The third chapter of "The Devil's Hour" Season 2, titled the enigmatic "Something Beginning With D," thrusts viewers into a sinister labyrinth woven with flames, terror, and forensic riddles that intricately intertwine the destinies of Lucy Chambers and Gideon Shepherd. The episode ignites with a fiery spectacle—a stolen Subaru, consumed by flames, serving as a macabre prologue. Lucy, accompanied by Nick Holness, dives headfirst into the investigation.
As the mystery unfolds, the camera pans to Gideon, his gaze fixed on a blue car, a ticking time bomb waiting to explode. The lens of a camera perched across the street documents his every cautious move, a grim reminder of the $10,000 bounty that forces him into the shadows, reliant solely on Lucy's insight to unravel the looming threat.
In a spine-tingling rendezvous at the witching hour of 3:30 am, Gideon confronts Sylvia, exposing the "echoes" she beholds—fragments of an alternate reality that haunts them both. He unveils his cherished tin box, a symbol of resilience amidst the relentless turmoil that oscillates between the void and the overflowing, mirroring the collision of two timelines.
Gideon's excavations in the garden yield a haunting secret: the shotgun that Sylvia employed to end her life in another dimension, a gruesome find that rattles his composure. He beseeches Lucy's unwavering dedication to the case, determined to track down the bomber before more innocent lives are consumed by the flames of destruction.
Meanwhile, within the confines of their home, Lucy and Isaac share a tender moment adorned with faux tattoos—a butterfly for Isaac, symbolizing transformation, and a smiley face flower for Lucy, a subtle nod to their shared adventures across parallel realms. Ravi and Sam Boyd delve deep into the annals of the past, unearthing an archaic video of Evelyn Wiseman, inadvertently connecting her to the fateful date whispered by Gideon in his interviews. Boyd's suspicions of Lucy's involvement linger, but Ravi's personal biases cloud his discernment, adding another layer of complexity to the already labyrinthine plot.
Lucy's odyssey brings her to a serene park, where the tranquility is shattered by a chilling revelation: ducks, victims of a sinister ploy, lie lifeless, their demise a grotesque testament to the killer's latest atrocity—bread laced with glass shards. Isaac's sudden appearance and dire warning propel them into flight, but not before Lucy's gaze locks onto the Watson duo, a haunting reminder from before the toy store's fiery demise.
The blue Subaru's furtive movements set in motion a fateful call from Gideon to Lucy, piercing the stillness of the devil's hour, 3:33 am. His intricate plan unfurls, tasking Lucy with a daring deception: posing as a police officer to confront Jack Graham, the Subaru's owner, who unwittingly identifies Steve Dunn as the culprit. Meanwhile, Ravi and Boyd's encounter with Evelyn's father, Greg Wiseman, unveils the heartrending tale of her disappearance on the 21st of November, 1986. Her yearning for an escape from haunting echoes, a haven "far away" and "quiet," strikes a chord with Boyd, echoing the allure of the "ancient mansion on the moor."
Dr. Bennett's therapeutic session with Isaac takes a surreal turn as he vanishes into thin air upon the radio's sudden activation, leaving Bennett reeling and Isaac's abilities shrouded in mystery. Lucy's subsequent search through Steve Dunn's belongings yields no direct ties to the toy store fiasco, but hints of a French buyer for his car suggest a tragic misdirection in their pursuit. Realizing her own timeline's deceits have led them astray, Lucy acknowledges they've been chasing shadows, the wrong man all along.
Isaac's struggle with his visions reaches a fever pitch during a playful game of I Spy, where he vanishes and reappears, his tale of Lucy's heroic rescue from a dog attack a testament to their entwined fates.
The episode crescendos in a violent showdown at Steve's abode. With a shotgun in hand, Lucy pulls the trigger, ending Steve's life as he lunges at her with a hammer. This decisive act reverberates with consequences that stretch far and wide, painting "Something Beginning With D" as a heart-stopping chapter that heightens the stakes, blurs the boundaries between reality and echoes, and tests Lucy's resolve to its very limits. As the intricate web of connections unfolds, one question lingers: How deeply intertwined are these lives, and what exorbitant price will they pay for daring to defy the devil's hour?
