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Although Caleb is barely present in the following episode (except in his Father Michael guise and in Livvie's flashback to the cave), his effects on Jack, the Judge, and "Michael" are vividly depicted.
As the episode opens, Livvie, worried about Jack's absence, leaves a message on his answering machine, all the while thinking of her evening in the cave with Caleb, their swirling dance. "Stop it! This is just a dream," she tries to convince herself.
Meanwhile, Jack is still in the hospital, rushed there by Lucy when he began acting violent and ill. After he receives a blood transfusion, he feels better but expresses an urgent, desperate need to see Livvie. When Chris tries to get a blood sample from him, Jack once again turns violent, homicidal, threatening to kill him and then escaping from the hospital to see Livvie. The Judge, who was attacked in the woods, likewise becomes violent when Lucy enters the room and begins questioning him.
"Father Michael" is still locked in the cellar after his argument with Caleb that took place several episodes ago. When Ian and Eve hear a tapping sound in the monastery, they search the basement and find Michael, weakly tapping for help. Michael explains that he was trying to "counsel" Caleb about a woman he's "obsessed" with. Voicing concern for the safety of this woman and Michael, Eve and Ian call the sheriff to report Caleb's attack on Michael and vandalism of the church.
However, when the sheriffs arrive, Michael downplays the quarrel, and the sheriffs, rather lightly, dismiss the incident. "This is not your typical case of sibling rivalry here," Eve observes, but since Michael refuses to press charges and no one actually witnessed the church vandalism taking place, no action is taken. Michael, uncharacteristically, displays an angry side of him (the hidden Caleb aspect) that startles Eve and Ian. When they keep reminding him that Caleb is endangering the life of this young woman as well as Michael's, Michael lashes out, yelling, "You don't know what you're
talking about, either of you. You think you can come in here and tell me how to live my life. . . . You don't know the first thing about what I've been through or what my brother needs. . . . Leave us alone. Please. Leave us alone." He walks away. A few minutes later, he is approached again by Eve and Ian and apologies are exchanged. However, Eve confides to Ian her worry over Michael's danger and refuses to stop her well-meaning interference.
The episode concludes as Jack, having escaped from the hospital, reunites with Livvie, and they embrace. |
