Contains spoilers for this episode and earlier episodes.
Richard confronts Miriam at her trailer after she reports seeing him kill the boy with his truck. She tells him that a letter to the sheriff also names him, and he brutally attacks her before ordering Chad to intercept the mail. His violence continues at Sylvia's house, where he demands money and assaults his grandmother while Johnny struggles helplessly nearby. Chad removes the letter at the station, drawing Lucy's suspicion. Elsewhere, Steven's abuse of Becky is heard across the trailer park, and Jerry remains lost in the woods. The danger around the younger Horne is still being hidden from the officers trying to investigate him.
In Las Vegas, a medical examination finds Cooper physically healthy, surprising Janey-E, whose affection for the man she believes is Dougie grows. The Mitchum brothers recognise him from the report of Ike's arrest. Duncan Todd orders Anthony Sinclair to convince them that Dougie deliberately blocked their insurance claim, hoping their anger will achieve the killing that his hired men failed to carry out. The brothers accept the accusation and decide to act. Gordon sees a disturbing image of Laura before Albert reports Diane's secret messages. Tammy produces a photograph linking Mr C to the New York glass box. The Log Lady calls Hawk again and insists on Laura's place in the mystery.