Drops of God Season 2 Episode 2 recap: A beeswax clue sends Camille towards Raphael's hives

Episode 2 of Drops of God Season 2 feels like the real starting point for the race. The mystery wine bottle finally gives out a first real clue, thanks to a really tiny detail almost anyone else would have ignored.

Camille is the one who spots a sticky wax on the seal, Philippe connects the dots, and suddenly the search turns into a full-blown international chase.

Episode 2 of Drops of God Season 2 is about how one small, tiny observation opens a huge trail that pulls Issei and Camille into the search for the origin of the wine and how Camille is the first one to get the race started.

Spoiler Alert for: Episode 2 of Drops of God Season 2

Drops of God Season 2 Episode 2 recap

A trash run, a sticky clue, and a door finally being opened

Episode 2 of Drops of God Season 2 starts with Camille literally running after a garbage truck to get back the bottle she angrily threw away earlier. She knows she messed up, and once she agrees to help Issei, there is no half effort that she'd like to put in from her end.

Back at the estate, she notices Hirokazu leaving with Marianne. She asks him to stay back because Issei could really use his dad right now after he landed in the hospital. Hirokazu does not want to do what he's been asked to do, and he prefers to be a distant father rather than ever face his son.

Once Camille gets the bottle back inside, Thomas and Philippe ask her about why an empty bottle means so much. That is when Camille points out the sticky wax seal. That means it is not resin. It is beeswax. This is the smallest detail that eventually becomes the first clue in the entire hunt.

Beeswax is no longer commonly used to seal wine bottles, which makes it special. Philippe remembers his friend Raphael and says that if anyone understands beeswax sourcing, it is him.

They decide to visit Raphael, and he digs into the wax to find out where it must've come from. Sadly, Raphael cannot narrow it down just by smell or texture because the wax comes from common bees. That would normally kill the lead, but Raphael gives out a smarter idea. Send the wax to a lab. A microbiological test can detect pollen inside it, and that pollen can tell them what flowers the bees visited and where.

This is where Drops of God Season 2 really shows its brainy side, and soon after, Philippe connects Camille with a lab contact in Aix-en-Provence, and the sample goes out for testing.

Camille goes to the hospital to update Issei, but she admits she poured all the wine down the drain earlier. There is no more wine left to test, and Issei is clearly annoyed. He wanted this to be about the wine itself, not leftover scraps of wax. Camille tries to talk to Issei Hirokazu as he leaves, but Issei does not pay any attention to anything being said about Hirokazu, as he's upset about the wine because he thinks Camille is hijacking the mission while he is stuck in a hospital.

At the estate, Camille starts to skip meals, and she ignores most of the people around her while all she does is obsess over leads for the origin of the wine bottle. Marianne notices this, and she is not buying the idea that Camille is doing this alone, only for Issei. She believes Camille wants to also prove something, maybe even trying to beat her late father at his own game.

A forbidden grape, a hospital escape, and a rivalry that never seems to end:

While waiting for the wax results from the bottle seal in Episode 2 of Drops of God Season 2, Camille keeps thinking about what can be done ahead. Even if they trace the beeswax source, the origin of the grape used to make the wine still matters. Thomas suggests visiting Vassal, a huge grape archive where hundreds and thousands of grape types are preserved and tested. Camille likes the idea and takes Thomas along with her.

The Vassal visit becomes one of the coolest scenes of Episode 2 of Drops of God Season 2. They taste dozens upon dozens of vinified grapes, pushing their senses to the edge.

Meanwhile, Issei lies sick in a hospital room, eating dull food and talking with Natasha about their friend Dai. Camille calls with an update, but Issei is still pretty distant.

Then comes an impulsive move. Issei discharges himself against medical advice and orders Natasha to drive him straight to Vassal. He refuses to sit still in a hospital while Camille keeps looking for leads. Natasha senses what is really going on and realizes that it is now a full-fledged competition, and Issei does not even deny it.

When Issei shows up at Vassal, Camille and Thomas are stunned to see him. The trio continues tasting grapes together, and after narrowing it down, they find something special. The grape labeled Herbemont is how powerful the flavor feels.

The Vassal director explains that Herbemont has a wild reputation. Old stories claim it drives people mad. In reality, it was pushed out because it does not need chemical treatment, which threatened pesticide businesses. The grape was also banned decades ago. Officially, no one should be using it anymore. But clearly, someone is.

This pushes Episode 2 of Drops of God Season 2 into an entirely new lane. The wine might come from something hidden, from something forbidden, and something intentionally forgotten, and this only further adds excitement to the chase.

While all of this happens, Hirokazu has a small encounter with Honoka. They are clearly separated, and Hirokazu explains Issei’s behavior to her and encourages her to call him, even if he might not answer.

Back to Episode 2 of Drops of God Season 2, Camille also finds out that the wax analysis is ready. The grape might be special, but the wax might tell them where to physically go next. Issei is told to rest by his doctor, but nobody believes he will actually listen.

The rivalry keeps boiling between Camille and Issei. Even though they are working together, neither of the two truly trusts the other’s motives.

From lab results to Athens and an unexpected meeting

Camille and Issei take the wax report back to Raphael. He studies the results carefully and points to a specific flower whose pollen is seen in the sample. That flower traces back to the Acropolis hill in Athens. Raphael admits this might be a dead end, but science says the trail is real. If the wax exists, the plant is also very likely to exist.

They travel to Greece and reach the Agricultural University of Athens for guidance. A professor helps them narrow the area further and mentions beehives near the Agios Georgios Church. The hives belong to someone described as eccentric, and this already sounds pretty promising.

The hike toward the church is rough, especially for Issei, whose lungs are still weak after he nearly drowned. He tells Camille to go ahead while he sits back and rests, but this separation between the two of them also leads to one of the most satisfying twists of Episode 2 of Drops of God Season 2.

While Camille searches for the church and learns about the beekeeper’s background, Issei randomly runs into the beekeeper himself. Alexi Pipia welcomes Issei into his home, and they talk about bees, honey, and the decline in the environment. Pipia explains that his work is slowly disappearing as the bees struggle to survive. Despite that, he continues producing beeswax and sending it to a monastery in his village in Georgia.

Issei asks directly if the monastery uses the wax to seal wine bottles. Pipia confirms it, and just like that, the mystery of the wax takes a leap forward. The wax trail is no longer abstract, and it is physical, and it sure does point to a real place.

Camille finally meets up with Issei and learns about the discovery. At the same time, the doctor reminds Issei he still needs rest. Neither sibling cares much about that advice. The mission of finding the wine's origin matters more.

The next destination is now clear, and Georgia is waiting.

A cab ride full of doubt and a race that might break trust

The final few minutes of Episode 2 of Drops of God Season 2 lean heavily into suspicion. Issei calls Dai and asks him to connect him with someone trustworthy in Georgia. Camille walks in just as he is arranging transportation. She assumes the worst. She thinks Issei was about to ditch her and rush ahead to claim the win alone.

Issei denies it, and he says he planned to include her, but the cab was already booked. Dai was contacted before Camille, and if she had reached five minutes later, would Issei have waited? It feels unlikely.

As they ride toward the airport together, the tension is very easy to smell. They are technically partners, but mentally they are fighting each other. Issei wants to prove something, and he wants to feel better than his father and better than Camille.

Camille has her own obsession that is now also growing. She keeps skipping meals, missing family time, and spends time chasing leads nonstop. Both of them are burning fuel faster than any of them realize.

The wine is no longer just a bottle. It represents pride, rivalry, and unfinished business, and neither of the two is willing to give up.

Drops of God Season 2 Episode 2 is exactly what a follow-up episode should do. I.e., push the mystery forward, deepen the conflict between the two main characters, and increase the stakes without losing any clarity on the story.

The beeswax clue opens the door to a bigger world, while the forbidden grape adds more intrigue to the wine hunt. At the same time, Issei and Camille’s rivalry also keeps tightening, making every lead and finding feel risky, which only makes the wait for Episode 3 feel impossible.

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