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The episode splits its time between a grim origin story in 1619 and the present-day 400th-anniversary celebration of Castle Rock.

: We meet Amity, a settler in "New Jerusalem" cast out with her lover, the preacher Augustin, after being accused of witchcraft. Starving and desperate, Amity encounters a hooded figure on a cliffside—an "angel" who brings fertility back to the sick land. Castle_Rock_s02e07

: This angel’s gift comes with a price. Amity eventually leads her entire congregation in a ritualistic mass suicide. Each follower swallows a strange insect—a process called "weaving"—before having their throats slit, believing they will be reborn in new "vessels" in 400 years. The episode splits its time between a grim