


It leads Nick and Roy on a public chase that ends with Nick getting the gold but the Deado escaping. The Deado refuses to talk and instead pops himself, becoming a hulking monster. Hayes gives the gold to a Deado who gets stopped by Roy and Nick while leaving. Roy and Nick tail Hayes to Nick's house and watch him dig up Nick's gold before following Hayes to the airport. Nick leaves the gold with Elliot and watches as he gives it to Nick's old partner Hayes. Roy takes Nick to meet a Deado named Elliot, who claims the gold is junk. Nick wants to investigate the gold further and asks Roy to take him to an informant. Nick and Roy return to headquarters and book the gold as evidence. Roy and Nick argue and Nick throws Roy in front of a bus, causing Roy to lose his cowboy hat. Stanley tries to escape and throws up a bunch of gold he swallowed before being shot by Roy. They ask Stanley questions until he "pops" and is exposed as a Deado. Roy takes Nick to question a suspected Deado named Stanley. Nick now appears as an elderly Asian man while Roy appears to be a beautiful blonde woman. officers have their appearance changed and are blocked from revealing their true identities. Roy takes Nick to watch his own funeral and Nick talks to his wife Julia but she does not recognize him. Nick is partnered with Roicephus "Roy" Pulsipher, a lawman from the Old West. She recruits him into the R.I.P.D., whose job is to find and capture Deados - the souls of people who died but escaped judgment. Nick meets Mildred Proctor, who explains that he is dead and was headed to judgment. Time stops around Nick and he is drawn into a vortex, depositing him in an office. Hayes shoots and kills Nick at the next drug bust. Nick regrets the theft and tells Hayes that he will turn it in as evidence. Boston Police detectives Nick Walker and Bobby Hayes steal gold during a drug bust.
