Dark Winds

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If before, Joes imperviousness his righteousness, even was immovable, now he has lost his bearings.

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But Joe wont let go.

Later, after the cleansing ceremony, Joe speaks to Margaret about Yeiitsoh.

She doesnt answer his question, instead leaving him with something to ponder.

Their conversation is an instance of the shows tilt towards metaphorical, less easily legible conclusions.

The whole thing is like its own parallelSuccessionplot.

Chee finds out through Bern, whom he reaches in the small border town of Juarez.

Bern tells Munos that Joe has a code and lives by it.

He almost gets some sleep, but the potential proximity of Yeiitsoh keeps him up.

Shorty finds him lying among beer bottles, unable to formulate a complete sentence, and takes him home.

The next morning, Joe finds Chee back in his own trailer, treating his hangover with pickle juice.

The by-now familiar and ominous howling of the wind trails Joes truck as he drives up.

Georges horse spooks and flees; looking up at a ridge, Joe sees Yeiitsoh.

He doesnt shoot, but the episode closes on man and monster standing there, facing each other.

Its not the only stand-off in Tseko Hasani, though.

The zoom-in is driving me nuts.

What am I missing?

What did she see?

Its a blue band labeled after a fruit-something.

I will feel so vindicated if Munos turns out to be in cahoots with Spenser.