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Cholera barbecue is still going on.
Elam returns home and Eva tells him that the baby is with Declan and on their way to New York for a better life.
Elam gets mad and tells Eva to GTFO and go back to whoring.
Durant stay getting his morning shave and drink service at the barber’s, where causes of death is the topic for a brief convo.
Holy shit… Bohannon with the interruption and impromptu business proposal (Mormon stuff) to Durant, with a razor’s edge.
Missed opportunity for something with either man.
Elam is hella drunk about the baby being gone, but Bohannon is like, "Can he ride? (for work stuffs)."
Elam: "Son of a bitch! Is that a threat?
Bohannon: "No, it’s a warning."
Work more important and Psalms is asked to do something, regardless of Elam’s condition, cause Bohannon has a deadline to make with railroad stuffs.
A stagecoach appears, and with it, a Detective Malone from Boston, who inquires about the missing Metcalf at the hotel where he was last at.
Sean overhears, and tells Durant about what had happened afterwards with Metcalf. Sean is sweating, but Durant is like, "IDK what you are talking about."
Malone stops by Durant’s room and asks about Metcalf, with Durant acting like nothing is wrong.
After Malone leaves, Durant isn’t that worried about stuffs, but Sean is like, “I’m gonna bounce.”
Apparently the boy is causing some trouble for Ruth, but Bohannon lets the boy know what’s up.
Looks like Durant wants to tag along with Bohannon (and the boy) and help him to deal with some Mormon business.
The boy is put to work to carry a saddle, but it’s heavy and Bohannon helps him out.
As the trio travels to the Mormon fort, the plan is to get the railroad worker deserters back, with Durant as the negotiator.
Also, something about returning the boy, besides the fact that the plan is pretty desperate if Bohannon needs Durant’s help.
Malone stops by to see Elam, who is still drunk off his ass.
Sean stops by to talk to Mickey, who realizes that something is up, in regard to the Boston detective, and tells Sean that he’s on his own.
Near the Mormon fort, Bohannon and Durant encounter Collis Huntington, who is building the rairoad from the West, and is accompanied by some Chinese and Scoggins, his interpreter, who has an amusing comment in Mandarin, in regard to the dinner invitation stuffs.
Huntington invites the men to dinner, where they can discuss business stuffs.
At dinner, there is talk about the Chinese and Brigham Young’s beliefs, besides the actions of the Mormons.
Durant takes the opportunity to ‘negotiate’ with Huntington, in regards to Bohannon’s situation, with the railroad building deadline terms of who is in charge. Bohannon gets mad when Durant makes a move to offer himself to Huntington and is like, "WTF are you doing?"
Bohannon leaves, but Huntington says that he also has an offer for the Southerner.
Eva tries to get her old job back with Mickey, but he says “No” cause he doesn’t want to deal with Elam.
As Elam staggers to the saloon, Mickey gives Eva some cash to get her on her way, then he deals with Elam by running interference.
Eva and Sean are at the train platform, waiting for the train to take them away from town, tomorrow, with both of them having their reasons for leaving town.
Sean spots Malone and overhears him at the telegraph station as he inquires about some info regarding a 'Sean McGinnes.'
A train pulls in and Louise returns to town. She sees a sad Eva and offers to hear her out on what has happened lately.
That evening, Scoggins approaches Bohannon and tells him about the 411 regarding the fallout of the Mormon boy hanging, where there are two POVs depending on who you ask: Mormons might not take to seeing Bohannon right now.
Scoggins apparently is a white guy from China, who is learned in the language and likes the clothing, lol.
Huntington appears and sends Scoggins away, then talks to Bohannon about offering him some job stuffs with him, besides a vision of an ideal dream. Bohannon declines Huntington’s offer and says that he’ll make his own way.
After Huntington leaves, the boy ‘speaks’ to Bohannon and introduces himself as Ezra.
The two of them briefly talk about stuffs, until Ezra goes silent again, and Bohannon voicing his thoughts aloud.
Kinda fun bonding moment here, though.
Elam (who probably has still been drinking) tries to wake up Psalms, saying that they need to go to New York to find his baby and get her back.
Psalms is like, "That baby gone. She gone."
Elam is sad as fuck, but Psalms offers him some words/advice on his situation.
The next morning, Bohannon, with Ezra in tow, approaches the makeshift camp outside the Mormon fort, which isn’t paradise according to one of the deserters. Working for Bohannon is better, compared to what the Mormons are currently offering.
A Mormon group approaches Bohannon, who says that he wants to return Ezra, but they are not taken with Bohannon’s appearance, despite the Southerner keeping a low profile.
Ezra pulls a knife on the lead Mormon guy, apparently not wanting to go with them.
Bohannon quickly withdraws and leaves with Ezra and apologizes for his actions, then tells the deserter to ‘man up’ and leave despite the threat of supposed Mormon harm.
Damn, Ezra is pretty brave. Like, everyone was probably like, “WTF is this kid doing?” He was ready to cut some fools up.
Ezra will need the fight training for the likely inevitable ‘boss’ encounter…
Sean meets with Mickey and says that he’ll do something about the situation, something that Mickey doesn’t agree with.
Despite Mickey’s warnings of what could likely happen, Sean is like "IDGAF. I’ll be free from all this running."
Sean then goes to see Ruth and tells her about his past life, but Ruth is like, "I can’t help you."
Things get a bit intense, and as Sean is about to say something about Mickey, he is shot - by Mickey - who says that he is saving Ruth’s life, with Ruth looking on in shock at what just happened.
Later at the church, Mickey explains what had happened to Malone, regarding Sean’s death/actions.
Malone’s work appears to be done here, but a brief convo between him and Mickey, says otherwise. Boston is a dangerous place.
Wasn’t expecting that to happen.
The real question though is what is up with Mickey?
Durant gets dropped off by Huntington, who is confident that he’ll get to build more of the railroad, compared to Bohannon.
However, Durant spoils the moment and notes Bohannon returning with the deserters, Huntington giving the Southerner props.
Mickey meets with Durant to talk business and tell him what’s up.
However, Durant stands his ground against Mickey’s position against him and even goes as far to ‘eloquently’ give the surviving/remaining McGinnes brother a ‘another time, another place’ speech.
Durant is done dealing with everyone’s shit.
Those words… Durant pretty much tells Mickey about his version of the ‘Slap Game’ from HIMYM, more-or-less.
Need a YT version of that quote/scene, lol.
Later, Mickey and Bohannon bury Sean, and Bohannon asks about what happened back in Boston.
Mickey gives some insight about what happened: two other incidents with girls.
Maybe there will be a flashback to those past events in Boston, with the McGinnes brothers?
Bohannon goes to see Ruth, who is saddened by Sean passing, as she cries on Bohannon’s shoulder.
- A “Western” version/scenario based off of Lone Wolf and Cub, featuring Bohannon, Ezra, and The Swede, would be pretty interesting, I think.
- Fallout stuffs: Durant/Metcalf and Mickey/Sean. Unexpected, but strangely fitting?
- The preview for next week’s episode look quite interesting.
Two more episodes until the end of the season…
