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After a night of sex, Velcoro and Bezzerides recount their respective traumas—Bezzerides' childhood molestation and Velcoro's murder of his wife's supposed rapist. Semyon convinces Jordan to leave the country for Venezuela with his lieutenant Nails, where he will rendezvous with her two weeks later. He then goes to Chessani's mansion, where he finds the mayor dead, and the mayor's wife Veronica, while high, implicates his son Tony as his murderer. Meanwhile Velcoro and Bezzerides learn of Woodrugh's death and resolve to close the case. They identify Laura, Caspere's secretary, and Lenny, a photographer from the movie set of the stolen prop car, as the Osterman siblings. Visiting Lenny's home they find Laura handcuffed to the fireplace, and the bird's head mask from the earlier episodes that belongs to Lenny identifying him as the murderer of Caspere, and the man who shot Velcoro. Laura confirms that Lenny murdered Caspere, and plans to kill Holloway under the pretense of a public meeting at a train station in Anaheim to trade Caspere's tapes for money as the tapes have been erased. Bezzerides puts Laura on a bus to Seattle while Velcoro intercepts Lenny at the train station and convinces him to entrap Holloway. Velcoro takes Lenny's place, leading Holloway into a discussion of the blue diamond conspiracy with him, while Lenny sits behind them. Holloway reveals that Caspere fathered Laura illegitimately and that their mother was pregnant with Caspere's second child at the time of her murder. This revelation sends Lenny into a rage and he attacks Holloway, thereby starting a shootout between Velcoro, Bezzerides, Burris, and Lenny. Holloway shoots Lenny before both are shot by transit police as the rest make their escape amidst the confusion. Velcoro and Bezzerides meet Semyon at a secret bunker in the Black Rose bar where Velcoro convinces Bezzerides to head to Venezuela while he and Semyon plot a revenge attack on Osip. They then carry out the two-man assault on the money drop at a secret cabin, killing McCandless and Osip. On their way back, both men are ambushed—Semyon is apprehended and driven out to the desert by the cartel members who invested in the clubs he burned, while Velcoro visits his son at school in Laurel Canyon and is spotted by Vinci PD searching for him and they place a transponder on his vehicle that Velcoro spots but is unable to remove, and drives off anyway knowing his fate is sealed. Semyon cooperates with the cartel members and pays them off, but refuses to give one of the men his suit when the man demands it, as he has the last of his money liquidated into diamonds in his pocket. Semyon is stabbed and attempts to walk back to civilization, but succumbs to his wounds in the middle of the desert after a series of four hallucinations and dies. Velcoro is still being tailed by Vinci police, and bids Chad goodbye on the phone before making a last stand in the woods. Velcoro accepts his fate, confronting Burris and a tactical team who shoot him to death, mirroring the conversation he had with his father in the dream sequence from episode three. In an epilogue sequence, Tony Chessani becomes mayor of Vinci, Geldof is elected governor, the rail project goes ahead as scheduled, Velcoro is remembered as a cop killer, Gena learns from Chad's paternity test that Velcoro is 99.9% most likely his father, a newly constructed highway is named in Paul Woodrugh's memory and Woodrugh's girlfriend has given birth to his child. In Venezuela, Bezzerides is revealed to have given birth to Velcoro's second child, and is living with Jordan Semyon. She meets with the journalist Velcoro assaulted in episode one, and passes all the incriminating evidence, including the Caspere case files, on to him to start a crusade against the corruption in Vinci before she, Jordan and Nails disappear in a crowd.

The task force regroups after the party to allow Vera and Bezzerides to recover from the drugs they were given while Velcoro and Woodrugh go over the documents that link Catalyst and McCandless to Osip. When morning comes, Woodrugh and Bezzerides move their families to safety while Velcoro reports to Semyon. Velcoro approaches Davis with their evidence but finds her shot dead in her car. Woodrugh discovers that Bezzerides is wanted for questioning over the death of the security guard she killed at the party while Velcoro has been named as a suspect in Davis' murder. Woodrugh is contacted by a third party blackmailing him with photos from his night with Gilb. Using information from Semyon, Vera and the police database, the three are able to formulate a theory on Caspere's death: that a group of corrupt police—Holloway, Burris, Dixon and Caspere—used the 1992 riots to steal the diamonds which they used to buy into the Vinci power structure- however, Laura, a child orphaned during the robbery, tracked them down and after posing as Caspere's assistant, killed him after confirming his involvement. Everything from their discovery of the diamonds through to the shoot-out with Ledo Amarilla has been manipulated from behind the scenes by Vinci PD to cover up their involvement in the original crime. Meanwhile, Semyon confronts Blake over his role in Osip's operation- Blake admits that Osip is trying to force Semyon out of business with the help of Chessani's son Tony, who Osip will install as mayor of Vinci to act as his puppet. When pushed further, Blake confesses to having killed Stan and staging the murder to imitate Caspere's death. Semyon kills him and arranges for Jordan to leave town. When approached by Osip, Semyon bows out gracefully and accepts a role as manager of Osip's clubs. However, having learned of a money drop in which Osip will transfer $12 million to Tony Chessani, Semyon takes his cash reserves and burns the properties to hurt Osip's business. Faced with the realization of just how powerful their enemies are, Velcoro and Bezzerides sleep together. Meanwhile, Woodrugh is lured to a meeting with his blackmailer, Holloway, who demands the documents taken from the party. Woodrugh overpowers him and is drawn into a shootout with the Black Mountain private security accompanying Holloway on behalf of McCandless, but as he makes his escape, he is shot twice and killed by Lieutenant Burris.

Velcoro and Semyon discuss the tip that led Velcoro to his wife's alleged rapist, with both men grasping their guns under the coffee table. Semyon swears to Velcoro that he thought the information was genuine at the time. Satisfied that Semyon did not intentionally mislead him, Velcoro confronts the man arrested for the rape in prison, promising to kill him. After an awkward supervised visit with his son, Velcoro goes on a cocaine- and alcohol-fueled bender before calling his ex-wife and agreeing to drop the custody case on the condition that she never reveal her son's true parentage. Semyon later meets with Stan's widow and young son to comfort them and question them on possible suspects in his death, with Stan's widow citing Blake. Meanwhile, Woodrugh follows up on the missing diamonds to find that they were part of a cache stolen during a double homicide and robbery in the 1992 riots that orphaned two children, making the diamonds untraceable. Semyon starts searching for Irina, making an agreement with a Mexican cartel that will allow him to meet Irina provided the cartel are allowed to move drugs through his clubs. Irina calls Semyon and reveals that she had been given the items from Caspere's home by a police officer. Semyon arranges to meet her so that she can identify the man from a photo, but arriving at the meeting point finds her dead, having been killed by the Mexicans for dealing with police. Outnumbered and empty-handed, Semyon is forced to accept the deal with the Mexicans. Bezzerides goes undercover, posing as Athena to infiltrate one of the secret elite parties in Monterrey. With no phone, transmitter or weapon, she is forced to rely on Woodrugh and Velcoro for support. At the party, she is drugged and taken to the guests with a busload of other girls. Her attempts to search the party are hampered by the male guests (Geldof, Holloway and Tony Chessani among them) and hallucinations of a strange man from her childhood, implying that she was sexually abused. As Woodrugh and Velcoro sneak in, they observe a meeting between McCandless and Osip where McCandless admits that Osip's investment in the rail project was far more lucrative than Semyon's. The two steal a set of contracts from McCandless' office. Bezzerides locates Vera at the party and attempts to get her out, but is forced to kill a guard in the process. She and Vera are found by Woodrugh who escorts them to Velcoro in a waiting car. As the four escape, Woodrugh goes over the stolen contracts and starts to realize the scale of what they are involved in.

Через два месяца после перестрелки, специальное расследование смерти Каспера было прекращено, так как штатный прокурор Гелдоф доволен тем, что Амарилья был ответственен за это. Велкоро с тех пор ушёл из полицейского отдела Винчи и работает вневедомственным охранником для Семёна, пока он борется со своей бывшей женой и её мужем за опеку над его сыном- Беззеридес была понижена и она теперь рассматривает улики для шерифа, посещая семинары для сексуального домогательства, и снова начала расследовать исчезновение Веры в своё собственное время- а Вудроу был повышен до детектива и он начал расследовать страховое мошенничество, пока он борется с попытками вымогательства Линдел. Семён приближается к Маккэндлессу, владельца «Катализатора», холдинговой компании, купленной для железнодорожного проекта, с информацией, что человек, которому он продал компанию по утилизации отходов, умер при подозрительных обстоятельствах.

Семён начал перестраивать свою империю, прокладывая себе путь обратно в владение клубов и имуществ, которыми он когда-то владел, и торгуясь сделками с поставщиками наркотиков города в попытке вернуть его потерянные деньги. Беззеридес и Велкоро следуют за движениями Каспера, отслеживая его на обширных участках земли, загрязнённых тяжёлыми металлами, сбрасываемых в хвостохранилища за десятилетия добычи. Визит в коммуну, возглавляемую отцом Беззеридес, раскрывает, что Чессани, Каспер и психиатр Каспера, доктор Питлор, были в бизнесе в течение десятилетий, побуждая Велкоро признать, что расследование штата Винчи не более чем шантаж. Он предупреждает Беззеридес, что Чессани не добрался до его позиции, не столкнувшись с подобным давлением в прошлом, и что он не смог бы выжить без могущественных друзей или накопившейся собственной силой. Политические силы, подразумевается влияние Чессани, видят, что Беззеридес отстранена от работы после того, как со-работник подаёт жалобу о сексуальных домогательствах против неё, хотя ей позволили остаться в специальной целевой группе. Вудроу пробуждается от своего расследования проституток и обнаруживает, что он спал с Мигелем. Отказываясь решать проблему, Вудроу уходит и обнаруживает, что его мотоцикл исчез, и позже натыкается на репортёров, задающих вопросы о его времени с частным военным подрядчиком в Ираке. Позже, встретившись со своей бывшей подружкой в закусочной, где она сообщает ему, что она беременна, Вудроу отчаянно делает ей предложение. Бросившись обратно в расследование, он и Диксон следуют в ломбард, где он раскрывает проститутку по имени Ирина, продающую часы, принадлежащие Касперу. Велкоро приближается к Семёну с этим, что Семён отклоняет, так как Стэн был убит при аналогичных обстоятельствах и не имеет никакого отношения к его смерти. Под давлением полицейского отдела Винчи, чтобы закрыть дело, Велкоро, Беззеридес и Вудроу ведут рейд против сутенёра Ирины, Ледо Амарильи, но попадают в засаду, когда здание признано лабораторией для метамфетамина, которая незамедлительно взрывается, когда полицейские открывают огонь. Когда Амарилья пытается сбежать, он врезается на своём внедорожнике в городской автобус во время демонстрации против железнодорожного проекта. Он и его сообщники открывают огонь по толпе, когда приезжает полиция, с Диксоном среди мертвецов, и в то время, когда боевиков убивают, Велкоро, Беззеридес и Вудроу остаются в ужасе в толпе гражданских и полицейских потерь.