At the start of the episode, we’re taken to Chihuahua, Mexico. Thomas Nickel (Brenden Sunderland) sees something in the distance that bothers him. Johan (John Lynch) is inside. Thomas urinates on himself. Johan joins him outside. A human head has been mounted on a fence post. We jump back over to Prairie Field. Johan is worried. Sarah (Anamaria Marinca) teaches Rosa (Jenessa Grant) about dentistry. Rosa is worried that nobody is going to take her serious as a horse racer anymore. Johan gets up in the middle of the night. He grabs his toolbox and works on a lock. Johan hears something. He opens the other door and finds Jack (Tim Roth) standing there.

We see that Angela (Genevieve O’Reilly) is with Anna (Abigail Lawrie). Anna is positive this is what she wants. Johan is held at gunpoint. Anna tells her mother to put the gun down. Jake says that they should kill Johan. Jake wants to know who the bagman is. Jake learns how the drug smuggle operation works. Johan admits he has done it twice before. He tells them about hiding the drugs on a neighbor’s property. Johan claims to be innocent. Jake doesn’t believe it. Jake and Angela believe the family is in big trouble. Johan asks for help. A gun is fired and Johan crashes to the ground. Rosa and Sarah wake up. Angela tells Anna that they need to get far away as quickly as possible.

Anna claims she isn’t afraid of the cartel. Jake suggests killing Johan. He requests help finding the drugs. Anna is worried for Johan and his family. Anna shows them Helen’s ring. Jake admits it said “To Helen, Love Jack”. Anna blames Jake for wrecking two families. She encourages them to help Johan. Eventually, Jake agrees to help. Johan is convinced he can protect his family. He is given a handgun. He takes it nervously. He is asked if he has ever shot anyone. Anna says she will protect the family. Sarah wakes up Thomas. Jake asks for Sarah a second later. Sarah is asked if she believes her husband is an honest man. Rosa joins them and Sarah says yes. Johan is forced to confess that he traffics cocaine.

Jake ridicules their way of life. Sarah tells him he knows nothing about their believes. She remains confident that Johan is an honest man. Sarah encourages Johan to tell them he is an honest man. Johan confesses that he is what they say he is. Jake gives her a drink. Thomas hears something outside of his window. Meanwhile, Sarah tells her husband about trying to be the wife he deserves. She claims he made a stupid little woman of her. Rosa tells Sarah about Johan getting up every night. She is upset that her father opened up to Anna and nobody else. She tells her mother that she is a liar too. Sarah calls her out for wanting to run away from home. Anna promises she didn’t say anything.

Rosa admits she hates it there. She complains about the cult and its rules. Jack tells them that they’re all going to die. They begin preparing to defend themselves. Johan finally tells Sarah why he starting trafficking drugs. He tells her about the severed head. Johan tells Anna that her father is an evil man, but he has courage. After a brief conversation, Johan and the family embrace. Anna speaks to her family about lying all of the time. She claims that the entire family is built on lies. She tells them about her suicide attempt. She wonders if Petey was better off without them.

Johan tries to convince his family to flee before it is too late. He tells them that the drugs have gone missing. Thomas emerges. The electricity goes out throughout the compound. Jack tells everyone to get on the ground. He gets a call from the drug dealers.

 

Tin Star Review

This episode of Tin Star was slow and drug out. It accomplished some things and pushed the story along at a painfully slow pace. I only hope that things are going to pick up from here on out. Again, I am not a huge fan of the show. I only hope you find these recaps helpful. The episode scores a 5.5 out of 10. Catch up with previous recaps of Tin Star now!