Borrego

Mimulus bigelovii.

Hey, just checking in on you.

Your email mentioned a new project.

Just... Just want to know where you're at.

I... I found something really sweet yesterday

in her room.

It was this book of pressed flowers you'd given her.

"Little flowers for a little sister,"

you wrote on it.

Anyway, we... we just want you to know that we love you

and we miss you.

I'd love to talk when you get a chance.

Okay, we'll talk to you soon, Elly.

"Did you fix your mess?"

It's done.

We need a new pilot.

Hmm.

Are you okay? I saw your foot tracks.

I didn't know if you broke down or something.

Oh, yeah. Yeah, I'm fine. Thanks for checking.

There are better places to hike out here than this.

I'm actually working. I'm doing a plant survey.

Oh, my dad was talking about that.

Something about a plant that's been spreading.

Yeah, pretty much.

Um, okay, well, thanks again for checking.

Do you need any help with your work?

No, no. I'm okay.

I'm not supposed to be out here.

Kind of skipping school.

Yeah, I've done my fair share of that too.

Oh, you actually could help me out, though.

I... I'm here at Eagle Head Canyon, right?

Yeah, it's about a half a mile that way, uh, where the big dip is.

Awesome. Thanks.

Well, I mean, you're... you're already out here.

You can... You can help me if you want.

Yeah, sure. Thanks.

Cool. Just go down here.

So that... that's it.

Mm-hmm.

Pretty ugly.

Yeah, that... For sure.

- You see the different colors? - Yeah.

- See? - Oh, yeah. Mm-hmm.

- Pretty cool, right? - Pretty cool. Yep.

You take really good pictures.

And we'll get this to the county.

Yeah, I know you're doing an amazing job

with all of this.

That white shoot over there.

All right. Yeah.

Yeah, that's...

8-5-5-6.

Mm-hmm.

Yep.

What kind of flower is that?

Oh, um... it's a buttercup.

My mom had tattoos.

All right, well, we should get you back

before you get into trouble.

But we can... we can come out here sometime,

on a weekend, if you want.

- Cool. - Cool.

All right, well, I'll be a couple of hours behind you.

I still have some work to do.

Okay.

I'll see you later.

Oh, my God. Oh, my God.

Come on. Come on!

Oh, shit.

Oh, fuck.

Hey!

Are you okay?

No, no!

Stop!

Stop!

No!

No!

Stop!

Okay! Okay, okay, okay.

No, no! Please, no!

No, no!

Okay, okay, okay. Okay, okay.

What do you need? What do you need?

Wait. Wait.

Okay.

Do you know where you are?

Do you know what direction you're facing?

Do you understand me?

We are hours from the nearest road.

And the sun is down.

We're in the middle of the desert.

You need...

Shut up!

Okay!

Um...

Do you have a GPS?

A GPS?

Anything you had is burned up over there, okay?

I know where we are. I know this desert.

I can take you wherever you need to go. Okay?

Just tell... tell me wherever you need to go.

Salton Sea.

The Salton Sea.

Okay, um...

That's a... that's a big area. Do you know what part?

Here. Hold on.

North, south, east, west. Where?

Southwest.

Southwest?

Okay, I can take you there!

Okay.

- Get the drugs. - Okay.

Get the drugs! Move!

Get it. Get it!

Okay.

Okay, that's all of it.

- More. - No.

No, that's all there was. There...

I mean, there might have been more, but it's all burnt up.

Move, move.

Salton Sea.

That way.

That way.

"Why the fuck are you calling me?

Did something go wrong?"

So you sent the plane?

"Yeah, with the Central American.

The fuck is going on?"

I've been waiting here a long time, and nothing has arrived.

"What the fuck!?

We sent the plane. Now it's your problem Guillermo."

The motherfucker must've gotten lost.

But well, don't worry...

Give me until tomorrow and I'll take care of it.

"You know what happens if you don't."

What happens once we get to the Salton Sea?

Look, I have...

Uh, I have two bags in my trunk

and I think that they will fit all of the drugs.

Uh, and I will leave you with the drugs

once we get to the Salton Sea,

and you can walk the... the rest of the way with them,

and I will leave.

I won't see anyone.

I won't talk to anyone. I won't say anything.

And you'll be gone by the time I'm back to town.

Shut up!

No, I need to know or I'm not gonna take you there!

- Wait, watch out! - Whoa!

Stop!

Don't move.

We go. Move. Get out.

Wait.

Wait. You wanna walk to the Salton Sea?

That... That's like 50 miles.

Okay, that'll take a couple of days.

Let's... Look, let's just try to fix the car.

Will you let me try?

The truck is stuck.

The wheels are destroyed.

I-I don't have enough water.

And you have two bags.

Just like you say, we'll carry on the drugs.

Load them.

Come on. Come on.

We can't... We can't do this. We're not gonna make it.

Okay, Salton Sea.

Motherfucker!

Hi, Jim.

Hi there, Jose. How are you?

- Oh, you know, living the dream. - Hmm.

How's Imperial County treating you?

Well, uh, some dirt bikers just found a buried body

out here on the border of Imperial and San Diego County.

- Oh, man. - Yeah.

I think the coyotes got to it and dug it up.

Otherwise, it was pretty well-buried,

but it's a mess.

The body was all beaten and bloodied.

Male, Latino, 40s.

What? You say it's in my county or yours?

Well, that's why I'm calling you.

The gravesite has technically crossed the line of both counties.

I had to check the GPS.

It's in the middle of the desert.

I don't know how you wanna handle this.

Now, listen, I appreciate you reaching out, Jim.

I'm personally really short-staffed right now.

It's just me out here this week. Ed's on vacation.

Mary's down to three days a week in the office.

Yep.

- I could get the coroners out there... - Mm-hmm.

but it'd still be a half day's drive out of San Diego.

Yeah, I know. I get it. I get it.

We got a team in El Centro that can come out.

I just wanna make sure you guys have the chance

if you wanted it, you know.

No, I appreciate it, Jim.