Shooter

Previously, on "Shooter"...

You're having a heart attack, Senator.

Who's Carlita Cruz, Department of Agriculture?

Did you know you'd set off such a shitstorm

killing Senator Hayes?

Let's go somewhere I know they can't track us.

That was Atlas issued.

Access to the phone is encrypted.

I haven't heard the name Jimmy Poole in a long time.

He had a good job lined up at the slaughterhouse.

Bama Cattle?

Red Bama?

What business does that backwoods drunk

have with the Undersecretary of Agriculture?

- I was handling... - You weren't handling shit.

Swagger's not some local loser

you can push around; he's a professional.

Atlas and this Swagger's

been interlinked since the beginning.

I wanted to be the first one to officially

welcome you to the family.

This family have a name?

Government said the Phoenix Program

ended after the war.

What if they just changed their name?

To Atlas?

If Phoenix became Atlas,

then my dad was one of the founding fathers.

Isaac.

"Connect to download target file."

Adam Lee.

Open target for termination.

Two D.C. locations?

They're using probabilities.

Location one has an 85% chance of contact.

Location two only has 15%.

So they gather data on a target,

then use an algorithm to...

What did you just do?

I signed up for the first location.

But we don't even know what target...

Someone else just grabbed number two.

Shit.

All right, I'll cover that.

We're gonna have to split up.

What happens if the target shows up in your sights

- instead of mine? - Gee, I don't know, Dad.

If that happens, that means you're gonna have to

neutralize whatever operative just signed up

and take the target on your own.

Well, then I'll handle it.

Can't have it both ways, Isaac,

choose a target or the operative.

I want the target.

Awfully noisy for a famous sniper.

If I was trying to kill you,

you wouldn't hear me.

Stand down, Frank.

Never even get it unholstered.

You know, I've always liked conversing out here

in the fresh morning air before the day's bullshit

has gone and polluted it.

New target every day, huh?

Today, pheasants. Yesterday, Harris.

Who's it gonna be tomorrow?

Ah, I don't know, it's early yet.

What the hell do you want?

I came to ask what you want

with an irrelevant D.C. staffer.

Or better yet, what Atlas wants from him.

I thought you'd want answers about your father.

Same thing.

This proves my dad was in Phoenix during Vietnam.

We both know that Phoenix became Atlas after that.

I'll be darned.

You know, you seem to think

that everything is some big conspiracy

when the truth is much more biblical.

What's that supposed to mean?

It means that when your daddy

got back from Vietnam, he was messed up good.

So he found himself some comfort

in the arms of a pretty girl.

His was called Edie Poole.

Jimmy Poole's wife?

- That's bullshit. - You sure about that?

What I'm sure of is there was a second shooter.

And he was a Poole too.

Now you go on with due diligence

and you'll see that I'm right.

Now, what is your interest in this kid?

You turn him over to me, and I'll leave you be.

Happy huntin'.

Did he say what he wants from me?

Nope.

He was too busy spouting off lies about my dad.

But he's not gonna stop coming at you.

And I'm sorry, man, but I can't have

that danger around my family.

Oh, I completely understand.

Uh, Texas and I are actually in the midst of a...

very mutual breakup.

Thank you for the clothes.

I will mail them to you, uh...

once I've washed the fear out of them.

Keep 'em. I already talked to Nadine.

I'll take you to Dallas. She's gonna fly in,

make sure you get someplace safe.

I can't decide if the fact that my ex-girlfriend

is now my babysitter is kind of hot or kind of sad.

I'm gonna go check in with my wife and then we'll roll.

Hey, Dallas is five hours from here, right?

Yeah, that's why we got to get moving.

Okay, I'll... I'll take the bus.

Ah... ah, that's not a good idea.

Swagger, don't argue with me.

I'm a grown man. I can accept the... the risks.

I will, however, take you up on a ride

to the nearest bus station.

Also, I was thinking, maybe a gun?

So he shoots one guy's face off

and all of a sudden, he wants a gun.

Let's just say my position on guns

has changed dramatically in the last 24 hours.

Try this instead.

- It's very pink. - It's pepper spray.

Julie used to carry it up in Seattle.

- Suits you. - Thanks for that.

Okay, seriously...

if you get into any trouble,

just go for the vulnerable areas, okay?

- Your groin, eyes, knee. - Yeah, yeah.

Groin, eyes, knee. Thank u.

Hey. I've got eyes on location one.

Location two in position.

Good, we have some time.

Not really. I'm wheels up to Dallas

to pick up Harris soon.

Just can't get rid of that guy, huh?

Bob Lee says he knows something.

Maybe he'll prove useful.

Like a screen door in a submarine?

What would you have me do?

Leave him to fend off Atlas alone?

I'm not in the business of saving lives, Nadine.

I leave that to you and Swagger.

Except right now, we are saving a life.

We take the target alive

so we can find out what he knows,

That's how this whole thing works, right?

Copy that.

- Hey, ladies. - We're making cookies, Daddy.

I can see that, Mouse.

Auntie Ann's teaching us how to make 'em from scratch.

- Yeah? - And I don't share

my top secret recipe with just anyone.

Do you want to help us?

Oh, I wish I could but Daddy's got to run an errand.

But could you save me a couple for later?

For a midnight snack?

Yes, Mouse, for a midnight snack.

- Babe, you got a minute? - Yeah.

Did you even come to bed last night?

Briefly.

Couldn't sleep again.

So, um, this errand,

does it have anything to do

with your friend in the panic room?

Yeah, that's just Nadine's ex, Harris Downey.

She asked if he could crash here for a couple of days,

but I'm taking him to the bus station now,

then I'll be home.

Look, whatever trouble he's in

I'm guessing it has to do with your father's death, right?

You saw the bullets, Jules. There was a second shooter.

But I also heard Sam,

and he said that it was probably a Poole,

so case closed.

Sam said what?

Yo, Sam!

You here to raise hell about me giving Julie a job?

Or just to take an old man to lunch?

That all depends on how you answer my questions.

Oh, Lord.

Here we go.

Shoot.

The other day you said if somebody else shot my dad

it would probably been another Poole.

What did that mean?

Those Pooles are like cockroaches, son.

You tell yourself there's just the one in front of you

and there's always more.

I heard a rumor. I need to know

if that's all it is.

Edie Poole, my father.

That's it.

I already let you sully his corpse.

I won't let you do the same to his reputation.

That's not a no.

You listen to me, Bob Lee.