Plot

With May hospitalized and his friendship with Eddie ruined, Peter gains enough self-awareness to realize the symbiote is affecting his personality. The struggle between Peter and the symbiote evolves into a war within Peter's own mind.

Peter realizes he's completely neglecting his friends, influenced by the alien goo 'symbiote'. As it hates vibrations, he tries to get rid of it exposing it to church bells, but it pins him down and evokes memories of how it all started, the trauma of Uncle Ben's murder. However, Ben's memory stays and encourages Peter to resist and wrestle loose. Now he brings the goo back to the lab and thinks he freezes it to death. Eddie is furious his rehabilitation is turned to hopeless. But the symbiote survives, transfers to Eddie and brings Peter's memories along.—KGF Vissers

Peter's new suit is causing his personality to change even more. At the Connors Lab, Martha must remove Eddie from their payroll, due to the loss of the black substance. At the hospital, Eddie furiously confronts Peter for getting him fired, but he calls his former friend out for his attitude. However, Flash reprimands Peter for acting cold and aloof towards his loved ones, even though they were trying to help him. At the church bell tower, Spider-Man tries to remove the black suit but he gets cocooned by the substance. More of Peter's past comes into light, such as getting bit by the spider that granted him his powers and becoming a hero. Peter soon gets help from his late uncle, he reminds his nephew that he has helped many people in the past. Spider-Man finally rejects the symbiote and he goes to the Connors' Lab to freeze the symbiote, much to Eddie's fury and dismay. The symbiote senses Eddie's rage and anger, the substance bonds with Eddie and he becomes Venom.—dawsonpersi