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about what you're feeling...

I know this is a very,

very tough time for you.

I would just like you to give

our viewers a sense

of what it must be like...

I'm sorry.

I don't want

to intrude on you-

excuse me.

Are you a friend

or a family member?

No...

I'm a reporter.

I mean, I write a column

for the middleborough times-

yes, I'm sorry to interrupt.

Look, I can only imagine

how you must be feeling

right now

and I know the last thing

you need

is a reporter asking you

personal questions,

but I was wondering

if you could share...

Reverend, perhaps you'd care

to comment on...

How does he do it?

I mean,

how do these network guys

find the chutzpah to shove

a microphone in someone's face

and ask how it feels to...

Lose a child or a father?

How does a guy like

Truman Harris sleep at night?

Comfortably wrapped in the arms

of any woman he wants.

The dude is

a total awesome.

You're not helping.

Sorry.

Okay, let's review.

You've gotten letters

about the crash,

but you think it's too ghoulish

to interview the relatives.

Correct.

So, why not write about how you,

the "heart healer",

feel about loss?

That doesn't work for me.

Why not?

It just doesn't.

Talk about your perfect

opportunity to write with emotion.

I said no!

I'm sorry.

I didn't mean to snap at you.

You know what?

I think I'll work on this

at my place.

Maybe a single serving

can-o-soup

can inspire a little passion.

Macgruder!

I can't talk.

I gotta find a bridge

to jump off.

So the column's going

well then?

I am totally screwed.

I'm a dry well.

I have no idea what to do.

Just do your job, Peyton,

which means just like me

and every other columnist,

you may have to pry open

some doors

you'd rather leave closed.

Is that how you earned

the prize?

I earned my pulitzer

the old fashioned way.

Hard work.

Dumb luck.

...pt 848. The f.A.A. Announced

early this morning

that the cause of the accident

is most likely due

to an electrical fire

on-board the aircraft.

The pilot apparently

reported trouble

minutes before

the fateful crash

that brought the airplane down.

Speculation has it

that the pilot intentionally

diverted the plane

away from populated areas,

a strong indication

that he knew-

so they did know.

They did have time.

Come here...

Look at you.

What would I have said

if I only had time

for one last thought?

Torming)

Peyton macgruder?

I'm sorry, ma'am,

we have some bad news.

I'm afraid your husband's

been in an accident.

yes, in middleborough

for Kingston danville.

Thanks.

It's Peyton macgruder.

I'm... did I wake you?

I'm sorry.

look, I have something

I have to talk to you about.

Why don't you come over

in the morning,

I'll cook you breakfast.

Nice job on

the Christmas decorations.

What Christmas

decorations?

My point exactly.

Well, who's gonna

appreciate it?

My cat?

Wow, macgruder,

this is how you do

over easy?

I'd hate to see

well done.

Here.

Kills the carbon taste.

Well, you are a regular

domestic diva,

aren't you?

Sorry, I'm a little bit

out of practice,

but, hey,

the price is right.

And the waitress

is cute.

Okay.

So what do you think?

Okay.

There was a huge explosion

and a fire.

Could a plastic baggie

and a piece of paper

survive all of that?

I don't know.

I'm asking you.

I suppose anything

is possible.

This piece of life vest

washed up right next to it.

So if I can get

the f.A.A. To confirm

that this came

from flight 848,

I think it is reasonable

to assume that this did too.

Well, they've been

finding stuff

all up and down the shore

so...

Yeah, I mean,

it's reasonable.

Right,

so what do I do?

What do you want

to do?

Read it.

What's this stuff

inside the baggie?

Cookie crumbs.

It's addressed to "t".

Who's "t"?

I don't know,

but I want to find out.

I want to find out

who wrote it

and give it to the person

that it was meant for.

And write about it

in your column.

Exactly!

You know, I could probably

get this thing fingerprinted

or go online or...

But no column.

Correct.

I want to solve the mystery

of this note myself

and bring my readers

along for the ride,

and hopefully fix my problems

with Nora.

So what do you think?

I think you may have

struck gold here.

Really?

Yeah.

Except one thing.

-What?

Do you really think

that a guy

sitting on an airliner,

hurtling helplessly

towards earth,

is gonna have the composure

to write a note?

I've thought about that.

The pilot notified

ground control

that there was a problem

in the cockpit,

a full three minutes

before the explosion.

Three minutes, king.

Yeah. Okay.

Okay, so in those

three minutes

people knew they were

in trouble.

I mean,

they must have known

or at least had the fear

that they could die.

What would you do?

Well, eat the cookies

for sure,

but write a note?

I don't know.

It's signed "dad".

If you had a kid,

wouldn't you want him

or her to know

what was on your mind

in those last terrible minutes?

I do have a kid.

You do?

He's a boy, 19.

He's away at college.

So, you actually found a woman

who could put up with you, huh?

not quite.

She dumped me

for a state farm agent

six years ago.

I'm sorry.

I didn't mean

to poke fun.

It's okay.

I'm way past it now.

Unfortunately, David,

my... my son,

he pretty much only heard

her side of the story,

so he blames me

for the divorce.

He thinks it

was my fault.

Was it?

I don't know, maybe.

being on the road

as much as I was.

Anyway, he is pissed at me.

Basically, we have zero

relationship.

So...

In your last couple of minutes

on this planet...?

Yeah...

I guess writing him a note

might've crossed my mind.

Hey, how about another cup

of this less

than desirable coffee

and then I will get

outta your hair.

You have a column

to write.

+

Dear readers,

i found myself inexplicably

drawn to the shore today,

to a place where,

a few days before,

I'd seen several family members

gathered to mourn the loss

of loved ones on flight 848.

While there,

i chanced upon a treasure.

It was not one of jewels

or gold,

but a simple handwritten note.

Its words speak of a love

as wide as the sea

in which it was discovered.

This treasure rose up

amid the debris of flight 848

and was signed only "dad".

If the message was written

in the final few moments

of that flight,

then it is

the last communication

from that doomed plane

to those of us still living.

Because fate entrusted me

with this note,

i feel that I should do

everything in my power

to unite that father

on flight 848

with his child.

I have to do all I can

to deliver the last message

to a grieving soul.

Is this for real?

It's for real.

Here you go.

Thanks.

A note just falls

from the airplane

and contains a message

for somebody?

That's right.

Well, what'd it say?

I can't tell you that.

What? Why?

I'm saving it

until I find the person

it was meant for.

How are you gonna

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