WARNING: If you don't want to know what happened in this episode, don't read this photo recap!
Eliot is lounging around in his memories, looping through various events while there is a persistent knocking at the door.
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When Margo answers the door, she is grabbed by what turns out to be Charlton who is there with a warning. He wants Eliot to know that The Monster has inhabited his body and he is living amongst his memories.
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Penny offers to help Julia with her goddess rituals, but Shoshana's got it covered. She's definitely taken his place as a devotee.
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When Shoshana mistakenly removes some of the cloaking spells on the apartment, goddess Iris appears. She's pretty pissed at Julia and demands her help killing The Monster, aka Evil Eliot.
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Penny has a seat in the park, taking a moment. It doesn't last long, because a stranger sits next to him and then stabs him in the neck with a syringe.
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Eliot travels through a medley of memories. He's revisiting past traumas in order to find the door that will allow him to power his own body and communicate with his friends. There are a lot of pretty devastating times to witness in the search for the door. No surprise: Junior High and High School seem to feature prominently.
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Quentin and Julia succeed pulling blood from the stone, and it's a slow process. Julia lures Evil Eliot to the library to look for clues to decoding the runes he is now able to reveal in the stone. And Alice surprises Quentin by showing up and offering to help.
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Shoshana is the MVP who finds the book that decodes the runes, but needs to conceal that from Evil Eliot to buy more time. Julia manages a quick cover story. It's not slick, but it works. And Julia manages to remove the page with the pertinent info.
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Eliot lists his traumas so he can explore his worst memories. It's a long list.
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Eliot pulls up memories of fierce moments with Margo, Quentin and Fen to fight alongside him and Charlton as they travel through his experiences.
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Margo gets her birthright box open and find inside a magical talking lizard. But it's not talking. None of the animals in Fillory are talking. It's a new problem to solve.
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Eliot finally realizes what his most repressed and traumatic memory is. And it's not that long ago. He observes his memory of a conversation between him and Quentin. Right after they shared 50 years together solving the mosaic. Turns out, Quentin lovingly and vulnerably suggested they give it a shot -- maybe they should be together. And Eliot blows him off. He's scared and so he runs. Current Eliot sees what's happened, criticizes his former self, kisses Quentin, and heads to the door.
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The real Eliot reveals himself to Quentin. He mentions "peaches and plums" and Quentin knows he's really in there. He then pushes Evil Eliot aside so that the blood from the stone thrown by Alice hits him.
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Evil Eliot vanishes and then Iris appears, furious at Julia that her plan to trap The Monster has been thwarted. She tries to kill her, but Shoshana jumps in front of Julia and she is killed instead. Sacrificing herself for her goddess.
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Evil Eliot reappears behind Iris and quickly kills her, removing a stone from her body.
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Alice, Quentin and Julia think fast and quickly pull together a story for Evil Eliot. Their version: This was their plan all along, they just couldn't tell him because Iris was watching. They did all of this for him -- so he could kill Iris on his vengeance journey.
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Evil Eliot buys it, and also is excited about the map that Julia shares. It looks like the stones are the key to remaking a body for The Monster.
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And OMG, now Quentin and the gang know that Eliot is alive in there … somewhere!
