The Half Of Ourselves We Have Lost

Connor seems hesitant at first, but Gideon insists and starts to show him how it’s done. The man is terrified at first, but then he starts to feel a sense of calm and safety. Gideon tells him that he’s going to help him change the world and that if he does this, everything will be okay. Connor agrees and starts to do what Gideon asks of him.

Meanwhile, Bella is at Mia’s house with Aiden. She’s been trying to get him to leave for weeks now, but he won’t listen. He’s been staying with her and her kids since the night of the party. When she hears about the party, she starts to feel like she’s losing him too. She starts to cry, knowing that he was there with her when it happened.

Sylvia brings Isaac to see her, where he admits that he can also see the birds outside. Sylvia also mentions how there’s a man called Roger sitting in the corner of the room, but apparently he can’t communicate nor see them. Sylvia goes on to mention that he’s still holding on and encourages him to take the circular pin we’ve seen before, which apparently stops him from losing his grip on reality. ..

At therapy, Isaac clings to the trinket Sylvia gave and refuses to let up, lashing out and showing a rare bout of anger. On the way home, Lucy almost runs over Meredith on the road again. Only… it doesn’t seem to be her as when they arrive at the Warren’s place, she’s there playing. L;ucy gets spooked, apologizes, and heads home.

Lucy and Ravi’s partner was supposed to die that night, but for some reason it didn’t happen. This has caused Ravi to become distraught. Lucy asks him if this is his fault, and he responds by saying that it seems like it might be. ..

Lucy has another bizarre dream in which she shows up to see Gideon Shepherd, who is in prison for stabbing his father. Realizing the name is Gideon Shepherd from the dream, Lucy immediately searches online and finds a news story about Gideon stabbing his father. Lucy believes this is the guy they’re after, and the name has just come to her. He disappeared in 1967 after stabbing his father to death. She rings Ravi to let him know but hasn’t phoned for permission - she wants some company to talk to his brother, Malcolm, whom they’ve found contact details for. ..

The pair head off together and speaking to Malcolm, they confirm the Red Nissan lead. The car belonged to Gideon. Malcolm also has a voice message from him too, confirming that he’s the first one he saved and believes Malcolm has led a good life. That voice recording includes a train tooting its horn in the background, while the message itself was recorded at 1.23am. This narrows down the possible places it could have been recorded considerably.

As Ravi wishes her a good job and teases her over what great detective work she conducts, Lucy leans over and kisses him… and immediately experiences strange flashes to a wedding.

Ravi decides to go to the abandoned repair yard outside Melwood and stop Gideon from escaping. However, he knows that this won’t end well, having seen flashes of his dead body at a crime scene just prior to this.

As Lucy grips the steering wheel, she flashes back to her wedding day. She’s married Ravi and inside the altar, she’s marrying Nick and Bella are both still alive and in attendance too.

Connor is a victim of human trafficking. He has been held captive for months, possibly years. Ravi finds him and frees him, but the traffickers have left behind a sickening video that shows Connor being tortured. ..

Gideon shoots Ravi in the head with his rifle out the window.

Gideon smacks him repeatedly in the nose, apologizing and knocking him out long enough so he can make a quick getaway. However, he doesn’t anticipate Lucy Chambers smashing into the side of his car and knocking him out. Lucy steps out the car, complete with a busted lip, and phones an ambulance. ..

Back in the States, Lucy has a breakthrough with Isaac and they share a surprising laugh together. When Mike shows up with a hot dish, it completely breaks up the mood. Following that, Ravi phones and confirms that Gideon has been detained but won’t talk to anyone but Lucy. This catches us up to the timeline we’ve been following since the start of the season. ..

Gideon’s confession makes perfect sense now. He killed his father because he killed him first, and Ravi and Lucy were completely unaware of this until it was too late.

The Episode Review

While The Devil’s Hour has more than a few similarities with Shining Girls, I’d actually say the execution here is far more effective and works better. There’s a really nice ebb and flow to this chapter, with an eerie undercurrent of tension hanging over this as Gideon’s story starts to come into focus. ..

The more episodes of " Isaac’s Journey " go by, the more you feel like Isaac is completely connected to everything going on. Not only that, but with Mike acting the way he is, it feels like a ticking time bomb just waiting to explode and Isaac could well do so against him.

This final chapter should hopefully give us some much-needed answers over what’s going on here.