The Price of Work

**The Price of Work** is the second episode in Season 3 of the Freeform series, *Motherland: Fort Salem*. It aired on June 28, 2022.

## Synopsis

The group seeks sanctuary in the mysterious Cession. The Unit learns the Camarilla is directly targeting the Mycelium, inspiring them to strike back. Petra and Anacostia work to determine President Wade’s allegiance.

## Plot

The Unit - Abigail Bellweather, Tally Craven and Raelle Collar, along with Scylla Ramshorn, Adil, Khalida and Nicte Batan, are all on the run in the Chippewa Cession after being forced to flee from the paper factory that was their refuge. The group bickers abaout their plans, using wards to hide from the mysterious Cession Marshals. They are said to be expert trackers, though Nicte refers to them as being "the boogeyman," stories told to keep people in line. They also face the fact that Raelle is not feeling well and needing frequent rest breaks.

Nicte and Tally continue their discussions regarding Tally's gift, her ability to see into the future. Nicte warns her that what she can do can change the world, but her type of Work comes at a price. When Tally points out that she's the one who's been pushing her to develop it, she tells her that it's still important that she not use it irresponsibly. She tells her that nobody else understands this the way that she does, that as the founder of the Spree, the price she paid was terrible. Tally asks how she can trust her when everything about her is a lie, even her face. At this, Nicte reveals her true face, that of a terrible old hag, asking her if this is what she wants. She is shocked when Tally smiles, and even more shocked when Tally tells her that this is what she saw on the roof, days before. She can see not just a few hours into the future, but days.

Back at Fort Salem, General Petra Bellweather and the others decide that it is time to find out for certain whether or not President Kelly Wade is a member of the Camarilla. They succeed in implanting M into her security detail and host a big event at the Bellweather residence. Petra, however, is worried when her mother, Minerva, approaches President Bellweather and asks to speak with her alone, as there has been bad blood between the two of them in the past. In the end, however, they determine that President Wade is not Camarilla.

Minerva then tells Petra that she had told her that from the beginning, stating that she and President Wade might not see eye to eye, but that she has integrity to spare. She further tells her that the two of them rose through the ranks at the same time, both of them Black woman and a little stubborn and that at the time they couldn't see that they had far more in common than not. They agree that it's good that Wade is not Camarilla bur realizes that it raises a new problem: she has just become their number one target.

At the same event, Vice President Blanton Silver introduces a new bill, one that places voting restrictions upon witches. He states that he feels that witches have been living for too long as a separate society within the United States and that it's time for this to come to an end. President Wade, however, tells him that she will not be signing the bill, saying that she wants to make this perfectly clear in a room full of historians. She warns that she will veto to the legislation if it comes to her desk and make sure to ensure the rights of all citizens, witch and non-witch, are legally protected.

The Camarilla, led by Dr. Alban Hearst, run a drilling operation inside the Cession in order to try to poision the Mycelium. When the Army catches wind of this, Petra, making contact with the Unit, orders the Unit to run an observation-only mission to find out exactly what the Camarilla are up to. Before they begin the mission, however, Raelle is taken underground by the Mycelium in order to try to heal her. The group then decides to expand the scope of the mision, particularly when they discover that Hearst is himself on-site. They succeed in capturing Hearst, who drops a tidbit regarding the "First Song," but are forced to give him up when the Marshals close in on their position.

Back at Fort Salem, Izadora and her team manage to revive the Vice President's daughter, Penelope Silver. She, however, seems confused about what is going on. When they tell her that she is at Fort Salem and is home, she screams and attacks, forcing them to restrain her. Meanwhile, Raelle awakes within the Mycelium, lying in a room that looks like her bedroom. Her mother, Willa appears before her and tells her that she needs her rest, that she's sick. She asks what she's talking about and she tells her to not worry about it, that "Mother is going to take care of you from now on."

## Cast

### Main

* Taylor Hickson as Raelle Collar
* Amalia Holm as Scylla Ramshorn
* Demetria McKinney as Anacostia Quartermain
* Jessica Sutton as Tally Craven
* Ashley Nicole Williams as Abigail Bellweather

with

* Lyne Renee as General Sarah Alder

### Recurring

* Catherine Lough Haggquist as Petra Bellweather
* Victor Webster as Blanton Silver
* Tony Giroux as Adil
* Michael Horse as The Marshal
* Kandyse McClure as Nicte Batan

and Sheryl Lee Ralph as President Kelly Wade

* Kylee Brown as Khalida
* Ess Hödlmoser as M
* Emilie Leclerc as Izadora
* Bob Frazer as Alban Hearst
* Mellany Barros as Penelope Silver
* Arlen Aguayo as Nicte Batan (as Arlen Aguayo-Stewart)
* Diana Pavlovska as Willa Collar

### Guest

* Luc Roderique as Sterling Woodlot
* Emilie Ullerup as Kara Brandt

**Co-starring**:

* Liza Huget as Minerva Bellweather
* Daniel Bacon as Anton
* Kwesi Ameyaw as Claude
* Anthony Santiago as Fermin
* Araz Yaghoubi as Foreman
* Steven Rudy as Night Watchman
* David H. Lyle as Border Guard
* Kristina Everett as Cession Teenager
* Matthew MacDonald-Bain as VP Security Detail
* Eddie Canelea as Hearst's Minion

## Gallery

### Videos

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