Secrets of Sulphur Springs S1 E5

## Plot

Today is the 30th anniversary of Savannah's disappearance. Griffin and Harper get out of school. The camp dance starts at 8:00 pm. They have less than five hours to go back and save her. Harper still thinks her mom had something to do with it, and tells Griffin that he has to keep his eyes on Savannah if she can't make it, since she's still grounded. Griffin says they're better together, and when he sees Harper smiling, he clarifies that he meant they're better together as a team. She knows what he means. Their moms arrive to pick them up. Here's something else about this show that I didn't notice until recently: The intro changes slightly in every episode, sort of like *No Good Nick* on Netflix. It briefly shows a split second shot or two of the actual episode that we're about to see. Before Jess leaves to host an open mic night at the coffee shop, she pays Topher to keep an eye on Harper and call her if she leaves the house for any reason. And then Harper pays him $20 to cover for her, but it has to be better than last time. When Griffin goes back by himself, he sees that Harper beat him to it. Savannah went missing after the dance, but they don't know how soon after. They have to keep an eye on her until she's safe in her bunk, while also looking out for Jess and anyone else suspicious, and all before adult Jess gets home and sees that Harper isn't there. Griffin realizes that they can't crash the dance dressed like they currently are. Luckily, Harper thought ahead and brought clothes for them both. They won't need them if they can convince Savannah to skip the dance. Griffin reveals that he brought a tablet with him. There's no Wi-Fi, so he downloaded a video before he left of the local news covering Savannah's disappearance, from the day after she went missing. She'll have to believe it if they show it to her. They couldn't fake an entire news report. She still might freak out though, so Griffin has to be gentle if he shows it to her. Harper will be too busy watching her mom. Jess asks her why she'd say hi to her, since they're not friends. Harper changes the subject and gives her a shade of lipstick from the future… and her mom. Yeah, this gets weird. Jess wants her to go to the dance with her now, pointing out that they're not friends *yet*. Besides, she could always use a partner in crime. She has something in a bag. Meanwhile, adult her gets home early. Topher claims that Harper is asleep in her room. Even her door has painted flowers on it. She set up a decoy and a recording before she left to make her mom think she was asleep. Griffin sees Savannah by the springs and follows her to a treehouse, which is all offscreen. Unfortunately, the tablet is dead. Did going through the portal make that happen? He also tricked his parents with a recording of a guitar. Sarah is worried about him. They pulled him away from all his old friends, and now they're telling him that he can't see the only new one that he has. Ben shows up at the treehouse and convinces Savannah to come to the dance, and Griffin goes with them. Jess tells Harper that the dance was better last year when she was on the decorating committee. They're both surprised to see that Savannah is there, and Jess is upset that she's wearing her normal clothes. She tells Harper that she'd never ask a guy, especially Ben, to dance with her this early in the night. When she's ready for them to dance, they'll dance. Griffin and Harper swap information about Jess and the tablet. The jolt made the battery die. I knew it! It's revealed that Jess only had a cassette tape in the bag, and asks the DJ to play the song on side A. It's obviously a slow song, but before she can ask Ben to dance, Savannah unintentionally beats her to it, which infuriates her. Harper and Griffin slow dance with each other to stay close to Savannah. However, Jess accuses Harper of getting Savannah to ask Ben first to humiliate her, and tells her that this isn't over. Unbeknownst to everyone, a figure is outside in the shadows, watching them all. So, I just found out that the actress for Harper, Kyliegh Curran, played Abra Stone in the film *Doctor Sleep* (which means she's a fan of RWBY!), and before that, she played young Nala in *The Lion King* musical on Broadway.