The TripAdvisor rating for Castle Rock Historic Bed & Breakfast is not going to be reassuring.
She seemed charmed by the home, while he was transfixed by the wardens painting of the lake.
Basically, they were sold.
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Then, Professor Gordon violently attacks his colleague, who had been having an affair with his wife.
As they arrive in Castle Rock to start over, its clear that Gordon has still not forgiven her.
This will be a theme bed and breakfast for true crime enthusiasts.
Found the key to the basement!
Gordon seems to be mesmerized by the paintings of this man.
Its all getting inside his head in a strange way.
Then the phone rings.
The couple doesnt know that the quaint B&B theyve book has a macabre theme.
We believe this to be the first fully immersive lodging experience for the true crime aficionado, Gordon says.
A chance to stay in a house where actual murders have been recreated in exquisite detail.
The couple, however, is just there for … an affair.
Gordon sits awake at night, listening to the sound of their lovemaking.
But the cries of ecstasy become shrieks of agony.
Lilith awakens to find her husband clutching a knife over their guests butchered bodies.
Heres a new tableau to recreate with some dummies.
Odin even deafened himself to better hear this audio phenomenon, which he called The Schisma.
His companion and translator Willie?
We dont find out in this episode.
After some patients there spontaneously lit their mattresses on fire, he escaped and came back.
He tells Henry that his mother was confused and shot Alan Pangborn to death.
Then he suggests they hide the body in the woods to protect her.
Henry wants no part of this.
Finally, the mystery man says.
Who are you, why did you ask for me?
I waited for you.
I waited for 27 years, the man says.
I rescued you from that basement, and I didnt ask for any of this.
Heres some new information.
Was he captured because he tried to help Henry?
The lead officer, Delia Reese, is anything but understanding.
Her daughter went to high school with Henry.
What did they call you again …?
The Black Death, she says.
A lot of bodies seem to turn up whenever Henry is around.
Ruth Deavers dementia excuses her from a more thorough questioning.
The cops think the mystery man must have killed Pangborn.
Fourteen dead, another five missing.
Maybe next time youll think twice before you spring a lunatic from prison, Reese says.
Your mother is still confused about what happened, Ill circle back tomorrow and talk with her again.
Back at the bed and breakfast, Gordon is cutting up a body in the foyer.
Id have expected one of the corpses to be his wife, but instead, Lilith is helping him.
I dont know what came over me.
Im not a murderer, he says, the dismembered remains scattered around him telling a different story.
It never happened, Lilith says.
Just then, Jackie Torrance shows up outside in her taxi.
I had this idea five years ago!
You got here first, so respect.
The scene in front of her was the handiwork of Johnny Carrick in 1929.
That is a felling ax, not a fire ax.
Carrick was a fireman.
Outside, however, she finds a bloody bracelet in the driveway.
Her weirdness detector wasnt triggered before, but now it is.
She thought it was Henrys father.
He was coming at me, I had no choice.
You know what he can be like, she says.
I dont know how he came back, but he did.
Only I stood up to him this time, like I should have before.
She has a heartbreaking suggestion for Henry about dealing with the police.
He knows these men.
He can talk to them.
Henrys next move is to get his son as far away from Castle Rock as possible.
This place is messed up, it always has been.
I shouldnt have brought you here.
While the driver is removing its corpse from the wipers, Wendell doubles over.
The Schisma is now ringing in his ears.
If he doesnt do it himself, other people do it for him.
Like he pushes them somehow, Henry says.
Ive never felt anything like it when I was near him, Molly admits.
One black and white painting catches his eye.
Then Gordon appears in the doorway.
Can I help you?
Henry explains that he was just leaving, but Lilith has charged at him with a knife.
Next page: You cannot grow old in Salems Lot …
Elsewhere, we see the bus pull into a quiet station.
It opens its doors, and one of its passengers steps out.
Wendell has decided hes not going to Boston.
Unfortunately, he has gotten off at the Jerusalems Lot depot.
King fans know thats a sleepy little town by day, but it has a hell of a nightlife.
She decided to snoop after hours, and thats when she saw the attack on Henry.
She says she wasnt myself anymore, which raises the question of whether Gordon and Lilith were either.
Meanwhile, Molly returns to her childhood home and sees the mystery man inside.
I dont think hes ready yet.
she asks, but he doesnt answer.
you could help me.
You know me, he tells her.
I dont know anything about you.
Upstairs, he guides her to a window.
After revealing some details of her past, he also has a tidbit about her future.
Out there, in the woods, he says.
Thats where you died.
