The Case Of The Lighthouse Leapers – The episode begins with Crystal Palace (Kassius Nelson) and Niko Sasaki (Yuyu Kitamura) learning that Jenny Green (Briana Cuoco) is receiving love letters. After reading just a few lines and much to Jenny’s displeasure, Niko and Crystal become infatuated with the letters and want to immediately discover the sender. After some hesitation, Jenny admits the letters are nice but fears tracking down the sender out of fear of being disappointed. Their debate is brought to an abrupt end when a sailor ghost named Dagfinn (Gardiner Millar) appears out of nowhere, seeking the Dead Boy Detectives.

Charles Rowland (Jayden Revri) appears to be in a bit of a mood over a missing spyglass as well as Edwin’s (George Rexstrew) recently developed astrology fascination. When Charles expresses his urgency to get out of town, Edwin sits down his book and apologizes about the recent encounter with Cat King (Lukas Gage) while also offering to listen if he wants to talk about his father. Charles doesn’t have much of a chance to respond thanks to the arrival of Niko, Crystal, and Dagfinn.

Dagfinn wastes little time with introductions and tells the boys that he needs help ridding his lighthouse ghosts. Apparently, strangers just recently started showing up at the lighthouse and unexplainably jumping off the widow’s walk. Edwin is immediately intrigued by the case, whereas Charles is more intrigued with the promised reward of saltwater taffy and a magic 8-ball that can supposedly predict your death.

Shortly after arriving at Pont No Point Lighthouse, Charles, Edwin, Crystal, and Niko witness their first suicide. As the group debates theories for the strange phenomenon, Officer Parris (Sharon Taylor) shows up to question them about the reported suicide. It doesn’t take them long to realize that Parris isn’t taking them seriously. The Gift Shop owner, Asha (BJ Harrison) soon joins them, with offers of tea in her gift shop. When Niko is the only one to take advantage of the opportunity, Edwin ventures off to investigate the lighthouse and tasks Charles and Crystal with questioning the ghosts.

Charles immediately becomes silent when Crystal attempts to discuss Edwin’s strange behavior and the Devlin murders on their way to question the newly deceased. Things appear to only get stranger when Charles and Crystal learn that the newly deceased were drawn to the top of the lighthouse by the voices of their loved ones.

Meanwhile, at the lighthouse, Edwin receives a stirring visit from Cat King. Cat King not only startles him by transforming into Charles but by using his truth-revealing ability to get Edwin to admit that he’s trying to do as much good as he can to make a case for leniency when he returns to hell. Elsewhere, the Night Nurse (Ruth Connell) continues her search for the boys.

Crystal nearly falls under the spell of the mysterious force causing people to commit suicide when she and Charles visit the widow’s walk. Before that happens, she attempts to get Charles to open up about his father, which he refuses to do.

Niko has managed to learn quite a bit from Asha at the gift shop but it isn’t until Edwin arrives that they learn about the goddess Lilith, mermaids, and the washerwoman. Minutes later, Edwin and Niko meet with Charles and Edwin to trade information on what they’ve learned about the case. Much to everyone’s surprise, Crystal shares her experience about hearing a voice calling her on the widow’s walk. Niko inadvertently shares Edwin’s visit from Cat King which leads to a slight argument, during which no one notices Crystal is called away again by her mom’s voice. Niko nearly doesn’t make it in time to stop her from jumping off the bluff.

After the near-death experience, Charles attempts to convince Crystal that what she heard wasn’t real. Crystal admits to never even meeting her mother, but there was something about the voice that was so familiar. The conversation appears to make Edwin uncomfortable and when he is asked what he thinks, he uses Niko’s sudden disappearance to avoid responding. After Edwin discovers Niko admiring two starfish, they discuss never being kissed and Niko’s recent obsession with sea glass. After playfully teasing him about wanting to kiss Monty (Joshua Colley), she gives him a red sea glass that inadvertently opens a pathway to the Washerwoman. Although their encounter is brief and the Washerwoman answers in riddles, it’s not only clear that she wants to stop the murders but she has a familiarity with Crystal.

With the Washerwoman’s discovery, the group finds themselves at Mick’s/The Walrus (Michael Beach) store, looking for something to take down the sea monster. Although Mick doesn’t appear too interested in helping, he does tell them about the myth of Angie. After learning that it’s merely Angie’s nature that’s causing people to commit suicide, the group decides to put her to sleep rather than kill her. Charles discovers a powerful music box-type device that they can feed to her. This sends them to Jenny’s where they not only acquire some pork but encounter Monty. Much to Edwin’s surprise, Monty asks him out.

Elsewhere, Jenny is rapt in another letter when she overhears something or someone walking around above. After precariously investigating, she encounters the Night Nurse who uses her abilities to learn Crystal’s whereabouts. Jenny later remembers very little from the encounter.

The group returns to the beach where the Night Nurse is waiting on them. It turns out that the Night Nurse wasn’t interested in Crystal at all but Charles and Edwin. Crystal is furious that she was used as bait and attempts to attack the Night Nurse but fails miserably. Although neither of the boys wants to return to the afterlife with the Night Nurse, Charles is more adamant about it. Unfortunately for him, his refusal leads to the Night Curse transporting him back to several painful childhood memories, including one where his father (Anthony Caravette) beat him mercilessly.

Charles is fuming by the time he’s returned to the present. He winds up the music box and uses it to attack the Night Nurse. Although she laughs off his blows, he drives her off the bluff where she falls in the gaping mouth of Angie with the music box playing, solving two problems at once. During the encounter, Charles reveals that he wants to stay on Earth because he feels like there is much more for him to accomplish.

The group gears up to leave the beach behind the following but before doing so they are rewarded with their saltwater taffy and magic 8-ball. With the parking lot filling with kites and festival visitors, things appear to be back to normal at the Point No Point lighthouse. When the group returns home, Niko’s gratitude towards Crystal for letting her join the case inspires Edwin and Charles to make a pact that they can share anything with one other. Much later that day, it’s also revealed that Niko is inspired to read the letters from her family. The episode ends with Charles and Crystal making out after a brief emotional discussion.

 

Dead Boy Detectives Review

I’d have to say that this at least deserves at least a 5 out of 10. As far as the lore is concerned, the episode hit on some very intriguing things. I’ve always loved the lighthouse/ sea environment as well as the myths about sailors being lured to their death by beautiful sirens with voices of gold. Mermaids, starfish, and angry sailor, the episode had it all, which is a big contribution to the 5.

Other than that, the episode was lackluster, a bit dull, and boring, although rather eventful with the slaying of the Night Nurse and Charles and Crystal’s hookup. It’ll be interesting to see where that goes from here and how it will impact the group as a whole.

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