Darlings
Summary
In this episode of *Petrified*, agent Bunny Goggins arranges a private dinner theatre performance for Yvonne and Turlock, two Shakespearean actors with a dark secret. The guests are revealed to be theatre programmers and the parents of children the actors murdered, including Bunny, who survived being buried alive. The episode culminates in a tense confrontation where the victims plan to force the killers to reenact their crimes, blurring the lines between performance and reality.
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School play rehearsal interrupted by fire drill
Cast banter and dressing room preparations
Van ride and Yvonne's wheelchair incident
Phone call: Booking a school performance
Lunch break and domestic tensions
Revealing the private dinner theatre gig
News report on missing student James Crowley
Dressing room: Immigration fears and criminal history
Turlock reveals his past as a suspect
Bunny threatens to quit; conflict escalates
Bunny takes over performance; costume trunk search
Discovery of mummified children's fingers
Missing child Rory and the actors' confession
Yvonne explains her motive: seeking emotion
Turlock explains his motive: releasing rage
Final preparations and the missing child's location
Performance begins: Romeo and Juliet excerpts
Shouting out names of victims to the audience
Rory reveals herself as the survivor and agent
The trap: Reenacting 73 deaths and credits
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