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Merle?
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That you?
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Who is that?
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Who's there?
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Whoever you are, this thing is mine!
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I pulled it out of the lake!
I got salvage rights!
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Stay back!
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Stay back!
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Bioluminescence.
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The production of light
by a living organism.
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Bam. Someone is gonna crush
their bio test, I'm telling you.
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So I got Mauricio's info for the party.
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Is he the one
who burned down a house?
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No, Mauricio fixes electronics.
Phil burned down a house.
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- Accidentally.
- Bye-bye, Phil.
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And this party, you know the
only thing that changes after Friday
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is I don't have to check in
with a CR Officer anymore.
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Do you really wanna go
to all this trouble?
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For the record, I'm with him.
I think the party is stupid.
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Okay, you made it to the end
of your conditional release.
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That's something. It's not nothing.
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Something that deserves a
small celebration with a few friends
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and cheese from the fancy
section of the supermarket.
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I do like cheese.
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Mitosis.
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I did invite Emi a few weeks ago.
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In case it makes it weird
for you to bring Trudy.
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No. I mean, I'm not gonna...
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- Who's Trudy?
- No one. Mitosis.
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Trudy is this cute CSU tech
Uncle R.J. is trying to vibe with.
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There is no vibe. Zero vibe. Mitosis.
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Uncle R.J. and Trudy sitting in a tree.
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- K-I-S-S-I-N-G.
- They're K-I-S-S-I-N-G.
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Thank you. Thank you for that.
Appreciate it.
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Okay, we need to talk hors d'oeuvres.
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Well, I have a new client to go
meet, so use your best judgment.
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You'll be protecting no less
than a national treasure.
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- Looks like quite the tournament here.
- Man versus fish.
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It's a glorious thing.
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At least when it's done honorably.
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Yes, you said in your message
you're concerned about cheating.
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Yeah, it's been rampant
this season across the sport.
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That's why two weeks ago,
I hired a local fishing guide,
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Finch Palmer,
to patrol the lake every night.
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People cheat before
the tournament's even started?
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Yeah. One of the oldest tricks in the book
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is to catch big,
prize-worthy bass ahead of time
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and then stash them in cages
hidden around the lake.
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And on tournament day,
the cheater takes the fish
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and then tries to claim them
as legitimate catches.
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Now, Finch's job was to go out
with his camera every night
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and take pictures of anyone on the lake.
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But unfortunately, yesterday morning,
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his boat was found drifting, empty.
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Except for a whiskey bottle, also empty.
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So maybe he got drunk, he
fell in, he didn't make it back up.
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Adding to the tragedy, the
tournament may need to be postponed
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while the police drag the lake
looking for his body.
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We're supposed to start in two days.
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If you're looking for someone
new to watch the lake at night,
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I-I-I'm not much of a boat guy.
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I wouldn't feel right putting
anyone else on the water.
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What I need is another set
of eyes on land.
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- And if you were to see something...
- Fishy?
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Untoward.
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Your job would be to say something.
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I don't wanna talk myself out
of a paycheck here,
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but don't you think hiring a PI
is overdoing it a little bit?
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I mean, what does the winner get?
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A new rod? A monogrammed tackle box?
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First prize is a quarter
of a million dollars.
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And this
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is what I am willing to pay you.
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Let's go fishing.
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Once we start,
the tournament runs two days,
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and each day, the anglers
weigh in their five biggest catches,
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and heaviest combined weight wins.
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And what happens at the end?
Big old fish fry?
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The EBC is catch and release.
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Every one of those glorious
creatures goes right back in the lake.
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- Surveillance drones.
- Wow, yeah.
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They offer another layer of security,
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monitoring the contestants
while they're on the water.
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Right now, they're helping law
enforcement search for poor Finch.
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Anything, gentlemen?
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Not yet, but I dialed in some pol filters.
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It cuts the glare, boosts underwater vis.
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We'll find him, Mr. Voss.
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I don't understand most
of what those two say,
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but their company is cutting edge.
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And I want you to be every bit
as visible as they are.
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I don't get a badge, do I? Maybe
one shaped like a little bass.
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The people I need you to look out for,
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the traitors to our sport, they're creative.
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Okay. I mean, can I ask you something?
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Any idea why cheating is so
on the rise this year?
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Dickie Dupree.
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Came out of nowhere this season,
won four out of the last six tournaments.
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It's the kind of streak that takes...
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shall we say, a lot more than luck.
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At least that's what a lot
of these guys think.
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Now they're just scrambling
to keep up with him.
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Hey, Dickie.
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That guy.
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How does he connect to Dickie?
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Well, he's one of Dickie's
sponsors. Sells fish attractant.
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He's got a booth here,
but I can't remember his name.
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Reggie. His name's Reggie.
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And if Dickie's in business with
him, maybe Dickie is a cheater.
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See, Reggie's not a con man,
but he's close.
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He's always scheming. He's
always looking for an angle.
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I wouldn't trust him
as far as I could throw him.
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I take it you know all this
from a previous investigation?
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Nope. I know all this
because he's my dad.
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MuskMaster Select, gentlemen,
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is the next generation in fish attractants.
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Live bait gets distilled to an oil
that doesn't just draw the lunkers in,
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it makes them fall in love.
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Don't believe me. Ask Dickie Dupree.
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Every one of his wins this year, every
single one, he was using MuskMaster.
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Oh, yeah? I mean, I don't know. It
smells like regular old fish oil to me.
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- Fish oil?
- Yeah.
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That's like, calling champagne grape soda.
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Now, what you smell is
the sweet, sweet scent
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of nine, count them, nine forage species
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all blended by our scientists.
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Scientists? Sorry, did you say scientists?
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- Well, best in the business.
- Oh, yeah?
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Well, could you name one?
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Just so I can look them up,
check their credentials.
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Yeah, yeah. Gentlemen...
Thanks, but we're good.
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Was that really necessary?
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Fish attractant, really? What happened
to the whole teeth-whitening thing?
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It was tied up in litigation.
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The distributor was a crook.
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Yeah, you know, that reminds me
of the alpaca farm.
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Or was it the wind farm? See, I-I-I
can't remember. I get them all confused.
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Yeah, you look good, Son.
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You still taking pictures for the
newspaper? That why you're here?
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No, I'm a private investigator now.
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- A gumshoe?
- Yeah.
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Tournament director asked me
to, be on the lookout for cheaters.
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Cheating is the absolute
scourge of this beautiful sport.
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Does your buddy Dickie feel the same?
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From what I hear, MuskMaster is not
the only reason he's been cleaning up...
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Hey, Eddie. Come on over here.
Somebody I want you to meet.
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Eddie... this is my son, R.J.
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Oh, my word. I've known
this old so-and-so for years.
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He never told me he had a son.
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Is that right? It's funny. I-I never
really tell people I have a dad either.
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Ha ha.
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Hey...
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I don't know why
we're wasting time with this.
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A couple more days, this guy's
body will float up on his own.
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You want the tournament to get
delayed two days or start on time?
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We find Finch Palmer, we're heroes.
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Hear that?
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What the hell was that?
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Oh, my God.
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That's Finch Palmer.
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Two to the chest.
Obviously, he didn't drown.
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I'm not sure
he was ever even in the water.
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Okay, that broken limb right there...
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has to be where the body was, right?
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- Yeah.
- Okay, if it was,
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how the hell did it end up there?
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I don't know.
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Maybe the killer chased him
from another part of the lake.
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Finch climbed the tree to hide.
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Killer spots him,
shoots him from down here.
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Or Finch was shot on the ground
and the killer put his body up there.
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It's a hell of a climb to pull off
solo, let alone with a body in tow.
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However he did it, I think his finishing
touch was leaving the boat out on the lake.
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He had us all looking down
when the body was up.
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I still can't believe you were
here when I pulled up this morning.
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You know, there I was,
thinking how nice it was gonna be
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to work a homicide without you.
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But no, no, no. No, now
you're a... you're a fish cop.
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I'm not a fish cop.
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I'm not even security. I was
just hired to look out for cheaters.
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Isn't that what he was supposed
to be doing, yeah?
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Yeah, tournament director hired
him to patrol the lake at night,
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take pictures of what he saw.
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I know there wasn't
a camera with the body,
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but any chance the dive team found
one when they were dragging the lake?
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No, but some of the stuff
they did find was fun.
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Old suitcase full of garden
gnomes, tube TV from, like, the '60s,
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practically new crash test dummy.
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Yeah, the killer must have
seen Finch taking pictures
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and took the camera
with him when he left.
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Well, this is your beat, fish cop.
You got any suspects in mind?
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As a matter of fact, there was one guy
I was asked to pay special attention to.
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Yeah, I know who he is. Course I do.
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He's that guy they all thought drowned
in the lake, but instead he was up a tree.
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But so what? Why am I here?
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Well, Dickie, there's been rumors
about your recent winning streak.
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Course there are.
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Haters gonna hate.
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But again, why am I here?
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The night Finch Palmer was killed,
he was being paid to look for people
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trying to plant already-caught
bass in cages around the lake.
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- I assume you're aware of the phenomenon?
- Sure, I am.
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Every guy on the tournament is.
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But how is it I'm the only one here?
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Because you're the only one with a rap
sheet that includes three assault charges.
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You see, the thing is, is I did background
checks on everyone who's competing,
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and yours is the only one that
came back with so much dirt.
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And then there's your social media.
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Bass aren't the only animals
you like to catch.
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You hunt deer in the off season.
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A guy like you, tracking and
shooting Finch would have been easy.
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I never killed anybody, and I sure as
hell catch all my fish fair and square.
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Okay, well, if that's true, I suppose
you'll have no trouble telling me
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where you were between the
hours of 9:00 and 11:00 p.m.
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on Wednesday night.
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That's when we think
Finch was shot to death.
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I was,
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at my cousin Larry's house, asleep.
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Can Cousin Larry confirm that?
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He's a big rig driver.
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He was probably halfway
across the country that night.
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He's just letting me stay
at his place when I'm in town.
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Not much of an alibi, Dickie.
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Hey.
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Sorry to interrupt, but there's a guy
downstairs that says he's your dad.
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A guy who says he's your what?
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Hey, what's going on?
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Pretty small, Son. Pretty damn small.
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Excuse me, what does that mean?
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You don't like me. That's no secret.
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But treating Dickie this way,
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making people think
he had something to do
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with what happened
to that poor man in the tree.
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Are you really suggesting I told the
police about Dickie because of you?
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You're unbelievable. I told
the police about Dickie because,
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as you damn well know,
people think he's a cheat.
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Rumors. Innuendo.
238
00:12:24,407 --> 00:12:26,649
Did you know he's been arrested
three times for assault?
239
00:12:26,787 --> 00:12:27,786
Did you know that?
240
00:12:27,856 --> 00:12:29,754
You, of all people, should know
241
00:12:29,892 --> 00:12:32,340
that an assault charge
doesn't make a man a killer.
242
00:12:32,479 --> 00:12:35,031
You really wanna go there, Dad?
You really wanna go there?
243
00:12:35,169 --> 00:12:38,238
Two years ago, I drove
all the way to Apalachee
244
00:12:38,376 --> 00:12:40,825
to visit you, make sure you were okay.
245
00:12:40,963 --> 00:12:43,204
What do they tell me when I get there?
246
00:12:43,791 --> 00:12:47,136
"Nope. Sorry, sir,
he doesn't want to see you."
247
00:12:47,274 --> 00:12:48,551
That was to hurt me.
248
00:12:48,689 --> 00:12:50,413
This is too.
249
00:12:50,552 --> 00:12:52,621
I know I wasn't the greatest father.
250
00:12:52,759 --> 00:12:55,794
You weren't any kind of father.
You left! You remember that?
251
00:12:56,794 --> 00:12:58,863
You okay, champ?
252
00:12:59,001 --> 00:13:00,933
I came as soon as I heard.
253
00:13:01,071 --> 00:13:02,864
Yeah, I'm fine.
I just wanna get out of here.
254
00:13:03,002 --> 00:13:04,347
Oh. Let's go.
255
00:13:09,694 --> 00:13:11,417
Is that seriously your dad?
256
00:13:11,556 --> 00:13:13,729
Yeah. He's one of Dickie's sponsors.
257
00:13:14,798 --> 00:13:16,419
You wanna talk about it?
258
00:13:16,557 --> 00:13:19,115
No, I just... I got, like, a hundred
texts from the EBC director.
259
00:13:19,143 --> 00:13:21,455
He wants an update.
I should go talk to him.
260
00:13:21,593 --> 00:13:24,248
- I take it Dickie didn't confess?
- No.
261
00:13:24,386 --> 00:13:26,225
No, but you were right
to put him on our radar.
262
00:13:26,352 --> 00:13:27,836
He's nervous about something.
263
00:13:28,318 --> 00:13:29,456
Go see your client.
264
00:13:29,594 --> 00:13:31,226
I'm gonna pay a visit
to Finch Palmer's wife,
265
00:13:31,250 --> 00:13:33,595
see if he had any enemies
outside of the EBC.
266
00:13:34,147 --> 00:13:35,147
Yeah.
267
00:13:40,045 --> 00:13:44,771
Finch and I still shared the
house, but our lives, not so much.
268
00:13:44,908 --> 00:13:46,943
Six months ago, we separated.
269
00:13:47,736 --> 00:13:50,357
But I've listened to enough
true crime podcasts to know
270
00:13:50,496 --> 00:13:54,669
that when a married person is killed,
the spouse is always the first suspect.
271
00:13:54,807 --> 00:13:56,497
So I put together a few things
272
00:13:56,635 --> 00:13:59,152
to help answer questions
I knew were coming.
273
00:13:59,705 --> 00:14:02,946
The night Finch was killed,
I was at a wedding in Orlando.
274
00:14:03,084 --> 00:14:05,706
This is my hotel bill,
275
00:14:05,844 --> 00:14:08,361
plus credit card receipts from the drive,
276
00:14:08,500 --> 00:14:12,052
and names and numbers of other
guests who'll confirm I was there.
277
00:14:12,190 --> 00:14:14,329
Thank you. That helps.
278
00:14:14,466 --> 00:14:17,432
Can you think of anyone else
who may have wanted to hurt Finch?
279
00:14:17,571 --> 00:14:21,054
Last few years, his friend
group got a little strange,
280
00:14:21,192 --> 00:14:22,675
a little conspiracy-minded.
281
00:14:23,365 --> 00:14:26,711
Honestly, that's one reason
why he and I drifted apart.
282
00:14:26,849 --> 00:14:29,677
But the guys I met all seemed harmless.
283
00:14:30,712 --> 00:14:32,953
That camera, is it yours?
284
00:14:33,091 --> 00:14:35,022
No, that was Finch's.
285
00:14:53,164 --> 00:14:54,200
House call.
286
00:14:55,027 --> 00:14:56,545
- This can't be good.
- It's not.
287
00:14:57,165 --> 00:14:59,752
Finch Palmer's camera,
it was at his house.
288
00:14:59,890 --> 00:15:02,248
He wasn't taking pictures
the night he was killed after all.
289
00:15:02,857 --> 00:15:04,136
So if he wasn't taking pictures,
290
00:15:04,236 --> 00:15:05,592
what was he doing out on the lake?
291
00:15:05,616 --> 00:15:07,734
Gonna have to file that
under questions that can wait,
292
00:15:07,858 --> 00:15:10,736
because if you still think he was
killed by someone he caught cheating...
293
00:15:12,204 --> 00:15:15,204
the next person we need
to talk to is your dad.
294
00:15:25,172 --> 00:15:26,171
Mr. Decker.
295
00:15:26,207 --> 00:15:27,690
Morning.
296
00:15:27,827 --> 00:15:30,173
I'm Detective Abreu.
Thanks for coming in.
297
00:15:30,311 --> 00:15:32,104
Always happy to help the police
298
00:15:32,242 --> 00:15:36,450
and to speak to the character of a
trusted friend and business associate.
299
00:15:36,589 --> 00:15:39,416
As I told my son yesterday,
Dickie Dupree...
300
00:15:39,554 --> 00:15:43,521
Dickie's no longer our top
suspect in Finch Palmer's murder.
301
00:15:43,659 --> 00:15:44,900
This guy is.
302
00:15:45,694 --> 00:15:47,729
I know your company
is Dickie's main sponsor,
303
00:15:47,867 --> 00:15:52,764
but who needs MuskMaster Select when he's
got you sinking pre-caught fish for him?
304
00:15:52,902 --> 00:15:55,213
Those pictures were taken
by Finch Palmer Tuesday night.
305
00:15:55,351 --> 00:15:56,810
Wednesday night,
he was shot and killed.
306
00:15:56,834 --> 00:15:58,938
It-It's hard not to see the connection.
307
00:15:59,076 --> 00:16:03,767
If you did kill Finch, the only question
is why you waited almost 24 hours.
308
00:16:03,904 --> 00:16:06,802
But considering he never sent
these photos to the director of the EBC,
309
00:16:06,940 --> 00:16:07,939
I have a theory.
310
00:16:08,043 --> 00:16:09,837
Finch tried to blackmail you with these.
311
00:16:09,975 --> 00:16:13,079
Instead of paying him, you lured him
back out to the lake and gunned him down.
312
00:16:13,217 --> 00:16:14,216
That's just...
313
00:16:14,286 --> 00:16:16,942
No... No, R.J., tell her.
314
00:16:17,080 --> 00:16:18,321
Tell her what?
315
00:16:18,459 --> 00:16:19,874
That I'm not a killer.
316
00:16:21,219 --> 00:16:23,288
Son, you know me.
317
00:16:23,875 --> 00:16:26,910
I'm gonna tell you what I would
tell anyone in this situation.
318
00:16:27,047 --> 00:16:29,910
Tell the truth. It's not
your strong suit. I know.
319
00:16:32,393 --> 00:16:34,256
It's the only way
you're gonna help yourself.
320
00:16:34,394 --> 00:16:35,429
Tell the truth.
321
00:16:35,567 --> 00:16:37,325
Yesterday, when we spoke to Dickie,
322
00:16:37,463 --> 00:16:39,947
it was pretty obvious
he was hiding something.
323
00:16:40,085 --> 00:16:42,913
Maybe that's because he was
with you the night Finch was killed.
324
00:16:43,051 --> 00:16:45,224
Maybe he's the one
who pulled the trigger.
325
00:16:47,949 --> 00:16:51,019
Dickie does have an alibi
for that night. We both do.
326
00:16:51,812 --> 00:16:54,813
We were at Dickie's storage
unit in Pembroke Pines,
327
00:16:54,951 --> 00:16:56,571
the one on Windsor Drive.
328
00:16:56,709 --> 00:17:01,124
One of his other sponsors, Kaneshiro
Company, they make fishing rods,
329
00:17:01,262 --> 00:17:04,608
and the thing is, Dickie doesn't...
like their rods very much.
330
00:17:04,746 --> 00:17:07,401
So we were heat-gunning
some Kaneshiro labels
331
00:17:07,540 --> 00:17:09,919
onto the brand of rod he does like.
332
00:17:10,057 --> 00:17:14,507
Dickie didn't tell you because it would
have cost him his deal with Kaneshiro.
333
00:17:14,644 --> 00:17:16,783
The overnight guy at the storage place,
334
00:17:16,921 --> 00:17:18,818
I mean, he saw us coming and going.
335
00:17:19,646 --> 00:17:20,885
Call the place. He'll tell you.
336
00:17:23,267 --> 00:17:25,060
Wait here.
337
00:17:28,234 --> 00:17:29,786
- R.J.
- Yeah?
338
00:17:29,924 --> 00:17:33,028
Everything I have is tied up
in MuskMaster Select.
339
00:17:33,718 --> 00:17:37,547
If there's anything you can do,
just keep these between us.
340
00:17:39,719 --> 00:17:42,995
You may not be going to prison,
but you're not going back to the EBC.
341
00:17:43,133 --> 00:17:44,789
You and Dickie, you're done.
342
00:17:54,584 --> 00:17:57,585
The guy at the storage facility
confirmed your dad's story.
343
00:17:57,723 --> 00:18:00,413
He and Dickie were both there
the night Finch Palmer was killed,
344
00:18:00,552 --> 00:18:02,379
so I kicked your dad loose.
345
00:18:02,517 --> 00:18:03,552
Okay.
346
00:18:03,690 --> 00:18:04,725
Good.
347
00:18:05,760 --> 00:18:08,036
I can't tell if you're relieved
or disappointed.
348
00:18:08,691 --> 00:18:12,726
I'm disappointed... our
suspect list is back down to zero,
349
00:18:12,864 --> 00:18:15,451
unless you think that's the guy that did it.
350
00:18:16,245 --> 00:18:18,314
I'm assuming that's the dummy
the dive team found
351
00:18:18,452 --> 00:18:19,771
when they were dragging the lake.
352
00:18:19,901 --> 00:18:21,499
Yeah, somebody put it in here as a joke.
353
00:18:21,590 --> 00:18:23,936
I'm pretty sure Ragsdale's afraid of it.
354
00:18:24,073 --> 00:18:25,695
I just got a text from the ME.
355
00:18:25,833 --> 00:18:28,627
He's done with Finch Palmer's
autopsy, wants to go over a few things.
356
00:18:28,765 --> 00:18:31,834
You're welcome to join. You
can even bring your new friend.
357
00:18:36,249 --> 00:18:38,043
Ernie, you know R.J. Decker.
358
00:18:38,181 --> 00:18:39,215
I do.
359
00:18:39,353 --> 00:18:40,561
- Hey. How you doing?
- Hey.
360
00:18:40,699 --> 00:18:41,940
Good to see you.
361
00:18:42,078 --> 00:18:44,527
That hand was just inside a dead guy.
362
00:18:44,664 --> 00:18:46,223
I mean, he was wearing gloves,
you know.
363
00:18:46,285 --> 00:18:49,183
Ernie, not the dead guy, but still.
364
00:18:49,838 --> 00:18:51,563
It's a good color on you.
365
00:18:51,701 --> 00:18:53,873
Oh, thanks.
366
00:18:54,011 --> 00:18:55,633
Yeah, I know I'm not
supposed to be here.
367
00:18:55,771 --> 00:18:58,495
There's just something I need to
show you about the case, I mean.
368
00:18:58,634 --> 00:19:00,323
But... You know, Ernie, you go first.
369
00:19:00,461 --> 00:19:01,713
It'll be more dramatic that way.
370
00:19:01,737 --> 00:19:03,358
Okay, the cause of death
371
00:19:04,462 --> 00:19:06,325
was the gunshot wounds to the chest.
372
00:19:06,463 --> 00:19:08,256
Yeah, that was pretty obvious
at the scene.
373
00:19:08,394 --> 00:19:09,877
Yeah, well, here's what wasn't.
374
00:19:10,015 --> 00:19:12,498
The bullets were fired on
an even trajectory like this.
375
00:19:12,637 --> 00:19:15,016
The shooter was on
equal footing with the victim.
376
00:19:15,154 --> 00:19:18,189
Okay, so whoever shot Finch
didn't do it from below.
377
00:19:18,327 --> 00:19:20,707
Yeah, so Finch was shot on
the ground and then carried up.
378
00:19:20,845 --> 00:19:22,121
Wrong.
379
00:19:22,259 --> 00:19:24,915
Sorry. That's just why
I wanted him to go first.
380
00:19:25,053 --> 00:19:27,225
Come on, come check this out.
381
00:19:31,123 --> 00:19:32,951
This is the tree the body was in.
382
00:19:33,089 --> 00:19:35,227
I took a cherry picker out
to the scene to examine it.
383
00:19:35,780 --> 00:19:38,643
Okay, all these broken branches
two feet out from the trunk,
384
00:19:38,780 --> 00:19:41,643
that shows the body's path as it fell.
385
00:19:41,781 --> 00:19:43,471
Now, the trunk.
386
00:19:44,091 --> 00:19:46,782
These were taken from about
15 feet up from the ground
387
00:19:46,920 --> 00:19:48,239
below where the body was perched,
388
00:19:48,334 --> 00:19:51,714
and look at all these
young branches on both sides.
389
00:19:51,852 --> 00:19:55,129
I mean, none of them
are snapped or even bent.
390
00:19:55,267 --> 00:19:57,450
So if anyone had climbed the
tree, either Finch or the killer,
391
00:19:57,474 --> 00:19:59,336
some of these branches
would have been broken.
392
00:19:59,474 --> 00:20:03,475
Okay, but if no one climbed the tree,
how the hell did that body get up there?
393
00:20:05,649 --> 00:20:07,614
There you are.
394
00:20:08,372 --> 00:20:09,959
What are you doing here?
395
00:20:10,097 --> 00:20:11,960
I had to pick up a few things
the police seized
396
00:20:12,098 --> 00:20:14,651
when they thought I,
you know, killed my dad.
397
00:20:14,788 --> 00:20:16,478
Okay. Yeah, that.
398
00:20:16,616 --> 00:20:19,203
I swung by the bullpen
in case you were around.
399
00:20:19,341 --> 00:20:20,652
Wanted to say hi.
400
00:20:20,790 --> 00:20:22,962
- Hey, yeah.
- You good?
401
00:20:23,100 --> 00:20:24,929
Me? Yeah, no, I'm good. I'm good.
402
00:20:26,342 --> 00:20:27,481
So that's a lie.
403
00:20:30,171 --> 00:20:33,102
You... Do you want to go
somewhere, talk about it?
404
00:20:33,240 --> 00:20:34,413
Maybe I can help.
405
00:20:35,655 --> 00:20:36,654
Yeah.
406
00:20:38,621 --> 00:20:41,139
Okay, so just to be clear,
407
00:20:41,760 --> 00:20:45,589
you're glad your dad didn't shoot a
guy and stash him in a tree, right?
408
00:20:47,899 --> 00:20:48,898
Yes.
409
00:20:48,968 --> 00:20:50,486
That was quite a pause.
410
00:20:50,624 --> 00:20:52,486
Well, he's quite a dad.
411
00:20:53,935 --> 00:20:57,108
It's funny, you know, when
I was growing up, actually...
412
00:20:59,315 --> 00:21:02,350
I sort of idolized him.
I mean, he was the fun parent.
413
00:21:02,488 --> 00:21:05,213
He was the one that always said yes.
414
00:21:05,351 --> 00:21:07,386
When I was ten years old,
there was this game
415
00:21:07,523 --> 00:21:10,283
I desperately, desperately
wanted to see it, the Orange Bowl,
416
00:21:10,421 --> 00:21:11,766
Miami, Nebraska.
417
00:21:12,766 --> 00:21:14,802
Problem was, it was... it was sold out.
418
00:21:15,767 --> 00:21:18,181
A couple of hours before
kickoff, he drives me down there,
419
00:21:18,319 --> 00:21:20,734
but instead of pulling out
tickets, he pulls out a clipboard.
420
00:21:20,872 --> 00:21:24,769
He says, "Son, nobody ever
stops a man with a clipboard."
421
00:21:26,218 --> 00:21:27,425
Okay.
422
00:21:27,563 --> 00:21:30,253
He walks right past the guard,
and for 45 minutes
423
00:21:30,391 --> 00:21:31,840
just examines the railing.
424
00:21:32,426 --> 00:21:35,669
Anybody asks, he-he comes
up with a job on the spot.
425
00:21:36,427 --> 00:21:38,186
"I'm here to count the urinal cakes."
426
00:21:38,324 --> 00:21:41,739
"I'm here to make sure
the fryers don't go above 375."
427
00:21:43,325 --> 00:21:46,118
I ended up watching the
whole game from the concourse.
428
00:21:48,016 --> 00:21:49,292
Miami won by a point.
429
00:21:52,224 --> 00:21:55,155
When I was 16, my-my parents
got divorced. That part I understood.
430
00:21:55,293 --> 00:21:56,811
They weren't a good match.
431
00:21:57,914 --> 00:22:02,744
But what I didn't understand was
how he just disappeared after that.
432
00:22:04,640 --> 00:22:06,961
Me and my brothers, we thought
we'd at least get him on the weekends,
433
00:22:06,985 --> 00:22:08,330
but no.
434
00:22:10,193 --> 00:22:14,125
He moved out of state, just
jumped from one big idea to the next.
435
00:22:14,263 --> 00:22:17,125
Engines that run on french fry grease,
436
00:22:17,263 --> 00:22:19,712
truffle orchards, blimp advertising.
437
00:22:19,850 --> 00:22:22,195
I mean, can you guess
how many of those worked out?
438
00:22:24,024 --> 00:22:26,783
About a year later, my mom
got in a bad car accident.
439
00:22:27,818 --> 00:22:29,094
Almost died.
440
00:22:30,232 --> 00:22:31,508
Know what my dad did?
441
00:22:32,233 --> 00:22:33,613
He sent flowers.
442
00:22:34,440 --> 00:22:35,613
He didn't come home?
443
00:22:40,959 --> 00:22:42,786
I'm s... I'm sorry. I...
444
00:22:43,753 --> 00:22:45,960
I know your dad put you
through a lot worse.
445
00:22:46,098 --> 00:22:48,754
No. It's okay. It's not a contest.
446
00:22:50,306 --> 00:22:54,617
And yet if it were, I would win, right?
447
00:22:56,687 --> 00:22:59,583
I never solved my dad.
448
00:23:01,446 --> 00:23:03,619
But I'm glad you told me about yours.
449
00:23:05,171 --> 00:23:08,034
I feel like I understand you a little better.
450
00:23:08,516 --> 00:23:12,104
I can't tell if that's a
good thing or a bad thing.
451
00:23:12,966 --> 00:23:15,000
It's always a good thing.
452
00:23:21,071 --> 00:23:22,382
Sorry.
453
00:23:23,624 --> 00:23:24,658
Speak of the devil.
454
00:23:25,658 --> 00:23:27,537
He wants to meet at a bar
called the Bilgewater.
455
00:23:27,590 --> 00:23:29,417
Says it's important.
456
00:23:30,246 --> 00:23:31,970
Maybe he wants to apologize.
457
00:23:32,108 --> 00:23:35,419
Better chance he wants to sell me
about 100 gallons of fish attractant.
458
00:23:42,835 --> 00:23:43,835
Hey.
459
00:23:45,249 --> 00:23:46,352
Thanks for coming.
460
00:23:46,490 --> 00:23:47,525
Yeah.
461
00:23:50,284 --> 00:23:53,871
I came this close to packing up
and getting out of Dodge today.
462
00:23:54,561 --> 00:23:57,321
Then I thought about that look
I saw in your eyes.
463
00:23:57,458 --> 00:24:00,355
And you honestly thought
I could have killed that man?
464
00:24:00,493 --> 00:24:03,263
Dad, if you called me out here hoping
I was gonna apologize, it's not gonna...
465
00:24:03,287 --> 00:24:05,943
No, no, no, I called you here
because it was a wake-up call.
466
00:24:06,081 --> 00:24:07,702
A big one.
467
00:24:07,840 --> 00:24:12,220
My own son thinking
I had murder in my heart.
468
00:24:12,875 --> 00:24:17,394
Made me realize how badly I
need to fix things between us.
469
00:24:17,980 --> 00:24:19,566
And so I decided,
470
00:24:19,705 --> 00:24:24,258
good start would be
to solve this case for you.
471
00:24:24,740 --> 00:24:27,810
That's why I came here tonight.
472
00:24:27,948 --> 00:24:30,328
- It is? Okay.
- I asked around.
473
00:24:30,466 --> 00:24:34,640
I found out this was Finch
Palmer's regular watering hole.
474
00:24:35,467 --> 00:24:37,329
Figured I'd pop in,
475
00:24:37,467 --> 00:24:39,330
turn on the Decker charm,
476
00:24:39,468 --> 00:24:41,710
see if I can learn any secrets.
477
00:24:41,848 --> 00:24:45,089
That's very sweet, but I-I think you're
gonna find being a PI isn't as easy as...
478
00:24:45,227 --> 00:24:47,607
No, no, no, no, no.
You don't understand, kiddo.
479
00:24:47,745 --> 00:24:48,815
It's already done.
480
00:24:50,573 --> 00:24:53,505
I know who killed Finch Palmer.
481
00:24:59,714 --> 00:25:02,300
Here it is. Merle Crews.
482
00:25:03,024 --> 00:25:06,267
That's him and Finch
last Saint Patty's Day.
483
00:25:06,991 --> 00:25:08,716
Thank you.
484
00:25:08,854 --> 00:25:12,199
They'd... they'd argue
sometimes, mostly about dumb stuff
485
00:25:12,337 --> 00:25:16,752
like... was the moon landing
faked or are lizard people real?
486
00:25:16,890 --> 00:25:19,477
I think they both just watched
too much X-Files.
487
00:25:19,615 --> 00:25:22,546
Yeah, his wife said something to
my friend about he and his pals being
488
00:25:22,684 --> 00:25:25,616
a little... a little conspiracy-minded.
489
00:25:25,754 --> 00:25:27,472
You know I already
told him all this, right?
490
00:25:27,581 --> 00:25:30,893
Yeah, I do. We have some...
We have some trust issues.
491
00:25:31,031 --> 00:25:32,686
Late Wednesday, Merle came in alone.
492
00:25:33,273 --> 00:25:34,653
Looked white as a ghost.
493
00:25:35,376 --> 00:25:38,343
Ordered a shot of whiskey.
Merle never drank whiskey.
494
00:25:38,481 --> 00:25:41,102
He was a beer man.
Drift Draft IPA every time.
495
00:25:41,240 --> 00:25:44,206
Wednesday, he downed
three shots of whiskey,
496
00:25:44,344 --> 00:25:47,000
then took off out of the
parking lot like a bat out of hell.
497
00:25:47,138 --> 00:25:49,035
- You have an address for Merle?
- No.
498
00:25:49,173 --> 00:25:51,380
And even if I did, I don't
think you'd find him there.
499
00:25:51,518 --> 00:25:54,795
Before he took off, he, put his cell
phone on the ground and stomped on it.
500
00:25:55,347 --> 00:25:57,865
- He was worried about being tracked.
- Thanks.
501
00:25:58,003 --> 00:26:00,762
I picked it up just in case he, came back.
502
00:26:00,899 --> 00:26:02,486
Oh, here.
503
00:26:05,487 --> 00:26:06,832
Who's this here?
504
00:26:07,625 --> 00:26:09,315
- That's Dottie, Merle's mom.
- Oh, yeah?
505
00:26:09,453 --> 00:26:10,488
G and T, two limes.
506
00:26:11,040 --> 00:26:12,971
She's a regular too.
507
00:26:13,109 --> 00:26:16,489
You wouldn't happen to have her
address by any chance, would you?
508
00:26:18,214 --> 00:26:20,801
Almost 8:00.
We've been out here all night.
509
00:26:20,939 --> 00:26:22,939
No sign of Merle.
510
00:26:24,215 --> 00:26:25,664
Maybe your hunch was wrong.
511
00:26:25,802 --> 00:26:28,181
Maybe he isn't crashing
with his mom after all.
512
00:26:28,319 --> 00:26:30,389
You insisted on coming with me.
513
00:26:30,526 --> 00:26:32,044
You do remember that, right?
514
00:26:32,182 --> 00:26:36,149
Oh, sorry. I guess I just figured
wrapping up the case would be...
515
00:26:36,287 --> 00:26:39,046
Easier. Everything's gotta be easy, fast.
516
00:26:39,184 --> 00:26:40,668
As little hard work as possible.
517
00:26:41,426 --> 00:26:42,806
Oh, come on.
518
00:26:48,152 --> 00:26:50,393
I'm sorry. I'm just... I'm... I'm tired.
519
00:26:50,531 --> 00:26:53,153
Oh, you've got nothing to apologize for.
520
00:26:53,842 --> 00:26:55,429
I am allergic to hard work.
521
00:26:55,567 --> 00:26:57,154
I always have been.
522
00:26:58,361 --> 00:27:02,603
But I swear, every time I told
you my luck was about to change,
523
00:27:02,741 --> 00:27:05,949
every time I said I was about
to come into money
524
00:27:06,087 --> 00:27:08,639
that would change things for all of us,
525
00:27:08,777 --> 00:27:09,777
I meant it.
526
00:27:10,466 --> 00:27:11,812
I believed it.
527
00:27:12,813 --> 00:27:14,847
And then one day, it hit me.
528
00:27:15,605 --> 00:27:18,606
I'd gotten so good at tricking people,
529
00:27:20,055 --> 00:27:21,815
I was tricking myself.
530
00:27:22,884 --> 00:27:26,988
These last few years, I almost
called you a bunch of times.
531
00:27:27,954 --> 00:27:29,540
Almost?
532
00:27:29,679 --> 00:27:34,093
Yeah. I-I'd get as far as picturing
you asking me what I was up to.
533
00:27:34,231 --> 00:27:36,576
I couldn't come up with anything
534
00:27:36,714 --> 00:27:39,197
I wanted to hear myself say out loud.
535
00:27:40,128 --> 00:27:42,198
But I shouldn't have let that stop me.
536
00:27:44,233 --> 00:27:45,889
I care about you, R.J.
537
00:27:47,199 --> 00:27:49,717
Even if I do a lousy job showing it.
538
00:27:53,028 --> 00:27:54,200
Hey, check it out.
539
00:27:54,338 --> 00:27:56,098
Yeah.
540
00:27:56,236 --> 00:27:59,168
A lot of groceries for such a little lady.
541
00:27:59,305 --> 00:28:01,789
Drift Draft IPA. Merle's beer of choice.
542
00:28:02,616 --> 00:28:04,686
- He's in there. You were right.
- Yeah.
543
00:28:05,410 --> 00:28:06,721
Okay, what now?
544
00:28:06,859 --> 00:28:08,825
I distract Dottie.
545
00:28:08,963 --> 00:28:11,895
You sneak around back
and apprehend Merle.
546
00:28:12,033 --> 00:28:13,352
What? What are you talking about?
547
00:28:13,480 --> 00:28:15,861
- I'll only use force if she resists.
- What?
548
00:28:15,999 --> 00:28:17,585
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, no, don't.
549
00:28:17,723 --> 00:28:20,103
You stay right here. I'm calling Mel.
550
00:28:23,069 --> 00:28:25,207
We looked at
your phone records, Mr. Crews.
551
00:28:25,345 --> 00:28:29,208
We know that you and Finch Palmer
exchanged 29 calls the day he died.
552
00:28:29,346 --> 00:28:31,564
Just like we know that right
around the time he was killed,
553
00:28:31,588 --> 00:28:34,003
your phone was pinging
off a tower just a mile away.
554
00:28:34,140 --> 00:28:37,279
You were at the lake that night.
Only thing we don't know is why.
555
00:28:37,417 --> 00:28:39,901
It wasn't to help him look
for cheating fishermen.
556
00:28:40,039 --> 00:28:42,418
We know Finch left his camera
at home that night.
557
00:28:42,556 --> 00:28:46,696
Best guess, one of the little
disagreements you guys had went nuclear.
558
00:28:46,834 --> 00:28:50,282
You told Finch to meet you
at the lake, and you shot him.
559
00:28:50,868 --> 00:28:52,489
This is nice work.
560
00:28:52,627 --> 00:28:54,387
One of the finest fakes I've ever seen.
561
00:28:54,525 --> 00:28:56,490
You think this is a fake?
562
00:28:56,628 --> 00:28:58,974
Not the photo, the body.
563
00:28:59,112 --> 00:29:02,388
- What do you mean the body's a fake?
- I mean Finch isn't dead.
564
00:29:02,526 --> 00:29:03,561
He was taken.
565
00:29:04,423 --> 00:29:06,596
What you have in the morgue
is a replicant,
566
00:29:06,734 --> 00:29:09,252
just meat in the shape of a man.
567
00:29:09,390 --> 00:29:12,028
They would have been able to
clone it with just a few of his cells.
568
00:29:12,080 --> 00:29:14,425
Okay, okay, okay. Who's they?
569
00:29:14,563 --> 00:29:16,529
The Feds.
570
00:29:16,667 --> 00:29:19,495
Are either of you familiar
with the term UAP?
571
00:29:19,633 --> 00:29:24,496
Yeah, that's what people who
believe in aliens call UFOs these days...
572
00:29:24,634 --> 00:29:27,014
"Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon."
573
00:29:27,152 --> 00:29:29,981
Unidentified Anomalous Phenomenon.
574
00:29:30,119 --> 00:29:33,395
See, the night this happened,
Finch saw one crash into the lake.
575
00:29:33,533 --> 00:29:35,844
That's why we were on the phone
so much the next day.
576
00:29:35,982 --> 00:29:39,638
He was gonna go back, locate
the UAP with sonar and tow it in.
577
00:29:40,224 --> 00:29:42,183
He wanted me to be there
to look it over with him.
578
00:29:42,259 --> 00:29:43,294
I was late.
579
00:29:43,777 --> 00:29:45,581
I'll have to live with that
the rest of my life,
580
00:29:45,605 --> 00:29:49,088
'cause by the time I got back,
the UAP repaired itself.
581
00:29:49,226 --> 00:29:54,538
It was in the air again, and it was
lifting Finch into a beam of light.
582
00:29:58,056 --> 00:29:59,608
I got left behind.
583
00:29:59,746 --> 00:30:04,195
And so you went to the Bilgewater
to, what, drown your sorrows?
584
00:30:04,333 --> 00:30:05,989
I knew it was only a matter of time
585
00:30:06,127 --> 00:30:08,403
before the boys at Wright-Patterson
came looking for me,
586
00:30:08,541 --> 00:30:11,611
so I stomped on my phone,
went to stay with my mom.
587
00:30:11,749 --> 00:30:13,991
Look, you don't have to believe me.
588
00:30:14,129 --> 00:30:17,716
But if you're smart, you will
believe the pictures I took.
589
00:30:18,370 --> 00:30:20,578
Get me a computer.
Let me into my cloud.
590
00:30:20,717 --> 00:30:22,130
I'll show you.
591
00:30:23,407 --> 00:30:27,132
Like I said, Finch isn't dead, just taken.
592
00:30:34,512 --> 00:30:36,754
- Obviously, Merle Crews is...
- Nuts.
593
00:30:36,892 --> 00:30:41,411
Also obvious, I'm not about to
put out an APB on an ET. And yet...
594
00:30:41,548 --> 00:30:44,860
And yet something had to leave
his body up there on that high branch.
595
00:30:44,998 --> 00:30:46,412
And if this picture is legit...
596
00:30:46,550 --> 00:30:48,377
And all its metadata says it is.
597
00:30:48,515 --> 00:30:50,930
Then something
just levitated him away, but...
598
00:30:51,068 --> 00:30:53,240
- But what?
- Mutant dragonfly.
599
00:30:53,378 --> 00:30:55,414
It ate uranium or something.
600
00:30:55,552 --> 00:30:59,139
Now it's 20 feet long, like
a reverse Spider-Man thing.
601
00:30:59,277 --> 00:31:00,794
- What?
- Okay, fine.
602
00:31:00,932 --> 00:31:03,691
You come up with something
that's big enough to lift a man
603
00:31:03,829 --> 00:31:06,105
and goes flying all over a lake.
604
00:31:08,382 --> 00:31:10,141
I don't know if it could lift a man,
605
00:31:10,279 --> 00:31:13,211
but I definitely know something
that flies all over a lake.
606
00:31:24,903 --> 00:31:27,628
Riz Bashir, Walt Taylor,
I'm Detective Mel Abreu.
607
00:31:27,765 --> 00:31:30,559
I'm gonna need you to come with
me and answer some questions.
608
00:31:32,698 --> 00:31:35,905
I gotta say, if you're looking
for technical assistance,
609
00:31:36,043 --> 00:31:37,595
we should have my partner here.
610
00:31:37,734 --> 00:31:40,424
Walt's really the brains of the outfit.
611
00:31:40,562 --> 00:31:43,286
So just tell us, how'd you two
get to be partners?
612
00:31:43,424 --> 00:31:45,114
We met at Argus.
613
00:31:45,252 --> 00:31:46,770
The big defense contractor.
614
00:31:46,908 --> 00:31:49,426
Riz was on the commercial side.
I was an engineer.
615
00:31:49,564 --> 00:31:53,909
We saw an opportunity and left
to start Drone Nova two years ago.
616
00:31:54,047 --> 00:31:57,014
And now you fly cameras
over fishing tournaments?
617
00:31:57,152 --> 00:32:00,152
Event security is our core business.
618
00:32:00,290 --> 00:32:03,084
Crowd monitoring, that sort of thing.
619
00:32:03,222 --> 00:32:05,567
Your website struck me
as a little more aspirational.
620
00:32:06,119 --> 00:32:08,568
It says here you're working
on a next-gen autonomous
621
00:32:08,706 --> 00:32:10,189
heavy lifting platform.
622
00:32:10,326 --> 00:32:12,742
Right. A drone big enough
to move a person.
623
00:32:12,879 --> 00:32:14,500
Move them where?
624
00:32:14,638 --> 00:32:17,812
Off of a battlefield, out of a
flood zone, away from a wildfire.
625
00:32:18,397 --> 00:32:19,812
So do you have prototypes?
626
00:32:19,950 --> 00:32:22,409
I can't discuss any patented
technology we have in development.
627
00:32:22,433 --> 00:32:23,985
We've got NDAs up to our eyeballs.
628
00:32:24,123 --> 00:32:26,848
Finch Palmer told his friend
he saw a UAP crash into the lake
629
00:32:26,985 --> 00:32:28,572
where you guys have been working.
630
00:32:29,331 --> 00:32:31,607
Finch Palmer believed in, aliens?
631
00:32:31,746 --> 00:32:33,918
We think he misunderstood
what he saw.
632
00:32:34,056 --> 00:32:36,919
The craft that went down that
night, it wasn't from outer space.
633
00:32:37,057 --> 00:32:38,161
It was from your lab.
634
00:32:38,988 --> 00:32:42,093
When the police dragged
the lake, they found this guy.
635
00:32:42,231 --> 00:32:44,749
Got me thinking, "What if he
was what your people mover
636
00:32:44,887 --> 00:32:47,266
was moving the night it went down?"
637
00:32:47,818 --> 00:32:50,715
Finch went back to the lake
the next night to retrieve the UAP.
638
00:32:51,577 --> 00:32:54,336
It occurred to us maybe you had
surveillance drones patrolling.
639
00:32:54,474 --> 00:32:56,113
- Stay back!
- You saw him looking for it.
640
00:33:00,062 --> 00:33:03,200
Someone caught up to Finch,
shot him twice.
641
00:33:03,856 --> 00:33:05,694
Why would we kill someone
over a crashed drone?
642
00:33:05,753 --> 00:33:08,374
I mean, do you know how many
prototypes go down during RandD?
643
00:33:08,512 --> 00:33:10,064
Probably a lot.
644
00:33:10,202 --> 00:33:11,995
But how many were recovered
by third parties?
645
00:33:12,133 --> 00:33:15,686
And more importantly, how many
are developed using stolen tech?
646
00:33:15,825 --> 00:33:19,859
Court filings show your departure
from Argus ended in litigation.
647
00:33:19,997 --> 00:33:21,757
They sued the hell out of you guys.
648
00:33:22,653 --> 00:33:25,274
They said that your drones
were rip-offs of their tech.
649
00:33:25,827 --> 00:33:28,310
They had to drop that suit.
They couldn't prove any of it.
650
00:33:28,448 --> 00:33:31,080
That's because they couldn't get
their hands on any of your drones.
651
00:33:31,104 --> 00:33:32,383
But Finch Palmer did, didn't he?
652
00:33:32,931 --> 00:33:35,390
What happened that night when
you caught up to him at the lake?
653
00:33:35,414 --> 00:33:36,760
You said you wanted it back.
654
00:33:36,898 --> 00:33:38,864
He said, "No, I want to show
the world my UAP."
655
00:33:39,002 --> 00:33:42,485
You knew that someone would figure
out that your tech wasn't your tech,
656
00:33:42,623 --> 00:33:43,727
so you killed him.
657
00:33:43,865 --> 00:33:45,424
But then you had his body to deal with.
658
00:33:45,451 --> 00:33:48,832
Was it your idea to use
another prototype to adios it?
659
00:33:48,970 --> 00:33:53,453
This was taken by Finch's friend, only
it isn't a picture of an alien encounter.
660
00:33:53,591 --> 00:33:56,661
It was you airlifting Finch
out to the Atlantic.
661
00:34:03,007 --> 00:34:06,180
Yeah, you couldn't even do that
right. You dropped him right in that tree.
662
00:34:06,801 --> 00:34:09,491
I mean, you guys, you
have a lot of work to do here.
663
00:34:11,733 --> 00:34:14,147
Actually, I think it's you
who has some work to do.
664
00:34:14,285 --> 00:34:17,079
You have a really interesting
theory, but that's all you've got.
665
00:34:17,803 --> 00:34:19,252
A theory.
666
00:34:19,390 --> 00:34:21,332
If you believe that Drone
Nova's in possession of evidence
667
00:34:21,356 --> 00:34:22,701
to support these claims,
668
00:34:23,840 --> 00:34:25,598
you're welcome to seek a warrant.
669
00:34:27,772 --> 00:34:30,151
So much for divide and conquer.
670
00:34:30,289 --> 00:34:31,910
Yeah, we need to get
into the warehouse.
671
00:34:32,048 --> 00:34:34,576
We need to get our hands on the
drone they used to move Finch's body.
672
00:34:34,600 --> 00:34:36,232
- You don't think it's long gone?
- No, no, no.
673
00:34:36,256 --> 00:34:38,153
Not if it's their last working prototype.
674
00:34:38,290 --> 00:34:39,981
They would need it
to make their millions.
675
00:34:40,119 --> 00:34:42,016
You're thinking
there could be trace evidence.
676
00:34:42,153 --> 00:34:44,430
A drop of Finch's blood, one of his hairs.
677
00:34:44,568 --> 00:34:46,959
Unfortunately, even if you're
right, no judge is giving us a warrant,
678
00:34:46,983 --> 00:34:47,982
not with what we have.
679
00:34:48,086 --> 00:34:49,914
- Yeah.
- We gotta get home.
680
00:34:50,052 --> 00:34:52,442
If we're late for your party, Catherine's
gonna put our bodies up in a tree.
681
00:34:52,466 --> 00:34:53,501
Yeah, right.
682
00:34:56,605 --> 00:34:58,399
I know lots of ladies fish.
683
00:34:58,537 --> 00:35:01,124
Nothing like getting a big one
on the hook.
684
00:35:01,262 --> 00:35:03,641
Swordfish almost jerked me
out of my boat one time.
685
00:35:15,885 --> 00:35:17,127
What do you think?
686
00:35:17,265 --> 00:35:19,300
I think, of all the parties
that were ever thrown
687
00:35:19,437 --> 00:35:22,507
to celebrate the end of
someone's conditional release,
688
00:35:22,645 --> 00:35:24,576
this is definitely one of them.
689
00:35:24,714 --> 00:35:27,715
I gotta say, a week ago, if you'd
asked me to name the one person
690
00:35:27,854 --> 00:35:31,026
who would absolutely not be here
tonight, it would have been your dad.
691
00:35:31,164 --> 00:35:32,786
You and me both.
692
00:35:32,924 --> 00:35:34,624
Still, I don't think
you would have invited him
693
00:35:34,648 --> 00:35:36,614
if things weren't
a little better between you.
694
00:35:36,752 --> 00:35:40,063
Yeah. I mean, he genuinely
seems to want to make up for stuff.
695
00:35:40,684 --> 00:35:42,562
I don't know, when it
comes to being a good dad,
696
00:35:42,615 --> 00:35:46,306
he's always been Lucy with the
football, and I'm Charlie Brown, you know.
697
00:35:46,443 --> 00:35:49,720
If you give Reggie Decker a
chance to disappoint you, he will.
698
00:35:50,790 --> 00:35:53,480
I know you didn't want me
to throw this party.
699
00:35:53,618 --> 00:35:55,549
But I think I'd be remiss
if I didn't remind you
700
00:35:55,687 --> 00:35:58,550
that the point of it is
to celebrate second chances.
701
00:35:59,481 --> 00:36:01,033
You just got one.
702
00:36:01,620 --> 00:36:03,171
Maybe it's time he got one too.
703
00:36:05,552 --> 00:36:07,759
That's right.
704
00:36:09,655 --> 00:36:12,105
The man of the hour.
705
00:36:12,933 --> 00:36:17,347
- You having a good time, Son?
- Oh, yeah, of course.
706
00:36:19,175 --> 00:36:20,174
What's ""?
707
00:36:20,279 --> 00:36:21,797
That smile.
708
00:36:21,935 --> 00:36:23,349
It's your cover-up smile,
709
00:36:23,487 --> 00:36:26,728
one you put on when you're
just pretending you're okay.
710
00:36:26,867 --> 00:36:30,557
I remember it from when
your gerbil died back in '86.
711
00:36:30,695 --> 00:36:32,627
Maxwell.
712
00:36:33,247 --> 00:36:34,661
No, it's...
713
00:36:34,800 --> 00:36:35,972
It's this case.
714
00:36:36,110 --> 00:36:38,041
Merle Crews, he didn't kill Finch Palmer,
715
00:36:38,179 --> 00:36:41,698
so Mel and I today, we-we took
a swing at the guys we think did.
716
00:36:41,835 --> 00:36:42,974
We missed.
717
00:36:43,111 --> 00:36:45,285
Well, let's talk about it. Maybe I can help.
718
00:36:51,389 --> 00:36:52,976
Damn thing just won't hold the hover.
719
00:36:53,114 --> 00:36:55,045
That's three builds, three face-plants.
720
00:36:56,701 --> 00:36:59,012
Maybe it's the Argus tech.
Maybe it has to go.
721
00:36:59,150 --> 00:37:01,736
No, the Argus tech's the only
thing getting it off the ground.
722
00:37:15,809 --> 00:37:18,292
Gentlemen. Name's Reggie.
723
00:37:18,430 --> 00:37:20,879
Yeah, it recently came
to my attention that you two
724
00:37:21,017 --> 00:37:23,983
are the focus of a major
murder investigation.
725
00:37:24,776 --> 00:37:26,190
Well, good news.
726
00:37:26,328 --> 00:37:27,639
For a fee,
727
00:37:28,535 --> 00:37:30,398
I know how to get you out of it.
728
00:37:33,054 --> 00:37:34,985
Okay, so here's the skinny.
729
00:37:35,123 --> 00:37:37,675
Associate of mine works
for the cops sometimes.
730
00:37:38,228 --> 00:37:42,056
He told me they know you killed
that guy down by the lake.
731
00:37:42,194 --> 00:37:44,401
We didn't kill anyone.
732
00:37:44,539 --> 00:37:47,299
You two, don't ever play poker.
733
00:37:47,954 --> 00:37:49,713
Cops also know
734
00:37:49,851 --> 00:37:53,196
that you used one of your
drones to try to move the body.
735
00:37:54,058 --> 00:37:56,001
Yes, thank you. The cops
already told us these things.
736
00:37:56,025 --> 00:38:00,026
Yeah? Did they also say that they think
you're still in possession of that drone?
737
00:38:02,716 --> 00:38:07,199
Hey, anyone who watches
NCI EIO, whatever,
738
00:38:08,337 --> 00:38:13,098
they'd say, "Guys, pretty stupid
to think it'd have DNA on it."
739
00:38:13,787 --> 00:38:15,822
But me, I'm an entrepreneur.
740
00:38:15,960 --> 00:38:20,237
Now, I get that you can't just throw
your dream on the old junk heap,
741
00:38:20,375 --> 00:38:22,306
and that's why I brought you this.
742
00:38:25,307 --> 00:38:27,963
Miracle solvent. My own design.
743
00:38:28,101 --> 00:38:31,687
Now, you clean your drone
with some of this...
744
00:38:31,826 --> 00:38:33,240
you are golden.
745
00:38:35,205 --> 00:38:37,172
We're supposed to pay you for this?
746
00:38:37,310 --> 00:38:41,482
No. No, the fee I mentioned
was for the patsy I found you.
747
00:38:43,898 --> 00:38:46,725
The police, see, they had
an entirely different suspect
748
00:38:46,863 --> 00:38:48,553
before they zeroed in on you two.
749
00:38:48,691 --> 00:38:50,416
A real weirdo.
750
00:38:50,553 --> 00:38:53,278
He-He tried to tell 'em aliens
were behind what happened.
751
00:38:53,416 --> 00:38:57,935
And somehow, police still like
you a little more than they like him.
752
00:38:58,073 --> 00:39:02,798
But if they found something on his
property that tied him to the crime...
753
00:39:02,936 --> 00:39:05,212
the murder weapon, for example,
754
00:39:05,350 --> 00:39:08,041
maybe they'd start liking him
all over again.
755
00:39:08,730 --> 00:39:09,972
Who is he?
756
00:39:10,110 --> 00:39:11,880
If I told you that,
I wouldn't have the leverage
757
00:39:11,904 --> 00:39:14,559
to ask for five percent
of your company now, would I?
758
00:39:14,697 --> 00:39:16,559
- Five percent?
- Shut up. Shut up.
759
00:39:17,628 --> 00:39:19,664
Well, I know a good thing
when I see one, boys,
760
00:39:19,802 --> 00:39:22,802
and this whole jumbo drone plan
that you have,
761
00:39:22,940 --> 00:39:24,320
that's a really good thing.
762
00:39:24,458 --> 00:39:25,872
I want in.
763
00:39:28,010 --> 00:39:31,977
My friend Dickie Dupree, I'm
supposed to call him in 20 minutes.
764
00:39:32,563 --> 00:39:34,978
If I don't, he goes to the police.
765
00:39:42,117 --> 00:39:43,565
- Two percent.
- Three.
766
00:39:44,290 --> 00:39:45,980
That's as low as I go.
767
00:39:57,879 --> 00:39:59,535
Geez.
768
00:39:59,673 --> 00:40:02,167
I was expecting you to tell me it
was under a sewer grate somewhere.
769
00:40:02,191 --> 00:40:04,881
You actually kept it?
770
00:40:05,019 --> 00:40:06,743
You're so lucky I'm here.
771
00:40:09,192 --> 00:40:12,503
I'll have my lawyer reach out
about the three percent.
772
00:40:17,608 --> 00:40:18,711
It's funny...
773
00:40:19,677 --> 00:40:21,076
When my son came up with this plan,
774
00:40:21,160 --> 00:40:22,816
I didn't think I could pull it off,
775
00:40:22,954 --> 00:40:24,230
which is weird because usually
776
00:40:24,367 --> 00:40:26,403
I think I can pull off anything.
777
00:40:26,921 --> 00:40:30,093
But it's nice, you know, knowing
that he believed I could do it.
778
00:40:30,231 --> 00:40:32,197
Wait. Wait, what...
779
00:40:33,301 --> 00:40:35,819
What the hell are you talking
about, man? What plan?
780
00:40:35,956 --> 00:40:38,268
Well, the one where
I wear a wire, I come in here
781
00:40:38,406 --> 00:40:40,751
and see if I can get you
to tell me where your gun is.
782
00:40:41,440 --> 00:40:44,856
Anyway, you should probably get down
on the ground for the nice policemen now.
783
00:41:06,550 --> 00:41:07,549
What?
784
00:41:07,653 --> 00:41:08,895
No, it's nice work.
785
00:41:09,033 --> 00:41:10,722
Didn't even need a clipboard.
786
00:41:16,724 --> 00:41:18,001
This stuff really work?
787
00:41:18,139 --> 00:41:19,587
Have to get rid of it somehow.
788
00:41:19,724 --> 00:41:21,173
- Good?
- Yes.
789
00:41:24,830 --> 00:41:27,657
Good cast.
790
00:41:30,141 --> 00:41:32,762
So, what's next for you after this?
791
00:41:33,625 --> 00:41:35,728
I got a call from an old friend
the other day,
792
00:41:35,867 --> 00:41:40,729
had this idea for an exciting new
venture in the bathroom hygiene space.
793
00:41:40,868 --> 00:41:42,420
Self-cleaning toilet wand.
794
00:41:43,730 --> 00:41:45,145
What? Hell of an opportunity.
795
00:41:45,283 --> 00:41:46,490
No, I'm sure it is.
796
00:41:47,352 --> 00:41:49,352
Oh. For someone else, I mean.
797
00:41:49,490 --> 00:41:51,904
Me? I'ma take a beat.
798
00:41:53,147 --> 00:41:54,285
Reassess.
799
00:41:54,905 --> 00:41:58,872
Make sure I'm on the right path
to get the things I really want in life.
800
00:41:59,562 --> 00:42:00,562
Such as?
801
00:42:00,700 --> 00:42:02,873
- What, today?
- Yeah.
802
00:42:03,011 --> 00:42:05,149
Biggest damn fish this lake has left.
803
00:42:05,287 --> 00:42:07,666
- Oh, yeah, that ain't gonna happen.
- Why?
804
00:42:07,804 --> 00:42:10,391
'Cause I'm gonna catch the
biggest damn fish this lake has left.
805
00:42:10,529 --> 00:42:13,289
- Oh, yeah? Well, show me something.
- Let's see.