Backstrom (2015): Season 1, Episode 13 - Rock Bottom - full transcript

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You lied to me,
lieutenant backstrom.

When?
[ door slams ]

Always and every time
since the day we met.

Do you know
what these are?

L-lies?

No, the truth.
You see this number?

I-I can't really read it,
your hand is shaking so much.

It is a blood-alcohol
level of .06.

That's legal.

You showed me
an alcoholics anonymous chip

To prove
you were sober.



Your cholesterol
is through the roof,

Your heart oversized,

Your lungs congested,
and yet you still smoke cigars.

I'm cutting down!
You know what this is?

Okay, why do you keep
showing me things

And asking me
what they are?

It is my official recommendation
to the chief of police

That you be relieved
of active duty

Due to your imminent
and inevitable death.

And what are you planning
to do with that?

Because the hippocratic oath
prevents me from shoving it

Up your ass,
I intend to deliver it

To chief cervantes
today.

Deb, we --
no more lies.



I have tried to help you, and
you've treated me like a fool.

[ knock on door ]
sorry to interrupt.

We got a dead indigenous body
under a bridge.

What's up, dr. Deb?

Ah, your last case.
Good day to you.

[ sighs ]

Why did dr. Deb say
this is your last case?

You're in some kind of trouble
or something?

What the hell
is he doing here?

Oh, captain rocha was found
with the dead body.

[ laughs ]

Oh, lord,
if it turns out

That rocha
committed this murder,

Yea verily
it shall come to pass

That I shall live in
service to thee

And repent of my ways
forever

And ever, amen, shalom,
inshallah...

Please.
...Hare hare.

Do not waste god's time
with prayers like that.

So rocha's
not the killer, huh?

No.
Damn.

Captain rocha
says that the victim

Was his confidential
informant.

Rocha, you're only a cop
on the reservation.

Otherwise, you're just a guy
in what mostly looks

Like a janitor's
uniform.

The victim's name
was jeremy chase.

He's 20 years old.
He had a wife and kid.

And he's dead
because he was helping me.

Yeah? Looks like
he learned his lesson.

Captain rocha said that
the victim was still alive

When he got here.

So, were there
any last words?

Well,
that's the thing.

I'll only tell you
jeremy's last words

If you promise to include me
in the investigation.

Gravely...

...Arrest rocha
on a whole bunch of charges.

What?
Obstructing justice,

Blackmailing a peace officer,
being a dick.

Lieutenant is right.

Captain rocha
is withholding information

In a homicide investigation --
unacceptable.

It's my fault
this kid got killed!

I got to be a part of
the investigation!

What's wrong
with you guys?

[ siren wails ]
niedermayer, you're up.

Yes, lieutenant.

Uh, this is the vehicle
that the victim arrived in,

And then another vehicle
joined him.

We're taking the tracks
right now.

But judging by the width
of those tracks,

The second vehicle
was either a truck or a 4x4.

Now, this right here
shows me that the victim

Was leaning
against his car.

His face shows me that
he was struck two to four times,

But open-handed,
by a very strong man.

His nose is broken. Now,
here's the interesting part.

He was stabbed here once, but it
nicked the common iliac artery,

Which indicates a blade length
of eight inches.

So he would have lost
consciousness in 10 minutes.

He'd be dead
within 15 minutes.

This artery stuff --

You're saying the killer
did this on purpose?

I don't think
it was a lucky hit.

Then we're looking
for somebody

Who's very,
very good with a blade.

Oh, one more thing.

After the victim was stabbed,
he was kicked in the back

Hard enough to leave a blueprint
and rupture a kidney.

Everyone knows indians
kill indians,

So we're looking for
an especially mean one

Who loves using a knife
and wears boots...

Which is all of the men
and half of the women.

[ siren wails in distance ]

Everett?
Oh, no.

If you were here on official
business, you would have said

"lieutenant," which means you're
here as rocha's girlfriend

And not as the head

Of the civilian
oversight committee,

And I don't
have to listen to you.

Look, jesse's sorry
he tried to make a deal.

Make a deal?
[ scoffs ]

Blackmail.

He's sorry that
he tried to blackmail you,

And he wants you
to know the victim's last words.

Okay.

"rock bottom."

"rock bottom"?

You're already looking for
first nations suspects, correct?

If by that, you mean indians,
then yes.

Captain rocha has the respect
of every reservation

In the pacific northwest,

Including
wabacooche reservation.

You love saying "captain" 'cause
it's higher up than lieutenant.

Stop that.

Well,
I'll have you know

That I am a real lieutenant
and he's just an indian captain.

So...Apples and indians,
amy.

Apples and indians.

Jesse's a real cop.

Wait. Why did you say
the wabacooche reservation?

Captain rocha said
the killer's a meth dealer

From
the wabacooche reservation.

I'll release rocha.
Paquet!

You won.
Your work here is done.

That's your creepy smile.
What just happened?

Good seeing you, amy.

[ sighs ]

You bellowed,
lieutenant?

I need you to dig up
some information

On the financials of the sheriff
of wabacooche county.

Do you have a warrant?

Do I need a warrant?

Uh, w-what am I
looking for here?

You're looking for evidence
of payoffs to the sheriff

From the criminal element
in the drug trade.

Wait, we're --
we're talking about

Sheriff blue backstrom
of wabacooche county?

Y-your father?

Don't rub it in.

Go!

Go!

Valentine: You know,
I was perfectly fine

Not speaking with my mother,

And you had to go reopen
that whole can of worms.

Been making up for lost time
like I'm 10.

[ high-pitched voice ]
"don't be a thief, val.

"you should use your brain
to be a lawyer, val.

When do I get to
meet your boyfriend, val?"

[ normal voice ]
pbht, like I got a boyfriend.

What do
I need a boyfriend for?

I'm young and beautiful
and horny.

[ sighs ]

Look, I'm sure
dr. Deb was just bluffing.

He wasn't bluffing.
That was one angry hindu.

[ knock on door ]

These are burned.

I know.
I'm not blind.

Listen, can't you demand
a second opinion?

What does the police union
have to say about it?

There's got to be
an appeal process or --

Ooh, you know
what you should do?

You should call dr. Deb's
medical credentials

Into question
and get him fired, huh?

Lou was right.
You should become a lawyer.

It's the man who stole
your woman.

Should I let him in?

Rocha: Jeremy had a new baby
and a wife.

He needed money.

Then he got
sucked into muling

For a meth distributor
named edgar norwest.

I caught jeremy,
and I talked him

Into working with me
in return for immunity.

So it was you who arranged
to meet under the bridge?

And norwest must have caught on
and got to jeremy before I did.

And norwest,
he likes to use a knife?

Leaving a guy to bleed
to death

Knowing who killed him?

That's norwest's
signature move.

He boasts about it.

There's 11 murders
that match the m.O.

You know,
if I'd been

Under that bridge
10 minutes earlier --

You probably would have gotten
sliced and diced up, too.

Look, norwest is using
the indian reservations

Throughout the whole
pacific northwest

To distribute
into nearby towns.

It's weird my dad
never stopped him.

Yeah, well,
you know your old man.

He doesn't care
what indians do

As long as they do it
on the reservation.

What about other towns
and counties?

Yeah. Norwest has
white lawyers.

Name is kritko --
expert in indian rights.

He keeps whitey away.

Huh.

You'll fold me
into the case?

Yeah. Sure thing.
Start tomorrow.

We're good, you and me,
about everything?

You mean about amy?

I mean amy.

Bros before hos.
Get some sleep.

[ sighs ]
[ door closes ]

Come on, chief.

No, you cannot take a team up
into wabacooche county.

I have
compelling testimony

From an indian cop
that the murderer

Is an indian
from wabacooche county.

What you do
in that situation is,

You have the sheriff of
cooch county make the arrest.

I have reason
to believe...

[ sighs ]

...The sheriff is taking payoffs
from the murderer.

You have evidence?

He's a terrible person.

Hating your old man
isn't evidence.

[ sighs ]

Paquet!

You want evidence?
I'll give you evidence.

And by the way,
there's an envelope

On my desk
from dr. Chaman.

Do not open it.

Come in.

Hello, chief.

Please tell chief cervantes
what you've discovered

About sheriff backstrom's
finances.

Oh, well,
there's no indication

That he received,
uh, cash, gifts,

Properties from oregon,
United States, or offshore.

He still lives in
the same house he paid off

42 years ago, and -- oh --
and his vacations

Are very few and far between,
and they're cheap --

Dismissed.

Traitor.

[ scoffs ]

[ sighs ]
[ door slams ]

You need to stop fixating
on your father

And convince dr. Chaman
to withdraw that envelope.

You know,
I've got a couple months'

Vacation time
coming to me.

I'd like to
request one.

To cooch county?
Do I really need to tell you

Where I'm gonna go
on my vacation?

What about
the murder?

The thing to do in that
situation is to have the sheriff

Of cooch county
make the arrest.

[ chuckles ] you know, it seems
to me you're more interested

In getting your father
on some corruption charge

Than apprehending
a murderer.

I'm so sorry.

I'm on vacation right now,
and you keep talking shop.

[ door opens ]

If I read that envelope
while you're on vacation,

I may have to tell old blue
to take away your gun and badge.

I'll send a postcard.

[ bell dings ]

[ squeegee taps ]

You know, when I hired you
to drive me, I didn't ask you

To bring along
your mommy.

[ scoffs ]
not my idea.

God, you guys really did grow up
in the sticks, didn't you?

[ bell jingles ]

Pretty much.

Everett, that guy in there,
he says he knows you.

Oh, great.

So much for sneaking in and out
of town without being noticed.

Oh, it's okay --
I told him we came

To see my mother
at the retirement home.

You mean the retirement
trailer park?

Is that really
why you came?

Yeah.
Hmm?

Plus, I need you to
promise me -- promise me --

That you won't tell blue
that valentine is his son.

Why don't you tell him
the other reason?

What other reason?

I believe you should
visit the place

Where your mother's ashes
were scattered.

Wh-why?

Uh, so that you can tell her
you forgive her

For committing suicide and
leaving you all alone with blue.

You're in on this?

If I have to make peace
with my mother,

Why shouldn't you
make peace with yours?

Everett?

Why are you bringing
a great, big rifle

And hundreds of rounds
of ammunition with you?

I am on vacation. I plan
on doing a little hunting.

Now could we go,
please?

[ birds chirping ]

Hey!
Where are we going?

Rocha's informant's
last words were "rock bottom."

Understandable
he felt that way,

Since he was bleeding
to death and all.

No, it's not a feeling.
Rock bottom is a literal place.

Hey, yeah,
for me, too.

The rock bottom I'm talking
about is a low-lying strip

Of land next to a creek
or a river.

And you're gonna
check the place out?

[ sighs ] no, I'm gonna
arrest a meth dealer

And a murderer,
and I'm gonna put

A corrupt sheriff
on trial.

That way,
the chief can't can me

Just because
I've got high cholesterol.

Now, if I see anything scary,
we're gonna sneak out of here

And come back
with the cavalry.

[ car doors closing ]

[ indistinct conversation
in distance ]

There he is --
edgar norwest.

Hey, what do you got?
Shh!

Okay.

Okay, so what
do we do now?

What do we do now?
We get the hell out of here.

What?

[ grunts ]
call in air strikes.

Hey. That's your guy,
isn't it?

And what looked
like a ton of meth.

Listen, if we wait
for the cavalry,

It could all be gone.

We are outnumbered.
I need backup.

[ engine turns over ]

Okay.
Now there's only one.

Shoot him.

What?

Concoct a story.
I'll back you up.

That's crazy.

You said he stabbed the boy
and god knows who else.

Shoot him.

[ gun cocks ]

Come on. Do it.

[ sighs ]
I can't.

Valentine!
No! No! No!

Freeze! Fbi.
Freeze, or I'll ice you.

This is native land.

Even the fbi has to ask
permission to come here.

I'm pretty sure the fbi can do
whatever the hell they want.

No way you're a fed.
And what the hell is he?

Portland police bureau.

This is indian land!

Valentine!

Get on your knees and put
your hands behind your head.

I mean it.
I will not miss the next time.

Like I did that time.
Totally on purpose.

Give me that.
Go cuff norwest.

How do you know
my name?

Slap them on till they hurt,
behind his back.

[ handcuffs click ]
I know how to work handcuffs.

These aren't the gay,
fun-filled,

Furry-lined kind,
okay?

He slips out of these,
you're gonna get

A lot more than
a spanking.

Promises, promises.

[ grunts ]

Yikes.
Is that the murder weapon?

Stand him up.

[ grunts ]

We got to get out
of here.

A lot easier
to shoot him.

You're gonna wish
you had.

[ bell jingles ]

Really?
Gas again, valentine?

It's oil. This thing burns
more oil than gas.

Who are you guys
really?

I told you already --

Portland police bureau,
special crimes.

Let me go.
I'll give you $10,000.

Really?
You hear that, valentine?

He wants to give us $10,000.
What do you think?

I think he's lying
and that he's gonna

Hunt us down and kill us
with his big knife.

This is cooch county.

Don't you got to turn me over
to blue backstrom?

Oh, you'd like that,
wouldn't you?
[ chuckles ]

'cause you're
paying him off.

Everybody knows you can't
pay off blue backstrom.

Everybody knows
you can't transport meth

Across cooch county
without blue getting a cut.

Blue's a rattlesnake.

I stay out of his way,
he stays out of mine.

[ siren chirps ]

Oh, you've got to be
kidding me. God!

[ sighs ]

I heard
you were in town.

We're here on an official
police operation, dad.

Dad? He's your dad?

Okay.

What sort of official
police operation, son?

I'm transporting a fugitive
to the city of portland, okay?

So just go be
about your business.

This is cooch county, son.
It's all my business.

Especially
a handcuffed indian in a...

Communist car
you got here.

Listen to me.

That son of a bitch
takes me into custody,

You're gonna find me
at the pearly gates.

I don't know your religion,
but going around stabbing people

In the spleen typically
doesn't lead to heaven.

Pearly gates is
an abandoned mercury mine.

What?
Yeah. It --

Yo, uh, tombstone,
a got a question for you.

Does everything in your county
have a funny little name?

I'll bet
you've been called

A few funny little names
yourself.

Here's what
we're gonna do.

We're gonna abide
by the law,

Gonna argue our respective cases
in front of judge nunn.

She'll tell us
what'll happen after that.

Yeah, I'm so sorry, dad.
I can't make it.

Just not dressed
for court.

It's cooch county, son.
We don't stand on formalities.

I want my lawyer.

I demand to be transported
with my fugitive.

Fine with me. You want to
be handcuffed together?

What methamphetamine,
your honor?

I don't see
any methamphetamine.

Go to rock bottom.
You'll see it.

I can't do that. Why?
Because, like you, I'm white.

And rock bottom

Is on the wabacooche
first nations reservation.

Show me on a map.

You had no right to be there
without an invitation

From the wabacooche reservation
tribal police.

Did you have that permission,
lieutenant backstrom?

[ grunts ]

Sheriff backstrom,
you got a dog in this fight?

Norwest here is
a murderous son of a bitch

Who owns
the tribal police.

Now,
if you want my opinion --

My client was kidnapped
at gunpoint from indian land,

Shot at by a civilian.

There is no warrant for his
arrest and no probable cause

To hold him.

I do not appreciate
being interrupted.

[ scoffs ]
where are we? Deadwood?

Norwest
is a person of interest

In a homicide investigation
in portland, your honor.

You got a warrant?

[ sighs ]

No.

No, I don't.

But I don't need one.
I mean, look at him.

He's covered
in neck tattoos.

Guy's bad news.
That's racist.

I got to let the bad-news,
murderous son of a bitch go.

Thank you, your honor.

[ muffled ]
thank the lieutenant,

Who grossly mishandled
the legal niceties.

Beer.

Coming up.

I heard you quit
drinking.

It's beer.
Beer is not drinking.

If you'd have kept
your nose out,

Norwest would be in jail
right now.

Judge nunn is
willing to issue me

A warrant
for your arrest.

[ laughs ]
kidnapping.

I told her it wasn't you
who did the kidnapping,

But your spunky
little gay fella.

By "spunky" you better
mean badass, old man.

Do you mind?

Go on, spunky.

Norwest will now go to ground
on the reservation

Till we all
forget about him.

[ exhales sharply ]

You, that judge, and that lawyer
conspired to figure out

A way to let norwest go
and make it look legal.

Why the hell
would I do that?

"why?"
[ chuckles ]

He's running
a big meth operation.

Nothing goes on
in this town

That you don't have
under your thumb.

He keeps his operation
on the reservation.

It's not my concern.

He's paying you off.

Get out of my county,
everett.

Valentine:
Lou's spending the night

At the trailer park
with her mother.

Good for her.

It's on the way
to the interstate.

I say we pack up,
we pick her up,

And we get the hell
out of cooch.

That's exactly what blue
wants us to do -- run.

What are we staying for?

[ knock on door ]

[ grunts ]

You promised me
a part in this investigation.

Yeah, then I remembered
what happened

To the last guy
you worked with --

He got gutted like a fish.

Rocha, no.
[ straining ] get -- get off!

You think anybody would care
if I choked the life out of you?

[ grunting ]

Hey, hey, hey, hey!
Hey, get off of him!

Let's all
settle down here.

[ panting ]

What's going on here?

What are
you guys doing here?

Well, we figured you were coming
up here for edgar norwest.

Gravely: Alone.

Plus tangling with old blue.
Yeah, and if you mess up,

You lose your job,
what happens to us?

Wait, I thought we decided
not to say that part.

No. Saving your jobs is the part
that makes it sound true.

♪ that old jukebox
don't play my song no more ♪

You had norwest
in custody?

He was alone. It seemed
like a good idea at the time.

Ha. You took him
from rock bottom?

Bold move,
considering it's indian land.

Yeah, blue and his cronies
let him go,

But I came away
with this.

Whoa.
Is this the murder weapon?

That's your job,
"noodlemayer."

Where is norwest now?

Hiding out
at the reservation.

That's okay,
'cause captain rocha

Can still go get him.
Rocha: Now you need me?

Go to hell,
the whole bunch of you.

We'll give you sole credit
for the collar.

That easy?
What do you get?

The main reason
the lieutenant is here

Is not
for edgar norwest.

Then what is it?

♪ on my brain, oh! ♪

♪ that old jukebox
don't play my song no more ♪

I want to bust my dad
on corruption charges.

I never
heard any rumors

About blue backstrom
being a crooked cop.

That's how good he is.

Then what
do you suggest?

Take moto.
He'll help you arrest the guy.

I'm a good man
in a fight.

Unh-unh. No white guys
on the reservation.

What?
"white guys"?

If you're not an indian,
you're a white guy.

All right, why don't you
take moto, and he'll just --

He can go with you to
the reservation border,

Just as backup?

You don't trust
the lieutenant --

That's understandable,
but you can trust us.

♪ that old jukebox
don't play my song no more ♪

Okay.

Let's go.

Wait! Right now?
Yeah.

Gravely: Staking out the lawyer
was a waste of time.

Almond: Be patient.

Right.

That's kritko.

Is he drunk?

He looks hurt.

[ sighs ]

Mr. Kritko.
Are you all right?

Who are you?

Portland police bureau.

Looks like
you've been assaulted.

I'm fine.
Thank you for your concern.

[ keys jingle ]

[ engine turns over ]

What the hell
was that?

My guess is,
he saw the light.

Probably decided to resign
as norwest's lawyer,

Norwest took exception and...
Gave him a good ear twist.

John.

Detective gravely.

John, blue backstrom
tore that lawyer's ear off

And drove him
out of town.

Welcome
to cooch county.

[ horn honks ]

What happened?

[ car door closes ]
moto: We got a big problem.

Rocha's not answering
his phone.

Looks like you tried to
get on the reservation.

Tribal cops turned me away --
no white guys.

They kicked my ass.

Norwest has got him.
Rocha's in trouble.

I'm checking to see
if captain rocha's cellphone

Is still
broadcasting his gps.

Norwest's lawyer left town
late last night.

He'd been roughed up.

Norwest
beat up his lawyer?

Ear torn off?

How did
you know that?

That's my dad's
signature move

When he wants to get
someone to leave town.

Hold on a second.

Sheriff backstrom
assaulted a lawyer?

I've been trying
to tell you people,

But all you see is the noble,
old-cowboy sheriff.

I got it.
Here are the coordinates.

That's in the middle
of nowhere.

On or off
the reservation?

Miles from the reservation.
Plausible deniability.

Yeah. His location hasn't
changed in over an hour.

Niedermayer,
you and moto get up there.

That's a good job.
Yeah.

Be careful, guys --
vests and guns.

All right, so...

[ engine turns over ]

[ tires screech ]

[ car doors open, close ]

[ echoing ]
captain rocha?

He's been stabbed.
We've got you.

[ echoing ] that's a lot
of blood, niedermayer.

It's the common
iliac artery.

Then he was kicked?

I'm gonna have to reach in there
and plug the artery.

Otherwise,
he's gonna bleed out.

Okay, do it.

It's gonna cause a lot of pain.
The shock could kill him.

I don't see
you got much choice.

I apologize,
captain rocha.

[ groans ]

[ indistinct talking over p.A. ]

Afternoon, everyone.
Captain rocha still in surgery?

Going on three hours.

That means they're still
fighting for him.

He's got a chance.

So, the knife work
was consistent

With the killing
of jeremy chase.

It had to be norwest.

It had to be.
See, he nicks the artery.

And he leaves him in the middle
of nowhere to die.

I should call
amy gazanian.

Why?

Because...She would
really like to know.

Those things
are gonna kill you.

You gonna make me quit?
Twist my ear off?

Why ain't you up with the rest
of your people?

Maybe you're hoping
the man dies,

Considering he's the one
that took amy away from you.

I haven't had amy
in years, dad.

How could anyone take her
away from me?

She came back
to portland.

You had a chance to set
your life right.

She chose another man because
you're a common drunk.

Oh, no.
I'm not common.

I'm spectacular.

Rocha dies, this becomes
a murder in my county.

Now, I'd appreciate it if, uh,
y'all get the hell

Out of the way and, uh,
let me do my job.

How come you never told me
that mom killed herself?

I thought it would be
better for you

If she died
in childbirth.

My whole life,
I believed that you hated me

Because
I killed my mother.

And you let me
believe that.

I'm you.

Oh.

I'm a cowboy.

I live
the cowboy way --

Staunch, loyal, upright,
and true.

I'm a man of rectitude
and of few words.

Well, there's another trait
I didn't pass on to you.

I have a wife who I loved
and a bunch of cowboy sons,

And then she gets pregnant again
for the last time -- a mistake.

She has a boy.

And I look at him...
And I think...

"that's no son of mine."

And then I realize,
"oh, wait a minute.

She cheated on me."

Aah!

[ grunts ]

Damn!

[ exhales sharply ]

So that's a "no"?

I hate you because I believe
in doing the right thing

And being a good man,
and you don't believe

In anything --
you never have.

"doing the right thing"?

I protect innocent people
from bad people

By putting bad people
in jail.

Oh. Or forcing them
out of town.

Whatever has to be done.

Norwest stabs a cop
in my county?

That crosses a line.

Whatever it takes, huh?

Oh, he'll never do anything
bad to anybody else again.

That's why I became a cop --
to help good people.

You don't even believe
in good people.

Why did you
become a cop?

I'll save you some time --
to compete with me.

You lose again.

Valentine:
Little man in big boots,

Making everyone do
what he wants.

Big man
in a little pond.

Your son everett backstrom
is twice the cop you are.

And you should be proud
of him.

Who do you think
you are?

[ chuckles ]

Well...

I'm louise finster's son.

Valentine.
And I'm your son.

[ groans ]

So what you have here
is two sons

Telling their old man
to go to hell.

It's impressive the way
he just walks away.

[ chuckles ]

A real cowboy.

Yeah.

But he broke the first rule
of being a cowboy.

[ chuckles ]

Don't talk too much.
[ engine turns over ]

[ engine shuts off ]

Your dad out and out admitted
he'd killed norwest?

Might as well have.

Well, how do you know
the body's buried here?

Norwest told me where dad
gets rid of the bodies.

That's certainly
intimidating.

Am I gonna
get cancer here?

Uh, I-if you don't
drink the water,

Touch the soil,
or breathe the air,

You should be fine.

This is well-maintained.
No signs of it being picked.

Can you pick it?

Uh, maybe.

Fresh tire tracks.

Animal tracks, too.

Coyote,
possum, buzzard.

Look at that.

Fox scat, possum,
lots of birds.

Who are you?
Daniel boone?

They're all carrion
tracks, almond.

Lieutenant?!

That's edgar norwest.

Well, somebody emptied
an entire shotgun into him,

Both barrels.
Why's he naked?

Well, he was clothed
at the time he was killed.

How do you know that?

There's fibers in the wounds,
so he was stripped after death.

Probably find his clothes
in the back of the mine.

The best way to dispose
of human remains is

To open the corpse up,
leaving it for scavengers.

Three days,
there's nothing left.

How do you
want to handle this?

Niedermayer,
you stay here.

Make sure this body
doesn't get eaten any more

Than it already has and
take some photos of the area.

Almond,
you're with me.

[ bell dings ]

You know, we have regular
a.A. Meetings in my church.

Eh,
it won't do any good.

I'm toast, almond.

Dr. Deb is gonna
pull my physical.

Well, keeping your job is not
the only reason to get help.

You gonna leave poor niedermayer
out there all night?

I haven't decided
who to call.

I'm you.

Just kidding.

[ chuckles ]
[ bell dings ]

But I do have sympathy
for your dilemma.

Really?

But you believe blue
killed norwest?

Then call
the state police.

I don't
have much evidence.

You're not looking
to convict here.

You're looking
to open an investigation.

Okay.
So what would you do?

Norwest was a murderer.

11 people
that we know about.

If rocha lives,
he may be brain-damaged.

So, you're saying my dad
was right to kill him?

We both know cops
who have crossed the line.

You and me have done it
ourselves.

So you think I shouldn't
accuse my father?

I want you to consider the
matter of your immortal soul.

My what?

Your soul.

If you turn in your father,

You should do it
for the right reasons.

Not because it's your last
chance and you hate him.

I see what you're doing.

Devil's advocate.

A man turns
on his own father,

He'd better be certain
in his heart.

Yes. This is
lieutenant everett backstrom

With the special crimes unit
of the portland police bureau.

I want to report a murder
in wabacooche county.

No. I can't call
the sheriff's office.

We have evidence

The sheriff might have
committed the murder.

We have tire tracks,
bootprints, gps evidence

That indicates that sheriff
blue backstrom was present

At the time and place
the victim was murdered.

[ indistinct conversations ]

Man: Sheriff backstrom,
I have to inform you

That you are under investigation
for the murder of edgar norwest.

You are hereby suspended,

And I am asking you
for your gun and your badge.

I also
require your boots.

You want my boots,
get yourself a damn warrant.

[ sighs ]

[ car door opens ]

[ engine turns over ]

[ birds chirping ]

So, this is where
mom's ashes were scattered.

Now what?

Say a prayer.

Tell her
how you're doing.

[ sighs ]

Dear, mom,
this is your son everett.

I just
want to let you know...

That because of me, dad is being
investigated for murder.

[ snorts ]

So -- what?
[ sighs ]

Hello, mrs. Backstrom.
It's very nice to meet you.

My name's gregory valentine.
And I am your son's brother.

Wish we had flowers.

Yeah.

The bowl
my mom made for me.

[ gasps ]
it's beautiful.

Everett!

Thank you.

Hey, mom.

Listen.

I know that there's no afterlife
or god or heaven or hell,

But if, on the off chance,
I'm wrong

And you can hear me,

Will you please send me
some kind of sign

That I did the right thing?

[ sniffles ]

[ sniffs ]

That's what I thought.

[ sighs ]

My name is everett,
and I'm an alcoholic.

All: Hello, everett.

I...

[ sighs ]

I'm also partial
to prescription medications,

Gambling.

I suppose I should throw in
nicotine, food, porn.

[ laughter ]

And I've been known to lie,
especially to, uh,

Try and keep my job.

[ sighs ]
right? [ chuckles ]

I'm you,
and I'm an alcoholic.

I'm me,
and I'm an alcoholic,

And I just wanted to share
with you...

How I've recently hit bottom.

It all started...

When I got called up to lead

This elite unit of cops.

I got a promotion.

And, uh, the unit was
very successful.

They're pretty okay.

They support me.

It's the first time in my life
that I feel like

I've been a part of a team.

[ scoffs ]

I recently discovered
I had a brother.

[ chuckles ]

[ sighs ]

A woman that I loved...

A woman that I love

Recently came back
into my life.

I stood up to my dad...
[ clears throat ]

A man who beat me
and belittled me my entire life.

I went to the place where my
mother's ashes were scattered.

And...

I felt something.

I guess, when I talk
about it all...

[ chuckles ]

...Like that,
it just sounds pretty good.

But I've never felt worse.

I hit rock bottom.

I'm you.

I'm you.

[ voice breaking ]
I'm you.

I'm everybody, I guess.

And I'm here...

Because I am powerless
over my addiction.

And my life,

Which suddenly
means something to me...

Has become unmanageable.

[ sobs ]

Bravo.

Bravo, I say.

[ applause ]

[ sniffles ]

So now what?