FBI: Most Wanted (2020) s02e13 Episode Script

1
You're lucky me and the boys
didn't throw you out!
- Yeah!
- Nerve of that guy
- Saying that I cheated.
- You did.
I saw you change the score
on the chalkboard.
I don't have to cheat at darts.
Show me your hand.
If there's chalk on it, it'll prove it.
I don't gotta show you anything.
[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]
Ah, no.
I've listened to 22 episodes
of your damn Civil War podcast.
It's my turn.
Not when I'm driving. My shift, my pick.
Do I get a say?
[TENSE MUSIC]
Unhook your tracking monitor.
Nice and slow.
Looking for this?
Start driving.
Now.
[ENGINE TURNS OVER]
[LAUGHTER]
Wait, Grandma and Grandpa
haven't taken a vacation
in, like, four years.
Well, Marilou wouldn't leave you.
That's sweet.
Well, it's way past time
for this grandparent to step up,
so I'm afraid you're stuck with us, kid,
for at least two weeks.
I can't wait for you guys
to meet my horse.
Yeah, Sarah was telling us
you're becoming quite
the little cowgirl.
You're Tali's riding instructor?
Yeah.
Is that how you met my brother?
Yep, two months ago
at the Ferrin Valley Stables.
Wow, I love that place.
The Currys are some
of our biggest supporters.
Wow, what do you do?
I'm Executive Director for a nonprofit.
- I love that.
- It's a breast cancer charity.
They give money to women
in need when they get sick,
and the mission is care, not cure.
Well done, Tali.
Maybe I should have you
punch up our website.
Louise is also a survivor.
Two times.
I didn't know that. I'm sorry.
Well, don't be.
I call her my little cucaracha.
Nothing can destroy this girl.
You're probably confusing me
with Keith Richards,
but thank you, I think.
[LAUGHTER]
So who wants dessert?
I brought a rum cake
all the way from New Orleans.
Actually, I think I need to go.
What? No.
Yeah, no, I want to stay.
I have an early lesson in the morning
with Jace and Josh.
They are actually twins from hell.
But it was so nice meeting you.
I just need to
rest up for battle.
I'll walk you out.
You okay?
Oh, yeah. Your sister's great.
And your dad and Marie too.
Thanks for inviting me.
Sarah, I meant about
going home on your own.
[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]
It's fine.
Hugh can't do anything to me from jail.
Besides, I wouldn't want
to give him the satisfaction,
you know?
Not stay there because of him.
- You sure?
- Yes.
Go. Be with your family.
I'll call you tomorrow.
- Get outta here.
- Kay.
[CHUCKLES]
She's great, son.
I'm happy for you.
Have you done your thing yet?
My thing? What thing is that?
Come on.
You remember your M.O. before Angelyne.
Every woman you dated,
you'd spend a whole month
trying to find something wrong with her,
so you could lace up
your track shoes and run.
Well, he ain't gonna run this time.
If he tries to, I will catch him myself.
Sure you will, Dad. [LAUGHS]
Sure you will. [ALL CHUCKLE]
All right, let's go.
Get out.
Go.
[TENSE MUSIC]
Go. Come on.
There's no seal on the container, okay?
You take whatever you want.
I'm sure we can make a deal.
This isn't a negotiation, Teddy.
Need me to repeat that?
You never were very good at listenig.
[PANTING]
Hey, hey.
[BOTH GRUNTING]
[GUNSHOT]
- [YELPS]
- [GRUNTING]
[GUNSHOT]
[HEAVY BREATHING]
Teddy and Janice Burdette.
Married truckers, found dead
in the cab of their semi
last night in a field off I-90
in northeastern Ohio.
Their trailer was broken into
and cargo was stolen
Murder and theft
from an interstate shipment
makes this a federal case.
And that's why the DOT called us.
Looks like they were killed
outside of the truck,
and then their bodies
were moved back inside.
Janice was sprawled on a bed
behind the seats.
We're running a rape kit on her now,
but she was found fully clothed.
Teddy was posed in the driver's seat
with his hands duct-taped
to the steering wheel.
What's that on the dashboard?
His ears.
Whoa.
So Janice was shot. Teddy was stabbed.
No shell casing was recovered,
so the killer must've taken them with.
What was the truck carrying?
Electronics, but it's cargo
from different distributors.
We've reached out
to the trucking company
to try to find out what's missing.
Oh, and we also have shoe prints
inside the trailer.
We're analyzing those.
No fingerprints.
This doesn't feel like highway robbery.
For that you shoot them dead,
and leave them where they drop.
Yep, they made someone angry.
Teddy's not a small man.
I don't buy that one person
could've got him
back in the driver's seat.
You're right.
It's more than just a robbery
and more than one assailant.
And it's contradictory.
Heated rage with the stabbings,
but they're coolheaded enough
to take their shell casings.
My brother's in trucking.
Whole lot of corruption
in that industry.
Could be mob related
or a problem in the union.
I mean, the ears have to be a message.
The Burdettes should've
listened more, maybe?
[SOFT SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
The truck should have
a tracking monitor, yeah?
That'll tell us
what his last moves were.
Uh, it was turned off at a parking lot
20 miles from the scene,
but if your brother's in trucking,
maybe you have some insight.
Only the obvious.
You don't want your boss
to know where you are.
All right, let's get to work.
Crosby and Ortiz,
head to the trucking company.
Barnsey, you're with me.
I'm sorry of what happened,
but I really didn't know them.
Teddy and Janice
were independent operators.
Come here.
[SIGHS]
They were the lowest bid on that route
for the last six months,
so I kept hiring them.
In this business, you pick one:
Cheap or fast.
I go with cheap.
Union can't be happy about that.
We ain't union here.
Not many carriers left that are.
But you do have company drivers.
How'd they feel about Teddy
and Janice taking their hauls?
They bitched and moaned as per usual.
You think any of them
could've done this?
Doubt it.
That would require brains,
balls, and physical activity
Not our employees' strong set.
All right, Teddy and Janice,
they're hauling electronics, right?
Yeah, headed to some big box
retailors in Chicago.
We got cargo insurance.
I ain't worried about it.
All right, we're gonna need
a copy of the manifest
that breaks down exactly
what they were carrying.
And list of the company drivers.
Yes, sir, I'll get right on that,
'cause I got enough today already.
Anne Byrne! In my office!
Only reason I remember them
is 'cause she got into
a stupid argument over darts.
Guy said she cheated.
Playing darts? What kind of argument?
Looked to me like a drunk guy
who didn't like losing to a woman.
You talking about last night
with Ribs and Elmer?
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
That's them.
How'd they get those names?
Ribs because he makes good ones,
and no one's seen his since the '70s.
Officially, she's Elmer
after the cartoon.
Unofficially, it came from Elmer's Glue.
- Sticky fingers.
- She steals?
Steals, cheats. You the police?
FBI.
Those two were murdered last night.
What? How?
I just saw them.
So Janice is a rule breaker,
and what about Teddy?
They ran illegal.
They trafficked illegal goods?
That I don't know.
They broke rules right and left though.
Slept too little, carried too heavy.
Okay, so Crosby says
the Burdettes' missing cargo
- was a bunch of laptops.
- Makes sense.
Easy to carry, high resale value.
Except they left behind
cell phones, TVs,
and hard drives.
[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]
- What?
- That scale.
I wonder if the Burdettes
weighed in over there.
Well, it'd be one less stop
they'd have to make on the highway.
Well, if they did use it,
we could compare that number
to the weight listed in the manifest.
And see if they were
carrying anything extra
- the company didn't know about?
- Exactly.
Now the Burdettes' truck
weighed in 185 pounds heavier
than they weighed
on their cargo manifest.
Do we know where they took on
the extra weight?
Well, it'd have to be
at that parking lot.
The last weigh-in before that,
calculating for fuel,
their weight was in line
with the manifest.
185 pounds could be a person.
The footage from the parking lot's
security camera's horrible,
but I did get the license plate number
of a truck parked near the Burdettes,
and it looks like they have a dash cam.
You ready for a weird update?
I don't know, but give it to me.
Cargo stolen on the Burdettes' truck
was located.
Youngstown Police got a call
from the principal
of a local elementary.
Someone left 8 boxes of brand
new laptops on their doorstep.
That's about 200 computers.
Anything special about the school?
It's poor
One of the highest in the state
for people living in poverty.
Well, it's been a major
injustice of the pandemic.
Children in poverty being
shut out of online schools
because they don't have access
to computers.
You think our killers took time out
to play Robin Hood to poor kids?
But Robin Hood didn't cut your ears off
and leave them on the dashboard.
[MEOWS]
You had a big breakfast,
so don't look at me
like you want a snack.
[DOORBELL RINGS]
Mm.
Mailman right on schedule.
Oh, my God. Greg?
No. [GASPING]
Remember when you told me
to keep my mouth shut?
- No.
- Because I sure do.
Mailman saw blood through the window,
and called 911.
Looks an awful lot like what
happened to that trucker and his wife.
That's why we called you.
Because she's taped to the chair?
And the teacup.
They cut her tongue out.
What do you know about this woman?
Not much.
Mailman says she's always home.
Anything stolen?
Not that we can find.
I reached out to her son.
He said it's unlikely she had
a lot of cash in the house.
[CELL PHONE RINGING]
Hey, guys. What's up?
Mary Strong is a retired
human resources consultant.
She's a widow and a grandmother.
Her son is a dentist in D.C.,
and she's active in church.
That's interesting.
She's had her tongue cut out.
Anything to indicate she's been involved
with mafia-controlled trucking?
Those tactics though.
Cut out tongue means don't talk.
Hey, we just hit gold
with that dashcam video
from the parking lot.
Hana, sending your way.
From the truck parked
near the Burdettes, right?
Yeah.
Running facial recognition now.
Looks like we have
Wyatt Hammond.
645 Sherman Ave, Elm Springs, Ohio.
His residence is owned
by a Greg Hammond,
who is Wyatt's brother.
Looks like Greg has a wife
and a daughter
who live there as well.
I'm sending you the address now.
We'll meet you there.
FBI, open the door!
[KNOCKING AT DOOR]
We're looking for Wyatt Hammond.
He's my brother-in-law.
There's no one here but me.
- Clear!
- Clear.
- Your Greg Hammond's wife?
- Mm-hmm. Yeah.
Where is he?
I don't know. They went camping.
They take your daughter with them?
No. My daughter's dead.
My God, Greg's never even
been in a bar fight.
Wyatt's a sweetheart.
You're telling me they murdered people?
Yes.
[CRIES]
Did they give you any
indication they were angry,
or out to settle a score?
[SIGHS] Our daughter, Rose,
died three months ago.
Cancer.
I'm sorry.
We were involved in a big lawsuit
over Rose's cancer, so,
yes, Greg's been angry,
talking about getting justice,
but we were doing it
the right way, in the courts.
What kind of lawsuit?
We have a power plant here,
and the owner, Griffin,
was dumping coal ash
illegally for years.
[SOMBER MUSIC]
Half the town got cancer
Our daughter, Greg's parents.
Greg drove trucks
for Griffin Coal and Power,
and he blew the whistle.
A group of us sued.
Three years in the courts.
We lost our final appeal last week.
So you thought he was
going away to grieve?
I hoped.
He's been so focused on the lawsuit.
Greg loves Thoreau, that book, "Walden,"
and he says when the civilized world
is a nightmare,
go to the woods.
[CRIES]
Did Greg's brother, Wyatt,
work for Griffin Coal and Power as well?
No, mm-mm, he worked at Baron's.
It's a farm supply store.
Do you recognize these two?
It's Teddy and Janice.
Teddy was Greg's boss at Griffin.
What about this woman?
I don't know her name.
She baked pies at the company barbecue.
[KNOCKS]
Mary Strong worked in human resources
at Griffin Coal and Power
before she retired.
Okay, if we think about
the chain of command
for a workplace complaint,
you go to your immediate boss
In this case, Teddy
And if that doesn't work out,
then you go higher.
Human resources.
Teddy didn't listen, hence the ears.
Maybe Mary told Greg
to keep his mouth shut.
Three weeks ago,
Wyatt bought a conversion kit
for his semi-automatic.
It came with a stabilizing
brace and an extra clip holder.
Also the ERT found
some interesting chemicals
in the footprints the guys left
in the back of Burdette's truck trailer.
Sodium chlorate and nitrobenzene.
Pretty good recipe for a bomb.
Sodium chlorate kills weeds.
Wyatt works at a farm supply store.
Let's see if he confided
in anybody there.
And who's top dog
at Griffin Coal and Power?
Larry Griffin, but he got out
of the coal industry
two years ago.
Bomb and power plant
in the same sentence scares me.
I don't think these guys are interested
in wiping out their coworkers
or their neighbors
just to make a statement.
This feels more like targeted revenge.
Let's review the duties
of the town manager.
What are they exactly?
Let my wife go.
This has nothing to do with her.
My brother asked you a question.
Look, okay. [STAMMERS]
I oversee planning and operation.
So a power plant in your town
is dumping toxins in your town
that are killing people in your town.
Does any of that fall under
the rubric of town manager?
I swear he took your concerns seriously.
- [CRIES]
- Really?
Because I have a dead daughter
that would suggest otherwise.
And I watched both my parents
die from cancer
while you looked the other way.
Where are your car keys?
They're on a hook by the door.
What is that?
You want the Mercedes or the Mazda?
Mazda. We don't need flashy.
[WHIMPERS]
You take it from here.
Funny how your whole life
that string pulls you back.
[SIGHS]
"Don't do it. The guilt will get you."
Hey, you starting to feel bad?
Brother, I I don't feel anything.
"A thousand hacking
at the branches of evil
to one striking at the root."
Thoreau knew what he was talking about.
You stick with the plan.
I'll see you later.
No. No, no, no, no, no. Come on.
Come on. No, no.
Time to strike at the root.
Oh, no.
Oh, no! No, no, please!
- In the future
- Please stop, please stop.
You won't have to look the other way
when you don't wanna see something.
No, no, no! No, no! No, no, no!
[SCREAMING]
No!
[HEAVY BREATHING]
Stop!
Did Wyatt have access
to the chemicals you sell?
Yes.
What, you really think
he's building a bomb?
We know your town's been through hell
because of Griffin Coal and Power.
You think Wyatt came and talked
about wanting revenge for that?
Not to me.
I mean, he lost his niece
and his parents.
I knew he was angry about that,
but this whole town is angry.
And it was coal ash
they were dumping, right?
- And it got in the water?
- Yeah.
Stuff goes airborne too.
We breathe it in.
My dad had a farm.
Livestock all died.
He hung up his hat and was dead
six months later.
[SOMBER MUSIC]
In Elm Springs, this is where
you hang up your hat
when you lose your business.
Each hat represents a life destroyed
by Griffin Coal and Power.
Well, how does Griffin get away with it
with everyone getting sick here?
We're poor.
They got experts to testify
that poor people smoke and eat bad food,
and so it's natural that
their cancer rates are higher.
I smoked a couple cigarettes
in high school.
Their lawyer, Andy Witherspoon,
blamed my cancer on it.
Griffin got out of the
business to avoid lawsuits.
No, that's about being cheap
and not wanting to get up to code.
Also coal is on its way out.
So the big wigs
at Griffin Coal and Power,
what do you think, they're
retired on a beach somewhere?
Larry Griffin isn't retired.
He opened a new business and
put it in his girlfriend's name
- so we can't sue him.
- What kind of business?
You ready for this?
He sells green cleaning products,
like shampoo made from tree sap
and soap with no suds.
It's called Elm Blossom.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
I don't remember any Greg Hammond.
He was one of your drivers.
One the plaintiffs in
the lawsuit with his wife.
They lost their daughter to cancer.
That lawsuit was a shakedown.
They never proved we dumped illegally.
[SIGHS] Please sit.
We won at trial and again on appeal.
Which made a lot of people very unhappy.
Well then, they should
take it up with the jury
or the judges in Cleveland.
Mr. Hammond and his brother
have killed three people already.
We think they might
have materials for a bomb,
and we're concerned that you
might be a target.
[SCOFFS]
This is, uh, rural Ohio, Mr. LaCroix.
You think I haven't been threatened
- by these people before?
- Have you?
Y
Look, they cut off their own
noses to spite their face.
For 50 years, my plant
was the only thing
that kept this town afloat.
Lawsuit forced me to shut it down.
Now they wanna say that's my fault too?
It isn't the coal ash
that made them sick.
Our experts said
there is a direct correlation
between cancer and lifestyle.
But that's not to blame anybody.
If you haven't been educated
about proper nutrition,
you don't know any better.
You been to a restaurant in this town?
Mac and cheese
is considered a vegetable.
These people would deep fry
their toothpaste if they could.
Larry, be kind.
[SIGHS]
One of my agents says
to ask you about Elm Blossom.
- What's that?
- Elm Blossom is my company.
Larry helped me start it
after the plant closed down.
- And where is it located?
- It's close.
Near St. Andrew's Park.
How many employees do you have?
15 maybe.
It's a warehouse.
We don't have a storefront.
That's north on the 11
from Mary's house.
Could be where they're heading.
Who?
Our fugitives with their bomb.
Call your company.
Tell them to evacuate
the building right away.
[FOREBODING MUSIC]
[POLICE RADIO CHATTER]
What do we got?
All clear. There's nobody in there.
There's no bomb.
Agent LaCroix.
Hey, Agent LaCroix!
My daughter.
They they have my daughter.
They just texted me.
- What do I do?
- Any ransom?
No. But I'll give them anything.
Larry, I know this isn't easy,
but I need you to stay calm, all right?
We're gonna find your daughter.
You two stick with him.
Wonder why they're keeping her alive.
And if the bomb isn't here,
then where is it?
These guys are butchering
people, building bombs,
and now kidnapping?
They're all over the place.
Rage shuts down frontal lobe functions.
They can't feel empathy.
They're being indiscriminately punitive.
Well, it seems like
it would've been easier
to just grab Larry and kill him.
Maybe, but a punishment worse than death
is watching someone you love die.
The picture was sent
from a burner phone.
The metadata's been stripped,
but I'll keep digging.
Julia's phone's off.
Well, what do they want?
They want money, right?
'Cause I can get
whatever they're asking for.
- Larry, slow down.
- Are they gonna hurt her?
We need you to focus.
Is there any way your daughter
[CELL PHONE RINGING]
Oh, God. Is that them?
Uh, that's my girlfriend. Answer it.
[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]
Joy, did Julia call you?
No, but I'm at her house.
Her car's gone, and she's not here.
What are you doing at her house?
I'm not just gonna sit around, Larry.
I'm here with the FBI.
And I'm looking at her calendar.
It says she has Pilates today
from 3:00 to 4:00
at the studio in Walnut Hill.
Joy, this is Agent LaCroix.
We need that address.
It's on Ridgecrest.
I'm looking the number up now.
Julia? She was here earlier.
How long ago did you see her?
Uh, the advanced class
got out about an hour ago.
Was she talking to anyone?
I don't know. Maybe the other women.
Video cameras, do they record?
I think so.
- Do you mind?
- Sure.
She usually parks in back
'cause her SUV doesn't fit
in the front spaces.
She drives a Range Rover, right?
Yes.
That's her.
And that's Greg Hammond.
Hey, Boss, it's Greg who took Julia.
We got the license plate on a Mazda.
It belongs to a Brad Smith.
The address is near the park.
I'm sending it now.
Thank you.
[MAN WHIMPERING]
Oh, no, no, no, no.
- Clear.
- [WHIMPERING]
FBI. You're okay.
Help me. I can't see anything.
Did they use anything other than bleach?
I don't think so. Do something, please.
Okay, okay. Try to slow your breathing.
I'm gonna pour water
over your face now, okay?
[PANTING]
That's it. Keep breathing.
Keep breathing. That's it, that's it.
[GROANING]
[HEAVY BREATHING]
- They took they took my wife.
- Your wife?
The guy with Greg Hammond, he took her.
Do you know where they were going?
I don't know. He took my car.
He took my wife. You gotta find her.
Do you remember anything
about where they were going
or what they were doing?
You know, they smelled.
They smelled, um, strange,
like, um, uh animal.
- Like an animal.
- A barn.
That's great.
You hang in there, all right?
Mm-hmm.
There's hundreds of farms around here.
How we gonna narrow it down?
[SIGHS] I don't know.
And now we have two hostages.
All right, that's 911.
Paramedics are gonna be here any minute.
Okay, let's get you up.
[TENSE MUSIC]
[MUFFLED WHIMPERING]
[MUFFLED WHIMPERING]
Where are we?
Griffin's art gallery.
Just one of the pieces
in there could've paid
a hundred hospital bills.
- Please don't do this to me.
- Relax.
It's not about you.
It's about Larry Griffin.
All you gotta do is walk in there
and make him think this is real.
I'll call with instructions.
You do what I say
You'll be home for dinner
with your husband.
I don't wanna do this.
You do something stupid,
and instead of having dinner
with your husband,
you'll spend tonight
scraping chunks of him
off your living room ceiling.
[NERVOUS BREATHING]
[DOOR BELL JINGLES]
What am I looking at?
Is that supposed to be a dog?
I mean, if they wanted to paint a dog,
why not just paint a dog?
I think it's more interesting.
[WHIMPERING]
Are you okay?
[CELL PHONE RINGING]
Ah.
No.
[SCREAMS]
[CAR ALARMS BLARING]
Hey, I just went to pick up
Tali from her lesson,
and Sarah confided in me.
Why didn't you ever tell me
about her ex?
He's not her ex yet.
Look, she's a strong woman,
she's pressing charges,
and she's looking into
a restraining order.
She wants to handle this on her own.
You've got a big place.
You know, maybe she could
stay here for a while.
Let me think about it. I gotta go.
- That bad?
- Four dead.
The victim in the explosive vest
is likely Linda Smith, Brad's wife.
So they killed Linda to get to Brad.
Now they're killing innocent people.
I'd say they're escalating.
It could be a message.
According to the lawsuit,
employees say they weren't
being paid sick leave,
and the Griffins
were buying art instead.
They would get big tax breaks
for opening the gallery.
They valued paintings over people.
And Greg and Wyatt destroyed it.
ERT found this.
Looks like a cell phone.
It was connected to the vest.
Could be the detonator.
If it was, there'll be a record of it.
What do we have
on the nearest cell tower?
Okay, there was an outgoing
call from a prepaid phone
- right before the bomb went off.
- We've dealt with this before.
They turned Julia's phone off
and stripped the metadata.
The phone used to trigger
the bomb is still on.
- Why would they do that?
- It's a burner.
They don't think we have the number.
I can track the phone.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
I'm sorry for whatever
you think my dad did,
but I swear he's a good man.
Good man?
Sounds to me
like you don't really know him.
If you're mad at him,
why are you doing this to me?
You ever hear of "an eye for an eye"?
See, this
This was my best friend,
Stephanie's barn,
and she is the nicest person on Earth.
And her family, they never had a lot,
but somehow,
always had enough to share.
My brother and I,
we spent a lot of time here
while our parents were sick,
and it felt safe and warm.
[GRUNTS]
Felt like heaven.
But then your dad,
the good man?
Well, he turned it into this,
and their family lost everything.
You know what's funny?
When you're a kid,
the world makes sense,
and the good guys win,
bad guys lose.
But then when you grow up
And you find you got it all backwards.
Now this isn't, you know,
strictly speaking, lex talionis,
- because it's hard to measure
- Please.
Exactly how much damage
his illegal dumping did.
So let's simplify it.
How much do you think
my eight-year-old daughter's
life was worth?
They're on Maple heading into town.
More potential victims.
We gotta narrow it down
where they're going.
Well, the next block has a dry cleaners,
a restaurant, a law firm,
McKenzie, Witherspoon, and Childs
Wait. Witherspoon?
That's Griffin's lawyer.
Wyatt's gonna shoot the place up.
Get everybody out of there.
Those lawyers are just doing their job.
That's, like,
someone going after Charlotte.
To the brothers, they're just
as guilty as Griffin.
[TIRES SCREECHING]
[SIRENS WAILING]
Ortiz, get those kids.
It's okay. Let's go, let's go, let's go.
[HEAVY BREATHING]
Let's go, this way, this way.
Good job, come on.
[GRUNTS]
[SCREAMS]
[GRUNTS]
Got him!
Okay, we need EMT over here now.
- Don't move.
- [GROANS]
Where's your brother?
[WHEEZING]
Come on. Stay with us.
I got him, I got him, I got him.
I got it, I got it. I got it.
[WHEEZING]
He's fading.
Julia's innocent, Wyatt,
just like your niece was.
You know what it's like to lose family.
Don't let them kill Julia.
Tell us where she is.
Tell us where she is.
[WHEEZING]
[SOMBER MUSIC]
A "V"?
[SIREN WAILING]
Can we narrow it down if the V
is connected to a person or a place?
Negative, no places connected
to the lawsuit
start with a V.
Okay, so two families
in the class action
have V last names, but one's
dead and one's in Pennsylvania.
Could be a relative.
Dig into the Pennsylvania one.
All right, I got seven
former Griffin employees
all with a last name starting with a V.
I'm digging through them.
If it's land connected to Griffin,
we're talking hundreds
of thousands of acres.
- This was the only flag.
- The quit-claim deed?
Well, Larry gifted Julia 300 acres
about five years ago.
Looks like they got permits
for a planned community.
Well then, they stopped for no reason.
What's on the land now?
I don't see a barn.
Wait.
That guy said that Greg and Wyatt
- smelled like a barn, right?
- Mm-hmm.
My uncle's farm is Quail Notch.
The brand is a "Q,"
but it looks like an "O."
Well, I can pull ranch logos
from the state.
Hacket Brothers Farms, the cow
brand kinda looks like a V.
I've seen that somewhere.
That was on one of those hats
at that farm supply store.
Yeah, the woman that works there,
that's her family's farm,
and she's good friends
with Greg and Wyatt.
Okay, Hacket Brothers Farm
is only a few minutes away.
- All right.
- [CELL PHONE RINGING]
Hang on.
LaCroix.
It's Joy, Larry's girlfriend.
I'm so sorry. I was just trying to help.
What happened?
A man called my phone asking for Larry.
They talked, and then Larry
dropped the phone and ran out.
I don't know where he went.
You stay right where you are, Joy.
Let's get to that farm.
You're gonna kill my daughter
to punish me?
Please, just stop.
What?
You want me to show mercy
like you did
to the thousands of people
around here who got cancer?
What are you doing to her?
What are you doing?
Come on. You must think it's safe.
You'd have been more careful
about dumping it, right?
- Dad.
- I don't understand.
- Oh, it's just coal ash.
- No!
Please, I swear.
I never dumped illegally.
I'll pay you.
Can't buy your way out of this one.
[GRUNTS]
Please take it out.
He would never hurt anyone.
Tell your daughter who you really are.
[TENSE MUSIC]
See, she'll go through hell,
but it'll be worse for you
because you'll have a front row seat.
Just like me with my daughter.
[SOMBER MUSIC]
Crippling nausea
Passing out from the pain because
In the end,
painkillers can't touch it.
Boy.
Boy, when that pain hits
She starts screaming,
and you'll think it's an animal
caught in a trap.
Please. Give it to me instead.
And then she'll lose weight.
Ten pounds.
And then she'll just be a skeleton
that you sleep next to
Because her voice is so weak,
but you don't want to miss
a single word.
And you'll barely hear her whisper.
[CRIES]
"Daddy, help me."
I never dumped illegally.
I drove your trucks, and we all knew.
Not everyone went to the same place.
No one found any illegal dumping.
Stop all the lying!
Is that what you were doing?
- Tell her.
- [GLASS BREAKING]
FBI, don't move!
- Drop your weapon!
- Drop your weapon!
[SHOUTS, GRUNTS]
Don't move! Don't move!
- Hands behind your back.
- [GROANS]
[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]
Stay put.
You're gonna be okay.
We've swept the field.
Looks like there's an acre
You gave me the property,
but when I said I wanted to live there,
you said no.
We'll talk about this privately.
No, let's talk about it now.
You said the land
was too marshy to build on,
but it never made sense.
Did you bury coal ash there?
Is that what happened?
I'd like to hear the answer to that one.
This doesn't involve you.
It will when the EPA finds out.
They'll want to search that land.
[LAUGHS]
My lawyers will be all over this.
It's not up to you, Dad,
or your lawyers.
I still own the land.
The search began about an hour ago
when the land owner
gave permission to the EPA.
So far, officials say
they've pulled several barrels
of what appears to be coal ash
dumped here illegally
by Griffin Coal and Power
over the last three decades.
As word has gotten out, local
residents have been arriving
with candles and pictures of loved ones
who they say died as a result
of the illegal dumping.
Attorneys for Griffin
are refusing to comment,
but as you can see,
it's a really emotional scene
out here right now.
Back to you in the studio, Ken.
Well, I wouldn't wanna
be Larry Griffin right now.
He's going to prison. He deserves it.
And those people might get a new trial.
Good on Julia.
Yes, Zadie's making
her famous vegan lasagne
- for us tonight.
- Oh, joy.
Uh, she asked us to pick up a
bottle of wine on the way home.
Let's make that two and Chinese takeout.
[LAUGHS]
It's like living with two puppies.
Hey, you got plans tonight?
Might hit the gym,
or I might stay home
and order some pizza.
Well, Charlotte and I have
a sitter if you wanna join.
Well, I wouldn't wanna be a third wheel.
Not at all. We'd enjoy the company.
You know what? Yeah.
- Thank you.
- Of course.
What were you thinking, Dad?
I think it's important
she has a safe place to stay.
This is so like you.
Always overstep.
What do you care? You don't live here.
Neither do you.
What's going on?
Your father's what's going on.
He invited Sarah to move in.
No, I invited her
to stay here temporarily.
Temporary's hard
to understand when you're 12.
What about Tali?
Do you remember Marlene?
Pancake Marlene?
- [CHUCKLES] Oh, God.
- Dad's girlfriend?
Made us breakfast, walked me to school,
taught me how to French braid my hair,
and then one morning, she's gone.
Do you know what that does to a kid?
How hard it is to trust
somebody after that?
Tali's not you.
It's too fast.
You didn't even ask Jess.
[SIGHS] You should've seen her.
She puts on a brave face,
but I was at her house, and
I could tell she was scared.
Jess, she may be separated,
but she's still someone's wife.
This may blow up,
and Tali's in the blast zone.
Why do you all of a sudden
care so much about Tali?
Because she's my niece.
Tali loves Sarah. Everybody loves Sarah.
She's in the kitchen?
- Yeah.
- Yes.
[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]
- Hey, kiddo.
- Hey, Dad.
Marie.
I hope you're hungry.
Got some good stuff going here.
Hey, sorry.
You know, the last thing
I wanted was to be a burden,
but your dad insisted, and to be honest,
I really did need
to get out of the house.
You're not a burden.
I'm glad you're here.
Thank you.
Spare towels are in the hallway closet,
and you have jiggle the handle
in the back toilet
because this little lady right here,
she flushed a plastic Twinkie
down that thing.
It was a Minion, and I was five.
- Are you sure?
- Yeah, I'm sure, Dad.
- Hey, Dad?
- Yes?
Can we get Louise
a glass of wine, please?
It's 5:00 on a weeknight.
- [LAUGHS]
- Hey.
- Okay.
- Stop it.
Right?
[WARM MUSIC]
[LAUGHS]