“Are you out of your mind? That man once tried to kill you!”
“Look, Sam’s overdue,” Joe says, “I’d probably better to go down to the Blue Whale and get him.”
Maggie says, “He’s probably still talking to Professor Stokes.”
“Yeah, if Stokes ever showed up to talk to him,” Joe frowns. “I don’t know if you can believe a guy who had the nerve to swipe something right out from under your nose.”
Apparently, at some earlier point, Maggie got a gift from Cassandra, and put it on the table, and a few minutes later, it was gone. Joe insists that Professor Stokes must have taken the gift. But they brush that subject aside for now, and Joe leaves to get Maggie’s father from the bar.
After Joe’s exit, Maggie takes a pair of earrings from her purse, and looks in the mirror as she puts them on. A music box begins to play. Smiling, she grabs her coat and leaves the house. Then we pan over to the window, where we see a tall man with scars on his face, looking in at the room. There’s a big crescendo of horns and kettle drums, and then the opening titles begin.
And that’s how you can tell that the show’s ratings have gone up, because they just referenced five different storylines, and explained none of them.
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