Ambrose Spellman/Part 1

A Witch in the Attic

Ambrose at the breakfast table

On the morning of October 28th at the breakfast table, Ambrose is reading a book while Zelda reads the newspaper and Hilda is cooking. The family is soon joined by Sabrina, who reveals that she didn't sleep well due to excitement for her upcoming 16th birthday and that a bat broke her window last night. Ambrose is immediately interested and asks if Sabrina wants him to bring it back to life. But Zelda immediately says that they will not need his necromancy. Sabrina, then, asks if she can bury it in the garden and Hilda replies that she can bury it in the Pet Cemetery, near the sundial, before giving her niece a herbal concoction in a jar to purify her body before the Dark Baptism. Ambrose suggests Sabrina not drink it, but Zelda silences him and asks Sabrina to pick a familiar from the register sent by the Council. Sabrina, however, has already decided on summoning her own familiar by using a spell from the Demonomicon.

Ambrose talks to Sabrina

In the cemetery, Ambrose asks Sabrina for a penny dreadful for her thoughts. Ambrose has noticed that something is wrong with his cousin. Ambrose asks if she is having doubts about her upcoming Dark Baptism. Sabrina replies that she is not sure, but Ambrose reassures her by telling her that he too was tense at the time of his initiation. Therefore, he wants to know what she said to her mortal friends; if she is still determined to use the "studying at a posh boarding school in Connecticut" lie. But Sabrina hasn't told her friends that she is leaving yet. She's waiting for the right time. Ambrose says that there will never be a right time and that after the Dark Baptism, Sabrina will finally feel that she belongs and will no longer feel uncomfortable with her dual nature. Sabrina is sad and asks her cousin if you can miss something before you even lose it. Ambrose nods, saying that he has been trapped in the Spellman household for the last 75 years. He constantly misses everything. Ambrose then enters the house, leaving Sabrina to her thoughts.

On the porch of Spellman Mortuary, Ambrose is surfing the net when Sabrina returns from school. The girl is visibly sad and Ambrose tries to comfort her. Sabrina reveals that she told Harvey that she is a witch but forced him to forget with a spell because it was too horrible to bear. Ambrose is worried about his cousin, but he does not know how to help her. Sabrina says that she will find a way. However, she asks Ambrose to help her with a spell later, midnight-ish. Ambrose is happy to help her, appreciating the spooky witching hour chosen for spell casting.

Ambrose and Sabrina hex Principal Hawthorne

In the attic, Sabrina and Ambrose decide how to hex Principal Hawthorne. Ambrose suggests killing him, but she just wants to give him a good scare and adds that the principal is terrified of spiders. Ambrose replies that it will be easy since Hilda's familiars are spiders. The two witches gather the glass cages with the spiders and Ambrose puts Hawthorne's photo that Sabrina ripped from a yearbook in one of the cages, among the spiders. Ambrose and Sabrina begin chanting the spell, conjuring a disturbing vision of spiders crawling all over the body and the room of Principal Hawthorne, causing him great displeasure.

The next morning, Ambrose is reading his book while the Spellman women have breakfast. Sabrina found her familiar the night before, a black cat named Salem. Zelda does not find the name to be appropriate, but Sabrina replies that he named himself. Sabrina then asks if her Dark Baptism can be postponed because of the club she founded at school, creating a little family drama that immediately catches Ambrose's attention, especially when Aunt Zelda asks Sabrina if the reason is that she and Harvey had sex. Sabrina is shocked by the question and denies it, adding that she has reservations about remaining a virgin for the Dark Lord. After all, it's her own body, and she does not want to be part of the Church of Night because of what they did to her parents, angering Zelda even more.

Ambrose suggests Sabrina finds a "Malum Malus"

Outside on the porch, Ambrose tries to comfort Sabrina after the fight with Aunt Zelda. He asks if Sabrina enjoyed the spell they had cast on Hawthorne because the euphoria and the power she tasted will be nothing if she refuses to be baptized. Sabrina is still undecided. Ambrose suggests finding a "Malum Malus". According to whether the translator is a man or a woman, it is the apple of evil or the fruit of knowledge, respectively. Ambrose tells Sabrina to go to an orchard and find the oldest tree to pick an apple from its branch. With a bite, she can have a glimpse of the future.

Ambrose, Hilda, and Zelda discuss an alleged Witch's Mark

Later in the embalming room, Ambrose is working on a recently deceased young man named Connor Kemper. While fixing the corpse, he notices a marking on the corpse's right arm and immediately calls Hilda and Zelda. Ambrose suspects that it is a Witch's Mark because it doesn't bleed when that spot of skin is pierced by a needle. Zelda is not convinced, but both Hilda and Ambrose are pretty sure the dead man was a witch. They decide that they must report to the Council, and Hilda suggests summoning the High Priest.

In the evening, Ambrose is standing by the fireplace when Sabrina returns home and her aunts present the young witch to Faustus Blackwood, the High Priest of the Church of Night.

Ambrose listening Father Blackwood

Ambrose silently listens to Father Blackwood lecturing Sabrina on the Dark Baptism and the underlying concepts of their religion. Before the High Priest leaves, however, Ambrose asks his opinion about the corpse of Connor Kemper in the embalming room. Father Blackwood agrees that it is indeed a Witch's Mark and inquires on the deceased one's parents. Hilda and Zelda reply that he was adopted by two mortals and Father Blackwood takes the opportunity to scare Sabrina about what happens to wayward witches.

At the breakfast table, Ambrose compliments Harvey on his drawings, and the two boys exchange opinions about their love for comics and graphic novels. Ambrose is very much into Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman and Grant Morrison. Harvey invites Sabrina to the bowling alley for the evening after her birthday, and Ambrose silently watches Zelda giving Harvey a death stare.

Ambrose shows the Kempers their son's body

At the Mortuary, Ambrose receives a visit from Mr. and Mrs. Kemper to show them Connor in his coffin. Mrs. Kemper is touched by the care with which Ambrose fixed him, and Ambrose invites them for tea. While pouring the tea, Ambrose asks if there has been any news on the investigation. Mr. Kemper says the police know nothing and they didn't even find out why Connor was in that park in the first place. Ambrose inquires if they have to wait for a large crowd during the wake, but Mrs. Kemper replies that Connor didn't have many friends other than the iguana with whom he used to have conversations with. She could swear that sometimes it seemed to her as if Connor expected the iguana to answer. Ambrose jumps to the conclusion that it is Connor's familiar.

Ambrose asks Zelda about Hilda

Accompanying the Kemper outside, Ambrose watches them leave while Aunt Zelda comes back from the cemetery with a shovel. Zelda reminds Ambrose that they should not meddle in mortals affairs but Ambrose replies that Connor was not a mortal. Ambrose then asks about Hilda. Zelda replies that she annoyed her, so she killed Hilda and buried her in the yard.

At breakfast, Zelda informs Sabrina that she has excused her from Baxter High. Sabrina complains that she has not been able to say goodbye to her friends. Ambrose intrudes in the conversion, wondering if Sabrina will use the excuse of having to move to a "posh boarding school in Connecticut". Zelda suggests sending them a postcard. Since Zelda and Hilda are busy with the preparations of the Dark Baptism, Zelda orders Ambrose to keep an eye on Sabrina.

Ambrose advises Sabrina to forget her mortal friends

In the living room, Ambrose is lying on a sofa reading tarot cards while Sabrina asks him why witch and mortal unions are lookded down upon. Sabrina claims that he and the aunts always talk with mortals, but Ambrose points out that although they have conversations with mortals, they have no real connection or relationship with them since the coven forbids it. Sabrina jokingly asks if the coven will cast a spell on her should she go to the mall with Harvey, but Ambrose explains that after the Baptism, it will be as if a veil falls between her and the mortal world. And little by little, she will detach from the mortal realm altogether. Otherwise, the suffering would be too much to bear. Eventually, the mortal world will become trivial. People she loves will grow old and die while she is still young. Ambrose advises her to forget about the mortals and think about what's ahead. Sabrina leaves the room in tears, saying that she will go to the party with Harvey for one last night with her friends.

Ambrose and Harvey are impressed by Sabrina's look

Sometime later, Harvey shows up at the Spellman door dressed as a miner. Ambrose teases him, saying that Harvey is dressed as his future. He then yells Sabrina's name from downstairs. Harvey seems sad about what Ambrose just said and tries to justify his costume by saying he took it from his brother, Tommy, so Ambrose tells him he was only joking. Harvey invites Ambrose to join them, but Ambrose declines, saying that if he has to risk being banished to the Nether Realm, it must be for something other than a high school masquerade. Harvey does not grasp the reference. Sabrina then comes down, gaining both of their attention. She is wearing her mother's wedding dress.

Ambrose bluffs the Church of Night

In the middle of the night, Ambrose rushes out of the house when he hears Sabrina screaming his name. The Church of Night is behind her intending to force Sabrina to sign the Book of the Beast. Ambrose steps in, lying to the High Priest when he threatens to send the Weird Sisters after Sabrina. Ambrose claims that the house is surrounded by a magical protective circle that can only be surpassed by Spellman witches. All the other witches would be engulfed by fire in the attempt. The plan works and the witches leave.

The following day, the tension at the Spellman's house is so tight that it can be cut. Zelda is extremely disappointed and angry with Sabrina for the humiliation that the family suffered when Sabrina ran away from her Dark Baptism. Ambrose witnesses another quarrel between Zelda and Sabrina, who says she saw her parents in the woods and that they told her to escape during the Baptism. Ambrose asks if it was like a spectral apparition, but Sabrina is not sure.

A Funeral Affair

Ambrose and Connor's familiar iguana

In the morning, Ambrose finds Connor's iguana atop his casket. Once in the kitchen, he asks Zelda and Hilda if there's a way to make another witch's familiar talk. Zelda replies that he is not allowed to have a familiar, but Ambrose would rather be able to make it talk to find out something about Connor's murder. Zelda replies that it is impossible because of the deep connection between the witch and the familiar. It will soon die of agony for the loss of its master, so Zelda offers to kill it on the spot, suggesting that Hilda could fashion it into a purse. Ambrose refuses and says that he'll try to bribe it with food to see if that works and goes upstairs.

Later that evening, Ambrose is sitting on the kitchen counter while Zelda scolds Sabrina. Since she ran away from her Dark Baptism, they received an Infernal Summoning and Sabrina will have to undergo a trial in which the whole family will be investigated by the Court. Sabrina replies that she saw the Dark Lord at school when he possessed Principal Hawthorne and threatened her. Now Zelda is even more worried about the whole situation. Sabrina is beside herself and can not understand why all of them must stand trial before the court. Ambrose explains that, according to Witch-Law, a witch is guilty until proven otherwise.

Ambrose advises Sabrina on her trial

In the attic, Sabrina and Ambrose try to figure out a loophole. Sabrina has not promised anything to the Dark Lord and has no intention of being condemned by the Church of Night. Ambrose asks if she has ever heard of a man named Daniel Webster, a lawyer and occultist who's specialized in Witch-Law. Despite being a mortal, he is said to have been able to defeat the Devil once. Sabrina is lucky because Webster lives in Greendale and Ambrose gives Sabrina the lawyer's card, making it appear out of nowhere with a quick movement of his hand.

At Connor's funeral, Ambrose meets Luke. Luke used to date Connor and tells Ambrose how he's going to miss Connor and the lizard he used to take everywhere with him. Ambrose tells Luke that he has Connor's iguana upstairs in his room if he'd like to go say hi. Luke declines but says maybe some other time.

Ambrose making out with Luke

Later, Ambrose is smoking and reading in his room when he hears a loud knocking coming from his window. He goes to open it but Luke appears in his room, startling him. Ambrose asks how Luke got into his room and Luke says that he was invited. Ambrose jumps to the conclusion that he's a vampire but Luke corrects him; he's a warlock just like Ambrose and Connor. Luke approaches Ambrose and the two of them begin to kiss before falling onto Ambrose's bed. The next morning, Ambrose finds that Luke has disappeared but has left his number carved into the ceiling above. He also notices that Connor's iguana has died, abruptly erasing the smile from his face.

Ambrose discovers the dead familiar iguana

The Spellmans and Mr. Webster are in the kitchen discussing the legal steps to be taken for Sabrina's trial. Since Sabrina has discovered that she does not have a Witch's Mark on her body, she will accept to be examined by the court. Zelda is worried, but Sabrina does not want to hear reasons. Her friends at Baxter High are facing worse, and she is willing to win the legal battle, without tricks or deals. And she will make sure that Zelda and Hilda have their powers and their eternal youth back. When Hilda leaves the room, Ambrose helps her out.

Going out with Luke

In Sabrina's bedroom, Ambrose watches as she begins to pack for her three-day stay over at the Academy of Unseen Arts. He tries to console her by telling her about all the new people she's going to meet; witches and hot warlocks from all over the world. Sabrina says that her only agenda is to learn how to conjure, bind, and banish the Dark Lord.

Ambrose and Hilda plotting together

The next day, Ambrose is in the embalming room when he receives a phone call from Luke, asking him out. Back in the kitchen for a snack, he tells Hilda about Luke and how he invited him out on a date. Ambrose wants to go since he's bored sick of being bound to the house and asks Hilda if she'll help him astral project. At first, Hilda refuses because it's too dangerous but after Zelda leaves to go have dinner with the High Priest and boasts of this invitation to her sister, emphasizing on Hilda's ex-communication, Hilda decides to do it.

Ambrose astral projecting

In the embalming room, Hilda places candles around Ambrose while he lies atop a surgical table. Ambrose is given 20 minutes to astral project. He starts to chant the spell and his astral body reaches Dr. Cerberus' bookstore where he meets with Luke.

Having already slept together, Luke goes straight to the point and want to know more about Ambrose, who's starting to become worried about the psychopomps already gathering outside the window to collect his spirit. The conversation isn't going anywhere until Ambrose reveals the reason why he was put under arrest: In the past, he tried to blow up the Vatican. Luke is impressed but the date is abruptly ended when Zelda summons Ambrose's spirit back into his body.

Ambrose suffers side effects

Coming back is quite painful and Ambrose needs some time to adjust to it, feeling a bit disoriented by the astral projection's side effects, possibly due to him staying projected over 20 minutes. Zelda is upset by their behavior, especially because Ambrose is violating Witch-Law by leaving the household.

On her last day at the Academy, Sabrina telephones home to ask her aunts' help to deal with some ghosts, and Ambrose eavesdrops the conversation in the sitting room.

A Nightmare on Decarlo Lane

Ambrose in the embalming room

Ambrose is in the embalming room entertaining himself with an adult magazine when Sabrina's screams rush him upstairs. There, the Spellmans are confronted by Batibat, a sleep demon that Sabrina inadvertently released from Edward's Acheron Configuration. Zelda takes the lead and the Spellman witches gather their magic to seal the house with a spell so that the demon can't escape and cause trouble outside. While the monster threatens their lives, Zelda traps it into an urn firmly chanting a spell.

In the kitchen, Hilda pours tea as they discuss the reasons why Sabrina's father trapped the demon in the enchanted box in the first place. The aunts recall he suffered terrible insomnia, and the reason was most likely due to Batibat.

Ambrose's worst nightmare

Later, the family goes to sleep unaware of the danger caused by the demon. Ambrose dreams of having to do his own autopsy. Hilda tells him how the victim was a shut-in with no friends and no one to mourn him. During the autopsy, Ambrose asks the corpse what he did during life and if he loved or was loved in return. As he eats his own heart, Ambrose gets called upstairs by Hilda because Father Blackwood has come to see him. As he makes his way upstairs, he runs into Ms. Wardwell, who tells him that she's in the wrong nightmare. Father Blackwood tells Ambrose that the hex that keeps him in the house has been broken and that he's finally free. He's given a bag of money and told that a car outside waits for him. As he leaves, Batibat appears and starts to tear into him. He wakes up as the body on the slab and watches as he does the autopsy on himself. Batibat asks him for the spell to unlock the house but Ambrose says no. She'll be back because she believes that either Ambrose or Hilda will break first.

Ambrose distracts Batibat

Ambrose is still trapped in his nightmare when Sabrina tries to wake him up. Now that he's aware of being trapped in his nightmares by the demon, Ambrose can help his cousin. Ambrose calls for Batibat and distracts her so that Sabrina can successfully banish it with a spell. The others wake up and go to check on Sabrina. This time they seal the demon in a jar. Ambrose, Zelda, and Hilda are all on edge because Sabrina walked through their dreams. Ambrose is particularly distraught by his depression caused by the spell that traps him inside the house. Sabrina tells them that she hardly remembers any of it.

New Opportunities

Ambrose reluctantly helps Sabrina

In the attic, Sabrina tries to convince Ambrose into standing guard over her body while she astral projects to Susie's house to see Uncle Jesse. Ambrose reluctantly agrees to help his cousin, but only because she would have done it anyway without his help. Sabrina then lays down in a circle of candles in her bedroom and projects to Susie's house while Ambrose and Salem watch over her.

Ambrose saves Sabrina

A few minutes later, Salem alerts Ambrose that there's something wrong with Sabrina. Ambrose rushes to her bedroom and cast a counter-spell to bring her back. She tells Ambrose what happened and gives him the demon's name: Maerceci. They soon began to research the demon in Ambrose's collection of books. After a few minutes, Ambrose laughs because his "name" is actually "ice cream" spelled backward, revealing that the demon lied to her. Ambrose asks Sabrina if there is anything else that she knows about him. She tells him that he said he was set free from the mines by Jesse. This triggers something in her mind as she leaves and goes to see Harvey.

When Sabrina came home from school, she discusses with her aunts and "Ms. Wardwell" about performing an exorcism. Ambrose stands up and watches the discussion unfolding: Sabrina is going to do it anyway, with or without her aunts' help. Hilda and Ms. Wardwell decide to go with her, while Zelda refuses because exorcisms are forbidden by Witch Law. After the three witches left, Ambrose suggests Zelda to join them if only to make sure they don't make mistakes.

Ambrose with Father Blackwood

The Spellman family receives a visit from Father Blackwood. Ambrose entertains him while waiting for Zelda, and the High Priest shows interest in learning more about what caused Ambrose's house arrest in the first place.

The recent conversation stirred up by Father Blackwood has lead Ambrose to think about his 75 years spent prisoner in the Spellman Mortuary and all the things he missed. At the breakfast table, Ambrose is visibly tired and saddened. When asked about it by Hilda, he simply replies that he's just depressed.

Feast of Feasts

Discussing the Feast of Feasts

At dinner, Ambrose, Zelda, and Hilda brief Sabrina on the upcoming Feast of Feasts, a cannibalistic version of mortal Thanksgiving. Zelda explains that the Feast of Feats is one of the coven's holiest holidays and celebrates the sacrifice of one witch, Freya. She had killed herself so that the coven would have food until spring. Zelda tells her that fourteen witches' families have been selected and each must choose someone to represent them. Those representatives will have to draw straw and see who will be deemed Queen. Whoever is Queen will be the main course for the Feast of Feasts. Zelda tells her that only she and Sabrina can participate since Hilda has been excommunicated. Zelda will be the representative. Sabrina is against the whole idea and tries to get Hilda and Ambrose to back her up. She doesn't want to lose any more Spellmans. Zelda tells her that she and Hilda have participated many times, but never declared the Queen. She believes they will be rejected again this year.

A witch orgy in the attic

Next evening, Prudence Blackwood arrives at the Spellman house. She's been selected as Queen of the Feast and Sabrina will be her handmaiden for the three days of preparation. Ambrose is smitten by her, much to Sabrina's surprise and annoyance since she and Prudence aren't exactly the best of friends.

That night, Ambrose and Luke have an orgy in the attic with Nick and the Weird Sisters: Prudence, Agatha and Dorcas. Nick invites Sabrina to join but she firmly rejects to have any part in it.

The next day, Ambrose and Hilda meet with Mrs. Kemper to give the woman her late son's ashes.

An awkward dinner

The Spellmans are joined by the Blackwoods and the Weird Sisters for dinner. Everyone is at the table when Sabrina brings dessert. After everyone has a slice of Hila's cake made with truth serum, Sabrina asks Father Blackwood why he reinstated the Feast of Feasts. He says that the Dark Lord showed him a revelation and that he was commanded to return to the old ways. Sabrina tells Prudence that she hopes she enjoyed her last supper. Everyone around the table tells Prudence that they're going to miss her — except Lady Blackwood. Lady Blackwood reveals that she enchanted the box to choose Prudence as queen. She says she did it because the Weird Sisters are Father Blackwood's bastards and that makes them a threat to her children. Agatha and Dorcas ask if they are also his children and he says no. Father Blackwood says that they must summon the coven and draw for another queen. Sabrina suggests that they could just not have the Feast of Feasts. Prudence asks if she can wear her beautiful dress and sit on the throne of skulls regardless.

The next evening, Ambrose and Luke are cuddling on the sofa in the sitting room when Hilda enters and tells them that Connor's parents committed suicide and are being brought to the mortuary.

The Resurrection of Tommy Kinkle

Ambrose is positive on his future

Sabrina is watching a movie when Ambrose walks in. He asks her what her plans are for the evening. Sabrina tells him that after Harvey's shift in the mines they're going to go watch a movie. Ambrose tells Sabrina that Luke has a connection with the High Priest and that he's going to speak to him on his behalf. Zelda comes storming in looking for Hilda but Sabrina reminds her that she's working at Dr. Cerberus' bookstore. The phone rings and Zelda gets a call telling her that there has been an accident in the Greendale Mines. Sabrina quickly gets up and heads to the mines.

Updates on the mines accident

The next morning, Sabrina arrives back at the mortuary with Hilda. Ambrose tells them that he astral projected into the mines with Zelda's help and found no survivors. Sabrina wants to tell Harvey but Zelda says that they can't interfere or else bad things will happen. Zelda explains that Witch Law states that the natural order must be preserved and that they can't reveal themselves to mortals. Ambrose asks if she was close to Tommy but Sabrina says that she only met him a few times. She starts to cry because she knows that Harvey is going to be devastated.

At the funeral, Ambrose stands beside Zelda at the entrance as people gather for a last goodbye to Tommy. Unfortunately, an altercation between Harvey and his father breaks out, causing them to end the service early.

Ambrose reveals his crimes

That evening, Father Blackwood arrives at the Spellman Mortuary to see Ambrose. Blackwood has read Ambrose's dossier and discovered how he even taught stage magic to Harry Houdini. Blackwood asks Ambrose how he fell into a group that wanted to blow up the Vatican. Ambrose says that it's because he was searching for a father figure and he finally found one in their leader: A young Aleister Crowley. When he was arrested, he was told that he'd get immunity if he gave up the names of the others involved. However, he couldn't make himself do it. Blackwood makes Ambrose a proposition; if he gives up the names of his co-conspirators then he'll set him free. Blackwood tells him he'll return for his answer and leaves.

Ambrose scolds Sabrina

The night after, Ambrose finds out that Sabrina practiced necromancy to bring Tommy back to life by temporarily sacrificing Agatha. Ambrose comes out of the house and yells for Sabrina. He reprimands her for using this type of magic. Sabrina is stubborn and asks what's the point of being a witch if she can't help the ones she loves. Ambrose tells her that she crossed a line this time. Suddenly, Agatha's hand shoots up through the dirt just as Sabrina planned. Sabrina says as much but Ambrose tells her that those are infamous last words as he walks away

The following day, Blackwood visits Ambrose and asks what he's decided. Ambrose says that he can't give up his fellow co-conspirators. Blackwood says that he's glad to hear it and offers him the chance to work at the Academy as a sort of community service.

Community Service at the Academy

Ready to start anew

At the Spellman Mortuary, Ambrose models his outfit for his first day at the Academy of Unseen Arts. Hilda asks him to get Zelda and Sabrina because the stew is ready. He replies Sabrina is at Harvey's and that he isn't sure where Zelda is.

Sabrina confides in Ambrose and tells him that the spell to bring back both Tommy and Agatha worked. Ambrose still thinks that they should tell the Aunties about what Sabrina did. Sabrina isn't worried about them because by the time they do find out they won't be able to undo anything.

Ambrose disapproves the lies

Hilda gets a call at the mortuary telling her that the bodies of the miners have been found. Sabrina and Ambrose share a look. Zelda asks Sabrina how Harvey is coping. Sabrina says that Harvey is doing fine. Zelda says that she'll be around to accept the bodies and Ambrose says that he'll handle them after he returns from the Academy. Zelda informs them that she'll be at the Academy later too. Zelda believes that good things are coming. She can feel it in her bones. Ambrose simply gives Sabrina another look.

Ambrose gets a familiar

At the Academy, Father Blackwood gives Ambrose a mouse familiar named Leviathan. He welcomes him to the Academy and leaves both him and Luke in his office. Luke and Ambrose begin to make out and undress when Dorcas, Prudence, and Nick walk into the office. They are looking for Father Blackwood but ask Ambrose for help. He tells them that he's no expert on the Cain Pit but knows someone who is.

Hilda arrives at the Academy and looks Agatha over. She tells them that Agatha came back too soon and that this illness will pass. She gives them instructions on how to take care of Agatha and leaves with Ambrose in tow. Ambrose questions what she prescribed for the girl and Hilda says that she's merely trying to keep them busy. Agatha shouldn't be alive and the Earth is owed a soul. It means to collect. She asks Ambrose what Agatha was doing in the Cain Pit in the first place.

Is Tommy a zombie?

In the attic, Hilda scolds Sabrina for using necromancy in such a reckless fashion. Sabrina explains that she simply wanted to help, but Hilda is very disappointed in her niece because she betrayed her trust and did the same thing that she asked her not to do. Ambrose interrupts them and asks them to come downstairs in the embalming room. Ambrose shows them the bite marks on the cadaver. He tells them that this is why Tommy isn't eating because he isn't hungry... yet, since he ate the corpses of the miners while trapped.

Disappointed with Sabrina

Sometime later, it's Zelda's turn to scold Sabrina after learning what she did. Ambrose and Hilda and standing by as Zelda reprimands Sabrina and the discussion heats up very quickly, with both of them saying harsh things to each other. Backed up by both Ambrose and Hilda, Zelda explains why witches are forbidden from bringing people back from the dead. Especially mortals. But Sabrina tells them the same thing she told Ambrose about having powers and using them. Sabrina is too stubborn to follow any kind of rule, exclaiming that Zelda is not her mother and that she is more than powerful enough to save Tommy.

The Greendale Thirteen

Ambrose and Luke are in the woods when they stumble upon a witches circle. They're performing a summoning spell. Suddenly, they disappear. Ambrose goes to investigate and finds a figurine among the ashes of their fire pit. As he turns to leave he gets grabbed by a witch who tells him to take back a warning to the Church of Night.

Warning the Church of Night

At the Desecrated Church, Father Blackwood says that the Dark Lord is angry with them for failing to uphold tradition, but then Ambrose and Luke storm into the church. Ambrose tells them that it's not the Dark Lord that is angry but the Greendale Thirteen. And that tomorrow night, during the witching hour, they will release their Crimson Avenger and it will go forth and kill every firstborn in Greendale. Father Blackwood tells them not to worry and that they'll just hide at the Academy since it's magically protected. Sabrina worries about the mortals but Father Blackwood tells her to let them go to their false god. He reminds everyone that they have to be at the Academy by midnight or else they'll be left to fend for themselves.

Summoning the winds

At the Spellman household, Sabrina asks Zelda and Hilda why the Greendale Thirteen would be angry at them. Zelda tells her that it's because the coven had decided to sacrifice them to appease the humans and their bloodlust. The Church of Night essentially turned their backs on the Greendale Thirteen. Sabrina says that she isn't going to go to the Academy. Zelda agrees that they should all stay and protect the town. Ambrose asks how they're going to protect everyone. Zelda proposes they gather them all in one place. Hilda reveals that Dr. Cerberus told her that the town is to gather at Baxter High during severe weather or tornados. So the Spellmans decide to create a tornado. The four of them gather around a table and summon the different winds to them. It works and the warning sirens can be heard going off. Zelda prays that the mortals will heed the warning.

At Baxter High, the Spellmans start to chant their protective spell to ward off the school from the Greendale Thirteen. However, one by one, they each get summoned away. First Zelda, then Ambrose. He is summoned to the Academy by Luke. Ambrose is visibly upset and asks him what has he done. Luke says that he brought him there because he loves him.

Praise Satan, it's Christmas!

Ambrose reads A Christmas Carol

The week before Christmas/ Winter Solstice. At the Spellman Mortuary decorated for the holidays, Aunt Zelda has gotten baby Leticia several presents. Ambrose points out that Zelda technically kidnapped Father Blackwood's daughter. Zelda responds that their official cover story is that Leticia is a relative from the Old Country whom they are raising. Sabrina tells her aunts that she wishes she could have celebrated one Solstice with her parents. Hilda tries to cheer up Sabrina with the prospect of food and gifts while Ambrose says that he will like to read A Christmas Carol.

Zelda lights the Yule log, saying that they must keep it continually burning to ward off malevolent elements on the shortest day of the year. Zelda leads the family in saying the Solstice blessing.

Ambrose asks Sabrina about her moodiness

Ambrose asks Sabrina about her moodiness. Sabrina reveals that she has kept away from her friends since signing the Book of the Beast to give them some space. Ambrose thinks she should do the opposite; that she should spend more time with them to reassure them that she is still their friend. Sabrina wishes that she could chat with her mother for advice. She wants to ask her mother how she reacted when her father revealed that he was a warlock. Sabrina confides that she saw her mother in Mortal Limbo. Ambrose thinks that Diana must have some unfinished business keeping her in that realm. Sabrina proposes having a séance with her mother since Solstice is the time when the veil between the living and the dead is weakest. Ambrose is uncomfortable with the idea because they are burning a Yule log to keep malevolent influences out. Sabrina responds that her mother is not evil.

Ambrose checks the house

After performing a séance despite being advised against, Sabrina denies quenching the log during the séance. Zelda is furious that Sabrina chose to conduct her séance on the eve of the Solstice. Sabrina tells them that she encountered her mother trapped in Limbo. Zelda says she and Hilda would have helped Sabrina if she had told them so. Zelda would have done anything for her brother’s wife. Ambrose has checked every corner of the house and thinks that whatever entered the house may have left when Zelda relit the Yule log. Zelda thinks whatever entities entered the house may be hiding instead. Zelda allows Hilda to share the room with her but warns her not to snore due to the presence of Leticia.

In private, Ambrose asks Sabrina what she found out. Sabrina says she didn't get the chance to find out what her mother was doing in Limbo. Ambrose is sympathetic to Sabrina, who says she will try again after the Winter Solstice.

Attacked by a ghost

The following day, on December 21st, Ambrose is chatting with Leviathan while deciphering some spells for Father Blackwood. While peering through a mirror, he sees a spirit. Ambrose thinks he is imagining things until a spirit possesses one of the corpses on the mortuary table. Ambrose hears the laughter of children as the cadaver drawers begin opening and slamming shut.

Ambrose joins the aunts upstairs in the kitchen, having bound the corpses and every hatchet in the mortuary. He tells them that they have an infestation of poltergeists. Shortly later, Sabrina returns and asks what is going on.

The Spellmans are under attack

The Spellamsn discuss the Yule Lads home invasion. The Yule Lads won't leave until their mother, Gryla, tells them to. Zelda explains that Gryla was a witch who made a pact with another witch from her coven during a famine. They would eat their children to survive. They cooked and devoured Gryla's son first but the other witch broke her pact. Devastated, Gryla spent the next millennium finding children to add to her family, taking an interest in orphans particularly. Zelda says that they have to summon Gryla to make an offering. Zelda tells Ambrose that he has to leave during Gryla's visit because she hates men due to her abandonment by her husband. Ambrose has been invited to a Solstice party with Luke anyways. Ambrose then leaves and meets with Luke at Dorian's Gray Room for the Winter Solstice dinner.

On Christmas Eve, Sabrina returns to the living room to join her aunts, Ambrose, and Luke. They drink a toast to Satan while Ambrose reads a passage from A Christmas Carol.