Eddie's Desert Rose

Dave and Maura get on an old fishing boat to take them back to Saudi Arabia. The vessel has been converted to a party boat for expatriates that want to spend a weekend away from the Kingdom. They survive the rocky journey and enter Saudi Arabia through the back door.

On a night flight to Bahrain Dave explains to Maura why he must find out why Eddie was killed. Later he reads more of Eddie's journal while Maura sleeps. We learn more of Eddie's adventures in Saudi Arabia.

A friend of Beth's drives Dave, Maura and Khalil to the small town of Tonnerre outside Paris. They plan to hide out in Beth's country home until they figure out what to do next. While there Khalil finishes his story of what happened that last night he was with Eddie. Dave concludes that he still needs to return to Saudi Arabia and talk to Prince Majed.

Dave follows Khalil into a bathhouse and makes him believe he is available for sex. He invites him back to his hotel where Maura awaits. They question him and get him to recount the story of the night he took Eddie to meet the Saudi prince. The French police arrive at the door and the three of them go out the fire escape and across the rooftops of Paris.

Dave and Maura go to Paris to find Khalil. Maura decides it is time to patch up a long feud with her sister, and they enlist her in their search. Maura reveals that she thinks she met Khalil in Saudi Arabia, and later runs into him by chance on a cold, dark Paris street while she is walking alone.

Dave returns home to comfort his mother and attend Eddie's funeral. He makes a shocking discovery that confirms his suspicions that Eddie's death was no accident. He realizes that they have to go to Paris to find Khalil. Maura feels that what Dave wants to do is too dangerous, but vows to follow her husband.

Dave and his wife, Maura, head back to the Midwest to lay Eddie to rest. The flight from Dhahran to New York is long and difficult. Dave passes the time reading more of Eddie's journal--the thoughts, feelings and stories that Eddie hadn't shared with anyone, not even his brother.

In this episode Dave and Maura visit Eddie's room to see if they can find any clues to what brought about his death. Dave discovers Eddie's journal and begins to read the private thoughts and feelings of his brother.

Dave and Maura go to the police station in Al-Khobar to get more information about Eddie's death. When details are lacking, he sets out to find Khalil. What he finds out surprises, but not quite as much as it surprises Maura.

Maura, Dave's wife, awaits his return for lunch and ponders the frustrating life of women in Saudi Arabia. But when she gets the news of Eddie's death, she puts her concerns aside to help her husband deal with the shock.