The NFC & AFC East's Reaction to Week 13

The episode opens on Bruce, holding an urn with his father’s ashes, walking towards the door. Gus stops him and has a brief conversation about crowns and leadership, but Bruce ends it quickly and walks outside. He sits on the porch and talks to Joe’s ashes, reliving the results of the games from that week. But suddenly, we hear Wildflower’s voice, and then we see him, sitting in a tree. Bruce tries to shut Wildflower up, but he pushes forward to say one of his most remembered quotes, “Nothing is perfect anymore.” Wildflower continues to talk about the conservation that he and Bruce had a while ago, in front of another tree, and Wildflower had an epiphany, “Things have to die so new things can take their place.” This came off as threatening, and he kept it up, saying that, “The reaper is coming.” Bruce warns Wildflower not to threaten him, but Wildflower goes on a tangent, reciting the poem ‘Peace My Heart.’ Bruce is obviously confused by this. When Wildflower finishes, he apologizes for the death of Joe, and says, “I take comfort in knowing he’s not gonna see what I do to you.” After a few seconds of silence, he starts singing the iconic song, ‘(Don’t Fear) The Reaper.” Bruce is bewildered, and then we cut to Frederick. He has taken his usual seat in Springsteen’s room, staring at his comatose brother while sporting the AFC East crown. Bruce walks in, and they have a brief talk about crowns. Bruce says it doesn’t feel right wearing it, because so much has happened. Frederick then backtracks, quickly taking off his crown. He then fesses up to Bruce and says that Springsteen is doing worse, but he’s thankful that he didn’t have to see what the Jets did against the Raiders (Henry Ruggs go fast!). Frederick is about to say, “I don’t think he’s gon-,” but Bruce cuts him off, saying that Springsteen is going to make it. Frederick then changes to the conversation, asking about Carl’s whereabouts. The brothers have no idea where he is, but they are sure that Carl will succeed in hunting down Rocky. Frederick then confesses that Carl still terrifies him, and Bruce agrees. When then cut to Rocky, terrified and out of breath, running for his life in the woods. He thinks he lost whoever was chasing him, and he says he should get out of there. As he walks through the woods, we hear metal grinding and a gasp of pain. In shock, Rocky realizes a bear trap has clasped around his ankle. He says this out loud, and a voice responds, “It is.” Rocky then frantically looks around for the source of the voice. He calls out, but then winces in pain, saying that it hurts. The voice responds again, “That’s what you wanted, isn’t it… Hurts?” (Referencing Jalen Hurts). Rocky is confused and thinks that it is Carl who is talking to him. He calls him a coward and demands he shows himself. The voice persists, “You killed Joe, didn’t you… didn’t you?!” Rocky confirms that yes, it was him. The voice demands why, and Rocky says that Joe took Bruce and he is the reason his family fell apart. His voice cracks in pain as he says, “They went looking for him… and they never came back.” The voice pauses and then asks one more question: “So now what do you want?” Rocky looks up and replies, “I want to burn it all down.” The voice replies, “Good,” and we are left with that. We then cut to Gus, who walks into the basement and locks the door behind him. He looks back on the season, remarking on how the Cowboys were supposed to finally be good this year, but they are a joke. Then, his second insane personality comes out, saying, “And Bruce… the prodigal son returns.” Gus argues that Bruce is nice to them, but his personality says that since Bruce took Jason Garrett away and stuck them with Mike McCarthy, he should pay. He should hurt. Gus says that he can’t physically hurt Bruce, since he is surrounded by his brothers. The personality says, “Not him.” The realization dawns on Gus. Springsteen. Springsteen could make Bruce suffer if something were to happen to him. Then, the episode ends.