Contains spoilers for this episode and earlier episodes.
The communion photograph takes Wayne and Roland to the Purcells' church, where the priest recalls the children mentioning an aunt they did not have. He identifies a parishioner who makes the dolls. She remembers selling several to a Black man with an unusual eye, but the detectives' visit to Sam Whitehead produces angry neighbours rather than a confession. Their questions have again reached someone who does not fit the accusation being made against him.
Freddy Burns's fingerprints on Will's bicycle give the detectives another suspect to pressure. Their threats reduce him to tears without resolving Julie's disappearance. Amelia visits Lucy with the children's schoolwork and hears a bitter account of her failures as a parent, followed by anger when she suggests speaking to Wayne. Wayne and Amelia also begin dating in 1980, while the 1990 scenes show arguments between them as Julie's reappearance returns the case to their marriage.
In the reopened inquiry, Wayne recognises Julie in pharmacy surveillance footage. In old age, he asks Henry for help finding Roland and learns from Elisa that Dan O'Brien's remains were discovered long after his disappearance. He also notices a car outside his home. Back in 1980, another confrontation drives Woodard toward his house, where he prepares weapons and traps against the approaching armed men. Wayne and Roland arrive as one attacker forces the door, ending the episode at the start of the violence.