Niccolo wrestles with guilt over killing Leopold, finding acceptance through prayer and conversation with Arthur. His acceptance creates an unexpected inner hardening - a bedrock of guilt and faith that proves resistant to psychic intrusion when a possessed cultist tries to compel him during the...
Frieda stews in a Minnesota hotel, coordinating hunters across the country while waiting for Mikael to act on Curtis. She manages calls from Garfield and Charles, each dealing with different Bishop children.
Niccolo and Arthur escape water treatment facility with Naomi and Garfield's help. Niccolo threatens Garfield at gunpoint, keeps the weapon. During drive, Niccolo processes his moral erosion - reflecting on Desiree, the Church's failures, and his shifting willingness toward violence.
Arthur and Niccolo search abandoned service station, find dismembered bodies and a demon-possessed man holding a captive. Arthur tranquilizes the possessed host, rescuing Sarah.
Arthur and Niccolo trapped in tunnel darkness. Claustrophobic horror, confession about past failures (David/Theresa/Lucas), discussion of bishop's plan to weaponize children, Niccolo's crisis of faith about the Church, barefoot child checking on them. Arthur resolves to break free if no help comes.
Arthur receives a 4am call from Cardinal Richter about six psychic incidents across four states. Thirty of Bishop Glasser's recruited children have been activated by Jeremy Caldwell using Glasser's phone.