Mark and Digger recruit Patti Bryan to help make hot pepper moonshine and nearly blind themselves in the process. When Tickle over-orders blueberries for his restaurant, he has some explaining and shine-making to do. Mark and Huck build a bootleg boat.

Moonshiners Henry Law, Tickle, and Tim revisit Operation Lightning Strike -- a massive federal anti-moonshine action. Targeting Franklin County, Virginia, the so-called "Moonshine Capital of the World," its aftermath left deep scars in the community.