The series finale finds news of the Magic Man’s capture spreading through town, which brings the Stiviletos, John Haplin and others to the sheriff’s office wanting to impart vigilante justice. During the showdown, Tommy faces off with Griff about the goat’s head hammer, Merritt wields influence and Peggy Haplin terrifies her grandson Andrew. In other events, John Haplin discovers that his wife Carol has undergone a strange metamorphosis.
The townsfolk mourn Big Dave’s passing; Merritt and Henley plot to gain possession of the hammer; Handsome Dan investigates the Magic Man kidnappings; Tommy learns his mother’s death may not have been from a stroke; the Meadows Boarding House widows are jealous when Merritt accepts a party invitation from Peggy Haplin; Dot Meadows regrets filing a police report after discovering dead birds in the woods.
Evidence links John Haplin to the Friddle murder; Tommy has a nightmare about his boyhood friendship with Big Dave; Peggy Haplin is wooed by Merritt; Henley, who wants to get back her money and the goat’s head hammer, turns to Greggy; Georgia and Andrew have a horrifying time in the woods with Handsome Dan.
