Niles (James Murray) and Berlin (Anna Hopkins) transfer some mining equipment to Defiance when their caravan is attacked by a group of masked raiders.
Nolan goes to Doc Yewll's (Trenna Keating) office to see if he can find any evidence on the bodies of the dead soldiers that will lead him to the raiders.
When Josef tells him what he did, Rafe gets furious with him reminding him that the E-Rep is watching him and to bring the equipment he just stole from them to his house is really stupid.
Rafe asks him to give him a chance and let him go as a favor to him for saving Irisa (Stephanie Leonidas) in the past from E-Rep by killing some of their soldiers.
Nolan agrees to let Josef go but asks him to head out of the town immediately and to tell him where the stolen equipment is.
When she decided to abort the baby, that decision destroyed her relationship, making her move with her sister to Defiance.
The next day, Datak goes to his business tent only to find Stahma and Alak there with the rest of the men waiting for him.
"Mayor Pottinger’s monologue to Amanda about how, when he was a child, he was captured and sexually abused by Votan forces, is the heart of [the cruelty of Pale Wars].
She was raped as well, in New York, working for the E-Rep."[3] Katelyn Barners from Geeks Unleashed rated the episode with 8/10.
""Beasts of Burden" proved that the series has evolved from its first season into a dramatic goldmine, effectively balancing shock and depth and showing us that what truly keeps audiences coming back is organic and timely character driven storylines.
Datak thought that things would return to normal after jail but it has not and people are not of his hard nose tactics anymore.
"While a lot of attention has been put on Irisa and her arc recently, "Beasts of Burden" pulls back from that and gives us a great story concerning the E-Rep occupiers who have taken over Defiance, the rebels, and Rafe McCauley.