1 00:00:01,978 --> 00:00:04,047 (CHRISTMAS MUSIC PLAYING) 2 00:01:30,033 --> 00:01:31,502 (PANTING) 3 00:01:33,470 --> 00:01:35,005 (INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER) 4 00:01:42,879 --> 00:01:45,482 Shit. 5 00:01:45,516 --> 00:01:47,684 NARRATOR: (ON TV) ...for creatures to attack predators. 6 00:01:47,718 --> 00:01:50,787 The millipede does possess glands 7 00:01:50,821 --> 00:01:54,625 that produce highly toxic chemicals. 8 00:01:54,658 --> 00:01:57,394 The female millipede, sensing danger, 9 00:01:57,428 --> 00:01:59,162 emits her secret weapon, 10 00:01:59,196 --> 00:02:00,397 cyanide. 11 00:02:01,932 --> 00:02:04,601 Her attacker gasps its last breath. 12 00:02:06,870 --> 00:02:08,605 (NARRATOR CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY) 13 00:02:14,878 --> 00:02:16,547 (DIAL TONE) 14 00:02:16,580 --> 00:02:18,215 (KNOCKING ON DOOR) 15 00:02:18,249 --> 00:02:19,716 WOMAN: Housekeeping. 16 00:02:23,520 --> 00:02:24,688 Mrs. Curtis. 17 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:46,310 (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) 18 00:02:58,054 --> 00:03:01,592 NIKKI: No! No! No! No! No! 19 00:03:01,625 --> 00:03:04,194 -No! No! No! No! -Here. 20 00:03:04,227 --> 00:03:05,762 (STRUGGLING) 21 00:03:06,730 --> 00:03:08,265 (INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER) 22 00:03:19,910 --> 00:03:21,612 (TENSE MUSIC PLAYING) 23 00:03:29,486 --> 00:03:31,488 (INDISTINCT CHATTERING) 24 00:03:39,430 --> 00:03:41,832 SY: Ah! Speak of the devil. 25 00:03:41,865 --> 00:03:44,167 Here's the headhunter himself, as promised. 26 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:45,268 EMMIT: Sorry. Sorry. 27 00:03:45,302 --> 00:03:46,937 SY: All right. Told her 28 00:03:46,970 --> 00:03:48,605 -you were reviewing the court release. -Huh? 29 00:03:49,706 --> 00:03:50,807 -The... -Oh. Yeah. 30 00:03:53,043 --> 00:03:54,277 So... 31 00:03:56,012 --> 00:03:58,248 Is it Mrs. Goldfarb, or... 32 00:03:58,281 --> 00:04:01,852 -My friends call me Ruby. -Ruby. 33 00:04:01,885 --> 00:04:04,588 That's swell. I could use a drink. Anybody else? 34 00:04:04,621 --> 00:04:05,689 We're drinking rose. 35 00:04:06,823 --> 00:04:08,291 Old-fashioned on the rocks. 36 00:04:11,795 --> 00:04:14,264 Sy tells me you're in self-storage. 37 00:04:14,297 --> 00:04:18,034 Me and my late husband. We started in mortuaries. 38 00:04:18,068 --> 00:04:20,136 Ah, just another kind of storage, I suppose. 39 00:04:20,170 --> 00:04:21,438 (SY LAUGHS) 40 00:04:21,472 --> 00:04:23,540 That's what my Tovaldt used to say. 41 00:04:23,574 --> 00:04:25,542 Both good businesses. Steady. 42 00:04:25,576 --> 00:04:27,978 Mmm. Heck, maybe we should be buying you out. 43 00:04:28,011 --> 00:04:29,980 -RUBY: Oh... -Uh... 44 00:04:30,013 --> 00:04:31,482 Well, now, Emmit... 45 00:04:31,515 --> 00:04:33,850 I know, I know. That's not the plan. 46 00:04:33,884 --> 00:04:37,521 But... Thanks. Heck, 47 00:04:37,554 --> 00:04:39,990 you don't get where I am by sticking to the plan. 48 00:04:40,023 --> 00:04:41,958 -RUBY: Hmm. -To new friends. 49 00:04:41,992 --> 00:04:43,093 New friends. 50 00:04:53,036 --> 00:04:54,838 (TELEPHONE RINGING OUTSIDE) 51 00:05:01,745 --> 00:05:03,547 -(BEEPING) -(LOCK CLICKS) 52 00:05:22,399 --> 00:05:25,636 He's dead, in case you couldn't tell. 53 00:05:31,708 --> 00:05:34,244 Lady cop who printed you said you're a little tender. 54 00:05:36,212 --> 00:05:37,581 Around the middle, maybe? 55 00:05:38,882 --> 00:05:40,216 Got some bruises. 56 00:05:45,889 --> 00:05:48,291 See, I'm a simple guy. 57 00:05:48,324 --> 00:05:53,396 When it snows, I put on boots. Sun comes out, I wear shades. 58 00:05:53,430 --> 00:05:55,766 I see a girl like you and a guy like that, 59 00:05:55,799 --> 00:05:59,069 I think, "Now, how's a working man 60 00:05:59,102 --> 00:06:01,137 "with hillbilly hair and a beer belly 61 00:06:01,171 --> 00:06:03,840 "land Miss State Penitentiary 2010?" 62 00:06:07,077 --> 00:06:09,446 And then I get the record. 63 00:06:09,480 --> 00:06:14,551 I see the girl has got 18 months' probation 64 00:06:14,585 --> 00:06:16,787 and the guy with his head half cut off 65 00:06:16,820 --> 00:06:18,955 was the shlub who signed the forms. 66 00:06:20,991 --> 00:06:22,493 Now it starts to make sense. 67 00:06:23,827 --> 00:06:25,496 I mean, stop me if I get it wrong, 68 00:06:25,529 --> 00:06:27,498 if this wasn't some kind of tit-for-tat 69 00:06:27,531 --> 00:06:30,066 handjob-gets-you-work-release program... 70 00:06:30,100 --> 00:06:33,470 If it was, whatever. Love story of the century. 71 00:06:37,040 --> 00:06:39,476 No? That's what I thought. 72 00:06:40,777 --> 00:06:44,180 See? Simple things. 73 00:06:44,214 --> 00:06:46,416 Cause and effect, crime and punishment. 74 00:06:46,449 --> 00:06:48,919 Mash a potato, you know what you get? 75 00:06:48,952 --> 00:06:50,286 Mashed potatoes. 76 00:06:53,557 --> 00:06:55,759 I want a lawyer. 77 00:06:55,792 --> 00:06:59,730 Yeah? Well, that's a mistake. 78 00:07:02,465 --> 00:07:04,768 Think it through. 79 00:07:04,801 --> 00:07:07,638 The evidence, shared domicile, 80 00:07:07,671 --> 00:07:10,607 you, a known felon, spinning a web of lies. 81 00:07:10,641 --> 00:07:13,510 History of domestic violence with a beer-drinking loser. 82 00:07:13,544 --> 00:07:14,811 You don't have to be a mathematician 83 00:07:14,845 --> 00:07:15,879 to add two plus two. 84 00:07:18,248 --> 00:07:23,587 No. Your best bet? Tearjerker. 85 00:07:24,721 --> 00:07:27,157 What a monster he was. 86 00:07:27,190 --> 00:07:31,161 How he beat you every night where it wouldn't show. 87 00:07:40,871 --> 00:07:42,673 (INHALES SHARPLY) 88 00:07:42,706 --> 00:07:45,341 Okay. We're done. 89 00:07:48,111 --> 00:07:49,379 I'll leave the picture, 90 00:07:49,412 --> 00:07:50,647 in case you're the type of girl 91 00:07:50,681 --> 00:07:52,683 who likes to take pride in her work. 92 00:07:52,716 --> 00:07:55,385 -(BEEPING) -(DOOR OPENS) 93 00:07:57,087 --> 00:07:58,088 (DOOR CLOSES) 94 00:08:00,724 --> 00:08:02,559 (SOFT MUSIC PLAYING) 95 00:08:32,288 --> 00:08:33,824 This can't be good, right? 96 00:09:01,584 --> 00:09:03,053 Should I start, or... 97 00:09:03,086 --> 00:09:04,087 Is she mine? 98 00:09:04,120 --> 00:09:05,956 No, you got the other one. 99 00:09:07,791 --> 00:09:09,726 Okay, here's what's gonna happen. 100 00:09:09,760 --> 00:09:12,162 St. Cloud Homicide's gonna handle this case, 101 00:09:12,195 --> 00:09:14,430 and you're both gonna go back to... 102 00:09:14,464 --> 00:09:15,632 What'd you do? 103 00:09:15,666 --> 00:09:16,967 Traffic enforcement. 104 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:19,435 -Traffic enforcement. -Yes, sir. 105 00:09:19,469 --> 00:09:21,738 Gloria Burgle, Chief of the Eden Valley police. 106 00:09:21,772 --> 00:09:23,306 For about another week. 107 00:09:23,339 --> 00:09:25,441 Eight days, yes, sir, including Christmas, 108 00:09:25,475 --> 00:09:26,943 which, you might be surprised to hear, 109 00:09:26,977 --> 00:09:28,178 is a pretty busy day for 110 00:09:28,211 --> 00:09:29,412 misdemeanor infractions in Eden Valley, 111 00:09:29,445 --> 00:09:30,613 mostly surrounding too much eggnog 112 00:09:30,647 --> 00:09:31,915 and a Class C motor vehicle. 113 00:09:31,948 --> 00:09:33,249 Is she kidding? 114 00:09:33,283 --> 00:09:34,651 She likes to think she's a smart one. 115 00:09:34,685 --> 00:09:36,653 Anyhoo, given the preciousness of time, 116 00:09:36,687 --> 00:09:38,655 I'd like to talk to the suspect, Nikki Swango, 117 00:09:38,689 --> 00:09:40,090 preferably right now. 118 00:09:40,123 --> 00:09:41,524 I just talked to her. 119 00:09:41,557 --> 00:09:43,093 Which, I'm sure, was enlightening for her, 120 00:09:43,126 --> 00:09:44,761 but without all the proper nuance. 121 00:09:44,795 --> 00:09:46,462 See, I got a paper grid that lays out 122 00:09:46,496 --> 00:09:47,630 all the inter-related parties 123 00:09:47,664 --> 00:09:49,099 delineating their personal 124 00:09:49,132 --> 00:09:50,333 and professional relationship to the murders. 125 00:09:50,366 --> 00:09:51,835 It's a substantial document. 126 00:09:51,868 --> 00:09:53,169 "Murders," plural? 127 00:09:53,203 --> 00:09:55,538 -No. -Yes, sir. Three so far. 128 00:09:55,571 --> 00:09:57,774 The first victim being Ennis Stussy of Eden Valley, 129 00:09:57,808 --> 00:09:59,209 which, again, is my purview. 130 00:09:59,242 --> 00:10:00,777 Ennis, a green grocer, 131 00:10:00,811 --> 00:10:02,278 was suffocated by Maurice LeFay, 132 00:10:02,312 --> 00:10:04,114 a, last I checked, resident of St. Cloud 133 00:10:04,147 --> 00:10:05,882 and repeat offender who was on probation 134 00:10:05,916 --> 00:10:07,217 under the supervision of Ray Stussy, 135 00:10:07,250 --> 00:10:08,618 our current victim. 136 00:10:08,651 --> 00:10:10,186 Maurice LeFay, in case you were wondering, 137 00:10:10,220 --> 00:10:12,222 also died under mysterious circumstances, 138 00:10:12,255 --> 00:10:13,489 making him victim number three. 139 00:10:13,523 --> 00:10:14,791 Allegedly. 140 00:10:14,825 --> 00:10:15,992 And at the heart of the case 141 00:10:16,026 --> 00:10:17,360 is what we believe to be a rivalry 142 00:10:17,393 --> 00:10:19,329 between Ray Stussy and his brother, Emmit, 143 00:10:19,362 --> 00:10:20,964 the parking lot king of Minnesota. 144 00:10:20,997 --> 00:10:22,498 I know who Emmit Stussy is. 145 00:10:22,532 --> 00:10:24,367 Then you can understand how a rich man like that, 146 00:10:24,400 --> 00:10:25,568 pillar of the community, 147 00:10:25,601 --> 00:10:26,803 might be targeted by his younger, 148 00:10:26,837 --> 00:10:28,038 less successful brother. 149 00:10:28,071 --> 00:10:29,740 A brother with possibly shaky morals 150 00:10:29,773 --> 00:10:31,507 and access to wily criminal elements. 151 00:10:31,541 --> 00:10:33,143 Unfortunately, Ray's plan, 152 00:10:33,176 --> 00:10:34,711 as far as I can tell, went off the rails, 153 00:10:34,745 --> 00:10:36,479 resulting in the death of my random Stussy 154 00:10:36,512 --> 00:10:38,414 and the reason I'm sitting here today. 155 00:10:43,086 --> 00:10:47,390 Only an intellectual could believe something so stupid. 156 00:10:47,423 --> 00:10:50,026 Well, sirs, as you'll see if you try working the angles, 157 00:10:50,060 --> 00:10:51,828 the alternatives make even less sense. 158 00:10:51,862 --> 00:10:53,496 Especially given the new victim... 159 00:10:53,529 --> 00:10:55,565 Uh... 160 00:10:55,598 --> 00:10:57,533 Get back to traffic enforcement. 161 00:10:58,701 --> 00:10:59,770 Yes, sir. 162 00:11:02,438 --> 00:11:05,075 And you, I got no jurisdiction over you, 163 00:11:05,108 --> 00:11:07,878 but this is St. Cloud Metro's case now. 164 00:11:07,911 --> 00:11:10,613 So, if we need you or your grid, 165 00:11:10,646 --> 00:11:11,915 we'll give you a holler. 166 00:11:11,948 --> 00:11:13,750 -Sir... -MOE: You're dismissed. 167 00:11:13,784 --> 00:11:15,485 Wait for me outside. 168 00:11:24,795 --> 00:11:26,362 Guess that's it then. 169 00:11:26,396 --> 00:11:27,931 We need to find Emmit. Try his office or at home. 170 00:11:27,964 --> 00:11:29,399 Tell him Ray died under suspicious circumstance, 171 00:11:29,432 --> 00:11:30,466 gauge his reaction. 172 00:11:30,500 --> 00:11:31,734 Are you sure? That's... 173 00:11:31,768 --> 00:11:32,735 I'm gonna brace the girlfriend, 174 00:11:32,769 --> 00:11:33,669 try to get some answers. Go. 175 00:11:36,339 --> 00:11:39,309 Either you're on vacation till the handover, 176 00:11:39,342 --> 00:11:41,812 take some time to grieve, be with your family, 177 00:11:41,845 --> 00:11:43,780 merry Christmas, all that, 178 00:11:43,814 --> 00:11:46,482 or start looking for another job. 179 00:11:46,516 --> 00:11:48,551 Happy holidays, sir. 180 00:11:48,584 --> 00:11:49,820 That's what I thought. 181 00:12:08,304 --> 00:12:10,941 Whoo! I tell ya, they got me running 182 00:12:10,974 --> 00:12:13,109 six different directions today. 183 00:12:13,143 --> 00:12:15,245 -How you doing? -Form. 184 00:12:15,278 --> 00:12:20,183 Yeah, I'm supposed to talk to Swango, looks like, Nikki. 185 00:12:20,216 --> 00:12:21,417 Form. 186 00:12:21,451 --> 00:12:22,452 I don't... 187 00:12:23,453 --> 00:12:25,521 Nobody told me I needed a... 188 00:12:27,623 --> 00:12:30,760 Is that an (CLEARS THROAT) interview request form, or... 189 00:12:30,793 --> 00:12:31,995 It's the blue one. 190 00:12:34,998 --> 00:12:37,233 See the shift sergeant. One floor up. 191 00:12:39,202 --> 00:12:41,938 You know, is there any way? 192 00:12:41,972 --> 00:12:43,806 I was supposed to be out of here an hour ago, 193 00:12:43,840 --> 00:12:46,943 Christmas Eve and all that. My boy at home. He's 12. 194 00:12:46,977 --> 00:12:48,744 I think I got a picture here somewhere. 195 00:12:52,315 --> 00:12:54,517 One flight up, you said? All right. 196 00:13:03,159 --> 00:13:04,327 -(CELL PHONE BEEPING) -Nope. 197 00:13:05,528 --> 00:13:07,397 (SCOFFS) Nope. 198 00:13:08,531 --> 00:13:09,699 Oh, maybe. 199 00:13:11,534 --> 00:13:14,337 (SCOFFS) Yeah, right, Donny, like you got a chance there. 200 00:13:14,370 --> 00:13:15,838 (TELEPHONE RINGING) 201 00:13:17,407 --> 00:13:19,675 Yeah, Eden Valley Police. What can I... 202 00:13:21,244 --> 00:13:24,580 Oh, yeah? Jeez. 203 00:13:24,614 --> 00:13:25,815 Did they take anything, 204 00:13:25,848 --> 00:13:27,884 or you just think it's vandalism? 205 00:13:29,852 --> 00:13:32,956 Okay, hang tight. There in a jiff. 206 00:13:34,557 --> 00:13:36,026 (GRUNTS SOFTLY) 207 00:14:10,560 --> 00:14:12,262 Ah, God dang it! 208 00:14:30,780 --> 00:14:33,116 Firing on all cylinders today, Mashman. 209 00:14:40,356 --> 00:14:42,325 (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING) 210 00:14:52,768 --> 00:14:53,803 Hello? 211 00:15:30,673 --> 00:15:34,310 Uh, sir? You're not supposed to be in here. 212 00:15:34,344 --> 00:15:35,845 Shh. 213 00:15:39,049 --> 00:15:43,019 Uh, you can't be in here, sir. Library is closed. (CHUCKLES) 214 00:15:46,189 --> 00:15:48,358 You're here. 215 00:15:48,391 --> 00:15:51,827 Well, sir, I work here, so that's... 216 00:15:53,396 --> 00:15:55,365 I'm gonna have to ask you to leave. 217 00:15:59,335 --> 00:16:00,403 Sir? 218 00:16:02,338 --> 00:16:03,773 You're gonna have to leave. (CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY) 219 00:16:05,841 --> 00:16:07,277 I just did. 220 00:16:10,780 --> 00:16:12,048 What? 221 00:16:12,082 --> 00:16:15,151 You asked, then I left. 222 00:16:15,185 --> 00:16:16,686 I'm not here. 223 00:16:18,921 --> 00:16:21,424 Well, that's... I see you. 224 00:16:22,758 --> 00:16:24,760 You think you see me. 225 00:16:25,795 --> 00:16:27,463 But your eyes are lying. 226 00:16:29,031 --> 00:16:30,032 That's... 227 00:16:32,034 --> 00:16:36,739 Sir, in another three minutes, we're gonna have a real... 228 00:16:36,772 --> 00:16:38,074 (EERIE MUSIC PLAYING) 229 00:16:41,211 --> 00:16:44,380 You should think of what you're doing. 230 00:16:44,414 --> 00:16:48,784 Man, alone, in a room full of books, 231 00:16:49,619 --> 00:16:51,887 talking to himself. 232 00:16:54,724 --> 00:16:59,262 In my country we call such people bezumets. 233 00:17:01,297 --> 00:17:04,534 Or maybe you think I'm your conscience. 234 00:17:04,567 --> 00:17:08,638 How's that story, the Ghost of Christmas Past? 235 00:17:08,671 --> 00:17:10,506 I... 236 00:17:13,809 --> 00:17:16,579 You came back for a reason, I'm thinking. 237 00:17:17,747 --> 00:17:18,748 The gun. 238 00:17:20,082 --> 00:17:21,184 It's there on the counter. 239 00:17:25,988 --> 00:17:27,323 Pick it up, your gun. 240 00:17:45,841 --> 00:17:47,109 Now go. 241 00:18:06,896 --> 00:18:08,564 (CAR ENGINE STARTS) 242 00:18:30,720 --> 00:18:32,188 (SY LAUGHING) 243 00:18:32,222 --> 00:18:34,857 You don't seem like a guy who's ready to retire. 244 00:18:34,890 --> 00:18:37,360 Well, you know, Sy thinks it's time. 245 00:18:37,393 --> 00:18:39,562 (LAUGHS) That's funny. He said that you... 246 00:18:39,595 --> 00:18:42,298 We're both ready. We agreed this was 247 00:18:42,332 --> 00:18:45,000 the way to... Quit while we're ahead. 248 00:18:45,034 --> 00:18:46,236 What's the saying? 249 00:18:46,269 --> 00:18:48,571 "If you love something, let it go." 250 00:18:48,604 --> 00:18:50,172 "If it comes back, it's yours." 251 00:18:50,206 --> 00:18:52,775 EMMIT: "If it doesn't, hunt it down and kill it." 252 00:18:55,345 --> 00:18:57,313 Is the version I heard. 253 00:18:57,347 --> 00:18:58,881 (CHUCKLING NERVOUSLY) 254 00:18:58,914 --> 00:19:00,950 You can see why I'm usually the negotiator. 255 00:19:03,786 --> 00:19:05,255 There's something... You've got a... 256 00:19:07,457 --> 00:19:09,158 Oh. 257 00:19:09,191 --> 00:19:13,329 That's just... Must be some red wine from lunch. 258 00:19:13,363 --> 00:19:14,897 Mmm. 259 00:19:14,930 --> 00:19:16,999 Any more questions on the business? Projections? 260 00:19:17,032 --> 00:19:19,669 No, it was real thorough, your presentation. 261 00:19:19,702 --> 00:19:22,405 My front office guy took a look at your numbers 262 00:19:22,438 --> 00:19:24,006 and he said your books really sing. 263 00:19:24,039 --> 00:19:27,377 Mmm. Well then, I say we call it a night. 264 00:19:27,410 --> 00:19:29,779 And I'll get our attorney started on the paperwork. 265 00:19:29,812 --> 00:19:31,714 Sy said your husband died. 266 00:19:33,816 --> 00:19:35,251 SY: That's not... We don't need to... 267 00:19:35,285 --> 00:19:37,587 That's okay. No. 268 00:19:37,620 --> 00:19:42,858 My Tovaldt, it'll be a year in May, he passed. 269 00:19:42,892 --> 00:19:46,396 -Do you have a... Oh. -EMMIT: Stella. 270 00:19:46,429 --> 00:19:50,733 Twenty-five years. She left last week. Sex tape. 271 00:19:50,766 --> 00:19:53,135 -(SY CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY) -Not a real one, of course. 272 00:19:53,168 --> 00:19:54,236 I mean, it was a real sex tape, 273 00:19:54,270 --> 00:19:56,406 just not my, you know... 274 00:19:56,439 --> 00:20:01,110 Forgery, to the end of securing a payout which... 275 00:20:01,143 --> 00:20:02,412 You know, that's the price of it, 276 00:20:02,445 --> 00:20:04,614 I guess, being rich. 277 00:20:04,647 --> 00:20:06,549 -I don't know. -Enemies, I'm saying. 278 00:20:06,582 --> 00:20:08,284 Not at first. First come the well-wishers 279 00:20:08,318 --> 00:20:09,585 with their fake smiles. 280 00:20:09,619 --> 00:20:10,986 Then the richer you get, 281 00:20:11,020 --> 00:20:12,922 here come the deadbeats with their hands out... 282 00:20:12,955 --> 00:20:14,424 You know, it's getting pretty late. 283 00:20:14,457 --> 00:20:17,126 And then the jackals, laughing in the dark, 284 00:20:17,159 --> 00:20:19,429 trying to pick the meat off your bones. 285 00:20:19,462 --> 00:20:20,663 Check, please! 286 00:20:20,696 --> 00:20:22,732 Money is a blessing and a curse. 287 00:20:22,765 --> 00:20:24,900 No, don't blame money. It's people. 288 00:20:24,934 --> 00:20:26,502 Mmm. 289 00:20:26,536 --> 00:20:29,339 Sore losers making up stories how we're villains, 290 00:20:29,372 --> 00:20:31,907 the dreamers, the hard workers, 291 00:20:31,941 --> 00:20:35,177 in the office before dawn, toiling, saving, 292 00:20:35,210 --> 00:20:37,179 like Ebenezer Scrooge and the like. 293 00:20:37,212 --> 00:20:38,914 Have you heard of the vile maxim? 294 00:20:38,948 --> 00:20:40,450 No. 295 00:20:40,483 --> 00:20:42,952 "All for ourselves and nothing for other people 296 00:20:42,985 --> 00:20:46,356 "is the vile maxim of the masters of mankind." 297 00:20:48,358 --> 00:20:49,992 You think a rich man wrote that? 298 00:20:50,025 --> 00:20:51,461 No, it was the others. 299 00:20:51,494 --> 00:20:53,363 The grubby hands outside the glass, 300 00:20:53,396 --> 00:20:54,664 trying to get in, 301 00:20:54,697 --> 00:20:56,031 putting their filthy peckers... 302 00:20:56,065 --> 00:20:57,199 What the Christ? 303 00:20:59,735 --> 00:21:01,837 This is bordering on harassment now. 304 00:21:01,871 --> 00:21:03,105 What's happening? 305 00:21:03,138 --> 00:21:05,107 Uh, nothing. Just a misunderstanding. 306 00:21:05,140 --> 00:21:06,876 Excuse me for a moment. 307 00:21:06,909 --> 00:21:09,011 (LOW-FREQUENCY HUMMING) 308 00:21:19,321 --> 00:21:21,657 (MUFFLED) You remind me a little of my husband. 309 00:21:29,231 --> 00:21:31,601 You two would've gotten along really well. 310 00:21:52,555 --> 00:21:53,689 Sir. 311 00:21:53,723 --> 00:21:54,724 It's Ray. 312 00:21:56,759 --> 00:21:58,227 -Mr. Stussy, your brother... -(HUMMING STOPS) 313 00:21:58,260 --> 00:21:59,929 I've been here since 6:00. 314 00:22:00,530 --> 00:22:01,931 Huh? 315 00:22:01,964 --> 00:22:03,733 Just been sitting here all night, gabbing. 316 00:22:03,766 --> 00:22:05,835 Sy'll tell you. Business. 317 00:22:05,868 --> 00:22:09,539 Or more social I guess, I had a few drinks. 318 00:22:12,475 --> 00:22:15,411 Yes, sir. I'm sorry to say 319 00:22:15,445 --> 00:22:16,946 your brother, I'm afraid, he's deceased. 320 00:22:16,979 --> 00:22:19,114 We found his body earlier this evening. 321 00:22:20,950 --> 00:22:22,852 Raymond. 322 00:22:22,885 --> 00:22:24,620 Yes, sir, I'm sorry for your loss. 323 00:22:29,391 --> 00:22:31,694 It's that girlfriend, the criminal. 324 00:22:31,727 --> 00:22:33,929 You should bring her in, put the cuffs on. 325 00:22:33,963 --> 00:22:35,230 If anyone had motive... 326 00:22:35,264 --> 00:22:37,199 Motive for what, sir? I never said... 327 00:22:37,232 --> 00:22:39,769 We're upset. Alcohol's been shared... 328 00:22:39,802 --> 00:22:41,671 I just meant if... 329 00:22:43,405 --> 00:22:45,775 Are you saying he had a heart attack? 330 00:22:45,808 --> 00:22:49,779 Uh... No, sir, we're thinking foul play. 331 00:22:49,812 --> 00:22:52,448 See? I told you that girl was no good. 332 00:22:52,482 --> 00:22:55,084 Some kind of a black widow, using my brother to get... 333 00:22:55,117 --> 00:22:56,285 Sir... 334 00:22:56,318 --> 00:22:57,787 (STAMMERS) We're upset. 335 00:22:57,820 --> 00:22:59,789 It's big news. 336 00:22:59,822 --> 00:23:01,724 A beloved brother dying suddenly? 337 00:23:01,757 --> 00:23:03,993 Any kind of statement you need from us, 338 00:23:04,026 --> 00:23:07,396 talk to Bruce Lipshitz at Green, Greene and Gruene. 339 00:23:07,429 --> 00:23:09,298 If you don't mind me asking, Mr. Stussy, 340 00:23:09,331 --> 00:23:11,133 when was the last time that you saw your brother? 341 00:23:11,166 --> 00:23:13,002 Like I said, call Bruce Lipshitz... 342 00:23:13,035 --> 00:23:14,436 We've been here all night. 343 00:23:14,470 --> 00:23:16,138 Otherwise, thank you for the information. 344 00:23:16,171 --> 00:23:20,109 We're devastated, obviously. He was a real saint, Ray. 345 00:23:20,142 --> 00:23:23,445 Troubled, but, you know, he meant well. 346 00:23:23,479 --> 00:23:24,647 He was my brother. 347 00:23:24,680 --> 00:23:26,348 I'm gonna take my friend home now. 348 00:23:32,688 --> 00:23:34,690 (SOFTLY) Yeah. 349 00:23:34,724 --> 00:23:36,859 Yeah, that makes a lot of sense. He was acting... 350 00:23:38,193 --> 00:23:39,562 Kind of weird. 351 00:23:42,297 --> 00:23:44,266 -Excuse me, ma'am. -Hold on. 352 00:23:44,299 --> 00:23:46,335 Officer Winnie Lopez, St. Cloud Metro. 353 00:23:46,368 --> 00:23:48,137 I'm wondering if you might have a minute 354 00:23:48,170 --> 00:23:49,739 to answer a few questions. 355 00:24:13,563 --> 00:24:15,731 I'll call Kitson in the morning, 356 00:24:15,765 --> 00:24:18,233 assuming you wanna bury Ray in the family plot. 357 00:24:21,003 --> 00:24:24,039 And I don't need to know where you... 358 00:24:27,009 --> 00:24:28,477 I'll talk to the widow, 359 00:24:28,510 --> 00:24:31,213 circle back, in case the cops wanna... 360 00:24:31,246 --> 00:24:33,215 You got there at 6:00, like you said. 361 00:24:36,619 --> 00:24:39,822 You think this was him, Varga? 362 00:24:39,855 --> 00:24:41,557 After what happened to Irv, 363 00:24:41,591 --> 00:24:43,192 trying to get to you, keep us from... 364 00:24:43,225 --> 00:24:45,260 What's your angle here? 365 00:24:45,294 --> 00:24:47,196 -My... -Your angle. 366 00:24:47,229 --> 00:24:50,566 You don't think it's funny, the timing? 367 00:24:50,600 --> 00:24:53,703 Ray coming to the party, demanding money, 368 00:24:53,736 --> 00:24:55,905 him and his girl, with us in the black, 369 00:24:55,938 --> 00:25:00,175 and how he gained access to my safety deposit box? 370 00:25:00,209 --> 00:25:01,844 -I don't... -Not to mention 371 00:25:01,877 --> 00:25:03,345 things you said to me. 372 00:25:03,378 --> 00:25:06,949 Accusations, you might say, about Ermentraub 373 00:25:06,982 --> 00:25:08,784 and who it was that urged caution 374 00:25:08,818 --> 00:25:10,185 as opposed to rushing in. 375 00:25:10,219 --> 00:25:11,587 Blaming me, in other words. 376 00:25:13,889 --> 00:25:19,461 I was thinking, maybe you and Ray... 377 00:25:20,963 --> 00:25:22,064 What? 378 00:25:22,097 --> 00:25:24,967 You and Ray. 379 00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:27,369 Me and Ray? 380 00:25:27,402 --> 00:25:30,272 Is that what he's telling you? Varga? 381 00:25:30,305 --> 00:25:32,074 -'Cause that's just crazy. -Is it? 382 00:25:32,107 --> 00:25:33,508 You really think I'm... 383 00:25:34,243 --> 00:25:35,911 (LAUGHS) 384 00:25:35,945 --> 00:25:39,815 In the face of all logic, that somehow I decided, me, 385 00:25:39,849 --> 00:25:42,952 the partner in a multi-million dollar corporation, 386 00:25:42,985 --> 00:25:45,554 that I decided to what, turn on you? 387 00:25:45,587 --> 00:25:48,057 Join forces with your leptard brother 388 00:25:48,090 --> 00:25:49,759 and his syphilitic floozy, 389 00:25:49,792 --> 00:25:52,728 so I could turn millions into thousands? 390 00:25:52,762 --> 00:25:54,296 What's the math there? 391 00:26:01,336 --> 00:26:02,838 I'm sorry. I just... 392 00:26:05,207 --> 00:26:06,976 No. I know. 393 00:26:07,009 --> 00:26:11,146 It's been a long... The pressure I'm under... 394 00:26:11,180 --> 00:26:12,447 Now this. 395 00:26:13,683 --> 00:26:15,184 No, we both feel it. 396 00:26:15,217 --> 00:26:17,419 Not knowing who to trust. 397 00:26:17,452 --> 00:26:18,487 Me. 398 00:26:20,022 --> 00:26:22,224 You can always trust me. 399 00:26:23,859 --> 00:26:27,162 Which is why I'm more convinced now than ever, 400 00:26:27,196 --> 00:26:29,098 we gotta hit the eject button here 401 00:26:29,131 --> 00:26:32,935 on the whole... Take the money and run. 402 00:26:32,968 --> 00:26:34,636 The widow Goldfarb. 403 00:26:34,670 --> 00:26:36,672 And I know you got reservations about 404 00:26:36,706 --> 00:26:37,807 selling and putting her in harm's way, 405 00:26:37,840 --> 00:26:39,441 a bystander, 406 00:26:39,474 --> 00:26:43,445 but I really think this is... What choice do we have? 407 00:26:43,478 --> 00:26:45,314 We're fighting for our lives here. 408 00:26:48,650 --> 00:26:50,319 Meat from the bones. 409 00:26:56,726 --> 00:26:58,227 You want me to call Stella? 410 00:26:59,494 --> 00:27:02,531 I'm sure, given the circumstances, 411 00:27:02,564 --> 00:27:05,500 maybe this leads to reconciliation. 412 00:27:05,534 --> 00:27:09,004 No, I just want to be alone right now. 413 00:27:14,676 --> 00:27:16,879 Anything you need, day or night... 414 00:27:19,882 --> 00:27:20,883 (DOOR CLOSES) 415 00:27:23,518 --> 00:27:24,519 (SIGHS) 416 00:27:26,388 --> 00:27:27,957 (EERIE MUSIC PLAYING) 417 00:27:57,552 --> 00:27:58,988 How do you feel? 418 00:28:02,724 --> 00:28:03,793 Free. 419 00:28:10,900 --> 00:28:12,301 When I was a kid, 420 00:28:14,336 --> 00:28:17,372 whenever I had a nightmare, 421 00:28:17,406 --> 00:28:19,909 my mother would sit at the foot of the bed 422 00:28:19,942 --> 00:28:21,576 and say a little rhyme. 423 00:28:24,579 --> 00:28:30,152 "There was a crooked man and he walked a crooked mile 424 00:28:30,185 --> 00:28:33,255 "and he found a crooked sixpence 425 00:28:33,288 --> 00:28:36,291 "besides a crooked stile, 426 00:28:36,325 --> 00:28:40,996 "and he bought a crooked cat, which caught a crooked mouse, 427 00:28:41,030 --> 00:28:46,568 "and they all lived together in a little crooked house." 428 00:28:46,601 --> 00:28:48,437 There you are. 429 00:28:48,470 --> 00:28:51,974 (CHUCKLES) I was getting worried. 430 00:28:52,007 --> 00:28:54,176 You just missed the girls. 431 00:28:55,610 --> 00:29:00,049 They came by for a surprise visit. 432 00:29:02,617 --> 00:29:05,120 I said you had a dinner. 433 00:29:06,288 --> 00:29:09,191 May be back by 8:00. 434 00:29:09,224 --> 00:29:10,459 Anyhoo... 435 00:29:11,326 --> 00:29:13,863 You just missed them. 436 00:29:16,665 --> 00:29:21,971 Oh. But we made butterscotch pudding. 437 00:29:22,004 --> 00:29:23,005 (CHUCKLES) 438 00:29:24,206 --> 00:29:27,076 I could fix you a bowl. 439 00:29:30,179 --> 00:29:31,914 (GASPS SOFTLY) 440 00:29:33,849 --> 00:29:37,152 Oh! For Pete's sake, hon, what's wrong? 441 00:29:38,087 --> 00:29:39,521 (CRYING) 442 00:29:40,722 --> 00:29:42,057 The world. 443 00:29:44,659 --> 00:29:46,428 The world is wrong. 444 00:29:48,663 --> 00:29:52,501 (STAMMERS) What are you saying? Huh? 445 00:29:52,534 --> 00:29:58,107 It looks like my world, but everything's different. 446 00:30:06,181 --> 00:30:08,217 (BOTH CRYING) 447 00:30:22,764 --> 00:30:23,765 Huh. 448 00:30:31,040 --> 00:30:34,043 Oh. Uh... Hey there. Merry Christmas to ya. 449 00:30:34,076 --> 00:30:37,846 Um, I'm looking for a blue form, I guess. 450 00:30:37,879 --> 00:30:39,348 Yeah. 451 00:30:39,381 --> 00:30:40,415 Uh... 452 00:30:40,449 --> 00:30:41,716 Yeah, you're not St. Cloud. 453 00:30:41,750 --> 00:30:42,918 No, that's... 454 00:30:42,952 --> 00:30:44,186 I'm over at Eden Valley, 455 00:30:44,219 --> 00:30:45,087 just in town to interview a prisoner 456 00:30:45,120 --> 00:30:46,588 and they told me that... 457 00:30:46,621 --> 00:30:48,357 Yeah, blue forms are for St. Cloud officers. 458 00:30:48,390 --> 00:30:51,927 Inter-departmental requests, that's a whole other... Yup. 459 00:30:51,961 --> 00:30:53,395 You gotta get your superior officer's 460 00:30:53,428 --> 00:30:54,729 approval on this form 461 00:30:54,763 --> 00:30:56,465 before I can give you the blue one. 462 00:30:56,498 --> 00:30:58,233 Well, since I'm Chief of Eden Valley, 463 00:30:58,267 --> 00:31:00,502 couldn't I just, I don't know, approve myself? 464 00:31:01,971 --> 00:31:03,272 You can't do that. That's... 465 00:31:03,305 --> 00:31:05,540 Let me guess, against regulations? 466 00:31:05,574 --> 00:31:07,943 Darn right it's against regulations. 467 00:31:11,146 --> 00:31:13,115 You're gonna need to get Chief Muderlack's 468 00:31:13,148 --> 00:31:14,984 John Hancock on one of these babies, 469 00:31:15,017 --> 00:31:16,551 then I'll give you the yellow one, 470 00:31:16,585 --> 00:31:18,653 and then when that's filled, you get the blue. 471 00:31:24,459 --> 00:31:25,460 (SIGHS) 472 00:31:27,829 --> 00:31:29,631 (SOFT MUSIC PLAYING) 473 00:32:18,913 --> 00:32:20,882 (MACHINE BEEPING) 474 00:32:20,915 --> 00:32:22,351 (LOCK CLICKS) 475 00:32:31,826 --> 00:32:34,063 My lawyer here? 476 00:32:34,096 --> 00:32:36,965 Turn around and put your hands through the bars. 477 00:32:36,998 --> 00:32:39,034 Why? 478 00:32:39,068 --> 00:32:41,070 Gotta check your cell for contraband. 479 00:32:43,605 --> 00:32:44,873 How about I just stand in the corner 480 00:32:44,906 --> 00:32:46,375 and mind my own business? 481 00:32:46,408 --> 00:32:49,178 How about you do the electricity dance, 482 00:32:49,211 --> 00:32:50,345 maybe wet your pants? 483 00:33:02,524 --> 00:33:03,592 (HANDCUFFS CLICKING) 484 00:33:03,625 --> 00:33:04,759 Ow! 485 00:33:04,793 --> 00:33:06,395 Be a good girl now. 486 00:33:11,600 --> 00:33:13,902 What's happening? Is that... 487 00:33:13,935 --> 00:33:16,238 Easy, son. 488 00:33:16,271 --> 00:33:19,608 Put the syringe down, on the floor, slowly. 489 00:33:19,641 --> 00:33:21,643 -He was doing something. -Quiet. 490 00:33:22,644 --> 00:33:23,912 On the floor. 491 00:33:33,222 --> 00:33:34,289 (GRUNTS) 492 00:33:35,257 --> 00:33:36,791 (GROANS) 493 00:33:38,460 --> 00:33:40,195 -Stand down, stand down! -No! Wait! 494 00:33:40,229 --> 00:33:42,364 Wait, there's an officer, he just ran out. 495 00:33:42,397 --> 00:33:44,433 I was... Somebody go after him! 496 00:33:44,466 --> 00:33:47,236 -Listen to me! -God damn it! 497 00:33:47,269 --> 00:33:50,372 No, wait. There's something going on. 498 00:33:50,405 --> 00:33:52,374 -The syringe... -That's a murder weapon. 499 00:33:52,407 --> 00:33:53,742 He was gonna kill me, the officer. 500 00:33:53,775 --> 00:33:54,976 -He cuffed me here... -Shut up. 501 00:33:58,813 --> 00:34:00,749 Jesus Christ. 502 00:34:02,584 --> 00:34:04,953 How do I know this ain't yours? Huh? 503 00:34:04,986 --> 00:34:07,422 The tape. Check the tape. 504 00:34:17,166 --> 00:34:20,402 Son of a bitch. Who controls that, the camera? 505 00:34:20,435 --> 00:34:24,573 There's a switch on the wall, but I was here the whole time. 506 00:34:24,606 --> 00:34:26,408 Maybe a hack. 507 00:34:26,441 --> 00:34:27,609 What kind of hack? 508 00:34:27,642 --> 00:34:30,111 A breach, I mean. Outside agents. 509 00:34:30,145 --> 00:34:32,314 Come on, it's a glitch. 510 00:34:32,347 --> 00:34:34,316 Try watching a movie at my house some time. 511 00:34:34,349 --> 00:34:37,186 You got a bad cable, the thing just won't play. 512 00:34:37,219 --> 00:34:40,822 Sir, somebody came for that girl. 513 00:34:40,855 --> 00:34:43,458 A man in uniform. 514 00:34:43,492 --> 00:34:45,494 Three murders in, going for a fourth, 515 00:34:45,527 --> 00:34:47,429 either one of your men or an impersonator. 516 00:34:47,462 --> 00:34:50,299 MOE: So, it's a conspiracy now? 517 00:34:53,368 --> 00:34:55,136 I'm not talking about certainty. 518 00:34:55,170 --> 00:34:57,038 I'm saying there's doubt. 519 00:34:57,071 --> 00:34:58,773 Three bodies, all connected, 520 00:34:58,807 --> 00:35:01,009 and now our chief suspect, even while she's in custody, 521 00:35:01,042 --> 00:35:02,644 has these mysterious circumstances. 522 00:35:02,677 --> 00:35:04,446 A syringe full of who knows what. 523 00:35:04,479 --> 00:35:06,181 How do we know this is the end of it? 524 00:35:06,215 --> 00:35:07,682 A spree. 525 00:35:07,716 --> 00:35:09,484 The point is, even if it's a coincidence, 526 00:35:09,518 --> 00:35:10,719 shouldn't we talk to her? 527 00:35:10,752 --> 00:35:12,821 Exhaust all possibilities? 528 00:35:20,662 --> 00:35:22,096 Damn it. 529 00:35:27,736 --> 00:35:29,338 (BEEPING) 530 00:35:29,371 --> 00:35:30,539 -(LOCK CLICKS) -(DOOR OPENS) 531 00:35:32,507 --> 00:35:33,908 Hey, partner, give us a minute? 532 00:35:42,917 --> 00:35:44,753 I don't want you cutting him open. 533 00:35:45,554 --> 00:35:47,856 My Ray. 534 00:35:47,889 --> 00:35:49,524 He doesn't deserve that. 535 00:35:49,558 --> 00:35:52,427 MOE: It's a homicide. We gotta do an autopsy by law. 536 00:35:58,300 --> 00:36:00,635 Who was that fella, the one with the syringe? 537 00:36:02,637 --> 00:36:04,105 Nikki. 538 00:36:04,138 --> 00:36:05,374 What? 539 00:36:05,407 --> 00:36:07,175 We both know he came here to kill you 540 00:36:07,208 --> 00:36:08,777 for something you saw or something you know. 541 00:36:08,810 --> 00:36:10,879 That... We don't both know that. 542 00:36:10,912 --> 00:36:12,247 I'm sticking to my mashed-potato theory 543 00:36:12,281 --> 00:36:14,215 from earlier. 544 00:36:14,249 --> 00:36:16,217 GLORIA: I think your boyfriend hired a con to rob his brother, 545 00:36:16,251 --> 00:36:17,586 and things went from bad to worse. 546 00:36:17,619 --> 00:36:19,020 And then, I don't know, 547 00:36:19,053 --> 00:36:20,922 maybe the brother came back at him hard. 548 00:36:24,626 --> 00:36:26,060 Maybe not the brother. 549 00:36:26,094 --> 00:36:27,529 (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING) 550 00:36:27,562 --> 00:36:28,630 Meaning? 551 00:36:33,302 --> 00:36:36,471 Follow the money. That's all I'll say. 552 00:36:39,173 --> 00:36:41,743 The money? What money? 553 00:36:45,580 --> 00:36:47,449 Come on, it's Christmas Eve. 554 00:36:47,482 --> 00:36:49,150 I got a boy at home that can't sleep at night 555 00:36:49,183 --> 00:36:50,785 'cause somebody murdered his grandpa 556 00:36:50,819 --> 00:36:53,322 and he's afraid they might be coming for him next. 557 00:36:57,926 --> 00:36:59,160 Follow the money. 558 00:37:00,862 --> 00:37:03,131 MOE: You know what? Your probation is revoked. 559 00:37:03,164 --> 00:37:05,300 We're transferring you to the state pen. 560 00:37:05,334 --> 00:37:07,369 Protective custody. You're welcome. 561 00:37:09,804 --> 00:37:11,506 (CELL DOOR SLAMS SHUT) 562 00:37:11,540 --> 00:37:13,675 You know, forensics is doing a test on the syringe. 563 00:37:13,708 --> 00:37:15,977 You ask me to place a bet? 564 00:37:16,010 --> 00:37:18,347 I think it takes a jury 10 minutes to convict you, 565 00:37:18,380 --> 00:37:20,882 nutbag with a syringe or no nutbag with a syringe. 566 00:37:23,652 --> 00:37:26,287 -(BEEPING) -(DOOR OPENS) 567 00:37:27,489 --> 00:37:29,791 You like pie? 568 00:37:29,824 --> 00:37:31,259 I'm gonna visit you after the holiday, 569 00:37:31,292 --> 00:37:32,494 bring you some pie. 570 00:37:32,527 --> 00:37:34,863 Maybe we can talk about Ray. 571 00:37:34,896 --> 00:37:37,298 What he liked, who he was. 572 00:37:42,303 --> 00:37:43,372 NIKKI: Coconut. 573 00:37:44,839 --> 00:37:47,008 (SOFT MUSIC PLAYING) 574 00:37:47,041 --> 00:37:48,677 I like coconut cream pie. 575 00:37:50,712 --> 00:37:52,414 With chocolate flakes on top. 576 00:39:18,066 --> 00:39:20,602 (DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES) 577 00:39:24,005 --> 00:39:25,674 (UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING) 578 00:39:27,075 --> 00:39:28,276 (ENGINE STARTS) 579 00:40:50,058 --> 00:40:51,760 -(HORN BLARES) -(TIRES SCREECHING) 580 00:41:22,591 --> 00:41:24,225 (SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING) 581 00:41:35,536 --> 00:41:37,238 (DOOR OPENS) 582 00:41:49,450 --> 00:41:50,919 (MACHINE WHIRRING) 583 00:43:36,925 --> 00:43:38,993 (THEME MUSIC PLAYING)