01x03 - Hildy

[bunniefuu]

So, where do you think he went?

Who?

Uh Marshall?

Cecily, I've decided to

supplement your efforts.

I'm putting some of my own

people on Mr. Marshall.

Frances, I've got to

go. People are after me.

Hi. This is DEA

Agent Harrington.

We're at a scene here.

And there's been a fire.

[ Train horn blows ]

[ Brakes squeal ]

[ Ding ]

Passengers, we have

a small incident.

Shouldn't take more

than a few minutes

to resolve itself.

[ Suspenseful music plays ]

- Hey, man. Hey.

- Ugh!

Is that Is that

a Chaco tortoise?

I'm sorry. What?

Yeah, definitely

a Chaco tortoise.

Look at Look at the shell.

No, he's not. He's not.

Nah, nah, nah.

Yeah. It is, it is.

No, he's from Peru. Okay?

[ Groaning ]

Please just keep moving.

Oh, yeah, no, no. For sure.

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[ Breathing sharply ]

Ohh!

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[ Train horn blows ]

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[ Engine rumbling ]

[ Breathing sharply

] Oh, my God.

[ Flames roaring ]

Oh, my God. Okay. You're okay.

Deep breaths. [

Exhales deeply ]

Calm down.

Go see Mom.

[ Engine revs ]

[ Insects chirping ]

I never heard of

that, you being there.

[ Cheers and applause]

Oh, Frances!

Don't usually see

you during the week.

Visiting hours are

almost over, but

Yeah, look. I know. I just

I just really want

to see to my mom.

Okay. We do need

to talk to you,

though, about that, actually.

Given your mom's condition,

they want to move her

to a different facility, but

- What! No!

No. We can't move her. I

Look. I called about this.

I spoke with the person I

think it was Diane who ru

Okay, Frances.

That's the facility.

But this is an insurance

issue, and if they're not gonna

cover it, we need

to know because

God. Okay. Okay. Look. I

will get the money somehow.

Okay? [ Sighs ]

[ Door opens ]

Hi, Mom. Sorry. I

meant to come earlier.

But, um, everything

got so messed up.

And work is so stressful.

And I had to go to

lunch with Rick today,

and then I I almost

got burned alive.

Miss you, Mom.

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"Frances. I believe

this may help your mom."

Wait. Marshall

came to visit you?

Mom, do you want to try this?

I saw this heal a bird

in like one second. I

Pretty crazy, actually.

Oh, good. Seems

like you like it.

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[ Gasps ] Mom?

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God. Damn it, Marshall.

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I'm so sorry, Mom.

Sorry. Sorry, sorry,

sorry. I had a crazy day.

I went to visit my mom and

Wow. This place is nice.

Okay, I was gonna wait

until the wine got here,

but I'm too excited.

You know how you're

always talking about

how you really want a bathtub,

but every bathtub in New

York is, like, disgusting

because people keep

mops and sh*t in there?

- O kay.

- Well, I booked us this place!

That's your bathtub!

- A clean bathtub?

Just for a weekend.

But But you can take a bath.

[ Cellphone buzzes ]

God. sh*t. L-Let me

Let me just, um

Sorry, Nick.

- Hello?

- Frances?

Marshall?! Oh, my God!

I've been looking for you!

What the actual [bleep]?

Two insane things

happened to me today

you visited my mom

and, also, someone burned

down your [bleep] house.

Whoa, whoa. What? Ugh!

Rosie was supposed to

just burn some notebooks,

but the [bleep] Mulvaney twins.

I knew this would happen!

Alright. Did you at least get

what I left for your mother?

Yes, and it didn't

[bleep] work, Marshall.

You shouldn't give

people false hope.

Well, hold on. When

did you give it to her?

Marshall, what the

hell? What is going on?

Why was there a note from

the DEA at your house?

That's a warrant. I can explain

that. it's very reasonable.

No. Listen. A warrant from

the DEA is not reasonable!

That doesn't happen

to reasonable people!

I mean, does this

stuff even work?

Is this Is this just a trick?

Where even are you?!

Right now I'm at a train

I'm headed somewhere.

I'll be there soon. And

then I'll be in touch.

Marshall, you are being

so shady right now.

Look. I don't want to get

wrapped up in anything ill*gal.

Frances, I unders

- No. Please don't

involve me anymore.

[ Click, dial tone ]

- Hey!

- [ Gasps ]

Do you like movies?

Um, yeah.

Okay. So what am I looking

at? What is all this?

Whose collection is this?

This is everything that

was taken in the raid

on Marshall Cuso.

We're just waiting

on the mycologist.

Okay. Great. Amelia, hi.

So, uh, this is obviously a

lot, gathered from a raid.

- [ Clears throat ]

- Mmm!

Uh, well, it looks like there's

a lot of different kinds

of mushrooms here.

I wanna know which

ones are ill*gal.

Are there any from Peru?

I-I don't know yet. I

need to run spore tests.

Does that take a long time?

- [ Glove snaps ]

- Umm

Hey. Why don't we,

um, leave Amelia

to sort out the

"micrology" of it all?

Mycology.

[ Chuckles ]

Right. Right. Yup.

Okay. That's why she's the best.

Anything here that we

need to know about,

you'll find it.

I can only tell you what

kind of mushrooms they are

and if they're ill*gal.

- Yeah, yeah.

Report back to

me, through Kenji.

Make it a priority.

Hey. Oh, no. Wait.

Let me start again.

Um [ Clears throat ]

Uh, hey. Anything

good? What's this one?

Don't touch that!

That's poisonous!

[ Laughs ] Kidding.

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Bye.

[ Door opens and closes ]

[ Man on TV speaking Spanish]

Um, excuse me?

Ah, this guy can't have

more than half a tank left.

Yes. Hi. I'm looking for a

vehicle that I can drive.

Only thing I got that can

drive is what's out front.

[ Metal creaking ]

[ Knock on door ]

- Hi, Rick. Okay.

Yesterday's expedition

did not work out,

to find the new drug that

I was telling you about.

The mushroom.

[ Groans ] Classic

my life right now.

Yeah, the place burned down.

Actually, it was really scary.

Yeah. Some of these amateur

scientist guys are real freaks.

Okay. Rick, I would

like to discuss a raise.

Ugh! This is not the

time for raises, Frances.

But just hang in there, okay?

If we can crawl our

way back to life,

we can all make a

lot of money here.

You ever had a lot of money?

- No.

- Well, it's real nice.

I tell you what. I'll

give you a taste.

We're going on vacation.

Or Or a trip anyway.

We're going to Switzerland.

Wait. What?

Yeah. Jonas the Wolf

wants to see me there.

Can't be good. So

you're coming with me.

How long are we

expected to be there?

- [ Mouse clicking ]

- Uh, a week?

However long it takes to put

hot fire pokers up my a*s

or whatever they're

gonna do to me.

And this it won't

count as my vacation days?

Damn it, no. You'll get paid.

How many vacation days do

you get anyway? Thirty?

Rick, I get five!

Ooh. Hire a lawyer.

Okay. I can't go to

Switzerland right now.

You can't? What, do you have,

like, work to do or something?

Oh, right. This is your job.

[ Groans ] This is

not what I rehearsed.

Look. Tell you what. You

can bring your boyfriend.

- Really?

- Yeah.

Nick? Is that his name?

How much does he weigh?

- Uh, I don't

- I was just kidding.

As long as he's not

plane-crashing weight.

And as long as he

stays out of your way.

[ Wheels rolling]

Well, Dr. Lees agrees with

me about the emotional labor.

Okay. Janet I

take out the trash.

I pick up Daisy's giant

piles of sh*t in the yard.

That's your dog!

Is that not labor?!

[ Laughs ] Well

Oh, sh*t!

[ Tires screech ]

[ Crash ]

John?

Johnny?

[ Rattling ]

- [ Click ]

- Ohh!

[ "Do Your Ears

Hang Low?" [plays]

[ Sighs and laughs ]

Oh. I just realized we're

gonna disappoint a lot of kids.

- [ Click ]

- [ Music shuts off ]

[ Steam hissing ]

Oh, man. That

doesn't look good.

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Hey. Um Can you hear me?

Are you okay?

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[ John wheezing ]

27 steps exactly from the

elevator to the door. Booyah.

You took small steps.

[ Scoffs ] Doesn't

this seem weird to you?

A lot of suits in

the evidence room.

- Not our problem.

- Okay.

There's still the

house burning down

and the paint from the BMW.

Yeah, that was a little odd.

I do keep wondering

where Marshall went.

I hear ya.

What're we getting

up to tonight?

I, um I have a date.

Oh. Cool. Cool.

Heh. Who's the lucky lady?

Amelia.

Amelia Mushrooms?

The mycologist?

I'm making it complicated.

[ Chuckles ] Okay. Hey.

Have fun with Amelia Mushrooms.

Yeah, I'll probably get

up to somethin'. Ha!

Hey, I know you're

a detective and all,

but don't spy on my date.

Behave yourself, okay?

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Boy, Hildy's not

exactly on the grid.

But this should be the spot.

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Well! Look who's here.

Hildy! Nice, um, uh, home.

Yes! Very. Thank you.

I-Is it okay if I come in?

Anyone with you?

Uh, I have a tortoise.

- [ Door closes ]

- [ Lock clicks ]

[ Clears throat ] Would

your tortoise like some tea?

- Uh, I don't think so.

- Okay.

Um, are you still teaching?

[ Scoffs ] The occasional

seeker comes by.

Ah. People who aren't

afraid of real science.

- [ Kettle whistling ]

- Oh, sh*t

You should've stuck

with fungi, Marshall.

Well, that's kind of

why I'm here, Hildy.

- Hm.

- I found it.

[ Kettle whistling stops ]

You found what?

The mushroom.

The mushroom?

The Blue Angel?

Ha. Doesn't exist.

Oh, I found it. It exists.

I even took it.

It saved my life.

"Found" it. Found it where?

Uh, in Peru.

A valley. I followed

a river up into

[ Scoffs ] I spent

15 years in Peru!

It's not in Peru.

- Well, I found it, Hildy.

- [ Muttering ]

You have to trust me.

And the problem is,

upriver from where

the mushroom grows

Reutical has this horrible

industrial waste site

that's poisoning everything.

I don't know how much

longer they can survive.

Of course! [ Laughs ]

Of course! It

adapted! It evolved!

- What?

- The runoff!

It fed it!

- Fed it? No.

Chernobyl. Remember Chernobyl?

The melanized fungi?

Yeah

The radiation

altered the structure

of the melanin molecules.

The fungi weren't growing

in spite of the radiation.

They were changing and

growing because of it.

Oh, my God! How

did I miss that?!

Oh, my God! It's

feeding on the runoff!

Hildy!

[ Both laughing ]

Did you bring it here?

[ Chuckles ] What?

Did you bring it

here?! Let me see it!

Well, okay. I was hoping

that, you know, the two of us,

maybe with your help, we

could find a way to grow it.

So you do have it.

You brought it here.

Show it to me. Show it to me!

Hildy, you're kind of

scaring me a little and

Have you been taking

your medication?

- Meds?

- Okay

They should be taking my meds!

Maybe this Let's

just sit down

- Show it to me. Show it to me!

- [ Grunts ]

- I want to see it work!

- Hildy.

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- [ g*n c*ck ]

- Hildy! Whoa! Whoa!

I want to see it work.

Hildy, put the g*n down.

Put the g*n down!

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[ g*nsh*t ]

[ Gasps ]

Ohh!

Crazy old lunatic. God damn it.

Oh, God. She's

crazy. She's crazy.

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[ Gasps ]

[ Breathing heavily ]

[ Laughing ]

[ Coughing ]

You found it!

It's real! And you

[bleep] found it!

[ Clicking ]

[ Coughing ]

Air flowing okay

in there, Wyatt?

[ Cellphone buzzes ]

♪

[ Beeping ]

"Your behavior has

been dishonorable!

This is only words now.

The meaningless

chatter of birds.

Your talk makes me

weary. So we will fight."

♪

"I insist on it."

"Very well then. We will

battle to the death!"

[ Keyboard clacking ]

"There is no other way."

"Our swords will settle things."

"So they will."

El Chacal Del Valle.

Hey. Translate "Chacal."

Chacal. Jackal.

Slang for k*ller.

Serial k*ller.

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[ Sword shings ]

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That is a serious mushroom.

Who else knows about this?

No one. No one.

Just Just, um Frances.

And who is Frances?

My old lab partner.

Lab? NIH?

No. Um, Lincoln High School.

Marshall. Did some girl

make puppy-dog eyes at you?

And so now you're giving away

the world's greatest mushroom?!

Pathetic!

She's really nice, Hildy.

Why'd you come here?

Well, I-I really thought

you could help me grow it.

And we could give this to the

whole world. Think about that.

If If it's growing

because of the runoff,

if it's adapted to

our poisons, that's

that means we just

need to find a place

at just the right altitude,

humidity, no freezes,

and then right on top

of the nastiest pharmaceutical

landfill we can find.

We could do that!

This is too powerful

for you, Marshall.

You barely understand

what you're dealing with.

Leave it. Leave it with me.

Okay. Hildy, you're kind

of scaring me again.

- [ g*n c*ck ]

- Give it to me!

I think I better go.

[ Clicking ]

- [ Door opens ]

- Marshall!

Give it to me! Give it to me!

Marshall!

What the It's Thursday!

Yeah. It's Thursday.

[ Sighs ] Thursday's your day.

Well, I guess we

got extra coffee.

How was your date?

- Stood me up.

Are you serious? Amelia

Mushrooms did that?

Don't even mention that

name. She's dead to me.

Well, I've got something

very interesting to discuss.

What if I told you

Marshall Cuso is a suspect

in serial murders in Peru?

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[ Shouts ]

[ Gasps ]

[ Monitor beeping ]

[ Breathing weakly ]

♪

Janet?

John! You're

awake! Oh, my God!

Doctor!

- I'm okay, honey. I'm okay.

They said you wouldn't make it!

They said there was no way!

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And right over there, an

old Reutical dumping site.

Pharma waste. Food

for a mushroom.

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You've got what it takes

And I'm gonna take it

Oh, my God.

I cannot believe we're

on a private jet.

Talk like you belong here,

son. Call it a "P.J."

Aw, hell yeah! A "P.J."

I-I just I can't

believe, like, a car

brought us right up to

the door of a plane.

- Like, that's

- [ Cork pops ]

- Ohh!

- Champers!

You've got what it takes

And I'm gonna take it

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[ Shifter clicks ]

[ Engine shuts off ]

♪

He has it?! For real?!

We have to move fast.

I'm driving.

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Hello.

You've got what it takes

And I'm gonna take it

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And I'll show you how

Just how we can make it

You don't know what