S5E2 · Trials and Tribulations

Complete story — includes the ending

Roy Tillman, the constitutional sheriff of Stark County explains his biblically-based view of the world to a young man before he has one of his deputies beat him up for abusing his wife "unnecessarily". Roy meets with Munch, who he hired to kidnap Dot, and explains that Dot is his wife Nadine, who disappeared eleven years ago. When Munch demands triple his payment for not being made aware of her skills, Roy's son (and deputy) Gator Tillman attempts to execute him, but Munch instead kills two of Roy's men and escapes. FBI agents Joaquin and Meyer press Roy to enforce federal laws locally despite his distaste of them. Gator visits a recovering Witt to probe for information on Dot, running into Indira seeking the same information. Gator deletes a picture of Dot from Indira's phone to prevent Witt from identifying her. Believing Dot faked the kidnapping to extort her, Lorraine tries to pay her to leave Wayne and threatens legal action when she refuses. With Scotty's help, Dot booby-traps the entire house to deter intruders, explaining it to Wayne as an affordable "security system". When Gator and a deputy stop at the same gas station that was previously shot up, Munch kills the deputy and pins a note written in blood to the man's chest with a hunting knife demanding payment.