The Burning Woods (Episode)

The Burning Woods is the first episode of season two. Content warnings: jump scares, creepy noises, wolves, implied gore.

The transcript can be found here.

Episode Description
Some things burn. Some things do not. Lily makes a new friend.

Summary
The episode takes place the night after the episode Night in the Woods.

It opens with a flashback to Lily's childhood. She is running through the woods at night with her friend Joey. They are heading towards the Witch's Altar, and Joey tells Lily a story about it; how there was a coven of witches in Mount Absalom who performed sacrifices in the woods, how townsfolk eventually decided to burn the woods in order to stop the witches. When the fire burnt itself out two days later, the bodies of the witches were found laid out around the altar - all except one; the Witch King.

The story is interrupted several times by knocking sounds, and Lily is woken up by Abbie because there is someone at the front door.

After hurrying to Dot's room to make sure she's okay (waking her in the process), Lily goes downstairs to find Chester outside, in his capacity as a voluntary fire fighter.

Post-Credit Fact
The last recorded fire in the woods in Mount Absalom was in 1996, the year Major League soccer made its debut in America and Oprah began her book club. It was also the year Grant, Dot's uncle and the previous caretaker of Fenwood House, died.

Cast

 * Clarisa Cherie Rios as Lily
 * Marsha Harman as Dot
 * Mark Soloff as the Old Man
 * Pat King as Chester
 * Symphony Sanders as Young Lily
 * Hilary Williams as Joey

Crew

 * Writer: Jim McDoniel
 * Sound design: Ryan Schile
 * Director: Jeffrey Nils Gardner
 * Music composer: Stephen Poon
 * Recording engineer: Mel Ruder
 * Lead sound designer: Ryan Schile
 * Executives Producers: Eleanor Hyde and Jeffrey Gardner
 * Theme performed by:
 * Stephen Poon
 * Lauren Kelly
 * Gunnar Jebsen
 * Travis Elfers
 * Mel Ruder
 * Betsey Palmer