Remember all the insanity of last season?
We begin with John driving.
Always driving, this one.
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Dannys secret son, Nolan, is asleep.
John gazes at this kid, this mystery boy that so embodies his dead brother.
(Trivia, this is the same actor, Owen Teague, who portrayed young Danny last season).
He picks up Nolans phone, and theres a password on it, which duh.
So many sexy secrets!
In the morning, the rest of Johns family is all… so, WTF?
Why is this kid so weird?
Is he really our cousin?
Uh, take a look at him, kids!
What do you think?
He tells them not to say a word about this to to anybody.
Rayburn motto right there.
This kid is so spookily like Danny, its really quite something.
Especially when he fixes John with a cold blue stare and asks if John is afraid of him.
John is like, uh, nope I outweigh you by about 150 lbs.
He does tell Nolan hes curious as to what he wants.
Nolan says his dad is dead, and he has nowhere else to go.
He hands over his moms phone number.
John says hell track her down.
Nolan is all, yeah, good luck with that.
Nolan continues to unnerve by being just slightly off and yet in such a familiar Danny Rayburn fashion.
Ooof, I miss Ben Mendelsohn.
We all know what hes remembering!
Meanwhile back into druggie fish land, its Wayne Lowry (a.k.a.
Landrys dad fromFriday Night Lights).
Hes with an even bigger drug dealer, and its all the same usual blah blah blah intimidated.
People need to get murdered.
Bigger, badder drug dealer doesnt care.
He wants to clean house with everyone who ever saw Wayne Lowry or dealt with Danny Rayburn.
How Ive missed you.)
John stares in a daze at Dannys headshot, and Marco says they should close this case.
(Im guessing not so much.)
In New York, our gal Meg is also not handling things so well.
Megs boss is looking less than thrilled with her when she shows up for a meeting.
She asks if Meg is free to entertain some prospective clients that night.
John makes some calls about this Evangeline Rodosovitch.
Marco comes in and says hes bothered by something: Was Dannyreallygoing to go to the Pier dedication?
But guess what: John has become a really good liar.
Marco tells him that hes going to pursue other leads.
We watch Johns blood pressure rise but his face betrays nothing.
Its all about Eric ODirtbag now which pleases me.
Speaking of which, heres our favorite dirtbag now!
We remember that John was outside and didnt take a stab at stop him.
He lights a cigarette and hits record.
Kevin is flip-flopping around at the shipyard.
His partner is like, hey, dude are you okay?
Kevin vamps that its all fine.
His worker pal is not convinced.
He says that ever since Danny died Kevin has been unfocused and his mind isnt on the job.
Kevin does his whole no worries thing.
He tells poor Jake to relax.
Sally: She always knows more than the kids think she does.
In this case, she knows all about Nolan.
Sally is all, man, I dont know why John is lying to me.
Detective Potts offers to help find out.
Ill tell you this as a friend: If you run, I will stomp your ass.
John comes home and is not psyched to see Jane and Nolan having a grand ol time chatting.
Jane really loves this particular DNA strain of the family, right?
John sits down and Nolan gets a wary look on his face.
Yup, that all sounds like Danny right?
He said Danny started sending him money.
Johns ear perks up.
Turns out thats the answer of the mystery envelopes of money!
Its seeming harder and harder to deny who this kid belongs to, right?
Nolan also happens to know about the drugs in the apartment.
John is like, hey did you by any chance see anything there in September?
Nolan says no, he wasnt even in Miami in September.
The remaining Rayburn siblings get on a conference call.
John tells them he totally believes Nolans story.
Kevin, in character, freaks out.
Meg, also in character, is like this doesnt change anything.
John says hes not bringing Nolan to the inn and not to tell Sally.
The investigation is at a standstill and hell fill them in at dinner.
Meg clearly wants to be like, um, I live in New York, remember?
But instead hangs up.
Kevin looks at a sonogram of the baby with Belle.
He grins a little weakly.
Belle points out that he doesnt seem happy.
She points out that he wont even talk about Danny.
He blinks a bit and shuts down further.
But then, he breaks and says he wants to tell her everything.
Just tell me, she begs.
He starts with, I fked up.
Im in so much sh.
Belle does not seem convinced.
Perfect time for a family dinner!
Diana is drinking out on the porch and runs into Lenny Potts.
Meg is on speaker listening to the update about the investigation.
John reiterates that this is all about Wayne Lowry.
Sally glowers at him and says not to give up on Danny.
I, for one, love drunk Meg!
She talks about the Keys crystal meth and cockfighting and says unconvincingly she doesnt miss it for a second.
Kevin pulls out a stack of cocaine from the bottom of the ocean.
Oh boy, this is a bad idea.
Sally sits on the porch and waits to hear her son come lie to her some more.
He does not disappoint!
First he asks her about him running for sheriff.
She asks when he knew that Danny was dealing drugs.
She shames him about not talking to her about it.
She points out that she could have helped if she hadnt been left in the dark.
Shes like, well what do you say now?
Whatelseare you keeping from me?
Now remember, she already knows about Nolan, so shes basically setting him up.
She tells him this is his chance to tell her whats up.
He sits and for a second you think hell come clean but no, he does not.
Sallys face is devastating.
She watches as he continues to spin around in his lies and misdirections and then she stomps off.
Bad move, John.
So tall and he never seems to sweat.
He asks if Kevin will go with him.
Meg is all, people drink a lot from where I come from.
Oh my god, ME TOO MEG.
The clients loved it, but her boss is not jazzed.
Meg is like, wait, are you firing me?
She tells Meg to take the weekend off, and it does not sound optional.
Marco takes Kevin to look at a burned-out boat.
Guess which boat it is?
If you guessed the one John blew up with Dannys dead body, you are correct.
Kevin is a jittery mess.
He looks closer at the boat, visibly sweating.
Kevin says something something about insurance scam.
John is sitting at the old Rayburn truck, trying to put up a for sale sign.
He gets a call from Kevin.
Cut to John being like, uh,whyare you talking about the insurance scam?
This leads to a discussion of what is normal behavior and what isnt.
Uh, too late Rayburns.
John has become pretty scary: He tells Kevin he has to be ready for anything.
Kevin says hes scared.
John says, youve got to be smart.
The only one theyre looking at is Wayne Lowry.
Kevin asks John if he feels guilty at all.
John: You cant think like that.
We had to do it, right?
Yes, Kevin, says John.
We had to do it.
John takes a call from Marco.
Wayne Lowry is chilling in his house while his kids play video games when the bell rings.
Its the sheriffs department.
I actually feel a little bad for the poor boys in the living room.
Lowry walks out and sees John out in the driveway.
(Aside: Kyle Chandler looks so good in a law enforcement jacket!)
In New York, Meg talks to the mysterious bank guy.
Turns out Pops Rayburn had a regular secret payment out to someone.
Its up to Meg to decide whether to keep it up or not.
She says it depends on who the payment is actually going toward.
Wayne Lowrys house is clean.
Like, of course, hes a smart criminal, right?
John gets a call from the Miami shelter for runaways.
Nolan is smoking just exactly the way his old man did and hitchhiking.
He ends up at a little shack deep.
He knocks on the door and tells our friend Eric ODirtbag (!!!!)
that John is lying.
Back at his house, John looks over some papers and gets a call.
He goes to the boatyard to meet (drumroll) Wayne Lowry!
Wayne tells John he didnt like Danny, but he didnt kill him.
He then tells John he needs the investigation to go away.
John is all, and Id do thatwhy?
Hey John, Id like you to meet my friend, Wayne Lowry.
Ive told him some things that could make your life very difficult.
