He was still with his wife Leigh and she is pregnant, and Steven is struggling to write his next novel. Poppy Hill (Catherine Parker) brainwashing the mind of Olivia Crain (Carla Gugino).Įarlier on in the episode, we were shown a dreaming Steven. Poppy was knocking out the Crain’s so they could be taken to a room with the Red Door where the power of the house was strongest, inside that room is where they would be most likely to succumb to the power of the house and die thus having to stay inside the home forever. As Shirley hears the noise of her sister collapsing up the stairs the moment she turns around she hallucinates into the bar (At this point we can assume that as she turned back around was when Poppy Hill also knocked out Shirley but her presence was not shown to the audience). While Shirley is distracted by this, Theo is tricked into rushing to her father’s aid because as she gets to the top of the stairs he is seen on the ground unconscious, and again Poppy Hill appears to knock out Theo. As Theo and Shirley arrive, Shirley almost immediately starts to Hallucinate and see’s the strange man that often appears when she’s alone (The man in the suit had often been seen a few times by Shirley throughout the season).
The Crain family arrive at Hill House to find Luke, as they get to the infamous Red Door which is now open, laying there on the ground is the catatonic body of Luke after he consumed a jar of Rat Poison while hallucinating (rat poison was the method Olivia previously tried to murder Luke and Nell).įirst to arrive was Steven and Hugh and seeing his brother lying on the floor in distress causes Steven to rush in and before Hugh can warn him the door slams shut and as Steven turns to the door he knocked out by Poppy Hill.