Alamo Binds Maddy and Cassie After Nate Dies in Episode 7

7 articles · Updated · Forbes · May 25

Episode 7 ends with Maddy and Cassie uncovering Nate’s rattlesnake-bitten corpse after trying to buy his freedom from loan shark Naz.
Alamo appears to fund the rescue, then tricks Naz with an empty bag, shoots him dead and tells the two women they now owe him financially.
Maddy helps trigger the trap by telling Alamo that Rue mentioned a DEA move, confirming his suspicion that Rue is informing on the operation.
Rue’s parallel mission also collapses: she opens Laurie’s safe expecting cash and finds IDs and photos of club girls instead, evidence of a wider trafficking scheme.
With the season finale next, Nate’s death leaves Maddy, Cassie and Rue entangled in Alamo’s criminal network and in deeper danger than before.

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