Jentry watches the memories and finally learns the truth about what happened to her parents. Blaming Gugu for everything, she sets out to rid herself of her powers, and Gugu, forever.

Every now and then you get to an episode of something which deserves phrases like ‘Everything has been building to this.’ This is one of those episodes. Jackie Cole’s script crams three episodes of incident into one and changes the show forever in multiple ways.

The biggest is in how Jentry and we finally see Gugu. After a full half season of her being a well-meaning and mostly nurturing mentor, we see her now for what she truly is: flawed, human and riddled with guilt over the loss of her sister, who we met briefly last episode. As bad, Gugu is indirectly responsible for the death of Jentry’s parents and directly responsible for Jentry’s powers. Both events are consequences of her arrogance and everything we’ve seen her do to this point is a story she’s been telling herself. This episode, Jentry sees past that story and makes choices for herself and Gugu can’t stand it. Ali Wong and Lori Tan Chinn both really uncork here and the final confrontation is a perfect melding of animation, acting and writing. Jentry is free of her powers, can no longer see ghosts and is chased by Gugu, possessing the living, pleading with her. Jentry says something hurtful, Gugu slaps her and the episode just… stops. It’s the last line Gugu’s great-aunt hadn’t crossed, and she steps all the way over it and instantly knows she’s made a mistake. Another mistake. As the episode finishes, she’s banished and Jentry, de-powered and free, is running to the rest of her life.

And it’s episode 8.

Of 13.

It’s also the same episode we get a fantastic heist as Jentry tries to break into Gugu’s armoury to put her powers back in the robes her parents died for. It’s inventive, witty, fun stuff that starts with Jentry having Kit stitch a skinsuit to impersonate her and finishes with a beautiful musical trick that would make Hudson Hawk proud. In amongst all that we get Michael inviting Jentry to prom and some great stuff with Ed and the lions, giving the episode a much-needed comedic edge. Stunningly good and the best possible set up for the show’s second half.

Verdict: This is a stunning piece of work that changes everything before and after it. Funny and bleak, humane and supernatural, it reveals Gugu for the painfully flawed human she is and continues to advance the show’s personal plots and overall narrative. 10/10

Alasdair Stuart