Season 1, Episode 5:
Hanged
Penance Adair: "I'm going to the square to stop that hanging. I'm going to save Maladie. That's mad, right? Acting like she's still a child of God. Well, we all are. We all have a soul, no matter what viciousness people are spewing. I am going to pluck Maladie right from out their bigoted claws, and let the world see that the Touched are not here to be slaughtered for show! I have practiced saying this, and I feel sweaty!"
As the city buzzes with anticipation over a pending execution, Penance grapples with a moral calling at odds with Amalia's plan. With the two women at a crossroads, the Orphans must decide whom to follow.
Tropes in this episode:
- False Flag Operation: Lord Massen recruits the Beggar King to cause chaos in the city, in hopes of priming London to accept the control he wants to establish.
- Mask of Sanity: Maladie expertly impersonates the deceased Effie Boyle, showing that her madness is at least as much affectation as it is genuine.
- Muggle Power: Anti-Touched sentiment is peaking on the eve of Maladie's execution.
- Pet the Dog: A disguised Maladie saves Harriet from being trampled by the crowd.
- Start X to Stop X: Said almost verbatim by Lord Massen.
- Super Registration Act: Enacted by the Prime Minister's council, requiring the Touched to register and wear blue ribbons in public.
