Hex series 2 Episode Guide

Episode 1

In Victorian England, a girl who looks strangely like Cassie holds a stunned crowd silent as she suspends a vase in the air with the power of her mind alone. Azazeal is among the watchers and later he pays the showman money to sleep with the girl. As he leaves her a hooded figure steps from the shadows. This is Ella. She silently enters the girl's room and slits her throat with a practiced motion. She leaves the girl dead.

Back in the present Cassie wakes up in a cold sweat. Thelma's concerned – Cassie hasn't been sleeping. When Cassie spies a nephelim, she and Thelma know it can only mean one thing. Cassie and Azazeal's baby is alive.

Cassie tries to question Dr Surtees, the Doctor who was supposed to have aborted her child. He fobs her off. Cassie and Thelma return to the hospital that night to demand the truth from Dr Surtees. But when they get there, they get a nasty surprise. Dr Surtees body falls down from the ceiling. His throat has been split. Unbeknownst to Cassie, Ella stalks out, her latest job accomplished.

Back at school, school geek Felix gives Cassie some advice on dealing with the death of a loved one. He's sweet and Cassie appreciates his kindness.

Thelma meanwhile is on a secret mission to the morgue. She needs new clothes and they have to belong to a dead person. Searching through the mortuary drawers she finds just he outfit she needs.

However her elation is short-lived as that evening she spies Jo Watkins leaving the school in a hurry. Thelma gets into Jo's car with her and sees her pick up a package and take it to a derelict church. Following Jo inside, Thelma is shocked to discover that Azazeals is inside, with a toddler who can only be Cassie's baby. And the baby can see her. Thelma runs away, chased by Azazeal

Meanwhile Cassie has another encounter with Felix. Fearing a Nephelim has gone after him, Cassie follows Felix into the men's bathroom where she encounters Felix naked... and he thinks it was intentional!

When Cassie discovers where Azazeal and her child, Malachi, are, she goes to the church to confront her former lover. Cassie is furious and tells Azazeal she wants nothing to do with him, but it's clear to him that she is not unaffected by seeing her child.

As Thelma and Cassie return to Medenham to discuss their next step, they don't notice the arrival of a new girl. Ella.

As the school eats dinner, Thelma comments on the new girl and is stunned when Ella turns round and winks at her. Ella's clearly supernatural in some way. As Cassie prepares for a party that evening the girls consider the idea that Ella might be a female Nephelim. Whatever the case, they decide to be careful.

All the gang are at the party, getting drunk on tequila. Cassie runs into Felix again and he finally declares his love for her. Cassie is taken aback and Felix instantly sees she doesn't feel the same way. He runs off. When Cassie follows her pushes her away. She falls. Suddenly the Nephelim, Baraquel, attacks, killing Felix instantly. The Nephelim is advancing on Cassie when Ella appears. She uses her telekinetic powers to kill Baraquel, leaving Cassie shaken but unharmed. She is devastated when she sees Felix lying dead.

Ella tells Thelma and Cassie that Baraquel would never have hurt her, he was looking after her for Azazeal, his master. She reveals that she's been fighting Azazeal for five hundred years.

As Felix's grieving parents arrive at the school Ella tells Cassie that Felix's death was caused by her baby still being alive, opening the gates of chaos. Cassie asks her how she can stop the Nephelim. Ella tells her they will have to kill the child.

Episode 2

 

 Cassie, Ella and Thelma secretly watch Jo playing with baby Malachi as Azazeal looks on. Ella tells Cassie that she has to return to Azazeal and gain his trust so she can steal the baby. She then has to bring Malachi back to Medenham so Ella can kill him, sealing the gates of chaos. Cassie tries to stay resolved but it's clear she has feelings for her child. This will not be an easy task for any of them.

As Ella's lawyer arrives with a mysterious box, Thelma tries to talk Cassie out of keeping her end of the bargain. But Cassie seems determined.

As Cassie goes off to the church, Ella prepares for the ritual with Thelma looking on. Ella's deed box contains many strange and magical things, including a weapon called a Volta, which fires bolts of electricity. Ella demonstrates how her ritual knife can cleave the body and soul of any mortal. Thelma's rapidly starting to realise that Ella's not to be messed with. However when Thelma asks her why she was to late to prevent Malachi being born, it's clear that Ella does have one weakness. She claims she was bewitched by a demon – in the guise of a beautiful boy.

When Cassie arrives at the derelict church, Malachi is crying. When she comforts him and returns the amber stone he was playing with, the child falls quiet. Azazeal tells Cassie that she and the child have a bond.

Meanwhile there's a new teacher in town, and Roxanne has her sights set on him. It looks like she may have met her match this time however – when Thelma and Ella go to the church to steal holy water, they discover that Jez is a priest.

Azazeal tells Cassie that he wants the two of them and the baby to be a family. Cassie pretends not to be interested, but is she falling for him all over again? As Azazeal persists Cassie's resolve seems to ebb away and they kiss as Malachi plays on the floor…

Back at Medenham, Roxanne steps up her campaign to get her claws into Jez by telling him she needs counselling about Felix's death. Jez doesn't seem to be falling for it. However Roxanne is not to be defeated, particularly when she discovers from Ella that Jez is a priest. When Roxanne nexts sees Jez she runs from the room in tears. Alex tells him it's his fault and Jez gives in. He will counsel her.

Using the holy water from the church, Ella draws a Hexagram to protect Cassie when she recues the baby from Azazeal. Thelma looks on, sceptical. As they talk, Cassie seems to have forgotten all about the plan as she enjoys an afternoon of passion with Azazeal. It looks like all Ella's preparations may come to nothing.

However as Ella and Thelma patiently wait, Azazeal lies asleep in the derelict church. Quietly Cassie takes the baby and the amber stone and leaves. As she runs through the empty streets, Azazeal awakes and realises he has been betrayed.

Cassie arrives back at Medenham, much to Thelma and Ella's relief. But unbeknownst to them, Azazeal is not far behind her.

As Ella prepares the church for the ritual, Roxanne is attempting to seduce Jez with tales of her sexual exploit. It looks like she's got him right where she wants him…

Meanwhile Ella returns from the church to find Thelma and Cassie have fallen asleep in the Hexagram and Malachi has wandered off. Thelma and Ella go to look for him, discovering instead the dead body of George the Porter. Azazeal is walking round the school searching for his son. Cassie sees Malachi wandering around and runs after him, leaving the safety of the Hexagram. Azazeal sees her and gives chase but Cassie tricks him in to walking into the Hexagram himself. He is now trapped by the power of the symbol and the holy water which surrounds it.

The girls rush to the Church as Azazeal summons all his strength to break out of the Hexagram. As Ella lays the baby on the table and prepares to kill him, Azazeal enters the church. He beseeches Cassie not to let Ella do this. Cassie tries to remain strong. As Ella makes to bring the knife down on Malachi, Cassie leaps in the way. The knife strikes a fatal blow.

Cassie lies dying as Thelma tells her she loves her, before disappearing into the air. Azazeal takes the baby as Thelma and Ella stand shocked.

Episode 3

The police tell David that they're going to give up searching for Cassie's body. Headmaster David Tyrel informs the gathered students, who take the news rather less seriously than Thelma would like. When Ella joins in with their joking around, Thelma storms off in a huff.

Ella goes after her. Thelma's still clearly upset about Cassie's death. Ella tells her they have to work together to find Malachi. Thelma wants no part of it but then a predator-like shape appears in the sky and the trees around it burst in to flame. Ella stands transfixed and Thelma has to drag her to safety.

Ella explains that the Seraph must have slipped through the gates of chaos opened by Malachi's birth and subsequent survival. They eat souls, but only pure souls, belonging to virgins. She must kill this one before it do any harm.

Ella elects to use a virgin as bait, and picks Leon as the best candidate from amongst the students. During a Judo lesson she pins him to the floor and asks him out.

As Leon frets about what to wear on the date, and Roxanne takes the piss, Ella explains to Thelma why she's choosing to attack the Seraph rather than go after Azazeal. She reveals that she still has the amber Stone of Belial from Episode Two. It's a weapon which Malachi needs to fulfil his destiny and Azazeal will want it back. She hides it in the fireplace of her room before venturing out on her date.

As Leon and Ella chat in a swanky cocktail bar, Thelma watches in tears as Jo Watkins and David Tyrel pack Cassie’s things away. When they have gone she sits in Cassie’s empty room, with her heart breaking. Suddenly Azazeal appears. He tells her Cassie is stuck between worlds. She needs to see Thelma one more time before she will be at piece. Thelma wants nothing more than one more chance to see Cassie but Azazeal tells her there is a price to pay. She must bring him the Stone of Belial.

Azazeal watches as Ella returns from her date with Leon. She tells Leon she had a good time and would like to do it again. Azazeal smiles...

When Thelma asks Ella why she hasn't lured the Seraph with Leon yet, Ella says it's because Leon isn't ready yet, but is she perhaps growing fond of him? Meanwhile Roxanne goes for another "counselling session" with Jez, and manages to leave her pen behind at his house.

Ella asks Leon on another date. Thelma sees them laughing and joking together. While Ella and Leon play Jenga in the pub, Thelma extracts the Stone of Belial from the fireplace. And as they return home she heads outside.

As Thelma follows Azazeal into the woods, things become passionate between Ella and Leon. But Ella pulls away when she remembers that Leon must remain a virgin if he is to be used as bait against the Seraph. Leon is not happy and Ella feels guilty.

Meanwhile Thelma hands the stone to Azazeal and she sees Cassie again. Thelma tells her that she wants to die again to be with her. Cassie tells her that her place is now on earth, helping Ella. She gives her a kiss as her last gift.

As daylight dawns Azazeal pays a visit to Jo Watkins. As she lies terrified, he whispers in her ear. Whatever he says, it's clearly the most dreadful thing she's ever heard as she let's out a silent scream.

Ella sits by the lake with Thelma. She's having second thoughts as her feelings for Leon grow, but she knows she must do her duty.

As David Tyrel discovers a catatonic Jo Watkins in her room, Ella is sending a sexy webcam message to Leon, apologising for the night before. It succeeds but it's obviously a struggle for Ella to deceive him like this.

Ella's clearly tense about her date with Leon and Thelma's feeling guilty about betraying Ella by giving the stone away. Jez meanwhile is telling David Tyrel that he saw marks on Ella's wrists. He thinks she might be self-harming. David's obviously concerned.

That evening Ella takes Leon out into the woods, promising him a good time. Meanwhile Roxanne is also out in the woods, paying a visit to Jez. As Roxanne seduces Jez rather successfully, Ella ties Leon to a tree to wait for the Seraph. However, Thelma meanwhile has discovered that her last kiss from Cassie wasn't just an empty gift. She finds that when she looks in the mirror her breath forms condensation on it. The condensation spells a warning. The Seraph is not a Seraph at all but the Nephelim Araquiel, who is in disguise in an effort to kill Ella. Thelma grabs the Volta and rushes out.

As Roxanne leaves Jez's with a big smile on her face, Thelma races to the clearing where Leon is tied to a tree. Ella looks on unawares. The Nephelim Araquiel watches her. As he makes his attack, Thelma reaches the clearing. Shouting Ella a warning, she throws her the Volta. Just in time Ella sees her mistake and fires the Volta at Araquiel. After a struggle, he finally lies dead.

Thelma and Ella look relieved, until they see Roxanne stumble into the clearing and find Leon tied up. She takes a picture of him with her phone. He obviously thinks Ella has abandoned him there as a joke.

Meanwhile Jez enters his church, but he is not alone. Azazeal stands in the shadows. He informs Jez that Araquiel is dead. For a second, Jez reveals his true form, the Nephelim Ramiel. He tells Azazeal not to worry. Ella's trial is already beginning.

Episode 4

Ella is playing squash when suddenly she is gripped by terrible pain in her head. It's unbearable. In her agony, she telekinetically smashes the glass back wall of the court.

When Ella comes into class she looks a pale shadow of her former self. Jez is talking about witches and looks right at her as he does so. He says there was once a witch trial right there at Medenham...

Roxanne has texted everyone a photo of Leon tied to the tree in episode three. He's not speaking to Ella.

Thelma realises that there's something up with Ella and thinks it's connected to whatJez was saying about the witch. Ella's clearly in a foul mood and tells Thelma to leave her alone. Meanwhile David Tyrel has found the smashed wall in the squash court and that Ella was the last to use it.

Jez and Roxanne are now in a relationship and Jez asks her to spy on Ella for him. He claims he's worried about her...

When Ella drops her lunch tray in the canteen, clearly in agonising pain again, Roxanne follows her outside, where Thelma asks Ella if she's the Medenham witch. Ella tells her to she's a leech and a parasite. Thelma is upset. Roxanne has watched the entire exchange and to her it looks like Ella's been having a conversation with thin air.

Thelma heads to the Corn Exchange, where Jez said the witch was tried. She tags on to a tour party and hears how suspected witches were tortured and tried before being burnt at the stake. No wonder Ella's a bit uptight!

Jez and David discuss Ella's recent behaviour. David's worried, and asks Jez what they should do. Jez says he'll help and we flashback to Ella, in the past, being tortured by a Witchfinder – Azazeal.

Ella flashes back to the present. Azazeal. She rushes to the fireplace in her room. When she gets there she realises that the precious Stone of Belial is gone. Azazeal holds the stone as he talks to Jez. This time there will be no escape for Ella.

Jez attempts to get Ella to take some pills for her headache. She become suspicious when she later finds him in her room. She throws the pills he gave her away. She's now in agony and tells Thelma that she knows Azazeal has the stone – and he's killing her with it. Thelma feels terrible, she's desperate to help. She gives Ella painkillers, but they are pills which has Jez planted there...

Meanhile Roxanne tries to persuade Leon that he should spy on Ella too. Leon refuses. He obviously still has feelings for Ella.

Thelma sees Azazeal standing outside Ella's window. He heads off into the woods. She follows him, trying to get the stone back. But he leads her to Medenham Corn Exchange and traps her there, in the chair used to torture Ella back in 1666.

Meanwhile Ella has become delirious and wanders into Leon's room, where the gang are amazed by her apparent insanity. She is screaming and agitated. David is called. He takes her to the library where Jez is burning "soothing candles". Ella claims they're St John’s Wort, poison to her. She screams at Jez about his master, as Azazeal sits in the corner. David clearly thinks she's insane and goes to call a doctor, as he does, Azazeal tells Ella that he'll almost miss her.

We flashback to 1666 where Ella is being tortured. In the present Thelma feels it too, thanks to the Stone of Belial which Azazeal is using to give her a front row seat of Ella's suffering.

David calls a GP, who in turn calls a psychiatrist. The psychiatrist talks to Roxanne. Leon is also forced to incriminate Ella.

In 1666 Azazeal questions Leon and Roxanne at Ella’s witch trial and urges Ella to confess. She says she will not.

In the present, Ella tells Dr Wilkinson that Thelma is a ghost. Dr Wilkinson recommends that she should be sectioned, for her own good. She's clearly mentally ill.

In the past, Ella is sentenced to death by burning at the stake.

In the present Ella is dragged to an ambulance.

In the past Ella stirs as she smells flames lit around her.

Thelma has escaped from the torture chair in the present.

In the past, Thelma appears, and rescues Ella from the stake, to the shock of the watching court.

Thelma returns to the present. She rushes to Medenham. But as she gets there she sees the ambulance driving off with Ella. Jez tells her that she wasn't so lucky this time – it's clear that he can see her.

Ella lies in a hospital bed, dead to the world and so very vulnerable...

Episode 5

Ella is in her hospital bed with Dr Steve Garrett, she suddenly sees Jez is also in the room and goes beserk and tells him to piss off. Jez leaves the room with the doctor , who gives him a Section 2 order document to sign.

A while later at Medenham, David Tyrel and Jez are discussing what to do about Ella. David is asked to leave and Jez takes over as acting head teacher. Just before David leaves, he asks Leon to visit Ella at the hospital, Leon says he'll think about it.

At the hospital, Nurse Perie arrives and is greeted by Steve Garrett, who shows her to Ella's room. Nurse Perie, is no nurse, she's really a faerie, who's working for Azazeal and Ella knows this.

Nurse Perie is injecting Ella with St.John's Wort which will eventually make Ella lose her powers and become weak, Thelma finds out and enlists the help of Leon, but theres only one way to get through to him and thats by appearing in his dreams.

When Leon sees Thelma, he's shocked, but the next day he goes to see Ella in Hospital, Nurse Perie tells him that Ella cannot have visitors and should "telephone in a day or two". Leon decides to try and sneak in, so he pretends to be a delivery man to evade hospital security, and enters Ella's room.

Ella by this time is unable to speak because of the drugs she has been given.She sees Nurse Perie behind Leon, and tries to warn him, but its too late , Nurse Perie kicks him out of the hospital.

Leon decides to go to see his friend Max, Max agrees to let Ella stay at his place for a while.

Thelma meanwhile, is at the hospital, and has taken the Volta with her.Nurse Perie is in the room also, as Leon walks in dressed as a female nurse, Nurse Perie headbutts Leon, knocking him out, so Thelma gets the Volta, and aims it at Nurse Perie and the beam from the Volta hits her and she turns into her true self, a tiny faerie, whom Thelma then traps inside a specimen bottle.

Thelma and Leon escape with Ella, and take her to Max's place to recover.

Episode 6

 As dawn breaks over the city, Azazeal waits in the derelict church for his son. When Malachi appears he is late and drunk and Azazeal is angry. Ella is still out there and Malachi is in danger. Malachi, who now appears about 17 years of age, doesn't take it seriously. He goes to bed. Nurse Perie, now out of her uniform, joins Azazeal. It's clear the two of them are lovers. She tells him Malachi will be an amazing man. Azazeal says he hopes so...

At Max's flat, Ella's not looking too good. Thelma watches him, worried. Ella tells Leon he's not allowed to tell anybody where they are. Thelma tries to persuade her to tell Leon the truth. Ella says he wouldn't believe her. Thelma argues that she has the means to show him, there's a vial of liquid in her box that allows mortals to see the spirit world. Ella refuses to draw him into her dangerous fight against Azazeal.

Meanwhile Leon's running out of cash fast. He makes a phone call to Tom. Unfortunately Tom's with Roxanne at the time. She's still spying on the students, as Jez tightens his grip on the school by sucking up to Sir Ralph, one of the governors.

Ella tries to get Leon to leave her, for his own good, but Leon refuses. It's clear he has strong feelings for her and won't abandon her in the condition she's in. Thelma overhears the conversation and makes a decision. She climbs out of the window.

Meanwhile Roxanne is questioning Tom, and when he admits he's spoken to Leon, she goes straight to Jez with the information. Thelma narrowly missed being caught by Jez as she takes a vial of liquid from Ella's deed box.

As Thelma makes her way home and Leon meets Tom to get money from him, Ella is left alone. Jez draws up outside her house.

As Ella sleeps Jez comes into the flat and tries to kill her. She wakes just in time and summoning what is left of her strength she manages to disable him by stabbing him in the neck with a pair of scissors. When she gets outside, however, she collapses. Leon and Thelma return to find her gone. Thelma finds her in an alleyway, but with no way of communicating with Leon she is stuck. A woman calls the police when she finds Ella's prone form. Leon gets there just in time to get her out of there before the police arrive but it's a close call.

Leon takes Ella to a grotty hotel. Ella tells Thelma that she's mortal now. She's in a bad way and eventually gives in to Thelma's pleas. Thelma puts some of the liquid from the vial into Leon's tea. It opens his spirit eye and suddenly he can see Thelma. He's not very happy about it. He's scared and confused. Thelma tries to talk him down. She's just beginning to succeed when she notices there is something wrong with Ella. She has suddenly aged over 50 years and now looks seventy years old.

Meanwhile Perie is in bed with Malachi. She explains how she was one of the women the fallen angels fell in love with, the reason they were thrown into the abyss. That's why she is destined to walk the earth, never finding happiness. However she looks fairly happy when she tells Azazeal that she's doing a good job of keeping his son occupied...

Ella explains that now she is mortal, she's ageing and will soon die. There's only one thing they can try in order to save her. Her father told her about it. If she's killed before she dies of old age, she can be brought back to life having passed through the realm of the dead. Leon's starting to rapidly lose his sense of humour about the whole thing, but he agrees to go to help.

He goes to Max, who's not too happy to see him after he found his flat trashed and the police knocking around. Leon tells him Ella's in real trouble. Max is still dubious but takes Leon to the hospital where he has a contact. The contact is a porter who can let them in to a decommissioned ICU unit.

Leon and Thelma rush back to Ella. She's collapsed and now looks more like a hundred years old. They are running out of time.

Meanwhile Max returns home to find Jez is waiting for him. As Leon and Thelma rush Ella to the hospital, Jez, Azazeal and Perie the Faerie torture Max. They chop off his ear and threaten him until he reveals that Leon and Ella were heading to the hospital. Then they torture him more. When they have finished, Malachi kills Max. He tells him it's for the best, Azazeal will never let him go.

Meanwhile Leon and Thelma have sneaked an unconscious Ella into the abandoned ICU unit. Leon smothers Ella as Thelma prepares a defibrillator to bring her back to life. But Perie the Faerie has got there before then and disabled the equipment. It looks like its curtains for Ella. Thelma gets Leon to zap Ella with the Volta, in the hope that the electric bolt will restart her heart, but it doesn't seem to work. However just as Perie the Faerie thinks her work is done, Ella springs up. She's fully restored to her seventeen-year-old self. She telekinetically attacks Perie with a load of syringes before zapping her with the Volta. When Perie is reduced to her faerie light form, Ella sprays her with aerosol and sets fire to her. Perie is reduced to faerie dust.

Ella and Leon return to the hotel where things turn passionate between then. Leon seems to have realises there are advantages to dating a 500 year old witch. However, meanwhile, Malachi watches Medenham, his new Kingdom...

Episode 7

Thelma breaks the news to Leon and Ella that Max has been tortured and killed. Ella is furious and despite Leon's protestations she says she's going to take the war to them. She immediately gets into training and it's clear that she's intent on vengeance.

Ella, Leon and Thelma sneak back into school just in time to overhear Sir Ralph announcing to the staff that Jez will be their new headmaster. He has no idea where Ella is, however, or that's she's on her way to get him.

Leon asks Sir Ralph and Jez if he can come back to the school, claiming that Ella has gone away without him. Meanwhile Thelma and Ella spy on them from one of the secret passageways with which Medenham is riddled.

Azazeal wants to know if it's safe for Malachi to go to the school. Jez claims it is, but Azazeal wants him to torture Leon to find out Ella's whereabouts. Jez orders Leon to come to extra kendo practice in order to do what he is told. Malachi, meanwhile, doesn't want to wait for Jez to tell him the coast is clear. He's clearly not afraid of Ella, whatever his father might say.

Azazeal tries to tell Malachi that he will be leaving him soon. Azazeal has been called away by higher powers and this will be the last time he sees him, but Malachi isn't listening.

Leon confronts Roxanne about betraying him to Jez. She's unapologetic and Alex starts to turn against her. Roxanne goes straight to Jez but he's not interested in student politics, he's just after a quickie. Little does he know that Thelma's filming the two of them in their compromising positions.

Leon tells Ella that he's got to go and see Jez later for "extra training". She seems to have a plan, but first she tells Leon that he needs to bring Thelma's camera work to a wider audience.

Sir Ralph watches the video as Jez dons his kendo outfit and prepares to take Leon out. However, when he attacks the masked figure he thinks is Leon, the figure is more than able to handle him. Soon Jez is in trouble, desperate to know who his assailant is. Ella pulls her helmet off, before smashing Jez against the doors. Jez tries to make his escape but Malachi suddenly appears. He holds the doors shut while Ella strangles his father's creature. Ella is surprised at Malachi's actions, but she knows immediately who he is.

The next day Sir Ralph and David Tyrel discover Jez's body. Sir Ralph asks David to come back as headmaster. When David announces Jez's death to the school, all eyes turn to Roxanne.

Roxanne claims to David that she was manipulated. He doesn't seem inclined to believe her but he doesn't have much choice. Roxanne is horrified to find the other students watching the video of her having sex with Jez. Leon tries to hold out the hand of friendship but Roxanne's blames him for the video getting out. She's left completely alone.

Ella meanwhile prepares to kill Malachi. However Thelma notices that she is having doubts. Could Ella possibly be attracted to her nemesis? It certainly seems so when Malachi flirts with Ella in the gym. He seems very keen to get to know her better, and when he sees her with Leon, he makes an effort to find out where Leon hangs out.

While Ella makes final preparations for her attack on Malachi, Malachi himself joins Tom and Leon in a local bar. He buys them drinks and tries to undermine Leon's relationship with Ella.

Thelma, meanwhile, has seen the boys out while she was "window shopping" and returns to tell Ella that she has her chance – she can wait in Malachi's room and attack him when he comes home drunk. Ella does indeed sneak into his room but there she finds Azazeal. He tells her he's been ordered to leave Malachi. But he wants to say something to her first. Does she really want to kill his son, or is he perhaps a perfect fit for her, body and soul? Ella is left feeling confused – is Malachi her perfect man rather than her enemy?

Malachi returns to Medenham to find the Stone of Belial and a note from his father. Malachi is suddenly devastated at being left all alone in the world.

Leon stumbles back to Medenham and tells Ella that he could have pulled, but he didn't because he loves her. She looks less than impressed.

In the early dawn, Azazeal takes one last look at Medenham before leaving.

Malachi finds Thelma in the church, keeping a vigil for Cassie. He talks to her about her mother, genuine at first, but when Thelma won't tell him much he becomes angry and offensive. Thelma storms out and tells Ella that Malachi deserves to die and she must do it soon.

Ella goes to tell Malachi they have to get things over and done with once and for all. He pretends he thinks she means sex, but when she denies this he demands a duel, with swords. Ella agrees.

Thelma and Leon are worried as Ella goes off to duel with Malachi. She says she'll be fine.

She and Malachi meet in the school church. They duel as Malachi winds her up about taking her job of Anointed One so seriously. He's a good duellist and for a while it looks like an even battle.

But then Ella gains the upper hand. Malachi pulls out a second, concealed blade but Ella pulls out the Knife of Orokiah and Malachi knows he is beaten. She has him at knife-point. He dares her to kill him. But she can't do it. She pulls away without striking the fatal blow. He tells her she won't regret it…

Episode 8

Malachi approaches Thelma as she sits outside a café. He apologises for being rude to her about Cassie. He says she must be lonely. She says she's not falling for his charm. He asks her whom of the passers-by she finds attractive. She considers a couple of options, then points out a girl she likes. Malachi assesses her choice. Suddenly a car comes out of nowhere and smashes into the girl. Thelma looks on in shocked silence as people come running. Malachi tells Thelma to look the dead girl up. Thelma is appalled.

Leon surprises Ella with a birthday cake. It's her 446th birthday. Ella's taken aback, particularly when it becomes clear that Leon has organised a party that evening and everyone's invited, even Malachi. Leon says it was the least they can do, given that Malachi spared her life. It seems Ella's not told Leon the whole truth about their sword fight.

Malachi tries to persuade Ella to go on a proper date with him. He points out that the two of them are equals, they'll still be here when Leon and everyone else have gone. Could there really be a better fate? Ella resists him but it's clear he's getting to her. Thelma tells her to forget about him and enjoy her birthday.

That night all the gang go out for a meal at a Chinese restaurant. Leon's a bit drunk and Malachi is quick to point out that the conversation is a little childish. When Ella goes to get more drinks, she and Malachi toast with absinthe. Leon sees this and looks a little perturbed. By the end of the evening, Leon's really drunk and he makes a speech about his feelings for Ella. All the while Malachi stares at Ella, mocking Leon and offering more than a mortal ever could. It becomes too much for Ella and she storms out. Leon follows her and they row. Ella tells him she doesn't care about another year passing, and he shouldn't be talking about them settling down and having kids, because they never could. She tells him he has to find someone normal, she's no good for him anymore.

Ella leaves and gets into a mini-cab. She's lost in her own thoughts as the driver babbles on, until it becomes clear that he is taking her in the wrong direction. Ella tells him to turn round. He refuses and locks the doors. She tries to lift the locks telekinetically but he tells her that won't work. He takes her to some waste ground.

But instead of attacking her he tells her that she has been straying from the path and she must kill Malachi. She asks his name and he tells her he is the Archangel Raphael. He gives her a package and tells her it will help her to return to the straight and narrow. He tells her to remember whose side she is on – and that He is a jealous God.

Meanwhile Thelma goes to the morgue and finds Maya, now a ghost, hysterical next to her own dead body. Thelma tries to comfort her but Maya runs away. Thelma finds where she lived from the hospital computer.

The next morning Malachi continues his campaign to get Ella to go on a date with him. She rebuffs him but he is growing more confident. Ella opens the package that Raphael gave her. It's a cilice, a spiked garter worn on the thigh to stop lustful thoughts. She puts it on, but is interrupted by Leon.

Leon tells her that he's sorry the party didn't go so well, and that he doesn't want them to split up. He's so sweet that Ella can't resist getting back together with him.

Thelma goes to Maya's house and finds Maya trying to communicate with her mother. Maya soon realises it's hopeless and collapses into tears. Thelma comforts her as Maya starts to realise that she truly is dead. Thelma gets her to see that being dead is not so bad. Maya is grateful for her help and support.

Meanwhile Malachi winds Leon up in the canteen to the point where Leon hits him. Malachi doesn't fight back, and David sees the whole thing. Leon is fired up and unrepentant. David suspends him. Leon is shocked and upset, given that it's not a good time for him to be away from Ella.

Ella is unaware that Malachi has engineered Leon's suspension. She promises Leon she'll be waiting for him when he comes back, but as she sees Leon off, Malachi appears once again to tell her that the two of them should be together. He asks her to reconsider going on a date with him and tells her not to say no just yet.

As Thelma and Maya arrange to meet later, Malachi watches. Thelma is upset to see him there. Malachi tells her he wants her help to convince Ella to go on a date with him. Otherwise Maya might just find out how she died. Thelma is upset but does as she's told, convincing Ella that it's not so bad to go on one date with Malachi.

Ella turns up at Malachi's room. He tells her to open her coat and looks her up and down before telling her she'll do. He informs her he is taking her to someone else's century for their date, as he holds up the stone of Belial. He takes her to a nightclub in 1928 Berlin. Perie the Faerie is a singer there, and Ella thinks it's a trap, until Malachi reassures her that the Faerie doesn't know who she is yet – and won't until 2005. Ella starts to relax.

Meanwhile Leon has broken back into Medenham via the secret passageways. Thelma is reluctant being his guide and leaves him to his search for Ella, telling him not to tell Ella that she helped.

Malachi tells Ella that he has no intention of following the plan which higher powers have for him. Meanwhile, Perie the Faerie talks to a gentleman who we will come to know as Mephistopheles. He waits for a moment when Malachi is alone, then tells him that he's got a job to do. Malachi is surprised at first, then tells Mephistopheles that he just wants to have some fun, rather than win over the hearts and minds of men. Mephistopheles seems disappointed. He leaves Malachi and Ella to it.

As Malachi and Ella get closer in 1928, back in the present Thelma and Maya are also becoming the best of friends. However Thelma's piling lie upon lie as she tells Maya that she herself was killed by cancer. Her "bravery" only serves to make Maya like her more.

Leon has trailed the secret passageways looking for Ella. He ends up at Malachi's room where he's astonished to see the Archangel Raphael, who allows him to travel back to 1928 to stop Ella getting it on with Malachi. Leon finds himself in a corridor and ducks into a room to change his clothes to something more fitting. However the Faerie comes in and mistakes him for a client.

Things are getting steamy between Malachi and Ella and they make their way upstairs. They find an empty room. Passionately they start to undress. But then Ella catches Leon's eye in a mirror. He's standing in a cage, left there by the Faerie, wearing only his boxer shorts and a soldier hat. Ella rushes out without explanation. Malachi tries to follow her. Leon is left wondering if she was going to go through with sleeping with Malachi. Mephistopheles watches it all with interest

Episode 9

Ella wakes up in her bedroom. Malachi wakes up in the Weimar Republic, Berlin 1928. Leon sits at the end of Ella's bed. Mephistopheles sits at the end of Malachi's bed. Leon asks Ella if she was going to shag Malachi. Mephistopheles asks Malachi what he thought he was doing. Malachi says he was trying to get laid. Leon asks Ella if she wants to be with Malachi. Ella's silence says it all. Mephistopheles tells Malachi that there will be consequences to his actions.

Leon's is welcomed back to school and seems to be ok with Malachi and Ella. David is teaching a class about Germany between the wars. Malachi and Ella get the giggles and have to leave the classroom. They flirt, and Ella apologises for running out on him. She tells him that she thinks she and Leon have split up. Later, Ella visits Leon to check if he has in fact dumped her. Leon is very composed, and tells her he did dump her, as he realised things were never going to work out.

Meanwhile Thelma is at the crossing where Maya was killed, struggling with her conscience and wracked with guilt. She watches Maya's funeral from afar. Maya also watches as her body is lowered in to the ground, unaware that Thelma is there. Later Thelma catches up with her. Maya's furious that Thelma wasn't there at the funeral. Thelma tells her she got scared. She wins Maya round and they kiss amongst the gravestones.

Malachi and Leon train with the football team while Alex and Ella watch. Again, Leon seems remarkably composed with his ex's new love. Malachi flirts with Ella after the match, but then Alex points out that Ella has a huge spot brewing. In the bathroom, Alex lends Ella her concealer. She tells her that she thinks Ella made a mistake splitting up with Leon, and that Leon still loves her.

Ella returns to her room and her thoughts turn to Malachi.. Her phone rings. It's Malachi. He invites her out to a picnic. When she gets there he has put on a full spread, champagne, the works. But as he tells her that her outfit would look better off, Ella feels strange. Malachi turns round to realise that she has fled. Back in her room Ella looks in the mirror. Her face is covered in hideous boils.

Malachi bangs on Ella's door but she slams it open and runs away before he can see her. He searches for her, but finds only Alex who is keen to get his attention. Meanwhile Ella seeks out Raphael who tells her that the boils are a punishment for straying from the path. To get rid of the boils she must banish her shameful, unnatural lust.

Thelma is enjoying a lust-filled evening with Maya. They make love in public, safe in the knowledge that no one can see them. But as they lie in post-coital bliss, Thelma notices a mark on Maya's neck. One that looks uncommonly like the one on Malachi's neck.

Malachi is still searching for Ella, in vain. When he returns to his room he finds Mephistopheles waiting for him. Mephistopheles tells him that he will get his punishment too. Ella watches this from the secret passageways, bereft.

Malachi maintains a cocky air in front of Leon the next day. Leon tries not to react but when he returns to his room, all of his calmness evaporates and he starts to trash his belongings. He is stopped by the sound of a voice. It is Raphael. He tells Leon to be patient. He's been guiding Leon all along...

Malachi is shaving. Suddenly he doesn't seem to be able to see his face, or his razor. He starts to panic, but is stopped by the appearance of Thelma. Just as suddenly he can see again, and is relieved. Thelma asks him about Maya's mark. Malachi says it means property of Malachi. Thelma is furious and upset. Malachi tells her she'll get over it.

As Thelma heads away from Malachi's room, Ella calls to her from the secret passageways. Surprised, Thelma meets her in the cellar and is shocked to see Ella's hideous, boil-covered visage. Ella tells her she needs food and water. She asks Thelma how bad she looks. Thelma tries to lie, but Ella can tell from her reaction that it must be pretty bad. Thelma tells her to forget about Malachi, he's not worth it, but when Ella questions her vehemence she has to backtrack.

Meanwhile Malachi loses his sight during another football training session. He runs into a goal post and knocks himself out. The school nurse puts his eyesight problems down to concussion but it's clear that his total blindness is down to something more than that. Alex comes to visit him. Realising he is blind she kisses him. Malachi kisses her back until he realises it's not Ella. He turns Alex away, and cries out for Ella. In the cellar, Ella cries her eyes out as she listens to his calls.

Mephistopheles pays Malachi a visit and tells him that his blindness is a consequence of his lustful actions with Ella. He tells him he must forget about Ella if he wants his sight to return.

Meanwhile Raphael tells Ella the same thing. He says there is another man in her heart, a better man: Leon. And if she chose him the boils would disappear.

Maya and Thelma go on another date. Maya has a scarf covering the mark on her neck. She guesses that Thelma knows something about it. When Thelma denies this, Maya storms out, demanding that Thelma find out why the mark is there.

Thelma returns to Ella. They both wonder why they are punished for love. Malachi finds an entrance to a secret passageway in his room and crawls in, calling for Ella. Ella makes Thelma promise that she won't tell Malachi where she is.

Raphael tells Leon that Ella is now ready for him. Leon runs down to the cellar. He looks through a grate. For the first time he sees Ella covered in boils. He is horrified and has to run out.

Meanwhile Thelma goes to Malachi. She tells him she can't get used to the mark. He's got other things on his mind, but when he tells Thelma he's blind, she says he'll take him to Ella, in return for removing the mark.

Leon pulls himself together and heads back inside. He's not going to let the boils put him off Ella. But Thelma is leading Malachi down to the cellar, making him promise he'll get rid of the mark. Malachi gets to the cellar first. He tells her he's blind but he knows she's afflicted too. She says they were warned.

Leon rushes to the cellar but as he does so...

Ella and Malachi take a chance on the consequences and give in to their love for each other. They kiss. There is a flash of blinding light around Medenham. Raphael is blinded by it. Mephistopheles plays chess and when he sees the light he smiles.