Last Goodbyes

Last Goodbyes is the eleventh episode of the third season of the supernatural American/Canadian television series Haven. It aired on SyFy on December 7, 2012. It was written by Brian Millikin & Shernold Edwards and directed by Steven A. Adelson. This episode also marks an on-screen collaboration by Emily Rose and Nolan North, who performed the characters of Elena Fisher and Nathan Drake in the critically acclaimed video game series, Uncharted.

Plot

At the Bolt Gun Killer's lair Audrey and Nathan tell Claire, Duke, Vince and Dave that the killer may look and talk like his victims but it is a performance and he makes mistakes; he takes over the victim's appearance and voice, but not mind and memories. Knowing the person he impersonates and questioning him will help spot mistakes and identify him. They will all be looking for the killer, but first each must be eliminated from the suspect list. Outside, the M.E. uncovers the killer's dumping ground of victims used for parts and has corpses on makeshift tables. One is a young woman with one puffin earring. Next day at the police station Audrey interviews Claire and eliminates her as a suspect and, as the story progresses, we flash back at different times to her interviewing the others.

A day later as Audrey heads for work she discovers everyone in the town has collapsed and is asleep where they fell. As she walks around town she finds a man with one red shoe who is not asleep. He claims to have amnesia, and Audrey is suspicious. She asks him to take her to the place where he woke up. Near where he takes her there is an ambulance, inside which is a red shoe. She then concludes he was ejected from the vehicle and could be Troubled, therefore responsible for everyone being asleep. At the station Audrey tries to identify the red-shoed man from the ambulance logs, but the Internet connection is not functioning. He explains exactly that he has retrograde amnesia, indicating precise medical knowledge, so Audrey gets him to examine Nathan and he realizes that Nathan isn't sleeping but in a coma that leads to death in twelve hours. Trying to jog his memory Audrey discovers he likes basketball and he remembers a team mascot. At the Grey Gull she shows him the mascot and a photo of the players, one being him with the name Will Brady. This leads to the Brady house where Brady turns out to be an archaeologist, so his knowledge about comas is unexplained. Audrey finds a puffin earring and accuses him of being the killer after all. She throws the earring at him and it jogs his memory: the earring belonged to his friend, Erin. Audrey takes him back to the lair and seeing Erin's body sparks a memory of walking back from a movie two months ago with her. He was knocked down and the killer, as he grabbed Erin, said "hush" while using a bolt gun. That was the last thing he remembers until this morning. Audrey thinks he may have been in the hospital for the intervening two months, so they go to the hospital, where they find his bed. His chart shows he has been in a coma as a result of head trauma and if he were taken off life-support he would stop breathing in twelve hours. Audrey wonders how he knew all about the coma if he were in a coma and he explains that some people can still hear even in a coma. The ambulance was taking him home to die. Audrey thinks that hearing he was going to be unplugged triggered his Trouble. He says that everyone is dying now just as he would have and they realize he has to go back into the coma. Back at the ambulance he gets back on his bed and sinks into the coma. The driver awakens, as does everyone else in town. Audrey sends him back to the hospital and makes sure he stays on life-support.

Later, above the Grey Gull, Audrey and Claire are talking about Vince and Dave, trying to figure out who the killer is. Claire says that when they were tortured they were asked about the Colorado Kid and the barn. Audrey is disturbed by the mention of the barn, not remembering them talking about it, so Claire forcefully says "hush". The word makes Audrey think of Brady's attack and an unease shows in her face. Claire, on consideration, takes out a gun and, pointing it at Audrey, asks her, "What gave me away?"

Reception

This episode earned a Nielsen household rating of 0.5 for 18/49. It was viewed by 1.56 million viewers^[1]

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