Juri wakes up in hospital and strikes up a conversation with his mysterious neighbour, while Chain steals her father’s savings.

Without wanting to sound too snarky (and failing miserably) I’m grateful that Sky are showing a double-bill of Hausen episodes, because that does at least double the amount of things that happen – which sadly is not an awful lot. The glacial pace that developed after an eventful pair of opening episodes is showing no sign of breaking into a jog, leaving us with hours of dour trawling around corridors of doom.

There’s a change of scenery for Juri, who survived the fall down the lift shaft, but is now recovering in hospital. His mysterious fellow patient is well-versed on fires, leading to a somewhat telegraphed revelation. Back in the block, black goo is still pouring out of the walls and being coughed up by residents, while milk is drip fed down the air shaft to feed the missing baby.

Jaschek has now completely lost his mind to the block, fulfilling his sexual urges while imagining that his dead wife is talking to him. But pity pour Chain, who has stolen her father’s money from the safe and turned up on her would-be fellow abscondee’s doorstep, only to be told that he’s changed his mind. Juri is discharged from hospital and comes home, but discovers that a chest freezer is another potential death trap courtesy of the goo.

Verdict: Struggling to keep up the tension, the ending of what promised to be a compelling theatre has everything to play for. 6/10

Nick Joy