EPISODE 3 — The Second Statement

Maeve and Ingrid return to one of the last people known to have seen Lena alive: Daniel Mercer, a local mechanic who gave a brief statement on the night she disappeared.

His first account was simple. Lena left the roadside bar alone at around 23:40.

His second statement is different.

Now Mercer claims he saw Lena enter a dark pickup shortly before midnight.

Maeve immediately notices the change in timing. Ingrid notices something else: Mercer becomes visibly uncomfortable when they mention the Bayou Motel and Room 214.

Then they find a diner receipt with Mercer’s name on it.

The timestamp is 02:13.

That places him awake and nearby long after he said he had gone home.

The detectives leave with one certainty: Daniel Mercer knows more than he told them.

The question is whether he is protecting himself — or someone else.

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