Secrets of Sulphur Springs S1 E2

## Plot

Picking up where the previous episode left off, Griffin thinks he's dreaming, but Harper thinks they've gone back in time, and theorizes that the jolt was from them going through a portal. In the present day, Harper's mother Jessica and Topher, who is revealed to be her little brother, show up at the Tremont looking for her. The twins say they aren't upstairs and they can't find them anywhere. It's like they just disappeared. Harper tells Griffin that all he has to do to prove that this is real is go up to someone and ask them the year, or who the president is, etc. A woman screams when she sees a snake, but it's just a rubber toy. When the adults see Griffin and Harper laughing, they run after them. Young Ben tells them to run, and they split up. Ben's father, who is also named Bennett Campbell, berates him for the prank. Griffin grabs one of his suitcases and uses it to block a staff member's way. He meets back up with Harper at the bunker. He took longer than her, and he says he doubled back three times to make sure they weren't followed. If they really did go back in time, then they can't risk anyone finding out about this. He can't believe his dad used to pull pranks, since in the present day, he hates them and doesn't think they're funny. Harper's phone doesn't have any service, which means there are no cell towers. They might be stuck in the past. When they get back to the basement though, she starts getting incredibly upset and worried texts from her mom, so the bunker was just blocking the signal. When Ben finds them, Harper claims that she just wanted to see how the interior of the hotel matched up to the picture she had painted in her head. Her mom is overprotective, and freaks out when she learns they were in the basement. Jess tells Ben that she knows who he is. She doesn't like him. She doesn't want Harper going to the Tremont, saying that it's cursed. Bad things happen to innocent people there. The only thing that scares her is something happening to her kids. The next morning, Griffin digs something up. It was the name tag from his dad's suitcase. He buried it in 1990, and it was still there that morning, proving that time travel is real. He wants to go back ASAP, but Harper tells him that she can't go with him, since her mom doesn't want her going there, or even talking to Griffin. In class, he texts her that he's going back that night and will find out what happened, but then the teacher takes his phone away. Jess owns the coffee shop, and Harper sees her talking to Ben. They used to know each other. She asks him why he came back. No one wants to see the Tremont reopened. As kids, things used to be so simple, but then they grew up, and he got tired of living out someone else's dreams and always doing what was expected of him. Jess tells him that everyone has moved on except for him. At dinner, Sarah tells everyone that she applied for a few jobs today, since contractors cost money, but Ben thinks they can fix up the hotel themselves. She also reveals that Griffin's teacher called her and told her what happened in class. He can't have his phone back tonight. Ben gets angry and bangs on the table when the twins mention Savannah. Later that night, Griffin asks him about the talent show photo, and he reveals that by the summer of 1991, the hotel and camp had already closed down. He claims that he never met Savannah. Griffin tries to get his phone back, but his mom catches him. While in the bunker, he hears someone coming and hides, but it's just Harper, who got his text. She's not letting him go alone. They're in this together. As for her mom, they just can't get caught. She gives him a jacket that would've been in style in 1990 so they can blend in, and leaves her phone there, since they can't let anyone know they're from the future either. Griffin tells her that she looks good, and then fumbles when he says that she doesn't look bad the rest of the time. This time, he goes through first and yells in pain when he feels the jolt. This means that it happens every time. Harper tells him about his dad and her mom talking at the coffee shop, and assumes that it was about them not being friends, since Ben doesn't like her obsession with Savannah. Her mom has been overprotective ever since her dad died. Griffin offers his condolences, but Harper says it's not something she advertises. They see Savannah with a backpack and follow her to the hot springs. Something comes out of the bushes that makes her scream, ending the episode on another cliffhanger, which shows like these tend to do a lot. Also, I love the banter between Griffin and Harper. It just feels really natural. The two play off of each other really well. This show is like a brighter, more kid-friendly version of the old Disney Channel television series *So Weird*. There's a deceased father, ghosts, portals, other supernatural and paranormal things, etc.