A Thorn at Her Side

"A Thorn at Her Side" is the second episide of the animated Netflix series Rose and Thorn. The episode was directed by Hannah Ayoubi and written by Jane Backer.

Synopsis
Even after learning of Thorn, Rose just wants things to go back to normal. Normal, however, is a concept that died to them.

Plot
During the previous episode's events, Thorn Canton attacks members of a gang, whom she interrogates for information. Another member informs their leader of the attack.

Back in the present, Thorn explains via video to her alter, Rose Forrest, that she is currently hunyimg down the gangsters that killed their father. Rose, however, refuses to believe anything that is happening is real, believing instead that she is simply in a dream. Her anger at this causes her to black out, allowing Thorn to front. She cleans up the disaster keft by Rose's breakdown, and goes to bed herself.

Rose wakes up the next day, still believing everything was a dream, and returns to school, only to realize Thorn really did made her ghost her best friend. Thorn then tries to talk to Rose througth their mind and combince her to help her in her vendetta, but Rose refuses.