‘Big Sky’ Recap: ‘Trust Issues’

Written by Emily Auskaps

Caution: This article contains spoilers for Episode 209 of ‘Big Sky’. To revisit the previous episode, click here.
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This episode finds Cassie traumatized and heartbroken by the murder of her father, Joseph, but also driven to find whoever did this to her family. Cassie is resolute about hunting down her father’s killer and Jenny swears to have her back. No one believes that Joseph was the intended target of this violence at Dewell and Hoyt, least of all Cassie, nor that it will be the end. Jenny arranges to have someone always watching Cassie’s home while the investigation is ongoing. Cassie plans to send her son to stay with her aunt. Jenny suspects the Bhullar cartel may be behind the murder, or perhaps Dietrich, but Travis is quick to assure her that neither lead is viable.

Wolf is incensed upon his return to the ranch with Phoebe and Ronald, who had been chained under a tarp in the bed of the truck for the trip. It is apparent that Agatha is out of patience with Wolf’s experiment with Ronald and Scarlet. She orders Wolf to put Ronald down.

Agatha clearly doesn’t want to allow Phoebe to see Scarlet again but also seems to feel she has no choice but to follow through on what Ronald had been promising Phoebe all along.

Now chained in shackles in the shed, Ronald seems to truly regret his actions, if only because he realizes that Wolf intends to kill him the next day. He pleads for mercy, but Wolf is pitiless towards him. Desperation and fear are written all over Ronald’s face as Wolf locks him in.

Finally reunited with her daughter, Scarlet is free to contemplate options she never could have considered while Phoebe was being held away from her. Agatha correctly senses that underneath the façade, Scarlet is still the same dangerous woman she always was and insists to Wolf that she is not fit to raise Phoebe. When Wolf objects to having to kill a woman, Agatha graciously volunteers to take care of Scarlet herself. It looks like Ronald and Scarlet are going to meet their end the next morning.

Meanwhile, Travis has unknowingly alerted T-Lock to the existence of the bag of cash. T-Lock sneaks into Max’s bedroom while she sleeps in the early morning hours, demanding she give him the money. He forces her to show him where she and the others had hidden the money, which happened to be in Madison’s bedroom at the Ryan household. Bridger and Madison are alerted to Max and T-Lock’s theft when they go to retrieve the bag. Ren has generously given them 24 hours to return the bag to her possession or she will kill them and their parents. Madison and Bridger call Max and Harper.

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The siblings are understandably distraught that Max would lead T-Lock to the stash. The increasingly untenable situation the teens have faced becomes finally unbearable for Max. Faced with accusations and disbelief from Madison and Bridger, she breaks down and runs from the house in tears with Harper chasing behind.
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Left to themselves, Madison wants to tell their parents while Bridger thinks his Sensei can help. He sets off to talk to him in town at the dojo where he practices karate. No sooner than Bridger has been instructed to come clean to his parents and tell them everything, Ren’s brother Jag and his massive muscle Dhruv arrive. Bridger remains out of sight while the Sensei directs the two visitors that he’s closed for lunch. No problem, as Dhruv simply shoots him once through the glass door, killing him instantly. Dhruv and Jag proceed to bash their way through the karate studio like bulls through a China shop, but Bridger manages to escape out the back and run away. Jag stops Dhruv from shooting after Bridger. He is needed alive.

Travis is unaware of all that Dietrich has found out about him when he strolls into the Boot Heel to meet with Dietrich as Stone. Dietrich has seen Travis at the Bhullar construction property. Dietrich had also taken it upon himself to double check the cellar where Travis was meant to have left T-Lock’s body and had found it only contained rats. After nearly no small talk, Dietrich accuses Travis of being a traitor.

Agatha is probably too friendly when she greets Scarlet and Phoebe the next morning. Agatha tells Scarlet that they are free to go on their way, but why not one last breakfast together? Agatha sends Phoebe out to the garden to pick fruit. Hidden in her pocket is a syringe destined for Scarlet’s neck. However, Scarlet has other plans, as she has a fork clutched in her sleeve. The two women struggle briefly, but a wild and bloodied Scarlet manages to overpower Agatha and direct the syringe into her own neck.

Outside the house, it occurs to Wolf that something is amiss when he observes Phoebe sitting unattended and somewhat bored. He rushes to the shed where Ronald was chained, but Scarlet has already freed him. Another struggle ensues. Although Wolf is a large, strong man, it doesn’t take long for the tag team of Scarlet and Ronald to subdue and kill him, although not without Ronald sustaining a puncture wound to the neck.

Many consequences hang in the balance at the close of this episode. One, however, is clear: it’s best to stay humble and alert while trying to keep and train wild and dangerous creatures.

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