In the episode, the physical and mental connection on between April (Sophie Hopkins) and the king of the Shadow Kin Corakinus (Paul Marc Davis) deepens against their will.

Meanwhile, Miss Quill (Katherine Kelly) meets the new principal, Dorothea Ames (Pooky Quesnel), who reveals that the Academy is a part of a bigger picture and warns her about an ongoing invasion no one even noticed yet.

As Corakinus executes Rannus for his failure, April, sharing his rage and having lost control for an instant, realizes that she can now summon dark swords like the Shadow Kin.

She also reveals that is working for the Governors (whom Miss Quill first discovered in "The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo"), and warns her about the ongoing invasion of killer petals who feed on meat to multiply and have been taking over the city since the previous night.

Kharrus happens to be trying to cut the link once again at the same time; as she fails, Corakinus executes her, and April, sharing his rage, loses control and comes close to killing her father.

After sharing some of her connection to the Shadow Kin with her mother, thus repairing her legs, April makes the choice to go directly to Corakinus before he comes to Earth, leaping through a tear in space-time to the Underneath.

[1] Critical reception for the episode was positive; April's character development, the evolution of the relationship between Charlie and Matteusz, and the final scene were praised.

[4] Ian Cullen of SciFi Pulse called it "the best episode yet" and praised April's character development and Sophie Hopkins' performance.