| 04 – "Co-Owner of a Lonely Heart" | |||
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 To save her friends and family, April (Sophie Hopkins, center) gets ready to travel to the world of the Shadow Kin. | |||
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| Directed by | Philippa Langdale | ||
| Written by | Patrick Ness | ||
| Produced by | Derek Ritchie | ||
| Executive producer(s) | Patrick Ness Steven Moffat Brian Minchin | ||
| Music by | Blair Mowat | ||
| Series | Series 1 | ||
| Running time | 1st of 2-part story, 45 minutes | ||
| First broadcast | 5 November 2016 | ||
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"Co-Owner of a Lonely Heart" is the fourth episode of the British science fiction television series Class. It was released online by BBC Three on 5 November 2016. The episode was written by series creator Patrick Ness and directed by Philippa Langdale. It forms a two-part story with the following episode, "Brave-ish Heart".
Class follows four students of Coal Hill Academy and their alien teacher, as they deal with various alien threats. In the episode, the physical and mental connection on between April (Sophie Hopkins) and the king of the Shadow Kin Corakinus (Paul Marc Davis) deepens against their will. Meanwhile, Miss Quill (Katherine Kelly) meets the new principal, Dorothea Ames (Pooky Quesnel), who reveals that the Academy is a part of a bigger picture and warns her about an ongoing invasion no one even noticed yet.
The episode's title, which refers to April and Corakinus sharing the same heart, is also a reference to the song "Owner of a Lonely Heart" by Yes. It was positively met by critics, who praised its character development.