5.10 Weight Dewey is once again on the run and looking to unload the heroin he stole last week. Not only are his cousins hunting him down but he has once again appeared on Boyd’s radar. Boyd decides that since Dewey is Daryl’s cousin that he’s his problem to deal with and as such, Daryl proceeds to send Danny to rectify the situation. Danny tracks Dewey down after he tries to unload the heroin onto a low level drug dealer that his old pal Dickie put him into contact with. The dealer is quick to alert Boyd to Dewey’s intentions and Danny is able to retrieve the stolen heroin but the dealer allows Dewey to get a head start so Dewey Crowe will live for at least another day. Even though he is down on his luck, as usual, at least Dewey did get to have a wonderful reunion with Dickie. This reunion was probably the most memorable moment of the season for me as the bizarre connection that these two low level outcasts have always makes their onscreen connections fascinating to watch. The subtle appreciation of each other’s flaws and the fact that both of these men have always been manipulated by their family members has created such a strong bond amongst these two that it is hard not to feel a strange sense of joy during their reunion which is a great testament to the acting of Damon Herriman and Jeremy Davies. Letting Dewey escape would not be the only problem that the Crowe family would face this week as Kendall, upon letting Danny’s dog Chelsea run off and get hit by a car, runs away. After witnessing Danny murder John Baptiste for simply questioning Danny’s judgment, Kendell is terrified over having to face Danny and tell him that his dog Chelsea, whom he loves more than anything on the planet, has been killed partly because of his inability to stop her from running off. Kendall then runs away and finds himself at the home of Allison, Raylan’s ex-girlfriend and social worker extraordinaire. Kendall wants Allison to run away with him and of course his childish fantasy is quickly dismissed as Wendy shows up. Allison had called Wendy to come pick Kendall up. Upon returning home, Kendall admits to Danny about what happened to Chelsea but before Danny can beat the boy to a pulp Kendall also finally tells Daryl that Danny murdered John Baptiste. The turmoil in the Crowe family is at an all-time high and Daryl is barely able to keep everyone under control. Essentially Daryl brokers the peace by sending Danny to deal with Dewey and by sending Kendall to fetch Chelsea’s body and dig the hole for her to be buried in. Ironically the hole that Kendall digs for Chelsea’s body, winds up being the hole that Danny literally buries himself in. With the Crowe family in utter turmoil, Boyd has set his sights on tracking down Albert the prison guard who framed Ava. After questioning the man and threatening him in only the way Boyd can, with a mixture of innuendo and wonderfully articulate dialogue, he lets Albert go. Boyd seems sufficiently convinced that his tactics have worked or perhaps he has now realized that Ava really is lost to him and that nothing he does in regards to her matters anymore. Ava has decided to go ahead with her assignation of Judith, “Mother Superior” but seems to have a change of heart until Judith, realizing Ava’s intentions, proceeds to attack her. Naturally as the fight ensues Ava uses her makeshift shiv which was given to her by Penny, who apparently also wants Judith dead, and kills Judith by stabbing her repeatedly. One can assume that Ava will now be able to smuggle drugs into the prison although Boyd may not be her supplier after all and it also symbolically suggests that Ava is far beyond being saved or redeemed by Boyd and that she has accepted her fate. The fact that Ava killed Judith in the prison Cathedral forces us to confront the spiritual concept of fate. In a way, even if the events in our lives are not pre-determined we are all destined to die. Most of us can never fully accept this fact on a daily basis and it can be argued that we are not supposed to but Ava’s hesitation at first makes it seem like she is in control of her own destiny when all the circumstances of her current life seem to point to the fact that she of course is not. Under this line of thinking, and interestingly enough in the presence of the giant crucifix in the cathedral, Judith makes Ava’s decision for her because Ava has no “choice” upon being attacked. Metaphorically, I thought that this was a nice ideological concept thrown at us this week and ultimately I wonder if Ava’s acceptance of her fate is connected to the ultimate endgame for Raylan. Arguably, the most interesting plot development from this week involved Wynn Duffy’s trip to visit an old friend played by the delightful Mary Steenburgen. Wynn is in desperate need of advice in regards to managing his criminal empire. He essentially brings in an outside and somewhat trusted consultant to assess if he should continue working with Boyd, who has not been delivering on his promises as of late or if he should side with Mr. Picker, the ex Detroit Mafia henchman. Perhaps we have a new criminal mastermind being introduced into the narrative that may shake things up before the final season is underway. Overall I thought this week was a positive step in the right direction for the show. Read Matthew’s review of the previous episode, Wrong Roads, here. Follow our Twitter feed for faster news and bad jokes right here. And be our Facebook chum here.
