Commitment

**"Commitment"** is the twenty-ninth episode of *Servant*. It debuted on 18 March, 2022, on Apple TV+, as the eighth episode of season 3.

## Plot

Dorothy is in the downstairs bathroom and makes her way into the back yard where she and Leanne speak about Isabelle’s death. Leanne says she was just trying to help and is sorry. Back in the house, Frank and Kourtney are leaving with Frank saying Kourtney is not well. As she goes to wait in the car, Dorothy asks her father to consider what she asked and he says he will speak with her later about it. Leanne goes into the backyard and covers up the security camera, then Julian enters the yard. Leanne asks him where the drugs are, to which Julian says he threw them away and that they will not help Leanne. Leanne then initiates intercourse with Julian, which Dorothy watches on the security feed through the camera, which Leanne had intended to cover.

The next morning, Sean offers Dorothy breakfast which Dorothy refuses and they begin to talk about the night before. According to Sean, Dorothy is shutting him out and Dorothy goes to eat cereal instead of the meal Sean prepared. As Dorothy takes a bite out of her bowl of cereal, she spits it back out into the sink, as termites had invested the packet. Later, Dorothy sees Leanne leaving the Turner house with Roscoe and Dorothy watches them out the window as they both go to the park to see the other homeless people. Dorothy puts a baby transmitter in the dollhouse in Leanne’s room, then rifles through Leanne’s things, finding her journal and Bible, beginning to take pictures of both of them on her phone. After Leanne returns, Dorothy asks to speak with her and she puts Leanne in a backless dress, exposing Leanne’s scars. Dorothy asks Leanne about this, expressing worry. Leanne explains that she used to have to be perfect when part of the cult and she used to punish herself - causing those scars. She explains to Dorothy that she does not do that any more. Dorothy takes selfies with both of them, showing off Leanne’s new dress.

That night, Dorothy calls Frank, leaving a message. Waking up, the transmitter goes off and Dorothy goes downstairs. Dorothy phones Frank again who had tried phoning her and asks him if he can bring in his friend Dale McKenzie to speak with Leanne, which he says he can do. The next day, while putting Jericho in the paddling pool in the yard, Dorothy discusses therapy with Leanne and how she and Sean used to have marriage therapy. Dorothy suggests to Leanne they attend therapy together to help strengthen their relationship which Leanne reluctantly agrees to. That night, Dorothy hears a noise as she is falling asleep and goes downstairs, taking Jericho with her and singing to him. The next day, Dorothy lets Dale McKenzie in and takes him to a room in the house she deems to be private. She introduces Leanne to Dale and Dorothy tells Leanne it will be individual sessions initially, much to Leanne’s surprise. Leanne eventually concedes to this and does the individual session with Dale.

In Leanne’s room, Dorothy is looking at the transmitter and is interrupted by Julian who enters. Dorothy tells Julian she is aware of his continued relationship with Leanne, despite Dorothy telling him to stay away from her. Dorothy also tells Julian about Leanne seeing Dale McKenzie and Julian goes to stop this - disagreeing with this - but Dorothy is able to persuade him not to, asking Julian to do things her way. Julian phones Sean and tells him what is going on in an answer phone message.

Dorothy is waiting outside the door for where Leanne is speaking with Dale and Leanne exits, saying her turn is done. Dorothy goes in to see Dale, where she explains Leanne is like a worm getting into her life. As Dorothy is seeing the doctor out, Frank arrives who reveals to Dorothy that he called Dale in to assess Dorothy, not Leanne. This is much to the dismay of Julian and Sean, who has now arrived. They argue with Frank and Dale, saying Dorothy is fit to be a mother for Jericho. Leanne intervenes, saying Dorothy is a good mother and saying Dorothy will let someone else hold Jericho. Dale and Frank concede Leanne’s point and put on hold plans to send Dorothy somewhere to rest. Dale prescribes something for Dorothy that should help her sleep and Leanne begins *Mama's Gonna Buy a Mockingbird* to Jericho, which Dorothy had sang the previous night. Overwhelmed, Dorothy goes into the bathroom and falls to the floor in shock and disbelief at her own father's betrayal and Leanne holding and singing to to her beloved son, feeling that the whole world is against her.

## Cast

#### Starring

* Lauren Ambrose as Dorothy Turner
* Toby Kebbell as Sean Turner
* Rupert Grint as Julian Pearce
* Nell Tiger Free as Leanne Grayson

#### Co-Starring

* Bicycle
* Matthew Roscoe
* Frank Pearce
* Kourtney
* Dale Mackenzie (debut)

## Trivia

* Leanne traps Dorothy in the same hole that she had when she was torturing Leanne last winter.
* Dorothy's increasingly fragile mental state since August 2019 finally starts to get her nearly institutionalized at the behest of her own father

1. ↑ In most parts of the US, the episode was actually available in prime time on Thursday, but the Apple TV app nevertheless maintained that it debuted on Friday. So the actual date of first stream was March 17, 2022.