Rescuers remove everyone from Devil’s Bathtub. Demon, uninjured but exhausted, is taken by ambulance as Hammer and Fast Forward’s bodies are sent in another. Rose, distraught, pounds on Demon’s ambulance and later visits his hospital room, calling him a murderer and demanding to know what happened.

Under questioning, Demon recounts the basics: Fast Forward climbed too high, Big Bear startled him, and he fell. Rose hints the outing was premeditated and blames Demon’s group for bringing Hammer. She then threatens to report drug involvement, claiming she saw Hammer taking meth supplied by Maggot, and implies Demon could be implicated.

Back at the Peggot house, the family gathers in shock, awaiting decisions from Hammer’s distant Texas relatives about the body. Demon shapes a version of events that honors Hammer’s selfless attempt to save a falling man, omitting Rose and any drugs. Meanwhile, Maggot isolates and uses upstairs.

The Peggots receive a court letter: the deaths are being investigated and Maggot may face charges for supplying illegal substances to a deceased person. June, now the family’s anchor, vows to get legal help and keep the family together despite Ruby’s anger.

June privately offers Demon a path to recovery: Medicaid reenrollment, a Suboxone clinic, short rehab, and a Knoxville halfway house with work and strict routines. Demon recognizes his deep attachment to June as maternal, argues, and bristles at leaving for a year. June insists the environment is the problem; Demon promises to think about it, likely insincerely.