 Faced with a crisis of life-and-death proportions of whether or not to cure Ruthie from a snake bite, Ben turns to Lodz for advice, and he ends up talking with the mysterious and unseen entity, Management, for the first time. Meanwhile, Stumpy and Rita Sue strike a deal with each other, and Jones, to save their marriage. Samson covers for Ben when a Texas Ranger comes looking for Ben in which Samson learns that Ben is a fugitive for a murder charge which he did not commit. Sofie settles a score with Libby and Jones by seducing Libby in order for Jones to find out after learning that he s been seducing Rita Sue. But the consequences are when Sofie finds herself in the grips of Apollonia s fury for this Sophonic act. In Mintern, Reverend Balthus and Brother Justin contemplate the former s "greatest evil," with the latter pondering the prospect of salvation versus damnation among his congregation.