.
Did you know anything
about this?

Never said anything
to me directly.

Now that I think about it,
I did overhear him

discussing travel plans
last week.

Hmm.

Do you have
a replacement in mind?

[sighs] No, not yet.

I mean, it's not going
to be easy
trying to find a head warlock

on such short notice.

You know, I...
I could always step in.

[sighs] That would be wonderful.

I'll refer your name to council
for official consideration.

-Great.
-[Ms. Graves] Thank you, Peter.

Course. Anything you need.

[♪ intense music builds]

[♪ energetic jazz music
playing live]

Has anyone seen my mom?

-Not yet.
-[silverware clinking]

[guest] Hi,
have you seen my friend?

-Oh! [scoffs] Excuse you.
-Hi.

Oh, Briar,
she can't see or hear us.

-Nobody can.
-Still, rude.

Guys, look over here.

Oh, my God. It's really her.

-[laughter]
-[Briar] She's so...

-[Tegan] Lovely?
-[Sasha] Perfect?

All of the above and more.

[Ms. Graves chuckles softly]
I plead the fifth.

[Tamora]
Of course she did. Anyway.

Thank you, T. You have no idea

how much this means to me
just to see her like this again.

-Of course.
-We really were
little terrors...

-Yeah.
-...back then, weren't we?

Poor Agnes,
she never stood a chance.

Do you remember
in the potion class

when Mary actually, adjusted
the recipe for the speed tonic?

Yes, I remember,
because we drank it

and then we all moved
in slow motion

for, like, a week

[chuckles] In my defense,
I still can't follow

-a recipe to save my life.
-[laughs] Aw.

It's true.
She could barely boil pasta.

I never minded, though,

l would choose Mom
and Chinese takeout

-any day of the week.
-[Tegan] That's sweet.

It's weird, the little things
you miss about someone
once they're gone.

[♪ delicate music playing]

I know what you mean.

[Ms. Graves]
Mar, is everything okay?
You keep checking your phone.

Yeah, sorry. It's just...

Briar and I got into
a big argument this morning

about a guy she's seeing.
Classic bad boy type.

[Ms. Graves chuckles] Oh, so,
like mother, like daughter?

[sighs] Um, she's not answering
my texts or my calls now.

I... I may need to go soon.

[Ms. Graves] Okay, well,
memory lane has been lovely,

but it's probably best
to get down to business.

Uh, Tamora,
why'd you ask us here?

Now and then,
I like to divine the future,

mostly to track changes
in the housing market,

but this week, I noticed
something... troubling

[Tamora breathes deeply]

[♪ dramatic music plays]

What is that?

[Sasha] An ancient rune.

-Meaning what exactly?
-Chaos and death.

Something wicked
is coming to New Orleans.

But I know what can stop it.

♪ Hey, I'm the bad guy
Here to save the... ♪

Hey. Couple of the guys
are getting together for a game

of pickleball and I got my hands
on enchanted paddles

that never miss. You in?

Uh, actually, I'm...
I'm heading out.

[Dylan] You want company?

No, this one's more
of a solo mission.

Well... okay, not to sound like
your sister,

but maybe you should take a beat
and reassess,

given the whole
probation situation.

Right. You do sound
like McKenna.

Uh... [chuckles] I only mean,
when you go on a mission,

you tend to start fires.
Sometimes literally.

Yeah, that was...
that was one time last year.

And you got suspended

for almost burning down
the school.

I burned some curtains
during a failed summoning spell.

Summoning spell? Wha--

Who do you know who's dead?
Your... your dad?

[♪ suspenseful music playing]

Look, I gotta go, okay?
I have somewhere to be.

Jake, I'll come with you,
as backup.

Look, there's a reason
why warlocks don't have covens.

I'm better off alone.

[♪ brooding rock music
playing over speakers,
"Trouble"]

[lead singer]
♪ I want you wrapped
Around me like a snake ♪

[background singers]
♪ You knew I was trouble ♪

You're one of Briar's
classmates, aren't you?

And you're her boyfriend?

Um, not sure
we're using labels yet, but, uh,

close enough.

-I'm Ollie.
-Jake.

I think I've, uh, seen you here
before, once or twice.

Usually on...
on warlock business,

gathering intel,

making sure no vampires
are stepping out of line.

or attacking humans,
stuff like that.

Cool.

So, Briar tells me
you only drink animal blood.

-Never human. True?
-True.

So, what kind of roadkill
is on the menu tonight?

Possum. I...
I don't recommend it.

So, do you ever miss it?

The taste of human blood?
The thrill of the k*ll?

I wouldn't know.

That's interesting.
[clears throat]

["Trouble" fades out]

How do you explain this?

-[♪ unsettling music rises]
-[whooshing]

-[muffled screams]
-[snarling]

-[muffled screaming continues]
-[roars]

-[flesh crunching]
-[screams]

[cries out]

[exhales deeply]

["Trouble" fades in]

[♪ theme music playing]