2. I Am Not the Fine Man You Take Me For

Captain Turner tips off Swearengen with a cryptic note to another bloody incident at the Gem; later, Hearst makes his intentions known in a more straightforward way. While Jane finds a captive audience for her oratory skills, the candidates for mayor and sheriff aren't as fortunate. Alma's health raises the issue of Sofia's stewardship and newly reformed Andy Cramed pays a visit to Tolliver, with a different agenda and outcome

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Hearst's enforcer Joe Turner delivers a diagram that seems to predict men will come to the Gem. When they arrive, Al kills them and decides to set the debates that night. As Alma prepares for surgery to avoid a miscarriage, she makes out in her will that Sofia should inherit her properties and Bullock will remain their guardian, who promises to protect them if Hearst goes after them. The speeches are held, where Bullock easily beats out Manning. Cramed asks a recovering Tolliver for forgiveness, and he enters a supposed fit of religious psychosis that causes Cramed to flee. Hearst and Turner cut off Al's middle finger to force him to help get Alma's claim, though he continues to refuse them.

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