Anna Pigeon

I love this park.

You can hide and feel safe.

Maybe that's why I came here.

To find myself.

The night sky, so dense and clear

you could stick your hand in and feel the stars.

Nature doesn't judge. It's not bad or good.

It just is.

Sheila wasn't so lucky.

Someone else found her first.

Anna Pigeon. Hello.

Anna, it's Geoff.

- Geoff, it's dark out. - I know.

It's early. Why are you at work?

Sheila Drury didn't come back last night.

What?

Her mom called me.

She's usually up by now. They do the...

- Wordle together. - Yeah.

Yeah.

Damn, Sheila's always on time.

Okay, I'm up.

I'm heading out.

Hey, wait 'til it's light.

I got another call coming.

- Who calls you at 6:00 AM? - My sister.

Hey.

How's New York?

I know I've said this to you before,

but I'm worried about you.

Molly, I gotta go look for a missing park ranger,

my friend, who's probably stuck in a crevasse

with her leg under a rock.

So don't shrink me right now.

It's Zach's birthday coming up.

Yeah, I know. I was married to him.

I literally never forget.

How are you gonna get through this week?

You know.

Work and wine.

Besides, I'm leaving in two weeks.

An astute psychiatrist would say

that you're avoiding your feelings.

Are you astute now?

Molly, coffee's done.

I gotta go.

- I love you. - Stay safe.

Don't die, or I will kill you.

That's littering, friend.

It'll biodegrade.

Okay, first, it takes two years

for a banana peel to decompose,

so don't even try that angle.

Second, I'm not just a park ranger.

I'm a law enforcement ranger, so in this park I'm a cop.

And third, I'm feeling crabby today.

So pick it up.

See? Take only memories, leave only footprints.

Easy, right?

Sheila!

Sheila!

Sh...

Vultures.

Okay, devil's claw, you thorny SOB.

We doin' this?

No...

No!

Sh...

I'm so sorry.

Hey, Geoff...

I found Sheila.

- She's dead. - Sh...

Something feels off.

Anna, there's a... there's a storm warning.

I'll send the team later. Come back.

For your own safety, all right?

I'm not leaving her to the vultures, Geoff.

Anna.

Sorry, signal's bad. I can't hear you.

Man, this park's the worst.

Deep wounds.

No scratches.

Belly's intact. That's weird.

And no bite marks.

Go.

Go!

Is it bad? Anna say it was bad?

Yeah.

Since you're a law enforcement ranger,

you gotta toughen up.

I am tough.

I come from a family of park rangers and cops.

And Manny's been in the army.

I think we're pretty tough.

- More resilient than tough. - Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Come on, we got work to do.

Let's bring Sheila home.

Anna.

Anna?

Over here.

Yeah.

Looks like a mountain lion kill.

Doesn't have the hallmarks.

Cats eat what they kill.

If the cat dragged her in here,

her guts would be everywhere.

She'd have cuts from the devil's claw.

I know I'm not law enforcement,

just humble paths and roadways.

But Sheila was on a transect, right?

- Yeah, tracking cats. - She tracked them too well.

Okay, what if the cat dragged her here,

going backwards?

The cat would have sustained a cut.

Cat didn't have any cuts on it.

You saw it?

- Lived to tell the tale. - What's it doing here then?

It was hunting that raccoon.

Living its life.

So what killed her then, if not the cat?

People.

Come on, you guys, help me get her into the stokes.

Careful.

Here.

One, two, three.

Don't do it.

You can still try and rob this gas station,

or you can slide that gun over to me

and you can go in there and get me some Twizzlers.

It's up to you.

- Hey. - Hey, Frederick.

It's Anna Pigeon - Pigeon!

Hey, it's been a while. Thought you'd flown the coop.

Hey, I need your help.

- You busy? - No.

Hold on.

Yeah, where you at?

Did you find my daughter?

Kelli, I have some bad news.

What the hell?

Harlan! Is that dead goat in a cage

because you're hunting the cat?

Trapping the cat. Geoff authorized it.

Sorry, Anna.

Thanks for lending us your guys, Jerry D.

This is bullsh...

- Who is that? - Anna.

Law enforcement gal.

So that's Anna Pigeon.

Geoff's in a meeting.

Anna!

You're using ranch hands to trap that cat?

It killed Sheila.

Are we not gonna investigate that?

Why do you want to overcomplicate this?

Cat didn't do it, Geoff.

Nobody's ever been killed by a cougar

in Glacier National Park, in all of time.

In all of Glacier!

Well, there's a first for everything.

If you trap and move that cat, she will die.

That's what happens.

Cougars in the new territory will kill her.

This time of year she'll have cubs, too.

Her cubs will die.

Anna, you went over my head.

Special Agent Stanton drove all the way here

for a cat kill?

Yeah, we know each other.

My first year on the job, somebody tried to kill me.

- He... - I investigated.

Well, that explains everything.

Lack of eviscerations, no cuts from the devil's claw.

I wanted a second opinion, Geoff, which I don't regret.

Agent Stanton, what's your view?

I know this is emotional for you, Anna,

but you don't have much to go on.

Are you serious?

Anything else?

Sorry she wasted your time.

- Want another one? - Yeah.

Saint Kateri.

The patron saint of the environment.

I heard about the dead ranger.

For a minute, I...

For a minute I thought it was you.

My God.

Sheila's backpack.

Rain jacket.

First aid.

Phone.

Water.

Water?

Sheila wasn't carrying any water.

Why would an experienced park ranger

head into the back country without water?

She wouldn't.

Someone took her there.

Hi.

- Hey. - You're here.