Alaska Daily (2022) s01e09 Episode Script

1
[GUN FIRES]
Previously on "Alaska Daily"
Where's Gabriel?
Said he needed space.
I'm not coming back to the paper.
I'm particularly interested
in this guy, Toby Crenshaw.
He invited her to the party
the night she went missing.
Ned Crenshaw?
We'd like to ask you a few
questions about your nephew.
Toby's a good kid.
He'd never hurt anyone.
We just want to know
what happened to Gloria.
I just did. We were friends.
Friends? That's it?
Yeah.
That's it.
They found his DNA?
They're issuing an arrest warrant.
The Pritchards bought up several
parcels of land across the state.
This land is protected.
I think they're building a road.
Those environmental groups
catch wind of your
secret road, that would be
very bad for business.
All right. I'll sell you the paper.
And my business remains my business.
♪♪
Deal.
♪♪
[CELLPHONE BUZZING]
[DOG BARKING IN DISTANCE]
[CELLPHONE CLICKS]
[SIGHS]
Hello?
EILEEN: Look outside.
Eileen?
Go to your window.
♪♪
What are you doing?
Same thing you did for
me when I needed a lift.
But you don't have a car.
Stanley's.
Oh. Okay.
But I'm sorry. I'm not
going back to the office.
Get dressed and get your ass out
here. I don't like being late.
♪♪
GABRIEL: Eileen, I
really appreciate this,
but I don't wanna go back.
- Why?
- I'm scared.
Me, too.
It was scary as hell.
And it shouldn't have happened to us.
You know, I tried to convince myself
it was a freak occurrence,
but things like this keep happening.
That's true.
And that sucks.
So why should I keep doing it?
Because you're good.
And you've only just started
to realize your potential.
You're gonna be a great journalist
if you show up.
Are you just saying that
to make me feel good?
You should know by now
making people feel good
isn't high on my list of priorities.
For better or worse,
I call it like it is.
That's how I see it.
♪♪
♪♪
Not much to look at.
No.
But is there any other
place in the world
that makes you feel as
alive as that newsroom?
[CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
There isn't.
Okay. All right. Write this down.
[INAUDIBLE CONVERSATIONS]
Oh, let me see those.
Here are the documents.
Hey, um, I'll just get to work quietly.
Don't want to bother anyone.
Of course. Take your time.
[COUGHS] Gabriel's back!
YUNA: [GASPS] Gabriel!
Hey!
♪♪
I'm so happy you're here!
AUSTIN: Hey, man. Are you good?
[CHUCKLES]
Hey.
How'd we miss it?
Toby.
We didn't.
We
just took a roundabout way to get there.
One way to look at it.
Did we figure out how
his DNA got in the system?
According to Nexis, he
was arrested in September
for aggravated assault.
Bar fight just a few
weeks after we talked to him.
Well, look at that.
They actually swabbed someone
and it led to solving a crime.
Almost resembles a justice system.
[KEYBOARD CLACKING]
You got any info on his arrest?
Arresting trooper was D. Howard.
I'm still working on getting
the affidavits for the arrest.
Good.
[SLACK ALERT CLICKS]
We just got a Slack from Stanley.
Toby's gonna be arraigned in 30?
How are we the last to know?
Seriously.
We gotta move.
Governor's office tipped
off Crenshaw's arraignment
city-wide, minus us.
Thacker's icing us.
I guess your chat at the
gala made an impression.
I want you posting
updates throughout the day.
Got it.
Okay, story on my desk by 6:00.
- 6:00? Really?
- Really.
I want to be ahead on this one.
I told Miles to meet you there.
No way!
Way!
All right. Thanks for
talking to Gabriel.
You know me journo/player coach.
- Mm.
- ROZ: We gotta go.
And don't forget to post.
I need it by 6:00!
♪♪
[SIREN WAILS]
Wow. The whole state turned out.
Yeah, looks like we're
just in time for the show.
[WAILING CONTINUES]
[JOURNALISTS CHATTING]
[CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICKING]
♪♪
[JOURNALISTS CLAMORING]
♪♪
Toby! Over here!
♪♪
♪♪
There's Uncle Ned.
MAN: Eileen? Eileen.
Hi. Dennis Gibson.
I'm a journalist with the
Anchorage Eagle.
Just wanted to say how sorry I was
for everything that happened to you,
and, uh, yeah, that
guy was a real nut job.
Glad you're okay.
Thanks. But you're not a journalist.
That's why The Daily
Alaskan canned your ass.
You're a hack blogger who peddles hate.
You almost got me and
my colleague killed
with your baseless rhetoric.
So maybe just go to hell.
Saw that coming.
That was enjoyable.
Respect.
SERGEANT AT ARMS: All rise.
This hearing of the Third
District Superior Court
of the State of Alaska
is now in session.
The Honorable Judge Mathis presiding.
You may now be seated.
JUDGE MATHIS: Good
morning, Mr. Crenshaw.
You're being charged with
murder in the first degree,
sexual assault in the first degree,
and aggravated assault in
the death of Gloria Nanmac.
How do you plead?
Mr. Crenshaw, I'm
afraid I need an answer.
[WHISPERS] Not guilty, Your Honor.
♪♪
Not guilty, Your Honor.
Very well.
Now to the question of bail.
Mr. Miller?
Yes, Your Honor.
My client has deep ties
to the local community.
His uncle, Ned Crenshaw,
will let him live at his house
for the duration of these proceedings.
We're asking that the
court set bail at a level
commensurate with the
family's ability to pay.
You understand I'm looking
at a charge of murder one?
I do, Your Honor, but
my client is experiencing
significant remorse. Mr. Bailey?
BAILEY: Your Honor, bail is
simply out of the question.
On top of the murder one,
Mr. Crenshaw is a violent criminal
who was arrested for aggravated assault
just a couple months ago.
Charges in the case were dropped
because the victim declined to testify.
And I'll remind the
court that he is here
because not only were traces
of his seminal fluid found
in Ms. Nanmac's body,
but Mr. Crenshaw himself
signed a confession
admitting that he assaulted Ms. Nanmac,
drove her several
miles out on the tundra,
and dumped her body.
This man is a danger to society
and should not be granted bail.
Thank you, Your Honor.
Thank you, Counselor.
Bail is denied. [GAVEL BANGS]
Next case.
[SPECTATORS MURMUR]
ROZ: So the DNA they found was semen.
Then the signed confession.
So how did he plead not guilty
if he signed a confession?
Pro forma. His lawyer's
trying to preserve
whatever bargaining power
he has for a plea deal. Hm.
I'd love to get a peek
at that confession.
It has to be on video. Alaskan law.
Even better.
We should visit Sylvie
before the mob descends.
- Get a comment.
- You know what? Why don't you go ahead?
- I'm gonna stay here in case there's a flash presser.
- Good idea.
You wanna reach out to Toby's
lawyer, see if he'll talk to us?
Sure, yeah, will do.
I really want to see that
confession tape. Me, too.
Remember, we gotta get
it all done by 6:00.
Deadline.
[SIREN WAILING IN DISTANCE]
ROZ: How you doing, Sylvie?
I'm glad to see someone
arrested for killing Gloria.
Did you know Toby very well?
He was around.
Were they dating?
He said that they were just friends.
She liked him.
Was he ever violent?
To Gloria?
No.
Not that I knew about.
[SIGHS]
Gloria would've told me.
[CELLPHONE RINGS]
[GRUNTS SOFTLY]
[RINGING CONTINUES]
[SCOFFS]
I've been getting calls all morning.
All of these people who ignored Gloria
are suddenly coming out of the
woodwork to "hear my story."
I'm not talking to them.
Only you.
[CELLPHONE BUZZES]
It's Eileen. She's at the State House.
The Governor's giving a presser soon.
I know.
You do?
The Governor actually asked me
to stand up on stage with him
to make him look better.
Man has some nerve.
Yeah. He does.
♪♪
What's up?
Close the door, please.
More bad things?
I have a source who brought me this map.
Looks like Conrad Pritchard
has bought these parcels
leading up to the foot
of Hockley Mountain.
Hockley. That's interior, right?
Correct.
My source tells me that he
is planning to build a road.
To where? Isn't most of that
land federally protected?
It certainly is.
I wanna take you off mayhem tomorrow
and send you to check it out.
You okay with that?
I need aerial photographs.
Helicopter?
- Mm-hmm.
- Cool.
Am I stealing one, or can we pay for it?
I made a trade deal with one of the
tourism companies out of Fairbanks.
Nine months of free ads. Sounds good.
One story alone, that's
practically a vacation.
Mind taking Austin with
you on that vacation?
Another set of eyes.
Well, it's still a vacation.
You'll fly to Fairbanks,
and then Jack's
will get you over Hockley.
All right. I'll tell my vacay buddy.
And
let him know.
It's top secret.
Will do.
[OFFICE EQUIPMENT CLACKING,
INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
♪♪
♪♪
Gabriel?
Is that for me?
♪♪
Can you bring it to me?
♪♪
Okay.
♪♪
Thank you, Gabriel.
Have you had a chance to
go through the traps today?
Not yet.
♪♪
Can you do that for me?
Now?
Yeah, okay.
Thanks, Bob.
♪♪
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
- Good seats.
- Pays to linger.
Social event of the season.
And they keep forgetting to invite us.
- Yeah, weird.
- Good afternoon.
I'm Public Safety
Commissioner Brenda Haynes.
Thank you for coming out
to hear about our efforts
to keep Alaska safe and
to do everything possible
to end our missing and murdered
indigenous peoples crisis.
It's my privilege now to
introduce Governor Thacker,
who is spearheading this effort.
[JOURNALISTS CLAMORING,
CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICKING]
♪♪
Good afternoon.
I'm proud to announce the violent killer
has been taken into custody.
This morning, Toby Crenshaw
was formally charged
with the murder of Gloria Nanmac.
These guys have no shame
in taking all the credit.
After years of doing nothing.
I want to take this opportunity
to acknowledge the collaboration
between the Meade and
Anchorage police departments,
and the Alaska State Troopers.
Our victory today shows just
how far we're willing to go
to see justice served.
It's a good day for Alaska.
I'm happy to take some questions now.
- [JOURNALISTS CLAMORING]
- Yes?
Nell Jacobson, KQJS.
How long did the investigation take?
This was a tricky case, Nell.
It took about two years
of hard work to close.
Yes, Kim?
- Hi, Kim
- Eileen Fitzgerald, The Daily Alaskan.
Pleasure to be here.
Why'd it take two years
to run Gloria Nanmac's DNA?
Was that the tricky part?
You need to wait your turn.
- My apologies, Ms. Lando.
- MAN: Governor.
What else is the Department
of Public Safety doing
to reduce crime against Alaskan women?
Our administration is
doing everything it can
to ensure the safety of all Alaskans.
Our MMIW task force has
dedicated significant resources
to finding Ms. Nanmac's killer,
and will continue to seek justice
for those missing and murdered.
[JOURNALISTS CLAMORING]
Roz Friendly, The Daily Alaskan.
What about the other untested DNA kits?
Do you plan on running them?
I didn't call on you, Ms. Friendly.
EILEEN: Governor Thacker,
how can you say that this case
took two years of hard work to solve?
Commissioner Haynes just reclassified it
as a homicide a week ago.
I think that's enough
questions for today.
Thank you.
[JOURNALISTS CLAMORING]
And they're taking a victory lap.
- STANLEY: It's a win.
- If it sticks.
Signed confession. Seems likely.
But we can't say for sure.
Regardless, I need your
story on the arraignment
- and the presser by 6:00.
- [SCOFFS]
- It's 4:30.
- It is.
Your investigation has
become breaking news.
- Cover it.
- We can't sort out all that nonsense by 6:00.
We still don't have the
affidavits for the arrest
or the video of the confession.
We can't hold this story. It's rolling.
- Just give us at least another day.
- You can do a Day Two tomorrow.
Keep going.
- But I need this today.
- Yeah, yeah, by 6:00.
Whatcha doing?
Sitting, breathing.
Breathing is good.
You okay?
I don't know.
It's hard not to think about it.
And when you do think
about it, how do you feel?
I think, mostly, I'm angry.
I would be, too.
And I'm worried.
Even though I know the odds
of another lunatic with a gun
showing up at the office are pretty low.
Very low.
It's how I choose an airline to fly.
I go with the one with
the most recent crash.
Better odds.
It's just a sad statement
on the way we live.
[BREATHES DEEPLY]
You know, after Jordan Teller died,
I realized very quickly
I needed an outlet
for my fear and anger.
I can't imagine you angry.
Oh, I do angry.
Really well. [CHUCKLES]
So what's your outlet?
It's hard to explain.
Give it a shot.
Tell you what.
Why don't you try to figure
out what you need first?
And if that doesn't work,
I'll show you how I cope.
Deal?
Deal.
♪♪
♪♪
I feel like the graf on
Sylvie needs more real estate.
Agree.
We got 30. Let me drive?
♪♪
"Lose" has one "O," not two.
Thought I was a bad speller.
You are.
"The guards guided Toby Crenshaw
through the crush of
cameras and micro "
That seems soft.
Agree.
"Swept"?
"Swept," that's good.
Done.
Send.
Sent.
Gotta love a deadline.
[JAZZ MUSIC PLAYS]
Food's up shortly.
How we doing tonight?
Not sure.
Didn't I just read
you guys got your guy?
Did you?
The story just posted.
Congrats. Drinks on the house.
- Thanks, Karla.
- Thanks.
♪♪
They used the perp walk.
That sucks.
Toby's being held in the same building.
They just drove him around
to parade him in front of the media.
Yeah, we've been pushing
this story uphill for months.
Now, suddenly, it's
rolling downhill fast.
We reported that Toby was
charged and he pled not guilty.
Those are the facts.
True.
Now we're caught up in the current.
♪♪
Yeah.
Look at Toby's photo.
The jumpsuit, the cuffs.
Cements the idea he's guilty
before he even goes to trial.
And we quoted the Governor.
Which gives the whole story
a stamp of authenticity.
[CELLPHONE THUDS ON TABLE]
Did we just play a part
in the rush to judgment?
It feels that way.
♪♪
FLIGHT ATTENDANT: Please remain seated.
The fasten seatbelt sign is on.
You've been at the
paper, what, 11 years?
12 next spring.
Which means you've
survived how many sales?
Two sales, three rounds of layoffs.
You think this story
could blow things up?
Mm, I don't know.
Tough to predict with the
Conrad Pritchard of it all.
You got an escape hatch?
There's always PR.
I wouldn't last 10 minutes.
Yeah, me neither. [BREATHES DEEPLY]
Why?
You looking for a Plan B?
Anna wants to move to
Chicago for a big new job.
Seriously?
What about Zach?
She's threatening to break
our custody agreement.
Oh, my God.
I'm so sorry.
How ya holding up?
A lot of angst.
And a fair amount of second guessing.
I feel like I need a life chopper
so I can just pop up
to 1,000 feet and hover,
- get a better read on things.
- [CHUCKLES]
"Life chopper." I like that.
Let me know when you find one.
[CHUCKLES]
[BUZZER]
[DOOR CLANKS]
Why didn't you tell
us the truth in Kodiak?
Is that a serious question?
Did you sexually assault Gloria?
No. I would never do that.
So it was consensual?
Yes.
We loved each other.
We were in a relationship.
But you confessed to
assaulting and murdering her.
I didn't have a choice.
These two detectives,
they kept going at me and going at me.
They'd come in and out, asking
those same questions over and over.
They wouldn't even let me sleep.
Said they had DNA that
proves that I killed her.
Said I would go away for
life if I didn't confess.
I would've signed anything
just to be able to shut my eyes.
To your understanding,
what did you sign?
A piece of paper that says I killed her.
Even though you didn't?
Gloria's dead because of me anyway,
so what's the difference?
Why because of you?
I should've gone with her
to Skeeter's, but I didn't.
If it weren't for me,
she would still be alive.
Toby, feeling guilty isn't the
same as being guilty.
[BUZZER, DOOR CLANKS]
♪♪
Got the affidavits for Toby's arrest.
Anything interesting?
Yeah. Look at the name
of the arresting trooper.
- Dawn Howard.
- But she didn't sign it.
Look who did.
It looks like
Oh, you've got to be kidding me.
Yeah, your old buddy.
What is Commissioner Haynes doing
signing a trooper statement?
Better question, why
didn't Trooper Howard?
♪♪
Can't get this view in Chicago.
Hell no.
Funny thing, our job.
Here we are in the middle of nowhere,
looking for we're not sure what.
Sounds like the definition of reporting.
And some people wonder
how we miss stories.
Kind of amazing that we ever find them.
PILOT: Approaching Hockley Mountain.
Claire, up ahead. On the left.
♪♪
[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING]
What is going on down there?
♪♪
Looks like a small army.
[CLICKING CONTINUES]
Can you get us any closer?
I sure can.
♪♪
Oh, I do love my job.
[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING]
♪♪
ROZ: Trooper Howard.
- Got a minute?
- No.
Roz Friendly, Eileen Fitzgerald,
The Daily Alaskan.
We're writing a follow-up story
to our article on Toby Crenshaw.
You were the arresting trooper, right?
[SIREN WAILS]
I got nothing to say.
Ma'am, remove your
hand from the vehicle.
Why did Commissioner Haynes sign
your trooper statement for you?
I don't talk to reporters.
We're on background.
Off the record.
Last time, off my car.
Why didn't you want your
name on the affidavit?
Did something about the
interrogation bother you?
Look, I better not
see this in your paper.
Anchorage police detectives had
that boy in the box for 24 hours.
God only knows what happened in there.
I'm a trooper. That's not how we roll.
No way I'm putting my name on that.
ROZ: Thank you, Officer.
If that shows up in
print, you'll regret it.
♪♪
[CAR DOOR SHUTS]
What do you mean, there's
no tape of his confession?
All confessions have to be videotaped.
- It's state law.
- Equipment failure.
Happens all the time.
Does it?
Protected by a Supreme Court ruling,
Stephan v. Alaska, 1985.
You'll have to enlighten my colleague.
She's an outsider.
"Acceptable excuses for
not recording a confession
can include an unavoidable
power or equipment failure."
Are you serious?
You could drive a truck
through that loophole.
- They have.
- Look, Toby's case isn't unusual.
The cops get a young guy
in the box without a lawyer,
he's not informed about his rights,
he's pressured into confessing
and signing a statement.
Suspect. Conviction.
That's the system.
So what's the play?
The play?
Uh, I-I just cut a deal
with the prosecutor.
What's the deal?
I got him down to murder two.
Instead of 30 years to life,
Toby could be out in 15.
Now, there'll be a hearing in two weeks
where he'll officially
change his plea to guilty.
- What, you're not gonna fight it?
- Even if it was coerced?
A plea deal is his best option.
He's not gonna win in trial,
not with the DNA evidence
and a signed confession.
I-I got a hundred other felony
cases on my desk right now.
I'm working 90-hour weeks.
I'm sorry to say this, but
you can't save everyone.
Well, maybe not, but we can run a story
about a coerced confession
and possible miscarriage of justice.
That's your call,
but my gut is it's too little too late.
We publish tonight. Go with
the forced-confession story.
We got two weeks to figure
out if Toby's innocent.
[KEY CLACKS]
So this is Pritchard's
partner Katona.
"Katona Resources specializes
in enhancing value for investors
through the mining of
rare earth minerals."
That's the stuff in every cellphone,
every electric car
battery, wind turbine.
You can't have a green
revolution without rare earths.
CLAIRE: Yeah, but the
radioactive elements
they shake loose and the
risk of toxic runoff
lot of environmental issues.
What's the political angle?
We're talking about
federally protected land.
Nothing legal happens there
without a change in legislation.
When you covered the Moses campaign,
did he ever say
anything about Pritchard?
Not directly.
But he seemed pretty confident
- about getting the paper's endorsement.
- Mm-hmm.
Go back to him. See if there's more.
Uh, I'm not sure he'll talk to me.
I basically knee-capped his campaign.
Maybe the enemy of his
enemy is his friend.
Pritchard did desert him
after my story came out.
See if you can sweet talk
him into helping us out.
But keep it quiet.
I don't want it getting back to Aaron
until we know what we've got.
Yeah.
[MID-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYING]
Lift, kick.
Lift, kick.
You want to feel it in your hamstrings.
If it doesn't burn,
it isn't working.
Controlled movements.
From your core all the way
down to the balls of your feet.
You find an outlet?
I found something
called "Butts and Guts,"
but it seems very rigorous.
Good rigorous?
Is there such a thing?
It's kind of an instructor/class thing.
I don't love classes.
Especially when there's
a stranger yelling at me.
Yeah.
Anything else?
- Oh.
- Kitten therapy.
- Oh, no.
- Yeah, I'm not sure.
Okay.
So
are you ready for the
Yuna Park Outlet Adventure?
I think I am, if you'll have me.
Tomorrow night. We'll go after work.
You'll need gloves.
Gloves, like, for cold?
Like for work.
♪♪
[BIRDS CHIRPING]
MOSES: Hey.
Standing there, you
almost look harmless.
They teach that in J-school.
You understand Alaska
isn't black and white.
We agree the state needs
environmental protections
as well as industry.
Didn't stop you from
scuttling my campaign.
No.
My job is to report the news,
regardless of my political opinions.
You said you stood with the salmon
awkward phrasing, by the way
but you tried to hide
your ties to mining.
That's news.
Look, Conrad Pritchard
dropped you like a hot potato.
Did that piss you off?
Is this meeting about me or him?
Him.
♪♪
Did he expect you to do
favors for him in Washington?
Politics 101.
Sure, but did you have a special
deal for specific legislation?
A quid pro quo?
I wouldn't tell you if there was.
Frank, I love this state.
I know you do, too.
Pritchard loves money.
And what he's doing up at Hockley
may have major
environmental implications.
Can you live with that?
What do you know?
I know he's got a lot
of mining equipment
next to protected land up
there but he can't touch it.
You sure about that?
What am I missing?
♪♪
Newly-elected Senator Brewster
is about to sponsor legislation
that might be of interest to you.
Legislation to ease mining restrictions
on federally protected areas?
♪♪
I could have done a lot of great
things for this state, Austin.
Now look who you're stuck with.
♪♪
EILEEN: Anything?
Nope. I haven't gotten
a single phone call or
e-mail about our story.
- You?
- No.
And I can tell you why.
No one is reading it.
This story should move the needle,
create some public outcry.
And right now, Bob's fat bear story
is beating us by 1,000 readers?
That's because fat bears are cool.
Fat bears are cool?
By Alaskan standards, yeah.
Fat bears are also aspirational.
To survive, they gorge
themselves and take long naps.
All while commanding
respect and adoration.
I would second that.
I have a lot to say about that,
but I don't have enough time.
Okay.
[SIGHS DEEPLY]
We can't wait for this story
to shake something loose.
I think we should go back
to Commissioner Haynes.
Down with that.
We gotta get Haynes to
open up the case again.
There's no way she
can deny the evidence.
I'm not sure I'd take that bet,
but it sure beats sitting here
watching the fat bear story kill us.
STANLEY: Any luck?
Moses says Pritchard's
got Brewster in his pocket.
CLAIRE: My source in D.C.
confirms that Brewster's
about to file a bill to lift protections
against mining in Alaska,
and not just at Hockley.
We gotta believe the
environmental groups are onto this.
We could lose the story
if they make a move first.
But they don't know that Pritchard
and Katona are at the gate.
So is it time we tell them?
[SIGHS]
Commissioner Haynes:
Let me get this straight.
First we moved too slow, and
now we're moving too fast?
You guys are a little hard to please.
Not the first time we've heard that.
But Toby could be innocent.
He could spend a chunk of his life
in prison without a fair trial.
Taking a plea deal was
Mr. Crenshaw's decision,
- and his alone.
- Was it?
Or did the system play some part in it?
Gloria's killer could
still be out there.
At least review the details of his case.
I have. Thoroughly.
What he described sounded
like a coerced confession.
But there's no way to confirm it.
- There was an equipment failure.
- Okay. But that happens.
- It's not a reason to just
- We just want the AG or a special prosecutor
to look into the
circumstances of his arrest.
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
Sorry to interrupt, Commissioner.
You wanted action?
You got action.
You wanted DNA testing?
You got DNA testing.
We solved Gloria's case the same way
we're going to solve
all the other MMIW cases,
with solid police work
and aggressive prosecution.
You may not like it,
but the system's working
the way it's supposed to.
Now, if you'll excuse me,
I have another meeting.
♪♪
[SIREN WAILING IN DISTANCE]
I'm rethinking the
"Butts and Guts" class.
Not for long. Just watch your step.
Is this illegal?
A little bit.
I did a story on this place months ago.
Real-estate fraud.
It's been sitting here
empty for three years.
So you just come here to
hang out?
Not quite.
[GRUNTING LOUDLY]
[SHOUTING]
[LOUD THUD, CRASH]
- Uh
- Just throw a block.
[EXHALES DEEPLY]
[GRUNTS]
[SHOUTS]
[LAUGHS]
That was amazing!
- Yeah, it is!
- Yeah!
Aah! [GRUNTS]
Whoo! Agh!
- [YONAKA'S "I WANT MORE" PLAYS]
- Oh!
♪♪
[BOTH CHEERING]
[CHEERS ECHOING]
Toby could be in jail for 15 years.
I'm not even sure he's the killer.
Is that even your call?
I just feel complicit in it.
We've been pushing this case.
We got them to test the DNA.
Okay, but the facts are the facts.
Facts?
No one seems interested
in the facts right now.
All they care about is
hanging this on someone
and putting it to bed.
And maybe I'm biased, but it seems
damn convenient that he's Native.
This isn't just about who killed Gloria,
it's about a very broken
system that devalued her life.
♪♪
And I'm a part of that system.
Well, you didn't put Toby in jail.
And you didn't coerce
a false confession.
Maybe I lit the match.
So light another one.
♪♪
AARON: He's building a rare earths mine
- at Hockley Mountain?
- When/if the legislation passes.
And you think Brewster's
in my father's pocket?
He's already put forth the legislation.
And your father donated
heavily to Brewster's campaign.
We're planning to
publish tomorrow morning.
Stanley!
Wait, you gave me the land deal
- as leverage to keep the paper from being sold.
- I know,
but that was before we knew
what he was doing at Hockley.
Okay, but I-I told him that
we wouldn't report on this
if he sold me the paper, and he did.
Aaron, forget that he might've
bought a U.S. senator for the deal.
This mine is a potential
environmental catastrophe.
♪♪
[FIST THUDS]
♪♪
Have we gone to him for comment?
Austin's headed over there now.
But I can tell him to stand down
if you'd like to give
your father a head's up.
He's never gonna talk to Austin.
We still have to report it.
Are you asking me to okay this?
No.
But your support would be nice.
♪♪
EILEEN: We want you to walk us through
what happened the night
Gloria went missing.
[BUZZER, DOOR CLANKS]
Like I said, Gloria and I met up
at a party early in the evening.
She wasn't feeling good.
Why?
Her frostbite was killing her.
That's why she wanted
to go to Skeeter's.
She was looking for some Oxy.
- I didn't go with her.
- Why not?
Because Skeeter is a sketchy dude,
and I don't like being
around those people.
So, what happened?
Gloria was mad.
She left.
I went home and watched a movie.
Did you see her again that night?
No.
She called, and I didn't pick up.
She called you?
A couple times.
I wished I answered.
But that doesn't make any sense.
We went through her
phone records months ago.
There weren't any calls
placed from her phone
the night she went missing.
She left a voicemail.
I've listened to it a hundred times.
Where's your phone?
My Uncle Ned's.
[BUZZER]
PROTESTERS: [CHANTING]
Fish forever, stop the lies!
Well, that story is making some noise.
Literally.
Pritchard's neighbors can't be happy.
The Global Resource Fund just posted
they got a preliminary injunction.
And I just got a call
from my source in D.C.
Sounds like Brewster's
backing off the legislation.
Mm. Nice.
That should slow Pritchard's roll.
Protected land stands.
For today, at least.
Oh, true that.
Good job, partner. You
can ride with me any day.
Up top, Ms. Mayhem.
- Boom.
- Boom.
[CHANTING] Fish forever, stop the lies!
Fish forever, stop the lies!
- Fish forever, stop the lies!
- [KNOCK ON DOOR]
Fish for
What the hell did you do?
Hi, Dad. Do you want to come in,
or should we talk in the hallway?
We had a deal!
It wasn't my call.
It's your damn paper.
- Church and state.
- The hell it is.
The more they dug into the story,
the more it revealed
So stop digging. It's my deal.
It was not my intention
to cause you harm.
Harm? [SCOFFS]
You cost me a billion dollars.
You call that "harm"?
The paper just reported the facts.
Oh, screw the facts.
I gave you that paper.
You sold it to me.
What would it be worth if I used it
to protect my family's
financial interests
by keeping secrets
from the Alaskan people?
So now you're choosing
the paper over your family?
Oh.
Now we're family?
Is that it, Dad?
Oh, don't be such a wimp.
That's what you used
to call Danny. A wimp.
Don't you bring your brother into this.
He wasn't cut out to run this business.
He doesn't have what it takes.
No. You made that abundantly clear.
Turns out he's the
smart one. He got away.
Well, that didn't stop him
from putting his hand out.
Or you. Until now.
♪♪
I gave all that up to protect something
that's worth a hell of a lot more
the paper.
Well, it won't be worth
much for long, son.
♪♪
You want a war?
You got one.
[DOOR OPENS, CLOSES]
[EXHALES SHARPLY]
♪♪
The hell do you want?
Toby told us Gloria left him a message
the night she went missing.
Do you have Toby's phone?
We wouldn't be here if we didn't think
it was our only chance to help Toby.
♪♪
♪♪
Got it.
- GLORIA: Toby, answer your phone.
- [POP MUSIC PLAYS IN BACKGROUND]
I'm sorry for what I said.
You know I love you.
You were right.
This place is bad.
I'm scared, seriously.
Please come get me.
I don't want to be here anymore.
- Wait a minute.
- What?
This number, the one she's calling from,
- that's not her number.
- What do you mean?
I mean this is a different number
than the one Sylvie gave us.
- Are you sure?
- Yeah, look.
Look, the numbers don't match.
♪♪
I'm calling it.
[CELLPHONE CLICKING]
♪♪
[LINE RINGING]
- [ALERT SOUNDS]
- AUTOMATED VOICE: We're sorry
Disconnected.
You think it belonged to someone
who was with Gloria the
night she was murdered?
Could be. Yeah.
Could belong to the
person who killed her.
♪♪
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