"Blood Atonement" is the seventh episode of the fourth season of the American drama television series Big Love.
In the episode, Bill and Joey travel to Mexico to save Ben, Lois and Frank, while Margie tries to convince Ana to stay in the country.
According to Nielsen Media Research, the episode was seen by an estimated 1.71 million household viewers and gained a 0.8/2 ratings share among adults aged 18–49.
They meet up with Jodean (Mireille Enos), who reveals that Frank was smuggling weapons, and Joey plans to use this to kill the Greenes to avenge Kathy's death.
Bill discovers about Dean's suicide just as Hollis (Luke Askew) calls him up, as his name appeared as the new trustee head of UEB in newspapers.
This prompts him to move up "the trial" where he will order their deaths, but Ben convinces him in filing an appeal, giving them a one-hour heads-up.
Back in Utah, Barbara (Jeanne Tripplehorn) and Tommy (Adam Beach) face problems at the casino when they are notified of a possible bomb threat.
Club gave the episode a "B" grade and wrote, "Big Love still has about 75 plots to conclude, augment, embellish, or complicate — and the show is adding more all the time!
"[4] Alan Sepinwall wrote, "We're in the home stretch for this season of Big Love, and things continue to feel much too busy to me.
"[7] Allyssa Lee of Los Angeles Times wrote, "After last week's great churning drama, this episode, titled “Blood Atonement” took a detour south of the border, off the map and into a heart of darkness that set up the third and final act of this season.
And though the Mexican aviary plot was all a bit too out there and fringey for my taste, I was glad to see it made a bloody show of tying up the telenovela bird-smuggling Hollis Greene entanglement and transported the family out of Mexico and back to Utah.
"[9] Mark Blankenship of HuffPost wrote, "I feel Big Love changing, and while I'm not quite ready for a divorce, our marriage is certainly in trouble.