Say hello to The Grief Eater.
Holly Gibney is determined.
She wants to know more.
Credit: Bob Mahoney
She follows the front desk nurse home, only to be confronted by a face full of pepper spray.
This is a Gibney-centric episode, andThe Outsideris better off because of it.
Shes a compelling character, andCynthia Erivocaptures her tics and humanity perfectly.
Most importantly, she saw him slip in the hallway while running into Terry Maitland.
Looking to dig deeper, and maybe because shes got a crush, she agrees to dinner with Andy.
Heaths mother killed herself, another person suffered a stroke, and another was poisoned.
That still doesnt stop Gibney and Andy from kissing.
In other words, who did Heath get this virus from?
She digs through the NYPD archives and finds a murder case similar to that of Heath and Terrys.
Unlike Heath and Terry, this woman, Maria Coneles, is alive, sitting in Rikers.
Just like Terry ended up with a scratch from Heath.
Gibney asks Maria who killed the children.
If I say his name, theyll send me straight to a mental hospital, she says.
A woman in the prison overhears the conversation and tells Gibney to meet her at her apartment.
The supernatural comes out again.
The woman talks about demons and devils, and the belief in a form of evil.
El Coco she calls it.
Also: The Grief Eater.
A demon who not only devours its prey but also feeds on the grief of the families afterward.
Things are heating up, and Gibney knows it.
She flips through photos of different demons and mythologies, wondering just what theyre dealing with here.
Gibney sinks into the tub, into the silence, into the dark.
