Dusty manipulates Ricardo (Benjamin Barrett) into being part of a plan to kill Payton. Instead of using a real gun, though, he ends up shooting Payton with a bb gun that has bullets covered in possum bacteria — an idea he got from Philoctetes of all places. Ricardo's belief is that the wound from the bb gun will lead to sepsis and won't trace back to him, freeing him from any responsibility.
With Payton in a coma, Ricardo visits Infinity at her motel and tells her the truth. Infinity then rushes to the hospital to tell the doctors and Payton's mom before heading to confront Dusty, where she is interrupted by a devastated Ricardo. Thinking he can't live without Infinity, he tries to set himself on fire but is initially stopped by Infinity then accidentally shot by Dusty. In the hospital he tells the police everything he knows about Dusty in exchange for a Filet-O-Fish, fries, and a milkshake rather than a deal that would give him less jail time.