This can be a scene-by-scene recap for Darkish Winds Season 3 Episode 1.
Leaphorn is at the hours of darkness, blood popping out of his ear. David Bowie’s Area Oddity performs because the digital camera hovers over and circles his physique as if it’s his spirit. The music stops when Leaphorn takes a breath and begins to maneuver.
He pulls a poison dart out of his neck. His radio is lively. Leaphorn tells Natalie by means of it, “It’s not sufficient. Ship everybody.”
Leaphorn is respiratory closely, fairly afraid. He turns off the flashlight to assist him keep away from detection. He’s fairly banged up and together with his again towards a tree, he makes use of the flashlight to disclose enemies. Proper now, there are none.
The musical rating intensifies as he hears footsteps. Leaphorn peeks above a rock. An engine revs, and he’s down once more.
Seven days in the past:
Joe is making breakfast for his spouse. She hugs him from behind as he makes it within the pan.
She needs him to construct her a mole protection system or go hungry. That must wait. Leaphorn and Chee have been pulled to the scene of a criminal offense.
They meet the Sheriff, who’s on the scene. A 14-year-old boy, Ernesto, is lacking after having a pal spend the evening at his home. His pal George Bullegs confirmed up at college, however Ernesto hasn’t been seen since.
Their bikes have been deserted within the desert. One of many bikes has what seems to be machete marks on it. George is the most certainly suspect, however there are another prints round that recommend there might be another person concerned.
We see Bullegs at school earlier than Leaphorn and Chee arrive on the college. Whereas Chee reveals Leaphorn a photograph of him from his monitor days, Bullegs disappears.
US/Mexico Border. Hachita, New Mexico, 457 miles south of the Navaho Reservation
Bernadette finds a suspicious white van deserted alongside the facet of the street. Two women are working by means of the comb holding arms. They seem like younger.
It’s a mom and daughter. The mom pulls a gun on Bernadette once they cease. Bernadette unarms herself and strikes nearer. Bernadette will get the gun from the mom’s arms, however the household takes off once more. When Bernadette slams the mom towards the bottom, the little lady returns, placing up a combat.
Whereas this went down, somebody took Bernadette’s gun and drove off within the van.
A blonde girl is searching for the police station on the police station. She doesn’t communicate Navaho. She’s sporting a briefcase and enters the constructing.
On the border patrol workplace, Bernadette reviews her gun is lacking and that she believes the girl and little lady had been attempting to get in a foreign country, not in. Her boss is performed by Terry Serpico.
He’s not eager on her following up on the case as a lot as holding an eye fixed out for the white van. She’s achieved her job, and now it’s over. They’ve handed the case over.
A minimum of she’s not fired.
One other girl eyes Bernadette quizzically.
Leaphorn visits Shorty, George’s son. He had been looking, so he has no thought what’s occurring together with his son. However when he asks Chee if he’s a cop now and flicks his badge, Chee scuffles with him.
Leaphorn spots one other youngsters close to the barn and sits down to speak with him. It begins small, however the child is aware of Leaphorn is searching for his brother. George stated a monster was after them, and it took Ernesto. Leaphorn’s face darkens.
Leaphorn asks about Shorty. Chee was bullied by Shorty. Shorty’s dad started relationship Chee’s mother, and finally knocked her tooth out. Leaphorn wonders about Shorty’s alibi. There was a distinction in coloration with the vehicles, so Chee ought to begin there.
Again on the station, Leaphorn will get a cup of espresso and appears in on two guys enjoying chess behind bars: George RR Martin and Robert Redford. Redford even referred to as Martin George.
The girl who got here by earlier is an FBI agent. She’s simply killed a fly when Leaphorn visits her. She thinks it needs to be unlawful to kill flies as they’re engineering marvels. If solely they weren’t so annoying. She’s sitting at his desk, so he’s somewhat interested in her.
Her title is Sylvia Washington. She wants espresso and workplace area as she clears up a few days value of enterprise on the reservation. She thought it appeared like nobody was utilizing his workplace, and he let it slide.
She asks in regards to the BJ Vines character. He had pals in excessive locations. She will be able to’t put her finger on it, however one thing doesn’t add up with that case, and he or she wonders what he thinks. Leaphorn stated it doesn’t matter as Vines is out of his jurisdiction.
Bern is having a drink after work. Her coworker says she must wait her flip if he needs to be part of every thing. Her different coworker mentions how she misplaced her gun as we speak.
She asks in regards to the girl and the lady. She thinks they’ve been trafficked. He thinks speaking the girl down as we speak was ballsy. She will be able to have his again any day. She finds that offensive. He needs her to take the win, however she says it’s not a win if different girls are being trafficked.
Joe tells Emma about seeing a coyote on the street as we speak. They had been going north. She anxiously will get up from the desk. Why has Joe been out of kinds recently? He says he’s OK, however issues are occurring, like she snaps a plate in half when she takes it from him.
That evening, Joe has a nightmare. He seems on the cracked plate within the sink. He hears a horse whinnying. One thing is happening outdoors. He spots one thing within the brush simply as Emma calls his title. He’s visibly freaked out.
Bernadette finds the girl and lady and affords them first help. She tells them they’re returning to Mexico tomorrow. She needs to know who they had been working from. Who was within the white van? The girl talks, however Bern can’t perceive. The little lady attracts one thing on her pad. Huge.
Leaphorn seems at Joe Jr.’s ant farm. He offers it to Cecil, George’s little brother, hoping he’ll share info. Cecil thinks they went to the archaeological dig web site.
Chee and Leaphorn go to the location and examine a bit. They discover a girl named Teddi Isaacs. She’s not happy they’re poking round however accommodates their questions. They’re searching for the lacking between two tribes. The children come steadily, however the final time, Dr. Reynolds requested them to not return.
The girl and lady are taken for deportation in a slow-motion scene that performs out as Bernadette watches sadly.
Bernadette pulls out the pad with the lady’s drawing and will get up as music swells.
Leaphorn eyes Sylvia by means of the workplace window earlier than getting a name from Gordo. Leaphorn is on the transfer once more.
The mailman had seen a purple pickup in a spot yesterday, however the tracks cease as if it doubled again to the freeway. Leaphorn tells Gordo in regards to the FBI trying into BJ Vines’ disappearance. All they actually know is that he’s gone, proper?
They discover tracks happening the hill and a few somewhat contemporary blood. Gordo spots one thing else — a big pipe. When Joe will get all the way down to it, he notices a foul odor and hears flies buzzing. He climbs inside. Joe spots a useless animal as they make their approach to one another from reverse sides of the pipe.
They assume there’s nothing else inside, however as they get to the center, a physique falls from overhead. Even worse, there’s something in his mouth. Joe can’t do it and asks Gordo. Gordo’s like, dammit, and inside is an arrowhead.