UTL S1E15: Swear Words and Vinegar

On this episode of Under the Library:

 

Harold, Quentin, Beau, and Philip feel a tremor underfoot as Gerald's house, destabilized by the dynamite blast, shifts and trembles. Harold finds Gerald's corpse laying on the bed and shifts the bed over to reveal the trapdoor to the pitch black basement. Philip decides to autopsy the corpse.

  In the other room, Quentin realizes that a note from Gerald couldn't possibly have reached Jonathan in the less than 24 hours separating their two visits. He searches Jonathan's body again and discovers a banking ledger in the same handwriting. This man wrote the note to himself, yet he's never met any of the investigators.   Having realized there may be animals loose in the basement, Quentin decides to bait them. Philip offers Gerald's arm (detached during autopsy), and when lowered down, it is promptly snatched away by an unseen creature. Philip also shares the results of the autopsy - Gerald is entirely human! Quentin realizes that Gerald must've been possessed as he once was.   Beau decides to fashion some torches to light the basement, and Harold designs an uber-torch that produces a hot, focused fire.   At the same time, Florence and Jaker are traveling by train to nearby Deadwood. Florence makes this trip every Thursday morning, so she's surprised and confused when the train begins to slow in the middle of the route. She leans over the bench to ask a woman behind her why the train is stopping. The woman, traveling with a small child, speaks of a "promised land" where all needs are met and all wants fulfilled. Her miner husband died, and now she's going to join countless other families in this idyllic place.   All the other people in our train car; women, children, and a few roughly dressed men, disembark at the direction of the man who threatened Florence, who now speaks clearly and calmly. The families are provided with horses and they ride off into the distance. Florence marks a particular grove of trees that will help her find the location again.   Back at Gerald's house, Quentin descends into the basement. He throws oil on the floor and lights it to dissuade animals from approaching. Harold and Beau start to follow him down, but quickly reverse when the house shudders and walls start to fall. As Beau, Harold, and Philip flee, Quentin remains in the basement, drawn in by a purple glow from the same hallway where he was possessed. He steps into the glow, feeling deeply that forward is the only way...   In the meantime, the train has finally arrived at the station in Deadwood. Jaker passes out and Florence flags down two strangers to help move him to the hospital. His arm now feels crunchy, scaly, and stiff.

 

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