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THERE'S JUST NOTHIN' DOWN THERE.

NOTHIN'. I HAVEN'T SEEN A BUILDING

IN, LIKE, 20 MINUTES.

LOOK AT THAT.

WE'RE NOT ON VACATION, HAP, REMEMBER.

CHEER UP, WILL YA?

TELL THAT

TO HER, PARTNER.

BETTER HANG ON, GUYS.

IT'S GONNA GET ROUGH AGAIN.

WHOA.

THERE GOES MY LUNCH.

DETECTIVE ECKHART, I'M DETECTIVE ELLIE BURR.

OH, HI. NICE TO MEET YOU.

HERE, LET ME HELP.

HOW YA DOIN'? GOOD.

HALIBUT FISHING CAPITAL OF THE WORLD. OK.

DETECTIVE DORMER, SUCH AN HONOR TO MEET YOU.

I'M DETECTIVE ELLIE BURR.

WELCOME TO NIGHTMUTE.

GOT THE CAR RIGHT HERE.

IT'S SO INCREDIBLE TO BE WORKING WITH YOU,

DETECTIVE DORMER.

I'VE FOLLOWED ALL OF YOUR CASES--

THEODORE DINELI, FRANK PRUD'HOMME,

UH, THE OCEAN PARK SHOOTINGS,

AND ESPECIALLY

THE LELAND STREET MURDERS.

IS THAT WHERE, UH,

RONALD LANGLEY CUT YOU

IN THE BASEMENT OF 325 LELAND STREET?

YOU CERTAINLY DID YOUR HOMEWORK, DETECTIVE.

THE LELAND STREET MURDERS

WAS MY CASE STUDY AT THE ACADEMY.

SO, I'M GONNA JUST TAKE YOU GUYS

OVER TO THE LODGE AND DROP YOUR--

JUST TAKE US TO THE STATION.

RIGHT. WE NEED TO GET STARTED.

MOST HOMICIDES ARE SOLVED

BY WORK DONE IN THE FIRST 72 HOURS.

WELL, IT'S 48 HOURS.

WE'RE A DAY BEHIND.

BUT WHO'S COUNTIN'?

UH, YEAH, COME IN.

THEY GOT YOU BEHIND A DESK, HUH?

CHARLIE BUBBLES.

HOW YA DOIN', MAN?

I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU BOYS SINCE, WELL--

HEY, CHARLIE.

I DON'T KNOW. 7 YEARS?

8 YEARS.

7 YEARS? I AM OLD.

ELLIE, GET EVERYONE IN THE BULLPEN.

I GOTTA SHOW YOU OFF A LITTLE.

NICE KID.

YEAH, LOVES THE JOB.

YEAH.

YOU KNOW, WHEN I CALLED BUCK FOR ADVICE ON THIS,

I NEVER ACTUALLY EXPECTED

THAT HE'D SEND YOU GUYS UP HERE.

SOMETHING ABOUT THAT BULLSHIT YOU'VE GOT

GOING ON DOWN THERE WITH INTERNAL AFFAIRS?

THEY'RE MOVING IN, CHARLIE.

AW, COME ON, MAN. IT'S NOTHING.

IT'S THE USUAL CRAP.

BUCK JUST FIGURED

YOU COULD USE SOME HELP UP HERE.

THEY GOT FINN AND KENTOR ON NARCOTICS THEFT,

CORELLI ON A BAD SHOOTING.

NOW THE FUCKERS ARE WADING THROUGH FILES

LOOKING FOR HEADLINES, BUT, UH--

YEAH, IT'S GONNA BLOW OVER.

GOT A MESSAGE HERE FROM A GUY NAMED WARFIELD.

I.A.'S PIT BULL.

HE WANTS TO BE POSTED ON YOUR MOVEMENTS.

I THINK YOU'LL FIND

IT'S A BIT MORE STRAIGHTFORWARD UP HERE.

GOOD GUYS, BAD GUYS,

BUT A LOT LESS PUBLIC RELATIONS.

IT'S SIMPLE...

EXCEPT FOR THIS.

OK, LISTEN UP.

DETECTIVES DORMER AND ECKHART

ON LOAN FROM BUCK LUNDGARD,

LOS ANGELES ROBBERY AND HOMICIDE.

THEY'LL BE HELPING US WITH THE CONNELL CASE.

HELPING?

WE'RE DAMN LUCKY TO HAVE 'EM.

ANYTHING THEY WANT TO SEE, YOU SHOW THEM.

ANYPLACE THEY WANT TO GO, YOU TAKE 'EM.

THIS IS DETECTIVE FRED DUGGAR.

HE'S BEEN HEADING UP THE INVESTIGATION.

WELL, HELLO, FRED.

PLEASURE. NICE TO MEET YOU.

WANT TO GET RIGHT ON IT?

ALL RIGHT. YOU SEEN WHAT WE GOT?

YEAH. I WANT TO START WITH THE BODY.

YOU GOT THE REPORT, RIGHT?

WELL, I WANT TO SEE THE BODY FOR MYSELF.

OK.

CLEAR CAUSE OF DEATH

WAS HERNIATION OF THE BRAIN STEM

DUE TO INTERCEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE.

BEATEN TO DEATH.

THESE CONTUSIONS?

SUPERFICIAL.

MOST OF THE TRAUMA WAS TO HER FACE

AND THE TOP OF HER NECK.

ANY SIGNS OF RIG?

NO.

THIS ONE COVERS AN OLDER BRUISE.

THERE'S AN OLDER ONE HERE, TOO.

THEY'RE BOTH IN THE REPORT.

HE WASHED HER HAIR.

SCRUBBED HER NAILS.

IT'S ALL IN THE REPORT, DETECTIVE.

DOESN'T SAY IN THE REPORT THAT HE CLIPPED 'EM, TOO.

SHE COULD'VE CLIPPED 'EM HERSELF.

NOPE.

NO POLISH ON THE ENDS OF THE NAILS.

SHE PAINTED 'EM HERSELF.

SOMEONE ELSE CUT 'EM SHORTER.

TOES, TOO.

NAKED WHEN YOU FOUND HER?

YEAH. LAST SEEN WEARING A RED PAISLEY DRESS.

NO FIBERS, FLAKES, HAIRS?

WE KNOW ABOUT FORENSICS WORK UP HERE.

I TOLD YOU.

BODY GAVE US NOTHING.

OH, SHE GAVE US PLENTY.

ALL THIS TROUBLE, ALL THIS CARE.

WHY?

HE KNEW HER.

HE KNOWS WE CAN CONNECT HIM TO IT.

THIS ISN'T SOME RANDOM PSYCHO, CRIME OF PASSION?

WELL, I DON'T KNOW. MAYBE.

BUT WHATEVER HAPPENED,

HIS REACTION TO IT WASN'T PASSION.

HE DIDN'T PANIC.

DIDN'T CHOP HER UP OR BURN HER BEYOND RECOGNITION.

HE JUST THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT WE WOULD BE LOOKING FOR

AND THEN CALMLY REMOVED ALL THOSE TRACES.

NO HASTE, NO RUSH.

WHY WOULD HE CLIP THE NAILS

AFTER SCRUBBING THEM?

WELL, MANIPULATING THE BODY.

PROLONGING THE MOMENT.

NO MUTILATION.

NOT THIS TIME.

YOU THINK THERE'S BEEN OTHERS?

NO.

BUT THERE'S GONNA BE.

THIS GUY,

HE CROSSED THE LINE,

AND HE DIDN'T EVEN BLINK.

YOU DON'T COME BACK FROM THAT.

OK, LET'S GO FIND OUT WHO KAY WAS.

FRED SAID NOT TO TOUCH ANYTHING,

SO I HAVEN'T TIDIED UP YET.

SHE HATES IT WHEN I GO INTO HER ROOM ANYWAY.

THANK YOU, MRS. CONNELLY.

MMM.

SO, SHE WENT TO A PARTY FRIDAY NIGHT?

UM, NOT EXACTLY A PARTY.

IT'S, UM, A LOCAL DIVE WHERE THE KIDS HANG OUT.

NO DIARY, HUH?

WE DIDN'T FIND ONE,

BUT HER MOM DID SAY THAT SHE KEEPS A JOURNAL.

FRIENDS SAID SHE ARGUED WITH HER BOYFRIEND FRIDAY,

AND SHE STORMED OFF JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT.

SHE DID, HUH?

THIS IS INTERESTING.

WHO IS THIS?

TANYA FRANCKE,

KAY'S BEST FRIEND.

I WANT TO TALK TO HER.

WHO...IS KAY CONNELL?

WHO IS SHE?

IS SHE POPULAR,

OR IS SHE A LONER?

DID SHE LIKE THIS TOWN?

DID SHE WANT TO BOLT

THE FIRST CHANCE SHE GOT?

DID SHE HAVE, UH, DREAMS?

SHE KNEW THIS GUY.

WE KNOW HER, MAYBE WE CAN KNOW HIM.

THIS IS DESIGNER. THIS IS EXPENSIVE.

THE BOYFRIEND, UH, RANDY--

RANDY STETZ.

HE COULD AFFORD THIS?

HE'S STILL IN HIGH SCHOOL.

WELL, HER MOTHER DIDN'T BUY IT.

WHAT ARE WE THINKIN'?

OH, I DON'T KNOW. UH, STEPFATHER?

ANY RICH UNCLES?

NO.

AN ADMIRER.

YEAH.

ALL RIGHT, I WANT TO TALK TO THE BOYFRIEND.

I CAN GET HIM TO THE STATION.

NO, NO. NO. I WANT TO GO TO THE SCHOOL,

WHERE HE IS IN HIS CLASS.

PULL HIM OUT IN FRONT OF HIS FRIENDS,

CATCH HIM OFF-GUARD.

I WANT TO, YOU KNOW, GET PEOPLE TALKIN'.

SO, HOW FAR AWAY IS THE SCHOOL?

IT'S 10:00, DETECTIVE DORMER.

YOU BET.

AT NIGHT.

OH.

SO WHEN DOES IT GET DARK AROUND HERE?

UH, IT DOESN'T.

NOT THIS TIME OF YEAR.

YEAH, I HEARD ABOUT THAT.

HOW COME YOU DIDN'T KNOW THAT, HAP?

LOWER 48.

LOWER 48?

YOU'RE NOT FROM HERE.

I CAN TELL BY YOUR WALK.

HOW'S THAT?

UNSURE.

HUH. DORMER AND ECKHART.

WE HAVE A RESERVATION.

DON'T BE FOOLED

BY MY FRIEND'S FRIVOLOUS DEMEANOR.

INSIDE, HE'S ALL BUSINESS.

YOUR RESTAURANT STILL SERVING?

YEAH. KITCHEN'S ABOUT TO CLOSE, THOUGH.

OH. WELL, WE'LL BE QUICK. THANK YOU.

THANKS.

WELL, WE GOT THE HALIBUT CALABRESE,

GOT THE HALIBUT OLYMPIAN.

KEEP GOING.

HALIBUT CAJUN-STYLE.

OH, I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT THEY GOT FOR DESSERT.

NATIVES ARE GETTING RESTLESS.

WE GOTTA TALK.

NO, WE DON'T.

YOU JUST WANT TO SIT TIGHT, HUH?

NOTHING'S CHANGED.

NOTHING'S CHANGED?

WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU THINK WE'RE DOING

IN THE HALIBUT FISHING CAPITAL OF THE WORLD, WILL?

BUCK FIGURED CHARLIE COULD USE THE HELP--

BUCK FIGURED I.A. WOULD BE COMING TO ME NEXT,

AND HE WAS RIGHT.

WARFIELD HAD ME LOCKED IN HIS OFFICE

FOR 3 HOURS YESTERDAY, WILL.

3 FUCKIN' HOURS.

HAP,

HE'S RATTLIN' YOUR CAGE, PAL.

THAT'S ALL.

ME AND TRISH TALKED IT THROUGH,

AND, UH, I'M SORRY,

BUT I GOTTA CUT A DEAL.

DON'T EVEN SAY THIS SHIT TO ME, HAP.

YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE INVOLVED.

I'M NOT? NO.

OF COURSE I'M GONNA BE INVOLVED.

YOU'RE A GODDAMN HERO.

WITH YOUR REPUTATION, HE CAN'T TOUCH YOU.

MY REPUTATION'S THE WHOLE PROBLEM.

I MEAN, YOU THINK WARFIELD

GIVES A FLYING FUCK ABOUT YOU

SHAKING DOWN A COUPLE OF DRUG DEALERS?

YOU THINK THAT'S GONNA GET HIM HIS HEADLINES?

HE NEEDS THE BIG FISH.

HE'S PUTTING THE SQUEEZE ON YOU

TO GET TO ME. IT'S VERY SIMPLE, HAP.

BUT YOU'RE CLEAN, WILL.

I'M A GOOD COP, YEAH.

BUT THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING THEY CAN USE,

YOU KNOW, TO GET AT YOUR CREDIBILITY.

YOU KNOW THAT.

HAVE YOU ANY IDEA

WHAT THIS IS GONNA DO?

I MEAN, JUST THINK ABOUT ALL MY CASES.

ALL THE CASES DEPENDED ON MY WORD,

MY JUDGMENT.

ALL THOSE FUCKERS BACK ON THE STREET.

NOW, YOU THINK ABOUT THAT.

THAT'S WHAT YOU'D DO.

THAT'S BULLSHIT. THEY GOT NOTHIN' ON YOU

BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING TO GET.

DOBBS.

WHAT ABOUT DOBBS?

THAT'S DIFFERENT.

IT'S DIFFERENT?

BECAUSE EVEN WARFIELD DOESN'T WANT SHIT LIKE DOBBS

BACK ON THE STREET.

IT'S A HOUSE OF CARDS, MAN.

ONCE IT STARTS, IT'S JUST GONNA TUMBLE.

ALL OF IT.

THAT'S A CHANCE I GOTTA TAKE, PAL.

I GOT FAMILY, WILL.

DON'T GIVE ME THAT FAMILY SHIT.

I GET PROBATION.

WE'RE COPS, MAN.

THIS IS NOT ABOUT US.

THIS IS ABOUT ALL THE PEOPLE WHO DEPEND ON US,

PEOPLE WITH FAMILIES.

I SPENT MY LIFE DOING THIS. MY LIFE.

YOU'RE GONNA DESTROY IT LIKE THAT.

WHY? WHY?

SO SOME I.A. PRICK GETS ONE STEP CLOSER

TO BEING CHIEF OF POLICE

OR PLAYING GOLF WITH THE MAYOR

OR WHATEVER THE FUCK ELSE HE'S AFTER?

YOU FINISHED?

SORRY. I GOTTA CUT A DEAL.

SO, MAKE ANY DECISIONS?

UM, BOY, YOU DO EVERYTHING AROUND HERE?

AFTER 11:00, PRETTY MUCH.

AH. HEH.

OVER TO YOU, WILL. WHAT ARE YOU HAVING?

LOST MY APPETITE.

EXCUSE ME.

MORNING.

HI.

WHAT KIND OF CALLS DO YOU GET AROUND HERE?

MOSTLY DRINKING-RELATED PROBLEMS,

UM, DOMESTIC ABUSE, BAR FIGHTS.

THAT SORT OF STUFF.

PEOPLE HERE, THEY COME FROM ALL OVER.

THEY COME TO LIVE LIFE THE WAY THEY WANT TO,

SO MOST PEOPLE KEEP THEMSELVES

TO THEMSELVES.

CHIEF NYBACK WON'T LET ME HANDLE ANYTHING

OVER A MISDEMEANOR ANYWAY, SO...

YOU SHOULDN'T KNOCK MISDEMEANORS.

NO, BUT IT'S SUCH SMALL STUFF.

IT GETS SO BORING.

WELL, IT'S ALL ABOUT SMALL STUFF.

YOU KNOW, SMALL LIES, SMALL MISTAKES.

PEOPLE GIVE THEMSELVES AWAY SAME IN MISDEMEANORS

AS THEY DO IN MURDER CASES.

IT'S JUST HUMAN NATURE.

WELL, AREN'T YOU GONNA WRITE THAT DOWN?

FRIENDS MAKING YOU NERVOUS, RANDY?

THEY THINK YOU DID IT?

YOU KILLED HER?

NO SMOKING ON SCHOOL PREMISES.

DID YOU LOVE HER?

RANDY, DID YOU LOVE HER?

SURE. SHE WAS NICE.

"SHE WAS NICE." WOW.

WELL, THAT MAKES ME ALL SOFT INSIDE.

EVER OCCUR TO YOU SHE DIDN'T LOVE YOU BACK?

SHE LOVED ME.

WANTED ME EVERY NIGHT.

OH, PROBABLY TO PASS THE TIME, I THINK.

A GIRL LIKE KAY CONNELL,

SHE WAS LOOKING FOR MORE THAN SOME LOSER, RIGHT?

WHAT CAN I SAY, OFFICER? LOVE IS BLIND.

YOU LIVE ON YOUR OWN?

ON TOP OF HIS GRANDPA'S BUILDING.

YOU DON'T HAVE AN ALIBI FOR FRIDAY NIGHT.

DIDN'T KNOW I WAS GONNA NEED ONE.

AT THE PARTY, WHAT'D YOU FIGHT ABOUT?

STUFF. I DON'T KNOW.

IT'S NO BIG DEAL.

OH, I HEARD IT WAS A LOUD FIGHT.

I GUESS.

YEAH, I HEARD IT WAS PRETTY ROUGH.

WASN'T ROUGH.

WELL, NOT LIKE THE OTHER TIMES.

YOU KNOW, THOSE TIMES SHE WOULDN'T LISTEN TO YOU,

COULDN'T KEEP HER MOUTH SHUT.

YOU KEEP FISHING, MAN.

WE SAW THE BRUISES, RANDY.

THEY SAID SHE WAS BEATEN UP.

NOT THOSE BRUISES.

RANDY, COME ON.

THE OLD BRUISES. YOUR BRUISES.

ALL RIGHT, YOU KNOW WHAT?

I'M SICK OF THIS BULLSHIT.

I HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING WRONG.

YOU HAVEN'T?

HEY, FUCK YOU!

YOU'RE JUST A LITTLE PRICK

IN A LEATHER JACKET.

WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU KNOW?

RANDY.

THIS WHOLE THING YOU'RE DOING,

YOU KNOW, THIS FUCK-THE-WORLD ACT,

NOW, THAT MIGHT WORK WITH YOUR MAMA.

IT MIGHT EVEN WORK WITH A COUPLE OF THESE LOCAL COPS

WHO'VE KNOWN YOU LONG ENOUGH

TO FIGURE YOU'RE TOO DUMB EVER TO KILL ANYONE

WITHOUT LEAVING A COUPLE OF WITNESSES

AND A SIGNED CONFESSION.

IT AIN'T GONNA WORK WITH ME...

BECAUSE I KNOW THINGS, YOU UNDERSTAND?

I KNOW... YOU BEAT YOUR GIRLFRIEND.

I KNOW SHE WAS SEEING SOMEBODY ELSE,

SOMEBODY SHE MIGHT'VE EVEN GONE TO SEE

AFTER SHE WALKED OUT ON YOU FRIDAY NIGHT.

NOW, ARE YOU GONNA TELL US

WHO THAT SOMEBODY MIGHT BE,

OR ARE YOU SO FUCKIN' STUPID

YOU'RE GONNA LEAVE YOURSELF

AS THE LAST PERSON TO SEE KAY CONNELL ALIVE?

I DON'T KNOW.

YOU DON'T KNOW?

I COULDN'T GET HER TO TELL ME.

HOW HARD DID YOU TRY?

PRETTY HARD.

YOU THINK HE, UM-- NO.

HOW'D IT GO?

WE GOTTA FIND OUT WHERE THIS CAME FROM.

I TRIED. UM, MRS. CONNELL DOESN'T KNOW,

HER FRIENDS DIDN'T KNOW.

YOU TRY THE JEWELRY STORES?

SMALL THINGS. REMEMBER?

THE SECOND YOU'RE

ABOUT TO DISMISS SOMETHING,

THINK ABOUT IT.

LOOK AT IT AGAIN.

WANT ME TO WRITE THAT DOWN?

NO, I'LL REMEMBER IT.

ELLIE BURR.

WHERE WAS IT?

IN A FISHING CABIN ON THE BEACH.

THIS IS DEFINITELY KAY'S?

HER BOOKS ARE IN IT.

COUPLE OF KIDS FOUND IT.

CABIN BEEN SECURED?

FRANCIS IS HEADED THERE RIGHT NOW.

WELL, YOU STOP HIM.

TELL HIM TO STAY CLEAR.

RICH.

BIOLOGY AND ALGEBRA.

LET'S FIND OUT WHO SHE STUDIED WITH.

LET'S FIND OUT WHERE SHE BOUGHT THIS.

"OTHERWISE ENGAGED,

ANOTHER J. BRODY MYSTERY."

WHO READS THIS KIND OF CRAP?

I READ THAT KIND OF CRAP.

READ IT AFTER IT'S DUSTED.

FIND ANYTHING THAT STRIKES YOU PLOTWISE,

UNDERLINED PASSAGES.

JUST LET ME KNOW. ANYTHING.

THERE IT IS. DIARY.

EVERY WORD.

THAT'S IT.

PUT IT INTO EVIDENCE?

NO, NO.

WHY?

ELLIE, I WANT YOU TO CALL EVERY RADIO

AND TV STATION FROM HERE TO ANCHORAGE.

YOU TELL 'EM WE'RE LOOKING FOR THE BAG

KAY CONNELL LEFT THE PARTY WITH.

GET IT ON THE AIR IN THE NEXT HOUR.

YOU GOT IT.

YOU FILL THAT BAG UP WITH BOOKS,

PUT IT BACK WHERE IT WAS FOUND.

GONNA EAT THIS SON OF A BITCH ALIVE

KNOWING HE MISSED SOMETHING THIS BIG.

YOU KNOW SOMETHING, CHARLIE,

MAYBE THIS, UH,

THIS ISN'T SUCH A HOT IDEA.

GUY PICKS UP A BAG, THAT DON'T MAKE HIM GUILTY.

WILL, IT'S SOLID.

I DON'T KNOW.

THIS KIND OF THING, I DON'T KNOW.

MAYBE WE DO THIS BY THE NUMBERS.

COME ON, WILL.

HEY, I.A.'S GONNA BE ON MY ASS.

I KNOW I DON'T WANT THIS TURNING UP

IN SOME COURTROOM 6 MONTHS FROM NOW

WHEN MY REP'S IN THE SHIT

AND THEY'RE PULLING APART ALL MY CASES.

COME ON, WILL. THAT'S BULLSHIT.

FUCK YOU CARE?

SOMEONE OUT THERE

JUST BEAT A 17-YEAR-OLD GIRL TO DEATH.

YOUR JOB IS TO FIND HIM.

YOU'RE A COP, NOT A LAWYER.

DON'T LET I.A. CUT YOUR BALLS OFF.

CHARLIE'S RIGHT, WILL.

O.P. ONE, THIS IS O.P. 2.

WE STILL GOT NOTHING.

YEAH, IT'S NICE. LIGHT.

ALL PLASTIC

EXCEPT FOR THE BARREL

AND FIRING PIN.

NEVER RUSTS.

WHAT DO YA CARRY DOWN IN L.A.?

SMITH WESSON .45.

EXCELLENT.

ANYTHING?

NO.

MAYBE THIS GUY DOESN'T LISTEN TO THE RADIO.

PREFERS THE VOICES IN HIS HEAD.

HEY, WILL?

O.P. ONE, THIS IS O.P. 2.

WE GOT SOMEBODY

MOVING TOWARDS THE CABIN.

OK, FAN OUT.

NICE AND EASY.

COME ON, LET'S GO. LET'S GO!

POLICE!

POLICE!

COME OUT!

FUCK.

DOWN THERE, HUH?

ALL RIGHT, DOWN TO THE WATER.

GO! SPREAD OUT.

GO!

FUCK IT.

DORMER.

HOLD IT!

WHO'S THERE?!

YOU OK? OK.

I'M OK.

WILL.

DON'T TALK, DON'T TALK.

WILL. DON'T TALK.

DON'T TALK. DON'T TALK.

HERE. HERE.

YOU--YOU SH--

YOU--YOU SHOT...

NO, I COULDN'T SEE, HAP.

I COULDN'T SEE IN THE FOG.

HERE. HERE.

ARE YOU TRYING TO--

ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL ME?

YOU FUCKIN'...

NO. LISTEN, HAP. LISTEN TO ME.

NO, NO, NO.

WHY? WHY?

I COULDN'T SEE YOU IN THE FOG.

I COULDN'T.

COULDN'T SEE YOU, HAP.

NO. COME ON. COME ON.

MAN DOWN!

WHO'S DOWN?!

MAN DOWN HERE!

SPREAD OUT!

DORMER, WHERE'D HE GO?

WHICH WAY?

DORMER, WHICH WAY?!

THAT WAY.

FARRELL WENT DOWN,

YOU GAVE CHASE.

AFTER YOU LEFT FARRELL,

YOU HEARD THE KILLER'S SECOND SHOT.

YOU RAN DOWN TO THE WATER,

YOU FOUND HAP.

WILL?

IS THAT WHAT HAPPENED?

DID HAP SAY ANYTHING?

GODDAMN!

WHY DIDN'T I KNOW ABOUT THE GODDAMN TUNNEL?!

YOU DON'T MOVE IN ON AN ARMED SUSPECT

WITHOUT KNOWING HIS EXITS.

LOOK, WILL, THERE'S A BUNCH OF THOSE TUNNELS OUT THERE.

I MEAN, CLOSED 60 YEARS AGO WHEN THEY WERE MINES.

I DON'T EVEN KNOW MOST OF THEM MYSELF,

AND I GREW UP HERE.

I HAD HIM, CHARLIE.

CLOSE AS YOU ARE NOW.

I COULD SMELL THE SON OF A BITCH.

AND I BLEW IT.

THERE'S NO POINT IN BLAMING YOURSELF, WILL.

I FUCKED UP EVERYTHING.

DON'T YOU COME APART ON ME NOW, YOU UNDERSTAND?

I NEED YOU TO FIND THIS BASTARD.

YEAH?

YOU WANTED TO SEE ME.

YOU'RE ON DETECTIVE ECKHART'S SHOOTING.

BUT WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED, AND...

I'M ON THE CONNELL CASE.

ANCHORAGE CALLED. THEY WANT TO SEND SOMEONE UP.

I TOLD THEM WE CAN HANDLE IT OURSELVES.

WE CAN, CAN'T WE?

SURE.

WRITE IT UP. DOESN'T HAVE TO BE SHAKESPEARE.

JUST ENOUGH TO FRY THIS SON OF A BITCH FOR

A FEW SECONDS LONGER. AM I RIGHT, WILL?

HELLO?

UH...JENNY.

IT'S WILL.

CAN I, UH--

CAN YOU PUT YOUR MOTHER ON?

HELLO?

TRISH, UH, IT'S WILL.

WHAT'S HAPPENED?

THEY WON'T TELL ME ANYTHING.

UH, IT-- IT'S HAP, UH...

IS HE OK?

NO, HE'S GONE, TRISH.

HE'S DEAD.

What?

TRISH, I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW SORRY I AM.

WHAT WAS HE DOING, WILL?

THIS GUY KILLED A GIRL.

AND SO WE--WE, UH...

WE HAD HIM, UH...

WE FOUND HIM, AND WE HAD HIM CORNERED.

AND THEN HE RAN AND THEN, UH...

HAP, WELL...

I'M SO SORRY.

I'M JUST SO SORRY.

DID HE SUFFER?

OH, NO, I DON'T--

DID HE SAY ANYTHING?

WELL, WHEN I FOUND HIM,

HE...

HE WAS PEACEFUL.

DID YOU GET HIM?

NO, NO. NOT YET.

YOU FIND HIM.

AND WHEN YOU DO, YOU DON'T ARREST HIM.

YOU UNDERSTAND ME, WILL DORMER?

DON'T YOU DARE FUCKING ARREST HIM.

OK, TRISH.

UNDERSTAND?

OK.

TRISH, LISTEN, I-I'M--

Radio Reporter: ...HOMICIDE DIVISION

WAS SHOT AND KILLED EARLIER THIS EVENING

IN AN ABORTIVE ATTEMPT TO APPREHEND THE SUSPECT

IN THE MURDER OF 17-YEAR-OLD LOCAL GIRL KAY CONNELL--

I'M SORRY.

IT'S BEEN ON THE RADIO FOR HOURS. WE DON'T--

WE'RE NOT USED TO THIS KIND OF STUFF UP HERE.

HE WAS STANDING RIGHT THERE LAST NIGHT.

I HOPE I WAS NICE TO HIM.

HE LIKED YOU.

DETECTIVE, I'M SORRY TO BOTHER YOU,

BUT COULD YOU JUST POINT OUT HERE

WHERE YOU WERE WHEN YOU HEARD THAT SECOND SHOT?

I'M REALLY SORRY THAT I HAVE TO MAKE YOU

DO THIS RIGHT NOW.

THAT'S ALL RIGHT, ELLIE. YOU'RE DOING YOUR JOB.

WHERE WAS I? THERE.

THANK YOU.

NO SIGN OF FARRELL'S BULLET YET, HUH?

NO, BUT, UH, WE'LL HAVE THE OTHER ONE

FOR BALLISTICS AFTER THE AUTOPSY.

I'M REALLY SORRY.

HOW YOU DOING?

OK. CLEAN THROUGH, HUH?

YEP. NO SOUVENIR.

BULLET GOT LOST IN THE ROCKS, I GUESS.

WELL, BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME.

YOU EVER BEEN SHOT, DETECTIVE DORMER?

YEAH, I HAVE. IT KIND OF ITCHES, DON'T IT?

WE GOTTA CATCH HIM.

DID YOU GET A LOOK AT HIM?

WHEN?

WHEN, UH, I LEFT YOU.

DID YOU SEE ANYTHING?

I WAS IN WHOLE LOT OF PAIN.

AND WHEN I HEARD THAT SECOND SHOT,

I KEPT MY GODDAMN HEAD DOWN.

HEY, I'M--

I'M SORRY ABOUT DETECTIVE ECKHART.

SORRY ABOUT THAT MEGAPHONE.

MAYBE IF I HADN'T--

FARRELL, LISTEN.

WHAT WERE WE DOING OUT THERE

RUNNING AROUND IN THE FOG ANYWAY?

WERE WE DOING IT FOR OUR HEALTH?

WE WERE CHASING SOMEONE.

SO ANYTHING THAT HAPPENED ON THAT BEACH

IS NOT YOUR FAULT.

THAT'S THE FAULT OF ONE MAN

AND ONE MAN ONLY.

AND THAT'S THE MAN

WHO BEAT KAY CONNELL TO DEATH.

AT THIS POINT,

DETECTIVE DORMER ENCOUNTERED OFFICER BROOKS.

THE SUSPECT, OBSCURED BY THE FOG,

SHOT OFFICER BROOKS IN THE VASTUS EXTERNUS

OF THE UPPER LEFT THIGH. FRANCIS, YOU'RE FARRELL.

YOU WERE SHOT IN THE LEG.

OH, COME ON, ELLIE.

RICH, WHEN YOU GET THIS SHOT,

MAKE SURE WE GET THE CONE.

IS THIS HIS BLOOD?

KETCHUP MAYBE.

WAS HE EATING A HOT DOG?

AND ANYTHING HE MIGHT HAVE DROPPED

OR STEPPED ON YOU PUT IN A BAG.

CIGARETTE BUTTS, GUM WRAPPERS,

COINS, ANYTHING.

A SUSPECT WILL OFTEN LEAVE SOMETHING BEHIND.

DETECTIVE DORMER GAVE CHASE,

LOSING THE SUSPECT IN THE FOG,

THEN HEARD A SHOT

COMING FROM A NORTHEASTERLY DIRECTION.

HE WASN'T LYING THAT WAY.

HOW DO YOU KNOW?

'CAUSE I SAW HIM.

YOU NEED TO TURN THIS WAY.

ARE WE ALMOST DONE HERE?

MY NADS ARE FREEZING OFF.

ELLIE, I THINK I FOUND SOMETHING!

DO YOU THINK THEY SHOULD START FURTHER OVER?

NO, NO. IT'S A WASTE OF TIME.

HE STAYED DOWN BY THE WATER

AS FAR AS HE COULD.

I SAW HIM OVER THE ROCKS.

HE KNEW HE'D LOSE US DOWN THERE.

DUGGAR.

WHERE'D HE FIND IT?

OK.

YEAH, JUST, UH, LET ME KNOW.

OK. I WILL.

DORMER?

THEY FOUND FARRELL'S BULLET.

LOOKS LIKE A .38.

AFTER THE AUTOPSY, WE'LL GET BOTH BULLETS

TO THE LAB IN ANCHORAGE,

SEE IF WE CAN GET A FIX ON THE MURDER WEAPON.

THAT IS, IF IT'S OK WITH YOU.

A GUY CAME BY TO SEE YOU TODAY.

SAID HE WAS YOUR NEW PARTNER.

DID HE LEAVE A NAME?

NOPE.

CAN I BORROW THIS TAPE HERE?

PIONEER LODGE.

WARFIELD FOR DORMER.

DETECTIVE? JOHN WARFIELD.

HE'S CALLED A COUPLE TIMES.

WANT ME TO LIE?

NO, IT'S ALL RIGHT. I'LL TAKE IT.

THANK YOU.

DORMER HERE.

I WAS SHOCKED TO HEAR ABOUT

YOUR PARTNER THERE, DETECTIVE.

IT'S TERRIBLE.

I WAS ACTUALLY JUST GETTING TO KNOW HIM A LITTLE BIT.

WHAT DO YOU WANT?

I THINK WE BOTH KNOW WHAT I WANT, DETECTIVE,

AND I THINK YOU KNOW ECKHART WAS GONNA GIVE IT TO ME.

YOU KNOW, YOU GOT SOMETHING TO SAY,

WHY DON'T YOU JUST SAY IT?

HE TOLD YOU ABOUT OUR LITTLE CONVERSATION, DIDN'T HE?

SAY IT.

WELL, LET'S JUST SAY I'M VERY, VERY INTERESTED

TO SEE YOUR REPORT ON WHAT HAPPENED THERE YESTERDAY.

DON'T PRESUME TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.

YOU WEREN'T HERE.

BUT THEN AGAIN, YOU NEVER ARE, ARE YOU?

I MEAN, YOU'RE ALWAYS SITTING SAFE BEHIND

SOME FUCKIN' DESK READING YOUR BULLSHIT REPORTS.

AND THAT IS WHY I HAVE NOTHING

BUT CONTEMPT FOR YOU.

YOU AND ALL THE ASSHOLES LIKE YOU

RISK NOTHING,

SPEND ALL DAY SUCKING THE MARROW OUT OF REAL COPS

WHEN YOU NEVER HAD THE BALLS TO BE ONE YOURSELF.

DETECTIVE, YOU CAME YOURSELF.

YEAH.

SIGN HERE.

HE DIDN'T SUFFER TOO MUCH.

WHAT'S THE CALIBER?

I DON'T KNOW.

THE GUNSHOT VICTIMS I SEE HERE

ARE FROM HUNTING RIFLES AND SHOTGUNS.

IT WASN'T ONE OF THOSE.

HAD ANY SLEEP, DETECTIVE?

YEAH.

WHAT THE HELL'S WRONG WITH YOU?

SORRY.

NO. NO PROBLEM.

THE BULLET.

I WANT RESULTS BY TOMORROW MORNING.

AYE, AYE, CAPTAIN.

I'M THINKING WE SHOULD CHECK

ON RANDY STETZ'S WHEREABOUTS 2 NIGHTS AGO.

YOU THINK IT WAS RANDY OUT THERE?

WELL, HE STILL DOESN'T HAVE AN ALIBI

FOR THE NIGHT KAY WAS KILLED.

YOU'RE THE ONE SAYING HE BEAT HER UP.

WELL, YOU CHECK IT OUT THEN.

I WILL.

DETECTIVE DORMER?

DETECTIVE DORMER?

MY REPORT. I FINISHED IT.

SO I JUST NEED YOU TO, UM, LOOK IT OVER,

AND, UH, SIGN IT.

IT'S PRETTY SELF-EXPLANATORY.

YEAH?

I'M LOOKING FORWARD

TO GETTING BACK TO WORKING WITH YOU.

I KNOW WE HAVE MORE IMPORTANT THINGS TO DO

THAN PAPERWORK.

UH, A MAN DIED, ELLIE. THIS IS IMPORTANT.

OH, OF COURSE.

I DIDN'T MEAN TO IMPLY THAT THAT WASN'T--

BE SURE OF ALL YOUR FACTS BEFORE YOU FILE THIS THING.

IT'S YOUR NAME ON THE REPORT.

HE COULDN'T HAVE COME FROM THERE.

DORMER HERE.

HELLO?

CAN'T SLEEP, WILL?

ME NEITHER.

WHO'S THIS?

I GOT A NAP THIS AFTERNOON,

BUT I GUESS YOU HAD TO WORK.

WHO AM I SPEAKING TO?

YOU GET RID OF YOUR CLOCK YET?

WON'T REALLY HELP.

WHEN I FIRST MOVED UP HERE, I ONCE WENT 5 NIGHTS.

CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT? THIS CRAZY LIGHT.

A NAME, OR I'M GONNA HANG UP.

NO, YOU'RE NOT. YOU NEED THE COMPANY.

NOTHING AS LONELY AS NOT SLEEPING.

FEELS LIKE THE WHOLE FUCKING PLANET'S DESERTED.

JUST YOU AND ME.

SO, UH...

WHY DON'T YOU TELL ME WHO I'M TALKING TO,

AND WE CAN CHAT A WHILE.

I CAN'T DO THAT.

WHY NOT?

NOT UNTIL YOU UNDERSTAND A COUPLE OF THINGS.

LIKE WHAT?

I SAW.

SAW WHAT?

SAW YOU SHOOT YOUR PARTNER.

SAW HIM DIE IN YOUR ARMS

ON THAT BEACH.

I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT TRY TO BLAME ME.

THAT'S WHY I DROPPED MY GUN.

MY UNCLE'S OLD .38.

YEAH.

DID YOU PICK IT UP?

I MEAN, WHAT ABOUT THE BALLISTICS--

LISTEN TO ME NOW.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU THINK YOU SAW,

BUT, UH, WE SHOULD DISCUSS

THIS THING, DON'T YOU THINK,

FACE TO FACE?

THE SITUATION ISN'T YOURS TO CONTROL, WILL.

I SAW YOU DO IT. GET IT?

I'LL CONTROL THIS SITUATION, PAL,

BECAUSE YOU DON'T HIDE FROM ME

IN A TOWN THIS SMALL. GET IT?

YEAH. NO, NOT FOR LONG.

THAT'S WHY I NEED YOUR HELP.

SO DON'T WORRY ABOUT NOT TELLING ANYONE ANYTHING.

WE'RE PARTNERS ON THIS.

...BUT TO BE REMEMBERED AS THE KAY WE KNEW AND LOVED.

SWIMMING, HIKING THROUGH THE KEBAUGHS,

MEETING AT DARROW'S AFTER SCHOOL,

AND ALWAYS,

ALWAYS WITH A SMILE ON HER FACE.

DETECTIVE DORMER?

I WANT TO CHECK SOMETHING WITH YOU.

UH, I WAS GOING OVER MY REPORT LAST NIGHT,

AND I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT WHERE YOU THINK

THAT SECOND SHOT CAME FROM.

SEE, YOU SAID YOU HEARD IT FROM THE WATER LINE,

BUT FROM THE WAY DETECTIVE ECKHART'S BODY FELL,

I DON'T THINK IT COULD HAVE COME FROM THE ROCKS

FURTHER UP FROM THE WATER.

SO DO YOU THINK IT'S POSSIBLE

THAT MAYBE YOU HEARD THE SHOT

BEFORE YOU HIT THE WATER LINE?

DETECTIVE DORMER?

YEAH, IT'S POSSIBLE.

YEAH.

WHY DON'T I GIVE HER A RIDE?

I THOUGHT I SMELLED SOMETHING.

HOW YOU DOING, RANDY?

YOU STILL COPING?

YOU'RE THAT COP. YEAH.

ARE YOU COMING OR NOT?

NOT.

OOH. HEY.

YOU WANT A STICK OF GUM?

MM-MMM.

I LOVE CHEWING GUM.

KEEPS ME AWAKE.

I NEVER MET ANYONE FROM L.A. BEFORE.

YOU'RE NOT MISSING MUCH.

SO HOW DO YOU LIKE OUR SHITHOLE TOWN?

OH, IT'S NOT BAD.

WERE YOU GOOD FRIENDS WITH KAY?

YEAH, BEST FRIENDS. SINCE GRADE SCHOOL.

BOY, THAT'S A LONG TIME.

YEAH, WE WERE LIKE SISTERS.

LIKE SISTERS?

MUST BE PRETTY TOUGH FOR YOU

WHAT HAPPENED THEN, HMM?

EVERYONE KEEPS TELLING ME I'M DOING GREAT CONSIDERING.

BUT THEY'RE ALL REAL WORRIED ABOUT ME.

THEY DON'T EVEN CARE IF I SHOW UP FOR SCHOOL OR NOT.

THEY'RE WORRIED I HAVEN'T CRIED YET.

BUT...AIN'T NO LAW SAYS YOU GOTTA CRY, RIGHT?

NO, THERE AIN'T.

WHAT ABOUT HER OTHER FRIENDS?

DO WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT KAY RIGHT NOW?

GOD.

I JUST DON'T WANT TO THINK ABOUT ALL THAT.

LET'S JUST DRIVE.

I UNDERSTAND.

YOU WANT ME TO TAKE YOU SOMEWHERE?

SURE, AS LONG AS IT'S FUN.

YOUNG, IMPRESSIONABLE GIRL

LEFT ALONE WITH OLDER LOS ANGELES COP.

WHO KNOW WHERE WE MIGHT GO, RIGHT?

WELL, I KNOW A PLACE.

HMM, LET'S JUST DRIFT A WHILE.

OH, LOOK AT THIS.

WHO DOES HE THINK HE IS?

WHAT'S HE THINK HE'S DOING?

HEY, MOVE OVER.

LET HIM MOVE OVER.

HEY, COME ON. MOVE OVER!

WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING?!

MOVE OVER, YOU CRAZY FUCK!

HOLY SHIT. I MOVED OVER.

JUST A LITTLE VISIT TO THE DUMP.

I MEAN, YOU SHOULD FEEL RIGHT AT HOME HERE, HONEY.

YOU JUST ABOUT FUCKING KILLED US BOTH!

GET OFF OF ME. WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS?

SO YOU AND KAY WERE LIKE SISTERS.

YES. I TOLD YOU ALREADY.

WELL, HOW COME THERE'S TORN PICTURES OF YOU

IN HER BEDROOM?

WHY WAS HER BOYFRIEND'S HANDS CLAMPED

ALL OVER YOUR ASS AT HER FUNERAL?

RANDY STETZ DOESN'T HAVE AN ALIBI FOR FRIDAY NIGHT

BECAUSE HE WAS OUT WITH YOU.

YOU WERE OUT FUCKING YOUR BEST FRIEND'S BOYFRIEND.

THAT WHAT BEST FRIENDS DO?

LOOK, SHE NEVER REALLY LOVED RANDY, OK?

SHE DIDN'T REALLY LOVE HIM?

NO.

THAT'S INTERESTING.

HOW DO YOU FIGURE THAT? SHE HAD SOMEONE ELSE?

I DON'T KNOW.

SOMEONE BOUGHT HER DRESSES,

JEWELRY, ALL THAT SHIT.

HEY, LOOK AROUND.

COME HERE. I WANT TO SHOW YOU SOMETHING.

SEE? MAYBE YOU'LL UNDERSTAND WHY I BROUGHT YOU HERE.

THIS IS THE SPOT

WHERE YOUR BEST FRIEND'S NAKED BODY WAS DUMPED,

WRAPPED UP IN GARBAGE BAGS!

TANYA...

I KNOW YOU DON'T WANT ANYONE KNOWING

THAT YOU BETRAYED YOUR BEST FRIEND

WITH RANDY.

THAT'S WHY YOU WILL NOT GIVE HIM AN ALIBI

FOR FRIDAY NIGHT.

I KNOW THAT.

NOW YOU TELL ME WHO KAY WAS SEEING,

AND WE CAN FORGET THE WHOLE THING.

IT'LL BE OUR LITTLE SECRET.

OUR LITTLE SECRET. BUT I NEED A NAME.

I NEED A NAME.

I DON'T KNOW. SHE WOULDN'T TELL ME, OK?

SHE WOULDN'T TELL YOU? WHAT DO YOU MEAN

SHE WOULDN'T TELL YOU, HER BEST FRIEND?

IT WAS HER BIG FUCKING SECRET.

SECRET? WHY A SECRET?

I DON'T--

'CAUSE SHE THOUGHT SHE WAS SPECIAL AND...

SHE KEPT SAYING SHE WAS GONNA GET OUT OF HERE

AND HE WAS GONNA HELP HER.

WHO? WHO? WHO IS HE?

I DON'T KNOW.

SHE TALKED ABOUT HIM, THOUGH.

YEAH.

SHE TALKED TO YOU ABOUT HIM THEN?

YEAH. AND--AND--AND--

WHEN SHE TALKED ABOUT HIM, WHAT DID SHE CALL HIM?

SHE CALLED HIM SOMETHING, RIGHT? SHE WAS--

YES!

WHAT? WHAT'D SHE CALL HIM?

BRODY.

OK, SHE CALLED HIM FUCKING BRODY.

BUT THAT'S NOT HIS REAL NAME,

SO WHAT'S THE FUCKING DIFFERENCE?

JESUS, YOU HAPPY NOW, YOU FUCKING ASSHOLE?!

OK, YOU DID GOOD, HONEY. COME ON.

I'LL LET YOU DRIVE. YOU WANT TO DRIVE?

IT'S JUST POETRY.

I READ IT LINE BY LINE.

IT'S, UH, NOTHING SPECIFIC.

VERSES ON NATURE, LOVE, THAT SORT OF STUFF.

UH-HUH.

DETECTIVE DORMER? LINE ONE.

DORMER HERE.

HOW YOU HOLDING UP?

CAN'T BE EASY TO KEEP WORKING

AFTER 3 DAYS OF NO SLEEP.

HARD TO KEEP FOCUS.

I MEAN, ARE YOU SEEING THINGS YET?

YOU KNOW, THOSE LITTLE FLASHES,

TRICKS OF LIGHT?

HMM.

SEE YOUR PARTNER?

I SEE KAY SOMETIMES.

WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU, SIR?

WHY COULDN'T YOU TELL ANYONE YOU SHOT HIM?

I MEAN, IT WAS AN ACCIDENT, RIGHT?

WELL, I SHOULD HOPE SO, FOR YOUR SAKE.

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?

NO NEED FOR THREATS.

I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE YOU UNDERSTAND

MY OWN SITUATION.

SEE, YOU THOUGHT NO ONE WOULD BELIEVE YOU

BECAUSE OF THE TROUBLE IN LOS ANGELES, RIGHT?

I KNOW WHAT THAT'S LIKE, WILL.

UH-HUH.

I GOT THE SAME PROBLEM.

YOU DO, HUH?

MM-HMM.

I'M NOT WHO YOU THINK I AM.

YOU'RE NOT?

NO. I'M NOT A MURDERER ANY MORE THAN YOU ARE.

WELL, THEN WHY DON'T WE GET TOGETHER, YOU KNOW?

JUST--JUST TALK, HAVE A FEW BEERS, WHATEVER.

YEAH, THROW A LITTLE GAS ON THE FIRE, HUH?

YEAH.

I GOTTA GO CHECK SOME THINGS OUT.

WHY DON'T YOU, UH, PUT THIS STUFF

BACK INTO EVIDENCE AND TELL, UH--

WHAT'S THAT GUY? FRED.

FRED. YOU TELL HIM, UH,

I'LL SEE HIM IN THE MORNING.

OH, AND CAN WE RETURN THIS?

HER MOTHER MIGHT LIKE IT BACK.

OH, SURE.

LOOK AT THIS.

THAT'S RIGHT. COME ON. THAT'S RIGHT.

UHH!

HERE YOU GO.

Answering machine: HI, THIS IS WALTER.

IF YOU WANT TO LEAVE A MESSAGE, WAIT FOR THE BEEP.

WILL, ARE YOU THERE?

WHERE ELSE COULD YOU GO IN THAT STATE?

AH, AND YOU MUST HAVE BEEN FREEZING.

IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A SHOWER.

SHOULD BE SOME CLEAN TOWELS IN THE BATHROOM.

HI, THIS IS WALTER.

IF YOU WANT TO LEAVE A MESSAGE, WAIT FOR THE BEEP.

WILL, PICK UP.

I'M NOT DUMB ENOUGH TO CALL BACK.

WALTER FINCH.

WILL...WILL DORMER.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

I'M TRYING TO HELP YOU, AND YOU'RE RUNNING AROUND

LIKE A FUCKIN' MANIAC.

WERE YOU GONNA KILL ME?

HOW WOULD YOU EXPLAIN THAT ONE?

WELL, NO ONE GETS TOO UPSET

WHEN CHILD MURDERERS ARE BROUGHT IN FEET FIRST.

THERE'S NO EVIDENCE THAT I KILLED KAY.

YOU ONLY KNOW IT 'CAUSE I TOLD YOU

WHAT I SAW ON THAT BEACH.

COME ON. WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU?

GUESS I'M A LITTLE CRANKY.

LACK OF SLEEP, YOU KNOW.

GET SOME REST, WILL YOU?

I'VE GOT SOME PILLS IN THE BATHROOM CABINET,

AND MY BED'S NICE AND COMFY.

ANOTHER NIGHT UP LIKE THIS,

AND YOU'RE REALLY GONNA LOSE IT.

HALLUCINATING, BABBLING. GOD KNOWS WHAT.

TOMORROW, WHEN YOU'RE FEELING BETTER, WE'LL MEET--

IN PUBLIC-- AND SORT THINGS OUT. OK?

THERE'S A FERRY ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH

OF NIGHTMUTE.

I'LL BE ON THE 11:00. AND, WILL...

BEFORE YOU LEAVE, COULD YOU FEED THE DOGS?

THEY'RE ON A DIET.

DORMER... FAX FROM THE LAB.

MURDER WEAPON WAS A .38 SMITH WESSON.

AH.

AND WE ALSO FOUND SOMETHING ELSE

MIGHT BE WORTH CHECKING OUT. ELLIE--

I FOUND THIS... AT THE CONNELLS.

AND?

AND IT'S THE SAME AUTHOR OF THE BOOK

WE FOUND IN KAY'S BACKPACK.

IT'S SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.

TURNS OUT HE'S A LOCAL WRITER.

KAY HAD ALL HIS BOOKS.

I THINK WE SHOULD CHECK IT OUT.

SMALL STUFF, RIGHT?

WELL, YEAH. SURE, SURE.

NICE WORK, ELLIE.

SHE'S GOT SHARP EYES, HUH?

OH, YOU BET YOUR ASS SHE DOES.

GOOD STUFF.

OH, WHAT A VIEW.

I'M NOT WHO YOU THINK I AM.

NO?

WALTER FINCH.

LOUSY WRITER.

LONELY FREAK.

MURDERER.

NO?

WHEN I WAS 7 YEARS OLD,

MY GRANDMOTHER TOOK ME TO PORTLAND.

WE WERE WALKING ALONG, THESE 2 GUYS RAN BY.

THEY SNATCHED HER PURSE.

THAT NIGHT, A POLICE OFFICER CAME TO OUR HOTEL

TO ASK QUESTIONS.

HE STOOD THE WHOLE TIME.

UNIFORM LOOKED BRAND-NEW.

SHOES, BADGE WERE POLISHED.

HE WAS LIKE A SOLDIER, ONLY BETTER.

I HAVE GREAT RESPECT FOR YOUR PROFESSION.

THAT'S WHY I WRITE ABOUT IT.

I EVEN WANTED TO BECOME A COP

AFTER I FINISHED HIGH SCHOOL.

I JUST COULDN'T PASS ALL THE TESTS.

WELL, YOU SHOULD HAVE TRIED OUT

FOR INTERNAL AFFAIRS.

THEY'D HAVE TAKEN YOU.

WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME, FINCH?

AFTER KAY DIED, I KNEW THAT EVERYONE

WOULD THINK THAT I MEANT TO DO IT.

SO I CLEANED THE BODY UP, REMOVED ALL TRACE OF EVIDENCE

CONNECTED TO ME.

EXCEPT FOR YOUR FUCKIN' NOVEL.

HUH?

UNDER PRESSURE, YOU DON'T ALWAYS

SEE THE WOOD FOR THE TREES.

YOU, FOR ONE, SHOULD HAVE FIGURED THAT ONE OUT BY NOW.

YOU KNOW, WHEN I HEARD THAT THEY HAD BROUGHT

SOMEBODY FROM L.A., I PANICKED.

I WASN'T WORRIED ABOUT THE LOCALS.

I KNEW THEY'D CONNECT ME TO KAY EVENTUALLY.

I COULD HANDLE THEM.

THEY NEVER LOOK IN THE EYES OF A KILLER.

KILLING CHANGES YOU.

YOU KNOW THAT.

IT'S NOT GUILT.

I NEVER MEANT TO DO IT.

IT'S LIKE AWARENESS.

LIFE IS SO IMPORTANT.

HOW COULD IT BE SO FUCKIN' FRAGILE?

YOU'D SEE IT RIGHT AWAY, WOULDN'T YOU?

YOU TRYING TO IMPRESS ME, FINCH?

BECAUSE YOU GOT THE WRONG GUY.

KILLING THAT GIRL MADE YOU FEEL SPECIAL.

BUT YOU'RE NOT.

YOU'RE THE SAME DISTORTED, PATHETIC FREAK

I'VE BEEN DEALING WITH FOR 30 YEARS.

YOU KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU

I CAUGHT WITH YOUR PANTS DOWN?

I NEVER TOUCHED HER LIKE THAT.

YOU WANTED TO.

NOW YOU WISH YOU HAD.

HMM?

BEST YOU COULD DO IS...

CLIP HER NAILS.

NOW YOU'RE SO DIFFERENT.

YOU DON'T GET IT, DO YOU, FINCH?

YOU'RE MY JOB.

YOU'RE WHAT I'M PAID TO DO.

YOU'RE ABOUT AS MYSTERIOUS TO ME

AS A BLOCKED TOILET IS TO A FUCKIN' PLUMBER.

REASONS FOR DOING WHAT YOU DID?

WHO GIVES A FUCK?

MOTIVATIONS ARE EVERYTHING, WILL.

WHAT DID YOU SEE THROUGH THE FOG?

I SAW PRETTY CLEARLY, DIDN'T I?

I SAW YOU TAKE AIM--

COME ON. FORGET IT, FINCH.

SHOOT YOUR PARTNER IN THE CHEST.

OH, WELL.

I HEARD HIM SAY, "GET AWAY FROM ME."

WHY?

HAVE ANYTHING TO DO

WITH THAT INTERNAL AFFAIRS INVESTIGATION?

ALL THAT TENSION IN YOUR DEPARTMENT?

YOU THINK I'M THAT EASY, HUH?

I'M JUST SAYING THAT'S HOW IT LOOKS. YOU KNOW?

I MEAN, MAYBE EVEN HOW IT FEELS.

HOW DID IT FEEL WHEN YOU FOUND OUT IT WAS HAP?

GUILT? RELIEF?

SUDDENLY, YOU'RE FREE AND CLEAR.

DID YOU EVER THINK ABOUT IT BEFORE THAT MOMENT?

I MEAN, WHAT WOULD IT BE LIKE

IF HE WASN'T THERE ANYMORE?

IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU DID IT ON PURPOSE, YOU KNOW?

YOU FIGURE IF YOU GOT SOMETHING ON ME

THEN I'M JUST GONNA ROLL OVER

AND PROTECT MY REPUTATION.

WELL, PROTECT YOUR LIFE'S WORK.

EVERY ONE OF THOSE SCUMBAGS YOU PUT AWAY

WILL BE BACK ON THE STREET

BEFORE YOU EVEN GO ON TRIAL.

HAP GONE, YOU'RE FREE AND CLEAR.

WHY MESS WITH THAT?

KAY CONNELL.

REMEMBER HER?

IT'S YOUR CHOICE.

THINK OF ALL THE OTHER KAY CONNELLS.

DO THE MATH. YOU'RE A PRAGMATIST.

YOU HAVE TO BE BECAUSE OF YOUR JOB.

I KNOW THIS ISN'T EASY FOR YOU,

BUT I'M TRYING TO GET YOU TO UNDERSTAND

WE'RE IN THE SAME SITUATION HERE.

YOU DIDN'T MEAN TO KILL HAP

ANY MORE THAN I MEANT TO KILL KAY.

THAT'S KIND OF HARD FOR THEM TO BELIEVE,

SO THAT'S WHY WE NEED EACH OTHER.

WE GOTTA FIND A PATSY FOR THE CONNELL CASE,

MAKE IT STICK.

DO THAT, AND YOU GO BACK TO LOS ANGELES,

AND I CAN GO BACK TO LIVING MY LIFE.

SO, WHAT DO YOU NEED FROM ME?

WHAT DO THEY KNOW ABOUT ME?

UH, THEY FOUND A SIGNED COPY OF ONE OF YOUR BOOKS

AT KAY'S HOUSE.

SO YOU'RE GOING TO BE BROUGHT IN FOR QUESTIONING.

AT THE STATION.

YEAH, THAT'S WHAT THEY USUALLY DO.

THEY BRING YOU TO THE STATION.

BROUGHT IN FOR QUESTIONING.

I COULD WRITE THAT EASILY.

CALM DOWN. IT'S NO BIG THING.

PRELIMINARY INQUIRIES. YOU KNOW?

YOU JUST TELL THE TRUTH.

WELL, TELL THEM ABOUT RANDY, HOW HE, UH--

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT RANDY FOR?

WELL--

TALK ABOUT YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH KAY.

YOU CAN'T HIDE IT, SO YOU JUST SAY IT.

RANDY IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS.

IT'S NOT YOUR AFFAIR.

WELL, SHOULDN'T I TELL THEM

THAT SHE WAS UNHAPPY?

YOU CAN TELL 'EM SHE WAS UNHAPPY,

BUT JUST LET THEM FIND RANDY THEMSELVES.

YOU KNOW?

THAT WAY, THEY'LL MAKE IT STICK.

YOU UNDERSTAND?

WE NEED A WILD CARD.

A WILD CARD?

YEAH.

SOMETHING THAT'S THEIRS. SOMETHING WE CAN USE.

YOU KNOW, IT'S IN EVERY GOOD DETECTIVE NOVEL.

YOU STILL HAVE THE .38?

NO.

REALLY? THAT'S A SHAME.

WE COULD USE THAT.

THAT'D BE VERY CONVINCING FOR THEM.

THIS IS MY STOP.

DORMER!

WILD CARD!

GOOD NIGHT, EVERYONE.

GOOD NIGHT, FRANCIS.

WORKING SOME OVERTIME, HUH?

NICE.

CRACKING SOME BIG CASES?

GOOD NIGHT.

GOOD NIGHT, GUYS.

YEAH?

THIS IS ALWAYS THE WORST TIME OF NIGHT FOR ME.

TOO LATE FOR YESTERDAY, TOO EARLY FOR TOMORROW.

WHAT DO YOU WANT?

I'M SORRY ABOUT THE TAPE RECORDER.

I HAD TO MAKE SURE YOU'D FOLLOW THROUGH.

I KNOW THIS IS HARD FOR YOU.

I'LL FOLLOW THROUGH.

I'VE BEEN THINKING IT OVER.

I SHOULD TELL THEM ABOUT RANDY.

I THINK THAT'S A BAD IDEA, WALTER.

BUT HE'S THE PATSY, WILL. AND BESIDES, HE DESERVES IT.

YOU SHOULD HAVE HEARD THE SHIT KAY TOLD ME ABOUT HIM.

HOW HE ABUSED HER.

YEAH, BUT THESE ARE COPS, YOU KNOW, WALTER.

THEY'RE NOT CHILDREN. YOU DON'T JUST...

THROW SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN THEIR LAP.

LEAVE RANDY TO ME. I'LL PUSH 'EM TOWARD RANDY

WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT. YOU UNDERSTAND?

YEAH, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE GUN, WILL.

HOW WE GONNA CONVINCE THEM HE'S GUILTY

IF WE DON'T HAVE THAT, HMM? I MEAN, UNLESS I TELL THEM--

DID YOU KEEP THE DRESS?

DRESS?

KAY'S DRESS, YEAH. HER NAIL CLIPPINGS.

WHAT'D YOU DO WITH THOSE THINGS?

THAT'S GREAT. HER DRESS.

WE COULD USE THAT.

THAT'S EVEN BETTER THAN THE GUN.

WE JUST HAVE TO THINK OF A PLACE

WHERE HE COULD HAVE TAKEN THE BODY.

WHERE'D YOU TAKE HER?

I MEAN, SHE DIED IN THE CABIN, RIGHT?

YEAH.

SO, WHERE'D YOU TAKE HER TO CLEAN HER UP?

YOU DON'T WANNA THINK ABOUT THAT, WILL.

THIS IS TOUGH ENOUGH FOR YOU ALREADY.

BUT IT WAS AN ACCIDENT, RIGHT?

YEAH. I DIDN'T MEAN TO KILL HER, WILL.

YOU KNOW THAT, DON'T YOU?

I KNOW. NOW WHAT HAPPENED?

SHE CALLED AND SAID THAT SHE AND RANDY

HAD HAD A FIGHT.

AND, UH, SHE WANTED TO COME OVER AND TALK.

AND I SAID, "MEET ME AT OUR PLACE."

IT'S THE CABIN AT THE BEACH. AND...

YEAH?

SHE COMES OVER. SHE'S DISTRAUGHT

AND A LITTLE DRUNK.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, SHE STARTS TELLING ME

ABOUT HOW RANDY AND TANYA ARE CARRYING ON, AND...

I ONLY WANTED TO COMFORT HER.

HOLD HER.

MMM...YOU KNOW?

I KISSED HER AND... GOT A LITTLE EXCITED, AND...

SHE STARTED LAUGHING AT ME.

SHE WOULDN'T STOP LAUGHING.

YOU EVER HAD SOMEBODY LAUGH AT YOU

WHEN--WHEN YOU'RE LIKE THAT, WILL?

I MEAN, WHEN YOU'RE REALLY VULNERABLE.

LAUGHING THEIR ASS OFF AT YOU.

SOMEONE YOU THOUGHT RESPECTED YOU.

YOU EVER HAVE THAT HAPPEN, WILL?

I JUST WANTED TO STOP HER LAUGHING, THAT'S ALL.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, I...

I HIT HER.

COUPLE OF TIMES, JUST TO, YOU KNOW, JUST TO STOP HER.

LET HER KNOW. GET A LITTLE RESPECT.

AND, YOU KNOW, RANDY DID IT ALL THE TIME.

I THINK SHE EVEN LIKED IT WHEN HE DID IT.

YOU KNOW, SHE NEVER BLAMED HIM.

SHE NEVER WANTED TO LEAVE HIM.

BUT, NO, I DO IT, AND SHE STARTS SCREAMING.

SHE WOULDN'T STOP. YOU KNOW? I--I--

UNH! UHH!

SHE'S TERRIFIED. SHE'S SCREAMING HER HEAD OFF.

I PUT MY HAND OVER HER MOUTH.

THEN--AND THEN, I'M REALLY SCARED.

I'M LIKE, YEAH. I'M SCARED SHITLESS.

MORE SCARED THAN I'VE EVER BEEN BEFORE.

AND, YOU KNOW, I-- I AM MORE SCARED THAN HER.

AND THEN...

EVERYTHING WAS CLEAR.

THERE WAS NO TURNING BACK.

AND, AFTER THAT, I WAS CALM.

REAL CALM.

YOU AND I SHARE A SECRET.

WE KNOW HOW EASY IT IS TO KILL SOMEBODY.

THAT ULTIMATE TABOO--

IT DOESN'T EXIST OUTSIDE OUR MINDS.

I DIDN'T MURDER HER.

I KILLED HER, BUT IT-- IT JUST ENDED UP THAT WAY.

SO, WHERE'D YOU TAKE THE BODY?

THANKS FOR LISTENING TO ME.

FEELS GOOD TO TALK ABOUT THAT STUFF.

I'LL BE ABLE TO SLEEP NOW.

YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT HAP?

MORNING, ELLIE.

YOUR PHONE ISN'T WORKING.

YEAH, I KNOW. I TURNED IT OFF.

I NEEDED TO SLEEP. YOU KNOW? I'M SORRY.

FRED CALLED THAT AUTHOR.

HE SAID HE WAS MORE THAN HAPPY TO COOPERATE.

HE'LL BE IN FIRST THING, SO, UH,

WE NEED TO GET TO THE OFFICE.

GOOD.

I FORGOT TO TELL YOU. THEY SELL THESE

IN A CHAIN OF STORES IN ANCHORAGE.

NO WAY OF FINDING OUT WHO BOUGHT IT.

OK.

I BET YOU'RE LOOKING FORWARD

TO GETTING BACK TO LOS ANGELES

WHEN THIS IS ALL OVER.

BACK TO ROBBERY HOMICIDE, OR...

MAYBE NOT.

WHAT ARE YOU SAYING TO ME, ELLIE?

NOTHIN'.

ARE-- ARE YOU DOING OK?

I MEAN, YOU HAVEN'T BEEN SLEEPING MUCH,

DETECTIVE DORMER.

NO, I HAVEN'T. NO.

A GOOD COP CAN'T SLEEP

BECAUSE A PIECE OF THE PUZZLE'S MISSING,

AND A BAD COP CAN'T SLEEP

'CAUSE HIS CONSCIENCE WON'T LET HIM.

YOU SAID THAT ONCE.

I DID?

WELL, SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING I'D SAY, DOESN'T IT?

I'LL SEE YOU BACK THERE!

SO YOU WERE ACQUAINTED WITH THE DECEASED--KAY CONNELL?

YES, I WAS.

IN WHAT REGARD WERE YOU HER FAMILIAR?

YOU'RE WELCOME.

HOW DID YOU KNOW HER, FINCH?

SHE WAS AN AVID READER OF MY DETECTIVE NOVELS.

WHEN DID YOU MEET HER FOR THE FIRST TIME?

ABOUT A YEAR AGO.

SHE CAME TO ONE OF MY SIGNINGS

HERE IN NIGHTMUTE.

SHE HUNG AROUND AFTERWARDS,

AND WE CHATTED ABOUT MY WRITING

AND HOW SHE WANTED TO WRITE, AND...

AND THEN, WE STARTED TALKING,

AND SHE ASKED IF SHE COULD VISIT ME

AND TALK ABOUT BOOKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND SHE DID?

WE BECAME VERY CLOSE.

SHE GOT COMFORTABLE ENOUGH

TO SHOW ME SOME OF HER OWN WRITING.

WHAT DID SHE WRITE?

POETRY, ACTUALLY.

ANY GOOD?

NO, NOT REALLY.

YOU TELL HER THAT?

WHY WOULD I?

SO, UH, EXACTLY WHAT WAS THE NATURE

OF YOUR RELATIONSHIP TO THIS GIRL, FINCH?

I GUESS I WAS SOMEONE SHE COULD TALK TO.

SOMEONE OUTSIDE OF HER EVERYDAY LIFE.

I THINK THAT'S WHY SHE NEEDED ME.

WHY SHE PROBABLY APPROACHED ME.

WHY'D SHE NEED YOU FOR THAT?

WELL... HER BOYFRIEND RANDY...

RANDY STETZ.

ABUSIVE LITTLE PRICK.

HE HIT HER.

WE KNOW ALL THIS ALREADY, FINCH.

NO, BUT IT WAS GETTING WORSE.

SO?

NO, BUT IT WAS A LOT WORSE, REALLY.

WHY ALL THIS EAGERNESS

TO TALK ABOUT RANDY STETZ, FINCH?

WELL...OH, YOU'RE RIGHT. I'M SORRY, DETECTIVE.

IT'S PROBABLY ALL HEARSAY ANYWAY,

AND I--I DON'T WANT TO SAY ANYTHING

THAT COULD BE TAKEN THE WRONG WAY.

EXCUSE ME. MR. FINCH, ANYTHING YOU SAY TO US

AT THIS STAGE IS IN STRICT CONFIDENCE.

SECONDLY, WE'RE NOT A BUNCH OF HOTHEADS

WHO ARE JUST GONNA...

DRAW A BUNCH OF CRAZY CONCLUSIONS. OK?

OK.

PLEASE, UH, CONTINUE.

THERE WAS ONE MORE THING.

IT PROBABLY DOESN'T MEAN VERY MUCH,

BUT I THINK THAT KAY WAS GETTING SCARED.

I PROBABLY HAVE MYSELF TO BLAME FOR THAT.

WHY IS THAT?

WELL, RANDY KNEW WHO I WAS.

NOT--NOT WHO I WAS, BUT...

HE KNEW THAT SHE HAD A FRIEND.

SOMEONE SHE COULD CONFIDE IN,

AND THAT MADE HIM FURIOUS.

SHE WAS ALWAYS WRITING ABOUT HOW SCARED SHE WAS,

AND HER LETTERS WERE GETTING MORE AND MORE DESPERATE.

YOU STILL HAVE ANY OF THESE LETTERS,

BY ANY CHANCE?

YOU KNOW, I PROBABLY DO.

DO YOU THINK IT MIGHT HELP?

THEY MIGHT.

OK...

ANYTHING ELSE?

THE THING THAT WORRIED HER THE MOST...

WAS THE GUN.

HE HAD THIS OLD HANDGUN. HE SHOWED IT TO HER.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE HE GOT IT.

I MEAN, IT PROBABLY WASN'T EVEN HIS, BUT...

HE SAID HE WAS GONNA USE IT

IF HE FOUND OUT WHO SHE WAS SEEING.

HE KEPT IT HIDDEN IN A HEATING VENT.

YOU KNOW, IN THE SKIRTING BOARDS.

MIGHT BE THE .38.

YEAH.

GET ME JUDGE BIGGS--

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

I'M GONNA GET A SEARCH WARRANT OVER TO RANDY'S PLACE.

YOU GOT THAT?

GET JUDGE BIGGS ON THE PHONE, RIGHT AWAY.

I WANT EVERYONE MOVING IN 5 MINUTES.

I SHOULD GET OVER THERE.

HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT? NO.

NO? WHAT DO YOU MEAN NO?

YOU'RE THE GUY HE'S TALKING TO,

FOR CHRIST SAKES. YEAH, SO?

YEAH, SO, WE'RE WAITING FOR THE WARRANT.

IS THAT OK WITH YOU?

OK, I'LL TRY THAT NUMBER.

MR. FINCH, DO YOU KNOW WHEN RANDY SHOWED HER THE GUN?

FEBRUARY?

I'M LOOKING FOR JUDGE BIGGS.

NO. NO. PROBABLY JANUARY.

WHY DIDN'T YOU COME FORWARD WITH THIS INFORMATION

WHEN SHE DIED?

SHE SWORE ME TO SECRECY.

SHE DIDN'T WANT ANYBODY TO KNOW ABOUT THAT.

EVEN WHEN SHE WAS DEAD,

SHE DIDN'T WANT ANYONE TO KNOW?

BEATEN TO DEATH.

I WAS HONORING HER WISHES.

A BODY DUMPED ON A PILE OF GARBAGE.

I WAS HER FRIEND.

YOU WEREN'T HER FRIEND.

ALL RIGHT. ACQUAINTANCE, ALL RIGHT?

WE WERE CLOSE, AND--

YOU WERE CLOSE? MM-HMM.

SHE WAS ATTRACTIVE.

DID YOU HAVE SEX WITH HER?

SHE WAS 17.

17, SHE WAS ATTRACTIVE.

I SUPPOSE.

SUPPOSE? SHE WAS. RIGHT.

WELL, SO DID YOU HAVE SEX WITH HER?

NO. I WAS HER MENTOR.

YOU BOUGHT HER THINGS.

YEAH. GIFTS?

YES.

WHAT KIND OF GIFTS?

BOOKS, MOSTLY. THAT'S WHAT SHE LOVED.

BOOKS? MM-HMM.

WHAT ABOUT THIS?

YOU GIVE HER THIS?

YES.

WHY? WHY?

YOU WANTED TO SEE

HOW SHE LOOKED WITH IT ON?

NO. NO?

WHY WOULD YOU GIVE HER JEWELRY?

IT WAS JUST A PRESENT.

PRESENT? YOU BOUGHT A LOT OF PRESENTS.

YOU BOUGHT HER DRESSES.

YES. WHAT'S WRONG WITH THAT?

WELL, NOTHING WRONG. I'M JUST TRYING

TO FIGURE OUT WHAT KIND OF MENTOR YOU WERE.

I GAVE HER THINGS SHE COULDN'T HAVE.

YOU JUST WANTED TO FUCK HER, DIDN'T YOU?

SON OF A BITCH!

DORMER! DORMER! DORMER!

BETTER COOL OFF.

SICK BASTARD.

HEY, YOU COOL DOWN.

YEAH. YEAH.

COOL...DOWN.

ALL RIGHT.

I NEED A BREAK.

I HAVE TO APOLOGIZE ON BEHALF OF MY COLLEAGUE.

HE'S, UH...

HE'S BEEN UNDER A LOT OF PRESSURE LATELY.

BUT, UH, HE'S A GOOD COP.

WELL, I'D HATE TO SEE THE BAD COP.

SEARCH AND SEIZURE WARRANT.

YES, SIR.

RANDY STETZ, AND WE'LL FILL IN THE REST LATER.

GOT OUR WARRANT!

MR. FINCH, THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE IT.

FRANCIS, YOU'RE COMING WITH ME. LET'S GO.

YOU'RE NOT GOING WITH HIM?

NO.

YOU'RE NOT ON THE CONNELL CASE?

YEAH. I'M, UH, COVERING THE, UH, SHOOTING

OF DETECTIVE DORMER'S PARTNER.

HEARD ABOUT THAT. IT'S TRAGIC.

SO, SHOULD I STILL CALL YOU ABOUT KAY'S LETTERS?

YEAH. CALL ME. I'LL COME PICK THEM UP.

OK.

Duggar, pounding on door: STETZ! WE GOT A WARRANT.

WE'RE COMING IN.

ALL RIGHT, TURN THE PLACE OVER.

GIVE ME A HAND, WILL YOU?

UNDER THERE.

TRY OVER THERE.

RICH, LOOK HERE.

I GOT IT! HEY, FRED!

ALL RIGHT.

JUST IN TIME, DORMER.

HAD IT IN THE MOTOR OIL.

WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS?

SO NOW HE'S SAYING HE WAS WITH TANYA FRANCKE

THE NIGHT KAY WAS KILLED.

WELL, THAT'S WHAT SHE TOLD ME.

WHEN?

WHEN I QUESTIONED HER.

OH, THAT'S NICE.

WERE YOU PLANNING ON TELLING ANYONE OR...

WELL, THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING NOW, ISN'T IT?

RANDY AND TANYA WERE SCREWING AROUND ON KAY.

CLEARLY SHE'S JUST TRYING TO PROTECT HIM.

WHAT'S HE SAY ABOUT THE GUN?

HE SAYS IT ISN'T HIS.

I THINK ONCE WE GET THE BALLISTICS MATCH,

HE'S GONNA BE A LITTLE MORE FORTHCOMING.

SO, UH, YOU LEAVING US?

FIRST THING TOMORROW.

IF SPENCER CAN REMEMBER

WHERE HE PARKED THE PLANE, RIGHT? HEH!

I REALLY THOUGHT YOU WANTED TO KILL ME

IN THAT INTERVIEW ROOM.

I DID. RANDY STETZ IS IN JAIL.

TOLD YOU I'D WRITE AN ENDING THEY'D LIKE.

YOU WERE TOO WRAPPED UP IN THE DETAILS.

THE DETAILS? HE'S INNOCENT.

NO, HE ISN'T. HE BEAT KAY.

ONE DAY HE'D DO SOMETHING WORSE,

MAYBE A LOT WORSE.

HOW'D YOU KNOW I PLANTED THE GUN?

YOU WANTED TO HELP ME EVEN BEFORE I SHOWED YOU

THAT TAPE RECORDER.

YOU HAD TO HAVE A WILD CARD.

YOU'RE A GOOD MAN.

I KNOW THAT EVEN IF YOU'VE FORGOTTEN IT.

WHEN WERE YOU GONNA POINT THEM AT ME, WILL?

WHEN YOU FOUND OUT WHERE KAY'S DRESS WAS, HMM?

WHERE I TOOK THE BODY, RIGHT?

IF YOU HAVE A GUN AND THE FORENSICS,

WOULDN'T MATTER WHAT KIND OF CRAZY BULLSHIT

I TOLD THEM ABOUT YOU KILLING YOUR PARTNER,

WOULD IT?

MAY I HAVE THE TAPE?

DID YOU MAKE OTHER COPIES?

WHAT?

DID YOU MAKE OTHER COPIES?

WHY WOULD I?

TO STOP ME FROM TURNING YOU IN.

OR KILLING YOU.

I DON'T HAVE A HOLD OVER YOU, WILL.

I NEVER DID. YOU MADE YOUR OWN CHOICES.

IT'S LIKE I WASN'T EVEN HERE.

WHY KILL ME? IT'S NOT GONNA HELP RANDY.

AFTER YOUR LITTLE SCENE AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT,

IT'S NOT GONNA DO YOU ANY GOOD IF I SHOW UP DEAD.

A LOT OF WAYS A MAN CAN DIE.

LIKE AN ACCIDENT, HUH?

LIKE HAP. LIKE KAY.

IT TOOK YOU 10 MINUTES

TO BEAT KAY CONNELL TO DEATH.

10 FUCKING MINUTES.

YOU CALLING THAT AN ACCIDENT?

IT TOOK YOU ONLY A FRACTION OF A SECOND

TO KILL YOUR PARTNER. DOES THAT MAKE IT

ANY MORE OF AN ACCIDENT, WILL?

IS THIS AN ACCIDENT?

IF YOU WANT IT TO BE.

IT'S OVER, WALTER.

IT'S OVER.

I'M GONNA TELL THEM EVERYTHING.

TELL THEM ABOUT HAP, ABOUT YOU, ABOUT EVERYTHING.

WHAT GOOD WOULD THAT DO, WILL?

IT'LL END THIS FUCKING THING.

IT'S NOT GONNA END IT.

YOU HAVEN'T HAD ANY SLEEP.

YOU'RE NOT THINKING STRAIGHT, WILL.

WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO-- TELL THEM THE TRUTH?

YOU SHOT YOUR PARTNER,

AND YOU LIED ABOUT IT, WILL.

TO THEM, YOU'RE A LIAR, AND YOU'RE A KILLER.

YOU'RE TAINTED FOREVER.

YOU DON'T GET TO PICK WHEN YOU TELL THE TRUTH.

THE TRUTH IS BEYOND THAT.

THAT TAPE WAS THE ONLY PHYSICAL PROOF

THAT YOU AND I EVER HAD A CONVERSATION

OUTSIDE OF THAT INTERVIEW ROOM.

TO THEM I'M JUST A WRITER

THAT KAY CONNELL ADMIRED,

AND RANDY STETZ IS A KILLER,

AND YOU'RE A HERO COP.

YOUR LIFE'S WORK IS INTACT.

ANOTHER ABUSIVE SCUMBAG IS IN JAIL.

EVERYTHING IS AS IT SHOULD BE.

GO BACK TO LOS ANGELES, WILL.

THE CASE AGAINST RANDY IS PRETTY SOLID.

AND I CAN TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING UP HERE.

I GOT IT ALL WORKED OUT.

GO HOME.

MIDNIGHT OF YOUR SIXTH NIGHT.

YOU BROKE MY RECORD, WILL.

RANDY STETZ.

HE WAS AN ASSHOLE.

YOU KNEW HIM WHEN HE WAS A LITTLE KID?

OUR DADS WERE ON THE SAME BOAT.

USED TO WAIT FOR THEM TOGETHER.

BAD SEED, MAN.

HOW DO YOU LIKE OUR BEER?

I THINK WHAT DORMER NEEDS IS A LITTLE SHUT-EYE.

WHITE NIGHTS GETTING TO YOU?

HASN'T BEEN EASY.

BETTER THAN WINTER.

YOU GOT THAT RIGHT.

IN WINTER, THE SUN BARELY COMES UP

FOR 5 MONTHS STRAIGHT.

LIKE YOU'RE BEING SUCKED INTO A BLACK HOLE.

HI, GUYS.

HEY, NANCY DREW, YOU HEAR? WE GOT HIM.

RICH FOUND THE GUN.

I HEARD.

OH, NANCY'S GOT SOMETHING ON HER MIND.

I FOUND THIS OUT ON THE BEACH.

WHAT IS IT?

SHELL CASING, 9mm.

THE MURDER WEAPON WAS A .38,

AND NONE OF US CARRIES A 9mm DUTY WEAPON...

OR BACKUP WEAPON, RIGHT?

COME ON!

GET A HOBBY, WOULD YOU?

WHAT? IT'S A LEGITIMATE POINT,

ISN'T IT, DETECTIVE DORMER?

OH, THIS CASE IS CLOSED, ELLIE.

HOLD THE FORT, BOYS. I'M JUST GONNA GO

FIND THE MEN'S ROOM.

RELIEVE MYSELF OF SOME OF YOUR

FINE ALASKAN BEER.

HEY, DO YOU WANT A BEER OR SOMETHING?

NO, THANKS.

HE'S GOOD PEOPLE, RIGHT?

DON'T GET CARRIED AWAY.

HEY, FARRELL, WHAT HAS 2 THUMBS

AND LOVES BLOW JOBS?

I DON'T KNOW.

THIS GUY.

SORRY.

WELL, IT'S BEEN SOMETHING, DORMER.

IT'S BEEN REALLY GREAT WORKING WITH YOU.

YOU GONNA RUN WILL TO THE AIRPORT?

NO, I GOTTA GO PICK UP THOSE LETTERS FROM FINCH...

HE LIVES IN UMKUMIUT.

AT HIS LAKE HOUSE, AND DETECTIVE DORMER

WILL JUST HAVE TO LEAVE MY CAR AT THE DOCK.

IF THAT'S OK WITH YOU.

YEAH, IT'S FINE.

YOU DON'T THINK I TRIED TO TELL HER THAT?

IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE. YEAH.

GET SOME SLEEP.

Rachel, knocking: DETECTIVE DORMER?

WHAT IS IT?

SOMEONE'S COMPLAINING ABOUT THE NOISE.

HE SAYS HE CAN'T SLEEP.

SOMETHING WRONG?

WELL, UH,

IT'S SO FUCKING BRIGHT IN HERE.

LOOK.

NO, IT'S DARK IN HERE.

PLEASE...

THERE'S THIS GUY. WAYNE DOBBS, 24,

WORKS PART-TIME IN A COPY STORE.

EVERY DAY, HE WATCHES THIS 8-YEAR-OLD BOY

WAITING FOR HIS CARPOOL ACROSS THE STREET.

THIS IS ONE OF YOUR CASES?

YEAH. HAP AND ME.

A YEAR AND A HALF AGO.

FOR 6 MONTHS, HE WATCHES THIS KID.

FINALLY GETS UP THE NERVE, HE GOES DOWN THERE,

GRABS THAT BOY BEFORE THE CARPOOL COMES,

TAKES HIM BACK TO HIS APARTMENT,

AND KEEPS HIM THERE FOR 3 DAYS.

HE TORTURES HIM, AND...

MAKES HIM DO THINGS,

AND FINALLY HE'S HAD ENOUGH.

HE GETS A ROPE,

AND HE HANGS THE BOY IN A STORAGE SPACE

IN THE BASEMENT OF THE BUILDING.

BUT HE DIDN'T DO IT RIGHT.

THE LITTLE BOY'S NECK DIDN'T BREAK, SO...

HE JUST DANGLED THERE FOR A WHILE

AND THEN DIED FINALLY FROM THE SHOCK.

LANDLORD FOUND THE BODY 5 DAYS LATER.

THE SECOND I MET THIS GUY DOBBS,

I KNEW HE WAS GUILTY.

THAT'S WHAT I DO. THAT'S MY JOB.

I ASSIGN GUILT.

YOU FIND THE EVIDENCE,

FIGURE OUT WHO DID IT,

AND THEN YOU GO GET THEM AND PUT THEM AWAY.

THIS TIME, THERE WASN'T ENOUGH EVIDENCE,

AND IT'S REASONABLE DOUBT TO A JURY,

BECAUSE A JURY NEVER...

MET A CHILD MURDERER BEFORE...

BUT I HAVE.

ANYWAY...

I, UH...

I WENT AND TOOK SOME BLOOD SAMPLES

FROM THE BOY'S DEAD BODY.

AND I PLANTED THEM...

IN DOBBS' APARTMENT.

I COULD FEEL IT RIGHT THERE.

THIS IS GONNA CATCH UP WITH ME.

I DON'T DO THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO HOW DID IT CATCH UP WITH YOU?

INTERNAL AFFAIRS WAS COMING DOWN

ON OUR DEPARTMENT,

AND HAP, HE WAS GONNA CUT A DEAL...

AND BRING ME STRAIGHT IN WITH IT.

THEY WOULD'VE REOPENED DOBBS' CASE,

AND HE'D HAVE WALKED.

NOW THAT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN.

AND I DON'T KNOW HOW...

HOW I FEEL ABOUT THAT.

BUT DOBBS WAS GUILTY.

DOBBS NEEDED TO BE CONVICTED,

SO THE END JUSTIFIES THE MEANS.

RIGHT?

I'M IN NO POSITION TO JUDGE.

WHY NOT?

THERE ARE 2 KINDS OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN ALASKA.

THE ONES WHO ARE BORN HERE,

AND THE ONES WHO COME HERE TO ESCAPE SOMETHING ELSE.

I WASN'T BORN HERE.

WELL, WHY DON'T YOU TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK?

HERE, NOW, IN THIS ROOM,

YOU AND ME.

PLEASE.

I GUESS IT'S ABOUT WHAT YOU THOUGHT

WAS RIGHT AT THE TIME.

AND WHAT YOU'RE WILLING TO LIVE WITH.

NIGHTMUTE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

DETECTIVE BURR.

UH, SHE'S NOT HERE RIGHT NOW.

SHE LEFT TOWN ABOUT 20 MINUTES AGO TO GO--

MR. FINCH?

DETECTIVE BURR.

ARE THEY FRIENDLY?

OH, YEAH. DIDN'T EXPECT TO SEE YOU THIS SOON.

SORRY ABOUT THE MESS,

JUST DOING A LITTLE WORK HERE.

OH, NO PROBLEM.

DO YOU THINK KAY'S LETTERS

COULD REALLY STRENGTHEN THE CASE AGAINST RANDY?

POSSIBLY.

WATCH YOUR HEAD HERE.

I'VE DONE IT A THOUSAND TIMES.

SORRY ABOUT ALL THE CLUTTER.

I AM A PACK RAT.

I KEEP EVERYTHING.

I KNOW I GOT 'EM. I JUST DON'T KNOW WHERE.

THEY GOTTA BE HERE SOMEWHERE.

WORKING ON A NEW BOOK, MR. FINCH?

HAVE YOU READ ANY OF MY BOOKS?

I HAVEN'T--

SHE KNOWS, WILL.

WHERE IS SHE?

SHE KNOWS YOU KILLED HAP.

YOU WOULD'VE REALIZED IT YOURSELF

IF YOU WEREN'T SO FUCKING STRUNG OUT.

I SAW IT AT THE QUESTIONING.

THE WAY SHE WAS LOOKING AT YOU.

WHERE IS SHE, FINCH?

CALM DOWN, NOW I GOT EVERYTHING UNDER CONTROL.

IF ANYTHING HAPPENED TO HER--

SHE'S OK. BUT IF WE DON'T DO SOMETHING

AND SHE TALKS, YOU'RE FUCKED.

EVERYTHING YOU'VE WORKED FOR IS DESTROYED,

DO YOU GET IT?

NOW GIVE ME--

SHOW ME WHERE SHE IS.

SHOW HER TO ME NOW.

SHE'S OK. LISTEN,

I MEAN, I--I-- IT'S ALL FINE.

LET'S SEARCH THIS PLACE.

WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

FOR THE DRESS. WHAT DRESS?

ELLIE'S. ELLIE'S?

KAY'S DRESS. YOU'RE RAMBLING.

THANK GOD YOU GOT ME TAKING CARE OF US.

US? SHE SAW THE DRESS.

WHAT US? WE'RE IN THE SAME BOAT.

WHERE'D YOU GET US? DON'T TALK TO ME

ABOUT US, YOU SICK MOTHER...

SHE'S ALIVE, WILL. ELLIE?

HOLD IT!

DON'T MOVE.

YOU SHOT DETECTIVE ECKHART.

AND FINCH SAW YOU DO IT.

YEAH.

DID YOU MEAN TO SHOOT HAP?

I...I DON'T KNOW ANYMORE.

I, UH, I DON'T KNOW.

I COULDN'T SEE HIM THROUGH THE FOG,

BUT WHEN I GOT UP CLOSE,

HE WAS, UH...

HE WAS AFRAID OF ME.

AND HE THOUGHT I MEANT TO DO IT,

SO...MAYBE I DID.

I JUST DON'T KNOW ANYMORE.

WHERE'S YOUR GUN? HE TOOK IT.

KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN.

ALL RIGHT, NOW LISTEN.

I GOT 7 ROUNDS IN THIS CLIP.

OK. MAKE IT LAST.

HEAD DOWN.

OK, GO, GO!

YOU FORGOT THE WILD CARD, WILL.

DETECTIVE DORMER!

I CALLED FOR BACKUP. THEY'LL BE HERE SOON.

DORMER...JUST HOLD ON.

HOLD ON.

NOBODY NEEDS TO KNOW.

YOU DIDN'T MEAN TO DO IT,

AND I KNOW THAT EVEN IF YOU DON'T.

NO, DON'T, DON'T.

WHAT?

WHY?

DON'T LOSE YOUR WAY.

HANG ON.

DORMER.

LET ME SLEEP.

NO.

JUST LET ME SLEEP.