1 00:00:30,830 --> 00:00:31,830 Tomorrow. 2 00:00:34,010 --> 00:00:35,010 That's you. 3 00:00:37,070 --> 00:00:38,170 Who is that? 4 00:00:39,710 --> 00:00:40,710 Who's there? 5 00:00:44,750 --> 00:00:47,530 Whoever you are, this thing is mine. 6 00:00:47,770 --> 00:00:50,690 I pulled it out of the lake. I got salvage rights. 7 00:00:53,390 --> 00:00:54,390 Stay back. 8 00:00:56,810 --> 00:00:57,810 Stay back. 9 00:01:01,699 --> 00:01:04,519 Bioluminescence. The production of light by a living organism. 10 00:01:04,940 --> 00:01:08,320 Bam! Someone is going to crush their biotest, I'm telling you. 11 00:01:08,540 --> 00:01:11,160 So I got Mauricio's info for the party. 12 00:01:11,560 --> 00:01:13,780 Is he the one who burned down a house? 13 00:01:14,100 --> 00:01:16,120 No. Mauricio fixes electronics. 14 00:01:16,420 --> 00:01:18,280 Phil burned down a house accidentally. 15 00:01:18,640 --> 00:01:21,820 Bye-bye, Phil. And this party, you know, the only thing that changes after Friday 16 00:01:21,820 --> 00:01:25,040 is I don't have to check in with a CR officer anymore. I mean, do you really 17 00:01:25,040 --> 00:01:27,760 want to go to all this trouble? For the record, I'm with him. I think the party 18 00:01:27,760 --> 00:01:28,759 is stupid. 19 00:01:28,760 --> 00:01:30,720 Okay, you made it to the end of your conditional release. 20 00:01:30,960 --> 00:01:33,600 That's something. It's not nothing. Something that deserves a small 21 00:01:33,600 --> 00:01:36,280 celebration with a few friends and cheese from the fancy section of the 22 00:01:36,280 --> 00:01:37,440 supermarket. I do like cheese. 23 00:01:38,200 --> 00:01:43,020 Mitosis. I did invite Emmy a few weeks ago, in case it makes it weird for you 24 00:01:43,020 --> 00:01:48,340 to bring Trudy. No, I mean, I'm not gonna... Who's Trudy? Uh, no one. 25 00:01:48,480 --> 00:01:54,940 Mitosis. Trudy is this cute CSU tech Uncle RJ is trying to vibe with. There's 26 00:01:54,940 --> 00:01:56,040 no vibe. Zero vibe. 27 00:01:56,360 --> 00:02:02,870 Mitosis. Uncle RJ and Trudy sitting in a tree. They're K-I 28 00:02:02,870 --> 00:02:05,010 -S-S-I-N-G. 29 00:02:05,290 --> 00:02:07,250 Thank you. Thank you for that. I appreciate it. 30 00:02:07,490 --> 00:02:09,490 Okay, we need to talk hors d'oeuvres. 31 00:02:09,710 --> 00:02:11,990 Well, I have a new client to go meet, so use your best judgment. 32 00:02:14,670 --> 00:02:17,250 You'll be protecting no less than a national treasure. 33 00:02:17,930 --> 00:02:20,590 It looks like quite the tournament here. Man versus fish? 34 00:02:20,810 --> 00:02:22,150 It's a glorious thing. 35 00:02:22,390 --> 00:02:24,570 At least when it's done honorably. 36 00:02:25,100 --> 00:02:27,860 Yes, you said in your message you're concerned about cheating. 37 00:02:28,100 --> 00:02:30,040 It's been rampant this season across the sport. 38 00:02:30,680 --> 00:02:34,700 That's why, two weeks ago, I hired a local fishing guide, Finch Palmer, to 39 00:02:34,700 --> 00:02:37,380 patrol the lake every night. People cheat before the tournament's even 40 00:02:37,380 --> 00:02:41,280 started? Yeah, one of the oldest tricks in the book is to catch big, prize 41 00:02:41,280 --> 00:02:44,580 -worthy bass ahead of time and then stash them in cages hidden around the 42 00:02:44,580 --> 00:02:48,520 lake. And on tournament day, the cheater takes the fish and then tries to claim 43 00:02:48,520 --> 00:02:49,600 them as legitimate catches. 44 00:02:50,570 --> 00:02:54,650 Now Finch's job is to go out with his camera every night and take pictures of 45 00:02:54,650 --> 00:02:59,450 anyone on the lake. But unfortunately, yesterday morning, his boat was found 46 00:02:59,450 --> 00:03:00,450 drifting. 47 00:03:00,910 --> 00:03:01,910 Empty. 48 00:03:02,230 --> 00:03:04,090 Except for a whiskey bottle, also empty. 49 00:03:05,020 --> 00:03:09,000 So maybe he got drunk, he fell in, he didn't make it back up. Adding to the 50 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:12,480 tragedy, the tournament may need to be postponed while the police drag the lake 51 00:03:12,480 --> 00:03:15,720 looking for his body. And we're supposed to start in two days. If you're looking 52 00:03:15,720 --> 00:03:19,320 for someone new to watch the lake at night, I'm not much of a boat guy. 53 00:03:19,520 --> 00:03:21,820 I wouldn't feel right putting anyone else on the water. 54 00:03:22,440 --> 00:03:25,460 What I need is another set of eyes on land. 55 00:03:26,160 --> 00:03:28,620 And if you were to see something... Fishy? 56 00:03:29,540 --> 00:03:32,640 Untoward. Your job would be to say something. 57 00:03:33,420 --> 00:03:36,920 I don't want to talk myself out of a paycheck here, but don't you think 58 00:03:36,920 --> 00:03:41,200 hiring a PI is overdoing it a little bit? I mean, what does the winner get? A 59 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:42,200 new rod? 60 00:03:42,300 --> 00:03:45,100 A monogrammed tackle box? First prize is a quarter of a million dollars. 61 00:03:45,980 --> 00:03:50,520 Oh. This is what I am willing to pay you. 62 00:03:56,880 --> 00:03:57,880 Let's go fishing. 63 00:03:59,760 --> 00:04:01,900 Once we start, the tournament runs two days. 64 00:04:02,200 --> 00:04:06,380 And each day, the anglers weigh in their five biggest catches and heaviest 65 00:04:06,380 --> 00:04:07,380 combined weight wins. 66 00:04:07,560 --> 00:04:09,860 And what happens at the end? Big old fish fry? 67 00:04:11,700 --> 00:04:13,920 The DBC is catch and release. 68 00:04:14,240 --> 00:04:17,000 Every one of those glorious creatures goes right back in the lake. 69 00:04:21,200 --> 00:04:24,420 It's the phalanx drones. Wow, yeah. They offer another layer of security, 70 00:04:24,640 --> 00:04:26,720 monitoring the contestants while they're on the water. 71 00:04:27,640 --> 00:04:31,040 Right now, you're helping law enforcement search for poor Finch. 72 00:04:31,440 --> 00:04:32,440 Anything, gentlemen? 73 00:04:32,560 --> 00:04:35,740 Not yet, but I dialed in some poll filters. It cuts the glare, boosts 74 00:04:35,740 --> 00:04:38,100 underwater viz. We'll find him, Mr. Boss. 75 00:04:41,640 --> 00:04:44,900 I don't understand most of what those two say, but their company is cutting 76 00:04:44,900 --> 00:04:49,440 edge. And I want you to be every bit as visible as they are. You don't get out 77 00:04:49,440 --> 00:04:51,720 bads, do I? Maybe one shaped like a little bass. 78 00:04:53,820 --> 00:04:54,820 The people... 79 00:04:55,180 --> 00:04:57,680 I need you to look out for the traitors to our sport. 80 00:04:58,280 --> 00:04:59,280 They're creative. 81 00:04:59,480 --> 00:05:01,460 Okay. I mean, can I ask you something? 82 00:05:01,680 --> 00:05:03,980 Any idea why cheating's so on the rise this year? 83 00:05:06,420 --> 00:05:07,420 Dickie Dupree. 84 00:05:07,880 --> 00:05:10,840 Came out of nowhere this season on four out of the last six tournaments. 85 00:05:11,340 --> 00:05:15,520 That's the kind of streak that takes, shall we say, a lot more than luck. 86 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:18,500 At least, that's what a lot of these guys think. 87 00:05:19,040 --> 00:05:21,440 Now they're just scrambling to keep up with him. Hey, Dickie. 88 00:05:24,320 --> 00:05:25,099 That guy. 89 00:05:25,100 --> 00:05:28,260 How does he connect to Dickie? Well, he's one of Dickie's sponsors. 90 00:05:28,620 --> 00:05:32,040 Sells fish attractants. He's got a booth here, but I can't remember his name. 91 00:05:32,280 --> 00:05:35,640 Reggie. His name's Reggie. And if Dickie's in business with him, maybe 92 00:05:35,640 --> 00:05:36,599 Dickie is a cheater. 93 00:05:36,600 --> 00:05:38,620 See, Reggie's not a con man, but he's close. 94 00:05:39,020 --> 00:05:41,140 He's always scheming. He's always looking for an angle. 95 00:05:41,480 --> 00:05:43,340 I wouldn't trust him as far as I could throw him. 96 00:05:44,460 --> 00:05:46,440 Dickie, you know all this from a previous investigation? 97 00:05:47,300 --> 00:05:49,760 Nope. I know all this because he's my dad. 98 00:06:12,490 --> 00:06:17,370 Musk Master Select, gentlemen, is the next generation in fish attractants. 99 00:06:17,530 --> 00:06:22,010 Live bait gets distilled to an oil that doesn't just draw the lunkers in, it 100 00:06:22,010 --> 00:06:23,110 makes them fall in love. 101 00:06:24,370 --> 00:06:25,450 Don't believe me? 102 00:06:25,670 --> 00:06:26,810 Ask Dickie Dupree. 103 00:06:27,530 --> 00:06:32,130 Every one of his wins this year, every single one, he was using Musk Master. 104 00:06:32,490 --> 00:06:35,430 Yeah, I mean, I don't know. It smells like regular old fish oil to me. 105 00:06:38,790 --> 00:06:39,790 Huh. 106 00:06:40,410 --> 00:06:41,690 Fish oil. Yeah. 107 00:06:42,460 --> 00:06:45,460 That's like calling champagne grape soda. 108 00:06:46,880 --> 00:06:52,000 Now, what you smell is the sweet, sweet scent of nine, count them, nine forage 109 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:54,680 species, all blended by our scientists. 110 00:06:55,100 --> 00:06:57,080 Scientists? Sorry, did you say scientists? 111 00:06:57,480 --> 00:07:00,040 No, best in the business. Oh, yeah? Well, could you name one? 112 00:07:00,680 --> 00:07:03,180 Just so I can look them up, check their credentials. 113 00:07:03,660 --> 00:07:04,619 Yeah. 114 00:07:04,620 --> 00:07:05,800 Thanks, but we're good. 115 00:07:06,900 --> 00:07:07,900 All right, see you. 116 00:07:10,550 --> 00:07:13,550 Was that really necessary? Fish attractant, really? What happened to the 117 00:07:13,550 --> 00:07:14,550 whole teeth whitening thing? 118 00:07:14,910 --> 00:07:16,190 It was tied up in litigation. 119 00:07:16,570 --> 00:07:20,730 The distributor was a crook. Yeah, you know, that reminds me of the alpaca 120 00:07:20,730 --> 00:07:23,870 farm. Or was it the wind farm? See, I can't remember. I get them all confused. 121 00:07:24,710 --> 00:07:26,090 Yeah, you look good, sir. 122 00:07:27,310 --> 00:07:29,850 You still taking pictures with the newspaper? Is that why you're here? 123 00:07:30,170 --> 00:07:32,490 No, I'm a private investigator now. 124 00:07:32,770 --> 00:07:33,770 A gumshoe. 125 00:07:33,790 --> 00:07:37,070 Yeah. Tournament director asked me to be on the lookout for cheaters. 126 00:07:37,450 --> 00:07:39,490 Cheating is the absolute scourge. 127 00:07:39,850 --> 00:07:40,970 of this beautiful sport. 128 00:07:41,210 --> 00:07:44,710 Does your buddy Dicky feel the same? Because from what I hear, Muskmaster's 129 00:07:44,710 --> 00:07:46,530 not the only reason he's been cleaning up. Hey, Eddie! 130 00:07:47,250 --> 00:07:49,310 Come on over here. Somebody I want you to meet. 131 00:07:50,050 --> 00:07:52,470 Eddie. This is my son, RJ. 132 00:07:53,010 --> 00:07:57,470 Oh, my word. I've known this old so-and-so for years. He never told me he 133 00:07:57,470 --> 00:07:58,510 had a son. Is that right? 134 00:07:58,750 --> 00:08:01,510 It's funny. I never really tell people I have a dad either. 135 00:08:03,170 --> 00:08:04,170 Hey. 136 00:08:14,160 --> 00:08:16,020 I don't know why we wasting time with this. 137 00:08:17,440 --> 00:08:20,440 Couple more days, this guy's body will float up on his own. 138 00:08:21,700 --> 00:08:24,380 You want the tournament to get delayed two days or start on time? 139 00:08:25,340 --> 00:08:27,300 We found Pinch Palmer. We're heroes. 140 00:08:31,340 --> 00:08:32,339 Do that. 141 00:08:43,789 --> 00:08:44,790 What the hell was that? 142 00:08:47,990 --> 00:08:51,290 Oh my god. 143 00:08:53,470 --> 00:08:54,590 That's Finch Palmer. 144 00:08:57,370 --> 00:08:58,370 Two to the chest. 145 00:08:58,850 --> 00:09:00,030 Obviously he didn't drown. 146 00:09:00,330 --> 00:09:02,170 I'm not sure he was ever even in the water. 147 00:09:03,630 --> 00:09:07,770 Okay, that broken limb right there has to be where the body was, right? 148 00:09:08,010 --> 00:09:11,830 Yeah. Okay, if it was, how the hell did it end up there? 149 00:09:13,100 --> 00:09:15,840 I don't know. Maybe the killer chased him from another part of the lake. 150 00:09:16,320 --> 00:09:19,800 Finch climbed the tree to hide. Killer spots him, shoots him from down here. 151 00:09:20,260 --> 00:09:23,740 Or Finch was shot on the ground, and the killer put his body up there. 152 00:09:24,060 --> 00:09:27,500 It's a hell of a climb to pull off solo, let alone with a body in tow. 153 00:09:27,940 --> 00:09:31,260 However he did it, I think his finishing touch was leaving the boat out on the 154 00:09:31,260 --> 00:09:32,540 lake. It was all looking down. 155 00:09:32,980 --> 00:09:34,180 That body was up. 156 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:37,620 I still can't believe you were here when I pulled up this morning. You know, 157 00:09:37,640 --> 00:09:41,780 there I was thinking how nice it was going to be to work a homicide without 158 00:09:41,780 --> 00:09:42,679 you. But no, no, no, no. 159 00:09:42,680 --> 00:09:44,300 Now you're a fish cop. 160 00:09:44,520 --> 00:09:46,620 I'm not a fish cop. I'm not even security. 161 00:09:46,860 --> 00:09:48,540 I was just hired to look out for cheaters. 162 00:09:49,120 --> 00:09:50,400 Isn't that what he was supposed to be doing, yeah? 163 00:09:50,620 --> 00:09:53,840 Yeah, tournament director hired him to patrol the lake at night, take pictures 164 00:09:53,840 --> 00:09:54,840 of what he saw. 165 00:09:55,000 --> 00:09:58,280 I know there wasn't a camera with the body, but any chance the dive team found 166 00:09:58,280 --> 00:09:59,440 one when they were dragging the lake? 167 00:09:59,820 --> 00:10:01,420 No, but some of the stuff they did find was fun. 168 00:10:02,750 --> 00:10:06,690 Old suitcase full of garden gnomes. Tube TV from, like, the 60s. 169 00:10:06,950 --> 00:10:08,570 Practically new crash test dummy. 170 00:10:08,850 --> 00:10:11,990 Yeah, the killer must have seen Finch taking pictures and took the camera with 171 00:10:11,990 --> 00:10:12,990 him when he left. 172 00:10:13,090 --> 00:10:14,510 Well, this is your beat, fish cop. 173 00:10:14,790 --> 00:10:16,090 You got any suspects in mind? 174 00:10:16,650 --> 00:10:20,530 As a matter of fact, there was one guy I was asked to pay special attention to. 175 00:10:21,470 --> 00:10:23,650 Yeah, I know who he is. Of course I do. 176 00:10:24,230 --> 00:10:27,410 He's that guy they all thought drowned in a lake, but instead he was up a tree. 177 00:10:28,490 --> 00:10:29,490 But so what? 178 00:10:29,650 --> 00:10:30,650 Why am I here? 179 00:10:31,290 --> 00:10:35,290 Well, Dickie, there's been rumors about your recent winning streak. Of course 180 00:10:35,290 --> 00:10:36,189 there are. 181 00:10:36,190 --> 00:10:37,190 Haters gonna hate. 182 00:10:38,190 --> 00:10:40,730 But again, why am I here? 183 00:10:41,170 --> 00:10:44,530 The night Finch Palmer was killed, he was being paid to look for people trying 184 00:10:44,530 --> 00:10:48,090 to plant already-caught bass in cages around the lake. I assume you're aware 185 00:10:48,090 --> 00:10:48,869 of the phenomenon? 186 00:10:48,870 --> 00:10:51,190 Sure I am. Every guy on the tournament is. 187 00:10:51,950 --> 00:10:53,810 But how is it I'm the only one here? 188 00:10:54,030 --> 00:10:56,790 Because you're the only one with a rap sheet that includes three assault 189 00:10:56,790 --> 00:10:57,790 charges. 190 00:10:58,240 --> 00:11:01,720 You see, the thing is, is I did background checks on everyone who's 191 00:11:01,720 --> 00:11:05,420 competing, and yours is the only one that came back with so much dirt. 192 00:11:05,700 --> 00:11:07,200 And then there's your social media. 193 00:11:07,780 --> 00:11:11,000 Bass aren't the only animals you like to catch. You hunt deer in the off-season. 194 00:11:11,260 --> 00:11:13,800 A guy like you tracking and shooting Finch would have been easy. 195 00:11:14,220 --> 00:11:18,060 I never killed anybody, and I sure as hell catch all my fish fair and square. 196 00:11:18,420 --> 00:11:21,640 Okay, that's true. I suppose you have no troubles telling me where you were 197 00:11:21,640 --> 00:11:25,400 between the hours of 9 and 11 p.m. on a Wednesday night. That's when we think 198 00:11:25,400 --> 00:11:26,580 Finch was shot to death. 199 00:11:29,930 --> 00:11:35,110 I was at my cousin Larry's house, asleep. 200 00:11:35,630 --> 00:11:37,770 Can cousin Larry confirm that? 201 00:11:38,350 --> 00:11:41,770 He's a big rig driver. He was probably halfway across the country that night. 202 00:11:41,990 --> 00:11:44,350 He's just letting me stay at his place when I'm in town. 203 00:11:44,650 --> 00:11:46,150 Not much of an alibi, Dickie. 204 00:11:47,530 --> 00:11:52,770 Hey, sorry to interrupt, but there's a guy downstairs that says he's your dad. 205 00:11:53,550 --> 00:11:55,010 A guy who says he's your what? 206 00:11:57,930 --> 00:11:58,930 Hey, what's going on? 207 00:11:58,970 --> 00:12:01,390 Pretty small, son. Pretty damn small. 208 00:12:02,090 --> 00:12:05,490 Excuse me, what does that mean? You don't like me. That's no secret. But 209 00:12:05,490 --> 00:12:06,850 treating Dickie this way? 210 00:12:07,230 --> 00:12:10,710 Making people think he had something to do with what happened to that poor man 211 00:12:10,710 --> 00:12:11,710 in the tree? 212 00:12:12,650 --> 00:12:15,330 Are you really suggesting I told the police about Dickie because of you? 213 00:12:18,280 --> 00:12:19,179 They're unbelievable. 214 00:12:19,180 --> 00:12:22,380 I told the police about Dickie because he's you damn well know. People think 215 00:12:22,380 --> 00:12:23,319 he's a cheat. 216 00:12:23,320 --> 00:12:27,120 Rumors, innuendo. Did you know he's been arrested three times for assault? Did 217 00:12:27,120 --> 00:12:31,040 you know that? You, of all people, should know that an assault charge 218 00:12:31,040 --> 00:12:32,440 doesn't make a man a killer. 219 00:12:32,720 --> 00:12:36,000 You really want to go there, Dad? You really want to go there? Two years ago, 220 00:12:36,120 --> 00:12:40,680 I drove all the way to Apalachee to visit you. Make sure you were okay. 221 00:12:41,340 --> 00:12:43,100 What do they tell me when I get there? 222 00:12:43,700 --> 00:12:46,620 Nope. Sorry, sir. He doesn't want to see you. 223 00:12:47,330 --> 00:12:48,530 That was to hurt me. 224 00:12:48,910 --> 00:12:49,910 This is too. 225 00:12:50,790 --> 00:12:54,670 I know I wasn't the greatest father. You weren't any kind of father. You left. 226 00:12:54,930 --> 00:12:55,930 You remember that? 227 00:12:56,710 --> 00:12:57,710 You okay, champ? 228 00:12:58,910 --> 00:13:00,490 I came as soon as I heard. 229 00:13:01,110 --> 00:13:01,989 Yeah, I'm fine. 230 00:13:01,990 --> 00:13:03,010 I just want to get out of here. 231 00:13:03,290 --> 00:13:04,290 Yeah, let's go. 232 00:13:09,590 --> 00:13:11,010 Is that seriously your dad? 233 00:13:11,510 --> 00:13:13,390 Yeah. He's one of Dickie's sponsors. 234 00:13:14,770 --> 00:13:15,770 You want to talk about it? 235 00:13:16,569 --> 00:13:19,150 No, I just, I got like a hundred texts from the EBC director. 236 00:13:19,370 --> 00:13:22,970 He wants an update. I should go talk to him. I take it, Dickie, you didn't 237 00:13:22,970 --> 00:13:24,170 confess? No. 238 00:13:24,450 --> 00:13:26,010 No, but you're about to put him on our radar. 239 00:13:26,290 --> 00:13:27,390 He's nervous about something. 240 00:13:28,490 --> 00:13:29,490 Go see your client. 241 00:13:29,590 --> 00:13:32,250 I'm going to pay a visit to Finch Palmer's wife, see if he had any enemies 242 00:13:32,250 --> 00:13:33,310 outside of the EBC. 243 00:13:40,170 --> 00:13:44,650 Finch and I still shared the house, but our lives, not so much. 244 00:13:45,260 --> 00:13:46,800 Six months ago, we separated. 245 00:13:47,540 --> 00:13:51,540 But I've listened to enough true crime podcasts to know that when a married 246 00:13:51,540 --> 00:13:56,280 person is killed, the spouse is always the first suspect. So I put together a 247 00:13:56,280 --> 00:13:58,700 few things to help answer questions I knew were coming. 248 00:13:59,380 --> 00:14:02,480 The night Finch was killed, I was at a wedding in Orlando. 249 00:14:02,980 --> 00:14:09,580 This is my hotel bill, plus credit card receipts from the drive, and names and 250 00:14:09,580 --> 00:14:13,580 numbers of other guests who will confirm I was there. Thank you. That helps. 251 00:14:14,700 --> 00:14:17,360 Can you think of anyone else who may have wanted to hurt Finch? 252 00:14:17,720 --> 00:14:22,200 Last few years, his friend group got a little strange, a little conspiracy 253 00:14:22,200 --> 00:14:23,200 -minded. 254 00:14:23,540 --> 00:14:26,700 Honestly, that's one reason why he and I drifted apart. 255 00:14:26,940 --> 00:14:29,220 But the guys I met all seemed harmless. 256 00:14:30,660 --> 00:14:32,680 That camera, is it yours? 257 00:14:33,160 --> 00:14:34,940 No, that was Finch's. 258 00:14:53,100 --> 00:14:54,100 House call. 259 00:14:55,040 --> 00:14:56,540 This can't be good. It's not. 260 00:14:57,260 --> 00:14:59,380 Finch Palmer's camera was at his house. 261 00:14:59,860 --> 00:15:02,340 He wasn't taking pictures and that he was killed after all. 262 00:15:02,880 --> 00:15:05,520 So if he wasn't taking pictures, what was he doing out on the lake? 263 00:15:05,820 --> 00:15:07,720 Gonna have to file that under questions. I can wait. 264 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:12,640 Because if you still think he was killed by someone he caught cheating, the next 265 00:15:12,640 --> 00:15:15,100 person we need to talk to is your dad. 266 00:15:24,670 --> 00:15:25,670 Mr. Decker. 267 00:15:26,150 --> 00:15:29,530 Morning. I'm Detective Aurelio. Thanks for coming in. 268 00:15:29,790 --> 00:15:34,330 Always happy to help the police and to speak to the character of a trusted 269 00:15:34,330 --> 00:15:39,130 friend and business associate. As I told my son yesterday, Dickie Dupree. 270 00:15:39,190 --> 00:15:42,370 Dickie's no longer our top suspect in Finch Palmer's murder. 271 00:15:42,970 --> 00:15:44,070 This guy is. 272 00:15:45,290 --> 00:15:48,110 I know your company is Dickie's main sponsor, but... 273 00:15:48,330 --> 00:15:52,310 Who needs Musk Master Select when he's got you sinking pre-caught fish for him? 274 00:15:52,470 --> 00:15:55,630 Those pictures were taken by Finch Palmer Tuesday night. Wednesday night, 275 00:15:55,670 --> 00:15:56,670 he was shot and killed. 276 00:15:56,750 --> 00:16:00,630 It's hard not to see the connection there. If you did kill Finch, the only 277 00:16:00,630 --> 00:16:03,190 question is why you waited almost 24 hours. 278 00:16:03,430 --> 00:16:07,150 But considering he never sent these photos to the director of the EBC, I 279 00:16:07,150 --> 00:16:07,909 have a theory. 280 00:16:07,910 --> 00:16:11,210 Finch tried to blackmail you with these. Instead of paying him, you lured him 281 00:16:11,210 --> 00:16:12,810 back out to the lake and gunned him down. 282 00:16:13,230 --> 00:16:16,170 That's just... No, RJ, tell her. 283 00:16:16,530 --> 00:16:17,530 Tell her what? 284 00:16:17,710 --> 00:16:18,990 That I'm not a killer. 285 00:16:20,710 --> 00:16:22,550 Son, you know me. 286 00:16:23,350 --> 00:16:26,050 I'm going to tell you what I would tell anyone in this situation. 287 00:16:26,430 --> 00:16:29,010 Tell the truth. It's not your strong suit. I know it. 288 00:16:31,950 --> 00:16:33,470 It's the only way you're going to help yourself. 289 00:16:33,730 --> 00:16:34,730 Tell the truth. 290 00:16:35,350 --> 00:16:38,850 Yesterday, when we spoke to Dickie, it was pretty obvious he was hiding 291 00:16:38,850 --> 00:16:42,610 something. Maybe it's because he was with you the night Finch was killed. 292 00:16:42,670 --> 00:16:44,510 Maybe he's the one who pulled the trigger. 293 00:16:47,410 --> 00:16:50,430 Dickie does have an alibi for that night. We both do. 294 00:16:51,050 --> 00:16:55,670 We were at Dickie's storage unit in Pembroke Pines, the one on Windsor 295 00:16:55,670 --> 00:16:59,930 Drive, and one of his other sponsors, Kenishiro Company, they make fishing 296 00:16:59,930 --> 00:17:03,790 rods. And the thing is, Dickie doesn't like their rods very much. 297 00:17:04,069 --> 00:17:08,730 So we were heat gunning some Kenishiro labels onto the brand of rod he does 298 00:17:08,730 --> 00:17:13,170 like. Dickie didn't tell you, because it would have cost him his deal with 299 00:17:13,170 --> 00:17:17,829 Kenishiro. Now, the overnight guy at the storage place, I mean, he saw us coming 300 00:17:17,829 --> 00:17:18,829 and going. 301 00:17:19,010 --> 00:17:20,670 Call the place. He'll tell you. 302 00:17:23,790 --> 00:17:24,790 Wait here. 303 00:17:27,710 --> 00:17:28,970 RJ. Yeah. 304 00:17:29,510 --> 00:17:32,590 Everything I have is tied up in Muskmaster Select. 305 00:17:33,030 --> 00:17:36,990 If there's anything you can do to just keep these between us. 306 00:17:38,950 --> 00:17:40,410 You may not be going to prison. 307 00:17:41,070 --> 00:17:42,470 Or you're not going back to the ABC. 308 00:17:42,850 --> 00:17:44,290 You and Dickie, you're done. 309 00:17:49,090 --> 00:17:55,930 The guy at the storage facility confirmed 310 00:17:55,930 --> 00:17:56,930 your dad's story. 311 00:17:57,210 --> 00:17:59,850 He and Dickie were both there the night Finch Palmer was killed. 312 00:18:00,070 --> 00:18:01,930 So, I kicked your dad loose. 313 00:18:02,190 --> 00:18:03,190 Okay. 314 00:18:03,330 --> 00:18:04,330 Good. 315 00:18:05,170 --> 00:18:07,190 I can't tell if you're relieved or disappointed. 316 00:18:08,540 --> 00:18:12,220 I'm disappointed our suspect list is back down to zero. 317 00:18:12,760 --> 00:18:14,960 Unless you think that's the guy that did it. 318 00:18:16,080 --> 00:18:19,000 I'm assuming that's the dummy the dive team found when they were dragging the 319 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:22,680 lake. Yeah, somebody put it in here as a joke. Pretty sure Ragsdale's afraid of 320 00:18:22,680 --> 00:18:25,280 it. So I just got a text from the M.E. 321 00:18:25,780 --> 00:18:28,960 He's done with Finch Palmer's autopsy. He wants to go over a few things. You're 322 00:18:28,960 --> 00:18:29,960 welcome to join. 323 00:18:30,120 --> 00:18:31,320 You can even bring your new friend. 324 00:18:36,600 --> 00:18:38,280 You know R.J. Decker? I do. 325 00:18:38,880 --> 00:18:40,260 Hey. Hey, how you doing? 326 00:18:40,520 --> 00:18:43,140 Ooh. That hand was just inside a dead guy. 327 00:18:43,540 --> 00:18:46,000 Oh. I mean, he was wearing gloves, you know. 328 00:18:46,580 --> 00:18:48,040 Ernie, not the dead guy, but still. 329 00:18:48,620 --> 00:18:51,380 Huh. That's a good color on you. 330 00:18:51,680 --> 00:18:53,000 Oh. Thanks. 331 00:18:53,600 --> 00:18:57,080 Oh, I know I'm not supposed to be here. There's just something I need to show 332 00:18:57,080 --> 00:19:00,580 you about the case, I mean. But you know what, Ernie? You go first. It'll be more 333 00:19:00,580 --> 00:19:01,800 dramatic that way. Okay. 334 00:19:02,020 --> 00:19:03,020 Cause of death. 335 00:19:04,050 --> 00:19:08,270 Was gunshot wounds to the chest. Yeah, that was pretty obvious at the scene You 336 00:19:08,270 --> 00:19:11,550 know, here's what wasn't the bullets were fired on an even trajectory like 337 00:19:11,550 --> 00:19:16,590 this. The shooter was on equal footing with the victim Okay, so whoever shot 338 00:19:16,590 --> 00:19:20,430 Finch didn't do it from below. Yeah, so Finch was shot on the ground and then 339 00:19:20,430 --> 00:19:25,710 carried up wrong Sorry, that's just why I wanted him to go first. Come on. Come 340 00:19:25,710 --> 00:19:26,710 check this out 341 00:19:31,080 --> 00:19:34,560 This is the tree the body was in I took a cherry picker out to the scene to 342 00:19:34,560 --> 00:19:39,060 examine it Okay, all these broken branches to feed out from the trunk that 343 00:19:39,060 --> 00:19:45,520 shows the body's path as it fell now the trunk These were taken from about 15 344 00:19:45,520 --> 00:19:49,060 feet up from the ground below where the body was perched and look at all these 345 00:19:49,060 --> 00:19:54,220 young Branches on both sides. I mean none of them are snapped or even bent 346 00:19:54,990 --> 00:19:57,950 So if anyone had climbed the tree, either Finch or the killer, some of 347 00:19:57,950 --> 00:19:59,070 these branches, they would have been broken. 348 00:19:59,330 --> 00:20:02,730 Okay, but if no one climbed the tree, how the hell did that body get up there? 349 00:20:05,370 --> 00:20:06,810 Ah, there you are. 350 00:20:08,030 --> 00:20:09,050 What are you doing here? 351 00:20:09,550 --> 00:20:13,890 I had to pick up a few things the police seized when they thought I, you know, 352 00:20:13,890 --> 00:20:14,729 killed my dad. 353 00:20:14,730 --> 00:20:16,090 Ah, okay, yeah, that. 354 00:20:16,370 --> 00:20:20,250 I swung by the bullpen in case you were around. I wanted to say hi. 355 00:20:20,570 --> 00:20:21,570 Hey, yeah. 356 00:20:21,630 --> 00:20:22,629 You good? 357 00:20:22,630 --> 00:20:24,390 Me? Yeah, no, I'm good. I'm good. 358 00:20:25,960 --> 00:20:26,960 So that's a lie. 359 00:20:29,380 --> 00:20:31,720 Do you want to go somewhere? 360 00:20:31,980 --> 00:20:33,820 Talk about it? Maybe I can help? 361 00:20:35,260 --> 00:20:36,260 Yeah. 362 00:20:38,300 --> 00:20:44,160 Okay, so just to be clear, you're glad your dad didn't shoot a guy in stash 363 00:20:44,160 --> 00:20:45,160 ministry, right? 364 00:20:47,620 --> 00:20:49,800 Yes. That was quite a pause. 365 00:20:50,240 --> 00:20:51,380 Well, he's quite a dad. 366 00:20:53,560 --> 00:20:54,680 It's funny, you know. 367 00:20:55,360 --> 00:21:00,700 When I was growing up, actually, I sort of idolized him. 368 00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:03,900 I mean, he was the fun parent. He was the one that always said yes. 369 00:21:04,980 --> 00:21:08,900 When I was 10 years old, there was this game I desperately, desperately wanted 370 00:21:08,900 --> 00:21:11,060 to see at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Nebraska. 371 00:21:12,400 --> 00:21:14,460 Problem was, it was sold out. 372 00:21:15,220 --> 00:21:18,940 A couple hours before kickoff, he drives me down there, but instead of pulling 373 00:21:18,940 --> 00:21:20,480 out tickets, he pulls out a clipboard. 374 00:21:20,960 --> 00:21:21,960 Says, son. 375 00:21:22,460 --> 00:21:24,800 Nobody ever stops a man with a clipboard. 376 00:21:25,880 --> 00:21:26,880 Okay. 377 00:21:27,280 --> 00:21:31,820 He walks right past the guard and for 45 minutes just examines the railing. 378 00:21:32,040 --> 00:21:35,380 Anybody asks, he comes up with a job on the spot. 379 00:21:36,140 --> 00:21:39,980 I'm here to count the urinal cakes. I'm here to make sure the friars don't go 380 00:21:39,980 --> 00:21:40,980 above 375. 381 00:21:42,900 --> 00:21:45,520 I ended up watching the whole game from the concourse. 382 00:21:47,740 --> 00:21:49,040 Miami won by a point. 383 00:21:51,820 --> 00:21:55,680 When I was 16, my parents got divorced. That part I understood. They weren't a 384 00:21:55,680 --> 00:21:56,680 good match. 385 00:21:57,420 --> 00:22:02,220 But what I didn't understand was how he just disappeared after that. 386 00:22:03,980 --> 00:22:07,960 Me and my brothers, we thought we'd at least get him on the weekends, but no. 387 00:22:09,580 --> 00:22:13,880 He moved out of state, just jumped from one big idea to the next. 388 00:22:14,580 --> 00:22:16,540 Engines that run on French fry grease. 389 00:22:17,289 --> 00:22:18,289 Truffle orchards. 390 00:22:18,390 --> 00:22:21,630 Limp advertising. I mean, can you guess how many of those worked out? 391 00:22:23,670 --> 00:22:26,250 About a year later, my mom got in a bad car accident. 392 00:22:27,830 --> 00:22:28,830 Almost died. 393 00:22:29,850 --> 00:22:30,850 You know what my dad did? 394 00:22:32,070 --> 00:22:33,090 He sent flowers. 395 00:22:34,550 --> 00:22:35,570 He didn't come home. 396 00:22:40,690 --> 00:22:42,630 I'm sorry, Ed. 397 00:22:43,350 --> 00:22:44,350 I know you're dead. 398 00:22:44,760 --> 00:22:45,860 But you threw a lot worse. 399 00:22:46,080 --> 00:22:46,899 It's okay. 400 00:22:46,900 --> 00:22:48,260 It's not a contest. 401 00:22:49,900 --> 00:22:53,020 And yet, if it were, I would win, right? 402 00:22:56,360 --> 00:22:59,220 I never solved my dad. 403 00:23:01,100 --> 00:23:03,040 But I'm glad you told me about yours. 404 00:23:04,740 --> 00:23:07,680 I feel like I understand you a little better. 405 00:23:09,120 --> 00:23:11,740 I can't tell if that's a good thing or a bad thing. 406 00:23:12,840 --> 00:23:13,980 It's always a good thing. 407 00:23:21,139 --> 00:23:22,139 Sorry. 408 00:23:23,640 --> 00:23:24,640 Speak of the devil. 409 00:23:25,300 --> 00:23:28,320 He wants to meet at a bar called The Bilgewater. He says it's important. 410 00:23:29,060 --> 00:23:31,340 Maybe he wants to apologize. 411 00:23:31,900 --> 00:23:34,760 Better chance he wants to sell me about 100 gallons of fish attracted. 412 00:23:39,840 --> 00:23:46,060 Thanks for coming. 413 00:23:46,380 --> 00:23:47,380 Yeah. 414 00:23:49,960 --> 00:23:53,740 I came this close to packing up and getting out of Dodge today. 415 00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:57,120 And I thought about that look I saw in your eyes. 416 00:23:57,540 --> 00:24:00,320 And you honestly thought I could kill that man? 417 00:24:00,700 --> 00:24:04,400 Dad, if you call me out here, I was going to apologize. No, I called you 418 00:24:04,400 --> 00:24:07,100 here because it was a wake-up call. A big one. 419 00:24:07,760 --> 00:24:14,420 My own son, thinking I had murder in my heart, made me realize how 420 00:24:14,420 --> 00:24:17,080 badly I need to fix things between us. 421 00:24:17,620 --> 00:24:19,100 And so I decided. 422 00:24:19,840 --> 00:24:20,840 Good start. 423 00:24:21,660 --> 00:24:23,940 It'd be to solve this case for you. 424 00:24:26,180 --> 00:24:27,600 That's why I came here tonight. 425 00:24:27,980 --> 00:24:34,440 It is? Okay. I asked around. I found out this was Finch Palmer's regular watering 426 00:24:34,440 --> 00:24:35,680 hole. Oh. 427 00:24:35,900 --> 00:24:41,340 Figured I'd pop in, turn on the Decker charm, see if I could learn any secrets. 428 00:24:41,660 --> 00:24:45,440 That's very sweet. But I think you're going to find being a PI isn't as easy. 429 00:24:45,560 --> 00:24:47,240 No, you don't understand, kiddo. 430 00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:48,800 It's already done. 431 00:24:50,700 --> 00:24:53,240 I know who killed Finch Palmer. 432 00:24:59,280 --> 00:25:00,280 Here it is. 433 00:25:00,820 --> 00:25:01,820 Merle Cruz. 434 00:25:02,900 --> 00:25:05,580 That's him and Finch. Last St. Paddy's Day. 435 00:25:06,560 --> 00:25:08,040 Oh, thank you. 436 00:25:08,300 --> 00:25:10,240 They'd argue sometimes. 437 00:25:10,600 --> 00:25:14,720 Mostly about dumb stuff, like was the moon landing faked? 438 00:25:15,230 --> 00:25:16,530 Are lizard people real? 439 00:25:16,890 --> 00:25:20,870 I think they both just watch too much X-Files. Yeah, his wife said something 440 00:25:20,870 --> 00:25:24,630 to my friend about he and his pals being a little, um, a little conspiracy 441 00:25:24,630 --> 00:25:28,890 minded. You know I already told him all this, right? Yeah, I do. We have some, 442 00:25:28,890 --> 00:25:30,210 we have some trust issues. 443 00:25:30,810 --> 00:25:32,510 Late Wednesday, Merle came in alone. 444 00:25:32,870 --> 00:25:33,970 Looked white as a ghost. 445 00:25:35,250 --> 00:25:36,270 Ordered a shot of whiskey. 446 00:25:36,710 --> 00:25:37,930 Merle never drank whiskey. 447 00:25:38,190 --> 00:25:40,970 He was a beer man. Drift draft, IPA, every time. 448 00:25:41,490 --> 00:25:43,770 Wednesday, he downed three shots of whiskey. 449 00:25:44,120 --> 00:25:46,420 Then took off out of the parking lot like a bat out of hell. 450 00:25:46,680 --> 00:25:48,260 You have an address for Merle? 451 00:25:48,540 --> 00:25:51,160 No. Even if I did, I don't think you'd find him there. 452 00:25:51,460 --> 00:25:54,760 Before he took off, he put his cell phone on the ground and stomped on it. 453 00:25:55,040 --> 00:25:56,700 He was worried about being tracked. 454 00:25:57,120 --> 00:26:00,360 Thanks. I picked it up just in case he came back. 455 00:26:00,680 --> 00:26:01,680 Oh, here. 456 00:26:02,540 --> 00:26:03,540 Oh. 457 00:26:05,540 --> 00:26:06,540 Who's this here? 458 00:26:07,320 --> 00:26:10,620 That's Dottie, Merle's mom. Oh, yeah? GandT, two limes. 459 00:26:10,940 --> 00:26:11,940 She's a regular, too. 460 00:26:12,730 --> 00:26:15,390 You wouldn't happen to have her address by any chance, would you? 461 00:26:17,910 --> 00:26:18,910 Almost eight. 462 00:26:19,010 --> 00:26:20,470 We've been out here all night. 463 00:26:21,170 --> 00:26:22,290 No sign of Earl. 464 00:26:23,830 --> 00:26:25,310 Maybe your hunch was wrong. 465 00:26:25,510 --> 00:26:27,990 Maybe he isn't crashing with his mom after all. 466 00:26:28,390 --> 00:26:31,890 You insisted on coming with me. You do remember that, right? 467 00:26:32,290 --> 00:26:36,530 Well, sorry. I guess I just figured wrapping up the case would be easier. 468 00:26:36,950 --> 00:26:40,650 Everything's got to be easy, fast, as little hard work as possible. 469 00:26:42,030 --> 00:26:43,030 Come on. 470 00:26:47,670 --> 00:26:50,170 I'm sorry. I'm just... I'm tired. 471 00:26:50,430 --> 00:26:52,910 Oh, you got nothing to apologize for. 472 00:26:53,370 --> 00:26:56,210 I am allergic to hard work. I always have been. 473 00:26:57,790 --> 00:27:03,470 But I swear, every time I told you my luck was about to change, every time I 474 00:27:03,470 --> 00:27:08,850 said I was about to come into money that would change things for all of us, I 475 00:27:08,850 --> 00:27:09,850 meant it. 476 00:27:10,010 --> 00:27:11,130 I believed it. 477 00:27:12,430 --> 00:27:14,390 And then one day it hit me. 478 00:27:15,190 --> 00:27:18,110 I'd gotten so good at tricking people. 479 00:27:19,550 --> 00:27:20,870 I was tricking myself. 480 00:27:22,290 --> 00:27:27,110 These last few years, I almost called you a bunch of times. 481 00:27:27,810 --> 00:27:28,810 Almost, huh? 482 00:27:29,530 --> 00:27:33,750 I'd get as far as picturing you asking me what I was up to. 483 00:27:34,650 --> 00:27:38,830 I couldn't come up with anything I wanted to hear myself say out loud. 484 00:27:39,630 --> 00:27:41,530 But I shouldn't have let that stop me. 485 00:27:44,010 --> 00:27:45,310 I care about you, RJ. 486 00:27:46,730 --> 00:27:49,290 Even if I do a lousy job showing it. 487 00:27:53,030 --> 00:27:54,730 Hey, check it out. Yeah. 488 00:27:55,650 --> 00:27:58,410 A lot of groceries for such a little lady. 489 00:27:59,250 --> 00:28:01,570 Drift Draft IPA, Merle's Bureau of Tourists. 490 00:28:02,330 --> 00:28:03,990 He's in there. You were right. 491 00:28:04,230 --> 00:28:05,230 Yeah. 492 00:28:05,290 --> 00:28:06,290 Okay, what now? 493 00:28:06,990 --> 00:28:08,650 I distract Dottie. 494 00:28:08,870 --> 00:28:11,490 You sneak around back and apprehend Merle. 495 00:28:11,810 --> 00:28:13,110 What? What are you talking about? 496 00:28:13,390 --> 00:28:15,210 I don't need his force if she resists. 497 00:28:15,490 --> 00:28:18,570 What? Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, don't, don't. You stay right here. 498 00:28:19,210 --> 00:28:20,210 I'm calling Mel. 499 00:28:22,770 --> 00:28:24,790 We looked at your phone records, Mr. Cruz. 500 00:28:25,150 --> 00:28:28,730 We know that you and Finch Palmer exchanged 29 calls the day he died. 501 00:28:29,150 --> 00:28:32,030 Just like we know that right around the time he was killed, your phone was 502 00:28:32,030 --> 00:28:35,670 pinging off a tower just a mile away. You were at the lake that night. Only 503 00:28:35,670 --> 00:28:37,030 thing we don't know is why. 504 00:28:37,420 --> 00:28:39,620 It wasn't to help him look for cheating fishermen. 505 00:28:39,880 --> 00:28:43,800 We know Finch left his camera at home that night. Best guess, one of the 506 00:28:43,800 --> 00:28:46,100 little disagreements you guys had were nuclear. 507 00:28:46,660 --> 00:28:49,580 You told Finch to meet you at the lake, and you shot him. 508 00:28:50,720 --> 00:28:51,820 This is nice work. 509 00:28:52,400 --> 00:28:54,360 One of the finest fakes I've ever seen. 510 00:28:54,620 --> 00:28:56,100 You think this is a fake? 511 00:28:56,360 --> 00:28:57,360 Not the photo. 512 00:28:57,500 --> 00:28:58,500 The body. 513 00:28:58,680 --> 00:29:01,920 What do you mean the body's a fake? I mean Finch isn't dead. 514 00:29:02,260 --> 00:29:03,300 He was taken. 515 00:29:04,320 --> 00:29:09,120 What you have in the morgue is a replicant. Just meat in the shape of a 516 00:29:09,120 --> 00:29:12,180 man. They would have been able to clone it with just a few of his cells. Okay, 517 00:29:12,200 --> 00:29:13,200 okay, okay. 518 00:29:13,520 --> 00:29:14,520 Who's they? 519 00:29:14,560 --> 00:29:15,560 The feds. 520 00:29:16,320 --> 00:29:19,160 Are either of you familiar with the term UAP? 521 00:29:19,680 --> 00:29:23,980 Yeah, that's what people who believe in aliens call UFOs these days. 522 00:29:25,020 --> 00:29:26,900 Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon. 523 00:29:27,520 --> 00:29:29,840 Unidentified Anomalous Phenomenon. 524 00:29:30,080 --> 00:29:33,280 See, the night this happened, Finch saw one crash into the lake. 525 00:29:33,600 --> 00:29:37,000 That's why we were on the phone so much the next day. He was going to go back, 526 00:29:37,160 --> 00:29:39,840 locate the UAP with sonar, and tow it in. 527 00:29:40,040 --> 00:29:43,340 He wanted me to be there to look it over with him. I was late. 528 00:29:43,720 --> 00:29:46,920 I'll have to live with that the rest of my life because by the time I got back, 529 00:29:47,140 --> 00:29:52,780 the UAP repaired itself. It was in the air again, and it was lifting Finch into 530 00:29:52,780 --> 00:29:53,920 a beam of light. 531 00:29:56,560 --> 00:29:59,020 I got left behind. 532 00:29:59,580 --> 00:30:04,080 And so you went to the bilge water to, what, drown your sorrows? 533 00:30:04,280 --> 00:30:07,780 I knew it was only a matter of time before the boys at Wright-Patterson came 534 00:30:07,780 --> 00:30:11,120 looking for me, so I stopped on my phone. Went to stay with my mom. 535 00:30:11,780 --> 00:30:16,840 Look, you don't have to believe me, but if you're smart, you will believe the 536 00:30:16,840 --> 00:30:17,840 pictures I took. 537 00:30:18,080 --> 00:30:21,880 Get me a computer. Let me into my cloud. I'll show you. 538 00:30:23,160 --> 00:30:25,680 Like I said, Finch isn't dead. 539 00:30:26,140 --> 00:30:27,140 Just taken. 540 00:30:34,620 --> 00:30:36,360 Obviously, Merle Cruz is nuts. 541 00:30:36,760 --> 00:30:41,740 Also obvious, I'm not about to put out an APB on an ET, and yet... And yet, 542 00:30:41,760 --> 00:30:44,480 something had to leave his body up there on that high branch. 543 00:30:44,700 --> 00:30:48,540 And if this picture is legit... And all its metadata says it is... Then 544 00:30:48,540 --> 00:30:51,580 something just levitated him away, but... What? 545 00:30:52,020 --> 00:30:57,320 Me and Dragonfly? It ate uranium or something, now it's 20 feet long, like a 546 00:30:57,320 --> 00:30:58,420 reverse Spider-Man thing. 547 00:30:58,960 --> 00:30:59,960 What? 548 00:31:00,159 --> 00:31:04,100 Okay, fine. You come up with something that's big enough to lift a man and goes 549 00:31:04,100 --> 00:31:05,220 flying all over a lake. 550 00:31:08,180 --> 00:31:11,760 I don't know if it could lift a man, but I definitely know something that flies 551 00:31:11,760 --> 00:31:12,760 all over a lake. 552 00:31:24,600 --> 00:31:25,960 Riz Bashir, Walt Taylor. 553 00:31:26,669 --> 00:31:29,090 Detective Malabarayu, I'm gonna need you to come with me and answer some 554 00:31:29,090 --> 00:31:30,090 questions. 555 00:31:32,210 --> 00:31:36,590 I gotta say, if you're looking for technical assistance, we should have my 556 00:31:36,590 --> 00:31:37,509 partner here. 557 00:31:37,510 --> 00:31:39,990 Walt's really the brains of the outfit. 558 00:31:40,270 --> 00:31:42,870 So just tell us, how'd you two get to be partners? 559 00:31:43,510 --> 00:31:46,410 We met at Argus, the big defense contractor. 560 00:31:47,030 --> 00:31:49,210 Riz was on the commercial side, I was an engineer. 561 00:31:49,470 --> 00:31:53,610 We saw an opportunity, and left to start Drone Nova two years ago. 562 00:31:54,010 --> 00:31:56,610 And now you fly cameras over fishing tournaments? 563 00:31:57,050 --> 00:31:59,690 Event security is our core business. 564 00:31:59,990 --> 00:32:02,010 Crowd monitoring, that sort of thing. 565 00:32:02,270 --> 00:32:05,430 Your website struck me as a little more inspirational. 566 00:32:05,930 --> 00:32:09,070 It says here you're working on a next-gen autonomous heavy lifting 567 00:32:09,070 --> 00:32:12,450 platform. Right. A drone big enough to move a person. 568 00:32:12,930 --> 00:32:13,930 Move them where? 569 00:32:14,230 --> 00:32:17,670 Off of a battlefield, out of a flood zone, away from a wildfire. 570 00:32:18,010 --> 00:32:19,010 So do you have prototypes? 571 00:32:19,610 --> 00:32:23,170 I can't discuss any patented technology we have in development. We've got NDAs 572 00:32:23,170 --> 00:32:24,029 up to our eyeballs. 573 00:32:24,030 --> 00:32:27,650 Finch Palmer told his friend he saw a UAP crash into the lake where you guys 574 00:32:27,650 --> 00:32:28,650 have been working. 575 00:32:29,170 --> 00:32:31,250 Finch Palmer believed in aliens? 576 00:32:31,730 --> 00:32:33,310 We think he misunderstood what he saw. 577 00:32:33,670 --> 00:32:37,630 The craft that went down that night, it wasn't from outer space. It was from 578 00:32:37,630 --> 00:32:38,629 your lab. 579 00:32:38,630 --> 00:32:41,090 When the police dragged the lake, they found this guy. 580 00:32:41,890 --> 00:32:45,870 Got me thinking, what if he was what your people mover was moving the night 581 00:32:45,870 --> 00:32:46,870 it went down? 582 00:32:47,500 --> 00:32:50,300 Finch went back to the lake the next night to retrieve the UAP. 583 00:32:51,220 --> 00:32:54,960 It occurred to us maybe you had surveillance drones patrolling, so I'm 584 00:32:54,960 --> 00:32:55,960 looking for it. 585 00:32:59,940 --> 00:33:02,780 Someone caught up to Finch and shot him twice. 586 00:33:03,580 --> 00:33:05,680 Why would we kill someone over a crash drone? 587 00:33:05,900 --> 00:33:08,220 I mean, do you know how many prototypes go down during RandD? 588 00:33:08,600 --> 00:33:09,600 Probably a lot. 589 00:33:09,860 --> 00:33:12,120 But how many were recovered by third parties? 590 00:33:12,320 --> 00:33:15,500 And more importantly, how many are developed using stolen tech? 591 00:33:15,980 --> 00:33:19,440 Court filings show your departure from Argus and then litigation. 592 00:33:20,060 --> 00:33:21,720 They sued the hell out of you guys. 593 00:33:22,260 --> 00:33:24,960 They said that your drones were ripoffs of their tech. 594 00:33:25,520 --> 00:33:26,740 They had to drop that suit. 595 00:33:27,080 --> 00:33:30,120 They couldn't prove any of it. That's because they couldn't get their hands on 596 00:33:30,120 --> 00:33:32,260 any of your drones, but Finch Palmer did, didn't they? 597 00:33:32,620 --> 00:33:35,980 What happened that night when you caught up to him at the lake? You said you 598 00:33:35,980 --> 00:33:38,460 wanted it back. He said, no, I want to show the world my UAP. 599 00:33:38,780 --> 00:33:43,020 You knew that someone would figure out that your tech wasn't your tech, so you 600 00:33:43,020 --> 00:33:43,699 killed him. 601 00:33:43,700 --> 00:33:45,240 But then you had his body to deal with. 602 00:33:45,640 --> 00:33:48,280 Was it your idea to use another prototype to adios it? 603 00:33:48,840 --> 00:33:52,780 This was taken by Finch's friend, only it isn't a picture of an alien 604 00:33:52,780 --> 00:33:55,940 encounter. It was you airlifting Finch out to the Atlantic. 605 00:34:02,820 --> 00:34:04,200 Yeah, you couldn't even do that right. 606 00:34:04,680 --> 00:34:06,060 You dropped him right in that tree. 607 00:34:06,540 --> 00:34:09,120 I mean, you guys, you have a lot of work to do here. 608 00:34:11,739 --> 00:34:14,000 Actually, I think it's you who has some work to do. 609 00:34:14,639 --> 00:34:16,960 You have a really interesting theory, but that's all you've got. 610 00:34:17,659 --> 00:34:18,659 A theory. 611 00:34:18,699 --> 00:34:22,040 If you believe that Drone Nova's in possession of evidence to support these 612 00:34:22,040 --> 00:34:25,060 claims, you're welcome to seek a warrant. 613 00:34:28,659 --> 00:34:30,199 So much for divide and conquer. 614 00:34:30,400 --> 00:34:31,540 Yeah, we need to get into the warehouse. 615 00:34:31,780 --> 00:34:34,820 We need to get our hands on the drone they used to move Finch's body. You 616 00:34:34,820 --> 00:34:37,380 don't think it's long gone? No, no, no. Not if it's their last working 617 00:34:37,380 --> 00:34:39,679 prototype. They would need it to make their millions. 618 00:34:40,159 --> 00:34:41,460 You're thinking there could be trace evidence? 619 00:34:42,060 --> 00:34:44,080 A drop of Finch's blood, one of his hairs. 620 00:34:44,639 --> 00:34:47,480 Unfortunately, even if you're right, no judge is giving us a warrant. Not with 621 00:34:47,480 --> 00:34:48,480 what we have. Yeah. 622 00:34:48,760 --> 00:34:49,760 We got to get home. 623 00:34:49,840 --> 00:34:52,600 Before they put a party, Catherine's going to put our bodies up in a tree. 624 00:34:52,679 --> 00:34:53,679 Yeah, right. 625 00:34:54,699 --> 00:34:56,440 I got nothing to lose. 626 00:34:56,679 --> 00:34:57,920 Lots of these fish. 627 00:34:58,440 --> 00:35:00,360 Nothing like getting a big one on the hook. 628 00:35:01,420 --> 00:35:03,640 Swordfish almost jerked me out of my boat one time. 629 00:35:05,600 --> 00:35:09,840 The only thing I need is to be me. 630 00:35:15,430 --> 00:35:16,510 What do you think? 631 00:35:17,090 --> 00:35:20,590 I think of all the parties that we're ever thrown to celebrate the end of 632 00:35:20,590 --> 00:35:21,610 someone's conditional release. 633 00:35:22,530 --> 00:35:24,150 This is definitely one of them. 634 00:35:24,490 --> 00:35:28,250 I gotta say, a week ago, if you'd asked me to name the one person who would 635 00:35:28,250 --> 00:35:30,930 absolutely not be here tonight, it would have been your dad. 636 00:35:31,190 --> 00:35:32,190 You and me both. 637 00:35:33,150 --> 00:35:35,770 Still, I don't think you would have invited him if things weren't a little 638 00:35:35,770 --> 00:35:39,530 better between you. Yeah, I mean, he genuinely seems to want to make up for 639 00:35:39,530 --> 00:35:40,530 stuff. 640 00:35:40,590 --> 00:35:44,310 I don't know, when it comes to being a good dad, he's always been Lucy with the 641 00:35:44,310 --> 00:35:47,910 football and I'm Charlie Brown. You know, if you give Reggie Decker a chance 642 00:35:47,910 --> 00:35:49,530 to disappoint you, he will. 643 00:35:50,630 --> 00:35:55,230 I know you didn't want me to throw this party, but I think I'd be remiss if I 644 00:35:55,230 --> 00:35:58,070 didn't remind you that the point of it is to celebrate second chances. 645 00:35:59,390 --> 00:36:00,390 You just got one. 646 00:36:01,510 --> 00:36:02,910 Maybe it's time he got one too. 647 00:36:12,540 --> 00:36:14,120 You had a good time, son? 648 00:36:14,800 --> 00:36:16,060 Uh, yeah, of course. 649 00:36:19,120 --> 00:36:21,080 What's a... A smile. 650 00:36:21,780 --> 00:36:23,140 It's a cover-up smile. 651 00:36:23,640 --> 00:36:27,900 One you put on when you're just pretending you're okay. I remember it 652 00:36:27,900 --> 00:36:29,980 from when your gerbil died back in 86. 653 00:36:30,860 --> 00:36:31,860 Maxwell. 654 00:36:33,020 --> 00:36:34,520 No, it's, um... 655 00:36:34,840 --> 00:36:35,840 It's this case. 656 00:36:36,180 --> 00:36:40,320 Merle Cruz, he didn't kill Finch Palmer, so Mel and I today, we took a swing at 657 00:36:40,320 --> 00:36:41,320 the guys we think did. 658 00:36:41,840 --> 00:36:42,840 We missed. 659 00:36:42,940 --> 00:36:44,900 Well, let's talk about it. Maybe I can help. 660 00:36:51,460 --> 00:36:54,740 Damn thing just won't hold the hover. That's three builds, three face plants. 661 00:36:56,780 --> 00:36:57,800 Maybe it's the Argus tech. 662 00:36:58,340 --> 00:37:01,440 Maybe he has to go. The Argus tech's the only thing getting it off the ground. 663 00:37:17,390 --> 00:37:21,850 Name's Reggie. Yeah, it recently came to my attention that you two are the focus 664 00:37:21,850 --> 00:37:23,630 of a major murder investigation. 665 00:37:24,710 --> 00:37:25,710 Good news. 666 00:37:26,270 --> 00:37:27,270 For a fee? 667 00:37:28,290 --> 00:37:30,110 I know how to get you out of it. 668 00:37:32,470 --> 00:37:34,370 Okay, so here's the skinny. 669 00:37:34,610 --> 00:37:36,890 Associate of mine, works with the cops sometimes. 670 00:37:37,130 --> 00:37:41,510 He told me they know you killed that guy down by the lake. 671 00:37:41,750 --> 00:37:42,990 We didn't kill anyone. 672 00:37:43,970 --> 00:37:44,970 You two. 673 00:37:45,390 --> 00:37:46,730 Don't ever play poker. 674 00:37:47,210 --> 00:37:52,490 Cops also know that you used one of your drones to try to move the body. 675 00:37:53,270 --> 00:37:57,330 Yes, thank you. The cops already told us these things. They also said that they 676 00:37:57,330 --> 00:37:59,190 think you're still in possession of that drone? 677 00:37:59,910 --> 00:38:00,910 Huh? 678 00:38:02,250 --> 00:38:09,070 Hey, anyone who watches NCIEIO or whatever, they'd say, guys, 679 00:38:09,290 --> 00:38:12,590 pretty stupid to think it'd have DNA on it. 680 00:38:13,080 --> 00:38:14,720 But me, I'm an entrepreneur. 681 00:38:15,260 --> 00:38:20,140 I get that you can't just throw your dream on the old junk heap, and that's 682 00:38:20,140 --> 00:38:21,380 why I brought you this. 683 00:38:24,740 --> 00:38:26,880 Miracle solver, my own design. 684 00:38:27,400 --> 00:38:29,960 Now, you clean your drone with some of this? 685 00:38:30,200 --> 00:38:32,220 Oh, you are golden. 686 00:38:34,380 --> 00:38:36,740 We're supposed to pay you for this. 687 00:38:36,940 --> 00:38:40,900 No, no, the fee I mentioned was for the patsy I found you. 688 00:38:43,150 --> 00:38:47,290 The police, see, they had an entirely different suspect before they zeroed in 689 00:38:47,290 --> 00:38:48,109 on you two. 690 00:38:48,110 --> 00:38:52,750 A real weirdo. He tried to tell them aliens were behind what happened. 691 00:38:52,990 --> 00:38:57,370 And somehow, police still like you a little more than they like him. 692 00:38:57,790 --> 00:39:03,290 If they found something on his property that tied him to the crime, a murder 693 00:39:03,290 --> 00:39:07,230 weapon, for example, maybe they'd start liking him all over again. 694 00:39:08,560 --> 00:39:12,700 Who is he? Well, if I told you that, I wouldn't have the leverage to ask for 5% 695 00:39:12,700 --> 00:39:15,460 of your company now, would I? 5%? Shut up, shut up. 696 00:39:16,960 --> 00:39:19,160 Well, I know a good thing when I see one, boys. 697 00:39:19,420 --> 00:39:24,280 And this whole jumbo drone plan that you have, that's a really good thing. I want 698 00:39:24,280 --> 00:39:25,280 in. 699 00:39:27,340 --> 00:39:31,360 My friend, Dickey Dupree, I'm supposed to call him in 20 minutes. 700 00:39:32,000 --> 00:39:34,160 If I don't, he goes to the police. 701 00:39:41,520 --> 00:39:42,640 Two percent. Three. 702 00:39:43,640 --> 00:39:45,060 That's as low as I go. 703 00:39:56,900 --> 00:40:01,520 Jeez. I was expecting you to tell me it was under a sewer grate somewhere. 704 00:40:01,840 --> 00:40:02,900 You actually kept it? 705 00:40:04,340 --> 00:40:05,940 You're so lucky I'm here. 706 00:40:08,480 --> 00:40:09,640 I'll have my lawyer. 707 00:40:10,310 --> 00:40:11,790 reach out about the 3%. 708 00:40:11,790 --> 00:40:17,790 It's funny. 709 00:40:19,010 --> 00:40:22,850 When my son came up with this plan, I didn't think I could pull it off, which 710 00:40:22,850 --> 00:40:25,110 is weird because usually I think I can pull off anything. 711 00:40:26,310 --> 00:40:29,410 But it's nice, you know, knowing that he believes I could do it. 712 00:40:30,410 --> 00:40:31,450 Wait, what? 713 00:40:32,670 --> 00:40:34,570 What the hell are you talking about, man? What plan? 714 00:40:35,420 --> 00:40:38,940 Well, the one where I wear a wire, I come in here and see if I can get you to 715 00:40:38,940 --> 00:40:40,040 tell me where your gun is. 716 00:40:40,940 --> 00:40:44,120 Anyway, you should probably get down on the ground for the nice policeman now. 717 00:41:05,390 --> 00:41:06,670 Are they releasing any units? No, 718 00:41:07,930 --> 00:41:08,709 it's nice work. 719 00:41:08,710 --> 00:41:10,190 Didn't even need a clipboard. 720 00:41:14,170 --> 00:41:17,290 Does this stuff really work? 721 00:41:17,630 --> 00:41:18,830 Have to get rid of it somehow. 722 00:41:19,530 --> 00:41:20,570 Good? Yes. 723 00:41:24,270 --> 00:41:26,170 Ooh, good cast. 724 00:41:29,450 --> 00:41:32,210 So, what's next for you after this? 725 00:41:33,040 --> 00:41:37,280 I got a call from an old friend the other day. Had this idea for an exciting 726 00:41:37,280 --> 00:41:40,020 new venture in the bathroom hygiene space. 727 00:41:40,500 --> 00:41:41,980 Self-cleaning toilet wall. 728 00:41:43,180 --> 00:41:44,820 What? Hell of an opportunity. 729 00:41:45,280 --> 00:41:46,280 No, I'm sure it is. 730 00:41:47,000 --> 00:41:49,000 For someone else, I mean. 731 00:41:49,620 --> 00:41:51,820 Me? I'm going to take a beat. 732 00:41:52,900 --> 00:41:53,900 Reassess. 733 00:41:54,180 --> 00:41:58,400 Make sure I'm on the right path to get the things I really want in life. 734 00:41:59,020 --> 00:42:00,020 Such as? 735 00:42:00,520 --> 00:42:02,000 Today? Yeah. 736 00:42:02,560 --> 00:42:07,960 Biggest damn fish this leg has left. Oh, yeah ain't gonna happen Why cuz I'm 737 00:42:07,960 --> 00:42:11,320 gonna catch the biggest damn fish this leg has left. Oh, yeah. Well, show me 738 00:42:11,320 --> 00:42:12,320 something