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Moonhaven Season 1 Episode 2 Recap “The Detective”

Don’t miss Celebrity Myxer’s recap of Moonhaven Season 1 Episode 2 “The Detective.” Bella wants to get back to Earth, but must wait for Paul and Arlo to untangle a knot. Here’s what you missed!

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Watch Moonhaven Season 1 Episode 2 “The Detective”

Previously on Moonhaven Season 1 Episode 1 Series Premiere, a murder on Moonhaven puts Earth’s last hope in jeopardy. During what should be a routine cargo loop to the Moon, pilot Bella Sway finds herself the subject of detective Paul Sarno’s investigation.

Warning… Spoilers below!

On Moonhaven Season 1 Episode 2, Bella restlessly dreams of Tomm and the girl she chased to the tree outside of Moonhavens gates. For the second time, Bella wakes disoriented and unsure of where she is, finally realizing she’s on a tent on a dock in the middle of the water. Meanwhile, Indira prepares for a meeting.

Planetary Unrest

On the moon, Indira meets with world leaders and discusses what they think happened. For them, it looks like Bella tried to kill Tomm, the envoy’s bodyguard. The world leaders are worried that Terra, a terrorist group from Earth, is infiltrating Moonhaven and turning the Lunars against them.

Indira is sure that the Lunars are devoted to the future of humanity, and that the troubles will be resolved before the first wave is sent to Earth. She’s also confident that council chair Maite will step down, though she has so far refused. Out of the meeting, Indira looks defeated.

In a publicity video shown on Earth, a video explains why change is so important, and introduces IO, the solutions-based artificial intelligence that will solve Earth’s problems. At the end of the video, a voice asks “what will the bridge mean to you?”

Frustration and Family

In the early morning, Paul wakes and finds his lover in bed with Fritz, the fireman. Taking Arlo’s advice, he heads out into the forest barefoot and strips down, reveling in the smallness of his existence. When he returns, he talks to his oldest son Wish about leaving on the bridge.

When Paul heads out for work, his lover stops him and warns him of the danger Bella brings. She offers him her hands, and they “gleam,” holding hands and expressing emotions of love to each other. Paul is surprised at the depth of love she still has for him, despite Fritz.

At Bella’s tent on the water, she almost knocks Paul out with a chair and demands to know where she is. He claims he brought her there to keep her safe, but Bella is extremely angry about being imprisoned on the water. She lies to Paul about what happened on the ship.

Paul thinks that someone was trying to steal the Singer, the drug Tomm was injected with. Little does he know that Bella was the original smuggler, and she had nothing to do with Strego’s murder. Tomm, who she assumed was dead, has been revived by IO though his mind is gone.

Tranquility and Terror

Frustrated, Indira finds council chair Maite detailing her flowers in another room. Indira explains that Icon wants this cleaned up and taken care of. They blame the escaping Mooner for the violence, but Maite is suspicious of Bella and claims there is no one to speak for the dead.

As Maite begins to sing again, Indira demands that she step down so that the bridge is not postponed. Maite, who holds one of the keys to IO, refuses to even consider stepping down and threatens Indira with leaking the trouble, sure that the mess belongs to Earth, not the moon.

Bella, who managed to escape her water tent, swims to a neighboring one and sails towards land in the boat left behind. On Indira’s ship, Paul and Arlo investigate Strego’s body and the mess left behind. Paul is learning to use logic, while Arlo is caught up in the emotion of it all.

Arlo is also sure that Earthers are dangerous and violent and wonders if this could all be connected to the death of Chill Spen. Paul wonders why Strego cut his satellite out, what he was trying to hide, and wonders if they’ve ever had a soul as lost as Bella.

Searching and Finding

Searching for her ship, Bella paddles around the Sea of Tranquility while Arlo and Paul investigate it in a small cove off the sea. Next, Paul and Arlo visit Asus and ask her about the relationship between Chill and Strego, who were in love before their deaths.

Asus admits that Strego often worried about the Bridge and how the Earthers and Lunars would cohabitate after the joining. She also gives the officers a carved box Chill kept for Bella. She warns them to stop thinking of the dead and start helping the living.

After landing somewhere in the forest, Bella witnesses a ceremony performed by the Lunars. When Paul and Arlo visit Indira, they find Tomm healing under IO’s protection. Indira asks about Bella, and Paul reveals that he trusts her. Indira explains that true evil has never set foot on the moon.

She also admits that Icon is worried about Terra, the terrorist organization from Earth, disrupting the Bridge and slowing the futures progress. Wandering the forest, Bella is surrounded by Lunars, who say they mean her no harm, but she must stop running.

Deduction

Once Bella has been brought in, Paul studies her memories and the information they have on her. He watches her history as a soldier and is shocked by the violence and danger she was constantly immersed in. Next, he searches her backpack and rewatches her initial police interview.

When Bella wakes, Paul interviews her again. He’s found the footage of her talking to Jatey about smuggling the Singer to Earth. Since she lied and potentially killed someone, the council of Moonhaven will decide her fate. Before leaving, Paul gives Bella Chill’s locked box.

At her trial, Bella stands before Maite and the council of Moonhaven. Sitting in a circle, Paul explains that Bella has confessed to smuggling, but there is nothing that proves that she hurt or killed anyone. Next, the council discusses Bella’s fate and motives.

When the council is about to decide Bella’s punishment, Paul steps up to speak for her. He admits that while Bella has a dark heart and has killed, been captured, and tortured, her mother and sister were Lunars therefore Moonhaven is responsible for her healing.

Emotions and Belonging

Maite is not so sure of Paul’s point, especially when Bella says she has no connection to Moonhaven or its people. He convinces the council by claiming that if they cannot heal Bella Sway, how can they hope to heal Mother Earth with the Bridge?

Paul offers to bear responsibility for Bella’s actions, shelter her in his home and make healing her a priority. Maite accepts Paul’s charge and welcomes Bella into Moonhaven and Paul’s family. Bella less than excited about the prospects, tells Paul she’s joined his cult.

Paul is incensed at Bella’s attitude and her lying. He calls her a coward, telling her that she owes him for lying and that she can pay him back by helping him save Moonhaven. Afterward, he takes her to a projection of her sister Chill, who has all of Chill’s memories and feelings.

Bella approaches her sister for the first time and speaks to the projection. Chill recognizes Bella, although they’ve never met, and Bella tells her they have the same mother. Chill can’t understand that Bella is her blood sister, and Bella apologizes for not getting to her in time.

Yearning

At Pauls, Bella is an outcast and a dangerous one. Fritz, Lone, and the children keep well away from her, and she tells Paul she’s brought trouble into his home. Paul explains that Fritz is knitting into his family because he yearns for Lone, Paul’s lover, so he already has problems at home.

When Bella distractedly looks up at the sky, Paul can tell she yearns for Earth. Bella tells Paul the entire story of what happened on the ship, including Tomm and Strego’s connection. He admits that there is an agent from Earth on Moonhaven, and he can’t be sure it’s not her.

Bella gets Paul to promise to let her return to her ship if she offers her help, and he agrees. Messing around with the locked box, Bella finds a compartment that perfectly fits her dog tags and gets the box open. Inside are Bella’s mother’s belongings, including a video transmission.

On the transmission, Paul and Bella find a recording of Chill before she died. In the video, Chill claims that the Bridge is a trap, and Moonhaven was never about saving the Earth. She promises her sister Asus that everything she did was for her before the video cuts out.

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Air Date: July 7, 2022

Moonhaven Cast

  • Emma McDonald as Bella Sway
  • Dominic Monaghan as Paul Serno
  • Joe Manganiello as Tomm Schultz
  • Ayelet Zurer as Maite Voss
  • Kadeem Hardison as Arlo Noon
  • Amara Karan as Indira Mare

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Moonhaven Season 1 Episode Guide

Season Episode Title Air Date
1 6 The Seeker” Moonhaven Season Finale August 4, 2022
1 5 Dreadfeel July 28, 2022
1 4 Mada July 21, 2022
1 3 The Envoy July 4, 2022
1 2 The Detective July 7, 2022
1 1 The Pilot” Moonhaven Season 1 Premiere July 7, 2022

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