A student is seen working out at a gym. He is lifting weights before a dark figure comes over him and beats his face. Paige is seen not far away witnessing the entire situation unfold. This student sees Simon on campus, and he has a visible permanent scar on his face from the beating.
In a flashback, Ingrid and Simon are seen dropping Paige off at university along with Sam and Anya. Simon meets Paige’s roommates, Katie and Judy. Back in the present, students recognize Simon as the man who beat Aaron at their University and are disgusted. Nevertheless, Simon is determined to find Katie as he believes that she may have answers to finding Paige. While questioning Katie, Simon finds that she is acting very suspicious. She tries to get away from him and she is short with her answers. However, Katie gives Simon a specific weekend that Paige went out with Aaron and took a car. Simon takes that information and leaves.
Ash and Dee are at the house of Mrs. O’hara, their ex-foster mother. Dee keeps a solid composure whereas Ash is visibly angry and upset with Mrs. O’Hara. Ash and Dee need a place to stay for a couple of days and they tell Mrs. O’Hara that they work freelance. Ash starts having memories when he was a child as he looks around the house and outside. Dee encourages him to face his past and fears, but he doesn’t want to confront it.
Issac confronts Jay about the footage of him following Ingrid and takes him to the station. Ruby and Issac question him and they find out that Jay and Ingrid used to be a couple. Jay does everything he can to seem innocent in front of the detectives, but he reveals that Ingrid met up with him at his flat alone. He uses this as her alibi to ensure that she had nothing to do with the murder of Aaron.
Back at University, Simon calls Sam and tells him to search Paige’s room for anything that could relate to the weekend Paige met Aaron. Sam comes across the initials PVB multiple times. Those entries started when Paige started University. Then Judy, Paige’s other ex-roommate, approaches Simon. Judy tells Simon that PVB stood for a professor at their University. Paige was meeting with him constantly. Judy also revealed to Simon that Paige and Katie had a huge fight before she disappeared. They both go back to the dorm and it is revealed that Katie is now gone.
Simon tries to track down the professor. He learns that he is on sabbatical. The student with the scar on his face from the beginning of the episode approaches Simon. He asks Simon questions about Paige. He then reveals that the professor is a creep and has had romantic relationships with students. Simon calls Elena and says that tracking down the professor is the next step.
Simon and Elena grab a bite to eat at Maria’s restaurant. Elena keeps eyeing Maria, and Simon asks why. Elena reveals that Maria is her deceased ex-husband’s daughter with another woman.
Lou, her colleague, is her mother in law. Later, Simon goes back home, and Issac is waiting for him. Issac reveals to Simon about Ingrid’s potential affair. This shocks Simon beyond belief. Maria confronts Elena and shows the footage of her breaking into her house. Elena is then arrested.
Ash and Dee argue over their next steps when Dee suddenly grabs Ash’s gun and confronts Mrs. O’Hara. Dee asks her what she remembers most about fostering them. In a flashback, Mrs. O’Hara is seen angry and handling an iron. Ash feels a scar on his neck. She explains how it was a different time. Dee then reveals an iron scar on her stomach and how she can’t move her arm above her head as Mrs. O’Hara ripped her arm out of her socket. Ash and Dee then shoot her dead before burying her in the backyard and burning all the evidence. They flee.
Back at the hospital, Simon asks Yvonne if Paige is even his after learning about the potential affair. Yvonne wonders how Simon can say such a thing. While Simon visits Ingrid’s bedside and speaks to her about the affair, she falls into critical condition as her wound bleeds and the monitors beep. The episode cuts to black.
This episode was one of the better ones as of now. There are only eight episodes, so this is the halfway point. Secrets are being revealed and more details are being uncovered in all of the different storylines. Ash and Dee have a complex backstory that is being revealed, and it is finally learned why Elena is stalking Maria. The storyline about Ingrid’s potential affair is interesting as she is the one who cannot defend herself and people are speaking for her. It seems that Simon believes everything that is told to him, but so many things are happening that it comes to a point where who can blame him?
Rating: 9/10