After a young man is killed in a jail bathroom on the eve of his release, Jane and Maura get a nasty surprise when serial killer Charles Hoyt (recurring guest star MICHAEL MASSEE - FlashForward, 24, The Crow) claims to have clues about the murder. Meanwhile, after months of preparation, Frankie Jr. is ready to take the detective's exam.
Following the breakup of a Miami-based drug cartel, U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens (Timothy Olyphant) pursues his nemesis-turned-ally Boyd Crowder (Walton Goggins). Meanwhile, his investigation of sex offender Jimmy Earl Dean’s (guest star Billy Miller) harassment of a teenage girl brings Raylan face-to-face with an old Givens family enemy and the matriarch of a local crime family, Mags Bennett (guest star Margo Martindale).
The hijacking of some illicit prescription painkillers draws Raylan (Timothy Olyphant) into an investigation that points to the return of Crowder family henchman Dewey Crowe (guest star Damon Harriman). And while Dewey’s efforts to recover the drugs threatens to expose the Bennett family’s role in the theft, a gang of white supremacists look to enlist Boyd Crowder (Walton Goggins) in their criminal enterprise.
Gabrielle and Carlos host Carmen, Hector and Grace for a Thanksgiving feast; Bree invites Keith's parents to her house for Thanksgiving; Renee continues to remind Tom about their past; Beth tries to uncover more about Paul's past misdeeds.
As a check forger leads Raylan (Timothy Olyphant) to suspect the Bennett family in a local drug dealer’s disappearance, Boyd (Walton Goggins) sabotages a daring payroll robbery at the mine where he works. And as Boyd give his cash-strapped sister-in-law Ava (Joelle Carter) the money salvaged from the aborted heist, Mags Bennett (Margo Martindale) punishes her half-wit sons for jeopardizing their family’s criminal enterprise.