Wanting to savor his dish of vengeance while it's hot, Jeremiah joins Markus and Kurdy in a sting to smoke out Daniel's raiders. In Milhaven, Mister Smith gives Erin a disquieting message from God.

Was the past the best of times or the worst of times? It depends on whose past. Kurdy has to trust Lee when he returns to a town—and a load of trouble—he left behind while Jeremiah is imprisoned in an idealized replica of the days before the Big Death.