Haven S4E11 - "Shot in the Dark" Recap

Seth and Anderson are independent paranormal hunters that call themselves the Darkside Seekers. They are in Haven to investigate a murder in which the victim was missing his heart. Their devices lead them to a house in which they hear noises and a scream. They follow a blood trail and are chased out by some unknown growling creature.

Gloria shows Dwight the body with the missing heart. It appears to have been eaten out by something. While she's talking, Dwight spots Seth and Anderson listening in using surveillance equipment. Seth tells the camera (they film their hunts for a show they run) that the murders seem to have been done by a Rougarou. Dwight comes over to tell them to turn off the camera.

Duke has Jennifer go back to the Herald to try to find information on the connection between Audrey and William. Audrey is still in the hospital recovering from the bullet wound. William is in the next room over. Audrey shares her worry to Vince over the fact that William said they were responsible for creating the Troubles. She thinks it might be true.

Nathan and Duke go to interview Jemma, who was speaking with the last victim when she was attacked. They find Seth and Anderson already speaking with her. They get into a scuffle over the camera, their device starts ringing, and then the lights go out. Jemma is attacked in the dark and by the time they're able to get the lights back on, she is dead in a pool of her own blood. Anderson lies to Duke, saying he didn't manage to film it, but then shows the footage to Seth after Duke leaves. Dwight tricks Seth into revealing how their footage is being uploaded after he tries to blackmail them and tells Nathan that he'll have Jennifer try to hack in.

Dwight figures out that all the victims share the same birthday and Duke panics when he realises that Jennifer has the same birthday. They head to the Haven Herald and find that Jennifer is gone and the office has been torn apart. They decide to strike up a deal with the Darkside Seekers but they reveal that their footage of the Rougarou appears corrupted. The monster looks like a several black pixels but Duke tells Nathan and Dwight that those are the same black orbs that William controls. They go back to the hospital to question William but find that he is gone and Audrey has healed completely.

Jennifer calls Duke and tells him the Rougarou showed up but she was able to escape before it could get to her. She's hiding out at an empty warehouse so the team comes to get her. Dwight has the Darkside Seekers bring their detectors along. It can help to locate the Rougarou but when they get to the warehouse, it detects that Jennifer's book has the exact opposite reading as the Rougarou. Audrey recognises the book as one that she gave to Agent Howard before she came to Haven. When Audrey takes the book from Jennifer, the device stops going off but when Jennifer takes it back, the device resumes beeping. The lights go out and the Rougarou attacks. Jennifer drops the book in the scuffle but picks it back up right as the beast is about to attack. It then explodes into orbs.

The Darkside Seekers head out, promising not to show any of the footage. They now see that what the team does for the Troubled people and the town is really important. They will now go off in search of other strange happenings. Jennifer now sees the Guard symbol, orange and glowing, on the cover of the book but no one else can see it. She opens the book and finds a riddle on the first page.

The Child of Ruin
must find the
Heart of Haven
and summon The Door

The team tries to decipher the riddle's meaning and Jennifer tells them she believes she is the Child of Ruin and that she can summon the door that will send William back to wherever he came from.

Haven airs on Fridays on Syfy at 10PM.