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[gun fires]

Previously on "Alaska Daily"...

- Where's Gabriel? - Said he needed space.

I'm not coming back to the paper.

I'm particularly interested in this guy, Toby Crenshaw.

He invited her to the party the night she went missing.

Ned Crenshaw?

We'd like to ask you a few questions about your nephew.

Toby's a good kid.

He'd never hurt anyone.

We just want to know what happened to Gloria.

I just did. We were friends.

Friends? That's it?

Yeah. That's it.

They found his DNA?

They're issuing an arrest warrant.

The Pritchards bought up several parcels of land

across the state.

This land is protected.

I think they're building a road.

Those environmental groups

catch wind of your secret road, that would be

very bad for business.

All right. I'll sell you the paper.

And my business remains my business.

♪

Deal.

♪

[cellphone buzzing]

[dog barking in distance]

[cellphone clicks]

[sighs]

Hello?

EILEEN: Look outside.

Eileen?

Go to your window.

♪

What are you doing?

Same thing you did for me when I needed a lift.

But you don't have a car.

Stanley's.

Oh. Okay.

But I'm sorry. I'm not going back to the office.

Get dressed and get your ass out here.

I don't like being late.

♪

GABRIEL: Eileen, I really appreciate this,

but I don't wanna go back.

- EILEEN: Why? - I'm scared.

Me, too. It was scary as hell.

And it shouldn't have happened to us.

You know, I tried to convince myself

it was a freak occurrence,

but things like this keep happening.

That's true.

And that sucks.

So why should I keep doing it?

Because you're good.

And you've only just started to realize your potential.

You're gonna be a great journalist...

if you show up.

Are you just saying that to make me feel good?

You should know by now making people feel good

isn't high on my list of priorities.

For better or worse, I call it like it is.

That's how I see it.

♪

♪

Not much to look at.

No.

But is there any other place in the world

that makes you feel as alive as that newsroom?

[chuckles softly] There isn't.

Okay. All right. Write this down.

[inaudible conversations]

- Oh, let me see those. - YUNA: Here are the documents.

Hey, um, I'll just get to work quietly.

Don't want to bother anyone.

Of course. Take your time.

[coughs] Gabriel's back!

[gasps] Gabriel!

Hey!

♪

YUNA: I'm so happy you're here!

AUSTIN: Hey, man. Are you good?

[Claire chuckles]

Hey.

How'd we miss it?

Toby.

We didn't.

We...

just took a roundabout way to get there.

One way to look at it.

Did we figure out how his DNA got in the system?

According to Nexis, he was arrested in September

for aggravated assault.

Bar fight-- just a few weeks after we talked to him.

Well, look at that. They actually swabbed someone

and it led to solving a crime.

Almost resembles a justice system.

[keyboard clacking]

You got any info on his arrest?

Arresting trooper was D. Howard.

I'm still working on getting the affidavits for the arrest.

- Good. - [Slack alert clicks]

We just got a Slack from Stanley.

Toby's gonna be arraigned in 30?

How are we the last to know?

Seriously.

We gotta move.

Governor's office tipped off Crenshaw's arraignment

city-wide, minus us.

Thacker's icing us.

I guess your chat at the gala made an impression.

I want you posting updates throughout the day.

Got it.

Okay, story on my desk by 6:00.

6:00? Really?

Really. I want to be ahead on this one.

I told Miles to meet you there.

No way!

Way!

All right. Thanks for talking to Gabriel.

You know me-- journo/player coach.

- Mm. - ROZ: We gotta go.

Okay, don't forget to post. I need it by 6:00!

♪

[siren wails]

Wow. The whole state turned out.

Yeah, looks like we're just in time for the show.

[wailing continues]

[journalists chatting]

[camera shutters clicking]

♪

[journalists clamoring]

♪

Toby! Over here!

♪

There's Uncle Ned.

MAN: Eileen? Eileen.

Hi. Dennis Gibson.

I'm a journalist with the Anchorage Eagle.

Just wanted to say how sorry I was

for everything that happened to you,

and, uh, yeah, that guy was a real nut job.

Glad you're okay.

Thanks. But you're not a journalist.

That's why The Daily Alaskan canned your ass.

You're a hack blogger who peddles hate.

You almost got me and my colleague killed

with your baseless rhetoric.

So maybe just go to hell.

Saw that coming.

That was enjoyable.

Respect.

SERGEANT AT ARMS: All rise.

This hearing of the Third District Superior Court

of the State of Alaska is now in session.

The Honorable Judge Mathis presiding.

You may now be seated.

JUDGE MATHIS: Good morning, Mr. Crenshaw.

You're being charged with murder in the first degree,

sexual assault in the first degree,

and aggravated assault in the death of Gloria Nanmac.

How do you plead?

Mr. Crenshaw, I'm afraid I need an answer.

[whispers] Not guilty, Your Honor.

♪

Not guilty, Your Honor.

JUDGE MATHIS: Very well.

Now to the question of bail. Mr. Miller?

Yes, Your Honor.

My client has deep ties to the local community.

His uncle, Ned Crenshaw, will let him live at his house

for the duration of these proceedings.

We're asking that the court set bail at a level

commensurate with the family's ability to pay.

You understand I'm looking at a charge of murder one?

I do, Your Honor, but my client is experiencing

- significant remorse. - JUDGE MATHIS: Mr. Bailey?

BAILEY: Your Honor, bail is simply out of the question.

On top of the murder one,

Mr. Crenshaw is a violent criminal

who was arrested for aggravated assault

just a couple months ago.

Charges in the case were dropped

because the victim declined to testify.

And I'll remind the court that he is here

because not only were traces of his seminal fluid found

in Ms. Nanmac's body,

but Mr. Crenshaw himself signed a confession

admitting that he assaulted Ms. Nanmac,

drove her several miles out on the tundra,

and dumped her body.

This man is a danger to society and should not be granted bail.

Thank you, Your Honor.

Thank you, Counselor.

- Bail is denied. - [gavel bangs]

Next case.

[spectators murmur]

ROZ: So the DNA they found was semen.

Then the signed confession.

So how did he plead not guilty if he signed a confession?

Pro forma. His lawyer's trying to preserve

whatever bargaining power

- he has for a plea deal. - Hm.

I'd love to get a peek at that confession.

It has to be on video. Alaskan law.

Even better.

We should visit Sylvie before the mob descends. Get a comment.

You know what? Why don't you go ahead?

I'm gonna stay here in case there's a flash presser.

Good idea. You wanna reach out to Toby's lawyer,

- see if he'll talk to us? - Sure, yeah, will do.

I really want to see that confession tape.

Me, too. Remember, we gotta get it all done by 6:00.

Deadline.

[siren wailing in distance]

ROZ: How you doing, Sylvie?

I'm glad to see someone arrested for killing Gloria.

Did you know Toby very well?

He was around.

ROZ: Were they dating?

He said that they were just friends.

She liked him.

Was he ever violent?

To Gloria?

No.

Not that I knew about.

[sighs]

Gloria would've told me.

[cellphone rings]

[grunts softly]

[ringing continues]

[scoffs]

I've been getting calls all morning.

All of these people who ignored Gloria

are suddenly coming out of the woodwork to "hear my story."

I'm not talking to them.

Only you.

[cellphone buzzes]

It's Eileen. She's at the State House.

The Governor's giving a presser soon.

- I know. - You do?

The Governor actually asked me to stand up on stage with him

to make him look better.

Man has some nerve.

Yeah. He does.

♪

What's up?

Close the door, please.

More bad things?

I have a source who brought me this map.

Looks like Conrad Pritchard has bought these parcels

leading up to the foot of Hockley Mountain.

Hockley. That's interior, right?

Correct.

My source tells me that he is planning to build a road.

To where? Isn't most of that land federally protected?

It certainly is.

I wanna take you off mayhem tomorrow

and send you to check it out.

You okay with that?

I need aerial photographs.

- Helicopter? - Mm-hmm.

Cool. Am I stealing one, or can we pay for it?

I made a trade deal with one of the tourism companies

out of Fairbanks.

- Nine months of free ads. - Sounds good.

One story alone, that's practically a vacation.

Mind taking Austin with you on that vacation?

Another set of eyes.

Well, it's still a vacation.

You'll fly to Fairbanks, and then Jack's...

will get you over Hockley.

All right. I'll tell my vacay buddy.

STANLEY: And... let him know.

It's top secret.

Will do.

[office equipment clacking, indistinct conversations]

♪

Gabriel? Is that for me?

♪

Can you bring it to me?

♪

Okay.

♪

Thank you, Gabriel.

Have you had a chance to go through the traps today?

Not yet.

♪

Can you do that for me?

Now?

Yeah, okay.

Thanks, Bob.

♪

[indistinct conversations]

- Good seats. - Pays to linger.

Social event of the season.

And they keep forgetting to invite us.

- Yeah, weird. - Good afternoon.

I'm Public Safety Commissioner Brenda Haynes.

Thank you for coming out to hear about our efforts

to keep Alaska safe and to do everything possible

to end our missing and murdered indigenous peoples crisis.

It's my privilege now to introduce Governor Thacker,

who is spearheading this effort.

[journalists clamoring, camera shutters clicking]

♪

Good afternoon.

I'm proud to announce the violent killer

has been taken into custody.

This morning, Toby Crenshaw was formally charged

with the murder of Gloria Nanmac.

These guys have no shame in taking all the credit.

After years of doing nothing.

I want to take this opportunity to acknowledge the collaboration

between the Meade and Anchorage police departments,

and the Alaska State Troopers.

Our victory today shows just how far we're willing to go

to see justice served.

It's a good day for Alaska.

I'm happy to take some questions now.

- [journalists clamoring] - Yes?

Nell Jacobson, KQJS.

How long did the investigation take?

This was a tricky case, Nell.

It took about two years of hard work to close.

- Yes, Kim? - Hi, Kim--

Eileen Fitzgerald, The Daily Alaskan.

Pleasure to be here.

Why'd it take two years

to run Gloria Nanmac's DNA?

- Was that the tricky part? - You need to wait your turn.

My apologies, Ms. Lando.

- MAN: Governor. - What else is the Department

of Public Safety doing to reduce crime against Alaskan women?

Our administration is doing everything it can

to ensure the safety of all Alaskans.

Our MMIW task force has dedicated significant resources

to finding Ms. Nanmac's killer,

and will continue to seek justice

for those missing and murdered.

[journalists clamoring]

Roz Friendly, The Daily Alaskan.

What about the other untested DNA kits?

Do you plan on running them?

I didn't call on you, Ms. Friendly.

EILEEN: Governor Thacker, how can you say that this case

took two years of hard work to solve?

Commissioner Haynes just reclassified it

as a homicide a week ago.

I think that's enough questions for today.

Thank you.

[journalists clamoring]

ROZ: And they're taking a victory lap.

- STANLEY: It's a win. - If it sticks.

Signed confession. Seems likely.

But we can't say for sure.

Regardless, I need your story on the arraignment

- and the presser by 6:00. - [scoffs]

- It's 4:30. - STANLEY: It is.

Your investigation has become breaking news.

- Cover it. - We can't sort out

all that nonsense by 6:00.

We still don't have the affidavits for the arrest

or the video of the confession.

We can't hold this story. It's rolling.

Just give us at least another day.

You can do a Day Two tomorrow.

Keep going.

- But I need this today. - Yeah, yeah, by 6:00.

Whatcha doing?

Sitting, breathing.

Breathing is good.

You okay?

I don't know.

It's hard not to think about it.

And when you do think about it, how do you feel?

I think, mostly, I'm angry.

I would be, too.

And I'm worried.

Even though I know the odds of another lunatic with a gun

showing up at the office are pretty low.

Very low.

It's how I choose an airline to fly.

I go with the one with the most recent crash.

Better odds.

It's just a sad statement on the way we live.

[breathes deeply]

You know, after Jordan Teller died,

I realized very quickly I needed an outlet

for my fear and anger.

I can't imagine you angry.

Oh, I do angry.

Really well. [chuckles]

So what's your outlet?

It's hard to explain.

Give it a shot.

Tell you what.

Why don't you try to figure out what you need first?

And if that doesn't work, I'll show you how I cope.

Deal?

Deal.

♪

I feel like the graf on Sylvie needs more real estate.

Agree.

ROZ: We got 30. Let me drive?

♪

"Lose" has one "O," not two.

Thought I was a bad speller.

You are.

EILEEN: "The guards guided Toby Crenshaw

through the crush of cameras and micro--"

That seems soft.

Agree.

"Swept"?

"Swept," that's good.

- Done. - Send.

Sent.

EILEEN: Gotta love a deadline.

[jazz music plays]

Food's up shortly.

How we doing tonight?

Not sure.

Didn't I just read you guys got your guy?

Did you?

The story just posted.

Congrats. Drinks on the house.

- Thanks, Karla. - Thanks.

♪

They used the perp walk.

That sucks.

Toby's being held in the same building.

They just drove him around

to parade him in front of the media.

Yeah, we've been pushing this story uphill for months.

Now, suddenly, it's rolling downhill fast.

We reported that Toby was charged and he pled not guilty.

Those are the facts.

True.

Now we're caught up in the current.

♪

ROZ: Yeah. Look at Toby's photo.

The jumpsuit, the cuffs.

Cements the idea he's guilty before he even goes to trial.

And we quoted the Governor.

Which gives the whole story a stamp of authenticity.

[cellphone thuds on table]

Did we just play a part in the rush to judgment?

It feels that way.

♪

FLIGHT ATTENDANT: Please remain seated.

The fasten seatbelt sign is on.

You've been at the paper, what, 11 years?

12 next spring.

Which means you've survived how many sales?

Two sales, three rounds of layoffs.

You think this story could blow things up?

Mm, I don't know.

Tough to predict with the Conrad Pritchard of it all.

You got an escape hatch?

There's always PR.

I wouldn't last 10 minutes.

Yeah, me neither. [breathes deeply]

Why? You looking for a Plan B?

Anna wants to move to Chicago for a big new job.

Seriously?

What about Zach?

She's threatening to break our custody agreement.

Oh, my God.

I'm so sorry.

How ya holding up?

A lot of angst.

And a fair amount of second guessing.

I feel like I need a life chopper

so I can just pop up to 1,000 feet and hover,

- get a better read on things. - [chuckles]

"Life chopper." I like that.

Let me know when you find one.

[chuckles]

[buzzer]

[door clanks]

Why didn't you tell us the truth in Kodiak?

Is that a serious question?

Did you sexually assault Gloria?

No. I would never do that.

So it was consensual?

Yes. We loved each other.

We were in a relationship.

But you confessed to assaulting and murdering her.

I didn't have a choice.

These two detectives, they kept going at me and going at me.

They'd come in and out, asking those same questions

over and over.

They wouldn't even let me sleep.

Said they had DNA that proves that I killed her.

Said I would go away for life if I didn't confess.

I would've signed anything just to be able to shut my eyes.

To your understanding, what did you sign?

A piece of paper that says I killed her.

Even though you didn't?

Gloria's dead because of me anyway,

so what's the difference?

Why because of you?

TOBY: I should've gone with her to Skeeter's, but I didn't.

If it weren't for me, she would still be alive.

Toby, feeling guilty isn't the same as being guilty.

[buzzer, door clanks]

♪

Got the affidavits for Toby's arrest.

Anything interesting?

Yeah. Look at the name of the arresting trooper.

EILEEN: Dawn Howard.

But she didn't sign it. Look who did.

It looks like...

Oh, you've got to be kidding me.

Yeah, your old buddy.

What is Commissioner Haynes doing

signing a trooper statement?

Better question, why didn't Trooper Howard?

♪

Can't get this view in Chicago.

Hell no.

Funny thing, our job.

Here we are in the middle of nowhere,

looking for we're not sure what.

Sounds like the definition of reporting.

And some people wonder how we miss stories.

Kind of amazing that we ever find them.

PILOT: Approaching Hockley Mountain.

Claire, up ahead. On the left.

♪

[camera shutter clicking]

What is going on down there?

♪

Looks like a small army.

[clicking continues]

Can you get us any closer?

I sure can.

♪

Oh, I do love my job.

[camera shutter clicking]

♪

ROZ: Trooper Howard.

- Got a minute? - No.

Roz Friendly, Eileen Fitzgerald, The Daily Alaskan.

We're writing a follow-up story to our article on Toby Crenshaw.

You were the arresting trooper, right?

[siren wails]

I got nothing to say.

Ma'am, remove your hand from the vehicle.

Why did Commissioner Haynes sign your trooper statement for you?

I don't talk to reporters.

We're on background. Off the record.

Last time, off my car.

ROZ: Why didn't you want your name on the affidavit?

Did something about the interrogation bother you?

Look, I better not see this in your paper.

Anchorage police detectives had that boy in the box

for 24 hours.

God only knows what happened in there.

I'm a trooper. That's not how we roll.

No way I'm putting my name on that.

ROZ: Thank you, Officer.

If that shows up in print, you'll regret it.

♪

[car door shuts]

What do you mean, there's no tape of his confession?

All confessions have to be videotaped.

- It's state law. - Equipment failure.

Happens all the time.

Does it?

JIMMY: Protected by a Supreme Court ruling,

Stephan v. Alaska, 1985.

You'll have to enlighten my colleague.

She's an outsider.

"Acceptable excuses for not recording a confession

can include an unavoidable power or equipment failure."

Are you serious?

You could drive a truck through that loophole.

They have.

Look, Toby's case isn't unusual.

The cops get a young guy in the box without a lawyer,

he's not informed about his rights,

he's pressured into confessing and signing a statement.

Suspect. Conviction.

That's the system.

So what's the play?

The play?

Uh, I-I just cut a deal with the prosecutor.

What's the deal?

I got him down to murder two.

Instead of 30 years to life, Toby could be out in 15.

Now, there'll be a hearing in two weeks

where he'll officially change his plea to guilty.

What, you're not gonna fight it?

Even if it was coerced?

A plea deal is his best option.

He's not gonna win in trial,

not with the DNA evidence and a signed confession.

I-I got a hundred other felony cases on my desk right now.

I'm working 90-hour weeks.

I'm sorry to say this, but you can't save everyone.

EILEEN: Well, maybe not, but we can run a story

about a coerced confession

and possible miscarriage of justice.

That's your call, but my gut is it's too little too late.

We publish tonight. Go with the forced-confession story.

We got two weeks to figure out if Toby's innocent.

[key clacks]

So this is Pritchard's partner-- Katona.

"Katona Resources specializes in enhancing value for investors

through the mining of rare earth minerals."

That's the stuff in every cellphone,

every electric car battery, wind turbine.

You can't have a green revolution without rare earths.

CLAIRE: Yeah, but the radioactive elements

they shake loose and the risk of toxic runoff--

lot of environmental issues.

What's the political angle?

We're talking about federally protected land.

Nothing legal happens there without a change in legislation.

When you covered the Moses campaign,

did he ever say anything about Pritchard?

Not directly.

But he seemed pretty confident

about getting the paper's endorsement.

Mm-hmm. Go back to him. See if there's more.

Uh, I'm not sure he'll talk to me.

I basically knee-capped his campaign.

Maybe the enemy of his enemy is his friend.

Pritchard did desert him after my story came out.

See if you can sweet talk him into helping us out.

But keep it quiet.

I don't want it getting back to Aaron

until we know what we've got.

Yeah.

[mid-tempo music playing]

Lift, kick.

You want to feel it in your hamstrings.

If it doesn't burn, it isn't working.

Controlled movements.

From your core all the way down to the balls of your feet.

You find an outlet?

I found something called "Butts and Guts,"

but it seems very rigorous.

Good rigorous?

Is there such a thing?

It's kind of an instructor/class thing.

I don't love classes.

Especially when there's a stranger yelling at me.

Yeah. Anything else?

- Oh. - Kitten therapy.

- YUNA: Oh, no. - Yeah, I'm not sure.

Okay. So...

are you ready for the Yuna Park Outlet Adventure?

I think I am, if you'll have me.

Tomorrow night. We'll go after work.

- You'll need gloves. - Gloves, like, for cold?

Like for work.

♪

[birds chirping]

MOSES: Hey.

Standing there, you almost look harmless.

They teach that in J-school.

You understand Alaska isn't black and white.

We agree the state needs environmental protections

as well as industry.

Didn't stop you from scuttling my campaign.

No. My job is to report the news,

regardless of my political opinions.

You said you stood with the salmon--

awkward phrasing, by the way--

but you tried to hide your ties to mining.

That's news.

Look, Conrad Pritchard dropped you like a hot potato.

Did that piss you off?

Is this meeting about me or him?

Him.

♪

Did he expect you to do favors for him in Washington?

Politics 101.

Sure, but did you have a special deal for specific legislation?

A quid pro quo?

I wouldn't tell you if there was.

Frank, I love this state.

I know you do, too.

Pritchard loves money.

And what he's doing up at Hockley

may have major environmental implications.

Can you live with that?

What do you know?

I know he's got a lot of mining equipment

next to protected land up there but he can't touch it.

You sure about that?

What am I missing?

♪

Newly-elected Senator Brewster is about to sponsor legislation

that might be of interest to you.

Legislation to ease mining restrictions

on federally protected areas?

♪

I could have done a lot of great things for this state, Austin.

Now look who you're stuck with.

♪

EILEEN: Anything?

Nope. I haven't gotten

a single phone call or e-mail about our story.

- You? - No.

And I can tell you why.

No one is reading it.

This story should move the needle,

create some public outcry.

And right now, Bob's fat bear story

is beating us by 1,000 readers?

That's because fat bears are cool.

Fat bears are cool?

By Alaskan standards, yeah.

Fat bears are also aspirational.

To survive, they gorge themselves

and take long naps.

All while commanding respect and adoration.

I would second that.

I have a lot to say about that, but I don't have enough time.

Okay.

[sighs deeply]

We can't wait for this story to shake something loose.

I think we should go back to Commissioner Haynes.

Down with that.

We gotta get Haynes to open up the case again.

There's no way she can deny the evidence.

I'm not sure I'd take that bet,

but it sure beats sitting here

watching the fat bear story kill us.

STANLEY: Any luck?

Moses says Pritchard's got Brewster in his pocket.

CLAIRE: My source in D.C. confirms that Brewster's

about to file a bill to lift protections

against mining in Alaska, and not just at Hockley.

We gotta believe the environmental groups are onto this.

We could lose the story if they make a move first.

But they don't know that Pritchard and Katona

are at the gate.

So is it time we tell them?

[sighs]

COMMISSIONER HAYNES: Let me get this straight.

First we moved too slow, and now we're moving too fast?

You guys are a little hard to please.

Not the first time we've heard that.

But Toby could be innocent.

He could spend a chunk of his life in prison

without a fair trial.

Taking a plea deal was Mr. Crenshaw's decision,

- and his alone. - Was it?

Or did the system play some part in it?

Gloria's killer could still be out there.

At least review the details of his case.

I have. Thoroughly.

What he described sounded like a coerced confession.

But there's no way to confirm it.

There was an equipment failure.

Okay. But that happens. It's not a reason to just--

We just want the AG or a special prosecutor

to look into the circumstances

- of his arrest. - [knock on door]

Sorry to interrupt, Commissioner.

You wanted action?

You got action.

You wanted DNA testing?

You got DNA testing.

We solved Gloria's case the same way

we're going to solve all the other MMIW cases,

with solid police work and aggressive prosecution.

You may not like it, but the system's working

the way it's supposed to.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I have another meeting.

♪

[siren wailing in distance]

I'm rethinking the "Butts and Guts" class.

Not for long. Just watch your step.

Is this illegal?

A little bit.

I did a story on this place months ago.

Real-estate fraud.

It's been sitting here empty for three years.

So you just come here to...

hang out?

Not quite.

[grunting loudly]

[shouting]

[loud thud, crash]

- Uh... - Just throw a block.

[exhales deeply]

[grunts]

[shouts]

[laughs]

That was amazing!

- Yeah, it is! - Yeah!

- Aah! - [grunts]

- Whoo! - Agh!

- [Yonaka's "I Want More" plays] - Oh!

♪

[both cheering]

[cheers echoing]

ROZ: Toby could be in jail for 15 years.

I'm not even sure he's the killer.

Is that even your call?

I just feel complicit in it.

We've been pushing this case.

We got them to test the DNA.

Okay, but the facts are the facts.

ROZ: Facts?

No one seems interested in the facts right now.

All they care about is hanging this

on someone and putting it to bed.

And maybe I'm biased, but it seems damn convenient

that he's Native.

This isn't just about who killed Gloria,

it's about a very broken system that devalued her life.

♪

And I'm a part of that system.

Well, you didn't put Toby in jail.

And you didn't coerce a false confession.

Maybe I lit the match.

So light another one.

♪

AARON: He's building a rare earths mine

- at Hockley Mountain? - When/if the legislation passes.

And you think Brewster's in my father's pocket?

He's already put forth the legislation.

And your father donated heavily to Brewster's campaign.

We're planning to publish tomorrow morning.

Stanley! Wait, you gave me the land deal

as leverage to keep the paper from being sold.

I know, but that was before we knew

what he was doing at Hockley.

Okay, but I-I told him that we wouldn't report on this

if he sold me the paper, and he did.

Aaron, forget that he might've bought

a U.S. senator for the deal.

This mine is a potential environmental catastrophe.

♪

[fist thuds]

♪

Have we gone to him for comment?

Austin's headed over there now.

But I can tell him to stand down

if you'd like to give your father a head's up.

He's never gonna talk to Austin.

We still have to report it.

Are you asking me to okay this?

No.

But your support would be nice.

♪

EILEEN: We want you to walk us through

what happened the night Gloria went missing.

[buzzer, door clanks]

TOBY: Like I said, Gloria and I met up

at a party early in the evening.

She wasn't feeling good.

EILEEN: Why?

Her frostbite was killing her.

That's why she wanted to go to Skeeter's.

She was looking for some Oxy.

- I didn't go with her. - Why not?

Because Skeeter is a sketchy dude,

and I don't like being around those people.

So, what happened?

Gloria was mad.

She left.

I went home and watched a movie.

Did you see her again that night?

No.

She called, and I didn't pick up.

She called you?

A couple times.

I wished I answered.

But that doesn't make any sense.

We went through her phone records months ago.

There weren't any calls placed from her phone

the night she went missing.

She left a voicemail.

I've listened to it a hundred times.

Where's your phone?

My Uncle Ned's.

[buzzer]

PROTESTORS [chanting]: Fish forever, stop the lies!

Well, that story is making some noise.

Literally.

Pritchard's neighbors can't be happy.

The Global Resource Fund just posted

they got a preliminary injunction.

And I just got a call from my source in D.C.

Sounds like Brewster's backing off the legislation.

Mm. Nice.

That should slow Pritchard's roll.

Protected land stands.

- For today, at least. - Oh, true that.

Good job, partner. You can ride with me any day.

Up top, Ms. Mayhem.

- Boom. - Boom.

[chanting] Fish forever, stop the lies!

Fish forever, stop the lies!

- Fish forever, stop the lies! - [knock on door]

Fish for--

What the hell did you do?

Hi, Dad. Do you want to come in,

or should we talk in the hallway?

We had a deal!

It wasn't my call.

It's your damn paper.

- Church and state. - The hell it is.

The more they dug into the story, the more it revealed--

So stop digging. It's my deal.

It was not my intention to cause you harm.

Harm? [scoffs]

You cost me a billion dollars.

You call that "harm"?

The paper just reported the facts.

Oh, screw the facts. I gave you that paper.

You sold it to me.

What would it be worth if I used it

to protect my family's financial interests

by keeping secrets from the Alaskan people?

So now you're choosing the paper over your family?

Oh.

Now we're family?

Is that it, Dad?

Oh, don't be such a wimp.

That's what you used to call Danny. A wimp.

Don't you bring your brother into this.

He wasn't cut out to run this business.

He doesn't have what it takes.

No. You made that abundantly clear.

Turns out he's the smart one. He got away.

Well, that didn't stop him from putting his hand out.

- Or you. - Until now.

♪

I gave all that up to protect something

that's worth a hell of a lot more-- the paper.

Well, it won't be worth much for long, son.

♪

You want a war?

You got one.

[door opens, closes]

[exhales sharply]

♪

The hell do you want?

Toby told us Gloria left him a message

the night she went missing.

Do you have Toby's phone?

We wouldn't be here if we didn't think

it was our only chance to help Toby.

♪

Got it.

GLORIA: Toby, answer your phone.

[pop music plays in background]

I'm sorry for what I said.

You know I love you.

You were right.

This place is bad.

I'm scared, seriously.

Please come get me.

I don't want to be here anymore.

- Wait a minute. - What?

This number, the one she's calling from,

- that's not her number. - ROZ: What do you mean?

I mean this is a different number

than the one Sylvie gave us.

- Are you sure? - EILEEN: Yeah, look.

Look, the numbers don't match.

♪

I'm calling it.

[cellphone clicking]

♪

[line ringing]

[alert sounds]

AUTOMATED VOICE: We're sorry--

ROZ: Disconnected.

You think it belonged to someone

who was with Gloria the night she was murdered?

Could be. Yeah.

Could belong to the person who killed her.

♪

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