All language subtitles for Nora.Roberts.Northern.Lights.2009.WEBRip.x264-ION10

[ GRUNTS ]

[ WIND HOWLING ]

WHEW!

"BEING AWAY MAKES ME REALIZE

"I NEED TO GET CONTROL
OVER MY LIFE.

I NEED TO MAKE CHANGES --
PERMANENT CHANGES."

[ EXHALES SHARPLY ]

HEY.

OH, HEY.

I'M SORRY
I GOT SO FAR AHEAD.

ARE YOU HUNGRY?

I THINK
I GOT SOME JERKY LEFT.

WE MIGHT HAVE TO HUNKER DOWN,
WAIT OUT THIS STORM.

UGH!

[ GASPING ]

[ AIRPLANE PROPELLERS WHIRRING ]

[ ENGINE SHUTS OFF ]

WELCOME TO LUNACY, NATE.
LUNACY, ALASKA.

[ EXHALES DEEPLY ]

GOOD TO PUT A FACE TO A VOICE,
MAYOR HOPP.

OH, JUST HOPP,
LIKE THE RABBIT.

NIP?

UH, NO, THANKS.

WELL, IF YOU'RE EXPECTING
A BRASS BAND

OR A WELCOMING PARADE,
YOU MIGHT BE DISAPPOINTED.

WE ONLY DO THAT
ON FOUNDERS DAY.

NICE BOOTS.
YEAH, THANKS.

IT WASN'T A COMPLIMENT.

WOW.
IT'S COLD, HUH?

OHH, COLD?

HONEY, COLD IS WHEN YOUR NUTS
BREAK OFF LIKE ICICLES.

THIS HERE'S ALMOST BALMY.

I THOUGHT I'D, UH, TAKE YOU
TO TOWN, GET YOU SITUATED.

SEEING AS TOMORROW'S
NEW YEAR'S EVE,

YOU MIGHT WANT TO GET
ANY INCIDENTALS YOU NEED

BEFORE THE TOWN SHUTS DOWN
FOR A FEW DAYS.

WE CAN STOP AT RAY'S
IF YOU WANT.

THAT'S THE MARKET.

DO YOU WANT TO?
WHAT?

STOP FOR INCIDENTALS.
UH...

NO. THANKS.
ALL RIGHT.

COME ON.
LET'S GET GOING.
YEP.

THIS IS
WHERE YOU'LL BE STAYING.

SO, THE LODGE IS A HOTEL,
BAR, DINER, SOCIAL CLUB.

DEAD THIS TIME OF YEAR
EXCEPT FOR THE LOCALS.

SUMMER'S WHEN YOU'LL SEE THINGS
HEATING UP WITH THE TOURISTS.

NOW, YOUR ROOM
COMES WITH THE JOB.

YOU DECIDE YOU WANT TO LIVE
ELSEWHERE,

THAT'S ON YOU, ALL RIGHT?

HEY, BING.

STILL NOT TALKING TO ME?

THIS HERE'S NATE BURNS.

CHEECHAKO.

YEAH.

IT MEANS "OUTSIDER," KIND OF.

BING'S ANGRY WITH ME THAT
I DIDN'T GIVE HIM YOUR JOB.

TRUTH IS HE'S PROBABLY ANGRIER
WITH YOU.

YOU BETTER GET USED TO IT.

MAYBE YOU SHOULD HAVE HIRED
FROM THE BIN.

OH, WELL, NO,
LUNACY'S A SMALL PLACE, NATE.

WE NEEDED AN OUTSIDER,

SOMEONE WHO'S GOT NO CONNECTION
WITH THE REST OF US.

IT'S THE ONLY WAY
TO GET THE JOB DONE.

DON'T CRAP WHERE YOU EAT.
HOME IS JUST UP HERE.

IS THAT HIM?

UH, OH, STAND DOWN,
CHARLENE.

I'M JUST TAKING HIM
UP TO HIS ROOM.

YOU CAN GO IN FOR THE KILL
ONCE I'M GONE.

SHE WANTED THE JOB, TOO?

CHARLENE?
OH, NO.

SHE'LL JUST WANT TO TAKE YOU
TO BED.

EXCUSE ME?

WELL, YOU'RE A GOOD-LOOKING GUY
THERE, NATE,

AND PICKINGS ARE KIND OF SLIM
IN THE WINTER...

ALTHOUGH SHE ISN'T
ALL THAT CHOOSY.

NO, CHARLENE OWNS THE LODGE.

SHE INHERITED IT
FROM OLD MAN HEIDL.

[ KEYS CLINK ]

[ SIGHS ]

YOU'RE A LONG WAY
FROM BALTIMORE, NATE.

I HOPE YOU KNOW
WHAT YOU GOT YOURSELF INTO.

LOOK, UM,
PEOPLE ARE GONNA ASK YOU

WHY YOU DECIDED TO LEAVE
THE BIG CITY

TO BE POLICE CHIEF
IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE.

I DIDN'T TELL ANYBODY
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU.

PEOPLE COME HERE
FOR ALL SORTS OF REASONS.

DON'T FEEL OBLIGED TO SHARE.

THANKS.

WELL, I'M AROUND
IF YOU NEED ME.

[ DOG BARKING ]

[ CAR DOORS CLOSING ]

[ POLICE RADIO CHATTER ]

NICE BOOTS.

SO I'VE BEEN TOLD.

I'M NATE BURNS.

YOU ARE?

OTTO GRUBER.

DEPUTY GRUBER, SIR.

AH, LET ME GUESS --
YOU WANTED THE JOB, TOO?

I APPLIED.

ANYONE IN TOWN
THAT DIDN'T WANT IT?

[ TELEPHONE RINGS ]

POLICE STATION.

Woman: Lodge.
Mackie brothers.

YEAH, OKAY.
I'M ON MY WAY.

[ SIGHS ]

MACKIE BROTHERS.

IS THAT CODE FOR SOMETHING?

YOU'LL SEE.

[ MAN GRUNT, THUD ]

OHH!
KICK YOUR ASS!

HEY! HEY! HEY!

GET UP. GET UP.
GET UP.

HEY! HEY!

THAT'S ENOUGH!
ENOUGH!

HEY, WHO THE HELL ARE YOU?

THE NEW CHIEF.

THE CHEECHAKO.

QUICK STUDY.

"DRUNKEN MASTER," NUMBNUT.

YOU WANT TO SEE
"DRUNKEN MASTER"?

"DRUNKEN MASTER" WAS
THE BEST JACKIE CHAN MOVIE EVER!

"RUSH HOUR," DUDE.

YOU HEAR TT?
YOU HEAR THE ABSOLUTE IGNORANCE?

YOU WANT TO SEE IGNORANCE?

YOU KNOW WHAT?
OTTO, CUFF HIM.

WHAT, YOU'RE ARRESTING THEM?
THAT'S RIGHT.

WHAT FOR?
Otto: THE MACKIE BROTHERS
HAVE BEEN BEATING EACH OTHER UP

SINCE THEY WERE KIDS.

YEAH, IT'S NORMAL.

YEAH,
TONIGHT'S NEW YEAR'S EVE.

TONIGHT'S FOR PARTYING
AND LOVING.

DON'T YOU THINK, NATE?

ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS WHAT I'M GONNA DO.

YOU'RE GONNA PAY CHARLENE
A FINE OF $100

FOR CREATING
A PUBLIC NUISANCE.

100 BUCKS?!
EACH.

AND IF IT ISN'T
PAID BY MIDNIGHT, I'M
SENDING OTTO AFTER YOU.

UNDERSTOOD?
UNDERSTOOD?!

YEAH, YEAH.
FINE.

GOOD.

Man: YOU GOT 100 BUCKS?

YOU KNOW, PERSONALLY
I THINK "OPERATION CONDOR"

IS CHAN'S BEST WORK.

"OPERATION CONDOR"?!
THAT'S HIS WORST MOVIE!

THAT MAN'S
JUST GONNA DROWN HIMSELF

IN THE DEEP END OF THE POOL.

[ CHEERING ]

[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]

Man: WHOO!

NATE BURNS.

MAX HAWBACKER.
I'M WITH THE LUNATIC.

UH, NOT HIM.

THE LUNATIC'S
A WEEKLY PAPER.

HE'S ED WOOLCOTT.

CHIEF. HEY.

I BELIEVE
YOU'VE ALREADY MET BING.

HE AND ED
WORK ON THE TOWN COUNCIL.

POLITICS MAKES
FOR STRANGE BEDFELLOWS.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN,
"STRANGE BEDFELLOWS"?
HERE WE GO.

HE MEANS WE CAN WORK TOGETHER
DESPITE OUR DIFFERENCES, BING.

YEAH, OR DESPITE YOU BEING
AN EPIC WINDBAG.

[ LAUGHS ]

I VOTED AGAINST HIRING YOU,
BY THE WAY.

OKAY.

IT'S NOTHING PERSONAL, NATE.

IT'S JUST THAT, YOU KNOW,
LUNACY'S A SUMMER TOWN.

WASTE OF MONEY
HIRING A FULL-TIME POLICE CHIEF.

BUT WHO KNOWS?

YOU MIGHT PROVE
THE WINDBAG WRONG.

YEAH, ED IS
ALSO BANK PRESIDENT

AND HAS A HARD TIME
PARTING WITH HIS CASH.

UH, THIS IS MY WIFE, CARRIE.

IT'S NICE TO MEET YOU.
HI.

HEY. ED TELLING YOU
HOW I SHOULDN'T HAVE HIRED YOU?

HE STILL RESENTS
MY BEING MAYOR.

NO, I DON'T RESENT
YOU BEING MAYOR.

I JUST DON'T ALWAYS AGREE
WITH HOW YOU RUN THINGS.

SO, UH, NATE, UH,
HOW ABOUT AN INTERVIEW SOMETIME?

OH, YOU KNOW,
I-I DON'T THINK YOUR READERS

WILL BE ALL THAT INTERESTED.

IS IT TRUE THAT YOU WERE SHOT
LAST YEAR?

HEY, CHIEF,
HOW ABOUT A DANCE?

COME ON.
COME AND DANCE WITH AN OLD LADY.

COME ON.
COME ON.

I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT.

MAX MUST HAVE DONE
SOME DIGGING.

HE'S NOT USUALLY ONE
TO SPREAD RUMORS.

JUST GIVE IT SOME TIME.

PEOPLE JUST NEED TO GET
TO KNOW YOU.

YEAH. HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE
TO BECOME A LOCAL?

WELL, SEE JOHN OVER THERE?

HE CAME HERE 22 YEARS AGO
TO TEACH SCHOOL.

HE'S THE NEW GUY.

AT LEAST HE WAS UNTIL YOU.

WELL, I COULD USE A DRINK.

WANT A DRINK?

SURE.
YES.

♪ BUT I KNOW

♪ YES, I KNOW

♪ SOMETHING'S GOT TO GIVE

[ CHEERING ]

♪ SOMETHING'S GOT TO GIVE

♪ GOT TO GIVE

♪ 'CAUSE I CAN'T HOLD BACK
THIS FEELING ♪

♪ ROCK WITH ME, SHUFFLE

Meg: NICE BOOTS.

♪ TAKE ME DOWN TO MEMPHIS,
BOYS ♪

♪ DOO-DOO DOO-DOO DOO DOO

UM, WHAT IS SO WRONG
WITH MY BOOTS?

NOTHING IF YOU'RE, UH,
YOU KNOW,

GOING TO AN APPLE PRESS
IN VERMONT.

THEY JUST WON'T LAST
THE WINTER HERE. THAT'S ALL.

MEG GALLIGAN.

NATE BURNS.

IT'S A PLEASURE
TO FINALLY MEET YOU.
FINALLY?

YEAH, I FEEL LIKE
I'VE SEEN YOU EVERYWHERE
SINCE I'VE GOTTEN HERE.

WELL, YOU HAVEN'T BEEN HERE
ALL THAT LONG,

AND, UM, THIS IS LUNACY.

YOU SEE EVERYONE EVERYWHERE.

SO, YOU'RE THE NEW CHIEF,
HUH?
YEAH.

CARE TO DANCE?

UH, SURE.
MAYBE IN A MINUTE.

OH, COME ON.
MEG WON'T MIND, WILL YOU, MEG?

NO, OF COURSE I DON'T MIND.

I NEVER MIND.

OH, NOW,
DON'T BE LIKE THAT.

MEG, IT'S NEW YEAR'S!

[ SCOFFS ]

MAYBE A RAIN CHECK, HUH?

OKAY.

HERE YOU GO, NATE.

UM...

WHAT JUST HAPPENED?

AH, WELL, THEY HAVE
WHAT YOU MIGHT CALL ISSUES.

MEG IS CHARLENE'S DAUGHTER.

HER DAUGHTER?!

WHAT WAS SHE,
12 WHEN SHE HAD HER?

WELL, 20, ACTUALLY.

BUT MEG'S FATHER,
PAT GALLIGAN,

TOOK OFF IN '94
WITHOUT SO MUCH AS A GOODBYE.

AND CHARLENE DID THE BEST
SHE COULD RAISING MEG ALONE,

BUT, YOU KNOW,
SOMETIMES THE SMALL THINGS

THAT FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS

CAN ADD UP
TO A WHOLE WORLD OF PAIN.

MAYOR.
YEAH, WHAT?

I'D LIKE YOU TO, UH, MEET
WITH THE WALKERS.

YEAH, OKAY.
EXCUSE ME.

[ CHEERING IN DISTANCE ]

CARE TO TOAST THE NEW YEAR?

UH, NO, THANKS.
I DON'T LIKE CHAMPAGNE.

THAT'S ALMOST UN-AMERICAN.

WELL, NO, NOT DRINKING BEER
IS UN-AMERICAN.

SO, HAVE YOU SLEPT
WITH MY MOTHER YET?

[ CHUCKLES ]
SINCE YESTERDAY? NO.

CHARLENE AND I
HAVE DIFFERENT VALUES.

I HAVE THEM.

MM.

AH, I SEE.

SOMEONE ALREADY TOLD YOU THE
SAD, SAD STORY OF MEG GALLIGAN.

DADDY RUNS OFF,
SHE BECOMES A LONER,

AND HER MOM
BECOMES THE TOWN SLUT.

ISN'T THAT
A COUNTRY-WESTERN SONG?

[ CHUCKLES ]

SO, WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE,
BURNS?

WELL, APPARENTLY RIGHT NOW

I'M WAITING FOR MY EYEBALLS
TO FREEZE.

YOU WON'T MAKE IT
TO THE SPRING.

ARE YOU ALWAYS
THIS STRAIGHTFORWARD?

MM. LOOK...
[ CLEARS THROAT ]

ALL I'M SAYING IS
THERE'S TWO KINDS OF PEOPLE

WHO COME THROUGH HERE --
TOURISTS AND LOCALS.

AND THE TOURISTS --
THEY COME IN BY JUNE.
THEY'RE GONE BY FALL.

LOCALS -- THEY COMMIT.

AND THEY'RE USUALLY RUNNING
FROM SOMETHING.

I'M NOT A TOURIST.
I HAVE A CONTRACT.

WOW. A CONTRACT.

THAT'S HUGE.

WHAT ARE YOU RUNNING FROM?

MNH-MNH.

NO, NO.

I'M NOT SHOWING YOU MINE
TILL YOU SHOW ME YOURS.

HEY, LOOK.

WHAT'S THAT?

THOSE ARE
THE NORTHERN LIGHTS.

BEST SHOW IN THE WINTER,

BUT IT'S USUALLY TOO DAMN COLD
TO APPRECIATE THEM.

FIGURES TONIGHT
WOULD BE A GOOD EXCEPTION.

YEAH, I'VE HEARD OF THEM.
I'VE SEEN PICTURES, BUT...

[CHUCKLES]
...THAT'S NOT LIKE THE PICTURES.

YEAH.

THE BEST THINGS NEVER ARE.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF MYTHS
ABOUT THE NORTHERN LIGHTS.

ONE SAYS THAT THE LIGHTS COME
FROM THE REALM OF THE DEAD

AND WHEN THEY FLASH RAPIDLY,
IT'S DEAD FRIENDS AND FAMILY

TRYING TO CONTACT
THEIR LIVING RELATIVES.

Crowd:
10, 9, 8...

7, 6, 5, 4...

LOOKS LIKE
IT'S JUST YOU AND ME.

IT'S A BETTER END TO THE YEAR
THAN I EXPECTED.

[ CHEERING IN DISTANCE ]

[ CHUCKLES ]

I DIDN'T MEAN TO SCARE YOU.

NO, YOU, UM --
YOU DIDN'T SCARE ME.

I SCARE YOU A LITTLE.

NO, YOU DON'T.

[ CHUCKLES ]

BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT, UM...

I'M NOT LOOKING FOR --
A RELATIONSHIP?

YEAH. NEITHER AM I.

[ GUNSHOT,
CHEERING IN DISTANCE ]

OH, IT'S JUST A BUNCH OF YOKELS
SHOOTING OFF A CELEBRATION.

YEAH, MAYBE,
BUT I STILL HAVE TO CHECK.

OF COURSE YOU DO.

YOU HAVE A CONTRACT.

YOU BETTER GO.

Woman: WHOO!

HAPPY NEW YEAR.

[ POLICE RADIO CHATTER ]

MORNING.

[ EXHALES SHARPLY ]

HEARD WE MIGHT GET
SOME FLURRIES TODAY.

IMAGINE -- SNOW IN ALASKA.

[ BLOWS ]
THANKS FOR THE WEATHER REPORT.

SIR, CAN I HELP YOU
WITH SOMETHING?

YEAH, WELL,
WE USED TO CALL THEM 1410s --

BOOKING REPORT FORMS.

YOU KNOW, THE MACKIES --
THEY GOT ME THINKING ABOUT THEM.

WHERE DO YOU KEEP THEM,
THOSE BOOKING FORMS?

[ DRAWER CLOSES ]

AH.
[ CHUCKLES ]

[ TELEPHONE RINGS ]

LUNACY POLICE DEPARTMENT.
DEPUTY GRUBER.

SLOW DOWN, LINDA.
I CAN'T UNDERSTAND.

HOW LONG?

OKAY.

NO, NO, I'LL CALL YOU.

WE GOT A SITUATION.

HIS MOM SAID STEPHEN
AND HIS FRIEND LEFT THURSDAY.

THEY WERE HEADED TO NO NAME
TO GO CLIMBING.

HERE'S THE TRAILHEAD.

TWO DAYS OUT WOULD PROBABLY PUT
THEM ON THE NORTH FACE HERE.

THAT GIVES US ABOUT SIX HOURS
TO FIND THEM AND GET THEM OFF

BEFORE THAT FRONT MOVES IN.

IS THIS SOMETHING WE DO --
GET PEOPLE OFF MOUNTAINS?

IF WE DON'T,
THOSE KIDS ARE AS GOOD AS DEAD.

FLURRIES IN TOWN MEAN
SUBZERO TEMPS IN THE MOUNTAINS.

HOW DO WE GET UP THERE?

ONLY ONE WAY.

[ BELL CLANGS ]

WHOA, WHOA, WHOA!

DOWN! DOWN, CUJO!

DOWN, BOY.
IT'S OKAY. IT'S OKAY.

Meg: ROCKY, COME.

[ ROCKY GROWLS ]

[ BARKS ]

GOOD BOY.

WHAT DO YOU WANT, NATE?

THERE ARE TWO KIDS STUCK UP
ON NO NAME MOUNTAIN,

AND THERE'S A STORM
APPROACHING.

AND YOU WANT ME TO FLY YOU
UP THERE.

[ EXHALES DEEPLY ]
YES.

YOU'RE THE ONLY PILOT
IN TOWN.

NO, I'M NOT.

OTTO SAID --

RIGHT. OTTO.

FUNNY GUY, THAT OTTO.

HERE, I DON'T WANT YOU
HURLING ALL OVER MY PLANE.

I'M FINE.

YOU DID THAT ON PURPOSE.

[ LAUGHS ]

SO, WHY ARE YOU A PILOT?

PARTLY DNA.

MY DAD ALWAYS TAUGHT ME
TO LOOK AT THE SKY

AND SEE
ALL THE POSSIBILITIES.

WHY ARE YOU A COP?

I LIKE THE RULES.

WHY DOES THAT
NOT SURPRISE ME?

DOESN'T MEAN
I DON'T BREAK THEM.

HEY, I SEE ONE OF THEM.

RIGHT HERE! HEY!

CAN YOU LAND?

HEY!

[ ENGINES SHUTS OFF ]

THIS IS ROMEO HOTEL YANKEE.
Otto: Go ahead, Meg.

YEAH, OTTO,
WE FOUND ONE OF THE KIDS.
Roger.

HEY, YOU STEPHEN THOMPSON?
YEAH.

CHIEF BURNS.
GLAD TO SEE YOU.

ALL RIGHT, WE GOT
TO GET YOU OUT OF HERE
BEFORE THE STORM HITS.

WHERE'S YOUR FRIEND?
HE'S WITH THE DEAD GUY.

WHERE?

THIS WAY.

[ PANTING ]

FLASHLIGHT.

LOOK.

OH, MY GOD.

THAT'S MY FATHER.

ALL RIGHT, WELL, TELL HIM
I'LL BE THERE AS SOON AS I CAN.

[ CELLPHONE BEEPS ]

YOU NEED ANY HELP?

NO.

OKAY, UM, I GOT TO GET
BACK TO THE STATION.

SERGEANT COBEN
FROM THE STATE POLICE CALLED.
WHO'S STOPPING YOU?

HE LOOKED EXACTLY THE SAME

AS HE DID 15 YEARS AGO
WHEN HE LEFT.

WELL, THE COLD
PRESERVED HIS BODY.

HE NEVER CALLED.
HE NEVER WROTE.

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT THAT'S
LIKE WHEN YOU'RE A KID?

WELL, YOU CAN STOP BLAMING HIM.

HE'S NOT THE ONE
THAT I BLAMED.

GREAT. CHARLENE.

NOW I HAVE TO TELL HER.

SERGEANT COBEN.
CHIEF BURNS.

Coben: ALL RIGHT.

HEY.
HOW YOU DOING?

GREAT.
GOOD.

I, UH, REALIZE THIS IS
A JURISDICTIONAL CLUSTER.

YEAH, WE'LL BE TAKING
PAT GALLIGAN'S BODY

TO ANCHORAGE TONIGHT.

I'LL NEED YOU
TO SIGN THIS RELEASE.

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

UH, GALLIGAN'S BODY WAS FOUND
OUTSIDE OF TOWN LIMITS.

JURISDICTION FALLS TO US.

WELL, THE MURDER MAY HAVE
HAPPENED ON THE MOUNTAIN,

BUT ODDS ARE THE MURDERER
IS PROBABLY LOCAL.

AND YOU HAVE EVIDENCE
TO THAT EFFECT?

I WAS A HOMICIDE DETECTIVE
IN A CITY

A THOUSAND TIMES THIS SIZE.

MY EVIDENCE IS MY GUT.

YEAH, WELL,

NOW YOU'RE A SMALL-TOWN COP
IN LUNACY, ALASKA,

AND THIS CASE IS MINE.

[ CHUCKLES ]
YOU'RE RIGHT.

GOOD LUCK, SERGEANT.

John:
OH, YOU'RE KILLING ME HERE.

BUT I THINK YOU'RE BLUFFING.
SO I SEE YOU.

WHAT'S UP?

YOU LOOK MORE SERIOUS
THAN USUAL.

JOHN, CAN YOU EXCUSE US?

OH, MUST BE BAD
IF WE CAN'T HAVE WITNESSES.

MOM.

PLEASE.

IT'S OKAY.
I GOT TO GRADE PAPERS ANYWAY.

SEE YOU LATER.

I HAVE TO TELL YOU SOMETHING.

OKAY.

OH, MAN.
[ SIGHS ]

ARE YOU PREGNANT?

NO.
SICK?

JUST LISTEN TO ME!

IT'S ABOUT DAD.

[ SCOFFS ]

WELL, IF HE'S CALLING
AND ASKING FOR MONEY,

HE CAN JUST FORGET IT.
HE'S DEAD.

HE'S BEEN DEAD A LONG TIME.

HE WAS IN A CAVE
UP ON NO NAME.

SOMEONE HACKED A NICE AX
INTO HIS CHEST

AND LEFT HIM THERE TO DIE.

[ EXHALES SHARPLY ]

HE WAS MURDERED?

WHEN?

MAYBE SINCE HE LEFT,
MAYBE 15 YEARS.

OH, MY GOD.

OH, MY GOD.

[ Voice breaking ]
NO, NO, NO, NO. PAT.

PAT. PAT.

HE DIDN'T LEAVE US?

HE --
HE WAS DEAD ALL THIS TIME?

YES.

PEOPLE SAID THEY SAW HIM,
ANOTHER WOMAN.

[ SOBS ]
PAT. PAT.

[ Voice breaking ]
I HAVE TO GO.

MEG, MEG, MEG, MEG, PLEASE!

PLEASE STAY, PLEASE!

PLEASE, PLEASE STAY!

PLEASE STAY!

I CAN'T. I CAN'T.

[ DOOR OPENS, CLOSES

Hopp: PAT GALLIGAN HAS BEEN
A SHADOW IN OUR LIVES.

HE LEFT, AND WE DID NOT
REMEMBER HIM FONDLY.

WE ACCUSED HIM
OF BEING A COWARD,

OF ABANDONING HIS FAMILY.

WELL, WE'LL JUST HAVE TO LIVE
WITH REGRET FOR MISJUDGING HIM.

WE MAY NEVER KNOW
WHAT HAPPENED ON THAT MOUNTAIN,

BUT AS WE GRIEVE,

WELL, WE CAN REMEMBER PAT
AS OUR FRIEND

AND WHY WE LOVED HIM.

SO, TO PAT GALLIGAN.

MAY HE FINALLY REST IN PEACE.

TO PAT!
TO PAT!
TO PAT!

PAT.

[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]

WHAT?

YOU COULD HAVE DONE THE JOB
ON THE FIRST DAY.

[ SIGHS ]

BET YOU FEEL BETTER.

MAX LOOKS LIKE
HE'S TAKING THIS PRETTY HARD.

WERE THEY CLOSE?

NO ONE WAS CLOSE TO PAT.

HOW'S CHARLENE HOLDING UP?

SHOULDN'T YOU BE ASKING HER?

WELL, I NOTICED YOU SPENT
A LOT OF YOUR FREE TIME

HANGING OUT AT THE LODGE.

I LIKE THE FOOD.

YEAH, ME TOO, BUT I DON'T EAT
THERE EVERY NIGHT.

LOOK, CHARLENE'S BROKEN UP
LIKE THE REST OF US.

WE ALL HAD THIS IDEA OF PAT,
WHO HE WAS, AND WHAT HE DID.

NOW OUR COLLECTIVE HISTORY
HAS CHANGED.

IT TURNS OUT
WE WERE WRONG TO BE SO ANGRY.

WHO WAS HE?

OH, PAT?

CHARMING...

AND RECKLESS.

I GOT HERE A COUPLE OF YEARS
BEFORE HE TOOK OFF.

IF HE ASKED YOU TO DO SOMETHING,
YOU'D DO IT

'CAUSE IT WAS ALWAYS
SOMETHING YOU WOULDN'T HAVE
THE GUTS TO DO ON YOUR OWN.

BUT A MAN WHO HAS WHAT OTHERS
COVET ALSO MAKES ENEMIES.

WELL, WHAT DID HE HAVE?

AN EASE OF MANNER
AND LACK OF AMBITION

THAT ALLOWED HIM
TO DO AS HE PLEASED.

PAT, UH...

HE ENJOYED OTHER WOMEN FROM TIME
TO TIME WHEN HE WASN'T HOME.

WELL, THAT'S NOT MUCH
OF A HUSBAND.

HE WASN'T A HUSBAND AT ALL.

OH, HE AND CHARLENE
NEVER MARRIED.

[ SIGHS ]

WORD OF ADVICE, CHIEF --

IN LUNACY, THINGS THAT SEEM
ONE WAY USUALLY AREN'T.

[ ROCKY BARKING ]

SORRY, I WAS LOOKING FOR --
HEY.

HEY.

I SHOULD HAVE CALLED.
I'M SORRY.

UM, THIS IS JACOB.

JACOB, THIS IS NATE,
THE NEW CHIEF.

I HAVE TO GO.

OKAY.

I'LL GET THAT BOOK, OKAY?

UH,
YOU MIND IF I COME IN?

NO. COME ON IN.

[ ROCKY GROWLING ]

WHEW!

[ EXHALES DEEPLY ]

SO, YOU LIVE IN LUNACY?

I GOT A PLACE HERE.

MOST OF THE TIME I'M FLYING.

YOU'RE A PILOT, TOO.

MEG SAID YOU WERE THE ONE
WHO FOUND HER FATHER.

YEAH.

DID YOU KNOW HIM?

YEAH.

AND AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED,

PAT GALLIGAN GOT
WHAT HE DESERVED.

Meg: HERE YOU GO.

MM. THANK YOU.

MM.

TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF.
OKAY.

I'LL SEE YOU SOON.

[ ROCKY GROWLING ]

[ BARKS ]

ROCKY, IT'S OKAY.

ROCKY, IT'S OKAY.

DO YOU WANT TO TAKE
YOUR COAT OFF?

OH, NO, I'M FREEZING.

SO, YOU AND JACOB, HUH?

YEAH, HE TAKES CARE OF ME...

SORT OF LIKE
MY SECOND FATHER.

HIM AND MY DAD
WERE BEST FRIENDS...

ONCE.

HE'S THE ONE
WHO TAUGHT ME TO FLY.

AH.

[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ]

[ SCOFFS ]

YOU DIDN'T THINK
WE WERE TOGETHER, DID YOU?

HOW WAS I SUPPOSED TO KNOW?

UH, DID YOU SEE
HOW OLD HE WAS?

WELL,
SOME WOMEN ARE INTO THAT.

SO THAT'S WHY YOU'RE HERE --
TO SURVEY MY SOCIAL LIFE.

NO.

SERGEANT COBEN FROM THE STATE
POLICE IS GONNA CALL YOU.

OH, SO HE'S CONCERNED
ABOUT MY SOCIAL LIFE.

NO ONE IS CONCERNED
ABOUT YOUR SOCIAL LIFE.

COBEN NEEDS A STATEMENT.

YOUR DAD'S MURDER
IS IN THE JURISDICTION
OF THE STATE POLICE.

WHAT? HOW COME?

THE KILLER'S PROBABLY
HERE IN LUNACY.

WHY ARE YOU REALLY HERE,
NATE?

YOU COULD HAVE CALLED ME
ABOUT COBEN.

YEAH.

YOU WEREN'T AT THE WAKE.

AH.

SO YOU WERE WORRIED ABOUT ME.

NO.
YOU LOOK WORRIED.

I WAS CONCERNED.

YOU KNOW, PEOPLE SAID
NICE THINGS ABOUT YOUR DAD.

YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE.

I WAS EXACTLY
WHERE I SHOULD HAVE BEEN,

BUT I, UH, THINK
IT'S SWEET THAT YOU CARE.

[ SIGHS ]

[ CLEARS THROAT ]

SO, WHAT MAKES YOU THINK
THE KILLER'S IN LUNACY?

MY DAD LEFT
IN NOVEMBER OF '94.

NO ONE GOES CLIMBING
THAT LATE IN THE FALL

UNLESS YOU TRUST
WHO YOU'RE GOING WITH.

HE HAD TO HAVE KNOWN THEM.
THEM?

WINTER CLIMB ON NO NAME WOULD
HAVE NEEDED AT LEAST THREE.

MY DAD WAS RECKLESS
AND IMPULSIVE,

BUT HE WOULD HAVE
NEVER ATTEMPTED IT
WITH LESS THAN THREE.

AND HE WOULD HAVE NEVER GONE
WITH A STRANGER.

THAT'S THE SECOND TIME

SOMEONE SAID
THAT YOUR DAD WAS RECKLESS.

WHAT ELSE DO YOU REMEMBER
ABOUT HIM?

THE DAY HE LEFT,
IT WAS EARLY IN THE MORNING.

I WAS IN BED.

HE CAME UP
TO KISS ME GOODBYE.

WHAT DO I REMEMBER?

HIS CHEEK WAS COLD,
AND HE SMELLED LIKE CEDAR.

HE WAS FUNNY.

HE KNEW
HOW TO DO CARD TRICKS,

AND HE USED TO READ ME
"THE LITTLE PRINCE."

I FORGOT YOU WERE JUST A KID
WHEN HE LEFT.

[ SIGHS ]

YOU KNOW, YOU'RE SMARTER
THAN THE STATE POLICE.

YOU SHOULD BE HANDLING
THIS CASE.

I-I CAME HERE TO GET AWAY
FROM CASES LIKE THIS.

WHY?

I WAS SHOT LAST YEAR,

AND MY PARTNER --
MY BEST FRIEND -- WAS KILLED.

WHAT HAPPENED?

IT WAS, UH --
IT WAS COMPLICATED.

[ SCOFFS ]

GREAT.

THEN I WON'T ASK YOU
ABOUT YOUR COMPLICATIONS,

AND YOU DON'T ASK ME
ABOUT MINE.

AND NOW THAT WE'VE RUN OUT
OF THINGS TO SAY,

DO YOU WANT TO HAVE SEX?

EXCUSE ME.

SEX, NATE.

YOU KNOW, HOT, WET,
FORGET-ALL-OUR-PROBLEMS SEX.

IT'S BASIC, IT'S PRIMAL,

IT FEELS GOOD,
AND IT'S LOW IN FAT.

YEAH, I BET.
UH...[ CHUCKLES ]

I APPRECIATE THE OFFER.

UH, DON'T YOU EVER HAVE FUN?

THAT'S ALL I'M TALKING ABOUT,
NATE --

FUN.

I FIND YOU CUTE.

YOU FIND ME HOT.

WHAT MAKES YOU THINK
I FIND YOU HOT?

THE WAY YOU'RE LOOKING AT ME
RIGHT NOW.

WILL YOU PUT ON
THAT RED PARKA?

WAIT A SECOND.
DO YOU DO THIS TO EVERY GUY?

NO.

I'M VERY, VERY SELECTIVE.

[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]

UH, BEDROOM?

COUCH.
OH.

[ DOOR OPENS ]

YOU SAID HE FELL.

I AGREED TO KEEP MY MOUTH SHUT
FOR THE MONEY

BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS
AN ACCIDENT, BUT YOU KILLED HIM.

AND I'M A PART OF IT.

[ GUNSHOT ]

[ BELLS RING ]

[ GASPING ]

[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]

[ BELLS RING ]

[ DOOR OPENS, BELLS RINGS ]

[ DOOR CLOSES, BELL RINGS ]

[ CARRIE SNIFFLES ]

[ CRYING ]

[ COMPUTER BEEPS ]

HEY.

"I CAN'T LIVE WITH IT
ANY LONGER.

"FORGIVE ME.
I KILLED PAT GALLIGAN.

"AND NOW I'LL JOIN HIM IN HELL.

MAX HAWBACKER."

I'LL CALL THE STATE GUYS.

[ SIGHS ]
HE LEFT LAST NIGHT.

I D-- I DON'T KNOW.
IT WAS AROUND, UH...

[ SNIFFLES ]

...10:30.

HE SAID HE HAD TO TAKE CARE
OF SOMETHING.

DID MAX OWN A GUN, A .22?

NATE, EVERYONE OWNS A GUN
IN ALASKA.

YEAH, A .22.

BUT WHY WOULD HE KILL HIMSELF
WITH IT?

WHAT WERE YOU DOING HERE?

MAX CALLED ME
YESTERDAY MORNING.

HE WAS, UM, DOING A STORY
ABOUT MY DAD

AND WANTED AN INTERVIEW.

HOW LONG DID
MAX OWN THE PAPER?

UH, SINCE '94.

[ SNIFFLES ]

THE SAME YEAR
PAT GALLIGAN DISAPPEARED.

WERE PAT AND MAX FRIENDS?

YEAH, THEY WENT CLIMBING
A FEW TIMES.

ANY REASON
WHY MAX WOULD WANT TO KILL PAT?

WHERE THE HELL
ARE YOU GOING WITH THIS?

ANY REASON?

[ SCOFFS ]

CARRIE, MAX LEFT A NOTE
ON HIS COMPUTER.

I'M GONNA SHOW IT TO YOU,
BUT IT'S NOT GONNA BE EASY.

[ EXHALES SHARPLY ]

THIS IS A LIE.

[ SOBS ]
THIS IS A HORRIBLE LIE.

MAX NEVER HURT ANYONE
IN HIS LIFE.

HOW DARE YOU?!

MAX NEVER KILLED ANYONE.

IF YOU WANT TO KNOW
ABOUT MAX,

THEN YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT
HE TAUGHT ME TO SLOW-DANCE

SO I WOULDN'T LOOK LIKE A JERK
ATY FIRST DANCE.

HE LET ME CHEAT
AT MONOPOLY.

HE FILLED IN SO MANY OTHER PARTS
OF MY LIFE GROWING UP,

BUT YOU DIDN'T WANT TO TALK
ABOUT MAX.

YOU WANTED TO ACCUSE.

I'M SORRY YOU DON'T APPROVE.

GOD.

HOW COULD YOU TALK TO HER
LIKE THAT?

I MEAN, DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA

WHAT THAT WOMAN
IS GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW?

YEAH, ACTUALLY, I DO.

I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE
TO LOSE SOMEONE.

YOUR PARTNER.

OH, YEAH,
BUT THAT'S RIGHT --

YOU DON'T WANT TO TALK
ABOUT IT.

YOU'D JUST RATHER TAKE ALL
THOSE FEELINGS AND ZIP THEM UP.

LOOK, IF YOU WANT TO GET
INVOLVED, GET INVOLVED.

OTHERWISE, START PACKING.

[ CELLPHONE RINGS ]

CHIEF BURNS.

YEAH,
SHE'S ACTUALLY RIGHT HERE.

OKAY.

I WILL. THANKS.

[ CELLPHONE BEEPS ]

THAT WAS SERGEANT COBEN
FROM ANCHORAGE.

THEY NEED TO KNOW WHAT TO DO
WITH YOUR FATHER'S REMAINS.

[ DOOR OPENS ]

CHIEF.

HEY, MEG.

BURNS.

BURNS!

WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU,
MR. WOOLCOTT?

WELL, LOOK, SOMEONE BROKE
INTO MY FISHING SHACK,

AND THEY STOLE
MY RODS AND REELS.

WHY DON'T YOU GO DOWN
TO THE STATION

AND HAVE OTTO FILE A REPORT?

WELL, I'D REALLY APPRECIATE IT
IF YOU'D TAKE CARE OF IT.

THEY WERE VERY EXPENSIVE.
I'M SURE THEY WERE, ED.

YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK
YOU'RE GETTING THE FULL IMPACT

OF THIS MOMENT, NATE.

I'M ASKING YOU FOR A FAVOR.

I DON'T ASK TOO MANY PEOPLE
FOR FAVORS, SO PAY ATTENTION.

YOU KNOW, ONLY IN A SMALL TOWN
WOULD A PETTY LARCENY

TRUMP THE DEATH
OF YOUR NEWSPAPER GUY.

WHAT?

MAX IS DEAD?

OH, ED.

ED, I'M SORRY, ED.

THIS IS HORRIBLE,
HUH, MEGS?

YOU OKAY?

NO.

WHY WOULD MAX KILL DAD?
IT MAKES NO SENSE.

NO, IT DOESN'T.

IF MAX WOULD HAVE KILLED DAD,

THEN WHY WOULDN'T
HE HAVE JUST LEFT TOWN

INSTEAD OF SETTLING DOWN

AND WAITING FOR SOMEONE
TO FIND DAD'S BODY

WITH AN ICE PICK IN HIS CHEST?

I ALWAYS THOUGHT
PAT WAS IN ANCHORAGE.

WHY ANCHORAGE?

THE NIGHT BEFORE HE LEFT...

WE HAD A FIGHT.

I TOLD HIM
THAT WE HAD TO MOVE SOMEWHERE

THAT HE COULD GET A JOB.

SO HE TOOK OFF
FOR ANCHORAGE.

HE MUST HAVE DECIDED
TO GO CLIMBING AFTER.

YOU SHOULD TELL NATE THAT.

YOU'RE SORT OF SWEET ON HIM,
HUH?

ANYWAY, THEY, UM...

THEY NEED TO KNOW
WHAT TO DO WITH DAD'S BODY.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

Meg: I DON'T CARE.

I -- I JUST DON'T THINK

IT MATTERS
WHAT HAPPENS TO HIS BODY.

OF COURSE IT MATTERS.

HOW COULD YOU HAVE LOVED HIM,
CHARLENE?
WHAT?

YOU THOUGHT HE LEFT YOU,

AND AFTER ALL THIS TIME,
YOU STILL LOVED HIM.

I SAW IT IN YOUR FACE.

PAT WAS MY HEART.

YOU ONLY FIND THAT ONCE.

SO THAT'S
WHY YOU SLEPT AROUND --

BECAUSE OF YOUR ENDURING
FEELINGS FOR MY DAD?

YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IT'S LIKE
TO LOVE SOMEBODY THAT HARD

AND BE COMPLETELY REJECTED.

YEAH.
I HAVE SOME IDEA ABOUT THAT.

I NEVER REJECTED YOU.

YOU AND I ARE A LOT MORE ALIKE
THAN YOU KNOW, MEGAN.

I SLEPT WITH LOTS OF MEN BECAUSE
I COULD NEVER TRUST JUST ONE.

YOU AVOID THEM
FOR THE SAME REASON.

WHATEVER.

JUST THINK ABOUT
THE BODY THING, OKAY?

HE MUST HAVE HIRED A PILOT.

IF HE WENT STRAIGHT
FROM ANCHORAGE TO NO NAME,

HE MUST HAVE FLOWN
UP THERE.

PAT SHOULD BE CREMATED.

[ ENGINES SHUTS OFF ]

[ ROCKY BARKING ]

Nate: YOU WERE RIGHT.

THERE WERE THREE OF THEM
UP ON THAT MOUNTAIN.

YOUR DAD
GAVE THEM NICKNAMES.

PAT WAS LUKE SKYWALKER,
I THINK MAX WAS HAN SOLO,

AND THE THIRD PERSON
WAS DARTH VADER.

[ ROCKY GROWLING ]

HOW DO YOU KNOW THIS?

YOUR, UH --
YOUR DAD'S JOURNAL.

YOU SHOULD READ IT.
HE, UH...

HE WRITES ABOUT THE CLIMB, SAYS
THEY WERE JACKED UP ON SPEED.

WHERE DID YOU GET THIS?

STATE POLICE.

THEY RETURNED YOUR DAD'S
PERSONAL EFFECTS.

THEY'VE CLOSED THE CASE.

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

MAX CONFESSED.
END OF STORY.

WHAT DO THEY NEED
WITH A 15-YEAR-OLD MURDER?

UH, HOW ABOUT JUSTICE?

JUSTICE WOULD BE GOOD.

AND YOU JUST SAID THIS JOURNAL
PROVES MAX DIDN'T KILL MY DAD.

NO, THAT PROVES THAT YOUR DAD
WAS HIGH ON DRUGS

AND LIKED "STAR WARS."

SO, THAT'S IT?
GAME OVER?

YOU JUST ACCEPT THIS
AND MOVE ON?

IT'S NOT MY CASE.

OKAY.

LET'S SAY FOR THE SAKE
OF THIS CONVERSATION

THAT IT WAS YOUR CASE.

WHAT WOULD YOU THINK?

IT DOESN'T MATTER.

IT MATTERS TO ME.

I DON'T THINK
MAX WAS THE KILLER.

OKAY,
IF MAX WASN'T THE KILLER,

THEN WHY WOULD
HE COMMIT SUICIDE?

YOU DON'T THINK
IT WAS A SUICIDE.

I SAW MAX AT THE WAKE.
HE LOOKED WRECKED.

I'M NOT EVEN SURE
HE KNEW THAT GALLIGAN WAS DEAD

UNTIL WE FOUND HIS BODY.

WE ARE A SMALL TOWN.

MEANING?

MEANING IT'S THE DEAD
OF WINTER.

THE ONLY WAY IN HERE
IS BY PLANE.

WE KNOW
WHO COMES AND WHO GOES.

YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE WHO'S COME
HERE SINCE MAX'S DEATH.

SO UNLESS YOU KILLED HIM...

IT'S ONE OF US.

[ DOOR OPENS, CLOSES ]

Ed: THIS ISN'T ABOUT YOU TOWING
THAT CAR, AND YOU KNOW IT.

BING, WE'VE CALLED CHIEF BURNS.
WE'VE CALLED OTTO.

WHAT THE HECK
YOU CALL THEM FOR?

I SWEAR TO GOD,
I WILL RUN YOU OVER.

IT'S A PUBLIC STREET,
BING.

NOW, LOOK,
WE'RE ALL FRIENDS HERE.

AT LEAST, WE'VE KNOWN
EACH OTHER FOR TOO LONG

TO GO CRAZY
OVER SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

WHAT'S GOING ON?

OH, I'LL SHOW YOU
WHAT'S GOING ON, CHIEF.

THAT'S MY FISHING GEAR,
AND HE STOLE IT.

THAT'S A CROCK!

WHERE'D YOU GET THAT GEAR?

FOUND IT.
YOU FOUND IT?

YEP. I WAS HOOKING UP THAT,
SAW IT IN THE BACK OF MY TRUCK.

JUST LIKE THAT?

JUST LIKE THAT.

ALL RIGHT, COME ON.
LET'S GO.

I AIN'T GOING NOWHERE
WITH YOU.

I NEED A STATEMENT, BING.
LET'S GO.

HEY.

I JUST --
PUT DOWN THE RIFLE.

I JUST -- I JUST --
PUT IT DOWN!

I'M JUST TAKING IT!

PUT DOWN THE DAMN GUN, BING.

[ HANDCUFFS CLINKING ]

I WAS GONNA GIVE YOU
THE DAMN STATEMENT!

[ HANDCUFFS CLICKING ]

I DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE AN ARMED
RIFLE IN THE CAB OF MY TRUCK.

[ DOOR OPENS ]

ARE YOU GONNA ARREST HIM?

NO.
NO?

LOOK, ED, YOU GOT YOUR STUFF
BACK, RIGHT?

I'M STILL MISSING
MY GLOVES AND MY KNIFE.

I'LL SEND OUT AN APB.

THERE'S NO NEED FOR SARCASM,
BURNS.

I'M GONNA FINE BING
FOR RESISTING ARREST,

BUT AS FAR AS ROBBERY,
I HAVE NO EVIDENCE.

AND IT SEEMS PRETTY LAME
THAT HE'D COME UP WITH A STORY

AS DUMB AS "I FOUND IT"
UNLESS HE DID.

YOU'RE A POOR EXCUSE
FOR A LAW OFFICIAL.
YOU KNOW THAT?

AND YOU ARE GONNA REGRET
THIS DECISION, AND SO WILL YOU.

WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO --
CANCEL MY GOLD CARD?

ALL RIGHT.
THAT'S ENOUGH.

THERE YOU GO, BING.

HEY, HOLD ON.

YOU GU EVER GO CLIMBING
WITH PAT GALLIGAN?

OTTO TOLD ME
THE CASE WAS CLOSED.

IF THE CASE IS CLOSED,
I AIN'T NO SUSPECT.

[ DOOR CLOSES ]

EVERYONE WENT CLIMBING
WITH PAT.

BUT THAT'S SOMETHING
YOU ONLY DID ONCE.

LET ME GUESS.

HE WAS RECKLESS.

THIS IS HIM.

THIS IS MY DAD.

WOW, I WAS EXPECTING
SID VICIOUS,

THE WAY
EVERYONE TALKED ABOUT HIM.

OH, WOW.

MAN, YOUR, UH --
YOUR MOM WAS HOT.

R -- FOR A MOTHER,SHE WAS HOT.

IS THIS HOPP?

YEAH, AND HER HUSBAND.

HE DIED
A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.

HE WAS MAYOR.

SHE TOOK OVER.

HMM.

JACOB.

[ SIGHS ]

ED WOOLCOTT, THE BLOWHARD.

ED'S ED,

ALTHOUGH I DID HEAR HE WAS
PRETTY WILD BACK IN THE DAY.

OH, YEAH.
HOW WILD?

SOME SAY HE PARTED HIS HAIR
TO THE RIGHT

INSTEAD OF THE LEFT.

AND WHAT'S HIS BEEF WITH BING?

GOOD MORNING.

WHEN BING STARTED
HIS TOWING SERVICE,

HE WENT TO ED
AND ASKED HIM FOR A LOAN.

ED TURNED HIM DOWN,

AND BING'S BEEN PAYING HIS MOM
BACK FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS.

BING HAS A MOTHER?

YEAH.

MAX.

CARRIE.

MACKIE BROTHERS.

THERE'S JOHN.

Man:
HERE YOU GO, CHARLENE.

Charlene: OH, THANK YOU.

SEE YOU NEXT WEEK.

WHOA!

I GOT IT.

THERE.

Nate: OTTO.

HE'S SMILING.
HE HAS TEETH.

GOD, THIS IS CRAZY.

THESE PEOPLE
ARE LIKE FAMILY TO ME,

AND ONE OF THEM
KILLED MY DAD AND MAX?

YOU KNOW,
CHARLENE SAID SOMETHING.

SHE SAID THAT WHEN MY DAD LEFT,
IT WAS FOR ANCHORAGE.

SHE NEVER EVEN KNEW
HE WENT CLIMBING.

SOMEONE HAD TO HAVE FLOWN THEM
UP THERE.

JACOB.

NO,
JACOB WOULD HAVE TOLD ME.

ARE YOU SURE?
I TRUST HIM.

OKAY.

WELL, WHAT WAS YOUR DAD
DOING IN ANCHORAGE?

GAMBLING, PROBABLY.

CHARLENE WAS ALWAYS PICKING UP
THE PIECES.

GOD, ALL THIS TIME WE SPENT
ARGUING OVER WHY HE LEFT.

[ SIGHS ]

IT HAD NOTHING TO DO
WITH HER...

OR ME.

BLAME IS EXHAUSTING,
ISN'T IT?

FEEDING IT, MAINTAINING IT.

WHAT HAPPENED IN BALTIMORE,
NATE?

THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO
WITH US.

IF YOU CAN'T TELL ME,
THEN THERE IS NO US.

YOU GOT TO DEAL
WITH YOUR PAST FIRST.

Pat:
"MILES AWAY FROM NOWHERE,

"AND ALL I CAN THINK OF
IS HOW MUCH I WANT TO BE HOME.

"I MISS THE SMALLNESS
OF MEG'S HAND IN MINE...

"WALKING WITH HER...

"LOOKING UP AT THE SKY,

"AND THINKING
OF ALL THE POSSIBILITIES.

SHE IS MY POSSIBILITY."

[ SOBBING ]

I WAS MARRIED,

AND MY WIFE WAS CHEATING ON ME.

THE DAY I FOUND OUT,
I CALLED MY PARTNER.

I NEEDED SOMEONE TO TALK TO,

TO -- TO DRINK WITH.

I MADE HIM LEAVE HIS FAMILY
TO COME BABYSIT ME.

WHEN WE GOT TO THE BAR,

THERE WAS A DRUG DEAL
GOING DOWN IN THE BACK ALLEY.

WE -- I MEAN, WE COULD HAVE
JUST TURNED THE OTHER WAY,

BUT...I MADE US GO IN.

THE DEALER SHOT ME TWICE
AND KILLED MY PARTNER.

I WAS IN THE HOSPITAL
FOR HIS FUNERAL.

NATE, I'M SO SORRY.

HE DIED BECAUSE OF ME.

I MADE HIS WIFE A WIDOW.

I LOVED THESE PEOPLE,
AND I DESTROYED THEIR LIVES.

I'VE NEVER EVEN
RETURNED HER PHONE CALLS.

SO I KNOW ABOUT BLAME.

BLAME BOUGHT ME A ONE-WAY TICKET
TO ALASKA.

YOU CAN'T LIVE LIKE THAT.

WHAT ELSE IS THERE?

♪ I CAN'T REMEMBER
HOW YOUR EYES HYPNOTIZED ME ♪

♪ HOW THEY CAN SEE
RIGHT THROUGH ♪

♪ AND I DON'T REMEMBER
MAKING LOVE SO DEEP ♪

♪ I DON'T REMEMBER

♪ OOH OOH OOH

[ ROCKY BARKING ]

[ WHIMPERING ]

I WANT YOU TO KNOW
I DON'T DO THIS FOR JUST ANYONE.

OH, WOW.

MMM.

MMM! YEAH.

YOU KNOW, YOU'RE A GIRL
WHO KNOWS HER CHEESE.

IT'S NOT JUST THE CHEESE.

IT'S HOW EVENLY TOASTED IT IS.

OH, THAT'S THE SECRET?
MM-HMM.

HEY, THANKS FOR GIVING ME
MY DAD'S JOURNAL.

INTERESTING READING?

I THINK YOU KNEW IT WOULD BE.

AND THE ODD THINGS ABOUT SCARS
IS THAT YOU GET HURT,

BUT WHEN IT HEALS,

THE AREA AROUND THE WOUND
BECOMES SO MUCH STRONGER.

CALL HER.

CALL YOUR PARTNER'S WIFE.

WHAT DO YOU SAY...

WE JUST GO OUT SOMETIME?

LIKE ON A DATE?

YEAH, COME ON,
OUR FIRST DATE.

WE'LL DO SOMETHING CRAZY.
I DON'T KNOW.

YOU KNOW, DINNER AND MOVIE
OR SOMETHING.

I'LL CHECK MY CALENDAR.

[ BOTH CHUCKLE ]

YOU KNOW WHAT THIS IS?

THIS IS ONE
OF LIFE'S PERFECT MOMENTS.

IT'S THE SANDWICH.

[ BOTH CHUCKLE ]

Meg: WE COULD GO TO A MOVIE,
OR WE COULD KNIT SOCKS,

OR WE COULD RE-GROUT
THE BATHROOM.

THAT'S ALWAYS FUN.

DID YOU HAVE A VISITOR
YESTERDAY?

Meg: I HEARD ROCKY BARKING
LAST NIGHT.

I WAS GONNA GO AND CHECK ON HIM,
BUT HE STOPPED.

YEAH, WELL, WHOEVER WAS HERE
KNOWS ROCKY.

KNOWS HIM WELL ENOUGH
TO KEEP HIM QUIET.

SEEMS LIKE SOMEONE WANTS TO KEEP
TABS ON THE CHIEF.

SOMEONE WAS WATCHING US.

YOU SAID MAX BOUGHT THE PAPER
JUST AFTER YOUR DAD DISAPPEARED.

YEAH, I GUESS
HE CAME INTO SOME MONEY.

FROM WHERE?
I DON'T KNOW.

I THINK IT'S TIME
I STARTED DOING MY JOB

BEFORE SOMEONE ELSE
GETS KILLED.

Nate: WELL, ACCORDING
TO SCHOOL RECORDS,

YOU WERE GONE
MOST OF NOVEMBER OF '94.

I TOOK SOME TIME OFF.

THAT SEEMS KIND OF ODD,
FOR A TEACHER TO TAKE TIME OFF

IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.

YOU EVER TEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL?

NOVEMBER OF '94?

HELL, I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER
WHAT I DID LAST WEEK.

ME NEITHER.

Ed: 1994, WE WERE PUTTING
IN THE NEW VAULT.

IS THAT SOMETHING
YOU DID PERSONALLY?

[ LAUGHS ]
NO, OF COURSE NOT.

SO YOU CANNOT ACCOUNT
FOR EVERY DAY IN NOVEMBER.

OH, I CAN ACCOUNT
FOR EVERY DAY.

I JUST CAN'T ACCOUNT
FOR YOUR SUSPICION.

YOU DON'T THINK I CLIMBED UP
NO NAME WITH PAT

AND STUCK AN ICE AX IN HIM.

HE WAS TWICE MY SIZE.

BUT NOT YOUR HUSBAND'S.

WELL, NOW, THAT'S A FILTHY THING
TO SAY TO ME,

TO SAY ABOUT A MAN
YOU DIDN'T EVEN KNOW.

I DIDN'T KNOW GALLIGAN
EITHER.

YOU DID.

OKAY, THEN.

SO YOU'LL GET BACK TO ME

IF YOU REMEMBER ANYTHING
ABOUT ANY TIME IN 1994?

[ DOOR CLOSES ]

[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]

MORNING, NATE.

CHARLENE.

[ SIGHS ]

SO...I HEAR
YOU'RE SLEEPING WITH MEG.

ALL RIGHT,
WHAT IS WITH YOU AND MEG?

YOU GUYS ALWAYS SPEAK
WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND?

WELL, EXCEPT TO EACH OTHER.

YOU GO EASY ON HIM.

SOMEONE FLEW PAT GALLIGAN
UP THAT MOUNTAIN.

YOU, UH --

YOU WOULDN'T HAVE ANY IDEA
WHO THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN?

NOPE.
BUT I CAN ASK AROUND.

I'D APPRECIATE THAT.

ALL THESE YEARS,

AND YOU NEVER HAD ANYTHING
GOING ON WITH CHARLENE?

NO, AND IF YOU EVER ASK ME
SOMETHING LIKE THAT AGAIN,

I WON'T BE SO POLITE.

JACOB, WHAT'S THE SECRET
WITH THE DOG --

HOW HE DOESN'T GROWL OR BARK
WHEN YOU'RE AROUND?

WHAT'S YOUR SECRET?

MAYBE HE JUST LIKES ME.

[ CHUCKLES ]

YEAH.

SURE.

I LOVE FIRST DATES.
THERE'S SO MUCH MYSTERY.

DO I GET A KISS
AT THE END OF THE NIGHT?

I GUESS WE'LL HAVE TO SEE
HOW THE REST OF THE NIGHT GOES.

HEY, I, UM --
I HAVE A FAVOR TO ASK OF YOU.

DOES IT INVOLVE LOTIONS?

NO.

I HAVE THIS THING
I HAVE TO DO WITH CHARLENE.

DO YOU THINK
YOU COULD TAKE CARE OF ROCKY

FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS?

OH, A DATE, AND YOU'RE
ENTRUSTING ME WITH YOUR DOG.
YES.

WHAT, ARE WE IN A RELATIONSHIP?

[ WOMAN SCREAMING ]

Man: OH, MY GOD!

OH, NO.

Woman: OH, NO.
Woman #2: OH!

THAT IS JUST SICK.

HEY.
WHAT'S GOING ON?

SOMEBODY SLAUGHTERED
A POOR DOG.

MEG.

[ EXHALES DEEPLY ]

OH, MY GOD.

THAT'S LUKE,
THE THOMPSONS' DOG.

STEPHEN THOMPSON.

THE KID WE RESCUED
FROM THE MOUNTAIN?
YEAH.

THOSE ARE MINE.
WHERE DID YOU FIND THEM?

THE GLOVES UNDER A CAR,

THE KNIFE STUCK IN THE CHEST
OF THE THOMPSONS' DOG.

WHAT, LUKE?
THAT'S SICK.

BING --
HE TOOK MY FISHING GEAR.

HE MUST HAVE TAKEN THESE, TOO.

ANYONE COULD HAVE HAD
THE KNIFE.

YOU COULD HAVE USED IT.
ME?

YEAH, I'M JUST TRYING TO
POINT OUT THE DIFFERENCE

BETWEEN SPECULATION
AND FACT.

YES, OF COURSE.

DO YOU THINK BING DID THIS?

NO. HE'S BEEN AT THE LODGE
ALL NIGHT DRINKING.

THERE ARE PROBABLY A DOZEN
PEOPLE WHO SAW HIM THERE.

YEAH, AND
IT'S TOO MUCH OF A SETUP.

IT'S TOO OBVIOUS.

[ SIGHS ]

Charlene: IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME
SINCE I'VE BEEN UP HERE.

I NEVER LIKED CAMPING
THAT MUCH.

HOW DID YOU KNOW
BUT PAT CHANDAD WAS THE ONE?

I JUST KNEW.
[ CHUCKLES ]

HE MADE ME LAUGH.
HE WAS SO FUNNY.

I JUST...KNEW.

SHOULD WE DO THIS?

SURE.

[ SIGHS ]

I'VE BEEN TRYING TO THINK
OF SOMETHING MEANINGFUL TO SAY.

I'M NOT VERY RELIGIOUS.

[ CHUCKLES ]

DO YOU REMEMBER THAT BOOK
DAD ALWAYS USED TO READ ME?

"THE LITTLE PRINCE."

YOU LOVED THE FACT
THAT THERE WAS A PILOT IN IT.

[ CHUCKLES ]
YEAH.

THERE'S THIS PART WHERE
THE LITTLE PRINCE IS DYING,

AND HE SAYS NOT TO BE SAD

'CAUSE WHEN HE LEAVES, HE'LL BE
LIVING ON A STAR AND LAUGHING.

[ SIGHS ]

THAT'S HOW I LIKE
TO THINK OF HIM --

A LAUGH LIVING WAY OUT THERE
IN THE COSMOS.

I THINK THAT'S JUST THE WAY

HE WOULD HAVE WANTED YOU
TO REMEMBER HIM.

BYE, DAD.

[ GROWLING ]

[ BARKS ]

FINE.
THEN YOU CAN STARVE.

YOU THINK I CARE?

[ LAUGHS ]

FOOLED YOU. LOOK AT YOU.
YOU'RE NOT SO TOUGH.

[ THUMPING ]

[ DOOR OPENS, CLOSES ]

[ DOOR OPENS ]

ROCKY. ROCKY, ROCKY.
GOOD BOY, GOOD BOY.

SORRY.

MEG'S GONE.
I'M JUST LOOKING AFTER THE DOG.

THAT'S A FIRST.

SHE'LL BE BACK
IN A COUPLE DAYS.

I'LL COME BACK THEN.

YOU WERE RIGHT.

SOMEONE FLEW GALLIGAN
AND HIS CREW UP NO NAME.

THE PILOT'S NAME
WAS PAUL SIMON.

LIKE THE SINGER?

YEAH.

HOW DO I GET IN TOUCH
WITH HIM?

IT'LL BE TOUGH
UNLESS YOU'RE PSYCHIC.

PAUL WAS STABBED TO DEATH
IN ANCHORAGE

A WEEK AFTER THE FLIGHT.

THAT'S NOT ALL.

I FOUND OUT GALLIGAN
WON 25 GRAND PLAYING POKER

RIGHT BEFORE HE WENT CLIMBING.

MAX CAME INTO $3,000
IN DECEMBER OF '94.

SO EITHER MAX KILLED GALLIGAN
FOR THE MONEY,

OR THE THIRD PERSON
ON THE MOUNTAIN KILLED GALLIGAN

AND GOT THE 25 GRAND
AND THEN PAID MAX TO KEEP QUIET.

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

MY GUT'S TELLING ME
IT WASN'T MAX...

WHICH MEANS THE KILLER
IS STILL OUT THERE.

WHICH MEANS THE KILLER
IS STILL OUT THERE.

WE CAN PUT THE PARKING
OFF SECOND AVENUE

BEHIND THE BOOKSTORE.

Ed: THAT'S 20% MORE COST.
UGH.

WELL --
CAN I INTERRUPT?

HEY, NATE.

HEY.

UH, WE OKAY?

FOR NOW.

WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU?

ACTUALLY, I HEARD ED WAS HERE.
I HAVE A BANK QUESTION.

IT GOES BACK A FEW YEARS.

OH, WELL, I'VE GOT A LONG MEMORY
WHEN IT COMES TO BANKING.
GOOD.

I'VE GOT A SOURCE
THAT SAYS PAT GALLIGAN

WON A GOOD PILE OF MONEY
PLAYING CARDS.

OH, YEAH,
PAT LOVED PLAYING POKER.

YES, HE DID, AND I PLAYED
WITH HIM MORE THAN ONCE.

YOU? A GAMBLER?

[ LAUGHS ]

YOU KNOW, I'M NOT AS STUFFY
AS YOU THINK.

OWNED A MOTORCYCLE ONCE,
YOU KNOW.

ON, YEAH,
YOU WERE A REAL WILD ONE.

[ CHUCKLES ]

ANYWAY, PAT -- HE ALWAYS PLAYED
FOR SMALL STAKES.

I CAN'T IMAGINE HIM
WINNING BIG.

WELL, MY SOURCE SAYS OTHERWISE.

NOW, DID HE EVER SEND MONEY
BACK TO YOUR BANK

BEFORE HIS LAST CLIMB?

NO, NOT THAT I RECALL.

SO, PAT DIDN'T PUT MONEY
IN THE BANK,

AND MAX -- HE BUYS THE PAPER
A FEW WEEKS LATER.

JACOB ALSO MAKES A DOWN PAYMENT

ON HIS FIRST AIRPLANE
AROUND THEN.

BING BUYS HIS FIRST TOW TRUCK.

THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY
FLYING AROUND LUNACY.

[ SCOFFS ]

AND HERE WE ARE TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT

HOW WE'RE GONNA FIND THE MONEY
TO RECRUIT THE NEW TEACHER.

JOHN'S LEAVING AT SPRING BREAK.
HE TOLD ME LAST NIGHT.

WELL, THAT'S SUDDEN.
WHY IS HE LEAVING?

BEATS ME.

JUST SAID IT WAS TIME.

[ DOORBELL RINGS ]

[ KNOCK ON DOOR ]

HELLO?

HELLO?!

LOSE SOMETHING?

I KNOCKED.

OH.

AND WHEN I DIDN'T ANSWER, YOU
JUST DECIDED TO LET YOURSELF IN.

SMALL-TOWN LIVING.

WHAT DO YOU WANT?

I HEARD YOU WERE LEAVING.

I DIDN'T REALIZE
THAT WAS A CRIMINAL ACT.

I DIDN'T SAY IT WAS.

DOES CHARLENE KNOW
HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT HER?

DID PAT KNOW
HOW YOU FELT ABOUT HER?

DO I NEED TO BE TALKING
TO A LAWYER?

I DON'T KNOW.
SHOULD YOU?

YOU WERE AT THE MOVIES
THE OTHER NIGHT.

YEAH, SO WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE,
YOU INCLUDED.

BUT I DIDN'T STICK A KNIFE
IN THE THOMPSONS' DOG.

NEITHER DID I.

I HAD FEELINGS,
STRONG FEELINGS FOR CHARLENE.

HARDLY DID ME ANY GOOD
AFTER GALLIGAN LEFT.

WAS MURDERED.
[ SIGHS ]

YOU WANT TO KNOW WHERE I WAS
IN NOVEMBER OF '94?

I WAS IN ARIZONA
VISITING MY SISTER.

I WAS TRYING TO GET AWAY
FROM HOW I FELT ABOUT CHARLENE.

WHEN I GOT BACK,
PAT WAS ALREADY GONE.

NOW, IT'S TAKEN ME A LONG TIME

TO REALIZE THAT CHARLENE
WILL NEVER SEE ME FOR WHO I AM.

SHE'LL ONLY EVER SEE ME
FOR WHO I'M NOT --

PAT...

WHOM, BY THE WAY,
I DID NOT KILL.

[ SIGHS ]

HOW COULD YOU HAVE STOOD BY
ALL THESE YEARS

AND WATCH CHARLENE
BE WITH OTHER MEN?

OH, I HAD MY CHANCE.

BUT I DIDN'T ACT.

I WAS JUST SO CAUGHT UP
IN MY FEAR OF GETTING HURT

THAT I COULDN'T SEE
WHAT I WAS LOSING.

AND NOW...

...IT'S JUST TOO LATE.

[ Ringing ]

Susan: Hello?

Hello?

SUSAN?

Nate?

YEAH.

YOU THERE?

Where are you?

[ SIGHS ]

ALASKA.

Alaska?

You have got to be kidding.

I SHOULD HAVE CALLED
A LONG TIME AGO.

I-I MEANT TO.

I DON'T -- I DON'T EVEN
KNOW WHAT TO SAY.

I'M SORRY.

I KNOW I DESTROYED YOUR LIFE.

Nate...

a 24-year-old meth addict
destroyed my life.

You were the good guy.

Is that
why you're in Alaska?

Oh, God, you're an idiot.

Get your ass out of the tundra
and come home.

You want to work off your guilt,
come paint my house.

YEAH, SURE.

NOT IF YOU'RE STILL THINKING
OF PAINTING IT THAT PUKE GREEN.

Okay,
are you dissing my style?

Dissing it
3,000 miles away.

[ CHUCKLES ]

Oh, speaking of style,
you know who I saw last week?

Carmichael.
WHO'S THAT?

Remember that skinny little
vice cop?

[ CHUCKLES ]
REALLY?

He is now the size
of Camden Yards.

HEY, BOYS.
WHAT'S THAT?

MOOSE.

CAN'T FINE US
FOR HUNTING, CHIEF.

I WASN'T GOING TO,

BUT YOU'RE BLOCKING
THE INTERSECTION.

MOVE THE TRUCK.

CHEECHAKO.

I HEARD THAT.

Nate:
OKAY, SETTLE DOWN.

[ ROCKY GROWLING ]

IT'S OKAY.

HEY.
HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY.

WH--

OH, IS THAT A KISS?

LOOK AT YOU.

IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE DOING?
OH, MY GOSH.

MM.

[ CHUCKLES ]

YOU'RE JUST A BIG SOFTY
AFTER ALL.
HI.

I LEAVE YOU GUYS ALONE
FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS,

AND THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS?

OH, WOW!
YOU'RE HOME EARLY.

HEY, CUTIE.

GET OUT OF HERE.
GET SOME FRESH AIR.

GIVE ME A WHACK AT HIM.

I THOUGHT
I WOULD SURPRISE YOU.

WELL, I AM GLAD.

I MISSED YOU.

I BROUGHT YOU A PRESENT.

YOU BROUGHT ME A PRESENT?
MM-HMM.

WHAT DID YOU BRING ME?

WOW.

WOW.
LOOK AT THESE.

HEY, DON'T MOCK
MY BOOTY CALL.
NO, I'M NOT.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW,
THESE AREN'T BOOKS.

THESE ARE YOU SAYING

THAT YOU WANT ME AROUND
FOR A LONG, LONG...

TIME.

MAYBE.

GOOD.

THEN MARRY ME.

UH...

[ SCOFFS ]
GOD, I KNEW IT.

I JUST KNEW IT.

YOU GIVE A GUY GOOD SEX
AND A HOT MEAL,

AND NOW HE'S ASKING YOU
TO MARRY HIM.

I LOVE YOU.

DON'T YOU THINK MARRIAGE
JUST MIGHT SCREW THAT UP?

I LOVE YOU.

[ SIGHS ]

DAMN IT, I LOVE YOU, TOO.

[ ROCKY BARKS, WHINES ]

SOMETHING'S GOT ROCKY.

[ BEAR GROWLING ]

WHOA, MEG.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

PROTECTING MY DOG.

ALL RIGHT, GIVE ME THE GUN.
YOU'VE GOT YOUR OWN GUN.

[ ROCKY BARKING ]

[ BEAR GROWLING ]

ROCKY!

[ GUNSHOT ]

ROCKY, GET AWAY!
ROCKY, GET BACK!

ROCKY, COME HERE!
GET BACK!

ROCKY!

[ GUNSHOT ]

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

[ GUNSHOT ]

SOMEONE BAITED THIS BEAR
TO COME HERE WITH MOOSE MEAT.

WHOEVER IT WAS KNEW THAT ROCKY
WOULD CORNER THAT BEAR.

AND IF ROCKY WAS CORNERED,
THEN --

YOU'D GO AFTER HIM.

NO. I WASN'T SUPPOSED
TO BE HERE.

WHO KNOWS YOU CARRY A 9mm?

THE WHOLE TOWN.
EXACTLY.

WITH THAT KIND OF GUN,

AN ENRAGED BEAR
WOULD HAVE RIPPED YOU APART.

SOMEONE WAS COUNTING
ON THAT.

[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]

Meg: YOU KNOW, NATE ASKED ME
TO MARRY HIM.

WHAT DID YOU SAY?

I, UH...

I GUESS I -- I DIDN'T.

WHAT, YOU DIDN'T ANSWER HIM?

[ BOTH CHUCKLE ]

I WAS GOING TO.

I JUST DIDN'T, UH,
HAVE A CHANCE.

DO YOU LOVE HIM?

YES.

THEN MARRY HIM

AND HOLD ON TO THAT FEELING
FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.

HOLD ON TO IT HARD.

I'LL TRY.

[ CHUCKLES ]

YOU KNOW, ALL I EVER WANTED
FOR YOU

WAS TO BE HAPPY.

WHY CAN'T YOU WANT
THE SAME THING FOR YOURSELF?

JOHN IS MOVING AWAY.

[ INHALES DEEPLY ]
I KNOW.

MOM, HE LOVES YOU.

HE'S A GOOD GUY.

HE'D DO ABSOLUTELY ANYTHING
FOR YOU.

THAT'S SOMETHING.

BUT IS IT ENOUGH?

I GUESS THAT'S UP TO YOU.

[ KNOCK ON DOOR ]

YEAH?

Charlene: NATE?

JUST A SEC!

MEG TOLD ME THE GOOD NEWS.

I'M SO HAPPY FOR BOTH OF YOU.

AND, HEY, IF YOU BREAK
HER HEART, I'LL KILL YOU.

OH, WELL,
THANKS FOR THE WARNING.

I'M NOT KIDDING.

[ BOTH CHUCKLE ]

OKAY.

HEY, CHARLENE.

I KNOW AND PAT
FOUGHT BEFORE HE LEFT,

BUT HE WOULD HAVE COME BACK.

WHEN YOU DO WHAT I DO, YOU GET
TO KNOW A VICTIM SOMETIMES

A LOT BETTER THAN THE PEOPLE
WHO KNEW THEM LIVING.

AND PAT
WOULD HAVE COME BACK.

THANK YOU.

THAT'S THE NICEST THING
ANYONE'S EVER SAID TO ME...

ESPECIALLY SOMEONE WHO'S NOT
TRYING TO GET IN MY PANTS.

[ DOOR CLOSES,
NATE AND CHARLENE CHUCKLING ]

Nate: OKAY.

OH, YOU'RE FUNNY.

WHY, THANK YOU.

[ CLEARS THROAT ]

Hopp:
WELL, THESE THINGS TAKE TIME.

I KNOW.
OH, HEY, NATE.

HEY.
YES, I KNOW.

I'VE BEEN HEARING IT
ALL OVER TOWN MYSELF.

I THINK YOU'RE OVERREACTING.

YEAH, MAYBE.

YEAH, I'LL TALK TO HIM.

OKAY, GOOD.

I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

JOHN, WAIT.

WAIT.

WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME?

[ INHALES, EXHALES DEEPLY ]

DO YOU LOVE ME?

DO YOU?

I WANT TO LOVE YOU.
I-I DO. I --

IF YOU STAY,
I-I'LL -- I'LL TRY.

SEE, THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN YOU AND ME.

I KNOW I LOVE YOU,
BUT I-I CAN'T SETTLE ANYMORE.

I-I CAN'T SIT THERE
BURIED IN A BOOK,

PRETENDING
THAT IT DOESN'T HURT ME

WHEN YOU'RE TAKING SOMEONE ELSE
TO BED.

THERE WON'T BE ANYONE ELSE.

I PROMISE YOU THAT.

[ SIGHS ]

[ Voice breaking ]
THINKING ABOUT YOU LEAVING

IS BREAKING MY HEART.

PLEASE.
PLEASE DON'T GO.

UM, THERE'S AN EMERGENCY
TOWN COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.

I NEED TO WARN YOU.

WE HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT
YOUR HANDLING OF RECENT EVENTS.

LOOK, WE'VE HAD MORE
TROUBLE HERE SINCE WE
HIRED YOU THAN BEFORE.

WE'VE HAD A MURDER, A SUICIDE,
A DOG GETTING KILLED.

YEAH, LET'S NOT FORGET
THE STOLEN FISHING GEAR.

IT WAS A MISTAKE
TO HIRE YOU --

OR ANYONE ELSE, FOR THAT
MATTER -- FROM OUTSIDE.

WELL, NO, THE REASONS
FOR GOING OUTSIDE WERE VALID.

WELL, THAT MAY BE,

BUT SOME OF THE LESS LAWFUL
ELEMENTS OF THIS TOWN --

THEY LOOK AT THIS
AS SOME KIND OF A DARE.

HEY, WE'RE NOT GETTING
STITCHED UP AS MUCH.

IT'S TRUE.

CAN I SAY SOMETHING?

Hopp: YES.

YOUR TROUBLE DIDN'T START
WHEN YOU HIRED ME.

IT STARTED 15 YEARS AGO WHEN
SOMEONE KILLED PAT GALLIGAN.

[ CROWD MURMURING ]
AND WHOEVER KILLED GALLIGAN
IS STILL HERE,

AND IT'S THE SAME PERSON
WHO KILLED MAX HAWBACKER.

OH, COME ON.
NO, MAX KILLED HIMSELF
OUT OF GUILT.

WELL, THAT'S WHAT THE KILLER
WANTS YOU TO BELIEVE.

THAT'S CRAZY TALK.

I SWORE TO PROTECT AND SERVE
THIS TOWN,

AND THAT'S EXACTLY
WHAT I'M GONNA DO.

SO, STARTING TODAY,
I'M OFFICIALLY RE-OPENING

THE MAX HAWBACKER CASE
AS A HOMICIDE.

WHAT?!
COME ON!

[ GAVEL BANGING ]

LOOK, WE DON'T HAVE TIME
TO WASTE ON THIS.

I'M GONNA CALL THE MATTER
TO A VOTE.

Hopp:
NOW, HOLD ON A MINUTE.

I MOVE THAT WE RELIEVE
CHIEF BURNS

OF HIS DUTIES IMMEDIATELY.

HE HAS A CONTRACT, ED.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?

OPPOSED?

Man:
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.

THE AYES HAVE IT.

YOU'RE OUT.

WHAT?!
Man: OH, COME ON.

YOU CAN'T DO THAT.
YOU CAN'T DO THAT.

YOU J--
YOU JUST RAILROADED...

Hopp:
EVERYONE, JUST CALM DOWN!

ORDER!
ORDER, PLEASE!

[ GAVEL BANGS ]

CHIEF?

NOT ANYMORE.

[ SIGHS ]

I'M SORRY.
WHAT'S UP, STEPHEN?

LUKE WAS MY PARENTS' DOG.

YEAH, I KNOW.
I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT.

ANYWAY, I DID SOMETHING...

SOMETHING I SHOULDN'T HAVE.

I TOOK THIS FROM THE CAVE.

IT WAS NEXT TO THE BODY.

MY DAD DIDN'T HAVE
A PIERCED EAR.

NEITHER DID MAX.

I'LL MAKE SURE THE STATE POLICE
GET IT. THANK YOU.

YOU'LL MAKE SURE
THE STATE POLICE GET IT?

WHAT'S THAT?
YOU'RE JUST GONNA WALK AWAY?

I'VE BEEN FIRED, MEG!

SO, YEAH, I MIGHT WALK.

THERE'S NOTHING HOLDING ME HERE
ANYMORE.

I ASKED YOU TO MARRY ME.

YOU STILL HAVEN'T GIVEN ME
AN ANSWER.

I CAN'T GIVE YOU AN ANSWER UNTIL
I KNOW WHERE YOU WANT TO BE.

YOU CALLED HER.

YOU CALLED
YOUR PARTNER'S WIFE.

YEAH.

GOOD.

GOOD. SO YOU'RE NOT HERE
BY DEFAULT ANYMORE.

YOU'RE NOT RUNNING.

I LOVE YOU, NATE.

I LOVE YOU MORE THAN I THOUGHT
I COULD EVER LOVE ANYONE.

AND I WANT TO SEE YOU HAPPY,

SO IF BALTIMORE
MAKES YOU HAPPY, THEN GO.

BE THERE.

BUT IF YOU STAY,
STAY AND FIGHT.

AND FIGHT HARD.

ANYTHING?

NO.
LET'S LOOK THROUGH THEM AGAIN.

[ SIGHS ]

GOD, I KNOW
I'VE SEEN THIS EARRING.

I THOUGHT FOR SURE
IT WAS IN ONE OF THESE.

COME ON.

[ KNOCK ON DOOR ]

UH, THIS IS REALLY
NOT A GOOD TIME.

MEG?

I SEE YOU AND JOHN TALKED.

MM.

HERE IT IS.

I KNEW I SAW IT.

THIS IS
WHO KILLED YOUR FATHER.

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

[ DOGS BARKING ]

THERE THEY GO.
AWW!

[ MARCH BAND PLAYS ]

ALL RIGHT, PLEASE, MEG,
GO HOME.

I'M NOT LEAVING
TILL YOU ARREST HIM.

I'VE KNOWN HIM MY WHOLE LIFE,
AND HE KILLED MY DAD AND MAX.

ALL RIGHT,
WELL, WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR COBEN.

HE SHOULD GET HERE JUST
AS THE PARADE'S WRAPPING UP.

SO, WE'RE
JUST GONNA SIT AROUND

AND WAIT TO HAND OVER
THE SUSPECT?

YEAH.
NO ONE GETS HURT TODAY.

Coben: BURNS!

MEG! MEG!
BURNS!

Hopp: NATE, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE
OF FOUNDERS DAY,

FOR PETE'S SAKE.

ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S GOING ON?

I CALLED COBEN
TO ARREST PAT'S KILLER.

WHO?
HOW DID YOU GET HERE
SO FAST?

I WAS AT A HIT-AND-RUN
NOT AN HOUR AWAY FROM HERE.

ALL RIGHT,
HERE'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO.

LISTEN, YOU'RE GONNA
HAVE TO HANG ON UNTIL
THE PARADE IS OVER.

THERE'S TOO MANY PEOPLE HERE
TO RISK HIM SEEING YOU.

UH, WAIT A MINUTE.
DIDN'T YOU GET FIRED?

I MEAN, IF ANYONE'S IN CHARGE
HERE, IT'S YOUR DEPUTY.

OH, FORGET THAT.

LUNACY'S DAMN LUCKY
TO HAVE BURNS HERE.
I AGREE.

WHAT ARE THEY DOING HERE?

OH, GREAT.
WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?

COBEN, I TOLD YOU, NOBODY SHOWS
UP UNTIL THE PARADE IS OVER.

HEY, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA.

I'LL DECIDE WHO SHOWS UP AND
WHEN THEY SHOW UP, ALL RIGHT?

Man: HERE!

[ POUNDING ]

[ BRAKES SQUEAL ]

AAH!

[ WOMAN SCREAMING ]

[ CROWD SCREAMING ]

GET DOWN! GET DOWN!

DOWN! DOWN! DOWN!

BACK AWAY!

YOU TOSS YOUR GUN,
AND YOU BACK AWAY!

BACK AWAY!

I'LL KILL HER, BURNS!
YOU KNOW I WILL!

WHAT THE HELL ARE DOING?
SHUT UP!

WHERE YOU GONNA GO, ED?
WHERE YOU GONNA GO?

DON'T YOU WORRY ABOUT THAT.
YOU WORRY ABOUT HER.

I'LL PUT A BULLET
RIGHT IN HER BRAIN.

YEAH,
JUST LIKE YOU DID TO MAX?

LOOK, I DID WHAT I HAD TO DO.

THAT'S HOW YOU SURVIVE
AROUND HERE, ISN'T IT?

YOU'RE NOT GONNA WALK AWAY
FROM THIS ONE.

I WILL DROP YOU
WHERE YOU STAND.

IF YOU DON'T DROP YOUR GUN,

YOU'LL KILL HER JUST LIKE
YOU KILLED YOUR PARTNER.

YOU CAN'T LIVE WITH THAT,
CAN YOU?

BUT I CAN.

MEG!

YOU KNOW ME, YOU BASTARD.

YOU HURT HER, AND I'LL DROP YOU
LIKE A SICK ANIMAL.

YOU KILLED MY FATHER.

MEG, EASE BACK.

Meg: I'M NOT LETTING HIM
TAKE HER.

I WON'T, EITHER,
BUT PUT DOWN THE GUN.

[ CLANGING ]
HEY!

[ GUNSHOT ]

[ GASPS ]

MEG!

MEG, ARE YOU OKAY?

AAH. OW.

IF ANYONE DIES TODAY,
IT'S GONNA BE YOU.

WHAT THE HELL YOU DOING?

MY JOB.

THIS IS MY TOWN.

PUT DOWN THE GUN,
YOU SON OF A BITCH!

YOU'RE NOTHING, BURNS.

YOU DON'T EVEN BELONG HERE!

[ GUNSHOT ]

Charlene: MEG! MEG!

CUFF THIS COWARD.

BE MY PLEASURE...CHIEF.

LET'S GO, ED.

ARE YOU OKAY?

HONEY, ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?

GET A DOCTOR.

HEY, MOM, CALM DOWN.
I'M FINE.

Hopp: CARRIE,
ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?

YOU OKAY?

DID YOU GET HIT?
I'M FINE.

THE BULLET JUST GRAZED MY ARM,

BUT, OH, GOD,
IT HURTS LIKE HELL.

YEAH, TELL ME ABOUT IT.

[ EXHALES DEEPLY ]

HEY, DON'T YOU EVER DO
SOMETHING LIKE THAT AGAIN.

[ OWL HOOTING ]

ED SWITCHED LAWYERS TODAY.

HE GOT SOME HOTSHOT
FROM THE OUTSIDE.

YOU KNOW HE NOW CLAIMS THAT HE
KILLED YOUR DAD IN SELF-DEFENSE,

THAT PAT WENT CRAZY ON DRUGS
AND ATTACKED HIM?

AND THE MONEY?

HE CLAIMS HE WON THE 22 GRAND

THAT SHOWED UP SUDDENLY IN
HIS ACCOUNT IN NOVEMBER OF '94.

[ SCOFFS ]
GREAT.

HEY, DON'T YOU WORRY.

WE HAVE THE MACKIES
THAT SOLD HIM THE MOOSE MEAT

AND NOA LOT OF PEOPLEOUT --
WHO HAVE CELLPHONE PICTURES

OF HIM SHOOTING YOU.

HE'LL DO TIME.

[ EXHALES DEEPLY ]

LET'S GO WALK DOWN THE RIVER.

WOW.
WELL, THAT SOUNDS GOOD.

WE CAN LIE DOWN AND MAKE LOVE
UNTIL WE'RE TOO WEAK TO MOVE.

NOW, THAT SOUNDS EVEN BETTER.

FROSTBITE MIGHT GET YOU.

THE COLD --
IT'S NOT SO BAD ANYMORE.

I THINK
I'M FINALLY GETTING USED TO IT.

NOT BAD FOR A CHEECHAKO.

[ CHUCKLES ]
YOU'RE NOT THAT ANYMORE.

YOU ARE ONE OF US.

YOU NEVER TOLD ME
IF YOU'D MARRY ME.

OH, YEAH, RIGHT, THAT.

HMM.

YES.

YES.

YES.