Original air date: October 24, 1998

Written by: Juan Carlos Coto

Directed by: David Jackson

Jarod has to deal with a group of bounty hunters after he’s contacted by a wanted Native American activist who says Jarod’s father saved his life back in the 1970s.

Jarod’s Discoveries: Red Licorice, Pigs-in-a-blanket, His father’s dream catcher

Jarod’s Occupations: Bounty Hunter

Jarod’s Aliases: Jarod Green

Behind the scenes insights and the Creator’s Take

Official Synopsis

Jarod assumes the identity of a bounty hunter as he assists a Native American man who possesses information about his father.

A determined Miss Parker vows to find out what happened to Fenigor, who claimed Jarod’s father killed Catherine Parker (see last year’s cliffhanger). Meanwhile, Mr. Lyle discovers that Jarod created his own website on the Internet.

Jarod drives his F-150 to a bar situated on tribal land. There he is approached by Mike Brodie, a Native American man. Mike contacted Jarod after viewing his website page. He hands Jarod a necklace called a dreamcatcher, which was crafted by Jarod’s father. He then shows Jarod a photo of himself as a little boy, standing next to Jarod’s father. Jarod notices that Mike is bleeding. Suddenly, a group of bounty hunters storm the bar. Mike manages to get away on his motorcycle.

Word of Fenigor’s demise reaches Lyle and Miss Parker. But Parker has lingering doubts. She instructs Broots to find a photograph of Fenigor’s corpse. It soon becomes apparent that a competition is developing between Parker and Mr. Lyle as to who will be the first to capture Jarod.

Jarod makes his way to Brodie’s home. There he discovers newspaper clippings featuring stories on Brodie’s work as a Native activist who protested a local mining company’s operation. His work is cut short when an attractive bounty hunter, Kim Hirsch, points a gun to his neck. Jarod convinces Kim that he, too, is a bounty hunter.

Jarod discovers that all bounty hunters must register their names with Vincent Lapahie, the tribal liaison. While registering his name at tribal headquarters, Jarod encounters Emery Berger, a local history buff. Emery opines that the local mining company might be out to eliminate Brodie, as he is the loudest of the protesters. While searching through Emery’s papers, Jarod discovers a photo of Brodie standing near a distinct rock formation near Dead Creek. Jarod drives to the location, where he finds Brodie amongst the rocks. Brodie tells Jarod that he has more information about his father. But before he can elaborate, Kim appears. During the confusion, Brodie escapes.

Broots’ attempts to trace Jarod’s website to its source leads to a dead end. But he does recover Fenigor’s bed sheet. Angelo takes the sheet and has several psychic visions. He gives Broots a series of numbers that correspond to the Centre’s archives. Parker instructs Broots to retrieve the appropriate receptacle. Their conversation is interrupted by the unexpected arrival of Mr. Fenigor. Parker questions Fenigor, but it soon becomes apparent that his brain is “scrambled like an egg.” Meanwhile, Sydney slowly regains his eyesight.
Emery uncovers more newspaper articles on Brodie. It turns out that Jarod’s father helped save Brodie’s life in the mid-seventies, when Brodie became lost in the desert. Later, an injured Brodie locates Jarod at his motel. Brodie explains that he did not bomb the mining rig. He reveals that once he dies, his land reverts to the reservation. The conversation is interrupted when Kim enters the room, gun in hand. Jarod turns the tables and handcuffs Kim to his car. He and Brodie head off for the desert. There, Brodie tells Jarod how his father rescued him. So grateful was Brodie’s own father, that he sent Jarod’s father on a vision quest, during which time he spent three days inside a cave.

Broots retrieves the white archive receptacle. Miss Parker finds an old .45 inside…the same weapon Parker believes was used to kill her mother.

Jarod realizes that Vincent Lapahie stands to make a great deal of money once Brodie’s land is sold to the mining company. It turns out that Lapahie paid Brodie’s bail when he was arrested for his protest activities. This way, he insured that Brodie would be an active target for the bounty hunters.

Jarod tricks Lapahie into believing that all of his stock portfolio has been wiped out. He then takes potshots at Lapahie, extracting a confession (one that is recorded on audio tape). Later, Brodie brings Jarod to the cave where his father spent his vision quest. Jarod discovers a piece of cloth, resembling a patch, on the floor of the cave. It features an insignia resembling a ring of fire. Jarod then begins his own dream quest. During a dream, Jarod sees his father. Jarod’s father instructs him to “follow the circle.”

Miss Parker tells her father she has decided not to pursue a path of revenge…a journey that would have led her to Jarod’s father. Nonetheless, Miss Parker keeps the .45, vengeance in her eyes.