"Fur" is the sixth episode in Season 1 of Haven, it aired on August 13, 2010.
Synopsis[]
Local hunt club members are the victims of wild animal attacks, leading Audrey and Nathan to suspect werewolf and witches.
Summary[]
Audrey and Nathan have yet another bizarre case on their hands when a prominent member of the exclusive Haven Hunt Club is found in his car, mauled to death. It has all of the earmarks of a wolf attack and Chief of Police Wournos, who is also a member of the club, is all set to organize a hunting expedition to track and kill the animal. He reluctantly agrees to Audrey's request for 24 hours to investigate further and there are soon two other attacks, the first by a moose and the second by a bear. The moose attack is most revealing since it turns out the animal was stuffed leading them to believe that supernatural causes are actually at work. Their investigation turns up two suspects: Landon Taylor, the taxidermist who stuffed the animals in the first place and Jess Minion who has a reputation for being a witch. They confront Landon and find out that when he gets cut that instead of blood there is sand, which was the same thing that happened to the stuffed animal moose. They concluded it was his mother who was the troubled one and she stuffed her son because he was killed in a fire and had a son of his own and couldn't let him be father-less.When his mother says to Nathan and Audrey she can feel the animals are going to come to life, she runs to the Hunt Club trophy room and locks herself in. All the animals in there come to life and kill her, meaning they will never come alive again.
Cast[]
Starring[]
- Emily Rose as Audrey Parker
- Lucas Bryant as Nathan Wournos
- Eric Balfour as Duke Crocker (credit only)
- Nicholas Campbell as Garland Wournos
Guest Stars[]
- Anne Caillon as Jess Minnion
- Richard Donat as Vince Teagues
- John Dunsworth as Dave Teagues
- Mary-Colin Chisholm as Eleanor Carr
- Fiona Reid as Piper Taylor
Cast[]
- Hal Tatlidil as Landon Taylor (credited as Haluk Tatlidil)
- Mark Owen as Brad Donnelly
- Tina Prinsenberg as Susannah Donnelly
- Rhys Bevan John as Tobias Gillespie
- Brian McWilliam as T. R. Holt
- Andrew Simpson as Puppeteer
Uncredited[]
- Brad Armitage as Hunt Club Member
Quotes[]
- Nathan: Full moon last night.
Audrey: Oh, look at you. Trying to make a werewolf joke. (Nathan stares) You know, you should smile more often. People will know when you're joking
Nathan: Probably. - Audrey: Hey, can we talk off the record?
Vince: Oh, that sounds exciting.
David: He says that when the waiter offers to pepper his salad. - Eleanor: Well, you want to fill me in on everything, or are my services no longer required?
Audrey: No, I think we have it from here. Thank you.
Eleanor: Yeah, you keep telling yourself that. Doesn't have to be true to make you feel better.
Notes[]
- The episode was dedicated to Steve Fleury.
- Nathan and Audrey joke about a werewolf and a silver bullet. Stephen King's novella Cycle of the Werewolf was made into the movie Silver Bullet.
- The Teagues assure Audrey that they'll think of a way to tell the story of the bear attack. Later, Audrey looks at newspaper clippings about her involvement in a rabies outbreak - just like Vince suggested.
Trivia[]
- In the special feature audio commentary from the DVD, Producer Jim Dunn said the scene with Dr. Eleanor Carr marking Audreys car for "No Parking" was original going to have Dr. Carr punting golf balls over a hedge and breaking car windows to show summer tourist where to park. The scene was original also meant for the pilot in an earlier version of script but was reused and abridged for the scene in this episode.
- When the episode was being written in the writer's room, the writers originally named Landon as Johnny. This was a reference to Johnny Depp and his role in the film Edward Scissorhands.
- In an earlier version of the story, the stuffed animals would be able to come back to life again after killing the ones who killed them. The character of Piper Taylor was also going to be the father of Landon instead of his mother and be named Vincent. This version of the story would've had more of a parallel to Pinocchio and Geppetto with the story being about Landon becoming a real boy again. The twist would however involve Landon having to decide to kill his father to come back to life. The resolution of the story however would've had Landon deciding not to kill his father even with it being revealed that Vincent had killed Landon's Wife and child. The original ending of the episode however would have had Vincent deciding to commit suicide after realizing what he had done and in the process making Landon a real person again.
- There was a different version of the ending written early on where Landon would open a Grape shop and Audrey telling him he'd probably be fine stuffing grapes.
External Links[]
It is currently available for viewing on Tubi.