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. Maryann gives chase, but Sam, hearing and then seeing an owl, is able to shape-shift into an owl himself and fly away. Andy breaks up the orgy and has his arm broken by Terry, who is still under Maryann’s influence.

In the basement of the L.O.D.I, Sookie deduces that someone must have tipped off the Fellowship about their mission, while at the hotel, Lorena will still not allow Bill to go to Sookie’s rescue and flashbacks of Los Angeles in 1935 reveal how Bill struggles with his relationship with Lorena. Tired of killing innocents, Bill asks to be released from her, even though she tries to convince him that he can overcome his conscience. She reluctantly releases him after he threatens to stake himself. Outside the church, Eric and Isabel are watching, unaware of the danger Sookie and Hugo are in. Eric asks her what she likes about being with a human and she says it is because their mortality makes everything in life urgent and exciting, but also says it is a sort of “science experiment” to see Hugo age into decrepitude. Isabel accuses Eric of coveting Sookie but he denies being interested in her. In the church, Sarah wants to run off and tell Steve about her and Jason, but Jason convinces her that their duty to God must come first and she agrees to wait. Hoyt tells Jessica that he is a virgin and she reveals that she is too. They decide to be each other’s first time. Eric and Isabel arrive back at the hotel and Stan confronts Eric about not dealing with the Fellowship more directly. Eric accuses him of murdering Godric to claim his place as Sheriff, which he denies and then Eric says he no longer cares if Stan runs into the church to kill them all. Steve and Gabe interrogate Sookie. A claustrophobic Hugo desperately reveals that her last name is Stackhouse and that she is Jason’s sister. Deciding that Jason must be a vampire sympathizer, he tells Gabe to take care of it and Gabe drags Jason into the woods to kill him, but he manages to escape after beating Gabe up. Later Sookie reads a weakend Hugo’s mind and it turns out that Hugo is the traitor. His motive is that he realizes Isabel is just using him and vampires takes over a mortal’s life in the name of loving them. Sam confronts Daphne at gunpoint at the stream and she explains to him that Maryann is a Maenad, an immortal creature from ancient Greek religion that is a female follower of Dionysus, the Greek god of wine and revelry. They have immense power and Daphne likens her to both God and the Satan. Sam asks why Maryann is trying to kill him and Daphne tells him it is because he escaped from her once and that she cannot influence supernatural creatures the way she can with normal people.

The next morning, Tara and Eggs wake up on Sookie’s couch and neither can remember what happened to them after they followed the trail of clothes. Arlene admits that she blacked out too, which causes Tara to become suspicious of Maryann. Andy tries to confronts Terry at Merlotte’s (but he isn’t there), raving about “devil-worshipers” and “devil-zombies” who turned Bon Temps into an “orgy from hell”, but the patrons just think he is crazy, however Sam knows he is telling the truth. At the stream, Maryann thanks Daphne for her services, kisses her and then uses an entranced Eggs to kill Daphne.

Sookie reaches out to Barry telepathically and he shows up at the hotel with the message, but Lorena still won’t let Bill leave. Eric overhears and races for the church. Gabe bursts into the basement, beats up Hugo because he is a “fang banger” despite him helping the church and attempts to rape Sookie, but at the last second he is pulled off by none other than Godric.