Mr. Doran opens it up by reminding us how creepy he is
before we cut to Jane who is working with Tony – who is totally NOT bitter
about her getting the building manager’s job over him, not at all (he may be less bitter if Jane didn't keep mentioning all the fantastic parties she gets invited to) – to clear
out the Barlow’s flat after the building ate him last episode. She’s a little
perturbed by how quickly Mr. Barlow left, especially not telling her anything,
but she forgets that when scratching in the walls turns out to be a massive
flock of birds that batters its way out and smashes a window escaping (Mr.
Doran looks on, creepily). An entire flock of birds. A BIG flock of birds at
that.
Tony’s more distracted trying to get the elevator fixed
since it already tried to eat a woman last week and still totally not bitter.
She catches Nona walking past and asks her more about the thief since Jane’s
lost her grandmother’s necklace. Nona sympathises and then tells her not to
mess with the birds – since they’re important to the Drake. Yes, more creepy.
Speaking of woman crushed by an elevator, Brian goes to
see Louise in hospital where she’s recovering well – but they have money
worries since she can’t work and the job she did have scheduled has both now
cancelled her and won’t work with her again. Alexis, her assistant shows up to
bring things for her and take the opportunity to get a little touchy-feely with
peeping-tom Brian.
Henry and Jane go to another glitzy, ritzy party run by
the totally-not-creepy Dorans who are also totally-not-grooming them. Time to
see Gavin Doran’s extremely expensive property deals, enjoy the view, make out
on the balcony (stay classy guys) and meet another resident – Danielle! She’s
single but going on a date tomorrow and good ol’ Gavin is calling up a romantic
restaurant to have them treated well. That Gavin, always selflessly thinking of
others.
That night Jane realises she left some clothes in the
dryer and, since there’s a thief in the building, goes down to check. At least
it beats last week’s excuse of just wandering around in the middle of the night
for shits and giggles. While down there she hears something and checks out the
Big Menacing Door – behind which is a flat – and a dead body with blood stains
on its chest. She gasps – and he sits up. And she wakes up back in her bed, but
her washing basket is filled with the dried clothes.
The next day Henry reveals he’s invited the Doran’s for
dinner (cooking a meal for billionaires – don’t be intimidated Jane), but she
generously doesn’t kill him. She does ask Tony if there’s ever been a murder in
the building – he says no and adds that she’s creepy – yeah, she and everyone
else who lives there. And the exterminator arrives to deal with the birds, they
find an old ventilation shaft absolutely chock full of starlings (also creepy)
In Brian’s flat he’s writing his play (no, he actually
is) and trying to resist peeping into Alexis’s bedroom, even though she’s not
even there. He closes the curtain to avoid distractions and Jane and the
exterminator arrive to knock on walls. While talking to Jane he notices that
the curtains he closed are open again – and through the window Alexis is
getting changed again.
Hunting down the starlings they find that access to the
ventilation shaft is behind The Door that is covered in concrete (the
exterminator, wise man, decides that if someone concretes up a door, they have
a good reason to do so). Jane is determined to have it knocked down. Nona sees
the exterminator hammering at the door and warns him that he’ll annoy the birds.
He fobs her off and she steals his rabbit foot key-ring to get a vision off it –
a vision of him being killed by birds. And guess what happens that night? The
birds attack him and he’s run over by a taxi. Nona’s definitely the person to
ask the creepy questions. Or tomorrow’s lottery numbers
Meanwhile lonely Danielle is stood up for her date – but creepy
Gavin Doran is there to console her (that’s not stalkery at all). And he has a
friend he’d love for her to meet, while he stands back and watches them
(creepily, of course). And later Olivia is there to take her shopping for her
new date – it was a hit.
Jane drops in on Louise and is shocked that she plans to
sue (eerrr, the lift tried to kill her and her injuries resulted in her being
unable to work – sounds reasonable actually) and is disturbed because she’s all
Team Doran now. Brian, meanwhile is entertaining Alexis – she enters their home
while he’s in the shower. He tells her to leave but she kisses him. he tells
her to leave again, she kisses him again – and he kisses her back.
When Louise gets out of hospital she finds a cheque from the Doran’s for $300,000 for her injuries.
Jane returns home someone shoves a newspaper under her
door – she thinks it’s Nona – about a robbery and murder in the Drake in 1956,
Edward Paxton was murdered in his home.
Preparing dinner for Henry she tells him about her
psychic dream but he has another worry – after being told about Doran’s
$100,000,000 property deal he has come into knowledge in his job with the mayor’s
office that says the land is a toxic waste dump. If Doran goes ahead he’s going
to lose his money, if he doesn’t, the leak could be traced to Henry. It’s going
to make for a tense dinner.
It does go smoothly however, and Jane reveals more of her
obsession with the Drake’s history and tells the Dorans about the murder –
turns out the murder victim lived in Danielle’s room. And Danielle’s date?
Doesn’t go so swimmingly – it starts well and they go home and go to bed and
then he has to leave to see his wife. She’s shocked but he points out he never
took his wedding ring off – she is adamant he wasn’t wearing one, she looked.
Jane has another dream, goes through The Door, sees the
murdered man – and sees a woman stood over him with a knife, saying she loved
him. In Apartment 7G, Danielle is stood over the cheat’s body with a knife. She
panics, lying on the floor and creepy Gavin Doran comes in, saying the man
cheated him in a business deal as well and got what he deserved. He talks about
all the other men who have cheated or mistreated Danielle, a list going back to
1956 when she killed Edward Paxton. He names name after name – and Danielle
checks her face in the mirror. She’s an old woman. She panics and cries and
Doran holds her, saying he’ll clear up the mess, she’ll go to bed – and tomorrow
she’ll feel like a new woman. Presumably literally.
In the morning Gavin runs into Henry and tells him he’s
completed his property deal – Henry’s uncomfortable for obvious reasons. Gavin also
tells him about the toxic waste and praises Henry for keeping top his ethics
and not telling him – and that Gavin already turned the property round for a
profit before the news broke. As Henry leaves, Olivia comments to Gavin that
Henry has passed his test. Gavin says he’s perfect – she protests that he’s a
boy-scout but Gavin says he’s going to be a hero.
The exterminator is gone but before Jane can call
another, Gavin says to just brick up the hole and leave them – they’re not
doing any harm and they belong at the Drake. But he wants her to clean up the
mess in the basement. Down there she finds the concrete has been pulled away
from The Door – and, of course, she simply has to open it and look inside –
where something grabs her.
I’m all kinds of meh about this show so far to be honest.
It’s interesting but I’m not sure if any of the characters are particularly
compelling to me yet. I may have to break out the snark.
