SBR 1.40: Dynasty

"'It was always coming to this. A boy. A house. A crown. A door. Samael, Heir Apparent. He speaks. He WILL be heard.'"

Events of Note

 * Sam, Kitty, Oliver, and Anna get trapped in the Impossible House, encountering the Inconvenient Sins.
 * Bliss slits Sam's throat, and opens the seal obscuring Sam's powers.
 * Sam banishes the Sins.
 * Sam has a phone call from their father.

Summary
The episode begins with Sam in the Impossible House, surprised that the microphone seems to still be on. He finds Anna and Kitty, and they discuss where they are, concluding that, given that the house isn't really a house but more of a ghost of a house, they cannot expect their surroundings to act 'normally'. The white door from Sam's drawings manifests, and in their surprise, the siblings alert Ingra who ambushes the three. She begins to goad Anna and Kitty about their relationship with Madame Marie. Kitty stands fast, but Anna, already distressed by her core beliefs about the arcane being shattered, breaks. Sam Speaks, telling Ingra to leave, and they do.

Sam hears Oliver from somewhere in the house, and starts running to find him. Sam falls down the stairs, landing on a conveniently placed mattress. He is found by Bliss, who threatens to kill them with her knife. She has a knife, its very important. She inadvertently reveals that when the Heir Apparent ascends, their (the Sins') time will end.

The door appears again, and Sam hears Oliver once more. They invoke him, and when he manifests, Oliver's eyes have been gouged out. Sam is horrified, assuming that they've only been in the house a few minutes, but Oliver explains that for him it has been many hours. Oliver dies, but, being Oliver, he doesn't stay dead. He comes back, with his eyes fully restored. Oliver explains that the Impossible House is a part of Sam. Sam has power control it. Sam rejects, falling back onto the lack of self-esteem that Marie instilled in him. Oliver encourages Sam to go through the white door, and they do,

They enter a hallway, and see the door again. He goes through it, and it is the same hallway again. Sam walks down it and reaches his old bedroom. He looks out of the window, and see a person standing outside. The person is wearing a flat cap, and Sam remarks that he can't seem to look at the man directly. The man disappears, and the door slams shut behind Sam. He shouts to be let out, and notices the scratch on the inside of the door. He realises that the House is the Arcane Maze that Nagisa had mentioned.

There is a scream, a woman's this time, and the White Door manifests and opens. Sam walks through to see Madame Marie holding a baby. She is comforting the infant, and Scourge manifests, asking to see the child. They give Marie the child's name: Samael Apollo. Sam (the adult) shouts, and Scourge acknowledges him. Sam refuses to strike a deal with him, and Scourge calls Oliver a sad little emo.

Sam walks through another door, only to find Kitty and Anna. Anna is distressed, but Kitty seems to be holding on. Sam invokes Oliver, except the Three Inconvenient Sins also turn up. Sam banishes Kitty and Anna from the House. Indi explains why they want Sam dead, and how all of the Major Arcana will likely die if Sam becomes King - including Oliver. Indi confesses that the three of them thought Marie was the heir, hence why they killed her. Tired of the exposition, Bliss cuts Sam's throat, and he dies, bleeding out on the floor. Oliver is furious, but before he can do anything, Sam manages to resurrect himself, feeling more powerful than ever.

Sam has a moment of realisation, about himself, and Marie. They come into their power, and banish the Three Sins. They explain to Oliver that they can see hundreds of little lights, which Sam realises are lives.

The house begins to collapse around them, and the two of them exit, finding Anna and Kitty outside. Sam begins to laugh, the others not understanding until he explains that the key to the house was the Algiz on his throat, and when Bliss tried to kill him, she broke the seal, giving Sam access to their full power.

Out of nowhere, a phone starts to ring. Sam answers to The Man in the Flat Cap and Shell Suit, who congratulates his son, but tells them that they still have progress to make before they take the crown. The phonecall ends, and the birdsong that had previously been sounding disappears. Kitty remarks with surprise that it is now night time. With a moment of research, she confirms that they've been gone for a whole week, and that Sam had been broadcasting the whole time.

Sam thanks the listeners whole-heartedly, and wishes everyone a good night.

Characters featured

 * Sam Enfield
 * Anna Enfield
 * Kitty Enfield
 * Oliver Boleyn
 * Indi
 * Bliss
 * Ingra
 * Scourge
 * Madame Marie
 * The Flat Cap Man
 * Nagisa (mentioned)

Trivia

 * This episode is the longest episode of SBR so far.