Spiritual Retreat tensions

Tommy intercepts Mike as he approaches the staircase leading to K'Anpo, using aggressive physical restraint to block his ascent. Unable to persuade Mike, Tommy escalates to threats and ultimately strips …

Lupton intercepts Mike before he can reach the crystal at the spiritual retreat's upper level. Using calm authority and polished civility, Lupton seizes control of the confrontation by redirecting Mike's …

Barnes grows suspicious of an intelligence source about Metebelis after the Doctor’s sudden decline. His doubts cut to the heart of trust versus desperation, as the fragile alliance holding the …

Mike enters Barnes' room seeking answers about Lupton's disappearance but finds only defiance. His challenge meets Barnes' dismissive authority, provoking Moss to strike him unconscious. The attack exposes the faction's …

The fragile unity of Barnes, Keaver, Land, and Moss shatters as Mike’s unexpected arrival exposes their desperation and fear. Keaver’s labeling of the situation as a police job signals a …

Mike

Mike pressures Barnes into arranging a secret meeting in the cellar to address Lupton's disappearance and their conspiracy before interdimensional threats are uncovered. Barnes resists due to lingering suspicions and …

Barnes and Mike’s futile mandala ceremony spirals into chaos when their incantations fail to control the unseen forces. As the chanting reaches a frenzied pitch, the earthly rules of the …

Barnes seizes control of the mind-controlled group and forces them to split up in a frantic search for the blue crystal. Moss physically resists the spider’s compulsion but is quickly …

Barnes escalates his control over the mind-warped men under his command, using the Queen Spider's power to bend them to his unquestioning obedience. With a surge of the same hypnotic …

The Doctor’s return of the crystal to the Great One has collapsed the psychic network binding the spiders and their human thralls. In the council chamber the Great One’s subordinates …