- Raylan chases a pregnant fugitive who has fallen into the hands of human traffickers.
- It is night somewhere in Kentucky. Dickie and Coover drag the lifeless body of Mr. McCready -- and then argue over who is going to fetch they lye. When Dickie turns his head, Coover snags Mr. McCready's watch. They then cover the corpse in lye and toss it into a ready made hole. Done and done.
At a mining site a man covered in soot and dirt emerges into the daylight. It is Boyd -- and Givens is waiting for him. The two head to a local bar for a drink. Givens tells Boyd of the recent deal made with the Miami mobsters. In other words, the marshal urges his childhood friend to give up seeking vengeance for the death of his father. "My outlaw ways are behind me," a seemingly sincere Boyd tells Givens. "All I want is to do my job and be left alone."
Givens then pays a visit to dear-old-dad, who is "outside the tether range." Meaning: Arlo, who is under house arrest, is no longer inside his house. "If you want to get it off," says Given of dad's police-issue ankle bracelet, "return the $20,000 we gave you." Arlo claims to have no idea what happened to the money after he gave it to Bo Crowder. Uh huh. Arlo, who had been kicked him out of the house by Helen, goes back inside. Before Givens leaves, however, Helen warns him to "stay away" from Mags Bennett.
Speaking of, Mags makes nice with Loretta, who has no idea that the matriarch poisoned her father. Mags tells Loretta that she sent her daddy south for a few weeks to avoid the Feds. "I never had a girl," a suddenly reflective Mags says. "Just those damn boys."
Later, Givens awakens in his hotel room to find Winona wearing one of his shirts. Apparently, the former married couple is still sleeping together. "Sometimes I look at you and I never want to see you again," a self-loathing Winona tells Givens. "Other times I want to run away with you to Costa Rica."
At the Marshal's headquarters Art gives Givens and Tim their next assignment: transport pregnant prisoner Jamie Berglund (Sarah Jones). They escort her to a doctor's office where a fidgety man (David Sullivan) sits in the lobby. Before you can say "trap," the man pulls a pair of guns. He whistles and an accomplice appears. Givens and Tim are cuffed. "I'm sorry about this, boys," pregnant Jamie says. "I hope you understand... my baby shouldn't have to ride my rap." Givens seethes, but doesn't say a word.
Later, Givens and Tim face Art who explains that the trigger man is a hardened criminal named Jess Timmons. He then wonders how a pregnant lady got the jump on his marshals. "Art, she played the shit out of us," Givens says bluntly.
At an unidentified home, Jamie sits with Jess and his accomplice. We learn that the accomplice used to work as a medical technician. The plan, apparently, is for Jamie to deliver inside the home. "An hour after that, your baby's daddy is going to be taking that little girl to her new life," Jess says. Speaking of, baby-daddy A.J. is busy being questioned by Tim and Givens. A.J. claims to not even be aware that his wife was pregnant -- and certainly did get her into such a condition. Givens believes the man and suspects that a guard at Jamie's prison might be the father. Perhaps this guard hired Jess.
Back at the house, Jamie said she doesn't care where she ends up -- as long as the baby has a better life. She excuses herself to use the restroom. The mom-to-be has begun to suspect that Jess might have darker motives -- i.e. killing mom and taking the baby for the black market. She tries to sneak out of the bathroom -- and is immediately corralled by an angry Jess. "Change of plans," Jess tells his accomplice. "Cut it out." The technician argues that doing so with anesthesia would kill the baby. Jess reluctantly agrees to let the medication take effect. Jamie is understandably panicked.
Givens and Tim, meanwhile, confront prison guard Glenn Cosgrove (Kai Lennox) who is less than cooperative. Givens explains to the guard's wife that her husband is suspected of knocking up a prisoner (Jamie) and then hiring a former prisoner (Jess) to kill the woman so that the affair could never be traced back to him. "We have over 20 calls between you and Jess Timmons in the last week," Tim says. A furious and horrified Gayle Cosgrove (Christie Lynn Smith) screams at her husband to help the marshals save Jamie.
Glenn crumbles, explaining that Jess planned to sell the "healthy, white baby" for $50,000. He then tells the marshals where to find Jess. Givens is disgusted. "Shut the hell up or Tim is going to hit you in the face," he advises. Back at the unidentified house, Jess senses that his accomplice is getting cold feet. He warns the technician to keep it together or he won't get paid. the moment jess turns his back, the technician attacks him with a scalpel. Alas, Jess gets the best of the man, shooting him in the back until he expires.
Moments later, Givens and Tim burst through the front door to find Jess holding a gun to Jamie's belly. "You ever heard of a spot snipers call the apricot?" Givens asks the criminal. "It's where the brain stem meets the spine. Hit a fella there, he ain't gonna pull no trigger." Givens then nods at Tim, who fires a single shot directly into Jess' apricot. The sicko falls dead to the ground. Case closed.
But not the episode. We cut to Boyd returning to his digs after a hard day in the mines. His face is busted up, too. Ava enters the bathroom, concerned for her man's condition. Whoa. Later, Gayle Cosgrove enters Givens' office. She wonders what Jamie is going to do with the baby. "I was kind of hoping that maybe..." Gayle says before trailing off. Givens agrees to find out if such an adoption would even be possible. Givens then heads to his hotel room -- only to be intercepted by Gary, who says that he plans on winning back Winona. Winona, of course, is inside the hotel room waiting for Givens. "Who were you talking to?" she asks. Says a matter-of-fact Givens: "That was your husband."
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