Thought this was a reference to stairs since we haven't seen those stairs shown in the credits, but we got them now. Henry (Dave Annable) is being honoured by the mayor for his bravery (ugh sickening still going on about that, Henry brave, pull the other one!) Gavin (Terry O'Quinn) teases by referring to Henry as "Mayor Martin" well with Gavin pulling strings and souls that will happen eventually. Jane's (Rachael Taylor) still adamant she wants to leave and hands in her letter of resignation to pass onto Gavin, would have thought she'd have done that herself. She still doesn't feel safe here and he tells her Tony (Eril Palladino) will be pleased to hear she's leaving.
Henry has to deal with being a rising star (used loosely) and Jane's determination to go back. Though there are greater forces at work and what Henry wants, Henry gets, thus Jane will have to stay. Shown by Nona (Samantha Logan)and her grandmother Lottie (Elain R Graham) telling her she must convince Jane to stay. Lottie can't move or speak and the doctor can't help her but as soon as Nona introduces her, Jane wants to call in social services, never mind the fact that Nona was doing okay before she arrived. Nona tells Jane she's a "child of the Drake" and takes her to a floor of the Drake, the lobby where a young blonde girl is playing hopscotch on the tiles. Then tells her if she's not real then how can she get into Jane's dreams. Jane awakes again and Henry is oblivious to all this, as per usual.
Olivia (Vanessa Williams) tries to convince Jane to stay also by mentioning Ohio, it's Indiana and Jane should stay where she's got opportunities. So she's recommended her as an architect for a friend's brownstone. Henry whilst out jogging with Brian (Robert Buckley) is told he shouldn't marry which is funny since he was going to propose to Jane tonight. After he's convinced by Gavin to do so. Gavin believes in marriage and Olivia helps him pick out a ring for $3,000, convincing him Jane will change her mind when she sees one of those rings she tells him. Whilst in the jewellers Olivia is confronted by Victor Shaw (Nick Chinlund) again and he wants to buy the necklace for her. Wanting he to betray Gavin. She tells him about this encounter as she's shaving Gavin and cuts him. He suggests she go along with this betrayal and that's something she can't do.
Kandinsky (Misha Kuznetzov) meanwhile is checked on by Dr Scott (Enrique Murciano) and when he leaves, Kandinsky removes the scalpel he placed inside him during surgery and kills a policeman. Scott is angry his agreement didn't include killing and Gavin tells him he must go along with it, with that debt is a burden on the soul line. Brain is visited by Alexis (Helena Mattsson) who tells him Louise is in Miami. Then she wants to say goodbye to him. They kiss and take it further. He's still angry at Louise's betrayal and sleeping with Scott. He confronts Scott who tells him he lost his phone and Alexis returned it after they
were together. He didn't sleep with Louise. Alexis has now moved int the Drake after fulfilling one of Brian's fantasies. More like one of Gavin's, the dirty old man.
Nona shows Jane photos and newspaper clippings her grandmother has collected when she was investigating what happened to her parents. There's a flashback to her mother pregnant with her in the lift and Lottie sending her away. But she gets stuck in the lift and Nona is born. Seems Nona was already named before the birth and Gavin even tells her mother she's having a girl. Thus she too is a "child of the Drake." Nona shows her the photo of the girl she saw in the lobby and the back of it reads 'Jane 1992.' When she was 8 but was in Indiana. How come Jane didn't mention that was her in the photo until a while later.
Scott rushes to his room and finds the tattoo now reads $60,000. Later when dressing for the recital party, Scott takes a gun with him. Henry and Jane also arrive and she tells Henry she loves him and can't leave him to go back. Actually she wants to stay and help Nona and solve the Drake mysteries. Olivia puts a substance on her lips and she greets Shaw with a glass of champagne, which her husband doesn't drink. He wants her to convince him and she does this by kissing him. Scott arrives and holds Gavin at gunpoint. Shaw has a fit and Gavin tells him he saves lives and doesn't take them. He tries to help Shaw. Later we see him in the ambulance with Kandinsky driving. They're going to the Drake and Scott must keep Shaw alive.
Nona looks for her grandmother and ropes Jane in, leaving Henry alone with the scattered rose petals in the apartment courtesy of Olivia. Nona's grandmother takes the necklace from Jane's neck and looks through it. The alligator mosaic on the floor is missing an eye where her necklace fits and the tiles fall away, revealing that spiral staircase. Ironically the title suggest the downward spiral the residents, Jane, Henry, Scott, Brian, et al have all got themselves into and seems there's no way out until Gavin is dealt with. As Jane climbs down the stairs the floor closes back in on her, like lots of clocks, leaving her trapped. The wind blows and the candles go out, leaving Henry alone in the dark.
Well that's the lasetwe see of Scott. Sorry Enrique fans! This just sets up mystery upon mystery which was pretty pointless when nothing is resolved, or will be since the show's no longer around.
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