Petra's Favorite Pen

**Petra's Favorite Pen** is the eighth episode in Season 3 of the Freeform series, *Motherland: Fort Salem*. It aired on August 9, 2022.

## Synopsis

The Unit races to rescue a captured ally. Alder and Tally journey to retrieve the penultimate piece of the First Song. Fort Salem finds itself under Camarilla’s control.

## Plot

Tally Craven reveals to Sarah Alder that she knows the location of the steward for the penultimate piece of the First Song. The two make to set off for the Harz mountain range in Narz, Germany, but Raelle tries to stop Tally, telling her they need her there. Tally counters that the First Song is the only thing that could stop the witchbomb, but Raelle tells her that its not going to happen, that she won't destroy the world with the witchbomb. Tally tells her she can't know that for sure and pleads with her not to use it under any circumstances.

The two travel to Germany, where Alder tells Tally that if something goes wrong to get the Song and save herself. They argue, but Alder states that her Unit would blame her she didn't come back alive. Meanwhile, back in the Cession, Raelle learns that the Army has detained all Fixers, prevented any battle wounds from being healed. She also discovers a lead on the location of the captured Scylla Ramshorn. At Fort Salem, President Blanton Silver goes hard on General Petra Bellweather, telling her to stop slow-playing the occupation of the Cession and use whatever means necessary to break the stalemate.

Tally and Alder discover that the piece of the First Song is inside a witch who is literally frozen in stasis. In the Cession, Raelle learns that Scylla is being held within a place known as the Slaughterhouse based in New Tanasi where they're trying to break her. With it being in Army territory, Anacostia refuses to send in forces, so Tally declares that she'll go alone. Thelma Bearkiller then declares that her people will help.

Nicte Batan meets with Thelma, determined to get to bottom of the disappearance of the Cession Marshal and President Kelly Wade. The group ends up in an argument about whether or not Wade is even on their side. Raelle and Abigail prepare to penetrate the Slaughterhouse facility. They manage to get in by staging an incident with Abigail and Adil pretending to be drunken teenagers who are breaking curfew. Back in Germany, Alder tells Tally that they need to do a transfer of the Song. Tally makes contact with the witch in stasis, only to find her very angry and bitter. She asks where Alder was centuries before when people tried to hunt her down for the song.

Raelle penetrates the facility and finds a member of the Civilian Oversight torturing Scylla, pelting her with rocks. She tells the man to stand down, but he refuses, saying that her Work is blocked. She threatens him with the witchbomb, stating that mushrooms will be crawling all over him and that it isn't something he can block. He surrenders and Raelle frees Scylla, then they move to escape.

Tally suggests giving the steward something else to see, something other than the tragedy of her own life. She gives her a vision of a better future, then takes the Song in return. Back at Fort Salem, Petra prepares to leave to visit the Cession herself. When confronted about this by President Silver, she reminds him that he told her to quit slow-playing. He asks her where Colonel Jarrett is, stating that he hasn't seen him a while. Jarrett, however, then shows up, reassuring him that all is well. This, however, turns out to be a farce created by Spree working, but it convinces Silver, who doesn't realize that "Jarrett" is actually Sterling Woodlot.

Abigail and Raelle find Tally, covered in frostbite and barely alive. Tally tells them that she got the Song, but that Alder didn't make it and that he's also lost her precognition, that she had to give it in return. Abigail declares that they should turn themselves in, that the bloodshed has gone on too long and people are losing their lives. They wonder if there will be a trial or if they will just be executed on the spot. Raelle and Scylla agree to marry if they make it out alive. They proceed to the border and turn themselves in to the arriving Petra Bellweather.

## 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
* Kandyse McClure as Nicte Batan
* Luc Roderique as Sterling Woodlot

### Guest

* Olivia Lucas as Thelma Bearkiller
* Aaron Douglas Colonel Jarrett and Sterling Woodlot impersonating Jarrett

**Co-starring**:

* Lina Lecompte as Guadalupe "Lupe" Cortez
* Claire Filipow as Deserter
* Lisa Chandler as Bullhorn Commander
* Francisca Dennis as Ice Witch
* Paul Lazenby as Jailer
* Nathaniel Shuker as Roman Soldier
* Wyatt Cameron as Commander #1
* Mark Krysko as Commander #2
* Matthew MacDonald-Bain as VIP Security Detail
* Quinnie Vu as Petra's Assistant
* Jillian Dion as Squad Leader

## Trivia

* The title of this episode is similar to that of "Brianna's Favorite Pencil" from the second season. The connection, if any, is unknown at this time. The title presumably refers to Petra Bellweather.

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### Videos

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