Durham County 2: Ep. 5 - Boys Do Things
Season 2 - Episode 5
Mike believes that Jonathan murdered Molly, and this puts him in conflict with Tom who’s convinced that Pen did it and set up Jonathan. Sadie, intent on facing her fears so she can stand up at the trial, reenacts what happened between her and Ray at the farm. She gets through it with Ray Jr.’s help, but the discovery of a braid of hair buried within the walls of the farmhouse devastates her. The braid is Lissie’s. Convinced that this and the stolen file she found in Mike’s briefcase are enough to prove her father is a murderer, Sadie confronts him then bolts when he again denies any involvement with Lissie. She goes to Pen and tells her that she’s going to hand her evidence over to Tom. Pen, afraid that Sadie’s accusations may have merit and could compromise Mike, sedates Sadie, and puts her in Bonnie’s room. Pen’s finally breaking, descending into a dangerous psychosis, as she comes face to face with what she’s done. Tom’s furious when the pathologist finds that Bonnie’s death wasn’t due to poisoning but to undiagnosed salt diabetes, but Mike has another hypothesis: that Pen knew her daughter was sick and let her die. He calls Sadie to warn her away from Pen, the ring of Sadie’s cellphone rousing Pen from her psychosis just as she was about to administer a lethal dose of poison to Sadie. Mike’s very suspicious now, wondering whether Pen had something to do with Audrey’s mysterious illness, wondering too, if Pen was the woman a witness saw going into Molly’s house on the day of her murder. Ray Jr. discovers that his father’s mother killed herself; this, along with Ray’s admission of remorse for what he’s done, prompts Ray Jr. to tell his father that he loves him. Ray Jr. then makes a statement to police, painting Ray as a victim not a killer. Mike, suspecting Glenn is more involved with Ray than he is letting on, asks him to go see Ray and tell him they’ve found Lissie’s body. Glenn is behind Ray, and Ray’s not buying the story. Sadie leaves Pen’s, set on telling Tom about her dad, but on her way to the station, Ray’s pals force her into their car and take her up to the farm where they threaten and intimidate her, promising worse to come if she testifies. Glenn stops them from doing worse, giving Sadie a chance to run. She hides in the cornfield, watching as her father arrives and demand that the men dig up Lissie’s body. Terrified that she’s right, that her father is a murderer, Sadie calls Tom on her cellphone and begs him to make his way to the farm.
