Thelma is pensive again and steps into a room that seems
to be right from the 20s – including he the awesome headmaster singing (not
that well), and Cassie and Azazeal all
in period dress. It’s Cassie’s dreams she’s been spying on – and it’s
interrupted when she wakes up and we see Cassie’s possessed, blood shot eyes
showing she has fallen under Azazeal’s control. In case we had any doubt she’s
now smoking in her room rather than sneaking off to outhouses and being all
kinds of unpleasant to Thelma (not that she was exactly pleasant to her
before).
We go on to have more very strong evidence that Cassie is
now evil – she’s confident and a little mean to Troy (rather than mousey and
meek), she dresses revealingly (sexy clothes! Surely this is proof of female
evil!) and she continues to be cruel to Thelma, including sexually taunting
her. And she goes to the dark and naughty club (you can tell, there are
lesbians!) and does naughty things (like drink vodka!) At the club she meets up
with Azazeal who she begins bantering with before discussing her mother’s
mental state and whether Azazeal is responsible. We move from there to Cassie
speculating whether Azazeal’s old pick line really works (Cassie, it’s Michael
Fassbender, he could speak in tongues and it’d still work). She does reject him
(or encourage him to work harder, anyway) which intrigues him further.
Earnest teacher Jo is meeting with awesome headmaster who
is, indeed and awesome headmaster, who asks her to stay at the school over
Christmas before moving on to Cassie and finding a very very very different
Cassie (which he handles with aplomb because he is awesome).
Thelma also tries to question Cassie about her evening
and gets Cassie throwing inappropriate flirting back. She moves on to Troy and
quickly runs rings around him (the Mean Girls and Leon watch and are torn
between upset and agreement). Then it’s on to earnest Jo who is also taken
aback by the new and improved Cassie. New Cassie continues with a game of Truth
or Dare where she ends up kissing Leon (choosing him over Troy. And yes, this
is the
man who sexually assaulted her several episodes ago) – making Troy leave
and even spooks the Mean Girls. Cassie moves on to make out with Leon in the
showers – though Thelma turns on the taps to change the water temperature
(would that even work in a communal bathroom). Troy tries to catch up with her
later to sort things out with Cassie, but she just shoots it down – and their
relationship.
Thelma has reached the end of her rope with this and
calls the Samaritans to vent – and discusses, among other things, electrocuting
Cassie (which drives out possession) much to the consternation of the
Samartians
But all the 1920s music comes to a head when Thelma meets
Peggy – egyptologist, suffragette, lesbian (yes another lesbian – this is
actually a pattern in the series – GBLT ghosts. Uh-huh) and ghost since 1923.
She’s studying an ancient Egyptian tablet which she can’t translate because the
name she sees is “Azazeal” which isn’t very Egyptian.
In their room Thelma starts messing with the wiring (do
not try this at home kids) and Cassie continues to be new, unpleasant, Cassie.
All the fuses blow – but, alas, it does not de-possess Cassie. Azazeal makes a
nocturnal visit to her room for more flirting before they finally kiss. She then gets to tell Thelma about her new
love with Azazeal and how they misjudged the poor poor demon who stabbed
Thelma. Thelma objects to this and Cassie implies this is all because Thelma is
jealous.
More making out and near-fully clothed sex with Azazeal (curse you low light conditions!) Azazeal also starts hanging around the school and meeting Jo – and Thelma’s second electrocution trap failed due to Cassie’s magic.
Thelma and Peggy translate more of the tablet and found that
Azazeal and Herath (his last true love in Egypt) became pregnant with his
child, was buried alive – but their union also upset the natural order of
things, causing the dead to walk – which may explain all the ghosts with it
happening again.
Thelma’s third electrocution trap does work – but also
catches a random bystander as well. Y’know, electrocution is so not a safe way.
And Cassie is de-possessed and boring again! And regretting what she did while
possessed.
Azazeal returns that night and, of course, Cassie rejects
him, her mind pulling away despite his “you want me really” speech. Azazeal is
not giving up
Cassie’s evil period – could that be more coded? She’s
sexy and confident (evil) wears revealing clothes (evil) and drinks alcohol
(evil) in a bar with lesbians! (ZOMG SO EVIL). I dislike that ANY of these are
considered to be useful tools to show Cassie as the evil corrupted bad girl.
About the only thing she does that is actually evil is
torment Thelma with more flirting despite not being interested – which,
frankly, she did before being possessed as well. Only now the behaviour is “justified”
by the possession, can we not do this please? This show is, more and more,
proving the point that inclusion alone isn’t a good thing – the treatment of Thelma
is extremely shoddy. On top of that I am
beyond not happy with her flirting and making out with Leon. Yes, if you must,
make her go with another guy to make Troy jealous because she is possessed and
is just “so evil” now (honestly, this is the mildest demonic possession ever,
no spinning heads, no green goo, not even minor law breaking!) but not with the
guy who sexually assaulted her!
And while we’re on the subject – Cassie only slept with Azazeal
because of the possession – as is obvious, she wouldn’t and won’t sleep with
him without it. That is rape – magic may
be the date rape drug but it’s still rape and not overtly labelled as such.
More on the ghost front – Thelma can use a phone and talk
to people at the other end.
Ok I didn’t much follow the relationship between Cassie
and Troy because there was zero chemistry – and now between Cassie and Azazeal?
From him I can feel it, from Cassie? It falls flat. Which is very frustrating
