Unbeknownst to Floyd and the rest of her family, he has been killed by Peggy Blumquist (Kirsten Dunst) in a hit and run after murdering a judge, cook and waitress at a diner in Luverne, Minnesota.

Bulo balks at the idea, after an incident earlier that day where Dodd assaulted two of his men in a donut shop with help from Bear's son Charlie.

Dodd and Hanzee concoct a story – about Ed Blumquist (Jesse Plemons) being a hitman called "The Butcher" who was hired by Kansas City to kill Rye – trying to rile Floyd into bloody action.

Meanwhile, Dodd sends his henchman Virgil Bauer (Greg Bryk) to Luverne to kill Ed, and allows Bear's son, Charlie (Allan Dobrescu), to accompany him.

Hours later, Dodd and accomplices arrive at the Blumquist home hunting Ed, while Bear heads to the police station to fetch Charlie.

Lou Solverson (Patrick Wilson) and Ben Schmidt (Keir O'Donnell) arrive after the funeral and take Floyd to the station for questioning.

She eventually accepts a deal that will absolve her family members for previous crimes they have committed in exchange for information about how the Kansas City syndicate runs their criminal operation.

South Dakota State Police Captain Cheney hatches a dangerous scheme for Ed and Peggy to wear a wire for the meeting, hoping to implicate Milligan and the Kansas City mob.

After Ed and Peggy agree to the plan in exchange for lesser criminal charges, the police set up an ambush at the motel meeting spot, only for Hanzee to observe their actions from a distance.

When the Gerhadt family is about to invade the hotel and take back what they think is Dodd who is kidnapped by the Kansas City mob, Hanzee reveals his true intentions and stabs Floyd to death.

But it was when she sat down to present a “respectable” counteroffer to Kansas City, the syndicate fronted by Joe Bulo (played by Brad Garrett), that Smart took revelatory dialogue and crafted a compelling picture of one tough mother.