At 3:00 am, Poole Manor fills with phantoms as Dobbs forces the dead to relive their deaths. Sonya witnesses blood-soaked apparitions: Astrid Poole dying in her wedding dress, the grief-stricken first Collin Poole hanging himself, the seventh bride, Johanna Poole, broken at the base of the staircase, and beside her the body of the last Collin Poole—Sonya’s uncle, whose face mirrors her dead father’s.

Sonya reaches for her boyfriend Trey, a lawyer whose family was close to Collin. Her cousin Owen and best friend Cleo join them as Johanna’s death replays on the stairs, Cleo urges everyone not to feed Dobbs with fear and suggests they join hands and sing. Trey begins to sing Foo Fighters’ “The Pretender,” and the others join in a defiant chorus. The house shakes, and lights flicker, but the tormented sounds gradually cease, and the apparitions vanish.

Owen and Trey discuss what they witnessed of Collin’s fall, concluding it was accidental, which brings some comfort. The spirit of Clover—the sixth bride and Sonya’s grandmother—plays upbeat music on a tablet. Over a predawn breakfast, Sonya apologizes for her distress over Collin’s resemblance to her father. Clover responds by playing Elton John’s “I’m Still Standing,” reassuring them all.

At her desk afterward, Sonya speaks aloud to Clover, apologizing for the suffering inflicted on all seven brides and pledging to recover the rings and break the curse. Clover plays Taylor Swift’s “Invisible String,” affirming their connection. Settled at last, Sonya begins her workday.

That afternoon, Sonya takes a break and joins Cleo on the deck with a snack tray. Dobbs slams a door three times overhead, but another door opens to let her pass. On the deck, Cleo mentions sensing the spirit of Jack, a boy who died in the manor over a century ago, playing with the pets earlier.

They discuss how spiritual activity has intensified since they all moved in, and Sonya proposes conducting a thorough house search for clues to breaking the curse. Though Cleo points out that any spirit who knew how to retrieve the rings would have shared it by now, both women commit to the search. They start in Collin’s office, where Sonya accesses his computer while Cleo organizes paper files. Sonya discovers Collin kept detailed records of her entire life—schools, jobs, achievements—along with a calendar marking her birthday and her parents’ significant dates, and a note to contact her written shortly before his accidental death. The discovery moves her deeply.

Sonya decides to continue Collin’s charitable donations in his name and proposes creating a photo gallery in the Gold Room—Dobbs’s main haunt—once the witch is expelled, using the manor’s extensive photo collection. Cleo enthusiastically agrees, and they begin sorting photos in the dining room. When Trey and Owen arrive with dinner, the group eats on the deck while Sonya and Cleo explain their progress.

As the group sorts photos that evening, they discover a box set apart with Johanna’s picture on top. Inside, they find tintypes and miniatures of all seven lost brides, along with wedding photos of Clover and Charlie, and other family images—items that survived when Patricia Poole, who tried to erase Clover from the family history after her death, sent someone to remove evidence.

Sonya vows to include an unflattering photo of Patricia in the gallery as part of the manor’s complete history. Dobbs responds by slamming doors and shaking the chandelier. Sonya yells at the ceiling that the witch is on her way out.

At three in the morning, Sonya wakes and asks to see Dobbs. From their terrace, she and Trey watch the nightly reenactment of Dobbs lifting her arms on the seawall before leaping to her death. Trey theorizes that reliving this violent act is necessary to maintain her grip on the manor—she embraces it as her source of power and claim to being mistress.

The next morning, Sonya works out in the basement gym while the Gold Room servant’s bell rings incessantly. She ignores the noise, finishing her workout in defiance. During a video call with her client, Ryder Sports, executives, they propose expanding the ad campaign with additional local photos. As Dobbs begins banging and ringing the doorbell during the call, Sonya improvises explanations about thunderstorms and old-house electrical issues. When an executive jokes that the manor might be haunted, Sonya casually confirms it. She completes the meeting successfully and begins coordinating the expanded photo shoot, recruiting Trey and Owen into the campaign.

A thunderstorm rolls in that afternoon, and in the evening, Sonya and Cleo enjoy a planned girls’ night and walk outside with the pets. A phantom wolf with red eyes, manifested by Dobbs, blocks their return to the house. When the pets charge the illusion, it dissolves into smoke. Sonya and Cleo realize Dobbs didn’t expect the animals to fight back. They toast their fierce defenders and return inside, declaring it a good day despite the scare.

Sonya completes the mood board for the expanded Ryder campaign and receives company approval. She and Cleo begin a systematic attic search, hoping to find clues to breaking the curse.

Sonya discovers a handsome kidney desk. Inside the drawers, she finds stationery monogrammed for Lisbeth Anne Poole, the fifth bride, along with personal effects and a fountain pen. The magic mirror suddenly appears, and Sonya steps through.

She finds herself in Lisbeth’s bedroom, where a young Lisbeth sits at the desk writing to a friend with news of her engagement—describing a sleigh-ride proposal, her joy at accepting, and her parents’ celebratory toast. As she admires her ring, she senses a presence: first Sonya, then something cold and dark. Though she cannot see them, she feels both and hurries from the room. When Sonya returns through the mirror, she feels more disoriented than usual. Cleo, who had grown worried, helps steady her. Sonya explains she traveled not just through time but to wherever the desk had been—Lisbeth’s bedroom.

Trey and Owen arrive and locate what they believe used to be Lisbeth’s room on the second floor. They decide to return the desk to its original location. Downstairs, Cleo has prepared an elaborate Italian meal, and the four enjoy dinner together. The evening ends peacefully.

After dinner, the group remains on the deck watching the woods turn fiery in the sunset. Cleo proposes a Sunday sail on Owen’s boat, The Horizon, followed by dinner out. That night, Dobbs pounds from the Gold Room above during an intimate moment between Sonya and Trey, but Sonya refuses to let the witch affect them.

The next morning, the four begin a methodical attic search. Cleo discovers a Russian tea tin filled with gemstone marbles and decides to display them in a glass jar. Sonya finds antique baby items in a small dresser. Cleo locates an Art Deco desk perfect for the guest office they’re creating; a key taped underneath opens the locked middle drawer, revealing a red leather diary belonging to Marianne Poole, the third bride, along with pressed flowers from her wedding bouquet. Sonya reads aloud from entries written on the morning of Marianne’s wedding and a final entry written while she was heavily pregnant with twins, full of joy and hope. Marianne died shortly after giving birth. They move the desk downstairs and begin furnishing the guest office.

During their continued search, they find a stack of children’s drawings. Several, signed by Jack, depict Hester Dobbs as a dark figure on the widow’s walk or seawall—the boy clearly witnessed the witch and her nightly death ritual. Sonya decides to create a protective book for the drawings and leaves a new sketchbook and colored pencils on the kitchen island for Jack. Later, she finds the supplies gone, taken by the grateful spirit.

They also find monogrammed silver collar stays, antique lamps, and etched mirrors with flower motifs. Sonya proposes creating display cabinets in the future Gold Room gallery to showcase these everyday items alongside photographs, turning the manor’s history into something honored and celebrated. Despite Dobbs maintaining a red glow around the Gold Room door all day, the group continues undeterred. Owen initially protests the furniture-moving labor but gradually becomes invested, identifying wood types and periods. By late afternoon, they’ve made significant progress in both clearing the attic and establishing the guest office.