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The cellar — Leon tells Thelma that Ella's still in there somewhere.

Thelma: "Who's telling you all this?"
Leon: "Archangel Raphael."
Thelma: "Interesting. I played him in a nativity once."
Leon: "Well, I have a feeling he's slightly darker in real life."

And then Thelma's expression gets dark indeed, as Leon reveals that he has to kill Malachi.

Ella's room — Thelma tries to wake Ella up, but Ella still can't hear her. So Thelma goes into Ella's dream. Can I just mention that I'm really not happy about that thing Thelma's wearing on her head?

In her dream, Ella is dead. Not a good sign.

Metaphysical games — Mephistopheles and Malachi play chess and talk about the strong desire in each of us that controls our very being. I'll tell you what mine is — oh, wait, I already did. See Gillian Anderson above.

Stocking up — Leon has many bottles of St. John's Wort. It's hilarious that this particular herb is the defeator of demons, because for the rest of us, it seems to do absolutely nothing.

Raphael tries to encourage Leon, but the creak of his leather coat and the treacle of his accent are too much for me, so I can't really hear him.

The library — Thelma tells Leon that Ella is dead in her dreams, which is not on. Leon is sure everything will be okay when he kills Malachi. Thelma gets really quiet, and Leon realises that's because Thelma's going to disappear if Malachi dies. "Bit of a bummer, eh," says Thelma. But she knows it's best for everyone: "Well, it's not like I've got anything to live for, is it?"

Cut to a shot of Maya in her new corpsey clothes, looking quite good. She finds Thelma on a swing, and they have their first lesbian process-y chat, about their lives (deaths) and what they mean to each other and how complicated everything is.

Maya thinks Thelma has someone else.

Thelma: "You are the only person I'm interested in. Just scares me, that's all."
Maya: "Okay, now I'm totally confused."
Thelma: "I don't want to lose you."
Maya: "Well that's not likely, is it? I'm not gonna die on ya."

Sigh. Nothing's sweeter or sadder than star-crossed lesbian ghost lovers.

The grounds — Roxanne is moping along; she's been ostracized. The others watch her unsympathetically. I thought maybe she'd just been on holiday, because she disappeared without much warning. Like everyone else on this show.

Suddenly everything gets a bit weird; Malachi convinces everyone to stay outside for some "life appreciation" instead of going inside for Art Appreciation. And then he offers Ella to Tom. Ella smiles sweetly.

Luckily, Headmaster David calls them inside before Ella can kiss Tom. It's almost enough to make me believe in God.

As they shuffle to class, Leon invites Malachi for a drink later. A drink of St. John's Wort, perhaps?

Ella's room — Leon rummages around, looking for the knife of whatever. Thelma asks him whether he's doing this because he wants Ella back.

Thelma: "What if you kill him and discover all she feels is hurt and angry?"

Why does that sound so universal when she says it?

Despite the weirdness of everything — not to mention her certain doom — Thelma tells Leon where the knife is.

Plotting — Malachi skips stones as Mephistopheles growls about how powerful Malachi will become as he feeds on souls. I. hate. Malachi's. shoes.

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