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Previously on Walker...

You both put your hats in
for lieutenant.

The way I see it,
the competition's on.

- Good luck.
- WALKER: You know what?

If y'all have a problem
with our relationship,

with how serious
things are getting,

you need to speak up.

Tonight was supposed
to be the night

where we celebrated
Geri moving in,

because that's what's happening.

GERI:
I don't think you're ready.

I wanted you to have
a discussion with them

before we had...
whatever last night was.

Let's take a beat,
and let's talk

about this when I'm back.

WITT:
Joanna, she's not gonna stop.

- Do you have my necklace?
- I'm not helping you.

You know what I want, and
you're gonna get it for me now.

AUGUST:
Back when he was Duke,

did you know that
he wrote letters for us,

just in case
he died while undercover?

STELLA:
Hoyt met with Dad the day

that he stole the necklace.

If the letters are out there,

then they could lead us
to the necklace.

You were right, Cordell,
to keep this from me.

I'm-a need you
to take point on this.

WALKER:
Gary Boyle.

His zoo is one mile away
from the Jackal's first kill.

You're not gonna drop this.

And I am not gonna
let you go solo.

Possible signs of activity.

- (grunts)
- LUNA (echoing): Walker?!

(crickets chirping)

(alarm clock ticking)

("Wasting Time"
by Katie Herzig playing)

♪ I didn't know when I met you ♪

♪ I'd upset you ♪

♪ But even the best intentions
take us ♪

- ♪ By surprise ♪
- (alarm clock beeping)

♪ How do you keep a secret? ♪

♪ Don't repeat it ♪

♪ How do you push away
without a shove? ♪

♪ It's easier wasting time ♪

- (grunts)
- ♪ Than breaking hearts
you love ♪

(laughter)

♪ ♪

♪ Maybe a boat on the ocean ♪

♪ Will bring good fortune ♪

♪ Maybe a gust of wind ♪

♪ Will keep us out at sea ♪

♪ I'll be hoping for the wind
that sets you free ♪

(singer vocalising)

♪ It's easier wasting time ♪

- ♪ Than breaking
hearts you love ♪
- (phone buzzing)

♪ It's easier wasting time ♪

- ♪ Than breaking
hearts you love ♪
- Cassie Perez.

- BARISTA: Here you go.
- ♪ It's easier wasting time ♪

♪ Than breaking
hearts you love ♪

♪ It's easier wasting time ♪

♪ Than breaking hearts
you love ♪

♪ It's easier wasting time
than breaking hearts you love ♪

♪ Oh, it's easier wasting time ♪

♪ Than breaking
hearts you love. ♪

Did you get it?

Good morning, Cass.

Yeah, I did.

I knew it.

So, my preliminary interview
for the lieutenant's position

is in ten days. You?

Me, too.

Well, you know what that means.

We are officially
in the top five.

Yeah.

We are.

Aren't you excited?

Yeah, of course I'm excited.
It's just, uh...

It's just that getting excited
about a possible promotion

while tracking down
a horrifying serial killer

is kind of a bummer?

Yeah. That's one way to put it.

Is it kind of...

A ghost town?

Yeah.

GERI:
So...

the contractor that I met with
for the new Side Step-- amazing.

Felt like
we just clicked instantly.

Great. Yeah. Sounds great.
That's great, Ger.

Cordi, I was kind of surprised

when you had already gone
to work when I got in,

and now it just feels
like you're "boy listening."

So... everything okay?

- M-Me? Yeah, I'm-I'm good.
- Yeah.

Honestly. Sorry. Really.

What else went on
up in Oklahoma City?

Well,
if-if everything goes well,

we could be breaking ground
within a few months.

I mean,
this is an awesome opportunity

for our business
but also for us.

You know,
part of the new chapter

that we've been talking about.

Yeah.

I-I-I'm so happy for you.

Cool.

Uh, so what's
been going on here?

Ah, yeah. Uh...

We-We've kind of been, um,

going at this thing
around the clock, so...

Well, maybe soon you can cash in

some of those vacation days
that you've collected.

I think you deserve it,

and it could be good for us.

- Yeah?
- Yeah.

JAMES:
Walker!

Okay, guys, guys,
I don't have any pointers.

All right? Obviously,
I'm rooting for the home team.

I'll put in my two cents,
but it's not just up to me.

Okay? Now we got to...

Hey. I'm here. Sorry.

Uh, Geri just needed some input
on Side Step 2.0. (chuckles)

Uh, where we at?

All right, let's get into it.
Everyone nonessential

to the Jackal case
is working off-site

because we have
a doozy of a day ahead of us.

Okay. We're ready, Cap.
Whatever it is.

Well, what it is isn't great.

(sighs) Um...

DPS is getting antsy
with our progress.

Do they know that we literally

just uncovered
the Jackal's home office?

And that Walker was up close
and personal with the creep?

JAMES:
I know. I know. They don't care.

They're thinking about
giving the case to the FBI.

What?
Cap, that-that's ridiculous.

We're working
our asses off here.

JAMES:
I-I know. I'm aware.

We need
to have a real breakthrough

by the end of today--
something we can announce

wide at a press conference
at 6:00 p.m.

TREY:
What?

- And if we don't?
- JAMES: If we don't,

the Jackal case
will no longer be ours to solve.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

Okay, well,
this is a good thing, right?

The fact that it's legit written
on his battle plans.

STELLA:
Yeah, I thought that, too,

but now I'm not sure
that it means anything at all.

I sent it to Sadie, and
it's just as confusing to her.

I keep reading it
over and over again.

Joanna was very clear to me,

I had one day
to find this necklace,

and I am nowhere closer now
than I was last night.

Well, that's obviously
not great.

And then there's these.

The goodbye letters Dad wrote.

I figured reading them

was something
we should decide together.

Well, you, uh,
you said it yourself--

we don't have time.

Besides,
whatever he said back then

will still be here tomorrow, right?

Exactly.

This reads like a love letter.

There's that,

but then there's all this
unnecessary cryptic stuff,

like "nothing of value."

Well, "I know you'll find
what I've left behind"

is pretty straightforward.

Yeah, but "the embers,"
the "wine."

Wait. Wait, wait, wait.

"You and Bear."

Uncle Hoyt always
called Mawline "Abby Bear."

That's right. You know,
the part about safety

actually made me
think of our family.

You remember how Dad and Hoyt

always had
those secret hiding places?

Like the tree house of truth
and the barn...

- And the fireplace.
- Exactly.

Look. "Bear." "Safe." "Embers."

It all feels very connected.

I mean, look, he-he literally
calls himself a phoenix in this.

Are we really thinking
that the necklace

has been at the ranch house,
under our noses,

this entire time?

I think we're about to find out.

♪ Whoa-whoa. ♪

(sighs)

I don't know why we have to draw
it up like a damn living will.

Well, I'm not suggesting that,
you know, we make bucket lists.

I just want to get on the same
page about our retirement

and get it in writing.

Ooh.

Coffee.

Not for you, Mr. Coffee Snob.

LIAM:
Are you still on about that?

I was just trying
to expand your palette.

Tough.

I can come back.

No, you two go ahead
and do your thing.

Think I got some stuff
to take care of.

Would it kill you
to be a little less punctual?

We need
to get this stuff sorted out.

Between your, uh,
partnership arrangement

and these fairly extensive
barn renovations, it...

Yes, and we will get it sorted,

but I think
I'm gonna need your help.

I'm worried
it's gonna come off wrong.

Mom...

No. I don't mean that.
(stammers)

All those years of, you know,
taking care of you boys

and tending the ranch...

Last year, when we were away,

I realised that...

there was more for me.

I wanted more.

And maybe it's decades
of so-called gender norms

stopping me from actually
saying that, but...

Okay, I get it. Mom, please,
what do you need from me?

Your father respects you.

You want me to play mediator.

Yes.

Okay. Okay, yeah, I can do that,

but with what you just said,

I'm putting you
in the driver's seat.

I knew you were my favourite
for a reason.

You always said
that you didn't have a favourite.

Did I now?

Okay. All right. Um...

So what are we thinking?

We have gone over this endlessly

and we still only have
one new thing.

Gary Boyle. The outlier.

Didn't have any of the typical
calling cards, but, uh...

CASSIE:
Definitely a desperate
Jackal kill

but not at all helpful here.

Right. There's Hollis Miller
with the repeat attack.

Yep. Yeah, uh, he's the one
that got away.

What'd he say? He said
that the, uh, the Digoxin

made him feel crazy, right?

Yeah. Yep, yeah,
like it was a acid trip

or lucid dream
or something, um...

What else?

We were kind of hoping
that you might have an idea.

Yeah, uh...

Maybe we just pick someone
and narrow our focus.

TREY:
Eh, tunnel vision
can only get us so far.

I think that we need
to take a step back and...

CASSIE:
Oh, right, so we just
cast our net wide

and hope that something
different happens. That tracks.

- And what's that
supposed to mean?
- JAMES: All right, okay.

- Hold up a second.
- WALKER: Yeah, yeah, yeah,

why don't we, uh,
why don't we take a sec?

Uh, get outside,
get some fresh air,

maybe a bite to eat, um...

As it is, I got to take care
of something real fast,

but I will be back soon.

Uh, we can get right back to it.

(sighs)

Okay, what are we doing?

All right, just, uh, spray this

around the fireplace
really quick.

All right, perfect.
Now, uh, hold this.

What's with the CSI?

Go ahead and turn
that on for me.

Thank you.

All right, cool.
The doodle tape is working.

Yeah, I just learned some,
uh, new photography tricks.

Okay, so, with the spray

and the LED
and the right settings,

we should see...

STELLA:
Hey, look. Fingerprints.

Ah. No way.

Okay, perfect.

(door opens)

- There you are.
- AUGUST: Hey.

Hey. Uh, what's
with the darkness?

You know, just, uh, showing Stel

some photography tricks.

- Got it.
- Yeah.

Well, I'm glad you're both here.

I was hoping we could catch up.

- Well, actually...
- Look, I know
that we left things

in a weird place last time,

and I don't want that
to become a habit, so...

I figured we could
make some lunch?

There's so much to catch up on,

but will you come and help me
with some groceries?

AUGUST:
Yeah, yeah, uh...

- I'm gonna finish up here.
- Okay.

(chuckles)

♪ ♪

Cass, are you good?

Uh, yes. I am now.

Vending machine's busted,

but I saw where Ernie
hides the key a while back.

We need snacks.

Hey, listen, about before, uh...

Look, we're both feeling
the heat from all sides.

Yeah. Exactly.

And for what it's worth,
I'm sorry.

Me, too.

Just everything with this case
and the lieutenant's position.

TREY:
Yeah, because of what
it could all mean?

I mean, sort of. I mean, I know
what the position requires,

and I know it could mean
a lot less field time

depending on what
Captain James is looking for.

But it's hard to a grasp on it

since Lieutenant Hayden
has always been...

- A ghost?
- That's putting it nicely.

Hey, uh, grab me the peanuts?

JAMES: Are we raiding
the vending machine?

That depends. If you're cool
with it, then yes, absolutely.

But if not,
then I'm just putting

these back where they belong.

You two want to be
lieutenant, huh?

Oh, come on, Cap, don't...

All right, all right,
you know what? I will say this.

I've been thinking about
our current lieutenant.

He's, uh, let's just say he's
part of the old guard, okay?

The position now,
in my mind, should be

something completely different.

- How so?
- More of a...

I don't know, a partner.

Someone who can lighten
the load, help lead the office.

So, snack stealing aside,

I think the two of you
have a pretty good shot.

Okay?

Thank you.

Well, you know, this agreement
seems simple enough.

Well, it's very simple.

And the rest is just
plans for the renovation.

So, um, Ben and I both agree

that we're gonna need
more facilities.

Facilities? As in...

Bathrooms.

Oh, and-and... (chuckles)

That's what it's gonna cost?

- Well, this is
the higher range estimate.
- Yeah, well, thank God for that.

I thought we were talking about

some porta-johns
every few months.

Well, that's why I've wanted
to talk to you about it.

Because this is
your decision, too.

And in the end,
it will save money.

Yeah, and put a permanent
structure on my damn ranch.

(stammers)
I mean, the construction will be

a major time suck
and create a bunch of racket.

Yeah, but, you know, it's not
that big of a footprint, Dad.

If you just look at this...

I know it's a shock.

But, but if, if-if you look
at the bigger picture...

No, I-I-I'm so sorry,
but this...

This is all just too damn much.

I'll be out in my shop.

Well, that went well.

Sorry that took so long, guys,
I got distracted.

GERI:
Oh, well, we were just
about to get started.

Oh, no way, are those
Spaghetti-me's?

Yeah, she even brought
the letter molds.

Nice. Let me see.
They're very nostalgic.

Oh, we haven't done this
in, in a long time.

Well, I thought it could be fun.

So, um...

before I left for OKC,

uh, things were weird, obviously.

And I'm really sorry

that we didn't get to talk
before I left.

Yeah... it's cool.
Seriously.

Well, listen, if you're
not okay with something,

you know, with me and your dad,

about whatever that means
for you or for us,

we can talk about it.

- Wait...
- D-Do you think
we have a problem

with-with you and Dad
being together?

Well, I didn't, and then...

Because we don't have
a problem, not at all.

No, no, seriously, Aunt Geri--

well, new name pending, maybe--

we love you, okay?
And you make Dad very happy.

Okay. Great.

Even though...

happy is kind of hard to
come by with him these days.

Yeah, the, uh, this case
that they're working on

has kind of brought up the past
for a lot of them.

Did you know
how bad it was then?

What do you mean,
with the Jackal?

Yeah, but...

also, like, with Duke.

We found out he wrote us
these goodbye letters

in case he didn't...

Yeah, um, listen, whatever
was in those letters was...

from a different version
of your dad

to a different version of you,

so there's no good that could
come from you reading those.

Yeah, it just...

it got us thinking
about the, the what-ifs

and closure.

Well, I know it's hard.

Starting with your mom

and then everything
that followed. I know.

I mean, you went
through it all, too.

Did you ever get anything
like closure with Uncle Hoyt?

We just find ourselves

wanting to know
more about, well...

everything, you know?

Yeah.

- Any word on Walker?
- Not yet, no.

And I wouldn't count on it.
(sighs)

Okay, so the thousandth trip
down Jackal Lane is a bust.

Feels like we're grasping
at straws here.

Yeah, a lot of straws.

But we have to be
careful not to...

Not to force connections
that aren't there, like I did.

- Wait.
- What is it?

How many times
have we been over this?

- A lot.
- A lot.

And every time we have tried
to find what connects them.

Trey did the evals,
we've broken down the demos.

- Yeah, and we've
still gotten nowhere.
- Right.

But what if...?

Wait, are you thinking
that we find what links them

- through what sets them apart?
- CASSIE: Exactly.

And if I had to pick
a place to start,

it would be... here.

Ericka Sweeney.

She was the only one in
the group that wasn't a parent.

Aside from Boyle, who he killed
just to cover his tracks.

Look, there was a lawsuit
filed against her estate,

and the case was dismissed
and then sealed.

Of course, the only new piece
of information we get

is essentially redacted.

This could be the link
that we're looking for.

If we get it unsealed.

If we get it unsealed. (claps)

- Let's go. Nice. Let's go.
- Yeah.

So, Hoyt getting to grow up here
even for a little bit, I mean,

it was really the first time
that he had a stable home.

God, I didn't realise it was
that bad for him growing up.

Yeah, however bad
you think it was,

multiply that by ten.

And it got even worse
when the sheriffs came.

Wait, what do you mean?

Things are different
in the boonies.

All he told me was...

that the sheriffs came in
to settle his mom's debts

and there he was, six years old,

holding on to this little...

homemade superhero cape
with white knuckles

hoping that they wouldn't
seize that, too.

Yeah.

What ended up happening?

I don't know, uh...

Eventually they found
something worth their while.

Some heirloom, I guess.

But all he remembered was them
turning the house upside down

and saying there was
nothing of value there.

AUGUST:
Well, that's...

You know, I'm trying
to find a tasteful way

to change the subject, now I'm
just kind of rambling, uh...

You still need help
with your calculus, right?

Oh, you guys go.

- Are you sure?
- Yeah.

As long as
I don't have to do math.

- (August chuckles)
- Um...

I'll just start cleaning up.

- All right. Thank you.
- GERI: Yeah.

(door opens)

(door closes)

Your mother put you up to this?

Right now, no, but...

this isn't about
barn renovations.

This was supposed to be
our time.

And it isn't?

Well, don't seem like.

It seems like
with every passing day

she's wanting to spend more time
doing everything but.

Ah, hell,
it don't matter much, anyway.

No, Dad.

It matters.

(sighs)

And I've been breeding quarter
horses for a lifetime now.

It's always the same.

Breeding season, then rearing.

And then there's this lull...

...before it all starts again.

After all these years, I...
(scoffs)

I found myself wanting
to hold onto that lull.

Wait a minute.
Is this about limoncellos?

- Hey now, you know...
- Well, no, I just feel like

it always comes back to Italy.

(sighs)

Yeah. Maybe.

(chuckles)

I mean, your mother...

just out there on that boat.

Sea salt and wind
whipping through her hair.

That was heaven.

We talked about what we wanted.

Now all this.

Well...

Dad, all that stuff
about the wind

and the sea and her hair,
I mean,

you should go tell her that.

You know what? I can do
a hell of a lot better

than just tell her.

Thank you, son.

CASSIE:
You think this guy has
a "whiskey o'clock" sign

on his wall at home?

(laughing)

- It wouldn't surprise me.
- (chuckles)

But I wouldn't get
too invested in redecorating.

A Red Sox jersey's gonna
look great on this wall.

Sounds like you're invested.

Yeah.

Yeah, I really am.

I feel like
I've lived half a dozen lives

before becoming a Ranger.

Combat medic, soccer coach, counselor.

(chuckles)

Your skills are varied,
I'll give you that.

And now I feel like
it was all leading me here,

to this office.

I get that.

My path was
a little more linear.

But this coming up
just as I want to settle down...

...it feels...

Serendipitous?

Something like that.

And about what Captain James
said about

wanting a partner
and a sounding board...

We already do that.

Yeah.

And I hope we always will.

Definitely.

Now, for the more
important question.

Are you a "feet on the desk"
kind of guy

or more of
a "strictly on the ground"?

Definitely on the ground.

Yeah, good. Me, too.
Feet people are douchey.

Yeah, let's hit it.

- We don't have much time, Stel.
- I know,

but it can't just be
a coincidence

that Aunt Geri quoted
something from the letter

in the same breath
as mentioning the necklace.

(August sighs)

AUGUST:
Wait, wait, go back.

Try the one about
the warehouse break-in.

The asset forfeiture warehouse?

Yeah.

Wait, like...
like the sheriff's sale?

That tracks with
what Geri was saying.

Let me cross-reference
the date with bookings.

Oh, my God.

Joanna.

That's the name of
the woman that threatened me.

Joanna Rawlins.

The woman who says
she's gonna kill you

and everyone you love
in, like, six hours is...

might be, like, Hoyt's mom?

Okay, Stel,
you got to be freaking out

just like a little bit, okay?
What gives?

So what if this psycho
is Uncle Hoyt's mom?

We're not anywhere closer
to finding the necklace.

Knowing who tried to take it
doesn't get us anywhere.

Okay, well, Stella,
th-this changes everything.

Okay? We-we need
to tell somebody.

All right? M-Maybe
Mawline knows her or something.

Whatever it is,
we need to do something.

No. That is not
your decision to make.

It is mine and it is Sadie's.

We are too close,
and I have it handled.

How is carrying around
Witt's gun

having it handled, Stella?

That's irrelevant.

You know what?
I-I'm sorry.

I don't think
I can do this anymore.

Okay? I'm done.

Not like I asked for your help
in the first place.

You know that thing where
people say you're like Dad?

That couldn't mean
more of a worse thing

than it does right now.

(door closes)

Okay. Pretend I'm not here.

Right, just a six-foot-two
coat rack, huh?

- (chuckles) Exactly.
- You seem, um...

- What's going on?
- Okay, so...

I-I know things have been
tense lately

with-with-with retirement
a-and the business and all that.

Mm-hmm.

I just thought
it'd be better to...

to show you
rather than tell you.

I bought us a boat.

Now, you've been so patient, darling.

You've just been so patient.
William got me to thinking...

No, I had nothing to do
with this.

This is about Italy, isn't it?

Yes. Yes, it is.

And now we can have
that piece of Sorrento

anytime we want,

and we can share it
with our whole family.

ABELINE:
Uh...

I feel like we've been having

two very different
conversations, Bonham.

No. No, Abeline.

Don't you see?

It's just like we talked about.

We can recreate

what we found over there
here at home.

Right.

But while I waited

to make any moves
until you were on board,

you went
and bought yourself a boat

without discussing it with me.

Bought us a boat.

I think what I'm hearing
is that...

BOTH:
Not now, William.

Okay.

Italy was lovely, Bon.

It really was.

And we tossed around
a lot of ideas

that I now see
may have been more than

what-ifs for you.

But here's the thing--

while you were out

sipping limoncellos
and finding freedom...

...I realised I wanted more.

You talk about Sorrento.
Do you remember that shopkeeper?

Isabella with the baskets?

(Abeline scoffs softly)

Yes.

Well, it took me by surprise
how much I related to her.

You know,
she lived a lifetime,

then found what made her happy.

Something that fed her soul
in...

a way that she didn't even
realise she was missing.

And then you go and you, um...

Forget it.

BONHAM:
Abeline, I...

(sighs)

(sighs heavily)

(dishes clank)

I'm really glad you're home.

(cleaner sprays)

Everything okay?

(sighs) Not really.

Augie.

Look, I'm just
really worried about Dad.

Okay? And I'm-I'm sorry.
I should have,

I should have said something
to you sooner, I know.

- I...
- Hey, hey, hey.

Look.

You can always talk to me, okay?

But it's not your job

to take care of everything
and everyone.

You know that, right?

I know. Yeah.

Just like your mom.

Yeah?

(sighs):
Oh.

So much so.

I miss her.

I do, too. I do, too.

(sighs) I don't want to have
to miss Dad and Stel, too.

What does that mean?

I think we need
to talk to Uncle Liam.

Here it is.

Signed, unsealed and delivered.

- TREY: Nice.
- Oh, let's see.

A wrongful death suit
against Sweeney?

Oh, my God.

A five-year-old kid drowned
in her backyard.

It looks like we're back
to square one again.

Whoa! Not exactly.

Check page three.

She was running a day care
out of her house.

A handful of kids,
every day for years.

She wasn't an outlier.

Like Tara and Hollis...

- And every single one of them.
- Mm-hmm.

This might be something.

Maybe this is
more than something.

Cap, is this enough
to let us keep the case?

I need to make a phone call.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

WALKER:
Hey.

What, what's going on?

Cassie figured out the M.O.

We figured out the Jackal's M.O.

Does that mean we get
to keep the case?

We're waiting
on that news right now.

We zeroed in on victim
number two, Ericka Sweeney,

and we found out
that she was the caretaker

for a group of kids,
and one of them tragically died.

- She was the only non parent.
- TREY: Yeah.

But we were looking at it
too literally before.

A recent lawsuit made

that missing piece
finally click.

The Jackal has been targeting
parents and caretakers

that he believes to be
bad, abusive.

We got our missing thread.

Wow.

Wow, uh, I-I, uh...

I-I wish I had been here
for this.

I'm sorry, there was just some,
uh, time-sensitive things

- at the Side Step and, um...
- Is that so?

I'm sorry?

Yeah, uh,
we'll leave y'all to it.

Uh...

I'm, uh, a little confused
here, Cass.

Where were you today?

I just said, um...

Don't lie to me.

I know you.

And I happen to be
in the loop about things.

(scoffs)
You know, you and Geri,

all of you really,

just-just talking about things
behind my back is...

Irrelevant. Because I know
you weren't at the Side Step.

Something is wrong.

This obsession of yours.

- That-That's
what you were up to.
- Okay.

I'm not the only one burning
the candle at both ends here.

No, no. Don't do that.

The weird hours,
the forever distant stares.

You went rogue at the zoo.

Okay, you were there.
So was Luna.

I'm not--
I-I wasn't the only one.

Because I made sure you weren't.

We should tread carefully here.

Yeah. That we agree on.

Because this is dangerous.

Your actions are dangerous.

You may have been the one
to get hurt this time.

But next time
it could be someone else

who pays for your actions.

Sorry.

I'm sorry.

- I'm sorry.
- (sighs)

It won't happen again...

Cass, about today, I...

No.

(sighs)
You don't have to.

We start over tomorrow, okay?

Clean slate.

Okay. Clean slate.

♪ ♪

Everything good?

I don't know.

JAMES:
We'll be in touch.

(exhales)

TREY:
Well?

We get to keep the case.

Oh, hell yeah.

- Whew.
- JAMES:
We still got a long way to go.

Starting with a press conference
in a little over an hour.

Speaking of which,

I think the two of you
should run point on that.

Seriously, you earned it.

I'll look over your address
beforehand.

We have to be careful
about what we tell the public.

We got to toe the line
of progress

without letting the Jackal know
we're getting closer, okay?

Thanks, but no thanks.

Wha...?

I'm sorry.

Haven't the two of you
been on my ass

about how to stand out
for the lieutenant position?

This would be how.

No, Cap.

This is all you.

This is your case.
This is your white whale.

And we're not gonna let it take
anything else from you.

You're sure?

100%.

(chuckles softly)
Hey.

I can't thank you guys enough.

Walker, too. I mean,
the time that I spent away

allowed me to...

set some things straight,
you know?

And I was only able to do that

because I had your support,
so... thank you.

(footsteps nearby)

So, does this mean
that you're...?

It means, starting immediately,

I'll be handling things
directly.

Hey, I just want to have
your back the way you had mine.

- He's so back.
- Oh, yeah.

Oh, I'm, I'm back back.

(both laugh)

(clears throat)

Hey.

Hey.

We get to keep the case.

- We... yeah?
- Yeah.

That's great news.

- It is.
- Yeah.

Yeah, we're, uh, we're
pretty much done for the day.

Just got to handle this presser.

- Look, um, what...
- Hey, um...

You were right... before,
when you tried to warn me.

Today was, uh, interesting.

And more so for y'all,
obviously,

but w-with Geri home,

it-it made me realise
that I-I've taken on too much.

Um, I shouldn't let this case
go before my family.

Okay, okay, that's-that's...

(chuckles)
That's really good to hear, man,

- 'cause honestly I was...
- I know. I-I know, I know.

But the presser.

You-you back?
You-you back fully?

Uh, yeah, kind of, you know,
feels like it's time.

Actually, um...

I should probably get
my notebook from you.

Yeah, of course, of course.

Um, I-I'll bring it in
first thing in the morning.

Isn't that it right there?

(both chuckle)

Damn. Uh, yeah.

Yeah, sorry.

A lot, uh, going on, uh...

All good.
It's all good. All good.

Hey, we are...

we're close now, man.

- Yeah.
- But it's gonna take all of us

pulling together,
trusting each other.

Being a team, you know?

Amen. I mean, best team
I ever been on, um...

Yeah, I-I-I should check in
with Geri.

All right,
I'm gonna head back in.

You good?

I'm great. Yes, yes.

- All right.
- All right.

What's up?

Why don't you tell us, Stella?

- August, what is this?
- LIAM: No, do not worry
about him.

He hasn't said anything yet,
but you will.

- You don't understand.
- LIAM: Oh, I think I do.

And I knew something was wrong.

You all had me thinking
I was crazy,

but what actually it is--

you just got really good
at lying.

I wasn't lying.
I was okay.

- LIAM: Enough.
- GERI: Honey,

- whatever it is...
- Whatever it is

must have been really bad

if August was willing
to call us in.

You have been dodging
your responsibilities,

you've been lying
to everybody for months,

sneaking around...

And I don't know

what is going on,
but I have a feeling

that it's something to do
with what happened at Geri's

that night.

I'm sorry, okay? I messed up

and I'll tell you everything,

but can I please
just take a minute?

This is all a lot.

Yeah, take a minute.

Fine. We'll be here.

♪ ♪

Look, I'm really sorry
I didn't say anything earlier.

It's okay.
You told us now.

Yeah, you did
the right thing, August.

("Another Time"
by Wiretree playing)

♪ I was standing
at the coastline ♪

♪ Waiting for the sun to rise ♪

♪ And light me up ♪

♪ And let me feel
the wind again... ♪

I'm gonna give her
five more minutes, tops.

I'm actually kind of surprised
by how quickly that worked.

Whenever she or Walker
are confronted, they...

They run.

(singer vocalising)

Anything?

No, she went out the window.

What?!

You tell us everything now.

(vocalising continues)