Plot summary
Raylan persuades Art to free him. Ava tricks Boon into going to a fake handoff, to which he takes Loretta. Raylan beats Markham's henchman until he gives up his location, while Boyd finds Markham and kills him. Raylan arrives before he can kill Ava, and Boyd tries to provoke him into killing him. Raylan allows him to be arrested and drives Ava away, but they are cut off by Boon and Loretta. Boon and Raylan duel and shoot each other, but Loretta steps on Boon's hand to stop him from finishing off Raylan.
Boon dies of his injuries and Ava drives off in Raylan's car. Four years later, Raylan works with Greg Sutter in Miami and has a healthy relationship with Winona, despite being separated, and Willa. Rachel sends him a California newspaper article with Ava in the background of a photo, which he uses to track her down and finds that she has a young son. Knowing Boyd will stop at nothing to find her if he learns of this, she begs Raylan for help. He visits Boyd, now a prison preacher, and convinces him Ava died in a car accident.
Boyd asks him why he told him this in person, then realizes it is because "we dug coal together," to which Raylan responds "that's right." The episode is dedicated to the residents of Harlan, the United States Marshal Service, and Elmore Leonard, the author of the stories the series is based on.
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