Jesus. Hey! It's Jesus, earlier in the night that Judas betrays him, having raucous sex with a married woman. She is really, really into it and he's pretty stoked too, since it's his first time and all. When it's over finally, he gets dressed and tells her that he loves her. She's all, ????? but it's because he's Jesus and he loves everyone. The disciples collect him at the door and they go off, unfortunately never to make it to the getaway donkeys. One disciple knows what's up, however, and gives the woman a knowing look; nine months later, that guy (Thaddeus?) is back to whisk away Christ's child. He has the woman killed, right there in her bed, so she can't tell anyone and thus the company to be known as The Grail comes into being.
Jesse. In the here and now, Starr is actually being very reasonable while talking to Jesse in the bar. He explains what The Grail is, roughly speaking, and brings out a couple of three-ring binders for Jesse to look at. Jesse is not interested in binders (whacking Starr upside the head with one and bloodying his nose) and uses the Voice to ask WHERE IS GOD? Starr answers honestly - because he has to - that he doesn't know. But he suggests that maybe Jesse would want to come with him to HQ and maybe they could get some more answers there. So Jesse agrees to a bag over his head and they go to The Grail HQ, where the Pope and the Archibishop of Canterbury are waiting for them in Starr's office. Jesse is, to his credit, slightly taken aback. Recovering somewhat, he asks the two august gentlemen [close-minded white patriarchs...] where God is. They don't know but have some ridiculous theories about it: the Archbishop thinks a traitorous cabal of angels have betrayed God, who is now on the run; on the other hand, the Pope scoffs, saying that God has given up on humans because we have failed Him (like he gave up on the dinosaurs, when they failed Him) and is in the process of creating a new ten-foot tall species .... Jesse's all, you all have no fucking clue, do you? The pope also let slips that maybe "the boy" might know where God is - and maybe it's time for him to lead.
But he was paying attention and asks Starr, what did the Pope mean, "the boy?" Starr is all, you weren't supposed to hear that but he's the Messiah. Jesse: *...* Also, Jesse is like, maybe this Jesus descendant knows where God is. Starr equivocates so Jesse uses the Voice: TAKE ME TO HIM. And Starr does - because he has to. Planes, trains and automobiles later, they get to where the Messiah is being kept safe. Jesse is surprised and horrified to learn that this twenty-fifth great-grandson of Jesus Christ is, in fact, an inbred moron who pees on the people he likes, flashes his peepee at guests and was filling a notepad with roughly-drawn pictures of a black and white dog,* while Jesse pages through while the Messiah is patting Starr's bald head. Jesse tries using the Voice to ask the Messiah where God is and the moron wails and cries and it doesn't go well.
* We're all now certain that the dude in the dog suit from E3 is God, right? Yes, I think I neglected to mention that scene when I was recapping because it seemed like a throwaway. My bad.
They go back to New Orleans and Jesse's all, well, you weren't any help but I'm still going to look for God. Starr says he can't do it by himself and Jesse's all, I got friends. Starr thinks: For now, anyway. Starr points out that they're all fucked if the world ends and God is still missing and the Messiah won't be any use. So maybe Jesse should team up with him, use the power of Genesis and basically be God himself and bring some order to this shit-stained world. "Why go on looking for God when you can just be him." Jesse, scandalized: That's blasphemy! Starr: Semantics.
Cassidy. Cassidy is celebrating Dennis's birthday with hookers and video games and umbrellas so they can go out without being burnt up by the sun. But Dennis is a young vampire and pretty much unable/unwilling to control the impulse to drink human blood, no matter how much Cassidy tells him not to. At the end of the episode, Dennis wanders back to the apartment, face and neck drenched in a victim's blood. Before this season is over, Cassidy is going to have to deal with that.
Tulip. Tulip is still struggling with her Saint PTSD. When Featherstone shows up at the apartment in her "Jenny" guise for some girl-bonding, she is able to manipulate the distracted Tulip, pushing her to distrust Jesse about whether he really sent the Saint back to Hell. This is Starr's plan, you see, to isolate Jesse so he has to turn to Starr. It does seem a little uncharacteristic for Tulip to be so easily manipulated - she's usually such an unflappable badass - but I suppose they're using this to show how much damage the Saint can do. Featherstone has Hoover pose as "Jenny's" abusive and alcoholic boyfriend and the girls get into a little scuffle with him. Featherstone gets a cut on her face and Tulip takes her into the bathroom for bandaging. Featherstone notes that loose tile (which she already knows is Jesse's hiding spot for the Saint's weapons because of the surveillance cameras) and suggests that Tulip should fix it since she's so handy.
Later, Tulip decides to fix that tile. She pulls it up and then reaches down inside, under the floorboards. Her face falls when she realizes what's hidden there. She's sitting at the kitchen table, the Saint's two revolvers and the saber laid out in front of her, staring at the front door, waiting for Jesse to get back. He's gonna have some 'splainin' to do.
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