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What the hell?

Come on, Charlotte. Settle down.

Who's that?

Hey, Mimi. Hey, good morning.

Is that the Barlow file?

Yeah, but it's reviewing the deposition.

Well, is it good or bad? Because if it's bad, I'm going to need this morning

coffee first.

It's bad.

For opposing counsel.

Go on.

So, Barlow said that he was in Boston right before Philly.

Lori makes a joke about Boston, and that's when Barlow says that he was only

there for the marathon, to run it for, like, a bucket list kind of thing. At

same time, he was supposed to be on disability.

Exactly. Good catch.

I can call some PIs, see if they can find out more on why Barlow was in

But the two that you had in your contacts, one, the email bounced back,

other one, it's it.

Oh, great.

Wait, Coulter's visiting someone who would be great for this.

Who? John Keaton, ex -cop that helped Coulter with the serial killer case. I

mean, I've reached out to him before, and he hasn't responded, but... Well,

maybe he's not interested?

Oh, more like he's really bad at follow -through.

Well, I'll look into some backups just in case. Okay, great.

Hey, Rena.

Hey, are you in Tacoma yet?

Yep, I'm here. I got here last night.

How's Keaton doing?

I have no idea. I haven't seen him.

Said he wanted to meet me here. Had something to run by me.

Well, say hi to him for me and tell him I've got some PI work for him if he's

interested. Oh, yeah?

Yeah, I mean, it's nothing special. Just the basic stuff.

Yeah, no.

Oh, you know what? He's here right now. I'll let him know. I gotta go.

Bye. Hey.

Thanks for coming, man. Of course. Yeah, absolutely.

Morning, Paula.

Morning. What can I get for you? I'll do the little pancakes, of course, and

I'll do scrambled eggs.

Sure thing.

Thanks. You want your usual? Yep.

Crispy bacon, end -to -end, not overcooked. One flip on the eggs, 20

that's it.

I already know, hon.

Bears repeating.

You know, one of these days, I'm going to serve you some of that vegan bacon.

Oh.

Sorry, it's just a little thing we do. No, it's cute.

So, what's up?

Well, nothing really.

Well, that's just something, right? You dragged me all the way out here.

Let's get the business out of the way and we can enjoy our crispy bacon.

All right.

My old partner on the force, Nat Dobbs, I can't find him.

When was the last time you heard from him? A couple days ago.

I was supposed to help him drop a fuel pump in his Chevy, but he mentioned

something he wanted to run by me, but I didn't make anything of it.

I went to his house, and he wasn't there.

No calls, no texts.

So what are you thinking?

Well, as you say, he doesn't have the best taste in women.

He's a nice guy, too nice.

Kind of a sucker with the ladies. Always had a thing for the broken ones.

Used to be a thing when we were working where he'd bust some asshat, feel bad

for the asshat's girl, and two weeks later, I'm fetching him out of some no

-name motel after she's maxed out his cards.

I know. All right.

Did you go down the bad girlfriend angle?

Yeah. His latest two winners, haven't seen him either.

I'm afraid he met someone, got himself into trouble.

Not sure what I'm asking, it's just...

Dobbs, he saved my ass in the field a few times, and you know how that is. I

know how it is, yeah.

Maybe it's nothing, but I got a bad feeling.

And you were in the area.

You need to say another word. I got your back. I'll help you with it.

Thanks, man.

All right, here we go.

Thank you. You're very welcome. Enjoy.

You too.

Well, these look good, Paula.

Of course they do, you pain in the ass.

He's trouble, you know.

Good trouble.

I tremble.

Huh.

Paula likes you.

I've already been through the place once.

There's not a lot of crime around here, so he leaves the doors unlocked. But

this one back here...

was slid open.

Could be he had to leave in a hurry.

Anyway, anything else to miss besides the door?

Nope.

I was taken at my retirement party.

You keep a hand in after retirement?

As much as we all do.

It's kind of hard to let it go.

Mention anything specific?

No.

I got my guy running a race on his phone in his car. Maybe we get lucky.

Thanks. Used to be I could call in some favors or something like that, but now

this new breed, everything's behind the book.

Moves the load, I'm guessing?

Yeah.

You feed the cats?

I haven't seen it.

One of those indoor -outdoor creatures, but that's a really good idea.

Gene? Yeah.

Did that mean anything to you?

No. It's from three days ago.

Home invasion gone bad.

You got ripped out of the newspaper. Why would you have any interest in this?

Like I said, it's hard to put the badge down.

Randy, what do you got? I got that info on Keaton's old partner. Where do you

want to start?

I was hoping you could tell me the location of the phone or the car.

Phone's offline, but of course, I got the last known location.

When? Two days ago. He turned off his tracking services and then the phone

offline. That's not good.

Send it to me.

What the hell was he doing here?

I had my guy send me everything he could about the shooting of that farmer.

Dobbs ever mentioned Clive Sherman?

No. No.

Okay. It must have been important to him. He came here the day after the

and his phone goes dark and he vanishes.

This report says some electronics were taken along with some antique guns.

Well, that could be drug addicts looking for an easy score.

Old man confronts him, they shoot him, grab at the can.

Mm -hmm.

It doesn't explain why Dobbs was here, though. Right.

The murder took place over here, by this fence line.

Do you see something? Maybe.

That's a dairy farmer.

Yeah.

Why is there a brand -new excavator over there?

See that?

Looks like it came in from this road.

There's no mention of a field search in this file. No, there's not. So here's

what I'm thinking, right?

They wait for the police to finish their investigation before they start

searching the property. You think Dobbs?

I think maybe.

A lot of foot traffic going this way.

Yeah.

The ground here is a little more compacted.

You're right.

Somebody was waiting to dig.

We'll find out.

There's no key.

Whoa, whoa, whoa!

That's not Dobbs.

Oh, man.

That body over here, there could be dozens.

Wasn't a robbery gone wrong.

Whoever shot that farmer knew about these bodies.

Dobbs came out here looking around.

Someone must have grabbed him.

Maybe his body's out here somewhere.

We got to call this in.

Who sent you out to that farm?

No one.

I don't believe you.

I saw it in the papers.

Tell me where they are.

I don't know who you're talking about, man. Don't waste my time.

One more time.

Who knows?

I don't know.

Detective Sims.

Any sign of Dobbs? No.

Precious bodies from a week ago.

One of the ones that you unearthed. The other stayed back more than six months.

How many bodies have you found so far?

At least ten.

Probably going to find a lot more.

Looks like this was someone's body dump.

So, Keaton, you said you came out here looking for your old partner?

Yeah. Tracked his cell phone here.

As one does.

Sort of what I do, actually.

This is Colter Shaw.

He helped me find that serial shooter in Sequama National Forest. Oh, yeah.

Heard about that.

So why the hell was Dobbs here?

I'm not sure, but I'm guessing it had something to do with these bodies.

Maybe he was investigating.

Dobbs is retired.

He shouldn't be investigating anything.

What can I say? Old habits die hard.

So the farmer that lived here, you thinking he's some kind of serial

If he was, he liked targeting criminals.

Three of the bodies we ID'd so far have long rap sheets.

You find out who shot the farmer?

No. Okay.

It's sort of a coincidence, isn't it?

They'd pick someone with a body farm, shot execution style, right?

You know what? I appreciate all your help so far, but I'm going to need you

to stay out of this now.

Okay?

I'm not going to stop looking for my old partner.

I wouldn't expect you to.

Hello?

Well, if it isn't Police Commissioner Ross Bogart.

Well, sure thing. Just tell me when.

All right. I'll see you soon.

I'm being summoned downtown.

By the commissioner?

It'll be fine. He's a good guy.

We'll go way back.

Probably just wants my input.

So I ran the names on the bodies that the cops ID'd and they don't really have

clear connection other than the fact that none of them are going to win

of the year, if you know what I mean. What about the dead farmer, Clive

Oh, Randy's here. He's been looking into it.

Coulter. So our boy Sherman's a pretty boring guy if you don't count the mass

grave on his property.

But I've been digging a little deeper, looking at his financials. He's got huge

deposits into his bank account every month. 50 Gs, sometimes 100.

It's a lot for a dairy farmer, right? That's what I was saying. And it's no

surprise where it's coming from.

It's a shell company called Oak Park Holdings.

You see who's behind it? Yep.

Booyah. Got a name.

Zahn Manassian.

Armenian crime boss who runs the south end of Tacoma.

I've heard of this guy.

Colter, he's not someone you want to mess with.

Okay. So, Manassian, what? He's paying this farmer to bury the bodies? Maybe

farmer wants to renegotiate?

Threatens to talk?

So we got what?

And then Dobbs stumbled upon the secret.

Which would explain his disappearance.

But I'm just going to walk up on him. Yeah, man. By the looks of it,

got his stuff on lock.

Then I'll walk up to someone close to him.

Can you find me an end? I can do that.

Okay. Manassian's got a nephew, and it's his driver.

Okay. Can you find where the car is now?

Sure.

Boom. Just sent you the address.

All right. Got it.

So there's dudes hiding between this caddy and this water truck, right?

And he thinks that he's lost me. But what he doesn't know is that I could see

his reflection right there in the caddy. So I wait for this guy to pop out and I

grab the son of a bitch. And all of a sudden, I swear to God, he drops down on

his knees and he starts to pray.

And now I don't know what to do.

I just let the poor guy finish, and I put the cuffs on him.

What can I do?

You left out the part where you took him to St. Mary's on the way. Well, I had

to let him confess.

Get right with God, you know? All right.

Story time's over. Come on.

You still keeping clean, Keith?

No, not like you.

Big shot commissioner now.

Hell, I bet you're doing Pilates with the mayor. Well, Pilates is good for the

core. You may need to try it sometime.

Well, I only put on 10 pounds since I retired.

Okay, maybe 15.

Thanks for coming down. No problem.

Happy to help. Yeah.

Tell me again, how did you stumble into all of this?

We were looking for Dobbs.

Who's the we?

Colter Shaw.

Yeah, Shaw. I ran him. Now, are you sure you can trust this guy?

That's my lie.

Okay. So back to Dobbs?

Well, he was looking into that dairy farmer got killed.

We tracked his phone location, and that's when we found the bodies.

This is going to be a mess. I'm aware.

You got any idea who's involved in that body farm?

Yeah.

Zahn and Manassia.

We think that the Russian mafia is making a move on the Armenians. That's

they hit the farmer to expose Manassian's dumping ground.

Oh.

That's going to get ugly.

Yeah. Well, this is why I'm putting my best guys on the search for Dobbs.

But listen.

I need you to step aside and leave this one alone. I don't want you getting hurt

out there. Oh, come on, Ross. Look, I know it's not in your nature, but I'm

asking you.

Please, try hard.

Can you at least tell me what you find?

It'll be my first call.

Just had a chat with my old pal.

And? He told me to stand down.

He thinks this is a turf war between some Russian gangsters and a local crime

boss, Manassian. Yeah, I got the same name.

I'm actually headed to meet him now.

Well, how the hell did you manage to set that up?

I'll explain later.

I'll call you back after I talk to him.

Don't do that.

Send it over.

Very good.

You're making a big mistake, bro.

You know whose car this is?

Lemonasson. Then you know you're a dead man.

Call your uncle.

You're crazy.

Call him now.

And say what?

He set up a meeting. No bodyguards. How am I supposed to do that? I don't know.

That's your problem. Call him.

Okay, take me to him.

Let's go.

His bodyguards won't be far away.

We'll be on the lookout for him then.

What?

Will it be open?

Let's go.

Go on.

Go on.

On the zone!

Well, Colt, find that nephew?

Yep. And Domino's been shot dead.

Hmm.

What? Damn.

There's got to be security cameras in here, right?

Okay, hold on, man.

All right.

Uh, all right, I got your location.

Let me see what I can find.

I need to know who else was here.

Bad news, bro.

It's Blackbot. I got Nada coming in or out.

It's hardwired.

Maybe a way to tap into this thing, right?

Let's see where it leads.

Hey, man, you got to get out of here.

Need more time?

Finding anything?

I got something.

Culture, I'm not kidding, man. You've got to get out of there. They'll be

to check on their boss.

I'm moving as fast as I can.

I'm curious. What am I looking for?

A router, a junction box.

Got it.

Okay, on the back, there should be serials, MAC addresses.

Hey, man, you know what? Hey, Pip, send them to me and get the hell out of

there, man.

Hey, hey, what the hell's going on?

Manassian was executed.

Hey, look at this.

Randy, I'm here with Keaton.

All right, hooking you into my feed.

And we're a go.

Manassian? Yeah, just wait for it.

Dobbs.

What the hell?

And then he took his phone with him.

None of this makes any sense.

Hold on a second.

Can you play that back?

Right there. Stop.

Yeah, right there in the window. What is that, a reflection?

Uh, yep. Right there with you. Can you blow it up?

Uh -huh.

You're kidding me.

What? Who is it?

Lang.

Emil Lang.

Contract killer.

I thought he was dead.

Okay, Emil Lang.

He's been off the map for five years after killing a cop at the Vortex

nightclub. And then poof, he was gone.

There he was. Somebody killed him.

Why the hell are we supposed to know?

Maybe the Russians found him, hired him to move on Manassian. So why use Dobbs?

Lang must have grabbed him at the farm.

Maybe they're working together.

No way.

Lang works alone, cold, efficient.

There's got to be something we're missing here.

Randy, Dobb has Manathian's phone.

Right? Is it still pinging? Hold on.

Oh, hell yeah, it is.

Wooded area, south of you.

Got it. Okay, let's go.

I don't get why Lang's holding on to Dobbs.

I mean, what's he need him for?

Anything about Dobbs you're not sharing with me?

Who do you mean?

I know you guys were partners.

People have secrets.

Hey, you don't know the guy.

I'm not ready to go there yet.

Let's go find him.

It's definitely closed.

Got something here.

Dobbs!

I got him. Dobbs!

Don't move. Don't move.

Oh, man, it's bad, isn't it?

It's a shot from all the blood loss. You got a first aid kit? It's in my trunk.

All right, I'm going to go get it and call 911.

Hey.

It was Lang.

He killed the farmer.

Who was he working for, huh? The Russians?

Not the Russians.

Well, who was it then?

Whose is this?

Manassian's. I tried.

I'm sorry.

Don't.

Don't. Come on, buddy. Wake up. Wake up.

Wake up.

You got to pause.

Dobbs wanted us to look at Manassian's phone.

We don't have time for that.

The fact that it just happened. All right, Lane, can't be too far.

We call it in?

Be fine, Lane. You let me know.

Kill Dobbs. I'll let you know.

Call it in, okay? Will do.

We'll look for him.

Yes. Retired Detective John Keaton got an M .V .A. in a homicide.

South of Tacoma.

You okay, man?

Get out of the way.

I'm not going to say it again.

Take it.

I

wanted

you to hear from me.

Yeah.

Dobbs is dead.

What are you talking about?

Emil Lang resurfaced. What do you mean resurfaced?

Lang is the one who shot the farmer.

Dobbs figured it out, tried to stop him, got killed.

The Russians must have hired him.

Dobbs said it wasn't them.

Okay, well then, the best I have to go on is that Lang has taken down

Manassian's operation and somebody paid him to do it.

Any units out there yet? Yeah, Sims is here already.

Okay, good. I'm heading over there myself. I want you to sit tight.

I'm sorry about Dobbs.

Yeah, me too.

I didn't work with him for very long, but he was a good guy.

I'm sorry. I've got to take this. Please.

Hey, Colton, you find Lang?

No, not yet. He's injured. I think he made it to the road.

Any idea where he went?

Maybe. Figured he was going to need a car. I had Randy look into it. Looks

there was a gray Honda that was carjacked not too far from there. Well,

got to be him. That's what I'm thinking.

I have Randy sending me a location now.

Okay, sit tight. I'm coming to pick you up.

Yep.

Hi. Can I help you, sir?

Are you okay?

Got banged up on my motorcycle.

Hit a deer.

Gosh, I'm sorry.

Gotta clean up before I get to my mom's house.

She's gonna have a heart attack.

First,

I gotta take care of the deer.

Need a plastic tarp and some duct tape.

Yeah, we have them right over here.

And I'm gonna need a rifle.

out of its misery.

How you holding up, you all right?

Processing, but good.

Still trying to understand what Dobbs was caught up in.

People are complicated.

You can't possibly know everything about them, even if you did.

At least you tried to stop me.

But for what?

What did the police say?

Bogart thinks it's the Russians, told him it wasn't, but they're going to do

what they do until they reach a dead end or figure Lang's next move.

Our way's faster.

Yeah.

It's supposed to wait back there for Bogart, but this is more important.

I got something from Randy here.

All right, looks like that carjack Honda's back on the move again, headed

towards the lake right here.

That's good.

Sorry to bother you. We have a report of a neighborhood gas leak. Need to check

your lines.

Okay.

I don't know where.

Usually in the basement.

Down the hall, first door on your right.

I think we should have a talk.