A Tale of Two Audreys
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"Tale of Two Audreys" is the first episode of the second season of the supernatural American/Canadian television series Haven. It first aired on SyFy on July 15, 2011. It was written by Sam Ernst and Jim Dunn and directed by T. W. Peacocke.
Plot
Continuing from last season's final at the waterside, Audrey and Nathan draw on the woman claiming to be FBI agent Audrey Parker and force her to submit, then cuff her. While Duke talks to Ed Driscoll at the Good Shepherd Church, the ground sprinklers start emitting blood. Back at the waterside there is a sudden rain of frogs. When a swarm of gnats attack a car and Duke returns with his tale of water turning to blood, they understand that they are observing the ten plagues of Exodus. Audrey #2, while offering her help in some damage control, gives indications that she has the same knowledge and memories as Audrey.
As the plagues continue to follow, they discover that one person seems to have been present at each occurrence, TJ, a man whose wife has recently died in labor. The Audreys go to hishouse to find him upstairs with a gun and his baby son, Aaron. He intends to kill himself because he believes he is responsible for the plagues and the next plague is the death of the firstborn son, meaning that his son will die, if he does nothing. Audrey discovers that he was at the Good Shepherd church this morning and had read the plague story in Exodus. As men, presumably the firstborn sons, start falling over outside, Audrey, understanding what TJ's "trouble" is, gets him to read from the Velveteen Rabbit, a children's book, to stop the effects of his earlier reading of Exodus. Outside the firstborns resuscitate and the "trouble" is averted.As the Audreys leave a small shadow of a rabbit appeared on the walls.
Senior Special Agent Howard arrives with back-up in search of the person masquerading as an FBI agent, but it is not Audrey's supervisor. Audrey #2, after living through the plagues, covers for Audrey.
Reception
This episode earned a Nielsen household rating of 0.5 for 18/49. It was viewed by 1.884 million viewers.[1]
Footnotes
- ^ Seidman, Robert (July 15, 2011). "Friday Cable Ratings: SpongeBob Leads Night + 'American Restoration,' 'Phineas & Ferb,' 'Haven,' 'Friday Night Smackdown,' Torchwood: Miracle Day' & More". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved July 23, 2011.