At Rygaard, one of the greenhorns goes AWOL and Gabe has him on the chopping block. But he's not the only one–several of the loggers face the ax and for some, this week will be their last on the job. In the swamps of Louisiana, Shelby takes on a risky mission as he searches for a sunken raft of logs, and at Browning, bad news pushes Jay to his breaking point.