Peter Murnik

Raylan tangles with a ruthless Harlan County crime family while hunting down a fugitive sex offender.

An old friend of Boyd's stirs up trouble when he impersonates Givens in order to rob two drug carriers. Elsewhere, Boyd is provoked into showing his aggressive side and there is a fall-out between Givens and Winona.

Boyd has his hands tied when he is given little option but to help Kyle and his cronies rob the mine; Walt McCready's benefit cheques seem to have a habit of falling into the wrong hands.

The bad blood between the Bennetts and the Crowders reaches a boiling point and results in bloodshed; Loretta returns from Lexington to avenge her father's death.

While tracking down a familiar enemy, Givens crosses paths with a dangerous pawn shop owner; Boyd and his new crew begin setting up shop in Harlan.

Raylan is assigned to protect Carol Johnson, the mining executive trying to buy up land, as tensions build in the community between those who need the money, and those who want to keep the land.