They head to the police station where they find Juliet sizing up women as potential dates for Lassiter.  He's been unhappy lately, which has been affecting his job performance.  They ask her to run a background check on Manny and she tells them they have picked him up several times for get rich quick schemes.  They go back to Dutch's headquarters to find the agent, but are roped into their first stunt test by Red, Dutch's mechanic.  Shawn figures as long as they are making sure the stunts are safe, Dutch has a better chance of staying alive, but they both chicken out when they learn they are about to be set on fire.  Manny pulls up and tells Dutch that since a crazy fan injured El Diablo by running him off the road, they can step into his clock tower jump, but there is no time to rehearse.  They need to go now.  At the clock tower, Shawn notices Manny whisper something in Dutch's ear.  As Dutch spreads out the wings of his costume, Shawn sees one of them is resewn with different thread.  He stops Dutch just in time, then demonstrates that the costume would have ripped, making it impossible for him to land safely.  But in saving Dutch's life, Shawn and Gus have blown their cover.  Dutch is furious, and orders Red to throw them out.  As he does, Shawn sees a "Vikings" tattoo on his arm, a clear cover up of what once was "Viki."  He tells Gus that Red probably used to date Viki before she left him for Dutch.  By eliminating Dutch, he eliminates the competition.  Shawn also says that what Manny whispered at the stunt was a request that Dutch wear a better-looking costume.  Manny didn't want him to wear the tampered suit, and so is off the suspect list.  Louis sneaks them back in to find evidence on Red but instead they find him secretly administering cancer medication to Dutch.  Gus recognizes the drugs to be for pancreatic cancer, which is terminal.  Dutch is dying.  Why would someone try to kill a dying man?  

They search Dutch's trailer and find a hidden life insurance policy that has a large payout only if Dutch dies during one of his stunts, the beneficiaries being Viki and Louis.  Shawn finally knows who the killer is and goes to stop Dutch before his next act.  He tells Dutch he knows he is trying to kill himself.  The family has been struggling financially and Dutch wanted to make sure they were taken care of when he was gone, which wouldn't be possible if he let the cancer take him first.  But Dutch's survival instincts always kicked in, and he kept saving himself.  Shawn tells him he won't stop him and he won't say anything if he goes through with it, but he knows his family loves him and would much rather have him around for six more months than any amount of money.  As the daredevil takes off down the tunnel one last time, Shawn stands alone listening for the outcome.  The crowd roars, Dutch made it.  He chose life.  Shawn smiles and walks away.

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