TEXT: [PREVIOUSLY_ON] Cotton: Tell me again of the visions. It says this object, this "malum," has thought to be present at every grand rite throughout history. Tituba: You would threaten me, your one true ally? Mary: So the others have turned on me. Tituba: Yes. Mary: Rose? Tituba: Everyone. Rose: I wonder. Mary: Wonder what? Rose: If he'd never left, would Captain Alden still hold such desperate appeal? Tituba: Tell me John Alden's secret. Mary: We had a deal. Mercy: Our deal no longer pleases me. Mary: What do you want? Mercy: I want to be just like you. Rose: The malum has fallen into other hands. Cotton: This object is evil. Woman: Aah! Cotton: It consecrates the earth for the devil's return. Rose: You filthy pricks. You coward! John: What are we waiting for? Cotton: Saturn... Rose: [Chuckles] Cotton: Planetary ruler of witches. John: Have you been drinking? Cotton: Most certainly. It's not every night I catch a witch with a... a "boob's trap" was it? Rose: [Coughing] Cotton: Lured here by that infernal box of yours, the malum. Once every 17 years, saturn stations direct... Rose: [Groans] Cotton: Exalted in its own house for a few brief moments. This will happen today at nightfall. John: And we care because? Cotton: A witch suspended beneath saturn as it stations direct, exalted in its own house, cannot lie. Reputable sources say it is why Odysseus himself dallied so long on Circe's Island. Rose: [Screams] Naughty lads. Cotton: We must haul her out into the woods... Rose: You need to be punished. Cotton: Bend her beneath saturn as it stations direct... And interrogate the witch. I've calculated the precise spot, but first we must secure her for travel. Rose: [Groaning] John: Why does my
SUMMARY:
After successfully capturing Rose, John and Cotton plan to extract information on the Grand Rite from her during the planetary alignment with Saturn. Mary assists Mercy in becoming a witch, and initiates her into the hive.