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Leroy, I'm gonna ask you a question,

-and I want you to be honest with me.

When you told me to stab the underside

of that squid creature...

...did you know the ink sac

No.

No.

Oh, did someone stab

the underside of a squid

Okay, is this one of those things

everyone knows not to do

Yep. -Come with me.

Oh. All right.

Looks good on you. Let me see.

I look like I murdered a Smurf.

Actually, it's kind of burning. Is that weird?

Well, it's poison, so...

Are you serious? -Don't worry about it.

*

Gather up, everyone.

The, uh...

What is it? The-the-the Gila Forest,

a... uh...

the Gila Forest in New Mexico.

A hiker claimed that his friend was snatched off the ground

and ripped into the woods by "something."

The Gila Snatcher! Sorry. I'm-I'm just excited.

Yes, Annie has been following the disappearances in the Gila

for quite some time, and even though

there have been no confirmed sightings

and no clear indication of what exactly is in those woods,

she's, obviously, given it a name.

The Gila Snatcher.

I was calling it the Snatch Monster,

but then I changed that for obvious reasons.

Hey, uh, Captain LaFrey, if you're sending me and Leroy

out to investigate, we should take Annie.

Since she's an expert on the Snatch Monsters.

Good idea, Max. Annie, you'll go.

Everyone, get to work. Thank you.

-Yes. All right. -Yes.

* Going on a road trip. * -Max.

Sure. -A word, please.

You wanted Annie coming with us as an expert, right?

Yeah. What other reason would there be?

I can't think of one.

On an unrelated note,

I was thinking about this hypothetical agent,

I'll call him Matt.

He tried taking on

a dangerous case while simultaneously

working to impress this girl

he was super into, even though he would never say it.

-Right. -And his split focus

made the whole thing blow up in his face.

Ooh. -And kill his partner,

-Me-Roy. -Me-Roy.

Also hypothetical.

I am so sad for Matt and Me-Roy--

sound like great guys--

but I can tell you that Max is full force

in the case, 100% focused.

And... I am 100% sure.

I'm willing to go to 120%.

I'm fine with 100%.

There are no known photographs,

but local lore is that a large

mammal-like creature lives in the trees.

Now, since I've been studying this,

seven people have gone missing,

-just in the last three years. -Yeah, the hiker's buddy said

he was just lifted up off the ground and disappeared.

I mean, what kind of creature does that?

Oz monkeys. Those evil flying monkeys

from The Wizard of Oz? They could do that.

Are you suggesting those are real, or...?

No, I'm saying they could do that.

I've seen it with my own eyes.

You mean, you've seen The Wizard of Oz?

-Correct. -Got it.

Well, I can say with confidence we are not dealing

-with Oz monkeys here. -That's good to hear.

I got to say, though, I do find

their little bellhop uniforms amusing.

Little evil flying monkey in a little hat, little coat.

You think they wear that by choice,

or does the witch make them dress up?

The witch totally makes them dress up.

Freaky witch.

So, the most disturbing thing is, every so often,

one of the hikers turns up...

in pieces, shredded,

with teeth marks.

Sorry. It's a hobby.

But this area is no joke.

I mean, the Gila Forest is rough terrain.

What do you mean "rough terrain"?

Oh, I'm talking big, nasty woods.

Yeah. Oh, yeah. Yeah.

Yeah, no, I love the woods.

As a kid, people called me James Woods.

-They used to call you James Woods? -They sure did.

Because I loved the woods so much, and I looked older.

-I'm gonna go try and find a signal. -Okay.

See you later.

Leroy, listen, I have to tell you something.

No one's ever called me James Woods.

I'm confused. I was under the impression

they called you James Woods based on your love of the woods.

That's just it. I don't love the woods.

In fact, I hate the woods.

Oh. No, Max.

I'm out of my element.

I mean, out in the woods,

trying to focus on a case

in addition to...

-Well, no. No, no. -No, no, no. You trailed off.

Okay. In addition to trying

-to impress Annie. Fine. Okay -There it is.

That's what I was talking about back at the Bureau.

Yeah.

-That was us! -Well, circumstances

have changed, Me

-I don't know what to do here, man. -Calm down.

-No, no, Max. -I don't know what to do.

Relax, okay? I got us.

I used to be a Eagle Scout.

Was an Eagle Scout.

I can handle this. All you have to do

is act as if.

As if?

Act as if you cool. Act as if you fearless.

Act as if you a damn woodland master.

And act it so hard, you start to believe it.

-Then Annie will, too. -Yeah.

-I like that. That's cool. -Yeah.

All right, I'll grab Annie. You wait here,

and get any last nerdy impulses out of your system.

Yeah.

Ooh, binoculars.

Well, Leroy, who's the nerd now?

Oh.

Ah, father and son in the woods, how sweet.

Uh...

It's headed straight for those people.

Leroy! Annie!

What's his name?

Barry, what are you doing here?

I saw you in the meeting.

What's his name?

Don't play this game with me, Ava, not with me.

You've been distant all week.

You've not been yourself.

Shouldn't you be doing an autopsy?

And I'm doing one.

Open up that chest cavity and let me see that heart.

Barry, the remains of the Gila victim

could yield valuable information...

I'm gonna ask you one last time.

Leave.

As in Schreiber?

As in "leave now."

Okay, I'm going.

But one piece of advice, keep it "HOT."

Listen to me, it's an acronym.

Honest, Open, Two-way communication.

-Get out. -Sorry. Okay.

Anybody out there?!

Where are you? Are you here?

What is it

A dad and a kid. I don't know where they went.

There... Something was watching 'em

from the trees, like a, like a bat,

but, uh, the

You saw Batman?

No, not Batman.

It was, like, something that resembled a bat,

but, like, big, like a man.

-What I'm hearing is Batman. -No, it wasn't Batman, Leroy.

Well, it sounds like bat and man, right?

Yeah, but I didn't say them together.

You say them together, it's a whole different thing.

-It's Batman. -Max, if you saw the Gila--

I mean, if that is, in fact,

what you saw-- it would be the first

truly confirmed sighting.

We should head back

to the car, get our equipment.

Yeah, good idea.

Leroy, where are you going?

The car is this way.

-Car is back this way. -No.