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Theres really no reason to like Roy Tillmans failson, but its hard not to pity him.
(Or maybe not.
Maybe he was born to be this awful.)
(Ole clearly thinks Gator was doing Roys bidding.
Would his twisted sense of honor have made him act otherwise if he knew the truth?)
Some ways away from Gator, Dot similarly finds herself bound and hoping to escape a shack.
But Dot has better luck.
Via a mix of guile and determination, she frees herself from her shackles while eluding Roys watchful eye.
But while Dot might have escaped, shes still not free.
From her office, Lorraines among those on the hunt, but her distance shouldnt be mistaken for uselessness.
(Its time I got something for my money, she declares.)
When she clues Witt in on whats up, he springs into action.
But Roys not without contacts, either.
And a standoff it is.
But whats Roys endgame?
And, on a more fundamental level, what does he really want?
Is this the beginning of a revolution or a desperate last act?
(A season that, it should be noted, keeps finding more ways to seem topical.)
This may answer it at last.
Karen seems to think so.
never changed the sheets after all these years (ewwwwww!).
When Lorraine gets on the phone, we get a couple of revealing moments.
Whats more, Dot wants to know why Lorraine is helping her.
Her mother-in-law cant give an honest answer because, it would seem, shes come to care about Dot.
Who saw that coming?
And yet, the development makes sense.
Lorraines been offering glimpses of vulnerability almost from the start.
As the crisis has mounted, her vulnerability and,gasp, human emotions become harder to hide.
And it will have to be a rescue effort.
When Roy arrives at the gate on horseback, he makes it clear he wont be backing down.
Hes got a battalion of gunslingers behind him and would like them to leave.
But theyre not leaving.
And Roys not moving.
This is not going to end well.
And thats just the external threat.
Roy hasnt even considered the possibility of a threat already within his ranchs walls.
As the episode ends, a single threat turns into a dual threat.
Exciting stuff: I briefly fearedFargopeaked with all that mid-season excitement, but clearly not.
This episode starts to bring all the plot threads together without underselling the characters.
Okay Then!
Its worth considering the ethics of Indiras choice.
Has she gone to the dark side?
And, if so, did she have any choice?
Lorraine at least offered a way out of a hole Indira didnt dig for herself.
And just how dark is this dark side, anyway?
Together, they formalize the union between the Houses of Roy and Odin.
But she also seems to be a true believer in her dads hateful nonsense.
You know what a witch hunt is, right?
Not witches hunting men but men killing women to keep them in line.
Again, this is an of-the-moment season or at least an of-the-recent-past-and-possible-future season.
A grim detail: In the pit, Dot wields a bone as a weapon, presumably Lindas.
