Full Circle

**Full Circle** is the tenth and final episode of the first season of Lovecraft Country, and the tenth episode overall. This episode aired on Sunday, October 18, 2020 on HBO.

## Synopsis

Season One Finale. After uncovering the origins of the Book of Names, the gang heads back to Ardham to cast the ultimate spell.

## Plot

Tic, Leti, Montrose, and Hippolyta return home with Dee and the Book of Names. They carry her upstairs, and Tic recites the spell to unbind the book. It opens up to a page featuring Tic’s birthmark. He and Leti then lose consciousness and fall to the floor.

Tic finds himself back in the Sons of Adam Lodge with Hanna, and she tells him the story of how she escaped as the lodge burned to the ground. Knowing that her child had Titus’ blood, Hanna feared that the Order would come looking for them, so she used a spell Titus created to keep their bloodline hidden from all who know magic. Every night when Hanna would close her eyes, she’d find herself back in the lodge being burned alive, suffering an unbearable pain. She tried to make it stop. But the flames she ran through to escape followed her in death. Eventually, Hanna realized that the fire was her rage made manifest, that it could be tamed. She did that and made the ancestral realm a safe place for their ancestors. She then realized that magic was a gift, and now passes it on to Tic.

Leti finds herself back at Dora’s childhood home with Hattie, who reveals that Hanna unknowingly birthed the ancestral space they currently occupy when she opened the Book of Names for the first time. She believed that she had been sent to Hell and that she was being punished for using the devil’s tools. Before Hanna took her own life, she dared to open the book once more, Hattie adds. She searched for a spell that would bind it shut forever. Hattie’s family has protected the book for generations, but now it’s Leti’s burden to bear. She warns Leti against following in Hanna’s footsteps and binding the book out of fear. She will need to be strong to fix Hanna’s mistake.

Tic asks for Hanna’s help in saving Dee. She replies: “You gonna save ‘em all.” Tic then finds himself in his father’s apartment, where he comes face-to-face with his mother. Dora greets Tic with a hug as he whimpers in her arms. Dora knows what Hanna asks of Tic, for him to sacrifice himself, but Tic isn’t ready to die. Still, Dora encourages him to stop Christina at all cost. She tells him that there’s no choice. Their destinies are set. She then tells Tic how he has the best traits of Montrose and George. She assures him that Hanna's spell will change everything.

Hattie teaches Leti to read the Language of Adam. Tic arrives with Dora, and together they use the Book of Names to cast a spell to save Dee.

Hippolyta and Montrose try to wake Tic and Leti but they remain unconcious. It’s then that Hippolyta notices that Dee is healing. Moments later, Tic and Leti awaken, shortly followed by Dee, who’s arm remains decayed from the curse.

Tic is now determined to go through with Hanna’s spell. The blood tie is the most important part; they need a blood connection between Tic, Titus, and Christina. In doing this, they’ll be able to use the energy from Christina’s spell against her. However, Montrose refuses to allow Tic to sacrifice himself as he recalls the book saying that Tic dies in the ritual. So Tic lies to Montrose and tells him that the book is wrong.

Tic and Leti go back to the Winthrop house and take the elevator down into the tunnels leading to Titus’ vault. They follow the path back to the chamber, where they enact the first step of their plan; acquiring Titus blood in order to make the blood connection. After forming a salt barrier, Tic and Leti perform the resurrection spell to summon Titus. He appears before them. They summon Hanna as well. She reveals their plan to kill him. Something she should’ve done all those years ago when Titus attempted to sacrifice her baby. Tic and Leti charge at Titus, but he manages to escape the circle.

Titus teleports into the middle of the road, causing Christina and Ruby to crash. Christina crashes through the windshield but is back on her feet in a matter of seconds. She approaches Titus, who reveals that Tic has the Book of Names before being summoned back to the circle.

Titus now finds himself trapped in the salt barrier, surrounded by Tic, Leti, Hattie, Hanna, and Dora. Tic stabs him with a knife and cuts out a chunk of flesh from Titus. With Titus’ part of the spell secured, one by one, Hattie, Hanna, and Dora disappear.

Hippolyta brings Dee something to eat, but she isn’t hungry. Moreover, she’s upset with her mother for leaving her. Hippolyta admits that she did leave Dee behind. Though, in her travels, she became who she always wanted to be. Eventually, she named herself “mother” and it brought her back to Dee.

Leti wants to use Ruby to retrieve a sample of Christina’s blood, though Montrose doesn’t trust her as she’s grown too close to Christina. The ancestors said that they would have to connect all three of their bodies to bind Christina. As Hippolyta inquires about the spell, Christina arrives and asks for the Book of Names. She tells Tic that it’s not personal. His death is merely a consequence of the spell she’s attempting to cast. There’s no other way for it to work, at least not without the Book of Names. Christina gives her word that she’ll leave Tic and his family alone if they hand over the book, but Tic declines her proposal. As she’s leaving, Christina removes the invulnerability spell she put on Leti.

Tic, Leti, Montrose, Hippolyta, and Dee return to the Winthrop house, where they notice that a black family is moving in next door.

Tic calls Ji-ah and arranges for them to meet at the Drake Hotel. He admits that what they had was real. He thought if he could deny their past, then he could deny his future. Ji-ah reveals that her mother died recently. For a long time, she thought she couldn’t feel because she’s a kumiho, but then she met Young-ja and Tic and realized otherwise. But that feeling has since left. Tic explains the process of grieving and how it’s a human emotion. He grabs Ji-ah’s hand and tells her that their intertwined destinies make them family. Ji-ah then reveals that a shaman told her that Tic will die and that she’s destined to enter the darkness, but Tic isn’t convinced.

Leti and Ruby meet at their mother’s grave, where Leti finally explains why she didn’t attend their mother’s funeral; she was in jail, though admittedly, she was relieved not to attend. Ruby says that no matter what, Eloise was still their mother, but Leti argues that blood doesn’t necessarily make them family. Family is acceptance and a willingness to sacrifice everything necessary to protect it. Leti shows Ruby the Book of Names and asks her to retrieve Christina’s blood for the bind spell. However, Ruby accuses Leti of only wanting to be sisters when she needs something from her.

On the front paper of the Chicago Defender is the ruling of Bobo’s case. The headline reads: “All white male jury acquits Emmett Till’s Murderers.” Dee takes a pencil and scratches out the faces of Bobo’s killers. Hippolyta joins her and shares with her a new issue of Orithya Blue, which she drew herself. She was taught by an artist named Afua. She offers to show Dee how to draw, but given her decayed hand, Dee fears she’ll never draw again. Hippolyta tells Dee that time never stops and assures her that she will draw again. She then takes Dee into a room, where only machine whirring and clanging can be heard.

Ruby finds Christina in the basement and asks about her spell. Christina has been reviewing the details to ensure she gets it right. Intention, location, the body combined with an incantation — those are the elements of magic. The first time Christina created the potion was on the bridge Lancaster shot William on. She used the energy of his death for his rebirth. For the body, she combined parts of her blood, hair, and nails with his. This is why she keeps him in a comatose state rather than just letting him die. She warns Ruby just how delicate a spell can be and if it doesn’t work, then she killed the last of her family for nothing. Ruby assures Christina the spell will work and kisses her.

Tic and Leti get baptized. She assures him that God will look after her and their son. She's recently realized that God is within them all. Including their son.

Tic, Leti, Montrose, Ji-ah, Hippolyta, and Dee prepare to leave for Ardham. As they get packed into Woody, Ruby arrives with a vial of Christina’s blood. The seven of them squeeze into Woody and sing “Life could be a dream” while on the road to Ardham.

As Montrose lays down a trail of salt, Tic makes the blood connection. He eats Titus’ flesh and drinks Christina’s blood. Tic then arrives at the Sons of Adam Lodge. He finds himself surrounded by Adamites. They take his bag and lead him to Christina.

Leti and Ruby use blood to draw symbols on the watchtower to complete the binding triangle. As Leti prepares to leave for the bridge, she realizes that Ruby is actually Christina using the metamorphosis potion. Christina reveals that she caught Ruby trying to steal the potion and killed her. In a fit of rage, Leti punches Christina and a fight ensues, ending with Leti being thrown off the tower to her death.

Meanwhile, as Montrose, Hippolyta, and Ji-ah mark the bridge in symbols and draw a line of salt, they discover that they’ve walked into a trap as they are cornered on both ends by Adamites with shovels and pitchforks. The trio attempt to fight them off but are outnumbered.

Dee reads the Orithya Blue comic her mother drew for her while hidden in the back of Woody. She becomes alarmed at the sound of noise in the nearby woods and crouches down behind the seat.

As Tic is strapped onto the sacrificial altar, Christina arrives with the Book of Names in hand. She reveals that she’s aware of his plan and that it might’ve even worked if not for Ruby. Hippolyta and Ji-ah, along with an unconscious Montrose, are brought in. Tic asks about Leti, but Christina’s silence is all the confirmation Tic needs to fears that she’s dead.

Dee screams for help as a monster attacks the car in an attempt to get to her. Fortunately, Tic’s domesticated shoggoth comes to her rescue.

The spell begins. Hippolyta and Ji-ah watch helplessly as Christina cuts open both of Tic’s forearms and bathes in his blood. The spell appears to work as Tic’s life force is transferred into her. Leti awakens on the ground; to her surprise she still bears the Mark of Cain. She sprints to the lodge, arriving just as Tic breathes his last breath. Leti tells Tic that she loves him just as he dies and the spell is complete. Leti then sneaks up from behind and stabs Christina with her blade, but she is unharmed given her recently acquired immortality.

Despite the fact that the group failed to make the blood connection, Leti still recites the spell, causing a dark cloud to form. Ji-ah realizes that this is her destiny and becomes entangled in the darkness using her tails to connect Tic and Christina. While Ji-ah is connected to Christina she experiences memories from both Christina and Tic. Christina tucking in a comatose Ruby, Tic writing his farewell letter for Montrose and handing it to Hippolyta. It appears Christina was the one who recast the invulnerability spell onto Leti.

Ji-ah's tails serve as the blood connection Leti's ancestral spell needs for it to work, resulting in a huge dark explosion of energy.

Christina wakes up trapped under the rubble from the explosion. She tries to recite a spell, but Leti bound not only her from magic but all white people. Montrose awakens and calls out to Tic, unaware that he’s dead. Hippolyta hands Montrose a letter written to him by Tic, apologizing for lying to him about the outcome of the spell. Having defeated Christina, Leti, Montrose, Hippolyta, and Ji-ah carry Tic home.

Dee finds Christina trapped and defenseless. Accompanied by Tic’s shoggoth, Dee reveals that she didn’t come to save Christina. She exposes her robotic arm and chokes the life from Christina, squeezing her neck so forcefully that blood spews.

## Cast

* Jonathan Majors as Atticus Freeman
* Aunjanue Ellis as Hippolyta Freeman
* Wunmi Mosaku as Ruby Baptiste
* Abbey Lee as Christina Braithwhite
* Jamie Chung as Ji-Ah
* Jada Harris as Diana Freeman
* Michael Kenneth Williams as Montrose Freeman
* Joaquina Kalukango as Hanna
* Erica Tazel as Dora Freeman
* Michael Rose as Titus Braithwhite

Co-Starring* Michael J. Ewing as Chanting Adamite
* Maxwell Probst as Chanting Adamite
* Cynthia Youngblood as Chanting Adamite
* Ash Anderson as Chanting Adamite
* Matthew Cornwell as Business Man

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