‘That Dirty Black Bag’ Recap – ‘Chapter Six: To Hell’

Written by John Edward Betancourt

Caution: This article contains spoilers for Episode Six of ‘That Dirty Black Bag’. To revisit the previous episode, click here.
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The phrase, ‘it’s a small world’, is one we use often for one reason and one reason alone. In that… it really does ring true. Because despite the fact that there are roughly eight billion people in the world, we consistently cross paths with folks from our past that we thought were long gone. Or we run into people that somehow know someone we do and that’s just incredible and wild and relevant to our discussion today… simply because the tiny nature of our world was put on full display in the next episode of That Dirty Black Bag on AMC+.
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A feat that ‘Chapter Six: To Hell’ accomplished in part, by finally allowing for Red Bill and Sheriff McCoy to discuss the all-important scars on McCoy’s back. Since that informed Red Bill of the fact that McCoy could potentially lead him to finish his quest for revenge and in many ways… he definitely pointed Bill in the right direction. Since he gave up his brother’s name, and just having the name Bronson rattle around in Bill’s mind, was enough to re-energize him after a tough spell and obviously, the connections here to the moment where Bill’s life changed for the worse, spoke volumes to how tiny our world can be and how so much of it interconnects. 

But before Bill could get more information out of McCoy about Bronson, a twist of fate dropped into everyone’s lap. One that saw Kurt pass when Bronson’s boys opened fire on McCoy. A move that allowed for Red Bill to be free at last and of course, reunited Marco with some old friends. Since the gang stopped shooting at him once they recognized their old buddy and of course, they worked to smooth the whole mess over by having McCoy retrieve the money, with an escort of course. Which brought about an interesting moment for the Sheriff, since he made it clear on his way to the hiding place, that he had zero interest in reuniting with his brother. Likely because of the circumstances that happened in the desert. In fact, he was so hellbent on living his own life, that his escort died a terrible death. Allowing for Marco to go after the cash and a new future, without a worry in the world.

However, while those two segments hammered home the theme of this tale, we would be foolish to not discuss the other pertinent moments that took place in this tale. For this is a story that also saw Symone do right by Eve by cutting down her body and burying her properly in her favorite place before everyone took off. Plus, it was nice to see Red Bill settle into town for a bit and reflect upon his journey and enjoy some comfort. Since the man has been through hell in the past few episodes and it was equally as amazing to see that McCoy got a taste of karma, since his money is gone, and that this story set the stage for some genuinely big moments in the next two episodes, courtesy of an important choice on Bronson’s part.

Because he did learn after all that his little brother was alive and well in Greenvale, thanks to the gang and well… he’s on his way to see him now and that’s just incredible. Because it means that McCoy is finally going to have to pay the piper and face his past. Plus, Red Bill will finally get his shot at revenge and well, that is going to make the wait for next week’s episode, quite painful for certain. But while we wait, we can bask in the wonder of quite the fascinating tale. One that reminded us of the fact that the world has always been small, all while catapulting the plot forward with stunning twists and turns and truly… the end of this season is shaping up to be something special… since everything is about to come together in the dusty streets of Greenvale. Until next time.

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