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Whoo, there.

Your folks are gonna be home soon,

and they're gonna get me if they see you're still up.

Ooh, hold still, hold still.

We got to dry you off.

There you go.

Let me get your head in there.

Oh. Is somebody at the door?

I don't care.

Who can it be?

Now, you play with your train.

I'll be right back, ok?

Yeah. Hurry back.

All right.

Evening, ma'am.

Is Frank or Jean home?

No, they're not. They'll be back real soon.

You must be Missy.

Forgive me for not introducing myself, Missy.

I'm Tom Bellingham, an old friend of Jean's from Denver.

I told her last week I'd stop in and say hello.

When did you say they'd be back?

Maybe 30 minutes.

Darn. I'm gonna miss them.

My plane leaves in an hour.

Would you tell them that I just dropped by

to steal a peek at little Andy?

My wife would kill me if I came all the way from Denver

and didn't say hello.

I'm sorry, Mr. Bellingham. They'll be home real soon.

I understand.

Don't you worry.

Andy?

"Jack McGinnis for sheriff.

It is time for a change."

My God, that boy can smile.

Morning, sheriff.

Coroner's been on scene about 20, 25 minutes.

Is the sheriff there yet?

That's a 10-4. The sheriff's here now.

All right. I'll release a couple of units then.

Coming on the election eve,

Amarillo residents will certainly..

Morning, boys.

Morning, sheriff.

Morning, sir.

Thanks, Charlie.

Hey, sheriff.

Hey, Bud. How's your daddy?

He's doing better. I'll tell him you asked.

Tell him to stay off that leg.

Hey.

Sheriff.

Buck.

Sim.

You want to tell me about it?

Aw, ain't so bad.

Male had a severed femoral artery in the groin area.

Female had her throat cut.

Both wounds, single incisions, almost surgical cuts.

Whoever done this knew what they were doing.

Nothing tentative about it.

I can give you more when we get them out of here.

How are you holding up?

When have you ever known me to worry about an election?

Never. Then again, I've never known anybody who could beat you before.

You still don't.

Nate. Tell me about it.

This fella registered as, uh, Bill Sutherland.

Home, Fort Worth. Checked in alone, but paid for 2.

The owner said that he paid from a thick wad of bills like to choke a horse.

Now, we have no money, have no wallet.

Keys, car are gone. We're gonna get an I.D. on the car any minute.

What about the girl?

She was a maid here at the motel.

It's a family place.

Here it is..

Now, he's in the bathroom.

He's finished with Sutherland.

She knocks on the door.

There's no answer.

She comes in.

He grabs her, cuts her,

stops the blood with the towel,

and then carries her into the bathroom.

Why?

Go figure.

What about the other guy?

No, no one saw another person.

Both beds have been slept in.

We found hair samples in this bed matches Sutherland's.

Now, this bed's been slept in, but it's clean.

Clean?

Is that a fact?

We will check it again.

We're pulling the 4 hours surrounding the time of the murders.

Buck, we don't know if he even came in here..

or who we're looking for.

Soon as you can, Nate, bring in the waitresses.

Find out who they know..

Regular customers first,

then work back from there.

Your sister gonna vote for me?

Well, she sure likes your billboards.

Aw, jeez. McGinnis.

Hey, Jack, how you doin'?

Looks like a bad one, Buck.

Thought I'd come by to see if you needed any help.

Well, that's mighty nice of you to offer, Jack.

Maybe you and your boys can handle traffic out on the street.

A lot of people are gonna be concerned about this one

when they hear about it, Buck.

If this killer turns up in my jurisdiction,

don't expect a courtesy call.

If he's in your jurisdiction, Jack,

he's safe as a church-mouse.

So what about this missing car?

1996 Ford Explorer, red, Texas plates.

State Patrol's got the word out on it.

Find it.

Comin' up on our turnoff.

Sure you won't come up, stay the night?

Thanks. Uh, I need to get a little further up the road before dark.

Well, just don't get stuck out here if this storm hits.

Thanks for stopping.

There's a girl with a heart

There's a girl with a heart

As big as the sky

Well, get in, boy.

I can't heat this car and the whole New Mexico desert, too.

All for the love of sunshine

All for the love of sunshine

Always drive with my doors locked, seat belts on.

Habit.

I'm a creature of habit.

Some collection, eh?

Yeah.

You should have seen my first one.

'82 Seville.

Had my girls all lacquered on with liquid sealer.

Man, it was a beaut.

But after a while, you know, your tastes change,

you get tired of looking at the same old faces and all.

When I ran out of room to put up new ones, I had to sell her.

Man, I had a heck of a time trying to get rid of her.

I bet.

This honey here,

this baby's the state of the art.

Now if get tired of one of my sugars,

I just slip her out..

toss her.. and put me up a new one.

Don't worry, Trudy, honey.

I wasn't going to throw you away..yet.

Yeah.. hell of a lot cheaper than buying a new car.

Yeah.

I'm pulling your leg. Ain't my car.

It's a friend's. I'm just returning it to him.

Had you going, didn't I?

Name's Goodall. Bob Goodall.

Lane Dixon.

Where you heading, Lane?

Utah.

Big place, Utah.

Salt Lake City.

Me, too. Now, how's that for luck?

First I save you from freezing to death,

now you got a free ride to Mormon land.

Must be my lucky day.

Must be.

I almost didn't stop.

In the old days,

I'd never think twice about picking up a rider.

These days, you can't be too careful who you let in your car.

You know, if you'd just let me out at this place we're coming up on,

that'd be great.

I don't think so. There's another place

about 20 miles up the road.

Look, I said I want out here.

Sorry, friend. This is mining country.

I can take care of myself.

I believe you just might be fool enough to try.

Thanks for the lift.

Hell, lettin' a bunch of naked women scare you off. Heh heh.

How you doin'?

I'll have a beer.

Don't have beer.

Ok, uh..

I'll have whatever's in one of those bottles.

I was hoping I might catch a ride over to Raton.

Well..

you might be waiting here a long time, then.

Well, I'll take a ride anywhere in that direction.

I bet you would.

You got a problem with something?

You say this is the guy, Ben?

He's one of them, all right.

My friend Ben here

was in Raton last Friday night.

Claims you and some of your friends jumped him.

Well, he's mistaken.