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pub — Mephistopheles finds Leon.
Mephistopheles:
"Remember me?"
Leon: "You looked a bit better
the last time I saw you."
Mephistopheles: "Well, if
you'd been on a permanent loop through the nine circles
of hell, you wouldn't look too hot either."
This
guy is definitely the coolest baddie on the show.
He
says he's there to stop Leon making a grave mistake. Well,
hurry up then!
Kidnapped
— Roxanne's just about ready for bed, but
the Succ/incubi Social Club has other ideas. Uh oh.
Oh,
the drama — Ella's still dying, and learning
that "love isn't a demon sent to snare me."
Ella:
"You can try to deny it. It'll get you in the
end."
Thelma: "Oh yes. It reaches
in and wraps up your heart."
Ella: "But it isn't a bad
thing."
Thelma: "No. Well, unless
the other person doesn't feel the same."
Or
unless the other person gets beheaded by an anointed one.
Ella
gets all weepy about never having told Leon how she feels,
because he's her perfect fit, body and soul. Oh, come
ON. Must I go over this again?
Ella
asks Thelma to stay with her because she doesn't want
to die alone. She's really not very good at the weepy
thing.
The
pub — Mephistopheles tells Leon that Malachi
wants to bring about the end of days. Leon asks whether
Meph is going to fight in the big battle, but Meph says
he doesn't know whose side he'd fight on, because they're
both as bad as each other — and then also takes off
his sunglasses to reveal his scarred-up eyes.
And
then Mephistopheles gives a little speech, about how dark
the days will be no matter who wins, and about how there's
only one thing that truly moves people and makes them
better than they are. Oh, fine. Yes, great, love is the
answer, all you need is love, love makes the world go
around — or was that money? Rufus Wainwright said
it best: "you will believe in love, and all that
it's s'posed to be, but just until the fish start to smell
and you're struck down by a hammer."
Spooky
— Malachi and his minions try to scare Roxanne.
She does seem a bit scared, and is also possibly still
a little amused, but that might just be her general demeanor.
Back
for more — Leon comes back just in time
to save Ella, or to try to at least. But she has what
the Scooby gang referred to as a sucking chest wound.
Leon references ER and Star Wars instead,
saying they need to cauterise the wound and that a light
saber would do the trick. Instead, he uses the specially
fortified dagger. Ella doesn't look too sure, and then
screams.
Why
do we crucify ourselves? — Malachi threatens
Roxanne. She's rather serene about it, not knowing that
a willing sacrifice is just what Malachi wants. He also
sets fire to the school, apparently just for kicks.
Malachi's
minions lay Roxanne down on a cross, and Malachi raises
a dagger. She screams as he stabs her.
Outside,
Leon and Thelma and Ella run, turning to see Medenham
in flames. I want Thelma to start channelling Scarlett
O'Hara: "As God is my witness, as God is my witness,
they're not going to lick me!" Or at least she could
sing "I'm Going Home" from Rocky Horror. But
I'm just not that lucky.
The
next morning, or whenever, Ella and Leon are back to snogging
and Thelma's back to worrying about her clothes. And we're
back to wondering whether any of it will ever make sense,
because all we get to finish out the season is a rock
sporting the doodle of Malachi and running red with blood.
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