Season 2 - Episode 46: Heart to Heart

## Synopsis

Henry has a heart-to-heart with his dad and expresses his concern that they won't be able to break the curse on their family or cure Gideon without the spellbook. James tells him that if anyone can figure out how to solve the problems with the Empty Man and Gideon, it'll be Henry. Sammie's wounds from the Rift creature worsen overnight but Bjorn and Sammie are having a hard time healing them. Bjorn and Sammie have a heart-to-heart of their own and build back some of the trust they'd lost with each other. They're still unsure how to handle the situation with Miguel, however.

## Episode Description

Henry and his dad have an important conversation. And then Sammie and Bjorn have one of their own.

## Key Events

* Henry stays with his dad for the night, who encourages him and tells him if anyone is going to break the curse on their family, it's him.
* Sammie's wounds from the Rift creature are getting worse without magical healing from Miguel.
* Bjorn tells Sammie about the 24 hour limit Miguel gave him and Sammie tells Bjorn about the finding spell.

## Summary

Before Sammie crashes for the night, she checks her phone to see texts from Oliver and Elise asking where she is. Sammie explains to Oliver that she's with Bjorn and she's not coming back to the apartment tonight because she has a magical sword attached to her and doesn't want to risk hurting them. Oliver doesn't seem too happy about it but passes this on to Elise as well.

Henry arrives on the mainland and his dad picks him up from the docks. The car ride to James' apartment is silent. When they arrive, he starts to cook Henry dinner. Once James sits down at the table with their food, Henry begins to open up about what happened today. As soon as Henry mentions the spellbook, the color drains from James' face. Henry says he thinks the spellbook could help Gideon and James becomes upset, telling Henry that the spellbook is the reason Gideon is the way that he is, that it can't be used to fix him. Henry emphasizes how much he wants to fix Gideon and remove the curse from their family but James assures him the answers don't lie in the spellbook. James asks him what they did with the book and Henry tells him they put the book back where they found it.

James assures Henry that if anyone is going to figure this thing out and break the curse, it'll be Henry. Henry starts to get upset about Gideon and James gets up from the table and puts his hand on Henry's shoulder, leaning down to look him in the eyes. James makes sure that Henry understands he knows what it's like to see Gideon trapped down there and want to do something, that he went through everything right alongside Stanley, but that they'll find a better way, a clean way, to fix Gideon. Henry admits that he's right and James reminds him that witch magic has a certain pull, the reason Henry wants the spellbook so badly is because that magic calls out to them and wants them to use it.

Henry starts to feel discouraged, saying that if him and Stanley never figured it out, he certainly won't. James tells him Henry has his mother's analytical mind, that he and Stanley are good at being pointed in a direction and being told 'smash,' or at least used to be, but Henry has the wits to figure this out. Henry makes a joke about getting that quote framed and James light-heartedly tells him to eat his dinner. James goes back to his seat at the table and the two spend the rest of the evening together.

That night, Sammie is trying to sleep on the couch. She turns and feels the wounds on her back from the Rift creature rip open. She gets up and goes to the bathroom to try and get a better look and attempt to heal them magically. She tries to heal the wounds but feels a magical resistance pushing back against her. Her back begins to burn with pain. She doesn't want to wake up Bjorn, so she sits on the edge of the tub and waits. In the morning, Bjorn finds her in the bathroom. Sammie asks if he can heal her back magically but Bjorn isn't confident he can if Sammie couldn't. To keep her from bleeding, he packs the wounds and covers them with gauze.

After Bjorn goes through his morning routine, he tells Sammie that he's going to go for a run to think but they need to talk when he gets back. Sammie makes herself coffee and checks her phone, seeing a text from Oliver with a selfie of him on the beach with the sunrise. They exchange a few messages about how the night went and then Oliver asks if he can call. Sammie explains everything that happened. Oliver is surprised, confused, and concerned but measures his words carefully to not upset Sammie. Once Sammie has said everything she wants to say and that her and Bjorn are going to figure out what to do this morning, Oliver admits that he's gotten used to seeing her face in the morning and misses her, then seems to get a bit embarrassed and wishes Sammie good luck and says goodbye.

Bjorn gets back from his run and then continues his workout in his makeshift gym in the attached garage. Eventually, he comes back in and checks on Sammie, seeing her wounds have already started to worsen. He attempts to heal her magically and the resistance in the wounds pushes back harder. One of the areas that was just deeply bruised completely splits open. Sammie cries out in pain and Bjorn runs to get his medical kit. He stops the bleeding for now but tells Sammie he can't heal the wounds themselves. They contemplate asking Miguel for help but don't think it would go well. Bjorn says the only other magic user he knows that could heal the wounds is Angelina, but Sammie is skeptical that she would heal her without asking questions. Bjorn isn't sure but doesn't think they have any other options.

Bjorn tries to call Angelina but it it goes to voicemail. Bjorn texts her but doesn't get a response. He calls again and it rings out. Bjorn lets Sammie know he can't get a hold of her and asks if she can try healing them herself one more time. Sammie reaches her hand back and, now familiar with how the resistance feels, is able to push back and heal herself. She feels absolutely drained of energy and puts her head down on the table in front of her. Bjorn says he'll try to repack her wounds and Sammie just wordlessly gives him a thumbs up.

Bjorn starts to apologize to Sammie, telling her that he's sorry he hasn't been acting like he trusts her lately. He explains that he hasn't been acting like a good friend since they found the book. He says that he was wrestling with agreeing with Miguel that they shouldn't use the book and trying to keep the book as some sort of hope for Sammie and Henry to hold onto. Bjorn makes clear that he trusts Sammie completely, but he doesn't trust her 'rider' - Jadis. Bjorn tells her that he doesn't think Sammie understands how strong she's been lately and all she's overcome to keep Jadis under control and the reason Jadis has taken control has been because of outside forces out of their control.

Bjorn tries to gain back Sammie's trust by being honest and telling her what he did with the key. Sammie is confused why Bjorn is telling her this and Bjorn explains that if anyone was going to get that key out of his chest, it would be Sammie, and he's telling her because he's confident that she won't try to take it from him because she always puts her friends first. Sammie gets rather emotional, tears coming to her eyes. She hides her face behind her hands and looks away as she tries to compose herself. Bjorn admits he's not sure how to make things right with her.

Sammie is honest with Bjorn and tells him what's been going on with Jadis - that she has a lot more pull on her thoughts than she'd like, that Jadis was the one that told her she needed the spellbook, and that when she put the book back one of the pages fell out and she learned a finding spell that Jadis seemed very happy about. Bjorn admits that's what he was worried about when handling the book and they'll have to work harder to keep Sammie away from those things. Sammie tells Bjorn that he can't blame himself for this, that it's her fault and her responsibility. Bjorn says that he swore to himself that he wasn't going to lose people again - that it's been a while since he had a team he cared about and he intends on keeping them this time. Sammie admits she doesn't know what Bjorn has been through and that she's never been on a team before but she's really trying.

Bjorn then switches topic to Miguel. He realizes now that Miguel was right and that they shouldn't be using witch magic. He wants to apologize to him but also make sure the book stays on the table as a last resort, he still believes that he's the only one that will be steadfast enough to not use the book but also still leave it available as an option. Bjorn then tells Sammie that Miguel gave him 24 hours to give the key back, but he doesn't want to. Bjorn says they need to find a way to get their team back, he doesn't want to be working against Stanley and Miguel - they need them on their side. Sammie points out that Miguel has lied to them before and has made it clear he doesn't trust Sammie and Sammie doesn't trust him either. Bjorn agrees to an extent but disagrees that they can't trust him, they don't know what Miguel's been through and how that's effecting his decisions. He says they still need to give Miguel the benefit of the doubt but he's not sure how to do that while keeping the key from him.

Sammie's phone buzzes on the table with a text from Henry. He says there are some things they need to talk about and he asks how the conversation with Miguel went.

## List of Appearances

* Sammie Overbrook
* Oliver Allen Evans
* Elise Romano
* Henry Marlowe
* James Marlowe
* Bjorn Olafson

## Roll Tracker

Glitch: Effect is Weakened
 Andrew/Bjorn
 Hannah/Sammie