An attack on Ms. Smith opens the episode: three armed assailants terrify her until Terry Herring intervenes and escorts the shaken Chloe/Ms. Smith to the hospital. Bystanders immediately lambaste Terry—calling him her husband and saying he failed to protect her—while Terry privately insists he canceled an intimacy and plans to "see the Queen" after the Summit. Meanwhile the Summit to redivide turf begins; rival factions mock the Smiths because their leader is "a useless" young girl and push to proceed without them, trading insults and threats of blood. With the Smiths sidelined and their leader vulnerable, their control of territory hangs unresolved.