Under a Dark Sun – Season 1 Episode 2 Recap & Review

The Review Geek

10-07-2025

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Episode 2 of Under a Dark Sun starts with Beatrice showing up to meet the businessman, Omar, from Maison Oris. She wants to push through the deal but with Arnaud's death and the murderer still out there, Omar is reluctant to sign.
Still trapped in the casket, Alba tries to escape but to no avail. Instead, she starts to lose consciousness and see surreal flashes. Thankfully, a random guy visiting Arnaud's grave hears her and digs up the casket, saving her before it's too late. We don't see who this guy is but I'm sure we'll learn more about him later!
Alba races back to see Leo, but the traumatic experience has left its mark. She rings her mum and questions her last words, namely about how she 'doesn't know everything.' Alba has never questioned it before but now she wants answers. Her mum admits that she was adopted and she was sworn to secrecy by her father, who wanted her to believe she was part of their family.
Lucie is still rattled after finding the gun and starts to distrust those around her. It doesn't help that Arnaud was actually in debt too. Alongside the 500,000 they already owe, there's another 100,000 that he's hid from everyone. The group he borrowed money from are a rather shady bunch called Grasse Horizon. Once they sign the deal, they'll be able to pay it all back… but right now it seems like a bit of a lost cause given Omar won't sign.
Alba breaks into Beatrice's house and sits at the dining table, threatening them all. She's more determined now than ever before, and she's going to get to the bottom of this.
Police drop by with a warrant to search the estate, but Alba is reminded that she's still the main suspect here. In fact, the lead detective speaks to Alba's father, Thierry, next who brings up her character and how Alba is certainly capable of murder. In fact, he reveals that she's apparently 'done it before'. This is actually true, given 10 years back she was suspected of murder against her boyfriend, a junkie by the name of Dimitri.
At the estate, none of the group are particularly happy about being searched, including Mathieu who badmouths one of the officers in the kitchen.
While the police are busy with the family, Manon does some digging and learns that the Will was actually modified 6 months back. It's unclear exactly what drove Arnaud to change the Will though but it would appear the one person aware of this change was Beatrice, whom their lawyer Jacques told.
With Alba prodding the hornet's nest, the queen hornet, Beatrice, shows up to see Leo and stings him, figuratively speaking of course! She reveals about Arnaud's death and how his mother is responsible for it.
Well, the real person responsible is definitely among us, and out in the fields, Alba almost finds out who. One of the workers, Noor, opens up to her and believes she knows who killed Arnaud. She wants help though and in exchange, she promises to reveal all.
When Alba confronts Beatrice afterwards, she happens to have an envelope full of money. There's 9000 euros there for her, alongside a statement she wants Alba to sign, admitting to murder and turning over Leo to her care.
While this happens, Leo searches through his mum's things and finds the gun inside her bag.
The Episode Review
So did Lucie plant the gun in Alba's bag? Or was it someone else? Is she working with Beatrice or is there another culprit working to take Alba down? We know that Beatrice and Mathieu are desperate to push through this deal with the perfumers but whether Beatrice would really go that far and kill her own husband to make it happen is unclear.
We do see a bit more with the family this time, while Alba has well and truly poked the bear now and it's coming out the blocks roaring and determined to strike back.
The situation involving the casket is a bit contrived and we don't know who that man was that showed up and saved her. It seems very convenient that someone just happened to be there and heard her above the mound of dirt, so hopefully we get some answers around that in the episodes ahead.
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