TEXT: [PREVIOUSLY_ON] Man: Aah! John: This is my vow. I will come back for you. Tituba: George sibley drove John Alden off to die in the war. What do you think he's gonna do when he finds out you're pregnant with John's baby? Giles: Precious Salem caught up in a stinking witch panic. Mary: I was told you were killed. John: Was that before or after you married sibley? Tituba: What's John Alden compared to all that lies before you? Cotton: The Grand Rite, a ritual of death attributed to witches over the centuries. John: What do these witches want? Cotton: A country of their own. Mercy: I want to be just like you. Mary: All the world shall be yours. Dollie: Mercy! You said your master would protect us. Mercy: You have betrayed me. Increase: Alden is a traitor, and he is in love with a witch. John: You're one of them? Mary: Yes. Increase: Execute them on the spot. Mr. Hale: Tonight, there will be a plague released near Salem. Only those who carry the witch blood will be safe. Anne: I am not a witch! [Screams] Mary: It will end here. Cotton: Father! Mary: [Voice breaking] Cotton. Your father's gone mad! Increase: She dies now! Mercy: I am the Queen of the Night. And she will pay for what she's done. Mary: My child... lives? [Chickens clucking] Man: Hey! Stop! Get back here, boy! [Clucking continues] [Indistinct conversations] Stop! [Sheep bleats] [Animals bleating] [Dog barking in distance] [Object clatters, chicken clucks] [Man coughing] [Chicken clucking] Girl: don't go in there. Man: Who's down there? Girl: Death. [Ethereal, indistinct singing] [Doors creak] Man: [Breathing heavily
SUMMARY:
In the wake of the Grand Rite-merely the first phase of the Hive's dark undertaking-a horrendous plague sweeps through Salem. Tensions escalate between Tituba and Mary, who tries to enjoy what limited time she is allowed to spend with her young, recently returned son. Mary confronts Mercy Lewis in a bid to strike a bargain with the upstart Witch, but Mercy already has diabolical plans of trying to take Salem by force. As Anne Hale begins to comprehend the nature of her own true power, she is extended an offer by Mary that may provide her some clarity and relief. Meanwhile, as Mary attempts to exert her mortal influence over the citizenry of Salem, she makes the acquaintance of an intriguing true man of science, Dr. Samuel Wainwright, who may threaten her cause. Back in Boston, a haunted Cotton Mather must answer for his failure in Salem and the death of his father; and Mary learns John Alden's fate, or so she thinks.