Raylan realizes that Shelby must have Ellen May with him, but before they can get into exploiting that knowledge, Art takes a moment to acknowledge to Rachel and Raylan just how awesome Shelby is, which is both deserved and hilarious, but his point is that the Marshal Service needs the prestige of bringing the case home. Meanwhile, after packing up the stuff in his office, Shelby and Ellen May plan to make a quick getaway from the Harlan airstrip, but when Shelby realizes the marshals have guessed his move and beaten him there, they're forced to drive on.

When they discover that Raylan has also anticipated their ground escape route and put up a roadblock, Shelby thinks they're out of options, but Ellen May tells him she has an idea, and they head to NOBLES HOLLER TO REQUEST SANCTUARY FROM LIMEHOUSE, and I knew Mykelti Williamson was coming back at some point, but this is still an awesome development. Shelby wants to pay Limehouse to keep Ellen May safe, but he gets more than he bargained for when Limehouse reveals he knows his true identity and takes him prisoner, figuring Shelby's worth a great deal of money to the right people.

Despite what happened last week (or maybe partially because of it), Johnny still feels like Boyd is slighting him, so he calls Wynn and his amazing, amazing sleep mask and tells him Drew Thompson's been exposed. Wynn tells Johnny he'd better get busy locating Thompson before anyone else does, while at Ava's suggestion, Boyd goes to see a "Nicky Kush" (really), who ran Audrey's before Delroy and is the one who hired Ellen May. He points them in the correct direction – which is hilariously convenient, given that Ava has taken refuge in Nobles Holler as well (this, at least, there's precedent for).

Limehouse brokers a reunion, and Ellen May gives Ava a hug that's as enthusiastic on her side as it is uncomfortable on Ava's. Ava still wants to buy Ellen May as well as Shelby from Limehouse, but he quotes her a figure of a hundred and fifty grand each, which gives her pause, as she REALLY wants that house on Clover Hill. Boyd wants to go through with it, though, thinking he can sell Shelby on to Detroit at a huge markup – but when the moment comes, Limehouse is all, "I am altering the deal," and says Boyd can have either Shelby or Ellen May, but not both. Boyd, surprisingly, thinks it's clear they need to silence Ellen May, but Ava, moved by the earlier encounter and still hoping to own some real estate, begs him to take Shelby instead. When the decision is announced, Ellen May positively freaks at the death sentence imposed on the man who showed her more kindness than anyone else, and actually spits in Ava's face, which is kind of terrifying in several different ways.

Later, when they wait for their ride, Shelby muses on his past, in the process letting it slip that Arlo is dead, which Boyd and Ava somehow hadn't yet heard. He also informs Boyd that the cocaine he brought to Harlan paid an awful lot of Crowder bills, which is why Boyd's father protected him no matter what. Boyd is unmoved, however, and sends Shelby off with Colton and Johnny to be handed off – unaware that Johnny, having had enough of Boyd and probably realizing his chance of getting Shelby out of Nobles Holler was somewhere south of squat, had agreed to tip Raylan and Rachel off as to the location of the drop. With a chopper containing Augustine and coming for Shelby in sight, Colton leaves him handcuffed to a tractor and bails – but the marshals show up just in the nick of time, and Augustine is forced to take back to the air.

In the end, knowing the wrath of Theo Tonin is coming, Wynn resolves to clear the country, while Boyd and Ava contemplate doing the same, and even the marshals know things are about to get bloody. I can't wait.