02x01 - Rampage

[bunniefuu]

Thought he said he'd be here by : .

- He did.
- It's almost : .

It's called Byron time.

- Dad, what's wrong?
- Nothing.

I just don't want you to be disappointed

if Grandpa doesn't make it today.

He has a habit
of forgetting his obligations.

Well, he remembers my
birthday every single year.

And he doesn't just buy some stupid card

and stick it in the mail.

He always writes his own message.

That's because he feels guilty

he hasn't seen you in four years.

Marilou, you don't have
to go to all this trouble.

It's no trouble, it's family.

So what's the occasion for the visit?

I don't know, he's lonely, I guess.

He's been in lockdown in New Orleans

for the last six months.

He's got cabin fever like the rest of us.

[CAR HORN HONKING]

There he is!

Tali, put your mask on.

[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]

Grandpa!

Hey, there she is!

Well... hell, you turned into
a regular teenage monster!

Almost. Hey, Grandpa.

Everyone, this is Marie.

That's my son Jess, and that's Nelson,

- and Mary Lee.
- Marilou.

- Oh.
- Right... sorry.

- Nice to meet you, Marie.
- Thanks for having us.

Byron's told me all about you, Tali.

And you too.

He is so proud to have
an FBI agent in the family.

I can't wait to settle in
and hear some of your stories.

That's a lot of stuff
for just the weekend.

Well, it's a long drive.

I thought we'd stay a while,
get to know each other.

- Did you bring masks?
- Don't need them.

We were tested last week.
We're both negative.

Dad, that's not how it works.

Yeah, I thought you might
want some forensic evidence,

so here you go.

[LAUGHS]

- Good to see you, son.
- Oh, don't mind if I do.

- Come on, we made breakfast.
- Let's have some breakfast.

- I made it purple.
- Oh, that sounds amazing.

I'm ready. Did you make it?

- Uh, yes, I did.
- Oh, my goodness.

- Now I'm really excited.
- [LAUGHS]

Thank you.

[TENSE MUSIC]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

Yeah, it's pretty busy here today.

Just find a place to park.

I'll try to get as close
to the front as I can.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

♪ ♪

This okay?

Just watch and enjoy.

[g*nshots RINGING]

[CROWD SCREAMING]

- Get down!
- Down, down!

Stay down! [CROWD SCREAMING]

Let's go, let's go!

No!

[TIRES SCREECH]

[WOMAN SOBBING] Terry! Terry!

That's the house roast
from Cafe Du Monde.

Best coffee in New Orleans.

It's even better than
the café Au lait in Paris.

- Wait, you've been to Paris?
- Mais oui.

We should go together,
when things get back to normal.

You didn't tell me you were plus one.

Well, Marie and I have been
together two years now.

- I forget not everyone knows.
- She's half your age.

Really? I had not noticed.

[CHUCKLES]

Hey, wait... you're making us
sleep in the barn?

I thought it was just you.

There's a pull-out couch and a full bath.

You're just gonna have to make do.

Hey, they got a pull-out
couch for us, Marie!

Not a problem. I can sleep anywhere.

[CHUCKLES] She's a trooper, right?

Unlike your mother.

- How is she, by the way?
- She's fine.

Arizona got hit pretty hard
but she's staying safe.

Yeah, well, tell her I said hello.

Maybe leave out the Marie part.

[CELL PHONE RINGING, BUZZING]

- Hey, Clinton.
- We need you here.

All right. On my way.

I gotta go.

- Oh.
- Well, wait, we just got here.

Ah, this happens all the time, Grandpa.

Don't take it personally.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

Come on, I'll show you around.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

♪ ♪

Breathe easy now. You can do this.

Let these rich bastards
feel some real pain

for once in their lives.

[MEN SHOUTING, GROANING]

[WOMAN SCREAMS]

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www.addic ed.com

Fugitive's name
is Kyle Dennison, years old.

Witnesses reported
a slow-moving green van

at both locations
before the sh**ting started.

We've got dead, wounded.

Kid's barely old enough to shave.

How'd we get the ID?

Local PD found shell casings
from an AR- .

He left spent a*mo behind?
It's a rookie mistake.

If his prints were in the
database, he must have priors.

Yeah, one sec. Yup.

One juvie arrest for
petty larceny two years ago.

Now he's being tagged

as a domestic t*rror1st by the director.

Needless to say,

I think everyone in
Wilkes-Barre is freaking out.

Just got this in.

It's a cell phone video
from the shopping mall.

[g*nshots RINGING]

[PEOPLE SCREAMING, SHOUTING]

Two sn*per att*cks
in the space of an hour.

Both locations he hit are upscale.

Soft targets, easy access,
with no street video.

- Agreed.
- Except for the sn*per part.

Agreed again.

Look at all these missed sh*ts.

Looks like he was f*ring wildly,

causing mayhem with no intended target.

Still, some thought went into this.

He's either familiar with these places

or he scouted them in advance.

What do we know on background?

He was placed in a group foster home

after his father d*ed of COVID in March.

His mother Lisa was k*lled in
a car accident when he was .

Loses his mom,

then orphaned by COVID
in the space of two years.

That had to be rough.

It's not that easy to drive,
sh**t an AR- ,

and actually hit two dozen people.

There's probably an accomplice.

Could be a Columbine-type dynamic:

A sociopathic narcissist

mixed with somebody
who has low self-esteem.

Crosby's dating life exactly.

It's a lethal combination,

a dynamic that gets
a rush out of k*lling,

which means more bodies.

You guys start with the victims
and the m*rder w*apon.

Barnes, you and I go check out
Kyle's foster home.

Kyle landed here in March
after his father d*ed.

He has no other family?

An aunt in Idaho who didn't want him.

It's nearly impossible to place

a year old with a foster family.

We were just trying to keep Kyle safe

and get him through his virtual
classes for senior year.

Kids must be climbing
the walls these days.

Yeah, it was hard enough before COVID.

Now, it's a daily battle
just to keep them

from k*lling each other.

When was the last time you saw Kyle?

July. He had some problems here.

The new kid always has to
prove himself to his peers.

We know there was some bullying,

and it finally got to him.

He took off with another one
of the residents.

- Who's that?
- Kid named Billy Ray Jackson.

Kinda surprised me they ran off together.

Billy Ray was a handful

from the day he got here three years ago.

Cocky, stubborn.

Sounds like Billy Ray was
the alpha male in that duo.

Definitely a bad influence.

So no contact from either one since July?

Billy Ray called us the day
after they left to say that

he and Kyle were visiting
his grandmother in Philly.

We checked it out.

No grandma, fake address.

We classified them as absconded,

filed missing persons reports.

Thanks, Mr. Nash.

We appreciate your service here.

Get Clinton and the cool kids
on Billy Ray.

I'm gonna find out Kyle's last known.

FBI's looking for runaways now?

We think your son might have information

on the sh**t in Wilkes-Barre.

You think Billy Ray did them?

Hmm. How do you like that?

Boy always did light up when
there was a g*n in the house.

Ms. Jackson, we need to find him.

Hopefully he doesn't have
anything to do with this.

Well, I don't know where he's at.

I've been locked up for seven years.

Me and him ain't exactly
Facebook friends.

What about his father?

[CHUCKLES] Chuckie?

That's a good question.

Yeah, I lost touch with that scumbag

after I sh*t him six times,

and then they checked me
into this fine establishment.

♪ ♪

I learned my lesson, boys.

Stay away from the good-looking,

smooth-talking ones.

They get you into bed one night,

and s*ab you in the back
before breakfast.

Let the warden know if you have any idea

where your son is.

Let's go.

I didn't know the original owners.

When I bought the place,
all the Realtor told me

was that they lived here for ten years

till one of them got sick,
and then moved out.

Did they leave any of their
personal belongings behind?

No, place was vacant when I moved in.

One strange thing, though.

For the first few months I'm here,

this teenager used to come by

and sit on the curb across the street.

Stare at the house,

like he was waiting for somebody.

Him?

Yeah, that's him, all right.

[CELL PHONE CHIMES]

- Thank you.
- Thanks.

- What's wrong?
- Nothing.

My dad's visiting with his
girlfriend who's half his age.

- Something wrong with that?
- [LAUGHING] No.

He just wants to take everybody
out for a fancy dinner tonight,

and somehow I know it's gonna
end up on my credit card.

You haven't talked about him much lately.

It's complicated.

Sounds like him visiting
might be an olive branch.

Usually means he wants something.

- Hey, Barnes.
- Yeah?

K.D. plus L.C.

- Kyle Dennison's girlfriend?
- Maybe.

Whoever it is,

it could be who
he's holed up with right now.

Hana just got a location hit
on Billy Ray's cell.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

♪ ♪

- [MAN SHOUTING IN VIDEO GAME]
- Direct hit.

[KNOCKING ON DOOR]

FBI, open up!

Hey! Hey!

Hey, stop right there!

- [SCREAMS]
- Hey, get back here!

Freeze!

I said freeze!

Stop right there!

[GRUNTING]

- Hold it right there!
- Stop!

Put your hands up.

Hey, whoa, whoa.

I give, I give.

Where's Kyle?

- Where's Kyle?
- Swear to God.

I haven't seen him in, like, months.

Where were you this morning?

The public library in Scranton.

Researching your PhD dissertation?

They have computers
and the Internet is free, so...

There was, like, people there

and security cameras,
so you can't steal nothing.

I'll check it out. I like a good movie.

Don't smile. It's not a selfie.

When was the last time
you heard from Kyle?

When we bounced.

We went to Duke's Thrift Shop
on River Road

where he and his mom used to shop.

And then we split up.

He tell you where he was going?

Not to me.

Then again, we were
baked out of our brains.

- [LAUGHS]
- Good for you.

Was he dating anyone
with the initials "L.C."?

Kyle? Are you kidding me?

I don't think he ever dated anybody.

Librarian confirms
he was there all morning.

Has him on security footage.

- I told you.
- You're still a truant.

These officers are gonna take
you back to the group home.

A waste of time.

I'm just gonna book it again,
but whatever.

The girl he was with
doesn't know anything.

Said they just met a couple hours ago.

- Love... so fleeting.
- [CHUCKLES]

Sergeant mentioned
there's been an unusual number

of stolen license plate reports
around the area.

We're gonna head over to the station,

- see what they have on video.
- All right.

Why don't we head to the thrift store?

See what this Duke can tell us.

Yeah, he used to come in with his mother

and they'd pick through things.

Nice lady. Haven't seen her in a while.

- She d*ed two years ago.
- Oh, I'm sorry to hear that.

Maybe that's why he...

Why he what?

Well, I remember seeing him

out front a few times last summer.

Hanging around,
hitting people up for money.

And sometimes he'd come in,

but he never had more than
a few dollars in his pocket.

[CELL PHONE CHIMES]

Is he the sn*per?

Oh, we just need to talk to him.

- Just got this from Clinton.
- Excuse us.

Video from local PD.

Same make and model as our sn*per van.

Mm-hmm.

And that right there
is Kyle's accomplice.

Adult accomplice.
Changes the whole dynamic.

Well, thank you. I appreciate your...

[SOFT TENSE MUSIC]

Can I have a look at that
picture back there,

the one on the bottom left?
And that check too.

♪ ♪

Thank you.

♪ ♪

Can you show me your phone again?

- That's him.
- Mm-hmm.

Same guy.

Harris Folger.

How often does Folger shop here?

All the time.

I never had a problem with him
till he bounced that check.

Haven't seen him since.

Have you ever seen these two together?

I noticed them
talking outside a few times.

Maybe this is where they met.

Maybe.

Question is, where are they now?

You became a man today, my friend.

How's it feel?

[TENSE MUSIC]

Honestly? Not that much different.

It's 'cause of all that dope you smoke.

I told you... dulls the mind.

I would much rather be around
someone who's high than...

Oh, this?

- Just a little speed, man.
- [LAUGHS]

You try working
a graveyard shift without it.

Just another thing they do to you...

Get you addicted and they
screw you when it counts.

Hmm?

♪ ♪

It's a good thing you did today.

A righteous thing.

Watching those golf douchebags
take b*ll*ts...

Gave me the chills.

♪ ♪

I heard some, uh,

some ladies screaming their heads off.

No. Listen, man.

Don't feel guilty about that.

Those are the same big sh*ts
that k*ll us by degree,

day after day.

We're only doing to them
what they do to us.

♪ ♪

Look at me.

I get fired, kicked to the curb,

nobody gives a damn.

The people we eliminated
from the equation...

The equation?

Yeah, the equation, like we said.

I'm just sorta lost
of where we're at in that.

I mean, my dad d*ed...

Yeah, look,
and I'm real sorry that he did,

but that just means that
the equation is you and me now.

And them.

Your father d*ed
because he was serving them.

These people, this pandemic...

It's just a minor inconvenience to them.

They're out there playing golf,
they're buying their Yeezys,

while we're standing in line
at the food bank

for a damn loaf of Wonder Bread.

We're the us and they're the them.

- The answer part.
- That's right.

You get it, man. You freaking get it.

You always have.

♪ ♪

Hey, grab that crate over there.

Brothers in arms?

Yeah.

Yeah.

[LAUGHS SOFTLY]

♪ ♪

Harris Folger, age .

Grew up right here in Wilkes-Barre.

He worked as a shift supervisor
at a chemical plant

until May of this year.

That's when the virus hit.

He and Kyle both got screwed
by the pandemic.

If he's local, he knows the roads.

Shortcuts, hiding places.
He have a criminal record?

Not even a parking ticket.

The only thing is,

is point-of-sale background check

at a local g*n shop.

He bought an AR- ,

a Glock -millimeter handgun,
and a big haul of a*mo.

- When?
- First week of October.

Well, something triggered him.

That's when the k*lling spree
started coming into focus.

I found the name of the
chemical plant where he worked,

and an address for an apartment
in Miners' Mills.

All right.

Why don't you two see what his
former employer can tell us?

Rest of us will run down his apartment.

[SIGHS] I changed the locks
a few months ago.

He was five months behind on the rent.

You know that's illegal, right?

Folger lost his job
because of the pandemic.

You were supposed to cut him some slack.

Hey, I got a family. We gotta eat too.

Plus, in the middle of the summer,

he brings a teenage boy here
to live with him.

- Him?
- Yeah.

Harris said he was his "stepson."

You're saying there was
a sexual relationship?

I didn't really see anything,

but whatever was going on in here,

I didn't wanna know about it.

Cupboard's pretty bare in there.

Looks like Folger was living off

ramen noodles and Hot Pockets.

Rental notices, utility bills piling up.

Folger was an everyman who was
getting pushed over the edge.

Clinton's calling. I'm gonna take this.

Hey, Clinton. Yeah.

- What's that down there?
- Spare bedroom.

Help yourself.

[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]

♪ ♪

This must have been where Kyle stayed.

- Real classy place.
- Yeah.

I got it. Thanks.

I got some Intel from Clinton
about Folger.

His former boss said he worked
there for about ten years

before he had to let him go
'cause the plant shut down.

- The virus?
- Yeah.

Also, his marriage ended a year ago.

Apparently Folger was really
pissed off about that.

What happened?

Guess his ex-wife decided
she didn't wanna be with

a blue-collar guy
working the night shift,

so she left him for a finance guy

who has a country club membership

and a house down in Miami.

First he loses his wife, then his job.

He's holed up in this shoebox
during the pandemic

with barely enough food to eat,
and the last insult hits.

He's homeless, and living out of his van.

That's when he goes to the g*n shop.

Exactly.

All that misery broke him,
and he wants somebody to pay.

Well, Folger and Kyle
each had their lives

destroyed by the pandemic
in totally different ways.

Now they're fueling
each other's disillusionment,

their rage.

They latched onto each other

when there was nothing else left.

The perfect storm.

Yeah.

♪ ♪

These are good.

Kid definitely has some artistic talent.

An alien abduction scenario.

It takes a lot of time and commitment

to make something like this.

Oh, my God, it's happening again.

Lakeview Marina and east Wilkes-Barre.

At least three people are reported dead

in a mass-casualty sh**ting there.

[CELL PHONES CHIMING]

The authorities have issued
an active sh**t alert

for the surrounding area, and are warning

both motorists and pedestrians

to avoid the area near the marina.

A green van pulled up near the dock.

Then there's g*nf*re everywhere.

People were running, screaming.

I took cover, got a couple rounds off.

Can't say I hit anything with
this peashooter they give me.

Yeah, maybe you turned them away.

Could've been a lot worse.

Four DOA, six in critical condition

on the way to the hospital.

Could be time for
a shelter-at-home order.

We got people running
zigzags from their cars

- to the grocery store.
- Yeah.

Get with the sheriff's department,

compile a list of upscale public venues

within a -mile radius.

We'll beef up security
as much as possible.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

What you thinking?

I'm thinking that Folger's
the one who's driving this.

He's smart, and he's careful.

Kyle's the one thing
that Folger can still control.

The boy's the weak link.

He's the one who's gonna make a mistake.

He doesn't have any family
in the area to reach out to.

When I was a kid, my sensei at the dojo

knew more about me than my mom and dad.

- Those flip books.
- Yeah?

Kyle is into making art.

The last time I saw Kyle
was in my art class,

the day they shut the schools down.

Has he communicated with you since then?

Or in Zoom class?

I doubt the family has a laptop.

How well do you know Kyle?

I had him for two years.

Super talented.

He would come to my classroom
after school

to work on his projects.

He had his heart set on going
to art camp this summer,

but it didn't happen.

- 'Cause of the pandemic?
- Even before that.

His father didn't approve.

Kyle told me his dad said
art is for losers.

Folger's more supportive
of Kyle's creative side

than his own father was.

He told me that his mom had passed.

She's the one who taught him to draw,

took him to museums.

[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]

I really don't see how he could
be involved in this.

He is.

He is such a sensitive kid.

A gentle soul, really.

He made me a sympathy card when
my grandmother d*ed last year.

It was so sweet it made me cry.

And now you're telling me he's out there

sh**ting random people?

♪ ♪

What is going on in this world?

If he reaches out to you,

please give us a call right away.

One last thing, Ms. Diaz.

Was Kyle close with anybody
with the initials L.C.?

Kyle didn't have
many friends in my class.

He did work on a mural with Lamont.

Lamont Carpenter.

Thank you.

♪ ♪

In the wake of this second sn*per att*ck,

the Wilkes-Barre police
are inviting people

to stay vigilant and avoid

any nonessential travel to the area.

[INDISTINCT NEWS REPORTING]

Hey.

Kyle.

What are you doing?

Nothing, just listening to music.

- Well, come here.
I wanna show you what's next.

[SIGHS]

You got a problem, Kyle?

What, what? Spit it out.

No, just, um,

I don't know, maybe we should...

Maybe we should stop.

You gonna walk away from me
like everybody else did?

No...

I'm the only one who gives
a damn about you, Kyle.

I took you in
when you were roaming outside

of that thrift shop begging for quarters.

You got somewhere better to go,
get the hell out of my van.

[SNIFFS]

[TENSE MUSIC]

♪ ♪

Hey, hey.

Sorry. [LAUGHS]

I'm just messing with you.

Look, I'm over this, too.

But it's just one more mission.

This one's personal.

After that, I got a bud in Texas...

Gonna get us into Mexico.

He has a ranch there,
there's horses we can ride.

Or you can draw.

We good?

Yeah?

Yeah.

♪ ♪

I mean, yeah, me and Kyle
hung out a little.

It's not like we were best friends.

Are you more than friends?

[SCOFFS] I'm not gay.

- Is Kyle?
- I don't know.

And even if I did,
why would I tell you guys?

To save his life.

Kyle's in a lot of trouble, Lamont.

If you know how we can reach out to him

or where he might be,

now would be a good time
to say something.

- What'd he do?
- He sh*t some people.

No way.

I know one or two kids who
would do something like that.

But Kyle? Not even close.

We once tagged a pillar under a bridge

and he was paranoid about it for months.

He thought his own father would
turn him in to the police.

They didn't get along, did they?

Yeah, his father wanted him
to work out and play football.

Kept promising him this used Camaro

that he didn't even want.

After his father got sick,

Kyle told me he was glad
there couldn't be a funeral

so he didn't have to go
and pretend to be sad.

[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]

♪ ♪

Tell me we got a break here.

Everybody within miles
has eyes out for that van.

Not one sighting.

They're hunkered down somewhere secluded.

- They only come out to hunt.
- We've run the table

on all their friends and acquaintances.

Nothing.

The sheriff's department
pulled some strings

to unseal the paperwork
on Kyle's juvie arrest.

He was busted for shoplifting
art supplies.

Following his passion.

His mother encouraged it. He lost her.

His father ridiculed him.
He reverted to stealing.

An alien abduction...

The creature at the end
of the story is a female.

Maternal representation.

It's as if the boy who's
transported to the spacecraft

is being welcomed back into the womb.

This is a child longing for his mother,

like Tali after Angelyne passed.

♪ ♪

- [KEYBOARD CLACKING]
- This is interesting.

Kyle's juvie report lists his
dead mother as Lisa Calhoun,

not Lisa Dennison.

Calhoun was her maiden name.

The "L.C." in the heart
on the sidewalk is his mom?

Kyle hated his father so much

he refused to pin
the Dennison surname on her

when he gave his family
information to the police.

We have a kid with a mommy problem.

I think I know someone
who might be able to reach him.

This is gonna be broadcast live

and then replayed on the news

in the hope that he sees it
and he responds to you.

I don't know what to say to him.

We'll help you with that.

But I'm just his art teacher.

Whether you know it or not,
you're important to him.

You're the closest thing he has
to family.

[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]

♪ ♪

I don't know.

I wouldn't ask you to put
yourself out there like this

if we had another option.

Kyle's under the influence of a man

hell-bent on self-destruction.

Now if we don't change that dynamic,

it's not gonna end well for Kyle.

You told us he made you
a condolence card.

That shows me this is a kid with empathy,

with a good heart.

We need to appeal to that,
appeal to his humanity.

♪ ♪

Okay.

When?

Now.

We've arranged to do it in your classroom

even though the school's shut down.

It's a familiar place to him,
and one with good memories.

Hopefully he'll see you

and remember you had a connection there.

Hi, Kyle. It's Ms. Diaz.

I know you're in some kind of trouble.

I don't know if you did
what they say you did,

but it's important
that you turn yourself in

before anyone else gets hurt.

Call the number on the screen,

and I'll be the one who picks up.

Or you can tell me where you are

and we'll come get you.

♪ ♪

You and I shared something
special, right, Kyle?

We both love art.

You probably don't know this,

but the reason I teach at
this school is kids like you.

I know how much your drawing

and your sketches meant to you.

I remember when you told me

what your father did to punish you

when he found out
you stole those brush pens

from the art store.

How he went into your room and tore up

every drawing on your wall.

But you didn't let that stop you.

You were strong.

You didn't let him defeat you.

And that's what you need to do now, Kyle.

Be strong, and follow your heart,

and do what you know is right.

Hey Katz, what's taking so long?

Well done, Ms. Diaz.

I'm sorry I went off script.

No, thanks for reaching down
and being so open.

- You were great.
- I gotta take this.

Excuse me.

Louise, what's going on?

You're calling me at work about that?

I just hope he was watching.

Fine, send it.

[CELL PHONE DINGS]

[SIGHS]

Okay, I see it.

That's his girlfriend.

I can't get into this with you
right now, okay?

I gotta go. I'm sorry.

Your father again?

No. My sister, about my father.

Ms. Diaz, do you have any
of Kyle's artwork?

I'd love to see it.

I should.

[SIGHS DEEPLY]

I was saving these student
projects for the art fair,

if things ever get back to normal.

These are Kyle's.

[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]

♪ ♪

L.C.

Lisa Calhoun.

I remember that one.

He sketched the spot
where his mother d*ed.

A shrine he made, by the road.

You mind if we hang on to these?

- Sure.
- Thank you.

One teacher who believes
in you can change your life.

Or save it.

Let's hope she got through to him.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

♪ ♪

Your clip is full?

Yeah.

Go for it.

[PANTING]

- Do I have to sh**t them all?
- No.

Just make sure you hit Charlene.

Why don't you do it?

Because it is your turn, Kyle.

Hey, she threw us out, man,
like we were garbage.

Doesn't that piss you off?

♪ ♪

Yeah, but her kids won't have a mom.

Well, who cares?
You'll be doing them a favor.

Look at her.

She's taking down that
fried chicken like a fat cow.

Go on.

Go, go, go, go, go, go, go.

What... what... what's wrong?

- I can't.
- Yes, you can.

Ready?

Three...

Two...

- Come on.
- No.

Don't you turn on me now, man!

Just line her up, be a man,
and pull the damn trigger!

Go!

♪ ♪

[g*nshots RINGING]

[PEOPLE SHOUTING, SCREAMING]

Kid sprained his ankle running away.

Also, a lady who was picnicking here

told my guys she'd already
spoken to the FBI

because she knew one of the sn*pers.

Charlene Bukowski.

- Folger's landlady.
- They were gunning for her.

Any activity inside the van?

Nothing we can see or hear.

But we also didn't wanna get too close

until you guys got here.

Thank you, sergeant. Good job.

You and your squad were on point.

There's a sn*per slot
cut in the back door

behind the license plate,

but I don't see any weapons
poking through.

[TENSE MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[LOUDSPEAKER FEEDBACK]

Harris Folger, Kyle Dennison.

I'm Agent Jess LaCroix of the FBI.

We have your van surrounded.

I want you to open the doors,

come out slowly with your hands first

where we can see them.

Hey, we got one heat signature.

Looks like a person laying
face up in the back of the van.

Whoever that is, they're not moving.

We can see you in the van.

Move forward to the front seat.

If you need help, raise your hand.

[MIC HISSES]

Hey, we can't wait.
We gotta get inside that van.

It could be an ambush.

Or whoever's inside could be dying.

It was only a matter of time
before there was tension

between those two.

One of them must have snapped,
sh*t the other one, and got away.

We're moving on the van.

♪ ♪

Two g*nshots to the chest.

Close range.

- He's gone.
- AR- 's here.

- Where's the Glock?
- Kyle must have taken it.

Carjacking just got called in.

Diner parking lot,
about three blocks from here.

White teenage male with a g*n,

took off in a black Volkswagen Jetta.

Get a BOLO out, armed and dangerous.

I want every available unit
you have and an airship...

Before he gets too far.

Lisa Calhoun's car accident,
where was that?

State Road near Harveys Lake.

- About ten miles from here.
- Why would Kyle go there?

Dying men on the b*ttlefield
cry out for their mothers.

Kyle's run out of options.
He k*lled his accomplice.

His last impulse will be to
seek comfort from his mother.

And he might use that g*n to join her.

♪ ♪

I'm sorry.

I know it's been a while.

Things have been kinda crazy lately.

So that foster home I was
telling you about last time?

Yeah, most of those kids were jerks.

I met this older guy.

He took me in,
and treated me pretty good...

Better than Dad, even.

And I know that's not saying much.

[MELANCHOLY MUSIC]

♪ ♪

But at least he let me do
my sketches and my flip books.

And...

I wish you could've seen some of those.

I'm sorry about what we did, him and I...

What I did.

I don't know if God can ever forgive me,

but I hope that you can.

'Cause I'm really not a bad person.

Am I?

♪ ♪

I miss you so much, Mom.

I'm just so scared,

and there's nothing
you can do to help me.

I'm in so much pain.

I just want it to stop.

Hey, Kyle.

I'm Agent LaCroix.

You can call me Jess.

You mind if we talk for a minute?

Why?

I don't want you to hurt yourself.

♪ ♪

You don't care about me.

That's not true.

I've learned a lot about you
these last few days.

I know you got dealt a bad hand in life.

I realize now how difficult
that's been for you.

I know you struggled
after your mother passed.

You don't know anything about me.

So just leave me alone so I can do this.

No, no, no, no. Okay, Kyle, Kyle.

Right. I don't know you.

I don't know you. I'm sorry.

Just hear me out.

I know about loss.

That's something we share.

Someone I'm very close with
lost their mother

at about the same age you did.

Broke her heart. Mine too.

But we had each other to hold on to.

- I don't have anybody now.
- Now that's not true.

That's not true.
Ms. Diaz, she showed me this.

She's not gonna let you down.
I can call her right now.

She kept it?

She kept a lot of the work
you did in her class.

It means a lot to her.

But you pull that trigger right now,

and all the beautiful work you did

is just gonna be ugly reminders
of what happened here today.

I want you to do something
for me, Kyle, all right?

I want you to think about
what matters to you most.

You have your talent.

You can create and get joy out of that.

Nobody can take that away from you.

Nobody.

Except you.

♪ ♪

I know this is a sacred place for you.

You can honor your mother's
memory by respecting that.

I'm not gonna lie to you and tell you

you're not gonna be punished
for what you've done.

But some day you can come back here,

and you can speak to her
just like you did today.

Don't give that up, man.

[SOBS]

That's good. Just put the g*n down.

Please.

And put your hands on your knees for me.

That's good.

♪ ♪

Thank you, Kyle.

Come on, let's go.

You mind if I call Ms. Diaz,
let her know you're okay?

Okay.

[SIGHS DEEPLY]

It always comes back to family.

For better or for worse.

♪ ♪

I don't see what the big deal is.

I have a friend on the backstretch,

he got us a tour of one of the barns.

You should've seen her face light up

when Tali got on that race mare.

It was cool, Dad.

They even let me ride him a little.

Her. Mares are usually female.

[LAUGHTER]

You do any betting when you were there?

Here comes the FBI interrogation.

One little bet, okay? It was right there.

It's never just one.

Like when you gambled away
my college funds.

[TENSE MUSIC]

[CLEARS THROAT, COUGHS, SIGHS]

Tali, come on.

Let's go help your grandfather
in the kitchen.

♪ ♪

Boy, you really know how to clear a room.

When was the last time you went

to a Gamblers Anonymous meeting?

I don't know.

When was the last time you went to AA?

That's not the same thing, Dad.

I haven't had a drink
in over three years.

Well, maybe you should.
Loosen that stick up your ass.

- Byron.
- What? He started it.

You used to love it when
I took you to the racetrack.

No, I never loved it.
You just dragged me along.

I would rather be with my friends.

- What friends?
- Guys, guys.

Can we please not do this?

[SIGHS]

You haven't seen each other in so long.

This is supposed to be a happy time.

[SIGHS] I think we should tell him.

♪ ♪

Tell him what?

Your father and I are getting married.

♪ ♪

[LAUGHS SOFTLY]