We pick up right where we left off, as Colton goes to see the gas station attendant, a young, nervous Ed Norton-looking type. Colton tells the kid about the disappearance of the "young lady" with him and asks to look at the security tapes, but the kid tells him he's not allowed to let anyone back there -- no exceptions. Sensing what Colton's about, the kid then reaches down for a gun lying in a drawer in the desk in front of him, but Colton easily tells him to stop his movement. Despite the pants-shitting expression on his face, though, the kid denies that request. So after a long moment, Colton tells him he wants to show him something and goes for his pocket. You'd think this would result in one or both of them getting shot -- I've seen the scene already and I'm still clenching in anticipation -- but Colton merely produces his old military-police ID and tells the kid the girl he's after is AWOL. I think the kid relaxes at that, but I couldn't tell you for sure because I was laughing too hard at the image of Ellen May being in the military. It'd be worse than a remake of Private Benjamin. And, of course, the story doesn't hold up under strict scrutiny, as you'd expect if it were true, Colton would have taken steps to make sure his prisoner wouldn't escape. Regardless, Colton asks if the kid can help him out and I'm still thinking that he might take a bullet as soon as his hand is a safe distance away from the gun...
...but no, we merely cut to Colton checking out the security tape as the kid keeps an eye on him. After Colton watches himself leave the scene, he sees Ellen May seem to see someone and wander off, but she leaves frame without any conclusive evidence and the kid tells Colton that the footage is from their only working camera. However, Colton then sees the top of a cop car enter the picture going in Ellen May's direction and he grimaces at how much more complicated the situation may just have become.
Raylan is at the Women's Health Clinic of Lexington and regardless of whatever emotionally demanding errands people normally go there, it must be pretty slow if he's being allowed to sit by himself. That becomes irrelevant, though, when we see Winona get out of her car in the parking lot and from what I hear about The Following, it wouldn't surprise me if we get Natalie Zea back in a rather larger capacity soon. For now though, Winona is delighted to see Raylan and when he tells her that he's been there for fifteen minutes, she points out that he missed her last two appointments. After he realizes he's screwed up a nice gesture by bringing her caffeinated coffee, they engage in a little small talk with Winona saying that she's picked up a little freelance deposition work now that her morning sickness has passed and Raylan telling her he's been making extra money doing side jobs. Winona pegs him for going behind Art's back and I'm hoping Raylan at least got some money for the chickens, but it's not like Art would approve of that either. Raylan uses the mention of Art to say that he's just put Raylan in charge of the biggest case in their office's history and Winona is impressed even though he can't divulge particulars. Just as well; she may claim no longer to be particularly susceptible to nausea, but why test her with tales of twisted parachutist corpses? Winona then says the baby's kicking and guides Raylan's hand to the right spot and mother and father share a nice moment as they remember what things used to be like between them. Raylan tells Winona that he's going to be there for her and the baby and she says that's great, confessing that when he didn't respond to her text about the time of the appointment changing, she thought he wasn't going to show. But as it happens, Raylan didn't in fact get the text, which means that as far as he knew, he showed up about half an hour late. Now that he's looked at his phone, he sees that he needs to call in and the remainder of Winona's temporary optimism drains away as she guesses he's not even staying for the appointment. But on the other end, we see that Rachel has a good reason for telling Raylan to get his ass over there -- Arlo is being led in, still in his prison uniform and shackles. I'm guessing this isn't some kind of prison family-therapy program, but we'll have to wait until after the opening credits to see.













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