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[MATCH STRIKING]

[OMINOUS MUSIC]

♪

[GASPS]

♪

[GASPS]

[TENSE MUSIC]

♪

[RODENTS SQUEAKING]

[GASPS]

Come on.

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

Shit.

So, on the other side of this wedding, what exactly happens?

The first day is Michaelmas,

on the second, the wedding,

and on the third day at high noon, the feast.

These are words every Scottish Mayfield knows.

Remember the night

we crashed Father's car into a ditch?

[LAUGHING]

Oh, yeah.

And Angus Murray went flying from the back seat

and smacked his skull right off the windshield.

[LAUGHING]

- Angus Murray. Ha. - Hmm.

My God, Angus Murray.

Ha!

We Mayfields have been very patient, as you know.

The magic we possess isn't nothing...

But it's not what we've been promised.

And now the time has finally come.

Our abilities will be tremendously enhanced.

Wow. Very impressive.

[TIRES SCREECHING]

We never crashed Father's car,

and there is no Angus Murray.

What's going on, brother?

[TENSE MUSIC]

♪

Do you remember this place?

You were the priest here.

I told you, I don't remember anything.

Look at the window.

You used to stand at the altar.

[OMINOUS MUSIC]

♪

When?

A long time ago.

I grew up hearing the story.

St. Ashlar, giver of life.

But that's not me.

I've caused so much suffering...

misery.

I've killed.

I won't do it again. I won't...

Look, I need to see Rowan.

She knows who I am.

She knows what's happening to me.

She's not here, um, but I'm here.

How can I trust you?

You all want something from me,

and you won't even tell me what it is.

The only thing we want from you is for you to be happy,

- your happiness. - That's a lie.

You see, that's a lie.

Aye, so it is.

My father wants me to make sure you get to the wedding.

And if I can't manage that, then...

he's a very violent man.

For what reason? What... what use am I to him?

Bound with Emaleth, you and your offspring

will return the glen to its glory.

For those of us who live by the harvest,

that means... that means life.

Your blood, Lasher.

Your blood, it's... it's magic.

Let me show you.

[SOFT MUSIC]

♪

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

♪

[CHUCKLES]

[RUMBLING]

Look what you can do.

♪

[SOFTLY] I remember.

I remember.

I haven't been honest with you, Ian.

Father erased all my memories of you and this place long ago.

But it's... it's coming back,

a little bit at a time.

I see.

[GEAR SHIFTER CLACKS]

- Must have done it for a reason. - Oh.

Well, sometimes he did things just to be cruel.

Hmm.

We don't have to play by his rules.

So why don't you tell me...

what does Lasher have to do with enhancing your abilities?

Oh.

Everything.

Not just these little tricks.

Real magic.

♪

Well, I'm happy for you.

Well, I wish I could share those with you,

but I can't trust Rowan for obvious reasons.

I can't guarantee any of your safety.

So, once we fix your car,

it's time for you to go back to New Orleans.

You don't have to worry about me.

I have a little gift of my own from Lasher.

- Really? - Yeah.

What kind of a gift?

Well, let's just say, uh, it allows me

to more than take care of myself.

♪

[ELECTRICITY CRACKLING]

Shit.

Ah.

♪

Okay.

No, no, no. Come on.

♪

Okay, Lasher.

♪

[DOOR RATTLING]

[CREAKING]

[EERIE MUSIC]

[VOICES WHISPERING INDISTINCTLY]

♪

[VOCALIZING]

♪

Shouldn't linger in doorways.

Why don't you send her away?

[SOFT MUSIC]

♪

What's this?

It's what you came for.

Hi.

Hi.

You're cold.

Here, take this.

Here.

Here.

Lasher's blood.

It's what you said you wanted.

Now you have it.

Time to get a move on.

My husband's with your father. Your car is fixed.

The sunrise will look beautiful on your way out of Kilbride.

No.

No.

No.

Take yourself upstairs.

♪

What's Julien's plan? What happens after the wedding?

Julien? My husband's father?

I never met him.

All right, Moira, then. I know you have her.

She'll be delivered to you once you're outside Kilbride.

Take me to her now.

Follow me.

♪

[THUDDING]

[LOCK CLICKING]

Stop right there.

- Hi. - Oh.

- Oh, my God, are you okay? - Jeez.

- Did they hurt you? - No.

No, no, no, they just hurt my will to breathe oxygen.

It's so goddamn boring in here.

No offense, Fiona.

None taken.

Here, don't worry about her.

Her brain's like a head of lettuce.

Sit down.

[SIGHS]

Do you know what's going on?

- Is Lasher okay? - [SIGHS]

So, as of yesterday, Lasher was fine.

- "As of yesterday"? - Yeah.

Amintha won't let me get close enough

to get any kind of read on her.

That's why she won't step foot inside of here.

But I did read one thing off of her

before she put me in here.

They killed Albrecht.

- What? - Yeah.

You know about this wedding, right?

Yeah.

Something's really off about it,

but they won't let me near anybody who knows anything.

They tried to give me a vial of Lasher's blood

to make me go away.

I don't think they want me here

for whatever's going to happen next.

Well, who cares? We have the blood now.

I think Lasher might be in danger.

You didn't take the blood.

You just don't want Julien to beat you

at whatever game he's playing.

Julien doesn't care about this family,

and I'm responsible for what happens to them.

Right. [SCOFFS]

So why don't you get me out of here?

All right?

And then we can go find him together.

No, they're not going to let me near him

with you there, not with your gift.

Right.

So you just stay here, and I'll come back for you.

I will.

- Will you? - Yes, just stay here.

- Thank you, Fiona. - [DOOR OPENS]

[DOOR CLOSES]

Where is he?

Deal or no deal, it's time to go.

♪

Not in there, so where should we check next?

Can't you see I'm trying to help you?

♪

Lasher's my son.

I will do anything I need to do to see him.

Ma'am, the bride, she's ready to be dressed.

You know I can feel him.

So up there?

Or shall I huff and puff

and blow all the doors down?

Fine.

Put your eye on him and be off,

but if you try anything, I promise you,

there'll be hell on Earth and worse in Kilbride.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

So? Did you see a Van Gogh?

Actually, no.

I was up all night reading the Molloy book.

You got your hands on the manuscript.

- Uh-huh. - What did you think?

[EXHALES SHARPLY] Have you read it?

No, but people are talking about how to suppress it...

how to minimize the damage.

That's the wrong approach.

What we need to do is discredit it,

make people believe it's fiction.

I like how he thinks.

That kind of insight will serve you in your new role

as the head of the New Orleans division.

Congratulations.

[CHUCKLES]

Thank you.

I will want to conduct a review of the branch.

Of course.

We advise that you proceed cautiously.

There are people you trusted

who may be part of what happened.

When you disturb the woodpile,

sometimes snakes come crawling out.

Understood.

And now you will help me.

[KNOCK AT DOOR]

We have few written records of the Taltos,

so know very little about them.

Thank you.

What we do have is the preserved body

of this one specimen.

We estimate he died around 1550.

If you could sort through his memories

and tell me what they say about the nature of the Taltos,

perhaps it would help us understand Albrecht's plan.

If Lasher's any example,

they're a source of very dark magic.

Hmm. Perhaps they're not all like your Lasher.

This is Lasher.

I can feel it.

♪

A few of our colleagues have theorized

that the Taltos can be reborn.

This must be his body from a previous life.

You say he died in the 1500s.

That's before he was a spirit, before Suzanne called him down.

Go ahead, please.

Just...

give me a moment.

You're asking me to bear witness

to a life of great brutality.

♪

[TENSE MUSIC]

♪

Lasher, it's me.

Rowan?

Let me in.

You have to open it from your side.

[SOFT MUSIC]

♪

Oh, my God. [SIGHS]

Are you okay?

Yes.

I asked for you, and they brought you to me.

No.

They were keeping me from you.

We have to leave now.

These people are going to do something very bad.

Why would they?

They showed me the truth.

It all came back.

What? What came back?

Everything. Me. I-I remember.

You remember what?

The waterfall, the... the glen...

[SIGHS] And my blood...

I-I made a tree grow.

- We're leaving. - No.

- Come on. - No. This is where I belong.

I know who I am. I know who I've always been.

But this isn't right. They have you locked in here.

- You have to listen to me. - Please.

Over and over again, you asked me what my purpose was.

- Lasher, please. - No, listen to me.

I was born hundreds of years ago.

My mother was a beloved queen.

- [SCREAMING] - [PERSON SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY]

But she had not yet borne the king a son.

[CONTINUES SCREAMING]

[BABY CRYING] Until me.

♪

Is it growing?

The king cannot see this child.

Get rid of it, m'lady?

Tell the king he was stillborn.

You heard Her Majesty. Get rid of it.

Get word to the laird.

He'll know what to do.

♪

Though scared for her life,

the queen's lady took me to my father.

Does anybody else know you're here?

No, m'lord.

They think the baby is some kind of demon.

I heard them saying it was God's punishment for...

For me laying with the queen.

- Sir... - No matter.

They've got it all wrong anyway.

He's no demon.

He's an angel...

born of a Scottish lord and a witch queen.

He's a Taltos,

the first to come in a century.

♪

My father named me Ashlar.

Our journey to Scotland took a fortnight.

On the way, he taught me everything

about our land and my people.

You see this, Ashlar?

It's our duty to care for this beautiful place.

♪

What is this place, Father?

He couldn't even name it.

It was so broken, he couldn't say that one small word...

home.

I saw true ugliness.

The village had been razed.

The king's men had scorched and salted the earth...

revenge for my birth.

[DISTANT ANIMAL HOWLS, HORSE NEIGHS]

My father taught me to call on the wolves.

They would defend me when I needed them.

- Hello. - [SNARLS]

And they showed me who I was.

♪

Soon, I felt part of this place...

and that this place was part of me.

♪

I became a priest, a man of God.

Blessed by my blood,

the children of the village thrived.

And then I saw her.

And I knew I was meant to have a family of my own.

♪

I didn't know why I wanted to come back to this world,

only that I wanted it so bad

that I was willing to commit immoral acts.

How can I justify what I've done

unless I fulfill my better purpose?

Having children?

Yes.

And through them, bringing nature back

to the world that's been destroyed by humans.

I know that you believe that

and that some of that may be true.

No, it is true.

They've been keeping me from you.

They took my cousin from us.

I mean, they killed Albrecht.

If that's a lie, then you're shameful.

And if it's true...

then they must have had good reason to do so.

You have to understand

that you're a very, very powerful creature.

Creature - And they want to use

that power for their own bad intentions.

These people are bad.

And what about your intentions?

Aren't you using me?

Manipulating?

Conniving?

That's what you do.

- How dare you? - What?

All I want is to make sure that nothing bad happens

to you or to anyone else.

That's all that I want.

Is that why you came all the way here...

- to see if I was all right? - Yes.

Or was it for this?

♪

Rowan...

I think if you look deep inside yourself,

you'd realize that you want me with you

because of what I do for you.

[SCOFFS]

No, that's not true.

Prove to me that you care.

Stay for my wedding.

Give your son away.

Please.

Lord Ashlar.

Are you ready to get dressed?

Yes.

[SOMBER MUSIC]

♪

[SHUDDERS, BREATHING HEAVILY]

Taltos blood is the land's blood.

Their lungs take in the air that lets the forest breathe.

They have the power to heal.

A living Taltos is a force for good.

Lasher is a force for good.

I need to see where this body was recovered.

That's where Albrecht was going,

and that's where we'll find answers.

It was a peat bog in Scotland,

a town named Kilbride.

Haggis and plaid... what could be better?

- Your boy. - [OBJECT SHATTERS]

Mm. Yeah, but he's my son!

Every time!

He's my boy!

In our cups rather early, brother.

Hmm.

[CELL PHONE VIBRATING]

Huh.

- Hello? - Hey, it's me.

Rowan, are you all right?

I'm fine.

Just something really wrong is happening.

Yeah, no question.

Ian's gone from being marginally aggressive

to downright hostile.

Now, he's insisting we... we leave right away.

Well, we're staying for the wedding.

Whoa.

You hoping to catch the bouquet?

That's not funny.

Look, Lasher's adamant,

and if I could think of a way to force him to leave with me,

then I would.

You've seen Lasher?

- Is he all right? - He's fine.

He's... he's brainwashed and...

wildly in love, but he's in one piece,

and that's how I intend on getting him out of here,

with or without his bride.

[OBJECT CLANKS, IAN SHOUTS]

What the hell was that?

- What was that? - Oh.

Uh, Ian seems to be...

quite distressed.

Make yourself useful.

Figure out what's going on with him

and what's going to happen with Lasher after the wedding.

Listen, Rowan,

I'm truly delighted that you're with Lark,

and he seems like a fine gentleman,

and I can see how happy he makes you.

- Great. Thanks. - Yeah, but... [SIGHS]

I fear that we may be in over our heads,

and life is long.

And, I mean, I should know, right?

But only if you don't step in the ditch.

Look, I know I've been hard on you in the past,

but that's because you say you're going to change

and you never do.

But I think you want to,

so why don't you prove it to me?

Keep me out of the ditch.

Okay. Okay.

I'll do my best with Ian.

I'll see you at the ceremony.

Right.

I'll be damned to hell

if he gets between me and my boy!

Ian! Is this about Father?

- Who else? - Wait, wait.

Just go home, will you?

It doesn't concern you!

If this involves our father,

it does concern me.

I can't let him break up my family.

Tell me what's going on.

I am family, too.

Our father...

he's coming back to this world.

He's coming back?

He needs a vessel.

He's chosen my firstborn.

Hamish.

Great power comes at great cost.

My boy will be locked away in that purgatory,

and every time I look at his face in this world,

I'll be looking into the eyes of our wretched father.

He's diabolical.

He's the only man...

I've ever been afraid of...

but I have to stop him.

Fool's errand though it may be.

No, no, no, you can't go in there alone.

I won't let you.

No, you're right.

I-it would be a fool's errand

if you went in there by yourself.

But if... if I'm in there with you...

I mean, we just might have a fighting chance.

Huh?

I never knew your intentions when you arrived.

To be honest, I doubted you.

[TENSE MUSIC]

But I see how wrong I was.

♪

Be at my side through the harvest

and take part in all the gifts our family will receive.

[SCOFFS]

Yeah, but... but... but only if my whole family can partake...

Rowan in particular.

I'll do everything I can to make that happen, brother.

[SIGHS, CHUCKLES]

Now, we're going to need someone on the outside

- to pull us out. - Right, we need a rope.

Boy!

You have to watch the hourglass at all times.

You can't take your eyes off it.

And you feel inside yourself

for any sign of distress from us.

Yeah, i-if anything seems off at all...

I mean anything... bring us out one at a time.

You know how to do that?

I know the words, yes.

[SIGHS] You have to really, really concentrate.

You got to imagine that you're... you're pulling us

- over a wall. - Yes.

Because if you don't, we'll be trapped forever.

Right, then.

♪

Two peas in my pod.

To what do I owe this displeasure?

Perhaps you were expecting some poor, defenseless boys.

This one tells me that my sweet Rowan

is in town for the nuptials.

She is not your sweet Rowan.

Will be soon enough.

How dare you even think about ruining

another young Mayfair life,

after all the damage you've done to us?

I was an innocent boy.

You turned me into a monster.

I will not let you harm another of us.

He's talking about Hamish, Father.

[CHUCKLING]

Always been a hothead, this one.

Aye.

♪

What's going on?

♪

I was so intrigued

by this gift you said you possessed,

I just had to come and ask Father about it.

Youth is wasted on the young...

♪

And immortality on the moronic.

- [LAUGHTER] - Oh.

Seems fit enough.

♪

Hey.

- Father? - Can you still get it up, boy?

- What? - [LAUGHING]

Oh, it doesn't matter. I'll be fine.

They have pills for that now, right?

[LAUGHING]

Ian?

Hamish, throw me that rope.

Always good seeing you, brother.

♪

Tricky thing about lifelines is

the one holding it gets to choose who to pull out.

Throw me the rope, boy.

Wha... No, no, no, no, no, no!

Hamish!

Hamish, get me out of here!

Hamish, get me out of here!

[SOFT MUSIC]

♪

[GASPS]

Beautiful day for a wedding.

I hear you're staying.

We found some clothes that should fit you well.

Staying? No, I don't...

Have you seen Rowan?

Your lady friend?

She's up at the castle with Ashlar getting ready.

Now hurry and get dressed, or you'll miss it.

- I... - [EXHALES SHARPLY]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

I think if you look deep inside yourself,

you'll realize that you want me with you

because of what I do for you.

♪

Humbled before our Lord. [CHUCKLES]

This is unexpected.

All soldiers pray before battle.

I hear he wants you by his side.

My husband's loath to deny him anything at the moment,

but I won't have you diminishing the occasion.

I wouldn't dare.

♪

[GRUNTS]

[GROANS]

You really should be able to do this yourself.

All that shit you made me shovel

turned my fingers into sausages.

I must admit...

it was a tough choice.

I mean, Hamish is younger, stronger.

Mm, but this body of Cortland's...

[LAUGHS]

Ah, this will live forever.

Not much of a choice when you put it that way, Father.

Yeah, but I do have to speak like a damn yat from now on.

Hmm.

So what about Rowan?

What about her?

These Americans are so literal.

Can't take a hint when you want them to get the fuck out.

So maybe we get rid of her in a more permanent fashion.

Now, steady your hand, son...

at least until the harvest is finished.

If Lasher gets upset,

it could endanger the whole thing.

[SIGHS]

And after?

Rowan might be good at spinning a web...

but we know who the true weavers are, hmm?

♪

I'm here...

- just as you asked. - [SIGHS]

Thank you.

It's time, m'lord.

You don't have to do this.

[TENSE MUSIC]

♪

[SIGHS]

[DRAMATIC DRUMMING]

♪

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

♪

Where's Lark?

He was slow getting up.

He said they'd bring him in another car.

You shouldn't have left him.

Hmm. You're right. I'm sorry.

[INHALES DEEPLY] I'm sure he'll be fine.

Yeah.

So you talked to Ian?

What's Julien's plan?

Well, they... they just want this wedding

to go off without a hitch.

There's nothing else to the plan.

No, if he told you that, then he's lying.

Oh, look. See?

There he is. [CHUCKLES]

♪

Not yet, please.

The groom is coming.

♪

[CLEARS THROAT]

There's nothing to worry about.

♪

[DRUMMING INTENSIFIES]

♪

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

♪

[DRUMMING STOPS]

This is where the body was recovered.

I can feel it.

The soil has a memory.

He died somewhere else and was brought here.

How did he die?

This place doesn't know, but his body's last memory

was in the woods,

looking up at the sky, and then...

everything went dark.

Maybe somebody erased the rest of his memories.

[SIGHS]

I can tell the difference between a mind

that once held much more

and one that only ever knew so much.

You think he might have had a very short life?

I know it.

Good morning to you.

You're trespassing.

[SPEAKING DUTCH]

Uh, landscape, yes?

Look at.

Out-of-towners transfixed by the unrivaled beauty

- of our natural wonders, eh? - [LAUGHS]

Vertrekken.

For leaving now. Auto car.

Stay a bit.

I've got a few questions for you.

Vertrekken. Bye-bye, yes?

No bye-bye.

Stay-stay.

Should sea boil to heaven,

should sky fall to Earth,

still shall this holy union remain bound

and forever pour upon our parched and wanting world

the lasting life

that is born from your eternal embrace.

[GUESTS GASPING]

[ROPES CREAKING]

[SIGHS]

Kneel, Emaleth.

Kneel, Ashlar.

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

By the power of the mountain...

the forest, and the ever-churning sea...

No, no, no, no, no. It's... it's not what you think.

I now pronounce you husband and wife,

Taltos and Taltos.

[DRUMMING]

- [AUDIENCE CHEERING] - Ah, ah, ah.

[GASPS]

[SCREAMING]

♪

Your lover boy's stitched in, dearie.

You can't hurt any of us without hurting him.

So do me the courtesy of sitting back down.

♪

[CHEERING]

♪

[PERSON GROANING, SCREAMS]

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You hate Lash.

I know what he is now.

The Taltos.

Long live the Taltos!

Taltos' blood gives you magic.

You're gonna have a battle on your hands.

No power is worth this.

Ah!

I need you for my grand finale.

All I want is to make sure that nothing bad happens to you.

Is that why you came all the way here?

To see if I was all right?

Yes.

Or was it for this?

Episode 7 is really the episode that centers

around the relationship between Rowan and Lasher.

She believes they need to be together, and so from the beginning of the episode,

she's searching for him in these tunnels, and she begins to feel his power.

She lights her way through the tunnels with the flame because she feels him close.

She can't leave him behind, and she knows that her power is tied to him.

And I think at the end of the day, whether she wants to admit it to herself

or not, she can't leave that kind of power and love behind.

This time she's hunting for him because she wants his blood to save Daphne and

Jojo, but she also begins to understand that's not enough.

It's what you said you wanted.

Now you have it.

Time to get a move on.

She doesn't just want the blood.

She wants to be with him.

He belongs to her.

They belong together.

Now.

Now.

Take yourself upstairs.

I like how he thinks that kind of insight will serve you

in your new role as the head of the New Orleans Division.

The world that Sip's been clamoring to get in on is suddenly just given to him.

And now, what does he do with that kind of access to power, access to information?

Is he going to be a true agent for good, or

will he start to use that to his own benefit?

This is Lysha.

I can feel it.

It's been really fun and challenging to design a bog body that instantly looks

like Jack, but is also true to what a bog body looks like.

Go ahead, please.

In the novel, there are 100 pages.

There are 100 pages of Lysha's backstory.

We were only able to give it a part of an episode, but it felt

really important for Lysha to understand where he came from.

And we saw real opportunity to bring Sip into

the story again through those flashbacks.

You're asking me to bear witness to a life of great brutality.

But if Sip could understand who Lysha was, he would change his feelings about him,

and he would be there to help Rowan.

He's no demon.

He's an angel.

When you find out about Lysha's original life as

a human, and how he ended up where he ended up...

It's our duty to care for this beautiful place.

It's a hell of a journey.

You know, Sip goes in and finds the body, and is able

to go in and really see where he comes from, who he is.

Lysha is a force for good.

Lysha's a little enamored with the idea, with the magic, that he could be something

positive, something good.

How can I justify what I've done unless I fulfill my better purpose?

Having children.

And Rowan, being ever clever, understands

that these people have some ulterior motives.

I know that you believe that, and that some of that may be true.

No, it is true.

When we tell a story, we cast a spell, and the

end of the story is when the spell is broken.

And in some ways, the Mayfairs have told Lysha a story of himself.

Prove to me that you care.

Stay for my wedding.

Give your son away.

That makes him impervious to any kind of reason or logic.

Lord Ashland, we need to get dressed.

Yes.

The tricky thing about lifelines is the one

holding it gets to choose who to pull out.

Throw me the rope, boy!

Episode two, Cortland feeds himself to his father.

And by episode seven, he's really fed his whole self to his father.

No, no, no, no, no, no!

His father is inhabiting his body.

This will live forever.

Harry is a wonderful actor.

It's wonderful to watch him be devilish.

Rowan might be good at spinning a web, but we know who the true weavers are.

It's fun to have been able to bring him on a redemptive arc

and also find a way for him to be back as an antagonist for us.

We get a taste of, uh, of Cortland's lineage.

And...

Cortland's lineage gets a taste of him.

The goal of the construction of last year's wedding

was to make it the strangest wedding you've ever seen.

It's amazing what people can pull off, and I'm so

constantly impressed by the work that the crew's doing.

So much of it crafted here by people who've worked with real natural materials.

The wedding was great.

It was amazing.

I love when you see everybody in their kilts and

tartans, and I think what I'm wearing is quite out there.

The yoke that Lasher wears, that chest piece, is all woven

from actual roots with flowers bent into it and so on.

So real craftspeople who came in to build these

very, very interesting, strange contraptions.

It's sort of like a mix between, like, hippie

flower, midsummer, with, like, hardcore S&M.

It's very strange.

It's like restraining.

It's like a straight jacket.

He's, like, chained, bolts, all the rest of it, almost to

prevent them from just, like, going at it straight away.

The trick to that gag was the prop ropes and the harnesses that they were wearing

were not strong enough to hold back the humans, so we had to back-tag them with a

stunt line that went to a pulley system in the back that we could have two stunt

riggers feeding them and holding them back with some mechanical advantage back there.

On totals!

Once they cut those ropes, God forbid, that's a whole other show.

Woo!