Rebels and revelations collide as a group of three young ruffians, Chanel (Georgia Henshaw), Taylor (Sam Anderson) and Liam (Joel Fry), a man with serious daddy issues and a hatred of religion, trespass on Bedlam’s haunted foundations.

In this case, they manage to break into the building’s old chapel. But their escapades, which involve, amongst other things, attempting to have a black mass, smoking weed and peeing in dark corners in the presence of Bedlam’s most terrifying ghost yet, are all just part of a busy episode that brings together all missing pieces of the series.

Elsewhere, it emerges that Elle (Lacey Turner) has quietly had an abortion without Max’s (Jack Roth) knowledge, and indeed, the baby’s father, slippery Dan (Nikesh Patel) remains pretty much ignorant about the whole business.

Distracted by the ongoing presence of Keira (Gemma Chan) – who is still staying in his flat, despite their not-so-surprising, but still illicit one night stand – and his desperate attempts to reach out to his biological father, Warren (Hugo Speer), Dan continues his quest to slither through Brightmoor, acting suspiciously and trying to make Warren notice him. His other quest to find out whoever writes the Bedlam Watch blog, however, has paid off, and in the most unelaborate sting, he discovers that it is indeed his flatmate, Max.

Meanwhile, our young ruffians, and their childish attempts at blasphemy in a former chapel, have enraged the spirit of a minister, whose grunts and grumbles sound like a bad case of indigestion, and was murdered by Joseph, The Branded Man (Tam Dean Burn), because he witnessed him stealing a baby girl from the hospital’s maternity wing. A baby girl, we soon learn, that grew up to be Ellie, which means that Ellie could actually be the adult version of Eve (Sydney Wade) and also raises all sorts of questions.

Who are Ellie’s parents? Could she somehow be related to the haunted, hunky, yet very dead, Jed from Series 1? Why was she taken from the maternity wing? Or is she another one of Warren’s illegitimate children?

As the theme of family and roots pulses through this week’s episode, amidst all the moments of discovery lies a more tragic moment; as Warren’s behaviour grows more intense and unpredictable, his sleepwalking is witnessed by Dan, who follows him to a room in deep in the hospital, where finally, Warren finds the body of his daughter, Kate.

The penultimate episode of Bedlam’s second series goes ever so slightly deeper than the ones that preceded it, with issues of child abuse, murder, family and mystery dominating. However, the treatment of Ellie’s abortion, and her decision to not continue with her pregnancy, feel like they have been sacrificed in order to concentrate on lesser stories, such as Dan’s attempts to speak to Warren. The discovery of Kate’s body, one of the series’ most important points, while powerful, like Ellie’s abortion, needed a bit more airtime.

Aired at 10pm on Wednesday 4th July 2012 on Sky Living.

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