In a flashback, Notre Dame goes to a meeting of the closeted individuals coming out and meets a woman, whom she later sleeps with. She tells the woman about the white rabbit dream she had and why she has a tattoo on her body of it. The contradiction is quite deliciously placed in the realm of the show’s universe.
In the present day, Ducourt and others try to bring down the main entrance. Varese and other members of the department are caught inside and must be evacuated at the earliest. All the comms and radio inside have gone bust due to the heat and radiation. As firefighters start to regain consciousness, Varese is once again in their case to keep working. The debris is blocking the way and they start to clear it. Varese delegates duties overseeing operations in her absence to another. She takes two men and sets out find Taupin and his team, while another tries to find Elena. ..
Elena is still alive but in dire condition. She is finally found by the firemen and taken to safety. Steph is unable to make contact with Elene either as the bandwidth in the region is completely occupied. In a bid to find out for himself, he leaves the office and heads straight toward the cathedral. The love-hate relationship between Billy and Victoire continues. But the important thing is, they still stick together. Rico warns Max of the consequences after he hurts his brother and friend. Max goes inside the shop as Victoire too makes her way there. The police raid the shop while he is still inside, which Victoire sees from afar and turns the other way. Max follows one of the peddlers whom he saw escape from the raid. He finds an address from the man where he delivers drugs.
Max reaches the address and sees an unconscious Pamela lying on the floor. Actually, she wasn’t dead but was choking on her own vomit. Max helps her come out of it and calls the paramedics. Billy helps Victoire when she falls down due to her withdrawal symptoms. Varese shows her leadership skills as she goes on the south ledge to clear the area and look for Tapuin and his team. She finds them in need of help, wounded and unconscious. Taupin tells Varese that Alice fell off the scaffolding and she must find her. Alice is once again trapped like she was in her first rescue. But this time she is alone. Or is she? ..
Her mind goes back to the day at the cathedral we saw in the last episode. She and Ben are shown to be profusely in love. Ben admits to Alice that he didn’t feel good at the concern for having to stay away from her. She sees an apparition of Ben at the site and tells him that she is pregnant. Ducourt and the men are able to push down the door and get inside. The stuck firemen and Elena are rescued. Steph too has reached the spot and sees Antony and Elena hugging and going toward the medical camp. Varese is determined to find Alice, even when it means risking her own life. She goes off on her own through the blockages and fire.
Ducourt is getting desperate and anxious as he waits for Alice and Varese to exit with the other firemen. He goes in himself to see where they are, and finds Varese has indeed found Alice through the fallen debris. He brings her out in his arms to where Ducourt is standing. ..
The Episode Review
Notre Dame’s atmosphere is suffocating. It’s hard to breathe, and one can’t help but wonder if the air quality is affected by the cathedral’s smoke. ..
The central plot of the show once again remains unresolved, with little progress made on the Save the Cathedral subplot. The acting is not convincingly sincere, and there is a lack of clarity about how the cathedral should be saved.
The Notre Dame story is a bland one, and the actors’ efforts are very weak. The script itself is also poor, and it does not focus on the burning building. This makes the story difficult to follow, and it is hard to blame the actors when they do not seem to be able to make a good effort.
