Episode Twenty-Four: Coalescence

In which two halves occasionally make a whole. Featuring: N/A.

**Episode description:** At the end of all things is a maze.

#### **Trigger Warnings**

* Murder, panic attacks,  unreality, static, screaming, distortion, arguments, kissing noises, injury, burning.

## Episode Summary

The longest episode of the entire show, *Coalescence* is the first episode where Anna and Mabel are physically together on-script. The essentials of this incredibly long and well-loved episode are as follows:

* Mabel gives the House a piece of her arm in order to get back into the House after killing the doppleganger.
* Mabel originally believes that the Anna she meets is the doppleganger, and threatens to kill her.
* Anna convinces her she's real and they argue before Anna eventually shoves her against the wall, kissing her.
* They fight over which of them will return to the surface world, before the House threatens them and they run away.
* Anna asks Mabel how she got under the hill, and Mabel explains that she burnt down part of the House to get out. Anna and her fight about it.
* Anna gets mad at Mabel over villainizing herself.
* Anna says that she wants to be under the hill, and wants to be with Mabel.
* They kiss again.
* They fight over martyrdom.
* They decide to try to find a way out.
* They go to find the piece of Mabel's arm that she traded away in order to attempt to escape from the bargain she made with the House.
* They both discuss their fight.
* They find a door.
* While discussing what to do, they hear the King-- repeating lines from Run, Rabbit, Run.
* Mabel tells Anna to run, and Anna refuses to leave her,
* Anna screams that if the House wants Mabel fair and square, it'll have to let them go.
* The House, following Anna's orders (because Anna is the owner of the estate), teleports them out.
* Mabel realizes that because Anna owns the estate, she has control over physicality and matter in the House. This also means she can control Mabel.
* Anna attempts to fix Mabel's arm, and is upset at Mabel because of how bad the injury is (because Mabel said the injury didn't matter, and Anna cares for Mabel very much).
* Anna tells the House to take them to where the piece of Mabel's arm is being kept.
* Mabel lights herself on fire in order to see in the room they are taken to.
* They find the piece of Mabel's arm.
	+ ANNA: That’s just. That’s amazing. I was wondering where that *missing piece of your ulna went*, thank god you’ve kept it safe, I was starting to worry!
* They light the piece of her arm on fire, and Mabel starts screaming-- the piece, even though it sin't attached to her, still harms her.
* They decide to go through the cave they stand in front of.
* Anna's hand is lit on fire and turns into her fist of bone.
* Anna tells Mabel to leave again, realizing she truly is dead.
* Mabel asks Anna if she'd like to kill the King.
* Anna agrees.
* Mabel finishes the episode with her iconic "We are coming for you" monologue, which is the introduction for season four.

## Continuity

**Please note that this section contains spoilers for later episodes of Mabel. Continue at your own risk.**

* This is the third time Mabel and Anna have met in person; the other two took place after Freeze and at the end of Underworld.
* Mabel counting herself the Bull in the Maze, which is what episode twenty-three was titled, leads to an interesting metaphor for Anna speaking to her.

## Trivia

**Please note that this section contains spoilers for later episodes of Mabel. Continue at your own risk.**

* This episode references several references to literary tropes and characters, including Jonah (a biblical figure), Hel (a goddess in Norse Mythology), and Chekov's Gun.
* The piece of code hidden in the transcript from this episode is "**hell**." In total, the season three hidden code spells out **TWO GIRLS SHARE A SINGLE THRONE IN HELL.** The prize for winning this competition can be found here.