The Red Road

Previously on The Red Road...

Harold Jensen: Captain said they pumped paint sludge into the iron mines.

I never heard anything like that.

Jack Kopus: You put enough poison in a mountain eventually,

its going to slide down, into the valley.

I'm starting a different therapy.

I'm really trying to understand what the voices want.

You can't let them build casinos here!

You don't know the whole story.

Phillip Kopus: I found that money next to Mac's body,

your father is trying to bribe him.

He's the reason Mac is dead.

Chief Levi Gall: That one still even shoot?

Yeah... it still shoots.

- - Are you all right?

Uh, sorry, uh, I thought I heard you yelling.

It-- it sounded like you were hurt or something.

I'm-- I'm fine. I'm not hurt.

Good. Uh, look, I should have brought this over sooner.

Got delivered to our house by mistake.

My daughter opened it. Sorry.

Oh, I think it's for your father.

Thank you.

- -

I want you and the girls to only drink bottled water,

and maybe don't shower right now.

What are you talking about? What's wrong with the water?

A long time ago,

somebody dumped toxic paint sludge

into the old mine shafts in the mountain,

and it's gotten into Walpole's water supply.

I think it's why Dorothy got sick.

- How long has the water been-- - I don't know.

I think your father might have known about this,

and I think he might have even had something to do

with the dumping.

He could have been trying to keep the owners

of the auto plant happy.

Half the town used to work there.

He was probably desperate to keep it open.

Are you talking about the stuff you tracked across our carpet

the other night?

Yeah.

Why? Do you remember your father talking about it?

No, he never talked about it.

I recognized the way it smelled.

It reminded me of something.

It's silly. It wasn't real.

When I was a girl,

I imagined a man my father worked with came to our door,

and he gave me a box to give to my father.

And it had that same smell.

What was in the box?

A bird's nest.

The sticks all had paint on them.

And the baby birds were all dead,

and there was one egg that hadn't hatched yet,

and it was...

all black.

So I left the box on my father's desk, and I...

I hid the black egg in my room.

And later on, when I asked my father about it, he said...

there wasn't any box.

But the black egg was still in my drawer.

And then, a few weeks later, that was gone, too.

Do you think that was... real?

We have an emergency situation. Nobody drink the water.

The reservoir's been poisoned with lead.

We need to get the word out.

What the hell are you talking about?

The old mines are filled with paint sludge.

Okay? It's leeching into our water supply.

I'm gonna call the Mayor and The Record.

We're activating all shifts, may need to go door-to-door.

Call the schools, all right?

Make sure the kids don't drink any city water.

And somebody call the Road-Maintenance Department.

Help them put up signs all over town.

And, Aschell, I need you to coordinate with the Mayor's office,

see what the state or the feds can do

to get potable emergency water in here.

Let's go!

Captain, Captain.

I got kids. How much lead are we talking about?

I don't know. I mean, I took samples to the lab.

Waiting on the results.

The water hasn't been tested yet? What if you're wrong?

Well, then I'll take the heat for it.

We got to do something. I got kids, too.

I'd rather look stupid than take chances.

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You here to help put up signs?

Junior went to Connecticut with his father.

He knows about Mac.

How the hell did he find out?

I was trying to stop him from going.

That worked out well, didn't it?

I need you to go get him.

I don't know if you can tell or not--

I'm a little busy right now.

Yeah, well, I can't leave the state.

- - I think he's gonna do something.

He was pretty revved up when he left.

What do you mean, "Do something"?

I think he might try and kill his old man.

Junior? Junior's not gonna kill anybody.

Yeah, I used to think that, but now I'm not so sure.

Well, why don't you call the Tribal Police?

Levi's their Chief. You can't trust them.

You made this kid into a mad dog.

And now he's on the loose, you want to try to pass the buck.

I can't fix this for you.

- - Hello?

Hey. It's me. What are you doing?

Can you come over? I want to talk to you.

No, I can't. I'm too far away.

What's going on? Where are you?

Connecticut.

Why are you in Connecticut?

There's just something I have to do.

I'm sorry.

Just say you love me?

No, wait, what are you talking about?

I know what I'm doing.

I do.

I'm not confused, and if anybody says that to you,

just don't believe them, okay?

Junior, you're scaring me.

Please just come home, okay?

I-I'm sorry. I shouldn't have called you.

Don't hate me.

Woman: Girls, come downstairs.

Leave your brother alone.

Make sure you double-check those numbers, okay,

before we publish.

This is just unbelievable.

Harold, I owe you an apology for not believing you last night.

Not now, David, okay?

From what I've been able to find out,

the mob paid the Lenape to dump that stuff up there.

The Lenape are the ones that put it in the mines.

You are so full of shit.

You're just trying to cover your own ass.

Y-y-you think I knew about this?

Oh, I know when I'm being lied to, David.

You worked in the Mayor's office.

There's no way you didn't know about this.

Bill knew, and he was supposedly your friend.

Is that why he was so afraid to talk about it?

You putting pressure on him to keep quiet?

You want to make accusations,

you'd better have something to back it up.

- Rachel: - Dad?

Honey, I'm busy right now.

I'm-- I'm afraid Junior's gonna do something.

He called me from Connecticut, and...

I think he's gonna try and kill himself.

Please help. Please help me.

I don't know what to do. Dad?

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Uh, why don't you take a break?

Sure.