The River Murders

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Here's your beer, Jack. Oh, thanks, Steve.

Hey, two nights in a row.

You must really enjoy the food here.

You know, the food is okay, but I

got a serious crush on the chef.

You really off for the weekend? Yeah.

Thought I'd take Mom and Dad

to that Italian restaurant by the river.

With this rain? The river might flood.

Yeah, it will give my dad something

to complain about.

Yeah, okay.

Tell your mom I will be up Thursday.

I have to visit with a couple

of wineries in the morning.

I will buy her lunch.

Okay. You going to be late tonight,

you think?

Maybe an hour. Can you wait?

Yeah, I was thinking

we'd take a nice romantic walk.

A romantic walk in the rain?

A romantic cab ride is all right.

Yeah, no. I think a walk will be

just perfect. Come here.

Your gun will get rusty.

Oh, you think so? Yeah.

You look very gorgeous tonight.

Uh-oh. I hate to tell you this,

but look who's arrived.

Hey, Jenny. Look at you.

I was supposed to go '70s dancing

with friends. I feel ridiculous.

No, you look fantastic.

Jack, they just found Sarah Richards' body

down by the river in Hillside Park.

Sarah Richards?

The one that works at the DA's office?

I spoke to Langley.

He's going to put Sotor and Lynch on it.

But I knew you'd want to know.

I got to do this.

- You had a thing with Sarah?

- Years ago.

I saw her the other day at the courthouse.

She asked about you.

You seem to have a lasting effect

on the women you have known.

She got married a few years ago.

She's got two kids.

Horrible.

Looks like sexual assault.

We found her clothing

down below in the hollow.

Then it looks like the body was placed here.

You found the clothes down there?

Yeah.

Neck's been broken.

Had to be a strong man.

She was in good shape.

Sarah was married, wasn't she?

Wedding ring is missing.

What is it, Jack?

Almost 12 years ago,

I dated Sarah for four months.

Last time we had sex

was right down there.

That makes me a suspect.

Yeah.

We got to do this by the book, Jack.

You two go to the station,

make a statement.

Do you want a lawyer?

Come on, f*** you, Art.

See you two at the station.

Hey. Excuse me.

I am heading to Sandpoint.

What's the best way to the freeway?

Go that way down first.

You will see signs in about five blocks.

Be careful out there.

There's too much rain. Yeah.

Forty days and 40 nights.

Can I get you anything?

No, thanks.

Okay. Take care.

Coroner puts the time of death

between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m.

Yeah, well, I was here at 8.

I was sleeping before that.

Was Ana there?

No, she goes to the farmers' market at 5.

Hey, Jenny.

Jack, this is kind of hard for me,

but I got to put you on administrative

leave until we clear you.

I need your badge and gun.

I am going to go home.

We will have this cleared up

in the morning.

And Jack, I need you

to stay away from this case.

Hey. Hey.

What is it?

Oh, it's...

It's nothing. Tell me.

No, I will tell you in the morning.

So because Sarah's body

was in the same area that...

This is just too crazy.

This can't be really happening.

I know, but it is. I am sorry.

Honey, I need to tell you something.

What? It was at least a year

before you and I met.

No, Jack. That's not it.

Uh...

What?

It's nothing. No.

I got to go. Fish market.

You okay? Yeah.

I am going to go run. I love you.

They always return

to the scene of the crime.

Hey, hey, hey,

don't cross that tape line.

Check for enemies

that she made at the DA.

I called over there. They're sending

you a list of her convictions....

from the past three years.

What do you got here? Anything?

Shouldn't tell you this, but the coroner

called. They found the ring.

You could be the expert witness.

They found it in her p*ssy, Jack.

An area we heard you knew very well.

Honey, where have you been?

What's wrong? I was running.

How am I going to say this to you?

It's just I got home, and I...

There was a message from your father,

and there's been an accident, Jack.

It's your mother. She's dead.

She walked across that

bridge every day for 30 years.

She's usually up at 6.

I was in the workshop until 10.

Always in such a hurry.

I always told her to be more careful.

She never listens to me.

She never listened to anyone, Dad.

She was looking forward to seeing you.

Hey. Oh, thanks, baby.

You're welcome.

Too much rain.

That river's going to run its banks.

Talk to people in her division.

Her supervisor said

she was out for a few days.

So maybe there was a threat.

Sotor talked to the husband.

He's cleared. Said she'd been sick.

Nothing else new, except the FBI called.

Something clicked on their computer.

Were there any prints? Mm-mm.

No prints.

Jack, you need to concentrate

on your father.

We will all be at the funeral. All right.

Call me if anything comes up. Will do.

Help. Help.

Help me.

I knew I'd find you here.

It's time, babe.

My own mother, God bless her soul,

died at childbirth.

I never knew her, though somehow

she lives on within me.

And often I hear her speak

on the rain, in the wind.

The soul is a force to be reckoned with.

Often it will not die. It will refuse.

It will continue on within, in all of us.

The FBI says it

fits two others, maybe more.

Yeah. The ring placement fits a profile.

Then that clears me.

I mean, if they're all

connected, I haven't traveled.

There was one in Reno, one in Sacramento.

The FBI will be in our office tomorrow.

The agent in charge is a prick.

They're from Quantico, Behavioral Analysis.

Twenty-six years of law enforcement,

and I have never had a case like this.

Don't get too excited.

If this is a serial thing,

they have jurisdiction.

Now, as far as I am concerned, this

new information clears you outright.

Who is he?

He looks like FBI, this guy.

Yeah, he's a tech from the lab.

They want to take a DNA swab from you.

Now? Art, at my mother's funeral?

I know, you're right.

But please, Jack, do it.

It will clear you officially soon.

I need you on this case.

Please, you can do it by the van.

All right.

He finally fell asleep. Good.

You don't have to do that, baby.

It could wait till tomorrow.

There's never been a dirty dish

left in this sink overnight.

I am not about to start now.

Have a drink.

Want one? No, I am fine.

He will be all right.

He's already talking about working tomorrow.

I just can't imagine him

alone in this house.

I mean, he's never even washed

a dish in his entire life.

Maybe we should do it.

Maybe we should move up here.

Oh, no.

Can't quite see you playing

local sheriff, Jack.

It's not your thing.

Who's this?

Jack, I am sorry it's late.

It's all right. Come in.

Honey, it's Tony Ragusa.

I am very sorry about your mom.

I couldn't come today.

Come on in, it's raining. Come on.

I have got police business,

and I am afraid it's not very pleasant.

We need to talk.

What is it?

Ellie Nelson.

We found her body way upriver, naked.

Looked like she'd been in there

for two or three days.

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