Jason and Tim are wandering around in Mexico, waiting for an appointment with a doctor who performs experimental spinal surgery. Involving shark blood. Even Tim can see through the beer cloud that this does not sound even remotely like a good idea, and he calls Lyla to ask her to come down to Mexico to talk some sense into Jason. She"s skeptical until Tim tells her that he"s certain Jason will die if he goes through with the surgery, tomorrow. Lyla better get into her time machine and hightail it down there!
The police pull a body from the river, which causes a number of shit-your-pants moments for both Landry and Tyra. Tyra gets called down to the police station and figures the murderous jig is up, until it turns out that they just wanted her to confirm that the guy they found is the guy who attacked her. While she"s there, Landry"s dad sees her, and something about the thick black mascara streaks running down her face strikes him as suspicious. And indeed, Tyra seems to have taken a turn for the evil; her ceaseless urging of Landry to keep his trap shut is starting to smack more and more of animal self-preservation.
Lyla has started counseling kids in juvenile detention about Jesus. When one of them challenges her Little Miss Christianity act, saying she wouldn"t give a guy like him a second glance on the street, she tries to show him that she can walk the walk, too, by haranguing her parents into helping him get a job.
Coach Taylor returns to Dillon and there is some confusing mess where New Coke McGregor at first refuses to get fired but then ends up agreeing to be fired but still makes Coach feel really guilty for having a hand in Buddy Garrity"s machinations. At home, the Taylors seem to be on the mend; Coach is back, which helpfully cuts the estrogen a bit, and Julie actually listens to her mother"s warning about those cold-hearted-snake older guys. Tami"s words echo in Julie"s ears as she looks around The Swede"s dirty hovel the next day. She turns down his offer of beer and gets the hell out of there -- good girl!