The moments after MariaвЂ™s rescue at the hands of Alec bear a bevy of revelations about AbbyвЂ™s past.

Avery gives him the name of a hunter and sends him on his way. With Maria watching through a window, Jason relays his belief that the source of AbbyвЂ™s sample is an organic organism. His dirty work being done elsewhere, Avery arrives at the hospital to tend to a recovering Maria. The two men flee believing Daniel to be dead as Liz tends to her friend.

Daniel rushes into the fracas, believing Liz to be in trouble, and catches a crowbar to the back of the head. She holds her own, disarming and smacking one of them easily. Liz finds her tires slashed outside the bar before two masked men threaten her on behalf of Avery. Lucilia ends up killing a witness that claims her son, Matt, was contracted by Avery to kill Alec. That promise starts to play out in a violent manner. Avery counters by calling Liz вЂњbar trashвЂќ and promising to not let her stand in his way.

Liz arrives and stands up to Avery, pointing out that Marais doesnвЂ™t jump when he snaps anymore. His answer is to intimidate LizвЂ™s father, Delroy, by invoking his financial control of DelroyвЂ™s bar. He learns about her knowledge of the bullet hole riddled debris from AlecвЂ™s boat during a romantic rendezvous with Lucilia. AveryвЂ™s eliminated one potential whistleblower, but LizвЂ™s investigation still threatens to expose his shady activities to the town. ThereвЂ™s some hard-boiled issues playing out alongside the supernatural. He canвЂ™t wait to sell that thing when he gets back to Hollywood. His anger equals his pain as he curses a blue demon suit in his trunk. He quickly realizes his time in Marais isnвЂ™t over when his arm bursts into blue flames when crossing the city line. Believing his mission is done after saving Abby at the crawfish boil, Daniel tries to leave town. Abby resuscitates her, but answers remain out of reach.Дaniel has his own brush with his past near MaraisвЂ™ city limits. Shawna pulls Maria under, but Alec emerges from the water with Maria. Nothing will keep her from being with her daughter. Abby rushes in to save her, but Maria attacks Abby, attempting to drown her. SheвЂ™s thankfully pulled away by a concerned call from Susie, whisking her away to the Sunderland compound.ДЄbby arrives to find a dispossessed Susie running away from the shore. He believes Alec is somehow connected to it, but Abby doesnвЂ™t confirm his suspicions. Jason pops in, spooking her, asking about the source of the tissue sample. A past danger is returning.Д®lsewhere, Abby continues researching the regenerative nature of AlecвЂ™s cells. Alec touches a tree and is shown the events around ShawnaвЂ™s death. HeвЂ™s here to help Alec understand the power heвЂ™s been gifted. The stranger reminds Alec that he is still himself inside despite his plant-like transformation. He shows no fear in speaking to Alec, opining about the stories the trees tell. Secured by a slew of vines, Alec is forced to look at the ghosts until a boat approaches housing a mysteriously calm bearded man. Specifically a slew of bodies, victims of natureвЂ™s fight. Some stray biotags bring back AlecвЂ™s memories of working in the swamp, but his new home has other things to show him.

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