Nick’s Reviews > The Loop > Status Update

3.5*Months have passed. Buck meets with Eleanor to apologize for everything. He seems remorseful, but who cares? He's scum. He's on trial and only facing 9 months to a year, which seems like he's getting off easy.
Helen and Dan release two new wolves into the woods of Hope to start a new Wolfpack. The pups Luke rescued were relocated.
Luke survived but lost the use of his left eye. He and Helen are taking a trip ...

4*Buck is filled with rage, and Helen and Eleanors attempt to block his path to the den only makes it worse, but they are unable to stop him and his lynch mob.
Meanwhile, Luke is racing to get all the wolf pups out of the den.
Buck finally makes it to the den guns blazing. He shoots through the dark at first movement and hits Luke!

3.5*The whole town is at a wedding at the Millward ranch when the ceremony is interrupted by cattle in distress.
Eleanor and Ruth leave in a hurry to find Helen and Luke. They inform them that Buck killed two wolves and is intown rallying a mob to ambush the den and kill the rest. It's a race to the den to save the pups, stop Buck, and alert Dan and the authorities.

3*Bucks defiance has motivated Dan to tag all the wolves, monitor, and protect them. Rather than kill or relocate them. While monitoring them, they find the den is near a logging road. Unfortunately, this causes some loggers to mention it at the bar, and Clyde overhears this. Hoping to please Buck, he intends to yrap the remaining wolves himself and wants Kathy to teach him to use Lovelaces trap, the loop.

3* Finally, Luke stands up to Buck and leaves the ranch in the middle of calving season. This confrontation led Mrs Calder to leave Buck, too.
Lovelace has a change of heart and regrets his violent and traumatic past. He seemingly dies out by the mineshaft where he's been hiding all the dead wolves.

3* Abes court case puts the town in a stir.hes I'd found guilty,but there is no celebrating. Rumors of Helen and Luke's relationship spread around town, and Dan is jealous. He doesn't want to hear Luke's opinions about the Wolfpack. Buck has heard the rumors too, and he's strangley hits on Helen and tries to lure her away from Luke. She responds with a knee to his crotch.

3* Helen returns, and her reunion with Luke is great. They affirm their feelings for each other and become intimate. Rumors of this reach Buck. Their budding romance, combined with his failing affair, the town bracing for flood, and Lovelaces inactivity due to the weather put Buck in a sour mood.
The wolfpacks alpha male is severely wounded from the trap, and the pack is struggling to tend to him.

3* It's Christmas,and Helen is in Barbados at her father's wedding. She bonds with her sister over past traumas and clears the air of any misconceptions. Celia also seemingly gives her blessing for Helen to allow herself to be loved by Luke.
Back in Montana, Luke is at the cabin when Buzz slips out and appears to play with a wolf. They rake off into the woods where Buzz gets caught in Lovelaces trap. Lovelace has ...

3.5* Lovelace kills his first two wolves. Helen and Luke are preparing for her trip to her fathers wedding. He tells her that he loves her. She is worried about their age difference and the possibility of her hurting him. He doesn't care. She heads away for a 10 day trip.
They were so distracted they didn't notice Buzz barking. Afterwards footprints are in the snow outside the cabin. My guess is Bucks snooping around

2* Buck finds out that Eleanor is aware of his affair with Ruth. Ruth makes it very clear that they are done fooling around. He also butts heads with Lovelace and gets no good news there. Eleanor takes joy in seeing him squirm.