Things change drastically for Henry in this episode.
First of all, he gets an email from the councillor (now splattered or fried)
telling him that he isn’t going to get an interview. Jane is there to comfort
and Gavin is there to commiserate, pushing him again to consider running for
office rather than working for those who do. Still, Henry thinks he needs to
concentrate on his own job first. Which Gavin accepts – but then warns him that
Henry’s office is currently investigating Gavin for inside information over the
Alpern deal – but makes it clear he doesn’t blame Henry nor does he expect
Henry to use any influence on his behalf.
At work, Regina Wilson, the ADA, questions Henry about his relationship with Gavin. Gavin bought the Alpern development when it had a toxic waste dump next to it then sold it on for profit to Chinese investors almost overnight and before anyone had any idea about the dump. She throws out several pictures of them together and points out they’re very close socially, same parties etc etc. Henry protests and asks if he’s being followed – she replies that Gavin is, Henry just happens to be there all the time. Henry claims that nothing illegal or unethical is happening but they point out it looks bad and he will lose everything – his career, his job, his reputation, everything. Unless he co-operates and spies on Gavin for them. He refuses but they urge him to sleep on it.
Before the big party at the mayor’s house Olivia wants
Henry and Jane to travel with them but Henry begs off. He tells Gavin he needs
to distance himself socially from them while the investigation is ongoing.
Gavin says they’re just trying to rattle him to get them to spy and to get at
Gavin – and points out that Henry’s boss is on the take from ever developer in
the city. Henry is shocked, he’d never heard this, Gavin didn’t want to put him
in an awkward position.
But Henry is suspicious – the Dorans are so extremely
nice to him and Jane, lavish gifts, high level access, invites to parties – he begins
to worry (at last) that Gavin expects some quid pro quo. Gavin dismisses it, he
sees talent, and he dismisses the insider knowledge – he never buys property
without checking it out and that includes soil samples. Gavin offers him a
drunk – but Henry turns and leaves, despite Gavin’s warnings. Olivia, who has
been secretly listening, suggests it’s time to cut Henry loose – and Doran ominously
suggests he will do what he has to do, when he has to do it.
Later, Henry sneaks up to Gavin’s penthouse and snoops
round his computer, copying files on the Alpern development onto his thumb
drive. In his haste to leave, he forgets the cap of his thumb drive.
Jane has her own little project – her suitcase she’s
dragged up from the basement. The tumblers on the combination lock keep moving
on their own, working their way towards open even while Jane can’t manage to
force the lock. The Spooky Ghost girl repeatedly appears to express her fear of
the suitcase, one time appearing and disappearing in front of Jane, freaking
her out enough that she shuts the case in her cupboard and stops trying to open
it (she could have put it back where she found it).
Olivia has an issue for her though – the thief in the
Drake is getting out of hand and has now stolen her diamond brooch (and someone’s
suitcase from the hidden room, right Jane?). Something needs to be done – a detective
or something.
Speaking of the thief, Nona cleans up her flat and sets
out cookies to welcome, Ingrid, her therapist. She’s disappointed that Nona’s
grandmother is again missing and isn’t entirely convinced by Nona’s insistence she’s
fine, peaceful and no longer needs therapy sessions – she wants a session when
Nona’s grandmother is there. As Nona leads her out, she takes the opportunity
to steal her sunglasses.
She goes down in the lift with Jane who compliments her
on her new sunglasses. When the lift opens, she hurriedly hides the sunglasses
when she sees Ingrid still in the lobby. Ingrid asks Nona if she’d seen her
glasses and she denies it. Jane is introduced and asks about them because of
the thefts; Ingrid describes them and Jane instantly puts 2 and 2 together.
She goes to see Nona in her flat, her grandmother is
away, again (though the excuse changes) and asks if Nona has seen any of the
missing items. When Nona denies it, she takes off the gloves and demands she
give them back – and if she’s going to steal don’t be fool enough to wear the
evidence. After threatening her with Olivia, Nona swears she doesn’t have the
Jane’s necklace but she may have some of the other things – a bag of them all
appears on Tony’s reception desk to be handed out to their owners.
Outside Jane ambushes Ingrid the therapist to return the
sunglasses to ask some extremely unethical questions about Nona. Ingrid
protests her ethics then breaks them anyway, telling Jane about Nona’s dead
parents and absent grandmother. She says Nona needs someone she can trust –
with a strong implication it should be Jane, complete stranger stalker lady!
This therapist isn’t the best in the world, is she?
Now for some drama! Last week we left Annie in the hands
of her fictional created Russian mafia enforcer, Kandinsky. He has her tied to
a chair and wants to slice out her eyes unless she tells him who gave her the
information. She protests it’s fiction which doesn’t impress the fictional
dude. In panic she decides to throw her boss, Ned, under the bus (or in the
wood chipper in the case) and tells him he’s her source. While he goes to speak
to Ned, she manages to struggle out of her bonds when she knocks the chair
over.
She goes to the police. Hah, no, that would be too
sensible! She goes to her bosses (what, hoping to run into Kandinski?) and
finds her boss’s mangled body. Her phone rings and Kandinski informs her she’s
next. In terror she goes to the poli- oh who am I kidding, no-one expects
common sense here. She goes to Gavin, hoping her landlord can solve her
problem. He agrees to make sure she never sees Kandinsky again if she will
write one more column – he’ll even give her the headline – about Henry’s boss
being corrupt. No innocent lives will be lost and she’ll be saved.
Of course if she truly believes her writing comes true, she could have written a column about Kandinsky being found dead from a sudden heart attack, or losing both his arms in a terrible car accident. Or just print a retraction. I’m just saying.
She writes the column and goes to work, relaxing that
Kandinski isn’t going to cut out her eyes and her co-worker congratulates her
on her latest piece – corrupt city official with ties to the mob! Annie talks
about him going to jail but her co-worker doesn’t think it likely. No way the
mob will let him be arrested and provide evidence against them, she thinks they’ll
send a hit man – probably her friend Kandinski.
Annie panics and hurries to intervene (by printing
something, anything? No! Of course not!) by going to the mayor’s fancy party to
warn everyone.
This is the party the very distracted, tense Henry and
Jane are invited to and, dressed to the nines, they head out. They run into
Nona in the lift and she trips and touches Henry – getting a vision of a man
with a compass tattoo shooting and killing him. Torn by Jane’s kindness in not
exposing her as the thief, she warns Jane to keep a man with a compass tattoo
away from Henry.
While they are all gone, Tony the concierge hears bell
chimes from Henry and Jane’s apartment. Almost in a trance, he lets himself in,
takes out the suitcase and opens it – it’s unlocked. Black smoke billows out
forming a face – the little girl ghost whimpers under the bed. Tony blinks and
wakes up, confused, outside their door and continues with his business.
Interlude aside, it’s time for awkward scenes at the mayor’s
party! Where Henry tells Gavin he has to be seen to be above reproach, Gavin
puts the lie to this by giving him back the thumb drive cap – showing how above
reproach Henry is. Olivia then chews out Henry and Jane for turning on Gavin,
introducing Jane to the whole mess.
She gets him alone and he explains the situation and how
his career is on the line. She says it doesn’t matter whether it’s the boss or
where’s he’s from, he can’t let any of them intimidate him – not his boss, not
Henry. When Henry goes back to the party
and meets his boss he tells him he has all the files on the Alpern development,
but he won’t look at them and nor will his boss – because it’s wrong and
unethical (awwww). His boss is cynical and says high horses and city politics
don’t mix - - but then nor does screwing with Gavin Doran and life – as we see
when everyone’s phone suddenly goes off with a news report about the boss and
his mob-tied corruption.
Jane is jostled by a waiter – and sees a compass tattoo
on his wrist. It’s Kandinsky. She screams Henry’s name just as he raises a gun,
giving Henry the second he needs to grab his boss and hit the floor, the shot
misses. In the panic, Henry gets up and manages to knock the gun out of
Kandinski’s hand as he stands over his boss ready to shoot him.
But a stray bullet from the gun has hit… Annie, right
between the eyes.
Back to the Drake to tell Tony the bad news. Gavin and Henry
have a brief meeting where Henry apologises and Olivia congratulates Jane on
resolving the thief issue and assumes Jane as good reasons for protecting them.
In the aftermath, Jane goes to see Nona to tell her Henry
is fine - but Nona denies even having a vision or saying anything. Jane
insists, says Nona’s special and offers to be a friend when needed. Back inside
her apartment, we finally meet Nona’s grandmother – she seems to be catatonic.
Henry throws his thumb drive into the fire (never heard
of formatting?) and Jane gently talks to him about keeping things from her in
order to “protect” her.
Gavin and Olivia celebrate everything working out – the investigation
against him is suspended Olivia: “I sometimes forget you can do magic”) and
Gavin says Henry is allowed one mistake.
The Black smoke from the briefcase coalesces into a man…
Things are happening – we can see more of the scale of Gavin
Doran’s power, using people’s wishes for his own gain (suggesting he can’t just
do these things for himself?) and with the black smokey man and an
acknowledgement of Nona’s visions, there’s definitely things moving afoot.
Which is a great step forward – I hope. I do think this is episode 4 and the
plot really does need to get moving now.
