Roger does some digging into CWG’s old files concerning “the dead” (not the band).

Archie, Mitch, and Marshall receive an esmological briefing • Jocasta, under cover, meets Donald DeFreeze • And makes secret arrangements to subvert the SLA • Marshall and Mitch investigate Roger’s whereabouts • They find a duffel bag full of iPhones • Also: Roger, malnourished and worked to the point of exhaustion in Charley’s old lab • Harry Houdini says hi

Jocasta gets a surprise invitation to join Lt. Col. Anthony Barnes Reinhardt for drinks at Cliff House.

Charley recruits the Ghost of Harry Houdini to URIEL’s cause against OZYMANDIAS.

Charley and Archie discover a hidden device at the Ransom house • URIEL debates what to do about the chip in Charley’s head • Marshall cautions the team about what sort of people they’re dealing with at SANDMAN • Mitch reads his cards and threatens Houdini • “Ehrich, I know you can hear me.” • Charley saves the Ghost of Harry Houdini, again • Roger and Mitch destroy the chip

Charley and Mitch have a heart-to-heart over some late-night French fries • Charley tells Mitch about the Ghost of Harry Houdini • Charley comes clean about her fears • URIEL rallies around their Indigo Child • Roger proposes to build a Rooster House

Charley partially restores power to the St. Francis then takes a moment to perform post-mortem electroencephalogy on the carcass of a girtablullû.

“Not only do [the Illuminated] know more than the common run of man, they know how to use that knowledge. They possess the muscle and the lever.”

Mitch and Marshall bring the cassette tape bearing the the ghost of Harry Houdini to meet Charley.

Mitch, Marshall, and their Midnight Crew hold a Houdini séance • It works! • Except now Mitch and Marshall are trapped in History B • “I think Houdini fucked us.” • Houdini’s ghost finds himself caught on Doug Rogo’s tape recorder • Marshall gets gored by a kusarikku • Mitch finds a magical elixir bearing his doppelgänger‘s visage • The day is saved with memetics, hypnotism, and cocaine

Mitch and Marshall gather their ragtag band of misfits, weirdos, and occultists to summon the ghost of Harry Houdini.

Mitch and Marshall get drinks, get more drinks, and make plans. Then things go a little sideways.

Roger gives Mitch the 101 on ghosts and the summoning thereof.

Marshall hosts a party at his suite • Mitch reads Mike Nesmith’s fortune • An uninvited guest drops by • It’s a kusarikku • And he has a proposal • Mitch and Marshall learn that Houdini is wanted by the Red Kings, even in death • Mitch consults the cards

Mitch and Marshall make an expensive call to England.