Here Be Monsters

"**Here Be Monsters**" is the third episode of Season 2, the third episode of the Full Moon, and the twelfth episode of the show overall.

## Synopsis

Kara contacts Isiah in hopes of finding her son. Harriet meets an old face in Under London, but is interrupted by a mysterious threat. Strepp faces the consequences of his actions.

## Plot

### Part One

#### Flash-Back

Strepp walks into his home, seeing his grandmother sat in her chair. As he walks past, she asks him what is wrong, seemingly remembering who he is. Strepp sits down next to her, telling her that he "had to leave my friends. I...don't think they like me all too much, anymore." She tells him that "if you give up on them, then they won't. You have to keep trying."

#### Present-Day

Strepp sits with Isiah and Heracles in his house. He tells them that she "fell over. Banged her head. That was it. If I'd've been there, I..." but Heracles tells him that nothing could have stopped it. He seems unconvinced. Seemingly starting to break down, Strepp tells them that he regrets not helping them find Lee, stating that "she slept most of the night, she wouldn't have even noticed. I...I fucked everything up, didn't I?" Isiah puts his arms around him, and Strepp cries into his shoulder.

At the AVD, Deacon walks into Valerie's office, calmly asking her why she let Harriet sneak into the food truck. She tells him that "there was no guarantee that another truck would come. No time to properly prepare, anyway." Deacon scolds her and tells her that "this isn't the way we do things" but she says that "Harriet is a good cop, okay? Her partner's dead. She's lost, and she needs this. That's why I sent her." He sighs and shakes his head, then tells her that "this isn't okay, Allen" before walking away.

The truck Harriet is hiding in drives down a cave system, eventually reaching another entrypoint into Under London. As it slows down, she jumps from the back, rolling as she lands and hiding as quickly as possible. She slowly makes her way to the top of a small hill and sees the undercity in all of its glory, whispering "what the *fuck*" to herself.

Isiah returns to the library, where he sees Nynaeve and tells her about Strepp's grandmother, mentioning that Heracles has gone with him to "help him deal with things." Nynaeve quickly changes the subject and says that "someone's in the room." Frowning, Isiah goes to look, seeing Kara stood inside the meeting place. He asks her if she needs help and when she turns around, he recognises Lee's features. Kara introduces herself, saying that "I understand that you've been helping my son. Thank you." When he asks how she knows this, she tells him that Nynaeve explained everything to her before asking him if he knows where Lee might have gone. Isiah shakes his head, saying that he has been absent from meetings for a while now.

### Part Two

In a small alleyway in Under London, a short, thin man—Bartyn Fassa—walks into the street. Further down, Lee and Jill watch on, their hoods and face masks up. Jill nods, confirming that the man they're following is Fassa and saying that "I knew I recognised the name." Lee stares as the man keeps walking down the mostly empty road, his head down. He hesitates for a moment and Jill asks him what he wants to do. Eventually, he says that they will "stick to the plan" but just as she goes to walk into the street, Lee asks her "what was that? Earlier, I mean." After a moment, Jill shrugs, saying that "it doesn't have to be anything. We can...work out whatever you want, but right now he's getting away." She then turns and leaves.

Fassa finds himself on the slope of a hill, the street is empty as he walks up it.