A Matter of Time

"A Matter of Time" is the 74th episode of Haven and the twenty second episode of season 5.
== Synopsis ==
Audrey and Duke search for a way to save Nathan from the Void. Dave must plumb the depths of his own mind in his struggle to free himself from Croatoan's deadly grasp.
== Plot ==
Nathan tries to move the boulder out of the way, and his vision starts to blur. William says it's a sign that he's fading in the Void, because humans don't survive for long. Williams says that he can help Nathan if he helps to free him from where he's trapped. William says that Mara will slaughter Nathan, but Nathan tells him that Mara is not coming back. Nathan refuses to help William and tells him that it's just Audrey now, and Mara is gone forever.
Audrey and Duke search for Hailie, who has run away. Audrey thinks if Hailie realizes that her Trouble can be dangerous, she might stop wanting to keep it. They find her, but she's trapped in the bars of a metal fence. 
Dave is chained to a chair while Duke, Maddie, and Vince discuss how to kill Croatoan. Maddie plans to hypnotize Dave to create space in his mind where he can confront Croatoan. Dwight asks Dave to find out if Croatoan has any weaknesses and what his plans are for Haven. Dave is afraid, and Dwight tells him to kill Croatoan if he can find a way.
Hailie says that opening the portal wore her out, and she couldn't control where she materialized. Audrey says that they can't get her out because the bars are stopping her from bleeding out. Duke and Audrey discuss it, and Audrey thinks Hailie should try again to keep the thinny open for Nathan.
Maddie tries hypnosis on Dave. She asks him to visualize his battlefield and he chooses the Haven Herald office. Both Maddie and Dave pass out, and Maddie's eyes go grey. Dwight thinks that Croatoan killed her and he realizes that they've lost 10 minutes of time that the can't remember. 
William doesn't believe Nathan that Mara is dead. He doesn't think that they would have been powerful enough to kill Mara, but Nathan explains that it was Charlotte, Mara's mother, who killed Mara and let Audrey have her body. Nathan tries to lever the boulder away again, but he's getting weaker and starts to cough. William tells him they're both going to die in the cave. They notice black sap oozing from the wall.
Hailie is going into shock and she cries because she doesn't want to die. Duke says she can still make it count for something by opening the thinny to save Nathan, but Hailie says he's the one who turned her trouble on and tried to kill her. She says it's Duke's fault that she's dying. Duke begs her to save Haven again, saying it's their destiny, but Hailie refuses to help, saying she'd rather die.
Dave is still in his hallucination and comes across clocks that keep resetting. Croatoan begins to communicate with him using a typewriter. Vince and Dwight find themselves about to have a fight, realizing they've lost time again and don't remember what they were fighting about. They think Croatoan is engineering their memory loss because Dave might have figured something out. 
William tells Nathan that the black sap in the walls in aether in its purest form. William suggests that they use the aether to move the boulder by giving Nathan a new Trouble. 
Audrey asks Duke to kill Hailie and absorb her Trouble so that he can open the thinny for Nathan. Duke says this kind of thing is the reason he left in the first place. He says the Crocker family curse was created by Croatoan, so this is exactly what he'd want them to do. Duke thinks he can still get Hailie to help them with the thinny before she dies without having to kill her himself. 
Nathan doesn't trust William to give him another Trouble. He tells William that Mara didn't really care about him, and then Nathan starts to have trouble breathing.
Dave speaks to Croatoan through an old radio, who threatens to kill him. Croatoan tells Dave he's a halfling and that he needed him to open the door to the Void. Croatoan says he's been absorbing Troubles to get strong enough to leave Dave's body and have his own. Dave wakes up with Vince's gun pointed at his head, but Vince doesn't remember what led him to do it. He and Dwight have lost time again. Dwight realizes he's left himself a message, which shows Dave asking Vince to shoot him. They realize Croatoan has been trying to get them to kill Dave and erasing their memory each time. Dave wakes up and he tells them that Croatoan is trying to get free. Dave realizes that Croatoan wanted Dwight and Vince to kill him because he's afraid that Dave might be powerful inside his own mind palace. He thinks if he goes back and destroys the resetting clocks he can control Croatoan's ability to reset time.
Duke apologizes to Hailie for getting her into this mess, and then he breaks her neck and absorbs her Trouble. Duke tells Audrey that he's going to have to embrace what he is in order to save Haven. 
In the cave, William tells Nathan that after he passes out he won't wake up. Nathan gathers some of the liquid aether in his hand. Nathan begs William to get the crystal back to Audrey if he dies. Then he gives William the aether, which William turns into Heavy, one of his goons. He frees William from the rock that was trapping his arm and William tells him to snap Nathan's neck. Nathan tells him again that Mara never cared about him and that she slept with Duke, and that she never came back for William because she had Duke.
Duke opens up the thinny, and William has Heavy move the boulder away. He tells Nathan he can go, and to leave before he changes his mind. He says they're both fools for love. Nathan gives William his Cross ring so that he can travel home. William warns him about Croatoan, saying he will kill everyone in Haven and that Nathan shouldn't go back, but he does anyway.
Dave wants to go back under hypnosis, but Vince thinks it's too dangerous. Vince thinks they can find another way, but Dave worries that because Croatoan can manipulate time that he is too powerful and needs to be stopped. Vince orders him to come back after he's destroyed the clocks. Dave goes back in and starts taunting Croatoan, who says he's coming for Audrey and threatens to destroy everything. Dave destroys all the clocks. Vince cries because Dave has died.
Nathan shows Audrey and Duke that he's got the controller. They can build the new barn and end the Troubles.
It turns out that Croatoan has taken over Dave's body and is speaking through him. He releases black smoke through his mouth. Dwight and Vince see that Dave has written "He's coming for Audrey" on his arm.
== Credits ==
=== Main Cast ===
* Emily Rose as Audrey Parker
* Lucas Bryant as Nathan Wournos
* Eric Balfour as Duke Crocker
=== Guest Starring ===
* Colin Ferguson as WilliamCredited as a special guest star.
* Richard Donat as Vince Teagues
* John Dunsworth as Dave Teagues
* Tamara Duarte as Hailie Colton
* Linda Kash as Maddie
* Robert Norman Maillet as Heavy
* Adam "Edge" Copeland (credited as Adam Copeland and WWE Superstar Edge) as Dwight Hendrickson
=== Uncredited ===
* Unknown Actor as the voice of Croatoan
==Quotes==
*Audrey: You're gonna make me say it, aren't you?Duke: Say what?Audrey: That there is another way that this ends. (Duke questions her on what she's going to say) I hate it too. But if Hailie's dying anyway, if you kill Hailie and use the Crocker curse to take her trouble, then you could open a thinny.Duke: We've been down this road before, you and me. This kind of nightmare is why I left in the first place.Audrey: Duke. If it is your destiny to save Haven, then what if this is how you do it?Duke: No. I found out the Crocker family curse was created by Croatoan. You see? Using it is exactly what he would want us to do.Audrey: What if we don't have any other choice?Duke: That girl is gonna die on her own. Before she does, I will get her to help us. That is my choice.
* Hailie: Why doesn't it hurt more?Duke: Because you're in shock. Your body is shutting down.Hailie: I finally had one good thing. I could do anything. And now it, I don't want to die.Duke: Hailie. You can still make it count for something. Use your trouble one last time. Help us open that thinny and save Nathan. Help me.Hailie: Help you? You're the one who turned my trouble on, and then you tried to kill me and that was before you, you got me into all of this mess. I am dying because of you.Duke: Hailie, I brought you here because you can save Haven. I know it sounds ridiculous but this is my destiny. Our destiny.Hailie: I don't care about your destiny. I am going to die here and it's because of you, so you can shove your destiny up your ass.
* Croatoan: I wouldn't do that if I were you, Dave. What you do here will affect your body in the real world.Dave: Croatoan.Croatoan: You came here to kill me Dave. But you're the one who's in danger. I know everything you know. So tell me, why shouldn't I kill you right here, right now?Dave: You owe me an explanation at least. Why? Why me?Croatoan: You're a halfling. The viable host. I couldn't leave the void on my own. I needed you.Dave: All this time I thought I was drawn to thinnies, but it was you pulling me there.Croatoan: I couldn't hold on the first time, but when you opened the door in that cave, I was ready. I got a foothold in you when I cut cut your leg.Dave: (Covering his head) You ruined my life. You used me to kill people. So many people. (Removes his hands)Croatoan: A side effect. I've been absorbing troubles. Growing strong enough.Dave: Enough? For what?Croatoan: To leave your body. I'll pour out of you and enter your world on my own. It will be very soon now.Dave: But...you are in my body. This is my mind. So I can still stop you.Croatoan: No. You can't. But I appreciate you being my vessel. I'll spare you Dave, but if you only leave here. Now. (His voice knocks Dave onto a chair)
*Duke: You were right. I came back here thinking that I could pick and choose my destiny. But she was always gonna die on that fence and I was always gonna have to kill her. Maybe I am supposed to save Haven. But it turns out I'm gonna have to embrace what I am to do it. I'm a Crocker and destiny's a bitch.
* Vince: Croatoan. We know it's you.Dave: No it's me. It's Dave.Dwight: Are you sure?Dave: Two words: Oprah Winfrey.Vince: Yeah, it's him all right.
*Dave: Vincent, I'm doing this.Vince: (Sits down in front of Dave) You are being even stupider than usual. This mind palace stuff was my idea and it was a terrible one. I take it back. Let's just wait for Croatoan to come out. You won't get hurt, and we'll all regroup and come up with something else to try.Dave: We just lost time. He can do anything. He can trick us into anything and then erase our memories so we don't even remember. He almost got you to murder me for God's sake. (Vince gets emotional) Look, I can't kill him. But if I can take away that ability, it'll give you guys a fighting chance.Vince: Dave please.Dave: No, I got to do this. Now go get Maddie's thingaminajig. Put me back under.Vince: (Hesitantly gets up to get the thingamajing, returns to his seat and then offers what could be his final words to Dave) As your older brother, I order you to come back. You hear me?Dave: (Nods) Copy that, big brother. Can't let you have all the fun.
*Dave: Hiya Croatoan. Wherever you are, bet you hoped I was gone. (Gets up from the chair while holding a golf club) I hate an Irish goodbye. You know what really sticks in my craw? Sure, you killed my friends, terrorized my town, no. It's that you hitched a ride in me without asking. Where are the manners? Monsters these days. (Starts smashing the clocks)Croatoan: I know what you're doing Dave. But you're wrong. Destroying some clocks can't hurt me.Dave: So why do you care? (Smashes the clocks again)Croatoan: You want to be a hero? Tell your friends I'm coming. I'm coming for Audrey Parker. (Dave writes a message on his notepad) Shouldn't you wake up? Get out of here, warn them? This is your last chance to leave Dave.Dave: (Writing) I hate to break it to you Cro, (Finishes writing) but I'm not going anywhere.Croatoan: I will destroy this place Dave with you in it. (Dave takes out the golf club) I'll be fine but you'll be killed. Your mind ripped apart.Dave: Now you see me Cro? When you go and threaten me like that, that's when I can tell you don't like what I'm doing. (Starts to smash the remaining clocks as the ground begins to shake while he continues smashing them)Croatoan: Stop. Stop. I said stop. I will kill you.
*Audrey: Hey you, you did what you had to do with Hailie.Duke: Don't go thinking anything different. I had to. It was always gonna happen.Nathan: You used your curse before and been fine. You're stronger than you think.Duke: Yeah, my curse is stronger too and it came from this Croatoan so... Look, I'm just saying we've been doing this long enough to know there's always a price. I'm just wondering what it is.Nathan: But it wasn't for nothing. (Pulls the controller out of his jacket)Audrey: What is that?Nathan: The controller. I told you I'd bring you back something nice. We did it. We're one step closer to building a new barn, to ending the troubles.Audrey: And sending Croatoan back to where he belongs.Duke: Well, I love it already. What does it do?Nathan: Well... (Offers the controller to Duke who declines and silently suggests Audrey) Parker?Audrey: (Takes the controller and looks at it to no effect) Yep, I've got nothing.Duke: Okay. So we found it but we don't know what it does or how to use it. All right. Good on us.Audrey: We have no idea what we're doing. Again. But at least you two aren't punching each other. I'm still Audrey and Haven hasn't blown up. Yet. It's us. The three of us. We're back and we will figure it out, somehow.Duke: Yeah, I can't argue with that.
== Trivia ==
* This episode takes place on the same day as "Close to Home".
* In Dave's mind, there is a miniature version of the bike that Dave and Vince rode in "Welcome to Haven".
* The fence Hailie was stuck in was built by the show's production.
* The writer of this episode, Brain Millikin, got the idea of Dave being in his mind palace from Steven King's Dream Catcher. As they always try to barrow elements from other Steven King books and universe."S5 Episode 22 audio Commentary from Season five with Colin Ferguson, Joshua Brandon, & Brian Millikin" 
* Originally William was not going to be pinned down by the rock but some of the writers realized that if William and Nathan were both free, they would have likely killed each other. So Brian Millikin came up with the idea to have William pinned."S5 Episode 22 audio Commentary from Season five with Colin Ferguson, Joshua Brandon, & Brian Millikin" 
* Dave realizing and leaving a message of Croatoan coming after Audrey was a late addition to the episode's script."S5 Episode 22 audio Commentary from Season five with Colin Ferguson, Joshua Brandon, & Brian Millikin"
==Notes==
Category:Season 5
Category:Episodes