Everyone Is Watching

Fern leads the contestants through an elimination episode. She tries to ignore the fact that Ned has a knife. Because Maire and Camille won challenges, they are safe from elimination. Crowley is voted out, which upsets Fern, who wanted Ned gone. Crowley whispers to Fern that he “know[s] what [she’s] up to and [that she] won’t get away with it” (183). Fern assumes this is about Cat, locked in the wine cellar; her unease about Cat’s continued imprisonment heightens when Alfonso stresses the urgency of speaking to Cat.

Crowley resists leaving the estate, saying that Fern has “ruined [his] life” (185-86) via the woman in the puzzle and Camille’s reference to an eight-year-old. Maire notes Crowley’s aggression, warns Fern that the show seems to be about “more than money” (186), and begs to contact Dani, but Fern refuses. Fern sends out a press release about Crowley leaving and an encrypted email to major players in the media, informing them to “utilize the attached documents as [they] deem appropriate” (189). Fern decides to leave Cat in the cellar for another night. 

While being driven out of the estate, Crowley jumps out of the car and disappears. In the garden, Fern encounters an angry, drunk Crowley.