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Summary Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde Journey

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It’s the morning after the night before for our young Dr Jekyll this week, well three mornings after the night before to be precise, it takes some time to sleep off the excesses that he experienced during his transformation as Mr Hyde it seems. The prolonged rest may have been responsible for his miraculous recovery, but his apparent disappearance has also started to concern a number of people in the capital. Bulstrode, head of MIO, is furious with his agents for allowing him to slip through their fingers so shortly after arriving in the UK. He has plans for the ‘monster’ that is Mr Hyde, and he doesn’t expect his team to be this sloppy when the stakes are high. The news of Tenebrae’s shenanigans in Ceylon has made its way back to London, so the mission has been developed into one that will include a trap for the deranged Captain Dance as well as Robert himself. The Captain succeeds in staying one step ahead thus far however, there’s definitely some brains in that crazy ole head of his…I’m not quite sure what in going on under that shirt of his mind, but it’s a tad on the creepy side! …show more content…

So when he returns to his office, with a curious Lily in tow, the four decide to explore Henry Jekyll’s home for clues to Robert’s past. The old Victorian house is suitably spooky and decrepit for a Halloween weekend episode, and comes complete with dire warnings of apocalyptic doom from a very familiar faced tramp that has made its doorstep his home for the night. They’re going to need more than a psychic beggar with a colander on his head to get to the bottom of this mystery

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