Season 2 - Episode 8: Oh, Henry

## Synopsis

Bjorn notices that Stanley seems out of sorts and asks him to get a drink with him later. Henry runs into some 'girl trouble' at school with River but is adamantly against talking about it. Bjorn, Henry, Sammie, and Oliver head to the police station to start investigating a case Holland has called them in for about a murder where a woman is claiming a car crushed her husband on its own.

## Episode Description

Bjorn and Stanley bond over shooting, Oliver distracts Sammie from puppy training, and Henry is confused by a girl.

## Key Events

* Stanley isn't acting himself. He seems to be bothered by something. Bjorn asks him to meet him for drinks later to check up on him.
* Henry upsets River by declining her officer to watch anime with her.
* Holland calls the crew in to investigate a murder case involving a woman who claims a car acted of its own accord to crush her husband.

## Summary

Sammie and Elise are doing some puppy training in their apartment. Elise is taking it a bit more seriously than Sammie. Oliver soon arrives with some Chinese food for all of them.

Bjorn is practicing his shooting at a nearby public range. He's about to wrap up when Stanley arrives. Bjorn, sensing Stanley isn't in the best spirits, asks if he'd like to have a friendly competition. Stanley agrees. They set the stakes at 10 bucks and a stout to the winner. Bjorn wins and Stanley hands over the cash. Bjorn says he thinks the best use for this is to buy them both some drinks. Stanley agrees after he does some more practice.

Henry and River are in chemistry class. River, with hair that is newly dyed green, is talking to Henry about a gory anime she's been watching, "Attack on Titian," while they work on the experiment they've been assigned. Henry admits he's never watched the anime and River asks if he'd like to watch it. Henry says he'll look into the show and let her know if he wants to borrow the DVDs from her. River looks disappointed and immediately goes about doing their chemistry work and not talking about anything else.

As their packing up to leave the range, Bjorn gets a phone call from Holland. After Bjorn obtained permission from Indigo to keep Holland in the loop, Bjorn paid her a visit at her home. A pre-teen boy, Dean, answers the door and asks what he's doing there. Holland tells him to go back to doing his homework and Holland greets Bjorn and invites him in. Another younger boy runs by, Alex, and Holland tells him to stop running in the house. Bjorn and Holland head to her in-home office. Bjorn tells her that she's officially been cleared to know what's really going on. Holland asks a few questions and Bjorn tells her about the Rifts, monsters, and Thornvale being a hot spot for them. They reach an agreement to keep each other in the loop, but allow Bjorn and his team to do what they need to do. As Bjorn walks out of the office, he notices her boys slam their laptops closed as he passed. He senses they're up to something and Holland says not to worry about it.

In the present, on the phone call with Holland, she tells him that there is someone at the station he should talk to. She's not sure what's going on exactly, but that there was a grisly murder he should look into. Bjorn and Stanley agree to meet up later for drinks. Bjorn texts their group chat to tell Sammie to meet at the station and tell Henry he's picking him up from school.

Henry leaves school with River and he finally notices that she's seeming a bit bummed. He asks her if everything is okay and River says she's fine. Henry apologizes, without knowing what he's apologizing for, and River walks away. Henry looks up and realizes Bjorn has witnessed the whole interaction from his SUV. Henry slides into the back seat. Bjorn doesn't say anything for a while, smirking to himself. Eventually, he asks Henry if everything's okay because he seems quiet and tense. Henry says he doesn't get 'tense.' Bjorn comments that it looks like he's making friends and Henry doesn't respond. Bjorn pushes him a bit more and Henry responds by popping out a claw and ripping the back of Bjorn's car seat open.

Bjorn and Henry pull up in front of the police station. Sammie and Oliver are waiting outside the station by her car. Henry slams his car door shut. Sammie asks them if everything is alright. Henry storms into the station and Bjorn leans over and tells him he thinks it's girl trouble, but he's not sure. Bjorn, Sammie, and Oliver head inside. The receptionist tells them Holland is expecting them in her office, she gestures for them all to take a seat.

Holland tells them that last night, a man was crushed by a car. She says that someone had to have been driving the car and the obvious answer is that it was his wife. His wife admitted that he was having an affair, but adamantly denies that she was driving. The woman claims that the car acted on its own accord and crushed her husband without her in it.

## List of Appearances

* Sammie Overbrook
* Elise Romano
* Oliver Allen Evans
* Bjorn Olafson
* Stanley Marlowe
* Henry Marlowe
* River Hanson
* Jolene Holland
* Dean Holland
* Alex Holland

## Roll Tracker

 Andrew/Bjorn
 Wesley/Henry

## Trivia

Stanley rolled a 6 on his Act Under Pressure roll for his shooting competition against Bjorn.