While taking photos of Lou's crime scene and talking with Paris, Ed finds the number 9 key in Lou's bloody hands. He begins to suspect that the killer is counting down and targeting them in order. Meanwhile, Maine is making his escape over the wet terrain, but strangely finds himself right back at the motel, having gone full circle. Rhodes spots Maine trying to hide; he and Ed subdue Maine in a brief struggle. They tie Maine to a pole and Larry is appointed to guard him, but Larry is later seen away from his post. Maine is discovered to have been killed with Larry's own baseball bat, with the weapon sticking out of the corpse's mouth in a grisly manner. Rhodes and Ed find the number 8 key next to Maine's body, and harass Larry, who grabs Paris and threatens to cut her if they continue to accuse him. Paris wrestles him off and the freezer is opened accidentally to reveal the frozen body of the real motel manager; Larry runs away and attempts to escape in his truck, but he accidentally crushes George against a dumpster as he tries to save Timmy from being run over.