So Far Gone

Shane sometimes has a recurring nightmare of standing by as the forces of darkness come to kill his family. Although this nightmare represents his greatest fear, he recognizes that something deep and instinctive is driving him to save Bethany.

Shane remembers how, when he was in high school, a girl he had a crush on invited him to join her religious youth group, Young Life. Shane was unaffected by the influence that Young Life tried to exert on him, but he was later inspired by one of the boys he met there named Charlton, who stood up to defend another schoolmate from bullying. Twelve years after the bullying incident, Shane wept at a Narcotics Anonymous meeting, where he experienced a religious conversion. Shane realized that accepting God could make him as brave and as strong as Charlton. In the present, Shane throws two punches at Dean to force him to release Bethany. Dean drops Bethany and shoots Shane in the head.

Bobby is shocked by the murder of Shane, which Dean tries to argue was an act of self-defense. Rhys becomes disillusioned with his Atlas of Wisdom project in the face of Dean’s cruelty. Determined to risk his life for his family, Rhys takes the air rifle and aims at Dean’s hip.