The episode opens with Elliot Stanley (Jamie Dornan) urging an injured Helen Chambers (Danielle MacDonald) to stay awake. He asks why they are doing it. Lena Pascal (Victoria Haralabidou) says so he can watch someone he loves die. Helen tells Elliot to check her left boot. Donal McDonnell (Diarmaid Murtagh) approaches to shoot them. Retrieving a knife from Helen’s boot, Elliot stabs him in the leg and grabs his gun. Holding Donal at gunpoint, Elliot orders them to empty their guns and put Helen in the car. He flees with Helen to the hospital.

Helen wakes in the hospital. Elliot suggests they go home when she is discharged. Later, they board a plane to Australia. They set up their new apartment. Helen delays going to physio. He refuses to replace the beeping oven until she goes. She promises to go. Sometime later, she still has not gone to physio and the oven is still beeping. After Elliot leaves for work, she searches for information on Elliot Stanley, a famous scuba diver. A newspaper article reveals Elliot was reported missing in 1981 under mysterious circumstances. American T.M.C. Eagle Air Cargo plane crashed on February 2, en route to Ireland. She calls Emerald Investigations to speak with Marlowe/Dr. Watson (Luke Roberts). Elliot believes she is working on a book.

Marlowe and Helen discuss documents from Frank McDonnell’s (Francis Magee) laptop. He tells her that the file was labeled Elliot Stanley. She suggests the numbers are some type of code. Niamh Cassidy (Olwen Fouere) can be seen watching Marlowe.

Elliot invites Helen to join him in the shower. She claims to be busy with the book. Later, he scolds her for staying cooped up inside the apartment for weeks. Upset, she tells him to leave her alone before shutting herself in a room. Later, she is engrossed in the coded message from Marlowe when Elliot looks in on her. Marlowe works on the coded message when Niamh knocks on the door.

Elliot beats the oven with a hammer. Helen tells him to calm down. Upset, he complains about her not leaving the apartment. She claims to be working on her book. He says there is no book before asking who she has been secretly talking to. He demands she call the individual. She admits to talking to a private investigator. The phone rings inside Marlowe’s apartment. He lies on the floor deceased while Niamh smokes a cigarette. Elliot asks Helen if she cannot forget his past. He suggests she wanted to find something good about him in Ireland. Denying the allegation, she says it was about learning what happened on the plane and why he took Elliot Stanley’s name. As he is leaving, she tries to stop him and falls out of the wheelchair. She is lying on the floor when an armed Billy (Olafur Darri Olafsson) enters the apartment. He asks if she remembers him because he remembers her.

Drumleigh Hospital – Helen is in the hospital on life support. Elliot is asleep in a chair when Nurse Galvin (Madi O’Carroll) enters the room. Giving him a note, she says it is from someone in the lobby. The note reads, “We need to talk about our son. It can’t wait.” He walks to the cafeteria where he finds Claire McDonnell (Siobhan O’Kelly) waiting. He denies any memory of their relationship. She claims Donal and Frank want Fergal McDonnell (Mark McKenna) to prove he is a real McDonnell. Elliot asks what it has to do with him. She assures him that their love was mutual and he left to protect her and Fergal. She says Donal hits her when he gets drunk but cannot find it in her to kill him. He asks if she believes he could do it. She warns that Donal will not stop looking for him. He tells her that he is not that guy. Upon leaving, Claire encounters Rick (Chris McCurry). He tells her that Donal is looking for her.

Elliot tells Niamh that he met with Claire. He says she will notify him when Donal is alone. She questions Claire’s sincerity before warning of it ending badly. He contemplates talking to Donal. When he returns to check on Helen, he finds her room full of medical staff. Galvin informs him that Helen is hemorrhaging. Dr. Watson is with her.

Billy tells Helen that his mother tried to write a book like her. Frantic, she pulls herself across the floor. He orders her to stand up. She denies having the ability to stand. He accuses her of choosing to stay in the wheelchair. Pulling herself up on a table and flees into a room. She accuses her of bringing him there because he is her big bad wolf. He asks if Elliot or Eugene saving her makes him a hero or a good-for-nothing for dragging her into this mess. He says she cannot forget the past. She tells him to go away.

Elliot arrives at Donal’s location provided by Claire. Armed, he enters the building to find himself under attack by Donal’s henchmen (Jacek Skalmierski). Elliot manages to lock himself in the restroom when he hears gunfire. Tomasz (Raresh DiMofte) says Niamh knew he would need help. The henchmen are dead. Elliot retrieves his gun before leaving with Tomasz.

Drumleigh Hospital – Ethan Krum (Greg Larsen) encounters Detective Ruairi Slater (Conor MacNeill) in the lobby. Both men acknowledge they are there to see Helen. Carlos (Ramiro Danza) says Helen is not allowed to have visitors. Outside, Slater tells Ethan that he helped him out of a dark place. They go for a drink.

Elliot receives a call from Claire claiming Donal forced her to set him up. He complains about Donal walking around freely after what he did to her and Helen. She asks what he plans to do about it when Fergal’s arrival ends the call. Fergal warns that Donal has seen how she has changed since Elliot returned to Ireland.

Billy reminds Helen of how she observed Elliot and a girl on a beach in Koh Pha Ngan. She confesses to loving Elliot. He asks if that is enough before threatening to blow a hole through the door. She denies being afraid of him. He disappears. She wakes up in the hospital. Niamh tells her that Claire wants Elliot to kill Donal. Helen claims Frank offered to arrange a meeting between Elliot and Fergal if she returned what she stole. Niamh assures her that some things are better off buried.

Elliot approaches Donal from behind with a gun. Laughing, Donal asks if he remembers the building was a hotel, The Lough Tamar. He claims to have killed Joe there thinking he was him. He says it is a shame that Helen didn’t make it. Elliot hits him with his gun before ordering him to kneel. Donal warns that they will come after him and the cycle will continue. A shot rings out.

Drumleigh Hospital – Helen is relieved to see Elliot walk into her room. She asks why his phone was off. He stresses the need to get away from the hospital. She says Niamh told her that Claire asked him to kill Donal. He claims to have told her that it had nothing to do with him. She asks why he never told her that he did it. He says she would never understand. She asks if he expects her to believe him. He asks if she truly believes he is the type of guy that she doesn’t want him to be when two police officers arrive to arrest him on suspicion of Donal’s murder. The episode ends.

 

The Tourist Review

The episode does nothing to set the stage for the finale. If anything, it would deter people from tuning in. The dream scenes are cringeworthy and take away from the story. Bringing Billy back was not a good idea. It would have been more effective to focus on Elliot’s past.

The nurse eating while talking to Elliot is repulsive. It is easy to get frustrated with Helen. She is a do-gooder who expects and demands everyone around her to do the same. At this point, Elliot would be better off with Claire.

The episode deserves a 4.5 out of 10. Get more The Tourist recaps here. Support Reel Mockery by donating. Our onsite advertising can help build online awareness, click the link to reach our staff. Join our newly established forum to discuss the latest TV shows, celebrity news, sports, and films.