A Tale of Two Audreys
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"Tale of Two Audreys" is the first episode and season premiere 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
& Jim Dunn
and it is directed by T. W. Peacocke
.
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 his house 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.
Supernatural
The supernatural or is that which is not subject to the laws of nature, or more figuratively, that which is said to exist above and beyond nature...
American/Canadian television series Haven
Haven (TV series)
Haven is a supernatural drama television series loosely based on the Stephen King novel The Colorado Kid. The show, filmed on the South Shore of Nova Scotia, Canada, is an American/Canadian co-production. The one-hour drama premiered on July 9, 2010, on Syfy...
. It first aired on SyFy
Syfy
Syfy , formerly known as the Sci-Fi Channel and SCI FI, is an American cable television channel featuring science fiction, supernatural, fantasy, reality, paranormal, wrestling, and horror programming. Launched on September 24, 1992, it is part of the entertainment conglomerate NBCUniversal, a...
on July 15, 2011. It was written by Sam Ernst
Sam Ernst
Sam Ernst is a television writer and producer best known for working on shows such as The Dead Zone and the Shrek the Third video game. He frequently collaborates with his writing partner Jim Dunn. In 2010, he and Dunn co-created the Syfy supernatural drama series Haven, based upon the Stephen King...
& Jim Dunn
Jim Dunn (writer)
Jim Dunn is a television writer and producer best known for working on shows such as The Dead Zone and the Shrek the Third video game. He frequently collaborates with his writing partner Sam Ernst. In 2010, he and Ernst co-created the Syfy supernatural drama series Haven, based upon the Stephen...
and it is directed by T. W. Peacocke
T. W. Peacocke
TW Peacocke is an award-winning Canadian television and film director. Raised in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, he studied painting at the Banff Centre, French civilization at the Université de Caen in France, and then went on to Yale University, from which he graduated in 1983...
.
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 his house 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
Rabbit
Rabbits are small mammals in the family Leporidae of the order Lagomorpha, found in several parts of the world...
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.