What if I told you Marshall Cuso is a suspect
in serial murders in Peru?
- I found it, Hildy. - The Blue Angel?
The fungi weren't growing in spite of the radiation.
They were changing and growing
because of it. - Aah!
Frances, I believe this may help your mom.
Hello.
- We're going to Switzerland. - What?
Yeah. You can bring your boyfriend.
Aw, hell yeah!
Yes! Yes! Yes! - Come on! Come on!
- Yes! Yes! - Come on!
Ahhhh!
Oh, man.
I love it here.
Yeah, it's... wow.
I am so happy. I love Switzerland
and, like, Europe, and...
and I love you, and...
Babe! Let's...
let's get married.
Uh... uh...
Yeah, no, uh, for sure.
I really love you.
I... love you, too.
I mean, they found me upside down, strapped in.
They couldn't understand how I wasn't dead.
Call him an angel if you want.
All I know is he appeared.
And... And then he fed it to me.
At that moment, I felt energy and healing going through me,
rippling through my body.
And tell us what he looked like, your angel,
if he was, in fact, an angel.
He was dressed like somebody you might see...
- Uh, hello. - Boy, you hear that?
And how can you not believe in angels?
What we know may shock you.
Have you seen the Colorado Car Crash Angel Man?
Uh, no?
And if angels are real, are demons?
Hm. Yeah. Interesting question.
Uh, I'm actually looking to buy a very specific property.
It's, um, MLS number 100C51143.
Let me save you some time.
You seem like a real nice person.
Do I? I-I literally just walked in.
That's some real nice acreage...
in the photos.
But I'm gonna be honest with you...
it's adjacent to a dump site that was used for
biomedical waste, pharmaceutical waste,
industrial waste. It's...
It's not a nice area.
Huh. In that case, does the seller maybe
want to give me a discount?
I can pay cash.
You want to pay cash for 60 acres
next to a toxic-waste site?
Yes. I'm actually...
Ah!
Heh. I love to make 'em jump.
Who're you? What're you doing with my wife?
Just kidding. Jimmer Jarvis. Nice to meet you.
You as well. Um, am I in trouble in some way?
Not unless you did something. Did you do something?
He's about to.
He's about to buy the spot on Mound Hill Road.
Huh. Why would you want to do that?
Soil dynamics?
Look, now, you seem like a nice guy...
I don't know where everyone keeps getting this.
so lemme just tell you, that is a nasty place.
A pharmaceutical company used to dump their waste
just over the property line.
I-I understand. I am aware of the situation.
Hmm. Are you a New Yorker?
You got kind of a New York thing going on.
Oh, Jimmer.
He's just asking if you're Jewish.
Um, no, but I don't love that you're asking.
Yeah, yeah, okay, look, I'm not gonna get in the way
of commerce here. You wanna buy that land
and you got the money to pay for it, you knock yourself out.
Great. So, can we do this?
What do you think?
Well, as long as the mushroom likes it.
Heavy pollution.
He's not here. He won't grow here.
Why not? - Agricultural contamination?
Linda, don't make me regret bringing you.
Smoke, from the wildfires. It would taint his samples.
Exactly, Thaddeus.
There are only so many sites where there's pharma-waste
runoff at the altitude, temperature range,
and moisture level he'd find in Peru.
We'll search every one.
Frances?
Um, hey, hello! Excuse me.
Sorry, uh, should've introduced myself earlier.
I'm your new neighbor back there.
Did you just come through the trees?
You a lucky son of a bitch!
Um... okay.
Didn't you see them pink "X" es?
Ever hunt wild pigs with a landmine?
You don't get much meat, but it's not much work.
You should meet my uncle. Uncle JJ!
New York, I was wondering if you'd come by.
You meet my nephew?
Oh, hey, Jimmer. Right, yes, uh...
You and me, a couple of non-Jews.
Um, anyway, I-I've had kind of a crazy couple days,
and I'm just trying to get some sleep.
He's got a turtle. I've seen it.
Uh, tortoise, yeah.
You wanna play cards, turtle man?
Maybe another time.
Uh, I'm just gonna go back, I think.
Yeah, well, we've got plenty of time to get to know each other.
Mind the trees, now. It's hard to see in the dark.
Okay, Nick, but I just thought that we were,
I don't know, in the heat of the moment.
Wh... Oh, okay, so now you don't want to get married.
I mean, right now? It's just... it's a lot.
Maybe we can postpone... - Okay, yeah, no,
I get what this whole freakout is about, yeah.
- You do? - Yeah. This is...
This is about your mom. You know, the issues there.
What the fuck? No, Nick! This isn't about my mom.
No, babe, babe, babe! It's okay.
Be in your feelings on that.
Ugh, Rick wants me. I have to go.
We can talk about this when I get back.
Good. Cool. No, hey, babe.
This was a healthy convo, for real, okay?
Hey, so did you bring an adapter?
I just... I-I've got the wrong prongers here.
Three prongs, Rick. I packed you an adapter.
It's in the bag. - Okay.
Oh, okay, yeah, I found it. Thanks.
Dammit, Rick.
What? - Frances?
It's Susan at the Briarwood Memory Care Facility.
Oh, fuck, I'm sorry. The insurance.
I'm working on it, I promise.
I... They need me to call, but I'm on Swiss time...
No, no, this is something else.
There's been... she's had...
You know, how about I just let her tell you herself?
Frances?
Mom?
Yes, it's Mom. Hi.
M-M-Mom.
Oh, my gosh! Mom!
Frances, are you coming today?
Um, Mom, I'm in Switzerland, but, look, I'll be there.
I'm coming, okay? I'll be there as soon as I can.
I love you, Mom! I just...
have to get out of here.
Spirit burner, isopropyl alcohol,
spore syringe.
The biggest enemy of fungi is more fungi, Socrates.
Gotta keep everything sterilized.
We feed the mycelium a substrate
that approximates Peru, best as we can get,
mix that with soil from the toxic site, right?
Maybe this time a little more soil?
Give that mycelium some juicy toxins to eat?
What do you think?
Now we just wait.
Ugh!
We've got exactly three shots left.
Yeah, I know, man. That's what I'm thinkin'.
What if Marshall is the Jackal of the Valley?
And that's why they're really after him?
We're in a pile o' shit that's quite deep
for letting him get away.
Let's stay focused.
Okay, so the car's paint sample we found on that tree?
Pretty rare color, actually.
Only six matches in this state.
Do you want to hear about all six?
- Maybe just the highlights. - I'll cut to the chase.
I think our guy...
is this guy.
Want to visit a banged-up car?
Mr. Kruger?
Nah, he hasn't been here in a long time.
Mind if we take a look at the vehicle?
Listen, he doesn't take out that car.
I'm not even sure he knows how to drive.
The last person to take it out was a pretty girl.
A pretty girl?
Yeah, she says she's his assistant,
but I think they're doing it. I would be.
Mario, you seem like a great guy and a good citizen.
Let us know next time she comes by, okay?
Ugh.
Ah, shit.
Frances? Is this important?
Yes, Rick, it's really important.
I need to go see my mother, and I'm going right now.
Well, who's gonna assist me here in Geneva?
I don't know, Rick!
Maybe the people that work at this ridiculous hotel,
or some of the 1,300 employees of your company!
Ugh. And Jonas wants that down to 1,100.
Can you make me a list
of the 200 worst people that work here?
Jesus Christ, Rick! You are not hearing me.
I am leaving you, I am leaving this place,
to do something more important.
You're not taking my plane.
Okay, I can fly commercial like a person.
Wow. You must love your mom.
- I do! - Okay, o-okay.
Just keep me posted?
I will.
Uh, before you go, can you tell me
how to get my TV off the channel
that's, like, just stuff about the hotel?
- Goodbye, Rick. - Okay, yeah, yeah.
I'll figure something out.
Nick, I need to go.
Wh... uh... right, like, now?
Yes. I need to go see my mom.
I'm gonna buy a plane ticket and go.
If you wanna stay here and fly back with Rick, but I'm leaving.
Sweet. I'll do that.
'Cause, like, you need space, right?
This will be good. - Okay.
- Hey. - What?
FYI? I really love you and support you.
Okay? And this whole marriage thing or whatever,
we can get to that when the time is right.
Okay. Yes. Thank you.
I-I'm gonna go.
Okay. Hey, babe? Love to Sonia.
- Oh, can I... - There's, uh, 15 bucks
in the battery drawer for dinner.
Mom, I brought you some coffee, okay?
I-I'll just leave it right here, in case you want it.
Hey, is anyone sitting here?
Oh. No, yeah, no, sit. Please, uh, please sit.
Thanks.
Marshall, come on, Marshall.
I was wondering...
I'm Frances, by the way.
I'm... I'm Marshall. Hey.
Hi.
So, sorry, do you have any other jobs?
Oh.
Just the real-estate office and here.
Oh, and I do volunteer at the animal shelter.
You've heard of no-kill shelters?
Well, we're a kill shelter.
It's horrible.
You know, but somebody has to do it.
How much for a postcard stamp?
This girl look familiar to you?
That's Frances Applewhite, she's Rick Kruger's assistant.
Do you have Marshall's file?
Take a look at this.
- Mom? - Frannie?
Oh, my Frances. You look so beautiful.
- Mom! - Maybe not the haircut
I would've chosen... - Mom!
Oh, Mom, I can't believe it.
Oh, Frances. My little girl.
Someone should really talk to her about that.
Just because we can't communicate,
it doesn't mean we can't smell.
Oh! Did I show you this, Frances?
Someone sent me a postcard.
"Hope you're feeling better... M."
Averasboro, North Carolina.
Oh, Frances.
So about the extension of care...
I'm sorry, please just bear with me.
I'm on to something that could pay many bills.
Frances?
Marshall. I didn't know where to find you,
but the postmark, Averasboro...
No, I know. W-Wait.
How long have you been waiting here? This...
Um, all day?
Marshall, it worked. You were right.
It really worked.
You... You gave it to your mom?
I gave it to my mother, and she's doing so much better.
And we need to get to work.
We need to grow it and spread it and share it with everyone,
everyone who's sick, and my mom...
I-I know, I know.
I-I'm trying.
I came to help.
Sorry. If I knew you were coming, I would've...
No, no, it's okay. It's um... nice.
Oh!
Uh, you'll get used to that. Sorry.
Tomorrow maybe we can spruce this place up a little.
Yeah, I-I'd like that.
Can I get you something to drink?
Oh, sure. Uh, water would be nice.
Okay, you absolutely can't drink the water here.
Um, I have grapefruit juice,
a Diet Coke with the ice all melted in it...
- That sounds great. - Cool.
Frances, I have to grab something from my truck.
I'll be right back.
Aw! This is your tortoise.
Yaaaaah!
Oh! Oh, my God.
I had a dog growing up.
He never sat still for more than a few seconds.
This is nice.
Uncle JJ! Somebody stole my bike!
Marshall?
Aah! Ah!
Where are the mushrooms?
Marshall?
Frances, run!
Frances. Where's Frances?
Sick.