Mayfair Witches
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Second Line does at least settle any lingering doubts about Aunt Carlottas moral compass, which is sincerely fucked.
Why should I care about this woman who was gored by a wild boar, show?
You have to give me a reason.
It was also the cheap screenwriting sleight of hand in the Grieve plot.
), which he promptly does, and the mystery is solved.
But the episode still needs some kind of tension, right?
It feels like narrative, but its actually nothing.
We do know that the murderer is a him because Grieve says on the phone, I saw it.
He stopped the elevator and got in with her, adding, Thats all I saw.
Maybe thats a tease that this is all a red herring, but then again maybe its not.
Youre heartbroken, I know, Cortland tells Lasher.
I loved her, too.
This is the opposite of dramatic irony, or what literary critics call Bad Writing.
The fatal flaw ofMayfair Witchesmay be its habit of setting up plot points that immediately become irrelevant.
Shouldnt these supernatural defenses have been able to at least hide Rowans location?
Are they not flame retardant?
All of Rowans manic paranoia has been suddenly replaced by blissful guilelessness.
A brief vision confirms that this lady is actually Lasher in disguise, but Rowan doesnt see this.
Whats your name, she asks hazily.
He tells her its Adonis.
Thats your real name?
Rowan skeptically replies, using her last remaining critical thinking skills.
Its my name tonight, Lasher says, which sounds like a line he picked up fromThe Game.
This time the bait is a vision of Rowans dead birthmother, as opposed to her dead adoptive mother.
Suddenly, Ghost Deirdres face glitches and Rowan realizes shes been had.
As long as were on the subject, lets check in on the Mayfair House, shall we?
Aunt Carlotta is grief-stricken over Deirdres death and sobbing on Aunt No.
2s lap (she does exist!).
They quickly determine they need to get their hands on Deirdres daughter, so Aunt No.
2 suggests they get Rowan to come to them by hosting a wake for Deirdre.
Again, theres no need, because Rowan is already trying to get there.
Under Lashers influence, Delphine is next seen bashing her own head repeatedly into the cement wall.
The aunts decide this is worth it because they are affirmatively evil.
The episode wraps up with Rowan safely back at Grieves apartment, where they decide to hold hands.
Im still waiting for clarity on how Ellie was connected to the Mayfairs.
Cortland snooping through Rowans bag cant be a good sign.
Do we think the medical examiners Anti-Witch Brotherhood is going to come up again?
With this show, who knows.
