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Leon finally gets to Ella's room, but she's not really present. She can't speak, can barely focus, and (most importantly) can't warn Leon that Nurse Perie is behind him. Leon, you're kind of stupid: when a woman's making a terrified expression and looking behind you, you should try to do more than ask, "Are you okay?"

So Leon gets tossed out. Thelma tells Ella that he did his best --"must be a luuurrrve thing." As Ella stares at her fingers, transfixed, Thelma tells her about the St. John's wort.

Not having it — Jez tries to tell Leon that Ella's in good hands, but Leon tells Jez he's full of shit. Never mind your flat ass, Leon: you're okay.

But Roxanne doesn't think so: she warns Leon about visiting Ella.

Roxanne: "Just remember who your real friends are, Leon. It's about keeping the faith."
Leon: [loudly, as Roxanne walks away] "Keeping the faith. Is that the same as shagging a priest?"

Everyone gapes. Thelma claps.

Another wet dream — Thelma visits Leon in bed again and applauds him for the "shagging a priest" comment. But then she makes herself get serious — no small job for Thelma — and tells Leon he has to bust Ella out and find a friend who will "entertain a runaway nutcase." And he does have just such a friend: a dealer who was expelled from Medenham.

Thelma tells Leon that Ella really needs him, and if he doesn't help her, he'll regret it — "maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon, and for the rest of your life." Of all the TVs in the world, Thelma, you had to walk into mine.

Odd scenes — As Leon talks with Max the dealer, Thelma sneaks into a funeral directors shop for some new clothes.

Need — Ella seems to be hooked on the St. John's wort now. Nurse Perie says, "I'm your fairy godmother." Creepy yet hot.

Thelma shows up with her new look, which is a bit geisha-like, and I'm not sure I like it. She tries to tell Ella about the plan to bust her out, but Ella is too far gone, and too fixated on her nurse.

Ella: "She's a genuine, real life fairy!"
Thelma: "A fairy. Right. That some serious shit they're giving you, girl."

No — Thelma goes to get the zappy lightning rod thingie, which is in the headmaster's office. Jez and Roxanne show up and have sex. Thelma is just as horrified as I am — well, no, of course she's more horrified, because she's right underneath the desk they're shagging on. Ewwww.

Busting out — Ella doesn't want to leave. Thelma tries to make her feel guilty by playing the Leon card, but Ella claims it's no use.

Leon, meanwhile, is sauntering through the halls in drag. Yes, it's hard to imagine, but he doesn't look half bad in a blonde wig and nurse's uniform. It's sort of a Hedwig look, or a '70s glam rock sort of thing. And his ass looks a little less flat in that dress.

Thelma finds him in the hallway and nicks a staffer's access card, throwing it on the floor for Leon to pick up. Oh, the mysteries of Thelma's ghostliness.

Inside, Nurse Perie is giving Ella another injection — or is close to doing so, when Thelma shows up with the zapper.

Nurse Perie: "Who is she?"
Ella: "No one. Don't listen to her. She's just a friend."
Nurse Perie: "I don't think so. I think she's a dead person."

Thelma tries to be all butch and agressive, but Nurse Scary whooshes her back against the wall with a breath of fairy dust.

Leon the Glam Rocker rushes in. Nurse Perie head-butts him, which is kinda funny. And then Thelma finally blasts Nurse Perie, who promptly morphs into a little golden fairy. Ella helps Thelma trap the fairy in an Erlenmeyer flask.

Leon takes Ella to the dealer's house, where she goes into detox. Yes, I get that she's sort of addicted to the St. John's wort, but this is a bit weird. I feel like I'm being taught a lesson: be smart! don't mainline St. John's wort!

Anyway, they help her through it, whatever. Ella seems awfully fond of Leon, even though Thelma's still there with that flower in her hair.

Well, that was brief — At the hospital, some useless orderlies knock over the flask and release Perie the fairy. I wish she were a genie, and I had just let her out of the bottle: I'd ask her for a better Hex episode, because this one was a complete waste. Next time, you could at least send us a gay fairy!

NEXT WEEK ON HEX: The fairy is back; so is Azazeal. Funny: I didn't notice he was missing.

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