Faced with a major trouble switching bodies and said
Troubled person running around switching people – Nathan and Duke decide to
talk about Mara and Audrey. Of course they do.
Duke in Nathan’s body brings Dwight in Gloria’s body up
to speed with everything. Duke and Nathan also have another problem – Duke is
due to let out a Trouble or he explodes, killing everyone. They decide they can
release a Trouble without Mara but they need to pick a safe one; they fixate on
a “Reincarnation” Trouble which makes people live past lives (how can you have
such a major, revelatory Trouble and just sweep it away like that?!) which, of
course, they hope to use on Mara to bring Audrey back.
In North Carolina, the switched Teague brothers have
found an open Thinny and are worried about Mara finding it. They also realise that
neither of them were around Jeffrey so he couldn’t have Troubled them. But
Skip, his brother, seems a likely candidate. They speak to Allison, Skip’s
wife, and reveal they know about the Troubles and the switching. She reveals
that the man in Haven isn’t Jeffrey, it’s Skip – they switched some time ago.
The tragic story is that Jeffrey loved Alison but she married the more outgoing
Skip – who then cheated on her; Jeffrey confronted Skip and they switched. And
everything was wonderful – they dumped Skip (in Jeffrey’s body) in Haven’s
mental institution after convincing him that he had “lost his mind.”
When Vince/Dave started asking questions Jeffrey (in Skip’s body) panicked which set his Trouble off – both of their Troubles off – since they’re connected. The solution that they see is getting Jeffrey and Skip together to resolve their issues.
All of this is confirmed in Haven by a psychiatric nurse
to Nathan (in Duke’s body) and Mara/Audrey (who may be Audrey at the moment or
just Mara pretending to be Audrey. And this show really didn’t need a body
switch episode to make it even harder to recap).
They lure her into
asking to have the stun belt removed – proving it’s really Mara; they lock her
up and Nathan cuts Duke’s hand to release a Trouble. It doesn’t go to plan, not
only can Nathan not release a Trouble, but when orderlies arrive to Mara’s
screaming she tells them Duke (in Nathan’s body) attacked her and uses Audrey’s
ID to have them restrain Duke – who can’t prove he’s really Haven PD because,
of course, he isn’t.
Are we confused yet?
Nathan and Duke end up locked up.
And Mara goes off, with a gun, to stop Dwight and Gloria
arresting Jeffrey. She fires – and it is drawn to Dwight’s body (occupied by Gloria)
because of his Trouble. Mara leaves with Jeffrey. At least at the hospital Duke
(in Nathan’s body) manages to convince a woman guarding them they’ve body
switched – with memories of a time they had sex together
Also, I’m not going to be able to look a judge in the eye
for some time with that mental image
In North Carolina, the Teagues find that Jeffrey (in Skip’s
body) can’t fix the switch he does need to speak to his brother. He’s not a fan
of that idea but he agrees after Vince/Dave is nearly sucked into the Thinnie
that is randomly in his garden. On the drive back, though, Vince (in Dave’s
body) has a vision – seeing a man run from something, carving Croatoan on a
tree just before whatever’s chasing him catches him, grabs his head and pull
black smoke from his eyes (looks like Aether, which Mara uses to power the
Troubles. This is where it comes from?) unfortunately, he’s driving so he
crashes.
In Haven, Gloria (in Dwight’s body) is taken to hospital
and Dwight, Nathan and Duke confirm that the reason Mara kidnapped Jeffrey is
because the Troubles inside Duke seem to skip the usual immunity Mara enjoys –
and since they need to switch back to release a Trouble, she’s trying to stop
that happening.
Using GPS, Nathan and Duke track them down and Duke stuns
Mara with her belt, reminding her that it’s Nathan who loves Audrey and couldn’t
do it – not Duke
Vince is in hospital but seems ok – and everyone gather
for the brother reunion. They greet each other with hugging. Hugging
de-switches everyone.
Everyone back to normal but the Teagues stay on topic and
discuss their visions. Alison also joins them – she knows about the Thinnie
outside the house; her family have been looking over them since the 16th
century, the original Roanoke colony. Her family legend says before the colony
arrived, the Native Americans said the area had a menacing green mist (which
Dave and Vince have seen) and even the Native Americans found the colonists had
vanished – and they lost time.
They also have Alison look at Dave’s adoption file which
still shows he was adopted from her house, implying her ancestors. She
recognises Agent Howard –who tried to buy her house from her mother (which also
further proves Agent Howard never aged).
Gloria and Dwight have their own little meet up now they’re
in their own bodies – and they address the secret they’re keeping (they wouldn’t
have switched if they didn’t have a secret). Gloria knows where Dwight’s
apparently estranged sister is. Her bullet magnet Trouble activated – and she
died.
The Teagues do their own secret digging – Dave remembers
losing time before, when the Colorado Kid died (previous season, Audrey/Mara’s
son). He remembers being pulled into the void and waking up on a beach – next to
the Colorado Kid’s body.
And to Nathan, Duke and Mara – Nathan is at the end of his tether and threatens to kill Mara if Duke dies from his Troubles – because if Duke dies then there’s no Audrey left. It’s all irrelevant anyway because Duke releases a Trouble – it’s shiny and explosive and has big dramatic music.
His explosive Trouble releases Audrey… a second Audrey.
Mara’s still around but now Audrey is as well. Yes, in separate bodies.
Wait wait wait, let me get this straight – he was cheating on Alison so Alison and Jeffrey switched his body, convinced him he was insane and dumped him in a mental institution in another state then went on to live their blissful life together?
Seriously? Why has no-one told Alison and Jeffrey that
they may be the worst people ever?
Speaking of dodging morality – if Mara let’s Duke die
there’s no Audrey left? Poetic. Except Mara has directly, outright murdered
someone. I’m not talking ramped up a trouble and let it kill people, but shot
someone and killed them for car keys. Not helping Duke would show Audrey is
dead but murder wouldn’t?
I’m actually really happy with how they brought Audrey
back because of my repeated worries about trying to brainwash Mara when she is
the original personality. Changing Mara back would always be dubious – creating
a separate Audrey is far more palatable.
I’m glad it’s done now – because the Teague’s are brewing
up a big and deep mystery and we keep getting distracted. On topic now!
I suppose with body-switching episodes it’s a chance for everyone to flex their acting muscles – and it was decent. Not amazing or shiny – but then, that understated acting elements of each other’s characters was definitely the way to go.
