Demon calls June with news that Emmy is alive but likely in Atlanta. June argues Atlanta is too big to canvass and proposes locating Martha, whose orbit might lead to Emmy. Demon plans to work, but finds Dori fired from the salon and sunk into TV and dope. He removes the TV, then later, frustrated by money troubles and a dead fridge, he damages it with a bottle, regretting the loss.

Lonely, Demon leans on Tommy at the paper, absorbing national news and collaborating on Red Neck strips skewering healthcare access: RAM clinics, improvised mobility, glasses, and coal-teeth for the uninsured. Tommy’s online relationship with Sophie stands in contrast to Demon’s collapsing home life.

Tommy sets a boundary about office access unless Demon seeks help at nearby AA, citing Sophie’s mother’s sobriety and the need to leave an addicted partner. Demon admits he’s strung out but rejects the higher-power talk and refuses to leave Dori. They reconcile; Tommy gives Demon a key to his garage house for work. At the McCobbs’, Haillie pesters him, and Mrs. McCobb mentions a troubling visitor possibly tied to U‑Haul Pyles.

June gets a tip from deputy Juicy Wills that Martha is in a Woodway crack house and asks Demon and Maggot to bring her in discreetly. They collect a wrecked, hungry Martha, who later tries to flee near June’s. On the riverbank, Martha, ashamed and shivering, says she won’t take more of June’s money, fears June blames her for corrupting Emmy, and admits suicide attempts. Demon reassures her and stresses June’s steadfastness. They deliver Martha to June.

Driving home, Demon fears Dori is on Martha’s path. He considers leaving but cannot. He wakes Dori gently, trying to get her to eat and talk. She looks frightened, and then tells him, “The thing is, Demon. I’m pregnant.”