In Plain Sight (2008–2012): Season 3, Episode 4 - Whistle Stop - full transcript

- Previously on
In Plain Sight...

I don't think we should
get married in July.

Or at all.

You and I...

We don't work.

I do love you.

But enough?

- Big day.
- We hope, we hope.

Knock, uh...Knock--
knocking on...

Jesus, are there any
dead tree products around here?

Got our balls hanging out here,
luck-wise.



Ah.

Ah.

- Thank you, Earl.
- Yeah.

Thank you very much.

Okay, so listen.
- Mm-hmm.

It's just another day
at the office, all right?

That's how you act
no matter what.

You're there to do the job
the same

As you've been doing
eight years.

If you get in trouble,
just say the word "ticker tape."

Understand?
Ticker tape.

- Ticker tape.
- Ticker tape. That's right.

And we'll bust in there
and get you right out.

All right.



All right.

This is the day.
I can feel it.

Love the confidence.

You fake it almost
as well as I do.

Earl, you know Craig Mulhaney.

Yeah, sure.

Hey, Craig.
Good to see you again.

Come on in.

Anything metal or electronic
in the bag.

Don't have my boarding pass.

Anything metal or electronic
in the bag.

Is that a problem?

No.

Aah! Oh!

I'm so sorry.
I'll be right back.

God damn it.

- Make a note--
9:17 A.M.,

Earl took himself offline,

Did not issue the code
for extraction.

He's on his own.

Have a seat.

Forgive me, Mr. Pruett.

- Basic double entry.
- Mm-hmm.

18th of may...
Second account...

Check out over here...

- I saw--

I saw everything.

The money that the company
is laundering,

The people that we're
laundering it for.

You were right.

I mean, drug dealers,
terrorists, mobsters.

This is getting very big, very
complicated.

- Is there a ledger?
- Yes.

There's nothing online,
nothing on computer.

Just this little book.

Yeah, that's, uh...

That's too bad.

What? Why?

Because now we gotta
go in and bust

A bunch of dirty white guys

Because we are gonna make
a federal case out of this...

Thanks to the man here!
Huh?

Yeah!

Since 1970, the federal
Witness Protection program

Has relocated
thousands of witnesses--

Some criminal, some not--

To neighborhoods
all across the country.

Every one of those individuals
shares a unique attribute,

Distinguishing them
from the rest

Of the general population.

And that is,
somebody wants them dead.

Adam, I understand,
but it's my 13 cents.

Yes, Adam.

I keep calling you that, Adam,
because that's your name,

And I'm trying to humanize
this conversation.

My weekly paychecks have been
one Penny short for 13 weeks.

Well, I know that, Adam,
because I know how much I make.

We're both federal employees.

We serve the hard-working
taxpayer.

We have an obligation
to be precise.

Now, imagine, Adam,
that what's happening to me

Is happening
on a massive scale.

Every week,
and somebody--

- Let me take this.
Hi, Adam. Bye, Adam.

What?

- You're--
you're three cents short.

I'm charging for my time.

What is that?

My first work of origami.

You know, it's--

- Stop now, or you will never
get laid again.

Good morning, guys.
How are you?

That's nice.

Denver FBI's got
a priority case.

Wheels up in one hour.
Have a good trip.

Yeah, they're on the way.

Happy to help.

Help. The absolute worst
of the four-letter words.

And the one I know best.

The 6 year old on tip toes
peering into Brandy's crib.

My mother on the bedroom floor
scrounging for the booze...

That word coming out of their mouths like a gasp

Like destiny... Help...

I've learnt over time help does not
*** or hold the ladder still.

It means "Hey, I screwed up,
now what are we gonna do?"

Help, more than anything, is the not so
subtle herald of the appearance of belief.

And don't get me even started
on happy to help him.

I'm clocking three assistants
to every Agent.

Do you have any idea
how much that costs

Before overtime?

Literally the cost of just

Six figures an hour.

It's the posing I can't stand.

They look like models
with guns.

Self-centered, arrogant,
vapid...

- Bull-headed,
lazy FBI jackwads.

Not to mention tall,
well-educated,

And rarely, if ever, wrong.

Inspector Shannon,
inspector mann...

Hi. You're late.

Mike Faber.

Our informant,
Earl donaldson, 38,

Chief accountant
at world one financial,

Came to us three years ago

When he started suspecting
his ceo

Of illegally laundering cash.

Yeah, read it. Thanks.
Up to speed.

We execute warrants
in two days,

Go in, seize key evidence,
and make our arrests.

Transport's on standby.

Oh, you need to know
Mr. Donaldson

Hasn't completely agreed
to all aspects

Of entering Witness Protection.

How not completely?

Mr. Donaldson has no idea
he even needs

To be in Witness Protection.

What have you been telling him
the last three years?

What he needed to know then.

You tell him what he needs
to know now.

Isn't that your job, kitten?

Kitten?

Jackass.

So we can't have contact
with anybody ever again?

Normally it's just you,
your wife, and your children.

But if there are
extenuating circumstances

Involving other family members,
we can assess those with you.

Oh, come on.

I mean, pruett's not exactly
the killing type.

He's a banker.
He's a member of the aclu.

It's not pruett
that we're worried about.

It's who he's laundering for.

We know this is upsetting,
Mr. Donaldson,

But to ensure your safety,
it really is the only option.

Try looking at it as
a fresh start.

I don't want a fresh anything.

I--I love my life.

I just bought a houseboat.

You said,
"get the evidence."

I did.

I--I got you the ledger.

- Right.
- I told you where it is.

- Right.
- I told you what it proves.

I did that.

Then you said, if I did that,

After the trial, I'm done.

No, no, that is what you said!
All right?

What is so different
all of a sudden?

I'll tell you.
Well, first of all,

Pruett's operation is bigger
than we ever thought.

There's lots more players,
and they don't play very nice.

I didn't know.
I didn't know.

You didn't know.

It's not like it's a ball

That we could ever see coming
or control.

But listen to me, Earl,

Think of the possibilities.

If you go into
Witness Protection,

You've got a free pass
for the rest of your life.

Five-star hotels--

You're gonna be shooting golf
on championship courses

From dawn till dusk.
Hey...Hey!

- You said you wanted a new car.
- Shut up!

Everything Agent Faber just said
is all lies.

WITSEC's not a game show.
You didn't just win a vacation.

There's not tee times
or mints on the pillows

Or seats in the front
of the plane.

But what it is
is preferable to death.

It's nicer than being hunted
like an animal,

Or watching your family
be tortured

And butchered and what? What?
- Well, clearly you're just--

You're a gifted little actress,
aren't you?

Because that's actually
a trick.

It's an old trick.
Good cop, bad cop.

Something we abandoned
in the 20th century.

Apparently the fringe offices
didn't get the memo.

Excuse us, Agent Faber needs
a little me time.

You know what?
Stop lying.

- I'm embellishing.
- Don't.

I did and I will.

What, you're gonna tell me
that you never--

- No. Never to my witnesses.

Yeah, okay, that's
obviously a lie.

Earl needs to know
that what he's getting into

Doesn't involve egyptian cotton.

Espresso, single.
Double.

Look, we all know that
there are "a" deals,

"b" deals, and "c" deals.

I'll just take it up
with the Attorney General

And make it an a-plus.
And do me a favor, okay?

Would you please cut down
on the torture porn?

I need your help
to ease him in.

Make mine a double venti.

- Triple.
- Seriously?

'cause I'm just ordering coffee.

Double triple.

All right, look.

Earl is a good guy.
He's not an easy guy.

He's prickly, he's opinionated,
and he's smart.

The past three years I've been
carrying him across

This tightrope,

And I need to get him
to the other side.

I also need to know that
he's gonna be okay.

So you tell me--you tell me,
how do we do that?

Pay the man.

And a stipend of 600.

Per day?

- Per week, but--

- Well, like Mary said,

You'll have access
to your liquid assets

After the first month.

That's a lot to think about,
you know?

You and I,
we talked about everything.

We never talked about this.

I know, but this is for
your safety.

Right.

So, uh, witness protection--
it's voluntary, right?

- Technically, but--
- it's your call.

Statistically speaking,

How many of the people
who don't go in

End up hurt, killed, you know?

Earl, you know who
never gets touched?

The people with the power
to hurt their enemies.

Once you testify,
you've used up all that power.

There's no cards left to play.

You're just a target.

So what you need to become is
a target that can't be found.

What if I don't testify?

Don't go there, Earl.
Seriously.

Tomorrow there's gonna be
two kinds of people

At your company--

Witnesses and defendants.

I need time.
I need to think.

Just don't mention WITSEC
to your family.

For security purposes, we'll
need to be with you for that.

Fine.

All right, good.

Good, Earl.
You think about it.

We'll figure it all out.

Chief inspector McQueen?

- Stan.
- Actually, it's Charlie, sir.

No, I'm stan.

Oh, right.
Sorry, sir.

- And don't call me sir.
- Yes, sir.

- And don't say "yes, sir."
- okay.

See? A habit you're well
on your way to breaking.

- Right.
- What's up?

This just came through
for inspector mann.

It's flagged as an emergency.

I don't know if it's got to him
in the field yet.

This is not good.

So Ricky dumont is
ck "the rule" dupree?

- Was.
- Undefeated light heavyweight.

Two fights from
the championship.

That dupree.
Dumont now.

Sorry, it won't happen again.

I'm just so--
I mean, Ricky, in WITSEC!

Thanks, Charlie.

I thought maybe I could
ride along,

Get a little street time...

Learn from the master?

Sorry, I don't do proteges,

And until you're
fully credentialed,

You're riding the desk.

Okay.

- Pull Ricky's file--
m.O.U.

Give it a read while I'm out.

Give me your thoughts
when I'm back.

- Yes--
thank you.

What? What?

Yeah! Yeah!

Ha ha ha ha!

I need it, man.
Come on, give it to me.

Come on, bolano.
Come on.

You guys are fighters, right?
Show me what you got! Unh!

Oh, no.

Ricky.

I'm with him.
He's a friend of mine.

Hey. Hey, that's enough.
That's enough!

Hey, that's enough.
That's enough.

Get out of here, Arnie.
You gonna get hurt.

- Stop it!
- Come on, bolano.

Hit me again.
Ricky...

Ricky, fight's over.

Fight's over, man.

Let's go home. Come on.
No. No!

Ricky, stop the fight.

I got him right
where I need him!

Give it to me.

Come on, give it to me!

Yeah!

Ahh! Ahh!

Whoo!

We did it, Arnie!
Put me down.

- We did it!
- Put me down, please.

We did it, Arnie!
We did it!

Yeah. Yeah.

- You all right?
- Yeah.

Let's go, buddy.
Let's go home, okay?

- What's wrong, Arnie?
- Ricky, hey, I'm not Arnie.

Stan McQueen.
I work with inspector mann.

Whatever you say, Arnie.

It's not funny.
It's not funny.

And you hanging at this gym
is really not funny.

Where else am I gonna hang?

Anywhere but a place
you're gonna get recognized.

Man, we talked about this.

A long time ago.
Remember?

Ricky, you know where we are?

Outside.

- What city?
- Albuquerque.

All right.

Well, why does that matter,
Arnie?

At first it looked a lot
like madoff.

A lot of missing money,
not enough tax being paid.

Solid, a little boring.

Then, six months ago,
Earl gets a promotion,

Gets deeper inside.

Sees the funds being funneled
through the trading desk

And sent clean and untraceable
to Gerard neustadter,

Based in Berlin.

Banker to various
afghan terror groups.

Xiang li, of the shin woo
crime syndicate.

And Robbie Jackson,
a narcotics trafficker

Out of Chicago,
and his team of enforcers.

Now, these guys we cannot let
wiggle out of the net.

Huh...The case actually
doesn't suck.

No, not bad, considering
how burdened you are

By limitless resources.

And on that slightly
lighter note,

Anybody ready for dinner?

Janine, will you
come in here, please?

We've got a 24-hour chef
on call.

Make you anything you want--
thanks, janine--

As long as it's from
the hamburger joint

Around the corner.

Well, it's all pretty solid.

The only thing
you screwed up was Earl.

I know I'm gonna regret this,
but go on.

- You treated him like
an evidence-delivery system

Instead of a human being.

Why wait till the last minute

For us to come in
and do the hard part?

Whoa, whoa, let me stop you
right there, kitten.

What you do isn't easy,

But the hard part takes
three years, 7,000 man hours,

And puts 257 career criminals
from nine countries in jail.

Earl came to me, okay.
He volunteered.

This case evolved.

Evolved? Gimme a break.

It evolved six months ago when
the bond villains popped up.

You couldn't afford
to have him spooked.

Point being?

Point being,
if you want him safe

And in WITSEC,

You need to admit what you did
and tell him you were wrong.

First of all, I wasn't.

Second of all, why?

Look, we've seen this before.

Earl is in shock,

And that shock is
taking the form of denial.

The only thing that'll
shake him out of that

And get him where he needs to be
is the truth.

Yeah, great.

Well, all I know
is the facts of the case

And my informant.

Earl is gonna be just fine

As long as everybody
does their jobs.

So set your dials to receive,

'cause tomorrow I want him
happy, excited, and closed.

Or what?

Or I'm gonna be
a very big part of your life

For a long time.

And that is what I call
a motivating threat.

Wow.

Hey, um...

Is she seeing anybody?

Uh, your family's
not supposed to be here.

They don't know who you are.

I haven't told them anything
about this yet, all right?

I told them you were clients.
But I will tell them.

And when I do, it'll be alone,
by myself, when I'm ready.

All right,
just take it easy, buddy.

- "buddy"? No, no. What--what--
what's my aunt's name?

- Um--what?
- My aunt!

If we were buddies,
what's her name?

Where does she live?
How often do I see her, huh?

Do I get to bring her
into WITSEC?

- Like I said, if there's
extenuating circumstances--

- She's 89 years old.
She's losing her eyesight.

She lives with my cousin.

What if they
don't want to come?

And then my wife, she has
a sister who has five kids.

All right?

Listen, of course you don't
know any of this.

You don't know
a million things about me

Because they don't
help your case!

I will testify, all right?

But I have decided that I am
not going to avail myself

Of your services.

I can take care of myself.
All right, okay.

That's fine, that's fine.
Absolutely, sure, okay?

Tomorrow, 8:00 A.M., here.

We're gonna go over a few things
in the morning first

Before we go in, right?

He'll come around.

But here's what we're gonna do.

- No, uh-uh.
There's no "we" here.

You screwed this up
all by yourself,

You can fix it all by yourself.

And if you don't,

Earl's just waiting around
to get dead.

48 hours in Denver.

Well, at least
it seemed a lot longer

And ended up
being totally pointless.

I don't think it's over yet.

Oh, no.

I'm sensing
a pattern here, Agent Faber,

As primal
as it is manipulative.

You offer refreshment
when you want something.

Yeah, it's one of my father's
tried and true techniques,

Except he uses
scotch and hookers.

All right, look,
whatever I need to say

To get Earl into WITSEC,
I'll say it.

Confession, apology,
penance, silence,

I'm your man.

But I really,
really need to know

That he's not gonna be
out there by himself

When it starts to go down.

So you're ready to be
everything but sincere.

You want sincere,
I can do sincere.

You're sort of missing
the point of "sincere."

Never mind.

All right, we'll meet at
the same place in the park.

We'll run your mea culpa
before Earl gets there,

Then we'll lay out a few
worst case histories

Of people who didn't
join the program.

Then whatever's gonna happen
will happen.

- Okay, great.
- Great.

By the way, I've followed
your father's career,

And I think he's enormously
effective at what he does.

Very well put, Marshall.

So who's his father?

"the hatchet."

Marshall, I don't
want to hurt you.

- Congressman Faber.
- Wait.

That red-faced guy
who always yells

Even when there's microphones,
with the...

Stabbing finger thing,
and you can't see his eyes

'cause of that huge
jungle of eyebrows?

That guy?
Jack "the hatchet" Faber.

Minority whip, also known
as "bulljack,"

"crusher,"
and my favorite, "the thing."

- That's his dad?
- Uh-huh.

Uhh!
That guy's heinous.

Just ask his four wives
and nine kids

About the six rehab stints.

Six?
No, no, no, no, no.

Don't try to make me
feel sorry for Faber.

For all we know,
he worships "the thing."

Simply offering
some perspective.

Well, I don't want perspective.

I'm pissed we're still here.

I'm pissed he's got us
going out there again.

I want my righteous anger
fueled. Fuel me.

Okay, let's talk
about rounding,

Because that's what
they're saying

Is behind those pennies
that keep going missing

From my checks.

Rounding off,
that's really--

- No, no, not that, okay?
And no silence.

I just can't take
silence right now.

Okay.

Why aren't you wearing
your engagement ring?

Raph and I broke up.

I said no silence.

Right.

So, um...

Oh, my God.
Marshall, you're killing me.

I really don't know
what to say.

Now?

Now you don't know what to say?

For seven years,
I get a combo-geyser

Of Wikipedia,
Jeopardy, star trek,

Dead poets society,
and carnac the magnificent.

And now, the one time
I need a steady stream

Of useless, numbing babble,
I get car sounds.

Well, when did you two
break up?

No, no, no, no.
No questions.

Anyone can do questions.

I want pointless quotes,
useless trivia,

The downpour of idiocy
you've practically patented.

Come on,
it's a 20-minute car trip.

I don't want to think
about my life, okay?

Amaze me, annoy me,
distract me.

Is that so much to ask?

- This is so weird.
I-I-I-I got--I got nothin'.

Oh, my God, you're...

You're verbally impotent.

I swear this has never
happened before.

Great.

Neurosgeon says the whole
living in the past thing

Is pugilistic dementia.

Result of repeated
cranial trauma.

How do they cure it?

They can't.
It's gonna get worse.

He's also got
a subdural hematoma.

Blood swelling on the brain.

May or may not be
augmenting the dementia,

But the problem is, he keeps
thinking he's still 24,

Getting in fights.

One good shot to the head
could kill him.

Jesus.

His file.

Arnie Hubbard was Ricky's
trainer since he was 12.

Everything was good.
Then--

- Yeah, bookies wanted Ricky
to throw a fight.

Arnie said no.
Shot in a bar.

Ricky saw the whole thing,
testified.

Bad enough
he had to live it once.

Now he's gonna keep living it
over and over.

What do we do?

Hey, stan.
So what'd the doc say?

Stan?

That's your name, right?

So what'd the doc say?
Am I okay?

Well, Earl's never late.

Something's wrong.

That's Earl's car.

The key is in the ignition.

Mrs. Donaldson?

- Where's Earl?
- He's not home?

He said he was meeting
with you this morning.

He said today was the day
that you were going in,

Making the arrests.

- Wait, he told you that?
- Everything.

- Melis? Honey?
- Yeah?

- Are you okay?
- What--what do you mean?

What's going on with Earl?

What do you mean?
What about Earl?

He was arrested right here,
just a couple minutes ago.

By whom?
What did you see?

I saw two guys,
a black sedan, badges.

Okay.

FBI doesn't have him.

Wasn't the marshals.

Or the local or the state.

So who's got him?

Look, Ricky, I don't know
how much you're aware

Of what's going on with you,
medically.

I need to lose some weight.

Yeah. Well, uh,
there's more.

There's--
you have moments,

Incidents where
you're kind of not here.

Hmm.
What do you mean?

You're not yourself sometimes.

You need care in a home.

Like for old people?

I'm 35.

You're hurt.

And I don't want to see you
get hurt worse, okay?

Now, Charlie here has got
some information.

We're gonna get you lined up
someplace nice.

I gotta talk to Arnie.

Ricky.

Arnie's dead, remember?

Right.

Right.

I'm sorry.
Nah.

You've got nothing
to be sorry about.

No, I got a whole lot.

I should have--
I should have gone along.

I should have thrown
that fight.

I should have
looked out for Arnie

The way he lked out for me.

Instead, I stood there,

They shot him,

And I watched him die.

What for?

Pride?

Money?

Don't got any of them anymore.

But I got plenty
to be sorry about.

I can't believe this.

- We're--we're gonna
find him, okay?

What am I gonna tell my girls?

Mrs. Donaldson,

When exactly did Earl tell you

About his work with the FBI?

Um, last night,

When he told me about pruett

And the FBI,
the Witness Protection.

But why so--

- So if the house
is bugged--

- Explains the timing.

Whoever's listening hears
and makes the move.

Earl sees the badge,
goes right along.

But what do they want?
Information? Ransom?

Earl dead?

How long before you can
get a team over here

To do a sweep?

Yeah.
For that one. Thank you.

Here are the recent photos
of Earl.

Okay. Thanks.

Melissa, we'll get him back.

I promise.

Earl said you promised a lot.

That you were good at that.

Earl's a very trusting guy.

I mean, it must have been easy.

I mean, you barely had to work
to make him your friend.

He told me all about that.

Do you know
what you did to him?

My husband?

You used him and then
made him feel like nothing.

And he was sick of it,

And he was gonna do something.

He was gonna take care of us.

He was gonna have
the power now!

If he is hurt or dead--
- take it easy.

You did it!
You did it!

You did it!
All right.

- You did--
- okay.

Okay.
You did it!

You did it!
Come on, come on.

You did! You did!

- Hi.
- Hey. Here.

- Thanks. Thank you.
- Look it over, will you?

So you know
who my father is, right?

Yeah. Of course.

I hate him.

And not--not
because of like, uh,

Tensions or issues
or any of that garbage.

It's just, I really--I really
hate that guy, you know?

But I tell you,

Fantastic at his job.

One of the great
legislators of our time.

Can get any bill passed
on the floor he wants.

And you know why?

He's a prick, he's a bully,

And all he cares about
is getting the job done.

The man's chairman
of the ethics committee,

He's got a conscience
of a gas chamber.

In government service,

That's who they name
the big buildings after.

Yeah, I haven't talked to him
in, like, eight years.

But somehow, somehow,
I've turned into him.

So how do you think
that happened, huh?

- I don't.
- Oh, come on, come on.

You called it, name it.
Come on, own it.

Look, Faber, we all come
from some kind of crap.

If you want to dwell,

Dwell on what's gonna
get Earl back.

Who took him and why?

Well, uh, you know, I think
it must have been, uh,

Something that he said
to Melissa.

They were listening, so...

So...

It must have scared them.

Something that he said to her.

Something about the case,
about me.

Something.

This is important, Melissa.

Okay, we need to know exactly
what he said last night

About what he was gonna do.

He was angry at Agent Faber.

He wasn't going into WITSEC.

- Uh, it was--it was something
that you told him

About not being a target,
not being weak or hiding,

That you need something
to make people afraid of you,

And he was gonna get it.

It was, uh,
something like a book,

A journal,
but he used another word.

- Ledger.
- Yeah.

What is going on here?
What is this?

This is a warrant.

Give me the combination.

Or I blow it open
and we add obstruction.

Your call.

- 1-5-8-7-6-0.

Aah!

Tell us where the ledger is.

Stan?

It's Ricky again.

He's back at the gym.

Oh, no.

Hey, Ricky.
Listen, hey, man, come on.

- Hut, hut!
- We talked about this.

No boxing.
What?

- It's not safe.
- What you talkin' about, Arnie?

I'm a boxer.

You believe this guy?

What do you want me to do?
Fighters fight.

Uhh, uhh!
Just hit.

What you always said,
right, Arnie?

I'm a fighter.
Right.

Right?
Huh, huh, heh!

All right, all right,
all right, all right.

All right, easy.
Easy, buddy. Come on.

Come on.
Yeah.

Let's go.
Come on.

I would be nobody
without this guy.

Let's go.

I'd be dead
in the gutter somewhere,

Wouldn't nobody even care.

- Uh-huh.

If it wasn't for Arnie here.

- Yeah. Let's go.
- What you talking about?

- We're going outside.
- What you talking about, Arnie?

I gotta train.
Come on.

You my trainer.
You know that.

Come on, let's hit it.

Come on, let's go a few rounds.

Oh, Ricky, I don't
think so, old man.

- Oh! Old man?
- Ricky, come on.

We're going outside,
we're going outside.

You want to see an old man?
Come on.

Climb under the ropes.

I don't fight
retarded grandpas, okay?

Back off.
Back off, okay?

- Who are you?
- Back off! Hey!

Don't you ever touch Arnie,
kid. You hear me? Ever!

Hey, hey, that's enough!
Enough!

That's enough.

Back off.

Ricky?

Buddy?

Ricky.

Did it go right?

Oh, God.

Rick!

Ricky?

Stay with me, buddy.

Call an ambulance!

Ricky, stay with me.

Stay with me.

Call an ambulance right now!

Ricky, stay with me.

Stay with me, buddy.

That's it, that's it.
I'm right here for you.

That's right. Listen,
I'm here, I'm here.

I'm Arnie.
I'm Arnie, see?

Arnie's here, Arnie's here.
Here he is. See?

There you go. That's it,
buddy. That's it, pal.

Come on, come on.
I'm right here with you.

I'm not going anywhere.
I'm not going anywhere.

Come on.
That's it.

Just stay with me.
Stay with me, buddy.

Get anything out of pruett?

The name of his law firm.

Earl's not at the morgue
or any of the hospitals.

How'd you do?

Still no information on
the location of Jackson's men.

But xiang li
and neustadter's enforcers

Are accounted for,
nowhere near here.

Where are you on the ledger?

My guys turned
his house, his car,

His office upside down.

Nothing.

He wouldn't have it on him.
That'd be stupid.

And Earl's not stupid.

Come on, you know the guy.
How would he play this?

- Smart. Too smart.
He'd over-think it.

If it's checkers,
he'd play chess.

All right, so you've got
something valuable,

Something you want to protect,

And you're
over-thinking safety,

Security.

Safety deposit box?

So where has Earl
got a checking account?

Western eagle bank.

He rented a safe deposit box
yesterday,

Before he told his wife
about WITSEC

And after he turned down
our offer of protection.

Has he accessed the box since?

Has not.

The bank closes in five.

I'll talk to the manager.
You guys stay outside.

Radio if you see anything.

Oh, Jesus.

Earl!

Keep your hands
where I can see them!

Don't move!
On your face!

Face down!
Roll over!

Hey.

Thank you.

Our deputies are with
Earl's wife and kids now,

Getting them packed.

Transport's ready to go.

Thanks.

So, uh, you okay?

Yeah. I will be.
You know.

Listen, Earl,
I'm sorry if you felt

That you were so alone
out there.

It was all my fault, and it's
not gonna happen again.

All right, I'll be in touch.

Meantime, you're in good hands.

Okay, well, we've got
a pile of paperwork

To Chase down, so...

- It--it--it's, uh, it's just
occurring to me. Funny.

Uh, I'm gonna be out
your way in a few weeks,

And I was just wondering
if maybe, you know,

You and I could get together.

How come?

You're being asked out
on a date.

Yeah, right.

Jesus.

Tell him.

You are.

You want to go out with me?

Yes.

Why?

- Well, uh, it's--
biology? I don't know.

It's kind of hard to
figure out, actually.

It's kind of like salmon.

It swims upstream, spawns,

Lands on a bagel.

Listen, Faber,
it's really sweet

And whatever,

But your timing just stinks.

Oh, yeah.
You seeing someone?

Just broke up.

Oh.
My timing's awesome.

- Yeah, for a soulless,
brain-dead slag.

Yes.
A boy can dream.

See you, Shannon.

See you, kitten.

I got for your engagement gift.

French-style,
highly-aerated ice cream

In 25 minutes.

You know, the history
of ice cream

Is as fascinating
as it is long.

Let us begin at the beginning,
in ancient Greece.

Marshall, I'm good.

Sorry I choked before.

It happens.

Not to me.

I'm sure you'll be
great next time.

Maybe we can just talk?

Sure.

So why did you
and Raph break up?

Because he's
a beautiful, sweet,

Sensitive man who adored me.

Yeah. Who wants that?

Exactly.

So what's the word on Ricky?

Doc says
he got lucky this time.

He found an independent
living facility for him.

They've got experience
with Alzheimer's care, so...

Think he'll go for it?

We'll see.

Hey, Ricky.
Marshall.

Go to see you, bro.

How they dangling, man?

- Same as always, Charlie.
- All right.

You're looking good, Ricky.
How are you feeling?

I'm sorry.
Have we met?

Ricky dumont.
You are...?

Stan.

Stan McQueen.

I work with Marshall
and Charlie here.

Yeah.

Why don't we all go talk
in my office?

Help, every now and then is more
than a four letter word.

Sometimes is just a baby crying for his
sister from the confines of her crib.

And sometimes, if you're lucky,
help comes without asking.

Because somewhere nearby is someone
who'd rather keep you from falling.

Than help you up after you do.