BWW Recap: When There's a 'Will,' There's a Way on RESURRECTION

Everything continues to get darker and sketcher on RESURRECTION. More secrets from people's pasts are coming out, old "friends" are resurfacing, and more and more questions are being left underanswered. Right from the beginning of tonight's episode, entitled "Will," we get some important information, that Maggie thinks Arcadia some sort of flu or pneumonia has hit Arcadia, but only for the Returned, which is now up to 6. Well 7, but Bellamy hasn't told anyone else about himself other than Jacob. Sheriff Langston shows Bellamy the bone fragment from the factory and explains the connection between the "trucking accident" at the factory and the Returned. Fred knows his mother is hiding something but won't tell him so he trusts Bellamy to take a shot at cracking Margaret. It's nice to see these two playing nicely together! Good job, boys!

Maggie tells Mikey that his fever and concussion are gone, but doesn't quite know what's still wrong with him so she puts him on anti-virals and sends him home with his brother. Carl and Maggie discuss the other Returned while Mikey complains some more. Bellamy stops by the office to drop off some coffee to Maggie. Can they just get together already please?! Bellamy gets a little hostile when Maggie questions if he's talked to his government contacts lately. Hmm suspicious...

By the next scene, Maggie is at Elaine's café, who left her a message after sitting with a crying Barbara for a little while. Barbara is obviously drunk by the time Maggie gets there. Elaine tries to get Maggie to go easy on Barbara, which Maggie gets upset over, but decides to do a shot with her anyway. While Maggie, Elaine, and Barbara are having fun together, we see Fred sitting at home, sadly eating a sandwich for dinner. Elaine leaves the two girls alone and things take a turn for the depressing. Barbara apologizes for everything and Maggie tells her despite everything that happened, she likes her the more she hangs out with her. Barbara then goes over to Fred's with a whiskey piece offering and the two end up kissing. I know they were married and what not, but I couldn't help feeling a little strange watching that happen. Was it just me? After waking up in bed with Barbara, Fred reminisces about their younger days together. Margaret goes to invite Fred to breakfast and is severely surprised to find Barbara at his house. Although she puts on a smile, it's pretty clear she aint happy.

Bellamy stops by to "check up" on Margaret, who can see right through his excuse. He bluntly brings up the bones found in the factory and she refuses to tell him anything. Bellamy tells her that "the Returned have a habit of picking up secrets" to which she responds by snidely commenting that he "should know quite a bit about secrets." Uh oh, she knows he's a Returned! Finally someone else knows that Margaret isn't as sweet as she lets on.

After Bellamy tells Maggie that maybe the government is better equipped to study the bones, Maggie realizes he was the one who tipped the government off in the first place. Rightfully so, she storms out. Oh no, trouble in paradise for Martgie!

Maggie checks up on Jacob to make sure he hasn't caught what the other Returned have. Even though she claims she's fine, Henry can tell she isn't. She checks up on Margaret as well, who is virus free. She confesses that she's nervous about the newly reunited Barbara and Fred. When Maggie visits them, Fred is in much higher spirits than he usually is. Fred explains that although things can't be like they used to, he and Barbara can still be friends. Seems like they pulled a Gwyneth Paltrow/Chris Martin and "consciously uncoupled."

Tom, who has decided to call his new church "The New Life Church" on Janine's suggestion, gets home to relax after a long day. Everything seems fine until Janine finds Rachael in her bed completely unresponsive with a bloody nose. Yeah, I don't think it's the flu or pneumonia anymore. They rush her to Maggie, who just got off the phone with Margaret who called to hear any updates on Barbara and Fred.

Bellamy is in his office studying the bone fragments trying to connect the whole story. He gets a call from Maggie telling him all about Rachael telling him they better move quickly or else Jacob is going to get it before it's too late. He calls the Elegant Woman to update her on the virus that seems to be affecting all the Returned. She doesn't show much interest, which Bellamy finds out is because she already knew and she's not doing anything about it. What the hell, Donna Murphy?!

Bellamy goes back to Maggie to take a shower and finds her just getting out of one. Yay for awkward sexual tension! Bellamy fills her in on the connection with the Langston factory fire and admits he did, in fact, turn the bones into the government. He's about to tell her why but she gets a call from the clinic that Rachael needs help.

Mikey has now turned completely blue and is clearly not doing well. Carl at first think it's hilarious, but now sits on the kitchen floor crying, trying to block out Mikey's coughing, but still refuses to do anything. Eventually, Carl doesn't hear anymore coughing and comes to find that Mikey has completely vanished.

Margaret goes over to Fred's house to apologize to Barbara for completely shutting her out while focusing on keeping the family together. Alright, so maybe Margaret isn't too bad. Never mind...Margaret throws some serious shade at Barbara and makes her feel even worse, eventually telling her "we can't change the past, only the future." Thanks, F. Scott Fitzgerald. Margaret tells Barbara that she just needs to let go and physically go, which she immediately does from the park they're sitting in.

At the end of the episode, Bellamy seems to be getting sick - coughing and bleeding - which is obviously not a good sign. Elaine runs to tell Maggie that she saw her mother and grandmother in the park but her mother suddenly vanished. Maggie goes to look at the blood samples taken from Barbara, and finds that, they too are gone. When she gets back to her apartment, she finds a note from Bellamy telling her he's going to look for some answers. The episode ends with Bellamy in the back of his car shaking and coughing profusely.

What is affecting all the Returned? Where are they all going to once they vanish? Is Margaret going to get exposed for her shady past? Keep watching RESURRECTION on ABC to find out!

Photo Credit: Guy D'Alema | ABC

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