Never Flinch

After calling Kate, Trig decides to confront Betty directly.

Holly cannot place the feeling of missing something and calls Pete Huntley.

Trig wakes Betty and pushes her down, showing her the picture of Barbara at Holman Rink. Trig tells Betty to perform the National Anthem, then he will tell her where to get Barbara, and they can both live. Betty does not believe him, but Trig confesses his guilt over the Duffrey trial. After Trig leaves, Betty prays and calls Red, the saxophone player.

Holly tells Pete the joke John’s contact told him, and Pete says it sounds familiar. He promises to call if he remembers, and Holly goes to check on Kate.

Trig goes to the Holman rink, and Jerome picks up John from the bar. Kate takes a car to Dingley Park but gets stuck in traffic. Kate pays the driver in cash and continues on foot.

Holly wonders where Corrie is and sees that Kate’s door still says, “Do Not Disturb.” Pete calls and says he remembers a circus at the Mingo. Holly realizes that Donald Gibson is Trig and debates calling the police. She enters Kate’s room, which is empty.

Jerome and John pick up Betty, who behaves strangely, and John sees a photo of Trig.

Holly finds Kate’s note explaining how Chris took Corrie, but Holly thinks it is more likely that it was Trig. John calls to say he thinks Trig is Donald Gibson, but Holly already knows. She tells John not to call the police, but she does not know where Kate could have gone.

Kate makes it to Holman Rink and pounds on the door with her hand on her pepper spray. Trig answers and immediately punches her in the face twice, knocking her down. Chrissy yells and shoots at Trig, saying Kate belongs to her. Trig tackles Chrissy onto Kate, who recognizes Chrissy, and Trig appears to break Chrissy’s neck. Kate sprays Trig with pepper spray and tries to run, but Chrissy grabs her. Kate kicks free from Chrissy, but Trig grabs her again. She headbutts Trig, but something hits Kate and knocks her unconscious.

Holly finds Kate’s location using a tracker she put on Kate’s keys.

Trig drags Kate into the rink. Chrissy is still alive, but Trig shoots her in the head, saying she will be Russell Grinsted’s surrogate. Threatening to hurt Kate further, he tapes her to the bleachers.

Holly worries that Kate is trying to negotiate with Trig. She sees Jerome and Betty in the hotel lobby but avoids them.

Jerome brings Betty to her room, where she talks to Red. Alberta tells Jerome to be on guard, since something is wrong.

While Betty gets dressed, Red gives her his revolver, though Betty will not tell him why she needs it.

Holly sees John outside the hotel and confirms that Donald Gibson is Trig, telling John to call the police if he has not heard from Holly by nine o’clock that night.

Trig kicks Chris’s body and hallucinates his father in the rink’s doorway. Trig’s father chastises him, but Trig yells at the hallucination and rips the hockey posters off the walls.

Barbara knows she is going to die, and she and Corrie realize Trig is gathering kindling.

Holly walks to Dingley Park, avoiding Betty and Jerome, who pass her in their car.

Jerome parks the car and guards Betty as they walk into the park, surrounded by fans shouting their love for Sista Bessie.

The Mingo opens its doors, admitting a stream of people coming to see Kate speak.

Holly goes past the game to Holman Rink and finds the Mingo transit van parked outside. She debates going inside, worrying that Trig might kill Corrie and Kate if she does. Her mother’s voice tells her to wait, but her late friend Bill Hodges’s voice asks if she wants to be waiting while Trig kills them anyway. Holly grabs her gun and approaches the door.

Izzy, Tom, and the game attendees cheer when Sista Bessie enters the field. Lewis and Darby greet Betty and show her their makeshift greenroom. Betty says Jerome will lead her out when it is time to sing, and she may stick around after singing.

Holly stops at the door to the rink and hears a child and father arguing. She realizes Trig is talking to himself in two voices, and one voice mentions waiting for “her.” Holly does not know if “her” is a real person, but she decides to wait for Trig to open the door.

Betty prays in the dressing room, asking for strength and forgiveness. Lewis calls her out, and she, Red, and Jerome walk onto the field. Betty tells Jerome there will be additional music.

Holly hears the saxophone from the rink, and Trig stops arguing with himself to listen. Kate knows she will die, but she always assumed she would be killed for her politics, not randomly.

Sista Bessie, Red, and Jerome go to the pitcher’s mound. Red plays, and Sista Bessie sings. The audience applauds, and they go back to the dressing room, where Betty waits for Trig’s call and worries she won’t be able to get away from the game unnoticed. Her phone rings.

On the phone, Trig instructs Betty on how to get to Holman Rink, saying that avoiding detection is her responsibility. Trig continues to talk to his father, which confuses Betty, but she agrees. Trig tells Barbara, Kate, and Corrie that he plans to light the rink on fire, then he continues kicking Chris/Chrissy’s body.

As the game begins, the protesters at Kate’s lecture start chanting. One of Kate’s supporters throws a can at the lead chanter, and a brawl breaks out in the Mingo.

Holly can hear Trig talking in three voices: his own, a child’s voice, and his father’s voice. Holly’s mother’s voice tells her she is making the wrong decision. The Mingo brawl is short-lived. Izzy fumbles her first pitch, leading to jeering from the firemen, but a teammate encourages her to keep warming up. Betty cannot figure out how to get out of the dressing room without attracting attention.

Izzy strikes out three firemen, and Betty thinks about sending Jerome in her place. As the game continues, the teams and fans start yelling over an umpire’s call. As Izzy continues to strike players out, the firemen accuse her of cheating. Betty leaves her dressing room, while the game becomes more heated.

George gets a hit and tackles Izzy, dislocating her shoulder. Another officer tackles George, and a brawl erupts as fans join the teams on the field. Tom carries Izzy off the field. Betty takes the chance to leave, taking heart medication to prevent a heart attack. One fan follows her, but he leaves when he sees Betty has a gun. Red tells Jerome that Betty has a gun, and they see the fan running back toward the field. Jerome runs after Betty.

Inside the rink, Kate loosens the tape on her mouth and tries to talk to Trig. Trig tells Kate that his father killed his mother, but he threatens to kill Kate if she talks.

Betty collapses and tells Jerome about Trig and Barbara. Jerome takes the gun and goes to the rink.

Trig decides to kill Corrie, but his father tells him to wait five minutes.

Jerome finds Holly and tells her to knock and pretend to be Betty.

Trig starts a fire in the middle of the rink as he hears someone knocking on the door.

When Trig opens the door, Holly shoots him twice, and Jerome shoots him again. Jerome tries to put out the fire while Holly tries to untie Barbara. Holly gets splinters, but she frees Barbara. Jerome gives up on the fire when it melts his shoes, and Betty arrives, giving Jerome a knife. Holly and Jerome free Corrie and Kate, then they all get outside. They bring Trig and Chris’s bodies but cannot get the dead woman.

Holly goes to Dingley Park to meet Izzy. John sustained a broken jaw in the brawl but has stopped taking pain medication. Searching Trig’s home, police found AA materials and letters to Trig’s father, which detail the murders and Trig’s motivation. Kate is more famous than ever, having taken a picture of herself immediately after escaping the rink. States are passing reproductive rights legislation that Kate supports, and she considers running for political office. Jerome went back to writing and stays in touch with Corrie, who returned home. Many police officers and firemen are suspended for the brawl, and George was fired, though Izzy is not pressing charges for assault. The Mingo is closed as a crime scene.

Barbara flies to California with Betty but intends to come back soon. Holly struggles with killing Trig and plans to reject any bodyguard jobs in the future.

Izzy arrives with her arm in a sling. Holly gets them food and asks about Real Christ Holy. After a member left the church and reported a stockpile of weapons, law enforcement raided Real Christ Holy and found the stockpile. Fallowes denies any involvement in Chris’s actions and any knowledge of the weapons. Holly warns Izzy about taking too many painkillers, and they plan to attend Sista Bessie’s performance when the Mingo reopens in August.

Jerry Allison, the janitor at the Mingo, takes Trig’s ceramic horse before the police can and keeps it in his basement office. As Jerry leaves, he hears a voice asking “Daddy” where he got the horse, but only the horse is in the room with him.