Secrets of Sulphur Springs S1 E3

## Plot

It turns out that Savannah was scared by a local legend called the Moss Man, or rather, a young Ben dressed up as him to prank her. The two are actually really good friends, which means that Ben lied to Griffin about not knowing her. They see Griffin and Harper, who claim that their names are Harry and Hermione, and they're staying at the hotel with their families. When Savannah asks Harper how she knows her name, she claims that she heard it around the hotel. There's red powdered punch in her backpack. Ben saw her stealing it from the kitchen. She also likes pulling pranks, and plans to dump it in the springs to scare the pants off of everyone staying at the hotel. Griffin and Harper help her and Ben with the prank, and agree not to tell anyone about it. Harper says they'll stop by tomorrow. They may be dressed like they're from 1990, but the slang has definitely changed in three decades, since Harper uses the word epic to describe the prank, but Savannah calls it gnarly. However, she does like the word epic. Once they leave, Griffin tells Harper what his dad told him earlier about not knowing Savannah. Did he lie because he had something to hide? Did he have something to do with Savannah's disappearance? Griffin speculates that he lied because the memories hurt too much, so he'd rather not think about it. Harper admits that sounds similar to her mom after her dad died. She was only four when it happened, so she doesn't remember much. Her mom still doesn't like to talk about him. They see a banner for a camp dance, which is the night Savannah went missing. The date was August 19th. They're exactly thirty years in the past, which means that she'll go missing in just a few days. Also, time still passes in the present when they go back, and they can't change the day or time of when they go back. It has to match the present. So, for example, if it was 11:59 pm on August 10th in 1990, then it would also be 11:59 pm on August 10th in 2020. Harper wants to change the past so Savannah doesn't go missing, but Griffin says that the past might not want to be changed. Maybe they're messing with forces that are beyond their control. They can go back again tomorrow since it's a Saturday. The next morning, the kids are scared by loud thudding noises, but it turns out that it's just Ben taking down a wall with a sledgehammer, after finding old blueprints of the hotel, which revealed that there was a secret room behind it with no door, hence the need to knock the wall down. Once he does, it gets really cold. Sarah thinks it could be dangerous and takes the twins outside to show them the garden she's planting. Griffin explores the room with his dad. It looks like a workshop. Inside, they find a recording device from well before the 1990s. The song it plays is sung by Savannah, which affects and freaks out Ben, who shocks himself while trying to turn it off. *There's a place in Louisiana Under sugar maple shade Full of fun–* While they're getting ready to go back, Griffin tells Harper about it, as well as the cold wind that suddenly happened when he knocked down the wall. However, they don't know that Savannah was the singer yet. It could have been Savannah's ghost reaching out to them to get them to help and save her. And maybe if they do, they'll save Griffin's dad too. It turns out that the song was a camp song that all the campers know. *There's a place in Louisiana Under sugar maple shade Full of fun and games and laughter Where our best friendships are made* Savannah and Ben aren't with the group that Harper and Griffin see. They find Savannah painting a bridge as punishment for the prank. Ben is supposed to be clearing a path as his punishment. Harper stays with Savannah and helps her while Griffin looks for Ben. Savannah says that he's goofy, but kinda cute. Griffin finds Ben in a hammock listening to music. His dad chewed him out that morning for the prank before going back to the city. He thinks the only thing that makes his dad happy is work, or when he's in trouble. He'd love for him to be kicked out of camp. He thinks Savannah is alright, and says that the snake prank was actually her idea. She always looks forward to camp, even if it's a different one every year. She's a foster kid. If she disappeared, no one would miss her. She tells Harper that was a joke. Harper is about to tell her that she and Griffin are from the future, but then she claims that they're from Chicago. When Savannah leaves to get them popscicles, another girl comes up to Harper and tells her that she's wasting her time on the "freaky" kid. She's a troublemaker. She doesn't understand what Ben sees in her. She introduces herself to Harper. Her name is Jessica, but everyone calls her Jess. Yep, now Harper has met her mom… except the actress that plays the young version of her has much lighter skin than the actress that plays the adult version of her. I'm not going to comment on the colorism, because I am definitely the wrong person to talk about it. Plus, Izabela Rose is a terrific actress, especially since she, like many of the other actors, was so young while filming this. Harper tells Griffin about it. Her mom being a camper that is, not the colorism. She's upset and angry that her mom never mentioned any of it to her. Griffin worries that if they save Savannah, it will cause a domino effect that will result in a paradox, or at least the two of them never meeting or becoming friends. He wants to get their parents involved, but Harper worries that the portal may not work for them because they can't exist in two places at the same time, or they might get in the way. Griffin decides to tell his mom, and tells Harper that she needs to tell her mom as well. He tells his mom that his dad has been lying to all of them. He was friends with Savannah. They went to camp together and pulled pranks. He can't prove it, and admits that his dad didn't tell him. Harper didn't put it in his head, and he accidentally says that he made it up all by himself. He tells her to just go in the basement, but she says that no one is allowed down there. Jess doesn't want her daughter coming here, and Ben feels the same way. Griffin and Harper need to take a break. Jess confronts her about going over to the Tremont and hanging out with Griffin. Topher ratted her out. She claims that they just ran into each other on their bikes and rode over to where the old campgrounds used to be, but Jess says it's still on the Tremont property. She claims that she never went to camp there. Harper sneaks into Griffin's room that night and asks him what happened with his mom. She didn't believe him. Jess and Ben are both hiding something and trying to cover it up. Harper and Griffin both admit that they're scared; when the door suddenly moves on its own. They hold hands. Harper thinks that it's Savannah.