Hollow Hope comes out to play
How talented is Summer Fontana?
Shes softened the entire family and this new take on the Mikaelsons is actually refreshing.
Vincent is another character Ive enjoyed lately.
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For example, Vincent has the Hollows book.
Remember, its the one that made him crazy once upon a time.
Meanwhile, the Mikaelsons have no idea the Hollow is still out there.
Rebekah is eager to celebrate her brothers resurrection with some good food and light jazz.
Now that the Hollow is gone, the deal was that they all have to leave New Orleans.
Why would they leave?
Well, her name is Sofya and Marcel loves her.
Kissing Rebekah was a mistake and he tells her as much.
Also, Marcel and the Mikaelsons have a habit of killing each other.
Its only a matter of time before the power struggle returns.
Marcel does wake up Sofya who proceeds to freak out.
This woman has been floating around in darkness for a long time.
Sofya admits she was afraid she was never going to make it back.
Thanks to Marcel, she is free from the fear of being forever lost.
Oh, and one more thing: Sofya can feel that the Hollow is still out there.
Youd think Marcel would immediately bang out a courtesy text to the entire gang.
For some reason, he only informs the brothers.
Back at the compound, Hayley walks into Hopes room.
Her stoic daughter is staring at a blank piece of paper.
Hollow Hope is majorly creeping me out at this point.
Hollow Hope gives her mom the stink eye and continues to stare at the blank piece of paper.
CAN SOMEONE hey TEXT HAYLEY?
The Hollows body may be dead, but her spirit is still out there.
The good news is that the book represents an extension of the Hollows spirit.
Someone is going to have to go get it.
Elijah volunteers his services, as well as Klaus.
She receives this information just after processing her feelings about Elijahs tendency to be impulsive and reckless.
Rebekah encourages her to stick with it, because her brother adores Hayley.
Thats great, but what about Hope?
Should she be raised around a family who puts their enemies in dungeons?
Or what about close family friends who kill one another for the greater good?
This plan sounds well thought out and smart.
Hollow Hope tries to act innocent, claiming she cant protect her parents if she cant do magic.
Rebekah reminds her that in a thousand years, no one has bested their family.
Then she calmly walks out of the room.
Again, this isChildren of the Cornunsettling.
During this nightmarish moment, Klaus and Elijah make their way to where Elijah was killed by the Hollow.
He emphasizes they were all empty until Hope came along.
Shes worth every fight and every sacrifice.
And he wants her life to be different from how theyve lived.
Klaus appreciates his brothers admiration of his daughter but points him in the general direction of the shack.
Its time for heads to roll.
I know this because Elijah takes off his jacket.
The brothers waltz into the acolyte prayer circle and request the one thing that can capture the pesky Hollow.
As Elijah rips out a heart, the leader of the pack laughs.
The leader slowly explains that the Hollow has taken on another body.
The Hollow has locked herself in the greatest witch the world has ever known.
Clearly, Klaus does not like this answer.
At the same time, Hayley begins to piece things together.
Why didnt the Hollow kill her?
Why did she only take her blood?
Freya suggests a locator spell, healing potion, or perhaps linking.
Hayley hands Freya the hairbrush to see if theres any dark energy.
Oh, theres dark energy, all right.
Freya drops the brush and looks at Hayley.
What are they supposed to do?
Freya smudges her room and uses a sleeping spell to keep Kileen out of danger.
Hayley tries to be cool and talk to Hollow Hope as if she doesnt know anything.
With one twitch of Hopes eyebrow, its clear Hollow Hope knows Hayley is on to her.
She shows Hayley the serpent tattoo that is slowly making a circle on Hopes inner arm.
They only have a few minutes to figure out what to do.
They leave before they notice a dark cloud escaping from Hopes little body.
NEXT: Family first
Over at the cemetery, Marcels super hearing detects visitors.
Theres about a dozen of them, so the challenge is a bit on the difficult side.
Luckily, Sofya is there to help.
Klaus and Elijah arrive with the book, ready to do whatever they can to help Hope.
We like when Vincent tells us things!)
Klaus is willing to give it a try.
Hayley attacks, but runs right through the cloudy mirage of the Hollow.
Not being able to fight an actual body is going to be problematic.
The Hollow toys with Hayleys emotions before staking her into an iron door.
It is gross and bloody.
Sofya goes down easily.
Elijah is devastated by Hayleys body hanging from the door, so he barely puts up a fight.
She genuinely looks scared when he tells her he has her mamas spell.
He starts chanting while holding the book.
He begs her to hold on, willing her to not fall asleep.
Joseph Morgan shines in this exchange.
He and Fontana have a palpable chemistry that is charming at times, and gut-wrenching at others.
This is one of those gut-wrenching moments.
This makes Hope cry, which makes Klaus cry, which makes me cry.
In real time, the Hollows circle is reversing!
Klaus is giving her the strength she needs to fight!
Then the Hollow says You think youve beaten me?
The tattoo is gone.
Isnt that the point?
Vincent is thrown backwards, the salt circle is severed, and Hope disappears from her fathers side.
The dark cloud goes back into sleeping Hopes body and the Smurf blue eyes return.
Hollow Hope walks into the courtyard, sees the book, and sets it on fire using her mind.
Then she walks out with a haughty attitude and makes her way to wherever her followers are holed up.
They bow down to her and Hollow Hope smirks.
Hayley wakes up on the door.
Marcel wakes up in the courtyard.
Hayleys mother-bear instincts kick in and she stalks out of the courtyard to go find her daughter.
Elijah offers to go with her, but she is not having it.
She never should have brought her daughter back.
Elijahs face when he hears this is heartbreaking.
Klaus comes back from the cemetery with a plan that consists of family first.
Vincent knows a way.
But it will be the end of the Mikaelson family.
It will be the end of always and forever.
Ten bucks says Elijah sacrifices himself for the cause.
Another ten bucks says hell have to fight Klaus to do it.
I guess they will have to draw straws.
