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Lyta tells Rose that she’s been having a dreamwalking experience, and that Jed has been telling her about a place he’s going to. Lyta is taken aback when Rose believes her story, especially as she’s actually pregnant. The two women discuss the dream and how it could be interpreted, and Lyta shares that she has been having the experience for months before she told anyone.
It seems that Rose is weakening the walls between the realms so Matthew tells Lucienne, who decides to keep this from Dream. Lucienne is still annoyed that she’s being kept out the loop, not to mention the situation involving Gault, and encourages Matthew not to tell the King of Dreams given he’s in a bad mood. Instead, Lucienne tasks Matthew with continuing to watch Rose.
The Corinthian has shown up at the Royal Empire Hotel for the Serial Killer Convention with Jed. Jed is unaware of exactly where he is, but Rose is 3 hours away and drives up to meet him as quickly as she can.
Lyta hangs back and decides she may want to stay with her Hector in her dreams after all. Lyta is convinced she has no life and wants to live in this dream land for as long as possible. The thing is, cracks are beginning to show in that world. ..
Dream eventually finds out through second-hand sources that something new in The Dreaming may be responsible for the extensive damage to the house. He approaches Lucienne and wants to assess the extent of the damage. Lucienne suggests that there may be something new in The Dreaming and Rose is the one responsible.
Lyta’s presence with Hector is causing these cracks in their relationship. They have no choice but to stop their meetings if they want to keep their relationship together. Dream eventually fades Hector from view, right in front of Lyta who watches on in horror, helplessly.
Lyta is aware that this dream is a dream, but her child still lives. Dream matter-of-factly tells her that as the baby was conceived in the Dreaming then it belongs to him. He’ll come for it some time in the future.
Jed sneaks into the Serial Killer Convention, where he meets Corinthian. Corinthian is greeted with applause and Jed is left feeling uneasy. ..
Rose walks into a convention looking for information on the nature of killing. After exploring various rooms discussing the topic, Gilbert notices The Corinthian and realizes that things are about to get ugly. ..
Gilbert rushes to visit Dream, revealing himself to be Fiddler’s Green. He also warns the dreamer of the damage this nightmare could do if he’s left unchecked.
Jed rushes outside to see the convention’s killer team up in the kitchen, dispatchting a pretend pretender called Philip. While he’s horrified, Corinthian team leader, Jed, seems to be in control.
As Fun Land starts to chase them, The Corinthian catches up and kills the man in cold blood. As Fun Land collapses on the ground, the Corinthian grins confidently and promises that he’ll take care of the two from now on.
The Episode Review
The Serial Killer Convention is a great addition to the story and it’s brought to life here with a modern spin to it, with plenty of jokes involving cereal to book. Not only that, but this episode adds a good deal of urgency with Rose and Jed’s separate subplots, which collide together beautifully toward the end of the chapter.
With The Corinthian closing in on Rose and Jed, Dream must quickly put together a plan to rid of the nightmare and dispatch him accordingly. This sets up an intriguing finale that will have plenty of drama still to come for our characters.
With Gilbert revealing himself to be Fidler’s Green and approaching Dream with the news about Corinthian, everything is set up for an exciting finale.
