Leather & Lark

Lark is having pastries and coffee with her friend Rose, who is a circus performer with the Silveria Circus. Before Rose leaves, she tells Lark that she is happy for her, but Lark cannot return the sentiment, because she blames Lachlan’s brother, Fionn, for Rose’s decision to leave with the circus. Lark and Rose hug, and Rose departs.

When Lark returns to her apartment, her mom calls to tell her that Aunt Ethel has died. Lark promises to come to the assisted living facility, then calls Lachlan to tell him about Ethel. He comforts her and tells her that he loves her. Lark tells Lachlan that she loves him too.

Lark calls an Uber, but before it can arrive, Bentley’s growl alerts her that Abe Midus is in her living room. Lark runs but is knocked to the ground and hits her head, and Abe injects her with something. Bentley attempts to protect Lark, and as Lark falls into unconsciousness, her last memory is of Abe focusing on Bentley. 

Lachlan arrives at the Shoreview Assisted Living facility. While Damian and Nina Covaci are there, Lark is not. Lachlan texts and calls Lark but receives no answer. Conor calls Lachlan and tells him that he found something important in Stan Tremblay’s videos. Conor sends him a photo of a man standing over Stan’s body and holding one of Lachlan’s tools. Lachlan recognizes the man as Abe Midus. He tells Damian and Nina to wait at the assisted living facility but describes Abe Midus to Damian. After hearing the description, a nearby nurse asks if they are looking for Steve, who was a temporary nurse at the facility.

Lachlan calls Fionn, and he, Fionn, and Rose go back to Lark’s apartment. When they get there, Lachlan finds Bentley gravely injured and orders Fionn to save the dog. Lachlan realizes that Abe has been watching from across the street, and Rose insists on going with him to search despite Fionn’s protests. Rose tells Fionn she loves him, and he is stunned but does not return the sentiment aloud.

Rose and Lachlan break into the apartment across the street and find evidence of Abe’s obsessions. While searching the apartment, they discover that Abe Midus is really Abe Mead and deduce that he must be related to Harvey, the serial killer whom Rowan and Sloane killed. Rose spots a map on the wall depicting Portsmouth; they take the map and run out of the apartment.

Lark wakes in darkness. She is disoriented from her injury and the drug. Terrified, she explores her surroundings and finds a window. When she pounds on it, Abe finally takes the shade off the window and turns on the light. Lark realizes that she is in a rotary batch oven. Abe tells her that she gave him the idea to kill her in this fashion; he states that whether she escapes will be up to her husband. Suddenly, Lachlan arrives, and Abe tells him that he put a bomb in Rowan’s car and that Lachlan must now choose between Lark and Rowan. Abe tries to make Lachlan choose, but Lark tells Lachlan that she loves him and urges him to save Rowan.

The oven fan turns on just as Lark hears the sound of a gunshot. Rose and Lachlan try to break open the oven as it heats up. Lachlan shoots out the glass, and they drag Lark out. Lark sees Abe’s lifeless body. Rose already contacted Rowan and Sloane; they were able to get away from their car and the bomb. Lachlan angrily tells Lark never to force him to “not choose [her]” (367). They hug, and Lachlan promises never to let Lark go.

Lark and Lachlan are now at Leander’s home, and she signs the paperwork for the Covaci contract. Lark has brought beer for Leander from her brother-in-law’s brewery, and they all have a bottle. Leander toasts Lachlan’s official retirement and implies that he will miss Lachlan. They talk about the future, and then Leander passes out because Lark has drugged his beer.

Lachlan and Lark drive home, and Rowan texts to ask where they will celebrate Christmas morning. This causes Lark to ask about Fionn, resulting in an uncomfortable moment. Lachlan is extremely nervous as they get closer to the apartment and tells her that he has an early birthday present for her. He gives her clues until she finds the safe behind the Constantine poster. Inside are her trophies, along with the heart of Dr. Louis Campbell, which is suspended in resin. Lark tells Lachlan that it is the best present she has ever received. There are two more items in the safe: an itinerary for a honeymoon to Indonesia and divorce papers.

When Lark turns around, Lachlan is on one knee. He tells her that he wants her to choose the future she truly wants. When she tosses the itinerary behind her, Lachlan panics, but then she rips the divorce papers in half. She tells him that she is in love with him and forbids him from ever giving her divorce papers again. She tells him that she chooses him, and he puts the ring on her finger. They kiss.

Rose looks at Abe Mead, who lies dead on the floor. She focuses on Lachlan and Lark, who are wrapped around each other, and Rose hopes that this will be the last big moment of trouble for them. Rose glances down at her shirt. There is a small hole and a few drops of blood, but Rose can feel the bullet. She lies down on the floor, but no one notices. Fionn bursts in, calling her name, but it gets quieter and quieter. In the final moments before she loses consciousness, she sees Fionn in the distance.

Lark and Lachlan are now on their honeymoon in Indonesia, and Lachlan has just returned from scuba diving. Lachlan puts his wedding ring back on, and he and Lark take a shower together. She tells him that she gets angry every time he takes his wedding ring off. Lachlan reminds her that he also had a gold star tattooed on his ring finger. Lark and Lachlan have sex on top of the ripped divorce papers.