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Private beach!
All good -- I'll stay on the other side of the reef.
Pilot: Ladies and gentlemen, we are in our final descent
to Nimitz Bay, the crown jewel of Reef Island.
Local time is 10:50 a.m.
It's a beautiful day at the reef.
Light breeze coming out of the east.
Top temperature is around 84 degrees.
As you know, Reef Island is a U.S. territory,
and all U.S. citizens,
please make sure you have filled out
your Customs declaration forms before you deplane.
Flight crew, prepare for landing.
Woman: Thank you for flying Reef Island Airways. Man: Thank you.
Air Marshal, am I right?
You're the only one on the plane wearing a jacket.
You didn't get up from your seat not even once
during the whole flight, not even to pee.
And you've got that Beretta-sized tumor
on your right hip.
Plus, you kind of look like a man of the law.
So, how is it you didn't notice that guy right behind you in 4B?
He was the first one off the plane,
got up to check his bag, like, seven times.
Plus, he had a gun in his boot
that they missed in Los Angeles and Honolulu
and a wound on his left side
that is starting to seep through his shirt.
So, I'm thinking maybe armed robbery?
Why the hell didn't you say something?
Uh, well, I didn't want to get stuck inside a 12-foot-wide tube
during midflight... crossfire?
Everybody! Get down!
Stop, man!
Hm?
Stay down!
Keep the change.
Help with your bags?
Jimmy.
Hey. Cat. Hey!
Welcome home.
Yeah, well, this isn't home. Not anymore.
You saying you didn't miss us?
Oh, come on, Jimmy. You know I love you guys.
I just, uh, you know...
Well, it's complicated.
Hey, hey, I thought you were doing more time.
When did you get out?
About a year ago.
Wow. You got a job, you got a suit.
You look good.
You here for Doug's parole hearing?
Uh, yeah. I thought I'd drop by.
Seems like you couldn't stay away forever.
You take care.
Kiko: Hey, what can I get you?
Wyatt: Scotch rocks, Kiko.
Can I get you another?
Sure.
Two.
I'm gonna guess... vacation?
Business.
How long you here for?
Why? 'Cause you can show me around?
Let me guess.
You just got that shiny gold badge.
Congratulations. You're a detective.
And tonight, you're thinking you'll pick up
the next shiny thing that catches your eye.
Okay.
You're not interested.
Oh, now, is that what I said?
Well, you're not making it easy.
Oh, you're a good-looking guy. I bet most things come easy.
And you're the hot local detective,
and I'm supposed to figure
you're safe for a one-night stand.
That's why you're cruising a hotel bar in the first place.
Can we just rewind to the "good-looking guy" part?
Yeah.
I'll bet you like to be on top.
We don't have to start there, but it's usually where I end up.
Reporter: The Reef Island Police Department
have yet to obtain evidence that the young woman
had succumbed to any foul play.
In a statement, the RPD said...
Morning. ...accidental drowning
is one of their lines of inquiry. Hey.
While the search for Tori Eastland continues,
a spokesperson for her father,
Eastland Empire CEO Carter Eastland,
said that the family remains hopeful
that she will be found.
Wow. Tori Eastland.
Richest family on the island.
Hasn't brought her back yet.
...kept prying eyes at bay.
What?
You remind me of someone.
Can't quite figure out who.
Well, it's a good thing you didn't use that line last night.
Yeah, seriously.
Well, Reef and I have history.
But I haven't been here in about...five years.
So, there's an offshore hitting the North Reef.
I'm gonna scrounge up a surfboard and get in a few sets.
You know, I was born here, lived most of my life here.
Just never saw the appeal of surfing.
So... Later?
A-Actually, later, uh, I got stuff.
Later after your stuff?
Well, after my stuff, I'm gonna surf some more,
and then catch a flight out. Whoa.
It was fun, though.
Yeah, it...was fun.
See ya. Bye.
Remorse? That's just a word to most people.
That they demand from someone else.
But for the last five years,
remorse has been the air that I breathe.
I accept responsibility for every deed, every crime,
everything I've ever done.
I ask this parole board for the chance to live
a quiet and peaceful life among my fellow citizens.
Thank you.
Miss Chambers, we understand that you would
also like an opportunity to address this Board?
Oh, you bet.
See, this, uh, remorseful soul over here?
He ordered members of the Shorepound Syndicate
to murder me and FBI agent Jake Elliott,
who still bears the scars of that attack to this day.
Uh, Miss Chambers, before you turned informant --
Informants get paid.
I accidentally married an undercover FBI agent.
You used your profile as a professional surfer
to smuggle drugs, launder money,
and steal jewelry and cash from hotel rooms.
I was accused, never convicted.
Mnh, because you cut a deal, predicated on cooperation --
I am not a rat.
I only testified
after Doug O'Casey tried to have me killed.
If I did not cut a deal, I would have been dead.
Listen to me -- I dragged my ass
13 hours across the Pacific to state the obvious.
The idea that you would let this man out
because he went, what, a few years
without shanking anybody is insane
and only reminds me that the Reef
is still the shadiest sunny place in the country.
Hey, Cat!
Emma Hahn, KFZA online.
Hey, Emma. Still working the courtroom beat?
Uh, how's it feel being back home?
Okay, is this really news?
Shouldn't you be covering the kidnapping
of that rich girl in the kayak?
Tori Eastland? Yeah.
Who told you she was kidnapped?
Police said maybe accidental drowning.
Well, they're wrong.
Black Moon Beach is 6 feet deep out to Stevens Point.
If she drowned, they would've found her body by now.
Police haven't given any indication of a kidnapping.
Huh.
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