Maryann appoints Sookie as the “Maid of Honor” at her sacrificial ritual, much to Sookie’s disgust. Maryann asks Sookie to repeat her “electric” touch, but Sookie fails to do so. She is restrained by an entranced Lafayette.

Bill walks in on Sophie-Anne, the Vampire Queen of Louisiana, feeding from the femoral artery of a young girl. Bill asks her advice on how to defeat Maryann and Sophie-Anne makes Bill reluctantly spend the entire day lounging with her before she will tell him what she knows.

Sookie, Bill and Jason return to Bon Temps to find the town in chaos. They return to Bill’s house to find Hoyt and Jessica tending to Maxine, who is under the effects of Maryann’s power.

Eric, who was wounded in the explosion protecting Sookie, convinces her that he cannot heal himself with silver shrapnel lodged in his body. Sookie sucks out the shrapnel, ingesting some of his blood.

Gabe pleads for his life before Godric breaks his neck. Eric arrives immediately after and an alarm sounds through the church compound. Godric orders Eric to save himself and Sookie, while avoiding human casualties.

Still drunk, Andy chases the pig through the woods and stumbles upon Maryann’s orgy. He fires his pistol, partially breaking the trance Maryann has induced on everyone, giving Sam the opportunity to run.

Godric’s minion, Isabel, drops in on Bill and Sookie at the Hotel Camilla with her human boyfriend, Hugo. He and Sookie bond over their mutual relationships with vampires as they prepare to infiltrate the Fellowship of the Sun.

Tara’s birthday party is still in full swing when Sam follows Daphne out into the woods, where she reveals to him that she is a shapeshifter too. They begin getting intimate, but are interrupted by Terry and Arlene, after which Daphne wanders off into the darkness.