Several villagers first experience suspicious luck, then succumb to super-rapid aging. Once the birthday link is made, Vega helps the team work out it's the doing of a wish genie, who challenges people to make a wish on their birthdays. They must guess the next victims in time, including the inn keeper, and trick the genie.

A boy scout troop leader plays conjuring with a grandfather's book on minotaurs, ignoring it's a real spell. By the team Vega has identified the sign of the invulnerable bull-like creature it has already built a hay bales maze, which draw people into his fatal trap. Cooper foolishly ventures in, Wilko and Keelin follow on reckless rescue attempts.