1 00:00:36,080 --> 00:00:39,004 And so, we come to perhaps the bloodiest chapter 2 00:00:39,080 --> 00:00:42,527 in the long and violent history of the Midwest region. 3 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:46,441 And here I'm speaking of Luverne, Minnesota, 1979, 4 00:00:46,720 --> 00:00:48,882 commonly referred to by laypeople 5 00:00:48,960 --> 00:00:51,440 as the Massacre at Sioux Falls. 6 00:00:51,880 --> 00:00:53,405 Readers will know that I've chosen 7 00:00:53,480 --> 00:00:55,642 to file this case as a Minnesota crime 8 00:00:55,880 --> 00:00:57,166 even though most of the murders 9 00:00:57,240 --> 00:00:59,641 took place in North and then South Dakota. 10 00:00:59,840 --> 00:01:03,686 But I believe the key to understanding this complex and nuanced crime 11 00:01:03,760 --> 00:01:07,287 is to look at the butcher and small-town beautician at its center. 12 00:01:07,360 --> 00:01:09,249 Ed and Peggy Blumquist 13 00:01:09,440 --> 00:01:14,571 were just 29 years old on the night their lives changed forever. 14 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:52,761 Not much is known about Ohanzee Dent. 15 00:02:57,080 --> 00:02:58,605 We have no birth certificate, 16 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:02,401 no tribal or family history. 17 00:03:04,200 --> 00:03:06,123 He was the Gerhardts' man, 18 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:09,408 or he had been, until... 19 00:03:09,480 --> 00:03:11,687 Jesus Christ, ya mongrel. 20 00:03:12,560 --> 00:03:15,769 Just shoot these two and get me to a goddamn hospital. 21 00:04:09,760 --> 00:04:10,966 So, this is what all the fuss is about? 22 00:04:11,160 --> 00:04:12,161 Yes, sir. 23 00:04:12,400 --> 00:04:14,164 Blumquist, Mr. and Mrs. 24 00:04:14,560 --> 00:04:17,370 Took flight from Minnesota two days past. 25 00:04:18,760 --> 00:04:20,000 They don't look like much. 26 00:04:21,800 --> 00:04:23,131 You don't look like much. 27 00:04:24,640 --> 00:04:25,880 We're realized. 28 00:04:26,840 --> 00:04:27,921 What? What's she sayin'? 29 00:04:28,280 --> 00:04:29,406 Says she realized somethin'. 30 00:04:29,880 --> 00:04:30,881 Realized what? 31 00:04:31,320 --> 00:04:32,560 That you're up a tree without a paddle? 32 00:04:32,640 --> 00:04:34,369 It's a tri-state deal here, J.C. 33 00:04:34,560 --> 00:04:35,971 We're talkin' bodies for miles. 34 00:04:36,200 --> 00:04:38,282 Not just some dead hooligan in a cabin. 35 00:04:38,720 --> 00:04:39,721 It's a goddamn shootin' war. 36 00:04:39,840 --> 00:04:41,330 Yeah, I know. We got 'em, too. 37 00:04:41,480 --> 00:04:42,527 Organized crime? 38 00:04:43,040 --> 00:04:45,486 What the heck are you doing here with. . . With that one? 39 00:04:45,840 --> 00:04:48,047 The eldest Gerhardt boy, Dodd? 40 00:04:48,360 --> 00:04:50,601 He came to the house after Peggy 41 00:04:50,680 --> 00:04:53,047 and she knocked him on his ass. 42 00:04:54,360 --> 00:04:55,771 So, I thought 43 00:04:55,840 --> 00:04:59,208 maybe trade him back to the family and make a deal for us to go. 44 00:04:59,720 --> 00:05:00,767 A fresh start. 45 00:05:01,520 --> 00:05:02,601 We're on a journey. 46 00:05:03,240 --> 00:05:04,321 Can we just... 47 00:05:05,760 --> 00:05:08,650 While we're skippin' down memory lane, here, 48 00:05:08,720 --> 00:05:11,291 it's worth notin' that the Gerhardt Indian is out there free, 49 00:05:11,360 --> 00:05:12,885 probably callin' for reinforcements. 50 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:14,650 So, if I were us... 51 00:05:14,720 --> 00:05:15,687 I stabbed him. 52 00:05:15,760 --> 00:05:16,761 ...I'd get them outta here. 53 00:05:16,840 --> 00:05:19,127 Or cover 'em in bacon and leave 'em for the dogs. 54 00:05:19,200 --> 00:05:20,201 I stabbed him! 55 00:05:20,360 --> 00:05:21,361 The Indian. 56 00:05:21,920 --> 00:05:24,844 He wanted a haircut and I stabbed him with the scissors. 57 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:28,001 In the back. 58 00:05:30,440 --> 00:05:32,761 Boy, she makes us look like the gang 59 00:05:32,840 --> 00:05:34,763 that can't shoot straight, doesn't she? 60 00:05:35,080 --> 00:05:36,081 Our beautician. 61 00:05:36,640 --> 00:05:38,529 It's worth mentionin', you know, 62 00:05:38,600 --> 00:05:40,204 in the spirit of full disclosure, 63 00:05:43,200 --> 00:05:44,201 my plan, 64 00:05:44,920 --> 00:05:45,921 it worked. 65 00:05:46,600 --> 00:05:47,840 I made a deal for Dodd. 66 00:05:47,920 --> 00:05:49,410 With, what, the Gerhardts? 67 00:05:49,720 --> 00:05:51,768 No, they wouldn't. 68 00:05:51,840 --> 00:05:53,604 They said they weren't interested. 69 00:05:54,600 --> 00:05:56,329 Well, that's what they told me. 70 00:05:57,440 --> 00:05:58,965 So, I called Kansas City. 71 00:05:59,040 --> 00:06:00,041 You did what? 72 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:02,407 I spoke to this fella, Milligan, 73 00:06:02,480 --> 00:06:03,970 and he said he'd protect us 74 00:06:04,400 --> 00:06:05,561 if we gave him Dodd. 75 00:06:06,080 --> 00:06:08,447 So, have a meeting set at 8:00 a.m. 76 00:06:08,520 --> 00:06:09,521 Where? 77 00:06:10,640 --> 00:06:11,641 Sioux Falls. 78 00:06:11,880 --> 00:06:12,961 They're comin' here? 79 00:06:13,840 --> 00:06:15,569 Yes, sir. To the Motor Motel. 80 00:06:16,720 --> 00:06:19,166 We need to get these two into custody now. Where's the nearest precinct? 81 00:06:38,040 --> 00:06:39,041 Tell 'em. 82 00:06:40,320 --> 00:06:43,051 We can't vouch for the safety of the precinct, is the thing. 83 00:06:43,520 --> 00:06:45,443 What kinda chicken shit outfit you runnin' here, J.C.? 84 00:06:45,520 --> 00:06:46,521 Zip it. 85 00:06:46,640 --> 00:06:47,846 I don't drive to your backyard 86 00:06:47,920 --> 00:06:49,604 and talk about how all your heads are flat. 87 00:06:49,720 --> 00:06:51,484 What does that mean, you can't vouch for the safety? 88 00:06:51,800 --> 00:06:53,165 We got graft, I'm sayin'. 89 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:54,840 Money changes hands. 90 00:06:55,480 --> 00:06:57,369 Used to be Gerhardt money, now it's Kansas City. 91 00:06:58,120 --> 00:06:59,531 - Corruption. - Allegedly. 92 00:07:00,320 --> 00:07:01,321 But... 93 00:07:01,440 --> 00:07:02,965 Well, you bring these two into custody 94 00:07:03,040 --> 00:07:05,168 can't guarantee they won't hear about it down in Kansas City. 95 00:07:05,400 --> 00:07:08,006 And you know they'll send, like, an army. 96 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:09,645 So, we take 'em north, 97 00:07:09,720 --> 00:07:11,848 some place where people got their heads on straight. 98 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:13,001 My state. 99 00:07:13,440 --> 00:07:14,521 My prisoners. 100 00:07:15,200 --> 00:07:17,362 Well, wherever we're takin' 'em, we need to go soon. 101 00:07:17,680 --> 00:07:19,569 I've been under siege once this week. Not really interested... 102 00:07:19,640 --> 00:07:20,687 There's a third way. 103 00:07:21,280 --> 00:07:22,361 We wire the redhead, 104 00:07:23,360 --> 00:07:25,601 send him into the meetin' with this Milligan fella, 105 00:07:25,680 --> 00:07:27,205 get the conspiracy on tape. 106 00:07:27,880 --> 00:07:29,530 If we're lucky, we bust the whole operation. 107 00:07:29,680 --> 00:07:30,727 No. 108 00:07:33,400 --> 00:07:34,401 Son, I'm lookin' around 109 00:07:34,480 --> 00:07:36,448 and you're outranked here nine ways to Sunday. 110 00:07:38,720 --> 00:07:40,722 You can't... These two? You saw 'em. 111 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:43,003 Well, they're doin' better than us, so far. 112 00:07:44,400 --> 00:07:45,811 Yeah, okay, through blind luck. 113 00:07:45,880 --> 00:07:47,644 They're not up to... Believe me. Wearin' a wire? 114 00:07:47,720 --> 00:07:50,326 They'll make the effort if they think it'll keep 'em off death row. 115 00:07:50,600 --> 00:07:52,841 Look, I've met this Milligan fella. It's not amateur hour. 116 00:07:52,920 --> 00:07:53,967 He gets one whiff 117 00:07:54,040 --> 00:07:56,042 and Ed's dead before the time it takes to blow your nose. 118 00:07:56,440 --> 00:07:58,966 Thought you were Gary Cooper. 119 00:07:59,080 --> 00:08:00,684 Turns out you're Betty LaPlage. 120 00:08:00,880 --> 00:08:02,120 Say that again. All right, look. 121 00:08:02,960 --> 00:08:05,088 You brought your shit to town, son. 122 00:08:05,480 --> 00:08:06,845 I'm just tryin' to clean it up. 123 00:08:07,200 --> 00:08:09,646 And I say we squeeze the lemons we got 124 00:08:09,720 --> 00:08:12,200 and use the juice to catch these big fish. 125 00:08:12,800 --> 00:08:14,006 So, get with the program. 126 00:08:22,400 --> 00:08:23,447 Kid. 127 00:08:23,880 --> 00:08:25,928 Listen to me, they're gonna offer you a deal, okay? 128 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:27,001 Son. Don't take it. 129 00:08:27,080 --> 00:08:28,844 Tell 'em you want a lawyer. Make them take you into custody. 130 00:08:28,920 --> 00:08:30,843 What do you care? I'm responsible for you. 131 00:08:30,920 --> 00:08:33,366 We don't need your conscience. You're half the reason we're in this mess! 132 00:08:33,440 --> 00:08:34,487 Look, you're not ready for this. 133 00:08:34,560 --> 00:08:35,607 Trooper, not another word. 134 00:08:35,680 --> 00:08:37,170 You are not up to the task. 135 00:08:37,240 --> 00:08:39,004 This is a war. Don't you get it? 136 00:08:39,120 --> 00:08:41,361 I'm responsible for you and you're breathing because of me. 137 00:08:41,440 --> 00:08:42,521 I can't just leave you behind. 138 00:08:42,600 --> 00:08:43,647 Son! 139 00:08:44,200 --> 00:08:45,326 You're turfed. 140 00:08:45,640 --> 00:08:47,722 Now, pack your shit and get outta here, 141 00:08:47,800 --> 00:08:50,610 or my boys are gonna show you what a South Dakota necktie feels like. 142 00:08:51,960 --> 00:08:53,007 I'm goin'. 143 00:08:53,800 --> 00:08:54,847 You've been lucky. 144 00:08:55,400 --> 00:08:56,640 That luck's gonna run out. 145 00:08:57,640 --> 00:08:58,801 This is on you! 146 00:09:06,960 --> 00:09:08,450 That went wrong in a hurry. 147 00:09:09,200 --> 00:09:10,201 You comin'? 148 00:09:12,960 --> 00:09:13,961 No. 149 00:09:15,400 --> 00:09:17,641 Good to have at least one grownup here, don't you think? 150 00:09:20,640 --> 00:09:21,801 I'm gonna call my boss. 151 00:09:22,400 --> 00:09:25,324 See if he can stop this madness on a bureaucratic level. 152 00:09:26,520 --> 00:09:27,646 Worth a shot. 153 00:09:29,200 --> 00:09:30,645 This thing's officially outta control. 154 00:09:47,080 --> 00:09:50,289 You two are in the shit just about past your eyes. 155 00:09:54,360 --> 00:09:55,441 Yeah. 156 00:09:57,320 --> 00:09:58,845 But there's a rope in my hand. 157 00:10:01,400 --> 00:10:02,526 Okay. 158 00:10:02,600 --> 00:10:03,647 Do you want the rope? 159 00:10:03,880 --> 00:10:06,326 Yeah, we'll take all the help we can get. 160 00:10:07,160 --> 00:10:08,241 Good. 161 00:10:09,040 --> 00:10:11,407 Gonna let you have your meeting with Kansas City. 162 00:10:11,960 --> 00:10:13,246 Gonna put a wire on you. 163 00:10:16,080 --> 00:10:17,081 What's that? 164 00:10:17,160 --> 00:10:18,207 A recordin' device, son. 165 00:10:18,280 --> 00:10:19,281 Are you stupid? 166 00:10:19,360 --> 00:10:20,361 Hey! 167 00:10:21,320 --> 00:10:24,688 Look, you get these Kansas City boys to impugn themselves on tape, 168 00:10:25,640 --> 00:10:29,087 and I'll talk to the D.A. about pleadin' you out on lesser charges. 169 00:10:33,960 --> 00:10:35,485 Well, I want it in writin'. 170 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:44,130 Meanwhile, at the crossroads separating Minnesota from South Dakota, 171 00:10:44,720 --> 00:10:47,291 a different kind of betrayal was taking place. 172 00:10:47,360 --> 00:10:49,442 Yes, sir, I do think that sounds strange. 173 00:10:49,720 --> 00:10:53,486 Mike Milligan, the low-level enforcer for the Kansas City Mafia, 174 00:10:53,560 --> 00:10:55,289 was playing a dangerous game. 175 00:10:55,840 --> 00:10:58,605 Just hours earlier, he had been targeted for execution, 176 00:10:58,720 --> 00:11:01,610 but he had turned the tables on his killers. 177 00:11:05,960 --> 00:11:07,291 Well, they never showed up. 178 00:11:07,440 --> 00:11:09,522 And now, in a desperate gambit... 179 00:11:09,600 --> 00:11:12,410 I'm on my way, me and my man, 180 00:11:13,200 --> 00:11:15,168 to collect the eldest Gerhardt male. 181 00:11:15,360 --> 00:11:19,763 He sought to rout the Gerhardt family once and for all. 182 00:11:21,240 --> 00:11:22,685 That's right. Dodd Gerhardt. 183 00:11:25,120 --> 00:11:26,201 That's what I was thinking. 184 00:11:26,400 --> 00:11:27,367 Grab him up, 185 00:11:27,440 --> 00:11:28,680 see if we can't end things this minute, 186 00:11:28,760 --> 00:11:30,967 tonight, with a trade or ambush. 187 00:11:36,320 --> 00:11:37,446 Well, thank you, sir. 188 00:11:38,400 --> 00:11:39,526 I won't let you down. 189 00:13:15,480 --> 00:13:16,481 Finished. 190 00:13:18,040 --> 00:13:19,166 That's a beauty. 191 00:13:19,720 --> 00:13:21,051 Go show your mom. 192 00:13:27,400 --> 00:13:31,883 Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's hurrying 193 00:13:32,240 --> 00:13:35,801 She's catching the nine 'o' clock train. 194 00:13:35,880 --> 00:13:36,927 Mommy? 195 00:13:38,240 --> 00:13:42,689 Sylvia's mother says, "Take your umbrella, 196 00:13:43,640 --> 00:13:48,089 "'Cause Sylvie it's starting to rain." 197 00:13:49,040 --> 00:13:54,251 And Sylvia's mother says, "Thank you for calling 198 00:13:54,600 --> 00:13:59,083 "And sir won't you come back again?" 199 00:14:00,440 --> 00:14:03,683 And the operator says, 200 00:14:03,760 --> 00:14:10,291 "Forty cents more, for the next three minutes." 201 00:14:10,880 --> 00:14:14,566 Please Mrs. Avery 202 00:14:14,640 --> 00:14:18,531 I've just got to talk to her 203 00:14:18,600 --> 00:14:21,968 I'll only keep her a while 204 00:14:23,560 --> 00:14:26,484 Please Mrs. Avery 205 00:14:26,560 --> 00:14:30,451 I just want to tell her goodbye. 206 00:14:33,640 --> 00:14:36,723 Tell her goodbye 207 00:16:09,840 --> 00:16:11,046 Clerk's dead inside. 208 00:16:11,400 --> 00:16:12,401 Car keys are gone, 209 00:16:12,480 --> 00:16:15,086 looks like there's a red Eldorado missin' from the parkin' lot here, 210 00:16:15,200 --> 00:16:16,281 so, you should put out an APB. 211 00:16:16,360 --> 00:16:18,601 Sir, I'm supposed to escort you outta state. 212 00:16:20,680 --> 00:16:22,045 No, son, 213 00:16:22,120 --> 00:16:23,281 this fella that killed the clerk, 214 00:16:23,360 --> 00:16:26,648 he is wanted in conjunction with a double-digit number of homicides. 215 00:16:28,400 --> 00:16:30,562 Yeah, I don't know about that. 216 00:16:31,200 --> 00:16:33,248 But Captain Cheney's real scary, so... 217 00:16:33,760 --> 00:16:35,842 I'm gonna have to ask you to get in your prowler 218 00:16:35,960 --> 00:16:37,803 and I'm gonna follow you to the state line. 219 00:16:54,760 --> 00:16:56,569 Car nine, come in. Over. 220 00:16:57,520 --> 00:16:58,601 Go for Schmidt. 221 00:16:59,280 --> 00:17:03,046 I got a Minnesota State cop on the line lookin' for Sheriff Larsson. 222 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:06,240 Okay. Put him through. 223 00:17:08,080 --> 00:17:09,923 Listen, he's in a red Eldorado. 224 00:17:10,800 --> 00:17:11,881 Who's that? 225 00:17:12,560 --> 00:17:13,527 The Indian. 226 00:17:13,600 --> 00:17:14,647 Shot the clerk 227 00:17:14,760 --> 00:17:16,524 at the convenience store, the one who called him in. 228 00:17:17,440 --> 00:17:19,010 Looks like our man patched up his scissor wound 229 00:17:19,080 --> 00:17:20,650 and took the clerk's car. 230 00:17:24,120 --> 00:17:25,531 Yeah, kid, it's me. 231 00:17:27,160 --> 00:17:29,128 We're headed... What is it? 232 00:17:29,400 --> 00:17:30,481 The Motor Motel. 233 00:17:30,560 --> 00:17:32,483 We're headed to the Motor Motel. 234 00:17:32,600 --> 00:17:35,046 The plan is to ditch the prowlers 235 00:17:35,120 --> 00:17:38,522 and then hole up for the night under a low profile. 236 00:17:39,440 --> 00:17:41,647 And then, prep Ed for the sting. 237 00:17:41,880 --> 00:17:42,881 Listen, you need to... 238 00:17:43,320 --> 00:17:45,049 I gotta bad feelin' here and they're... 239 00:17:45,720 --> 00:17:47,051 I'm bein' run outta town. 240 00:17:47,960 --> 00:17:49,371 But you need to watch yourselves. 241 00:17:49,680 --> 00:17:50,727 This thing ain't over. 242 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:52,001 Here, give me that thing. 243 00:17:53,560 --> 00:17:54,641 Listen, Trooper, 244 00:17:54,760 --> 00:17:56,967 we appreciate your giddy up on this this thing, 245 00:17:57,040 --> 00:17:59,042 but we're not fresh off the boat, here. 246 00:17:59,760 --> 00:18:01,000 If these fellas wanna tussle 247 00:18:01,320 --> 00:18:02,481 they're gonna find out a thing or two 248 00:18:02,600 --> 00:18:04,284 about what a Dakota man can do. 249 00:18:04,840 --> 00:18:05,841 Yeah... 250 00:18:05,920 --> 00:18:08,605 Take a seat on the bench, is what I'm sayin', junior. 251 00:18:08,680 --> 00:18:10,842 We'll handle it from here. Over and out. 252 00:18:32,600 --> 00:18:35,683 Unload the prisoners, and ditch the prowlers around back. 253 00:18:37,760 --> 00:18:39,728 Hey, Captain? Talk to you for a second? 254 00:18:40,200 --> 00:18:41,440 Your man was outta line. 255 00:18:42,200 --> 00:18:43,611 Yes, sir. Yeah. He... 256 00:18:43,720 --> 00:18:44,926 He was havin' a feelin'. 257 00:18:45,560 --> 00:18:46,686 This mess has got us... 258 00:18:46,760 --> 00:18:48,250 You Minnesota boys don't got much 259 00:18:48,320 --> 00:18:49,810 in the way a backbone, now do you? 260 00:18:52,400 --> 00:18:53,811 Well, now, I wouldn't say that. 261 00:18:54,640 --> 00:18:56,688 Just like to think things through. 262 00:18:58,680 --> 00:18:59,761 Army? 263 00:19:00,680 --> 00:19:01,886 Yes, sir. 264 00:19:03,240 --> 00:19:05,208 Liberated France in the Great War. 265 00:19:06,440 --> 00:19:07,441 Not singlehandedly, 266 00:19:07,520 --> 00:19:09,568 but I like to think they couldn't have done it without me. 267 00:19:09,640 --> 00:19:12,211 Well, then you know it's the generals that do the thinkin' 268 00:19:12,920 --> 00:19:15,321 and everybody else just says "how high?" 269 00:19:17,280 --> 00:19:19,282 Not gonna debate the merits of top-down 270 00:19:19,360 --> 00:19:20,930 decision makin' with you, Captain, 271 00:19:22,320 --> 00:19:25,767 except to say, I had a lieutenant in the war 272 00:19:26,680 --> 00:19:30,127 and he told Eisenhower to go to hell once, 273 00:19:30,200 --> 00:19:32,771 on account of his orders would have got us all killed. 274 00:19:33,880 --> 00:19:36,645 I send that man a card every Christmas, 275 00:19:37,680 --> 00:19:38,727 'cause I can. 276 00:19:41,080 --> 00:19:42,445 Stay or go. 277 00:19:43,400 --> 00:19:44,561 Makes no difference to me. 278 00:19:45,560 --> 00:19:48,643 But tomorrow, I'm takin' the fight to the enemy. 279 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:09,286 Tell Simone to come see me. 280 00:20:09,520 --> 00:20:10,885 I wanna apologize for yesterday. 281 00:20:14,760 --> 00:20:16,410 She left in a hurry 282 00:20:17,160 --> 00:20:18,241 when you were took. 283 00:20:19,920 --> 00:20:21,331 Don't think she's back yet. 284 00:20:25,080 --> 00:20:27,242 Sorry, Mrs., but... 285 00:20:28,120 --> 00:20:29,884 What? What is it? 286 00:20:30,840 --> 00:20:31,887 It's for your son, ma'am. 287 00:20:32,320 --> 00:20:34,322 Supposed to talk to him directly. 288 00:20:35,400 --> 00:20:36,401 It's okay. 289 00:20:36,680 --> 00:20:37,761 We'll go into the barn. 290 00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:39,001 No. 291 00:20:39,480 --> 00:20:40,527 No secrets here. 292 00:20:44,160 --> 00:20:45,491 Well, what is it, kid? Spit it out. 293 00:20:46,760 --> 00:20:47,841 Your Indian... 294 00:20:48,320 --> 00:20:49,890 He's on the phone. Hanzee? 295 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:53,047 Says he found Dodd. 296 00:20:58,680 --> 00:20:59,681 Is he alive? 297 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:01,001 Yes, ma'am. 298 00:21:01,720 --> 00:21:03,131 They got him, but he's breathin'. 299 00:21:05,920 --> 00:21:06,967 Who's got him? 300 00:21:09,200 --> 00:21:12,921 Historians of the region have long debated the next two words 301 00:21:13,040 --> 00:21:15,407 spoken by the Gerhardts' Native man. 302 00:21:16,040 --> 00:21:19,840 When, exactly, did he decide to betray the rest of his employers? 303 00:21:20,160 --> 00:21:23,448 Yes, he had executed Dodd Gerhardt in cold blood, 304 00:21:23,520 --> 00:21:26,364 but at what point did he decide to finish the job? 305 00:21:31,200 --> 00:21:32,326 Was it here? 306 00:21:33,920 --> 00:21:35,046 Or maybe earlier. 307 00:21:35,280 --> 00:21:36,486 ...you gotta do is be straight with us. 308 00:21:37,320 --> 00:21:38,321 I'm straight. 309 00:21:38,480 --> 00:21:41,927 It's certainly possible that the move was spontaneous. 310 00:21:42,600 --> 00:21:45,410 Who knows, maybe it'd been building inside of him 311 00:21:45,480 --> 00:21:47,482 since Otto Gerhardt took him off the street 312 00:21:47,560 --> 00:21:48,925 when he was eight years old. 313 00:21:49,360 --> 00:21:50,327 Whatever the answer, 314 00:21:50,400 --> 00:21:54,610 when Floyd Gerhardt asked who it was that was holding her son, 315 00:21:54,680 --> 00:21:56,284 Ohanzee Dent said... 316 00:21:56,440 --> 00:21:57,441 Kansas City. 317 00:21:57,560 --> 00:21:58,925 That Milligan fella. 318 00:21:59,640 --> 00:22:01,130 It was an ambush. Luverne. 319 00:22:01,240 --> 00:22:03,242 Butcher grabbed Dodd, fled the state. 320 00:22:04,800 --> 00:22:05,801 Why? 321 00:22:06,560 --> 00:22:08,562 I tracked them to a motel in Sioux Falls. 322 00:22:09,640 --> 00:22:12,086 They got numbers, but they're not expectin' anything. 323 00:22:12,480 --> 00:22:13,641 I'll be there in three hours. 324 00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:15,401 No, ma'am. 325 00:22:16,160 --> 00:22:19,448 You send Bear and a dozen men, we can bring him home. 326 00:22:20,520 --> 00:22:21,885 Are you tellin' me what to do? 327 00:22:23,080 --> 00:22:24,127 No. 328 00:22:24,800 --> 00:22:26,689 Just can't vouch for your safety is all. 329 00:22:26,880 --> 00:22:28,370 Three times I sent men to do a job. 330 00:22:29,360 --> 00:22:30,771 Three times they come back unfinished. 331 00:22:31,720 --> 00:22:32,881 I'll handle this myself. 332 00:22:33,680 --> 00:22:34,761 Yes, ma'am. 333 00:22:35,760 --> 00:22:38,001 We'll lay waste to 'em in the devil's hours. 334 00:23:02,280 --> 00:23:03,645 Wranglers and white tees. 335 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:11,321 Captain says we're goin' undercover for the night. 336 00:23:13,600 --> 00:23:15,807 Poker later if you feel like losin' some money. 337 00:23:19,800 --> 00:23:21,165 You better wear pants this time. 338 00:23:21,720 --> 00:23:22,721 Aw. 339 00:23:48,760 --> 00:23:51,047 Are we really doin' the right thing here? 340 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:55,001 What now? 341 00:23:59,840 --> 00:24:00,841 Anyone want tea? 342 00:24:01,360 --> 00:24:02,361 No, thanks, hon. 343 00:24:02,520 --> 00:24:03,487 Officer? 344 00:24:03,560 --> 00:24:05,324 It's "Detective." 345 00:24:05,720 --> 00:24:06,767 Sorry. 346 00:24:06,960 --> 00:24:07,961 Did you... 347 00:24:08,040 --> 00:24:09,087 Tea? 348 00:24:09,520 --> 00:24:10,567 No. 349 00:24:24,200 --> 00:24:25,201 Hey. 350 00:24:44,280 --> 00:24:45,281 What do you think? 351 00:24:46,880 --> 00:24:48,644 When he's sleepin', we could just... 352 00:24:49,920 --> 00:24:50,921 No. 353 00:24:52,080 --> 00:24:53,525 Uh-uh-uh-uh-uh. 354 00:24:54,040 --> 00:24:55,087 None o' that, now. 355 00:24:56,080 --> 00:24:57,241 Don't make me separate you. 356 00:25:02,080 --> 00:25:03,161 Okay. 357 00:25:22,480 --> 00:25:24,369 It's Ben, isn't it? 358 00:25:24,440 --> 00:25:25,441 Jamin. 359 00:25:25,600 --> 00:25:26,601 Benjamin. 360 00:25:27,440 --> 00:25:29,488 And you're from? 361 00:25:30,400 --> 00:25:31,401 Sorry. 362 00:25:33,960 --> 00:25:35,246 Fargo, North Dakota. 363 00:25:36,080 --> 00:25:38,048 I work for Chief Gibson. 364 00:25:38,680 --> 00:25:39,920 Which one is he again? 365 00:25:41,360 --> 00:25:42,361 Does it matter? 366 00:25:45,920 --> 00:25:46,967 I guess not. 367 00:25:53,760 --> 00:25:54,761 Thanks. 368 00:26:39,080 --> 00:26:42,368 I don't wanna feel down 369 00:26:43,880 --> 00:26:47,043 'Cause my name is getting' around 370 00:26:49,240 --> 00:26:52,847 I say the whole world is letting me down now 371 00:26:54,320 --> 00:26:57,449 'Cause I don't know where I'm goin' 372 00:26:58,800 --> 00:27:03,522 Yes, I guess I'm going down, down, down 373 00:27:04,720 --> 00:27:07,883 And I feel I'm gonna drown 374 00:27:09,360 --> 00:27:12,728 Yeah, I guess I'm going down, down, down 375 00:27:15,240 --> 00:27:18,005 And I feel I'm gonna drown 376 00:27:26,440 --> 00:27:27,726 Car 18, come in. Over. 377 00:27:31,400 --> 00:27:32,561 Car 18. Over. 378 00:27:37,840 --> 00:27:38,841 Solverson. 379 00:27:39,280 --> 00:27:42,250 Yeah, just got a courtesy call from Sioux Falls P.D. 380 00:27:43,040 --> 00:27:44,610 Say they found Constance Heck dead 381 00:27:44,680 --> 00:27:46,091 in her room at the Southnik Hotel. 382 00:27:46,760 --> 00:27:48,330 Guess she went out there for a conference. 383 00:27:50,760 --> 00:27:51,841 You're kiddin'. 384 00:27:52,600 --> 00:27:53,647 No, sir. 385 00:27:53,720 --> 00:27:54,721 Strangled, they said. 386 00:27:56,360 --> 00:27:57,964 I mean, when's all this madness gonna end? 387 00:28:00,880 --> 00:28:02,006 I surely don't know. 388 00:29:01,040 --> 00:29:02,041 I tried. 389 00:29:02,640 --> 00:29:03,721 You heard. 390 00:29:38,680 --> 00:29:39,841 Yeah? 391 00:29:40,720 --> 00:29:41,846 Just checkin' in. 392 00:29:44,560 --> 00:29:45,561 I got 'em. 393 00:29:45,880 --> 00:29:46,927 Not sayin' you don't. 394 00:29:47,520 --> 00:29:49,682 Just want to go over the details with 'em. 395 00:29:50,040 --> 00:29:51,201 Explain their rights. 396 00:29:52,800 --> 00:29:54,290 They know. I told 'em. 397 00:29:56,280 --> 00:29:58,282 Son, I get the feelin' you don't want me to come in. 398 00:29:59,120 --> 00:30:00,565 All things equal, Pops, 399 00:30:00,880 --> 00:30:02,803 we got a lot a swinging dicks around here. 400 00:30:02,880 --> 00:30:04,848 But, command's been delegated. 401 00:30:05,240 --> 00:30:07,561 I'm in here, you're not. 402 00:30:08,840 --> 00:30:09,921 Let's leave it at that. 403 00:30:12,200 --> 00:30:13,884 You okay in there, Ed? Peggy? 404 00:30:16,480 --> 00:30:18,289 Wire's secure and no one's the wiser. 405 00:30:18,560 --> 00:30:20,801 We got the upstairs room bugged and ready for the meet. 406 00:30:21,920 --> 00:30:22,921 Okay. 407 00:30:23,120 --> 00:30:25,646 Move quickly and with authority, Troopers. 408 00:30:25,840 --> 00:30:26,841 That's lesson one. 409 00:30:26,960 --> 00:30:27,961 Yes, sir. 410 00:30:28,040 --> 00:30:29,041 Ice machine's busted. 411 00:30:30,240 --> 00:30:31,241 What? 412 00:30:31,920 --> 00:30:34,844 I'm just sayin' it's your show. 413 00:30:35,040 --> 00:30:36,087 You've made that clear, 414 00:30:36,760 --> 00:30:40,446 which means I'm here to observe, and what I'm observin' is... 415 00:30:41,600 --> 00:30:42,931 Ice machine's crapped out. 416 00:30:46,080 --> 00:30:47,081 Yeah. 417 00:30:47,760 --> 00:30:49,444 We bring this case in tomorrow, 418 00:30:50,280 --> 00:30:52,009 and there'll be commendations all around. 419 00:30:54,840 --> 00:30:56,330 From this point on, we're radio silent. 420 00:32:02,960 --> 00:32:05,008 Motor Motel. Motor Motel, come in. 421 00:32:06,000 --> 00:32:07,604 Motor Motel, this is Lou Solverson. 422 00:32:07,680 --> 00:32:09,011 They're coming! Do you hear me? They're... 423 00:32:57,920 --> 00:32:59,331 When we reach the motel, 424 00:33:00,680 --> 00:33:02,205 I want you in the vehicle. 425 00:33:02,320 --> 00:33:03,560 Make sure you're safe. 426 00:33:04,280 --> 00:33:05,520 Hanzee'll stay, too. 427 00:33:06,440 --> 00:33:07,487 Okay. 428 00:33:13,480 --> 00:33:14,561 I miss them all. 429 00:33:18,840 --> 00:33:20,080 We'll be together again. 430 00:33:22,800 --> 00:33:23,847 On high. 431 00:33:35,040 --> 00:33:37,964 Best piss I ever took was in a kitchen sink. 432 00:33:39,360 --> 00:33:40,885 No wonder you got divorced. 433 00:33:41,720 --> 00:33:43,290 I'm an outdoor guy myself. 434 00:33:44,480 --> 00:33:45,766 It's liberatin', I think, 435 00:33:46,640 --> 00:33:48,802 pissin' someplace where you're not supposed to. 436 00:33:50,120 --> 00:33:51,281 When I was a sergeant, 437 00:33:51,840 --> 00:33:56,687 I pissed in my CO's desk drawer when he was in Hawaii. 438 00:33:57,840 --> 00:34:01,049 I drank six coffees and a Nehi first. 439 00:34:03,120 --> 00:34:04,690 Now, that was a good piss. 440 00:34:05,840 --> 00:34:07,490 Well, you got the hardware for it. 441 00:34:07,680 --> 00:34:10,490 If that was me, I'd have had to climb up on the desk. 442 00:34:19,920 --> 00:34:22,207 Two rooms upstairs, three down. 443 00:34:22,640 --> 00:34:25,007 Got Dodd on the bottom, next to the office. 444 00:34:25,160 --> 00:34:26,321 One man on guard. 445 00:34:26,880 --> 00:34:28,530 Milligan's on the second floor. 446 00:34:30,760 --> 00:34:31,761 Stay with Ma. 447 00:35:13,680 --> 00:35:16,126 I like pissin' in the pool. 448 00:35:19,640 --> 00:35:20,880 That's just gross. 449 00:35:42,400 --> 00:35:44,482 Yeah, but, okay, so why's pissin' in a pool 450 00:35:44,560 --> 00:35:46,449 so much worse than pissin' in a kitchen sink? 451 00:36:07,200 --> 00:36:08,361 Screw this. 452 00:36:33,120 --> 00:36:35,009 Well, first of all, son, 453 00:36:36,040 --> 00:36:38,850 were there other people in the pool at the time? 454 00:37:14,000 --> 00:37:15,001 No! 455 00:37:39,000 --> 00:37:40,001 Brother? 456 00:37:41,880 --> 00:37:42,881 Brother? 457 00:37:57,840 --> 00:37:59,001 All clear. 458 00:37:59,800 --> 00:38:00,881 All clear! 459 00:38:07,360 --> 00:38:08,521 Oh, Christ. 460 00:38:08,800 --> 00:38:10,290 It's Rapid City all over again. 461 00:38:12,840 --> 00:38:13,841 Brother? 462 00:38:35,360 --> 00:38:36,441 They're cops! 463 00:39:12,760 --> 00:39:14,285 No! 464 00:40:29,520 --> 00:40:32,922 Then, as he killed both friend and foe alike, 465 00:40:33,200 --> 00:40:35,851 it became clear that Hanzee was on a mission. 466 00:40:36,480 --> 00:40:39,450 To find the beautician and her butcher's assistant husband, 467 00:40:39,520 --> 00:40:42,126 and silence them once and for all. 468 00:40:42,360 --> 00:40:46,490 Again, the question of why has puzzled historians for decades. 469 00:40:46,760 --> 00:40:49,445 It's true that they had seen him execute Dodd Gerhardt, 470 00:40:49,520 --> 00:40:50,760 and that they were the only ones left 471 00:40:50,840 --> 00:40:53,320 who could reveal his treachery for what it was. 472 00:40:53,600 --> 00:40:55,364 But maybe the reason was deeper. 473 00:40:55,560 --> 00:40:57,403 - Professional, you said. - Yeah. 474 00:40:58,360 --> 00:40:59,566 Tired of this life. 475 00:41:00,520 --> 00:41:02,522 The fact that he had shown his true self 476 00:41:02,600 --> 00:41:04,762 to them in a moment of vulnerability. 477 00:42:08,400 --> 00:42:09,401 Oh! 478 00:42:09,480 --> 00:42:10,686 Gotta make a break for it, hon. 479 00:42:11,120 --> 00:42:13,122 Are you... Are you seein' this? 480 00:42:20,320 --> 00:42:21,810 It's just a flyin' saucer, Ed. 481 00:42:21,880 --> 00:42:22,881 We gotta go. 482 00:43:12,360 --> 00:43:13,486 Officer down! 483 00:43:32,560 --> 00:43:34,164 I should have gone home with you. 484 00:43:35,520 --> 00:43:37,045 Turns out I didn't go. 485 00:43:39,200 --> 00:43:40,361 Grateful for that. 486 00:43:56,080 --> 00:43:57,081 What the... 487 00:44:03,400 --> 00:44:04,401 Okay, then. 488 00:44:28,960 --> 00:44:30,803 Yeah, all right. 489 00:44:34,600 --> 00:44:36,284 Peggy? Ed? 490 00:44:38,080 --> 00:44:39,081 On the run, 491 00:44:39,760 --> 00:44:41,444 with the Indian in pursuit. 492 00:44:43,280 --> 00:44:44,281 Go. 493 00:44:46,480 --> 00:44:47,481 I can make it. 494 00:44:51,440 --> 00:44:52,441 Dinner Sunday? 495 00:44:54,440 --> 00:44:57,649 I'll be there in a suit of armor.