It was stranger still to seeherplaying the straight man to the mystery of the week.
After a moment, Pop Pop seemingly confirms Russell’s suspicions: Longacre is not in her coffin.
Arthur, however, doesn’t want to hear it.
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Russell points out that the ground is frozen and wonders if this is even possible.
Slowly suffocating in a coffin is a hell of a way to go.
They clearly know each other through conspiracy theorist circles, as she maintains Russell was disappeared by the government.
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So much for the tin foil Faraday cage if she was able to see all that.
Bark arrives then, telling Elsbeth she knows what happened to Russell.
This is enough reason for Barb to believe that Russell is currently in FBI custody.
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Wagner’s friend says he doesn’t, but agrees to keep an eye out.
They also find tire tracks in the mud, alongside smaller tracks that could point to a gurney.
This softie needs her Scottie.
I feel like that’s not how that works, but Arthur relents and opens it.
Sure enough it’s empty, but Elsbeth notices there’s dirt by the foot of the coffin.
The reason he’d want a closed casket, she guesses, is to cover up a mistake.
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He catches her in time and manages to shake her off by promising to deal with the mix-up himself.
While initially she seems unsure, Arthur steamrolls over her and she agrees in the end.
He tells her the hearse just went to the cremation facility, and Elsbeth rushes off in hot pursuit.
She warns him that he’s got trouble and danger coming his way.
