Wylie's plans for Branch unfold with the story, but look a little desperate. His speed at killing Coochie's entire gang without them getting a shot off is testament to his skills, especially as his survival comes as no surprise to Graves. There are nine shell cases on the ground, next to nine dead bodies. It gives context to Remi's comments and Coles' reply at the end of the arc. Coochie calls Wylie "Hopper" as he did in ¡Contrabandolero! when mistaking Wylie for someone else. The conversation of the flashback-within-a-flashback has a lot of weight and provokes more questions for the final issues. Graves is crass with his dismissal of Rose's death and very defensive about what exactly will happen next. He doesn't deviate from his strict code, and appears threatened by Wylie implying doing something otherwise. The whole structure and emphasis of the conversation carried subtle weight and interpretation and again we have a mysterious photograph of an undisclosed Trust head acting against Graves' code. The AC flashback shows Graves killing for the first time, and whilst a grim fate for Roland Dietrich is implied, nothing is seen. When Victor arrives, Wylie's mistrust is almost instant, planting a gun in the beer cooler for Branch. He reads the whole situation easily, making far better extrapolations of events than Victor has, very quickly. He doesn't tell Dizzy why he's leaving her behind, shielding her from the fact that Graves wants her brought to him. In the AC flashback, Jack shows his self-loathing is long standing as he admits he wants to die whilst dragging the hooded man along the pier. For the first time, we see Cole telling Wylie to drop the match. As Wylie faces Cole and Remi, we see just how loyal Cole is, and how stupid Remi is. Cole refuses to believe Wylie's story, but sufficient doubt is planted in Cole's mind that Graves may be playing his own game. Wylie openly states that Cole and Remi are working for the Trust because Graves is still working for the Trust, whether he realises it or not. Graves' regret is in some way a parallel of Wylie's regret over Rose. The cockfight at the end concludes the metaphor for Wylie's struggle that began the arc.

Graves' resentment towards Remi for his killing of Wylie is apparent, ordering him to perform menial chores to get him out of the way. Remi looks genuinely hurt to be sidelined in such a way. Victor has kept Branch alive because of Wylie. With Wylie dead, Branch is of no further use. Meanwhile, Benito is still alive because of the very reasons that caused Victor's initial paranoia. Benito will talk to Augustus, and tell him what he knows, including the fact that Lono is using minutemen as his enforcers. Whether Benito will reveal this is a measure of his intelligence. Graves' assertions to Dizzy that Wylie and Shepherd were protecting Graves, not her, ring true. Dizzy is the instrument of Graves' own destruction, an instrument Graves has repeatedly tried to keep by his side. As both men come to realise graves' plan, they do everything within their power to keep Dizzy and Graves separate. Once accepted as a minuteman, Dizzy becomes more formally referred to by Graves, who introduces he as Isabel.

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