He Dumped Her and I Shot Her and the Whole Thing Got Weird-Haven 4X01

We see Duke, sprawled on the floor of the Barn trying to figure out where Audrey is. There are black holes on the walls and he goes down one of them and wakes up in an aquarium. In Boston. 6 months later. What?

It's a Magic Trick! But...the opposite

And it's not a Haven episode unless Duke is arrested (or threatened to be). He attempts to explain his insane story to the cop and then finds out that Haven thinks he's dead. Does Haven not watch TV? A strange man showing up in a tank would make at lease the regional news right? Anyways, our new character for the season, Jennifer shows up and it turns out she's Troubled. And has been listening to Duke and company's conversations starting about oh, say, 6 months ago. She breaks him out of the hospital and Duke calls Vince and Dave to let them know he's alive.

Goddammit I want to know about Oprah

Then the two set off to find Nathan, who left Haven in fear of the Guard. They mange to find him at a biker bar taking money for people to hit him. Oh Nathan. So Broody. There's a moment where I couldn't decide if Nathan was going to punch Duke or what, but that hug was pretty great.

If this look is how Nathan chooses to handle his grief...I'm okay with that

And we meet up with Audrey, I mean Lexie, as a bartender somewhere. She meets Colin Ferguson who is seemingly a nice guy in a bar of skeezy dudes.

The threesome's return to Haven goes just about how you'd expect. The Guard is pissed at Nathan and shows up immediately, along with Sheriff Dwight.  Nathan tells them about his heartbreaking plan to get rid of the troubles for good.  And then a tornado shows up. Clearly, the troubles never left.

Haven decided to grow all the beards

Now it's been so long since the finale, is it that the Troubles go away only if Audrey is in the barn? Or only if Audrey is not in Haven? I honestly can't remember. Anyway, the Guard tries to tie up Nathan somewhere while they find Audrey, but Dwight wants him to help out around the town. I get why the Guard is so pissed. He did try to stop the Troubles from going away last season, but Nathan is offering up his life for this town and the Troubled. And he saved her life. He clearly cares, so let him help.

Back at the bar, a creepy looking guy tries to hold Lexie hostage at a table with a gun. Creepy guy and Colin Ferguson have it out in the middle of the bar, saving Lexie.


So the weather is weird and terrible in Haven, so the first suspect is Marianne. In a great throwback to the pilot, Nathan and company go to see her. When he gets to her, her whole house is frozen out of grief for Conrad. Nathan does his thing, mentioning that he learned it from Audrey (ugh feels) and saves the day. He decides to stay on to help Haven PD while he looks for Audrey.

Returning to the bar, we learn that Colin Ferguson knows who Lexie is. Or used to be. Or whatever. Anyways, they need to discover her identity to save a lot of people.

I know that Audrey isn't really Audrey, and I don't know how we are going to get her back to Audrey without her being everyone else she's ever been. And I don't know if the show is going there, but I can't see an emotionally satisfying ending without the whole Nathan/Audrey relationship being addressed somehow. At least, more than last season.

Thoughts and theories? Is Nathan Audrey's true love? Any guesses on who Colin Ferguson is?