Cary Agos ended up in Indiana because he took a route home that went through the state after a night of bad decisions, and that detour violated his parole. The show treats it like a tiny mistake with huge consequences: he wasn’t going there for work or a trip, just passing through, but it nearly sent him back to prison.

What happened

  • Cary got drunk at a Harvard mixer.
  • He made a series of reckless choices that night.
  • On the way home, he went through Indiana.
  • That was a parole violation, so it became a legal problem.

Why it mattered

Indiana itself wasn’t the point of the story; the point was that Cary’s parole terms were strict, and even an incidental travel route could get him in trouble. The show used that detail to raise the stakes and remind viewers how fragile his position was at that moment.

In context

Later summaries of Cary’s arc also connect his legal troubles to the broader drug-trafficking case involving Lemond Bishop, which is the bigger reason he is in such a precarious situation in season 6.

In plain terms: he didn’t “move to Indiana” or plan a special trip there — he just passed through, and that was enough to cause trouble.

TL;DR: Cary ended up in Indiana by driving through it on the way home, and because he was on parole, that stopover counted as a violation.