TEXT: [PREVIOUSLY_ON] Cotton: The witches completed their dreaded Grand Rite. Boy: Tell me about my father. Mary: I loved him more than anything. But he is dead. Eliot: Cotton Mather. You are confined to Boston and... Forbidden from returning to Salem. Mary: It's time to face what you really are. Anne: There is nothing I care to learn from you. Samuel: I have found him. He is quite possibly the savior of Salem. Von Marburg: Who is it that led the Grand Rite? Eliot: To answer that, we must go to Salem ourselves. John: Do I have your protection? Cotton: The war is on. Mary: If you defy me, only horror awaits you. Cotton: The battle has begun. Mercy: It is I, not Mary Sibley, who... Elder witch: [Spits] Cotton: And the front line is in Salem. Tituba: Mercy Lewis killed our witches. True witches. The Elders. Mary: Courage, men. This is our ultimate battle. We have every reason to believe the crags are the last refuge of the Salem witches. For the sake of all our people, your wives and children, it's clear what must be done. We end it here. [Horse whinnies] Man: Again! Again! [Grunts] [Women screaming] Mary: Witches! Suffer not one to survive and torment us more! Kill them! Kill them all! [Screaming continues] [Screaming, gunfire continue] Mary: You wanted war. Now taste war. ["Cupid carries a gun" plays] <unk> Pound me the witch drums <unk> <unk> witch drums <unk> <unk> pound me the witch drums <unk> <unk> pound me the witch drums <unk> <unk> the witch drums <unk> <unk> better pray for hell <unk> <unk> not hallelujah <unk> Mary: We are the people of Salem, God's chosen people, given this land on which to build a new world of Faith and freedom. But even God's gifts come at a
SUMMARY:
In the wake of Mercy's brutal act of violence in killing the Elders and claiming war against Mary, Mary works to rally the citizenry of Salem against her rebellious, wayward former protégé, and burned Mercy and her followers at the crags. Despite the unwanted distraction, Mary moves forward in her bid to complete her Hive's dark task with the promise that her eventual success will result in a permanent reunion with her son. As Dr. Wainwright looks for clues to cure the growing plague, his methods create concern for the Selectmen. While his only hope seems to be the discovery of the pox-ravaged Isaac, who, beyond all expectations, clings to life, the possibility of his success creates additional concern for Mary and Tituba. Meanwhile, John Alden prepares for an epic confrontation still to come, and has a telling encounter with Petrus but kills Petrus' after information has been traded; Mary's son begins to show another, unsettling side of his nature; and Anne Hale-ripe with her new and as-of-yet uncontrollable powers-embarks to Boston to where Cotton is through her father's mask. But discovers more than she bargained for.