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Okay. Let's go. I know.

-We're in a hurry. I know. -It's cold.

-We got it. Let's zip it up. Zip it up. -All right, guys. Give me a hug. Come on.

-Bye, Daddy. -There we go.

All right. Goodbye.

-Have a great day, sweetheart. -We gotta get these backpacks in.

-Gotta go. Go ahead, go. -Okay? All right.

-Okay. Bye, bye. -See you later.

See ya. Here you go. Get 'em in. Okay.

Okay, Richard. Put your head on your dad's heart.

-Stepdad. -Okay. That's...

The important thing is that you can hear his heart.

And we'll listen to the words that he chooses to send from it.

-Can you? -Kind of.

Okay. Good.

And, Dad, go ahead and get your arms around your guy.

-Stepdad. -Okay. Let's...

let's get your arms around your stepdad.

Okay. Now let's share our considered statement.

Okay, my considered statement is...

"Hey, it's okay. I also got Cs."

And it's from me to Richard.

Richard...

"Hey...

it's okay."

"I also got Cs."

"I know where you're coming from."

"And I want you to know right here that you are not average."

I can feel your stomach on my forearm.

Okay. Yeah, that's because my...

my shirt's riding up a little bit because I have my...

my arms up above my shoulders.

-"I was really only good at the classes--" -Wait, why don't your clothes fit?

Because I gained a little weight.

And I don't want to get bigger stuff because it's kind of a snowball effect.

I want to be around for a long time because of you.

So I'm gonna lose weight because of you. Okay?

So that's why my shirt is small. Can I finish my thing?

-Please. -Yeah.

"Hey, I just don't want you to someday get grown-up Cs."

"Grown-up Cs means that maybe you're in a relationship

with someone who's unkind."

"Grown-up Cs means you maybe don't have friendships

that share laughter and those light-hearted moments

that take the edge off of...

Off... The edge off of all of life."

"Grown-up Cs means you're often sad a lot, because you haven't discovered

and then found a way to share what's wonderful about you."

"I want you to get grown-up As, man, because I love you."

"And that just means you're happy and peaceful."

"And that would make you way above average, man."

"Let's get there together."

"I will help you all of the time."

"Love...

Floyd."

Okay, thank you, guys.

Who would like to go next with this exercise?

This is just ripping through downtown.

If you're anywhere in the downtown area, you're gonna want to shelter in place.

Oh, boy. Oh, boy.

-I don't-- -Holy shit, Forrest! Holy shit!

Thank you. The-- We're gonna find some shelter ourselves.

That was a little too close for call.

Nick, I'm gonna want you to get some shelter.

-You get some shelter. -Shelter in place!

Shelter in place! Shelter--

Oh, hey. Hey.

-Hey. -That was rude.

-I'm so sorry. -What was?

I referred to you by your last name

when I saved you from getting sliced by that sign.

-I don't-- I don't remember that exact-- -I said, "Holy shit, Forrest!"

Yeah.

-But you saved me, man. -But that's rude.

Oh, hey. We weren't even ever properly introduced.

And-- and come on, that was a pretty intense report, man.

Yeah. We hung in there.

-Yeah, we did. -I don't think a single deaf

or hard of hearing person was lost during that cyclone.

Yeah. I don't think anyone was.

Well, you know, good first day.

That-- that was your first day signing?

No, no, it's my first day at the station, though.

I've been signing for, like, a year plus.

-So, you're not, like, hard of hearing? -No, no, no.

How-- how did you get into...

I have Peyronie's disease.

That's...

-I-- I don't know if-- -It's--

I have a curve in my penis greater than 30 degrees,

so that's Peyronie's. So...

You know what?

It was just... You know, it was a great--

great field report, man. Way-- way to be. Way to be!

Hey, way to be, you too.

I'm gonna make sure that you're working all of my emergencies, you know?

The other cyclones, and flooding and shit.

Man, I would love that. I'm Floyd Smernitch.

Clark Forrest.

-All right. -Yeah.

-So, you guys have a son? -Oh, yeah. Richard.

-What's he into after school? -He likes to-- You want a hotdog.

He likes to draw.

-He likes to draw birds. -Wow.

-Yeah. -Wow. Yeah.

Well-- well, what-- what do you do at Purina?

I'm, like, an accounting...

-Okay. -...clerk.

But I pretty much help everybody, top to bottom,

with, you know, like anything accounting, so...

It's Purina National, so...

-Purina National. -Yeah.

Nice.

-Hey, man. -Hi!

-Come on in. Hey there. -Hi, sweetie.

-How’s it going? -Get in there.

Well, now, we wanted to repay the favor

for your cornhole thing, and what have you done?

Yeah, well, you know, I realized

that you and Carol didn't get enough cornhole at our last party.

I thought I'd give you guys another, you know, opportunity.

That's... Listen, that's... come bring 'em on in. Thank you.

-Hey, Clark. -Carol.

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. What's the-- what's the activity here?

-Aiming? -Aiming rocks at Clark's house.

Yeah, I don't...

That's gonna scratch that.

Let's choose a different act-- activity, okay?

Hey, man, can I get a little help?

Need to move the swing. Nice vest.

Okay. That's a good spot. I like that spot.

Are you sure this is the best place

for two little girls to be swinging around?

It's pretty close to the tree.

Yeah, I wanna be able to keep an eye on 'em from the--

the kitchen. To safeguard them.

That's good common sense.

Isn't that nice?

Hey.

So I saw this thing.

A segment while I was waiting for my broadcast. Okay?

It was a report-- it was a report about an app.

Dating.

Well, not-- not-- not really a dating...

DTF St. Louis.

What's DTF?

"Down To Fuck."

Down to fuck?

So...

so you meet these people, married people.

It's mostly for married people, the reporter was saying,

who are very happy,

and they want to stay in their healthy marriages.

But...

they're also down to, like, fuck people that they've never met before,

you know, in St. Louis.

So, you can spice it...

without, you know, creating commitments or...

Spice what?

Spice your life. Spice it up.

Yeah.

Umpire.

Yeah, you talked about that. Umpire.

Carol became an umpire for some extra money.

An umpire.

I see her in her ump gear, you know, like...

puffy chest guard, and the blazer,

and the mask that's puffy too. And shin guards and...

And we haven't had sex since.

Pretty much.

When we'd start having sex, I'd say to myself,

"Hey, don't think about the umpire gear."

And then I think about the gear. And if I wasn't thinking about it,

and if it's going good, I think, "Oh, this is going good."

"I'm not thinking about Carol in umpire gear."

And then I think of Carol in that puff blazer again.

Just...Yeah.

I'm ashamed.

It's stupid.

But those are my true ump feelings.

I'm sure there's something I do that turns her off.

I don't know what it is, but I'm sure there is.

What?

Nothing, nothing.

What?

Batman lived.

On this page, I was afraid he was gonna die.

And then he lived.

I'm relieved.

Yeah, like sometimes, he has to go back

in his Batman pages 'cause he gets confused.

Like, "Wait, who is this guy again? Oh, wait, it's the bank manager. Oh!"

It's... Yeah, cooled too...

with me and Eimy, a little.

What's flicked your switch off?

She does charity work.

What... Well, why does it turn you off, charity work? It's good.

It's not the charity part. Yeah, that part's cool.

Yeah. It's just she stays up late working on her charity stuff.

And I got to get up at 4:00.

-Am I a monkey? -Yes.

-Yes? -Yes, you are. You got it.

You got it. You are a monkey. This monkey's got to go to bed.

All right. Good night.

-Good night. -Good round. Good night.

Good morning.

So our pathways,

our-- our sexual pathways, they're like...

-Oh, yeah? -You know?

Maybe one day your pathways will lead back together.

That would be good. Or...

-Or-- or my... -Thanks.

...my pathway goes somewhere else. For just a little while.

Then maybe comes back, you know? Maybe that-- maybe that would be cool too.

People do that. You know, like the-- like the DTF thing.

-Hey. -Yeah.

Would-- would you like--

Would you like to maybe go to Outback Steakhouse tonight,

maybe take a peek at that thing?

The DTF thing?

I-- I don't know.

Would you be into exploring it?

At Outback?

I don't know.

It's just, tonight, I just, you know, I...

I was thinking about having a-- a quiet night

at home with the gang and...

playing a board game or something.

Hedbanz. With a Z.

-With a Z? -Yeah.

High-- highly recommend.

Nice.

Great. Can you...

can you actually split it between those two cards?

This one didn't work.

Oh, okay. Yeah, just put it all on that one.

-It worked. -Hey, okay, good.

That's terrific, thank you.

All right, I hear it's fun.

-You heard what's fun? -Hedbanz.

-Yeah, I don't know. I never played it. -Okay.

Hey, hey, hey. Gonna play a cool game tonight.

Hedbanz!

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!

Hey, what are you-- what are you-- You're aiming rocks at our house now?

Yeah.

Maybe we don't do that.

Okay?

Hedbanz!

Okay, girls, it's not a race. Not a friendship bracelet race.

You just take a...

Where you going?

-Hey. -Hey.

Safety sesh.

-Safety sesh? -Yeah.

Just gonna...

Just gonna stress test the new swing set, make sure it's safe for the girls.

Safety sesh.

You're a good dad.

-Cool. -Yeah.

-Oh, man. -Thanks.

What do y'all think of that?

Am I smaller than a bread box?

What's a bread box?

It's a box you put bread in.

-No, we don't. -No, we don't.

But people do. And it's small.

-Am I smaller than a bread box? -That is not a good question.

Why is that not a good question?

Okay, I think what he means is that what you are could be smaller

than a bread box, but it also could be bigger.

Yeah, you didn't ask a good question.

Well, I mean, it's a pretty normal question

-for a game like this. -Yeah.

-It's a pretty normal question, Richard. -Oh, wait.

-Time's up. -Well...

-You lost. -Yeah, well, I-- I lost

because you were being argumentative

during my sand time when I should have been

asking questions during my sand time.

He's always coming at me.

He was being argumentative during my sand time.

Why don't you just, you know, get through it, Floyd?

Not make such a big deal.

I'm not making a big deal out of it. I'm just saying.

I think we should address these things when they come up, you know?

-I think I should take it back. -The game?

-It was like 17 bucks plus. -Well, maybe we'll try again.

The Visa's maxed.

Well, then yeah, take it back, okay.

-I'm gonna pay it this week. -Wow.

-I didn't say anything. -Why do you have a bowl of ice?

-Because the ice maker is broken again. -He keeps coming at me.

-He was argumentative during my sand time. -I know, yeah, during your sand time.

Hey, Carol Love.

Maybe we can think of something to do before the sun goes down.

Do what? Before what?

Have you seen my umpire pants and my shin guards?

Why do you need your shin guards?

So I don't get hit in the shin with a ball.

-You have a game now? -Two night games.

-One Bronco, one Mustang. -You have night games?

-Yeah. -Cool.

-You lost. -I know.

-At the game. -No, I know.

Can you please not throw rocks at the...

-Throw what? -Never mind, nothing.

You still got that thing on your head.

-Hey, man. -Hey, man.

Outback Steakhouse. You still down for that?

-You got it? -Yeah, just-- just for exploring.

Let's see, we gotta make our profiles.

Yeah, let's...

Okay. Here's what I got so far.

"Rocksolid," profile name,

because I'm-- I feel like I'm a pretty dependable person.

"Gentle touch, open heart, pretty good shape."

"Twyla, Missouri."

I put "St. Louis area."

You live in Twyla.

Yeah, but it's in the St. Louis area

and it sounds, uh,

like, a little less suburban or something.

St. Louis area.

That's true.

Mm, it is true.

We live in the St. Louis area.

Okay.

"Gentle touch, open heart,

pretty good shape, St. Louis area."

Do you think I'm in pretty good shape?

I'm not saying great. I'm saying, like, pretty good.

You know what you should write?

-What? -"Cares about health."

Because it's totally true.

Right? You care about your health, man. Yeah?

Yeah, I care about my health in the sense of, like,

I know I'm not in great shape, and I'd like to be in better shape.

I think about how I'm not in great shape anymore all the time.

It really bothers me, Clark.

Write, "Cares about health." Sounds good, and it's true.

"Gentle touch, open heart, cares about health."

"St. Louis area."

That does sound good.

That sounds like I'm in good shape, even though I'm not, and it's true.

What happens when you have a profile?

Someone responds to your profile.

Then you plan a meeting. Someplace quiet. Then you meet.

It's interesting, right? -Yeah.

It's interesting. DTF St. Louis.

Down to fuck.

I'm down.

You down?

Yeah, are you?

Yeah, I'd be cool with that.

I'd be cool with that.

Continue moving. 19th Avenue is closed...

Excuse me.

-What can I do for you? -You can leave the room, please.

-I need to inspect it. -Why?

Okay.

St. Louis County Sheriff's Detectives.

What's yours?

Special Crimes.

St. Louis doesn't have a Special Crimes unit.

Twyla does, which is where we are, so leave the room, please.

You don't have a homicide department out here in the suburbs?

They called us. State office.

It's a St. Louis County suspicious death.

I am a St. Louis County Sheriff's homicide detective.

Now, I understand you need to see the room,

but it's a small space, so we go in one at a time.

And I'll make sure nothing gets moved.

And then when I step out, you come on in, Detective.

Okay? Thank you.

And that is your five-day forecast.

Now let me send it back to you, Brandy.

This is everything, no?

-This is everything. -Yeah.

This guy had a wife and a kid.

You know, I think Daddy wanted some private time

with his male porno before work.

So he found this little spot.

Shuttered pools.

Brought his Lost Ark male porno and...

had a heart thing with his heart. That's that.

That photograph isn't sexual.

What do you mean it isn't sexual?

You can... I mean, it features a guy nude.

It's not sexual.

It's foolish.

What? He's discovering some kind of a lost city?

Nude?

-What are you talking about? -Yeah, looks like it.

You know, some kind of Mayan something. You can see all the male stuff.

I'm porn positive.

I don't know what that means.

I'm porn positive. Porn is a part of my marital sex life.

That's not porn.

Open your phone. Put in "Indiana Jones and dicks"

and you're gonna see a lot of dicks. Modern dicks.

Couldn't even get hard then.

You can get hard as shit today.

That's not porn. That's...

like a collectible or something, like baseball cards or something.

Yeah, but, people have their own, like...

Like-- like this guy.

He was into, like, lost cities, maybe, and treasure hunter men.

So, I mean, that's his private thing, personal to him, his thing.

Why is his face scratched over?

-In that way? -His face?

It's scratched over.

Yeah.

Yeah. Okay.

Yeah.

All right, I...

I think the way this is expected to work is,

that you help me gather information following my lead and indications. So...

Find out what these fit.

And I'll see what's on his phone,

but he's going to be a normal sort of person, I'm sure.

And the autopsy's gonna say...

heart attack.

Three miles from home.

Suburban dad...

with his...

secret gay pages.

Should be able to be yourself in your house.

Shouldn't have to get up so early just to be you.

Should be an all-day kind of a thing.

Okay.

Hey, Glenn.

Check out all the, like, Indiana Jones dicks

and stuff you get when you just search "Indiana Jones cocks and asses" and stuff.

Wow.

That dude's getting an Indiana Jones spit roast.

Yeah.

He's got like an Indiana Jones guy on either end there.

-He's having a real adventure. -Yeah, he is.

There's so much.

Makes no sense.

What doesn't?

What the sheriff says makes sense.

It doesn't to me.

Life Champions, Chapter 19.

Asking someone to speak up, even when you can hear them,

-is a means of... -On your left!

...controlling the conversation

and throwing the other person from their preferred dialogue rhythms

-and trains of thought. -Left!

Remember, everything is a negotiation.

-On your left! Someone will walk away

with an advantage. Make that someone you.

This was the pool house that morning?

-Yes. And that's Smernitch's car. -You know you're not authorized to...

gather information that I haven't requested.

-I understand. -Yeah. I didn't request this.

That is a weird bike. What is that?

It's weird. It's supposed to be that way.

Why?

Better for your knees or something.

I've never seen one like it.

You see them sometimes, not often.

It's like a nerd thing?

-Yeah. -Yeah.

Okay, well, you know,

find out who sells those in Twyla and around there,

and find out who owns these around there.

You're authorizing me to do that?

Yeah.

I'm gonna take a closer look at his communications.

This is an arranged meeting.

It's a suburb.

You just don't go bumping into somebody at 4:00 a.m.

Someone was there with him at the pool house.

-Yeah, two of them. -You sold two bicycles of that kind?

-Over what time? -Like, three years.

-Same guy. -Both weird bicycles?

Same guy. He bought two. I remember.

Do you have a record of the sale? Who you sold them to?

I remember who 'cause it was him.

So your husband just had the one laptop of his own?

Yeah, he had that one, yes.

Are we gonna get that back?

We'll get it back to you as soon as we can.

Detective Homer.

It's the contents of his computer.

The victim.

We're logging all of it.

Clark Forrest. He bought both bikes.

-The weather guy? -Yes.

-The shop sold two. -Right.

He owns both of them.

-Clark Forrest? -Yes.

Yeah, Floyd was a colleague and a friend.

You worked together here?

Yeah, yeah, and-- and he was a friend.

-Pretty good friend? -Yes.

Yeah, pretty good friend.

Okay. Well, we have a few questions for you.

We'd like to do that at the station.

At the sheriff's station? Today?

Today, yeah.

Yeah, I mean, if that's good for you, that'd be real good for us because...

Well, it's-- it's not far from here.

Yeah, so are you free to come down and we can just speak there?

I'd... take my own vehicle?

Yeah, yeah.

Sheriff's station. County. Duvane Avenue.

-We'll see you there. -We'll see you there.

You own a bicycle like that?

Like what?

That design, you know, it's an unusual design. Yeah.

We talked to the bicycle shop in Twyla,

which is where you live, correct?

Correct?

-Yeah. -Yeah, and they said

that they've only sold two, just two in a few years, yeah.

Same guy bought 'em both.

That guy was you.

And you're asking, was it me at the pool house?

I haven't asked you that yet.

Okay.

Was it you at the pool house,

the early morning, the very early morning Floyd Smernitch was killed?

No.

Okay.

-Okay? -Okay, that's it.

-I can go? -You could always go.

You're not being detained. That's why we're here in the lobby.

I just... I had some questions for you.

-Okay. -You need a lift home?

No, no, I've got my... my way.

Thank you. What is this?

-Sir? -No, that's just a notice

that we're gonna keep your phone when you leave here today.

But you can pick it up here tomorrow.

What do you do with it?

Well, we're gonna catalog your emails and text messages.

I think it says all of them in there.

This says that you can do that, huh?

Yeah.

Okay.

Hey!

Oh, boy.

-Detective Homer. The weatherman's texts. -Thanks.

I've been reading the transcripts

of the weatherman's texts for a while in here.

Quite a while in here.

-Forrest? -Yeah.

To the victim's wife.

-Floyd Smernitch's wife? -Yep.

These three months, a great number.

Love letters, essentially. But... just these few months.

-They were having an affair. -They were.

Lasted a little bit.

She ended it. She was over it. He wasn't.

She just wanted things to go back to normal with her husband

and he didn't want to accept that.

What about this can?

The toxicology report came back 20 minutes ago.

It says Smernitch died from a lethal ingestion

of a pharmaceutical amphetamine, Amphezyne.

His heart stopped.

It was in this can?

That dosage?

A profound amount.

Mixed in a morning drink.

On the morning Smernitch died.

Hidden, no scent, no taste.

Floyd drank it. Thought he was drinking a Bloody Mary.

He died.

You got it.

Okay, so, uh, early in the week, we're gonna see some more--

Here we go.

-Here we go. Here we go. Here we go. -Here we go. Here we go. Here we go.

-Here we go. Here we go. -Keep it down! Jesus.

So, you're probably gonna want to bring along a sweater,

or that-- that light coat as you'll...

Hi. Can I help you?

Can you step over to me, please, with your hands exposed, please?

-With my what? -Keep your hands out in front

and step over to me, please.

-Are you talking to me? -I am.

Now, let's do what I ask, please.

-What is this concerning? -Come over here and keep your hands out!

Can-- can-- can someone... What is going on?

You have the right to remain silent.

-What is going on? -Anything you say can and will be...

-I'm doing the weather. What is going on? -You have the right to an attorney.

Rob, we're going to now report

that WTGK meteorologist Clark Forrest has been arrested

for the murder of American Sign Language interpreter Floyd Smernitch.

The two men first worked together on a WTGK broadcast in July,

and have been part of the Channel 10 Weather Team ever since.

Kind of hard to let the sunshine in, huh?

Day like today.

Are you...

Does that mean the billboard where I'm holding the sun?

I'm not afraid to talk to you.

I'm not afraid. Floyd was my friend.

I miss him very much.

-Not afraid to talk to you. -Okay.

Talk to me.

Why'd you kill your friend?

Cornhole.

-I'm sorry? -Events...

events began.

He threw a cornhole celebration.

Well, not really a celebration, it was a...

cornhole party, cornhole thing at his house.

What's a cornhole thing?