Peggy makes a choice, the Gerhardts declare war, and Hanzee goes full Anton Chigurh.

The crash is coming.

Hanzee cant get use to the quiet since returning from Vietnam.

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So Dodd does exactly that, taking out the man and leaving his pops to handle the rest.

Hes killed the king, but he has no kingdom to show for it.

The world hes grown into isnt as clear as it appeared that day.

The cancer is spreading, and shes getting worse.

There is some hope, however, in an experimental drug that the doctor calls Xanadu.

Betsy tells him no and that he needs to feed Molly more than beef jerky, before choking up.

This wasnt what she was promised.

She was always supposed to be there for Molly, and yet the world has conspired against her.

This feel is something she shares with Dodd and his lack of sons.

Except that her sense of injustice comes from love rather than archaic entitlement.

Floyd took the lead and all of the good one-liners.

Bulo likes the offer.

We know that somethings coming, and soon enough, the people guarding the patriarch get that sense too.

But none of us has any idea what direction its coming from.

The fallout is quick and brutal, with Mike Milligan sporting a sleeve gun right out ofTaxi Driver.

Otto is left alive, but the familys hopes of maintaining control without spilling blood are not.

They have to entire Coen oeuvre to play with.

While inquiring about the car, Hanzee meets Sonny, a mechanic.

The two have Vietnam in common, but Hanzees service was quite unlike Mad Dogs.

As the native, he went down into the tunnels to sniff out Charlie and rip his ears off.

At this point, we know that hell is coming for Ed and Peggy.

Peggy, is this what you want?