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In the final episode we suffer with Mick through the tedium of DNA analysis, which, in the end, raises as many questions as it answers. We find the truth of Mick’s parentage and birth, and experience the conflicted news of Meghan’s pregnancy. And, in a brief coda, Mick finally pays the price he knew had… Continue reading Episode Thirty

Mick does a favor for Billy Baxter, that comes back to bite him. When Billy is arrested, he tries to cut a deal with the police by fingering Mick as a person of interest in a wrongful death: the death of Danny Boy Boyle, the old man in the alley. So, our hero is in… Continue reading Episode Twenty-Nine

Mick still seems to have trouble not using violence (or a perceived threat thereof) to accomplish his desired ends. At least this one is on the down low. Despite occasional stumbles on the way to the promised land, Meghan and Mick take the leap, and go public through matrimony.

As their relationship deepens, Meghan and Mick start the process of discovery, some accidental, and some by design. But the process is neither smooth nor sure.

Meghan and Mick try to put some definition around their business and personal relationships. While spending Thanksgiving together presents its own challenges, being alone together at Christmas is when questions arise, and even inadequate answers are, for the time, enough.

Saint Patty’s at the Pavilion, and Mick gets to use more than his low voice and menace. Stopping a robbery, and taking a bullet in the bargain, Mick emerges as the hero of the hour. So the owner of the Pavilion, Meghan LaPorte (yes, THAT Meghan), stops by to thank Mick personally, and hires him… Continue reading Episode Twenty-Five

So, Guero agrees to the manner in which he will pay his debt to Don Mendez. In return he is provided with transportation back to the States, a new identity, and a wad of cash to send him on his way. After a sojourn of several months in New Mexico, Guero hops on a bicycle… Continue reading Episode Twenty-Four

Finally out of the jungle and into the light, Guero, Madalena and Pablito brave the dangers of the road to Managua. They find shelter in a backstreet hotel, but when Madalena heads back to the street to change dollars for cordobas, fate once again intervenes. Waking in a Sandanista prison, Guero is interrogated (polite version),… Continue reading Episode Twenty-Three

At long last, Meghan finds her way back home. She reunites with Triese, who is suffering with medical issues, and uses her assets and connections to make sure Triese is set up, before going to work to seriously make her money grow. Back in Nicaragua, Guero and his impromptu retinue, make use of a curandera… Continue reading Episode Twenty-Two

On the road again, Meghan comes to rest in Boise freaking Idaho, where she renews her friendship with Kat, and meets Kat’s mother and daughter. Meghan gets to spend some time with Em, her namesake, before girlhood memories give way to the reality of Kat’s mom’s illness and passing.