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Ave Maria! maiden mild!
Listen to a maiden's prayer!
Thou canst hear though from the wild,
Thou canst save amid despair.
Safe may we sleep beneath thy care,
Though banish'd, outcast and reviled -
Maiden! hear a maiden's prayer;
Mother, hear a suppliant child!
Ave Maria!

Ave Maria! undefiled!
The flinty couch we now must share
Shall seem this down of eider piled,
If thy protection hover there.
The murky cavern's heavy air
Shall breathe of balm if thou hast smiled;
Then, Maiden! hear a maiden's prayer;
Mother, list a suppliant child!
Ave Maria!

Ave Maria! stainless styled!
Foul demons of the earth and air,
From this their wonted haunt exiled,
Shall flee before thy presence fair.
We bow us to our lot of care,
Beneath thy guidance reconciled;
Hear for a maid a maiden's prayer,
And for a father hear a child!
Ave Maria!

The very next word in the song is "maiden." "Ave Maria! Jungfrau mild" or, in English, "Hail Mary! maiden mild!" Shea is the Maid of Honor. (In more ways than one.)

Shea's relationship with Abby and the mythology behind Wakefield is central to the story. Shea views Wakefield as a moral crusader seeking to punish those who bore false witness, stole, and committed acts of violence against an innocent man. On his return, Wakefield aimed to exact revenge against every person who had wronged him. And finally he would be reunited with Abby, his daughter. At this point, Abby would be judged. Was she still the pure, innocent who Wakefield had lost or had she been polluted by the Sheriff and the immorality on the island?

It was a pivotal question which never came to pass. Wakefield's 'crusade' ended prematurely at the hands of the Sheriff. There were still those who needed to be punished (like the Sheriff) and there was still the matter of reconciliation with Abby.

Shea is finishing what Wakefield started. She will examine people's sins and those sins will be made to lead the sinners to their deaths. This isn't about many, random killings. This is about exacting moral judgment.

Abby is a critical final piece to the puzzle. She is the blood relation to Wakefield. She will ultimately be in a position to judge Shea's actions. Will Abby see the beauty, reverence and moral rectitude in Shea's major production? Abby's approval could be seen as a tacit approval from Wakefield himself. But, also, there's the same question as before: Has Abby been polluted? Has she crossed over from a Wakefield to a Mills? This drama will all come to a head at the end the show.



"No matter what happens, let's not forget we have eachother," says Richard, giving Shea his hand which she kisses. "We are a family, and we will get through this."

Trish can no longer stomach Richard's hypocrisy. "Shut up, Richard. Not another word. You lying, cheating son of a bitch! Dad knew you betrayed him!"

"Richard, what is she talking about?" asks Shea, craddling an awake Madison.

Trish won't even spare the news from Madison. "He's cheating on you, Shea... With her..." Trish looks over to Mrs. Wellington.

Richard later explains to the Sheriff that he's been with Katherine Wellington for six weeks. "I knew what I was doing," says Richard. "It was my way of getting back at Wellington."

When Mrs. Katherine Wellington is interviewed, she hands over a slew of Wakefield articles in a briefcase she imagines to be Richard's, but is more likely to be his wife's, Shea. Meanwhile, Shea is manipulating her daughter in a way only she knows how, dropping where Madison's friend JD is and how to find the key, and watching Madison as she follows the bait.

Shea confides in Trish that she's been awakened to a reality she had not earlier seen. She saw Richard (and others) in an immensely positive light, but now it's been revealed that Richard (and others) are "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde[s]," superficially good people with deeply evil secret lives.




At night, Richard talks to his lawyer on the phone while looking at Madison, his daughter, through a window. "I'm not sure what Shea is going to do. She's been pissed."

Richard has betrayed his wife, Shea. He's stabbed her in the back, pierced Shea's heart, and now his final moral crime is to pull Madison, Shea's daughter, away from her.

"I don't care for the money. Okay, but I want you to fight for share custody of..." Shea shoots a harpoon through Richard's back, piercing his heart, and giving Richard the morbid awareness of seeing his shattered heart.

And as Richard groans, "Madison," the person Richard wishes to pull away from Shea, Richard himself is pulled away from Madison forever.

This is the most personal of Shea's killing, and the killing itself demonstrates what this murder spree is all about. Peeling back the positive superficial appearances, finding people's moral faults, and doling out the appropriate punishment where a person's sins speak out and act against him or her.