All Hands on Dex

Dex wakes up after being knocked out

**All Hands on Dex** is the eighteenth and final episode of the first season and the 18th and final overall episode of **Stumptown**.

## Short Summary

To get justice, Dex takes matters into her own hands after finding herself at the forefront of a murder investigation where she's the prime suspect. Meanwhile, Hoffman struggles to remain impartial in the investigation and could lose everything if he continues to help Dex. Elsewhere, Grey attempts to work on his budding relationship with his estranged father while a familiar face from the past makes a surprise visit.

## Full Summary

Dex walks through the woods looking for someone. Someone comes up behind her with a gun and she turns around and shoots. She goes up to the body and finds that it's Grey.

Dex wakes suddenly from her nightmare. She's handcuffed to the bed. Her roommate, Shirl, is singing in the next bed. Shirl stops when she notices Dex is up and when Dex says she doesn't want her fruit cup, Shirl takes it. Shirl asks what Dex did, but Dex says she's not sure and asks Shirl what she did. Shirl says it's all just a big mistake. A guard comes in and informs Dex that she's under arrest for murder.

Cosgrove tells Miles about TJ's death, their newest case. She also tells him that Dex was found passed out at the scene. Miles refuses to believe that Dex killed someone and says they'll straighten it out. Cosgrove then informs him that he's not on the case. Kara comes in so she can help question Dex.

Cosgrove asks Dex to walk them through her day. She quickly figures out that Miles isn't being allowed on her case. So then explains her connection to TJ and how she came to be at his house, including that she broke in. Dex tells them she's being framed, by the person who killed TJ. Cosgrove asks why she was there in the first place, what she wanted with TJ. Before Dex can answer, Lionel Hoffman comes in and says he's representing Dex and she's done talking. He then takes Dex with him.

On their way out, Dex tries to thank Miles, but Lionel tells her she's done talking to cops. After they're gone, Cosgrove is incredulous that Miles called his dad.

Ansel tells Tookie about a table that's waiting for their food and Tookie says it's coming. Ansel's phone rings and he answers it, telling the person on the other end that he's not mad.

Denny starts to explain to Grey why they call it an IPA, but can't remember the details. Their conversation is interrupted when Mike arrives.

Mike asks Grey for a do-over, but Grey says that's not possible. Mike offers to help Grey out with anything he needs and Grey says he'll let Mike know. Mike goes to leave, but Grey stops him and asks how Mikey's team did. Mike says he got third place, then flew home with his mom and the team. Mike himself is heading home in a few days. Grey offers him a place to stay if he wants. Tookie then interrupts to tell Grey that Dex is on her way from jail.

Lionel, Grey, and Dex sit down. Lionel asks Dex what the cops are going to find. She admits she had motive and explains what happened with Benny's unit. She also tells him that Miles helped her get the DOD file, so he knows she has motive and hasn't told the cops. Lionel tells Dex to stay at Bad Alibi and not talk to anyone but him. He then leaves. Once he's gone, Dex admits that she has an idea for how to find the person who killed TJ. Grey asks what she'll do when she finds them.

Dex has told Sue Lynn what's happened. Sue Lynn asks if she has a good lawyer and she says she does. Sue Lynn figures out that Dex is taking matters into her own hands. She offers her help to Dex. Dex asks to look at the letters Benny sent her from Afghanistan. She says she destroyed them because it's part of a ritual to help their loved ones move on. Despite this, Hollis brings Dex a stack of letters and says white people always fall for the burning ritual story. Sue Lynn says there are things in the letters she's not proud of. Benny was angry with her for spilling them up and they never got a chance to make amends. She gives the letters to Dex.

Tookie tells Victor that people won't trust a skinny chef, like a dentist with bad teeth. They then overhear Ansel telling someone on the phone to come back because he misses her.

Grey comes up to his loft to find Mike cleaning. He asks Mike to give him the contact information of a guy he used to know who can get someone a new identity and papers because his friend is on the hook for murder. Mike says running is the worst possible advice he could give Dex. She'll be looking over her shoulder for the rest of her life and Grey could go back to prison. Mike says sometimes protecting your family means protecting them from themselves.

Miles and Lionel meet at night and Lionel asks Miles what he was thinking helping Dex get a hold of the DOD file. He knows Miles could lose his badge. He figures out that Miles slept with Dex. He tells Miles he needs to make a choice or it will be made for him.

Dex looks through the letters and photos as Grey comes in. She's been up all night and has identified most of the guys. Only one, Robert Wolfe, is local. He's a staff sergeant, so he's either involved or knows who is. She wants to go talk to him. Grey says she could also listen to her lawyer, but she doesn't want the trail to run cold. She won't let them get away with it. She gets ready to leave and Grey insists on coming with her, saying he and Ansel need her. She then says she's going upstairs to change, but she sneaks out the front door instead.

Dex arrives at Robert Wolfe's house and introduces herself as a private investigator.

Wolfe is shocked to learn that TJ died in his own living room after two tours. The plane ride home was the last time he saw any of them. Dex says she's working for Benny's family and trying to find a connection between Benny's murder and TJ's death. Dex asks Wolfe who killed Benny, because she knows he knows. He admits that he did. Benny found out what the other guys had done and wanted him to make a report, but he didn't. He tried to get Benny transferred, but Benny thought he was protected. He said he had a girl and he got killed on his way to see her. Wolfe says he killed Benny and he can't stop thinking about it. Dex asks him to help, but he's worried about getting killed. Dex sees a photo of their unit and asks to take a picture of it to show Benny's mom. She focus on one face in the group.

Miles asks Kara about what they are, if he can trust her. She says he can and he tells her what he knows about Dex going to TJ's place. Kara realizes that Dex has motive and Miles knew that.

Dex shows Sam the picture on her phone and says she's looking for the subject, Kale Murphy. The VA gave her the church's address. Sam says that's Father Murphy and points to where he's taking confession.

Dex sits in the confessional. Dex talks about stealing the file and breaking into TJ's house and then waking up at his house with him dead. She then says she's there to hear a confession and asks what he can tell her about Benjamin. He punches her through the barrier and then takes off running. She chases him, and he enters an office to grab a bag before fleeing. She manages to tackle him on a balcony. They fight over the bag and it comes open, sending money flying down into the church.

Dex puts down the bag, which still has some money in it as Grey tells her that Kale could have killed her. When someone knocks, Dex hides the bag. Ansel has a message from Mike, saying he had to run out for shampoo. He also asks Dex if they can talk and she says in a little bit. Ansel knows they're hiding something. Dex is surprised that Grey's dad is in town. Grey admits that he's surprised, too, but he kind of likes his dad. Dex admits that she's jealous.

Kara wonders aloud with Cosgrove why Dex was at TJ's house. Cosgrove tells her just to say something if she needs to say it. Kara suggests that Dex's motive is revenge.

Tookie tells Ansel he knows what's going on with him, the broken heart. He asks Ansel if he wants her back and Ansel says he does, so Tookie starts to give him advice.

Dex looks over the money and finally notices that all the bills were printed in 2006.

Ansel sees the cops arrive.

They confirm that all the bills are 2006, when Kale was in Afghanistan. Ansel comes to the office door and tells them about the cops coming. Grey tells Dex to take the money and run.

Cosgrove directs the cops to search for Dex. Tookie and Victor quickly wheel out a large cooler. Cosgrove stops them and makes them open the cooler, revealing some produce, saying they're taking out to the truck. They go to Grey's loft to search for Dex. Mike sees the picture of Dex and lies to say she left a few hours ago in a truck.

Dex sneaks out through the back and drops into Tookie's truck. Tookie starts the truck and drives it away. Cosgrove has cops pursue it and pull him over.

Dex checks on Ansel from the backseat, making sure he's ready to drive. Then he pulls away and drives Dex in the opposite direction.

Dex tells Miles she figured out that Kale stole the money and TJ was in on it. She wants Miles to help find Kale and punish them. Miles says he won't put his career on the line for Dex anymore. He tells her to call Lionel instead.

Dex explains to Sue Lynn that they had no other place to go. Sue Lynn says Cosgrove called and she told her that Dex wasn't there and that she wouldn't tell if she were. She and Hollis then prepare to settle them in for the night. Dex checks in with Ansel, who says he's all right.

Dex says Ansel's asleep. Sue Lynn offers to send Hollis with her, but she says it's better if she goes by herself. She'll be back in the morning. Sue Lynn asks if Kale Murphy killed Benny and Dex says he was involved. She knows their next target and she's going to protect him. Sue Lynn wonders if she's actually just using him as bait. Sue Lynn tells a story of her childhood. When her father was away at war and a man broke in to their house. Her mother hid her and her siblings in a closet, but Sue Lynn could see through the key hole. The man pushed her down to have his way with her, but he didn't get that far. She hands Dex a gun from a drawer and says she only used it once. Ansel watches them from the next room, undetected.

Miles tells Cosgrove about the cash, which was sent to Afghanistan to help pay off debts to warlords and such. $10 million was sent and never got there because the truck was ambushed military style. He shows Cosgrove the bag of cash from the heist and explains that Kale had it. It's what Benny was going to blow the whistle on. Cosgrove realizes he got the information from Dex. She warns Miles to be extremely careful and he leaves the room.

Dex goes to Wolfe's house and tells him Kale was in on it. Wolfe is worried he's going to get killed.

Kara goes to Miles and tries to explain, but he says they both made their choices. She tells him he was wrong about Kale Murphy being on the run. He's actually dead. Miles connects something and quickly runs away.

Dex sees lights and tells Wolfe to make it dark in the house and stay away from the windows. She ignores a call from Miles and watches out the window. She opens the door to find Grey, who came because Ansel called and was worried. Grey then gets a call from Miles. He hangs up and tells her Kale Murphy's dead. Wolfe then steps into the doorway and shoots at them. Dex realizes Grey got hit, but he sends her to chase Wolfe and says he'll call Miles. Dex follows Wolfe through the house and then watches as he enters the woods.

Dex stalks Wolfe through the woods. When he slips and falls, losing his gun, she is able to stop him. He confronts him about what happened. He says he killed Benny because it was him or Benny and that's war. Dex says war had nothing to do with it. She wants it to be over. She has flashbacks to her relationship with Benny. While she's distracted, Wolfe tackles her. They fight until she finally gets the gun back and shoots Wolfe. Moments later, Miles arrives and asks Dex if she's okay. She doesn't answer.

Cosgrove tells Miles he'll be suspended without pay and there will be a review. He says he'll save her the trouble and hands over his badge. He says he has to re-evaluate what he wants because he wasn't a good cop on this case.

Dex drinks at Benny's grave. Sue Lynn arrives with her own flask. Sue Lynn remembers the first time she met Dex. Benny was excited and nervous. Dex says he had every reason to be as she'd broken Sue Lynn's grandmother's vase. Sue Lynn admits that it was from Crate and Barrel, but it put the fear of God in Dex. Sue Lynn says if she hadn't become a private investigator, she never would have figured it out. Dex isn't sure who she is now because for 12 years, this was her life. Now she wonders what's next. Sue Lynn says it's time to go on.

Grey struggles to open a fruit cup with his house. A nurse informs him that his father is there. Instead of Mike, Teddy comes in and sits down. He tells Grey he's looking for Mike because he did a job for them while he was in town and took some things that didn't belong to him. Grey says he doesn't know anything about it, but Teddy says he's going to help them find him anyway.

Dex comes home to find Tookie vacuuming. He explains that Lila and Ansel broke up, but now she's coming over for dinner, so he tells Dex to make a good impression. Someone knocks at the door and Ansel goes to answer it, followed by Tookie and Dex. Ansel opens the door to reveal it's actually their mother.

## Cast

* Dex Parios
* Grey McConnell
* Sue Lynn Blackbird
* Ansel Parios
* Tookie Alvarez
* Bobby Cosgrove
* Miles Hoffman
* Michael McConnell
* Lionel Hoffman
* Kara Lee
* Benjamin Blackbird
* Robert Wolfe
* Kale Murphy
* Hollis Green
* Denny
* Victor
* Shirl
* Guard
* Sam
* Teddy
* Uni
* Officer Diggney (right)
* Officer Wilcroft (left)
* Nurse Goodman
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### Main Cast

* Cobie Smulders as Dex Parios
* Jake Johnson as Grey McConnell
* Tantoo Cardinal as Sue Lynn Blackbird
* Cole Sibus as Ansel Parios
* Adrian Martinez as Tookie Alvarez
* Camryn Manheim as Lieutenant Bobby Cosgrove
* Michael Ealy as Detective Miles Hoffman

### Guest Stars

* Matt Craven as Michael McConnell
* Steven Williams as Lionel Hoffman
* Fiona Rene as Detective Kara Lee
* Sam Marra as Benjamin Blackbird
* Brad Beyer as Sergeant Robert Wolfe
* Niko Nicotera as Kale Murphy
* Gregory Zaragoza as Hollis Green

### Co-Starring

* Chris Grace as Denny
* Selwyn Huqueriza as Victor
* Jocelyn Ayanna as Shirl
* Erik Audé as Guard
* Erik Kins as Sam
* Robert Riechel, Jr. as Teddy
* Chad Davis as Uni
* Benjamin Burt as Officer Diggney
* Camille Calvin as Officer Wilcroft
* Aidan Rees as Nurse Goodman

## Notes and Trivia

* This episode scored million viewers.
* Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic affecting production, this is currently the series finale, unless the show is bought by a different network.