And there’s no way for Jimmy to reach the FBI, especially once he’s thrown in solitary after his big blow-up.īut what breaks him, in the end, is prolonged exposure to Larry Dewayne Hall, the mousy Civil War reenactor, janitor, gravedigger, and serial killer. The prison psychiatrist who knows he’s undercover is on vacation, and his replacement isn’t contacting him on Jimmy’s behalf like she’s supposed to. His father, Big Jim, has another stroke, but there’s no way for him to know because Carter cut off his phone account. It’s not the lack of contact with the outside world, either. They mean-mug him in the mess hall, and mob boss Vincent “The Chin” Gigante himself shows up at his cell, telling a threatening story about how you just never know when you’re going to die. It’s not the other inmates who break him either, now that word is out that he’s a snitch. With that, his days may well be numbered. Jimmy, rightfully suspicious of the smilingly sadistic guard, refuses to say. Carter demands to know what government agency Jimmy is working for and offers to help him take down his presumed target, Larry Hall. It’s not the guard, Carter, who breaks him.

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