Let's start off by mentioning that the episode titles in this third season are just awful. The Journey of the Dangerous Mind? Even after watching the episode, I can't guess whose mind they're referring to.
Luckily, the episode itself was good.
The Frozen Heart serial killer didn't take another victim this week. There was a considerable amount of investigation tonight. Nick and Ace tested freezing pig hearts in ice and liquid nitrogen (?) to see if that's what the killer is using. They concluded neither was the right substance but Argon Gas could have been used as well.
Nancy, at her tiny desk at the police department, finds a neighbor complaint about someone miss-using his recycling bin for gas containers.
With Ryan in tow, she scoots off to the killer's actual house. Leaving her new dad in the car as a "lookout," she stacks boxes and trash cans so she can break into the house via the deck door.
You keep expecting the guy to be right behind her in the house. Even for Nancy, doh, what was she thinking. As it turns out, she rescues a heart from the fireplace, only to step on a pad that is connected to pipe bombs aimed right at her. It was all a trap.
Texting Agent Park (played it turns out, by John Harlan Kim from The Librarians, without his British accent!) he comes to the rescue.
So, the Mind stuff. Temperance offers to help Nancy remember more about her sighting of the killer. She blows some dust in Nancy's face, making her recall the day of George and Nick's proposal. She sees the killer more clearly, including his license plates, but doesn't get a good look at his face.
Afterwards, while answering a question from Bess, Nancy seems to have enhanced memory and she can tell Bess right where something is at Temperance's place. Is this enhanced memory to be an ongoing thing?
Bess is trying to protect Ace ,and decides to use a spell from her own ancestor's spell book to protect him. It all backfires, and Ace meets with accident after accident.
When she goes to Temperance's lair to recover an artifact, of course Temperance is there, and next thing you know, Bess is learning a simple spell from Temperance so she can be more "empowered".
Bess, as we know, is impressionable, and feels helpless, so she's ripe for being ill used by Temperance.
Lots of good scary moments, charming bits with Ryan and Carson working out who is really Nancy's best dad. Nick works hard to win over George's sisters who are afraid of losing her.
I love that next week the crew travels to Detective Con, to see a podcaster who says she knows the identity of the Frozen Heart killer and that she'll reveal it at the con. What a good idea!
I almost forgot, while Bess was performing her spell something sparkly flew through the air and appeared to be eaten by THE CAT! He's at least sort of alive, with eyes that glow and a totally mechanical cat look to him. But he's ok...
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