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Black Eye Guy
11-27-2005, 04:08 PM
Thelma wants to help Leon save Ella, but it'll mean losing Maya. Will she sacrifice the love of her life to rid the world of evil?

Source: TV.com (http://www.tv.com/hex/show/30450/episode_guide.html&season=2)

Recap:

Ella is demurely dressed, clearly having tried on every item of clothing she possesses. Thelma is surprised at her choice of outfit. It's not very practical for fighting monsters. But Ella isn't listening. In fact she doesn't seem to be able to see Thelma at all. Thelma is worried.

Ella goes to sit with Malachi, Alex, Tom and Leon. She apologises to Malachi for keeping him waiting, then snogs him in a totally inappropriate fashion. She's talking absolute rubbish about being the luckiest girl alive. Malachi sees his mark upon her neck and frowns.

Malachi confronts Mephistopheles and accuses him of wanting him to shag Ella all along. Mephistopheles tells him that the reverse psychology has worked rather well. Ella is now neutralised. She thinks she's just a normal 17-year-old and Malachi is just the man she wants to please most. Malachi has also changed too...

Malachi experiments with his new toy, getting Ella to carry his books for him. He seems to have lost all of his previous love for Ella now that they are together. Thelma and Leon are disgusted by his behaviour. Leon tells Thelma to meet him later so they can come up with a plan to rescue Ella.

Thelma takes Maya shopping at the morgue. The mark has gone from Maya's neck and Maya apologises to Thelma for freaking out about it. Maya's not keen to get rid of her clothes by stealing new ones from the dead, particularly when the first drawer they open reveals a smelly old tramp. Finally they find a beautiful girl. Maya is very taken with her and Thelma gets jealous. Maya laughs at her.

Raphael visits Leon and tells him that the real Ella is still within her somewhere. He has to kill Malachi to release her. Leon doesn't think he'll be able to do it as he's just a mere mortal, but Raphael tells him there are ways round that. Leon's determined to do it, to stop Ella being an automaton.

Malachi continues to treat Ella like a servant, whilst flirting all the time with Alex. However Ella tells Leon that she's happy now, she feels less stressed. Leon is upset to see her like this.

Thelma gets Maya to burn her old clothes. They both have new outfits. Maya asks if there is anyway for them to die properly. Thelma says no. However when she returns to Medenham, Leon tells her he's going to kill Malachi. Thelma remembers there is one way for her and Maya to die. If Malachi is killed, they disappear too.

Mephistopheles tells Malachi that he is now gaining in power and will continue to do so as he corrupts the hearts and minds of man. Every person has a desire so deep that if it is granted it would take over their very being. He must feed that desire and corrupt their souls, thus destroying God's creation. Malachi seems to like the idea.

Thelma's worried and goes in to Ella's dreams to see what is going on. She finds that Ella is dead in her dreams. She tells Leon that this is not right. You can't die in your dreams. Leon has been preparing for his fight with Malachi. He intends to use St. John's Wort to disable Malachi, before killing him. Thelma is not too enthusiastic and Leon realises she will die when Malachi dies. He asks her what he should do. Thelma gives him her blessing to do the deed.

However Thelma then meets up with Maya who is sweet and playful. Thelma tries to tell her that they're both going to die but Maya mistakes her intentions. She thinks Thelma's going to confess to having another lover. Thelma reassures her there's no one else, it's just she doesn't want to lose her. Maya tells her nothing bad is going to happen. Thelma can't bring herself to tell the truth.

Malachi, Alex, Tom, Leon and Ella sit outside again. Malachi tells them all not to go to class but to have some fun instead. He tells Tom that he must be in need of some female company and offers Ella to him. Leon looks on shocked, and at a distance Mephistopheles seems almost saddened by the scene. Meanwhile Roxanne of all people is the only person to turn up to class and David isn't happy. Outside Ella is about to snog Tom under Malachi's instructions. Leon can barely control himself and is hugely relieved when David comes outside to break up the action. He takes them inside for a lesson on Blake's 666: The Number of the Beast.

Mephistopheles meets Malachi later and tells him that he is becoming stronger. He doesn't seem to approve of Malachi's tactics, and has become saddened by what he is encouraging Malachi to do. However Malachi is only pleased when Mephistopheles informs him that the souls of men will nourish him, they are doing so already. He throws a stone at Malachi, who stops it in mid-air. He couldn't do that before.

Leon searches for the knife of Orokiah in Ella's room. Thelma tries to hide it from him, suddenly unwilling to die and never see Maya again. But in the end she relents. Leon finds the knife. He fills a bottle of bourbon with St. John's Wort, as per Raphael's instructions. Raphael sends him on his way.

Meanwhile Thelma says goodbye to Ella before meeting Maya for the last time. Maya has brought her a present. Thelma says she has to tell her something, but before she can Maya tells Thelma that she loves her. Taken aback, Thelma says she loves her too.

Malachi says it's a bit early for bourbon when Leon turns up so they drink beers. Leon tries to put Malachi at ease by telling him he wants nothing to do with the supernatural world anymore. Meanwhile Thelma looks at a sleeping Maya and comes to a decision.

As Malachi goes to get ice, Thelma intercepts him. She tells him that Leon is planning to kill him and he mustn't drink the bourbon. Malachi mocks her for the fact that she's his servant, now that she has something to live for. Malachi returns to Leon.

Malachi gets Leon hammered on the bourbon whilst pouring his own measure away. Leon is soon passed out. Malachi leaves the room and locks the door. Mephistopheles is perturbed when Malachi is determined to kill Leon. As Leon sleeps, we become aware of something else in the room. The Nephelim Sariel, sent to do Malachi's dirty work for him.

Source: SkyOne (http://www.skyone.co.uk/programme/pgeepisodes.aspx?pid=5&eid=385)


I thought tonight’s episode was ok, not great, but also not the worst, The first half was very slow but the second half was better. Ok so what is up with that evil guy that is instructing Malachi, Why do you think he would risk loosing Ella over Leon??

Mr Pointy
11-28-2005, 06:43 AM
Black and white are really mixing up into shades of grey now...what with Raphael being a right b*st*rd and Mephistopheles being uneasy about Malachi's treatment of Leon and helping Thelma to revive Ella.

I have to admit that I dozed off part way through this ep (but that was due to lack of sleep the previous night and not the ep:)) so I missed a couple of scenes, including the one (I guess) were Thelma decided to sell-out the good guys (again!) for Maya.

I'm really glad that I persevered with Hex now - it's shaping up to be must-watch TV, what with the ongoing blurring of the boundaries between good and evil and the way the characters are developing...

Black Eye Guy
11-28-2005, 12:18 PM
There are no line between Good and Evil now, lol. But Yeah Thelma betraying Ella again was very 'tension making', that’s got to lead to a good storyline :)

Allycat
12-07-2005, 01:38 PM
Thelma is such a little B****. Anyway, great episode. I love it how I don't really know who to root for anymore. Like I said, Thelma definitely lost some cudos on this one, but the final scene was very sad again and I felt sorry for her. Anyhow, all I know is I'm all for Maya! I'm gonna continue and watch ep 11 now.