01x03 - The Preacher

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- So that's Anna Pigeon.

- In this park, I'm a cop.

- I think we're pretty tough.

- More resilient than tough.

- Help me!
Down here!

- I want to know you.
Uh, more than...

- If I were profiling you,
I'd think you were on the run.

- Yesterday would have
been my husband's 40th.

- Take the free $400 advice
I'm giving you.

Write out your nightmares,
and they'll stop.

- Cheers.

Zach?

- Unless you don't
want them to stop.

Zach?

- How can I help you
today, sir?

- Just empty the cash
quickly and quietly.

Ah!

You don't wanna do that.

- That's my family.

- God doesn't want
anyone to die today.

Thank you.

- Cheers.

Zach?

Zach?

That's a good start.

- Hey, Bethany.

Isn't that Manny's truck?

- Oh, his exhaust manifold's
all messed up.

It's gonna cost him 2,000.

So I said I'd do it
for 600.

- That's a good deal for him.

- Yeah.
I'm saving up for a horse.

- Oh, Anna!

I didn't get your RSVP.
Are you coming?

- Oh, I think those are mine.

- What are they doing
in my stuff?

- Probably just got stuck
at the bottom of the machine.

- You wear these,

like, under
your ranger's uniform?

- Better than over.

like, under
your ranger's uniform?

Nice talk, Bethany.

like, under
your ranger's uniform?

- Is it always
the same nightmare?

- Yeah, pretty much.

Different parts of the party,
and then Zach on the floor.

- Oh, honey.

- Married eight years,

and all my subconscious
cares about is one night.

- Married eight years,

- You know your subconscious
is you, right?

- Oh, so I'm the as*h*le?

Hey, uh, are you vaping
between patients?

I can hear you.

Maybe you should
journal about that.

- "There is no coming to
consciousness without pain."

- Please don't quote
Jung at me

while I'm hungover
and running errands.

- Just write down
your damn nightmares.

Do as I say for once.

- Sound advice.

- Hey, who's that?

- I gotta go, Molly.

- Your sister?

- Yeah.
What are you doing here?

Oh, the robberies.
- Yeah.

After the third one,
they call in the Feds.

- So do you know who it is?

- The guy wears a mask.

He could be anyone.

- So you're gonna
be here for a while?

- No, uh, he's only hit
the tellers so far,

so I'm just gonna beef up
the security in the banks,

install new protocols.

County sheriff can
take it from there.

So, uh, you're
having nightmares?

- Yeah.

Uh, my husband.
My late husband.

The night he was k*lled.

- Oh, yeah, they, um,
never found

who did it, right?

- Nope.
Random home invasion.

I think
that's what bugs me.

I don't like random.
I like answers.

- Hey, well, uh,
I gotta catch a plane,

but give me a call
if you ever want

to talk to
an untrained professional.

- Professional what?

- Avoidant.

Okay, I tried.

- Okay?
- Back to the bank.

- We've all had
our struggles.

At some point or another,
we've all lost our way.

Some with addiction,

some with aggression,
Some with incarceration.

Some with addiction,

But that's why
we're here now.

Brother Manny...

You've been with us
a few weeks now.

You wanna share?

- You got this, man.

Speak your truth.

- I have been struggling.

I love my job,

but I'm barely
making ends meet.

I just want to make
my wife happy.

We want to start a family.

But at what cost,
you know?

S-Sorry, I--

I promised that
I wasn't gonna cry.

- You got this, man.

- Sometimes I feel
like using again.

That's-that's how
I used to cope.

That's how I used to...

...take the weight
off my shoulders.

- And when we can't carry
the burden anymore,

we give it to Him.

And He will turn
our mess

into a miracle.

- You're fun.

- Thank you.

They're doing the,
uh, Ranger and Friends
talent show again.

Yeah, I did this
a few years back,

but, you know,
now I have to be invited.

- What's your talent?

Is it embarrassing?

Juggling?

Mmm, impressions?

Oh, God, slam poetry?

- It's not embarrassing
to me, but I'm--

You know, I'm not sure
you'd like it.

- Hmm, you don't know
everything about me.

- And whose fault is that?

- Hmm, you don't know
everything about me.

Weren't you, like,
a stage manager?

You know, behind the scenes
in theater?

You should help out
with the talent show.

- No, I don't
do that anymore.

I gotta go.

Stay if you want.

- You let me know if you
wanna see my talent.

- I'm pretty sure I just did.

- I'm pretty sure I just did.

Nature is always
regenerating.

A cyclical process of
growth, decay and renewal.

If we were given
the same chance

to be reborn, clean slate...

...could we really
be made new?

- You made it.

- Well, I heard there'd be
sacramental wine, so...

- Uh, this is Lorraine.

She and her husband Ken
are Manny's witnesses.

They're also
our couple goals.

High school sweethearts
and still together.

- Bethany has been such
a godsend at the church.

We all love her...
and Manny.

- You should come sometime.

It really is for everyone,

even women who are alone
at your age.

- Ooh.

- What was that?

- Oh, uh, they're just
knocking down some old trees.

The guard's there to
make sure no one walks

into the blast zone.

It's okay.
- Of-Of all the days

for this to happen.

- Oh, Bethany, it's okay.

- I'm just gonna... yeah.
- Uh-huh.

- How can peace be with him
if there's no peace?

- Sure you don't wanna just,
you know, use a chainsaw?

- Ah, too dangerous
when they're this rotten.

It'll dull the chain.

But a couple of blasts
will do it.

All right, everybody,
clear out.

- Clear out!
- Nine, eight, seven,

six, five, four,

three, two, one.

- Whoa.

three, two, one.

- Okay, let's do this.

- Is this when the earth
opens up and swallows us whole?

- Well, at least we don't
have to go to the reception.

- Last one.
Everybody clear out.

- Timothy says,
"He who cleanses himself

will be reborn into
a vessel of honor."

Manny...

It's my honor to
baptize you, my brother.

In the name
of the Father, the Son

and the Holy Spirit.

Buried in the likeness
of his death,

Manny, my brother.

And raised to walk...

...in the newness of life.

- It's a miracle.

- It's a miracle.

- What the hell!?

- Pigeon?

- Hey, Guthrie.

Looks like the toolbox
was buried here.

The expl*si*n
blew it into the air,

made it rain.

It's a good place
to bury money.

I think it's connected
to the robberies.

- It's not your
jurisdiction, Ranger.

FBI gave county the go-ahead
to take the lead on this.

Not the tree cops.

- It's buried in the park.

- Which isn't a crime,
unless you count littering.

- I actually do think
littering is a gateway crime.

Always a pleasure.

- If this gets out,

every freaking
online treasure hunter

with a metal detector is
gonna be digging in the park.

- The suspect uses
a catchphrase,

"God doesn't want
anyone to die today."

That's dark.

- Hey, Anna, are you busy?

- Uh, yeah.
- I was supposed to take

my pastor and his group
down on a hike,

and I was gonna take them
to Heaven's Gate.

- Naturally.

- I have something important
to do at the same time.

Can you take them?

I know you'd rather be
out in nature

than... out ticketing.

- What do you have to do
that's so important?

- Just life stuff.

- Okay, uh,
what's the group?

- Just men who've
been through stuff.

Some former addicts,

some who used
to be incarcerated.

- Okay.
Uh, sure, yeah.

- Church has a group
for everyone.

- But does everyone
need a group?

- That's the kind of attitude
that keeps you sick.

Just saying.

- That's the kind of attitude
that keeps you sick.

- I don't know, a talent show
is kinda cringe.

- That's the kind of attitude
that keeps you sick.

- What's your talent, Anna?

- Solitaire.
Can I talk to you for a sec?

- You know, secrets
among friends is rude.

- Well, Frieda, you've never
kept a secret in your life.

- 'Cause it's rude.

- Oh, you saved that.

- Yeah, kind of.

- That's evidence.

- Okay, well, it was just
laying in plain sight.

Aren't you a little bit curious
where it came from?

- I don't know.

- Okay, I'll put it
in a bag later.

Listen, with all
the bank robberies going on,

I'm kind of worried that
it's gonna come into the park.

So I was wondering
if maybe you could run

these serial numbers,
see if anything comes up?

If they're attached to
the robberies that happened?

I'd do it myself,
but Guthrie hates me

and is following
my every move.

- Sure.

But I'm not touching.
- Oh.

- Empty the cash.

God doesn't want anyone
to die today.

Hurry up.

Now!

- I-I'm sorry, I--

We've got new
protocols today and...

- Oh, my God.
He's wearing a mask!

- I'm not sure...

- Not exactly the easy hike
that Manny described.

- Sometimes nature
makes you work for it.

This is one of
our hardest to find

glaciated landscapes.

Classic U-shaped valley

and peaks along its edges.

- You know,
I thought it'd be bigger.

Glaciers?
Like in Alaska.

- Ty, what do you
know about Alaska?

You've never been
outside the state.

- Ever heard of the internet,
Motown?

- Uh, the reality is
the glaciers are shrinking,

but all the rocks you see
have all rolled down

from the mountains.

Anyway, I-I'll give you guys
a minute.

- Anna, thanks for doing this.

It's good to be out in nature.
- Yeah, I agree.

You could say
nature's my church.

Trees don't judge.
- Me neither.

And these men have
faced enough of that.

But now they're all saved.

- Y-You mean that little dip
in the lake?

You really think that's enough
to change someone?

- I believe in redemption, yes.

That you can come back
from something and start fresh.

Don't you?
- Redemption, yeah.

But that you're selling miracles
and I'm not buying.

- What can I say?

The Lord works
in mysterious ways.

- Like a bunch of money
showing up in the park?

- I don't know
anything about that.

- Well, I didn't say you did,
but now that you mention it...

A few of your guys have been
incarcerated, right?

So, with respect,
have any of them done time

for robberies, B&E's?

- We've got an aggressive grouse
harassing some campers.

- Uh, I'm leading a group.

Can you see if someone else
can handle it?

- Ranger Pigeon, with respect,
these men are trying to

put their past behind them.

I'd appreciate it if you didn't
stand in their way.

- Can somebody deal
with this grouse?

- All right, fellas,
let's go, come on.

- I'm on my way, Frieda.

Ouch!

- Yeah, that's why I do not go
on grouse calls anymore.

So I went down an internet
rabbit hole last night.

- What does this have to do
with the money in the park?

- Okay, so I checked
the serial numbers

like you asked,
and all that money is old.

- They'll stay in circulation
for a long time.

- Well, just check it out.

Maybe it's a coincidence.
I don't know.

- All right, well,
just don't say it's a miracle

and we're good.

- In Detroit, Michigan,

there were a series of
bank robberies

with a particularly
unholy technique.

The robber would present
a photograph of

the teller and their family,

proving he had been
stalking them.

And then he would say,

"God doesn't want
anyone to die today."

A chilling line
that ultimately gave him

the nickname "The Preacher."

- Holy sh*t!

Detroit... Motown!

- What?
- I think I know who that is.

- Let me see this.
- Hey!

- We got an anonymous tip that
he was at the scene

of the last robbery.
- I didn't rob any bank.

- What are you even
charging him with?

- Okay, stay out of this,
Pigeon.

- Yeah, this truck
barely even works.

I'm fixing it.

- Okay, this is not what
it looks like...

Okay, this is a mistake.
You gotta believe me, okay?

Hey, you gotta believe me.

- You have the right
to remain silent.

Anything you say can and will
be used against you

in the court of law.
- Don't say anything.

- I won't-I won't.

- I believe you.
I believe you, yes.

- This is a mistake.
I didn't do this.

I didn't rob any bank.
- No, I know.

I know.
- I promise you, baby.

You gotta believe me.

I know.
- I promise you, baby.

- Don't talk.
I'll handle this.

- Back away from the car, please.

- Release him!

You're going to hear
from someone.

- Back away from the car!

- There's granite bedrock
under there.

We're gonna need expl*sives
to get through it.

- I copy that, Bud,
but let's just wait

'til the plans are finalized,
all right?

- Ranger Pigeon.
What a surprise!

This is my wife, Darla.

- Hey.
- Hi.

- What's all this?

- We finally raised enough money
to be able to expand the church.

We can offer more programs
and really be of service

to the community.
Such a blessing.

- Yeah.
Hey, can we talk?

- Hey, Pastor, we're gonna need
a few extra hands over here.

Oh, Manny's friend, right?
- Hi, Ken.

- Did you come to volunteer?

I can, uh, show you the ropes.

- No, just give us a minute,
all right?

Be right back.

Ranger.

- Better be careful with
all these expl*sives, Pastor.

- What do you mean?

- God doesn't want anyone
to die today, right?

- Get the hell away
from my church.

- We'll talk...

- Get the hell away
from my church.

I want to help.

- Manny's always talking about
how amazing you are.

"Anna's so smart,
and Anna so brave."

And you let him get arrested!
- I didn't let him get arr--

Okay, look, I'm just trying to
figure out what's going on.

If he didn't
rob that bank yesterday,

then where was he?
Was he involved?

Is he being coerced?
What's going on?

- He's not...

He didn't mean to do
anything bad.

He's a good person.
Manny's a good person!

- You have to tell me
what he's hiding.

- You can't tell anyone.

- Okay...

Okay.

A metal detector?

Oh, sh*t...

He didn't steal the money.
He found it.

- I can't lose him.

Anna, h-he's the only family
I re--

Really have...

Anna, h-he's the only family
I re--

I would die without Manny.

- It's gonna be okay.
We'll figure it out, okay?

I know about
the metal detecting in the park.

Manny, it's ill*gal.

You know that!

Geoff's gonna fire you
on the spot.

Why would you do that?
What were you thinking?

- Someone left me a note
where to look in the park.

Honestly, I couldn't even
believe I found money.

I figured God just
wanted me to have it.

- Are you in
some sort of trouble?

Is that why you need the money?

- I-It's Bethany.

She's done so much
for me, Anna.

She helped me get clean.
She helped me become a Ranger.

All she wanted was--
was a baby.

It's not working.

So I thought this could...

pay for the IVF.

- Okay, look,
I'm not gonna tell Geoff

about the metal detecting,

but you have to tell me
who you told

about finding the money.

'Cause someone set you up.

about finding the money.

- Right...

I only told the guys
o-on my men's group.

I thought it was confidential.

- I never realized how awful
robberies are

on the people
who work at banks.

I couldn't sleep last night.

I just kept seeing that photo
and picturing my family dead.

- Thanks for your help.

I'll call if I have
any other questions.

- Yeah.

- Hey, can I talk to you
for a second?

- Um...

- I just talked to Manny.
He didn't do this.

You got a bad tip.

- So you're saying
he was framed?

- I think it's Pastor Nelson.

- The Pastor Nelson?

- The bank robber
has the same MO

as a bank robber from


called The Preacher.

The guy was never caught.

I think it's Pastor Nelson.
- And what?

He planted the money on Lopez?

- The money that you found
in the park, right?

Those bills are from


That's when The Preacher
was operating.

- How do you know
that money is old?

Look, I get that Lopez
is your friend,

but the serial numbers on
the money found in the truck

match the current robberies.

As far as I'm concerned,
we've got our guy.

Jim, what do you got?

Can I get a copy of that ASAP?

Go for Guthrie.
Um, copy.

We're gonna need
some back up here.

- Copy that.

- Are you seriously gonna let
Manny rot in jail for this?

- I did everything I could
to help Manny,

to put him on the right path.

- Yeah, you put him on the path
of taking the fall for you.

Nice work.

- You've got the wrong idea
about me.

- Are you robbing those banks?
- No.

- Then who is?
- I don't know.

- Bullshit!
I know exactly who you are.

You call yourself
a man of God.

You pretend to be
saving people.

The only person you're trying to
save is yourself.

- You're right.

- Oh, which part?

- You're right.

- I am The Preacher.

- Are you robbing those banks?
- No.

I swear, I haven't robbed a bank
in over 20 years.

- Okay.
But you know something.

- I-I don't know who's doing it,
but I was blackmailed.

I-It's true.

Someone called me
a few months ago,

voice was all distorted.

Said he wanted to know
everything about

how I robbed those banks,
or he'd tell my secret

and ruin my life.

- Who else knows?

Could it be Ty?
He knows you're from Detroit.

Called you "Motown."

- Ever heard of the internet,
Motown?

- H-He calls me that
because I always say,

"Reach out, and I'll be there."

- Four Tops.
Great song.

- Can I show you something?

A photo from my last robbery.

I got away by
the skin of my teeth.

Kept driving until
I ended up here in Montana.

- You buried the money from
that last robbery in the park.

- I looked out
over those mountains.

I'd never seen
anything like it.

I knew a higher power
brought me here.

So I buried the past,
started again.

- Past tends to be
a shallow grave.

The teller's family.

- At the time, I told myself
I didn't hurt anybody.

But I knew that was wrong.

I look at this photo
to remind me

of the pain I caused.

I pray for these people
every day.

- Tell me everything
you told the blackmailer.

- The only good thing about
these interagency conferences.

It's the free pastries,
seeing good friends.

- Ah, Wilt!

Wilt, it's good
to see you, man.

I just sat through a seminar
called "Chain of Custody...

"or Chain of Fools."

- It's funny.

We have the most
interesting jobs in the world,

and they can
still make it dull.

- Ah, a little dull
isn't so bad.

- Yeah, it used to be
too exciting.

- Remember that homicide case
you worked?

How you sent me the file?
Zach Redhill?

- Hmm.

Yeah, theater guy.
- Mm-hmm.

- Unsolved.

- Yeah, I was thinking I might
put some fresh eyes on it.

- First you ask me
about a file.

Now you want to
look into it?

- First you ask me
about a file.

It's the wife, right?

Mm-hmm.

I remember her.

Bit messed up when
I met her, obviously.

- Yeah, she still
kinda is.

- You got a thing
for her?

- She just knows how to get
under your skin, you know?

- Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.

Man, wipe that custard grin
off your face.

- Sure.
I'll look into it.

You find something,
let me know.

- Okay.

- You need to tell the police
what you told me.

Whoa. Don't move.

- Why are you following me?

- Honestly, I've been
debating whether or not

I should talk to you for
about, uh, three blocks.

- Oh, really?

- Frederick Stanton.
I'm a friend of Anna's.

- She's mentioned you.

- Listen, I spoke
with an old friend.

Wilton Fontaine.
- Right.

NYPD Homicide.
I remember him well.

Does my sister
know you're here?

- It was a spur
of the moment decision.

I was in Jersey, so...

Can I ask you
a few questions?

- About Anna's
husband's m*rder?

Well, that's why she's
having nightmares.

- You were on the phone.
- Yeah.

- I can't talk about this
on a street corner.

- Okay, then maybe we can
go somewhere and talk.

- I don't know if I want
to talk to you at all.

- Okay, hey, look, look.

I really care
about your sister.

She's tough and smart.

I can look into her case.

I just really think that
some closure will help.

- Maybe.

But it's not
my decision or yours.

You have to ask Anna.

- Okay.

Just in case.

- You were in the park
when the money exploded.

You're a member
of the church,

and you know a lot
about expl*sives.

- It's not looking
good, Bud.

- I'm telling you,
I'm innocent.

- Someone tried
to k*ll a pastor

and almost k*lled me
in the meantime, so...

- But it wasn't me.

That's what I've been
trying to tell you.

After I got home
from the church,

I saw some of my stuff
was missing.

I didn't think much
of it then, but now...

- So you're saying
your expl*sive went missing

after the baptism?

- That's what I'm
telling you.

- When I was
at the church,

he saw me talking
to Pastor Nelson.

He must have
stolen it then.

- Who?

- What's going on?

- You said you always took
a photo of the tellers' families

before you
robbed them, right?

The whole family.
- Yeah.

I'd stake out the bank,
pick the teller I was gonna hit,

and then
I'd follow them.

- I knew something was off.

Lorraine. Ken's wife.

Does anything
look weird to you?

- Ken isn't in the photo.
- Because Ken took the picture.

Ken is our bank robber.

- You're leaving? Now?

- I know it's bad timing,
but I got a buddy

down in Missoula,

says he can get me
some construction work.

- But Manny's
still in jail,

and you promised to be
his spiritual support.

- I'm so sorry, sweetie.

Take care of
yourself, okay?

- Come on, hon.
Let's pick up our son.

- Guthrie.
- It's Anna Pigeon.

The robberies,
it's Ken Thompson

and his wife Lorraine.

- Lorraine? The victim
in the last robbery.

- There's no way she didn't
recognize her own husband.

And Ken wasn't in that photo,
which means he's--

- You're beginning to live up
to your name, Pigeon.

A menace to society.

If you interfere in this case,
I will arrest you.

- Are you sure
Lorraine's involved?

She didn't give him
the money.

- No, but she tipped him off
so he can get away.

If they tried
to k*ll you,

my guess is they're
gonna skip town.

Which means they're gonna need
a lot more money to disappear.

- So they're gonna have
to hit another bank.

- Lorraine's branch,

no one would expect
them to go back.

And if she's involved,
they can hit the vault, too.

- Big money.
That's what I do.

And if she's involved,
they can hit the vault, too.

- It's not my jurisdiction.

I could get in
a lot of trouble.

- I have a feeling you've never
let that stop you before.

- True.

- I have a feeling you've never
let that stop you before.

- I hope we can get
through to him.

- There's the bank.

- What if he's in there?

- I can't go in.
I'm gonna call Guthrie.

Woah. No-no-no! Pastor!
- I can.

- sh*t!

Pastor! Pastor!
I can't go in there.

- Hurry up.

Get down.

- Don't do this.

- Get down on
the ground now.

- I'm trying to
stop you from making

the same mistakes I made.
I've been where you are.

I can tell you it's
not worth it.

Ken, you can stop hiding.

The cops, everyone
knows it's you.

- You know, it always bugged me
how you didn't remember me.

I used to work at the
First Hancock Credit,

in Detroit,
as a teller.

I used to work at the
First Hancock Credit,

- Seriously, Pigeon?

- Ken Thompson is robbing
Copper Hill Bank right now.

Before you say it,
I know I can't go in there

unless someone's in
imminent danger.

So get down here
before someone is.

- You want to punish me
for what I did to you, fine.

I own that.

But what you're
doing now, man,

that's not you, brother.

- You know, I came to
Montana looking for work.

I wanted to make
an honest living.

Really, I did.

But when I walked
into the church

and I saw you that day,

I knew it was a sign.

I didn't need God
or-or groups.

I need money!

Lorraine!

- I'm sorry for what
I did to you. I truly am.

- Oh, yeah?

- When you called
to blackmail me,

you asked me
how I got away.

I'm gonna tell you now what
I should have told you then.

There is
no getting away.

- He's right, Ken.
- Shut up, Lorraine.

Let's go.

- No, I-I never should have
let you convince me to do this.

I can't spend
my life running.

Think of our son.

Please...

Ken!

- Hey. It's all right.

It's all right now.

- Stay down.
Give me your hands.

Give me your hands.

I didn't go inside.

It's all yours.

- All right. Come on.
Suspect is in custody.

We're on our way to
the station.

- Here's his g*n,
if you want it.

Ah, my back.

- Thank you very much.

- Continuing with
the renovations.

- Guess it'll be my legacy.

- Stepping down?

- "The Preacher"
can be the pastor.

- So what's next?
- I don't know.

But I'm at peace.

- You asked if I believed
that someone

could come back
from something.

For the record, I do.

could come back
from something.

Burn that photo.

- Yeah, I'm just
waiting inside.

Are you doing okay?

- Stanton.

- There was one thing
about the case.

They had a party
that night,

and someone left
a red coat behind.

- Well, that's not
unusual for a party.

- I know, but the police
never figured out

where it came from.

And it was a vintage coat.
Irreplaceable.

Just always struck me
as strange.

- All right, thanks.

- Is everyone having fun?

Yeah!

The best night.
It's my favorite night.

All right.

Up next, we have someone
that everyone loves.

Our favorite dispatch,
Frieda.

Our favorite dispatch,
Frieda.

- Wait. You came.

- Show me your talent.

- You sure?

It's-it's very--

- It's you,
so I want to see it.

- Okay. Yeah.

I'll get my props
from the car.

- Props?

- My binoculars are fogging.

- Thank you for
believing me.

Thank you.

- Thank you for everything
you've done for us.

Thank you.

- Thank you.
- Let's go, Frieda!

- Frieda, that--
that was amazing.

Let's give it up
for Frieda, everybody.

Frieda!

Now, is everybody excited
for this next act?

I-I've been asked
to bring a chair

and I don't know why.

Here he is, everybody.
Give it up for Jesse.

- Let's go, Jesse!

- It's in our nature
to try to protect ourselves.

Animals remember who
or what hurt them.

It's how they keep
themselves safe.

But the forest rebuilds
itself after the fire.

It doesn't worry if
another match will be lit.

I was reborn in
the wilderness.

Let it burn.

- You need to slow down.

Anna.