Witches of East End Recap: Millicent Fenwick, R.I.P.

Ingrid digs through the Bureau for family secrets, and finds a locked chest full of them. Inside there are countless pictures of her and Freya. And below there is a grimoire. She searches for a spell to save Freya, still trapped in the picture.

Mama Joanna gets booked for the murder of her neighbor. She gets questioned by Adam and claims to not know the symbol he shows her.  He tells her that the victim's wife was lucid and her description correlated with her husbands injuries. Joanna asks for a cigarette.

Ingrid finds a resurrection spell to bring back her aunt.

The man from the painting,  Doug, corners Freya, but she has no knowledge of any past lives. All three women begin chanting, but it doesn't work for Freya. Doug bursts her bubble when he tells here that only the knife will set her free.

Joanna uses the match and cigarette as a means to cast her spell and see's Freya's still alive.

Ingrid's spell works, much to her aunt's dismay. She was coming back on her own. There's a price for a resurrection, every resurrection, and the two women rush to save Freya from her crazy ex.

Freya's crazy ex plans to light the bar on fire and watch her burn. Guy has some issues! No wonder why she didn't want to marry this nutcase. He lights the fire.

Killian thinks he was stood up, by his brother's fiancé. His brother, Dash, comes, and they shoot some pool as he tries to find out why he's there. Dash beats him easily, and Killian leaves.

Wendy tries to clue Ingrid on their past, their curse, and bad luck with men.

Joanna's lawyer comes enter in Mr. Lemke! Finally! They're old friends and he's immortal too!

Freya struggles with her bonds as the picture continues to burn!

Harrison gets Joanna out of jail by calling in a favor from a shady client, if she can raise the bail money. Ok can everyone just be in constant trouble so I can have Anthony Lemke on my TV all of the time? Is that too much to ask?

A quick punch, and Freya cuts her bonds free, falling out of the painting. Killian picks up Freya from the floor. As he kisses her, he turns into Dash. She's not sure how she got out. There's something shady going on. Wendy and Ingrid come rushing in, and Wendy changes into a cat against her will. Ingrid is left to do the chanting alone, but she doesn't have to worry, since Freya is already free. The girls rush off to their mother's side.

Joanna gives Harrison a message to give to Ingrid, but she doesn't quite trust him, even though he knows the truth about him.

Ingrid breaks all the crazy news to Freya. Wendy fills them in further when Ingrid gets the message about the money being with Aunt Marilyn. Digging party!

Dash tracks down Killian. And tries to give him some money to get back on his feet, trying to force him out of town. Killian doesn't accept the money, and Dash isn't happy over his staying. Is it because he's the hotter brother? Or is there something else between them.

A burnt Doug grabs a girl and stuffs her in her own trunk. He calls the shifter and tells it that Freya not only knows what she is but that she escaped.

The girls ask Wendy about their past selves. Freya has always been wild and headstrong, and melodramatic. But Ingrid was never so timid. They finally hit the bottom of the grave and find way more loot that they were expecting. Aunt Marilyn is loaded, and the shifter is not pleased.

Joanna tells the girls that she tried to protect them, that she thought that she could stop the shifter by herself. She tells them that they cannot tell anyone, not even Dash what they are. Freya feels betrayed on the highest level, because of all the years she sensed the truth and Joanna told her differently. Dramatic Freya makes a break for it.

Freya goes straight to Killian. She didn't go to Dash because he makes everything better. She wants to wallow, and so Killian was the obvious choice. Killian'c copping mechanisms are the same as Freya and he tells her that there's only so far she can run. They both decide that she shouldn't be there, but instead of leaving they settle for staring up at the sky.

Ingrid can't stop reading up on the resurrection spell, worried about who will die for her actions. Wendy tries to ease her mind. But regardless of powers or gifts, Ingrid doesn't want to be a witch. She remarks how everything has changed, even the painting, which has since Doug isn't in residence anymore. Lightbulbs go off all over, and they realize that he may have escaped a second picture. They go on the search for Freya.

Freya returns to an empty house, and finds the tub upstairs overflowing. Doug, pushes her under the water. He casts a spell over her still submerged body, but Joanna stops him before he can make it stick. Ingrid pulls Freya out of the water. Joanna and Wendy stick Doug inside of another painting. The ladies bury the painting this time.

The girls look a little rough when they return home, finding Dash on her doorstep. Dash wants to help her out of the mess shes's in. Freya realizes he doesn't run away from problems, he runs towards them and fixes them.

Ingrid does some more reading. Joanna does a different kind of reading, but the cards won't change. Joanna doesn't think she can live through the girls's deaths again. Wendy vows to stay through the fight. The shifter watches the house. She makes the tree outside their home, and it instantly dies.

I'm still a little torn with this series. It is so chock full of potential, and yet it still sits on the cusp of being a Charmed knockoff. What's working is Madchen Amick's fun, free-spirit Aunt Wendy, and Rachel Boston's timid wallflower Ingrid. What I'm not feeling is over the top dramatic Freya. Sorry Jenna Dewan-Tatum. The desire to focus so intently on Freya's straying heart falls flat, the witchiness really is the draw of the show and shouldn't be overpowered by the romance or even the half-hearted special effects.