Harry embarks on the first step towards regaining his mortality, with Mel’s help, but comes across some surprises along the way. Macy and Maggie try to commune with the dead, but get more than they bargained for.

I admit I was a little worried when the Perfecti turned up – being all-powerful and able to do pretty much anything, they could potentially have been a shortcut for some lazy writing to save the writers having to think of how to get the girls out of the various binds in which they currently find themselves. Instead, by making them quirky and just a little bit sinister, they’ve actually managed to have some fun with the idea. In the darkest sense…

Jordan and Abigael are both stuck in the Tomb of Chaos, not that anyone has noticed yet. We don’t get to see an awful lot of them this time out as the episode focuses mostly elsewhere, but what we do see hints at Abi not being awful just for the sake of it. This is a damaged young woman with a complicated past, and that makes her even more interesting.

Harry is given some very specific instructions by one of the Perfecti as to how to go about starting his way towards mortality, along with some very specific and fairly dire-sounding warnings. But he obviously doesn’t pay much attention to those because then plot couldn’t happen. Mel elects to tag along with him on a journey that takes them to England to seek out Harry’s son, only there’s more than a few surprises in store for them when they get there.

This part of the show is a little twee, but handled quite well nevertheless. There’s a challenge which doesn’t just require sheer brute force or magic to solve, and some faintly juicy revelations along the way indicating that however good a person may be, they’re seldom perfect. At any rate, the experience has a profound impact on both Harry and Mel for their respective reasons, meaning fulsome declarations of intent to their respective love interests when the return.

Meanwhile, Macy and Maggie continue to try to fathom a way to relieve the allergy, with a clue apparently having surfaced in the form of old letters written by Marisol. Electing to try to communicate with their departed mother beyond the grave, the girls end up with a lot more than they bargained for in what is simultaneously a silly yet rather touching part of the episode by the time it gets resolved. No shortcuts from the beyond, unfortunately, but once again some life lessons that impact the girls in profound ways.

By the time it all winds up, nothing major has really happened to advance any of the ongoing narratives, but fun has been had and an hour has passed by pleasantly – sometimes, that’s all you need.

Verdict: Frothy, fun and with occasional moments of depth. A pleasant interlude. 8/10

Greg D. Smith