Wetlands Page #2

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The Cadillac of heart bypasses.

Better watch what you eat.

Won't be the pork.

The football maybe.

What is the countdown?

[Sheehan]

Three weeks.

The most epic game of my life.

[Babs chuckles]

[Babel]

How epic?

75k epic, baby.

- Are you kidding me?

- Go big or go home, right?

[chuckles]

You should come by,

we'll watch it together.

I don't wanna be a nuisance.

Well, now you're just

avoiding us.

What have you got going

with the little guy?

Ah, nothin' major.

I've been paying

that little snitch for years.

So don't try to fool me.

Have you seen 'em?

Your family?

You can't just

roll up on 'em like that.

They served some official notice

on me up in Philly.

Dude, what the f***

happened in Philly?

I don't wanna talk about it.

A prodigy of a narc comes

down here out of the blue,

demotes himself to this dump.

For what?

I mean, I understand

the kid and everything, but...

how the hell

did you pull that off?

Told them the ocean breeze

was good for my lungs.

[chuckles]

Yeah, you got some sh*t

on the captain, don't ya?

No. I don't know that fool.

Yeah, we all got some sh*t

going on down here.

Yeah? Really?

Goes with the landscape.

The loneliness.

Melancholy.

Fucks with your moral compass.

Listen to Joyce.

Here comes a fat C-note.

[Informant] This is personal. You

can make it up to me next time.

[Babel]

Fair enough.

You clean?

[Informant]

Squeaky.

[Babel]

Look me in the eye.

OK. Go.

She's a dispatcher

for Coconuts.

Fat dude with

the tropical shirts.

No sh*t.

[Informant] Simple stuff.

Pick up at the docks.

Bus to Atlantic City.

Repeat.

- But?

- [Informant] But?

She's a little thief.

A few baggies here and there,

downscale clientele,

pocket-money stuff.

What's the big deal?

[Informant] The big deal is

he found out in no time.

You sell in f***in'

Cape Atlantic,

what do you expect?

So he takes her

to his basement...

ties her to a dog cage...

keeps her there two days.

I'll spare you the details.

Goddamn.

He's an animal.

- And he skims as well.

- What else?

[Informant]

She hasn't learned her lesson.

She sold to a buddy of mine

in Delaware last week.

Not a bright future

ahead of her.

[lighter clicks]

- I owe ya.

- [Informant, straining] Don't mention it.

There's another boat

coming up in a few days.

Don't be too hard on yourself.

People make choices.

[R&B playing on headset]

[Savannah moaning]

[telephone rings]

Stop. Stop, I said.

[ringing continues]

[Savannah sighs]

Who is this?

[Babel] That's no way

to answer the phone.

We need to talk.

- Listening.

- [Babel] In person.

- Phone is just fine.

- [Babel] I'll see you in ten minutes.

What the hell? You're not

authorized, and you know that.

[Babel] It's important.

I'll see you in ten.

Sh*t.

[hangs up phone]

- Hubby?

- Maniac.

Marry a cop,

that's what you get.

You want me to bounce,

just say it.

I think it's

a perfect time to meet.

I don't know, what would you be,

my stepdaughter?

Amy's tutor?

F*** you, Sav.

I can run.

Been doing it all my life.

I'm good at it.

Tonight I want you to tell me

about the surf shop, all right?

The logo, everything, OK?

But now I need you

to clean up.

'Cause I don't want him to throw

a fit when he sees Amy.

[gulls calling]

[rock music pounding]

- [doorbell jangles]

- [sander whirring]

[hard rock playing]

[sander powers down]

Where is she?

I dressed up

the horses set them loose

Something real deep

and took in every drop...

[door slams]

[man strumming ukulele]

We need to talk.

Guys, this is

my ex-husband.

He used to be the police,

the po-po. Say hi.

Hello, Police.

Come on, get up.

I'm not here on a social visit.

Hey, Babs.

What's it been, a year?

Look, I don't care

about your life.

You like young girls now, fine.

You turn into a hipster,

all good,

but don't mess

with my daughter's life.

For the record, my daughter's

better off with me

than with a deranged addict.

Your lover friend's been

f***ing with the wrong people.

How long have you been

stalking us?

She's stealing

from a bunch of animals.

She sells a few bags on the side

so she can raise money

for a surf company, a blog;

what's the big deal?

Big deal is that next time

she gets beaten, raped,

our daughter might be around.

You make your lady friend

stop now.

- Roger that.

- Do it for our daughter.

F*** you. I have always

been there for her.

Unlike some people.

Those days are part of the past.

Good. We might even see

each other once in a while then.

I moved here.

What?

Two towns north.

Are you f***ing with me?

Are you delusional? Like,

what are you gonna do here?

Landscaping?

I'm back on the force.

They took you back?

You're a cop again?

I turned a corner in my life.

I wanna see her.

Well, no contact

until further consideration,

as per the judge.

- I deserve to see her.

- Do you?

[Babel]

Yeah.

I'll give it some thought.

[Babel]

Family Court say it's your call.

[lighter clicks]

All these papers

mean nothing to me.

It's the eyes of the man

that tell the story.

Yours are beautiful.

Clear.

Thank you.

- Means a lot.

- Now...

What you told me doesn't

surprise me one bit.

They aren't fooling me.

I understand trouble.

And is that young lady

a mess, huh?

All those tats, those rings.

Jesus, Lord!

Listen, if I was back

in Amy's life, I'd...

Let's not jump the gun.

A court order

is serious business.

And you still have

a lot to prove.

I'll watch 'em like a hawk.

In these situations, tragedy

can strike at any moment.

In my line of work, I've seen

it happen every time.

Anything else, Detective?

[Katherine on TV] After

these weeks of sunshine,

I don't know how to break

this to you.

This crazy Suzy

is slamming Jamaica

and is coming our way.

A hurricane after Thanksgiving!

Sunny side up as usual, hon.

Don't you get bored?

[Katherine] ...I had seen it all.

Let's not pack up quite yet.

Boring is good.

- We still have a few days left.

- [theme song plays]

- [knock on window]

- That's all from Katherine Buchanan...

- Oh, not that thing again.

- He's quite a charmer when he wants to be.

[Schmidt] The latest forecast is

up on the board, check it out.

Does not look good.

All right, and we're gonna post

any updates as they come along.

[Sheehan] My bad, chief. Sorry,

I had to stop for a latte.

[officers chuckle]

Oh, no coffee

for your new homeboys?

[Schmidt]

All right, as I was saying,

we have never, ever been hit by a

storm this late in the season.

They have no idea

what to expect.

Alright, so learn the drill,

hear me?

- Double down on the Patriots.

- Patriots, you f***in' traitor.

Am I missing something here? We got a

natural disaster bearing down on us.

Deal with the football nonsense

later, come on.

- Calls it nonsense.

- Children and the elderly.

We gotta get 'em out of Dodge

ahead of time, alright?

And the evacuation routes, we gotta

keep them open and fluid at all times.

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