This week’s Salem is no longer a land of light drama but has stepped straight into deadly danger, when Sarah Horton became the victim of one of the “most vicious yet subtle” attacks ever.

It all started from a seemingly harmless moment: Sarah ate a scoop of ice cream. Just one scoop.

But that scoop of ice cream contained the exact thing that could kill her in minutes — pistachios, the nut she was severely allergic to.

Sarah fell to the ground on the spot, clutching her chest, her breath caught.

The scene recreated that shock, giving the audience goosebumps. In Salem, people have seen all kinds of attacks: shootings, stabbings, drugging… but putting a person at risk of death by exploiting allergies — that’s a whole other level of coldness. And the most shocking thing is: the perpetrator is not an adult, but Rachel Black, Brady Black’s young daughter.

Rachel — already known for her jealous, possessive, and vicious behavior toward anyone who touches her father — this time goes further than all of that. She mixes pistachio into her ice cream with the intention of “making Sarah disappear from her father’s life” without understanding that the consequences could make Sarah… never come back. American newspapers have confirmed that Rachel did it on purpose, without any mistake or carelessness. This is a twist that is both shocking and painful: a tiny child can cause such great damage.

Brady — when he learns that Sarah is hospitalized, will fall into a state of madness between the fear of losing the woman he cares about and the confusion when malicious rumors point directly at his own daughter. When Brady stands in the hospital, his eyes red and his voice shaking, “Who did this?” — the audience knows he’s about to become the central figure in a case that’s both family and criminal.

But the biggest question: Did Rachel do it herself, or was someone else behind it?

In Salem, nothing happens for no reason. And Sarah’s near-death experience may just be the prelude to a much deeper story.