Absentia

You're the one they're looking for?

I'm innocent.

Move!

This way.

You're going to shoot me?

Or are you going to turn me in?

Who says I only got two choices?

You know,

there's only two things in this world that I hate.

My ex,

and the law.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

You want a friend?

I could sure use one right about now.

Larry Novo.

Got some dry clothes back there.

Go on, I won't look at you.

So where are you headed?

Boston.

Lucky you.

I'm Georgia bound.

You decent?

Thank you.

You can get some rest back there.

I'll wake you when we're close.

I ain't gonna hurt ya.

It's your call.

You got 10 seconds to make it, though.

Okay.

All right.

These marks here,

along the orbital bone,

they're blade marks.

The eyelids.

Our killer cut them off.

Sloppily.

My guess, this is one of the first victims,

maybe the first. From decomp,

this body predates the ones we liked Harlow for by years.

The location ties to Emily's childhood.

That's what changes everything here.

Look,

we need to start facing some facts.

One, since Harlow told you where to find Emily,

we know he had a person

or persons working with him on the outside.

Two,

Semerov shows up dead

with Harlow's signature and Emily's DNA.

So we've been looking for a killer

who's a link between Harlow and Semerov.

That would be Emily.

And now...

Now we have another body with Harlow's signature

in a grave site that ties to Emily.

A site she led us to.

You're saying that

Emily was Harlow's person on the outside all along.

I'm saying

it sure as hell looks that way.

Keep working the forest scene.

And I want to know more about Yorick here.

Start with his name.

Roger that.

Nick.

Emily wanted that initial case so bad,

you remember that?

Maybe we need to go right back to the very beginning.

What is the earliest their two paths could have crossed?

When did Harlow first become a suspect?

Jack?

Come on, Jackie, where's your password?

911, how can I help you?

Please, you have to come quickly!

Police! Open up, Mr. Byrne.

Is everybody all right in here?

Open up!

Jack Byrne?

Jack, Jack Byrne.

Shit!

What's up?

Hey, do you have Gregory Nash's contact info?

Yeah, sure, why?

I'm trying to get a hold of the witness

that first mentioned Harlow to us.

Sorry...

Julie Carter.

And there's only Carter's statement in the files.

I figured that Nash is running the field office.

Yeah, I have what he left us with

when he retired, so...

I'll send over the info.

All right, thanks.

Go! Go, go, go! On the left!

On the left! You got him! There, there.

And the other one! Go ahead...

Come in!

And again!

Hi, guys.

Time to go.

Can I finish my level?

No, it's time to go, Flynn.

I'll see you soon, kiddo.

Come on, get your stuff.

Honey, can you, wait outside a moment?

I just need to talk with Grandpa.

Thanks for bringing him by, Alice.

Warren, did you talk to him about Emily?

Of course I did.

He needs to know his mother's innocent.

This mess will be cleared up soon,

and everything can go back to normal.

We need to be careful how we are handling Flynn.

I'm talking about his expectations.

Because if it turns out what they are saying is true...

They?

Are you part of "they," Alice?

Warren, I'm not here to get into this.

I'm just talking about Flynn.

So am I.

If you're poisoning him against her...

Poisoning?

No, Warren, I'm not.

I'll bring him by next week.

Good timing, Durand.

Good to see you, Nash.

Good to see you, buddy.

Why don't you give young blood here the bill?

No, no.

You look good, Nash.

It's amazing what not getting your balls busted around the clock

can do for you.

You look like you've only aged about 30 years.

That's pretty good.

Thanks for meeting me.

Well, if I can help bring this thing to a safe end,

I'm happy to try.

I wanted to ask about Julie Carter.

Well, she's the one that first put us on to Harlow as a suspect.

Yeah. That's right. I was looking through the old files.

Carter was a patron at the bar where the first body,

the Smith girl, was last seen.

Carter said she saw Harlow leave with the Smith girl.

So, what's your question?

You ever speak with Carter? Take her statement?

No.

No?

Why? Emily found Carter.

That was the big break.

I know, but I can't ask Radford,

and there's no mention in his reports

of ever having spoken to Carter.

Well, that's because he never met her either.

What?

Julie Carter OD'ed a few days after talking to Emily.

Heroin.

Let me get this straight.

Only one person on earth

questioned the witness who first gave us the name Harlow?

And that person was Emily.

Jesus.

You've got eyes on the father, right?

Okay.

Detective.

Take a look at this.

No, no, no!

Don't touch it.

Calling Judge Ramos for a 2037 warrant.

She opened this file with these images,

after she saw this text exchange.

And we know who this Violet is, right?

Ran the number, it's a burner.

But that's not all.

I found this.

This account was set up right before Emily Byrne vanished.

Yeah, and it's not his only bank account.

Look, he has another bank account,

for his checks, bills et cetera.

This one was funded seven years ago

with several large cash deposits.

And I can't trace the cash to his income.

Where does the money come from then?

You're gonna have to do some of the work here, Detective.

Yeah.

Hey, where are you going?

I don't know. Ask Mom.

I'm going to my sister's.

When were you going to tell me?

I was going to leave you a letter.

Alice.

What is this?

I'm pregnant.

Please don't.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

We can work this out. Let's sit and talk.

Our whole life together,

it's just a consolation, isn't it?