Subtitle The Wicker Man -

The island is led by , a woman who claims the ocean is a conscious deity that requires "breath" to keep the tides from swallowing the world. Elias finds Mia quickly, but she isn't a prisoner—she is the island’s "New Moon," a celebrated figure being prepared for a ceremony.

In the modern day, is a man of rigid science, specializing in finding "runaways" who have actually joined cults. He is sent to Osea’s Reach , a jagged, near-inaccessible island off the coast of Cornwall, following a cryptic video from a missing influencer, Mia, who claimed she found "the secret to eternal bloom." The Setting subtitle The Wicker Man

As the sun sets, Elias is not burned. He is placed inside the bone-giant as the tide rises. The horror isn't the flame, but the The islanders stand on the cliffs, singing not to a god in the sky, but to the weight of the water. The island is led by , a woman