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What the hell?

Come on, Charlotte, settle down.

Who's that?

- Hey, Reenie. - Hey, good morning.

Is that the Barlow file?

Yeah, I was just reviewing the deposition.

Well, is it good or bad?

Because if it's bad, I'm gonna need this morning coffee first.

It's bad.

-For opposing counsel. -Go on.

Yeah, uh, so Barlow said that he was in Boston right before Philly.

Lawyer makes a joke about Boston,

and that's when Barlow says that he was only there for the marathon.

To run it for like a bucket list kind of thing.

At the same time, he was supposed to be on disability.

-Exactly. -Good catch.

Yeah. I can call some PIs,

see if they can find out more on why Barlow was in Boston.

But, uh, the two that you had in your contacts,

one the email bounced back, and the other one is dead.

-Oh. Great. -Mmm.

Wait, Colter's visiting someone who would be great for this.

John Keaton, ex-cop that helped Colter

-with the serial killer case. -Uh-huh.

I mean, I've reached out to him before, and he hasn't responded, but...

Well, maybe he's not interested.

Uh. More like he's really bad at follow-through.

Well, I-I'll look into some backups

-just in case. -Okay, great.

Hey, Reenie.

Hey, are you in Tacoma yet?

Yep, I'm here. Got here last night.

-How's Keaton doing? -I have no idea. I haven't seen him.

Said he wanted to meet me here, has something to run by me.

Well, say hi to him for me and tell him I've got some PI work for him

-if he's interested. -Oh, yeah?

Yeah, I mean, it's nothing special, just the basic stuff.

Yeah, no, I'll-- Oh. You know what? He's-He's here right now.

I'll... I'll let him know. I gotta go. Bye.

Hey.

-Thanks for coming, man. -Of course, yeah, absolutely.

-Morning, Paula. -Morning.

What can I get for you?

I'll do the, uh, well, pancakes, of course, and I'll do scrambled eggs.

- Sure thing. - Thanks.

You want your usual?

Yep, crispy bacon end-to-end, not overcooked.

One flip on the eggs. Twenty seconds. That's it.

I already know, hon.

Bears repeating.

You know, one of these days, I'm gonna serve you some of that vegan bacon.

-Oh? -Mm-hmm.

-Sorry, it's just a little thing we do. -No, it's cute.

So, what's up?

Well, nothing really--

Gotta be something, right? You dragged me all the way out here.

Why don't you get the business out of the way, and we can enjoy our crispy bacon.

All right.

Uh, my old partner on the force, Nat Dobbs, I can't find him.

Well, when was the last time you heard from him?

It's a couple of days ago.

Supposed to help him drop a fuel pump in his Chevy, but...

He mentioned something he wanted to run by me, but I didn't make anything of it.

I went to his house and he wasn't there. No calls, no text.

Hmm. So what are you thinking?

Well, let's just say he doesn't have the best taste in women.

He's a nice guy, too nice.

Kind of a sucker with the ladies.

Uh, always had a thing for the broken ones, and...

Used to be a thing when we were working where he'd bust some asshat,

feel bad for the asshat's girl, and two weeks later, I'm fetching him

out of some no-name motel after she's maxed out his cards.

Oh, no. All right.

Did you go down the bad girlfriend angle?

Yeah, his latest two winners haven't seen him either.

I'm afraid he met someone, got himself into trouble.

Not sure what I'm asking. It just...

Dobbsy's saved my ass in the field a few times, and you know how that is.

I know how it is, yeah.

Maybe it's nothing, but...

...but I got a bad feeling, and you were in the area.

No need to say another word. I got your back. I'll help you with it.

Thanks, man.

All right, here we go.

-Thank you. -You're very welcome. Enjoy it.

- Yeah. - Well, these look good, Paula.

- Of course they do, you pain in the ass.

He's trouble, you know? Good trouble, but trouble.

Huh. Paula likes you.

Already been through the place once.

Not a lot of crime round here, so, he leaves the doors unlocked, but...

but-but this one back here was slid open.

Could be he had to leave in a hurry.

Maybe. Anything else amiss besides the door?

Nope.

That was taken at my retirement party.

You keep a hand in after retirement?

As much as we all do. It's kinda hard to let it go.

-Mention anything specific? -No.

I got my guy running a trace on his phone and his car. Maybe we get lucky.

Thanks.

Used to be I could call in some favors for something like that,

but now this new breed, everything's by the book.

- Lives alone, I'm guessing? - Yeah.

You feed the cat?

I haven't seen it.

One of those indoor-outdoor creatures, but that's a really good idea.

This...

-Keaton. -Yeah.

Look at that. That mean anything to you?

No. It's from three days ago.

Home invasion gone bad.

All right. He had it ripped out of the newspaper.

Why would he have any interest in this?

Like I said, it's hard to put the badge down.

-Randy, what do you got? -I got that info on Keaton's old partner.

Where do you want to start?

I was hoping you could tell me the location of the phone and the car.

Phone's offline, but of course, I got the last known location.

When?

Two days ago.

He turned off his tracking services, and then the phone goes offline.

That's not good. Send it to me.

What the hell was he doing here?

I don't know. I had my guy send me everything he could about the shooting of that farmer.

-Dobbs ever mention Clive Sherman? -No.

No. Okay.

It must have been important to him.

He came here the day after the murder, then his phone goes dark, and he vanishes.

This report says some electronics were taken along with some antique guns.

Well, that could be drug addicts looking for an easy score.

Old man confronts them, they shoot him, grab what they can.

Mm-hmm.

Doesn't explain why Dobbs was here though, right?

The murder took place over here by this fence line.

-You see something? -Maybe.

Guy's a dairy farmer.

Yeah.

Why is there a brand-new excavator over there?

See that? Looks like it came in from this road.

There's no mention of a field search in this file.

No, there's not. So here's what I'm thinking, right?

They wait for the police to finish their investigation

before they start searching the property.

You think Dobbs?

I think maybe.

A lot of foot traffic going this way.

Yeah.

Ground here is a little more compacted.

You're right. Somebody was waiting to dig.

One way to find out.

There's no key.

Son of a bitch. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

That's not Dobbs.

Oh, man.

Another body over here. There could be dozens.

It wasn't a robbery gone wrong.

Whoever shot that farmer knew about these bodies.

Dobbs came out here looking around. Someone must have grabbed him.

Maybe his body's out here somewhere.

We gotta call this in.

Who sent you out to that farm?

No one.

I don't believe you.

I saw it in the papers.

Tell me where they are.

I don't know who you're talking about, man.

Don't waste my time.

One more time. Who knows?

I don't know.

Detective Simms.

Any sign of Dobbs?

No, the freshest body is from a week ago, one of the ones that you unearthed.

The others date back more than six months.

How many bodies have you found so far?

At least ten. Probably gonna find a lot more.

Looks like this was someone's body dump.

So, Keaton, you said you came out here looking for your old partner?

-Yeah. -Tracked his cell phone here.

As one does.

-It's sort of what I do, actually. -He's Colter Shaw.

He helped me find that serial shooter in Snoqualmie National Forest.

Oh, yeah. Heard about that.

So, why the hell was Dobbs here?

I'm not sure, but I'm guessing it had something to do with these bodies.

Maybe he was investigating.

Dobbs is retired. He shouldn't be investigating anything.

What can I say? Old habits die hard.

So the farmer that lived here, you thinking he's some kind of serial killer?

If he was, he liked targeting criminals.

Three of the bodies we ID'd so far have long rap sheets.

You find out who shot the farmer?

No.

Okay.

Sort of a coincidence, isn't it?

They picked someone with a body farm, shot execution-style, right?

You know what?

I appreciate all your help so far,

but I'm going to need you both to stay out of this now, okay?

I'm not gonna stop looking for my old partner.