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Previously on Marshals...

My trip to Salt Lake City yesterday was to see a,

um, a cancer specialist.

Cancer?

You cannot tell her, Miles.

You want me to lie to my girlfriend? Your daughter?

I will tell her when the timing's better.

It's a dark room, unknown threats.

Worried you might spook like you did in that basement.

I'm solid.

Hey.

Taking you to see a therapist.

The last place I would've gone myself.

I don't need a shrink.

Outside help is the best thing for you.

- I'm not going. - Damn it, Tate.

There ain't no disobeying me on this.

Hey, hey, hey. That's far enough.

Picked the wrong wagon train to ambush.

You're gonna head down to the ranger station

and you're gonna turn yourself in.

I think we let one of America's Most Wanted go.

Rudy Carpenter.

Serial bomber on the lam for three years Rudy Carpenter?

Yeah, it would explain why he was gunning for us.

♪ tense, suspenseful music ♪

♪ dramatic music ♪

Well, you seem to be taking to these late-night takedowns.

Well, outsourcing Tate's issues to a shrink

frees me up to chase fugitives. What's your excuse?

Well, who needs sleep?

Rather have some chaos to counter the quiet.

We're built for this, cowboy.

So who are we gonna shake tonight?

♪ "Shoulda Woulda Coulda" by Struggling Jennings playing ♪

All of 'em.

♪ Yeah, I've been there ♪

♪ Been told I can't win there...♪

U.S. Marshals!

♪ Been known to fit in where ♪

♪ I ain't meant to be ♪

♪ See, I've been grinding ♪

♪ Trusting in God's timing ♪

♪ Constantly reminded ♪

♪ My past ain't defining me... ♪

Don't move!

♪ Came too far to let go now ♪

♪ Nothing to prove, got a lot to show now...♪

Stay down.

♪ Yeah, I came too far to let go now, nothing to prove ♪

♪ Got a lot to show now ♪

♪ soaring, dynamic music ♪

All right, now, don't tell Daddy

I let you have a muffin for breakfast.

Does it really make sugar bugs hatch in my mouth?

Sugar bugs aren't real, buddy.

Curse of having a dentist as a father.

Oh, no.

Mrs. Skinner.

♪ tense, dramatic music ♪

Casino needs their full payment. Plus interest.

Forty-eight hours.

Who is that?

That...

...is nobody.

But just like that muffin,

we're not gonna tell your dad about this.

Okay.

Maddie around?

Yeah, she's in the back.

Breakfast burrito to go?

Not the first thing I'm looking for in the morning.

I missed you last night.

How'd it go with Cal?

First father-daughter evening out.

Kind of a... mixed bag.

Little awkward, to be honest.

He didn't spend all night telling SEAL stories, did he?

No, luckily.

He just...

He seemed-- I don't know-- just, like, off.

Guy moved to Montana to try and reconnect with you.

He's finally getting his shot. He was probably just nervous.

Hmm. Maybe.

He just got up to pee every ten minutes,

then fell asleep during the movie.

Just, like, not exactly the vision of Rambo

I had in my head all these years.

He's just been going hard at work.

You know, Mr. "All In, All the Time."

Don't remind me.

You know, given your history with him,

maybe you're looking for problems that don't exist.

It's probably just in my head.

I'll grab your breakfast. Okay.

♪ Roughnecks ♪

♪ Rednecks and roustabouts... ♪

What, you can be my chemo swim buddy,

but you can't say good morning, huh?

What? Something wrong?

Only you redlining it.

Given your treatments, you could blow a gasket.

I'm firing on all cylinders, you know?

Prepared to defeat my enemy.

Sounds like endorphins talking.

Just remember, this is a journey, not a battle.

Hey, I told Gifford about my diagnosis.

Now he's coming in to have a talk.

♪ We're gonna honky-tonk ♪

♪ Beneath the neon lights ♪

♪ Those roughnecks... ♪

And you're making sure he sees you're still invincible.

I devoted my life to protecting people.

I'm not...

looking for their pity.

Well, hell, I get it's no fun feeling like

a passenger in your own fight.

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And in what world is he your bandit?

In a world where I grabbed him and cuffed him.

Yeah, but I spotted him.

Only a lawyer could make that argument.

I went to law school, I am not a lawyer.

Hey. Am I facing serious time?

Yeah, running from federal agents will do that.

Look, what...

what if I got something of value?

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You're looking good, Calvin.

What'd you expect?

Well, it's just something you say to people in your...

circumstance.

So, what brings you here, Harry?

Well, I'm here to...

give you my full support,

but I also want to discuss with you your replacement

when you go on medical leave.

I don't know, that's a ways down the road, no?

Well, if all things go according to plan.

I-I know that sounds cold, but

the president appointed me to ensure that Montana stayed safe.

My elite unit stays elite,

even without you.

Phil Berenger in Tulsa, that'd be my choice.

He's a solid operator. He could keep this team in line.

Well, Berenger's a good man, but I...

I wanted to keep it in-house.

Deputy Cruz seems right to me.

Andrea? I mean...

Look, she's a great marshal, okay?

But, you know, she's a little green when it comes to leading.

Well, coach her up.

I mean, after the Clegg captivity,

she's a rising star in D.C.

It'd be good for the higher-ups to see

the-the talent pool I've developed.

Takes a steady hand to point the tip of the spear, Harry.

Speak of the devil.

Hey, so, the dirtbag

we picked up last night

is, uh, begging for a plea deal.

Okay. So what's he got to trade?

Just a top 15 fugitive. Serial bomber Rudy Carpenter.

Carpenter's a big-ass fish.

More like Cal's white whale.

The stank on you when you

let him go on the mountaintop is still on you

and your unit, Cal.

♪ dramatic music ♪

Deputy Cruz just gave you a shot at redemption.

Originally from Arkansas,

Rudy Carpenter turned violent after an EPA policy change

cost him his job as a logger.

Used thermite at his timber company's sawmill

to melt all their equipment into scrap.

Did six months of a two-year sentence for that.

Yeah, and then, after prison, I mean,

the guy became a full-blown domestic terrorist.

Started sending pipe bombs to congressional staffers,

federal officials, and he's best known for that

bombing that injured 50, killed a mother

down at that Fourth of July concert

in Savannah, like, five years ago.

He dropped off the map after that.

Until he crossed paths with you, two times in one day,

relieved you of a ranger's shotgun to boot.

Yes, I remember, Harry.

As I recall, you were on his scent

a few months later,

when you chose to defend the Dutton ranch instead.

Yes, a decision that you praised.

I did. That's the burden of leadership.

Even a good call can come back to bite you in the ass.

Look, Carpenter must've assumed

we made him on that mountain,

so why is he still hanging around Montana?

He could be trying to reconnect

with his ex-wife, Audrey.

She moved here two years ago, remarried.

Yeah, but how did your fugitive cross paths with Carpenter?

Claims he tried to sell him an AR-style rifle

in the parking lot of a gun show.

If Cal didn't recognize this guy in the wild,

how can we believe a-a man who's facing serious jail time?

Bomber's a folk hero on some internet corners.

Wait, wait, wait.

Does he have an address for Carpenter?

Does he have a phone number?

Nothing actionable.

The last time somebody dangled a top 15 fugitive

in front of us, uh, you were kidnapped, Dre.

There's not much here.

This prize is big. It's worth running down.

The convention center where

the gun show was held

is surrounded by motels and restaurants. Kayce and I can...

I'll go with Miles, and Kayce and Belle will talk to the wife.

And you, this is your wild-goose chase,

so you quarterback from here, Dre.

Late nights catching up with you?

Start mainlining coffee from the cradle

when you're raised on a ranch.

Hey, let me ask you something.

What is behind all the sharking with Andrea?

You fighting on a different front,

figured we'd pick up some slack.

There ain't no slack. Okay? And I haven't missed a step.

Though, I'm not sure I could keep up

with you and all these warrants you're clearing, man.

Just trying to lean into what I'm good at.

Yeah, I get it. Battlefield is the refuge.

Well, I'm not so sure about that

when it comes to hunting Rudy Carpenter.

I figured you'd be eager for a shot at redemption.

Man, it's bad enough that Gifford is treating me

like a damn charity case, and now the biggest failure

I've had with this unit is reentering the picture.

Choosing to save Tom Weaver's life

was our only sin that day.

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Getting some weird looks.

Denim on a golf course will do that.

Starter said Audrey teed off about an hour ago.

Does that mean she's almost done?

Not a golfer, I take it?

How did Carpenter's ex afford this place?

Remarried some old rich dude.

How romantic.

Not everyone finds their soulmate.

Audrey saw a way out of her past, she took it.

Didn't your family belong here?

Brother and sister did.

But not you.

I was born for the barn, not the country club.

Well, Audrey's probably on the fifth hole.

Let's cart out to her.

I have a better idea.

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Good work turning up this lead.

Bagging Carpenter...

that'll score points in D.C.

And take a violent man off the streets.

Seems you've been putting in a lot of late nights around here.

What gives?

Well, after turning down the job in D.C.,

I figured the least I could do for you is clear some warrants.

Well, false humility is a lousy smokescreen.

I know what's going on in that head of yours.

It's ambition. You wear it well.

Rolling up bad guys is only half of what success looks like.

I can show you how to handle the political side of this work.

Why the sudden interest in my career?

When one of your charges turns cop killer,

forces you to assess,

you know, what you could've done different.

Plummer?

So are you saying you see some homicidal tendencies in me?

You don't make things easy, do you?

You got eyes at the top on you now.

I'll be around,

help you avoid any missteps.

♪ tense, dramatic music ♪

Come on!

- Hey, whoa, whoa, whoa. - Hey, guys, come on.

See this?

That's Audrey.

No, no. Not on the green.

Who are you folks?

Just need to have a word with Audrey.

After her round.

We don't have time to wait.

Get off my green, pal. Now.

U.S. Marshals.

Your men could learn some manners.

When your ex is one of America's Most Wanted,

makes people jumpy.

Bodyguard is for Rudy?

Wake up in a sweat most nights 'cause of him.

Few months back, all the feds came around

saying Rudy's in Montana, so I hired help.

Any contact with him recently?

Do I look like I'm holding a torch for that man?

When I realized what he was up to,

I got as far as I could as fast as I could.

Seems like it paid off.

Best decision I ever made.

Rudy only ever brought chaos to my life.

He's still doing it.

Well, when we catch him, he'll be out of your life for good.

If there's anything you might know that could help us,

please.

I haven't seen Rudy since I left Arkansas.

But I can tell you this.

He won't be going back to prison.

What makes you say that?

That first stretch did damage.

He came out a different man.

So, good luck catching him.

He always has an escape plan.

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We'll keep that in mind.

Struck out at the strip mall.

Got the gas station security footage on here

from the timeline we thought Rudy was in the area.

Think you can stay awake through that?

Something you're getting at?

If you're falling asleep at the movies

because of your treatments,

how long do you think it'll last

before Maddie finds out about your cancer secret?

Man, that was a boring movie. Okay?

It was just one of those costume period nonsense.

Well, Maddie deserves better than me gaslighting her.

See, might have a hit.

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Right there, man. I mean, it's...

hard to tell if it's him.

What happened to the bag?

Yeah.

No exfil point.

If he met somebody, the camera would've spotted 'em.

Mm. These are pretty full.

Don't look like they've been picked up

for at least a few days.

Never too late to learn a new life skill, boss.

Hop in.

You're really gonna make a sick man go dumpster diving?

For a guy who doesn't want to be seen as a victim,

you play that cancer card real well.

Yep.

You see, Deputy Kittle,

marshals go where the job takes us.

Found something!

What's this? Okay.

Okay.

Uh...

Will you look at that?

Hmm. Hey. Here we go.

Huh. Shotgun's seen better days.

Yeah. Maybe that's why he was trying to buy a gun.

It's a, uh, Remington 870.

So, let's look up the, um,

serial number on that ranger's shotgun.

You mean the one you left unguarded

for a serial bomber to take?

Just look it up.

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Kilo, Lima, three, seven, one, two, four,

zero, zero, zero.

We are on Carpenter's trail.

So this is what they sent in that report.

- Bring it up. - So-- Okay.

And then what?

- Put it in the file. - Okay.

You Wally Pipp'd me already, huh, Harry?

Guess Cruz's lead's

not looking so thin now, huh?

Well, y'all, we're 48 hours behind Carpenter,

so I wouldn't go spiking the football yet.

Any idea why he dumped that bag?

I mean, shotgun was busted. Right?

So it was probably more a liability than a...

than an asset, and that dumpster

was meant to be picked up yesterday.

So the evidence should be in a landfill,

and we'd have nothing to go on.

Well, his bad luck is our gain.

You get anything from this chicken scratch?

Dark web address, password protected.

Techs are all over it, but it might take some time.

I'd say that's more than a good day's work, Deputy Cruz.

Hey, safe travels back to Helena, Harry.

Top 15 fugitive in our crosshairs?

I'll be around tomorrow, guide this unit to another victory.

No late-night door-kicking

for Butch and Sundance tonight?

No. Cal told us to stand by in case there's

a break with Carpenter.

You know, I'm getting more of a Bonnie and Clyde vibe

from these two.

Cowboy on the golf course must've been quite the sight.

Etiquette, not one of Kayce's tools in his toolbox.

Never been very good at following the rules, I guess.

No Cal tonight?

You know, he's, uh, grinding away at the office.

Sure he's got the energy for that?

Caught a big case, so he's working late tonight.

Totally normal behavior.

♪ He said, "You caught..." ♪

Totally normal answer.

Even when I tell her the truth, I feel like I'm lying.

No, look, Miles. You're in a tough spot, all right?

But having Cal's back?

That's admirable.

I'm just super not into

hiding things from someone I care about.

We didn't tell Tate right away when Monica got diagnosed.

I understand the instinct on Cal's part.

Hell, I'm lying to my son about the dangers of the job.

Got enough trouble dealing with the cost of the job

to worry about who else it impacts.

Cal survived decades of heavy combat,

only to get his ass handed to him by some rogue cells.

Got to be messing with his head.

Monica was the strongest person I've ever met.

That cancer and those treatments

can take you down a dark path.

Yeah, and none of this is being helped

by Harry hanging Carpenter around Cal's neck.

Letting Carpenter go

came back at Cal like a grenade with the pin pulled.

At least us catching Carpenter is a fight

we can help Cal win.

♪ And an old bar stool ♪

What's so important that Cal has us here

at the crack of dawn?

The dark web address found in Carpenter's bag

led to a message board used by a local gang, the Disciples.

Why's a street gang

- talking to Carpenter? - Someone on the board

is pitching trading expertise for shelter.

Disciples could be beefing up their arsenal for a turf war.

Been on the run for as long as Carpenter,

he's always looking for a new flophouse...

Hey, y'all.

Disciples are run by Paul Soler and his brother Nick.

Is an unsubstantiated dark web convo enough to move on them?

Both brothers have outstanding warrants for grand theft auto.

Gives us legal authority.

Come on. Let's shake 'em, y'all.

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Warrants are for Paul and Nick Soler.

Four Corners sheriff says the Disciples run this chop shop.

- Carpenter's in there with 'em? - He could be.

He's trying to get shelter from eyes and ears.

Feels like that kind of place.

Got a positive identity on the Solers.

Okay. Hey, Dre, Coyo,

you're gonna be with me. We're gonna roll up front.

Belle, Miles, clear from the back.

There could be more tangos than we can see.

I can head in, say my car broke down, get eyes inside.

Then they sniff you out, and we're in a standoff,

okay? Fast and heavy, that's the play. On me.

♪ intense, dramatic music ♪

U.S. Marshals!

Nick and Paul Soler, we have warrants for your arrest.

Watch that fire!

Hey, Miles, Belle, I need that flash-bang.

Okay, push, push.

On the ground! On the ground now!

Down, down. Hands, hands, hands.

No sign of Carpenter.

Nick needs a bus.

Should we roll Paul up, get him in a box at the compound?

These guys, they know something.

Okay? So we... we need to get 'em talking now,

before Carpenter gets any further into the wind.

Copy that.

Hey, hey, Dre.

Bagging Carpenter's gonna bring scrutiny, okay?

So this case has got to be airtight.

- Okay? By the book. - Yeah.

♪ tense, dramatic music ♪

All right, let's talk, man.

Grand theft auto, man, is nothing compared

to firing on federal officers.

And you are looking at a very long stretch here.

But... lucky you,

I got bigger problems than a street gang.

Rudy Carpenter. What's your business with him?

Don't know the name.

You play ball with me,

and I can get years cut off your sentence.

Okay? Your brother, too.

Lawyer.

Really desperate for this guy, huh?

Why I'm willing to cut you a sweetheart deal...

if you will help me find him.

Lawyer.

- Any luck with this guy? - No.

He's less of a talker than you are.

It's our only lead. Trail runs dry, it's Cal's ass.

Well, he said by the book.

Which book?

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What were you doing with Rudy Carpenter?

I'm not talking to you, either.

That's the wrong answer.

Wait, wait, wait.

Oh, memory coming back?

I can't move.

Rudy's dead to us. You find him, you put a bullet in him.

You better tell us the story real quick.

Rudy and us had a deal. Set him up with a place

to lay low in return for pipe bombs, but after

we gave him the blasting caps he asked for, he went AWOL!

Wait, hey! Hey, what--

What the hell are you doing?

Rudy's got his hands on blasting caps.

He's not on the lam, he's making a bomb.

What happened to by the book, Dre?

We got answers.

Y'all, Carpenter goes up on charges,

everything has to stick.

Well, do you want win in court or win downrange?

Just 'cause it worked, doesn't make it right.

Trying to help.

Coyo, on me.

Okay? We're gonna scour the area.

I am hearing that our fugitive is now

an active domestic terror threat.

We are turning this gang upside down,

trying to find breadcrumbs.

Blowback on this unit will be severe

if Carpenter starts inflicting mayhem.

We're on the hunt, Harry.

This is beyond a missing fugitive.

I'm looping in support from other agencies.

We will not have any bombs going off on my watch.

Nick's cell records indicate that he was texting

with an unidentified burner phone.

He received this from the burner.

"One amp all fire, M6 or M8." Does that mean anything to you?

Those are specs for blasting caps.

Good chance Carpenter's using that burner to place an order.

What else can we get on that phone?

It isn't active right now, but it was pinging

at the same location all last night.

Where?

Uh, industrial part of town.

That is an odd place to lay low.

Heavy traffic, lot of eyes coming and going.

Maybe he was casing a target?

Kayce and Cal are out that way. I'll let them know.

You know, cutting Carpenter loose

was just as much on me as you.

Yeah? Well, tell Gifford that,

'cause he's shaping that noose for me

if this thing goes sideways.

It's why the team is doing what we can,

trying to keep you out of the blast radius.

Oh, so that, uh, enhanced interrogation,

that was for my benefit, hmm?

Well... consider it the upside of my being forged in chaos.

Yeah. Get treated like livestock growing up,

hard to cage the animal.

Nobody wants violence, till they need violence.

Yeah, yeah, bad things for good reasons. Man, I have heard it.

It's just bad enough, man, this cancer's got me thinking

about my own expiration date, just feels like...

Gifford's grooming my replacement.

Gifford and cancer will come to learn you're hard to kill.

♪ dramatic music ♪

These treatments, man, they give you a lot of time

to think about the...

mistakes you've made.

This badge, you know, it helps me atone for 'em, but...

if Rudy gets this bomb off...

Look at this.

This is right across from where Carpenter was camped out.

He already hit his target?

Hey.

Officer. Deputy Marshal Calvin. Deputy Marshal Dutton.

What are you, uh, what are y'all looking for here?

There was a break-in.

Alarm was cut a couple hours ago.

Employee reported it when he opened.

Construction supply, huh?

Commercial construction supply.

Wait, so is there anything missing?

Eight barrels of ANFO.

Industrial explosives.

He's not building pipe bombs with that.

That is enough ordnance to take out a city block.

Where are we at tracking Carpenter?

Security footage from the construction supply shows

he used a white cargo van in the ANFO theft.

The aerial assets you got us from DHS

are combing all possible routes trying to pick up the vehicle.

We're reviewing images as they come in,

but we're talking hundreds of miles of roads and highways.

Carpenter's previous actions were meant

to make a statement

more than do harm. I...

What can he do with this much ammonium nitrate?

Think Oklahoma City.

♪ tense, dramatic music ♪

Hey.

What looked like a ghost hunt a day ago

is headed towards one of the worst

domestic attacks in decades.

We're still in the fight. We just got his van.

For all we know, he switched vehicles.

Or he's under the courthouse in downtown Bozeman.

We are doing everything we can.

It doesn't feel like enough.

I'm gonna expand the BOLO to neighboring states.

We're gonna advise highway patrol

to widen the checkpoint radius.

Got a hit on a traffic cam. Carpenter's van

moving north on 86 at Cedar Creek.

Next cam is three miles later with no sign of the van.

There's only one exit he could've used.

Okay, look, send all air assets in that direction.

♪ tense, suspenseful music ♪

Hey.

You good?

Yeah.

Just, uh... ...feeling the pressure.

If this lead does not pay off,

I am leaving it to you to rein Cal in.

Well, he's got reasons to be wound up.

I know he's got a lot going on, but still.

Same team. We were just pushing for answers.

I think he's feeling like he's on shaky ground.

Harry came in talking replacements

for when he's on leave.

Oh.

That's got to feel like a knife twisting.

Well, I feel bad for whoever they bring in,

trying to wrangle you.

You're the most senior marshal after Cal. Could be you.

Oh, I prefer to keep a low profile.

Would just as soon follow you into the fire, cowboy.

No. I'm more of a "protect the herd"

than "lead the pack" kind of guy.

♪ dramatic music ♪

Drink some water.

Got a massive fertilizer bomb on the loose,

and you're worried about my hydration.

Yeah, you've been pushing the red lately,

and the team needs you at your best.

Cal, why don't you grab a power nap in the team room,

we'll track Carpenter.

I will rest once we catch him.

Chemo can escalate stress, anxiety, cloud your judgment.

Look, it's other people's judgment that I'm worried about.

'Cause if we take a hit on this...

Cal, whatever you're about to lead us into,

the team needs the tip of the spear sharp.

Yeah. Least I have a say in this battle, right?

Hey, go-go back, Miles. Wait, Miles.

Miles, go back. Go back.

Go back, go back.

Go back, go back. Yeah, right here.

Right there. That's-that's got to be him.

You care to let the rest of us in?

Spent enough time in the sandbox to recognize a blast crater.

Carpenter tested the explosives. He did a dry run.

Mm-hmm. Wait, where-where is this?

Old farm northwest of Bozeman.

Okay, pull coordinates, jock up.

Cal, let's not miss him again.

♪ intense, dramatic music ♪

Okay, spread out. Heads on swivels. You call out

any sightings, you hold for my instructions.

Carpenter's ex did say he's not going back to jail.

Yeah, and always has an escape plan.

Come on, let's move.

Visual on Carpenter's van.

Yeah, roger that. Hold what you got, y'all.

Hey, Coyo, Dre, push right.

Visual on Carpenter.

He's doing something in the back of the van.

Yeah, he could be rigging it.

U.S. Marshals! Drop it on the ground!

- Carpenter moved into the barn. - Hold fire.

Hold fire. Okay, we're gonna set up a perimeter.

Could have another vehicle in there. Some way to bug out.

Y'all, remember that ANFO,

'cause he blows it, and we're all vaporized.

Or it's just a bluff to give him time to slip away.

♪ tense, suspenseful music ♪

Yeah, copy that. Coming to you for entry.

Carpenter. Drop your weapon.

Show me your hands.

Move!

♪ intense, percussive music ♪