After her release from a sanitarium, Jeremy's fragile mother, Emma. However her ""cure"", which turns out to be opium, may have left her in an even worse state. Meanwhile, Sean sees his dreams die when his crops begin to mysteriously fail and Clay deals with a bogus businessman and his shady lady friend.

Ned heads up a search party to find Lexy and Emma, whose condition worsens as she withdraws from the opium. Meanwhile, Marita gives Sean a dose of unusual help in curing his dying tobacco crop and while Alice trys to fend off one of Clay's creditors when his horse-selling deal goes sour.