Malvo kills a guard and talks to the "silent" partner in the duo of hit men. Instead of killing this guy, he makes a silent alliance with him. He gives him the key to the handcuffs (stolen from the dead cop) and tells him that when he feels better he should look him up. Gus and Molly agree to a date and suddenly we are moved a year into the future. Gus is driving a mail truck and Molly is a very pregnant cop. The two FBI guys have been exiled to the records room where they sit all day realizing there is no future. Lester now has incredible confidence. He makes the bold move of stapling the foreheads of the two Hess boys. In that one year leap, he has obviously become a different person. He is at a fancy hotel where he is awarded salesman of the year. He has married the office secretary, a beautiful young woman. Molly keeps saying that they have everything, but she lies awake, still thinking about the case involving Lester. We can assume that Lester's brother is in prison and Lester doesn't bat an eye. And then, when thing are going great, the episode ends with a bang.
