Bo Crowder approaches Ava in a Lexington restaurant. Lets her know he got out of prison early because when Harlan County sheriff Hunter got nailed by Raylan, all Hunter’s cases went under the microscope and anybody nearing their release was simply let out. Bo goes on to make thinly veiled threats against Ava until Raylan shows up and asks him to leave.

Meanwhile, Winona, Raylan’s ex-wife, gets home from work early and discovers a man lurking in her house. He introduces himself as Wynn Duffy, home security expert, and claims to know Winona’s husband Gary. Duffy makes remarks about the importance of security and privacy and about the fact that he was so easily able to not only get into Winona’s home but also ascertain when she would arrive home and whether or not she would be alone. Winona asks him to leave and he does, but clearly Duffy is trying to send some kind of message.

At the marshals office, a prisoner named Cal Wallace is being held pending a hearing to decide whether or not he’ll be transferred to a supermax prison. As two guards escort him through the office, Wallace produces a shank, disables one of the guards and puts the shank to the other’s throat. As the marshals in the office mobilize, Wallace backs into the marshals’ locker room, taking both of his guards hostage.

Wallace opens the door a crack, holds one of the guards in front of him, shank to his throat. Raylan tries to talk Wallace out of doing anything rash, but Wallace is savvy to hostage situations – probably more so than Raylan. Wallace makes no demands. He’s serving four life sentences and knows nothing’s going to change for him.

Rachel points out one of Wallace’s tattoos to Raylan. It says “Simone.” Raylan asks Wallace who Simone is, trying to make a connection and find something Wallace wants. At first Wallace seems emotional about Simone. He says it’s his daughter who he hasn’t seen in years. But then Wallace laughs and reveals he made that up and that Simone is just the first person he murdered.

Wallace angrily denounces the prison guards he’s dealt with. Guards who enjoy turning men into animals, he says. He talks about the prison guards turning his food into “juke cakes,” blending it all together and baking it until it’s burnt on both sides. Wallace says he wouldn’t let them screw with him, though, and just pretended the juke cakes were fried chicken. Raylan gets Wallace reminiscing about his favorite fried chicken places and forms something of a bond with him through that.

Art tells Raylan he’s only got fifteen minutes before a tactical team arrives and busts in on Wallace, probably resulting in both Wallace and the guard’s death. Raylan suggests to Art that they bring in some fried chicken. He thinks if they can give Wallace a way out in which he doesn’t lose face, he’ll take it.

Meanwhile, at Winona’s house, Winona confronts Gary about Wynn Duffy. At first he denies knowing Wynn, but Winona keeps pressing. She’s been through Gary’s email and knows something strange is going on. They quarrel and after a few barbs regarding Raylan, Gary leaves.

Raylan’s fellow marshal Tim arrives at a fried chicken joint just as it’s about to close. There’s only one basket of chicken available, and it’s for another customer. Tim takes it anyway, officially requisitioning the fried chicken on behalf of the US Marshal Service.

By this time the tac team has arrived at the marshals office and the tac team commander is insisting they go ahead and move on Wallace. Art talks them into giving Raylan two more minutes. Tim arrives with the chicken just in time and Raylan hands a drumstick to Wallace through the crack in the door. Raylan tells Wallace there’s nothing he can do about the tac team, but if he’ll hand over his weapons, Raylan will bring him chicken each of the next three days of Wallace’s hearing, and maybe they can even sit down and eat it together like civilized people. That’s what Wallace wants, right? To be treated like a civilized person? Wallace relents, hands over his weapons, and the tac team rushes him.

Later that same day, Raylan and Art have a meeting with Assistant US Attorney David Vasquez. Vasquez shocks them both by putting photos on the table of Raylan and Ava together, including photos of them together in bed. Raylan suspects the Crowders must have had someone take them. Regardless, because the witness in Boyd’s confrontation with Raylan – Ava – is compromised, Vasquez is going to be forced to let Boyd go.

Raylan meets Boyd outside the prison upon his release. Boyd says it’s God’s will for him to walk free and for him to spread God’s word. Raylan tells Boyd he’s going to get him put back in prison where he belongs.

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