Drake purchases a bouquet of flowers for his wife before running into Rose, who has recently quit her job due to mistreatment from her employer. He assures her that things will work out and Rose tells him his wife is a lucky lady. Drake returns home and finds that Bella is not there.

There are attacks on both synagogues and churches, perpetuating tension between Whitechapel's religious communities. Rose visits Susan to ask for a place to stay but Susan tells her she doesn't have anything to offer, following the loss of her money. Jackson and Drake then arrive to enquire after Bella's history in the hopes of finding her. Things are still tense between Jackson and Susan, following the end of their relationship, and between Drake and Rose, with Drake blaming Rose for his not being home to keep Bella from going missing.

A woman named Maggie, the same one that had approached Bella in the street in the previous episode, approaches Rose in a pub and invites her to join her group of friends. Drake returns home and finds Bella with her "uncle Gabriel." She tells him she had left a note, presenting it, and Drake is certain it hadn't been there. Gabriel, a scholar, is visiting following the death of his daughter. Maggie offers Rose a place to stay and Rose insists on only staying one night. The place is home to many and appear to be a religious cult following someone called "Father."

Tracing the ink from some religious-hate fliers, the team heads to Gaddis printing. Not long after arriving, they find Samuel Gaddis, who holds a knife to his own throat and stabs/slices it. The team looks on in horror as he bleeds out and wonder what purpose there was to spread such hate.

In private, Bella's "uncle" is very obviously not her uncle. He guilt-trips the death of Lily, his daughter, on her. They were involved and now Gabriel wants her to bring Drake to him. Gabriel is the "Father" of the religious cult - the place at which Rose is still staying. Rose sneaks up to the door and peeks in, finding Rose and Gabriel kissing. She runs out with some cult followers chasing after her. She ends up hiding in a public toilet.

Gabriel shows up at Drake's place, telling Bella that it's time. She doesn't want to yet and Drake kicks him out, still not knowing what is going on. He tries to get answers from her but all she does is mope and talk about how Rose would have made him happier than her.

Rose finds Drake in the streets and tries to tell him about Bella and Rose but he gets angry and ends up striking her, after which she runs off. Reid follows a lead to meet a woman named Jemima Swan, who puts him on the trail of Cain (Gabriel). He is shown a portrait which reveals Bella as Gabriel's lover and having once been pregnant with his child.

Drake follows Bella to Gabriel's place. She has come to tell him that she will not bring Drake to him. He tells her her love for Drake is not real and that only her love for him is real. Drake comes in and learns that Gabriel's daughter Lily was in fact Bella's child, too. Gabriel informs Drake that he wants him to join his Golden Dawn cult and before he can object, Drake is knocked down and taken captive. Reid heads to Drake's place to tell him what he has learned but does not find him there.

Jackson tells Reid that he found Peyote in the stomach of Samuel. Meanwhile, Drake is forced to consume some peyote himself. Gabriel tells Drake that Rose will be joining them as they transition to the next life. The followers find Rose drunk in a bar and bring her back with little objection. The inspectors trace the sales and import of the peyote to find Gabriel's place. They also find orders of nightshade, realising that they intend to use it to kill themselves. As they prepare to head off for Gabriel's place, Jackson brews up an antidote to bring along.

A ceremony is taking place and Gabriel has Bella pass the poisoned brew along to each of the followers. Maggie and Phillip are in another room, forcing Rose to consume her dose of peyote. The inspectors arrive to find the followers lying on the floor and Gabriel reveals that Drake has had his dose ten minutes ago. Rose manages to smash her way out of her captor's grip and charges in with a fire iron, smashing Gabriel on the skull. Jackson has some officers begin administering the antidote to the followers while he shoves his fingers down Drake's throat, causing him to vomit before giving him the antidote himself. Flight is restraining Bella, but she uses a knife she secretly grabbed to injure him so he'll release her. She then grabs Rose and tells Drake she's always known that Drake loved Rose first and that she'll never be as good as her. She then stabs herself and Drake cries while the Reid and Jackson look on in shock.

Reid enjoys a quiet moment in the synagogue when telling the Rabi that the case has been closed. They speak about faith. Bella is buried and Rose offers comfort to Drake, who yet again coldly rejects her, saying "I am made of nought but death."

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Aiden Galvin, an Irish bomber, is sprung free from the prison wagon in which he is locked in when the driver has a heart attack. The following day, he sets up a bomb in a prominent M.P.'s room. Shortly before it goes off, the man spots a flag of the Irish Republican Brotherhood. The man was an outspoken opponent of the Home Rule movement. Chief Inspector Abberline recruits H division to to help him. He beats and salts the wound of the leader of the IRB to get information. They learn that Galvin has a daughter.

Jackson's examination of the bodies and the explosive device shards lead the inspectors to discover that the driver was electrocuted, thus causing his heart attack. Reid notes that the IRB would never disguise their purposes in this manner. The murdered M.P., Knightly, was known for his vicious prejudice against the Irish but they now know to explore who else would benefit from his death.

Flight, who is Irish, is sent undercover into Whitechapel's community to get close to Galvin's daughter, Evie. Michael, the salted IRB leader, tells Evie to expect her father to come find her and seek out refuge. She is skeptical, as he did not write for the 20 years he was imprisoned. Michael reminds her that he has a taste for killing Englishmen even though the IRB have stated that this practice is of the past. Michael wants her to pacify him and tells her that the IRB was a father to her, having paid for her life as an orphan. Flight tries to help her but she sends him off, insisting she can fend for herself. Michael tells Evie to inform him if and when her father makes contact.

When Flight returns to the station, Jackson advises him on how to win over Evie's good opinion. He's warned that he has a frosty exterior and that his repeated refusal of drink makes him seem untrustworthy. He also needs to come up with a story that will be felt in the heart to establish a connection. They get the idea to make him seem sympathetic as a victim of police brutality and have Drake punch him once to give him a black eye. The rouse is effective and it's not long before she's offered him a place to stay and they even kiss.

Reid gets word of a demonstration to take place by a man named Broadwick of Broadwick Machine Works. He demonstrates the apparent superiority of direct current over alternating current by electrocuting a goat. Afterwards, Reid learns from Broadwick that Knightly was accepting bribes. Broadwick then tells them about a Mr. Ferranti, who will be giving a demonstration that night promoting alternating current. Ferranti is Broadwick's rival as they are both competing to build a new power station.

Ferranti admits to Reid and Drake about his bribing Knightly, saying that it was the only way to be even considered. However, he says he would not have needed to kill Knightly, since he had science on his side.

Galvin walks in on Flight (who is using a false name) having a snog with Evie. He asks to have a moment alone with her, saying he has plans to leave the city that night. He admits to killing Knightly, and says he has one last task, after which he wants her to come with him to New York, presenting her with a ticket. Before he leaves, she asks him about a man named Holland, who has been writing to her one her birthday claiming to be her father. Galvin leaves immediately following this.

Flight follows after him and has a police officer he encounters on the way to deliver a message to Reid to inform him of the letters from Holland. Reid deduces that the man resides in Raritan, New Jersey. Menlo Park is in Raritan, which is home to Thomas Edison and the lead traces them back to Broadwick. Reid concludes that Broadwick is in fact Holland and he was responsible for springing Galvin loose to kill Knightly for him.

Galvin confronts Broadwick regarding Evie. Broadwick says that Evie's mother had told him that he was her father and had asked him to look after her. He did not have the strength to be a father, opting instead to write, send money and gifts. Broadwick gives Galvin a device which he means to have placed inside Ferranti's device. The trio arrive and Flight fills them in.

At the demonstration, Ferranti's device is shown to be tremedously popular to the audience. Broadwick and Galvin head out and then the trio burst in, ordering Ferranti to shut off his device and evacuate the guests. When the explosion has yet to happen, Broadwick orders Galvin to go back in and fix it but Galvin refuses, saying he is no longer his dynamite delivery boy. Galvin is intent on getting to his daughter, regardless of who may be her blood relation.

Broadwick goes back in and goes to turn the device back on, checking for the explosive device. Reid informs him that his explosive has been removed and he is under arrest. Broadwick places his hands on the device to kill himself.

Flight goes to visit Evie who has decided to go to New York with her father. Galvin is on his way to Evie but is surrounded by the IRB and Michael delivers a kill shot to his head. Evie is left thinking her father abandoned her but decides to go to New York anyway. She asks Flight for his real name but he will not give it. He admits that the story about his family was true but tells her to go on her way. He gets emotional once she has walked away.

Throughout the episode, Reid is shown to be spending time with Jane Cobden. He rebuffs her advances at the end, though it is quite clear that he does share the same feelings as her. He is still conflicted over his failed marriage.

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