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It opens with a voice-over in which Marty explains the process of money laundering.
They need a cash operation that can have easily manipulated books.
Cut to Del in a foreign land, taking out the money that Marty has laundered.
After the prologue, theres some transitional chatter.
Should they put the Byrde assets in Wendys name?
Marty doesnt like this idea and brushes her off.
He has no time to think about the future; hes trying to keep everyone alive today.
At the same time, the Jonah-Buddy friendship is beginning in earnest.
The youngest Byrde wants to know if Buddy is hurting while hes dying.
Were all dying the minute were born, Buddy tells the young man.
Dont waste this life.
Over at the Blue Cat, theres a bit of alpha-female play between Rachel and Ruth.
Marty gets a call from Del, which lights a fire under the rising kingpin of the Ozarks.
Marty needs to get his hands on Lickety Splitz, and he wants Ruth to help.
He also demands she participate in the audition part of the interview, and Ruth closes the door.
But Ruth is just casing the joint, and so she hurts the sleazeball before heading for the door.
Jonah finds it and drags it home.
Marty talks to Ruth about the safe when he sees his son disemboweling a dead animal on the dock.
Jonah is a bit of a weird one, clearly increasingly fascinated by life and death.
Ruth and her underage crew go on a field trip to Lickety Splitz!
Even Three, who looks like hes about 12, is in the mix.
The commotion allows for arrests and a distraction so Ruth and Marty can take the safe.
When they break it open, they find more documents than cash.
That happiness will be short-lived, as it always is for Marty.
Basically, Marty already owns the club; hes simply offering to purchase it for show.
Bobby better act quickly because the price is now $175,000.
With that settled, and after some Blue Cat business, Marty can figure out who Wendy was calling.
It turns out that it was Gary!
Was she leaving messages on his voice-mail?
It inspires Marty to watch the video of his wife and her lover.
Will he ever tell her it exists?
She marches in and tells Marty about her work with Sam and how that can help the laundering.
What did you do today for our family, she asks.
Bought a strip club, Marty answers.
It turns out that Lickety Splitz was launderingtheirmoney.
Bobby tries to assuage Jacob and says that hell work it out with Marty.
After a bit of villainous monologuing by Jacob, Darlene kills Bobby.
Its an effective introduction to two people who will cause major problems for the Byrdes.
The episode ends with another major development that will have a long-term impact.
It will eventually tear the Byrde family apart.
For a great Mullan turn that you may not have seen, check out 2011sTyrannosaur, co-starring Olivia Colman.
Was she playing with fire by calling her ex-lover?
Or would he have tracked her down anyway?
Ruths love for hip-hop is eternal.
