- Raylan tries to find Winona after she leaves him, Boyd tries to find out who hit his crew's oxy clinic, and Quarles takes an interest in Raylan after he finds out that he has been asking questions about him.
- Boyd fights for control of the Harlan Oxy trade as Raylan works to keep the battle from becoming an all-out war.—FX Publicity
- A semi pulls up outside of town and two young females, Limehouse's informant Trixie (Valerie Brandy and Ellen May (Abby Miller) who have hitched a ride jump out, flashing the driver (Justin Baker) as thanks. They enter a clinic and are directed by a security man to an inner officer where young Dr. Stern (Randolph Adams) sits behind his desk. They present a prescription for a bottle of Oxycontin, and when the Doc says he can only provide them with one small bottle, they offer sexual favors in exchange for the larger bottle, and aggressively discharge their part of the "bargain" as the crooked medical man doesn't offer much resistance.
Just then, two men, Tanner Dodd (Brendan McCarthy) and Teddy pull up, enter the trailer with shotguns and kill the security man. At the sound of the shots, the Doc grabs a revolver from his desk drawer and stands ready should anyone enter the office and Ellen May who had been on her knees giving him fellatio, shoves herself back under the desk. The door flies open and before he can shoot, he and Trixie are shotgunned. As Teddy grabs the entire supply of "Oxy" bottles, Tanner delivers coups de grâce to Trixie and Stern, unaware that he and Teddy have been seen by the hidden Ellen May.
Givens, meanwhile, tries to reach Winona with no luck, then heads to her office and finds information on Costa Rica on her computer screen. An older women (Connie Jackson) enters and demands to know what Givens is doing at her desk. She and Givens have a testy exchange, before she gets her boss, Judge Mike "The Hammer" Reardon (Stephen Root), to straighten the matter out. Given learns from the Judge that Winona has resigned her position. "Let it be," the Judge says. "Give her time." That advice doesn't sit well with Givens, who heads down to the evidence room where Court Officer Charlie Weaver (Casey Sander) lets him in, then watches as Given heads to a familiar locker. The money that Winona and Givens worked so hard to return the locker last year (Save My Love (2011)) is missing... Winona has not only skipped town, but seems to have taken the cash with her as well.
At his own desk, Givens is passed along an FBI file on Robert Quarles which Deputy Marshal Tim Gutterson (Jacob Pitts) has called in a favor and obtained for his colleague. Givens then asks Chief Deputy U.S. Marshal Art Mullen for time off. "Winona left me," the Marshal explains. Art then explains that the recent shotgun massacre took place on the property of Given's late Aunt Helen. Request for time off denied!
Boyd, in the meantime, is pacing in the back room of Johnny's bar. Johnny blames Quarles for the killings, but Boyd doesn't want to jump to conclusions and sends Johnny out to investigate.
Inside another dingy trailer is the lone survivor of the clinic massacre. Ellen May's shirt is splattered with blood, but she finds little sympathy from her employer, Delroy (William Mapother), who wants no excuses for her not returning with the Oxy. "You will lay your fear aside and do what needs to be done," he says. "And don't you come back until you have everything that I need."
She heads to the trailer clinic with the script to be filled for "Hillbilly Heroin." That clinic, however, is run by one of the shooters, Tanner, and guarded by the other, Teddy. The terrified woman quickly backs out as the two killer watch her leave with mild curiousity on their faces.
Boyd and Ava visit Limehouse's hollow. Of course, the man is busy cooking, but invites them in to sample a new sauce. Boyd wonders why Limehouse knows so much about Boyd -- and, indeed, all the activities in town, criminal and otherwise. Limehouse points to several of his customers, and asks one on them, Jennings (Alfred Rubin Thompson), a large black man at the end of the counter, if he knows who his guest is. Jennings immediately cites Boyd by name, lineage and reputation, a remarkably accurate extemporaneous report. The jist: Limehouse and his many associates have long kept tabs on the white people while the white people neglected to do the same with the people of the Holler. "Before I hit back and start a war, I need to know everything that transpired," says Boyd before agreeing to "bank" his money with Limehouse. Limehouse returns the favor by naming the dead working girl at the shooting scene as Trixie.
Boyd and Ava leave the holler still not sure whether Limehouse was somehow involved in the clinic killings and robbery, but Ava does know Trixie, who works at Audrey's for Delroy, and is "joined at the hip" to an Ellen May. Ava suggests she talk to the girl after Boyd mentions going to visit Audrey's. Givens, meanwhile, pays a visit to his dad. Arlo, wearing a flannel shirt and boxer shorts, is talking to himself... or somebody else, perhaps his latest late wife Helen, who he imagines to be in the room. Arlo refers to Givens as if the Marshal were still a child. When his son angrily wants to know why their family name is involved with the murders at the "clinic," Arlo claims that he was only helping out the "Crowder boy." Givens confirms it's Boyd.
Delroy throws Ellen May against the wall of his trailer. Crying, she explains that the man running the new clinic was one of the shooters. Not a sufficient answer for Delroy, he proceeds to punch her in the face as a reminder of her "fail[ing]" him twice.
Quarles, in the meantime, receives a disturbing phone call: somebody in the FBI is investigating him, likely at Givens request. Quarles orders Wynn Duffy (Jere Burns) to find out everything he can about Givens. If the Marshal continues to apply pressure, Quarles wants to know exactly "where to squeeze" in return. Wynn calls him "boss," which Quarles says he likes. As Wynn leaves, Quarles then retreats to the bedroom to brutally beat an unknown man, gagged and tied to the bed in his blue jockey shorts. It's apparently a sick form of therapy -- or just blowing off excess steam. Wynn overhears the punches and the muffled cries of pain after he comes back in to the house saying he forgot something. Disturbed but still intimidated by the Detroit mobster's earlier cold-blooded executions of Emmett and Yvette, Duffy leaves the house instead of saying or asking whatever it was he forgot before leaving the first time.
Ava enters Audrey's Bar and meets owner Delroy who immediately tries to recruit her for his brothel. Ava declines and tells Delroy that she works "down at the Cut 'N' Curl," and that she is there to collect on a debt owed by Ellen May. Delroy explains that the girl is indisposed at the moment. Ava notices the scrapes and bruises on Delroy's knuckles. When she inquires about them, he says that some "weeds had to be dealt with." Ava exits and is intercepted by another working girl, J.J. Corlis (Willow Geer), who once upon a time went to middle school with Ava. J.J. explains that Delroy beat up Ellen May. "Does this have something to do with what she saw in that clinic?," J.J. asks Ava. Bingo! A witness.
Givens enters Johnny's bar and wonders aloud if the drinks were paid for by the Oxy sold on his aunt's property. "I'm sorry your name got dragged into this," Boyd says. Furious, Givens warns Boyd that he does not give one damn about hillbilly-on-hillbilly crime, but doesn't want his family name having anything to do with it. If Boyd doesn't heed, Givens promises to lose his Marshal's star and come calling. Ever calm, Boyd urges Givens to go see Ava if he needs a lead. Givens retorts that Boyd just likes having the "law" do his dirty work. Boyd says he has a "big tank" and Raylan "saves [him] on gas."
Ava leads Givens to Ellen May's trailer. "I need you to tell me what you know," Givens tells the battered girl who he had met previously in another investigation. Just then, Delroy enters the trailer and after some back-and-forth with Givens, pulls a large knife. Givens flashes his badge and not-so-subtly threatens Delroy, ordering him to wait outside. Delroy, blustering and still making threats, backs out of the trailer.
Several minutes later, having finished his interview, Givens exits the trailer to meet Delroy acting like a tough guy. Givens uses his service pistol to hit him in the face, knocking the man to the ground. "Anything happens to her, I'm going to hold you personally responsible," says Givens, gesturing toward Ellen May. Just as Delroy opens his mouth in resistance, Raylan hits Delroy again for good measure and makes him promise to keep Ellen May safe.
Moments later, Givens arrives at the trailer "community" pain clinic where Ellen May saw Teddy and Tanner, causing the whole crowd of drug abusers to flee. Dodd sends Teddy off and tells Gus (John-Clay Scott) to get in the truck towing the trailer and hit the gas when Raylan steps inside. He suggests that if Givens wants to talk to him that they go inside the trailer. "After you," Givens tells the killer. Once inside, as soon as Givens explains that the proprietor matches the description of a man an eye witness saw murder three people, Dodd goes for his pistol. The trailer suddenly takes off as Gus hits the gas pedal on the truck. Inside the trailer, Dodd and Givens grapple for control of the handgun, which fires several times, with one round hitting Gus in the neck and mortally wounding him as his foot relaxes off the gas pedal. In the trailer, Givens throws Dodd from the trailer, the trailer coming to rest soon after. After confirming the driver Gus's death, he turns to see that Tanner has escaped.
At the trailer crime scene, Kentucky State Trooper Tom Bergen (Peter Murnik) tells Givens that the BOLO he'd requested on Winona hadn't turned up any leads and that Raylan's boss Art had put out a BOLO on Winona when Raylan was in the hospital, with Troopers successfully finding Winona outside of Louisville. This comes as news to Givens.
Wynn returns to Quarles with news of Boyd Crowder's Oxy clinic being hit. Quarles seems interested and puzzled at the same time. "That wasn't you?" Wynn asks. Quarles says the move is far too obvious for his taste or style. Also, a short time ago, Givens shut down Quarles's trailer. Quarles laughs. It's a nice trade-off, he thinks, the trailer clinic for getting the "dirty" Givens out into the open. He knows that there is no way Givens could've found that trailer so fast without "inside" help. Wynn expresses reservations that the Deputy Marshal "is bent." Quarles assumes that Givens is in Boyd's "back pocket" before Wynn then explains that Givens's father, Arlo, is part of Boyd's crew. Quarles appears amused.
In Nobles' Holler, Limehouse has figured out that his man Errol (Demetrius Grosse) was the one behind the massacre at the clinic on Givens' family land. Limehouse, in a fury, demand to know what the man was thinking. The younger man had worked out a plan to set the two factions against one another so that the Limehouse crew could take over the two weakened operations. Limehouse warns his wayward soldier that he may have brought death on them all. Their Harlan County neighbors, criminals and not exactly racially tolerant, only need an excuse to invade the hollow. Limehouse does not let the man off easy by killing him, though. Rather, he orders the lieutenant to make sure whoever he used to hit the clinic is dead or remains silent. Nobody can know that Limehouse was in any way connected to the killings.
Givens then pays a visit to Winona's sister, Gayle (Bridgett Newton). Of course, Winona is staying with her little sis. Givens angrily confronts Winona about stealing the money -- a charge she vehemently denies. But if Winona didn't take the money, who did? But that's a mystery for another day. Winona explains that Givens hasn't been home in weeks -- and, in the future, she doesn't expect much more. "If you wanted to change your life for me, you would've done so by now," Winona says. So what now? Winona isn't sure. She loves Raylan and she knows he loves her, but she isn't optimistic about their chance to be together.
Back at the office, Art and Givens share a drink and discuss his Deputy's personal situation. "Another one of those bills poped, this time in El Paso," Art adds, referencing the money from the bank robbery which had almost caused problems for Givens and Winona before ().
Art explains that the money from the evidence locker is gone -- and so is Charlie Weaver, the officer who worked in the evidence locker. He called in sick the day after Givens had visited the place, and never returned. Raylan says he saw Charlie and he looked fine.
Across the border in Mexico, meanwhile, Charlie is having a cool soft drink at a gas station and driving a red spots car. It is his first day of retirement, he tells a Federale (Frank Gallegos) who is routinely checking his identification papers. Everything is in order, and the Mexican police officer hands him back his documents and wishes him luck.
The man laughs his balding head off as he speeds off into retirement.
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