Secrets of Sulphur Springs S2 E6

## Plot

Harper knows those papers aren't what Elijah actually signed. It was just for the land and the springs, not the farmhouse. The judge must've changed his mind, along with the paperwork. Sam says this is their home, and their mother would want them to stay and fight, but Elijah says she would understand why they can't. She'd want him to keep their children safe. No one would take his word over Judge Walker's. From the brief glimpse we saw of the town, it seemed to be mostly white, and it clearly had separate and inadequate facilities for black people. They're in Louisiana in 1930. If they try to fight, no white, male judge or jury would side with them, and they could end up being chased out through force, or even lynched. Realistically, if they had stayed, they probably would've been killed. I'll never understand mindless hatred based solely on a Punnet square, basic genetics, melanin, a stupid Bible story that isn't real, etc. Basically, after the world was flooded, Noah got drunk and made an ass of himself, and one of his sons walked in on him, and instead of Noah getting in trouble for doing something stupid, the son that walked in on him was supposedly "cursed" with dark skin and sent to populate Africa, while the two lighter skinned sons populated Europe and Asia. Ignoring the fact that that only covers about half the world and ignores the aboriginal people in Australia and the Americas, this story was used by racist white people to "prove" their supposed superiority over black people, or at least that's what I heard in school, but I can't remember if it was in high school or college. I can't even remember who told me the story. Looking back, a majority of my history teachers were white males. I think that four were white women (two middle school teachers, one high school teacher, and one college professor), and one white male college professor who taught Reconstruction through the early 21st century was a veteran, of either the Iraq or Vietnam War. Anyways, Elijah and Sam head inside, and Harper talks to Savannah. She says her family can't let that slimy judge win. Sam is right, they have to do something. However, that might lead to the fire in Harper's visions, which could hurt her family even more. At least now they know how the Tremonts lost the land. That's why Grace sent Harper back here. So she could see what happened and make things right. They see Sam storm out, saying that if his father won't do something, he will. Harper gives Savannah an era appropriate dress and pair of shoes. They have to stop him from doing anything reckless and then head home. In 1962, Sam drops his H.G. Wells book in the springs. Caroline tells him that the occupant of room 205 is complaining about a draft again. While heading to the basement, Daisy sees the light flickering, and knows it's her mother's spirit. She tells Griffin that she's not sure she can leave yet, knowing that her mother still hasn't found peace. This experience has taught her how awful it is to be trapped somewhere. Griffin tells her that the rest of her family needs her too, and Topher already knows about the bunker. This could be her last chance to go home. She asks her mother to forgive her. She has to do this. After they leave, the glass fogs up again, with a hand print where Daisy's was. Aw! Sarah hears a video playing on a tablet, but before she can turn it off, it supposedly stops on its own. When she tries to pick it up though, it turns on and the video starts playing again, at a higher volume than before, and all of the lights in the hotel go haywire. Sarah leads the twins and Topher outside. Bennett says he's having the workers do an overhaul of the electrical system. He thinks it's just a circuit breaker. He and Ben head inside to take a look at the fuse box. Griffin puts the crystal back in, and assures Daisy that she's doing the right thing. He promises that they'll figure out how to help her mom as soon as they get Harper back. However, the crystal isn't glowing like it did before. Griffin hits the radio, and it starts up. Bennett once again says that nothing will get in the way of the hotel reopening, and once it does, he will be his family's first guest. If that's all right with Ben at least, and he says it is. His dad will always have a room here. No reservation required. However, he's suddenly electrocuted, which makes the radio lose power when Griffin tries to open the hatch. Daisy tells him to stop, but he **refuses** to give up on Harper. Daisy says they'll find another way, but Griffin tells her that the portal is the only way back. He remembers that it doesn't work without power, so they head back to get it back on. Ben tells Sarah to call an ambulance. His father insists that he's fine, but Ben says he lost consciousness. Wyatt notices smoke from a fire that's started and tells the adults. That one might actually be from Bennett messing with the electricity, not Grace. No way would she risk putting the people who are trying to help her, especially her daughter, in harm's way. Ben asks where Griffin is. He and Daisy are coughing from the smoke. Griffin tells her to call 911 while he looks for an extinguisher to put out the fire. She doesn't want him to go back there, but he points out that if the basement burns, they won't be able to get to the bunker. He'll never get to see Harper again, and Daisy will be stuck here forever. However, before they can do those things, Ben finds them and makes them leave. Later on, the firefighters are checking all of the rooms, and we finally see what room 205 looks like. It screams creepy, and I'm surprised that the firefighter didn't find the fog or mist weird, or rather, weirder, judging by his facial expression. An EMT tells Bennett to take it easy for the rest of the day, and head straight to the closest emergency room if he feels any headaches, nausea, or dizziness. The firefighter tells Sarah that they can go back inside. They should open up some windows, but they already have a pretty good draft in there, especially on the second floor. She tells him that they mostly use room 205 for storage after he asks if anyone is living there. He noticed that it was really cold. He thought that the mist was smoke at first before realizing what it actually was, like the kind of you see in the mornings out in pastures. Nothing was burning, so he locked it back up. Jess takes Daisy and Topher home. Harper tries to stop Sam from confronting Judge Walker. He tells him to listen to his sister and his father and go back home. Savannah follows him into the courthouse. Sam tells Harper that if she were really Daisy, she'd be fighting this right alongside him. Harper tells him that it's a losing battle and accidentally calls him Topher. He tells her to stay away from him. Savannah overhears an associate of Walker's offer to tear up and throw out the original Bill of Sale that Elijah actually signed, but Walker tells him that he'll take care of it tomorrow, and he puts in a desk drawer. Savannah tells Harper that she knows where the real document is, and how they're going to get it. Bennett is leaving again. He's once again done another 180º, reversing his offscreen character development. He tells Ben and Sarah that the hotel is a lawsuit waiting to happen. After what happened today, the contractors have all backed out. No amount of money could insure this place. Savannah tries talking to Judge Walker, and when she claims that she wants to be a lawyer when she's older, he puts his hand on her head and tells her do something more practical, like find herself a lawyer she can marry. Griffin talks to his dad. He wishes he knew the answers to the secrets, the mysteries of this place. What's in the mirror, what's in the basement, why won't it let them finish or open the hotel? Also, the phrase "God forbid" was actually uttered on Disney Channel. I don't think I've been that shocked since I rewatched the DCOM *The Color of Friendship*, which was based on a true story, and actually had some characters say the N-word, and the apartheid South African equivalent of it. Ben talks to the ghost, telling Grace that they're good people. All they want to do is open this place back up again and give it another chance. What's so wrong with that? Why won't she let them? She may have driven his father away, but he refuses to give up. None of them will, ever. They're finishing this hotel and opening it up, and she better get used to it. The power comes back on. It's revealed that Savannah talked to Judge Walker to distract and stall him while Harper got the document. It's the one Elijah signed. Jess once again tells her kids that the Tremont is cursed. Their dad had an obsession with it, Harper was drawn to it as well, and Topher couldn't stay away. Daisy tells Jess that she can't stay away either, but she says she only goes there to chase after them. Daisy tells her that when she married Chris, she became a part of his family, just like other women who married into their family did. It wasn't "a man's land" or "her land". It became their land. She once again gives Jess a long hug. Instead of going to bed, she heads back to the Tremont. Ben needs Griffin's help with something, so he gives the crystal to Daisy, and they say goodbye. Sam tells Caroline that he still can't pinpoint the origin of the draft in room 205. He learns that no one has seen Savannah all day. He checks the basement for her, but trips while going down the stairs and falls unconscious. Daisy runs into Harper and Savannah. They exchange information and introductions. It was nice for Harper to have a father again, and Daisy says it was nice to have a mother again. Savannah tells her about Judge Walker stealing her family's land and gives her the original document. All she has to do is show this to Elijah, and the land stays in her family forever. However, Harper takes the document back and tells Daisy that's not what she's going to do. They're not going to save the farm.