“If I said I’d lost my way
Would you sympathize?
Could you sympathize?”
~ Echo and the Bunnymen.
December 1888.
Recently engaged to Jo, Theo arrives in Arles on the Christmas Eve train. He makes arrangements for Gauguin to accompany him back to Paris, then visits Vincent in the hospital. Later that night on the train back to Paris, Theo notices that Gauguin has two of Vincent’s sunflower paintings. Meanwhile, word of Vincent’s “antics” have reached Collette, causing her to worry about her daughter’s name and reputation and how the town’s gossip might ruin her courtship with the butcher’s son.
Samira arrives in Seville and learns that Danior, the man who killed her father, is still very much a part of the Gitano community. Isolda warns her that their family has been banished by the “Kris,” and that Samira’s return from Arles will not be accepted.
Meanwhile, both Paulette and Gaby are relieved to hear that the wrong name was reported in connection with Vincent’s attack. Paulette warns Gaby not to tell a soul so that her courtship can continue without a hitch. Now back in Paris, Gauguin fights his way through the crowd and witnesses Prado’s execution, delighing in the spectacle.
