As Noah (Aldis Hodge) lays plans for the slave escape, John (Marc Blucas) and Elizabeth Hawkes (Jessica De Gouw) are drawn deeper into the Underground Railroad. Ernestine (Amirah Vann) presses Tom (Reed Diamond) to keep her children safe.

After Noah (Aldis Hodge) decides on a date to begin the escape, his plan is jeopardized when a tragedy rocks the plantation. Elizabeth (Jessica De Gouw) worries when her ex-fiancé is enlisted to hunt down runaway slaves.

With Rosalee (Jurnee Smollett-Bell) and Noah (Aldis Hodge) on the run following her attack on their overseer, the fate of the other escapees depends on Cato (Alano Miller). An escaped slave jeopardizes the Hawkeses’ future.

With a reward making their escape more difficult, the runaways look for a new path to freedom. Tom (Reed Diamond) and Suzanna (Andrea Frankle) try to turn Pearly Mae (Adina Porter) against her family and friends.

As the runners commandeer a gunboat-turned-brothel to make their escape, Tom (Reed Diamond) enlists a prominent religious leader to bolster his Senate campaign. John (Marc Blucas) is conscripted into the search for the runaways.

As Sam (Johnny Ray Gill) protects his little brother when he’s moved to work in the fields, Elizabeth (Jessica De Gouw) makes a fateful decision in order to protect Moses’ daughter, Boo.

Rosalee (Jurnee Smollett-Bell) and Cato (Alano Miller) engage in deception to help the wounded Noah (Aldis Hodge). Tom (Reed Diamond) is pressed to do whatever it takes to secure support for his Senate race.

As Noah (Aldis Hodge) and Cato (Alano Miller) move to rescue Rosalee (Jurnee Smollett-Bell), Elizabeth (Jessica De Gouw) tells John (Marc Blucas) about being blackmailed by Marshal Risdin.

John (Marc Blucas) and Elizabeth (Jessica De Gouw) hatch an audacious plan to help the runners escape and avoid exposing their role in the Underground Railroad.