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My grandma said you can keep using her shed. She mentioned something about you

building a boat. You know he's only dating that Diana because he can't take

thought of losing you. You're never home?

That's over.

For months now. How's the family? Shelly thinks divorce is for people with more

disposable income.

Cliff Wheeler.

He was the kind of guy that spent a lot of time alone.

Alone in his big office with the door shut.

He spent a lot of time alone at home, too.

At least that's what I heard.

Even though I saw him every day back then, he was kind of a mystery.

But from what I could tell, he didn't seem like the kind of guy that liked

alone.

He seemed like the kind of guy that wanted to be heard.

Seemed like even a, how was your day?

Probably would have gone a long way.

But I never really heard anyone ask him things like that.

We asked him things about budget cuts and protocol.

But that probably only made him feel more like what he already was.

A guy that didn't like being alone.

A guy that wanted someone to ask about his day and care about the answer.

If Cliff Wheeler had somebody like that, well, he probably would have been a

whole new man.

You can sing him again We need to stop

Is it a baby?

Baby, baby, baby.

Weasel. Is it a baby?

Ice, ice baby?

Do something else.

Seriously, the news said no more blackouts. No, I heard this morning that

this heat sticks around, blackouts are imminent. I got some flashlights. Hey,

sit your ass down.

I made this whole blackout kit, and I put it in your cabinet.

I'm going to get us another round.

In case anyone was wondering, it was sweet child of mine. Clearly, I was

child. It looked like a rodent to me.

Hey. He really likes you. I can see it on his face.

Yeah, I really like him too.

Except I hate that he refuses to show me his secret woodshed.

It's a guy thing.

Okay,

that's horribly exclusionary. So I'm going to change the subject to Junie and

how much I psychotically love your dress.

She made it. What?

That's incredible.

My wardrobe's about to get so boring if I get any of these corporate accounting

jobs I'm applying for.

You can be cute on the weekend.

Okay, are we doing this, or... Yes, quick, before he changes his mind.

go! Uh... Movie!

Gotta move your body, bud.

Thumb.

What the hell is that?

Back to the Future. Yes. Yes! Yes! Yes!

I'm impressed.

Thank you.

What the... Need a hand with something?

I forgot my razor. Mary Jo said she'd be right down with one.

Never forget your grooming tools.

Yeah, well, I had a night last night.

Wife, want to talk about it?

I can plug my ears if you want to talk about it. I don't want to talk about it.

Here you go.

Oh, what took you so long?

That's a horrible question to ask someone who just moved heaven and earth

you a grooming tool.

So you know I have to leave for an hour this afternoon.

Dang blackout took out my oven.

You don't know? I know.

Repair guy's coming at 2 .30. I'm hoping he can fix it. Hello, fair co -workers.

Your hair. Oh, my God. You look hot, senorita.

Thank you. My curls kept getting caught in my helmet.

Plus, I re -watched The Working Girl this weekend, and you know how I love me

some type of girl.

If you want to be taken seriously, you need serious hair.

I liked how it was before.

Oh, come on, Cliff.

Get your head out of your ass and give the woman a compliment.

No, it's okay. I don't need it.

What I need from you, sir, is a recommendation.

For what?

Joint Criminal Intelligence Team.

Personnel from FBI, DEA, CID, NIS, sharing information to take down

It's happening in D .C. They're looking for somebody to head it up. Sounds right

up your alley.

How long have you been gone for?

Well, it's a permanent assignment.

What? No, it's okay. You all can come visit me.

Party in the U .S. Capitol.

You're trying to move across the country and you didn't tell me?

Well, I didn't tell her yet either, but she looks pretty stoked.

The thing is, it's a rule.

Hey.

It's not even for sure yet.

You think she's really mad at me?

Yes.

Oh, shit!

It's a hot one, eh?

Power's still out at my place.

Paige woke me up.

Yeah, last night was a blast, man. Oh, Judy sent a gift for Diane, left it in

the trunk. Hey, you hear Vera got a haircut, might be moving to D .C.?

gentlemen. The body is straight east behind the barracks past the tree line.

Your people are already out there.

Victim was ID'd as a 21 -year -old Lance Corporal Natasha Horvitz.

She lived in this building.

Any witnesses?

No. Game warden came upon the body this morning while he was doing his rounds.

What's going on over there?

They call themselves cougar crazy, sir.

You have a hair of number three?

Female cougar lives here in the floodplain.

A couple months ago, a kid wandered off in the area, broke his leg.

Rescuers said they saw this cougar watching over him.

A group of civilian delinquents found the story to be life -altering.

Cat groupies, got it. They get high, pop the fence, try to catch a glimpse of

Mary Poppins.

That's the cat?

Yes, sir. They call her that because she looked after that kid.

The hell are they yelling about?

Sorry, I buried the lead.

The cougar killed your victim.

They don't want it to be euthanized.

We love you, Mary Poppy!

Cougar attacks on humans are rare, but when hunting dries up, they start

up where they don't belong.

No trauma to the neck, though.

Quite the hoopla going on back there. Yeah, those cougar crazies are a bunch

nutjobs. They think female three floats around on an umbrella entertaining kids.

They got zero understanding of territorial behavior.

Doc Sango, Kent Price.

Game warden, how you doing? So, what did you mean about the neck?

Well, you got your telltale dirt and leaves to deter from scavengers, but

coopers suffocate their prey.

They think there'd be trauma around the neck.

Excuse me. Can you help me out? I gotta get to that transformer.

Whoa, hold up. We need to clear the area first. Is there power out here?

Yeah, yeah.

since yesterday.

Hey, is that one of those whatever weather pens they can write in the rain

stuff? Yeah, it is.

They give them out to us. Randy, quit stalling. We need to get them out of

Yeah, I thought maybe if we waited over here, the MPs would get it calmed down.

It's really their purview.

I don't like physical action in the heat. I get rosy real fast.

I think it's calming down.

Got a foreign object inside this wound.

The tip of a knife?

It may be it.

Got two sets of footprints back there.

Possible she was with someone else when she was attacked.

We got a knife here.

It's projecting through the left lung.

Let's flip her.

I got it. I got it.

Handle's broken off.

Could be she was fighting the animal and fell on her knife.

No.

I count three.

Stab them.

She was dead before the cougar got to her.

She's just an animal!

What's going on over there?

We've got to get this area clear!

Please, get these guys out of here. We need to get to the transformer.

We need to get the power out.

Don't let them go, Mary Poppins!

Mary Poppins!

She's way too hot for this!

Yeah!

Should be quiet now.

MP's transported the cougar folks off base.

Hopefully the power will be back on soon.

Natasha said someday her grandkids would show this picture off.

Is there a fourth lady living here? It's just the three of us.

We have the whole floor to ourselves.

We're all in different battalions, but since there's so few women, they put us

together. He knows, Maureen.

Oh.

Gabe, you mind helping Franks and Randy out there going through Natasha's car?

I'm one of you.

I used to bunk over in 21 area.

You guys ever had any problem with any men in the building?

Anyone sneak onto the floor?

Off -color pranks?

Pressuring you in any way.

You know how it is.

But Natasha was tougher than both of us put together.

And really smart.

Yeah. It's the other crossword puzzle.

She was starting a new temporary additional duty.

She was in here all day yesterday prepping for it. What was the

Signal intelligence.

It was all super classified.

They recruited her because her dad was Croatian and she spoke the language.

So she was here in the morning, and then she reported for duty?

She was panicked because her car wouldn't start, but the colonel came to

her up himself.

Lieutenant Colonel Montgomery.

He's the Signal Battalion CO.

We figured she just went home to her mom's after work. We were both in and

all day, but we never saw her come back.

Lieutenant Colonel Casey Montgomery.

According to Natasha's roommates, he picked her up for a new TAD. That was

last they saw her.

Sold. Let's bring them in.

It's not that easy. Colonel Montgomery is heading up a highly classified op

satellites over Europe and the former Soviet Union. With the breakup of

Yugoslavia. Guys in Yugoslavia. No, Mike. I told you.

He picked up our victim from her barracks yesterday. Okay, you ain't

snippy. I wasn't getting snippy. You were just getting snippy on account of

being mad at Vera. I'm not mad at Vera. Sure you are. She's making a lot of

moves without telling you. Boss, the colonel has a lot of connections in a

of high places.

If we question him without giving a heads up to his superior... So you think

we're gonna get blowback for bringing this clown in and Cliff's gonna stomp

around with his little cliff feet? Yeah.

Why don't you just say that to McGiz?

Oh, thank God for the ceiling check.

Don't stop what you're doing.

Just gotta hand this off before I forget.

Is that evidence?

No, no, it's totally non -work related.

Junie made it for Diane.

Junie made this?

For Diane?

Pretty sure that's what the man just said.

I know.

I didn't know Junie and Diane were close enough to exchange handmade clothes. I

mean, that's nice.

Isn't it?

I feel like you're mad about the Vera thing, so I don't know what to say.

Woman's stuff, Broby.

Ain't no right answer.

Come on.

Go run this Yugoslavia crap at the cliff.

Hey, Frank, there you are. I've been looking all over for you. Watch it,

Minute word.

Frank, I got an update relevant to your case.

I received a call from Game Warden Price, and he caught wind of my renowned

at Fish and Wildlife.

Great call. You should tell your mom about it when you get home tonight.

Warden Price has recruited me for his cougar task force.

Once he has eyes on female three, he'll activate me, we'll track her, see if we

can locate any evidence that she might have dragged or buried outside of your

crime scene. Good to know.

If you're looking for Wheeler, he's in the rec room.

Now, Cliff.

I'm not going to pretend to know what's going on with you, but I can't have you

hiding out in here day drinking. I tried to work, but everyone keeps coming into

my office. I need a moment.

Am I not allowed to have a moment, Mary Jo? The hell are you doing in here?

I'm having a moment.

Oh, we'll be quick then, sir. I just need you to clear a path for us to

interview a suspect.

He's one of those big and big shots. His name's Colonel Montgomery.

Hey, I thought the foosball tournament was postponed to next week. It is.

Clifton's in here clearing his head.

Oh, phenomenal. I'll be quick, sir. About that wreck for D .C.

Sir, MPs factored the files on their encounters with these... cougar crazies

lot of them have records and we know they've been hopping the fence getting

trouble with all these marines on base you're saying the colonel isn't our only

suspect you can spin it like that when you make your phone call sir the game

warden's office just couriered this over i need your signature here and here to

officially place me on the cougar task okay back in the line carl i was here

first oh is this about the dc thing i said i was no you didn't okay

Let's give Cliff a minute. Go upstairs, form a line, he'll meet you up there.

Can

I

please have a moment with my Rob Roy?

My wife of 17 years is divorcing me for prick's sake.

Hey!

Everyone out! here, get that?

I've become a statistic.

I'm getting a freaking divorce.

Congrats on the cougar task force, Carl.

Okay, good time. Things are happening.

Colonel's on his way in. Got a few more files and a super secret job. Hey, am I

the only one that can't stop thinking about the look on Wheeler's face?

You think he was having a great time? I've never seen one in real life before.

Well, at least he set it up to bring in the colonel before he left. He didn't go

home well anyway, you know. I heard Mary Jo used like a Jake the Snake DDT kind

of move to get him into the taxi. She quit, shut the door.

Hey, if you two boys can't work quietly, I'm going to have to ask you to get the

hell out. Can we bring the big fan with us?

No, Randolph.

Colonel encouraged Natasha Horvat to be a cryptographer.

They were gathering intel on the conflict in the former Yugoslavia.

Op was called Iron Phantom. How are you getting that? The only thing that's not

redacted on mine was the colonel was a hero in Grenada 83.

You think someone could have killed her because she knew too much? After one day

on the job.

How'd you come to know Lance Corporal Horvat?

I screened her myself when she was in basic SIGINT training.

Fluency in server creation is a rarity.

She was a bright kid.

Her proficiency marks were exemplary.

It didn't hurt that she was a woman.

Different perspectives are valuable to my team.

It's for your new operation, Iron Phantom?

Classified, yes.

It was her check -in day.

What exactly are y 'all into over there?

Signal intelligence.

The amount I can share is in the files.

That don't amount much, does it?

Why'd you pick her up at a barracks? She called my office at 0800 because her

car wouldn't start.

I offered to give her a lift.

You drove her home, too?

Affirmative. About 1830.

When she got out of the car, she started talking to someone outside.

Male.

Civilian clothes, short brown hair.

Six foot, give or take.

She knew him? She seemed to. She was smiling at him.

Where'd you go after you dropped her off?

Temecula. I got back this morning at 0700.

What's in Temecula?

Classified.

Anyone verify that you were there?

No, I went alone.

Oh, just stay there, Colonel.

I dropped Lance Corporal Horvat at her barracks.

She started talking to a young man.

That's your lead.

I suggest you follow it.

You're home early.

I made an ass of myself at the office.

Mary Jo put me in a taxi.

You okay?

What if I stop seeing him?

I did it once. I can do it again.

Noah Oakley isn't the problem here.

Cliff, you know I'm right.

No, it's just, um... I've never heard you say his name before, so that makes

it real.

Listen to me.

This isn't the end of the world.

Our son will be fine.

I will be fine.

And so will you.

People will talk.

They'll ask questions.

What will I say?

I love you so much, but I can't take that on anymore.

I need to go in early tomorrow.

Sensitive case.

Some big shot colonel's a suspect.

You know how it goes.

I'm telling you, I know the colonel was weird about his alibi, but any one of

these cougar people was crazy enough to kill somebody.

Uh -huh.

Look at this.

This woman was a kindergarten teacher. She was responsible for shaping the

of America.

assaulted an MP with her hiking stick because they told her she couldn't hop

fence to chase a mountain lion.

I thought the colonel said your victim was talking to a guy, not a lady. He

Brown hair, six foot. That's what I'm looking for.

Oh, Lord, not again.

Can I tell you what happened with my oven?

Vera's here.

Seriously? Oh, yeah.

I invited you both so you could smooth things over.

Didn't know you'd be here.

I invited you both so you could smooth things over.

No, no need. I'm good.

Yeah, I'm good, too.

Well, that's a load of BS, but let me tell you about my oven.

Rebecca. I was supposed to go and meet the repair guy, but then when Cliff had

his breakdown, I felt like I couldn't leave the office. I don't know. So I

called my neighbor.

I said to her, Lonnie, just tell him to fix it. Guess what he did?

He took out the whole damn thing and trashed it.

Now I got to get a brand new oven.

Yeah.

Hey, you know Lala hurt me too, not being happy for me, right? But this, I

take this. All right, thank you.

There was a cougar sighting.

Carl is abandoning night duty so he can do his task force thing.

So I got to take over.

I'll see you guys later.

Sorry, honey. I tried.

I could. You'd better punch me in the face.

Carl!

You can go now. I'm here.

Carl!

What took you so long?

Oh, my God.

What?

I like your hat. It's all fun and games until someone gets mauled by a cougar

because they weren't properly outfitted.

I hit my head.

I need help.

You're one of those cougar advocates, right?

Look what I found.

It's from the night they killed that girl.

Even the news said that it was a person that killed her, not a lion.

Set it down on the desk and raise your hands for me, okay?

No, no, I found it.

Look,

look. I found it in the dirt.

You can't kill Mary Poppins' cat.

She didn't do anything wrong. Put it down on the deck. No one is going to

that cougar.

I promise.

You're lying.

You're lying.

You're lying. You're lying. Put it down.

Slide the gun to me!

Slide it!

She's just a cat. She didn't do anything wrong.

On your stomach now!

I found y 'all that knife handle. You should be thanking me.

Whoa, okay.

Shut the door. If you're trying to ward off predators, Corky's bread is already

gone.

You hear what happened with Lala last night?

No, what?

One of those cougar crazies showed up with a bleeding head and the handle from

murder weapon.

Then he pulled a gun. He accused her of wanting to kill the cougar. The cop run

it. Next thing you know, pop!

He fired three rounds into a filing cabinet.

And what?

What happened?

She neutralizes him without incident. Also, the power was out, so it was a

scary deal.

I can't believe she didn't tell you.

Is she okay?

Yeah. Oh, wait.

She didn't tell you because she's still upset you didn't share your DC dream

with her?

DC's not even for sure yet, okay? I'm still waiting for the right time to get

Wheeler to recommend me.

Is he back yet, or is he still having his divorce meltdown?

You know what? Never mind.

Leave me be.

Copy.

Lala, Vera's in the kitchen if you want to tell her what happened last night.

Night handles with forensics.

Cooler crazy from last night is on an involuntary psych hold. His name is Huck

Crawley. It doesn't match the colonel's description of the guy I bet was talking

to Natasha, but it's all right. Check.

We saw this guy at the crime scene. He was screaming about Mary Poppins. Yeah,

think he was pissed off at men.

We happened to find the knife handle, and he loves that cat an unhealthy

You guys!

Come on, I've had crazier nights than last night.

The apple butter lotion is the best.

Who did this? Sorry, this is for Junie.

It's from Diane. Thank you for the dress.

That's nice.

We confirmed the colonel's alibi.

Classified red tape, boss. We're waiting on some calls back.

I spoke to Horvath's bunkmates. None of them saw anyone that looked like the guy

the colonel described.

Dominguez, you were a lady marine. Let's work that angle.

Remember what I taught you, Mike? You don't say lady marine or woman marine.

We're just marine.

Right, but I'm asking to get inside the lady marine's head.

Suppose we believe the colonel. Who was she talking to when he dropped her off?

You think I'm psychic?

Women's intuition, Dominguez. You got some of that or not?

That was Phil.

He's got something.

What, he's not here?

I keep a more serious tone in the lab. I'm asking you both to adhere to that,

please. Last time he was out of town, you kind of lost your marbles.

He isn't out of town. He is down the hall in the biohazard lab processing the

ungodly amount of cougar feces that Carl dropped off from his tracking

expedition. Can he take a shower before he comes back in here?

Bigger concerns should be your evidence, don't you think, Leroy? Here, put these

on. Take a look.

As you can see, the handle that your cougar enthusiast dropped off pairs with

the murder weapon.

Brake pattern matches exactly.

Those goggles look ridiculous on you, by the way. Yeah, I know.

Pulling Prince off the handle.

Negative. Thing was smudged to hell.

I'll be Woodrow.

Yeah. What is up, y 'all?

Daddy -O is in the scat room.

You get it?

Scat like cougar dung, but also... Yeah, we got it, Woody. Do you have

something?

Okay. Sir Philip, I'm sensing you're in there trying to do your serious tone.

Great. Listen, I just finished digging through this big old pile of poop.

I can definitely confirm that this cat ingested pieces of your dead marine.

You want specifics?

We're good.

Okie dokie. I'm gonna head to showers then. Oh, did you show them the thing,

Phil? No, because you said you wanted to talk to them about it.

No, I didn't want to talk to them. I just wanted to do the scatting, like

perfectly to when you toss it to them. Ready?

When he pulled that out of the cougar excrement.

We've sanitized it, for God's sake.

What's the challenge going on?

America's Battalion, 1983.

Grenada. That's the same unit Colonel Montgomery served in.

This is his coin.

That puts me at the scene.

Mike! You're back. Good for you. So you know, I'll be observing your

interrogation of the colonel. You're afraid I'll flip a table and ruffle some

fancy feathers? These folks are still bugging you in your office.

Both.

Look, we got evidence on the guy. Just don't flip the table, all right?

Hey, Cliff.

Yeah?

You know, when Tish left, everyone thought it was Gary Callahan that got me

through.

There's truth to that, sure.

What also kept me going was knowing that even though it was over, it mattered.

The memories, they mean something.

I had nothing to take that away.

You and Tish broke up?

Mike, you want some company in there?

Yeah, let's go.

Lieutenant Colonel Montgomery, how you doing?

Confused to be... Sir?

You need the room to hide out? I can watch the tape later.

Okay.

Because of all that, I ain't gonna BS you.

Turned up at the crime scene.

I understand how this looks.

Did you have an interest in Lance Corporal Horvath beyond a professional

No. I gave her this coin as a gift. She was feeling out of her depth on the

project. I had very similar doubts back in Granada.

You gave her this coin to make her feel part of the team.

It said you asked for her. It said you picked her because she was a woman.

It seemed like you had a real special... Is this how he usually gets before he

flips the table?

Hey.

Bartender from Campion's Pub called in a tip. Said he saw someone matching

Natasha's description there two nights ago drinking with a guy.

They share it with her? Yeah.

Close and description matched.

Hey, is this escalating? Because I think it's escalating. Insinuating. I have.

I've answered every question. You were nowhere near Temecula. You were here, on

base, killing that girl.

Negative, sir.

I dropped her off at 1830.

Colonel Montgomery, look at me.

With this new evidence, we got clearance to look at the schedule for every

sensitive mission occurring on base this month.

There were no classified happenings in Temecula two nights ago.

I dropped Lance Corporal Horvath off at 1830.

She was very much alive and talking to the man I described.

I drove straight from Pendleton to Temecula.

I stayed at the Gardenia Motel.

He's lying.

We would have said that before.

Can anyone verify that?

The motel can.

I stayed in room 228 all night.

The room was rented out to an Alex Vernon.

You made up a bogus mission because she was married?

No.

Alexander Vernon.

I was with him all night.

He's saying you're gay.

I'm saying Alex can vouch for me.

I did not see that coming.

Mary Jo, get me General Alvin Jeffers on the phone. I need to make a report of

misconduct.

I told you to get me Jeffers. I know what you told me.

I'm not doing it.

You have no idea what's going on here, Mary Jo. Oh, I got an idea, honey.

Believe me.

If you report the colonel for being gay, he could be discharged.

His homosexuality makes him vulnerable to blackmail. It's a potential security

risk. He could lose his benefits.

I know that. He could lose everything. I said I know that. Yeah, well, it seems

like you forgot.

This isn't your concern, Mary Jo.

Go back down to your desk, please, and get me General Jeffers on the phone.

No.

I know about you, Cliff.

And I'm not going to let you do this.

You know what about me?

I know about you.

I know about you and Noah Oakley.

And I know you're standing there thinking the same thing I am.

What if that were you in the colonel's shoes?

Barrett could strip you of your security clearance.

He could take your job.

And I don't know if you think you have some sort of duty to report this man, or

maybe you think you've got something to prove.

But if you do this, Cliff, you'd never forgive yourself.

I can't stand by and let that happen.

This conversation is over. Cliff, I told you to get me Jeffers, and that is an

order. So for once in your life, stop doling out unsolicited advice in rooms

that are above your station and do your job.

I'm going to walk out of here and I'm going to keep this whole place running

because that's the job I do here.

But I tell you what, Cliff, you can dial your own damn phone.

Alexander Vernon confirmed he was with the colonel all night. Yeah, hotel

receptionist put him there, too. His alibi checks. He didn't kill Natasha.

Article 125 says homosexual conduct should be reported.

Colonel's alibi check.

Yeah, boss.

Yeah. All right.

Whether or not he gets reported for being a little light in the loafers,

above our pay grade.

Let's get cracking. What do y 'all tell me who killed our lady marine?

Uh, just...

Marine boss. You know what I mean. Colonel's off the table. Who could have

this? Bartender from Champions was right.

Natasha was definitely there the night she died.

I spoke with the whole staff.

Three of them are drinking at a table with a white guy.

Mid to late 20s. Brown hair. Could be the same guy the colonels are talking to

outside her barracks.

The bar back remembered cleaning this off the table at the end of the night.

Who does thinking games at a bar?

Natasha liked crosswords.

She had a bunch in her locker.

You dig this up from the pub trash?

Yeah. It was traumatic, but I found this, too.

The bar back that he was pretty sure that was on Natasha's table. If her and

this guy were doing the puzzle together, maybe we can pull his print off it.

Is that a whatever weather pen?

Public Works Department gives you boys all them pens you need, huh?

So y 'all can write whatever weather?

Hands on your head.

Oh, hell.

It'll be mine.

Nope.

Public Works Department employee Willem Banks was apprehended by our agents

earlier today.

We searched his truck, found blood evidence.

He then confessed to the murder of Lance Corporal Horvat.

According to his statement, he saw Horvat outside her barracks earlier in

day. He was working there on the Transformer. He returned later that

ask her out for a drink. On the way to the bar, she saw a newspaper in my car.

She started joking around and doing the crossword puzzle. We finished it

together in the bar.

He drove her home, wanted more than a kiss goodnight.

He fought him.

He dumped her body out there like it was nothing.

Shared her whole life, ate her up.

Sir, I'm aware NIS can very well report me and initiate Article 125, Proceedings

for Homosexual Conduct.

Lieutenant Colonel, you have spent the past two and a half decades serving this

country with honor, and your assistance in this investigation was invaluable.

I have no intention of destroying your career or your life.

Frankly, I'd never forgive myself.

Thank you, Special Agent Wheeler.

Your discretion won't be forgotten.

You headed home?

Yeah. Doing something with Diane tonight.

I think I was supposed to plan it.

You know that note she put in the gift basket?

It really meant a lot to Jeannie.

Seriously, it got her super inspired with the whole dressmaking thing.

Really? Yeah, she's thinking about designing something to sell now.

And I always told her she should do it, but I don't know.

Something about the way Diane says stuff, man.

She's a keeper.

See you tomorrow?

Yeah, see you tomorrow.

It's supposed to be a fancy lotion basket, but I didn't have time to go to

mall. It's all the ones I had in my apartment.

Oh, yes. SPF 15. That's awesome.

She brought lotion here on the side, too. Oh, no.

That's probably Grace.

It's my popcorn bowl.

It's a really good bowl.

No, it looks like a phenomenal bowl.

Listen. I really hope you get that D .C. thing.

They'd be idiots to not have you head that up.

No. No va a pasar.

Por qué?

I typed up this whole thing, you know, for Wheeler to say when he was

recommending me, and I'm standing there, and I'm handing him the paper, and then

I think, the hell would I want to leave here for?

I could set up my own NIS intelligence team with better coordination between

Pendleton and Los Angeles and whomever, and I...

I'm so glad you're staying.

I spent a lot of my time alone.

Alone in my kitchen, eating dinner.

Alone in my basement, building a boat. Oh, my God.

Your secret woodshed?

I thought it was a guy thing.

Changed my mind.

You spend a lot of your time alone.

You get used to it.

If you're not careful, it starts to become a habit.

This is Director Harlan.

Hello, Director. This is Cliff Wheeler, Special Agent in Charge at NIS

Pendleton. I understand you're leading the search for a candidate to head up

Joint Criminal Intelligence Team. I am.

You got someone for me? I do.

But not from my office, actually. Someone at the Bureau.

I think that Special Agent Noah Oakley would serve you well. We have worked

together for years, and I've seen him grow into an outstanding leader.

No one from the West Coast has thrown their hat in the ring.

You think he has any interest in relocating to D .C.? Perhaps he could be

convinced. Well, I'd have to run it by myself. Things are simpler when you're

alone.

You got nothing to lose.

So you push people away until they leave.

Or you go someplace no one can follow, like the middle of Alaska.

Seat taken.

I decided not to report the car.

Yeah, I'm aware.

I discreetly made Team Franks aware, too.

They were glad to hear it.

I don't know if you heard, but the repair guy trashed my oven before

my daddy died.

He taught me every recipe he knew on that old thing.

I know an oven is insignificant in the scheme of things, but I

didn't want to let it go.

Mary Jo.

Nothing about you is insignificant.

And anyone who kicks you out of their office is a damn fool.

Think about all those hours in the kitchen with my daddy.

They were sacred.

Whatever we said in there stayed between us.

We could be ourselves.

No judgment.

No worries.

He taught me how to be like that.

When it comes to you, I'm the only one who knows.

And I don't see why that ever had to change.

Unless you wanted to.

You want to order food?

My oven doesn't get here till Friday. Yeah.

Smitty, can we get a couple of menus?

You betcha. I learned to like being alone.

Or maybe that's just the thing I tell myself until someone shows up to share a

steak by the fire.