Contains spoilers for this episode and earlier episodes.
Leland admits killing Jacques Renault, telling Truman that he believed the arrested man had murdered Laura. His confession settles that death while leaving his daughter's case open. Cooper notices that Andy's boots match the unusual pair found among Leo's belongings and connects them to Phillip Gerard. Judge Sternwood arrives for the hearings, but another urgent problem interrupts the officers' work. Jean Renault shows Ben a recording of Audrey bound and drugged and demands that Cooper deliver the ransom. Ben asks Cooper to help, and Cooper agrees despite the danger of another unauthorised trip across the border.
Donna grows closer to Harold as he reads from Laura's diary, but he refuses to let it leave the house or hand it to the police. She asks Maddy to help retrieve it, putting her private investigation ahead of Harold's trust. Josie returns with shopping bags and evasive explanations about her absence. Her supposed cousin Jonathan privately reminds her that Thomas Eckhardt expects her back in Hong Kong once the mill business is finished. At One Eyed Jacks, Jean kills Emory in front of Audrey. Cooper asks for a Bookhouse Boy to accompany the rescue and finds Truman waiting for him. Jonathan later attacks Hank, warning him to stop demanding more from Josie.