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It's beautiful here.

Don't worry, we'll make it.

There it is.

Alright.

Excuse me.

Sir?

Yeah.

The man at the gas station up the highway there said you could fix our

What's the problem?

The alternator's shot.

It'll take a day, maybe more, to get the part.

Well, is there a place one could stay? A hotel or something, maybe?

Up the street.

Thanks.

Well, I'm happy to spend the night in this place.

You're up.

You'd have a good time with me in Death Valley.

But your father would be disappointed.

Oh. Yeah.

Would have been nice to tell him about us at the party.

Dad.

Hi, Dad. It's Carol.

Could you give me a call when you get a chance?

Okay, thanks.

Bye.

It's weird.

He always picks up his phone.

From Carol.

She's supposed to come and surprise Steve at the birthday party tonight.

Boom.

Phone seems to be out of range.

Probably coming through the pass. Bad coverage. Maybe something came up.

Hold on. She'll be there this time. She promised me.

Look at you. Wow.

Here you go. Oh, thank you.

Hey, a lot of your friends are here.

Oh, just a lot of hungry people, actually.

Would you excuse me for a minute? Sure.

She's not coming, Dad. You know that.

Why don't we just forget about Carol and have a good time?

How did you know she was supposed to come?

Um, a detective, remember?

Why do you keep getting disappointed? This is who she is.

Why don't you just accept it?

Well, she wouldn't be so hard on her. You ought to try and give her the

of the doubt.

Hello? Dad?

Carol?

Hi, honey.

Dad?

We need help.

What? We don't know what to do.

I can't understand you very well.

Dad?

Carol, I want to give you to your brother.

Wish him a happy birthday.

What was that?

Carol? It was a loud crack.

Carol?

Carol, are you there?

We were cut off.

You work here?

No, sir.

Where can I find somebody who does?

Inside the cafe.

Sir, I have some beautiful trilobite plates here if you're interested.

Bug fossils?

You want to see it?

Is that what you do? Sell fossils?

Yes, sir.

And I count cars.

Were you counting cars yesterday?

Yes, sir. Almost every day.

Did you see a green Jaguar convertible go by?

Uh, no, sir.

Should have been here about, oh, between 2 .30, 3 .30.

There was a man and a tall blonde woman in the car.

Um,

try Johnny Orr inside.

Thank you.

Uh, how's the food?

Everybody in town eats there.

I didn't see no blonde yesterday.

Didn't work on a Jaguar. I can't remember a fancy car like that.

Well, my daughter's credit card company has a record of her making a purchase at

a gas station just down the road here yesterday.

You can get that kind of information that fast?

What's that got to do with me?

Well, he said she was with a dark, foreign -looking man driving a Jaguar.

He told him the car had to be fixed and sent them to you.

You are Johnny Orr.

Yeah.

Well, he mentioned you specifically.

Well, just because he said them doesn't mean they came.

I was here until six yesterday.

I didn't see anybody that fit your daughter's description.

Oh, hey, guys.

Hey, Del.

Hey, Del.

What'll it be, boys?

I don't know.

Look at the menu.

Well, look at these.

It's a brand I haven't seen in years.

Let me have a pack of these.

Oh, we don't sell them.

I got those in L .A.

Well, where can I find a room for the night around here?

Well, you could try Campbell's, bed and breakfast down the road.

Maybe full up, though.

Well, it won't hurt me to try.

Thanks.

Campbell's bed and breakfast.

Take it easy, Bill.

Slow down.

All right.

Yeah, I've got it covered.

I'll handle it, Del.

Yeah, okay. I see him coming in right now.

Talk to you later.

Good afternoon.

Hi. Wonder if I could get a room.

Did you have a reservation?

No. I need one.

Well, we get kind of busy this time of year. Get some hikers in here, people

going fishing.

Let me take a look.

You better stop.

Martin.

Stay, Martin.

Martin. You both are in. No kidding.

Dad, I'm a little busy.

Steve?

You all right? You sound a little out of breath. I'm kind of in the middle of

something here.

Oh,

well, I'm sorry to interrupt.

You know, you ought to put the phone on silencer when you're, you know, busy.

It's not what you think.

Uh -huh.

Look, when you're finished there, would you get the name of the county deputy

who covers Los Rios?

I'll call you in about an hour.

About an hour, okay.

Say hi to Ellen.

Dad.

What did Daddy want?

Shut up.

You sure your daughter was even here?

The man at the gas station just outside of town identified her picture.

But what makes you so sure she was here in Los Rios?

How many people do you know who smoke borals?

For what?

It's a French cigarette.

The man at the cafe was smoking them.

Del? Mm -hmm.

My guess is Del smoked a lot of weird stuff.

My daughter smokes borals. That's what struck you as a little odd.

Did you ask Del where he got them?

Hmm. That's what made me suspicious.

He said he got them in Los Angeles, but the pack had a Nevada.

Tax stamp.

Now, that's where my daughter's from. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Dr. Sloan, please don't take this the wrong way. I know you're worried, but

maybe you're overreacting.

There's no hard evidence that anything has happened to your daughter.

And I know Del. I've known him for years, and he was just in L .A.

It had a Nevada tax stamp on the back.

Sergeant, I would like you to put out a missing person report.

Dr. Sloan, people come here to go hiking and camping, and...

They get lost or hurt in the woods, but most of the time, they show up.

But my daughter wasn't here to go hiking or camping. She was on her way to Los

Angeles for a family function.

Fine. If it'll make you feel any better, I'll put out a missing persons bulletin

this afternoon.

Thank you.

Sergeant Harris, could you give me some idea of where the people go camping?

Sure.

This ought to give you everything you need.

But if you're going into the woods, take some advice.

Whistle and make a lot of noise.

Why? So you don't surprise any bears.

Who's going to bed on the bay?

Going to sleep all night?

You look beat.

Oh, and frustrated.

No sign of her, huh? No.

I checked out a couple of old campsites and abandoned Dan.

Look, take a hot bath, get a good night's sleep. We'll go out again in the

morning. We?

I've lived here my whole life. I know the area pretty well.

Well, thank you.

Well, don't know what to say.

Well, if it was my kid, I'd do anything I could to find her.

Someone built a fire.

Well, it could lead to something.

Hmm. These images are still warm.

Whoever built this fire did it within the last few hours.

Grab hold of this.

Come in.

Dad?

Hi.

Dad, what happened?

I fell in a hole. I'm not used to tramping around in the woods.

All right, let's get you to the hospital and have you checked out. Fine.

Really, I am fine. Dad, you could have a concussion. I'm not leaving here until

we find out what happened to Carol.

If I was cut up... Who's the doctor here?

Did you get a hold of the Las Vegas police?

Yeah, they went to Carol's apartment.

Her car was there, her mail was piled up, and the neighbors say she hasn't

around much.

They find anybody who drives a green Jaguar.

I put my money on a new boyfriend.

Dad, I don't know why you're so sure something terrible happened.

You heard people yelling. Maybe it was a fight, maybe it was nothing.

It's true.

Carol probably took off for a week of fun and sun.

You'll hear from her when she gets home.

Right now, I'm more concerned about you. I am fine.

Dad, you're no Daniel Boone.

You were taken off in the woods with some guy you just met.

It's a good thing he was there. I'd be at the bottom of that well.

Come on, I'll buy you a cup of coffee.

Every couple of weeks, I go out to the desert, pick up some rocks.

Damn. Here, let me show you. I used to play little ball.

Loser. And these rocks, you tell people they're bug fossils?

Upper Cambrian bug fossils.

Upper Cambrian?

What's Upper Cambrian?

That means they're 500 million years old. These rocks are 500 million years

Well, how do I know? They're freaking rocks.

That's pathetic, boy.

Telling rocks to make money.

Well... Hell, Bill, you got a better idea?

This town sucks!

Oh!

Oh, uh, hey, you really ought to take another look at those trilobites, sir. A

little later, maybe.

How's that foot?

All right, excellent, sir. No problem. You sure you don't have a minute? Later.

Business is not booming.

Can we have two coffees over here, please, Black?

Dad, can we discuss this rationally?

Sure.

Nobody saw Carol in town.

That's right.

Nobody saw a fancy green car, and nobody knows anything about a bike.

Thank you.

The only evidence you have is that some guy from a service station down the road

sent them here.

And that Fred Dell over here was smoking a round.

Dad, as a detective on the LAPD, may I give you my expert opinion?

You got bupkis.

Nada. Nothing.

Why don't you go home and wait to hear from your daughter?

Listen, Dad, I don't dislike Carol.

I just accept her for who she is.

A completely self -involved woman.

You know something? Someday you're going to realize how wrong you are.

And you two are going to become good friends.

Let's hope I'm around to see it.

I was looking for you. Oh, hi.

Oh, Kelly Harris, this is my son, Steve Sloan. Nice to meet you.

We got a response on that missing persons report.

In Willow Bridge, they spotted a woman who matched the description.

I'll drive down there. I'm going with you.

Dad, you need to rest. I'll rest when this is over.

I'll get it.

Yeah, wait up.

Steve, go get the car. I'll meet you out in the front.

Miss!

Excuse me.

Could I talk to you for a moment?

My name's Mark Sloan.

And you are?

Annie Castro.

Oh, Richard Castro's wife. Yes, works for Matthew Campbell.

He's the vet.

Well, very nice to meet you.

Listen, I was just admiring that watch.

May I see it?

I can't stand talk.

It's very, very beautiful.

Where'd you get that?

Uh, I don't know.

I don't remember where I bought it.

If you'll excuse me.

Well, it's very, very expensive looking. Surely you remember where you bought

it. I'm sorry.

I really have to go.

Let's go.

Steve, that girl was wearing a watch that I bought Carol for her 30th

Dad, a lot of people have the same watch. No, no, not that one. You can't

in this country. I've never seen another one.

Let's check out the missing persons report.

See, they're lying.

Hey!

Who's this?

I don't appreciate you upsetting my wife.

Oh, I didn't mean to upset her. I just wanted to know where she got that watch.

Anytime strong, like a thoroughbred.

Stay away from her, you understand?

I just wanted to know where she got the watch.

I got it for her.

May I ask where you got it?

What is it with you? You got a thing about watches?

It's very beautiful.

I got it in Vegas.

You can only get that watch in Japan.

I got it in a pawn shop.

I'm not proud to say I got my wife a used watch, but that's what happened,

You satisfied now?

One of two things is true.

Either he's lying or your daughter pawned the watch you gave her.

The question is, why would he lie?

You said you were going to your mother's.

One more for the road.

Forget it. You're not going anywhere tonight.

You said you want me out of town. I'm going out of town.

You wouldn't have to go anywhere if you could learn to keep your mouth shut.

I'll go to my mother.

And you can go to hell.

Can't go anywhere in this rain. It's not safe.

Is there anything you think I can do?

Most dangerous curve in the county.

Get a couple accidents here every year. Once in a while, someone dies.

Mostly tourists, I guess.

Usually, yes.

She said Annie lived here. She must have known this road.

You look at her skid marks?

She was going too fast coming into the turn. I think she would have known

better. People drive fast all the time. That's why we have speeding tickets.

Andy never drove fast.

I am so sorry.

I never should have let her go.

I should have made her wait for the rain to let up.

Was she drinking?

She didn't have that much.

Did you see the sheriff in Willow Bridge about the missing persons report?

It wasn't Carol.

Why don't you get out of

here?

Did I do something to upset you? Just leave. Is that so hard to understand?

Richie, take it easy. Annie's dead because of you.

Richie, I'm very sorry about your wife. I really am.

But her death had nothing to do with me.

You upset her.

She starts drinking and then she gets killed and you don't think you had

anything to do with it? I asked her an innocent question about her watch.

Is that what you think?

Do you think she had something to hide, Richie?

Son of a bitch!

What would happen if you weren't here?

We're sure we won't let this go because of your tragedy.

Maybe you ought to go.

Come on, Richie, sit down.

Sit down.

Bill, get him some coffee.

Something to eat.

I can't believe Annie's dead.

You never met my son, Darren.

He was maybe a year or two younger than Annie when he died.

Tears at your heart, boy. This kind of loss rips you apart.

Take a week off. Take two.

Don't you come back here until you feel ready to work.

If Playboy ever did a spread on highway patrolmen, you'd be in it, man.

A centerfold.

Gee, thanks.

Donnie, this is Steve Sloan from the LAPD.

Whoa, bringing in the heavies.

What's up?

You took care of a couple in a green Jaguar two days ago?

Yeah. What's the big deal with them two? The woman is my sister.

Oh, nice lady.

She sure did like the man she was with. I hope you don't mind me saying so, but

she was kissing and hugging him, trying to make him feel better about the car.

What was wrong with the car?

Alternator was a little iffy.

Is that why you sent him to Los Rios? Yeah, I don't work on foreign cars

Did you get the name of the man?

Uh, foreign.

Weird name, like I'd never heard before.

You know, he spoke with a funny accent, too.

What kind of accent?

English. You know, a little la -di -da.

Bet you didn't get the plates.

Nevada, that's about it.

What time did you get off work the day they were here?

I get off work about six every day.

If Buddy opens his bar on time... Is that where you went?

The mill?

What is that?

Why are you asking me that?

Where'd you go?

To Willow Bridge.

Had a couple drinks at the mill. Can anybody verify that?

I make one mistake and people like you are going to be hanging it over my head

for the rest of my life.

Donnie did three years for armed robbery.

One more time, did anybody see you there?

Yeah, sure. Buddy was there and that girl Brandy.

You can check it out, Kelly.

I was there.

It's possible Steve's sister and her friend were robbed and then... Well,

not really sure what happened to them after that, so you can be sure. I'll

it out. Feel free.

I got work to do.

Medium okay?

Yes, fine. Thanks.

I'll admit it's not exciting working here, but the good news is I get to live

here.

It's a little quiet for me.

Oh. You like all those gangbangers and drug dealers?

No, I don't like them, but if I want to live and work in L .A., which I do, I

have to live and work with them.

I get to ride my mountain bike up in the hills, and I won't see a person for

hours.

Doesn't get any better than that.

What's a big day out here? A couple of speeding tickets and a DUI? That's a

crime wave.

Hey, Johnny.

Delivery guy left this packet for you.

What is it?

It's from Jaguar COD. I paid him out of your cash drawer.

Why would you do a thing like that? Take it over to the garage. I'll send it

back.

How much is it?

$180.

$180?

Well, it's reconditioned. The new one costs you $600.

Fine, I'll take it.

You got one of those cars?

I might.

And if that's not good enough, let's just say I'm with the Los Angeles police

and I'm investigating a case.

Well, you might as well give it to him. He'll just get a subpoena.

Tell me what's in here, Johnny.

It's an alternator.

Which you ordered, which means you lied.

I don't lie.

The car was here, Johnny. What happened to it?

What happened to my sister?

Hey, hey, hey. Take it down a notch. Let him talk.

Why are you lying, Johnny?

Why is everybody in this town lying to us? I did not order that part.

Oh, really?

Then who did?

The... The car must have been here after Annie took over. Annie was working that

day. Annie ordered the part?

Annie knew what was wrong with the car.

Annie was the best mechanic in this town next to me.

I know Carol's a troubled girl.

Gone from one...

Wild romance, the other one job to another.

So when she did show up for the party, I just figured it was Carol being Carol.

I was wrong.

Boy, then when she said she was all over that guy, I was pretty convinced you

were right.

She's in trouble, and I misjudged her. Well, you both misjudged her. That

alternator came in, which means she was here, and everybody's lying to us.

The question is, why?

Why are they lying?

Now, I had to have that key to get in this room. Where did I put it? In your

shaving kit.

Huh?

Ha!

What was it doing in there?

Where you always put it.

Yeah, why don't you stay here and just try and relax. I'll go get us some food.

Good idea.

Evening. Would you like to

place an order to go?

Second thought, I'm not very hungry.

Lieutenant Sloan.

Can I talk to you for a minute?

I'm afraid I'm going to have to ask you and your father to leave in the morning.

I don't think so.

Excuse me?

We're not leaving until we find out what happened to my sister.

Well, you can't stay here. I need the rooms.

So call the police.

We're not leaving.

Here she is now.

What is this, the sit -in?

Well, I hadn't thought of it that way.

Where's your dad?

Getting something to eat.

They were in service at the cafe.

Kelly, I want these people out of here the first thing in the morning.

Matthew, I think you're overreacting. I'm not overreacting. I have guests

in. Matthew. They've got reservations.

I need the room. May I speak?

You're angry.

You got that right. These people have insulted me and my friends, and now they

refuse to leave.

Put your anger to the side. You're right to let them stay.

Now, this man is worried sick that something has happened to his sister,

of all people should understand that.

You lost your son.

You must know how they feel.

I've got people with reservations.

So call the Inn at Willow Bridge and see if they have some rooms. And let them

stay.

It's the right thing to do.

If I can't find rooms for my other customers, they're out of here.

You'll find rooms.

Thank you.

You know, they don't mean any harm.

Good night. Good night.

Beautiful drive up here.

Hi.

Thanks for coming.

You're going to feel like we're the enemy and they've got us surrounded.

consider me reinforcements. Any word on Carol?

First they said no one had seen Carol.

Now they say a woman might have seen her, but she's dead.

That's convenient.

Yeah, I'll say.

The woman's name was Annie Castro.

She died two nights ago in a car crash.

She'd been drinking, but there's no way to tell for sure if that's what caused

her accident.

I'd like for you to check out the autopsy. It might not like an outsider

around. It's all arranged.

Kelly's going to take you.

Well, you look at that. She is something.

Well, breathtaking.

You know, I would do a lot for a woman like that.

Well, Bobby, what would you do?

Well, I'd take her out to dinner, a good one.

Maybe a surfing turf down at Wellbridge.

Then maybe over to the fireman's hall, play a little pool.

Arthur would probably let us in.

That woman don't know you're here.

You're invisible, Bobby Wayne. You want to know why?

No.

Money makes a man sane.

You're here selling your fossils.

She couldn't care less.

You're depressing me, Billy.

It's depressing.

This is not the good life, Bobby Wayne.

Well, what's he got that we don't have?

A badge and a gun.

It's got to be here somewhere.

Oh, I am really embarrassed. I know I put that autopsy report in this file.

It's not here.

Well, there must be another one at the morgue. Look, if she hasn't been buried

yet, I could take a look at the body.

I'll call.

Hi, it's Kelly over at the county office.

Could you fax me over a copy of Annie Castro's autopsy?

Thanks.

Good looking.

I remember this. Her blood alcohol level was .26, the highest I'd ever seen. And

she could still drive?

Well, not very well.

Mm -hmm.

Well, then find who did the autopsy and send me a copy of his report.

Where's the body?

What?

I want that report first thing in the morning.

The report is missing. And the body?

Cremated.

It's like someone's trying to mess up this investigation. Do you have any idea

who might want to do that? I don't know who or why.

Sergeant Harris.

Okay.

Okay, thank you very much.

We appreciate it.

This is Jane Dover at the Hanover morgue.

She resembles the description in the missing persons report.

I gotta call Dr. Sloan.

Here. Dad.

I can do this for you. She's my daughter.

It's not Carol.

Use your hands.

I don't want you to hit him with a shovel.

Steve, I'm really worried about your father. I think you should send him

You and I can keep looking for Carol.

You'll never agree to that.

But you know what the stress we're doing.

Yeah, and you know my dad.

He's not going to leave until he knows what happened to Carol.

Hey, where do I need to go?

The Jane Doe wasn't Carol.

I'm afraid I have some bad news.

Excuse me.

I need to identify the body.

Oh, my God.

Excuse me.

Hey, can you tell me how I get to Campbell's Bed and Breakfast?

Okay, thanks, Ned.

Worried about Dad.

He's been upstairs all day.

He doesn't want to see anyone.

I stopped by your house before I drove up here. I picked up your mail.

This came, too. It's a video, I think, from Carol.

I will love you and honor you and forsaking all others, I

will keep only unto you so long as we both shall live.

Antoine and Carol, by the power vested in me by the state of Nevada, I now

pronounce you husband and wife.

You may kiss the bride.

I want you to hear this. Come on.

I have been many things in my life, but none better since I met you.

You bring out the very best in me.

And I love you more deeply than I ever realized I could.

Can you speak?

No.

Please, say something.

For me.

I love you.

More.

Isn't he the sweetest?

Dad? Dad, where are you going?

I heard you'd be here.

It'll be an hour before they cut the driver out of the car.

Uh -huh. I was wondering if I could examine Carol Sloan's body.

Talk to the man.

Dr. Amanda Bentley, Dr.

Walter Burns. He's our county coroner. How do you do?

Dr. Bentley is a pathologist. She'd like to take a look at the other victim.

Sergeant Harris, come in. Excuse me.

Well, you're more than welcome to come to the morgue, but she was badly burned.

I don't know if you want to see her like that. Well, thanks for the concern.

Do you have approximate cause of death?

Severe body trauma.

Walter, I gotta go. I'll be right back. Okay.

By the way, did you perform Annie Castro's autopsy? No, that was Stephen.

Stephen Green.

Because the autopsy report's missing, and I was hoping to get a copy of it

him.

Stephen's in Spain on vacation.

He won't be back for a month. Huh.

How does that happen? I mean, how does an autopsy report just disappear?

You're from Los Angeles, aren't you?

Yes, but what's that got to do with it? You live in a world where people lock

things up. We don't. You assume if something's missing that it's been

don't think that way here. All I'm saying is anyone walking into your

could have taken it. Yes, or it could have been misfiled or innocently thrown

away. Your life takes you to the worst case scenario.

You should think about that.

Which still begs the question, how do I get my hands on a report?

I guess you go through all our files, or you wait for Stephen to get back from

Spain.

Want to play for money? I don't have any of that.

Hey, hey.

Here she comes.

Miss America. Shut up.

Ask her to dinner. Shut up.

Hey, guys.

Do you work here?

Do you know someone who does?

Johnny will be back in a while.

But if you need some gas, I got gas. I need some oil. The little light went on

in my car.

Oh, hey, just leave your car. I'll let Johnny know.

Thanks.

So you over here at the bed and breakfast, huh? Yes.

Okay.

All right, well, thank you.

Excuse me.

Excuse me, miss.

I have some beautiful trilobite plates back there in my truck.

I'd love to show them to you.

Bug fossil?

Upper Cambrian bug fossil.

Maybe 500 million years old.

I'll get them back there by the river.

Upper Cambrian bug fossils around here? I don't think so.

What the hell are you doing? I wanted to talk to her.

Well, then next time open your mouth.

You made me swallow my cheese.

Sorry, Billy.

How'd you do?

I saw the county coroner. He gave me a lecture on the virtue of country living.

Did you get the results from Anacastra's autopsy? The ME who did it, he's away

in Spain for a month.

How'd you do?

I traced the plates on the jag.

Carol's husband was Antoine Fod. What kind of name is that?

Lebanese, I think.

Is her next of kin?

Yeah, sister.

She's coming in the morning to claim the body.

So you spoke to her.

How hard was that?

I got the feeling she loved her brother a lot.

Hey, look, Steve, I know what it's like to lose someone that you don't like.

The guilt, the feeling that maybe you could have tried harder while they were

alive.

My father said he hoped he'd live long enough to see Carol and I become

Neither one of us thought that she...

have another, Del? Sure.

Have you seen that woman friend of theirs?

I could use a little more talent like that around here.

I'm not my type.

Hey, fellas.

I'm moving the horses to the summer pasture at the end of the week.

Good, Richie.

Del, buy everybody a round.

It's the occasion.

Get a stock in the market.

Richie, it's the little things in life that make me happy.

Like you probably thought I was an idiot to run a room to Sloan, huh?

No, I didn't.

I didn't.

Yes, you did, but it's okay.

Our friends are leaving us tomorrow.

Did they tell you that?

They didn't have to.

They found the girl.

No reason for them to stay now.

Right.

Good. So they'll back everyone up with another round.

Steve told me you might be here.

Beautiful, isn't it?

You gonna spend the night here?

You know, Jesse, almost every day of my life I deal with death.

I have to accept the death of my wife.

But this... There's nothing worse than a parent outliving the child.

I brought you your coat. You might need it later.

Thanks.

It'll be dark soon. You go on back.

I'll be okay.

Richie, I never got to tell you how sorry I was about the death of your

If I was in any way insensitive, please forgive me.

I hit you. I'm sorry.

Forget it.

How are you holding up?

Not great.

Me either.

Feel like taking a walk?

Sure.

Like I can't believe Annie's dead.

I keep expecting to see her.

Richard, did you see her after she died?

I cremated her.

When I went down to see her, she was already gone.

Really?

Would have been better if you'd seen her.

Morning, everybody.

Morning. Hey.

I didn't think you'd spend the whole night in the woods.

Grizzly Adams, how was the night?

Oh, cold and clarifying. Want some breakfast?

No, thanks, I ate.

Well, Carol's sister -in -law's coming into town. I thought we'd go see her and

then we'd go home.

No.

Mark, there's nothing left to do here.

I don't agree.

Why not?

Still a couple of questions left to answer.

Like what?

The Jaguar needed an alternator and they ordered one.

Why did Carol and her husband leave town?

Exactly. Maybe they didn't like it here.

Maybe they didn't want to wait.

Jesse, Carol called me from here.

And it sounded like she was in trouble. You don't find it odd that Annie Castro

was supposedly the only person to see Carol, and now she's dead?

Wait a minute. Is this some kind of big conspiracy that whoever killed Annie

Castro killed Carol?

What happened to the autopsy report?

Why was she cremated?

You know her husband did not have her cremated.

Matthew Campbell did it for him, and he didn't ask. He just did it. He didn't

want anybody to see the body.

I don't know. You can do what you want, but I'm not leaving.

Neither am I.

You folks all going home today?

I don't know.

I thought since I had some time off, I'd do a little mountain biking up the

hills. That sounds like fun.

You'd go?

Do you have any idea how good I am on a bike? Well, I know you're great on a

stationary bike, but have you ever gone anywhere?

Very funny.

I'm serious, though. I'm thinking about looking at some land.

Here? Yeah, it might not be that expensive.

If you went in on it with me.

You and me buy land together?

Yeah. What? And build a house.

Think about it for a second. It would be great for your kids to get out of the

city. A great place for them to go.

I'm not sure I want a home here. Let's go.

Oh, come on.

Excuse me.

Is Johnny here?

Okay, you guys aren't talking to me. What's up?

Well, of course we're talking to you. Why wouldn't we be talking?

Bobby, talk to the lady.

You're embarrassing me.

Johnny will be back in about an hour. He finished all the work on your car.

Oh, good. Thanks.

I'll see you.

What'd you do to that boy?

What's the matter with you?

I think that's her boyfriend.

What, short stuff?

Look how close they are and intimate like when they walk.

Girls like that do not like little guys.

How do you know?

Trust me, I know these things.

They're like big guys, like you and me.

But they like them when they can talk.

Bull!

She doesn't know I'm alive.

I thought you'd be leaving today.

I wanted to ask you something. ask you about Annie Castro's cremation.

What about it?

Well, Richie says you did it without talking to him.

It's what Annie wanted.

Richie's always had mixed feelings about it. I wanted to make sure that Annie

got her final wish.

You went to her funeral parlor and they just said okay, without asking what

relation you were to the deceased?

We're all friends here, Lieutenant.

Look, Richie was in pain.

Now, maybe to you what I did wasn't by the book.

But for me, I was helping out a friend. I was relieving him of a burden.

Now, are you checking out today or not?

Not till we find what we came for.

Beautiful animal.

Quarter horse.

Cost mucho dinero to make that baby.

Handle him very, very carefully.

Did you race?

You didn't come out here to talk about horses.

No, I didn't.

Go in there.

You don't want to be seen with me.

You and your dad aren't the most popular guys in town. Yeah, particularly with

your boss.

Why does Matthew Campbell want us out of town?

His place is booked.

No, it's not.

I did a little checking. He's got plenty of room.

What's he trying to hide?

Nothing.

The day your wife died, she was wearing a watch.

What's up with you people and that watch?

You and I both know that watch was my sister's.

No work to do. Who gave it to her, Richie?

You or Cam?

Which one of you took it off my sister's wrist and put it on Annie's?

I don't know what you're getting into here.

You a part of this, Richie?

Part of the lies?

The cover -up?

Or are you just a victim of Matthew Campbell like everybody else in this

Matthew Campbell saved your dad's life when that well caved in. Or did he just

lead him straight to it, hoping he'd die?

Go home.

Go back to L .A. Leave us alone.

You hear the news?

Our friends aren't leaving.

Well, you can thank Matthew for that.

He should have never let them stay in the first place. Hey, Matt was going to

handle it. He had it under control.

Another.

What's he going to do now?

Better question.

What are we going to do?

Think about that.

Eat some fresh air.

I'm looking for Dr. Mark Sloan.

I'm Yvette Fodd. He's expecting me. I see.

May I say, Miss Fodd, how sorry I am about your brother's death.

Thank you.

Dr. Sloan's room is up one floor to the right.

And if there's anything I can do for you, please let me know.

Thank you.

It's a long drive from Las Vegas.

Thank you.

I wanted to meet you because Carol brought so much joy into our lives.

My brothers, mine.

I'll try to lit up whenever she walked into a room.

She was a completely different woman with him.

You met him?

No, she sent me a tape of the wedding.

She seemed so happy in a way I'd never seen before.

It was a joyous event.

How did they meet?

Um, my brother and I came.

Here with nothing.

But he was a hard worker.

And very smart.

He said he wanted to build a laundromat downtown Las Vegas.

He said all those people who lose money still need clean clothes.

He said they can't afford to send them out.

We now own 30 laundromats.

And that's how we met Carol.

She does... She did commercial real

estate and found us locations.

I get the feeling you liked Carol a lot.

I loved my brother.

He had found his soulmate. How could I not love her?

I'm going to be late for the morgue.

Why don't we go with you?

Were you close to Carol?

Uh, not really.

She was so excited about coming to Los Angeles for your birthday party. She

wanted Antoine to meet you.

She was a lovely young woman. You should always think of her like that.

Steve, go get Amanda. Meet us at the morgue. We'll take my car.

I guess you big city folk are just better than us.

I wouldn't say that.

Why did Miss Fod insist you examine her brother?

Because I asked her to.

Dr. Burns, did you notice this?

Or this?

I just assumed this man died in an automobile crash.

And you found evidence to prove that, right? Yeah.

What you didn't find is that underneath these burns there's gross evidence that

this man was severely beaten before he died.

What? What happened?

I'm sending you hope to Las Vegas. This town is not safe for you.

Campbell?

Campbell?

Campbell, where are you?

Just a minute.

What's the problem? Did you see what they did to her car?

Whose car? Yvette Fogg. Somebody painted the word raghead on the door. Now, that

wouldn't be you, would it?

It's time for you to pack your bags and go.

Your son died in 1991 in the Gulf War. That's right, and I'm damn proud of him.

But you blamed the Arabs for it. They took away the light of your life, and

you hate all Arabs. Isn't that right? I didn't touch your car.

I'm sure that's true. But I suspect that somebody who knows how you feel, who

wanted to please you, they might have done it. You're saying I'm a bigot. Oh,

no. No.

Bigot's not a big enough word for you.

I think you and Antoine Fod had a fight. You hated him just because he was an

Arab. And you and your friends, you beat him, and you beat him.

And when he was dead...

You don't have any choice but to kill my daughter.

No, big is not a big enough word for you.

I think you're a vicious, cold -blooded killer, and I'm going to see you put to

death for it. Go to hell, Sloan.

Some coffee, please?

And maybe one of those donuts over there.

I was thinking about looking at some property. Would you happen to know where

I'd get in touch with a real estate agent?

Isn't one.

Excuse me?

You heard me.

There's no real estate agent.

A little bit, boys.

I'll get a burger and fries.

How could there be no real estate agent? The land here is beautiful. It must be

worth a fortune.

Nothing sold in 25 years.

Wow. Who was the last buyer?

Matthew Campbell.

So one guy bought up the whole valley.

What are they doing?

They're eating. I told you, they're eating.

You're telling me that one guy bought up the whole valley?

And the town.

They won't sell any of it.

Look, we don't want developers here.

We don't want city folk coming up to their weekend homes.

We live here because we like it just the way it is.

That'll be five and a quarter.

I left my wallet in the truck.

You got any money?

Some vets.

Kevin, get out of here! Kevin!

Hey!

Hey!

Stop!

We're so screwed.

This is a first.

They stole your truck?

Well, to be exact, they towed it. They towed an armored car?

We were in here having lunch.

Isn't one of you supposed to be in the truck at all times? Kelly, this is Los

Rios. You don't figure someone's going to steal your truck in this town.

Did you see who did it?

No.

Do you have any idea who might have done this?

What do I know?

Used to be the sort of thing didn't happen in a town like this.

Yeah, what happened to the peace and quiet of country life?

Steve, can I borrow you? I could use a little big city help.

Donnie?

You remember Detective Steve Blum?

You here for gas or you just feel like getting a little more police harassment

in? We have some questions.

Um, you reported your tow truck stolen yesterday afternoon?

That's right.

How's that work? Aren't you here for your entire shift?

Guy ran out of gas down the road.

I brought it to him.

Used my own car because it's just easier to get around.

And that's when your truck was stolen? While you were gone?

Why do I feel like I'm being treated like a suspect?

Maybe you have a guilty conscience.

Or maybe, anytime, anyplace there's a crime, you feel the need to discuss it

with me.

Let's not forget, your truck was used to steal an armored car.

And two people died, who were last seen here by you at this gas station.

So now I'm a murderer?

I'm thinking I should have a lawyer if I'm talking to you.

Excuse me.

Just one or two questions.

Do you have any idea who might have stolen your truck? No.

And you didn't see anybody hanging around waiting for you to leave?

No.

You done?

For now.

So on a scale of one to ten, what do you think?

Oh, maybe zero.

have held them up and taken the keys. Everybody knows us, Bobby. Well, we

have worn masks.

And our voices, too.

Well, I could have talked like this.

Oh, now, why didn't I think of that?

Damn!

Well,

why don't you do something? What are you thinking about?

I'm thinking about how we're going to get the money out this truck.

Oh, good. That's good, Billy.

Jesse, could you give me a minute?

Yeah, of course.

Mark?

Where are you going?

What are you doing?

Look at this.

This shouldn't be burned.

And that would be because... Well, if the car hadn't hit anything yet, why

it be on fire? Why would this stump be on fire?

I don't know.

I mean, I'm sure there's any number of explanations for that. Such as?

Well, you know, the wind could have blown up one of the ashes and set the

on fire.

Now what are you doing?

Can you explain this to me? Why was this burned?

I don't know.

I do.

This is burned and that stump was on fire because they set fire to the car

then pushed it over the hill.

Mark. This is all the proof we need that Carolyn and her husband were murdered.

Yeah. What are you doing?

There's a couple of hundred thousand dollars in that truck. There's got to be

way to get it out. That chainsaw ain't going to do nothing.

What are you doing?

What's that going to do?

Hey, come on.

Get it out. You're going to kill yourself.

Get it out.

What's the matter with you? Have you completely gone out your head?

Now put that thing away.

Maybe this will do the trick. Hey, give me that.

What's that

smoke?

Let's find out.

Talk about your hot cars.

Carl, this is Kelly. We're going to need a fire company out of the Olsen farm.

10 -4, Kelly. We'll get an engine out to you right away.

Hold on.

Dean, let's go.

You got an idea?

I think I know where those two are headed.

You're an idiot.

I can't believe you set the barn on fire. It was an accident.

Why? Why did I pick you?

I don't know.

Come on.

Come on, get up.

It wasn't my fault. Stop saying that.

I knew we should have gotten him kicked.

Never would have happened if we got him kicked.

Whoa, whoa.

They just saw us.

We were in the middle of an open field.

There's a lot more fun in South Central.

Well, if they were smart, they went south.

In that case, we should head north.

There they are.

Stop!

You hear me? I said stop!

Hi, boys.

You about done running?

I guess so.

Good. Give me a hand. Get me out of there.

This

belong

to you boys?

You know who drinks this?

Johnny Orr.

And I think... I think this is a grave.

Grave Johnny Orr dug up.

Been out in the woods lately, John?

What makes you ask?

Found an empty bottle of J. Darby in what looks to me like an empty grave.

A lot of people drink J. Darby.

Once they find your prints on that bottle, and forensics proves you're at

grave site, I'll bet you want to tell us a whole lot more.

I'm shaking in my boots.

We're going to prove you murdered my sister and her husband.

And you tried to cover her up by digging up their bodies, putting them in a car

and pushing them off a cliff.

Is this conversation over?

No. I'm charging you with suspicion of murder and placing you under arrest.

Well...

Kelly

took Johnny Orr down to the county jail. She said the forensics guys should be

out at the grave in the morning.

Excuse me. Del, if you want to get us some coffee, we can get it ourselves.

You guys got to leave.

You've got to get out of town.

Why? What happened?

Arresting Johnny Orr was a bad move. You've got to leave.

What are you saying, Del, that the entire town is going to turn against us?

whole town is against you.

Now, I don't want you in here.

Get out.

What is it?

Why are you so afraid of Campbell?

Why are you protecting him like this?

They killed your friend, Annie Castro. You can't let them get away with this.

Cafe's closed.

Okay, I'm just going to keep walking.

Where's Dad?

I forgot to leave a tip.

The county sheriff's barracks are about 35 miles.

I'll go in one car. What about you?

Stay in here.

Kelly needs help.

You guys are freaking me out. I don't think anybody's going to really try to

kill her. If I'm right, man, you can't afford to kill three people. A couple

more is not going to make any difference.

Sure you won't come?

I'm not leaving Kelly alone.

What's the matter?

I don't know. It won't start.

We may need to call the county sheriffs for backup.

Oh, I don't think that'll be necessary.

Let me try it.

Mark, relax.

It's hard to relax with a gun in your face.

Everybody out.

Sorry.

You're a part of this?

Why? I'm a temple.

Family. He's my uncle. My rich uncle.

Your weapon.

Put him in the SUV.

Move.

Sorry about your daughter.

She died quickly.

The husband, he died hard. He suffered.

Dad.

Boo.

I like you, Richie. Don't be stupid.

What are you going to do? Kill them and all of us?

Where do you get off crossing me?

Richie, it's all right. It's all right.

We stayed with you when you beat up the Arab.

We protected you when you killed him and his wife.

I haven't tried to convince myself you didn't kill Annie.

Shut up, Richie.

I know what you did, Matthew.

I wake up at four in the morning thinking of you and hating myself for

you get away with it.

Well, it's over.

There'll be no more victims.

Not them.

Not us.

Whatever they do to you won't be enough.

Well, may not look this way much longer.

You think Matthew Campbell will sell everything off?

He's going to have a lot of lawyers to pay.

Developers are going to eat this place up.

Yeah, and this way of life will be no more.

Well, you know, maybe it's for the best. Maybe these people paid too high a

price for the life they wanted to live.

Answer one question.

What?

When did you call the state police?

Remember when I said I went back to leave a tip?

I made a call.

Del couldn't hear me. He was in the front.

I figured if we didn't need him, I might be a little embarrassed. But if we did

need him, after all, the service wasn't that good. I don't think he deserved a

tip anyway.

Carol never did like the beach.

Loved the country.

Desert, forest.

This is where she was happy.

I think this is where she should stay.

You'll always be in my mind and my heart.

I love you, Carol.