JourneyThe twins return to ClarksdaleIn 1932, Smoke and Stack return to Clarksdale after seven years in Chicago working for the Chicago mob.ActionThey buy the abandoned sawmillSmoke and Stack use money stolen from criminal syndicates to purchase an abandoned sawmill from Hogwood.GoalA juke joint takes shapeThe twins set out to turn the sawmill into a juke joint for the local Black community.CommunicationJedidiah warns SammieSammie's pastor father warns him that blues music is sinful.DecisionSammie joins the twinsDespite his father's warning, Sammie joins Smoke and Stack as a singer and guitarist.RelationshipDelta Slim joins the performersSmoke and Stack recruit the musician Delta Slim to perform at the joint.RelationshipThe Chows become suppliersThe twins recruit local Chinese shopkeepers Grace and Bo Chow as suppliers.RelationshipCornbread becomes the bouncerSmoke and Stack recruit field worker Cornbread to work as the juke joint's bouncer.RelationshipAnnie joins as the cookSmoke's estranged wife Annie becomes the cook; she believes her Hoodoo practices kept the twins safe, while Smoke doubts this after she failed to prevent their infant daughter's death.EncounterStack runs into MaryStack encounters Mary, his white-passing ex-girlfriend whom he abandoned to protect her from the White community.TransformationRemmick turns the coupleserious dangerSheltering from Choctaw vampire hunters with a married Klansmen couple, Remmick turns the couple into vampire thralls.ActionOpening-night performances beginSammie, Delta Slim, and Pearline perform at the juke joint's opening night.EncounterThe music summons spiritsUnbeknownst to Sammie, his music summons spirits of performers from the past and future.ConflictSmoke refuses the vampires entryserious dangerRemmick and his vampires offer money and music in exchange for being let into the joint, but a suspicious Smoke refuses.RevelationCompany scrip threatens profitsSmoke and Stack realize the joint cannot be profitable while its patrons rely on company scrip.EncounterMary talks with Remmickserious dangerWith outside income believed necessary, Mary goes outside and talks to Remmick.TransformationMary becomes a vampire thrallserious dangerRemmick turns Mary into a vampire thrall.CrisisMary fatally bites Stackemergency dangerMary seduces Stack and fatally bites him.ConflictSmoke shoots Maryserious dangerA shocked Smoke shoots Mary, but she is unaffected and escapes.TransformationCornbread is turned outsideserious dangerOutside the joint, vampires turn Cornbread into a thrall.DecisionSmoke closes the joint earlyserious dangerSmoke closes the juke joint early.TransformationThe vampires turn those leavingemergency dangerAs the patrons and Bo leave, the vampires turn them.TransformationStack revives as a vampireserious dangerStack revives as a vampire.ConflictAnnie repels Stack with garlicserious dangerAnnie repels Stack with pickled garlic juice, and he flees.RevelationAnnie recognizes the vampiresserious dangerAnnie realizes that their attackers are vampires.CommunicationAnnie explains how to fight themserious dangerAnnie tells the survivors how to deter and kill vampires.CommunicationRemmick threatens Lisaserious dangerRemmick threatens to go to the Chows' home and turn their daughter Lisa.CommunicationRemmick demands Sammieserious dangerRemmick promises to leave the others alone in exchange for Sammie, whose musical ability could summon the spirits of Remmick's lost community.RevelationThe vampires reveal the dawn attackserious dangerRemmick, Stack, and Mary pitch the freedom of vampirism and reveal that Hogwood heads the local Klan and plans to attack the joint at dawn; the vampires share a hive mind but retain distinct personalities.DecisionThe survivors refuse the offerserious dangerThe survivors refuse to give Sammie to Remmick or accept vampirism.DecisionGrace invites the vampires inemergency dangerEnraged and wanting to kill the vampires before they turn others, Grace invites them into the joint.ConflictThe fight costs four livesemergency dangerThe ensuing fight leaves Grace, Bo, Annie, and Delta Slim dead.JourneyMary flees Annie's deathserious dangerDevastated by Annie's death, Mary flees.TransformationRemmick turns Pearlineserious dangerRemmick turns Pearline into a vampire.ActionSmoke incapacitates Stackemergency dangerSmoke incapacitates Stack.ConflictSammie and Smoke subdue Remmickemergency dangerSmoke assists Sammie in incapacitating Remmick.ResolutionSunrise destroys Remmick's hordeemergency dangerAt sunrise, the light incinerates Remmick and the horde.JourneySmoke sends Sammie homeserious dangerSmoke sends Sammie home before confronting Hogwood and his men.ConflictSmoke kills Hogwood and his menemergency dangerSmoke kills Hogwood and his men.LossSmoke is fatally shotemergency dangerSmoke is fatally shot.AftermathSmoke reunites with AnnieuncertainAfter his death, Smoke is shown reuniting with Annie and their infant daughter.JourneySammie travels to ChicagoSammie disregards his father's pleas to seek salvation and travels to Chicago.EncounterStack and Mary visit SammieIn 1992, successful blues musician Sammie is visited at his local blues club by the ageless Stack and Mary.RevelationStack explains Smoke spared himStack reveals that Smoke spared him after Stack promised to leave Sammie unharmed.DecisionSammie declines vampirismStack offers to turn Sammie and spare him his impending death, but Sammie declines, satisfied with his life.ActionSammie performs for themSammie performs a song for Stack and Mary, who have remained fans of his music over the years.CommunicationSammie recalls that nightStill haunted by the night, Sammie says it was the greatest day of his life until the sun went down and the violence began.AftermathStack remembers their freedomAs Stack and Mary depart, Stack agrees: it was the last time he saw Smoke or the sun, and the only time they were all truly free.