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Jo's bed — Azazeal is not content to ruin two lives; he's dead set on destroying Jo too. She's not exactly happy to see him — after all, she's just getting her life in order. But he won't take no for an answer, and does some weird vampiric whispering-in-her-ear thing that scares me a little and seems to shake her to the core. Good: he's finally showing something that makes me believe he's evil; up to now he's just been sort of annoying.

Medenham Hall — Ella thinks she's a weak person — not able to focus when she's got a job to do. Thelma realizes that there was no demon to make Ella late for the Cassie intervention — Ella was simply in love.

Thelma: "Sometimes you have to forget the rest of the world and follow your feelings."

But Ella says that's exactly what Azazeal wants her to do, and she has to stay strong. Hmm. If Ella's sort of a watcher, then what is Cassie? A pawn? A key? A distraction for Thelma, who will turn out to be the true heroine and save the day? Oh, never mind.

Jo's room — The headmaster is at the door, wondering what's going on. He and a security guard break in to find her essentially catatonic.

Distractions are everywhere — Leon is being studious when a chat window pops up. Actually, it's a webcam window: Ella has written "I'm very sorry" in all the right places. Two thighs and an upper torso later, and Leon's sold.

They talk outside, and Ella offers some sort of crap about not trusting people. Leon says "Women: such a headfuck!" but wants to see her later anyway. Don't talk to me about it, Leon: try being a woman who likes women. Double the heads, double the fuck. Or something like that.

Interfering — Jez decides to tell the Headmaster about the scars on Ella's arm. He suspects she's into self-harm. Jez... hmm, does "Jez" mean "ineffectual and pathetic" in some language I don't know?

Ella's room — Ella is primping for her date with Leon. Thelma watches in her squinting way and figures out that Ella actually likes Leon. Ella insists that she has a job to do, and then apologizes to Thelma for being "a bit hard." She says she knows how difficult it is when you don't get to say goodbye, which of course makes Thelma look away uncomfortably.

Nauseating prospects — As Leon and Ella go off to find something interesting, Roxanne bends over in a too-short skirt at Jez's house. Pardon me while I engage in a world-swallowing yawn.

Ella and Leon snog, and then so do Jez and Roxanne. Meanwhile, Thelma sits on Ella's bed and twirls a feather. That's not a metaphor: that's literally what she's doing. She goes to the mirror and remembers the exchange of air with Cassie; and as she breathes on the mirror, some sort of writing shows up on it. So she continues to exhale, and reveals the words "Ella's in danger / the Seraph is not a Seraph / it's the Nephelim, Araquiel."

Well. At least I finally know how to spell Nephelim.

Thelma snatches up the lightning rod thingie and goes to the rescue.

Well, that was unexpected — Ella is chaining a blindfolded Leon to a tree. He wonders why they can't do something "normal"; I wonder why it took him this long to ask that question. Ella says she wants him to remember their first time. I'm sure I shouldn't say so, but I think I'd remember my first time with Ella even if I were comatose.

She kisses him and says it's "all about the anticipation" — and she's so right. As she walks away, the Nephelim emerges from the darkness.

Revolting — Roxanne gets dressed as Jez regrets every breath he's ever taken. What's wrong with you, man? She's an adolescent. What's more, she's boring, and she's playing you. Grow up.

Oops — Ella watches Leon, expecting him to be the target, as the Nephelim crawls up behind her. She turns just in time to slash at it with her dagger as it slashes at her with its claws. Thelma shows up just as Roxanne walks past — what a confluence of nonsense — and Thelma tosses the lightning rod thingie to Ella just in time. Must the Nephelim always be barbecue? Apparently so.

Roxanne finds Leon tied to the tree and takes the piss — and also takes a photo.

Like we didn't see that coming — Jez goes to church — the church of Azazeal, that is. Azazeal tells Jez that Araquiel is dead, and Jez briefly morphs into a demon-y thing. They plot to get Ella out of the way: Jez says her trial is about to begin. All right: can I be the judge at this trial? I'll sentence her to hard domestic labor, but she must keep that long leather coat on while she cleans my kitchen.

NEXT WEEK ON HEX: Thelma revels in her ghostly lack of PMT; Ella goes mad.

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