The first years of Philomena Sargeant’s life were happy, fun, and full of love in the care of her parents Adam and Iris. Those years were also relatively normal by this show’s standards—but for the presence of the artificial fairy Alcyone, whom Adam created.
While her primary function is to protect Philomena at all costs, she turns out not to be like most artificial fairies, in that she has the capacity to grow and learn through failure and success like humans. That’s approrpriate, as Adam tells her he fled an inhuman place.
Iris was the daughter of a wealthy family brought low that sold her to the Sageants. Lizbeth had her presented to her son Adam so he could basically practice and experiment on her. When ordered to do so, Adam obeyed with the same blank look and defeated tone as the Philomena we know.
Iris wishes they could take photos of a family life she feels is passing by far too fast, which turns out to be quite prescient. But they can’t, as they’re on the run from the Sargeants. Iris also confides in Alcyone that as the child of someone who sold their own kid, she doesn’t know if she’ll prioritize Philomena if (i.e. when) something happens.
Alcyone puts her hand tenderly on Iris’ head, having sensed that that is what she needed. In this way Alcyone truly proved she’s more than the sum of her artificial parts.
As we know, this idyllic family situation was never going to end well, and now we know just how it ended. Agents sent by Lizbeth confront Adam while he’s out and open fire at Iris. Adam realizes the only reason his mother left them alone was to wait for Philomena to grow old enough to be used as a hostage.
Thanks to a hex they both took when Iris was still Adam’s captive, any attack on them has the same effect on the attacker. Adam, who under no circumstances is going back to the Sargeant Mansion, takes his own life. Iris is riddled with bullets, but manages to buy time for Alcyone to flee with Philomena.
With her parents killed, suddenly Alcyone is Philomena’s only guardian who actually cares about her. But she too is taken down by Lizbeth’s henchmen. Alcyone is either reprogrammed or simply brought to heel by Lizbeth, and we all know what happens to Philomena from here.
That brings us to the present, with a crumbling Alcyone cradling an even more badly-crumbling Philomena in her arms, wishing she could have done something to protect her. It really is a cruel tragedy.
Lizbeth is a curse that claimed Philomena’s parents, is now on the cusp of claiming her own life, and Lizbeth doesn’t even care about her. If there’s justice in the world of this show, she’ll pay for that at some point.
As Philomena and Alcyone deteriorate, Chise finds herself face to face with the Winter Goddess, saying she’s there to claim the “golden branch”, or “fruit of the maiden” promised to him by Elias when they crossed paths with her daughter (whom I mistook as Titania’s daughter back in episode 18—oopsie!).
Elias is deferent and apologetic to the goddess, telling her to give him a little more time as Chise is still young and providing “the sacrifice” to her there and now would be “difficult.” But when Lizbeth’s henchmen surround them, the goddess agrees to help as long she gets the golden branch. Chise serves as a medium to summon the goddess, whose name is Morrigan, who seems eager for a fight with whomever.
Morrigan covers Chise and Elias’ retreat, and once they’re safe in the woods Elias ejects the others from within him. Isaac makes sure everyone understands their priorities as they rush towards the mansion. He and Chise will rescue Philomena (with Elias supervising). Lucy is determined to get answers from the people who killed her family; Zoe wants to protect Lucy …and everyone else. Fabio … will hopefully prove useful at some point.
When they run into the werewolf (whose goofy character design is doing it no favors in the intimidation department) in the woods, Zoe stays behind and goes into Medusa Mode to deal with her while the others continue on. The lore and mythology may be dense, but the stakes and objectives are clear. Let’s save Philomena, ya’ll!
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