Mickey's investigation into Gloria Dayton's murder sharpens when Lorna identifies Neil Bishop — the DA's investigator on Julian La Cosse's case — as the man who followed Gloria the night she died. A forged subpoena on habeas witness Kendall Roberts exposes attorney Funaro Jr.'s cover-up, and Mickey reconstructs the killing's true motive: Gloria wasn't murdered for informing on cartel boss Moya, but to silence her before she could expose whoever framed him. Mickey leverages the forgery to strike a co-counsel deal for access to Victorville, then walks to his car to find DEA agent DeMarco already waiting inside.

This episode reframes the season's central threat — Moya is the victim, not the villain, and the real danger sits with the people who built the frame. The Bishop–DeMarco connection, the six-month gap in the habeas timeline, and Freeman ...