Now a young man working in a very progressive HR department, Adam still yearns for the life he knew as a child and searches for the Sword of Power. He makes no secret of this and recounts his stories to anyone he can: obviously this makes him be seen as something of a weirdo.
One day the sword is found and almost as soon as he touches it this brings Eternia back into his life.
It is the first case of its kind.
Kelly-Anne doesn't need to do this, she lives a high end but austere lifestyle funded by modelling and high stakes games of online poker. She has highly automated her life and is slightly paranoid about surveillance. Kelly-Anne is well versed in OSINT and the information economy of the dark web so is seemingly doing this to avoid identification.
The case is a sensational media circus and Chevalier has "fans" who protest his innocence. Kelly-Anne befriends one of these, Clémentine (Laurie Babin) who is also sleeping near the court.
CW: reference to and audio from torture/snuff videos with upsetting themes of sexualised crimes including murder
When he passes away suddenly and his son Bradley (Dylan O'Brien) takes over this is immediately canned and he gives the role to one of his golf bros in the Sales dept. He needs a "people person".
The company is relying Linda's expertise for a complicated business negotiation so she joins the crowd of executives on the company jet to Thailand. Bradley lured her on board with a 'second chance' at promotion but plans to let her go straight after this.
When the plane ditches and only Linda and an injured Bradley make it to a small tropical island her outdoorsy hobbies and obsession with the TV show Survivor puts her very much in charge.
No good will come of this.
CW: bloody violence, mutilation, bush tucker vileness
In another ward, young Romanian immigrant Alexandria (Catinca Untaru) is recovering in a partial body cast, she too has had a fall, but is able to move around. Alexandria starts to explore the hospital and get up to mischief out of boredom and a degree of naivete.
When she wanders into Roy's ward he starts to regale her with an epic tale of a group of heroes who are intent on revenge against evil Governor Odious, who has wronged them all.
Roy parcels out bits of the tale each day. For each piece he asks her to do him a favour: something he can't manage in his newly paraplegic state.
No good will come of this
CW: suicidal ideation
These rules occasionally include human sacrifice and Grace is chucked into a to-the-death game of hide and seek on her wedding night.
Unexpectedly Grace wins, killing the whole Le Domas family, but now this opens up a seat at the table of the global cabal of Satanists. Mr Le Bail's rules say she must contest for this.
CW: bloody violence throughout
He's a bitter man and is trying to come to terms with things through therapy with Dr Kline (Renate Reinsve) but with little success.
The electrics in the store (where he also lives) are weird and when he goes down to check the breakers one night he sees light emanating through an impossibly thin discontinuity in an otherwise plain wall. When he starts looking for the source he literally falls through the wall as if it isn't there.
No good will come of this.
CW: weird as fuck
The young friends moan about work, go to bars and hang out in a standard "rubbish jobs in a boring town" kind of way.
Bear has a crush on the vivacious Nikki but in typical rubbish bloke fashion, can't bring himself to tell her.
One day he buys a novelty gift from a "new age" shop thinking to give it to Nikki. The One Wish Willow claims to give you one true wish if you snap it.
After a fumbled conversation with Nikki that he regrets, Bear snaps the One Wish Willow and asks that it makes her "love him more than anything in the fucking world".
No good will come of this.
CW: bloody violence, gore, mutilation, suicide, generally pitch black
Meanwhile TV weather presenter Margaret Fairchild (Emily Blunt), who is struggling with being overlooked for serious work, starts to have a very weird day.