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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.