{"id":166353,"date":"2025-12-03T18:44:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T18:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/166353\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T18:44:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T18:44:09","slug":"down-cemetery-road-recap-episode-7-lights-go-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/166353\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Down Cemetery Road\u2019 Recap, Episode 7: \u2018Lights Go Out\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n Downey and Sarah finally find Dinah, only to face more danger and more questions.
\n Photo: Apple TV+\n <\/p>\n

This week, the search driving our four-legged race comes to a close \u2014\u00a0or something of one. Downey and Sarah both find Dinah \u2026 separately, but still. While that once might have seemed like the light at the end of the tunnel, now a bunch of follow-up questions arise. What to do now? Where to take her? Most pressingly: Is Zo\u00eb dead? I would be very surprised if she is \u2014 Down Cemetery Road is the first book of the Zo\u00eb Boehm series, mind you \u2014 but anything is possible. The show has been deviating some from the source material as it ramps up to the finale, mostly to good effect. Director B\u00f6rkur Sig\u00fe\u00f3rsson makes great cinematic use of the Scottish island. The cliffs are sharp, huge, steep; the water menacing, the wind cutting. When we open this week\u2019s episode, in fact, the cold is getting in the way of Nev and Ty\u2019s soccer game.<\/p>\n

They\u2019re kicking a ball around when Downey and Amos arrive on the island, one after the other, through opposite sides. When the ball falls outside the fence, it\u2019s Ty\u2019s turn to grab it, but instead, he gets shot right on the forehead. Before Nev can react, he\u2019s down, too. Inside, Steph can see a hooded figure coming through the CCTV \u2014\u00a0because his face is obscured, and because he acted quickly and ruthlessly, we might assume it\u2019s Amos. That suspicion grows as the hooded figure follows Steph and Dinah through the annals of the building, but when he finally catches up to them, he puts his gun down. Dinah cries out for her Uncle Mike Downey and runs into his arms. It\u2019s a touching moment in an episode full of them. We\u2019ve been anticipating this reunion for a whole season! Luckily for Downey, who\u2019d run out of pills, there is some leftover Histropine in the lab. From the look of the place, I\u2019m assuming those pills are expired, but they\u2019re still effective enough to allow Downey to take a breath. Dinah shows him her blue teddy bear, which Downey immediately clocks as compromised. He asks Dinah to keep it; then, seeing Amos approach through the CCTV, he leaves it behind.<\/p>\n

When Amos arrives, he\u2019s only a bit more than a mile away from the tracker, but he still decides to get on an abandoned four-wheeler and ride that over instead. What was all that walking on treadmills for, big guy? Maybe his huge gun was getting heavy in his backpack. When he arrives at the building where Downey found Dinah, Nev is still alive, so Amos finishes the job. Downey unplugs the CCTV feed before leading Dinah and Steph through and out the other end of the building. Amos doesn\u2019t find them there, but he does find the teddy bear sitting alone in a room. Desperate to shoot something, he shoots the poor toy. Evil-spirited man!<\/p>\n

Downey\u2019s biggest advantage is that he knows the island better than anyone, given the time he spent exiled there. While he takes Dinah and Steph into hiding, Sarah and Zo\u00eb attempt to navigate toward the island, but they\u2019re totally lost. Also, Zo\u00eb can\u2019t stop vomiting. The captain is still locked in the hull, and they insist they don\u2019t need his help. But when the boat runs out of fuel, they have no choice but to release him. Sarah makes him promise that he won\u2019t \u201cmansplain or patronize [them].\u201d Lady, be serious \u2014\u00a0you stole his boat! In fact,\u00a0the English have been stealing everything since 1707, including the island that got wiped off the map for the Ministry of Defense\u2019s liberal use. Their national differences seem insurmountable until Sarah tells the captain that they are on a mission to expose the English government\u2019s wrongdoings. \u201cWhy didn\u2019t you say so?\u201d he replies, turning the boat around. Sarah and Zo\u00eb were following a compass that has been broken for a decade; he knows exactly where to go.<\/p>\n

As they drive up to the island, Zo\u00eb gets teary-eyed remembering Joe. She quotes the Philip Larkin poem he loved, \u201cToads Revisited<\/a>,\u201d that gives the show its title. Zo\u00eb tells Sarah that Joe was a fool who loved everyone he met. His openness was what motivated him to help strangers try to fix the \u201cunsolvable situations\u201d of their lives,\u00a0which is why Sarah reminds her of him. Emma Thompson brings a woundedness to Zo\u00eb that makes the character richer than she is in the source material. This is a woman to whom the world has been unfair. Sarah tells her she can scream or cry if she wants to,\u00a0but what Zo\u00eb really wants is \u201cto hurt someone.\u201d<\/p>\n

The opportunity for that kind of release approaches as they wade through the choppy waters onto the island. On the sand is a sign that cautions against scattered land mines. Zo\u00eb thinks it\u2019s there to scare people off, but Sarah makes sure to only step on Zo\u00eb\u2019s footprints. At the top of the hill, they see a Los Alamos-looking collection of houses, only with a much more scenic background. Downey is in one of those houses with Steph and Dinah. Somehow, Steph had the foresight to pick up a duffel bag full of supplies on their way out of the rundown building, but none of it is making her feel any more comfortable. She was supposed to be playing Truth or Dare at a \u201chen party\u201d \u2014 that\u2019s British for bachelorette \u2014 right now! Besides, she\u2019s worried about what\u2019s going to happen to Dinah. It sucks that Steph dies. I hoped at least she\u2019d be able to attend her friend\u2019s wedding, or get to quit this demented job. She is expressing her fear and regret to Downey when big-mouthed Sarah starts yelling his name. Amos is on their tail \u2014\u00a0they can hear the 4-wheeler \u2014\u00a0but Downey gets Sarah and Zo\u00eb inside in time.<\/p>\n

Sarah finally meets Dinah, who, if you\u2019ll remember, isn\u2019t the girl Sarah thought she was in the first place. This is the first time she is face-to-face with the real-life counterpart to her fantasy, the idealized figure that gave her courage, and it\u2019s a total tear-jerker. Sarah gives Dinah the card from Ziggy, which she\u2019s been carrying with her all this time. (By the way, can we check in on Wigwam?) Everyone is so touched that even Zo\u00eb can\u2019t find anything acerbic to say. When she introduces herself to Downey, she only says she\u2019s sorry for what happened to him. Of course, Amos has to ruin this nice moment. He circles the house and shoots at the windows. As they crouch, Dinah runs across the room into Downey\u2019s arms, scaring everyone that she might get caught in the crossfire. Steph\u2019s last act is to get up and try to stop her \u2014\u00a0she gets shot right in the head.<\/p>\n

Downey makes a plan: He\u2019ll lead Amos away from them, and when it\u2019s safe, Sarah, Zo\u00eb and Dinah will get on one of the multiplying boats on the island and leave. Sarah puts up some resistance, but Downey reminds her that it\u2019s him that Amos wants. Besides, they\u2019ve come all this way to protect Dinah. So, Zo\u00eb and Sarah leave with Dinah just as Amos comes into the building. He almost sees them, but Downey fires shots outside to get his attention. Downey finds a 4-wheeler for himself as Amos does stunts on his. (Why are there so many working, fueled 4-wheelers in this abandoned place? How come they\u2019re all working so well?)<\/p>\n

It\u2019s an amazing effort from Downey, but he comes up short. He misses a critical shot at Amos after leading him through a maze-like structure. With his last bullet, he hits a body, but it\u2019s either Nev or Ty\u2019s, who lie nearby and whom Amos used for cover. I found all of the chases in this episode as nicely choreographed as last week\u2019s train chase, and equally tense. When Amos finally catches up to Downey, shoots his leg, and towers over him, I kept expecting someone to jump out of the bushes \u2014\u00a0Zo\u00eb, Sarah, whoever \u2014 and strike Amos dead. When he starts talking a big game about how he\u2019s going to kill Downey, I thought: Famous last words. But the Brits love to check an American\u2019s imperturbable optimism. Fehinti Balogun sells Amos\u2019s twisted desire for retribution by silently crying as he knifes Downey in the neck. If you weren\u2019t paying attention to his face, you\u2019d miss that he\u2019s crying at all \u2014\u00a0it\u2019s one very silent tear down his cheek. Having killed Downey, Amos cuts one of his deadlocks and puts it in Axel\u2019s little red book.<\/p>\n

You\u2019d think getting revenge would satisfy him. But you know a psychopath: Once they start, they just can\u2019t stop. Besides, Amos has an unresolved desire to put a bullet through Zo\u00eb\u2019s head. Knowing this, Zo\u00eb makes a plan. She\u2019ll lead him one way while Sarah takes Dinah to his dinghy below, so she can come around the bend and pick Zo\u00eb up from the beach. They know the chances of this working out are very slim, but it\u2019s all they have. All Sarah can do is try to figure out how she and Dinah will come down the cliff. It\u2019s very steep, and there are no ropes in sight. Stepping up to the edge, they can see the dinghy right below. It\u2019s obvious: They\u2019re going to have to jump in the water. Sarah tells Dinah as much, though she admits to being afraid. It\u2019s a clever move on the writers\u2019 part to make Sarah jump to save her life when she almost met her death by following the same impulse. Growth! Dinah and Sarah jump. I know Sarah is in a really tense situation and everything, but it would\u2019ve been better to jump while holding Dinah, no?<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Amos shoots at Zo\u00eb. He misses several times as she takes shelter behind a rock. He\u2019s already walking the other way, seemingly having given up, when Sarah starts shouting like a maniac and drawing attention to where they are (real nice one, Sarah). Amos returns to the peak of the cliff, where he has a perfect view of the unprotected stretch of beach that Zo\u00eb has to run through in order to get to the boat. Seeing no other way out, she makes a run for it. The captain of the boat Zo\u00eb and Sarah came on\u00a0watches them from afar, shaking his head at English foolishness. Amos shoots as Zo\u00eb runs. He hits one land mine \u2014\u00a0they were real, after all \u2014 then another, then a last one, which sends Zo\u00eb flying forward. He\u2019s satisfied to see her body cut an arc in the air before he starts shooting at the dinghy. Sarah drives off, crying as she does so.<\/p>\n

\u2022 We got some London action this week, too. Janice calls the number on the manila envelope Zo\u00eb gave her in case she didn\u2019t turn up or answer any calls. She gets Detective Inspector Varma \u2014 remember this guy?! \u2014 on the other side. The envelope contains copies of the John Doe autopsy, and probably other stuff, which leads him to Google \u201cTalia Ross\u201d and get in touch with her through Cheski. Talia then calls C over to ask what gives. She tells him a reliable police source suggested \u201ca connection between a doctor and overseas MoD activities,\u201d and that said doctor \u2014 Isaac Wright \u2014 died under mysterious circumstances. C pretends to know about none of it. He tries to get Talia to tell him who the source is, to no avail. He keeps his departmental secrets to himself even as Talia tells him that there are consequences to breaching her trust, whether you\u2019re her kid or her employee. The only difference is in the scale of the punishment: You could get a time-out or prison.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Speaking of the MoD, Malik never quite made it to this party, huh? Wouldn\u2019t he be the one to get there fastest, since he was on a chopper? I could see him hiding out somewhere and letting everyone just kill each other. Either way, it\u2019s not looking good for him. Amos still has so much ammo to spare\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2022 Was there any particular reason to have Nev, Ty, and Steph see the pictures of the chemical burns last week when they all end up dead in this episode? Could this thread somehow come back in the finale?<\/p>\n

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