Murder in a Small Town (2024) s02e06 Episode Script
Trust, But Verify
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[TENSE MUSIC]
[WOMAN SCREAMING]
Help!
[PANTING]
[GROANS]
Help!
Help!
[PANTING]
[TIRES SCREECH]
Oh my god!
My friends!
Please! Help them!
[HYPERVENTILATING]
♪
[SID] We're looking at a bear attack.
Survivor is on the way
to the hospital.
A Mackenzie Rankin,
school teacher from Chicago.
She was out hiking
with three of her friends.
A survivor does-does that mean?
[SID] Yeah. According to Mackenzie,
one of them may be dead,
a Larissa Stewardson,
also from Chicago.
We're going to look for the other two.
[LAILA] You're gonna need support.
No. Search and Rescue is on the way.
I'm gonna head out
with the Ranger now.
Okay, uh, stay safe, Sarge.
Carry bear spray.
I'll talk to Mackenzie
when she arrives.
Okay.
All right, Dan.
Lead the way.
All right. Keep the walkie on.
Cell service is patchy.
Stay on the trail.
Watch your back out there.
[ENGINE FIRES UP]
[PLEASANT MUSIC]
Karl?
Don't move.
What are you doing?
I'm sorry, I couldn't resist.
I'd show you, but
No, I don't think
I'm ready for how you see me.
Halfway between Venus de Milo
and Helen of Troy.
Except with both arms and, uh
too many clothes.
Ha! No pressure, right?
How much time do we have left?
Weekend's not over yet.
You're just going to keep drawing?
And are you going to keep talking?
[LAUGHING] Oh my God.
[DOCTOR] We've stitched her up.
The bear swiped her shoulder
and her arm.
She's in rough shape emotionally
as much as physically.
Thanks. I'll try and go easy.
Okay.
My friends?
Nothing yet, I'm afraid.
But Search and Rescue is out there.
Larissa
I think she's dead.
The bear
[SOBBING]
Can you tell me
what happened, Mackenzie?
There's four of us.
Me and Larissa and Val and Aisha.
We came here yesterday to honor Megan.
Megan?
My little sister.
She-she died a year ago.
I'm sorry.
Emery Mountain State Park.
It was one of Megan's favorite places.
We used to hike there, the two of us.
How did Megan
She took her own life.
That's tough.
Can you tell me
what happened this morning?
Larissa had gone off to pick
flowers for the memorial,
and she never came back.
We split up and went to look for her.
I kept calling,
and then suddenly I hear
Larissa crying out, and
and finally I saw
the bears staring at her.
And there was just blood
all over the place.
I tried to scare it away,
but then it came for me.
It came for me.
I should have kept looking.
Hey. We will find them.
[CASSANDRA] This is how
you remember it?
Ghosts.
I should have just
booked another place
instead of visiting your past with you.
No, no, no, no, no, no, this is
This was good.
What was it like
that summer you spent with your mom?
[LAUGHS]
Karl, did it rain that summer or?
Uh, no.
- It was-it was sunny every day.
- Mm.
The moon was full every night.
I mean, it felt that way.
I wish you'd met her.
Yeah, so do I.
We need to make a habit of this.
The two of us getting away,
rain or shine.
No, no, no, wait.
Not yet.
We've been together for six months.
If you had to pick a word
to define us,
what would it be?
Improbable.
Pick another word.
[LAUGHS] You pick one.
Magic.
I didn't see you coming.
I wouldn't have known to look for you.
And here you are.
[PHONE VIBRATES]
[PHONE VIBRATES]
It's time.
They'll need me at the barn,
useless appendage and all.
Yeah. I get to have lunch
with the mayor.
Oh, yeah? Budget talk?
Today's the day, maybe.
Yeah, a meeting of the minds.
A breakthrough.
Yes. Maybe pigs will fly.
People change.
Bruckle.
What?
You said pick another word.
What kind of word is "bruckle"?
Bruckle?
Bruckle.
I'm gonna look that up later.
[LAUGHS]
Sarge, SNR is focusing
on the Southwest Sector,
but nothing to report yet.
Yeah, I found her.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
You know what, I like driving it.
Maybe I'll get myself a truck.
[LAUGHS]
Are you gonna be okay?
Here.
It's pathetic.
I'm the Chief of Police.
It's vulnerable and sweet.
I'm like a six foot three
toddler learning how to walk.
[LAUGHS] No.
- Hey. Hey.
- No. Ah.
I tell you that I love you?
Yes.
Mhm.
Improbable.
It's just another word for magic.
Uh-huh.
I love you, too.
[PHONE VIBRATES]
[PHONE VIBRATES]
Hey kiddo, we just got back.
I hope you guys had fun.
Uh, so, listen, are you
coming home first
or are you going straight to work?
Why?
[HOLLY] No, no. Nothing.
Uh, me and Devon are just working
on an art project for school.
It's a photo series.
"Still Dead Life".
We've sort of taken over
the living room.
With dead stuff?
Oh, um, speaking of,
um, is it for real?
We saw a post.
Someone got killed by
a bear at Emery Mountain?
That's news to me.
Come home later. Okay?
After we get this place cleaned up.
Uh-huh.
Bye.
Okay. Bye, Dad.
[CAMERA SHUTTER SNAPS]
It's too self-aware.
We need something
that feels more organic.
The cemetery.
Yes!
[CAMERA SHUTTER SNAPS]
[SID] It's a hell of a way to die.
I still haven't found
the other women or that bear.
I'm not sure this was a bear attack.
What are you talking about? It's
[SID] It's definitely
a something attack.
I think she may have already
been dead.
Oh, boy.
[SIGHS]
[TELEPHONE RINGING]
[LAILA] Jackson.
Hey yeah.
Clyburn thinks she was already dead.
Okay. Got it.
Hey, everyone.
Chief, you're back.
How was your weekend?
It's over.
How's the day?
That was the Sarge.
He thinks we may have a murder.
Yep. Definitely over.
[LAILA] It was supposed to be
a memorial for Mackenzie
Rankin's sister, Megan.
Larissa Stewardson,
the woman who was killed,
she was research partners
with Megan at Northeastern
in the Chemistry Department.
They were also sorority sisters,
along with Aisha Cox.
The fourth woman?
[LAILA] Val Fuentes.
She supervised Megan and Larissa
at Northeastern
in the Chemistry Department,
where she taught.
Taught? What does she do now?
She's teaching at a college somewhere.
Mackenzie wasn't specific.
There's still no sign of Val or Aisha.
So the four of them fly out here.
Mmhmm. Mackenzie's idea.
They all loved Megan.
But someone didn't love Larissa.
Looks like.
I need to get up there.
Chief. Uh
All due respect.
I'm fine.
Anyway, pain is good sometimes.
Helps remind you you're still alive.
[KNOCKING]
Cassandra. Come in, come in.
Sorry, I'm late.
You're here now.
That's all that matters.
Oh, wow.
You've been here before.
Oh, god. It's been years.
Um. Am I the first one here?
Oh, the first and only.
Let's sit.
Just you and me?
I decided that it was time
to clear the air.
Welcome to my home.
Enter freely, go safely,
and leave some of the happiness
that you bring behind.
[DRACULA ACCENT] Don't worry.
I won't bite.
[LAUGHS] Unlike Count Dracula.
Here, sit, sit.
We've known each other, how long?
My whole life.
I've been your mother's doctor
for decades.
I was your doctor.
You babysat my daughter,
for goodness sakes.
But I don't believe
in all of that time
that you've ever trusted me, have you?
Not one inch.
Do you blame me?
Not really. All things considered.
And you do have trust issues.
Don't get all swollen up.
I don't suppose I've ever
actually trusted you either.
And there was
the birth control episode.
You know, doctor
client confidentiality.
Guilty.
You were 15 years old.
I was asking theoretically.
And I mentioned it to your mother.
If I told you that I have always
regretted that.
I know. Easy to say.
But it's a long time to hold
a grudge, Cassie.
Especially when we could be
doing such good work, such meaningful,
such needful work together.
What do you have in mind?
Oh! [LAUGHS]
So the bear attacked her there,
and they ended up here.
[CAMERA SHUTTERS SNAP]
Something attacked her here.
[LAILA] There's blood.
Something or someone.
Someone moved the body
before the bear attack.
What's beyond the trees?
Cliffs.
Want to take a look?
Let's analyze the ashes,
content of the backpack too.
Okey-dokey.
[LAILA] Chief!
Someone else was standing here.
Heels dug in, twisted, ran that way.
You got your father's eyes, Corporal.
[CASSANDRA] I keep pushing
for the Arts Center
because I know the community
would love it.
I agree. It would be great.
If we could find the funds,
but-but we can.
It's just a matter of priorities.
- What I can do
- Mmhmm.
is set aside some funds
to study the feasibility.
Bury it, you mean.
You'll head up the study.
We'll take it to referendum
and let Gibsons decide.
Meantime, in the draft budget,
there is funding for a modest
expansion of the library.
That's long overdue, as is Phase 1
of a homeless shelter,
also in the draft budget.
And on the growth side,
there'll be some, oh,
infrastructure expansion
in West Gibson
and six new police officers
for our overworked Chief Alberg.
Thoughts?
I mean, in theory,
I could get behind this.
Oh!
Bravo.
I do believe we've
just turned a corner.
Christie, if this is
in the actual budget.
You have my word.
Wow. We might actually become friends.
Cassie.
It's-it's never been personal, ever.
I am just so pleased
that we're finding common ground.
[DOOR OPENS]
Oh, Brett. Hi, sweetheart.
You remember Brett.
Brett come say
[DOOR SLAMS]
You remember my son, Brett.
- Yeah. Of course.
- Sorry. He's been
It's been such a week.
Did you know that boy who shot at him,
with a gun?
Yes. Yeah, I know. It's awful.
How's Brett doing?
[EXHALES SHARPLY]
He's just pretending
to be invulnerable.
[ROCK MUSIC BLARING]
Um
Uh, thank you so much for coming.
Of course.
- Okay.
- Okay.
We found Larissa.
We recovered her body an hour ago.
The two of you were good friends?
She was my sister's friend.
They were research partners
at Northeastern.
I was never super smart like them.
Aisha and Val?
We're still searching.
Uh
Tell me about this morning.
As I told Corporal Jackson,
we met in the parking lot
at Emery Mountain
and then we started up
the trail to the cliffs.
And that's when Larissa
took off on her own
to gather flowers.
She never came back.
So you, Aisha and Val
split up to look for her.
You're the one who found her.
Have you ever been close
to a bear, Chief Alberg?
When it had someone I shouted.
I threw rocks, it-it turned on me.
Did you see anyone else?
Not until I reached the service road.
Chief?
Ranger Station just called.
They found Val Fuentes.
Alive?
She stumbled into the main
parking area.
She's on her way to the hospital now.
Go meet her.
Keep her away from Mackenzie.
I don't want them comparing stories.
[ATV ENGINES RUMBLE]
[DAN] Aisha?
[SID] Aisha?
[DAN] Can you hear me?
Aisha?
Aisha?
Dan, Dan, get back here.
I think I got something.
What have we got here?
And tracks.
Now, is she coming or going?
No, look, she definitely
went towards the bank.
- Yeah?
- Yeah.
[DAN] You figure she climbed
down there?
She's running like hell
to get out of Dodge.
So she's either panicking
or she's the killer.
[PANTING]
[GROANS]
[GROANS]
[MUFFLED ROCK MUSIC BLARING]
Brett!
Turn it down!
[TURNS DOWN MUSIC]
More!
You're not in school.
What happened?
Nothing. It's just boring.
Brett, it's okay
that you were scared the other day.
I wasn't scared!
- [THUD]
- Brett!
Brett.
What can I do to help, Brett?
[TURNS UP ROCK MUSIC]
The cause of death was blunt
force trauma to the head.
Extensive cranial fractures
and intracranial hemorrhaging.
The pattern of injury is consistent
with a blow from a heavy,
rounded object.
How do we know the bear
didn't knock her over
and she struck her head on the ground?
The angle of impact
suggested she was standing.
Layman's terms,
someone bashed her head in
with a rock.
How tall was Larissa?
Nearly six foot.
Okay.
Cassandra.
Shouldn't you be at school?
Me and Devon were taking
photos at the cemetery
and look at what I found.
Those flowers
that's Enchanter's Nightshade,
isn't it?
Like the bouquet at
your friend Lauren's shrine.
It was also at Gospel Rock,
where Donald Truscott fell.
Okay. Okay. This is weird.
Vengeance.
You told me that's what
Nightshade symbolizes.
Lauren Park, Donald Truscott.
Now Calvin Wiley.
They're connected.
Who is Calvin Wiley?
[KARL] Miss Fuentes,
tell me about the group?
Wh-why does that matter?
I met Megan and Larissa
at Northeastern.
I was teaching, Chemistry Department.
They were graduate students.
And Mackenzie?
She's Megan's sister.
And we hardly knew each other.
But two months ago, she-she called.
She was organizing
a-a memorial tribute.
What about Larissa?
I
I admired her
tremendously.
Brilliant, energetic.
She was set to make a fortune.
A new polymer formula
came out of her PhD research
with Megan.
So no one in the group
had a problem with Larissa.
I mean what sort of
a question is that?
Did anyone have an issue with her?
Are you telling me it wasn't a bear?
Was there someone else
out on the trail?
There was a man
when we were setting out.
Larissa blew him off.
Everybody else saw him?
Maybe.
I don't know.
Describe him to me.
Thirties, dark hair, big hiking
boots and-and camo pants.
He said his name was Martin.
- Martin?
- Mm.
No. I never saw a man.
What did Val say?
There was some unpleasantness
with Larissa.
First I've heard.
Not that Val would make something up.
I thought you and Val
hardly knew each other.
My sister talked about her
all the time.
She thought the world of her.
And Larissa?
What-what did your sister
think of her?
They were friends, of course.
Research partners for years.
Larissa came all the way
from Chicago to pay tribute.
You said you heard snarling.
That's what drove you to the clearing.
What did you see?
I already told you.
Please, I
I saw the bear.
I saw a horrible black shape
tearing at her.
I saw Larissa fighting for her life.
Fighting for her life?
She was being attacked by a bear.
Of course she was gonna
try to fight back.
According to the medical examiner,
the attack was postmortem.
Larissa was already dead
when the bear found her.
Already dead?
What killed her then?
If the bear was mauling her,
it could have looked like
she was fighting back, arms flailing.
Where are we with the forensic artist?
Ah, he's with Val Fuentes now.
Let's see what they come up with.
Meantime, let's station someone
outside Mackenzie's door.
In case of visitors?
Or departures.
[ATV ENGINES RUMBLE]
Sarge, I got some fresh tracks here.
Aisha?
Is that you?
[SCREAMING]
Hey, hey!
[DAN] Hey! Hey! Good guy!
[SCREAMING]
Aisha! Put it down!
Go away! Leave me alone!
I'm Sergeant Sokolowski,
Gibsons Police!
Glasses.
Here, I have your glasses. Drop it.
Drop it!
A man, a man.
He-he wants to kill me.
[HOLLY READING] Calvin Wiley
died eight years ago.
He was 43 years old.
He was active in the Coast
Community Choir,
where his rich baritone
gladdened many hearts.
[CASSANDRA READING] Police confirmed
they are treating the death
as suspicious.
Gibson's record. August 8th, 2017.
He was murdered?
Lauren's death was an accident, right?
I'm not sure.
Neither were the police. They-
they interviewed a bunch of people,
and there was no evidence.
Mackenzie Rankin and her sister
grew up in Earls Cove.
I want to talk to somebody
who knew them.
All right.
She thinks someone was
chasing her on Emery Mountain.
Well, Val Fuentes, she saw a man.
Sketch is almost ready.
Check the Emery Mountain parking log.
It's a State park.
Vehicles have to register
to access the lot. On it.
You ready for this?
Six hours in the great outdoors
hits a man up for the day.
That is a confined space.
I will stay downwind.
Okay.
Hi.
[BREATHING SHAKILY]
Hey.
- Hi. Is he, uh
- Tied up, sorry.
Can I help you?
Um
I think I'm looking into a cold case.
Eight years ago, a man named
Calvin Wiley.
How would someone
get more information?
Well, you'd file a request
for information,
Mmm.
Or you'd ask a friend to sneak
a peek when she gets a chance.
Isabella, you're the best.
I know.
Calvin Wiley, uh, before my time.
But I remember someone
talking about that case.
He was poisoned, right?
Val came crashing through the trees.
She said someone was attacked.
Was it Larissa?
Did you see this man?
No, I-I didn't see anyone, I just ran.
Oh, I'd have never come
except Larissa called.
She really wanted a friend.
I assumed you were all friends.
No, no. Larissa is my friend.
But Val, I guess
her feelings were hurt
when she left the research project.
I think she felt disrespected,
Larissa doesn't feel comfortable
around Val.
And Mackenzie, was she aware of
this tension
when she invited all of you?
I don't really know Mackenzie.
All I know is that when Megan
took her life,
Mackenzie was devastated.
No one really knows why she did it.
[CRYING] Where-where is Larissa?
I really want to see her.
Larissa didn't make it.
Sorry.
Oh my god! What? What?
She-she-she's dead?
[SOBBING] No, no, no, no.
She's what, five foot three?
Larissa was almost six foot.
Assuming she and the assailant
were both standing.
Angle of that blow,
there's no way Aisha
could have killed her.
Yeah, Val's not tall either.
Let's put that sketch out.
Television, newspapers, social media.
This morning at Emery Mountain
a vehicle registered
to Martin Skelton. Gibson's address.
He's got priors.
Drug offenses, assault.
We'll check it out.
Chief?
I spoke to a teacher
out in Earl's Cove.
Sandra Gilmore.
Not only does she remember
Mackenzie and Megan,
but she kept in touch
with both of them.
Chemistry Department, Northeastern.
Larissa and Val did a PhD.
So did Megan.
I'd like to talk to somebody
on the faculty.
Check.
And whoever investigated
Megan's suicide. Chicago P.D.
[TENSE MUSIC]
[KNOCKING]
Martin Skelton, Gibsons Police.
[SID] Gibsons Police, open up.
Hi Mr. Skelton.
[LAILA] Sarge! He's running!
[GROANS]
[SID] Stay down!
Nice work, Sarge.
Great outdoors.
Puts a pep in a man's step.
That's what Isabella said.
Calvin Wiley was poisoned?
We are not playing detective here.
I mean, we kind of are, though.
Why was he killed?
That's the question.
Enchanter's Nightshade
symbolizes vengeance.
What did Calvin Wiley do?
And what did your friend Lauren do?
Lauren Park?
Her mom was in here
just the other day.
She was asking about you.
No, I thought she moved away
years ago.
Yeah. She's back.
She has a place down Fletcher Way.
Is there a law against
using the side door?
No, but there's a law
against stalking, Martin.
Killing women.
Whoa! I went for a hike. That's all.
Recognize them, Martin?
Yeah. This one. I saw her.
How about the others?
This one said someone was chasing her.
Well, it sure as hell wasn't me.
Ringing any bells?
Oh my god.
Was that the woman?
The bear?
Her name is Larissa.
You didn't kill her?
Kill her?
I thought a bear killed her.
No, I didn't kill her!
Try again, Martin.
The truth.
Look, I went up there
for the mushrooms, that's all.
Psilocybin.
But I never hurt anyone, let alone
So you saw this one?
Yeah.
But none of the others?
Her too.
Alive and well.
They went on their way.
I went on mine.
But I-I heard them later.
Women's voices through the trees.
How many women?
At least two.
Could you make out
what they were saying?
No. It was too far away.
I voted for you,
I believe in what you're doing.
Councilwoman Cassie Lee.
What's wrong?
Um
It was my fault Mrs. Park,
what happened to Lauren.
Kevin would have driven
her home that night,
but they'd broken up,
so Lauren was distraught.
And I was supposed
to be there for her.
No. I was the steady one.
I was the friend who looked after her.
But I was at a concert that night.
Cassie
you can't possibly blame yourself.
She should never have been
walking home alone
that late at night.
I mean, there was that other stuff
she got mixed up in.
The drugs and that whole crowd.
Cassie, you've been carrying
this for 25 years.
Oh, Cassie. Come here.
Oh. I'm sorry.
Karen, it was an accident, wasn't it?
Someone ran my daughter down
and kept on going.
How can that be an accident?
[DR. ELDER] The research was
Megan's to begin with.
Then Larissa teamed up
and they were inseparable.
Until they weren't.
There was a falling out?
Yes.
And now both of them are gone.
It's very sad.
And Larissa had just sold her
research to a cosmetic company.
It's a small fortune.
Tell me about Val Fuentes.
Val put her heart
into that research, too.
And all her eggs in that basket.
I- I don't follow.
I was part of her tenure committee,
and she was counting on that research
to satisfy the requirements.
So when Larissa cut her out,
she had nothing to fall back on.
You denied her tenure.
Val's teaching at a junior college now.
[KNOCKING]
Sorry, Doctor Elder, I gotta go.
Thank you for your time.
Martin Skelton is in interviewing
and forensics just sent the report.
You wanted them to
analyze Megan's remains.
Turns out they're not remains.
Cement dust.
Martin's said at least two women.
Larissa and her killer.
There was a third person
in the clearing, too.
We know that how?
They turned and ran
when they saw Larissa killed.
Right after where the bear attacked.
By the way,
that person saw the murder.
What do we do now?
I need a confession.
Larissa cost you your career.
She cut you out of
the research project
and ruined your chances
for tenure at Northeastern.
Who'd you hear that from,
Doctor Elder?
I hope you gave her my best.
You hated Larissa.
When you saw Mackenzie kill her,
you decided to cover for her.
[SCOFFS]
I'm sorry. Is this a joke?
You talk about it beforehand?
I don't think it was planned.
You saw it,
and then you ran.
And now you're lying.
That makes you an accessory
after the fact, Val.
Whatever you're imagining,
it never happened.
You're willing to bet
the next 20 years of your life
that Mackenzie tells the same story?
Lawyer.
Yeah. Good luck.
When we first spoke,
I assumed you were grieving Larissa,
but I was wrong, wasn't I?
You were grieving your sister.
Megan died a year ago.
But today was the day
when you could finally let go.
Tell me about Megan.
My sister was brilliant.
And fragile.
Her life mattered
much more than mine.
Why is that?
I'm a school teacher.
I do my best,
but there's lots just like me.
I spoke to a friend of yours.
Your teacher, years ago,
at Earl's Cove.
Sandra Gilmore.
She spoke about how you
looked after your sister
after your mom died.
She said it was magnificent.
Nothing ordinary about that.
When Megan needed you, you were there.
And then when she needed me
most of all, I wasn't.
You mean when she took her own life.
I'm sorry.
I can only imagine how you felt.
Can you?
I can.
Um
[CLEARS THROAT]
I was 18
when my dad took his life.
I didn't see it coming.
He didn't leave a note.
The guilt,
you know, like
like I could have done something.
My sister never left a note, either.
You took a month's leave
after your sister died.
I had things to deal with.
You returned to work,
and then three months later,
you suddenly quit.
I went traveling.
Grief caught up to me.
You maybe know how that goes.
Or else you found something out.
I spoke to Detective Bradford,
Chicago P.D.
Megan did write a note.
And months after she died,
he turned it over to you.
That's my business.
"She stole my work. She stole my life.
"I don't see the meaning anymore.
"There is no more meaning."
"She" being Larissa.
So you made a plan.
You invited Val Fuentes and Larissa.
We came here to pay tribute.
Scatter my sister's ashes.
You didn't have the ashes, Mackenzie.
The urn was full of cement dust.
I'm guessing you spread
the ashes in private
months before you read
your sister's note.
This trip was play-acting.
The urn was a prop.
We came here
to honor my sister.
And kill Larissa.
Imagine Megan standing here
instead of me.
What would you say, Larissa?
Considering you betrayed her.
What?
[THUD]
Your plan was to shove
the body off the cliff.
Injuries from the fall
would obscure
the actual cause of death.
But then the impossible happened.
A bear drawn by the smell of blood.
[GROWLING]
[SCREAMS]
No one could have planned that.
Your sister killed herself
because of Larissa.
So
you killed Larissa.
Larissa deserved much worse.
Mackenzie Rankin, you are under arrest
for the murder of Larissa Stewardson.
You have the right to remain silent.
You're still here?
Almost done.
You know, your dad
was a damn good cop.
Yeah, it was my privilege
to work with him.
He'd be proud as hell of his daughter.
Are you okay?
I am now.
I landed in a
good place, sir.
Thank you.
Go home.
while I go under? ♪
I'm not sure I'll be back. ♪
It's been a rough night,
and I had dreams of dying. ♪
So you fly your hearts
and take it from me ♪
I was going to draw you buck naked
with flaming hair and both eyes
on one side of your nose,
but instead I settled for this.
Uh-huh.
Here goes nothing.
Okay.
Okay.
Mm.
"What would pow'r the giftie gie us
"to see ourselves as others see us."
Robbie Burns.
What's that mean?
Oh, I look
peaceful.
I look safe.
You are safe.
Hm.
And
and gorgeous.
[LAUGHS]
Well, I hope my drawing
captures a little bit
of your beauty.
Oh, I looked it up.
Yeah. "Bruckle".
- Ah.
- Mm.
Yeah. It means delicate, fragile.
Yes, it does.
Delicate in that it has to be tended.
It can't be taken for granted.
Mmhmm.
How was your lunch with the mayor?
Oh, I think, just maybe, pigs flew.
- Oh.
- Yes.
[MUMBLING] Wait, wait, wait.
Can you even do this?
Oh, bruckle, my ass!
[LAUGHS]
sync & corrections awaqeded
♪
[TENSE MUSIC]
[WOMAN SCREAMING]
Help!
[PANTING]
[GROANS]
Help!
Help!
[PANTING]
[TIRES SCREECH]
Oh my god!
My friends!
Please! Help them!
[HYPERVENTILATING]
♪
[SID] We're looking at a bear attack.
Survivor is on the way
to the hospital.
A Mackenzie Rankin,
school teacher from Chicago.
She was out hiking
with three of her friends.
A survivor does-does that mean?
[SID] Yeah. According to Mackenzie,
one of them may be dead,
a Larissa Stewardson,
also from Chicago.
We're going to look for the other two.
[LAILA] You're gonna need support.
No. Search and Rescue is on the way.
I'm gonna head out
with the Ranger now.
Okay, uh, stay safe, Sarge.
Carry bear spray.
I'll talk to Mackenzie
when she arrives.
Okay.
All right, Dan.
Lead the way.
All right. Keep the walkie on.
Cell service is patchy.
Stay on the trail.
Watch your back out there.
[ENGINE FIRES UP]
[PLEASANT MUSIC]
Karl?
Don't move.
What are you doing?
I'm sorry, I couldn't resist.
I'd show you, but
No, I don't think
I'm ready for how you see me.
Halfway between Venus de Milo
and Helen of Troy.
Except with both arms and, uh
too many clothes.
Ha! No pressure, right?
How much time do we have left?
Weekend's not over yet.
You're just going to keep drawing?
And are you going to keep talking?
[LAUGHING] Oh my God.
[DOCTOR] We've stitched her up.
The bear swiped her shoulder
and her arm.
She's in rough shape emotionally
as much as physically.
Thanks. I'll try and go easy.
Okay.
My friends?
Nothing yet, I'm afraid.
But Search and Rescue is out there.
Larissa
I think she's dead.
The bear
[SOBBING]
Can you tell me
what happened, Mackenzie?
There's four of us.
Me and Larissa and Val and Aisha.
We came here yesterday to honor Megan.
Megan?
My little sister.
She-she died a year ago.
I'm sorry.
Emery Mountain State Park.
It was one of Megan's favorite places.
We used to hike there, the two of us.
How did Megan
She took her own life.
That's tough.
Can you tell me
what happened this morning?
Larissa had gone off to pick
flowers for the memorial,
and she never came back.
We split up and went to look for her.
I kept calling,
and then suddenly I hear
Larissa crying out, and
and finally I saw
the bears staring at her.
And there was just blood
all over the place.
I tried to scare it away,
but then it came for me.
It came for me.
I should have kept looking.
Hey. We will find them.
[CASSANDRA] This is how
you remember it?
Ghosts.
I should have just
booked another place
instead of visiting your past with you.
No, no, no, no, no, no, this is
This was good.
What was it like
that summer you spent with your mom?
[LAUGHS]
Karl, did it rain that summer or?
Uh, no.
- It was-it was sunny every day.
- Mm.
The moon was full every night.
I mean, it felt that way.
I wish you'd met her.
Yeah, so do I.
We need to make a habit of this.
The two of us getting away,
rain or shine.
No, no, no, wait.
Not yet.
We've been together for six months.
If you had to pick a word
to define us,
what would it be?
Improbable.
Pick another word.
[LAUGHS] You pick one.
Magic.
I didn't see you coming.
I wouldn't have known to look for you.
And here you are.
[PHONE VIBRATES]
[PHONE VIBRATES]
It's time.
They'll need me at the barn,
useless appendage and all.
Yeah. I get to have lunch
with the mayor.
Oh, yeah? Budget talk?
Today's the day, maybe.
Yeah, a meeting of the minds.
A breakthrough.
Yes. Maybe pigs will fly.
People change.
Bruckle.
What?
You said pick another word.
What kind of word is "bruckle"?
Bruckle?
Bruckle.
I'm gonna look that up later.
[LAUGHS]
Sarge, SNR is focusing
on the Southwest Sector,
but nothing to report yet.
Yeah, I found her.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
You know what, I like driving it.
Maybe I'll get myself a truck.
[LAUGHS]
Are you gonna be okay?
Here.
It's pathetic.
I'm the Chief of Police.
It's vulnerable and sweet.
I'm like a six foot three
toddler learning how to walk.
[LAUGHS] No.
- Hey. Hey.
- No. Ah.
I tell you that I love you?
Yes.
Mhm.
Improbable.
It's just another word for magic.
Uh-huh.
I love you, too.
[PHONE VIBRATES]
[PHONE VIBRATES]
Hey kiddo, we just got back.
I hope you guys had fun.
Uh, so, listen, are you
coming home first
or are you going straight to work?
Why?
[HOLLY] No, no. Nothing.
Uh, me and Devon are just working
on an art project for school.
It's a photo series.
"Still Dead Life".
We've sort of taken over
the living room.
With dead stuff?
Oh, um, speaking of,
um, is it for real?
We saw a post.
Someone got killed by
a bear at Emery Mountain?
That's news to me.
Come home later. Okay?
After we get this place cleaned up.
Uh-huh.
Bye.
Okay. Bye, Dad.
[CAMERA SHUTTER SNAPS]
It's too self-aware.
We need something
that feels more organic.
The cemetery.
Yes!
[CAMERA SHUTTER SNAPS]
[SID] It's a hell of a way to die.
I still haven't found
the other women or that bear.
I'm not sure this was a bear attack.
What are you talking about? It's
[SID] It's definitely
a something attack.
I think she may have already
been dead.
Oh, boy.
[SIGHS]
[TELEPHONE RINGING]
[LAILA] Jackson.
Hey yeah.
Clyburn thinks she was already dead.
Okay. Got it.
Hey, everyone.
Chief, you're back.
How was your weekend?
It's over.
How's the day?
That was the Sarge.
He thinks we may have a murder.
Yep. Definitely over.
[LAILA] It was supposed to be
a memorial for Mackenzie
Rankin's sister, Megan.
Larissa Stewardson,
the woman who was killed,
she was research partners
with Megan at Northeastern
in the Chemistry Department.
They were also sorority sisters,
along with Aisha Cox.
The fourth woman?
[LAILA] Val Fuentes.
She supervised Megan and Larissa
at Northeastern
in the Chemistry Department,
where she taught.
Taught? What does she do now?
She's teaching at a college somewhere.
Mackenzie wasn't specific.
There's still no sign of Val or Aisha.
So the four of them fly out here.
Mmhmm. Mackenzie's idea.
They all loved Megan.
But someone didn't love Larissa.
Looks like.
I need to get up there.
Chief. Uh
All due respect.
I'm fine.
Anyway, pain is good sometimes.
Helps remind you you're still alive.
[KNOCKING]
Cassandra. Come in, come in.
Sorry, I'm late.
You're here now.
That's all that matters.
Oh, wow.
You've been here before.
Oh, god. It's been years.
Um. Am I the first one here?
Oh, the first and only.
Let's sit.
Just you and me?
I decided that it was time
to clear the air.
Welcome to my home.
Enter freely, go safely,
and leave some of the happiness
that you bring behind.
[DRACULA ACCENT] Don't worry.
I won't bite.
[LAUGHS] Unlike Count Dracula.
Here, sit, sit.
We've known each other, how long?
My whole life.
I've been your mother's doctor
for decades.
I was your doctor.
You babysat my daughter,
for goodness sakes.
But I don't believe
in all of that time
that you've ever trusted me, have you?
Not one inch.
Do you blame me?
Not really. All things considered.
And you do have trust issues.
Don't get all swollen up.
I don't suppose I've ever
actually trusted you either.
And there was
the birth control episode.
You know, doctor
client confidentiality.
Guilty.
You were 15 years old.
I was asking theoretically.
And I mentioned it to your mother.
If I told you that I have always
regretted that.
I know. Easy to say.
But it's a long time to hold
a grudge, Cassie.
Especially when we could be
doing such good work, such meaningful,
such needful work together.
What do you have in mind?
Oh! [LAUGHS]
So the bear attacked her there,
and they ended up here.
[CAMERA SHUTTERS SNAP]
Something attacked her here.
[LAILA] There's blood.
Something or someone.
Someone moved the body
before the bear attack.
What's beyond the trees?
Cliffs.
Want to take a look?
Let's analyze the ashes,
content of the backpack too.
Okey-dokey.
[LAILA] Chief!
Someone else was standing here.
Heels dug in, twisted, ran that way.
You got your father's eyes, Corporal.
[CASSANDRA] I keep pushing
for the Arts Center
because I know the community
would love it.
I agree. It would be great.
If we could find the funds,
but-but we can.
It's just a matter of priorities.
- What I can do
- Mmhmm.
is set aside some funds
to study the feasibility.
Bury it, you mean.
You'll head up the study.
We'll take it to referendum
and let Gibsons decide.
Meantime, in the draft budget,
there is funding for a modest
expansion of the library.
That's long overdue, as is Phase 1
of a homeless shelter,
also in the draft budget.
And on the growth side,
there'll be some, oh,
infrastructure expansion
in West Gibson
and six new police officers
for our overworked Chief Alberg.
Thoughts?
I mean, in theory,
I could get behind this.
Oh!
Bravo.
I do believe we've
just turned a corner.
Christie, if this is
in the actual budget.
You have my word.
Wow. We might actually become friends.
Cassie.
It's-it's never been personal, ever.
I am just so pleased
that we're finding common ground.
[DOOR OPENS]
Oh, Brett. Hi, sweetheart.
You remember Brett.
Brett come say
[DOOR SLAMS]
You remember my son, Brett.
- Yeah. Of course.
- Sorry. He's been
It's been such a week.
Did you know that boy who shot at him,
with a gun?
Yes. Yeah, I know. It's awful.
How's Brett doing?
[EXHALES SHARPLY]
He's just pretending
to be invulnerable.
[ROCK MUSIC BLARING]
Um
Uh, thank you so much for coming.
Of course.
- Okay.
- Okay.
We found Larissa.
We recovered her body an hour ago.
The two of you were good friends?
She was my sister's friend.
They were research partners
at Northeastern.
I was never super smart like them.
Aisha and Val?
We're still searching.
Uh
Tell me about this morning.
As I told Corporal Jackson,
we met in the parking lot
at Emery Mountain
and then we started up
the trail to the cliffs.
And that's when Larissa
took off on her own
to gather flowers.
She never came back.
So you, Aisha and Val
split up to look for her.
You're the one who found her.
Have you ever been close
to a bear, Chief Alberg?
When it had someone I shouted.
I threw rocks, it-it turned on me.
Did you see anyone else?
Not until I reached the service road.
Chief?
Ranger Station just called.
They found Val Fuentes.
Alive?
She stumbled into the main
parking area.
She's on her way to the hospital now.
Go meet her.
Keep her away from Mackenzie.
I don't want them comparing stories.
[ATV ENGINES RUMBLE]
[DAN] Aisha?
[SID] Aisha?
[DAN] Can you hear me?
Aisha?
Aisha?
Dan, Dan, get back here.
I think I got something.
What have we got here?
And tracks.
Now, is she coming or going?
No, look, she definitely
went towards the bank.
- Yeah?
- Yeah.
[DAN] You figure she climbed
down there?
She's running like hell
to get out of Dodge.
So she's either panicking
or she's the killer.
[PANTING]
[GROANS]
[GROANS]
[MUFFLED ROCK MUSIC BLARING]
Brett!
Turn it down!
[TURNS DOWN MUSIC]
More!
You're not in school.
What happened?
Nothing. It's just boring.
Brett, it's okay
that you were scared the other day.
I wasn't scared!
- [THUD]
- Brett!
Brett.
What can I do to help, Brett?
[TURNS UP ROCK MUSIC]
The cause of death was blunt
force trauma to the head.
Extensive cranial fractures
and intracranial hemorrhaging.
The pattern of injury is consistent
with a blow from a heavy,
rounded object.
How do we know the bear
didn't knock her over
and she struck her head on the ground?
The angle of impact
suggested she was standing.
Layman's terms,
someone bashed her head in
with a rock.
How tall was Larissa?
Nearly six foot.
Okay.
Cassandra.
Shouldn't you be at school?
Me and Devon were taking
photos at the cemetery
and look at what I found.
Those flowers
that's Enchanter's Nightshade,
isn't it?
Like the bouquet at
your friend Lauren's shrine.
It was also at Gospel Rock,
where Donald Truscott fell.
Okay. Okay. This is weird.
Vengeance.
You told me that's what
Nightshade symbolizes.
Lauren Park, Donald Truscott.
Now Calvin Wiley.
They're connected.
Who is Calvin Wiley?
[KARL] Miss Fuentes,
tell me about the group?
Wh-why does that matter?
I met Megan and Larissa
at Northeastern.
I was teaching, Chemistry Department.
They were graduate students.
And Mackenzie?
She's Megan's sister.
And we hardly knew each other.
But two months ago, she-she called.
She was organizing
a-a memorial tribute.
What about Larissa?
I
I admired her
tremendously.
Brilliant, energetic.
She was set to make a fortune.
A new polymer formula
came out of her PhD research
with Megan.
So no one in the group
had a problem with Larissa.
I mean what sort of
a question is that?
Did anyone have an issue with her?
Are you telling me it wasn't a bear?
Was there someone else
out on the trail?
There was a man
when we were setting out.
Larissa blew him off.
Everybody else saw him?
Maybe.
I don't know.
Describe him to me.
Thirties, dark hair, big hiking
boots and-and camo pants.
He said his name was Martin.
- Martin?
- Mm.
No. I never saw a man.
What did Val say?
There was some unpleasantness
with Larissa.
First I've heard.
Not that Val would make something up.
I thought you and Val
hardly knew each other.
My sister talked about her
all the time.
She thought the world of her.
And Larissa?
What-what did your sister
think of her?
They were friends, of course.
Research partners for years.
Larissa came all the way
from Chicago to pay tribute.
You said you heard snarling.
That's what drove you to the clearing.
What did you see?
I already told you.
Please, I
I saw the bear.
I saw a horrible black shape
tearing at her.
I saw Larissa fighting for her life.
Fighting for her life?
She was being attacked by a bear.
Of course she was gonna
try to fight back.
According to the medical examiner,
the attack was postmortem.
Larissa was already dead
when the bear found her.
Already dead?
What killed her then?
If the bear was mauling her,
it could have looked like
she was fighting back, arms flailing.
Where are we with the forensic artist?
Ah, he's with Val Fuentes now.
Let's see what they come up with.
Meantime, let's station someone
outside Mackenzie's door.
In case of visitors?
Or departures.
[ATV ENGINES RUMBLE]
Sarge, I got some fresh tracks here.
Aisha?
Is that you?
[SCREAMING]
Hey, hey!
[DAN] Hey! Hey! Good guy!
[SCREAMING]
Aisha! Put it down!
Go away! Leave me alone!
I'm Sergeant Sokolowski,
Gibsons Police!
Glasses.
Here, I have your glasses. Drop it.
Drop it!
A man, a man.
He-he wants to kill me.
[HOLLY READING] Calvin Wiley
died eight years ago.
He was 43 years old.
He was active in the Coast
Community Choir,
where his rich baritone
gladdened many hearts.
[CASSANDRA READING] Police confirmed
they are treating the death
as suspicious.
Gibson's record. August 8th, 2017.
He was murdered?
Lauren's death was an accident, right?
I'm not sure.
Neither were the police. They-
they interviewed a bunch of people,
and there was no evidence.
Mackenzie Rankin and her sister
grew up in Earls Cove.
I want to talk to somebody
who knew them.
All right.
She thinks someone was
chasing her on Emery Mountain.
Well, Val Fuentes, she saw a man.
Sketch is almost ready.
Check the Emery Mountain parking log.
It's a State park.
Vehicles have to register
to access the lot. On it.
You ready for this?
Six hours in the great outdoors
hits a man up for the day.
That is a confined space.
I will stay downwind.
Okay.
Hi.
[BREATHING SHAKILY]
Hey.
- Hi. Is he, uh
- Tied up, sorry.
Can I help you?
Um
I think I'm looking into a cold case.
Eight years ago, a man named
Calvin Wiley.
How would someone
get more information?
Well, you'd file a request
for information,
Mmm.
Or you'd ask a friend to sneak
a peek when she gets a chance.
Isabella, you're the best.
I know.
Calvin Wiley, uh, before my time.
But I remember someone
talking about that case.
He was poisoned, right?
Val came crashing through the trees.
She said someone was attacked.
Was it Larissa?
Did you see this man?
No, I-I didn't see anyone, I just ran.
Oh, I'd have never come
except Larissa called.
She really wanted a friend.
I assumed you were all friends.
No, no. Larissa is my friend.
But Val, I guess
her feelings were hurt
when she left the research project.
I think she felt disrespected,
Larissa doesn't feel comfortable
around Val.
And Mackenzie, was she aware of
this tension
when she invited all of you?
I don't really know Mackenzie.
All I know is that when Megan
took her life,
Mackenzie was devastated.
No one really knows why she did it.
[CRYING] Where-where is Larissa?
I really want to see her.
Larissa didn't make it.
Sorry.
Oh my god! What? What?
She-she-she's dead?
[SOBBING] No, no, no, no.
She's what, five foot three?
Larissa was almost six foot.
Assuming she and the assailant
were both standing.
Angle of that blow,
there's no way Aisha
could have killed her.
Yeah, Val's not tall either.
Let's put that sketch out.
Television, newspapers, social media.
This morning at Emery Mountain
a vehicle registered
to Martin Skelton. Gibson's address.
He's got priors.
Drug offenses, assault.
We'll check it out.
Chief?
I spoke to a teacher
out in Earl's Cove.
Sandra Gilmore.
Not only does she remember
Mackenzie and Megan,
but she kept in touch
with both of them.
Chemistry Department, Northeastern.
Larissa and Val did a PhD.
So did Megan.
I'd like to talk to somebody
on the faculty.
Check.
And whoever investigated
Megan's suicide. Chicago P.D.
[TENSE MUSIC]
[KNOCKING]
Martin Skelton, Gibsons Police.
[SID] Gibsons Police, open up.
Hi Mr. Skelton.
[LAILA] Sarge! He's running!
[GROANS]
[SID] Stay down!
Nice work, Sarge.
Great outdoors.
Puts a pep in a man's step.
That's what Isabella said.
Calvin Wiley was poisoned?
We are not playing detective here.
I mean, we kind of are, though.
Why was he killed?
That's the question.
Enchanter's Nightshade
symbolizes vengeance.
What did Calvin Wiley do?
And what did your friend Lauren do?
Lauren Park?
Her mom was in here
just the other day.
She was asking about you.
No, I thought she moved away
years ago.
Yeah. She's back.
She has a place down Fletcher Way.
Is there a law against
using the side door?
No, but there's a law
against stalking, Martin.
Killing women.
Whoa! I went for a hike. That's all.
Recognize them, Martin?
Yeah. This one. I saw her.
How about the others?
This one said someone was chasing her.
Well, it sure as hell wasn't me.
Ringing any bells?
Oh my god.
Was that the woman?
The bear?
Her name is Larissa.
You didn't kill her?
Kill her?
I thought a bear killed her.
No, I didn't kill her!
Try again, Martin.
The truth.
Look, I went up there
for the mushrooms, that's all.
Psilocybin.
But I never hurt anyone, let alone
So you saw this one?
Yeah.
But none of the others?
Her too.
Alive and well.
They went on their way.
I went on mine.
But I-I heard them later.
Women's voices through the trees.
How many women?
At least two.
Could you make out
what they were saying?
No. It was too far away.
I voted for you,
I believe in what you're doing.
Councilwoman Cassie Lee.
What's wrong?
Um
It was my fault Mrs. Park,
what happened to Lauren.
Kevin would have driven
her home that night,
but they'd broken up,
so Lauren was distraught.
And I was supposed
to be there for her.
No. I was the steady one.
I was the friend who looked after her.
But I was at a concert that night.
Cassie
you can't possibly blame yourself.
She should never have been
walking home alone
that late at night.
I mean, there was that other stuff
she got mixed up in.
The drugs and that whole crowd.
Cassie, you've been carrying
this for 25 years.
Oh, Cassie. Come here.
Oh. I'm sorry.
Karen, it was an accident, wasn't it?
Someone ran my daughter down
and kept on going.
How can that be an accident?
[DR. ELDER] The research was
Megan's to begin with.
Then Larissa teamed up
and they were inseparable.
Until they weren't.
There was a falling out?
Yes.
And now both of them are gone.
It's very sad.
And Larissa had just sold her
research to a cosmetic company.
It's a small fortune.
Tell me about Val Fuentes.
Val put her heart
into that research, too.
And all her eggs in that basket.
I- I don't follow.
I was part of her tenure committee,
and she was counting on that research
to satisfy the requirements.
So when Larissa cut her out,
she had nothing to fall back on.
You denied her tenure.
Val's teaching at a junior college now.
[KNOCKING]
Sorry, Doctor Elder, I gotta go.
Thank you for your time.
Martin Skelton is in interviewing
and forensics just sent the report.
You wanted them to
analyze Megan's remains.
Turns out they're not remains.
Cement dust.
Martin's said at least two women.
Larissa and her killer.
There was a third person
in the clearing, too.
We know that how?
They turned and ran
when they saw Larissa killed.
Right after where the bear attacked.
By the way,
that person saw the murder.
What do we do now?
I need a confession.
Larissa cost you your career.
She cut you out of
the research project
and ruined your chances
for tenure at Northeastern.
Who'd you hear that from,
Doctor Elder?
I hope you gave her my best.
You hated Larissa.
When you saw Mackenzie kill her,
you decided to cover for her.
[SCOFFS]
I'm sorry. Is this a joke?
You talk about it beforehand?
I don't think it was planned.
You saw it,
and then you ran.
And now you're lying.
That makes you an accessory
after the fact, Val.
Whatever you're imagining,
it never happened.
You're willing to bet
the next 20 years of your life
that Mackenzie tells the same story?
Lawyer.
Yeah. Good luck.
When we first spoke,
I assumed you were grieving Larissa,
but I was wrong, wasn't I?
You were grieving your sister.
Megan died a year ago.
But today was the day
when you could finally let go.
Tell me about Megan.
My sister was brilliant.
And fragile.
Her life mattered
much more than mine.
Why is that?
I'm a school teacher.
I do my best,
but there's lots just like me.
I spoke to a friend of yours.
Your teacher, years ago,
at Earl's Cove.
Sandra Gilmore.
She spoke about how you
looked after your sister
after your mom died.
She said it was magnificent.
Nothing ordinary about that.
When Megan needed you, you were there.
And then when she needed me
most of all, I wasn't.
You mean when she took her own life.
I'm sorry.
I can only imagine how you felt.
Can you?
I can.
Um
[CLEARS THROAT]
I was 18
when my dad took his life.
I didn't see it coming.
He didn't leave a note.
The guilt,
you know, like
like I could have done something.
My sister never left a note, either.
You took a month's leave
after your sister died.
I had things to deal with.
You returned to work,
and then three months later,
you suddenly quit.
I went traveling.
Grief caught up to me.
You maybe know how that goes.
Or else you found something out.
I spoke to Detective Bradford,
Chicago P.D.
Megan did write a note.
And months after she died,
he turned it over to you.
That's my business.
"She stole my work. She stole my life.
"I don't see the meaning anymore.
"There is no more meaning."
"She" being Larissa.
So you made a plan.
You invited Val Fuentes and Larissa.
We came here to pay tribute.
Scatter my sister's ashes.
You didn't have the ashes, Mackenzie.
The urn was full of cement dust.
I'm guessing you spread
the ashes in private
months before you read
your sister's note.
This trip was play-acting.
The urn was a prop.
We came here
to honor my sister.
And kill Larissa.
Imagine Megan standing here
instead of me.
What would you say, Larissa?
Considering you betrayed her.
What?
[THUD]
Your plan was to shove
the body off the cliff.
Injuries from the fall
would obscure
the actual cause of death.
But then the impossible happened.
A bear drawn by the smell of blood.
[GROWLING]
[SCREAMS]
No one could have planned that.
Your sister killed herself
because of Larissa.
So
you killed Larissa.
Larissa deserved much worse.
Mackenzie Rankin, you are under arrest
for the murder of Larissa Stewardson.
You have the right to remain silent.
You're still here?
Almost done.
You know, your dad
was a damn good cop.
Yeah, it was my privilege
to work with him.
He'd be proud as hell of his daughter.
Are you okay?
I am now.
I landed in a
good place, sir.
Thank you.
Go home.
while I go under? ♪
I'm not sure I'll be back. ♪
It's been a rough night,
and I had dreams of dying. ♪
So you fly your hearts
and take it from me ♪
I was going to draw you buck naked
with flaming hair and both eyes
on one side of your nose,
but instead I settled for this.
Uh-huh.
Here goes nothing.
Okay.
Okay.
Mm.
"What would pow'r the giftie gie us
"to see ourselves as others see us."
Robbie Burns.
What's that mean?
Oh, I look
peaceful.
I look safe.
You are safe.
Hm.
And
and gorgeous.
[LAUGHS]
Well, I hope my drawing
captures a little bit
of your beauty.
Oh, I looked it up.
Yeah. "Bruckle".
- Ah.
- Mm.
Yeah. It means delicate, fragile.
Yes, it does.
Delicate in that it has to be tended.
It can't be taken for granted.
Mmhmm.
How was your lunch with the mayor?
Oh, I think, just maybe, pigs flew.
- Oh.
- Yes.
[MUMBLING] Wait, wait, wait.
Can you even do this?
Oh, bruckle, my ass!
[LAUGHS]
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