Carroll Field is where the bad kids hang out and do their bad things, like shoot each other. Eric finds this out the hard way, going to look for Dallas, the sweet kid who helped Luke mend the fence, and witnessing a shooting (involving none of our protagonists). He and Buddy plan to try to restore the broken lights, one step toward cleaning it up. Buddy keeps saying they want to "take back the field," which of course pushes all the wrong buttons with Jess' dad, who runs Ray's BBQ, and the ex-con he's enlisted to act as community liaison for the white dudes, Eric and Buddy. They decide to get the lights turned on and arrange, what else, a football game between the Lions and the Gangstas. Ah, the balm that heals all wounds.
