Jocasta communes with the Great Lynx.

Marshall convinces Archie to try something different in an effort to resolve an incipient subduction zone. It doesn’t work.

Mitch is exposed to the Enemy’s tricks, is memetically quarantined, and meets a famous rocket scientist. He also eats two cheese sandwiches.

A review of where things stand in the Cold War against the Kings as of Tuesday, October 9, 1973.

Archie and Marshall blanket the Columbus noosphere with patriotic memetics to sedate a nervous populace • Jocasta tells Charley what she’s learned about southern Illinois • Charley investigates the Kincaid mounds • And invents motion-detection technology • Then she travels into the Deep Astral • Mitch bears witness to a mass proxy baptism, of sorts

Marshall and Archie introduce themselves to their assigned team in Ohio, and then visit a cornfield with bad vibes.

Roger arrives in Biloxi, where he introduces his new team mate to Papa Legba.

Jocasta and Charley arrive in scenic Cairo (pronounced “KAY-ro”), Illinois, where they engage in some preliminary research and investigation.

Aided by some special berries, Mitch explores a subduction zone and successfully intimidates a few Hare Krishnas.

URIEL arrives in Huntsville, AL • It’s a Sandman convention! • Archie and Marshall have a curious conversation with Dr. Hilary Postel • Kendrick Mead and Dr. Sidney Gottlieb explain the situation • Charley takes a sneak peek at some confidential data • URIEL is disbanded and dispatched to various parts of the USA

URIEL gets word that they’ll be traveling to Huntsville, Alabama, for their latest, highly unusual, assignment.

“If you could interview anyone known to have died in the Bay Area, for the benefit of the Project, who would it be, and why?”

Mitch plays with his cards in an effort to learn what he should do to pursue his poorly-defined goals.

Roger takes Sophie out for a martini lunch. Hey, it’s 5 o’clock somewhere.

Marshall makes a connection between bad metaphors about human memory and a raisin.