Andrew Krane contemplates what it means to be a writer in SANDMAN’s pocket, and fields a question from his friend Archie Ransom.

The Ransoms have a somewhat awkward dinner, discuss whether this Watergate thing will come to anything, and Archie gets a late call from Jocasta.

Mitch meets the gentlemen running SCANATE. They’re quite taken with him.

Terence McKenna invites Jocasta — and Archie! — to a little shindig at his place.

Jocasta updates Marshall on her psychometric findings about Sophie.

Marshall gives Sophie’s cat to Charley for safe keeping • Jocasta and Roger report on Pat Price • Jocasta reveals she’s a time traveler • And she told Young Pat Price to be on the lookout for Mitch, in the future • Marshall gives Jocasta a needle from Sophie’s apartment • Roger, Mitch, and Charley research Pat Price’s land scheme • Mitch senses History B in the wires at SRI • Jocasta learns Sophie was battling glyph addiction

Jocasta does a little surveillance up in Lake Tahoe, where she finds a police badge laden with dark vibes and tests the limits of her psychic powers to profound effect.

“And overlaid over the adjoining lots and the ones across the street is a simple legend in Price's handwriting with a single word in all caps, ten big letters: G O O G O L P L E X.”

Mitch submits himself to testing for induction into SRI’s psychic research program and has a peculiar dream.

Mitch interviews for admission into the SCANATE program at SRI.

"Say Hal ... you wouldn't by any chance see that girl, a redhead, crouching down by my car over there?"

In her absence, Marshall drops by Sophie’s apartment to retrieve her cat and snoop around.

"What's the skinny, skinny?”

Viv and Archie sit down for an initial, introductory evaluation.

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