The episode immediately starts from episode 7 with the Hop Wei and the Long Zi charging at each other in the streets of Chinatown. Both sides experiencing casualties in a bloody battle.Penny wakes up to Mayor Blake and Buckley discussing a solution for the Chinatown brawl. Buckley tells Mayor Blake must side with Senator Crestwood with handling the Chinatown violence leaking out. Penny hears the news as she worries and Blake gives the railway contract to Byron, inviting him to a dinner in Crestwood’s honor.Wang Chao visits the Hop Wei to discuss a resolution with Mai Ling, Father Jun accepts the meeting as he tells Young Jun that they must fight smarter and wanting to understand Mai Ling’s motives as he knew Long Zii’s.Father Jun and Young Jun meet with Mai Ling and Li Young coming to terms of not breaking their truce. Lao Ting proposes a fight between a fighter from the Hop Wei and a fighter from the Long Zi. If the Hop Wei wins, the truce still stands 5 more years but if the Long Zi wins, they get a piece of Hop Wei territory to sell opium independently. Father Jun and Mai Ling agree to the terms.O’Hara and Lee continue their route in Chinatown as O’Hara is still haunted by Damon. Finally the Foon Hai come to collect which causes O’Hara to snap and beat down the men. Lee stops O’Hara, trying to reason with him on how they can resolve the payment. O’Hara tries to find a way out of being in the Chinatown force while Lee continues investigating the Foon Hai.Ah Toy speaks with her business partner Patterson about the property she wishes to buy, only to be outbid and to be blackmailed Timmons. Ah Toy chooses to pay along with the plan of silencing Timmons. Patterson goes to pay for the land as Timmons try to persuade him to conduct business without Ah Toy. She intrudes on the meeting and kills Timmons, cementing her claim on her property.Ah Sahm visits Penny as she opens up on her concerns, knowing it has no future. Ah Sahm tries to reason with Penny only to be dismissed of what they have done. He returns to the Hop Wei only to be tested by Father Jun has chosen him to fight Li Young.Ah Sahm agrees to the fight but goes to the brothel to drink away his emotions, even fighting a white customer on the treatment of the women. Ah Toy stops Ah Sahm, telling him that she is done looking out for him as he has no purpose and will not beat Li Young. He leaves to be greeted by Mai Ling.Mai Ling urges her brother not to fight as Li Young is stronger and sees right through Ah Sahm’s motives whereas Ah Sahm asks her who really killed Long Zii, seeing through her motives.The episode ends with Ah Sahm and Li Young training for their fight, Lai finding Ah Toy’s sword, training with it. Byron hiring Leary’s men while Buckley watches from afar and O’Hara and Lee find the body of Timmons, suspecting the swordsman is spilling out of Chinatown.This is not going to be easy on who or what to focus on after re-watching this episode because I only focused on one scene when I first watched it. Now we are going to focus on Ah Toy, O’Hara, Penny and Ah Sahm.With Ah Toy being highlighted in the previous episode, her business partner Patterson has informed her of Timmons and what he plans to do if she does not step away from buying the property. Ah Toy shows how she handles business if she is not heard, from scarring one girl for bringing the Long Zi into her brothel to disfiguring Zan and Holbrook. Ah Toy goes so far to get what she worked hard for.