Co-Owner of a Lonely Heart (TV story)

Co-Owner of a Lonely Heart was the fourth episode of Class. It was written by Patrick Ness, directed by Philippa Langdale, and focused heavily on April and the effects that her connection with Corakinus was having on her.

Synopsis
April starts to feel the effects of sharing her heart with Corakinus, and his attempts to sever the attachment only make it stronger.

When April's estranged father makes a startling appearance she confronts him with Shadow Kin force, manifesting traits of the Shadow Kin leader. Frightened by this extraordinary new found power, April seeks comforts in Ram, and vows to reclaim her heart as her own.

Meanwhile, something strange is happening to the others - London is slowly being infested with unusual, sinister flower petals.

Plot
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Cast

 * Miss Quill - Katherine Kelly
 * Charlie - Greg Austin
 * Ram - Fady Elsayed
 * April - Sophie Hopkins
 * Tanya - Vivian Oparah
 * Matteusz - Jordan Renzo
 * Dorothea - Pooky Quesnel
 * Corakinus - Paul Marc Davis
 * Rannus/Kharrus - Kelly Gough
 * Varun - Aaron Neil
 * Jackie - Shannon Murray
 * Huw - Con O'Neill
 * Miss Shah - Pooja Shah
 * Student 1 - Moses Adejimi
 * Student 2 - Ellie James
 * Voice of Rannus - Neil McCaul

Coal Hill School

 * Coal Hill Academy has a Book Club, an Art Club and a Chess Club.
 * The Level Two Careers Fair poster is seen again.
 * The menu for the canteen is also visible.
 * The names Williams K., Chapman R., Caroll C., Volkon P., Dawson T. and Armitage F. are added to the Coal Hill School Roll of Honours Board.

Events

 * World Book Day Award, or WoBoD, has a deadline of 15 January 2016.

History

 * Miss Shah teaches her class about the Battle of Dunkirk, which is dated on the whiteboard as taking place from 26 May-4 June 1940. She mentions the Wehrmacht.
 * Corakinus mentions that he leads the War of the Underneath.

People

 * Dorothea Ames is the new head teacher.
 * Charlie's full alias is given as Charles Smith.
 * On a fact-file belonging to the Governors, Charlie's address is given as 1 Wellington Road, London. His postcode is N1 0HR.
 * The same fact-file gives Matteusz's full name as Matteusz Andrzejewski, and reveals he is 17-years-old.
 * Miss Shah teaches history.
 * April and Ram have sex, thus beginning their romantic relationship.
 * Ram assures Jackie that he used a condom when he had sex with April.

Species

 * A fact-file belonging to the Governors names the skin-peeling dragon as a Leaf Dragon.
 * Ames points out the lack of squirrels and birds near Coal Hill Academy as unusual.
 * Kharrus is part of Corakinus' horde.
 * Shadow Kin are disgusted by intimacy during sex.

Locations

 * It would take 9,000 years of space travel to get to Earth from the Underneath; however, a portal between the two worlds can be opened with use of Shadow Kin scimitars.
 * Corakinus' Shadow Palace is in the Underneath.

Technology

 * Quill uses a projector to show a video to her class.
 * The Cabinet of Souls can be used as a weapon, being able to send a soul to kill someone. Charlie hopes similar methods can be used to put soul into a new body, but claims such possibility is just a children's story.
 * The robot the Governors sent to spy on Quill was expensive and difficult to replace.
 * Rannus attempts to use an anchor of a life blood to cure Corakinus, and Kharrus later succeeds in using it.

Music

 * April plays the violin, and breaks one of the strings.

Popular culture

 * Brian Cox can be heard coming from the projected video in Quill's physics lesson.
 * A Keep Calm and Carry On poster hangs in the kitchen in the Singhs' house.

Story notes

 * The title of this episode is in reference to the song "" by British progressive rock band, from their 1983 album, 90125.

Ratings
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Filming locations
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Production errors

 * Ram gets out of the car to confront Huw, and should be behind him when he turns to April, but in the next shot, he's gone.

Continuity

 * April is still learning "Night Visiting" on her violin. (TV: Nightvisiting)
 * Huw MacLean has been calling April, (TV: The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo) even though he is not allowed to approach her after his attempt to kill himself endangered April and her mother. (TV: Nightvisiting)
 * Varun Singh has promised not to tell Ram's mum about his prosthetic leg, which Ram has told him about. (TV: The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo)
 * Charlie shows Matteusz that he lied about the Cabinet of Souls being empty. (TV: For Tonight We Might Die)
 * The Coal Hill School Roll of Honours Board has been updated to include Rachel Chapman, (TV: For Tonight We Might Die) C. Caroll, P. Volkon, Tom Dawson and Frank Armitage, who is considered missing after being killed by the Leaf Dragon. (TV: Co-Owner of a Lonely Heart)
 * Some of the posters from mid-October are still hanging around. (TV: For Tonight We Might Die)
 * Ames tells Quill that the Governors speak highly of her, and they later talk of the Inspector they sent to spy on her. (TV: The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo)
 * April tells Ram more about the metaphorical war she is fighting. (TV: Nightvisiting)
 * Kharrus says that she fought with Corakinus on Earth. (TV: For Tonight We Might Die)
 * Charlie's encounter with the Doctor is mentioned in his fact file, as is the slaughter of Rhodians and Quill. (TV: For Tonight We Might Die)

DVD releases

 * Co-Owner of a Lonely Heart was featured in the series one DVD boxset, which was released in the UK (Region 2) on 16th January 2017, followed by a Region 1 release on 11th July. The Region 1 release contained an additional blooper reel and various deleted scenes that were not present on the Region 2 release.

Blu-ray releases
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