Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussions of graphic violence. 

Scott and Mom visit Michael in the hospital, and Nick locates a plainclothes police officer near the Dawson house and tells him about the suspicious interaction between Zack and Trent. The officer can’t assign guilt, but he wants to find the Dawson brothers and interview them.

Luke calls and says the Cougars lost all three games in Canada. The upside is that Carlos and Brian played poorly, so Nick should get more playing time if he practices well.

Mom returns home from the hospital with groceries. She makes spaghetti for the Ushakov family. Mom says the doctors removed a bullet from Michael’s chest, but he’ll live. She says Zack shot him. Dad calls and tells Nick to anonymously call the police if he sees Zack. As for Trent, Dad orders Nick to avoid him as if he were a “ghost.”

After watching college basketball, Nick plays basketball on a misty, cold night. He sees something, and Trent steps out of the darkness. Trent explains what happened: He and Zack had the gun for years, and Zack finally got bullets. Michael was standing on the railroad bridge, and Zack carelessly fired the gun; he didn’t think it would work.