The Board of Overseers has selected Raff and Enzo as protectors of the Gift. If they accomplish their mission, they will be rewarded with human form. If they fail, they will be transmogrified into cockroaches.
Henry's selection to play a saxophone solo before the visiting school inspector enrages Edwina. She asks Henry's step-sister, Sharon, to steal his saxophone believing he has it "tricked up" to help him play.
When Sharon's thirteenth birthday is forgotten by the entire family, Henry is tasked with going to the shops to buy ingredients for a birthday cake as well as a gift.
Raff kicks Enzo out of the rail car having had enough of her slovenly behaviour. She follows Leo to the carnival where her presence in the Ghost Train ride begins to draw a crowd.
Sharon and Henry are grounded after Enzo and Raff's teasing of Duke results the rebuilt gearbox belonging to one of Helen's clients being damaged forcing her to go into town for a replacement.
The Blue Vipers invite Henry to rejoin the band after the expiration of Edwina's two-week trial. The band draws the attention of music promoter Tyrone McLaren who immediately offers Henry a contract.
Jess completes work on her language translator but Phillip sees her working on it and thinks the translator is behind Henry's still unexplained saxophone skills.
Henry is the recipient of a prestigious music scholarship and receives a new sax. He has decided Jess will be the next to receive the Gift but according to the official rules of giftee selection, Jess is ineligible.
Leo has all but lost interest in his Gift when a messenger arrives heralding the imminent arrival of the Supreme Grand Overseer, her Gloriousness, Madam Rosa.
Sharon is already upset with her stepfather for being a financial drain on her mother but even more so when it is revealed his story is a fictionalised account of the family's chaotic life at the salvage yard.
Enzo is struggling to guide Sharon, a non-believer, towards reaching her full potential with the Gift and must continue pretending to be a runaway teenager who has lost her memory.
The suitcase materialises under Leo's bed. Inside is Leo's garden hose but Sharon's key is not - it is still stuck in the lock of her father's trunk at the storage depot.
Phillip's break from Edwina is short lived as she won't let their relationship, such as it is, come to and end when she can still use him to do her bidding.