Big Sky (2020) s03e10 Episode Script
A Thin Layer of Rock
1
Previously on Big Sky
Well, you know what?
Since you guys showed up,
nothing's been right around here.
I got my eye on you.
BEAU: I know the SEC is initiating
a fraud investigation
for misleading investors.
$15 million could be pretty tempting
to somebody in a financial situation.
I made a mistake, but I thought it
would all be cleared up, and it will be.
When we get back into town,
Emily and I are gonna get a hotel.
I need some space.
TONY: Where's the money?
The account's heavily encrypted.
You fail, I won't ruin your life.
But Carla and Emily
[KEYBOARD CLACKING]
[BEEP]
I unlocked Paige's account.
[CHUCKLES]
BEAU: Sheriff's department!
Hands where we can see them.
CORMAC: Who is he?
His name's Walter.
He's your brother.
I hid him away.
I gave him a safe place to call home.
I protected him!
JENNY: Where's Paige?
Is she alive?
I killed her.
WOMAN: You have a beautiful voice.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]
Paige?
PAIGE: Sunny.
Well, you're a helluva surprise.
I bet.
I thought you high-tailed it
back to civilization.
I figured you'd be sitting
on a beach somewhere,
sipping a Mai Tai
with your toes in the sand.
[CHUCKLES] You left out the dead part.
- I never thought that
- What did you think?
I'm just glad you didn't
fall in a ravine
or get eaten up by a grizzly bear.
Thanks to your son.
Walter.
Walt took you in?
He saved me.
Well, you should know
that Walter's in jail.
He confessed to murdering you.
Why would he do that?
Yeah, that's the same question
I've been asking myself.
The only thing I can come up with
is that you tricked him into
sacrificing himself to save you.
He said he could help me
with a little problem I have,
but confessing
That wasn't part of the plan.
Well, he's still in jail,
and he'll stay there
until you show yourself.
- Now, let's go.
- First, I need to know
where my bag is.
I know you took it.
I imagine that Sheriff Beau
or that Jenny Hoyt has it.
So, what's so important
about that bag of yours?
There's something in it I need.
My journal.
That have something to do
with the money you took?
And if it does, I may have
a pretty good idea
who got to it before the police did.
Help me get it back
and I'll help you get Walter out.
♪♪
[CHRIS VAUGHN'S
"OUT OF YOUR MIND" PLAYS]
♪♪
Ooh.
Fancy food.
Thanks.
[SNIFFS]
I think.
Ooh. [CHUCKLES]
Any idea what's in this?
No, I don't. Sorry.
Here goes.
When it comes to me ♪
You can't seem to concentrate ♪
- Tasty.
- [LAUGHS]
I'm Mo.
Or Deputy Poppernak when I'm on duty,
which I'm not, so, Mo.
Natalie. I'm Skylar's bridesmaid.
- Oh, that's pretty.
- Thank you.
I used to collect stones
when I was a kid.
I had a rock polisher tumbler.
Oh, cool. It's actually
It's not stone.
It's, uh, bone.
- Oh.
- Yeah.
Who are you here for?
Bride or the groom?
Bride. Skylar, yeah. Family friends.
Never met Austin, but he's a lucky guy.
How about you?
Uh, both, kind of.
Austin and I are actually
working on a project together.
I'm all ears.
SKYLAR: Help! Somebody, help!
[SOBBING] Help, somebody!
[GUESTS MURMURING]
[SOBBING]
What happened? Are you hurt?
- I
- Sky.
Skylar.
Hey. It's gonna be okay.
Sky, tell me what happened.
Austin Austin's dead.
Somebody killed him. [SOBS]
♪♪
[BUZZER]
[DOOR CREAKS, CLOSES]
Hiya, Walter.
Well, we figured out your secret.
20 years ago, you murdered
your parents in a house fire.
They weren't my parents.
Ah. Well, according to this, there
was another kid in that house.
A little girl named Meredith.
She was never found.
Did you kill her too?
I was protecting her.
From them.
They hurt her worse than me.
Where is she now?
I set her free.
You mean you killed her.
It's not what you think.
Well, here's what I think
I think you killed her
just like you killed Paige,
or "set her free" in your parlance.
Same damn thing.
Yeah, I know what you're trying to do.
Do you?
Okay, let's talk about something else.
You were just a kid when this happened.
You been out in the woods all this time?
- Yes.
- Hmm.
So you expect us to believe
that you built that cabin
and you made supply runs into town
all these years all by yourself?
Who was helping you, Walter?
Is it the same person that
helped you hide Paige's body?
Was it Sunny and Buck Barnes?
- We know you were in Buck's truck.
- No. No.
It was just a coincidence.
So you do know who they are.
[HANDCUFFS CLANK]
Why don't you leave Sunny out of this?
Okay, well, if Sunny and Buck are lying
about knowing Walter,
there has to be a reason.
Okay. What are you thinking?
Maybe Buck's his accomplice.
Walter did have Mark Woodman's
body in his old truck.
He told us to leave Sunny out of it.
There has to be a connection.
Well, right now,
we got nothing concrete,
and Walter is due to be
transferred to County.
So, we need to ask our questions
while we have the time.
The girl that went missing
after the fire, Meredith
Walter said he was protecting her.
He said the same thing about Paige.
Hmm.
You guys, maybe Paige isn't dead.
We still don't have a body.
That's true.
- Just his word.
- [SIGHS]
The more we learn,
the messier this gets.
Yeah, maybe we need to start
from the beginning, before all the lies.
You want to find Meredith?
Yeah.
Way ahead of you. Already ran the name.
Big old pile of nothing.
Then we look harder.
[CELLPHONE VIBRATES]
Hey, Pops, what's up?
Okay, sit tight. I'll be right there.
- What's up?
- There was a murder at a wedding.
- Come on.
- It happened at a ranch near Birdseye.
[SIGHING] Okay. Um
You good to take it?
I'll stay with Cassie,
'cause clock's ticking
on this Walter thing.
For sure.
I'll let you know if I need you.
So, wait, does this mean you're
Pop's plus-one at a wedding?
Hmm. Jealous?
- [LAUGHS]
- Yeah.
I want to be Pop's plus-one.
[LAUGHS]
♪♪
[BOTTLES CLINKING]
♪♪
♪♪
- Hey.
- Hey.
You were, uh, up at the campgrounds.
Yeah, I was.
- What for?
- Oh, just
tidying up.
Yeah? I thought we paid people
to do that.
[CHUCKLES] Yeah.
Well, you remember you left
your saddles up at the stable?
- Yeah.
- I just swung by there
and picked them up for you,
saved you a trip.
Aww, honey, that's very sweet of you.
Mm-hmm. Thank you.
You sure that's all?
Yeah. Why?
Well, just checking.
We agreed to put Walter behind us,
and Paige, too.
Yeah, we did.
Just making sure we're on the same page.
Okay.
- Come here.
- Mm.
Mm.
Everything's gonna be just fine.
♪♪
Just fine.
Victim is Austin Chambers, 28.
His bride-to-be, Skylar Sharpe,
found the body.
I'm so sorry, Pops.
Were you close with the bride?
Uh, went to her christening.
Our families have always been tight.
Especially Eli, Skylar's father.
Was anyone with her
when she found the body?
Yep. The wedding photographer.
She and the victim were due
to have a photo session
before the ceremony, but he didn't show.
Do we have a time of death?
Crime techs narrowed it down
to the early morning,
sometime before
the wedding guests arrived.
Who had access to the property
during that time?
That would be the wedding party.
They all stayed overnight
after the rehearsal dinner.
Uh, more than one person mentioned that
Skylar's dad got into
a big fight with the victim.
Okay, keep the wedding party here.
Send the rest of the guests home.
Copy that.
Looks like he was hit
with something sharp.
Crime techs are still looking
for the murder weapon.
What can you tell me
about the victim's family?
Cattle ranchers.
Yeah, this property actually belongs
to the victim's father, Mr. Chambers.
Property like this
must be worth a fortune.
I wonder if the victim
and the bride-to-be
- stood to inherit.
- Yeah.
Something tells me this one
ain't gonna be easy.
[SIGHS] Weddings never are.
So, we couldn't find anything on
Meredith Levinson in the system either.
Mm, so you basically did the same thing
I had a desk jockey do earlier,
with the same results.
Good thing you're not billing
the Sheriff's Department.
You're not billing the
Sheriff's Department, are you?
I wasn't finished, Bo-Bo.
- Okay.
- Bo-Bo?
Yeah, it's the cringiest of all time.
It's a harmless term of endearment.
- Hmm.
- Alright?
What do you got, Denisey-poo?
[GIGGLES] Well, anyway,
so, unlike your desk jockey,
- we don't give up, so we, Em?
- Nope.
Instead, we're changing course
and looking into the possibility
that Meredith Levinson
might have changed her name.
Oh. I'm listening.
I mean, it's taking forever, but
But you know what they say
Patience is a, uh
- Virtue.
- No.
It's just an eight-letter
word starts with P.
- [CHUCKLES]
- Oh, no.
- [LAUGHS]
- Oh, no.
Okay, I'm going through change
of name requests with the state.
Oh, I'm with ya. Okay.
So, what if we back-trace
the name with the birthdate
in the Montana Vital Statistics?
Um
Ooh, I think we got her.
Yeah, Meredith Levinson.
She's still alive, except now
she goes by Madeline Lowe.
Nice work, Em.
That's my girl. That one.
[LAUGHS]
♪♪
[CELLPHONE VIBRATING]
Everything okay?
Yeah, I just keep getting calls
from a blocked number.
Ignore it. Spam.
- Car warranty, condos.
- Maybe.
My mom always calls
from a blocked number.
Answer it, then.
The bride's dad is waiting.
Let's do this first.
Hey, Eli.
Hey.
This is my partner, Jenny Hoyt.
Can we make this quick?
I really need to be with my daughter.
You want to ask me about the
fight with the groom, I suppose?
Can you tell us what it was about?
[CHUCKLES] All that family
cares about is money.
And you thought the rehearsal
dinner for your daughter's wedding
was an appropriate time
to bring that up?
The timing choice was theirs, not mine.
At dinner, my daughter told me
that Austin made her sign
a last-minute prenup.
So, yes, I approached him
at the rehearsal dinner.
What'd you think about the wedding
moving forward after that?
It didn't sit well with me.
But it was Skylar's choice
to make, not mine.
Bringing two families together
is complicated.
It's only natural you wanted
to protect her.
You don't get it.
After Skylar lost her mother,
she stopped smiling.
Austin was good for her,
despite his family.
She was happy.
So, if you think I was gonna
take that away from her
Not a chance.
I've said my piece, and that's all.
And for Skylar's sake, you
better find out who did this.
- [BELL DINGS]
- FRANKIE: Order up.
WOMAN: Thanks, Frankie.
I'm a-comin' back on the other line ♪
I found Paige. Alive.
Huh.
Thought she'd be in a shallow grave,
under a pine, with beetles and grubs.
I know you two were sent to my camp
to find Luke and Paige
by some really shady characters.
Only one reason for that,
and that's money.
Your point?
You help Paige get her $15 million
and get her to a safe place,
she'll split it with you.
That's a lot of money.
Too bad we don't have Paige's journal.
No deal.
What he means is that
we don't have the journal yet,
but we'll get it.
'Cause the way I understand it,
there's only one person
who can decipher the little
word code thingamajig in the journal,
and that's Paige.
Which means if you want
the money, you need each other,
and that girl's been through
a lot already.
It's hard out there for a pimp.
[SIGHS HEAVILY]
I don't know what this one
over here is talking about,
but are you two in?
What's in it for you?
That's my business.
♪♪
Well, Johnny went home on the 3-0-9 ♪
Just to be clear Donno and I?
We are not people you mess with.
Likewise.
♪♪
Oh, yeah ♪
♪♪
SUE: Can I help you?
Just looking.
Well, most folks just standing
at the gun counter looking
need a gun.
Watch your step, don't be a brat ♪
Well, I suppose I'm interested.
Okay. What kind?
Not sure, but, uh
- I need it now.
- Okay.
Well, you just gotta do a little
paperwork and a background check.
You a criminal?
- No.
- Sorry.
I didn't think so, but takes all types.
So, what kind of gun you looking for?
Uh, um I'll need your guidance.
Um, something easy to use.
Well, you don't strike me
as a Glock guy.
Maybe a Walther.
James Bond's gun.
Got a PPK.
Now, I know that new movie
is using a P99,
but this one This one's the original.
I hung tight and loose
and everywhere in between ♪
You ain't lady like ♪
Go on.
And what you doing hanging out
with that crowd ♪
Gun's $600.
$650, I can throw in some
bullets and a shooting lesson.
♪♪
I'll take it.
James Bond.
♪♪
Do we have to do this now?
We'll be quick. Promise.
So, is my dad really a suspect?
We're still checking his alibi
after the fight.
Mo, you know my dad.
You know he wouldn't do anything
like this to hurt me.
He He knew that Austin
and I were in love.
What about the prenup?
I could care less about the prenup,
about the land and the cattle.
I Even if there
was something more valuable.
What could be more valuable
than land and cattle in Montana?
A dinosaur.
How big a specimen are we talking?
I don't know.
I didn't know about the dinosaur fossil
until Austin asked me
to sign the prenup.
Did that bother you?
That he was keeping
this discovery a secret?
No, it was just his hobby.
Searching for buried treasure.
He was gonna unveil it
after the ceremony.
He was gonna name it after me.
- [CRYING]
- I'm so sorry, hon.
Do you need a moment?
- I'm okay. I'm
- Just a few more questions.
[SNIFFLES] Yeah.
How much did Austin know
about dinosaurs?
Not much.
He had to ask a friend to help
him figure out what to do.
What can you tell us about this friend?
♪♪
Quite the postcard.
Yeah. She's impressive.
Graduated top of her class
at Montana State.
Yeah, 2.5 kids, picket fence.
Looks like Madeline
went all straight and narrow.
Meanwhile, Walter went Ted Kaczynski.
Guess it's an argument for nature, huh?
- 'Cause he lives in the
- Yeah.
I got it. The woods. Yep.
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
Hi, Madeline Lowe? Sheriff Beau Arlen.
This here's Cassie Dewell of
Dewell and Hoyt Private Investigators.
What's this about?
Well, we were hoping
to talk to you about
a house fire that happened 20 years ago.
And our condolences. We know
your parents were lost in that.
They weren't my parents.
CASSIE: Right, well, they
They adopted you,
along with another boy. Walter?
Why are you asking me about Walter?
'Cause he's currently in police
custody, on murder charges.
Wow. Okay.
We were hoping you could shed some light
on what happened the night of the fire
just so we can understand
who we're dealing with.
Walter set the fire,
but the Walter I know wasn't a killer.
He was gentle.
Kind, protective.
He killed your adoptive parents.
You You saw him do that.
Yes, but
The things that went on in that house
We were beaten, starved.
I didn't think it was ever going to end.
Trust me, he did what he did
so that we could escape.
Where did Walter take you
after the fire?
His birth mother picked us up.
She told me to change my name
and start fresh.
I haven't looked back.
And what was her name?
I don't remember, but she sang to us.
Oh, and she had
the most beautiful red hair.
♪♪
[SIREN WAILING IN DISTANCE]
[BEEP]
[ RINGING]
[CELLPHONE VIBRATING] [SIGHS]
I said I need more time.
It's good to hear your voice.
How are you?
Okay. What's up?
Come on, Avery.
I'm pretty busy right now.
It's just that
[SCOFFS]
I love you, Carla.
Whatever happens
I want you to know that.
[GUN COCKS]
But there's something that I have to do.
What's going on?
I got myself into
a bit of a fix [CHUCKLES]
but I promise to make it right.
Wait, what are you about to do?
Whatever it takes
to make you and Emily safe.
Avery? You're scaring me.
No, no, no. No, don't be scared.
It's just that
I just wanted you to know that
that I love you, Carla.
That's all that matters.
Av
Avery?
Avery?
♪♪
♪♪
[SIGHS]
[BIRD CAWING]
BUCK: Hello?
Anybody here?
♪♪
♪♪
[FLOORBOARDS CREAK]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
♪♪
♪♪
[GASPS]
♪♪
♪♪
[WHIMPERS]
♪♪
♪♪
[BIRDS CALLING]
Hello?
Anybody around?
[GRUNTS]
♪♪
This is private property. Who are you?
Jenny Hoyt, Sheriff's Department.
Who are you?
I'm Carson Price.
Oh. You're Austin's best man.
I was looking for you.
Sorry, I thought you were trespassing.
Wanna help me up?
♪♪
Right now, this site's still a secret,
and so we always gotta worry
about thieves.
Mm. We requested
the wedding party to stay put.
You're the only one who did not.
So, your friend's dead,
the bride is grieving,
and you're out here
digging around in the dirt.
I know how it looks,
but, you know, winter's coming.
With the fossil weathering
out of the ground like it is
and the rain and the snow on the way,
we we don't have any time to waste.
Wow.
Tyrannosaurus Rex.
You know your theropods.
Mm. My son was a dinosaur freak.
That's not why you came
out here, though, is it?
Skylar told us that Austin
asked you for help.
- Are you some kind of expert?
- Hardly.
This is This is like
a side hustle, I guess.
Yeah, this one day on a job site,
I found a Spinosaurus tooth.
And the rest is history.
Any money in that?
I mean, I made 350 bucks on the tooth.
What about your T. Rex?
How much is that worth?
I mean, it's too early to say.
- Well, just a ballpark.
- Okay.
Uh, I mean, if this thing's intact,
it could be worth millions.
Carson, where were you
early this morning?
- I was asleep in my room.
- Mm.
- Anyone else who can verify that?
- No. Sorry.
But it's the truth.
♪♪
The way Madeline described
Walter's birth mom
- Oh, Sunny Barnes.
- It has to be.
It explains a lot.
He had help hiding all those years.
Yeah, it does. Yeah, we
definitely got to talk to her.
What about Cormac?
Think he knows anything about this?
I don't know. [CELLPHONE RINGS]
Ah, that's my ex. Hang on.
- Hey.
- Beau, thank God.
I don't know what's going on,
but it's really bad.
Whoa, whoa. Slow down.
- What happened?
- It's Avery.
I-I think something terrible
might've happened.
I just need you to come.
- Okay, where are you?
- At his hotel.
- I'm on my way.
- Okay.
I'm gonna need Emily to hang out
with you a little longer.
- Is that cool?
- Yeah, whatever you need.
[ENGINE REVS]
Thank you.
- You talk to the vendors?
- Sure did.
And I have decided that I am
never getting married.
[CHUCKLES]
For the right guy, I might try again.
For the right guy, huh?
Have you met him yet?
- What do you got, Pops?
- Let's change the subject.
Alright, so the florists,
they, uh, had a crew
on-site at the ranch early this morning.
Somebody see something?
One of the crew noticed a person
leaving Austin's room.
Fits our timeline for the murder.
Any chance they can I.D. the suspect?
Doubtful. It was still pretty dark.
But they got a look at a jacket.
It had this reflective
mountain logo on it.
- Carson had a jacket just like that.
- The best man?
Our bone collector
might be hiding something.
[BIRD CHIRPING]
I put Paige over here.
Come on.
Paige!
Hey!
♪♪
Where is she?
I don't know. She couldn't be far.
I told her to stay put.
Or you're lying to us.
Why would I do that and bring
you all the way out here?
- I'm not stupid.
- No
but you are desperate for some reason.
Aim for the larger part
of the leg, right there.
I tell you, Paige was here.
Well, we'll see about that.
Go look for her.
If he can't find Paige,
we are all in big trouble.
Especially you.
Carson, gonna need you
to step out of the vehicle.
You were seen leaving
Austin's room this morning.
That's impossible, but okay.
A witness said that the person
leaving Austin's room
was wearing the jacket
you have on right now.
Austin and I aren't the only
ones with this jacket, alright?
I had them made for the whole
crew when we started the dig.
- Cuff him.
- Yeah.
I didn't kill him. Wait, wait, hold on.
I think maybe I know
who was in Austin's room.
Who?
Austin wasn't always the most faithful.
I thought he had ended things
with her, but maybe not.
Ended things with who?
With Natalie, Skylar's bridesmaid.
She and, uh she and Austin
found the dinosaur together.
I met her. She said her and
Austin were working on a project.
Yeah, and she was part of our crew.
Did you ever confront him
about the affair?
When I tried to talk to him, he just
told me to mind my own business.
Let's go.
♪♪
Okay, so maybe Natalie goes to Austin
the night before his wedding,
a last-ditch effort
to convince him to be with her.
He chooses Skylar,
and she kills him in a jealous rage.
Well, there's more.
Natalie discovers
the dinosaur with Austin,
but it's on his family's land.
She has no legal claim to it.
It's gotta be her.
Unless
What are you thinking?
Skylar didn't know about the dinosaur
until Austin asked her
to sign the prenup.
She thought he was spending
all that time
digging for buried treasure on his own.
What if, on your wedding day,
you're betrayed by the two people
supposed to love you the most?
[GASPS] Oh, God.
[SIGHS] It's Skylar.
- Do you know where she is?
- I saw her getting into Austin's truck.
I have an idea where
she might be headed.
♪♪
CASSIE: Cormac, I-I have
something I need to tell you.
It might be hard to hear.
It's about your mother.
I already know.
Walter's my brother.
Half Half-brother.
How long have you known?
Found out yesterday.
I'm still processing,
otherwise I woulda told ya.
She's been lying to me my entire life.
But she's my mother.
[SIGHS]
I don't know what to do, Cass.
If you don't have any part in this,
you need to do what's right.
I promise you, I didn't know
anything about this.
♪♪
I want you to know that, um
whatever you find
I'm my own man.
♪♪
[DOOR OPENS, CLOSES]
Convinced the front desk clerk
to let me in.
Huh.
He got a gun.
Avery hated guns.
His voice when he called me
I'm telling you, something is wrong.
Hey, it's okay.
We'll have a look around,
see what it tells us.
- Okay?
- Okay. Uh-huh.
Well, he was definitely
working on something.
Avery never left his computer unlocked.
Wait, what is this?
I've never seen it before.
It looks like a recovery phrase,
maybe, or a password.
He was going after that money
that Luke and Paige stole, wasn't he?
How the hell should I know that?
- I don't know!
- Alright. Hey.
Listen to me. I'm gonna find him, okay?
- I will.
- Okay.
Come here.
More importantly, I'm not gonna
let anything happen to you
or to Emily.
- [CRYING] Okay.
- You got it?
Yeah.
♪♪
There she is.
♪♪
Skylar, step away from the ledge.
Put the weapon down.
♪♪
Stay away from her. She deserves this.
You don't have to do this.
They weren't just sleeping together, Mo.
They were in love.
He lied to me about everything.
He named the dinosaur after her.
I found the paperwork.
I gotta get in there, Pops.
Skylar.
Skylar. Skylar. Look at me. Look.
Okay, look at me.
Think of your dad. He's lost everything.
He can't lose you, too.
She She's not worth it.
Right? Neither was he. Alright?
No! Stop! Aah!
Natalie.
- [GROANS]
- Natalie, wake up.
[GRUNTING]
Call an ambulance!
[GRUNTS]
I'm not sorry.
Well, you can lead me on
or treat me unkind ♪
JENNY: Hey.
You weren't answering your phone,
so I thought I'd take
a chance and swing by.
Hey, you okay?
Yeah.
Yeah, it's been, um, a rough day.
And, uh I wanted to see you.
Tough case, huh?
Never gets easier, does it?
Well, something's wrong
if it ever does, you know?
Where the cricket song fills
the clearest skies ♪
And my heart longs ♪
[VEHICLE APPROACHING]
For the moon dance, darling ♪
Where the pale light flickers ♪
Hey.
On the ripples of time ♪
Hey.
Oh, I didn't know you had company.
Hey, Jenny.
Hey.
Uh, I
It's okay.
We can catch up later.
She can drive my muddled senses wild ♪
A minute.
She can turn me like the tide ♪
Hey, hey, hey, Jenny.
I actually asked them
to come here and stay with me.
I think Avery is making a play for
the money that Luke and Paige stole.
I saw some stuff in his hotel
room. It doesn't look good.
What did you find?
Let's get into it tomorrow, okay?
Of course.
Hey. Carla.
I think you might need this
more than me tonight.
CARLA: Thanks.
- It's good to see you.
- You too.
- Night, Jenny.
- Night, Em.
Where the pale light flickers ♪
- I'll see you.
- Yeah.
Ripples of time ♪
Following my guided soul ♪
- You okay?
- Oh, gimme those. I got it.
I just don't understand how
we're all gonna fit in there.
What are you talking about? It's fine.
Fine. Look, I'm just
I feel more comfortable having
you here under my roof, okay?
Oh, are we calling the tin can
a roof now?
Whoa. Whoa! She can hear you.
Right there. What's wrong with you?
I belong to the grasslands [LAUGHS]
Wow.
Where the cricket song fills
the clearest skies ♪
My heart longs for
the moon dance, darling ♪
Where the pale light flickers ♪
On the ripples of time ♪
♪♪
[LLOYD CONGER'S "BEER BAR BLUES" PLAYS]
♪♪
Popcorn or peanuts? I got both.
Are you serious?
No salt on the peanuts. Sorry.
About you ♪
♪♪
Just how you broke my heart ♪
[CELLPHONE VIBRATING]
So many times ♪
♪♪
I ain't got no one to hang onto ♪
Where are you? We're waiting.
And where's the money?
Somewhere safe.
This sounds like the start
of a renegotiation.
What I'll need from you
is a larger finder's fee
and an ironclad assurance
of my family's safety.
You think about that
and I'll be in touch.
[BEEP]
[CALL DISCONNECTS]
♪♪
I don't renegotiate.
A deal's a deal.
Track him down. And his family too.
♪♪
♪♪
♪♪
[ENGINE TURNS OFF]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS]
♪♪
♪♪
JENNY: What the hell?
♪♪
♪♪
Mom.
[MUFFLED SCREAMS]
[PANTING]
- [SIGHS]
- [WHIMPERS]
I don't know why you thought
it was a good idea
to stick around.
[SOBBING]
[DOORBELL RINGS]
[WHIMPERS]
♪♪
[MUFFLED SOBS]
[DOORBELL RINGS]
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
CASSIE: Hello?
It's Cassie. I just want to talk.
[DOORBELL RINGS]
[MUFFLED SOBS]
♪♪
♪♪
♪♪
Previously on Big Sky
Well, you know what?
Since you guys showed up,
nothing's been right around here.
I got my eye on you.
BEAU: I know the SEC is initiating
a fraud investigation
for misleading investors.
$15 million could be pretty tempting
to somebody in a financial situation.
I made a mistake, but I thought it
would all be cleared up, and it will be.
When we get back into town,
Emily and I are gonna get a hotel.
I need some space.
TONY: Where's the money?
The account's heavily encrypted.
You fail, I won't ruin your life.
But Carla and Emily
[KEYBOARD CLACKING]
[BEEP]
I unlocked Paige's account.
[CHUCKLES]
BEAU: Sheriff's department!
Hands where we can see them.
CORMAC: Who is he?
His name's Walter.
He's your brother.
I hid him away.
I gave him a safe place to call home.
I protected him!
JENNY: Where's Paige?
Is she alive?
I killed her.
WOMAN: You have a beautiful voice.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]
Paige?
PAIGE: Sunny.
Well, you're a helluva surprise.
I bet.
I thought you high-tailed it
back to civilization.
I figured you'd be sitting
on a beach somewhere,
sipping a Mai Tai
with your toes in the sand.
[CHUCKLES] You left out the dead part.
- I never thought that
- What did you think?
I'm just glad you didn't
fall in a ravine
or get eaten up by a grizzly bear.
Thanks to your son.
Walter.
Walt took you in?
He saved me.
Well, you should know
that Walter's in jail.
He confessed to murdering you.
Why would he do that?
Yeah, that's the same question
I've been asking myself.
The only thing I can come up with
is that you tricked him into
sacrificing himself to save you.
He said he could help me
with a little problem I have,
but confessing
That wasn't part of the plan.
Well, he's still in jail,
and he'll stay there
until you show yourself.
- Now, let's go.
- First, I need to know
where my bag is.
I know you took it.
I imagine that Sheriff Beau
or that Jenny Hoyt has it.
So, what's so important
about that bag of yours?
There's something in it I need.
My journal.
That have something to do
with the money you took?
And if it does, I may have
a pretty good idea
who got to it before the police did.
Help me get it back
and I'll help you get Walter out.
♪♪
[CHRIS VAUGHN'S
"OUT OF YOUR MIND" PLAYS]
♪♪
Ooh.
Fancy food.
Thanks.
[SNIFFS]
I think.
Ooh. [CHUCKLES]
Any idea what's in this?
No, I don't. Sorry.
Here goes.
When it comes to me ♪
You can't seem to concentrate ♪
- Tasty.
- [LAUGHS]
I'm Mo.
Or Deputy Poppernak when I'm on duty,
which I'm not, so, Mo.
Natalie. I'm Skylar's bridesmaid.
- Oh, that's pretty.
- Thank you.
I used to collect stones
when I was a kid.
I had a rock polisher tumbler.
Oh, cool. It's actually
It's not stone.
It's, uh, bone.
- Oh.
- Yeah.
Who are you here for?
Bride or the groom?
Bride. Skylar, yeah. Family friends.
Never met Austin, but he's a lucky guy.
How about you?
Uh, both, kind of.
Austin and I are actually
working on a project together.
I'm all ears.
SKYLAR: Help! Somebody, help!
[SOBBING] Help, somebody!
[GUESTS MURMURING]
[SOBBING]
What happened? Are you hurt?
- I
- Sky.
Skylar.
Hey. It's gonna be okay.
Sky, tell me what happened.
Austin Austin's dead.
Somebody killed him. [SOBS]
♪♪
[BUZZER]
[DOOR CREAKS, CLOSES]
Hiya, Walter.
Well, we figured out your secret.
20 years ago, you murdered
your parents in a house fire.
They weren't my parents.
Ah. Well, according to this, there
was another kid in that house.
A little girl named Meredith.
She was never found.
Did you kill her too?
I was protecting her.
From them.
They hurt her worse than me.
Where is she now?
I set her free.
You mean you killed her.
It's not what you think.
Well, here's what I think
I think you killed her
just like you killed Paige,
or "set her free" in your parlance.
Same damn thing.
Yeah, I know what you're trying to do.
Do you?
Okay, let's talk about something else.
You were just a kid when this happened.
You been out in the woods all this time?
- Yes.
- Hmm.
So you expect us to believe
that you built that cabin
and you made supply runs into town
all these years all by yourself?
Who was helping you, Walter?
Is it the same person that
helped you hide Paige's body?
Was it Sunny and Buck Barnes?
- We know you were in Buck's truck.
- No. No.
It was just a coincidence.
So you do know who they are.
[HANDCUFFS CLANK]
Why don't you leave Sunny out of this?
Okay, well, if Sunny and Buck are lying
about knowing Walter,
there has to be a reason.
Okay. What are you thinking?
Maybe Buck's his accomplice.
Walter did have Mark Woodman's
body in his old truck.
He told us to leave Sunny out of it.
There has to be a connection.
Well, right now,
we got nothing concrete,
and Walter is due to be
transferred to County.
So, we need to ask our questions
while we have the time.
The girl that went missing
after the fire, Meredith
Walter said he was protecting her.
He said the same thing about Paige.
Hmm.
You guys, maybe Paige isn't dead.
We still don't have a body.
That's true.
- Just his word.
- [SIGHS]
The more we learn,
the messier this gets.
Yeah, maybe we need to start
from the beginning, before all the lies.
You want to find Meredith?
Yeah.
Way ahead of you. Already ran the name.
Big old pile of nothing.
Then we look harder.
[CELLPHONE VIBRATES]
Hey, Pops, what's up?
Okay, sit tight. I'll be right there.
- What's up?
- There was a murder at a wedding.
- Come on.
- It happened at a ranch near Birdseye.
[SIGHING] Okay. Um
You good to take it?
I'll stay with Cassie,
'cause clock's ticking
on this Walter thing.
For sure.
I'll let you know if I need you.
So, wait, does this mean you're
Pop's plus-one at a wedding?
Hmm. Jealous?
- [LAUGHS]
- Yeah.
I want to be Pop's plus-one.
[LAUGHS]
♪♪
[BOTTLES CLINKING]
♪♪
♪♪
- Hey.
- Hey.
You were, uh, up at the campgrounds.
Yeah, I was.
- What for?
- Oh, just
tidying up.
Yeah? I thought we paid people
to do that.
[CHUCKLES] Yeah.
Well, you remember you left
your saddles up at the stable?
- Yeah.
- I just swung by there
and picked them up for you,
saved you a trip.
Aww, honey, that's very sweet of you.
Mm-hmm. Thank you.
You sure that's all?
Yeah. Why?
Well, just checking.
We agreed to put Walter behind us,
and Paige, too.
Yeah, we did.
Just making sure we're on the same page.
Okay.
- Come here.
- Mm.
Mm.
Everything's gonna be just fine.
♪♪
Just fine.
Victim is Austin Chambers, 28.
His bride-to-be, Skylar Sharpe,
found the body.
I'm so sorry, Pops.
Were you close with the bride?
Uh, went to her christening.
Our families have always been tight.
Especially Eli, Skylar's father.
Was anyone with her
when she found the body?
Yep. The wedding photographer.
She and the victim were due
to have a photo session
before the ceremony, but he didn't show.
Do we have a time of death?
Crime techs narrowed it down
to the early morning,
sometime before
the wedding guests arrived.
Who had access to the property
during that time?
That would be the wedding party.
They all stayed overnight
after the rehearsal dinner.
Uh, more than one person mentioned that
Skylar's dad got into
a big fight with the victim.
Okay, keep the wedding party here.
Send the rest of the guests home.
Copy that.
Looks like he was hit
with something sharp.
Crime techs are still looking
for the murder weapon.
What can you tell me
about the victim's family?
Cattle ranchers.
Yeah, this property actually belongs
to the victim's father, Mr. Chambers.
Property like this
must be worth a fortune.
I wonder if the victim
and the bride-to-be
- stood to inherit.
- Yeah.
Something tells me this one
ain't gonna be easy.
[SIGHS] Weddings never are.
So, we couldn't find anything on
Meredith Levinson in the system either.
Mm, so you basically did the same thing
I had a desk jockey do earlier,
with the same results.
Good thing you're not billing
the Sheriff's Department.
You're not billing the
Sheriff's Department, are you?
I wasn't finished, Bo-Bo.
- Okay.
- Bo-Bo?
Yeah, it's the cringiest of all time.
It's a harmless term of endearment.
- Hmm.
- Alright?
What do you got, Denisey-poo?
[GIGGLES] Well, anyway,
so, unlike your desk jockey,
- we don't give up, so we, Em?
- Nope.
Instead, we're changing course
and looking into the possibility
that Meredith Levinson
might have changed her name.
Oh. I'm listening.
I mean, it's taking forever, but
But you know what they say
Patience is a, uh
- Virtue.
- No.
It's just an eight-letter
word starts with P.
- [CHUCKLES]
- Oh, no.
- [LAUGHS]
- Oh, no.
Okay, I'm going through change
of name requests with the state.
Oh, I'm with ya. Okay.
So, what if we back-trace
the name with the birthdate
in the Montana Vital Statistics?
Um
Ooh, I think we got her.
Yeah, Meredith Levinson.
She's still alive, except now
she goes by Madeline Lowe.
Nice work, Em.
That's my girl. That one.
[LAUGHS]
♪♪
[CELLPHONE VIBRATING]
Everything okay?
Yeah, I just keep getting calls
from a blocked number.
Ignore it. Spam.
- Car warranty, condos.
- Maybe.
My mom always calls
from a blocked number.
Answer it, then.
The bride's dad is waiting.
Let's do this first.
Hey, Eli.
Hey.
This is my partner, Jenny Hoyt.
Can we make this quick?
I really need to be with my daughter.
You want to ask me about the
fight with the groom, I suppose?
Can you tell us what it was about?
[CHUCKLES] All that family
cares about is money.
And you thought the rehearsal
dinner for your daughter's wedding
was an appropriate time
to bring that up?
The timing choice was theirs, not mine.
At dinner, my daughter told me
that Austin made her sign
a last-minute prenup.
So, yes, I approached him
at the rehearsal dinner.
What'd you think about the wedding
moving forward after that?
It didn't sit well with me.
But it was Skylar's choice
to make, not mine.
Bringing two families together
is complicated.
It's only natural you wanted
to protect her.
You don't get it.
After Skylar lost her mother,
she stopped smiling.
Austin was good for her,
despite his family.
She was happy.
So, if you think I was gonna
take that away from her
Not a chance.
I've said my piece, and that's all.
And for Skylar's sake, you
better find out who did this.
- [BELL DINGS]
- FRANKIE: Order up.
WOMAN: Thanks, Frankie.
I'm a-comin' back on the other line ♪
I found Paige. Alive.
Huh.
Thought she'd be in a shallow grave,
under a pine, with beetles and grubs.
I know you two were sent to my camp
to find Luke and Paige
by some really shady characters.
Only one reason for that,
and that's money.
Your point?
You help Paige get her $15 million
and get her to a safe place,
she'll split it with you.
That's a lot of money.
Too bad we don't have Paige's journal.
No deal.
What he means is that
we don't have the journal yet,
but we'll get it.
'Cause the way I understand it,
there's only one person
who can decipher the little
word code thingamajig in the journal,
and that's Paige.
Which means if you want
the money, you need each other,
and that girl's been through
a lot already.
It's hard out there for a pimp.
[SIGHS HEAVILY]
I don't know what this one
over here is talking about,
but are you two in?
What's in it for you?
That's my business.
♪♪
Well, Johnny went home on the 3-0-9 ♪
Just to be clear Donno and I?
We are not people you mess with.
Likewise.
♪♪
Oh, yeah ♪
♪♪
SUE: Can I help you?
Just looking.
Well, most folks just standing
at the gun counter looking
need a gun.
Watch your step, don't be a brat ♪
Well, I suppose I'm interested.
Okay. What kind?
Not sure, but, uh
- I need it now.
- Okay.
Well, you just gotta do a little
paperwork and a background check.
You a criminal?
- No.
- Sorry.
I didn't think so, but takes all types.
So, what kind of gun you looking for?
Uh, um I'll need your guidance.
Um, something easy to use.
Well, you don't strike me
as a Glock guy.
Maybe a Walther.
James Bond's gun.
Got a PPK.
Now, I know that new movie
is using a P99,
but this one This one's the original.
I hung tight and loose
and everywhere in between ♪
You ain't lady like ♪
Go on.
And what you doing hanging out
with that crowd ♪
Gun's $600.
$650, I can throw in some
bullets and a shooting lesson.
♪♪
I'll take it.
James Bond.
♪♪
Do we have to do this now?
We'll be quick. Promise.
So, is my dad really a suspect?
We're still checking his alibi
after the fight.
Mo, you know my dad.
You know he wouldn't do anything
like this to hurt me.
He He knew that Austin
and I were in love.
What about the prenup?
I could care less about the prenup,
about the land and the cattle.
I Even if there
was something more valuable.
What could be more valuable
than land and cattle in Montana?
A dinosaur.
How big a specimen are we talking?
I don't know.
I didn't know about the dinosaur fossil
until Austin asked me
to sign the prenup.
Did that bother you?
That he was keeping
this discovery a secret?
No, it was just his hobby.
Searching for buried treasure.
He was gonna unveil it
after the ceremony.
He was gonna name it after me.
- [CRYING]
- I'm so sorry, hon.
Do you need a moment?
- I'm okay. I'm
- Just a few more questions.
[SNIFFLES] Yeah.
How much did Austin know
about dinosaurs?
Not much.
He had to ask a friend to help
him figure out what to do.
What can you tell us about this friend?
♪♪
Quite the postcard.
Yeah. She's impressive.
Graduated top of her class
at Montana State.
Yeah, 2.5 kids, picket fence.
Looks like Madeline
went all straight and narrow.
Meanwhile, Walter went Ted Kaczynski.
Guess it's an argument for nature, huh?
- 'Cause he lives in the
- Yeah.
I got it. The woods. Yep.
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
Hi, Madeline Lowe? Sheriff Beau Arlen.
This here's Cassie Dewell of
Dewell and Hoyt Private Investigators.
What's this about?
Well, we were hoping
to talk to you about
a house fire that happened 20 years ago.
And our condolences. We know
your parents were lost in that.
They weren't my parents.
CASSIE: Right, well, they
They adopted you,
along with another boy. Walter?
Why are you asking me about Walter?
'Cause he's currently in police
custody, on murder charges.
Wow. Okay.
We were hoping you could shed some light
on what happened the night of the fire
just so we can understand
who we're dealing with.
Walter set the fire,
but the Walter I know wasn't a killer.
He was gentle.
Kind, protective.
He killed your adoptive parents.
You You saw him do that.
Yes, but
The things that went on in that house
We were beaten, starved.
I didn't think it was ever going to end.
Trust me, he did what he did
so that we could escape.
Where did Walter take you
after the fire?
His birth mother picked us up.
She told me to change my name
and start fresh.
I haven't looked back.
And what was her name?
I don't remember, but she sang to us.
Oh, and she had
the most beautiful red hair.
♪♪
[SIREN WAILING IN DISTANCE]
[BEEP]
[ RINGING]
[CELLPHONE VIBRATING] [SIGHS]
I said I need more time.
It's good to hear your voice.
How are you?
Okay. What's up?
Come on, Avery.
I'm pretty busy right now.
It's just that
[SCOFFS]
I love you, Carla.
Whatever happens
I want you to know that.
[GUN COCKS]
But there's something that I have to do.
What's going on?
I got myself into
a bit of a fix [CHUCKLES]
but I promise to make it right.
Wait, what are you about to do?
Whatever it takes
to make you and Emily safe.
Avery? You're scaring me.
No, no, no. No, don't be scared.
It's just that
I just wanted you to know that
that I love you, Carla.
That's all that matters.
Av
Avery?
Avery?
♪♪
♪♪
[SIGHS]
[BIRD CAWING]
BUCK: Hello?
Anybody here?
♪♪
♪♪
[FLOORBOARDS CREAK]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
♪♪
♪♪
[GASPS]
♪♪
♪♪
[WHIMPERS]
♪♪
♪♪
[BIRDS CALLING]
Hello?
Anybody around?
[GRUNTS]
♪♪
This is private property. Who are you?
Jenny Hoyt, Sheriff's Department.
Who are you?
I'm Carson Price.
Oh. You're Austin's best man.
I was looking for you.
Sorry, I thought you were trespassing.
Wanna help me up?
♪♪
Right now, this site's still a secret,
and so we always gotta worry
about thieves.
Mm. We requested
the wedding party to stay put.
You're the only one who did not.
So, your friend's dead,
the bride is grieving,
and you're out here
digging around in the dirt.
I know how it looks,
but, you know, winter's coming.
With the fossil weathering
out of the ground like it is
and the rain and the snow on the way,
we we don't have any time to waste.
Wow.
Tyrannosaurus Rex.
You know your theropods.
Mm. My son was a dinosaur freak.
That's not why you came
out here, though, is it?
Skylar told us that Austin
asked you for help.
- Are you some kind of expert?
- Hardly.
This is This is like
a side hustle, I guess.
Yeah, this one day on a job site,
I found a Spinosaurus tooth.
And the rest is history.
Any money in that?
I mean, I made 350 bucks on the tooth.
What about your T. Rex?
How much is that worth?
I mean, it's too early to say.
- Well, just a ballpark.
- Okay.
Uh, I mean, if this thing's intact,
it could be worth millions.
Carson, where were you
early this morning?
- I was asleep in my room.
- Mm.
- Anyone else who can verify that?
- No. Sorry.
But it's the truth.
♪♪
The way Madeline described
Walter's birth mom
- Oh, Sunny Barnes.
- It has to be.
It explains a lot.
He had help hiding all those years.
Yeah, it does. Yeah, we
definitely got to talk to her.
What about Cormac?
Think he knows anything about this?
I don't know. [CELLPHONE RINGS]
Ah, that's my ex. Hang on.
- Hey.
- Beau, thank God.
I don't know what's going on,
but it's really bad.
Whoa, whoa. Slow down.
- What happened?
- It's Avery.
I-I think something terrible
might've happened.
I just need you to come.
- Okay, where are you?
- At his hotel.
- I'm on my way.
- Okay.
I'm gonna need Emily to hang out
with you a little longer.
- Is that cool?
- Yeah, whatever you need.
[ENGINE REVS]
Thank you.
- You talk to the vendors?
- Sure did.
And I have decided that I am
never getting married.
[CHUCKLES]
For the right guy, I might try again.
For the right guy, huh?
Have you met him yet?
- What do you got, Pops?
- Let's change the subject.
Alright, so the florists,
they, uh, had a crew
on-site at the ranch early this morning.
Somebody see something?
One of the crew noticed a person
leaving Austin's room.
Fits our timeline for the murder.
Any chance they can I.D. the suspect?
Doubtful. It was still pretty dark.
But they got a look at a jacket.
It had this reflective
mountain logo on it.
- Carson had a jacket just like that.
- The best man?
Our bone collector
might be hiding something.
[BIRD CHIRPING]
I put Paige over here.
Come on.
Paige!
Hey!
♪♪
Where is she?
I don't know. She couldn't be far.
I told her to stay put.
Or you're lying to us.
Why would I do that and bring
you all the way out here?
- I'm not stupid.
- No
but you are desperate for some reason.
Aim for the larger part
of the leg, right there.
I tell you, Paige was here.
Well, we'll see about that.
Go look for her.
If he can't find Paige,
we are all in big trouble.
Especially you.
Carson, gonna need you
to step out of the vehicle.
You were seen leaving
Austin's room this morning.
That's impossible, but okay.
A witness said that the person
leaving Austin's room
was wearing the jacket
you have on right now.
Austin and I aren't the only
ones with this jacket, alright?
I had them made for the whole
crew when we started the dig.
- Cuff him.
- Yeah.
I didn't kill him. Wait, wait, hold on.
I think maybe I know
who was in Austin's room.
Who?
Austin wasn't always the most faithful.
I thought he had ended things
with her, but maybe not.
Ended things with who?
With Natalie, Skylar's bridesmaid.
She and, uh she and Austin
found the dinosaur together.
I met her. She said her and
Austin were working on a project.
Yeah, and she was part of our crew.
Did you ever confront him
about the affair?
When I tried to talk to him, he just
told me to mind my own business.
Let's go.
♪♪
Okay, so maybe Natalie goes to Austin
the night before his wedding,
a last-ditch effort
to convince him to be with her.
He chooses Skylar,
and she kills him in a jealous rage.
Well, there's more.
Natalie discovers
the dinosaur with Austin,
but it's on his family's land.
She has no legal claim to it.
It's gotta be her.
Unless
What are you thinking?
Skylar didn't know about the dinosaur
until Austin asked her
to sign the prenup.
She thought he was spending
all that time
digging for buried treasure on his own.
What if, on your wedding day,
you're betrayed by the two people
supposed to love you the most?
[GASPS] Oh, God.
[SIGHS] It's Skylar.
- Do you know where she is?
- I saw her getting into Austin's truck.
I have an idea where
she might be headed.
♪♪
CASSIE: Cormac, I-I have
something I need to tell you.
It might be hard to hear.
It's about your mother.
I already know.
Walter's my brother.
Half Half-brother.
How long have you known?
Found out yesterday.
I'm still processing,
otherwise I woulda told ya.
She's been lying to me my entire life.
But she's my mother.
[SIGHS]
I don't know what to do, Cass.
If you don't have any part in this,
you need to do what's right.
I promise you, I didn't know
anything about this.
♪♪
I want you to know that, um
whatever you find
I'm my own man.
♪♪
[DOOR OPENS, CLOSES]
Convinced the front desk clerk
to let me in.
Huh.
He got a gun.
Avery hated guns.
His voice when he called me
I'm telling you, something is wrong.
Hey, it's okay.
We'll have a look around,
see what it tells us.
- Okay?
- Okay. Uh-huh.
Well, he was definitely
working on something.
Avery never left his computer unlocked.
Wait, what is this?
I've never seen it before.
It looks like a recovery phrase,
maybe, or a password.
He was going after that money
that Luke and Paige stole, wasn't he?
How the hell should I know that?
- I don't know!
- Alright. Hey.
Listen to me. I'm gonna find him, okay?
- I will.
- Okay.
Come here.
More importantly, I'm not gonna
let anything happen to you
or to Emily.
- [CRYING] Okay.
- You got it?
Yeah.
♪♪
There she is.
♪♪
Skylar, step away from the ledge.
Put the weapon down.
♪♪
Stay away from her. She deserves this.
You don't have to do this.
They weren't just sleeping together, Mo.
They were in love.
He lied to me about everything.
He named the dinosaur after her.
I found the paperwork.
I gotta get in there, Pops.
Skylar.
Skylar. Skylar. Look at me. Look.
Okay, look at me.
Think of your dad. He's lost everything.
He can't lose you, too.
She She's not worth it.
Right? Neither was he. Alright?
No! Stop! Aah!
Natalie.
- [GROANS]
- Natalie, wake up.
[GRUNTING]
Call an ambulance!
[GRUNTS]
I'm not sorry.
Well, you can lead me on
or treat me unkind ♪
JENNY: Hey.
You weren't answering your phone,
so I thought I'd take
a chance and swing by.
Hey, you okay?
Yeah.
Yeah, it's been, um, a rough day.
And, uh I wanted to see you.
Tough case, huh?
Never gets easier, does it?
Well, something's wrong
if it ever does, you know?
Where the cricket song fills
the clearest skies ♪
And my heart longs ♪
[VEHICLE APPROACHING]
For the moon dance, darling ♪
Where the pale light flickers ♪
Hey.
On the ripples of time ♪
Hey.
Oh, I didn't know you had company.
Hey, Jenny.
Hey.
Uh, I
It's okay.
We can catch up later.
She can drive my muddled senses wild ♪
A minute.
She can turn me like the tide ♪
Hey, hey, hey, Jenny.
I actually asked them
to come here and stay with me.
I think Avery is making a play for
the money that Luke and Paige stole.
I saw some stuff in his hotel
room. It doesn't look good.
What did you find?
Let's get into it tomorrow, okay?
Of course.
Hey. Carla.
I think you might need this
more than me tonight.
CARLA: Thanks.
- It's good to see you.
- You too.
- Night, Jenny.
- Night, Em.
Where the pale light flickers ♪
- I'll see you.
- Yeah.
Ripples of time ♪
Following my guided soul ♪
- You okay?
- Oh, gimme those. I got it.
I just don't understand how
we're all gonna fit in there.
What are you talking about? It's fine.
Fine. Look, I'm just
I feel more comfortable having
you here under my roof, okay?
Oh, are we calling the tin can
a roof now?
Whoa. Whoa! She can hear you.
Right there. What's wrong with you?
I belong to the grasslands [LAUGHS]
Wow.
Where the cricket song fills
the clearest skies ♪
My heart longs for
the moon dance, darling ♪
Where the pale light flickers ♪
On the ripples of time ♪
♪♪
[LLOYD CONGER'S "BEER BAR BLUES" PLAYS]
♪♪
Popcorn or peanuts? I got both.
Are you serious?
No salt on the peanuts. Sorry.
About you ♪
♪♪
Just how you broke my heart ♪
[CELLPHONE VIBRATING]
So many times ♪
♪♪
I ain't got no one to hang onto ♪
Where are you? We're waiting.
And where's the money?
Somewhere safe.
This sounds like the start
of a renegotiation.
What I'll need from you
is a larger finder's fee
and an ironclad assurance
of my family's safety.
You think about that
and I'll be in touch.
[BEEP]
[CALL DISCONNECTS]
♪♪
I don't renegotiate.
A deal's a deal.
Track him down. And his family too.
♪♪
♪♪
♪♪
[ENGINE TURNS OFF]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS]
♪♪
♪♪
JENNY: What the hell?
♪♪
♪♪
Mom.
[MUFFLED SCREAMS]
[PANTING]
- [SIGHS]
- [WHIMPERS]
I don't know why you thought
it was a good idea
to stick around.
[SOBBING]
[DOORBELL RINGS]
[WHIMPERS]
♪♪
[MUFFLED SOBS]
[DOORBELL RINGS]
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
CASSIE: Hello?
It's Cassie. I just want to talk.
[DOORBELL RINGS]
[MUFFLED SOBS]
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