Leap Day 1×06 Review: Episode 6

There are a few things I want to look at from this episode: Ozone’s dreams and drawings, Professor Wiwat, and the creepy dude. There’s definitely more to these than we’re being told, but to what extent? How much should we look into the drawings, or the dreams? How involved is Wiwat? What is the creepy dude after?

As episode 6 starts with one of Ozone’s dreams, we’ll also start there. Ozone has two dreams in this week’s episode, both of which revolve around the four of them being in danger and end with Night dying. In the first, they are all in a collapsing structure, and in the second, they are unconscious in a car that is rolling towards the edge. Interestingly, both dreams seem to be set in a parking garage.

I think there is something to Ozone’s dreams. We know the stars are talking to him, and that his drawings are him interpreting that information. But the dreams are something new. To the best of my knowledge, we’ve had no indication that Ozone has been dreaming the entire time. So I can only assume that the dreams are something that has started since they met Night and Dream.

It’s also important to note that the dreams are both essentially the same. They are all in danger, but only Night is harmed. In the first, he puts himself in danger to save Dream. But in the second, there are all sorts of obstacles involved in pulling him to safety – his door is the only one locked, his seatbelt is the only one fastened – which is why Ozone is unable to save him before the car goes over the edge.

I’m sure the differences hold some significance: Night making an active choice vs. Night literally having no choice. But really, the big thing here is – not to repeat myself again – that the dreams are about Night. It stands to reason that even if Ozone were worried about everyone’s safety, his dreams would represent his concern for his cousin, Day. We know how much Ozone loves and depends on Day, and we know that Ozone knows how much he depends on Day.

But the dreams are not about Day, they’re about Night. That feels incredibly significant. It feels prophetic. It makes me worried for Night.

Let’s couple this with Ozone’s drawings. After last week’s episode, with the discovery about the connection in the drawings, a few fans noticed that the time of day didn’t match all of the deaths. We learn in this episode that the drawings are tied to Day in particular, and not Leap Day in general. So they don’t really mean a whole lot for Night, which may be why Ozone is dreaming about Night instead.

I am still curious about the drawings. Night and Day have claimed that the drawings led them to the loophole, but I don’t know how that’s true. They say that knowing the time of day means they can just be in a safe place at that time, but that makes no sense and is in fact completely disproven by the events of Leap Day 2016 and 2020, which, if you’ll remember, is how this series started.

To refresh your memory, in 2016, Night and his girlfriend were literally at his house, and she just died. In 2020, Day and Ozone were also at home, and the house pulled some Final Destination nonsense. It doesn’t matter if they’re somewhere safe, because it looks like the Leap Day curse happens regardless of where they are.

There’s also something that they’re overlooking, and that is that all of them being together seemed to negate the curse. Even though Ozone and Dream were injured in the car accident, they both survived Leap Day 2020. Ozone’s repeated insistence that “Day and Night must meet” is likely more important for whatever is going on than their location on the day.

(Also, I’m sorry, the fact that they were like, “Thanks to Ozone’s drawings, we know when the next event will happen.” Yeah, it’s Leap Day, it literally happens every four years. You know this.)

Nonetheless, I do think that there is still more to be learned from Ozone’s drawings. They’re such an important plot point, and I find it very hard to believe that the only thing we’ll learn from them is that the next Leap Day is in 2024. I mean… Yes. Obviously? I didn’t need a drawing to know that. I have a calendar.

But there must be something there. I think what this episode proves is that Ozone knows more than he’s capable of communicating. He tries to tell Day about his dreams and isn’t able to articulate very well. I expect that whatever he knows is there in his drawings. It’s just a matter of correctly interpreting them.

Next, we are still dealing with the creepy dude. I appreciate that the disappearing envelope from last week didn’t disappear from the story. We still don’t know why the video went glitchy, but the envelope didn’t just vanish: the guy must have dropped it in Night’s mailbox. His housekeeper brings it to him as he’s on his way to school, but he doesn’t stop to look at it until he’s in class. We’ll come back to the envelope later; we’re still focusing on the creepy guy.

I have no idea what the creepy guy is after. He seems to be trying to be helpful, as evidenced by the envelope, but at the same time, he is going about it all wrong. He’s lurking in the shadows, he’s stalking Ozone, he’s abducting Ozone. Who is this guy? How is he related to Wiwat? What does he know about Leap Day? Why is he being such a creeper about everything? If he wants to help, why does he keep running off?

Moving on, it turns out that the envelope contained the medical report from Day’s birth – and therefore his mother’s death. The baby we saw being born in Wiwat’s flashback was Day. When Night reveals this to Day, Day is understandably upset. Night makes an appointment with Wiwat so that the two of them can talk to him together and hopefully figure out what he knows about the Leap Day curse.

Wiwat seems incredibly callous when they meet with him. He apologizes to Day for not being able to save his mother, but continues to insist that he has no idea what they’re talking about with the curse. They press him on why he worked on his birthday when most people would take the day off – especially given it only occurs every four years – and he says that he’s a doctor, and his patient was in labor. But during their conversation, we learn that she was actually induced.

Now, labor can be induced for any number of reasons, but given that we already know he essentially let Day’s mother die, the whole thing feels even more sinister. Did he plan it so that Day would be born on February 29, and then basically kill his mother? Is that how he stopped the curse?

Look at his personal life. He’s been married for 20 years – Day and Night are both 20. Without knowing how old he is, that seems to indicate to me that he wasn’t comfortable getting married until he knew he wouldn’t lose his wife to the curse. Although Night lost his girlfriend, and almost lost Dream, so perhaps that isn’t as much of a sign as I think. But when you add everything together, it’s definitely at least a little fishy.

After he kicks Night and Day out of his office, we find out that he’s being threatened. “Everyone will know what you did.” I assume that’s about Day’s mom, and that the creepy guy is who is threatening him. Maybe that’s why he’s always skulking around; he doesn’t want to risk Wiwat seeing him. But what does it all mean?

Author: Jamie Sugah

Jamie has a BA in English with a focus in creative writing from The Ohio State University. She self-published her first novel, The Perils of Long Hair on a Windy Day, which is available through Amazon. She is currently an archivist and lives in New York City with her demon ninja vampire cat. She covers television, books, movies, anime, and conventions in the NYC area.

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