Alaska Daily (2022–…): Season 1, Episode 3 - It's Not Personal - full transcript

Previously on "Alaska Daily"...

Her name is Gloria Nanmac.

She went missing two years ago.

Her death is part of a pattern,

and I want you
both on it together.

I don't care.
I work alone.

You wanted to see me?

Mrs. Nanmac.

They told me I couldn't
get the autopsy.

I'm not permitted to turn
over that report.

It's an open investigation
in Meade.



The coroner's report is
a clear indication of assault.

They don't want to solve
these crimes.

We gotta be patient.

Tell that to the next mother
of a native missing girl.

Toby?

Who was Gloria with
when she disappeared?

I don't know.
I didn't go to the after party.

Where was it?
Whose house?

Some guy called Skeeter.

I could use your help
getting a hold of so...

Whoa.

Zachary. Belongs to Austin.

Oh, he doesn't bite.
Just don't touch his iPad.

If you print it,
it will destroy me.



A token for your first
front page story.

Thank you, guys.

Anchorage resident Jordan Teller

has died in a plane crash
in the Gulf of Alaska.

Teller was the only one
on board at the time.

First time in the Arctic?

Yeah. I think it is.

No trees.

Yeah, look at that.
No trees.

Have you been up here before?

Some.
I don't really like it.

Why not?

I'm Tlingit.

I grew up Southeast
in a rain forest.

The "no tree" thing,
it doesn't really work for me.

Tlingit?
Is that your tribe?

We say culture.

We never traditionally organized
as tribes.

The native communities up here,
they're all Iñupiaq.

Totally different culture,
languages, everything.

How are you doing? Oh, I'm glad
to be going home.

Hey, if, um, it's too much
for us to stay with you,

we can stay at the hotel.

Tavra!

You are my guests.
I insist.

We are beginning
our descent into Meade.

Flight crew, please prepare
the cabin for landing.

Thank you for sitting down
with me, Mr. Moses.

You're the paper of record
for Alaska.

I'll do whatever I can to help
you write an accurate profile.

So tell me, why are you
running for Senate?

The Roger Mudd question.

It's a legitimate
question. Of course it is.

It's the question.

Ted Kennedy couldn't answer it,

but I know exactly
why I'm running...

For the same reason
you became a journalist.

Which is what?

A desire to make the world
a better place.

You do it by holding people
like me accountable.

I want to do it through
direct action

once I'm elected
to the U.S. Senate.

Okay, can you give me
a specific example?

Act in the best interest
of all Alaskans.

Uh, that's not really specific.

And how is it possible to act
in the best interest

of all Alaskans?

It's not easy to represent
the disparate interests

of all the people
of this great state,

but that's what I plan to do.

Can you give me one example

of how you might...

Everything okay?

I gotta deal with something.

We will pick this back up.

Promise.
All right, well...

Hey, Bob, Frank Moses
just got a text

and ran out of my interview.
Is... Is something up?

An environmental activist
took unauthorized photos

of a leak
at Meacham tailings pond.

Is that LH Mining?

Yeah, he sent them to us
and TV outlets.

It's bad.

Uh, okay, on my way.

Schmidt was attempting
to photograph...

This is really horrible.

So upsetting.

And just in time
for the upcoming election.

It's gonna be very interesting
to see

how the candidates
respond to this.

Speaking of, Ford's on
TV... or more is known.

Five bucks he says "malarkey"
and mentions Alaskan jobs.

Another five he adds
"media stunt."

I call malarkey.

Alaskan jobs are on the line

and they will not be lost
to this media stunt.

Bob with the trifecta.

I hope our publisher tracks
all this

before he delivers
the paper's endorsement.

Come on, Bob. You know
Pritchard's endorsing Moses.

I know no such thing. I just sat with him.

I feel like he already knows.

Well, Moses is pro-fishing.

I bet he's very upset
about this.

Yeah, well, according to Moses,

he's pro-everything
and everyone.

He just tweeted a response.

"We have to advance
our mining safety practices

and protect our watersheds.

I stand with Alaskans
who need good, honest work,

and I stand with the salmon."

Can you stand with salmon?

Hey, nothing for my salmon joke?

You still reading responses
from your Jordan Teller story?

Some of the things people are
saying about me are horrible.

Those aren't people.
They're trolls.

Your story was solid.

I know.

But the truth is,
he killed himself because of it.

We don't know that for sure.

I get it. It's intense,
but you reported the facts.

How Teller reacted is on Teller.

It's messed up, but still...

Now, start by laying off
the trolls.

Okay. Thanks.

All right, people.
Lots to do.

Bob, can you write-through
the run-off leak,

get me a clean set
of follow-ups into LH Mining?

Give 'em a deadline.

Every question they don't
answer goes into this story.

Sure thing. Our Senate candidate profiles.

Can we fold in responses
to the leak, please?

Claire, how close are we
on Brewster?

Wrapping it up.

I'll add comment
to the Ford profile.

Austin, where are we with Moses?

I had 10 minutes with him.

He bolted after he heard
about the leak.

I will dig into
his financial disclosures

while I wait to reschedule.Okay.

Oh, hey, any word
on who Pritchard favors?

No word. And we are
equal opportunity diggers.

Get to it.

Hey, help me
with Moses' financials?

Sure. Yeah.
Okay, cool.

You made it!
Hello!

That's a good photo.

She loved to dance.

This is her room.

She seems like such a nice kid.

How'd she end up at Skeeter's?

Like you said, she's a kid.

Fair point.

Gloria made it.

Is it mink?

It's itigiaq.Ermine.

Look at this.

It's... Those are walrus ivory
and baleen.

She was getting really good.

The place where they found
Gloria's body, where is it?

It's... It's about three miles
from here on the tundra.

You can't get there by car.

How do we get there?

I think I can help with that.

Just give me a few hours.

Thank you.

- Where are we going?
- Police station.

Now?

Better to cold call
before word gets out.

Maybe we'll get lucky
and they'll give us

the police report.
Doubtful.

I think we should go to the
Atanaurait offices first.

The what offices?

The Cultural Council.
We should tell them we're here,

what we're working on,
and offer a gift.

Oh, that sounds nice, but I want
to go to the cops first.

The Council's not a bridge
you want to burn.

We'll have to come back.
We'll need their help.

Okay, well, I'm gonna go
to the cops first,

and you can go to the Council,
and we can meet up later.

Hi.

We're with The Daily Alaskan,
doing a story on a death.

We need to make
a records request

for anything public
on the case file.

Case number 3747.

Quyanaq. Tavra.

What's that mean?
"Thank you."

Oh, yeah. Thanks.

That's still an open case.

Funny, people keep
telling us that.

Would you mind telling us
who's working that open case?

We'd love to talk to him.

Sure.

Chief Durkin was on that case.

He wasn't the chief then.

But he is now.

Is the Chief in?

Tell me, ladies, you don't have
stories down in Anchorage?

We do, but the paper is looking
into some older cases

we might not have
given enough attention to

the first time around.

For some reason,
we can't get our hands

on Gloria Nanmac's
police report,

so we thought we'd ask,
in person.

That's a long way to come
for a police report.

Could have just called
and saved yourselves a trip.

Maybe, but then we wouldn't be
sitting across the table

from the man who tried
to solve her murder.

Murder, huh?

What kind of story
are you lookin' to write?

Well, since Gloria's case
is still open two years later,

I assume you're still
actively working on it.

I thought maybe you could walk
us through the investigation.

That was a while ago.
I mean, I'd have to...

I'd have to look at the report.

Things around here
were different back then,

and, uh, not in a good way.

My predecessor,
Oren Conners, was a drunk.

The department was in disarray.

Are you from around here?

Not remotely.

Yakutat.

Southeast.

Haida? Tlingit.

I really like it down there.

I go fishing every summer.

I admire your people.

The Tlingit, they had this
whole system of government

that went back
hundreds of years.

Thousands, actually.

Pretty smart, Tlingits.

So how about that police report?

Sure thing. I'll just need
to give it, uh, a read-over

and make sure that, uh, anything
sensitive is redacted.

I'll drop it off later today.

Great. We're staying at...

Yeah, we'll find you.

I don't like that guy.

Is it because he white-splained
my own culture to me?

That and I don't believe
he'll turn over the report.

Hey.

You guys with
The Daily Alaskan? Yeah.

Sylvie asked us to take you to
the tundra and then Skeeter's.

The hunters, they found her
under that boat.

You find a young woman's
battered body under a boat

and you don't suspect foul play?

Eileen?

Eileen!

You okay?

Yeah.

You sure?

There would have been
three feet of snow on the ground

the night she went missing.

What do you think?

I think I'm angry.

Good.

I've been angry for a long time.

This is it.
Skeeter's house.

Thanks, guys.
We can take it from here.

Am I missing something?

Like Skeeter's house?

There was a house here.

Probably got moved.
It happens a lot.

Building supplies are hard
to get up here,

so when people gotta move...

They take their house.

Let's see what
the neighbors know.

Thank God they took
that house away.

The noise they made.

There was parties there
all hours of the night.

Did you ever complain?

Sure.

They didn't care.

Neither did the cops.

Never came out once.

That house was
Dot Redding's house.

Quiet lady.

Secretary at the Presbyterian
church for years.

But then she went
to a nursing home,

left that house
to her grandson, Clarence.

Clarence?
Did he have a nickname?

I called him Skeeter.
We all did.

So Clarence is Skeeter? Yeah.

Do you remember seeing
this woman hanging around

Skeeter's place
about two years ago?

She went missing one night.

Yeah, Gloria came around.

I was drunk most of the time
back then.

I'm sober now.

I don't remember what night
she disappeared.

Did you tell the cops
you saw her?

Are you kidding?
You can't trust those guys.

I had a buddy... he got busted
and the cops confiscated a pound

of Matanuska Thunderfunk off
of him.

A couple days later he went
to re-up, and the dealer

tried to sell
his weed back to him.

Same exact Thunderfunk.

So the cops are selling drugs
from the evidence locker?

Yeah, it's screwed up, right?

Hey, check this out.

Frank Moses got contributions
from these LLCs...

Marlin, Doxie, and Mour...
All within the same week.

Can you look them up?

There's not much
about them online.

But they all have
the same mailing address,

and it looks like they were
all created in the last year.

Oh, looks like they're all
repped by the same law firm.

Which one?
Gardner and Wise.

You've gotta be kidding me.

That's my ex-wife's firm.

Your ex-wife is a lawyer?

Yeah. Don't get me started
on being married to a lawyer.

I used to be a lawyer.

Oh. Really?
What kind?

Corporate litigation.

Don't.

I'm trying, but these guys
are relentless.

They're called trolls
for a reason.

Here.

Give me your phone.

Are you responding?

No, I'm deleting your Twitter.

No. Don't! Don't! Now, now, this...

Don't do that!

I didn't mean to piss you off.

But you gotta deal with you.

When I got burned out
on that Fentanyl series,

I was in a dark place.

I finally talked to a pro
about it, and it helped.

A lot.

Who'd you talk to?

A counselor at the Dart Center.

They're built to help us deal
with the crap

that comes with the job,

be it trolls or
our own damn feelings.

Two different people said

the house was gone
as soon as the snow melted.

That would have been
right after Gloria's death.

I wonder if the cops
questioned Clarence.

About Gloria?

They didn't even look
into noise complaints.

That's true.
We've gotta go deeper

- on Clarence Redding.
- Roz?

Roz Friendly? Uh, yeah.

Derek Friendly, from Selawik.

Right, yeah.
How ya doing?

Don't worry.
We actually haven't met yet.

I just, uh... I can't believe
it's really you.

Dad's always talking about you,

making sure we know
when you've written something.

Yeah, well,
it was, uh, nice to see you.

Hi, I'm Eileen.
Hi.

You guys work together? We do.

That's cool.
You guys here for a story?

Yeah, but we're really busy
right now.

Sorry, Derek.Totally.

I just wanted to say hi.

If you guys need anything,
I work at the City Hall.

I just do payroll, but, uh...

Okay.

Uh, nice meeting you.

Bye.

Is he your... brother?

Half brother.

I thought you didn't
grow up here.

I didn't.

Hey. Thanks for pushing
a little later, it's been a...

It's been a crazy day.

Yep. Sure thing.
How's Zach?

Uh, pretty upbeat.
I'll go grab him.

Hey, wait, Anna. Can I pick
your brain about something?

Sure. What?

So I'm profiling Frank Moses
in the Senate race,

and I was pulling
campaign disclosures today,

and I noticed that he got a lot
of these donations from LLCs

I never heard of. I'm not surprised.

There's literally
millions of LLCs.

Right, but, um,
a lot of these particular LLCs

were incorporated and repped
by Gardner and Wise.

Austin.
And it turns out

that LH Mining is also repped
by Gardner and Wise, so...

That's privileged information.

You know that.

You know, I didn't like
playing this game

when we were married.

This kind of stuff
mattered to you

when you were a public defender.

And then I got a real job

because your job
wasn't cutting it.

Don't start with that, Anna.

I do my best to support our son.

No, I'm not saying
that you don't,

but the truth is,
you're late on child support

every other month. You're dropping that
on me now?

We've gotta think about
what's best for our son, Austin.

Daddy! Hey, Z-man.

You ready for soccer practice?

All ready. All right.

Okay, give me a hug, kiddo.

Mm.

Bye, Mom.
Bye.

Ready to score
some goals, man? Yeah.

Damn it.

I thought you weren't from here.

I'm not.

But your brother is?

Don't interrogate me.
I'm not a story.

Okay.

But he does work at City Hall.

He could be helpful.
No, he can't be helpful.

He's off limits.
Got it?

Got it.
He's off limits.

So much for the family reunion.

According to Nexis,
Clarence "Skeeter" Redding,

born June 1998.

Hold it.
How'd you get on Nexis?

A buddy's account...
He works at a local TV station.

Clarence has no criminal cases
filed in court,

no civil cases,
restraining orders, bank loans.

No phone number, and the only
address is the missing house.

Ma'am, this is for you.

Police report.

You gotta be kidding me.

They redacted everything.

Oh, they left in a DUI
and a possession charge.

And here's their description
of Gloria...

"Troubled.
History of drinking."

Victim blaming.
Stonewalling.

This is why we can't get
anywhere with these stories.

Not this time.
Durkin wants to play tough,

we'll scrub him.

Hey, I used to cover
the legislature.

Most police departments
in Alaska

submit their monthly reports
of their work,

and it's all public record.

Let's start there.
Review every case he's worked.

See what we find.

That's gonna piss him off.

I'm counting on it.

What do you mean you're sorry?

The police department's monthly
reports are public record.

Yes, but we are swamped today.

Swamped?

Yeah. Clerical stuff.

Can I speak to your supervisor?

No. He's not in today.
Sorry.

Is anyone in today?
Just curious.

Let's go.
We'll be back.

I'm gonna use the restroom.

I'll meet you outside.

Come in.

Hey, Derek.

Oh, hi.

I remembered you
offered to help.

Sure. Yeah. Anything.

Great. We're trying to get
a hold of

the police department's
monthly reports.

We're on deadline,
but everyone is swamped.

I'm not sure if I'm allowed
to do that.

Well, sure you can.
It's public record.

This is
a really important story,

and it would mean a lot to Roz.

Hey, Bob, you've been
around the block.

Any chance you know
about these LLCs...

Doxie, Marlin, Mour?

Nope.
Did you look up the members?

Yeah, of course. Uh, there's
Emily Sanders, Tim Brooks,

John Flemming.
Wait a minute.

John Flemming?
Yeah.

I was just going over
the board members of LH Mining,

and he's one of them.

What?

And so is Amelia Sanders
and Brooks.

Wait. LH Mining is funding the
pro-salmon candidate's campaign

for U.S. Senate?

Something makes me think
he's not gonna be pro-salmon

if he gets to Washington.

Moses is in bed with LH Mining.

This pro-salmon candidate is
taking big money from a company

that poses a giant threat
to the fishing industry.

Did you finish his profile?
No, but this is news.

We shouldn't sit on this
for a profile.

Agreed.

Are you sure these executives
didn't do this

for any other candidate?

I saw no sign of that.

But you can't rule it out?

They didn't give anything
to Ford.

Check on every other candidate.

We need to make sure
we are buttoned up here.

We have to rule it out.

I'm sorry, are we pumping
the brakes here?

We're doing our job.

Okay, but would we be doing
this if it wasn't Moses?

Austin.
What?!

We know Pritchard
is backing this guy.

I mean, I can't help
but to think that maybe

this story is being held
You better think very hard

about what you say next, Austin.

Something about this
just doesn't feel ri...

Austin.
Leave the room. Now.

I'll handle this.

I'm sorry about that, Stanley.

You should have asked him
about the other candidates

before you came into my office.

Austin should know better,
and, as acting editor,

you definitely should.

Understood.

You get lost?

I got the monthly reports.

How? I bumped into Derek.

He was happy to help.

What?
How could you do that?

What? You're upset
that I got the reports?

No, I'm upset that
you went behind my back.

Give me a break.
No, I won't!

You have no idea
how complicated it is for me.

This isn't about you.

It's about the story.

That's all that matters.

Is that right?
Yeah, it is.

It's work. If you don't like
how I do it, then step aside.

Hey.

Made some tea.

My dad lives in one
of the nearby villages...

Biological dad.

Oh, you're Iñupiaq, too?

Um, no.
He's white.

Left when I was a baby.

Met an Iñupiaq woman,
moved to Selawik,

and started a whole new life.

Big family.
Whole deal.

You ever talk to him?

No. I try to avoid him.

But I ran into one of his kids.

Turns out he reads my paper.

Reads me.

My half-brother was saying
that he brags about it.

He's proud of you.

Yeah, well, he still chose
his whole new life over me.

I want to get this story right
more than anything,

but working with her... oof.

She makes me feel like a Tonto.

Roz, your people are warriors.

I've never heard
of a Tlingit sidekick.

She may underestimate you,
but she will learn.

You are smart, tough.

You care about our people.

I wouldn't be helping
if you weren't on the story.

Do it your way.

Is that how you play?

Wanna tell me what happened?

I took the Moses story
to Stanley,

spelled out everything
we dug up on him,

and I'm not sure
he's gonna print.

Why not?

Because Pritchard
is endorsing Moses.

I don't believe that.

Believe it. He's giving me
busy work to delay it,

but it's pretty clear what's up.

You know, I thought Stanley
had our backs.

Silly me.

Maybe she's right.

Who?

My ex-wife.

Maybe I should just suck it up
and get a real job.

This is a real job.

And you're very good at it.

I don't care
what your ex-wife says.

Her job sucks.

And I should know.

I had the same sucky job.

You making this all about you?

No.

But maybe you're making this
about Stanley

when it's really about your ex.

I hear that.

I'll tell you what...

You make a shot on me,
I'll stop.

And you'll do the busy work?

Deal.

All right, she puts
the ball down.

She dribbles.
Take your time.

You're not gonna get
many chances. Yes!

Thanks for seeing me
on short notice.

I know you're busy.

I assigned Austin
to profile Moses.

He dug up some damning intel.

Turns out this pro-fishing guy
is financed by mining.

You have proof?

Financial disclosures.

Anything illegal?

Uh... no.

So it's politics, not a story.

Well, it's a question of ethics

because Senators help determine
land rights for mines.

Yeah, but what
about the other guys?

I mean, Ford's a walking
corruption case.

Maybe, but not this.

Frank Moses is the most
competent person in this race.

It just doesn't seem like
you have much of a story

to me, Stanley.

I won't take any more
of your time.

I'm always here.

Thank you, Aaron.

Roz Friendly?

Yes. Hi.

Asisaun, Council Chair.

Quyanaqfor welcoming me.

Um, I apologize for not
coming sooner.

I brought you some
nagoonberry jam.

It's from my Auntie in Yakutat.

Quyanaq.

So you're here for Sylvie,
right?

What can I do for you?

The more we investigate
Gloria's murder,

the more it points
to gross negligence

in the police department.

Is there anyone else that has
had problems with Chief Durkin?

Someone who might be willing
to talk with me?

It's pretty risky, speaking up
against the police in a village.

I know. I wouldn't be asking
if it didn't matter.

Let me make a call.

Roz. Molly.

This is Roz Friendly
with The Daily Alaskan.

Hi, Molly. Thanks for agreeing
to talk with me.

This can be all background
for now.

What does that mean?

It just means I...
I won't use your name

when I'm writing about it.

Will you tell me your story?

Last year, my ex-boyfriend
beat me up real bad.

I reported it, but... To Chief Durkin?

Yeah. He... He twisted it
so I sounded crazy.

I had bruises everywhere.

Like, what more proof
do you need?

He said he needed me
to call up my ex

and get him to confess
on speaker phone.

I didn't want to do that,

so Durkin decided
my case was unfounded.

I am so sorry
that happened to you.

I'm not the only one.

I know a few more people
you can talk to.

They never do anything.

Thank you for sharing that.

Oh.

You can use my name.

Screw him.

What do ya got?

You're not gonna believe this.

I went through all the records
that Derek sent over.

Of all the felony complaints
to the Meade PD

in the last two years,

72 were for sexual assault
or rape.

The cops didn't arrest
or even charge

a single person for any of them.

What?
How is that possible?

It's not.
Or shouldn't be.

They either keep the case open
like they did with Gloria's,

or, look, they dismiss it
as undetermined or unfounded.

Molly's case was declared
unfounded.

Who's Molly? I went to the Council.

Spoke with an assault survivor
who's willing to go on record

saying that Durkin
didn't investigate her case.

Well, we just got our lead.

The cops here,
they don't investigate crimes

against Native women,
which makes it look

like there's no crime in Meade.

All thanks to Chief Durkin.

Got him.

Morning.

Morning, Austin.

I checked every donation,
every candidate.

There's not a whiff
of any of those LLCs

giving to another candidate or
anyone related to the candidate.

It's all here.

Okay. Good.

Write it up and put all that
in the story.

And we publish?

Yes. We publish.

Great. Okay.

Thanks.

Stanley...

I'm sorry for popping off
yesterday.

It wasn't right.

I let stuff in my own life
get in the way.

You all right?

Just gotta work some things out.

Good.
For the record,

I don't mind disagreeing
about a story,

but we have to give each other
the benefit of the doubt

or we can't do this job.

Is that clear?

Very.

Hey, your boss around?

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

Whoa. Whoa.
He's not here.

Okay, can you call him for us?

He's on a hunting trip.

So you can't reach him?

Not right now.

You got an envelope?

We're about to go back
to Anchorage

and write a story
about your boss.

He's gonna want to read this
as soon as possible

so he knows what's coming.

My gut is if he doesn't,
he's not gonna be happy.

Quyanaq.

What'd you write on the note?

"See you soon."

There goes the messenger.

You get our note?

Pretty clever.

There are allegations that
confiscated drugs

from your evidence locker
are being resold on the street.

Nice truck, by the way.

You have proof
of these allegations?

No. Just a fun fact.

But we are running with
a story about your record.

My record?

Well, what about your record?

Yeah, I've been doing
some reading.

You were, uh,
run out of New York

and sentenced to Alaska
because you were wrong.

My record is clean as a whistle.

Your record is perfect, in fact.

72 felony complaints
and not one charge.

Yeah, well, I stand
by my record and reputation.

Now, is there anything else?
Because I really need

to get going. No, actually,

I'm curious how your office
determined no foul play

after seeing Gloria Nanmac's
coroner's report.

Orbital fracture,
lacerations, contusions...

Basically,
wounds on both the front

and the back of her head.

Do you have a theory
on how she did this to herself?

Hey, why don't you, uh,
give me a minute alone

with your boss here? I'm not her boss.
We're partners.

Why aren't you investigating
violent crimes

against native women?

Well, because I don't like to
waste my time or anyone else's.

So I'm not gonna tie up
the courts

with that kind of nonsense.

Nonsense?

Yeah. You know, native girls who
can't handle their alcohol.

You really think
that's all it's about?

Look, historically,
this is the place

where Iñupiat men used to come
to trade their women

for booze and guns.

It's just how they are.

Wow. Your insights have been
very illuminating, Chief.

Now get the hell
off my property.

Did you get that?

Got him.

Durkin's racist quote
really connects

his beliefs to his actions.

Agreed.
Durkin's going bye-bye.

Mm-hmm. We need another graf.

On what? Context
for the racist quote.

If we don't state
that Durkin's words are false,

we'll just perpetuate
the racist myth.

Yeah, you might be right.

She is right.

Right up a new graf
and drop it in.

Then we publish.

Sounds good to me.

I'm gonna add a tip line
at the end of the article.

My gut is, once people read it,
they'll want to reach out.

You got someone to sift
through the cranks?

Gabriel will do it.

This is good reporting.

Good work, team.

Agreed.Agreed. Just one thing.

You may not want to admit it,

but you need me
on this investigation.

So I've gotta be able
to trust you.

I'm not a sidekick.

What you did with Derek
was wrong.

You do it again, I'm out.

Are you giving me an ultimatum?

I am.

We can get this story
without you being a dick.

That seems fair.

I hear you.

Good.

Still pissed, but I'll take it.

Just to say, no one complained
when I worked alone.

At least not to your face.

Gotta give her credit...
She's got guts.

She does.
And issues.

Hi, Yuna.
I'm Kyle with the Dart Center.

Nice to meet you.
You, too.

So I understand you're dealing
with some online hate.

As the damage from the
LH Mining leak becomes clearer,

a breaking story
in The Daily Alaskan

puts Frank Moses' campaign
in jeopardy.

Moses is done for, anyway.

Pro-mining tag
is gonna cost him his base.

Gotta say,
I actually kinda liked Moses.

I was pulling for him.

Pisses me off.

That's why we do what we do.

A guy like Moses can say
whatever he wants.

Our job is to hold him
accountable.

And that we did.

With Stanley's help.

Agreed.

Now, back to work.

Austin Teague.

Austin, hey.

Anna.
I saw your story.

You must be proud. I am.

Look, um, I'm sorry
about our fight.

Everything okay?
Yeah, yeah, just, uh...

there's...
Look, there's no easy way

to say this, but I got an offer.

A huge promotion.

Dream position, really.

Okay.

In Chicago.

So I'm going to accept it,

and I want to take Zachary
with me.

No. No.

You can't just...

We have an agreement.

I wanted you to hear it from me.

Hi, Ken.
I need some information.

Stanley, it's been a while.

I'd like to know more
about the Pritchard family.

Pritchard, as in your publisher?

Does this have to do
with the Frank Moses story?

The Pritchards dropped
their endorsement,

but I want to understand what
they stood to gain if Moses won.

You sure you want to go
down that road, Stanley?

Conrad Pritchard is not a man
to be taken lightly.

I understand.

I'll see what I can see,
Stanley.

Thanks, Kenny.