The Secret Circle

Previously on "The Secret Circle"...

My sweet Cassie, you finding this means I'm gone,

and for that I am so sorry.

I didn't want you to have this life,

but destiny's not easy to run from.

Hi. I'm Diana.

- You seen her yet? - She got in yesterday.

- We're different. - You're different.

You're a witch. You're a full-blooded 100% witch.

Here we have real power now.

A complete circle is 6.

You complete the circle.

She's got the gift.

You can get Cassie to do what we need?

The circle will take care of that without even knowing it.

Possession. Demons need human form to be fully active.

And now that the demon has possessed Nick.

I need a new body. Yours'll do fine.

You know what we have to do.

Drowning the demon is the only way to save him.

== sync, corrected by elderman ==

Good morning.

Baking some things for Nick's wake tomorrow.

Grandma, there was a guy in Nick's yard last night.

It must have been his older brother Jake.

I didn't even know Nick had a brother.

Jake left town a couple years ago.

He was a troubled young man back then.

And now he's lost his brother.

We bound that circle with no clue what we were doing,

a-and look what's happened.

Maybe it's for the best that it's broken now.

It's not, Cassie.

The circle is still bound.

But Nick's gone.

The ceremony you did doesn't just bind you to each other.

It binds you to each other's bloodlines.

Wait. Do you mean Nick's brother?

Yeah. Circles were designed to last

and to protect witches and non-witches.

Ok, I can't deal with this right now.

You have to know to stay safe.

How did this happen?

I know it's a lot,

but you're stronger than you realize.

Your lineage goes back to the very beginning of witchcraft, Cassie.

It's more powerful than any of the others,

and you were born with the responsibility

to lead and protect your circle.

Honey.

Hey, daddy.

I'm gonna go in to the office for a few hours today.

I won't be long.

What's that?

People are bringing photos of Nick to the wake.

I didn't think I had any.

We weren't great friends.

Then I remembered this.

That's me and Nick, isn't it?

Yeah, when Nick was little,

he used to come and look at the boats.

Sometimes I'd take you both out for a spin.

I remember.

He loved it, but he was scared.

He just clung to your arm.

I don't understand.

That's his whole life?

That's all he gets?

I wish I had answers for you, but...

Hey.

How you doing?

Ok, thanks.

- I'll put these in the kitchen. - Oh.

You guys are putting all this together?

Nick's aunt left town to stay with family.

There's no one else.

Well, his brother Jake is in town,

and we need to talk about him.

- Jake's back? - Mm-hmm.

He's not gonna miss his brother's funeral, Adam.

Yeah, he would.

Guy didn't care about anyone but himself.

He's really that awful?

He used to work at the boathouse.

My dad gave him a job when no one else would,

and then he robs the place one night after work.

He stole everything my dad had.

They almost lost the boathouse.

Adam hasn't forgiven him for that.

No.

What were you gonna say about Jake?

He completes the circle.

Amy Leone stood up in English lit yesterday

and read this tragic poem she wrote about Nick,

something about thorns and a rose or vine.

Horrid.

The whole thing was pretty hilarious.

Yeah.

- Oh, my God. - What?

Jake Armstrong is here.

Adam.

I heard you and your dad were holding the wake here.

Just wanted to stop by and say I appreciate that.

Um, we're glad to do it.

That's great.

No reason for you and me to get

bogged down in ancient history, right?

Like I said, we're glad to do it.

Hey, neighbor.

Uh...

Yeah. Uh...

Hey.

I'll see you guys around.

What was that about?

You know him?

No. Not at all.

Thank God he didn't see me.

I have had an outfit planned for this day for the last 2 years,

and this was not it.

I thought you were past all that.

He treated you like such crap.

Exactly.

And now I need to make him regret it.

Yeah. That sounds like a great plan, Faye.

I gotta go.

Melissa.

I know you miss Nick. We all do.

But you can't spend the rest of your life

lying on your bedroom floor, listening to depressing music.

It's been 2 days, Faye.

I apologize for not calling first.

No problem.

I'm gonna make some tea.

I have grief counselors coming to the school,

but it's hard to make sense of such a senseless accident.

Nick's death wasn't an accident.

The police say he drowned.

Nick was killed by a demon.

A demon?

The children have bound their circle.

They released a demon from Heather Barnes.

Nick was its next host.

He died trying to drown it.

The circle is bound?

Oh, my God.

That could have been Faye.

Are you gonna talk to the elders?

Have them strip the children of their powers?

No. They need it to protect themselves.

Can I count on your help to watch over them?

Of course.

Thank you.

There is no way I am gonna let Jake be a part of this circle.

According to my grandmother, it's not up to us.

He is by virtue of his bloodline.

That doesn't mean we have to tell him.

Don't we want to?

You don't know him like we do.

He's hurt a lot of people.

You can't just replace Nick with Jake.

It isn't right.

I'm sorry. I know how hard this must be.

Does he even know about us

or that he's part of the circle?

I doubt it.

He left before I found the book,

before Nick knew. If we let him leave,

he takes his power with him.

It's either bring Jake into the circle

or leave ourselves vulnerable.

Who died and made you queen witch?

Sorry.

What is that?

What's going on?

Is something burning?

Damn it.

Who would do this?

Oh, my God. It's coming straight for the house.

We can put it out. Come on.

No air for fire...

No air for fire.

No air for fire.

No air for fire.

No air for fire.

Oh, my God.

Look.

What the hell?

What is that?

It looks like a Crescent moon.

Wait. Who could have done this?

Could be Jake trying to scare us.

He doesn't know about us.

Someone obviously does.

And they burnt this symbol to prove it?

That doesn't make any sense.

Grandma.

Cassie.

There was a fire at the abandoned house.

Was anyone hurt?

No. We put it out,