- While the marshals try to figure out who killed a witness security officer and why, Boyd finds a way to get a message to Dickie Bennett in prison.
- The murder of a fellow Marshal throws Raylan together with a woman from his past. Boyd engineers a showdown with Dickie Bennett.—FX Publicity
- A realtor brings a family through the house that Winona used to share with Gary. They succeed only in waking up Givens, who emerges from the bedroom in his boxer shorts and a t-shirt. The realtor excuses herself to Raylan, who she addresses as "Mr. Hawkins," and beats a hasty retreat with her prospective buyers as Winona half apologizes for the inconvenience to her man.
At the prison mess hall, it appears Boyd is about to assault Dickie when a guard suddenly announces that Boyd has a visitor -- which turns out to be Givens. The U.S. Marshal tells his old friend and nemesis that he has amended his official statement about their "dust up" and Boyd could be set free as early as the next morning. Of course, Boyd, who only went to prison to gain access to Dickie, starts to protest, but it's done.
Later, Dewey Crowe tries to approach Boyd who warns him to keep his distance. But Dewey has news: Dickie has been taken to isolation (probably Givens' doing, too). Boyd asks Dewey which of the prison guards is most approachable to do "a favor."
A visiting U.S. Deputy Marshal Bill Nichols (Michael Harding) stops in to chat with Art before heading to the home of young mother in the witness protection program.
"It gets easier," Bill tells the he mother, Mary Archer, (Bonnie Root). "Once you testify, it won't be hanging over you." She isn't comforted. "Do you think Carlos Salazar is one to forgive and forget?" she asks.
Sure enough, a man watches Bill and Mary from inside a dark SUV. The SUV follows Bill to a nearby store. The man inside, Terry Powe (Frank John Hughes), turns his attention to a smart-phone video game when the Deputy Marshal flanks him. "You better have one helluva story," Bill says. The fast-talking Terry acts glad to see him then pulls a gun and shoots Bill in the leg. "Sorry, Bill, but you know how it is," says Terry, who is actually a relocated mob assassin named Walter Vondas given a new identity for ratting out his boss.
The next morning the Marshal's office is in a furor because Bill Nichols' body has been found outside of town. The information they have been given is that he had been killed with a single shot to the head, but that there were two earlier wounds to his leg. Art surmises that he had been tortured for information after being wounded, then murdered. Art finds out what WitSec clients in Bill's charge are in the area that he might have been checking up on, and details his Deputy Marshals to protect them.
Sometime later, U.S. Deputy Marshal Rachel Brooks arrives at Mary's home. "I'm your college roommate and I'm visiting from Dallas," Rachel says, explaining her cover in case anyone is watching. "Given me a hug and let's go inside."
Winona, meanwhile, shows Givens an ultrasound. The U.S. Marshal compares the image to one from "Alien" and again mentions getting a new home. The couple parts as Givens finds that Assistant Director Goodall (Carla Gugino) is waiting in Art's office. He raises an eyebrow as he repeats back her last name, "Goodall?" It seems they know one another from earlier times in the Marshal's service.
She is there in response to the death of Bill Nichols. Goodall then announces that she is taking Givens to see Little Joe, who was once put away by testimony from one of the people in the witness protection program.
On the drive to Little Joe's, it becomes clear that Givens and Goodall (née ?) have some sort of history together from their time as Deputy U.S. Marshals in South Florida. He asks when she'd gotten married. "A few months before my divorce," she replies simply.
Art visits the home of a nearby WitSec client, Terry Powe. Art tells Terry to pack a bag -- just in case -- and Terry manages to sneak a gun into his gym bag.
Givens and Karen, meanwhile, arrive at a fancy hotel and per their previously worked out strategy Karen knocks on a room door as Raylan conceals himself. A pair of goons answer the door and get fresh with Karen who subdues Butch (Justin Cuomo) as Givens' cuffs the other. Little Joe (Lenny Citrano) is indeed inside, and after they gain access to his suite and he is interrogated, Givens calls Art, explaining that Little Joe is nearby, meaning Terry must be moved.
The wily and observant veteran Art drives Terry's car while Terry lies down in the back seat. Art notices that Terry's GPS has recently been set to the location where Bill was shot. When Terry realizes that they have pulled up back in front of his own house, he pulls his gun out of his bag but Art deftly subdues the assassin.
In the prison yard, Boyd intentionally provokes a group of black inmates by revealing a swastika tattoo. Moments later, he is in the infirmary. Boyd refuses medical treatment from the orderly (Clayne Crawford), the punishment for which refusal is time in the hole. So now Boyd finds himself next door to Dickie. Both are in solitary confinement.
Back at Terry's place, Art reads some clues and after a quick search finds a large bag of cash stowed behind the air conditioning vent. "You got one chance -- exactly one -- to tell me what you did," Art says. Terry remains silent, so Art does the talking. Turns out Little Joe had told Givens that Terry called a few weeks back looking to get "back into the game." Little Joe said sure -- with a buy-in fee of $2 million. So Terry trailed Bill Nichols to discover the locations of his charges in WitSec and sold those locations to the bad guys. Art then tunes Terry up in an old-style third degree until the assassain reveals who he has sold out.
Rachel gets a call from Art to tell her that Mary and her children are in trouble. Rachel looks out the window. "They're already here," she says.
Givens and Karen arrive at Terry's to collect Art. Meanwhile, two hit men break into the Archer home with guns drawn. Rachel, Mary, young daughter June and the infant are hiding in the attic. The baby's cries give their location away. One of the assassins peeks into the attic and Rachel opens fire. The man tumbles down the stairs, dead. Givens, Art and Karen then burst into the house, and the other thug (David Fernandez Jr.) is killed in an exchange of gunfire. Everyone is safe.
The door to Dickie's prison cell swings open... revealing Boyd. Clearly, a guard, Ash Murphy (Todd Stashwick), has been paid off. Dickie immediately begins to cry as Boyd whispers threats into his ear. Rather than kill Dickie, however, Boyd demands to know where all of his late mother Mags' money was hidden. A terrified Dickie explains that it is being held by a man who will give it to no one but Dickie, who gives up the man's name: Ellstin Limehouse. "That money dies with me," Dickie cries.
At the Marshal's offices while the Deputys finishing their field and shooting reports, Givens talks with Rachel to make sure she's all right with having killed one of the assassins. "It wasn't my first," she says, and Raylan responds, "it was the first since your first." But she's okay.
Raylan reunites with Winona at the station... as Karen tries not to watch. Later, Givens files his activity report and says goodbye to Karen.
Boyd is released from prison and embraces Ava. She asks where Mags stashed her money. "It's with Limehouse," Boyd says. Ava's face falls.
As he is leaving with Winona, Raylan check out with Art who asks if he has heard from Yvette, the secretary/lover of the Dixie Mafia's Emmett Arnett. Givens replies in the negative, and Art tips him that when the local police looked into Arnett's offices, all the carpets had been removed, and the concrete floors scrubbed with bleach. The two men agree this is an ominous sign, and Raylan agrees to look into the matter the next day.
At a rural shed in a limited access holler, Limehouse (Mykelti Williamson) butchers a pig carcass. He has found one of his men sleeping on look-out duty at the bridge, the only way into the holler. Limehouse gives the young man, Bernard, (Cleavon McClendon) a choice: have his hand dipped in lye and scalding water, or promise never to fail again. The terrified Bernard chooses the second option, and is led away by one of Limehouse's henchmen (Demetrius Grosse) whose right hand is horribly disfigured.
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