201: Friday Night
General Summary
It’s been a month and a few weeks since the crew defeated the Calamity of season 1. After catching up with everyone Mora gets a job with Maria. Dee and Eugenia both get unexpected visitors and need a drink afterwards. Felicity and Francis find Clarice. Kit helps a friend in need.
Open with The Black Report EP 54 THE MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF BASEL CAMLENN
Mora gets a text from Maria to meet Cesar at the Kitty Cat Cafe.
No one knows where Mora’s apartment is but it’s somewhere in the middle of the Valtiere’s territory.
Cesar is smarmy and meticulous and he likes Mora.
Maria has a henchmen gig for Mora.
Cesar is curious where Mora’s loyalty is, Skulls or Maria.
Mora maintains her independence but is not fond of Samuel (Maria’s cousin and leader of Skulls.)
Meeting is with rival gang, territory North of River.
Valtiera’s territory is South of the River.
Eugenia has been building loyalties with mid-management in the company.
Empire has many branches, hard to get a picture of what they do.
Bethany, is Eugenia’s office assistant. She talks a lot
Thea Marshall works in acquisitions.
She was approved for more than was usual in a buyout of a small software company dealing with medical records.
Eugenia asks her PI company to look into this business. (Do they have a name?)
She gets a call from Hector, that a Madame Velma is waiting at the estate for her.
She says it’s imperative for future of the city.
She has a late night TV commercial.
Kit gets called into the office at school. Mr Griffin accompanies them.
Mr. Kevin Jeffries (he’s awful) and Detective McCauley are there.
Detective McCauley is looking for Mortimer Applebaum (Ravyn’s actual name.)
He's been quiet for several days, last texts got no response.
Francis has been doing some demolition work.
Felicity pulls up, say’s she found Francis's car.
Accident was 8 years ago.
Car went in the river...
FLASHBACK
Just after the snake battle, Francis is stitching himself up.
He tells Felicity that he thinks the accident is why he is different now.
She agrees to help him look into it.
She wants him to stay away from Emma for now.
They drive south of Cross End, Just Out Of Town to a junkyard.
Fenced area and no one is answering the buzzer at the gate.
Francis crushes the lock and they enter to look for section G-2.
Dee lives in her shop now. Apartment has merged in the back of the shop.
Piano factory is magic and the spaces move around.
Eugenia set up insurance for Dee’s new employee, Theresa.
Dee’s mother, Jacqueline Lestrange, visits the shop.
She delivers the archives Dee requested.
The original reports from a doctor about how the gate of Ishtar were there to help Tiamat herself process through the city. there have been other large snakes throughout history.
An upcoming Winegarden wedding has Jacqueline in need of accompaniment.
Dad has a woodwind orgy to attend.
Dee’s sister, Gisele, is recovering from “exhaustion.”
Brother had incident with the Widow Volkov. We learn Reynaud is so gross but so hot.
Dee will be attending with Jacqueline. It is not a request.
Mora, Maria, and entourage drive to a warehouse in the Industrial District, North of River.
Bo Peep has an eyepatch and wares gloves that she doesn’t take off
There are 2 sheep by her side. (Dee shot a sheep at meeting with Geo who was running from one.)
“She’s death warmed over.” #shitmariasays
Conversation is about districts and concerns about Skulls crossing the river.
Conversation icy and very formal.
Bo Peep looks familiar, like maybe Mora’s run into her before.
Does Bo Peep own or have something to do with Nips and Clips? (Yes!)
Kermit is one of Maria’s other henchmen.
Mora checks out movement in warehouse w/ one of Bo’s peeps, Moreno.
Shadowed figure runs, Mora and Moreno pursue.
Outside at fence Mora fires warning shot and hits the poor bastard. Not dead but out cold. He has a Skulls tattoo. They bring him inside.
Eugenia has started an Empire conspiracy board at the theater
She goes through Bethany’s desk. Cat figurines. (Did she meet Cesar at Kitty Cat Cafe?)
A picture tucked away in a drawer of her and a small child.
Encounters Madam Velma. She has a crazed look and firmly believes in her wisdom beyond the veil.
Velma had visions 6 weeks ago. A snake, a cold place with cages, 2nd calamity, light from the paw of a fox.
Eugenia tells her she’s right, but too late, she stabbed that beast.
Velma: “and you killed it’s twin?”
2 serpents twirling against each other.
At the Wedding
An unusual voice comes from Velma “The dragon seeks the eagle...”
Kit checks with friends about Ravyn disappearance.
Emma tells them Ravyn was “sick of you” and said “things were so much clearer back when Bear was in charge.”
Kat asks Kit to attend wedding with him and his family this upcoming weekend.
Kit investigates where the Wild Beasts have been seen lately. They had a run in with Ty at the Burger Maiden parking lot.
Wild Beasts’ territory is North of the River. The Beasts, the Brewery crew, are South of the River.
Felicity got a lead of the location of Francis’s old car outside of police records. She can’t get into the police records herself.
She thinks Lucas is keeping something from her about the crash.
They find the car. There is acid damage on the front of the car.
It’s a convertible. Francis named her “Clarice.”
Flashback to the night of the accident. Francis won big fight against Little Mickey, his rival.
Lucas and Francis driving and drinking “children, do not drink and drive.”
Sees truck ahead with canisters in the back.
Everything spins, squeal of tires, hiss, canister hits Francis in the head.
Suffocating (car fell into the river)
Francis’s body adapts as his Mythos is awoken.
Return to the present. a shotgun blast is heard and an old woman with a dog on a chain is now pointing a gun at the twins.
Located near Karma U. It’s a popular young Republicans bar.
Shitty jukebox but good liquor.
Dee and Eugenia exchange the details of their day with one another over drinks.
Dee needs mask for “research” won’t let Eugenia put in vault.
Dee tells Eugenia she’s been giving Mr. Black fake tips for the Black Report.
Eugenia calls Igraine and tells her she’s attending the wedding in her place.
She’ll be bringing Michele as her plus one.
Our MC mentions Tawny Newport, a fab Winegarden socialite from the 80’s.
Dick punching young Republicans ensues.
Kermit knows the unconscious man is a Samuel Valtiere loyalist.
His name is Guillermo. He has a cross on a gold chain and skull tattoo.
Bo is angry and thinks it could be Maria attempting to assassinate her.
To prove good faith, Maria tells Mora to bring him out back and “take care of him.”
Mora kills him. Maria is pleased and asks her to take care of the body.
Mora notices that Bo has an Ivory Chess piece which is familiar but can’t place why.
Maria says she’s got to “speed up the timeline against her cousin” at the wedding.
“He’s got something going on there that we need to step in on.”
Mora takes body to river to dump.
She notices the River Boat man is not back yet. She assumed he would be after the snake was destroyed.
Kit goes to Burger Maiden and asks for the “special.”
The “special” menu is definitely human body parts.
Finger basket, Brain Meal, and other gross items listed.
Kit uses Convince so the employee doesn’t remember them.
Goes to the Brownstone to find Ravyn. Golda, Ravyn’s grandma, is very confused and keeps repeating things.
Finds Emma in Ravyn’s room. She didn’t find him at the Brewery and became conserved.
Many drawings cover Ravyn’s walls. Most have intertwined snakes. DNA strands.
They spot drawings of Bear in the same image with a snake.
Another drawing of depicts Bear’s death in front of the church.
Emma and Kit go back to Church of Santa Teresa de Avila and split up. Kit finds Ravyn on the roof, in the Bell Tower.
Raven was happier when Bear was in charge. He wants to fade away.
Kit sees an image of a woman in black feather armor floating behind him and he screams “go away!”
Kit won’t leave and catches Ravyn in a warm embrace.
Felicity has a pistol in her bag.
Annika Hansen says Francis and Felicity are trespassing.
Felicity reminds her that she had an appointment.
Francis tells her he’s Francis Burke, the famous boxer, and gives her $100 for the broken lock on the gate.
They go look at the car. Weird discoloration on both of the seats.
Felicity takes samples of stuff on the seats and photographs the car.
She’s now highly suspicious of Lucas. He has been keeping secrets.
She has a wedding assignment next and asks Francis to go with.
WTF Burger Maiden!????!!!?!?!!?
In the Last Month…
-Mora has been working on some jobs, some with the Valtierra’s. She also revealed later in the night that she went back and sprung Cesar from the prison like she had promised. -Excalibur has been working hard at Empire to prove herself to Percival. She also has begun having regular meetings with Kit. -Kit recaps snake battle. The slash on their arm from the Excalibur Katana involved serious magical healing and took all month to mend. This intense healing caused them to sleep through their date night with Kat but all was forgiven once Kit sent a pic of their bandages. Kit now has a scar on their right arm. Kit was ready for Thea to kick them out for sketch behavior, instead she grounded them with missed homework and family bonding. With so much time at the condo, Kit took opportunities to sneak looks at her Empire paperwork to find any connections between Empire, Helix, or Snakes. -Francis has made some appearances at Ragnorok to get back in shape, talked to Felicity about investigating his accident. -Dee has been DEEP in research in her office. Michele hired someone to run the shop for her, Theresa. She also has a new emoji of a Tiamat mask with heart eyes, it just appeared on her phone on e day.Kitty Cat Cafe
What does Empire actually do?
You’re not in trouble kid
Get in the car Meathead!
Mother Monster
“I’m glad you could crawl out of your grave this evening” #shitmariasays
I’m Sorry, what?
Tell me the second you see Ravyn
Clarice
Jumping Jacks
If that’s not your guy, I want him dead
Welcome to the Burger Maiden, She Longs for Your Touch
Shotgun!
Geeking Out After The Credits
Rewards Granted
Each cast member received an invitation to the exclusive Winegarden Geiss/Masamune wedding the following weekend.
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Created Content
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Report Date
10 Mar 2021
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