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Previously on "the hunting party"...

Truthfully, I took the job to be closer to family.

Dr. Dulles, you have a visitor.

Hi, dad.

This is written by a Dr. Dulles.

Does that name mean anything to you?

Not really.

I mean, I'm pretty sure he was gone before my time.

Just got those satellite images back from my friend.

These are the rescue efforts at the pit.

This is where silo 12 is located.

Why doctor this and not the pit?

What's more top-secret than the pit?

What is out there?

Some secrets are better left buried.

Hey.

Hey, everything cool?

I'm sorry to bother you.

No, no, no, no.

It's no bother.

How can I help you?

I... actually, I hit something on the road,

and I blew a couple tires.

No.

Yeah.

Just up over there.

Yeah.

Did you, call a tow?

I tried.

I just can't get any service.

Yeah.

Yeah, the cell service is, pretty spotty around here.

Yeah.

But you know, you're welcome to... to use my phone.

I don't want to intrude.

No.

Would you maybe just... could you call for me?

Would that be okay?

Sure, dude.

No problem.

Hey, Chuck, it's Arlo.

Or you can get two tins for $39.99.

Yeah. Hey,

I got a dude over here that needs a tow.

Yeah.

Yeah, that's right, 225 rieber road.

You got it.

Okay.

Hey, buddy.

He wants to talk to you.

Thanks.

Hello?

Hello?

The commercial said it could cut through anything.

Let's find out.

Good morning, morales.

Good morning.

Good morning.

Morning.

What cup are you on?

Three.

It's still early.

- Milk, one sugar? - No, I'm good.

I got five hours of broken sleep

on a lumpy motel mattress, so good to go.

You never did need much to recharge.

I always envied that.

I am sure it's taking years off my life,

but it's got its upsides.

Can we talk?

Of course, yeah.

Is everything okay?

Yeah, yeah.

Should I be nervous?

It depends.

I know about silo 12.

Bex, I told you there are certain things that I can't

no, what you told me was the blast at the pit

was no accident.

How was silo 12 involved?

Who's asking, you or hassani?

You want me to trust you, yet you keep stonewalling me.

That's not how trust works.

This isn't about trust.

The hell it's not.

There is so much that you're not telling me,

yet you want my loyalty in return.

It's not a good look, Oliver.

I can't help here if I don't know what I'm dealing with.

I'm trying to protect you.

When it comes to the pit, information is dangerous.

Yeah.

So is being kept in the dark.

There you are.

We got a hit.

But if you could just, give me a call if anything comes up.

And thanks for trying.

Will do.

Let go of me!

This place is a prison.

Ready when you are, sir.

A man named Lucas niles was found washed up

on a riverbank in Missouri.

He's currently in a coma at the local hospital.

DNA taken from under his fingernails matches

a pit inmate named Arlo Brandt.

A compulsive consumer, Brandt suffered

from a psychological condition in which his sense of self was

based solely on his material possessions.

He was a unique case of conspicuous consumption,

as defined by thurston veblen.

Thorstein veblen.

He was a 19th-century sociologist who studied people

who were fixated on material possessions

as a way of elevating their social status.

Only in Brandt's case, he was a home shopper.

He packed his farmhouse with every item

he could buy over the phone.

Screams shopaholic more than serial killer, doesn't it?

Well, initially murder was just

a way to fund his addiction.

He'd booby trap the road to lure

stranded travelers looking for help.

He would kill them, and then he would strip their cars

and sell them for parts on eBay.

But over time, the killing itself became

his ultimate form of consumption.

What's more valuable than a life?

It took four u-hauls to clear out

his possessions, and a dozen coroners

to cart off the corpses.

In the pit, Brandt underwent something called mdt,

or material detachment therapy, a treatment through which

he was denied all possessions of any kind.

Literally nothing?

I guess the idea was if he could control

his urge to possess, then the same could be done

for his urge to kill.

If he was denied all possessions

while incarcerated... well, all stimuli, really

then the outside world is going to overwhelm him.

He's gonna need to self-soothe.

Something tells me that means more than a warm blanket

and a pint of Ben and Jerry's.

All right, let's roll.

Thank you.

Greetings, friend.

I haven't seen you here before.

Are you new to meditation?

No.

I've been refining my practice for many years now.

I commend your strength, brother.

I know that's not easy.

Unclutter your life, unclutter your mind.

Renunciation, the key to inner peace.

It's so rare to find someone who really gets it.

Yes.

Yes, it is.

Unclutter your life, unclutter your mind.

Let me out of here!

Peace lies in simplicity.

I'm starving!

Feed me and I'll feed you.

All growth comes through sacrifice.

The material world is an illusion.

Unclutter your life, unclutter your mind.

Unclutter your life, unclutter your mind.

This is so messed up.

It's Skinner's box.

Odell called it material detachment therapy.

He can call it whatever he wants.

They turned his cell into an operant conditioning box,

like the kind you use for rats.

It creates a reward loop.

And apparently it gets you ripped.

Are those hair clippers?

All right, I'm out.

Did you see how calmly he took those clippers?

Yeah, because he was conditioned to.

You know, in the pit,

this guy was considered a success story.

Yeah, doctors bragged about him like they'd cured cancer.

Well, they can teach him to stay calm in a 9-by-12,

but he's not in a box anymore.

He's in Missouri.

Hey, what's up?

Nope, I got a case of the 2020 cab.

It was on sale!

I cannot say no to a good deal.

Okay. Okay.

Ciao.

Pardon me, ma'am, I think you dropped this hand blender.

No, I don't think so.

Well, it fell from your cart.

Sorry, I didn't buy that.

Well, lucky you.

I guess that means it's free.

Okay.

If you insist.

He's lucky to be alive.

He could wake up any minute, or not at all.

Thanks, doc.

Thank you.

Lucas niles. He's a realtor.

Last seen two days ago showing a five-bedroom mcmansion

about 50 miles from where they found him.

Shins are lashed.

Cuts and bruises on the feet.

I'd say he ran through a few miles of brush

before reaching the river.

And his wrists were bound, too.

Yeah. He was held captive?

Yeah, at least one or two days.

The husband found her cell phone smashed

in a super big buy parking lot.

Well, that's never a good sign.

We tried to hack the cctv, but it's not online.

We're on our way.

And hit those spike strips.

Maybe he's doing the same thing.

No. Random was trained out of him.

By curing him of his obsessive materialism,

the pit armed him with restraint and discipline.

Before, he was content just murdering any driver

who fell into his trap.

But now he is operating with intent.

He is choosing these people.

Real estate agent and a soccer mom who was shopping.

They both have money?

Hey, you said the last place Lucas was seen

before he was abducted was showing a home.

Who was he showing that home to?

You think it was Tracy Miller?

Why would he target Tracy Miller?

Because Arlo doesn't do random anymore.

He found a connection between Lucas niles and Tracy Miller.

The question is, what is that connection?

The name of the client was Gus Morgan,

but I found messages between Lucas niles and Tracy Miller

from the previous day.

Tracy looked at the house before Gus.

Nicely done.

You think that's who Arlo is gonna target next?

We need to know where Gus is right now.

Already on it.

He owns a hardware store in town.

You are 20 minutes away.

[Johnny Nash's "I can see clearly now".

Ain't she a beaut?

18-Gauge lithium ion battery.

Can't keep those puppies on the shelf, let me tell you.

It must be a slow day.

Just means you get my full attention.

It feels really good in the hand, right?

What's your project?

My project?

I mean, what you working on?

Purpose.

Okay.

Right.

Well, it's good for decks and such.

You know, you're not supposed to be

doing that until you buy it.

I have an important question to ask you, big Gus.

Yeah?

You ever stop to ponder

how the things that we own end up owning us?

Hey, dad.

Mom's on her way over, so I'm going to the mall.

Thanks.

You know, why don't you... is this your son?

Easy.

I can see how much he means to you.

We'll do whatever you want.

Just please, don't hurt us.

Don't worry.

I promise the pain will be worth it.

Go. Go.

Signs of a struggle.

No big Gus.

Arlo must have taken him.

Freeze!

Who are you all?

Well, what's happened?

Where's my husband?

Sorry, ma'am, we're with the police.

When's the last time you spoke to your husband?

30 minutes ago.

No.

No, wait.

Of course.

You guys wait for me outside.

I'll be right there.

Come with me. I'll explain everything.

You think Tracy was with Arlo when he came here?

No. He would have taken her,

hidden her, and then come here alone.

Those tires might tell us something

about where he's keeping the victims,

assuming they're still alive.

Okay, let's not go there yet.

Can you get hassani?

Most people come here looking for answers.

He felt like a kindred spirit.

Yeah, that's not the flex you think it is, buddy.

I just mean he wasn't all wrapped up in money and things.

Well, that's weird 'cause it looks like he used

money to buy things from you.

I'm sure it's more than he needed.

Bex, what have you got?

Okay, I think Arlo's keeping his victims alive.

He bought 12 robes.

The question is why.

Let's hope you're right.

There's some stuff from a couple of weeks ago

- you should take a look at. - Okay.

- Send it over. - Morales just did.

Thank you for your help.

What's the latest?

Odell just sent a video of Arlo at the pit.

Good morning, Arlo.

Good morning, doctor.

I'm curious why you chose not to sit in the chair.

The chair feels... Superfluous.

The truth is, we have no choice but to progress.

Grown, that is.

I can see, certainly now, how very sick I was.

Whether it was my environment that made me this way

or just bad wiring,

Please!

And I certainly was... Sick.

My identity was tied up in things

owning, possessing, consuming.

I reduced my value to things that could be bought,

purchased, things that could be held.

The will to access it.

Or, like me...

Be fortunate enough to find someone willing

to create a place where they can find peace and happiness.

He's recreating the pit.

And you are all here

so I can help you with that change,

- Good. - Unclutter your life... good.

Unclutter your mind.

Unclutter your life, unclutter your mind.

Why would someone who escaped a prison want to rebuild it?

Because he's not kidnapping people to kill them.

He's treating them.

By trying to help them with the type of therapy

- he thinks helped him. - Yeah, exactly.

Material detachment therapy worked so well

that Arlo thinks it's the only way

isn't that pretty much everyone?

He's out to teach the world a lesson.

Hey.

He's gonna need someplace secluded.

And close enough to the riverbank.

And a defunct water treatment plant.

Okay. All stark, industrial.

What was that?

He rigged the road.

It's an improvised alarm system.

He knows we're coming.

So much for the element of surprise.

Shh.

Through the door, up those stairs.

Hey, you're okay. I got you.

I got you. Come on.

My son!

Please find my son.

The man who took you, where'd he go?

Up those stairs.

Which way, morales?

I don't know.

He could have gone either way.

He can choose.

Arlo, you do not want to kill him.

You don't know me.

You don't know me!

I do.

Up against the wall, now!

Just got word Lucas niles woke up from his coma.

If he hadn't run off for help,

we would have never gotten to Arlo.

Well, he saved a lot of lives.

I wish we could tell him that.

This is a win, bex, a big one.

But we got bigger things to worry about.

It's not easy to hear,

but your father's condition is progressing.

He needs to be moved somewhere that can

offer a higher level of care.

There's a nursing home with an excellent Alzheimer's ward

in Colorado, and... he needs to be close.

Thank you.

- Shane. - Hey, Betty.

28 silos, 6 of which have been decommissioned.

This one is the pit, and this one... Is silo 12.

The tunnels are all connected.

Only one is the pit, but they're all part

of the same facility.

So what's so special about silo 12?

It's where this all started.

Oliver, where what started?

The prison break.

Just before the blast, I received a phone call.

Do you want to live in the lie?

Or do you want to know the truth?

There was a breach at silo 12.

A breach, okay. By who?

Thank you.

An armed security force.

A dozen men, maybe more.

We need to see silo 12.