Marshall Cuso is dead.
Who's claiming his body that fast?
I helped grow them.
Pssh. Socrates did more than you.
You don't even know, do you, how much more important
this tortoise is than you?
Wouldn't it be interesting if Jonas Backstein
and Cecily were connected?
Probably even working together.
- So we're done with this. - You're handling Reutical?
Shut it down? But...
- Richard, you let this go. - You'll be rewarded.
You needn't worry about this.
- Wait, what am I gonna do now? - What's my job? Am I out?
- Hey, Frances. - Rick?
- Want to be in business? - Rusty?
Back? Boss will probably want to see you.
The boss?
Hello, Marshall.
Finally. You're back.
- Go back outside. - I'll be there as soon as I can.
Sorry, Marshall. I'm with Hildy.
Wait, you... I thought we could've...
Amelia was my former student.
When she saw what you had, she knew who to come to.
You did well.
Give me a few minutes with Marshall.
I want to show you something.
We've been here since your little Frances ran off.
I was right about her, wasn't I?
Hey! You with Turtleman?
Don't know how happy he'd be with you poking around his area.
Turtleman? I know Turtleman.
I told your local goons that you and I are old friends.
They help me grow the mushroom, and we'd all share it.
We got this symbiosis thing going on here.
So we tried.
Aaah!
Nothing worked.
You wouldn't tell me.
We had to get you out. Back with us.
The mushroom's talking to me.
It's telling me it wants to grow.
We can be partners. We can grow it together.
I don't know, Hildy.
I really... I just can't...
Look around. We're your people.
And we're here to serve something larger.
This is what you need.
And this is where you need to be.
I've dedicated my whole life to this mushroom.
No one understands it like I do.
Like we do.
You want to know why you couldn't grow it?
You were missing a piece. It's Socrates.
His feces!
Of course, the perfect substrate.
Hi, yeah, hi.
I heard your story about the farm in North Carolina
and I want to say... all true, I was just there.
This mushroom they're growing, it can heal anything.
And they need people. They need volunteers.
People should go, everyone should go.
You got to go. You got to meet the guy.
He's gonna save the world. I'm telling you.
Our condolences about your brother.
Dead? Sucks.
Could we ask you a few questions about him?
That is very kind of you to ask me about that.
I will not be answering any questions on this matter,
thank you.
Um, please enjoy, peruse, enjoy the store.
Got it. We'll just poke around.
Um, actually that's employees only!
Employees only. Employees only!
- A walking catfish! - You don't see these too often!
I thought those were illegal to import.
Wow. An Asian a row an a.
That's one of the rarest fish in the world.
You know who would love this place?
Bill and Cuppy over at the US Fish and Wildlife Service!
No, no, no, no!
When Bill and Cuppy seize wildlife,
what happens to it?
They must flush some of the smaller fish, right?
Marshall's alive!
He's alive! I don't know where he is, but he came here!
He came here with a woman, and there was a kid.
And if you're gonna flush one, you can flush that one,
but don't flush my lionfish!
Whoa, whoa, whoa, what are you doing?
Calling this in? Marshall's alive.
Hold on!
What? This is our break!
We'll probably get promoted.
Have you been paying attention at all?
Rick, Reutical, Jonas Backstein.
This is a conspiracy.
You call that in, they'll bury it.
We're doing our job.
Harrington, who are we actually working for?
Buddy, I don't think your
head is screwed on straight.
- Excuse me? - I'm worried about you.
And your choices.
They're not healthy or wise for either of our careers.
Career? Is that what this is about to you?
What about the truth?
Copano, I love you.
I would rather you come with me.
But right now, I don't think that's right for us.
Then I guess I'm doing it alone.
We can make the pill any color we want.
That's the easy part.
Hard part is making a synthetic version.
And is it testing any better?
It's about as effective as an ibuprofen.
That's progress.
But there are some side effects to keep an eye on.
- Are you in there? Who are you? - Do you live in there?
I'm sorry Mr. Backstein, between the cell therapy,
the radiation, and the itraconazole therapy,
we've exhausted the options.
There's always something else to try.
I'm not sure you understand.
You have weeks, maybe a few months at most.
My professional recommendation would be
for you to gather your family
and spend it doing the things you love.
I am not here for therapeutic musings.
If you're not up for the challenge,
well, then someone else will be.
Well, this is interesting.
In addition to the rash,
it cleared up your plantar fasciitis.
That's remarkable.
What's up, bro?
Yeah, I smashed it using a staple gun.
That's what I get for putting up a banner solo-dolo.
You're really him, you're like, fuckin', the guy.
I know, but you don't need a mushroom for this.
Aw, come on man. It hurts!
I'm sure it does,
but we have a very limited supply and many,
many people who really need it.
See? That's what he does.
He turns away people who are begging for help!
He's a murderer! He killed my husband!
Ma'am, your husband wasn't sick.
He was just... I'm sorry, but, very, very old!
His blood is on your hands!
That's enough.
Good to see you, okay, um yup...
- What is this? - A bribe? Trying to cut in line?
No, Hildy, she's just...
Marshall needs a break!
- Hey! I paid! - What?
Come on, Marshall, let's get you out of here.
Hello? Marshall... I am not saying names on this phone.
- Okay? - Okay, Zane, Zane,
do have any leads on Peruvian tortoises?
Any of your shady reptile friends find anything, anywhere?
Listen, if, and that's a big
"if", I knew something,
what would we be talking about here
in terms of compensation?
Zane, I don't have access to my accounts right now.
Could you just for once help me out?
- Okay, listen I've... we... - I've had a lot of, noise,
trouble, heat.
I've had, chatter and heat. You understand that?
I can't be importing and exporting tortoises willy-nilly.
It needs to be...
You need to make it worth it for Zane. Monetarily.
God, Zane, what happened to you?
You were such a sweet, weird kid.
That is not true! I was not weird!
I was cool! I just had... I had interests.
That's not weird to have interests.
Everyone has interests.
I was interested in mollusks. That's normal.
Bird reproduction is interesting.
I just like the way fish...
reproduce...
If I make it out of here alive,
can we revisit growing the mushroom?
You get one point,
and we'll forget synthetic, how about that?
Just kidding.
But sure, let's talk it out.
Okay, say we grow a mushroom.
That's something we can't patent.
No problem.
Just means other people can grow it, too.
That's fine if they do it right, but if they don't,
and people get sick,
no one knows which company to trust.
We're fucked.
End of story.
But, if you want to grow it, we'll grow it.
Well, wait.
You really think we can get the synthetic there?
Hell yeah. I know we can.
Do we have the count of how many
mushrooms we gave out yesterday?
And where are the ones we harvested last night?
I hope we're not dealing with blotch.
Has anyone noticed...
Wait, what's going on in...
Marshall, just stay...
- Wait, wait, what are you doing? - What is that?
Just making a tincture?
What, are you crazy? No!
Marshall.
Mom?
He's back, he's back! Give him air!
No tinctures, nothing like that.
Guys, there aren't enough mushrooms.
We have one tortoise, he's tired.
We can only grow so many so fast.
And jumping to extraction with so many unknowns
is absolutely wrong.
You're overworked, you're overreacting.
Think about the possibilities.
With a tincture we'll be able to dose an entire...
Hildy! Hildy!
We are so far from that. We need to slow down!
We barely know what we're doing, what this thing does.
Okay! Of course.
I'll tell everyone to go.
Some of them have been waiting for days.
But if that's what you want, just say the word.
- Hey, this is Rick's cell. - Please leave a message.
Rick! Jonas Backstein.
You need to come over for another whiskey
one of these days.
Look, you recall the mushroom project?
You disposed of all of the mushrooms, correct?
I just need to know. Even if you only kept one.
Well, there would be no hard feelings. I just...
I would like to discuss it.
Amelia took time off.
Sick kid.
Are you sure? 'Cause, Marshall said...
Marshall said, Marshall said.
Forget Marshall! Okay? I taught Marshall.
Okay. Interesting.
Why is it my face?
You got that down-home, attainable, earthy face.
Down-home attainable? Earthy?
The kind of girl who knows something about mushrooms.
Plus higher income customers like to see someone
not homely exactly.
Trustworthy?
Great, skipping right over "not homely" for now.
High income?
I understand for whatever reason, it can't be free,
but it still needs to be affordable, Rick.
Of course!
High income customers pay out of pocket.
Everyone else goes through insurance.
Just the copay for them.
But not everybody has insurance, Rick.
And even if they do, it might not cover it.
My mom had to get so many different...
Look, everyone who needs it will get it.
They'll just have to go through the system.
Which pays us back, at a higher price,
so we recoup our costs.
It's beautiful.
It's nature.
Hey! You stood up my partner.
I think I know why.
It's a medicine, isn't it?
So Marshall is alive, and this is the first I'm hearing of it?
We wanted to confirm, it took a lot of detective work...
- What happened to your partner? - Coupon? Is he involved?
He's, on leave.
Look, we have people in position,
we're ready to shut it all down.
- Great. - So are we approved?
Feel free to tag along, but you're not running it.
Your little pig parade fumbled this investigation
every step of the way.
Okay, let me object to that, though.
I mean, yes, there were some hiccups but you know, we...
The FBI is better equipped to actually,
you know, make an arrest.
Don't you think?
The FBI?
More?
- Yes? - There's been a development.
Marshall Cuso did not in fact die in jail.
He didn't?
Nope, the fucking guy is like a cockroach.
But we've got him under surveillance.
Tight net.
He's got a grow operation in North Carolina.
Apparently they're growing mushrooms by the bucket.
North Carolina.
Um, here. For my treatment.
Who do I give this to? This is all I can pay right now.
Wait. Are you trying to...
Did someone tell you you have to pay for this?
Are you charging for the mushrooms?
Okay, Marshall, I am not.
Good, good, okay.
- But the boys are. - The boys?
How do you think this place runs, Marshall?
We charge for 'em. And we sell 'em to non-sickies, too.
- They love the rush. - Wait, what?
We don't have enough for the people who need them!
And you're giving them to Rusty and Tommy
to sell to people who want to get high?
You know what, Marshall? You're right.
This has all gotten a little out of hand.
Yeah it sure has!
Let's take a walk.
You shouldn't have interfered.
- You ruined my life! - I... Wait. What?
- You shouldn't have saved me! - I'm seeing things.
Little, guys?
I can't tell what's real! Is this real?
Are you real? It doesn't matter.
I wish I had died.
Let's go.
♪ Koreen ♪
♪ Are you gonna leave me? ♪
♪ Are you gonna leave before you show me? ♪
♪ Before we find that thing that we found before? ♪
♪ Koreen ♪
♪ Are you gonna leave me? ♪
♪ Are you gonna leave before you show me? ♪
♪ Before we find that thing that we found before? ♪
♪ Koreen ♪
♪ Are you gonna leave me? ♪
♪ Are you gonna leave before you show me? ♪
♪ Before we find that thing that we found before? ♪
♪ Koreen ♪
♪ Are you gonna leave me? ♪
♪ Are you gonna leave before you show me? ♪
♪ Before we find that thing that we found before? ♪
People are coming to us for help
and we're making them pay for a mushroom
that may have side effects,
then sending them home with no way of monitoring them?
Hildy, I can't do this anymore.
We've taken it, and we're fine.
No, the way he was acting, we need more testing, Hildy.
Testing? Now you sound like a pharmaceutical company.
Maybe you and that lab rat
were perfect for each other after all.
- You know what? - Maybe I did need Frances.
Maybe I should've listened to her,
maybe she and I could've compromised.
But this isn't working. Just, for now, we have to stop.
- Send everyone home. - We can't stop now.
The mushroom knows what it wants.
Look, I know you got excited, and you're disappointed.
Maybe in a few months,
a year, we'll be ready to test it on other people.
This is really for the best. This is the right way forward.
I hope eventually you'll see that, too.
♪ It's really nice to know that you're a friend ♪
♪ And that you'll let me know you now and then ♪
♪ If I have any problems, I know you're going to solve them ♪
♪ And stand by my side, lend a hand, be my guy ♪