Later, Bennett's seated when a swollen-faced Cindy turns up for a consult on what covering memories to give Perrin. Cindy: "How about, he beats his wife?" Heh. Bennett, however, is not enamored of that suggestion, but they drop the subject when Cindy hands over the disruptor to Bennett, who breathes that it's got to be Topher's handiwork. She starts to examine it, heeding Cindy's warning not to turn it on, but stopping when Cindy reminds her that the hearing is in ten hours, and if Perrin isn't there for it, the two of them are dead. This gets Bennett up off her duff, and the two of them head into the lab, which now contains Perrin. Cindy tells Bennett about Perrin's call-and-response going on the fritz, so Bennett says she's got some rebuilding work to do. She revives Perrin, who freaks out upon seeing Cindy before begging Bennett not to erase his mind. She blithely denies him, though, prompting him to ask who she is in desperation. Cindy sneers, "She's a god, honey. And you've heartily offended her." Calling her a god isn't going to make her any less crazy, not that that's a complaint. Speaking of which, Bennett crazily "suggests" Cindy go check to make sure their escape from L.A. was clean. When she's gone, Bennett assures Perrin that they'll get to work in just a minute...

...but first, she goes into another part of the lab, in which Echo is strapped to one of the imprint chairs. She groggily asks where she is, but instead of answering, Bennett brightly greets her as "Caroline. You always promised you'd come back to me." Uh oh. Her face falls, and as she steps over to the controls, Echo senses what's about to happen and panics. To no avail, of course, and Bennett turns up the power to like, eleven and a half, causing Echo to writhe in agony. We switch focus to the monitor, and after a moment, Bennett steps straight toward the camera...and turns it off. Creepy! See you...as soon as I can deal with another recap. Sigh.

John Ramos is a writer and film producer living in Los Angeles. You can reach him at couchbaron@gmail.com.