Fish

**"Fish"** is the twenty-sixth episode of *Servant*. It debuted on 25 February, 2022, on Apple TV+, as the sixth episode of season 3.

## Plot

Sean is standing at the window praying in his bedroom while Leanne is in her room dreaming about the assault she received the night of the block party. Dorothy interrupts this nightmare by entering Leanne’s room and opening the curtains, waking Leanne. Dorothy informs Leanne that it is noon and she is worried about her, saying she does not look well. Dorothy tells Leanne not to worry and goes to Jericho’s room. In there, Sean is reading to Jericho and then puts him in his crib. As he does so, his phone rings and it is Taylor, a producer on *Gourmet Gauntlet*, asking Sean to be involved in the next season in Philadelphia. Sean says now is not the right time and Jericho begins crying as Dorothy enters to soothe him. Dorothy asks Sean why he left Jericho crying and Dorothy sees on Sean’s phone who he was talking to and asks what is going on. Sean explains and Dorothy thinks this is a great idea and encourages Sean to do it, despite his protests. Later, in the backyard, Dorothy calls Leanne outside to help her in the garden.

While gardening, they discuss Sean’s potential appearance on Gourmet Gauntlet and also Sean seeing a minister, Nancy. Sean is in the basement measuring the crack in the floor and Leanne joins him, bringing up Gourmet Gauntlet and saying Sean will be able to do it as Leanne will be there to take care of Jericho. Leanne approaches Sean and he trips, one of his legs falling into the muddy puddle. Leanne apologizes and goes back upstairs. In the bedroom, Sean and Dorothy discuss Nancy and *Gourmet Gauntlet* again, with Sean asking Dorothy to be nice to the minister.

The next day, Dorothy goes out with Leanne, who is reluctant to do so, to take in the spring air. As they are in the park, Leanne spots the same homeless people she had seen before sitting near a tent. As Leanne sees them, she experiences a flashback to her assault on the day of the block party, where an attacker says to her that they know what she has done. Later, Leanne is in her room comforting herself while Dorothy is out gardening with Jericho. While doing this, a homeless person enters through the back gate and speaks to Dorothy, asking for Leanne. Dorothy tells him he is on private property and Leanne is not home. He leaves after this. Julian arrives for the dinner with Nancy and in the kitchen begins eating food much to the dismay of Sean. He sees a text on Sean’s phone from Taylor from *Gourmet Gauntlet* and says if Sean does this, it may wake Dorothy up from her "sleeping beauty" routine and would be forced to require psych 101.

Checking the security footage, Dorothy sees Leanne being chased by her assailants through the Turner house and out the back. Fast forwarding, Dorothy sees Leanne slowly walking back into the house and through various rooms within it. Meanwhile, Nancy arrives for dinner and Leanne does not interact with her much, leaving the door open for Nancy to come in herself. Leanne waits for Nancy in the dining room and says that Nancy can wait with her there. Sean enters not long afterwards and asks Leanne why she did not tell him that Nancy had arrived. Leanne responds that Sean was busy. Dorothy then asks to have a word with Leanne and takes her upstairs. She tells Leanne she has seen the security footage and asks why Leanne didn’t tell her about the chase. Leanne replies that she did not want Dorothy to worry and that she is not scared any more, just not ready. Dorothy asks Leanne what she is not ready for, but is interrupted by Julian who asks his sister to come downstairs to keep him company in entertaining Nancy.

At the table, the Turners share light conversation with Nancy. Sean serves up a fish dish but Nancy says to Sean that she is vegan and thought he had remembered. He quickly makes Nancy something different, and she later comments that Sean has not opened the wine she brought with her and Sean says he could not be paid to drink it. During the meal, they discuss Nancy’s background, religion, and Sean’s potential upcoming appearance on Gourmet Gauntlet. For the latter, as this is brought up, Nancy supports Sean going for it as does Dorothy. Nancy also brings up someone who goes to service being a huge fan of the show and they liked Sean being on it last season. Dorothy questions what they mean by “last season” to which Sean and Julian respond that Dorothy has a bad memory whenever she gets even a little jealous, like "forgetting" her own brother's birthday three times. Sean accidentally knocks over a bottle of wine, spilling it onto Leanne’s fish dish. Watching this, Leanne has another flashback to the night of the block party when the two cult members declared they would.

She is being assaulted by the two people she met in the food tent that night, telling Leanne she must return to him. They are pulled away by others, including homeless people Leanne met previously. Leanne asks the homeless person at the front what they want from her, and they confirm that they are no longer with the cult. Back at dinner, the group discuss religion and Leanne reveals she is not spiritual any more and Nancy says Leanne is young and exploring, doing what she should be doing. Leanne sarcastically thanks Nancy for her permission, which Sean objects to. Leanne then goes on to reveal something dark about Nancy: How she had hit someone and enjoyed it, and that God would not save her because of her sin. Nancy begins to cry and is upset that Sean told Leanne something private - which he denies - and that Leanne judged her. Nancy leaves the Turner house quickly, telling Sean to stay away from her.

Julian finds Leanne outside with the flowers and asks Leanne how she knew of Nancy’s past, to which Leanne says she just guessed. Julian reveals from a subreddit in 2012 that Nancy assaulted her own mother who was battling dementia at the time. Leanne asks Julian to teach her how to smoke weed, and he finds an old stash from when he used to smoke it and gives Leanne a pre-rolled sample. They are interrupted by a homeless person who surprises Julian. The person asks Leanne if she is okay to which Leanne says she is. The person leaves and Dorothy is at the door and calling Leanne inside. Dorothy sits in Jericho’s room, watching the episode of *Gourmet Gauntlet* that had aired on that very hot summer day Jericho died of overheat last August. Sean goes up stairs to find Leanne eating chips and they discuss the events with Nancy. Sean says they are on Leanne’s side, and she says she wishes Sean could be on her side for once. She confirms that God did not bring back Jericho, but does not give him a straight answer when Sean asks who had. She tells him to go ahead and take the job on *Gourmet Gauntlet*, leaving him upstairs alone wondering.

## Cast

### Starring

* Lauren Ambrose as Dorothy Turner
* Toby Kebbell as Sean Turner
* Rupert Grint as Julian Pearce
* Nell Tiger Free as Leanne Grayson
* Jericho Turner

### Guest Starring

* Methilde DeHaye
* Joshua De Jesus
* Mac Rop
* Carmen Herlihy

### Co-Starring

* Peter Epstein
* Samantha Macivor
* Rakel Joyce
* Marcel Logan
* James and Jack Hoogerwerff
* Cole and Austin Hillenmayer
* Nancy
* Homeless Person 1
* Homeless Person 2
* Homeless Person 3

## Trivia

* The title refers to what Sean prepares for the dinner party.
* Dorothy is told that she has a bad memory from when Sean on the show last season, which was when baby Jericho had died from overheat the previous summer when she had said "last fall was just a blur."

## Notes

1. ↑ In most parts of the US, the episode was actually available in prime time on Thursday, but the Apple TV app nevertheless maintained that it debuted on Friday. So the actual date of first stream was February 24, 2022.