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We'd like to speak to him.

Okay?

- Cover the house!

- No, stay here!

Move! Go!

Stay!

The kid doesn't know

why we're here!

They're comin'!

Jeb, they're comin'!

They're here!

Ma, they're here!

Cease fire!

Ma!

Go!

Just hold on.

Pinned down,

they returned fire.

Finally,

the reinforcements arrived.

When it was over,

the siege lasted over two hours.

At the end, Parson's

two eldest sons were wounded...

his wife and his youngest boy

were killed.

As for Parsons,

he wasn't even home.

See, the FBI, they thought...

that their people were uncovering

some sort of terrorist plot.

You see? But what their file,

their flags...

did not reveal to them...

was that Seaver Parsons had

come into a family inheritance...

with which he had arranged

the hundred legal firearms...

to be legally purchased.

Nor did it tell them that Parsons

had recently applied...

for a sales license.

Nor did it tell them that Parsons

warned his family...

that some people might want

to steal his collection.

He instructed his sons

and his wife...

and his daughter-in-law...

never to let strangers on

this property while he was away...

and if force be taken,

then to defend with force.

Defend the home!

You know, he had no love

for the Federal Government.

He did have a separatist

and suspicious past.

But this was not a terrorist.

He was not a criminal.

Three innocent people

died that day...

because the flags went up.

The flags were wrong.

Don't just dive in.

I want you to think for yourself.

- I want you to be safe.

- Let go of my hand.

Okay. Hey, look.

I want you to have

a great time, okay?

Listen to your troop master,

all right?

Did Brooke tell you to let me go?

Yes, she did,

as a matter of fact.

She said you're a big guy and you could

handle ten days away. She's right.

When I get back, will she--

Is she gonna take Mom's place?

Nobody is ever gonna

take your mom's place.

Not Brooke, nobody.

Mom is always gonna be with us,

right here...

because we remember her like

nothing could ever take her away.

If Brooke and I ever start thinking

about something like that...

we're gonna talk

to you about it first.

She'll only ever live with us

if Mom says it's okay too.

Okay.

- You have a great time, okay?

- Thanks for camp, Dad.

Have a good one.

All right.

- Thanks, Dad. See ya.

- All right. See ya later.

His name was William Fenimore...

and I'm told he changed it

to Oliver Lang.

It may take me a few moments, sir.

Okay, we do have

a William Fenimore...

of Carson, Kansas,

changed to an Oliver Lang.

Oh, do you know when that was?

October 5, 1981.

Oh, thank you very much.

That's exactly what I was looking for.

State of Kansas,

Department of Records.

Yes, hi. Michael Jones.

I'm with the EEOC in Washington.

I've got a possible name change

I wanted to run by you guys.

I'm looking for an Oliver Lang.

He's out of Carson, Kansas.

Hold on, sir.

Sir, I'm afraid I've got

nothing on any name change...

for an Oliver Lang

of Carson, Kansas.

Okay, just doin' my job.

Thank you.

Sir? Our records indicate

Oliver Lang deceased...

as of October 4, 1981.

- October 4?

- Yes, sir.

What does

the death certificate say?

Cause of death is listed

as gunshot, hunting accident.

You had said you were calling

with whom in Washington?

Thank you.

Just run through this scenario with me.

Theoretically,

why would someone do that?

Do what? Change his name to the name

of a person who died the day before?

Yeah. Someone the same age

from the same hometown.

Why? Would it be to take over

that person's life?

No, that wouldn't work.

When you die, the death certificate

goes both state and federal.

Driver's licenses, Social Security

numbers, they're voided.

-Can't do it to hide the person you are.

-Then why would you do it?

You'd do it to hide

the person you were.

Say you wanted to find out...

a criminal record for your guy

prior to the name change.

- Unless you're a real professional--

- You'd check on the name he has now--

And the records you'd find back then

would be for somebody else entirely.

That's the significance of making

the change right after a person's death.

- No overlap.

- It gives you a whole new history.

It helps the old one disappear.

Is there something you want

to tell me, Michael?

Whit, if I give you a name,

could you run it for flags?

- Jesus!

- Just this once.

Check out files as a personal favor,

is that what you're asking me to do?

- Come on, I'm not--

- You go to jail for that.

- This is important.

- My pension's important.

Whit, I'm asking you to run a name.

I'm not asking you to start surveillance

and break out the goddamn guns.

Faraday, if you'd asked your wife to

do it, she'd tell you the same thing.

Get you classified FBI information.

She'd say,

"I love you, baby, but that...

I cannot do."

If you want to find out about somebody,

there's always ways to do it.

They're just not through me.

Come on. Use your imagination.

Oh, hi, Daphne.

How you doin'?

You doing okay?

- Hi, Hannah.

- Mommy and Daddy aren't home.

Oh, well, actually,

I don't need your mom and dad.

You know what?

I locked myself out of my house.

- I came home from work and realized--

- We can't let strangers in.

Well, I'm not a stranger, right?

See, what I need to do

is use your phone...

to call up somebody to see if

they'll help me get in the house.

Would that be all right...

if I use your phone?

- Kitchen.

- Good.

I'm gonna use the phone

in your dad's study.

- You guys are playin' here.

- That's Dad's study.

I'll just be a sec.

You guys go ahead and play.

Your dad won't mind.

Hello. Yes, I've got a--

a home lockout.

I need your help to get back in.

Faraday, Michael.

No, that's no problem.

I have identification.

- You locked yourself out.

- Scared the sh*t out of me.

Yeah, I was on the phone...

and the picture was falling--

crooked-- so I--

Yeah, the locksmith guy's comin'.

Good. Did you want to wait here?

I'm just back from the store.

No thanks.

I got a call from Brady today.

He and Grant are having

a wonderful time.

He went on and on about what kind

of bugs they're catching.

I don't know if there's

any kind of badge for that.

Can I offer you something?

No, I've got a--

I should really get back. There's

some papers I can grade while I wait.

But thank you for the call.

Sure.

Thank you, girls.

Our house is your house.

Just a sec.

You forgot your case.

And your phone.

Need to recharge my batteries.

I know the feeling.

- Hey, what are you doing?

- Pretending to wait for a locksmith.

- Right.

- Pretended to be locked out.

Uh-huh.

Why was that again?

I'll explain it to you.

Can we pretend

to have dinner first?

Hi, neighbor.

"Pipe bomb."

"Special state agency."

"William Fenimore Senior."

How's the hunting?

Hey, Oliver.

I was in the city on a project. Went by

your office. They said check here.

- Got some research goin'?

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