Jen Harper

Damon goes with Elena and Bonnie to visit Whitmore College, where Professor Shane is taking over the Occult Studies classes formerly taught by Bonnie’s grandmother. At a fraternity costume party, Damon takes advantage of the wild scene to give Elena a lesson in choosing a victim. Rebekah’s attempt to buy Matt’s forgiveness falls flat, but she is intrigued by unexpected news from Klaus. When Stefan questions Klaus about Connor’s motives, Klaus reveals a long-ago encounter with a powerful group of vampire hunters, but it’s Rebekah who delivers the information that stuns Stefan.

As Jane (Brooke Elliott) takes on a client who’s being sued for identifying the drunk driver who killed her brother, Kim (Kate Levering) represents a ventriloquist who can’t fly without his dummy.

The Bishop visits Mac, and Mac asks him to be a character witness at his hearing, threatening that he won't have a way to keep paying Henry hush money from jail. The Bishop refuses. Basie Skanks drives Jacob to a plot of land across from Calvary where he intends to build a $40 million community center for Triumph there and says the Lord is calling Jacob to be the face of the organization. Henry comes to Calvary looking for Lady Mae. Noah intercepts him, and Grace learns that Henry is terminally ill. She asks Kevin to help find Henry somewhere to live, and Kevin agrees. Kerissa learns the schools TCAP scores increased suspiciously and Excellence's accreditation will not be renewed until after the board launches an inquiry into suspected cheating in Isabel's class. Lady Mae gives a sermon about "The Virtuous Woman" and the audience misinterprets it as her endorsement of Grace as the interim preacher at Calvary. Grace tells the Bishop she wants to go back to Phoenix with Sophia, but Bishop reveals to her he has Parkinsons and needs her to preach for the summer. Grace agrees. At church, Bishop tells Jacob the Lord's will is for him to be his eyes and ears at Basie's new community center. Grace preaches, asking for a moment of silence for all the victims of sexual abuse in the church. At Greenleaf, Kevin asks Charity to look into a gay conversion therapy, but Charity tells Kevin she needs to take some space and that he should move out for the time being. Grace takes Henry to a Hospice that the church has agreed to pay for. He mourns that his daughters won't come see him before he dies, and he reveals that Mac has been giving him hush money all this time about a church that was intentionally burned down many years ago. Ray arrives at Greenleaf to take Sophia away for the summer. Two police cars arrive at Greenleaf to arrest the Bishop and release Mac on probation.

Tithes are down at Calvary, and Deacon Sykes negotiates with Lady Mae that Grace will preach for the summer in exchange for holding Women's Day at the Peabody. In a surprise ruling, Ray is granted custody of Sophia for the summer, after which, the old custody agreement is restored, leaving Grace with a decision about whether to stay in Memphis or return to Phoenix to be with Sophia. Jacob meets with Basie Skanks about a new job at Triumph, and Basie seeks the Bishop's blessing to hire him, which Bishop gives. Adrian and Kevin go for a lunch date, but when the conversation moves toward their feelings for each other, Kevin insists to Adrian he's not gay, and Adrian leaves, angry. Mavis advises Grace to leave Memphis and tells her the church will corrupt her like it corrupted her parents. Jacob informs Lady Mae he's moving out and taking the job at Triumph, but Lady Mae invites him to continue living at Greenleaf, and he accepts. In an attempt to make things right in his marriage, Kevin confesses to Charity that he has feelings about men, but this revelation backfires and causes the twins to go into distress. Charity is rushed to the hospital, and the doctor orders that she remain on bed rest for the remainder of her pregnancy. Charity's scare causes Kerissa to mourn for the baby she lost, Serena Rose, and she turned to Jacob for comfort. Grace prepares a motion to appeal the judge's ruling, but Sophia is angry and tells her not to do it. Lady Mae tells Bishop that she is going to preach for the summer instead of Grace unless Bishop will tell her what Mac has on Bishop. Bishop tells her nothing and agrees to inform Deacon Sykes that Lady Mae will be preaching this summer.