Gold Summit

With the two remaining buckets of Bliss, Oz reorganizes his criminal empire in the underground railway. Some time later, the Bliss business has picked up steam, with major gangs involved in its distribution. Nevertheless, Victor begins to worry about possible repercussions if their base of operations is discovered.

Sal has moved in with Sofia at her mansion, as they prepare to establish their next move against Oz. While Sofia believes the Triads will remain loyal to her, Sal is certain that they will side with Oz due to the Bliss. To send a message, Sofia's henchmen murder some of Oz's distributors and publicly hang them. Oz decides that instead of leaving it with the other gangs, he assigns his crew to drop Bliss all around town for free. Sofia and Sal break into Oz's apartment, but find nothing valuable, as he has no known relatives. While checking his bedroom, Sofia finds a signed photo of Eve.

Francis' dementia continues worsening, staying hours in cold water in the bathtub until Oz arrives to take her out. Francis makes Oz promise that he will help in letting her die before her condition becomes too severe, which he reluctantly agrees to. Hating that the neighborhood, Crown Point, is out of power, Oz threatens Councilman Sebastian Hady into restoring it. Victor is approached by Squid, a gang member who initially tasked him in stealing Oz's car rims, who wants to take part of his drug operation. Victor tells Squid that there is no room for him in their operations, prompting Squid to turn aggressive and demand to meet with Oz, threatening to expose them if he does not. Victor seemingly complies, but instead shoots him in the neck, killing him. A shaken Victor informs Oz that the problem was solved, and despite not saying that he killed him, Oz quickly understands that he did and tells him he did the right thing.

Sofia visits Eve at her apartment, and despite holding her at gunpoint, Eve is not afraid of her, as she actually led Sofia to her to protect the other prostitutes. Eve will not disclose anything about Oz, and that Oz himself would not rescue her regardless. Sofia then reveals that Oz was complicit with Carmine in the murders of the young women Sofia was blamed for as "the Hangman". Sofia spares her; prompting Eve to finally reveal that he is hiding in Crown Point. Oz sets up a meeting named "Gold Summit" among all gang leaders of the city, asking them to cooperate in his fight against the Gigantes, the Maronis, and the upper elite. Zhao of the Triads is not convinced by Oz's leadership, due to his backstabbing nature, but Oz wins them over by revealing he killed Alberto Falcone, and that their complete control of the city will undermine the wealthy citizens. The electricity returns to Crown Point, alarming Francis. As Victor consoles her, they start dancing together, completely unaware that Sofia has broken into the apartment with a crowbar.

The episode was written by producer Nick Towne and directed by Kevin Bray. It marked Towne's first writing credit, and Bray's first directing credit.^[1]

Series creator Lauren LeFranc explained that the episode would include a time jump to properly advance the Bliss operation into the main storylines, "I think the way we ended [episode] five where Oz and Victor go down and Oz tells Victor about the tunnels, and we see this meaningful potential underground layer for him. It felt right to then jump ahead and see it in action, and then also it just gives story-wise, all of our characters some breathing room".^[2]

On Victor's decision to kill Squid, Rhenzy Feliz explained, "I think he goes into it totally thinking that the money play is gonna work, and then I think it's a heat-of-the-moment thing where there's not much time to make a decision but [he thinks] 'what the consequences could be if you let him come back?' So without really having much time to think, you gotta make a decision, and I think before he knows what he's doing, he's doing it, which I thought was really exciting the way that when I read it, I thought it was really cool".^[3] He also added, "it was definitely a conscious decision to have this arc from him being who he is at the beginning to who he is at the end and kind of having the confidence to do some of the things that he does".^[4]

Cristin Milioti explained Sofia's decision to spare Eve, "Clearly, Sofia's body count at this point in the show is so many. But she still has a very specific code of villain ethics. She can't be responsible for taking the life of someone in the way that she was accused of. It's almost like Tony Soprano with the Ducks. She spares a child. She won't engage in the type of murder that she was accused of, especially when she connects with someone. But then when it comes to her family, other people on the show, it's not even a thought".^[5]