Boilermakers

**Boilermakers** is the fourth episode in the first season of the Amazon Prime series, *Night Sky*.

## Synopsis

Irene helps Jude search for someone he has lost. Franklin forms an unexpected bond. Stella begins her mission with help from an old friend.

## Plot Summary

Franklin continues to distrust Jude’s story. After finding the bloodied knife, he heads off to see Officer Thomas, wanting to try and do a DNA test and figure out who Jude really is. Of course, Thomas doesn’t see the need to do so, and Franklin’s crazy cocktail of circuitry and conspiracies only reinforces his initial feeling of Franklin being mentally frail.

Jude digs into the records and learns that his father was arrested for not having a place to stay. He also claimed to have amnesia when he was arrested. When Irene shows Franklin this, he makes a quirky joke, claiming it must be genetic. As a side note, this is definitely a suspicious thread that needs to be unraveled here.

Toni and Stella soon find themselves working with their contact, Nick. He takes hem inside an abandoned warehouse where a machine starts belching out random numbers, which happens to be serial numbers. Although Nick can narrow down their field of search, he needs to go with them to really lock this signal in. Toni still doesn’t know what’s going on.

Denise stays at Katie’s place and wakes up, discussing the extreme stress she’s under right now.

Byron burns all his campaign signs.

Back at the house, Irene speaks to Jude and calls him out for being secretive. She brings up how he hasn’t really said anything about his life, but Jude smiles painfully and tells her he’s grateful for her care all the same. Just then, Dale from the pawnbrokers rings but Jude is the one to pick up, pretending to be Franklin’s son. Dale discusses the gold coins and how valuable they are. Jude does not look happy.

Jude rings someone and asks about the gold coins. They say “Fiat voluntas Dei”, Latin for “God’s will be done.” After hanging up the phone, Irene arrives to pay Jude for his work around the house. She also promises to be there for him should he need her.

After a visit from Chandra earlier, Jude snatches up the business card by the dresser and heads out to the local bar. It turns our Chandra actually stole something of value from him.

Jude happens to be in the same bar Denise and Katie are currently drinking in. Denise heads over to see him and they end up doing shots and dancing.

Byron arrives in the pool hall and ends up playing a few games with Franklin. Byron calls him out for the campaign stunt but Franklin is pretty adamant that he didn’t call it in to the authorities.

Despite Franklin’s initial hostility to him, the pair actually connect properly. Franklin admits he loves Irene more than anything but he’s not sure if she feels the same way as him. Byron though, has woes of his own. He was second choice to Jeanine, whose partner actually ended up passing away. He refers to himself as the “consolation prize” and believes that’s always defined their relationship.

Both of them end up getting very drunk and while sitting outside the bar, Byron admits he’s underestimated Franklin. He talks about the doorway, but Franklin tries to write this off as just a bomb shelter. Byron is desperate to know more, and that persistence sees Franklin cave and agree to show him.

Down in the shelter, Franklin leads Byron to that familiar spot but it doesn’t work. For some reason the shelter doesn’t transport them anywhere, leading Byron to chuckle incredulously, believing this is all a big wind-up and actually some sort of strange dungeon.

Elsewhere, Irene wakes up and finds Jude gone and decides to drive out to find him. When she does, Jude leaves the bar and begins wandering home. He’s stopped by the police, who grab him, bringing back memories of his time prior to being arrested.

Irene drives past Jude on the road, who happens to be face-down on the hood of the police car, about to be arrested.