Jacob's Ladder

Ted Talbot Jr wakes up from the choke hold on the floor with his pants around his ankles and coffee on his backside. Daniel Holden makes his way back to his mother's house and is in the kitchen with his mom and step father when they hear a loud explosion. Someone blew up the Holdens' mailbox. After gathering outside with the responding police, Daniel's sister Amantha yells at the local sheriff for suggesting that Daniel leave town. Amantha's boyfriend, lawyer Stern, suggests Amantha gets a gun for protection from local townspeople that may wish Daniel and the Holdens harm. Tawney ignores Daniel's phone calls. Daniel goes to Amantha's house and asks if they can go to the pecan grove where they used to go with their father. When they arrive, it is the same area the goat man took Daniel to, only there is a different statue there. Amantha suggests they leave the small town behind, and Daniel admits to Amantha that he does not know what happened the day Hanna died. Daniel's sister tells him he was high on mushrooms at the time of the incident. A flashback to Daniel's time in prison has Kerwin getting picked up for his death sentence. As they take Kerwin out, he asks to speak to Daniel one last time, and he demands Daniel look at him. Grudgingly, Daniel looks out and Kerwin says he knows Daniel didn't kill Hanna. Daniel asks Kerwin how he knows, and Kerwin says he just does. Prison guards escort Kerwin to his death and afterwards clean up Kerwin's cell. Trey, the surviving witness from Daniel's trial, returns to where he met George a few days prior (in Episode 1). Trey discovers George's dead body. He takes George's wallet, and then pushes George's body into the creek. Daniel visits Hanna's grave while listening to Hanna's mix tape. Two cars pull up behind him and several men get out. They beat Daniel and the leader removes his mask, revealing his identity as Bobby Dean, Hanna's brother. While Daniel is laboring to breathe, Bobby urinates on Daniel and leaves. While Tawney listens to a voice mail from Daniel that apologizes for his behavior and tells her Daniel plans on leaving town, medics load an injured Daniel into an ambulance.
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