In this episode, the alarmingly rowdy behavior of the son of an allied minor Family threatens to escalate into an armed conflict, and it takes all of Lady Cordia's patience (and a little shooting assistance... from Wilfred) to calm things down before the "Blizzard Queen" decides to execute the elder son of one of her oldest friends. Along the way, Marco gets to meet one of the Serpents, who seems to take a particularly strong and caring interest in his mother - for totally unclear reasons. Meanwhile, Marco himself is more interested in continuing to woo Gracie, setting up another dancing session and later joining her in her bedroom to watch some lewd movies... which results in a rare moment of genuine "indecency" that Gracie, however, accepts with pleasure.
