From her car, Sonya watches a homeless blonde woman move about a filthy shantytown of boxes and car parts. The woman does a hit of heroin, and lies down inside a makeshift shelter once she gets high. From inside a decorated shoebox, Sonya pulls out a necklace that appears to be made of hair. She walks over to the woman who is now in an opiate haze, and presses it into her hand. “It’s over,” Sonya tells her, before walking back to her car. From their own car a safe distance away, Eleanor and Cesar watch Sonya pull away. When she is gone, Eleanor approaches the sleeping woman and takes the hair necklace from her sleeping hand.
Back in Juarez, Capitan Robles sits at an al fresco restaurant, dining on goat. An old woman tries to sell herbs to earn money to buy dinner and is harassed by some young punks. Robles reprimands them and shows the teens his badge before handing the woman some money. He sits back down with a satisfied smile, but within seconds, a swat team descends on him. One of the men smashes his face with a rifle before they haul him away. They demand that Robles lead them to Galvan, and toss him into a van.
The next morning, Robles is hurting but alive in the precinct bathroom. Marco inquires about his well-being and Robles tells him that he plans to take some personal time in the next few days. (i.e. fleeing forever) He leaves a very surprised Marco in charge. Marco walks over to the sink and notices it’s splattered with blood.
The El Paso PD is processing the crime scene at Adriana’s we find out that Lucy made it and is recovering. The man who stabbed her is dead, but Cooper is convinced he was a hitman. He found Adriana and Frye’s addresses in the man’s pocket. Adriana sits in an open cop car, covered in blood and in shock. When Sonya asks why Adriana isn’t at the hospital with her love, she reveals that Lucy’s parents came and asked her to leave. They don’t approve of the relationship, so Adriana came home. Adriana asks Sonya if the man actually intended to kill her, and Sonya says yes. Frye could still be in danger, and Adriana is concerned over a text Frye sent saying he was “going to get Sebastian Cerisola.” Adriana tells Sonya what she knows about Group CLIO, Galvan and the housing development.
Speaking of Cerisola, he shows up at Galvan’s Airplane Hanger of Ennui for a little chat. Cerisola is pissed that Fausto went after the reporters, and getting mixed up with the American police is not the best way to fly under the radar. When Cerisola mentions speaking with Eleanor, Galvan gets testy. He thinks that Cerisola is playing it too safe and throwing away hundreds of millions of dollars in the meanwhile. Cerisola calmly tells Galvan, “you can’t kill your way out of this.” Galvan doesn’t take his advice and immediately orders a hit on Sonya, by an American named the Chopper. Apparently, he’s a gentle and cleanly sort of hitman.
Sonya shows up at Red Ridge alone to do some sleuthing, but is thwarted when a van pulls up and Agent McKenzie orders her to get in. McKenzie has been on Galvan’s trail for a decade but keeps getting derailed by the CIA. Sonya wants to bring Eleanor to justice, and McKenzie agrees that she is the key. She can lead them to all of Galvan’s money laundering sites. When she asks how she can help get Eleanor, he shuts her down claiming he’s got a man on the inside. Sonya threatens to get the CIA involved if he doesn’t let her to work the case with him. Sonya has a plan. “I arrest her for murder, you get to question her and you get Fausto.” He agrees but on the condition that Sonya exclude Marco. He breaks the news that Galvan and Marco have known each other since childhood as both their fathers were in the cartel. He doesn’t think Marco can be trusted. This is news to Sonya, who can’t quite believe what McKenzie is telling her. He hands her a USB and tells her that Tate was murdered in prison. “Ask Marco how that happens,” he quips before dropping her back off at her car.
A man riding a motocross bike in the desert is interrupted in his daredevilry and summoned down a steep hill to receive a phone message. When he arrives, he pulls off his helmet to reveal a head of sandy blonde hair. This is The Chopper, and he now has orders to kill Sonya Cross.
Eva and Linder sit in an RV outside of the factory where so many Juarez girls have gone missing. She points out that they know little about each other, so he asks about her childhood. She grew up poor with dreams of traveling the world. She met Hector at age 13 when she was in a beauty pageant. Eva then spies a man who offered her a ride home and ended up nearly leading her to her death. Linder follows his car.
Sebastian Cerisola shows up to pick his son up from school, and unbeknownst to him, a furious and drunken Frye is steps away. Frye tells his little boy that his father sells drugs and Cerisola rushes the child away. Frye accuses Cerisola of trying to have Adriana killed and dares him and his men to kill him right then and there. Cerisola’s men wrestle him to the ground and call the cops to arrest him. The Juarez cops toss him in a filthy sewage filled cell with a half dozen other men.
When she’s alone in the precinct, Sonya sits down to watch the file that McKenzie gave her. It’s footage of Marco visiting David Tate shorty before he was killed.
Eleanor and Cesar drive up to where the day laborers gather, and she has her eye on Jamie once again. When he sees her, a big smile appears on his face. Cesar is confused as to why she’d pick him, but she likes that Jamie follows instructions and doesn’t ask questions. She hands Jamie some candy and he hops in the back of the truck.
Adriana shows up at the Juarez precinct looking for Marco, and to bail Frye out. Frye is far from grateful for Marco’s assistance. Marco tells him to keep his mouth shut when he’s in Juarez, but Frye launches back that the cartel and Cerisola tried to kill Adriana in El Paso. Marco is taken aback. Adriana tells them both that Sonya knows about the story she and Frye were working on and how they are being targeted.
Sonya shows up at Wade’s house to ask his permission to team up with the DEA to get Eleanor. She tells him about David Tates’ death and how Galvan and Marco may be involved. She asks him if he knew about Marco’s father and his connection to Galvan. He did, but figured the sins of the father don’t have to be the sins of the son. Sonya seems to have made up her mind that Marco is dirty however. He announced that he won’t be working again until the DA decides how to deal with the Dobbs shooting. “Good, seems only fair,” she says coldly over her shoulder. “You need to be held accountable.” Says the woman who is involved in a massive cover up in Juarez. Perhaps this is a hint that Sonya plans to come clean about her own shooting,
Meanwhile, The Chopper shows up at parking lot and picks up a car waiting for him. Inside he finds his payment and a weapon, so he sets off to track Sonya.
Cerisola and Eleanor have another one of their private meetings. He asks if Sonya will be a problem for them, and Eleanor is unsure. She does find her interesting however. Cerisola mentions how he and Galvan disagree about murdering everyone who gets in your way. He tests her loyalty to Galvan by asking her how she’d protect him if the shit hit the fan. She hesitates but says she’s sell Red Ridge and get the hell out of El Paso. Cerisola asks if she can arrange the sale and she already has someone in mind. He tries to bring her over to his side, but Galvan has what she wants. Money isn’t the language she speaks. It’s vengeance that moves her.
Inside the cage, an old man shambles about. Just them, explosions rock Galvan’s hideout. A swat team of Marines bursts in with guns blazing killing everyone they see. They find Galvan’s passageway to his underground lair in the bathroom. Once down in the tunnels, they hear the old man screaming and plan to release him. Unfortunately for them, Galvan has eluded them once again.
Marco arrives at the El Paso precinct to confront Sonya about not letting him in on what happened at Adriana’s but she simply counters with the fact that Tate was killed the night before. Marco was unaware but Sonya doesn’t believe him. When she flat out asks if Galvan killed Tate for Marco, he tells her that it’s complicated. She accuses him of lying to her since they met and the look of betrayal on her face is clear. “You’re compromised,” she hisses at him. She revokes her trust and orders him to leave. He does so without a word.
Back at the Juarez precinct, everyone is a buzz with the raid on Galvan’s. Marco watches the chaos and looks over to see that Robles is back in his office, looking less than pleased about it.
As Galvan and a handful of his men run through the tunnels, he pulls his best guy Obregon aside. Something feels off, so from now on it’s just the two of them. He then shoots the other two men in the head.
In Roble’s office, he raises a glass to a Galvan-less Juarez. Marco reminds him that he hasn’t been captured yet, but Robles assures him that Galvan’s either coming out of this dead or in handcuffs. When Marco accuses Robles of giving up Galvan’s hideout, Robles warns him to choose his friends and enemies wisely.
While Eva and Linder sit in the car, he opens up about his past. His father was an abusive bastard who beat him and his sister mercilessly. He ran away when he was 15. He continues his story, but the scene changes to later that night when Linder has tracked down the man in the red car at his home. In his voiceover he explains that he had planned to come back and get his sister, but was too late and she died in a homeless shelter. Back at the man’s home, he wheels his mother’s wheelchair out into the living room, as Linder waits in the shadows. Linder fatally hits the man in the face with a blunt object, as Eva watches from outside the window. In his voiceover, he tells Eva that he may have let his sister down, but promises never to do the same to her.
When Sonya arrives home, The Chopper is also waiting in the dark for her. When she sees him, he politely asks for her cell phone, while aiming his silencer at her. She tries to disarm him but he knocks her unconscious and carries her away.
