At the beginning of the episode, Barb (Felicity Huffman) practices her shooting skills. Aliyah and Timothy Little (Cedric Duplechain) discuss Carter’s chances and the evidence against him. At the prison, Hector is transported again, while Russ begins repairing the house. He takes a break and inspects pictures of his son showing off with corpses, during the war, before burning them. Edgar and Tony act like fools at juvie. Egar attacks the teacher, before he is subdued. Edgar is choked unconscious, while Tony watches.

Tony speaks to his father about earning respect. He begs for his father to get him out and insists they killed Edgar. Hector is released and meets his daughter, Adele (Abriella Gonzales), who doesn’t know who he is. He speaks to Sibila (Kattia Ortiz) about returning to America, but she seems reluctant. Aubry’s mother pays Aliyah a visit and tells her that Aubry and Carter shouldn’t be involved. Mr. Gutierrez attempts to speak to Hayes (Rey Herrera), who insists he should get Tony a private defense attorney.

Barb speaks to Nancy about her separatist friends. While Barb speaks about the lengthy trial, Nancy discovers her gun. Gwen gets her catheter removed and is prepped for heading home. Eve insists they need to get Gwen out of the city. At the jail, Aliyah visits Carter and brings Aubry’s mother. She insists Carter should allow Aubry to go, if he loves her. Mr. Gutierrez attempts to sell his garage and gets a terrible offer. Afterwards, he returns to his family and speaks about Tony’s case, costs and trying to sell his shop.

Rallies continue outside the jail, while Carter is transported inside. Barb and her family makes it to the courthouse, as does Aliyah. The preliminary hearing begins. Carter looks worried, when Hector is the prosecution’s first witness. Hector insists he got a text from Carter on the night of the murder. The testimony ends and Carter is shown handing some papers to Aliyah. Timothy Little sits down with Aubry. Timothy gives Aubry a letter from Carter. It turns out to be the magazine picture, with the couple torn apart.

Russ speaks to Nancy at Matt’s (Grant Merritt) house. The pair speak about Barb’s gun. They discuss the potential of Carter being released and Barb taking action. Nancy speaks about contemplating her own suicide, after her daughter’s killer got a weak sentence. Russ insists their lives weren’t always this bad. Meanwhile, Aubry sobs, whines and cries a little. She blames her mother for Cater’s actions and asks for her lawyer. She also wants to speak to the DA.

Next, Aubry sits down with Soderbergh (Joe Nemmers) and is asked about the gun and she admits it is the gun. However, she admits it was her, who used the gun. Aubry sends everyone out, fires her attorney and continues to speak. Her mother decides to stay. Aubry walks the DA through the event and insists Matt was going to give them drugs, if Aubry had sex with him. She insists Matt was racist and mean to Carter, so she went and handled things on her own. She says they spent the night with Everett and she took his gun, left them passed out and killed Matt.

She insists she took the gun for protection and had made deals with Matt before. She tells the DA that Matt was trying to get sex, before Gwen entered and the pair fought. She insists she fought back and blames her brother and his friends again. Aubry finally says she shot Matt, before Gwen approached and she shot her too. Afterwards, she threw the gun in the river and ran. Russ takes photographs to Barb and speaks about his gambling addiction and recovery.

The pair speak about better times, before Russ’s addiction. Russ suggests he felt in control, when he was gambling and winning. They agree he wasn’t there for Matt, when he needed him. The episode ends, as Russ thanks Barb for all of her actions, as the boy’s mother.

Review


It is really hard to feel anything, but indifference, to the episode. The trial aspect was beginning to get interesting, before Hector’s testimony was abruptly ended and we were shuffled back to the pathetic pity party of Aubry and Carter. The Aubry character is one of the most unlikable on television and the flat acting certainly doesn’t help. The show really needs to focus on the court trial and ignore the rest of the mindless drama, which is dull. A 5.5 out of 10 for this episode.