EPISODE TWO
Things are heating up in the Hodgson household. The activity is getting more and more intense and now that Playfair is a believer, things are moving along quickly. Grosse is starting to experience violent hallucinations and they're done very cleverly where every time you believe he's really committing these acts, only to be pulled back into reality.
Playfair pays a visit to the Grosse household and we learn more about Grosse's wife and what happened to their daughter Janet. She died tragically in a motorcycle incident and Grosse and his wife believe she's been trying to contact them.
Playfair invites a medium couple to visit the Hodgson house and are treated to a real possession. The woman advises our team of investigators to not contact the spirit, that the house is a "house of death". Grosse doesn't believe her and believes she's a fake, but Playfair and the Hodgson family believe everything.
Grosse does a little investigating about the spirit from some clues given during the possession. He learns that an old man named Joe died in the house and he was a horrible and cruel old man. Playfair decides they should make contact with the spirit, despite the warnings from the medium. Joe uses Janet as a voice box and things start to get very intense.
Playfair and Grosse invite the SPR to come visit so they can prove to them it's really happening and get some proper help. When Joe remains quite, Grosse oversteps his boundaries and asks Janet to fill her mouth with water and then tapes her mouth shut. Joe's voice still comes through, convincing SPR that Joe is real, but causing Janet to lose trust in Grosse.
Janet runs away in anger but Grosse manages to find her and make amends, only to find out when he gets back to the Hodgson house that Peggy doesn't want him there anymore.
Another absolutely brilliant episode. Grosse is a character so deep and rich with emotion and backstory that I could cry, I feel for him and love him dearly. And little Janet remains so innocent yet so adult at the same time. She is fully aware of all that is going on and terrified, but she can also banter with the adults like she's one of them. I commend the actress that plays her.
I forgot to mention in the last post that the opening credits for this show are a terrifying joy to watch!
EPISODE THREE
The SPR is now involved and they are extremely skeptical. Now that Grosse isn't allowed to be involved the SPR is performing tests and being overly critical of the two young girls. The girls then decide to go to the newspapers and claim they were faking the whole thing so that SPR would go away.
They show up at Grosse's house and let him know they lied about faking it and then show him bruises and bites that have come from Joe. Grosse and his wife remain believers and so does Playfair. They all head back to the house and decide to perform a type of exorcism to rid the house of Joe.
But of course, like any horror film, the first exorcism never holds. Joe comes back with a vengeance and this time he's brought some friends. Janet is put in the hospital but the nurses and doctors believe she's doing it to herself so they keep her under watch and perform electro-therapy on her. Grosse and his wife meanwhile are starting to show some cracks, she needs him home with her while she continues to deal with her grief, but Grosse has put all his grief into the Hodgson family and needs to be with them.
To get Janet out of the hospital, Peggy lies to the hospital administrators and says she's been making the whole thing up. Janet is released and put back in her house. Immediately the poltergeist goes nuts only this time it looks like there's multiple spirits, they've counted 35 separate voices.
After taking Janet out of the house and showing her the original Janet's grave, Janet realizes that Grosse is the reason the poltergeist isn't leaving. They call back the medium woman and she allows all the voices to come through. Janet's voice finally makes it through and tells Grosse that she doesn't forgive him, because there's nothing to forgive him for. Aka, stop blaming yourself for her death Grosse! She then passes on and takes all the spirits with her leaving the Hodgson house free at last.
The ending copies The Omen, allowing Janet to break the fourth wall and smile directly into the camera.
Absolutely brilliant show, enjoyed every moment of it. Perfect length, perfect cast, gorgeous scenery, and scares that are subtle but stick with you.
GO WATCH IT YOU MANIACS!
Stay spooky!
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