Dark Winds (2022) s04e06 Episode Script

Shíká Nidanitáhą́ą́ (Those Who Were Searching for Me)

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- FBI?
- Yeah, they called it
McNair party?
He owns an import/export
business, McNair Factoring.
Key part of our case is
based on witness testimony.
And a couple witnesses disappeared.
- Your mom's still in Phoenix?
- No.
She got pretty sick
while I was gone.
[INHALES DEEPLY] Lung cancer.
I want to leave a
message for Joe Leaphorn.
Tell him I found Leroy.
Who are you?!
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]
[OBJECT CLICKS]
[TENSE MUSIC]

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

[SIGHS] Clear.
[OMINOUS MUSIC]

You good?
Yeah.

What?

[LAMP SWITCH CLICKS]

[LAMP SWITCH CLICKS]

What the hell is that?
It's a bug.
She knows we're here.
And she wants to know what we know.
Go pack now.

Son of a bitch.
[MOODY GUITAR MUSIC]

[BREATHING HEAVILY]
[DISTANT SIREN WAILING]
Wake up.
Hey, man.
Wake up.
Wake your ass up!
I'm gonna ask you a question.
And I want you to think
real hard before you answer.
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
Who are you?
You know who I am.
[GRUNTS, COUGHS]
[PANTING]
Let's try that again.
Who are you?
Mike Garcia.
Ah!
Ah, shit, man!
[GROANS]
What is wrong with you?
What are you doing here?
[PANTING]
I I came to see if Leroy was here.
Oh, so you could break into
your long-lost friend's apartment,
what, out of the
goodness of your heart?
Is that why you raided my place too?
Because we're such good friends?
Look, I'm messed up, man. It's just
I don't know if it's
the party, the pills,
or stitching you up, but it just feels
like I'm back there,
you know, War Zone C.
I don't know where I
am or what I'm saying.
Yeah.
You sounded fine over the phone earlier.
Who were you calling?
Huh?
Your partner?
Huh?
Hey, hey. Come on, man. Untie me.
What's this, huh?
Hmm!
[SPITS]
Come on, Sonny.
I'm your friend.
Hollywood Motor Hotel, please.
I helped you out.
- Hollywood Motor Hotel.
- Come on, Sonny.
- Hi.
- Sonny.
Can I get Mike Garcia's room, please?
We don't have a guest
named Mike Garcia.
Oh, you don't have a Mike Garcia
staying at your hotel.
That's right.
- My apologies.
- Uh-huh.
- All right, thank you
much. You have a good day.
- Yeah, you too.
- [LINE CLICKS]
I I can explain, OK?
And back to another
block of music.
You are cruising past sunset,
and here is Jackson Browne
I I can explain!
- With "Doctor My Eyes."
- Wait! Wait! Wait!
Oh, now you wanna talk, huh?
Huh? Now you wanna talk?
Huh?
What, you think I'm a moron,
that I'd just drive around all
day, wouldn't figure it out?
Huh?
You wait till Albert finds
out you traded on his name.
Then he's gonna wish you were alive.
He's dead.
Albert Gorman is dead.
Bullshit!
It's true.
It's true.
I I found his body back on the rez.
That's where I work,
at the Navajo Tribal Police.
Doctor, my eyes ♪
Son of a bitch!
I hear their cries ♪
[YELLS]
Just say if it's too late ♪
I don't give a shit what you're into.
That's not what I'm here for.
I'm here to find Leroy
and his cousin Billie
before they end up like Albert.
I'm Sergeant Jim Chee.
Let's talk this out
before you do something
to a police officer you can't undo.
Shut your goddamn mouth.
Shut it.

[GRUNTS]

Doctor, my eyes ♪
Who killed Albert?
He was hunted down
by a blonde woman, German accent.
You know her?
You call that number and, what,
she comes clean up the mess for McNair?
She murdered Albert's grandfather, too,
an innocent elder, in cold blood.
She's gonna kill Leroy
when she finds him,
along with his little cousin Billie.
She's just a 16-year-old
girl, man, a kid.
We're all dispensable to them, even you.
You know, she's looking for Leroy now,
so it's just a matter of time.
[BANGING AT DOOR]

You sure this is the place?
Yeah, it's the address Chee said.
[TENSE MUSIC]
Untie me, man.
If that's her, you're
gonna need my help.
Sonny.
She doesn't knock.

[WHISPERING] Go down and around.

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

Don't move.
[GRUNTING]
[UNSETTLING MUSIC]

No! No!
No.
Don't move.
You son of a bitch.

- [GUN COCKING]
- Don't move.
Don't move.
- You OK?
- Yeah, I'm good. I'm fine.
Bern.
Yeah.
Get down on your knees.
Hands behind your back.
Hey.
Oh, God.
[BOTH BREATHING HEAVILY]
You're on fire.
You gotta look at his wallet, Joe.
The card.
- Oh!
- The German.
We need to get him to the hospital, Joe.
All right, take my truck. Here.
[GROANS]
[GRUNTS]
I'll stay here with him.
I'll call the feds.
I'm gonna show up at your door!
I'm gonna find you!
Oh, no, you're not.
This is how you get her to
show up at your door, isn't it?
The German.
Hmm?
[SEAGULLS CALLING]
You won't find a better
all-inclusive facility in the city.
Yeah, in fact, we are
gold star plus rated
with the state regulators.
And perhaps you saw the recent
article in "AARP" magazine
where we ranked above
Mar Vista, every category.
- [CHUCKLES]
- Hmm.
There's a swimming pool.
Mm-hmm.
Might be out of our price range.
Oh.
No better exercise, though.
Do you like the water, Gunther?
[SPEAKING GERMAN]
- Mm.
- No.
Hmm.
[CAT MEOWING]
Oh. [CHUCKLES]
That's Marshmallow.
He has his run of
the place. [CHUCKLES]
[CAT PURRING, BELL JINGLING]
The residents find him very comforting.
[SPEAKING GERMAN]
What'd he say?
He said the cat just sealed the deal.
Hmm.
Where do I sign?
Well, there's just the matter
of the security deposit.
Now, I imagine you want a private room
with an ocean view?
That'll be $550 a month plus
a $1,200 security deposit.
Nonrefundable, you know,
should you change your mind.
[CHUCKLES]
Will that be a problem, Ms. Hartmann?
No.
OK, great.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
[DOOR CLICKS OPEN]
[DOOR CLICKS SHUT]
[SCOFFS] Yeah, Sonny Bear Heart.
He works with low-level thieves.
That won't get us to McNair.
This will.
What's this?
That gets us to the German.
I'll have my guys trace
it, see where it leads.
I have another idea.
We call it.
And you want us to say what?
Not us, Sonny.
He tells whoever answers
he caught me breaking into
Leroy Gorman's apartment.
The German broke into my
house on the reservation,
my hotel room in LA.
She bugged my room.
She's desperate to know what I know.
She's she's obsessed with me.
Obsession makes people careless.
So we bait her and then take her.
Yeah, and we get her
before she gets Leroy
Gorman or Billie Tsosie.
And you get justice for Upchurch.

That's if he cooperates.
Do you mind if I take a shot at him?

Oh.
Am I gonna need a lawyer?
You're gonna need more than a lawyer.
Don't do anything stupid.
What are you charging me with,
driving around all day?
[GRUNTS]
Was I speeding?
[DISTANT SIREN WAILING]
You know the feds are
searching your apartment?
They're gonna tear up every floorboard
until they have enough to
take you down on conspiracy
[SCOFFS]
For recruiting innocent,
vulnerable Indian men
into a goddamn crime ring.
Jesus.
Those are our people, man.
You got no clue what it's
like out here for Native folk.
We chase some government
flyer across the country
to land with no jobs,
no resources, no future.
Just another generation
of swindled Indians.
You manipulated them.
No, I gave them a family!
Oh, is that what you tell yourself?
A purpose, ways to survive.
And you can't prove
shit, so I ain't worried.
- Yeah?
- Yeah.
You might snake charges.
What happens when McNair
finds out that you let
- a cop into his organization
- [SCOFFS]
While he's facing life in prison, hmm?
See, rich white men like him
don't take chances on men like you.
Why do you think he has
the German on his payroll?

She killed Albert?
And his grandfather.
You know what she did to
him after she shot him dead?
Washed his hair, cleaned him,
wrapped him in a goddamn
ceremonial blanket.
That's who you work for,
someone who treats our dead like dolls.

Listen to me.
You know, you can't save Albert now,
but you can still save
Leroy and his cousin Billie.

[PHONE BELLS DING]
I need you to call her.

I can't.
[SIGHS]
If we take down the
German, do you understand
that they might have a chance?
Do you understand that
you might have a chance?

If I do this?
I will tell the feds.
I will get them to
recommend reduced charges.

Hey, man.
I understand what you've been through.
I know it's been extremely
difficult for you.

I give you my word.

[SIGHS]
[DIAL WHIRRING]

[LINE RINGS, CLICKS]
Cliff's Side Bar.
Delivery for McGinty.
When?
Tuesday, not Wednesday.
Expect a call back.

[LINE CLICKS, DIAL TONE HUMS]

[PHONE CLATTERS]

[BREATHING HEAVILY]
[WATER RUNNING]
Emma?
It's good to see you too.
Thank you.
Get some rest.
[SPEAKING DINÉ]
[SPEAKING DINÉ]
[DOOR CLICKS OPEN]
Fever's dropping.
He should feel better in the morning.
That's a relief.
Thank you.
Mm.
You look exhausted yourself.
Yeah, when I, uh
I got back from the
border, I had a lot of, uh,
spiritual work to do.
It just took me a while
to feel like myself again.
Our ceremonies don't
erase what happened,
but they help us carry it with us.
Yeah.
Things got ugly.
Even when I got back home, I didn't know
if I was gonna go back to work.
- Mm.
- But
Joe told me about the promotion.
It's a big deal.
[CHUCKLES]
Yeah.
And big responsibility.
Yup.
Emma, I'm having doubts.
I mean, I'm
I'm grateful for the
opportunity, but I'm
I'm worried about
Chee and us and just
I don't know. Things have been rocky.
Did I ever tell you I
wanted to be a doctor?
When I was 12, my grandmother
got sick with pneumonia.
I watched the doctors at
the BIA clinic save her life.
And I knew that's what I wanted
to bridge our traditions
with Western medicine.
What happened?
I had the grades and the passion.
But the world believes
women make good nurses,
not doctors.
W-what did Joe think?
We didn't have time to think.
Joe Jr. was born.
Joe started his training at
the Navajo police station.
[SOMBER MUSIC]
Everyone said I should be
grateful for what I have
and that wanting more was selfish.
Don't let other people
decide what you deserve.

[SIGHS]
[CHUCKLES]

[SCOFFS]
Look at me. [LAUGHS]

And what about his dreams?
If he loves you, he
will want your dreams
just as much as his.
It's a choice you both
have to make every day.
[SIGHS]

Yeah.

You know, Joe's making
different choices these days.
He's going to sweat, retiring.
Hmm?
I'm happy for him.
I'm late for my next rounds.
Go sit with Chee.
He's gonna wanna see you.
[SIGHS]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[MONITOR BEEPING]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Comms are all checked.
You guys, mic spot
just keep it a little
They're gonna have my ass,
pulling out all these resources
if she doesn't call.
She'll call.
You really came all the way out to LA
just for this Tsosie girl.
Seems like a lot of
effort for a runaway.
She's not a runaway.
She's a scared girl on
the run without any family.
Not much of a difference.
You know, where I come from,
kids like Billie are a priority.
And if the German's too smart
to take the bait, what then?
BIA has an employment file on Leroy.
They won't talk to tribal police.
Should be a photo, an
address of next of kin.
We can track him if you get it for me.
- [PHONE RINGING]
- Call's coming in.
[TENSE MUSIC]

Hello?
What is it?
I got a situation in Normandie.

It's not on the schedule.
There's a guy off Sepulveda.
He takes care of
all the minor jobs.

I need a specialist.
This is below my pay grade.
Figure it out.
I caught a cop breaking into
Leroy Gorman's apartment.
How?
I keep watch on all our places.
He says he works with
the Navajo Tribal Police.
ID says Joseph Leaphorn.

[SIGHS]
- I'll be there in an hour.
- [PHONE CLICKS]

[PERSON SPEAKING
GERMAN OVER RADIO]
[GUN COCKING]
[SPEAKING GERMAN]
[CHOKING]
[SIGHS]
Um
[SIGHS]
[SIGHS]
[VEHICLE APPROACHING]
Where's your girl?
Late.
Do you think it's
possible, Lieutenant,
that you made a mistake?
I budget two per case.
Don't worry.
She'll show.
[PHONE RINGING]
- Answer it now.
- Hello?
Third and Central by the alley.
Five minutes, or I'll be gone.
[TENSE MUSIC]

- What do you wanna do?
- Let's go.
Move in.
Your men aren't in position.
We'll have no backup.
We'll get in position.
You can't get into position
without tipping her off.
Do you understand that?
You have my word.
[GUN COCKING]
That's exactly what she wants.
I want her.
[TIRES SQUEALING]
God damn it!
[SIGHS]
[TIRES SQUEALING]
I want overwatch on
the northwest corner
of Third and Central.
Suit up, and be prepared.

[TIRES SQUEALING]

Go. Go. Move.

Subject is armed and dangerous.
Everyone on high alert.

[CAR DOOR CLOSES]
I don't like this.

I think we should go back to the car.

The end of the world has
been designed for us.
A rapture!
It won't be brought
down by some God.

We will be brought down by them.
Will you be ready?
When the war comes,
will you be prepared
to outlast the cockroaches?
I ask you.
Before we know it,
we'll be staring down
the face of the devil himself.
Take no comfort he lives
in DC because he's coming.
She's not here.

Look, we gotta get out of here.
We're sitting ducks.

The question is this.
Will you get down on your
knees and commit to me?
Oh, shit.
Will you stand up and fight?
- Down!
- What?
[GUNSHOT]

God!
Man down! Get eyes
on the shooter now!
Get your guy out of there!
[GUNSHOT]
[SIGHS]

Brick building, northwest corner.
[GUNSHOT]
[SIGHS]
[GUNSHOT]
- [GRUNTS]
- [GUNSHOTS]
[GUNSHOTS]

[HORNS BLARING]

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

[BREATHING HEAVILY]
[WHEEZING]
[MYSTERIOUS MUSIC]

[WHEEZING CONTINUES]
[GROANS]
[PANTING]

[UNSETTLING MUSIC]
[WHEEZING]

[WHEEZING CONTINUES]

[COUGHING, CHOKING]
No, Shima.
No, no, no, no.
[GASPING]
[LABORED BREATHING]
Shima.
Shima.
[WHEEZING]
[CRYING]
[CHOKING]
I'm sorry. I wanted to take you home.
[WHEEZING]
[CRYING]
[SOMBER MUSIC]
No.

[VEHICLE APPROACHING]
[HORN HONKING]
What are you doing?
She was she was right there.
Who?
Shh. Come on.
Let's get you inside.
Come on.
[DISTANT SIREN WAILING,
TRAIN CROSSING BELL DINGING]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[GRIM MUSIC]

Shaw.

She's prepared for war.
Yeah, I tried telling you that.
What matters now is what we do next.
It's Upchurch's.
[DISTANT SIREN WAILING]
Mean anything to you?
Looks like every other
subdivision in LA County.
These were developed recently.
Think that's where she's headed next?
I don't know.
She's surveilling it for a reason.
Maybe it's connected to Gorman.
[PHONE RINGING]
[UNSETTLING MUSIC]

Hello?

She wants to speak to you.

[SIGHS] You broke the
[SPEAKING DINÉ].
You're getting messy.
I got your van.
Where are you?
I've tried to honor your ways.
I washed the old man's hair.
I spared the young girl.
I've done everything
your stories taught me
to try and keep the balance.
Balance?
You've murdered innocent people.
[LAUGHS] You're the one
who caused this chaos.
I told you to leave it
alone, but you didn't listen.
And so now another man
had to die because of you.
[CHUCKLES] You made me do it.

I'm gonna find you.
You hear me?
Yeah.
I hope so.
[LINE CLICKS, DIAL TONE HUMS]

[EXHALES HEAVILY]
How you feeling?
A lot better.
Thanks.
Your tests are looking better too.
- The cut is healing well.
- Right.
You, uh, saying I'm
ready to get out of here?
Another 24 hours of antibiotics,
then you should be
ready to be discharged.
Bern told me what happened last night.
Yeah.
I got confused, you know?
Must have been the fever
or drugs or something.
The elders say when
entering a death hogan,
it disrupts the [SPEAKING DINÉ]
Especially when someone's
carrying a traumatic loss.
I pulled your mother's file.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
It says you were there when she died.
[SIGHS]
W-what does this have
to do with my infection?
You said in a day, I'd
be ready to be discharged.
Our ceremonies are
there for the wounds that
these medicines cannot heal.

[SIGHS]
I can't be sure.
But I think what you're experiencing
is called ghost sickness.
The [SPEAKING DINÉ]
from the death hogan
has attached itself to you
[SPEAKING DINÉ]
Mixing with the grief
you've been carrying
since your mother passed.
You need to go home.
Seek a medicine person who can
perform the proper ceremonies.
I can't go home until
we've found Billie Tsosie.
I won't.
[SIGHS] I've seen what happens
when these things are ignored.
You go out there without a clear mind,
you're putting everyone at risk.

[SIGHS] I'm heading out for the day.
[SIGHS]
We can talk more tomorrow.
Get some rest.

[SIGHS]
[DOOR CLOSES]
What did you tell Emma about last night?
[SIGHS]
What was I supposed to do?
You won't talk to me.
I can't be in a relationship
with someone who won't talk
to me about what's going on.
I won't.
OK.
I get that. I
Look, I'll be out of here by tomorrow.
Then we can go find Billie and go home.
And then what?
We'll figure it out.
That's not enough.
Bern!
- Babe!
- [DOOR SLAMS]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Hey.
You all right?
Yeah.
Yeah, that's that's crazy,
what happened with Sonny.
[SIGHS]
I screwed up.
We have to find her.
I know.
[SIGHS] How's Chee doing?
Uh, he needs
he needs another day
for the antibiotics.
But honestly, beyond that, I
I don't know.
We got a lead.
It's Jacaranda Estates.
Leroy's grandmother, she lives here.
The German was surveilling it.

OK, well, wanna run this down?

Where's Emma Leaphorn?
[UNEASY MUSIC]

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSICAL STING]
[GASPS]

What does he see in you?

Why is he choosing you?
[SHRIEKS]

[CHUCKLING]
I see.
[GROWLS]
You abandoned him.

You deserve to die.

[TENSE MUSIC]

Emma? Hey. Hey.
Are you OK?
Are you hurt?
[CRYING]
Hey.
[SOBBING]
I got you.
I'm here. I'm here.
I got you.
It's OK.
- It's OK.
- [CRYING]
She's a 16-year-old girl.
You have to find her, Joe.

Lieutenant Leaphorn.
I'm looking for Irene Vaggan.
You are so far out of your league.

[GLASS SHATTERS]
I'm so sorry, Jim.
Just so you know who you're
getting involved with.
Who are you?
You're mine now, Joe.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
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