Titans Season 4 Episode 8 Dick & Carol & Ted & Kory
With Dick and Kory at risk of falling victim to the spell of Caul’s Folly, Bernard and Tim attempt to crack the town’s mystery before it’s too late.
It picks up, for instance, having almost forgotten what happened at the end of Episode 7. Dick and Kory wake up in bed together, in matching pajamas, in an idyllic little house in Caul’s Folly. The last time we saw Dick he was getting tased and arrested in front of the gawping townsfolk. Now he’s someone else entirely?
Titans Season 4 Episode 8 Recap
Who are Ted and Carol?
This is the hook of the episode. Ted and Carol are Dick and Kory. They haven’t just woken up with similar PJs, but in a house with a history they’ve apparently shared together. There are photographs of them on the mantel. They have matching cars outside. The other residents of Caul’s Folly seem to know them as Ted and Carol.
Throughout this episode, Dick and Kory almost become Ted and Carol. Which is, again, the point. It’s integral to the very nature of Caul’s Folly as an interdimensional bank vault for a mystical artifact that’ll herald the return of a demon.
Speaking of which, Mother Mayhem and Brother Blood picked that up the very same morning. The former gave a sermon at the church while the latter plunged his hand into a vat of bubbling lava to withdraw the horn. After stoking the townsfolk into a murderous frenzy about “the heretic”, aka Rachel, they left, this stage of their mission accomplished.
How does Caul’s Folly control its citizens?
When Dick and Kory drive into town, they stop by the diner and Megan slips them a note. Outside, she explains what’s going on.
It’s the music. That’s how all the citizens of Caul’s Folly are brainwashed. They have little receivers implanted behind their ears connected directly to their hippocampus. There are speakers all over the place. Eventually, the music that is constantly pumped out wipes away your entire identity. Dick and Kory, who were implanted with the receivers when they were unconscious, are on a ticking clock. Pretty soon, they’ll literally become Ted and Carol, their real identities irretrievable.
Megan and her dad know all this because they’re deaf. They can communicate via lip reading, so nobody else knows. This keeps them safe and protected, but both are pretty keen to leave, especially since Megan’s brother William is trapped outside of Caul’s Folly.
As it happens, William is with Tim and Bernard, who are trying to communicate with the others by sending sound waves through dimensions.
Titans
Season Number: 4
Episode Number: 8
Episode Title: Dick & Carol & Ted & Kory
Air Date: Apr 13, 2023
Language: English
Subtitle Language: English
Source: Titans.2018.S04E08.1080p.WEB.H264-CAKES