By Couch Baron
In Vegas, Reynolds's wife Jennifer finds Theresa and is a total bitch about Patrick' chances, but Theresa handles her with surprising equanimity. Also, Brennan takes Patrick and Johnny to dinner with a bunch of other champion fighters who have been screwed at one point or another by Barry, with the idea of forming a separate association. Barry turns up to Patrick's hotel room and gives him proof that El Diablo not only threw the fight but did so at Brennan's behest, which THANK YOU for the vindication of my suspicions on the first point (and I give Stacy Keach a lot of credit for not buying into the hype of that moment). With the confidence of that win stripped from him, Patrick of course must fear for his life, but he's also apparently worried about his soul, as he goes to confession to make a clean breast of everything he's done during the run of the show. The sympathetic priest, however, tells Patrick that God is with him, which at least seems to give him some solace. Also, Stacy Keach counsels Patrick once again to pick his spots and wait for his moment, and assures Patrick that no matter what may have happened pre-fight, El Diablo was coming for him for real, and goes on that whatever happens, they're not letting this one go to a decision.
When the fight starts, as predicted, Reynolds dominates, knocking Patrick out of the ring in the very first round, and Patrick barely gets to his feet ahead of getting counted out. We also get an early indication that the ref is in Barry's pocket, but Patrick survives the round. In the second, however, Patrick starts to hit back, causing Reynolds to look slow, but although Patrick seems to win the round, Reynolds opens up a cut over Patrick's eye, as I must point out that I also predicted. In the third round, Reynolds starts off better, but Patrick's onto his rhythm by now and eventually knocks him down. The crooked ref stops the fight so the doctor can look at Patrick's eye, but luckily, the doctor is in Brennan's pocket, so the fight goes on. When Patrick knocks Reynolds down again, Reynolds barely struggles to his feet, dazed and disoriented, and after another barrage from Patrick, the ref is forced to stop the fight and call Patrick the winner. Afterward, though, Patrick can't remember who won, and even though he meets the press as the champion once again, it's a bittersweet ending with many questions for the future. Questions which, of course, to which we will never know the answers.
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