Frank and Amy stand outside of a building, and Frank offers to kick the metal door open. Amy says that they'll have better luck her way and knocks on the door. Clive opens the slot, says hell no when he sees Frank, and closes the slot. Frank knocks again and says that Uncle Teddy sent them. Amy is dressed up as a young prostitute, and Frank shows Clive the movie. Clive finally lets them in and locks the door behind them, and takes them to a photo studio and says that they'll own the print and the negatives. Frank punches him and says that they're just there to use his stuff,
Amy goes to the darkroom and develops the canisters of film that she got from Konchevsky. Meanwhile, Clive goes for his shotgun and Frank easily disarms him and breaks his arm. Before Frank can shoot Clive, Amy comes out with the pictures. Frank tells Amy to wait outside, and she tells Frank that killing Clive is a bit borderline. After a moment, Frank tells Clive that it's his lucky day. As they leave, Amy suggests that Frank burn the place down if it makes him feel better. They leave and Clive comes out as the place burns up behind him.
Curtis is in bed at a hotel with his girlfriend Delia Robinson, and ignores his phone when it rings. They start to make love, but Curtis says that he has to get up. He suggests that she stay there because he has the room for a week while they check his apartment for rats.
At the community center, Curtis serves food and gives Jimbo his new pair of glasses. Jimbo hugs Curtis, who tells him to fill out the papers so they can get him out of living in his car. As Curtis goes back to work, he checks the gun in his belt.
Billy returns to Krista's apartment, trying to be quiet. He sees her in her bedroom getting dressed, and she sees him. After a moment, Krista closes the door.
In the park, Amy pretends to be a second assistant calls Poloznev's secretary Deb and confirms his schedule. They go to Poloznev's home and watch him go inside with his wife and daughter. They follow the daughter to her private school and Amy asks Frank if it's what he would have wanted for his daughter Lisa. Frank admits that he always thinks about her, and Amy tells him to think about who she would be now. He talks about how old she would be, and Amy asks if the students know that some of their parents kill people.
When Krista comes out, Billy offers her tea. He says that he wasn't spying on her earlier, and figures that Krista wanted him to hear her talking to Jake. Krista says that Billy's behavior is self-destructive, and thinks that everyone is worth saving. Billy tells her that he has nothing left to lose but she does, and wonders why she takes the risk. He figures that she's self-destructive and it's not all about him, and Krista asks where he was the night before. Billy says that he had a few drinks with Jake, and they have a few things in common. Krista tells Billy not to leave there again and if he does, not to get caught.
Frank sets up at a trailer in a scrapyard and studies the photos of Poloznev kissing a man. He's checking his gun, and says that Curtis gave it to him. Amy suggests that he teach her how to shoot, and Frank invites her to take the gun from him. When she charges at him, Frank easily knocks her to the floor and she gets up and tries again. Frank gets her in a choke hold and knocks her leg out from under her, and Frank shows her how to disarm him. Once she does so, Frank tells her to use it on the person she took it from without hesitation He has her show him, and Amy aims the gun and pulls the trigger. Frank congratulates her and takes the gun back, and Amy asks if he ever taught Lisa any of what he taught her. He stares at her for a moment, and then tells her how to make sure that it's him the next time he comes back and to shoot and escape if it's not him.
Billy exercises and then searches Krista's apartment and finds her report on him. She's written that Billy reminds her of "KM", and hopes that she can reach him.
Curtis goes to his car and a masked Billy comes up behind him, gun drawn. He has Curtis eject the magazine and the round from his gun, and asks if Curtis is carrying the gun because of him. He then lowers his gun and says that he doesn't remember shooting Curtis. Billy explains that he wanted to call Curtis and say something, and knows that Curtis visited him at the hospital. He wonders if Curtis would accept his apology, and Curtis asks if he's sorry enough to turn himself in. Billy reveals his face and says that he's never going back, and he'll kill anyone who comes after him. He insists that they're still all brothers and asks Curtis to tell him how it happened to him and who did it. Curtis refuses, and Billy says that he was never going to hurt him and walks away.
Pilgrim kneels in his motel room and prays over a photo of his family. He remembers going to a diner earlier and listening to all of the sinners eat and talk on their phones. In the motel room, Pilgrim looks at photos of three people, including Dinah, takes his gun, and leaves.
Dinah takes her pills and prepares to leave her apartment, and there's a knock at her door. It's Mahoney, and Dinah lets him in. He asks who the third man was at the carousel, pointing out that she isn't cruel enough to shoot Billy in the head but they know someone who was. Dinah insists that it's all in her report, and Mahoney says that he talked to the kids there and discovered there Frank was there. When Dinah refuses to say anything, Mahoney says that he was an honest cop and figures that Dinah used to be as well.
Frank approaches Poloznev's car pretending to be a sick homeless man. When the driver gets out and comes over, Frank knocks him out. Poloznev is inside with his wife and daughter, eating lunch. Amy comes in posing as a waitress, shows him the photo, and leaves. The industrialist sends his men after her, tells his family to stay at the table, and leaves with his bodyguard.
Two of Poloznev's men follow Amy down the street.
When Poloznev gets in his car with his bodyguard, Frank knocks the bodyguard out and drives away.
Amy goes around a corner and blends in with some students, then switches directions and walks past Poloznev's men.
When Poloznev hears his driver banging on the trunk lid, he opens the dividing window and finds Frank in the driver's seat.
Dinah arrives at the diner to get coffee, and Pilgrim hears her. Once she leaves, Pilgrim follows her down the street. She realizes that she's being followed and turns, drawing her gun on Pilgrim. Pilgrim says that they both know Frank and offers to keep her secret if she tells him where he can find them. Dinah takes his picture and Pilgrim points out that she has nothing to charge him with. He tells her to truly repent of his actions, promises that he'll find her again, and leaves. Dinah goes back to the diner and looks for any fingerprints that Pilgrim may have left behind.
Frank drives Poloznev to the docks and orders him out of the back. Poloznev chuckles and says that it's fate, and talks about how when he was a boy his father made him watch as one man killed another that abused his daughter. The Russian says that he swore he'd never be at the other end of the gun, and figured that Frank would come after him when he killed Kazan. Frank says that he didn't kill Kazan, and Poloznev figures that the same people coming after Frank are coming after him. He talks about the Schultzes, who are industrialists owning millions. They plan to own the country, and the man with Poloznev in the photos was their son David. His parents have groomed him to be the next President, but David is homosexual and the cover-up would end his political career. Poloznev and his people want to own David when he becomes President, and offers to pay Frank for the photographs and get him and Amy out of the country. Frank refuses and orders Poloznev to his knees, and Poloznev does so. Poloznev asks him not to shoot him in the face, to spare his wife and daughter, and Frank asks how old his daughter is. He asks if she knows what Poloznev does, and Poloznev says that she doesn't and he wants to give her a better life. After a moment, Frank tells Poloznev to take his family, get out of town and never come back, and walks away. Poloznev thanks him and Frank says that he didn't do it for him.
Billy goes back to the bar and meets with Jake and several other vets, including Jimbo.
Dinah tells the lab tech Wendy to run the prints on all of the dishes she brought in from the diner.
Jimbo comes back into the bar and says that they're towing his car. The vets go outside and see the tow truck driver leave, and Billy tells two of the men to follow him while Billy, Jake, and Jimbo cut him off. Billy dons his Jigsaw mask and they run out into the street ahead of the tow truck. Jimbo kneels down and ties his shoe, and Billy and Jake yank the driver out of the cab. Billy tells him to stop fighting or he'll kill him. The driver tells him to get off, and Billy draws his gun and pistol-whips the driver repeatedly. Jake finally pulls him away, and they release Jimbo's truck.
Jimbo drives the others off and Billy tells Jimbo to drive to Texas. Jimbo thanks Billy, who wishes him luck. They talk about how it felt good and one vet, Bobby, says that they should rob a bank and he knows a place. Billy smiles and walks off.
In the trailer, Amy tells Frank that the Schultzes are buying Congress and make up scandals using alt-right web sites. Frank says that when they play games with blackmailers then lives get ruined and people die. Amy points out that it makes Frank just like them, and he says that Amy is the one playing with guns. She insists that she's just trying to make herself useful, and says that no matter what happens to her Frank still knows everything. Frank stops her from leaving and asks her to sit down. Amy does so and admits that she'd be dead if Frank didn't kill people. She admits that she hates the whole thing and asks Frank if he'd change it if he could.
Jimbo gets picked up and calls in Curtis, and tells him what happened. Curtis says that he'll find a place to stay and asks who "Jigsaw" was, and all Jimbo knows is that he was Jake's buddy. He says that he didn't tell the police about Jigsaw and Curtis assures him that he did right and not to tell the cops anything.
Poloznev and his men take the elevator up, and Pilgrim shoots the bodyguards dead and then Poloznev. Satisfied, Pilgrim walks away as the elevator goes down.
Mahoney gives Krista a subpoena requesting everything she has on Billy. As she gets the file, Krista talks about how criminals and cops share a need to control themselves. She gives him a file and requests a receipt. Once Mahoney leaves, Billy steps out. She wonders if he would have killed Mahoney if she said Billy was there, and Billy admits that he probably would have. Krista says that she's a criminal now and knows better, and Billy says that there's no happy ending to his situation or hers. He warns her that she'll never control him, and demands to know who the man who scarred him is. Krista slaps him and Billy slams her down on the desk. She stabs him in the hand with a letter opener, but Billy ignores the pain and after a minute kisses her.
Curtis sit in the community center holding a gun. Dinah arrives and Frank comes in behind her. She asks who Pilgrim is, showing Frank the photo, and Curtis tells them both to take a seat. Once they do, Curtis says that Billy came to him and he's crazy, and now he's working with some vets. Curtis warns that if the cops go after Billy, they're going to die. Frank says that he'll deal with Pilgrim, and Curtis insists that they deal with Billy first. Unimpressed, Frank says that he'll find Billy and end it, but he'll do it his way and they have to be right with that.pok
Written by Gadfly on Jan 26, 2019