Legacies is almost done with its third season and if this week’s episode is any indication of what’s to come, we’re in trouble. “This Feels a Little Cult-y” goes to Ari Aster land, as Hope and Josie try to rescue Lizzie from a cult and Finch challenges Jed for the role of alpha wolf.
Peace of Mind | As a shock to absolutely no one, Hope (Danielle Rose Russell) is taking Landon’s breakup terribly and is now a moping, paranoid mess, because her entire character is based on her relationship status, apparently. Josie (Kaylee Bryant) suggests that the two of them go to check on Lizzie (Jenny Boyd) at her witch wellness retreat, while at the school, Finch (Courtney Bandeko) challenges Jed (Ben Levin) for the role of alpha of the pack. At Mystic Falls High, Dorian (Demetrius Bridges) informs Alaric (Matthew Davis) that MG (Quincy Fouse) hasn’t shown up to school for the last three days.
Josie and Hope arrive at the retreat, which is pretty much a “Midsommar” wet dream of female witches, and Lizzie shows them that all the witches wear crystal necklaces that change color based on their status on their “wellness journey.” The leader of the retreat, Andi, invites Hope to join them and when she touches Hope, purges all of her negative emotions since she’s an empath,. As a result, Andi invites Hope into the retreat and replaces Lizzie, which pisses her off.
A Fraud | Alaric and Dorian find MG in the woods near a dead body covered in blood and Dorian assumes that MG killed someone and knocks him out. Alaric isn’t convinced, but Dorian runs into a monster in the woods. As Finch and Jed duke it out in a pool tournament, Lizzie sneaks into Andi’s room and finds her gloves stained with a drug from Triad. Lizzie tries to warn Hope and Josie, but they’ve been swayed by Andi and they take Lizzie to her.
Turns out Andi was enslaved by Triad to do their dirty work and escaped with their drugs and started the retreat. She asks Josie to keep an eye on Lizzie and Lizzie manages to snap Josie out of the trance by insulting her. Josie takes Lizzie to Andi and Hope in the middle of a ritual to try to snap Hope out of it, but Lizzie gets knocked out immediately.
I Was Wrong | Alaric finds a wounded Dorian in a cave that MG’s been living in for the last few weeks and Dorian finds a journal that shows that MG has been helping people for the last few weeks before they’re cornered by a wendigo, which MG kills. Back at the retreat, Josie tells Hope all about her breakup with Landon to snap her out of the trance and Hope kicks everyone’s butts offscreen.
Lizzie, Josie and Hope confront Andi, who admits that the ritual needs a sacrifice to summon something, but she can’t remember what or who ordered her to do it. Andi sacrifices herself to complete the ritual, which even Lizzie admits was baller. Finch ends up letting Jed win the pool game, but he respects her much more for it. Alaric offers MG a spot back at the school, but back at the retreat, a weird Darth Vader looking thing emerges from the pit Andi jumped in.
Legacies airs Thursdays on The CW.