- Dewey Crowe returns and tries to score on a drug shipment, but the bus carrying the drugs is hijacked, and he tries to impersonate Raylan Givens to get it back. Meanwhile Boyd gets a proposition from some fellow coal miners.
- The hijacking of a bus full of drugs ends in murder, and Raylan pursues the likely culprit: Boyd Crowder.—FX Publicity
- Dewey Crowe walks into a bar to find Boyd sipping a drink. There is immediate tension. "Many things have changed since last we spoke," Boyd purrs. A prostitute, Ellen May (Abby Miller), approaches Dewey, who has to turn her down due to a lack of funds. Boyd offers to lend his old associate some money. Dewey tells Boyd that he doesn't want or need the charity as he has "something lined up." Says Dewey: "For a guy who supposedly changed, you sound an awful lot like you always did." The words seem to hit home for Boyd, who sips again.
Givens and Winona, meanwhile, have drinks at a roadhouse. The marshal expresses frustration that the pair have to go to the "middle of nowhere" on their dates to avoid prying eyes. "I understood when Gary didn't know about us," Givens tells his ex-wife and current flame. What's left to hold back the couple from going public? Winona then panics when she spots Tim at the bar. She demands the keys. Time to go as someone they know is at the roadhouse. Givens is obviously annoyed -- and more than a little hurt, too.
The next day, Dewey rides in a church bus that must stop for a decidedly makeshift detour. Dewey's suspicions are confirmed when a big man in the back, Elrod (Will Harris), stands up and starts shooting at another man up front. The man fires back. Dewey ducks behind his seat. The bullet exchange ends when Elrod's buddy, Cutter (Channon Roe), appears outside the bus and shoots the man in the head, covering the bus driver with blood spatter. Turns out Cutter and Elrod were after a bag of drugs that the dead man was carrying. "Christmas come early," says Cutter.
Later, Art gives Givens news of an abandoned church bus. "Bus was stolen and they found a receipt on the floor from a convenience store," the boss explains. An oxy run, Givens theorizes. Bingo. Both men immediately suspect Boyd.
Givens heads out to explore the abandoned church bus. Police Chief Doyle Bennett (Joseph Lyle Taylor) arrives on the scene. "You going to talk to your boy Crowder about this?" Doyle asks. "You'll find him shacked up over at Ava's." It's news to Givens. <br>
An angry Dewey confronts Boyd about his possible involvement in the oxy robbery. Dewey accuses Boyd of cutting in on his action. Ava emerges from the house and tells Boyd that he has 15 minutes to get Dewey off her property. Boyd tells Dewey to forget it, lest he get himself killed trying to steal back the Oxy from the robbers. "I'm going to get what's mine and you'd do best not to get in my way," Dewey growls before leaving in a huff.
Later, Givens approaches Ava's front door. "I'm here for Boyd," the marshal says. "I'm here on business." Ava, without being asked, explains that Boyd helps out with the rent. "He's the only kin I have left," she says. Givens explains that he suspects Boyd of being involved in the robbery of an illegal Oxy run. Ava figures recent visitor Dewey is somehow connected. She then tells Givens he can find Boyd at the local watering hole.
Dewey, who enters a corner store asking for a ski mask. The bemused clerk (Leonard Kelly-Young) explains that Dewey is in Kentucky, where there isn't much call for skiing gear. Dewey looks around for inspiration and settles on a big white cowboy hat -- similar to the one that Givens wears.
Givens then joins Boyd at the neighborhood tavern -- and asks if the miner had anything to do with the Oxy bus hijacking. "No, Raylan, I had nothing to do with that bus being robbed," Boyd says. Givens leaves his card just in case Boyd would like to share any possible leads.
Dewey, in the meantime, bursts through the door where the Oxy thieves are hiding out. Wearing the big, white, Dewey identifies himself as "Federal Marshal Raylan Givens" and demands to know where the pills have been hidden. Elrod spills the beans (they're in the microwave) and Dewey scoops up the drugs and leaves -- but not before announcing one more time that his name is Raylan Givens. A blonde woman, unseen by Dewey, watches from a nearby bedroom.
Later, the genuine Givens visits Chief Bennett. Turns out Doyle has already had a visit from the blonde woman who told him that Federal Marshal Raylan Givens took the drugs. Givens approaches the witness, who immediately recants after seeing the real law-enforcement official. She then describes the assailant as smaller than Givens and with a neck tattoo. "He made some strange comments... about poaching gators," she says. Givens immediately calls HQ, telling them to be on the look out for Dewey Crowe, the gator comment being a dead giveaway.
Dewey arrives at the bar to find Boyd drinking. Dewey is ecstatic. He is so happy that he tells Boyd exactly what he has done. "If you had any smarts, you'd get in your car and start driving," Boyd says. "If you stay here, you're not long for this Earth, son." Boyd tells Dewey "good luck" and exits.
Boyd then calls Givens. "I never thought I'd make a phone call like this," says Boyd, before telling Givens that Dewey is at the bar. Givens quickly arrives -- and finds Dewey in a trailer out back with two whores, Cassie (Jes Macallan) and Ellen May. "You mind if I come in?" Givens asks. Dewey claims he was seizing the pills for Givens, which causes the lawman to laugh.
Just then, Cutter and Elrod appear in the trailer park. Givens identifies himself as Deputy Marshal Raylan Givens and directs them to stop in the name of the law -- but Cutter opens fire. "I'm not falling for that shit again," Cutter mutters. Just then, Doyle appears with gun drawn. He gets Elrod and Cutter to lower their weapons. Cutter then confesses (quietly) that it was Doyle's brother, Dickie, who hired him to steal the Oxy. Doyle opens fire, killing both men. Givens emerges from the trailer. He suspects dirty pool from Chief Bennett, but can't prove anything.
In a filthy trailer the other two Bennett brothers, Dickie (Jeremy Davies) and Coover (Brad William Henke), wonder what has happened to their Oxy. Doyle bursts through the door and explains that he had to kill two men to keep their dumb butts out of prison. "Dixie mafia going to be sniffing down here wondering what happened," Doyle warns. "Either of you two knuckleheads have anymore bright ideas, you come to me first!" The two younger, dumber brothers appear chastened -- for now.
Givens, in the meantime, drops by to tell Ava that Boyd isn't responsible for the robbery. Givens then asks why she is shacking up with Boyd. "You chose not to be a part of my life, so you don't get to have a say in how I live it," she tells her ex lover. Givens leaves.
Back at the bar, Boyd is having another drink after finishing his long shift. A young coworker, Kyle Easterly (Michael Mosley), enters and sits down next to the supposedly reformed criminal. "I'm a great admirer of all you've done," Kyle says. "You and me -- we're the same." Kyle then confesses to killing men -- just like Boyd has. Boyd has had enough. He exits the bar and Kyle follows. Boyd climbs into his truck and tries to drive away, but Kyle reaches inside. Incensed, Boyd puts the man in a headlock and floors it, dragging the miner a few hundred yards before letting go. Kyle lands violently on the side of road. Boyd, immediately regretting his actions, stops the car to make sure he hasn't just committed murder. Luckily, Kyle slowly gets up -- injured but hardly dead. Boyd drives on.
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