: Even in a new season, the memory of their lost friend remains the compass they are all trying to read.

: Bear is convinced a bad spirit is following him because he didn't go.

As the episode began, the familiar red dirt of Okern, Oklahoma, filled the frame. Bear was alone, swinging a hammer on a construction site, looking like a kid trying to wear a man’s boots. His father’s medallion felt heavy around his neck—a constant reminder of the California dream that had slipped through his fingers like dry sand.

Between the frames of the compressed HEVC video, the themes were clear: