The Sinner

- Well, we do have our share of tree huggers out here.

- Last night, somebody broke into the house

where I'm staying.

Did you see them?

- No, I wasn't there, but they looked through my stuff.

This brings up a lot for me.

An intruder in the house? A lot.

I can't walk away from this.

- I don't think that I can keep going on like this.

- Where was that? - In your jacket pocket.

Percy worked on Don's crew.

- Well, they used to go up together a lot on their own.

- What is this shit? - You're telling me

someone didn't poison her mind with that shit?

- That wasn't Percy. - Somebody had control over her.

- The ancient lunar goddess is represented

by the ouroboros...

a snake swallowing its own tail.

Meg?

- You didn't see this, unless you want one.

No, I don't smoke.

- Well, neither do I. - I quit 30 years ago.

I leave Sean in charge for a week.

Turns everything to shit.

- Your boys, it doesn't bother them,

me being around here?

I don't care what they think.

Please tell me you found something.

Yeah.

Now, this family crest,

that's, like, from a boat, right?

You know whose it was?

- I don't know it, but they do have

retired boat logs down at the harbor master's office.

Okay, great. Thanks.

Where'd you find it?

- Oh, I just... - I've been curious

about these off in the woods areas

that have these ritualized arrangements and things,

and it was around one of those.

- Yeah, we get those new age hippie types up here.

- You think this has something to do with Percy?

Can't tell.

I'm gonna track this boat thing down.

It's probably nothing.

I'll come with you.

I don't think you need to.

- I know everybody at the office.

- My unloading time is at 2:00 every day.

And that Brandon Keyser is always blocking me.

- We've been here before. - You can file a report online.

- I filed three. - Nothing happens.

- They're backlogs. - They'll get to it.

Yeah, right.

Hey, Mike.

Hi, Mrs. Muldoon.

Hi, Patrick. How you doing?

- Good, good. - Good.

We have a question.

We're trying to find the boat this is from.

Does it match anything in your records?

- We log boats by registration numbers, not insignia.

- Right, but you might recognize it from somewhere.

Uh...

- To me, it reminds me of the Henderson boat.

The one Dick used to captain.

- Yeah, yeah. - But that's not quite it.

- Hey, the other harbor master who's usually here,

what's her name again?

Em Castillo? She's off today.

I could dig through some files, see what I come up with.

Yeah, that'd be great.

- She's weird about people touching her stuff.

- No problem, no problem, mate. - Thanks for looking into this.

Meg, we'll be in touch.

Oh, all right.

Is that for me?

- Was it you that broke into the house the other day?

No.

Guess you're making enemies around here.

These weren't yours to take.

Well, they're evidence now.

- Of what? - They were out on the cliffs.

- Percy had these with her when she jumped?

- They were set out by her or someone else.

Maybe it was you?

- Is that why you're investigating me?

Your relationship to Percy.

Why are you hiding it?

I'm not hiding anything.

Well, then,

maybe you could tell me what you're doing here?

- I thought we were playing a game

where we break into each other's houses,

see what we can find.

I see.

Your hut by the water, I found it.

And?

I saw your notes on Percy.

What was that? Some kind of conversion?

I'd call it growth.

- At the hut, I found blood on the rocks.

- I'm not the person you're looking for.

And if you come by my house again, I'm gonna shoot first.

About that blood,

Chief Raskin is gonna run forensics on it

and see if it's a match for Percy.

It's gonna take four or five days.

But somehow, this case leaks,

and people are gonna find out sooner.

- Are you threatening me? - No.

I'm just being honest with you.

Look, you're an outsider here. Same as me.

And any sign that you might have hurt her,

people are gonna assume the worst about you.

Just like you are.

Well, maybe.

This is your chance to set me straight.

- I always saw her from afar down by the dock.

She was 25 and loving being in charge.

At least that's how I saw her.

- And then something in her changed,

like, around two years ago?

Yeah.

It's like she became a totally different person.

Started drinking. Drugs too, probably.

She became completely withdrawn.

And then she was gone.

She left the island.

Probably a few months went by.

And when she got back, she was worse.

It's like she was a shell of who she'd been before.

- That's where you'd see her, by that dock?

Yeah. I was working nights,

so I'd always see her there alone.

Why that spot, do you think?

- Something happened to her down there?

I don't know what.

- At some point, you started to talk to her

and thinking you could help her, right?

She's the one who started it.

Hey.

What are you doing?

- Nothing. - Just, uh, taking a moment.

What's that in your hand?

It's embarrassing I don't know this

after seeing you around all these years,

but where are you from?

Baltimore.

Why'd you leave?

- I needed to do my own thing away from my family.

- Yeah, I tried that. - Didn't work out so well.

What are they like?

My family? Uh, like most.

You know, they try.

But they damage even when they don't mean to.

Damage how?

- You know, they're so caught up in their own pain,

they end up hurting everyone around them.

- Maybe they don't know another way.

- That's the whole point though, isn't it?

You gotta try.

My aunt was different.

She, uh, introduced me to just other ways of being.

Is that what you do here?

Is it like Wiccan or something?

Sorry.

I don't know anything.

I just... I've seen some things around the island.

Women doing things.

It's only women, isn't it?

- I just pull from things that inspire me.

It's mostly just about embracing nature.

But not a lot of people are open to it

because it means accepting destruction.

Destruction?

Yeah. It's nature's cycle.

Without death, there's no rebirth.

We just try to tap into that.

But why?

To feel whole.

To understand our place in all this.

Can you teach me?

- I don't... you know, it's not really about teaching.

Just tell me how to start.

Well...

you gotta respect the ocean.

Can't overfish.

- Like me and my family? - Yeah.

I wanna learn.

Please.

I really need something like this.

Why?

I haven't slept in two years.

- Point to the first thing that you notice,

that you're drawn to.

Don't think.

Is that wrong?

What do you feel?

I don't know. A dead tree?