Special Agent Debra Parker, an expert on alternative religions, joins the case as the hunt for Carroll's son intensifies. Carroll's prison guard protege Jordy makes his first kill, slaughtering three college girls in their sorority house. Claire tries to discover Joey's whereabouts from Carroll, but the interview only serves to reveal her prior relationship with Hardy to everyone. Joey's babysitter-turned-kidnapper, Emma Hill, having convinced him that he's on an adventure, takes him to an isolated house, along with Sarah Fuller's fake neighbors Paul Torres and Jacob Wells. Tensions begin to rise between the three as Paul, having pretended to be Jacob's lover for years, is now jealous of the intimate relationship between Jacob and Emma. Hardy is attacked by a mysterious masked man while investigating Emma's old residence. Jordy attacks Claire in her home, but Hardy wounds him and he is arrested. The next day, the masked man picks someone off the street and lights him on fire. Special Agent Parker delivers a book of Poe's works to Carroll in prison which results in a short but noticeable unspoken communication between the two of them.