'Channel Zero: No-End House' Recap - 'The Exit'

Written by Scott Edwards

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Waking up early to try and get a start on the day before the rest of the group, Dylan is still trying to find a way to connect with Lacey. With the promise of getting her memory back when they return to the real world, Dylan gives his wife a necklace from her past that will hopefully cause some sort of spark in her memories. But it may be too little too late for Lacey as she tries to escape the clutches of Dylan by taking his knife and fighting for her life. With the entire group watching as he ties her up once again, it is time to make their way back to the No-End House by walking through the streets of this alternate world.
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Jules is acting tired and sickly as she wakes up in the garage with no memory of what happened the night before. Seeing her friend is not doing too well, the urgency to get out of this world is becoming more apparent for the group, including Margot who has found love in the arms of Seth. Making their way through the streets and seeing all of the lifeless eyes of the house watching them, the group is told to keep moving at their pace, as all of these people are members of the house and don’t want to see them go. Making it to the edge of town, the group heads into the great beyond where many of the towns folk do not wander past, but as they make it further off the grid, they find out that they are not alone.

Seeing a dying member of the house lying in the field, Seth drops some knowledge on the group that it’s host is either out or dead. This is very disturbing to J.T. as he is a copy of his host who has been disposed of, but knows now why he is feeling so sick. Knowing that J.T. is a replacement, Seth is keeping his mouth closed to the rest of the group, but he has a secret of his own that the group may want to know. As day quickly turns into night on their trek, the group finds themselves at the beginning of a corn maze that will lead them out of the house, but there are visitors inside who are looking to feed. Trying to hold up until morning to see who and what they are going to be fighting against, the group starts to break up going their own ways.

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Taking Margot off to see the daisies, Seth comes clean about his feelings for her, but has a bombshell to drop on her as well. As the No-End House has become his home, he is the reason why the group has made their way into this living hell. Trying to convince Margot to stay with him and find out how easy it is to make a life in this alternate world, he is shot down very quickly. As Margot makes her way back to the camp to see one of the house’s inhabitants feeding in a way that will haunt her dreams, more truths start coming to the surface for the rest of the group.

As a feeder makes its way into camp and tries to get any memories out of Lacey that it can, Dylan is in shock seeing his wife lying dead on the ground and is ready to take action. Seeing that J.T. was left alive, he now knows that the young man is part of the house as well and puts him down. Heading into the corn maze, Dylan leads Margot and Jules through to get to the house, dispatching of anyone that gets in their way. Arriving at the house, Dylan sends the women through and decides to stay behind to take care of the business of ending this hell on earth. Not really getting his chance as Mr. Sleator is able to get past him and enter the house as well, Jules and Margot are forced once again to live their nightmares inside of the house to get back home. Getting out of the No-End House and telling the future meals to head back, the two best friends have no idea what is following them, much less what their memories will do to them next.

This has got to be my favorite episode of the series thus far since you get to see how far the feeders will go to get their next meal. I really wish that they showed a little more feeding in this episode, mainly because there was a mom calling her kids to dinner, and we did not get to see it. The only thing that I did not like about the episode as a whole is J.D.’s name being changed to J.T., not really confusing as we know who he is, but come on. Jules was a wreck throughout the episode and the house seems to know exactly where to get her. The short-lived relationship between Margot and Seth was fun and while I am not one for an added love story, I wish it could have gone a little further. The venture through the house again was even darker and creepier than the first one, as combined fears are being shown. I cannot wait to see what happens in the real world as there is a new person a year removed from this earth looking to make his presence known. Stay Scared.

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