Dark Winds
Dark Windsseason 3 , episode 2 introduces the character of Roberto C. de Baca , also know as " Budge , " and he ’s a sinister presence who appear set to hover over the entirety of the third time of year . Season 3 ofDark Windsfinds Joe Leaphorn ( Zahn McClarnon ) and Jim Chee ( Kiowa Gordon ) investigate the fade of two young Navajo boys , with one of them later found murdered . Meanwhile , Bernadette Manuelito ( Jessica Matten ) enquire what she suspects is a human traffic ring , with the two cases bind to merge at one point .
When Raoul Max Trujillo ’s newDark Windsseason 3 characteris acquaint in the opening aspect of episode 2 , it ’s not clear who he is , what his motivations are , or how he fits into the emerging human trafficking plot . ab initio , de Baca is framed as being somehow involved in the incident with theMixtec migratory mother and girl inDark Windsseason 3 , considering his connection to Wade ( Matthew van Wettering ) , the guy rope who had been repulse the white van , but it was unreadable how . By the closing of the episode , while not all has been explained , de Baca is now an integral part of the overarching story .
Roberto C. De Baca Works For Tom Spenser In Dark Winds Season 3
He Appears To Be Spenser’s Fixer
The pieces do n’t start coming together until later in the episode whenBernadette , now a Border Patrol agent , pulls over one of the petroleum trucks from Tom Spenser ’s ranch and sees a 2nd adult male sitting in the passenger seat next to the number one wood . A balk of his driver ’s licensereveals him to be Roberto C. de Baca , which may or may not be a phoney name . While both men are shady , it is de Baca who exude the with child air of threat .
Considering his willingness to kill , it appears he ’s some sort of fixing agent for Spenser . His full participation will be let out as the time of year unfolds , but right now , he ’s being positioned as the man willing to get his hand filthy for Spenser , doing the dark , crashing work so that his boss can stay a few steps removed from the actual hands - on employment of human trafficking . It also think Spenser is n’t the one committing the dark crimes , and those dark law-breaking may very well attach togetherDark Windsseason 3 ’s parallel storylines .
Dark Winds time of year 3 has walk out a much darker tone than previous time of year . unhappily , that darkness offer to the loss of one of the film residential area ’s own .
Bernadette ’s case and Leaphorn and Chee ’s case are tie up to meet at some point , and de Baca is being set up as the common denominator . Considering the fact that Ernesto Cata ( Alonso Rappa ) was discovered murder in a brutal mode atthe death ofDark Windsseason 3 , episode 1 , it would n’t be a surprise to pick up that it was de Baca who was behind the murder . It ’s potential that Cata and George Bowlegs ( Bodhi Okuma Linton ) saw something they should n’t have out in the desert – like a human smuggling operation – and it got them killed .
Why Budge De Baca Kills The Guy In Dark Winds Season 3 Episode 2’s Opening Scene
Wade Was A Loose End With Loose Lips
After all , de Baca has already shown he ’s willing to commit murder and obliterate a body in the very opening scene of instalment 2 . From the second Wade is introduced , it ’s unclouded he ’s not long for the worldor , at the very least , that he ’s being set up for a betrayal . As Wade happily chatter to de Baca , whom he squall " Budge , " oblivious to the fact that de Baca is check him like a predatory animal observing its prey , it ’s reveal that he was the man in the white van who chased the migratory mother and girl through the desert . Worse , he brags that he stole Bernadette Manuelito ’s gun for hire , which seals his fate .
It ’s not a co-occurrence that the darkly funny call bet in the scenery is Ernest Tubb ’s " Drivin ' Nails in My casket " – each line-shooting confession just moves him one whole step closer to his inevitable death .
It ’s not a coincidence that the darkly funny song play in the scene is Ernest Tubb ’s " Drivin ' Nails in My Coffin " – each brag confession just move him one footprint nearer to his inevitable death . De Baca first choke Wade and then entomb him alive in the car for eliminate a weak link . The hired minion is clearly not too bright , and he has loose sass , a combination that brings down the variety of illegal operation that Tom Spenser is understandably running . If the thug ever used Bernadette ’s gun to commit a criminal offence , the Border Patrol or another natural law enforcement government agency could easily hunt that ordnance back to himand thus , to the human trafficking annulus .
Warning : This section contains spoilers for the Tony Hillerman book upon whichDark Windsseason 3 is establish .
Roberto C. De Baca Is Also Known As Robert Budge In The Books
His Role Is Slightly Different & Hints At A Twist
The character also exists in the books by Tony Hillerman , but he goes by the name Robert Budge . This is allude to in theDark Windsepisode : when Wade , who is not dead , wakes up and discover de Baca is entomb him , he screams and call out out to him by the name of " Budge . " The Holy Scripture unwrap he also goes by the name Silvanios Roberto C de Baca , and while he has ascendant in Spain , he ’s desire in Guatemala .
Dark Winds season 3 introduces a terrifying new entity from Navajo folklore cognise as Ye’iitsoh & its comportment has larger import for Joe Leaporn .
While he ’s equally as dangerous in the record book , he in the main serve as the chauffeur and secret pilot film of businessman and Washington D.C. power broker Rawley Winsor , who has been turned into Tom Spenser inDark Windsseason 3.In another change , the ring Spenser is running is a human trafficking tintinnabulation as opposed to Winsor ’s drug smuggling tintinnabulation in the account book . Interestingly , while Budge is an adversary in the book , he is n’t necessarily in full loyal to Winsor in the end . It will be interesting to see if de Baca follow the same arc in his role as Spenser ’s fixer inDark Windsseason 3 .
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