Annie tries to find Joy at the Marsten House, while Nadia faces a difficult decision.

Pop and a handful of unConverted hole up in the Emporium, and "Ace" wants what Pop has.

Ace gives Annie and Joy sanctuary at the Marsten House, and Annie gets a message from her dead mother. Meanwhile, Chris pays Nadia a visit.

The founding of Jerusalem's Lot is revealed. In the present, Annie insists that she killed Rita on her own. Meanwhile, Pop begins to discover that Ace is up to something.

Rita comes to Castle Rock looking for her missing daughter, while the "new" Ace continues growing his flock.

Annie and Joy's origins are explored as flashbacks reveals how Annie became the way she is in the present.

Nadia learns the truth about why Pop adopted her and Abdi. Ace builds his fellowship, and Joy moves in with Nadia.

Joy spends some time with her friends, and returns to find Annie in a frenzy. Abdi takes Pop to the hospital, and Ace talks with a real estate agent.

Pop looks for the missing Ace, suspecting that Abdi is involved. Annie takes Joy to the hospital, and Joy begins to question her mother's claims.

Annie Wilkes, fleeing a murder charge, ends up with her daughter Joy in Jerusalem's Lot. Ace Merrill threatens the Somali land developer who is "poaching" Ace's tenants, and Annie tries to get the drugs she needs from the hospital where she works as a temp.