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Work late again, Mr. Benico? I always say, one today is worth two tomorrows.

Yes, I've heard you say that many times. Good night, Mr. Benico. Good night.

What the hell?

My name is Alex Walker.

I'm ex-DEA.

One of my first assignments took me to an isolated beach right here on this

island. Sold a little hat and bought myself a gift shop.

Just peace, no stress, no drama.

Boy, was I wrong.

All right.

This is your moment, Walker.

You are in the red zone.

All right, it's your time.

You are ready.

You are prepared.

And you're late.

Just

be

careful, you old coot.

Cookie! Gotcha.

I got you. Come on down.

You saved my wife's life. Thank you.

Truly, young man, you were a hero.

Don't mention it. You guys enjoy your time at the resort.

Be more careful next time. This chair is heavy.

Feather, either. Oh, says Santa.

No. No, no. Let me help you. Let me help you. Oh.

Let's go this way where we can get straightened out there. There we go. Let

me grab this. Thank you so much. You got it.

Here you go.

Do you guys know there's a ramp on the other side of these stairs? I told you

there was a ramp around here somewhere. Shut up, Colt. What's your name, son?

I'm Alex. Well, Alex, you are a lifesaver. I nearly threw my back out

coming down those stairs.

Say, I hear you, man. I hear you.

Thank you so, so much.

Can you come for lunch?

I can't. Lunch?

No, damn it. I'm late for my own. You guys enjoy. Yeah, it's fine.

Boy, I had too much cologne.

It smelled like a cat house.

Alex, I'm sorry. I forgot to call you.

I'm going to have to cancel our lunch today. What's going on? You all right?

I'm fine, but I'm sorry. We'll have to reschedule.

Okay, because, you know, if something happened, I'm here for you.

That's very sweet, but this really doesn't concern you.

Man.

I'm serious, Alex.

Stay out of this.

I've compiled all the interviews, photographs, and lab reports of Astro.

And it's all in this file? I made you two copies.

Nice work.

Hey, guys.

Come on in.

What are you doing?

Just familiarizing myself with everything.

I came as soon as I heard what happened at the Genghis Hotel.

You know about the murder at the casino parking lot?

I do know.

Was it somebody that worked there or was it a customer?

Was it an out-of-town gambler? What have we got so far for suspects?

This isn't a joke, Alex. This is police business, okay?

Get away from my desk.

You know what? Fine, Kai.

All right, fine.

I'm... You know what? It's not fine.

It's not fair.

Every time you guys ask me to come help you, what do I say?

Mostly no. Okay, well, that's true, but sometimes I say yes, okay? And I come

through. And now I'm coming to you guys.

I want in.

What do you say?

No. Look, I'm friends with Ann, okay? I'm close with Ann. And the fact is, is

that I saw her today. She was upset.

I just want to help.

And that's precisely why you can't get involved. You're not objective.

Besides, she requested we keep you out of it.

She wouldn't do that. Alex, she didn't.

All right, fine.

Let's stay out of it, okay? Well, because she asked me.

Detective Mendoza, may I have a word with you here in my office?

Have a seat.

Is everything okay?

I wouldn't call this okay.

This arrived from Manila today.

I thought you might want to read it.

Not okay.

Wonderful!

I got accepted?

They want to name you as lead detective for their new undercover special task

force.

I can't believe it.

Everybody will be so proud of you here.

I can't wait to tell them. No.

Wait. Please.

Wait. I don't understand.

This has been your dream for as long as I can remember.

No. I mean, yes.

It's just a lot to take in. You deserve this, Kai. You've proven yourself over

and over again. You're finally getting the recognition you deserve.

Yes.

Of course. I'm thrilled.

This is a big change.

I'd have to move to Manila, and I'd have to give up my position here.

This is a resort island.

I'm very proud of what we do here. I am.

Manila is the big time, and only the very best are chosen.

And they want me. Yes, they want you. And now we're going to call them up and

tell them that you're accepting the position.

Please, just keep this between us until I can wrap my head around it.

I just need some time.

There's no fingerprints.

Not on the body, not on the car.

Interesting.

What the hell is that on the door handle?

Glue. State Tech epoxy.

I use it to fix our metal shelving.

I got a little detective on my hands.

See, I told you I could help.

No, no.

What are you doing? I can't see the picture. You can't see, that's right.

Why not? Because it's a dead body, and it's gross.

And not for your eyes.

Fine. Just tell me what's in the picture.

He's got a plastic bag over his head. His face looks like he's been poisoned.

If they suffocated him, why were they so poisoned? I don't know. I don't know.

I don't know.

Maybe they were making a mistake.

You're pacing again.

That's what I do when I'm crime-solving.

Cool. Keep pacing.

I like it.

This all seems familiar to me. You know, gluing the means of escape, the whole

plastic bag over the head.

Don't forget the poisoning. That's right.

I remember.

There was this hitman back in the day, back when I was a kid. You were once a

kid? Back when I was a kid.

Okay. Somehow his crew went down and he just... He just vanished, you know? No

one ever saw this guy again.

Do me a favor. Look up, um... Look up the chemist.

Hitman.

Texas. Texas.

Oh.

This was a very bad man.

Starting to come back to me now.

He was famous.

He was with the Dixie Mafia, and I remember he devised some pretty grisly

ways to kill his victims, too.

That's the statement.

He was using the modus operandi of the chemist.

He wants someone to know that he was the one who did it.

Modus operandi?

Yeah, it's Latin. It means a person-specific way of doing something.

I know what MO means. How do you know what MO means?

American detective shows.

Mm-hmm.

What if they got a picture of him in there on your phone?

This one?

I can't be the same guy.

Thank you very much.

The chemist?

Thank you.

You put the sunscreen in the bag. Put the sunscreen in the bag.

Hey, look. No, no, that is for lips, right?

I'm getting burnt, not chapped.

Oh, look. Look who it is. It's our hero.

Hello. Steve. It's actually Alex.

Good to see you guys. Oh, my gosh. Please join us and have a beer. Oh, no,

I can't. Okay. It's the least I can do.

Saving my wife's life? Oh, well, it's good to know that I am at least worth a

beer. Well, if it makes you feel any better, I never say no to a beer.

How long are you guys staying?

We're leaving Friday.

The cheapskate here put our vacation on Groupon.

Have you any idea how expensive this trip would have been if we had the full

ten days you wanted?

Especially on the holidays.

Where are you guys visiting from?

North Dakota.

Oh, North Dakota.

Yeah, since I retired every winter, we have to find some place for me to thaw

out. And we always wanted to see this part of the world.

Well, see, you fooled me, Colt, because that accent.

I figured you were a southerner.

Once a southerner, always a southerner, I reckon.

Oh,

I listened. I was 20. Met Cookie on a job in Fargo.

The rest, as they say, is history.

You guys met on the job.

A lot of traveling in your line of work?

There's not much travel required in the oilseed refinery business, I'm afraid.

Oilseed refining.

Yeah. North Dakota. Right. It's the nation's capital.

Oh, we did it all.

Canola seed, flax seed, mustard seed. Oh, for goodness sake, don't get him

started on his seed. We'll be here all night.

You okay, son?

I am, yeah.

I just, uh, think I misjudged some things. Thank you so much for the beer.

I have got to get back to work. You guys enjoy.

Oh, oh, oh, oh.

Sorry. No, no, no, don't sweat it, honey. Cole will fix it. I've got some

epoxy glue back in the room. Okay.

You travel with epoxy glue? Yeah, state tech. Works great with metal.

Well, how fortunate you brought that glue, huh?

I never leave home without it. Comes in handy.

Always have a whole pharmacy with me whenever we travel.

I really wish you guys weren't leaving so quick, man. I'd love to show you the

island. You know the island well, then. I live here.

Got a little gift shop.

Never would have guessed. How long you been here?

Couple years now.

I couldn't do it. I get too homesick for the old U.S. of A. Football games, the

parades, the barbecues, and... You, uh... plan on staying here forever?

I don't know.

I just don't know. I mean, I love it here, but... Well, I do get homesick.

Sound like a Southerner to me.

Yeah, from, uh, Lubbock, Texas.

Bells, bells. Yeah.

Tell me, you know if, uh... Place called the Starfield Motel. Still there? It'd

be a crazy weekend if I was there a long time ago.

I only crossed the street from the windmill museum. Last time I was there,

it was there.

You grew up there?

I had a family ranch outside of town.

What happened? They sell it?

No, I still got it.

Oh, man, oh, man.

If I had a ranch in Texas, you could not tear me away from it. I tell you that.

Paul? I have a facial at the spa.

I gotta go.

Let's take this off.

Unlock it, thank you.

Don't mention the motel to the missus.

What happens in Lubbock stays in Lubbock.

That's gotta be a signature.

Glue to keep the door shut.

It doesn't make sense to me, man.

I reviewed the casino tapes.

There's a few shady characters here and there, but it is a casino after all.

Where did they go once they got inside?

And who were they, exactly?

I should have gotten all their names and their background.

This is a murder investigation.

We're looking for suspects.

Right. Sorry.

I'll figure it out.

Seriously? Be kind. I remember when you were a rookie.

I was never that bad. No, of course not. You were always a star guy.

We're all going to miss you terribly.

What? The chief told me about your promotion.

Congratulations. Manila is very lucky to get you. He swore he wouldn't tell

anyone. He told you? Really?

Yes, he did. And I'm a little hurt you didn't.

I didn't because I haven't accepted it yet.

You're... Kidding?

Kai, this has always been your dream job.

What's holding you back?

Nothing. It's just... It's just a really big decision.

I don't know. It'll mean a lot of time undercover.

And look at what being undercover for so long did to Alex.

Why won't that happen to me?

Why won't I end up like Alex?

Maybe you should talk to him about it. He's got first-hand experience.

I didn't think about that.

Yeah, it'll be good to get his opinion.

Yeah, I'm gonna go over to the hotel and talk to him. Or you could just call him.

I could, yeah, but... It'll be better to talk to him in person, you know?

Yeah, okay.

Thanks. Bye.

Bye.

Don't listen to me. You listen to me?

Yeah, I'll hold.

He's looking up the file.

Found something.

In 1993, the week they opened the Windmill Museum, there's an unsolved

murder in the parking lot.

Steve, Lockhart.

You got him on file?

Fantastic, man.

Oh, no, I'm gonna get it over to you right away. Thank you, man. Thank you,

brother. All right.

What are we getting him? We. No, not we. Me.

Fingerprints. They got prints on file for the chemist. If we match those to

Colt's, we got our man.

So we cut off his fingers and send them to Washington?

No, cut off cut off what?

His fingers.

Why would you say something like that? You don't have to cut somebody's fingers

off to get fingerprints.

I know, but if he murdered people, it would be better if he doesn't have

fingers.

No more horror films for you.

This from the man who has me go through homicide files.

Here's the problem.

If he thinks I'm trying to get his prints, he may get wise and blow town

before I can get the heat on him.

So how do you get his prints without him knowing?

You're her frog man now.

How you guys doing?

Yeah. I'm out there diving the reef, man. I get out there every chance I can,

you know? Hey, Cameron, you got me soaked.

What have you got there?

Well, this, oh, they have the most amazing colored glass out in the sea.

I'm telling you. I mean, I collect them, man. Check this out.

Oh, wow.

Wow, this is beautiful.

Yeah, if you look at it, the sun through it.

It's absolutely quite amazing.

Sea trash.

No, thanks.

I'm not cutting myself on somebody's discarded coke bottle.

Yeah, no, but see, it's not like that. This glass has been in the ocean for

maybe 20, 30 years. The ocean floor acts like a tumbler. It polishes it.

It refines it. Yeah, I've seen tabletops made out of sea glass.

It's actually very valuable. You know what I'm talking about. This is the

biggest one I've found. Check it out.

It's not sharp.

Yeah, very pretty. I wouldn't have no use for it, though.

Oh.

Oh.

Well, I think it's lovely.

Very lovely. I tell you what, you think it's so lovely, you take these back to

your house.

I got a bunch more back at home.

Thank you. Take care, guys. Enjoy the day.

Oh, and a nice guy.

How are you doing? I think there's a problem with this bill. I'll be right

back.

Alex, we've known each other for a while now.

Alex,

there's been something I've been needing to express to you.

I think you know how I feel.

Come on.

Leg down and the rotor hit it and tore my pants off.

I'm not telling you anymore stories.

You try having a social life with my workload.

Yeah, well, you don't want to end up alone with 13 cats.

Just saying.

Well, I'm turning 35 and still alone.

I think there must be a reason.

Don't do that.

Don't sell yourself short like that.

I was a little surprised when you called and said I had to come here right away.

I wasn't expecting champagne.

Well, it is a beautiful afternoon, and I wanted to share it with you.

Why do you keep looking at your phone?

Not only do I want to share it with you, I may have some very interesting news.

Ooh.

Hang on.

It's a match. A match?

You want to fill me in?

The fingerprints.

It's a match.

I know who the killer is.

Excuse me? I know about the murder at the casino.

And I did a little investigating.

Wait, you did what?

I looked into it. How dare you?

I specifically told you to stay out of this.

I know. If I wanted your help, I would have asked for it. You have no right

butting into my life. You arrogant, self-centered, narcissistic...

Chief. Yes.

I've made my decision.

You can call Manila.

Let them know I'm taking the job.

Printed these out just like you asked.

Thank you.

Hey, partner, what are you after?

Uh, report paperwork needs filling out.

Need some last information from Ann Villegas. Just got off the phone. Manila

is thrilled.

I was thinking maybe we three go for a celebratory drink tonight, huh? Yeah,

sure.

Sounds great.

Good. Mm-hmm.

Hey. Alex.

Yeah. What are you doing here?

I need to talk to you.

It's a little private.

All right.

Okay,

Alex, what's so secret?

I'm returning this.

The casino murder file.

I assumed it was you when it went missing.

I'm returning this with more information than I stole.

The chemist hit man for the Dixie Mafia? Yep.

That's your killer.

And you've got matching prints? Alex, this is fantastic.

I'll get this to the proper authorities and we can arrest him today. You can't

do that.

Why the hell not?

Because we can prove he's a wanted murderer. We cannot prove that he did

the casino killing.

Identical M.O. He's on the island at the time of the murder. I think we can make

a case. We don't know who hired him to do it. We don't know why this guy's

dead. And more importantly, we don't know why Anne Villegas didn't want me to

know the truth.

What are you thinking, Alex?

I think somebody has something on her.

She's not acting right. You know, I mean, I think somebody got to her.

Blackmail? I don't know.

I need time to figure this out. Okay, if we arrest this guy right now before

knowing, Anne's life could still be in danger.

And if he gets away in the meantime, we've allowed an internationally wanted

murderer to escape.

I'm sorry, Alex. We've got to report this.

Listen, just give me till the end of tomorrow, okay? Look, if I can't find

anything by then, you take him down.

I'm so sorry, man. You all right? No, Alex.

I'm not all right.

You got my wife so excited about C class. I've got to go snorkeling

tomorrow to find some more. That sounds like fun.

Oh, about time. I am starving.

You know what? That's my fault. I almost had to dump everything on the floor. I

just can't get my head screwed on tight today. Are you going to join us?

You know what? I am.

Thank you.

Everything okay?

Yeah. Yeah, I just... I mixed up some appointments today.

I know. Put some people down that I made promises to. I gotta get more organized,

you know what I mean? Has that ever happened to you guys?

Colt, what's the name of that program that we use?

Don't get me started on the technology.

We were just getting used to a fax machine, and we bought a laptop.

Now all I gotta do is figure out how to use the computer.

I don't even mess with that. I mean, do you bring it on the trip? Yeah, it's in

the room. But look, I've got to be honest with you. I prefer the old ways.

You know, you had a black book, you wrote on paper.

I'd rather chuck the computer and get a day planner. Oh, yeah, Mr. Bigshot. You

want to throw away the expensive computer, you can't even afford ten days

in a resort.

Hey,

Kai.

It's not a good time for me. I'm getting ready to step out, so... Sorry, I just

really need to speak with you.

You could have called.

Not about this.

What am I looking at?

That's Ann talking to a known criminal.

I ran his record. His name is Flacco.

He recently was released from prison, and he has a history of violent crime.

Ann?

Why is Ann talking to him, and why is she handing him an envelope?

What are you trying to say?

I'm saying...

Anne might not be the person you think she is. No, Anne is the victim here.

Or it's a reason why she didn't want you involved.

Did you talk to Ernesto? No. Did you?

Did he tell you?

Tell me what?

I got the job in Manila.

I'm leaving in a couple weeks.

So you're going to leave the island for good?

Yeah.

Hey.

It's good, right?

That's good.

That's great.

You know, that's what you wanted, so.

Yeah.

It's been a dream for a long time.

Well, I am happy for you.

I got two tickets for the show tonight.

And I used my mom's employee discount.

Thank you.

Mom's discount?

I don't get a discount. Why don't I get a discount? I don't know. You two going

to a show? Is that where you're rushing off to?

No, I have school in the morning. And I'm late, so bye-bye. See you guys

tomorrow. Thank you.

Two tickets.

Hmm.

I see.

Uh, I should go.

Okay. Let you get on with your night.

Well, hey, you know, we should...

Get together and celebrate your new job

You

guys

are gonna love this show There's over 7,000 islands in the Philippines, and

this show presents the dancing styles of all the different provinces. I hope they

do that fire dance. I've always wanted to see that.

Oh, this is very generous of you.

You guys enjoy.

You're not joining us.

No, you know how many times I've seen this show. But you guys are going to

love it. Those tickets, they come with free drinks.

Free drinks.

Hmm.

Password.

Password. You gotta be kidding me.

Okay.

As per our usual agreement, the attainment will be arranged by blah blah

blah blah.

Once the target is secure, blah blah blah blah.

Okay, here we go.

Once you secure the location, you are to eliminate target NCD L25.

Who the hell is target NCD L25?

That can't be this easy.

MCDL25 is Alex Walker.

I'm the target?

Don't kill him.

Not yet.

Now that we know who Flacco works for, we have to keep eyes on him. You sure

he's in there?

I paid off the barkeep to tip us off when he came in.

So what's the play? We go in, shake him down for information?

Hey, that's him.

Something's going down.

Uh-huh.

Only one way to find out.

Better get here soon.

He's gonna wake up any minute.

Let's get to work.

That's him.

Who? The killer.

How'd you know he's the killer?

Alex matched a sprinter, a famous American hitman.

Are you planning on telling me?

Of course, but I promised Alex we'd wait until tomorrow before we go after Flaco.

All right, let's go.

I'm not looking at craps. Maybe I should just try blackjack, maybe poker, man.

You can't use this elevator.

Is it broken?

Yeah, come back later.

Okay.

All right.

The elevator stopped at the penthouse floor.

Ann's apartment?

Uh-huh. Most secure room in the entire building.

Shall we call for backup and bring out the badges?

No.

If we tell them we're coming, they'll do something rash.

This is on us.

All right.

Wakey, wakey.

Oh, you can walk, huh?

I busted my back trying to get you down those stairs.

I'd give you something for the pain, but it would kind of defeat the purpose.

What exactly is the purpose?

To kill you in the most excruciatingly painful way imaginable.

I can't figure that.

Why here?

Our employer doesn't just want you dead.

He wants to watch you die.

And this room has the most high-tech military-grade encrypted video

conferencing system in this part of the world.

I know what this room is.

It's the Vegas penthouse.

The control room.

From in here, our client will see everything.

And no one in the world will know or be able to trace it back to him.

We know from experience just how tough security is to get up there. Even if we

could get past those guards, you'd need the key card to get that elevator to the

penthouse.

There's another way up.

Through the kitchen.

Well, you weren't kidding when you said you brought a pharmacy, huh?

You got anything for flatulence?

Because, damn it, Cookie, you gotta get off the spicy curry.

I'm gonna wash up, fill these up with water, and then I'm good to go.

Right on time.

I noticed this when I was working as an undercover, as a cocktail waitress.

They bring the food to the upper floors through this elevator.

It's like I'll need a key card to get that elevator.

Hey. Yeah, okay.

Can you hit the penthouse for us, please?

Thank you.

You know, it's customary to give a dying man a last wish.

Ignore him.

He's in the bargaining stage of dying.

That's enough, Alex!

Unless you want to see this gal's brains blown out, you better sit yourself down.

Sure. We'll be ready by then.

Make the zip ties tighter this time. Add tape.

I am, woman.

Oh, give him a shot of saxomethonium. He'd be paralyzed.

He wouldn't be able to move.

Client wants to see everything.

Keep the guns at his head till we begin.

All right, who is it?

Who are you?

He moves a muscle.

Shoot him in the spine.

What?

Three guys, all armed.

I got an idea.

Okay, the client wants to start with Anne.

No. Wants to watch Alex witnessing her die.

Don't.

I'm sorry, Alex.

If I had known.

Did you lie to me, Anne? I didn't lie to you.

I just didn't tell you what was going on.

Believe me, I had no idea their plan was to kill you.

What did you think was going on?

They approached me about using our command room.

Said they needed the tech in here.

I told them no, so they killed my floor manager as a warning.

Said that if I didn't cooperate, more would be killed.

I was trying to keep you out of it.

You don't make deals with criminals and with killers.

And you should have told me.

Then if you couldn't have told me, you should have told Guy or Ernesto. They're

your friends.

I'm running a casino.

You don't understand how much is at stake.

Sometimes in this business you have to... Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

What?

There is a line in life that you do not cross, ever.

And you... I'm sorry.

Hey, wrong room.

No one ordered food.

Are you sure?

I was told Ms. Villegas ordered this personally.

Clients going live.

Freeze!

Both hands on top of your head, now.

How did you know to come here?

I saw you had an envelope to Flaco in the parking lot.

Figured the key card to this room was in it.

Thank you.

They were going to kill us. You should have told us, Anne.

We would have helped you.

We could have protected you, Ms. Villegas.

I just didn't want anyone else to get hurt.

Anne, you're not alone because you work so hard.

You're alone because you don't know who your friends are.

Who is it?

Huh?

We're supposed to be on the other side of this video call.

Who hired you to kill me?

I've been doing this work since before you wore long pants.

I didn't get to be me by ratting out my clients.

Yeah, I kind of figured you weren't going to give me any answers.

I'll tell you what, though.

It's going to be fun beating it out of you.

Alex. Don't bother.

We already know.

What? When Kai identified Flaco as the criminal Miss Villegas was talking to,

we did a background check on him. He just got out of jail, where he was a

lieutenant in a prison gang.

A gang run by someone we've dealt with before.

Who?

You're always so entertaining, Mr. Walker.

You? Ah, you remember me. I'm touched.

Congratulations. You just doubled your sentence.

Good luck getting evidence there.

Why do you think I picked that room you're in? Nothing on that system could

be recorded or saved or decrypted.

The judge will accept our eyewitness testimony.

Maybe. Who knows?

Yeah, well, these two aren't getting any younger, are they?

I bet they'd be willing to testify for a more lenient sentence.

You don't get it, Alex.

You think just because you got me locked up, I can't reach you?

Keep me in this cell.

Doesn't matter.

Here, I'm free.

Wherever you go, whatever you do, I'm coming to get you.

You and your mess shot.

Water douche.

Your false provider doesn't fool me.

I know you're scared.

So you better grow eyes in the back of your head.

Because you ain't going to know when it's coming.