Vanessa grows increasingly infatuated with Dorian. Victor and Professor Van Helsing study Fenton's blood, hoping to manufacture a cure. Malcolm and Victor come face to face with a vampire; Fenton is killed in the ensuing conflict. Concluding that he allowed himself to be captured, Malcolm and Vanessa discuss the probability that Mina is too far gone to save. Unnerved at seeing him so comfortable around Dorian and Vanessa, Brona ends her relationship with Ethan, citing her terminal illness. Heartbroken, Ethan drowns his sorrows with Dorian, culminating in a sexual encounter.
Tropes:
- Bait-and-Switch: The little girl Lucy whom Vanessa speaks with says her mother won't stay in the ground for long. The Oh, Crap! expression Vanessa has on her face suggests she thinks the little girl's mother is a vampire... Only for Lucy to clarify her mother was going to Heaven, obviously.
- Beastly Bloodsports: The rat-baiting pit.
- Forceful Kiss: At the end of the episode, when listening to Wagner has stirred up disturbing memories for Ethan, he approaches Dorian in what looks like a violent way and then unexpectedly kisses him.
- This Is Reality: For all their momentary happiness Brona cruelly reminds Ethan she's dying and there isn't a future for either of them.
- Second-Act Breakup: Between Ethan and Brona.
- Show Within a Show: One is seen by the characters at the Grand Guignol.
- These Are Things Man Was Not Meant to Know: The audience gets this impression when Frankenstein and Van Helsing discuss the unusual properties and purposes of the vampire's blood.
- You Won't Feel a Thing!: When Malcolm is about to have his blood drawn, Victor tells him that it will hurt a bit.
