After what Aeryn hopes was the start of a feverish dream she finds herself in Quahog, Rhode Island. Strangely the entire city seems to revolve around a fat man and his family. In the beginning she is bored and unimpressed but then everything just started to get weird... she hopes to wake up soon.
A wormhole leaves Pa'u Zotah Zhaan in the care of the Sanctuary. While Magnus is skeptical of Zhaan's alien nature, she concludes that disbarring her would be a complete violation of the principles she founded the Sanctuary under. Though distant at first, Zhaan soon finds a kindred spirit in Big Guy.
After accidentally (right guys?) getting left behind on Earth, Noranti moves to Miami in Florida hoping to find a way of living. Responding to a wanted ad for a chef she soon finds herself making cheesecake around the clock, whatever that is. While her appearance initially leaves Blanche jealous, she is accepted into the house as family because as Sophia puts it "Who doesn't have freaky appendages?".