Witless Protection
The Officers Fusco are investigating Dougie, and they’re a bit confused.
Pre-1997, there’s no record of Douglas Jones: no passport, no birth certificate.
They got Dougie’s fingerprints and his DNA; imagine what horrors they’ll find in their database.
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But the Jones investigationdidlead the Fusco freres to someone they’ve been looking for for a long time.
“Ike the Spike finally fed himself,” said one Fusco or another.
I do, usually around sunset.
This episode was a feast for Briggs fans (Major-ites?
and even featured an appearance by his wife Betty (played once again by Charlotte Stewart).
That long-awaited meeting happened, and she delivered her husband’s message.
It was inside a metallic cylinder, but Bobby knew how to open it.
He gave them two dates, Oct. 1 and Oct. 2, and a time, 2:53.
“That’s two days from now,” says Sheriff Frank, “And the day after.”
There was another message inside the cylinder.
A series of numbers, looking quite a bit like the deep-space communication that Major Briggs once logged.
Within the message: “COOPER COOPER.”
They saw Briggs' body, and they received new insight into the strange affair of William Hastings.
Poor William described a tale of woe.
It seems he and Ruth went to this strange Zone, and met the Major.
He asked them for coordinates, and they provided them.
But something went wrong.
William described seeing the Major’s head disappear.
(We saw that head, of course, floating through space way back in Part 3.)
William swore up and down that he didn’t kill Ruth.
They were going to go to the Bahamas!
It was so wonderful, and sad, and pitiful.
Good for you, Matthew Lillard!
This Week In Horne News
Ben and Beverly continued their curiously respectful dance of seduction.
No sighting yet of Audrey, nor supposed progeny Richard.
Jerry’s still in the forest, and his foot clearly stated, “I am your foot.”
Poor mentally disabled Johnny Horne went running through his house, apparently let out by someone.
She had a rash under her left armpit the same arm that MIKE is missing, if that matters.
Chad Update
Chad was eating lunch in the conference room.
NO LUNCH IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM, CHAD!!!!
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