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Part 1: “The Arrest”

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Part 2: “Sorry”

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Part 3: “The Arraignment”

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Part 4: “Footsteps and Cantaloupe”

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Part 5: “Yellow”

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Part 6: “Holly”

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Part 7: “Visits”

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Part 8: “Macy’s Tells Gimbels”

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Part 9: “No End to the Universe”

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Part 10: “Bienvenidos a Tejas”

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Part 11: “The Marysville Hole”

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Part 12: “Flint City”

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