Secrets of Sulphur Springs S2 E3

## Plot

Immediately after the previous episode, Topher gets scared and leaves after the lights start flickering when he takes out the crystal. He hides when Griffin and Daisy show up, and despite them talking about Harper waiting for them, he doesn't put two and two together. The hatch doesn't open. Griffin checks the radio and sees that the crystal is missing. Until they can find it, Daisy is stuck there and has to keep pretending to be Harper. She says her father and brother need her. Griffin briefly explains the time machine to her, and tells her that they're trying to help her mother's ghost. When she asks her mother if she knows where the crystal is, she writes home on the mirror, which is revealed to be hers. She could mean that it's at Harper's house, which is where Daisy will be staying. In 1962, Savannah tries to take a picture of Sam, but the porter, Greg, catches her. I think it might be the same actor from season 1. He has her hand over the pictures and tells her that she shouldn't spy on people. Sarah still thinks that the hotel is haunted, and she flinches when the front door is slammed shut, but it's just Griffin. He tells her that he and Ben put the mirror in the basement and heads upstairs when she angrily tells him that no one is allowed down there. He also learns that Wyatt and Zoey were there earlier. After overhearing them in Zoey's room, he thinks they have the crystal, but they're just trying to use a spirit board to communicate with the ghost, even though they don't know how it works. While pacing in Daisy's room, Harper hears a floorboard creak when she steps on it, and remembers their communication method with Savannah, so she writes a letter to her, Griffin, and Daisy. Jess tells Daisy that she has to go to the cafe to meet a technician, so she has to make dinner. There's lasagna in the freezer. She just has to reheat it in the microwave for ten minutes. She also has to tell Topher to get off his laptop and do his homework. When she admits that she's having a bad day, Jess hugs her and tells her that they all have days like that. She relishes getting a hug from a mother again. When she tells Topher to do his homework, he asks her how their mom always know what he's doing, even when she's not there. Daisy tells him that some women in their family are seers, and they usually see really bad things. Sure enough, when Harper sticks her hand in the springs, she has another vision of a fire. Before Savannah can send a letter to the future, she finds Harper's letter and learns that she's stuck in 1930. While looking for the crystal in the basement, Griffin sees the floorboard shake as a yellow light comes from underneath it. He thinks it's Grace at first, but it's just Savannah sending her letter, which includes a photo of Sam as an adult. Daisy calls him. She forgot what she was supposed to do for dinner, and she doesn't know how to use any of the technology. Griffin tells her what the fridge is, and since she cooks for her brother and father everyday, she must know how to use an oven. He tells her to just cook the first thing she finds. Sam tells Harper to start dinner. She has a recipe book, but the biscuit recipe calls for milk, and there's none in the fridge. Commercial refrigerators were introduced in 1915 and gained wider acceptance in the U.S. during the 1930s as prices fell and synthetic refrigerants were introduced. Harper has to milk a goat, Sadie, to get fresh milk. While Sarah is talking to Jess, they hear Wyatt yell. He's outside with Zoey and Ben. The creepy old woman from before is there. However, Jess tells them that she's not a ghost. Her name is Mrs. Barker, and she wanders away from the senior center a lot and stares intensely at strangers due to a mental illness, probably Alzheimer's. She usually visits the cafe at least once a week. The twins apologize. Daisy made creamed chicken and toast, and she learns that there are recipe apps on smart phones. Despite the fact that she's not gifted in the culinary arts at all, Harper managed to make soup and biscuits. Elijah tells her and Sam that he thinks they should start school again in the fall. Then there would be no one to help him with the chores on the farm though. He hasn't made the decision yet. He's just thinking about it. Harper sees smoke coming from the kitchen. The rest of the soup is burned. She knows she turned the burner off, but Elijah thinks she just forgot. She stares at the pot and has another vision of a fire. Topher is watching a scary movie by himself when his bag starts shaking due to the crystal, which he hid inside when Daisy came in his room. It's glowing. There's another storm going on. Griffin is looking at Savannah's letter and photo and wonders why "Moss Man" would be in the secret room. He looks at the photo with his phone and sees the name tag. He realizes that it's an adult Sam and tells Daisy. She wonders why her brother would be working as a maintenance man in 1962. He is an inventor though, and he's into time travel. He could be the key to all of this. He talks to Harper about what Elijah said about selling the farm. He's worried about how Daisy would handle it, since she loves it here, and it's a part of their plan. He's going to travel the galaxy and time while she tends the farm, which is her dream. Harper tells him about the vision. She can never tell where she is because there's so much smoke. Sam tells her that she's a seer, just like their mother. She said it skipped a generation though, so Daisy wouldn't be one, only her daughter, if she ever had one. This means that Harper's grandmother Marie was also a seer. Grace always said that the visions were never of anything good. Savannah goes to the bunker and tries using the radio to go back to 1930 and rescue Harper, but it doesn't work. Sam enters and tells her not to touch the radio. For some reason, Topher is running outside in the woods during the storm with the crystal. He trips and drops it on the ground. He also gets all dirty. The episode ends as he screams. I know child actors are usually hit or miss, but yikes. I've never really liked Topher and his apparent inability to distinguish horror movies from reality, especially since he's only a year younger than Harper and in the same grade as Griffin.