- The mysteries in Lakeside deepen, Cordelia finds out what Wednesday really is, and Laura and Salim make a deal with World.
- In Lakeside, Shadow grows closer with Marguerite and uncovers the surprising truth behind a local crime spree. Wednesday makes his own shocking discovery with deadly consequences. Laura and Salim negotiate with the enemy of their enemy as Bilquis follows her new path.
- Cordelia drives away from the retreat, with Wednesday staring out the window on the passenger side. She says that she's sorry that things didn't turn out with his ex, but Wednesday doesn't respond. A flaming body drops onto the highway in front of them, and Cordelia brakes to a halt before hitting it.
Wednesday gets out and looks at the body, while something watches them from the nearby woods. He tells her to be quiet and get in the car, and takes her back and puts her in on the passenger side. Wednesday gets in the drivers' seat and drives forward around the body. The creature watching emerges from the woods and looks at the body, and remembers a robed man dying in flames as creature looks at a poster for the band. A semi drives by, running over the body without stopping.
In Lakeview, Shadow goes to the police station. Ann-Marie is in the restaurant and sees Shadow watching the station, and then he turns and walks to the restaurant. He tells Mabel that he was looking for Derek, and Mabel tells Shadow that the teenager hasn't shown up yet.
Ann-Marie comes over and tells Shadow that she has the skates he ordered. She takes him over to her store and rents them to him, and thanks him for getting Marguerite back into the dating pool. Shadow insists that he's just skating with her, and she says that she overheard Shadow asking about Derek. Ann-Marie says that Derek has difficulty fitting in, and after his father passed Derek's mother has been working two jobs. Ann-Marie got Derek a job at Mabel's through the youth group she advises.
Shadow asks Ann-Marie for her advice, saying that she saw Derek breaking and entering the previous night. She says that she saw him hesitating outside the station, and it's a tough decision as to whether Shadow should go to chad or not.
World takes Laura and Salim to his conference room, and World points out that they both want Wednesday dead. Salim asks World why he doesn't do it himself, and World says that if he kills Wednesday it will start a war. If Salim and Laura kill Wednesday, then it will be considered a personal matter. Laura points out that they don't know where Wednesday is or have Odin's Spear to kill him, and World says that he can get her the spear. Laura agrees to the deal, and Salim says that he needs to talk to her privately.
Shadow goes to Derek's house, and calls through the door that he's there to help. When Derek opens the door, he discovers that Chad is with Shadow. Inside, the two men question Derek and he says that he had nothing to do with Alison's disappearance. He admits that he broke into a couple of houses, and says that he likes to marry women's clothing and steals it rather than goes to the general store and buys them, revealing his secret to the entire town. Chad points out that what Derek did is a crime, and Shadow tells Derek that Chad is willing to make him a deal.
Salim suggests to Laura that he should negotiate the terms and conditions. He warns that verbal agreements are binding with gods, and now isn't the time to be impulsive. Laura says that she knows what she wants and can negotiate her own deal. Salim insists that he cares about her and doesn't want her to be stuck in a deal like Sweeney and the Djinn. Laura agrees and they go back into the conference room.
Shadow sees Cordelia outside the restaurant, approaches her, and asks why she's there. Cordelia says that Wednesday sent her to Lakeview, and she went to Shadow's house but he wasn't there so she came into town to find him. He asks why Wednesday sent her there, and she says that someone is killing Wednesday's followers. Cordelia asks Shadow if what Wednesday told her is true, and from Shadow's silence she realizes it is true.
Shadow tells her that he used to be like her, and everything in his life exploded. He tells Cordelia that she has him to talk to, and asks where Wednesday is. Cordelia says that Wednesday told her that he wanted to get a line on a berserker, and Shadow takes her off to talk.
World tells Laura and Salim that they'll tell him when and where she can kill Wednesday. Salim agrees for Laura, but says that World has to guarantee a safe extraction from the scene for Laura. Once the target has eliminated, World and his minions have to provide protection to Laura. World agrees, and Laura says the protection also has to cover Salim and Shadow. World agrees, but tells them that if she fails then Laura and her friends will die. Laura agrees, despite4 Laura's whispered warning, and a minion gives Laura a GPS tracker that will lead her to where the Spear is, as well as provide a credit line. Once Laura and Salim leave, World chuckles.
Shadow goes home and Wednesday comes there. When Shadow lets him in, Wednesday says that a berserker assigned to protect him has lost his grip on reality, and is slaughtering his followers. He wants Shadow to come with him, because the berserker will come after him. Shadow warns Wednesday that he shouldn't count on Cordelia, and Shadow isn't going to drop everything to travel with Wednesday again.
Wednesday figures that Shadow has met someone, and mentions that love provides new opportunities to connect with the soul of another. Shadow figures that he's talking about Demeter and offers his condolences. Cordelia listens from the bathroom door, and Wednesday makes Shadow promise to be vigilant if he stays. Shadow tells Wednesday to call if he really needs him.
Cordelia comes in, and Wednesday tells her that he'll release her from any contractual obligation given recent circumstances. Cordelia makes it clear she's staying with Wednesday, and he goes to meet with her in the car. Once they' alone, Shadow tells Cordelia that it doesn't get any less dangerous. Cordelia says that she can't leave knowing that gods walk among them... any more than Shadow can.
Ibis goes to her study and writes in his book about Bilquis and how she arrived in America, believing what she was what because her worshippers did. Then she learned differently from the Orishas that she wasn't what her believers needed her to be, and she has to determine her own truth.
Bilquis tries to divine what she is, and has a vision of the past, Laura with Spear, Shadow being born, and a street address.
Shadow and Marguerite join the other skaters on the lake, and she teaches Shadow how to skate. She finally let him go on his own, and he invites her to dinner afterward as a "thank you". Marguerite tells her that her son will be at a sleepover, and asks if shadow doesn't mind having dinner with just her. Shadow says that would be fine, and they go out on the ice near the car.. Shadow has a vision of some force hitting the ice, and falls on his back. He sees something beneath the ice and clears away the snow, and a glowing elephant-like figure beneath releases. The coin comes out and slides across the ice under the car. Marguerite comes over, wonders if Shadow hit his head in the fall, and leads him to shore.
In Chicago, Bilquis goes to the address from her vision and finds people inside the church there, dancing. A woman, Melody, welcomes Bilquis to the party. Bilquis sees an older woman, Eugenia, from her vision, goes over to her, and says that they have something to talk about. Eugenia says that she knows she's dying, and doesn't need anyone from the church to help her along.
Oshun is among the dancers, and Bilquis sees her and goes over to her. When Bilquis grabs Oshun, Oshun says that it's hard for someone to be a part of something until the inviter is part of it themselves. Melody comes over and tells Melody that Eugenia has become harsher recently, and leads Bilquis off to get some good.
Cordelia drives Wednesday to a slaughterhouse, and Wednesday says that he may just kill Joahn instead of talking to him. Dunker is inside cutting up animals, and Dunker says that it's a long time since he's seen Wednesday. Wednesday says that he's there to see Dunker's tenant, and Dunker directs him to the room upstairs but first asks him a riddle which Wednesday successfully answers.
Wednesday goes into the slaughterhouse room, which is covered in the carcasses of dead animals. Going back downstairs, Wednesday tells Dunker that Johan isn't there. All Dunker knows is that Johan said he was going to a dentist. Wednesday tells Cordelia that they're going, and walks to the car.
At the church party, Eugenia watches the dancers. Bilquis is among them, and Oshun encourages Bilquis to dance. Bilquis stomps her foot and then dances in the center of the dance floor. Oshun and the other Orisha dance. Bilquis dances with them, and Eugenia smiles and joins them on the dance floor. The other dancers join in.
At his office, Tyr is leaving and sees Johan form in front of him. Tyr tells Johan that he doesn't want to do it, and the creature lunges at him.
After the dancing stops, Bilquis joins Eugenia to the side and Eugenia says that she didn't recognize who Bilquis is. Bilquis says that she had to show Eugenia who she was, and Eshu appears from a mural and beckons to Eugenia. Eugenia tells Eshu that she's not ready to die yet, and Eshu fades back into the mural. The old woman then admits that she midwifed Shadow into the world, and she took Shadow away from Wednesday because he would have destroyed Shadow.
Eugenia says that only Bilquis has the power to find the Other, and Shadow is only one-half. Bilquis must find the Other, or the people will never come together and it will be their last days.
Marguerite and Show soak in an outdoor hot tub, and Marguerite wishes it would snow. It starts snowing down on them, and Marguerite says it's like Shadow made it happen. He dismisses it as a bar trick, and they kiss and then make love.
Afterward they lie in the snow together. Shadow dreams of walking through a blizzard, hearing a horse neighing in the distance. A robed figure on horseback comes out of the blizzard, and Shadow falls backward and the horseman turns away. Figures appear beneath the snow around Shadow, reaching out to him.
The next morning, Shadow wakes up in his bed. Marguerite is next to him, and Shadow kisses her on the shoulder.
Cordelia drives to the office building where Tyr has his office. Wednesday tells her to go back to the hot3el where he walks to Tyr alone. She refuses, and Wednesday tells her that he'll take it from there and will meet her at the hotel for dinner. Cordelia gives Wednesday a phone so she can track him if he doesn't come back. He takes it and thanks her for caring, and Cordelia drives off... and Wednesday drops the phone in a garbage can.
Wednesday enters Tyr's office and finds blood all over the place. He follows the blood trail and finds the body of the demon, cut open and in a dentist chair.
Tyr goes to Shadow's house and tells him that Wednesday needs Shadow's help.
Wednesday finds a note on the body, saying that by the time Wednesday finds it, the writer will have the son Wednesday holds most dear. Wednesday says goodbye to Johan's body and leaves.
Laura and Salim drive to the rendezvous.
Still glitching, Tech Boy looks out the window of World's conference room.
Chad is working in his office.
Marguerite sits down in Shadow's living room.
Tyr drives Shadow through the night, and smiles as he considers all the elements of his plan.
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