Lou takes Ed into custody. Ed protests that he is innocent and hasn't done anything wrong. Lou knows better and doesn't listen to his lame brain excuses. Ed asks for a lawyer. He says if the lawyer advises him to talk to the police then he will. Ed calls for the only lawyer in town: Karl Weathers.
Hank stays behind with Peggy. He tries to get her to tell him what she knows. She insists that she and Ed haven't done anything wrong. Hank tells her that they are going to be experts there in the morning to inspect her car, the one she sold to the mechanic.
Dodd shows up at the Blumquist home with a bunch of his men. They are there for Ed. Hank tells Peggy to find a hiding spot in the house and not come out. Hank tries to talk reason to Dodd. Dodd isn't listening. Hank is getting ready to go for his gun when Hanzee shows up and knocks him out with a rifle butt to the forehead.
Charlie has already been arrested. He is given a chance to make a phone call. He calls Bear, his father. Dodd and Bear left with their men at that point. Floyd orders them to bring back Charlie and deal with the butcher. Bear and his men head to the police station, while Dodd and his men investigate the Blumquist home. Simone calls Mike after her father, uncle and the rest of the men have left. She tells him where they have gone.
Dodd and his men don't find anything upstairs. One of his men is hit in the head with a heavy piece of porcelain, possibly a sink, while they are searching the basement. Dodd shoots one his own men accidentally when he hears a noise. He finds the other man unconscious or dead as he makes his way through the maze of stacks of old magazines. Peggy gets the drop on him and hits him with an electric cattle prod. Dodd had one with him but it is unclear if he put it down or if is another one. It looked longer than the one he had. She keeps zapping him with it until he is unconscious.
Lou calls for backup when he sees the Gerhardt men, led by Bear. He only has a couple other policemen at the station with him. He calls for backup but they won't be there for about an hour. Ed has the lights turned out, the blinds drawn and then sends Karl (as Charlie's lawyer) out to talk to Bear. Karl talks sense into Bear while Lou sneaks out the back with Ed.
Hanzee left the Blumquist house after dealing with Hank and is sneaking around the police station looking for a way in. He knows that Ed and Charlie are both being held there. He isn't able to stop Lou and Ed from escaping through the woods but he follows them. Lou and Ed run into Hank who has regained consciousness and is on his way to the police station when they run into one another. Ed takes the opportunity to take off running. Lou decides to let him run. He knows Ed will head for home.
Mike and his men act on the information provided by Simone but they don't go after Dodd, Bear, and the rest of the Gerhardt men. Instead they hit the Gerhardt compound. Floyd, Otto, and Simone are the only ones home, aside from a handful of guards and other servants.
Hanzee emerges from the woods just after Lou and Hank take off in Hank's police car. He takes off after Ed.
This episode is filled with all kinds of tension: Hank's standoff with Dodd, Dodd's search of the Blumquist house, Hanzee sneaking around the Blumquist house and then the police station, Lou's encounter with Bear, Karl's successful attempt to talk Bear into backing off his demands, Lou and Ed's escape from the police station.
There are a lot of unanswered questions and situations to resolve just from the actions of this episode alone: Is Dodd dead or just unconscious? What will Peggy do with Dodd? Will Mike kill everyone including Floyd and Otto or use them as bargaining chips? Who will get to Ed first? Hanzee or Lou?
No comments:
Post a Comment