Saint-Pierre

Gallagher, is suspect number one.

You knew I was gonna fill you in.

And I know you're doing your best.

You think Marcus is on Gallagher's payroll?

Maybe.

Meredith keeps trying to call me.

We need to talk.

Sorry.

Old habits.

Yeah.

Speaking of.

Yeah. Um, last night was uh...

a bit of a surprise.

Me showing up or the other thing?

You know, If you told me you were coming,

I would have taken the whole day off.

You-- you didn't sleepwalk.

Another win.

Seems like you're doing really well here.

Well, I'd have preferred to not have been banished here

by you-know-who.

But yeah, no, it's-- it's um,

it's-- it's better than I thought.

Yeah. I did come here for a reason.

Sorry, sorry. Just...

Go on.

To talk to you.

Face-to-face.

I gotta take it.

Hey.

Oh, um.

Yeah, I think I know where she is.

I'm gonna need a ride though, okay?

Sorry.

I-- I should have called, not just showed up.

Of course, you're busy.

They discovered a body, so...

Oh God, uh.

I have an idea.

Why don't you consider staying a couple of days, you know?

When's the next time you're gonna have a chance

to walk around free and easy in France.

I'll see.

Key's there.

Make yourself at home.

How'd you know I was here?

Ah, 'cause I listen when you talk.

You always ride on Tuesdays.

What's up with you?

Well, we do have a possible homicide.

I know, I got the message.

But there's something else.

Hey, let's mix things up today.

How about I drive?

You really are hilarious.

Okay, seriously, what's up with you?

Meredith showed up last night.

First, actually, I thought it was you at my door.

Hmm.

Oh, I thought I had overstepped with the whole Marcus thing.

Hey, you guys.

Last night, a hiker heard a scream near the bog

and we found the body.

Oh. You got an ID?

We haven't actually recovered it yet.

The bog is an active dig site.

A team of archaeologists has been working it

for a few months now.

So, we think they've discovered an actual bog body?

Well, it's hard to say at this stage.

Okay, let's see.

Bonjour. - Thank you.

That's doctors Karl Vankel and Hilary Taber.

She's a professor of archaeology at East Mount University

and is running this dig.

Who are those guys?

That's Myron Jang, Isabella Montez,

and Silas Ahearn.

Archaeology majors assigned to Dr. Taber.

Is that Camille Previn?

Yeah, the bog and all this land are hers.

She turned her house into a bed and breakfast.

It's just over there.

And uh, all the archaeologists are all staying at her place.

You idiots!

This is extremely delicate and historically valuable.

Well, it does kinda look like a Viking.

Hmm.

Or a murder victim.

Well, I never thought I'd be investigating

an actual Viking murder.

Hey!

I have seen some ugly stiffs in my day,

but this guy... Ooh!

Uh, hi!

Who's this?

No clue.

Natasha Bourge.

Well, I'm Arch and he's Fitz.

Apparently, your coroner moved back to France.

So, your boss dragged me in with some grand promises,

said it was urgent.

Not seeing the emergency

in a potential prehistoric dead guy.

Do you remember the bog body in Northern Ireland?

The police thought it was a recent murder,

because the bones and skin were still intact.

Yes.

But the radiocarbon confirmed he was over 2,000 years old.

Fascinating.

Could that be the case with this guy?

I mean, the peat in Saint-Pierre

could act as a preservation agent.

Maybe, yeah.

But it's hard to know if Eric the Red here

is the real deal until we do some tests.

If he is an historic find, we'll have to fill out forms.

Send the body back to Paris for an autopsy

with a certified forensic anthropologist.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

Let's just take a beat before we start calling in the feds.

Oh, okay.

You can take a look at that.

It's a piece of the tunic. Might help you with dating him.

Looks like cause of death could be blunt force trauma

to the back of the head.

Certainly might be.

But like I told your partner, just give me a beat.

Right.

Okay.

It was nice meeting you.

What do you think happened to Emmanuelle?

Probably reconciling with her ex-husband.

She's divorced and remarried the guy

like five times.

Maybe there's hope for you yet.

Karl Vankel is threatening to sue

if we withhold his find any longer.

Really doesn't make much of a first impression, does he?

And he's got a past.

What kind of past?

Well, a Swedish newspaper reported

when he got called out on his methods

during a panel there,

he punched out another archaeologist.

See what you can find on this, please.

No, no. Don't get up.

Where is he?

Dr. Taber,

what time did you find the body in the bog last night?

She didn't find anything.

I discovered what years of time and my research have proven

to be true.

It hasn't been proven yet, Karl.

Shut up!

Come on, Hilary.

You saw it with your own eyes.

His skin, the way he was killed.

It's classic Viking justice.

It's the first evidence of its kind in Saint-Pierre.

It's my find.

It's my site.

Actually, it's my site.

Oh.

You two, you don't work together?

No.

He insinuated himself into my dig,

always wanting what's not his.

That is absolutely not the case.

While your group was looking for Portuguese pottery,

I made a find of historic significance.

Karl believes that the Vikings

predated southern European settlers.

Even though other scholars have proven that

the Danes never set foot on these islands.

Tiny thinkers like you.

It's why she's always resented my work.

Neither of you will go near the body

or the site

until our investigation is complete.

If we need to discuss it further,

we know where to find you.

Come before dinner.

You could save us from another delightful meal

courtesy of our innkeeper.

Have a nice day.

Karl Vankel.

A total tool.

The way he spoke to Hilary Taber.

Yeah the-- the guy has a way

of really getting under your skin.

Why are we wasting our time on this bog man?