Blind Horizon

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In El Paso, Texas today...

The historical presidential...

motorcade marks the first time

within a generation a president

has set out across the country--

Copy. HP, go to Channel Three.

Hey, this is Nico.

The street's secure and chief in sight.

Check.

Plaza secure.

Can you hear me?

Can you hear me?

Hear me. Try to open your eyes.

Can you hear me?

Can you hear me?

You're gonna be just fine.

You're gonna be just fine.

So, Doc.

What's the word on our John Doe?

Trauma to the right parieto-occipital

sulcus and parietal lobe.

In English, por favor.

The bullet ricocheted off the skull

and missed his brain. He's in a coma.

So he's out, but physically he's okay?

We, he's not gonna play eighteen

holes of golf, Jack.

He's in a coma. He may never come to.

Well, what are his chances?

Give me a number.

Well, fifty percent total recovery.

Thirty-five percent partial.

Fifteen percent you can plant him

in the ground and watch him grow.

But we may have to move him to

Albuquerque.

Now, hold a minute.

I don't want this guy playing

zombie up at Albuquerque

while we got a murderer

running around here.

Now, you do whatever it takes

to snap his ass back to reality.

Pronto. You call me the minute he breaks.

Jack. All I got out here is this damn hat.

Don't let anyone touch that hat, Shirl.

I need to get prints.

Expand the perimeter another

hundred yards.

Sift through every little grain of sand.

You know, evidence has a way of

disappearing right quick out there.

And I know how you like forensic.

I know how you good you are with it

and I know you know

it's the coming thing.

We'll check this thing from ass to appetite.

Okay, the doc's here. I gotta go.

Mind if I smoke?

You know what I'm gonna do one day?

I'm gonna go traveling.

You ever been in New Guinea?

How about Africa?

Spain.

That'd be nice.

Have a real good day.

Maybe if you get better I'll take

you to one of those bullfights.

Oh. Rio. That's where we're going.

Sir? Sir....

excuse me, you need to-

I've got no comment. Christ.

That's all we need is a bunch of

Albuquerque reporters stirring sh*t up.

I don't want the town to get excited

about this guy.

Don't worry about it. I'll brief 'em.

Yeah. But you guys have to promise

me no more than five minutes.

Promise.

Sir?

This is Sheriff--

Sheriff Kolb. You can call me Jack.

It's a small town. This is my deputy.

Shirl Cash. Have you got a name, son?

Say, you wouldn't happen to know...

who might have done this to you,

do you?

Is he hearing me?

He was responding.

I can hear. I can hear you fine.

I just wondered if I knew you.

If you knew me, no.

We, I mean, we stopped by

the room here when you admitted,

but you were unconscious at the time.

You're the sheriff of, she said,

it was, b-, it was bI-. Black Hole.

Black Point.

Black Hole's close enough.

And, uh...Sheriff,

Sheriff Jack, could you tell me-.

Do you know who I am?

Do I know who you are? Well, no.

I was hoping you'd be able to tell me that.

See, we didn't, didn't find any I.D.

You wallet was probably lifted.

In fact, all we found was this.

Rhombus?

Does that mean anything to you?

Tried calling it, but it was a pager

of some sort. No?

Well, what about this?

This, you recognize that?

It's a hat.

It is. Old Man Grant down at the

convenience store said a stranger

bought one just like it and used

his ATM machine.

Does any of that ring a bell with you?

Just old hat.

Well, it looks like we just gotta

get stuck into it

and watch us a lotta ATM

footage see if something shows up.

Yep.

Now, if, uh,

anything does come back to you,

you give us a holler, all...right?

Oh there was, is there an accident?

A really big accident.

Okay, well, I thing Mister Smith

has had about enough for one night.

So why don't we just go?

Jell-O. If you, if I could have some...

red Jell-O, that would be good.

Shirl, come on.

Uh, yeah, do-, good luck to you.

Thank you, Deputy.

Get this man some Jell-O, would you?

Find anything out there when you

extended the perimeter today?

No, not a damn thing.

How do you suppose those gossip

columnists got wind of this.

What are you talking about?

The election's a week away

and there just happened to be a whole

bunch of reporters there that you brief.

What are you saying, Jack?

I wouldn't do something like that.

Jesus, Christ.

You and I have been together

a lot of years

and I don't want to win no

goddamned election that way.

What's that old saying,

why f*** a stranger

when you can f*** a friend?

How come our American flag

wasn't flying today?

American flag is not flying.

I really don't know, Jack.

I g-, I guess it's jammed up somewhere.

I just don't really know.

I'll take a look at it.

You do that.

Pick me up tomorrow

and we'll go check that perimeter again.

Smells like rain.

Are you fine with this?

You and two others.

Half up, half at completion.

Go word is Rhombus.

Hey.

Come on.

Doctor will kill me if he sees you up.

So, Nurse.

Liz.

Nurse Liz.

So you take care of people.

Who takes care of you?

Good question.

Your brother. You have a brother?

Yeah, I have a brother. Logan.

What's the first thing you

remember about him?

He was demonstrating

how pro wrestling was fake

and he threw me up against

the TV set.

I got nine stitches.

See, there's a scar right there.

You have a scar?

Yeah, right there.

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