The Haunting Of Hill House: 9 Questions We Desperately Need Answers To

9. Are All The Crain Children “Sensitive”?

Theo has a psychic ability, the power of touch, which causes her great anguish both as a child and an adult. It’s never fully explained where this power comes from or why she has it, but Olivia gave some brief insight into it being hereditary.

In one of the episodes, she explained that she and Grandma Mary are “sensitive” too, and gives Theo some gloves to help her cope with it. This poses the question of why don’t the other Crain’s have a supernatural ability like this?

Or do they? The fact that Olivia is sensitive means she is vulnerable to the supernatural elements of the House which she has passed down to her children – particularly her daughters. Theo’s is the most obvious, but Shirley sees things in her dream and Nell has the ability to look across time.

If these are their sensitivties, then what about Luke as he also has experiences with the supernatural? Olivia and Theo are the only characters who discuss their sensitivity and we don’t really hear about it again in this way.