- After warning Kelly to leave the city with Zack ahead of the spreading plague, Eph is arrested by the FBI. Eichhorst has one final job for Gus, while Setrakian realizes that the coming eclipse is the tipping point for virus infection and the beginning of the end.—Jiilo_Kim
- Eph visits Kelly and is arrested by the FBI agents that have been summoned by Kelly's boyfriend. The eclipse that is coming to New York is a threat to the city and Setrakian is worried since it will spread the virus. Nora and her mother move to Setrakian's pawnshop seeking shelter. There is an incident on the streets and Eph flees from FBI agents.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Snippets of news reports float through the air, about stock markets crashing and a lunar eclipse coming up, including something called the occultation.
Meanwhile, Eichhorst in full vampire form and none of his human cover-up - steps into a padded tomb where he has a man chained up. He drags the man into position on a sort of feeding altar and then latches onto his neck and feeds, while he waits for the word to change.
Meanwhile, two FBI agents stop by Kelly Goodweathers house looking for Ephraim. Ephraim sees them from across the street and stays hidden. Kelly is mostly concerned about Eph, but her boyfriend Matt butts in and takes the FBI agents card.
Brooklyn At a diner, two pest control guys compare war stories about hundreds of rats pouring out of sewers. Vasiliy Fet pipes up that its displacement, and hes seen whats driving them out. He shows them a drawing of a vampire and warns them to be careful.
Harlem A driver in a suit drops by a gym where Gus is sparring and flashes a gun, saying Eichhorst insists on seeing him. Gus tells his friend Felix that hes had enough of Eichhorst and is going to put a stop to his harassment today.
Back at the Goodweathers house, Zach sees news about his dad being wanted for questioning. Just then, Eph runs in the back door and hugs his son. He tells Kelly that something awful is happening and she has to get Zach out of the city. Matt calls the FBI.
Eph tries to convince Kelly to run, telling her how serious the virus is. When she tells him hes scaring her, he says hes scared too. He says the FBI is hunting him because he knows too much, although he knows how crazy that sounds.
Then, the FBI knocks at the door and another agent comes in the back. Kelly is pissed at Matt for calling them. They take Eph away in handcuffs.
After theyre gone, Kelly yells at Matt for interfering. She sends Zach to the car then tells Matt hes a guest in her house and he should starting acting like it. Matt tries to get control of the situation, telling Kelly he loves her, but shes too angry. He reminds her hell be home late. She wont wait up.
Ozone Park, Queens Abraham Setrakian arrives at the next house on his list, which is set up for a wake. Half eaten food and drinks sit on the table.
Setrakian takes out his sword and follows bloody handprints down the basement stairs into the dark. When a large male vampire lurches toward him, he slows it down with a nail gun and cuts off its head. He sees several more huddled in the corner, but his heart starts bothering him. His fumbles for his pills but cant get them out in time. The vampires start to swarm him and he drops his pills. He shoots at them with the nail gun to get clear and barely makes it up the basement stairs and into the sunlight before they grab him. Then he sets a votive candle on the gas stove, cranks it on and heads out.
Nora wakes up in her apartment with her mom vacuuming. Jim Kent calls Nora to tell her that Eph has been arrested. Just then Nora sees two FBI agents buzzing at her front door. She doesnt answer and starts packing.
Abraham catches a cab home, where he sees the news about Goodweather being wanted by the FBI. The cab driver notes how crazy everyone is acting before the eclipse.
Underneath 57th St, Manhattan The driver leads Gus and Felix to meet Eichhorst in the tunnels. Eichhorst tells Gus that because he tried to look in the box, therefore violating one of Eichhorsts three rules, he wont let him stop working for him. His next assignment is to retrieve remains from the basement of St. Sebastians hospital and dispose of them.
Gus refuses and walks away. Eichhorst tells hell get $800 and his mother wont be deported (he also somehow passes through a metal grate). Gus takes a swing at Eichhorst, wiping some of the make-up off his face. Gus delivers repeated body blows to Eichhorst, who never flinches. Then Eichhorst throws Gus against a wall and turns Felixs gun back on him, waiting for Gus to say yes. He flings down his cash and disappears into the darkness.
In the federal building, Ephrahaim Goodweather tells the FBI that, no, he didnt kill Doyle Redfern. Eph wants to text his son, but they wont let him. He gets full FBI bluster and I own you, rhetoric, and cant get through his message that they have to act quickly. When Eph asks what time it is and tries to check the agents watch, he gets backhanded across the face and left to stew.
58th St. and Westside Highway
Jim Kent picks up Gus and Felix to take them to the hospital. He gives them orderly outfits.
Out on the street, Nora cant get her cell phone to work, and her mother is confused and agitated when her daughter cant provide answers. They head down to the subway.
At the city health clinic on Long Island, Vasily comes in to work, asking if anyone has heard about the house explosion out in Ozone Park (scene of Setrakians last visit). But his coworkers are nowhere to be found. The office seems empty, but Vasiliy hears a noise. He goes into the secure room, but the electricity is out. He hears rats in the ceiling. Then he sees his boss slumped over in a chair in the back. He goes to check on him and his boss attacks, his tentacle coming out of his mouth. Vasily fights him off, then flings open the shades and watches as his vampire boss fries to death in the sun. OK, then, he says.
Then he wonders about the female coworker he was sweet on. He finds her dead on the floor at least he thinks she is until she turns to look at him with her dead eyes. He reaches for the shades.
Back at FBI HQ, Eph has finished telling his story about a massive contagious event rolling through New York City. He invites them to go to the house of any of the passengers.
When the FBI agents are ready to blow him off and throw him in a cell, Eph volunteers to take them to the bodies.
He insists on showing them.
At Kellys house, she has a glass of wine with her boozy friend who hates Eph. Kelly feels bad for how she talked to Matt, and she hasnt heard from him all day. Maybe I let him move in too soon, maybe I was trying to hurt Eph, Kelly says.
Her friend encourages her to leave the city if she wants.
Long Island City, Queens
Jim Kent, Gus and Felix unload the body bag from the hospital. Its weighed down to be dumped in the river. Felixs curiosity gets the best of him and he unzips the bag. He freaks out when the vampire tentacle of Doyle Redfern flops out. Kent and Gus toss the body in the water.
Vasily Fet pays a visit to his father, who is surprised to see him and thinks hes there because he needs money. His father is working on a tome about the history of Ukrainian archeology.
His father is angry that Vasiliy turned down a graduate school scholarship at Cornell to work for pest control.
Vasiliy warns his father to get out of the city, that theres a terrible pestilence turning people into hungry vermin. His father is dubious its been two years since they saw him.
He asks his father again to leave, then walks out.
Later that day, Kelly and Zach prepare for the eclipse. She thinks he needs a little normalcy, and should stay for school.
The moon crosses the sun and the city goes dark.
Midtown Manhattan
People stroll along the streets, starting at the sun with special glasses on. The FBI agents, with Eph in the car, are stuck in traffic. Just then, Eph sees the ME Bennett, now full vampire, go lumbering by them trying car doors. One agent is inclined to ignore it, but the other goes to rescue a woman Bennett drags out of her car. Soon, theyre both out, leaving Eph handcuffed in the back seat.
Bennett turns on the first agent and kills him. The second agent fires at him but gets a tentacle to the face for his troubles. Eph crawls over the back seat and gets out of the car. He goes to the agent on the ground and asks for his handcuff keys. As the dying agent begs for help, Eph says: I warned you, Im sorry.
At work, Matt hears screams and sees a coworker stumble in with a gaping wound in his neck. He goes to confront the two vampires responsible.
Gus and Felix walk along the street and see women go screaming by, Bennett is on their heels. He corners Felix and lashes out at him. Gus whacks Bennett in the head, knocking him over, but a worm has already implanted itself in Felixs hand. They struggling to get it out when two police show up and tackle them.
Eph goes to Setrakians store. Its locked up, but hes there. Im ready to talk, Eph says.
Setrakian takes him inside and down to his secret room below ground, where Eph is surprised to find Nora and her mother.
Youre both ready. Good. I have a new plan, Setrakian says.
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