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In the jungles of Peru, the fight for survival heightens.

Now, Detective James Ellison is a sentinel in the fight for justice.

Seeing before others see.

Sensing what others can't.

An ever -vigilant watchman in the war against crime.

Check out the bow tie.

If not us, who? If not now, when?

Oh, man, I thought I was a geek in high school.

Was? Give me that.

What are you doing?

Three hours of riding in the car with him. I need something to help me relax.

I've been dying for a smoke ever since Cascade.

Not in my car.

You know, I could order you to let me.

We're off duty, sir. Well, if we're off duty, quit calling me sir.

I'll tell you how much I hate that.

Yes, sir.

Puff, puff.

Oh, I tell you, man, this sure brings back memories.

20 years.

Everybody's going to be so old.

You know, Jim, if it wasn't for Peggy, I don't think I'd go.

Peggy?

Who's Peggy?

Nobody.

Who's Peggy, Jim?

Simon's first love.

But he never told her?

Uh -huh. Now I see why you're nervous.

Give it a rest, will you?

We were friends, okay? Very good friends.

We were considered the campus radicals.

Led demonstrations, championed causes.

Even got suspended for it a couple of times.

We were going to make the world a better place.

She was really fun.

Is she in there?

Wow.

Simon, she's a babe, man.

Yeah, well, people change.

They look at me, campus radical to cop.

Probably won't even recognize her.

When will she be back?

You know, guys, I haven't been kayaking in a long time. I mean, we could

still... I'm sorry, sir. We only have two kayaks.

Well, we could trade off, you know.

All right, how about this? How about you guys come in for a drink with me?

One drink.

I'm buying.

You know what, Jim?

I believe that our otherwise fearless captain... I think he's afraid to go in

there alone, man.

You know, I got my first job in this place. It was a bell -hopping on 16.

It was the worst summer of my life.

You know, guys, the reunion's not till tomorrow night. I still think we can

a pitch. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You know, we only have two tents or else we'd both

have you with us.

I could sleep out under the stars.

Maybe you can do that on your balcony.

I know. You requested room 736.

I'll be damned.

That's being redecorated.

The clerk who took your reservation made an error. And I'm very sorry.

But how about a suite?

No extra charge.

Still likes to overbook him, eh, Billy?

Simon Bass.

Always figured you'd turn out bad.

Well, I guess I was right.

You still managing this place?

Well, what do you suppose?

I'm going to retire?

They're going to have to drag me out of here with both feet up in the air just

like a racehorse.

Billy, I'd like you to meet my friends. This is Jim Ellison and Blair Sanders.

Jim, how are you doing? Nice to meet you. How are you? How are you doing?

to meet you. How are you guys checking in?

No, we're actually going kayaking. And I'm still decided.

That's not like you, Simon.

You're the most decisive man I ever met.

Hey, Bugger, hey, how you doing?

I can't complain much. Well, excuse me, I've got some business to take care of.

Simon, I'll see you later. Okay, later, Billy. Yeah, I heard you were the law

around here now.

Yeah, when Jenkins retired, he passed the time to me.

So I heard you made captain. Way to go.

Well, that was four years ago, but thanks.

For your troops?

Oh, sorry, Dave. This is Detective Jim Ellison, Blair Sandberg. Hey, Jim. Hey,

Hayden. Guys must do a lot of undercover work, huh?

Blair's actually a special consultant to the department.

Ah.

Well, here in Rossburg, we got two kinds of cops.

Deputies and me.

It's a much simpler way of doing business.

Of course, we don't have all the murders and robberies, carjackings, and gangs

like you guys do.

Guess that's why people move to small towns.

Yeah, we're pretty good at handling what we do have.

Well, listen, I got to go.

Good to see you, guys.

It's not that story.

We were in high school together.

He was captain of the football team.

I was captain of the debating team. We were both very popular, but coming from

very different directions.

Had kind of a friendly rivalry going on.

Guess you can say we still do.

That must be her.

Peggy.

The one that got away.

Say, Jim, you know, about that drink.

Think we could save it till you guys pick me up on Sunday?

You sure?

Yeah, I'm sure.

Maybe we should stick around in case you decide to leave or, you know, you need

some backup.

Get out of here.

Very good. Well, if we hurry, we can catch some dinner. All right. Sounds

plan. Her name is Carrie Lance, and I'll be right over there.

Thanks. Thank you.

Simon?

What are you doing here?

I forgot. It's a reunion.

This weekend.

What, isn't that why you're here?

Me? No, I live here, remember? I hardly want to be hanging out with people that

I see every day.

Listen, it's great to see you. I hope you have fun at the reunion.

Peggy?

Something wrong? No.

I mean, I was hoping we'd have a chance to talk. You know, catch up.

I'm meeting someone.

You and Dave Becker still friendly?

He stopped me for speeding a few months ago. I haven't seen him for years. He

let me off with a warning. Said it was on account of old times.

Yeah, that'd be Dave.

Who's that?

Art Sturges. He owns Canyon Lake Paper. I work there.

Peg, is something wrong?

I'm sorry, Simon. I've really got to go.

Peggy, look.

There's a problem. Please.

Let me help you.

Can we go someplace else?

Look, maybe this isn't such a good idea. I should go.

Peggy, come on.

Just relax, okay?

Look, is it because I'm a cop?

I mean, are you doing something that's illegal? No.

Yes.

I don't know. I'm doing something important, okay?

Well, I... Excuse me a second.

Hello? Mr. Banks, please. Yeah, this is Mr. Banks.

We have a fax for you at the front desk. Oh, great. Can you have somebody send

it up? Sorry, not right now, sir. What?

I can't do it right now.

Let me talk to Billy Gates.

He's gone home for the day.

I'm sorry about the inconvenience.

All right.

No, I understand.

I'll be right down. Thank you, sir.

Sorry. That was the front desk. A fax just came in from the department for me.

They say it's urgent.

I asked if they could have somebody send it up, but evidently they got a line up

downstairs and can't spare anybody.

I got to run out and get it.

Shouldn't take more than a minute. Go ahead. I'll be all right.

I expect you to be there when I get back.

I will.

Good.

Billy, you still here?

Oh, Simon.

Leaving that pretty lady up there all alone.

You still think you know everything that goes on in this hotel, don't you?

Eyes in the back of my head.

And look, somebody called upstairs, said there was a fax down here for me. Also

said you'd gone home for the day.

Well, you're talking to me, so I guess I must still be here.

And there's nothing come in for you.

Simon, we have reported gunshots.

Gunshots? I see somebody broke into my room.

Sir.

Simon. Yeah. Is this yours?

I don't know.

I have to check the serial number. It looks like it, though.

Son of a bitch.

See? What?

Bitch.

Oh.

I don't know what happened here.

Three rounds have recently been fired from your gun.

Have a seat, Simon.

This whole thing is crazy.

Is this really necessary?

Matheson.

Come on.

Come on, Dave. You know me, man.

Sure.

Maybe we should give him the benefit of the doubt here.

This man was discovered at a murder scene.

Apparently, the victim's been shot by his gun.

I want you to go downstairs and you see what the near is up to. He should have

gotten a hold of the coroner by now. Go.

Yes, sir. Go.

Dave, listen.

Oh, shut up!

What the hell was that for?

Just you and I having our differences aside.

It's like old times.

Oh, come on, Dave. We were kids.

Yeah, that's right.

Now we're all grown up and you're a prisoner who's attempting to escape.

This is Becker. We got a Code 6 emergency.

I repeat, a Code 6. Lanier, do you copy? Are you kidding? He got away?

No joke. Make sure all the exits are covered.

I hit him.

This man's not getting out of here unless it's on a stretcher.

You're telling me we're lost.

No. No, we're not lost.

Just 40 miles in the wrong direction, that's all.

Ah, just 40 miles. We were supposed to be navigating here, Chief.

Yeah, Ellison.

Jim.

Jim, it's Simon. I need your help.

Jim? Simon.

Is that you?

We must have a bad connection.

Something wrong?

I don't know.

Maybe we're out of cell range.

Simon! Jim.

Yeah.

Peggy's been murdered, and I've been shot.

What? Becker's got my gun. He thinks I did it.

Oh, come on, Simon. This is crazy.

Look, Jim, somebody's trying to set me up here, and I have no idea why.

I can't make it out of the hotel. They're watching all the exits.

Meet me in room 736.

I heard Billy say it was being remodeled.

All right, sit tight. We're on our way.

What's going on?

Take a good look around.

Check the hall while you're at it.

We're near here.

He's on the sixth floor.

Copy that. All right, listen up. Get up to the sixth floor and shut it down. I

want every elevator and stairway door covered, then a room -to -room search.

Any resistance, shoot it. All right.

Hold on, guys.

What brings you two back here?

The funniest thing.

We were going in the wrong direction. I mean, totally off the mark. So we

figured that we'd come on back here. What's going on here, Sheriff?

Your friend Banks is wanted for questioning in a murder of a woman named

Anderson.

You heard from him?

If you're withholding information, gentlemen, I'll consider both of you

accessories after the fact.

Listen, Sheriff, as police officers, Don't you think our primary concern here

should be finding out who's responsible for this murder? Your boss shot that

poor woman three times.

I can prove it. I've got his gun.

Where is he?

I don't know. We just got here.

I'm going to keep my eye on you, my friend.

You do that, my friend.

I want you to keep a watch on these guys. I want to know where they go and

they talk to.

Yes, sir.

Now what?

Where are we going? I've had Simon's decision.

Follow me.

We need to talk.

You know what, Madison? Why don't you just pack it up for the night?

Now, sir.

Is that an order?

Look, no disrespect intended, sir. There's something going on here that

isn't right. By whose definition?

Mine, sir.

Come with me.

Okay, speak.

This guy Banks used to be a friend of yours, right?

Acquaintance. So?

The way you're treating him, it just seems like something personal.

Well, what if it is?

The way you hit him, he could jeopardize a successful prosecution.

Are you kidding me? He shot Peggy Anderson with his service revolver. We

prove it. No, but when we found him, he hardly knew where he was.

You saw the welt on the back of his head.

So what are you saying, Matheson?

Maybe somebody else knocked him out and used his gun.

Banks is a police captain.

If he was going to kill someone, he certainly wouldn't be so obvious about

So you think I should be giving him the benefit of the doubt? I think you should

be treating him like any other suspect who is innocent until proven guilty.

And wait for him to kill again? I don't think so.

Now, I'm sorry, Dave. I can't do this.

Not this.

Lanier. Lanier here.

Get up here right away.

Roger that.

Banks just took out Matheson with his own gun.

What the hell is going on here?

Oh, I wish that I knew, man.

Peggy's involved in something probably illegal.

Oh!

Dude, the bullet went right through.

We gotta get him stitched up. I mean, he's losing a lot of blood.

If we don't stop it, he could bleed to death.

Sandberg, will you quit talking about me like I'm not even here? I'm not

hysterical.

Look, we just gotta get you out of here.

Isn't there some way that we can call some kind of outside authority here? It

won't matter, all right? Unless we have some hard evidence to counter what

Becker's already got.

Simon's busted as soon as he steps out into the hall.

Anything else you got, Simon, that you can tell us?

I don't know.

Just think, I mean, did Peggy say anything to you that would indicate...

Jim, I know the drill, all right? Just give me a second to clear my head here.

All right, I'm sorry.

All right.

Peggy and I were in the lounge.

She was real nervous about talking at first.

Said she was waiting to meet someone.

I overheard her tell the bartender she was waiting on a woman.

Connie? No, Carrie.

Carrie Lance.

Carrie Lance, you're sure? Yeah. Write that down. You got a pencil? Piece of

paper?

What else?

Anything else?

We saw Dave Becker in the lobby. He was talking to this guy, Art Sturges.

Art Sturges?

Yeah. You got that?

He owns Canyon Lake Paper.

Anyway, when she saw those two together, she really freaked.

She couldn't get out of there fast enough.

Then when we got up to my room, she was going to tell me what was going on, but

then I got the call to go upstairs.

So you think the phone call was the setup to get you out of the room? Oh, no

doubt about it. All right.

I'm going to go check out the crime scene, see what I can figure out. See if

can get yourself out of that old kid, all right?

Oh, Jim.

I left my keys in my room.

You should be able to get Jim whenever you need to go. All right.

Guys, sorry about messing up your weekend.

Lanier, roger. I'm on the seventh floor.

I just seen some blood on the wall.

Blood, huh?

That's right.

And two of his friends just left in a hurry.

I don't know which room they came out of.

All right, stay there. I'll be right out.

Let's go.

Like you're bleeding pretty bad.

Uh -huh.

All right, let's start hitting the doors.

They found Simon.

Bringing out another body.

Now Simon's a

cop killer.

What? Yeah, they found this in his room.

It's got gunpowder residue all over it. Must have come from the sugar's

clothing.

Max got away. He's in the air now.

All right.

He used to work here when he was a kid. He knows his place inside and out.

So he's got to move fast.

All right.

Detective Ellison?

Yes. This is Billy King.

How did you get my number?

Well, Simon left it when he checked in.

In case of emergency.

And I guess this qualifies.

Listen, son.

You can trust me, okay?

Now, there's someone here that I think you should speak to.

She was looking for Peggy Anderson.

Is her name Carrie Lance?

Yeah. Yeah, that's it.

Thanks.

Let's go, Chief.

There she is, right up front.

Thank you.

Okay, you will. Thanks, Bill.

Um, Jim Ellis.

Kind of far from home, aren't you, detective?

Our captain is somewhere in this hotel.

And local cops think that he's killed your friend Peggy.

He didn't.

How do I know that?

Well, you can take our word for it.

Why should I?

Because something is very wrong here.

And I think you know what it is.

Otherwise, I doubt you'd be talking to us.

I'm a feature reporter for KRMN.

It's a local TV station.

I do mostly human interest stuff.

But occasionally I get into bigger issues.

Peggy called me a few weeks ago.

Said she could only trust me with a story she had to tell.

And, of course, I have a big enough ego, so I agreed to meet with her.

And did you?

She said there was a problem at Canyon Lake Paper.

Over the past couple of years, there's been an abnormally high incidence of

birth defects and immune disorders among the local population.

A runoff from the plant into the water supply was suspected, but the

government's been slow to act.

And in the meantime, Sturges ordered his own study, which, of course, gave his

plant a clean bill of health and bought him some more time to get the place

cleaned up without having to completely shut it down.

Peggy knew the study had been faked.

She told me she had copies of documents that would prove it.

And she was going to give them to me tonight, but there was an accident on

interstate, and by the time I finally got here...

What do you know about Art Sturges?

He inherited the plant from his father.

He runs it like his own little fiefdom.

Over half the people in this town work for him, and they are all afraid of him.

And what about Becker?

That is an even scarier character.

I did a check on him at the office before I left this afternoon, and I came

with three social security numbers and seven bank accounts.

He is also employed part -time at Canyon Lake as a security consultant.

Security consultant?

Isn't that a conflict of interest?

Obviously, he doesn't think so.

Good,

what's going on? Baker, he's ordered an evacuation of all the patrons.

He's doing that for?

Turn up the heat.

If I override the automatic climate control, it'll screw up the entire

Just do it.

I'll have to get permission.

This is a police emergency.

Yeah, just hold your position. Just keep me posted, all right?

Sheriff Becker? I got it.

Stand by.

Who's that talking to, Becker?

Art Durgin.

I need those papers, Dave.

We'll find them, all right? Just stay out of my face on this.

I'm worried. Two people have already been killed over this.

Yeah, but I'll tell you something.

Pretty soon it's going to be three.

Becker killed Peggy Anderson.

My guess is he killed that deputy, too.

How do you know?

That button on his sleeve.

Call the FBI.

We don't have enough evidence to clear Simon.

My first priority is getting Simon out of that building alive.

I'm going back inside. I want to get to him before Becker does.

Zero four.

It's Ellis.

I need your help.

Well, just tell me what to do.

Excuse me, son.

What size uniform do you wear?

She didn't make any stops on the way back to the hotel.

We checked her car, we checked the table where she was with Banks, and we

checked her purse. So she had to have the papers on her when she came into

room.

She was in here when I grabbed her.

But not her makeup for the last time.

My friend, this guy went all over the place. All he found was her makeup and a

couple of used Kleenex in the trash can.

Yeah.

Bye.

My wife lets her insulin in our room. She's having a seizure. Hold on, sir.

get the kit.

If this information had gotten out, we'd be finished.

She always said she wanted to die for a good cause.

Yeah,

Becker.

Yeah, hey, you just made my day.

Somebody called the FBI. They're on their way.

Christ, how long before they get here?

Their field office is in Spokane, about 45 minutes.

Damn it, Becker. Banks is a loose end. What if they believe his story?

They won't.

And how can you be so sure?

We still have those flashbangs in the trunk?

What would happen if we set them off in a contained area?

Like, say, a hotel basement?

I'd burn the whole place down.

Think about it.

No crime scene or only suspect fried to the crisp.

God, you found him.

Yeah, he's in pretty bad shape.

You have any luck with those medical supplies?

Yeah, yeah, I got them. All right, listen to me.

I'm in the banquet kitchen.

You find Billy. He's going to help you get those supplies to me, all right? No,

no, no, no. It's too late for that. They're going to burn down the hotel.

What'd you say?

I just overheard Becker. You got to get Simon out of there now.

Oh, my.

Put your arm up.

You'll be all right.

Here we go.

Let's go.

You'll

be

all right, partner.

Get you out of here in a second.

I don't understand. My friends are in there. Sorry, but this whole place is

about to go up.

Everybody stay calm.

Stay to the side. Everybody stay calm.

Stay to this side. Everybody out this way. Hurry, hurry, hurry.

All right, buddy. Hang on.

Hang on. Come on. Here we go.

Out of the way.

Out of the way.

Come on.

Sign it.

Oh, damn it.

Help me get Simon out of here. They're going to kill him.

And you too, by the looks of things.

All right. Let's just get him out.

Back it up. Back it up.

Back these people up. Clear this area.

Shoot him.

Get that camera out of here. This is a police emergency.

Not a chance.

I'm a Cascade police officer.

And your boss is a murderer.

He was paid to kill Peggy Anderson to keep her from telling you why people in

this town were getting sick.

Just ask Art Sturgis.

He's got the proof in his pocket.

Please step out of the car.

This is my town.

Not anymore.

All right, sir.

Let's get him out of here.

We'll get him back over here.

I think you're finally going to get a chance to retire.

Our work's just beginning for me, but we'll build the place back up better

new. That is, when they get things straightened out at the plant.

Well, forgive me if I don't show up for the grand opening. Don't let me have to

come looking for you.

Sorry about all this.

Look, Simon, you did a great job, and I'm proud of it.

Peggy's been proud of you, too.

Yeah.

Take care.

Okay, that's great.

Arrange for a medical chapter to meet you at the hospital and take you back to

Cascades.

Dude, I should have gone with you guys.

The way Sandberg navigates, we'd probably be lost and mauled by a

two.

We did say you were dying for a smoke.

Ready? Yeah.

You okay?

Hey, Jim, can you get my suitcase for me?

No, no, come on. I just need one.

Come on, guys.

It's broke.

Oh, that's attractive.

Just one.