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Jean Paul descends the stairs.  Jacques calls to him and asks what happened last night.  He chastises Jean Paul for not having his way with Alison and taunts him for longing for her.  Alison descends the stairs and asks Jean Paul what is wrong.  He says he has a headache.  She asks him if he has them often, suggesting they are due to his nerves.  She asks where the tranquilizers are but Jean Paul says he doesn’t want to take them.  He claims when Erica returns he will be OK.  Alison asks that he take the tranquilizers so he does.  Jean Paul asks why she is so concerned.  Alison says it’s because she took an oath and offers to help him.  Jacques again taunts Jean Paul.  Jean Paul is interested in Alison’s offer of help and mentions Menkin’s lab but before Alison can find out more, Dan appears.

Dan senses that Alison has some sort of romantic interest in Jean Paul yet Alison tells him he’s incorrect.  Jean Paul accuses him of having a vivid imagination.  Dan is upset about being a virtual prisoner and says he just wants out - secrecy is not a good enough reason to keep them there.  At that moment, Jacques possesses Jean Paul and he invites Dan to breakfast before he goes - a last meal so to speak.  Dan says it’s only for those condemned to death and Jean Paul implies that he is correct.  Dan says he will get to the bottom of what is going on on Maljardin and Jean Paul/Jacques backs down, blaming his headache for lack of clear thinking.  Dan wonders why he is so unlike himself.

In the crypt, Raxl asks Erica what they are to do.  She says Jacques is everywhere and she doesn’t know how to proceed.  She speaks to Jacques’ coffin and wishes she could find the silver pin and conjure doll.

Upstairs, Jean Paul experiences further pain.  Alison wants to alleviate the pain.  Dan says neither he nor Alison will stay.  Jean Paul apologizes for his behavior and asks them not to run out.  Dan says he was fired, but Jean Paul tells him he has now rehired him.  Dan persists, saying he needs to leave due to a legal matter he has to handle—an unreported death.  Jean Paul says that Erica’s death was reported medically by Menkin.  Not to be put off, Dan says he also needs to prove Menkin’s death was an accident so no one is to blame.

In the crypt, Raxl prays to the great serpent to free them all from the clutches of evil.

Meanwhile, Alison asks where the lab is.  Jean Paul agrees to show her, wondering how he could get along with out her.  They leave. Raxl continues to pray for a miracle.  Jean Paul’s headache continues.

Jean Paul shows Alison the lab.  Alison finds it well stocked with amphetamines, barbiturates, morphine, etc.  She asks if Menkin gave him a needle.  Jean Paul confesses to being scared of needles, especially one in the temple.  Alison looks for a file on his medical history and finds one in the cabinet. 

In the main hall, Dan asks Raxl for information and says he is Jean Paul’s best friend.  He asks if there has been a change in Jean Paul since Erica’s death and asks if this has ever happened before.  Raxl says no.  Dan asks if cryonics was a sudden decision and Raxl says she doesn’t know about the speed of the decision, but she can tell him that it was not Menkin’s decision. However, she is afraid to say more.

In the lab, Alison prepares to give Jean Paul an injection.  Jean Paul/Jacques fears the needle and Jacques leaves him before the injection, telling Jean Paul he got his needle centuries ago so now it’s his turn.  Jean Paul tells Alison the lab is all hers to use.  Alison says she doesn’t belong there.  Jean Paul’s headache subsides and Alison tells him that psychotherapy is the most effective treatment.  Jean Paul says since Alison is an expert in research she can come up with a cure for headaches or even to bring Erica back.  Alison dismisses it.  Jean Paul tells her that she can recreate the parts of Erica that were damaged.  Astonished, Alison refuses.

Dan enters, trying to talk to Jean Paul but he tells him to leave him alone and storms upstairs.  Alison tells Dan she must stay on the island longer.  Raxl enters and tells Dan not to stay but to run away - while he still can.

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