Raylan's in a hardware store, and the proprietor, "Mike," is asking after Arlo's mental state, recalling that the last time he was in, he stood by the wall staring into space for a five-minute stretch at one point. He adds that it unnerved him, so I'd suggest he not watch me when I'm recapping past midnight. Raylan tells Mike he's not going to be subject to such problems, as he doesn't plan on seeing Arlo, but his attention is then diverted by Roz, who's spilled a bunch of, as we'll learn, screws on the floor. She makes a joke about having a screw loose, and then, when Raylan approaches, holds one up and asks if he wants one. It having been a long time since Raylan got this forward an overture from someone with braces, he's a bit flustered but says he's all right, but when he pushes past her to go, she asks his opinion: "How are these?" She lifts up her shirt -- we don't see anything, but I'm including a bra in that statement -- and goes on that she was a late bloomer, and they only came in the year before. Raylan, whose eyebrows initially went north of the Mason-Dixon line, recovers to reply, "Patience is a virtue!" When he's gone, Roz heads for the back door, flashing Mike on the way, who accepts the toll with a big smile...
...and then Raylan's coming back in and asking where the girl went, and when Mike tells him, he reveals that his car is gone. And it wouldn't be nearly as funny if this weren't an homage to that same scene in The Big Lebowski. Raylan, now you're really one of the cool kids!
At Boyd's bar, he, Ava and Johnny are having a little confab about the decline in oxy sales; Ava doesn't believe some little church could be responsible, while Johnny points out that the FDA changed the formula for oxy, making it harder to get high. Boyd, however, counters that their supply predates that development, and Johnny and Ava squabble a bit before Boyd says Johnny's the one in the hot seat, and then makes me love him even more -- didn't think that was possible -- by correctly using "nonplussed" to describe his reaction to Johnny's apparent indifference, and if Boyd ever refers to someone sick to his stomach as "nauseated," I will knock Ava out of the way to get my hands on him. Johnny, having been told, agrees to find out what he can, and when he's gone, the mood lightens despite the subject of Ellen May being next on the agenda. Boyd's not too worried about the incident, and then he puts his head on Ava's shoulder and lightly whines that no one said running a criminal enterprise was going to be this hard. Heh. Ava, matching his humor, jokes that they left that part out on Career Day, and then they say "Dr. Pepper" so many times in quick succession that I wonder if it's actual product placement or just a parody of same, but whichever it is, Ava goes to get him that soda, the name of which I've already forgotten...













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