In the beginning of Episode 6 of Marshals, Kayce and Tate go to Monica’s grave. This is a flashback to a year earlier. Both of them are still sad about the loss, and the emotional moment sets the tone for the story to move back to the present.
There is still no news about Hayley’s whereabouts, which makes Tate more and more angry. The anniversary of Monica’s death makes him even more upset, and he feels guilty for not helping Hayley when he had the chance.
Kayce lets out his anger at the shooting range, and Andrea lets out her anger through training. The team feels stuck and doesn’t know what to do until Belle shows up with a possible lead. She says that Bludsoe went to a mechanic shop not long before he died and called a mechanic named Eli Craig. This gives the team something to work with.
In the meantime, Miles and Calvin meet with Chairman Rainwater and Ava’s mother to tell them terrible news about Ava. As the investigation goes on, it becomes clear that Craig is just one part of a much bigger trafficking network. There have been 43 girls who have gone missing so far, but that’s only the ones that have been reported.
Footage from the mechanic shop’s security cameras shows a white truck and a person wearing an Iron Sentinels vest doing something strange. The Iron Sentinels are a biker gang that does crimes when they see an opportunity. Their clubhouse near Cowan is the next target.
Kayce acts quickly by blowing up bikes outside the clubhouse to get the gang members to come outside. Now that the area is clear, Miles and Andrea look for clues inside. They find a phone that leads them to an Iron Sentinels rally in the Milk River Valley, where the girls who are missing might be. A mysterious message that says “Brimstone’s bringing the entertainment” makes things even more interesting.
The team thinks about their options because they don’t have much help from local police. Belle steps forward and says that she used to work undercover for the Iron Sentinels. She says that she should reactivate her cover so she can get into the rally without being seen. She plans to pretend to be a dealer in order to get close to the gang’s leaders by using the meth that was taken from them.
Even though Calvin is worried, Belle goes ahead. She sneaks into the rally dressed as a biker and meets up with her old friend Squirrel again. She quickly gets in touch with Brimstone, the leader of the gang, and sets up a meeting. Brimstone talks about an upcoming trip to Calgary with “product,” which hints at the trafficking operation.
But things get complicated when a biker calls Belle “Turek,” which connects back to earlier clues about her past. Things get worse very quickly. Belle takes out her gun and takes care of the threat just as Kayce gets there to help. They both take down the biker and Squirrel.
Squirrel says that the cargo is in a box truck at the rally. The team goes in and fights with the bikers for a short time before beating them and finding the missing girls packed into barrels in the truck.
Kayce goes home to tell Tate the good news that the girls have been saved and the operation is over. Calvin, on the other hand, is having trouble with his own life as he tries to fix things with Maddie.
As Kayce and Tate visit Monica and Ava’s graves, the episode ends on an emotional note. The team and members of the reservation are there with them. Kayce gives Tate Monica’s necklace as a sign of healing.
Review of the Episode
The second part of this two-episode arc wraps up the investigation into trafficking in a clear way, bringing the story to a clean end. The episode has familiar procedural elements, like convenient breakthroughs in surveillance, conflicts between team members, and an exciting action scene at the end.
But the execution doesn’t seem very good. Even though it was said that the operation was heavily guarded and hard to get into, the rally is taken down surprisingly easily. The lack of real resistance takes away from the tension that was built up earlier in the episode.
Calvin still feels like he’s not being used enough as a character. Even though he is the leader, he doesn’t do as much as the rest of the team, which makes his role feel less important.
Overall, the episode ends the story quickly, but it doesn’t have much depth or excitement. It works as a procedural, but it doesn’t do much to get people excited about what’s coming next.