Fatal Reunion (2005) - full transcript

- No, no, no, no!

No, no.

- An unidentified
body was discovered.

- Foul play is suspected.

- The Dallas Police Department

has confirmed that she was murdered.

The police are following...

- A murder victim has been...

- A male suspect was
arrested today four days...

- Explosive testimony...

- After two weeks the jury returns



a stunning verdict today of not guilt.

- Not guilty.
- Not guilty.

- Not guilty.
- Not guilty.

- Excuse me.

Hey!

Sorry I was late, guys.
- Hey!

- Hello.

- Okay, Claire, everybody's here now.

You have our undivided attention.

- Please tell me I did
not just rush all the way

over here to hear about
another get rich quick scheme.

- Very funny.

One day it'll happen, you'll see.

But that's not reason I
asked you all to meet here.



Girls, I'm officially off the market.

- What?!

- You?

You're joking.
- No.

- Who is the unlucky man?

- Someone I had a crush on in high school.

- Can you narrow that down a little?

You had a crush on a
different guy every week.

- Yeah.

- Clay Norman.

- Clay Norman?

The Clay Norman?
- That's right.

- Didn't he move away in the last year?

How'd you find him again?

- The Internet.

You could look up your
school friends from the past.

Anyway, I emailed him and
a couple of days later

he emailed me back.

- Details, please.

- Well, he's six-three, hunky, a Virgo,

a successful stock broker,

and we've been seeing each other seriously

for the past three months.

- Claire, you realize that you've broken

rule number one of the covenant.

You shall keep no secrets
from your closest friends!

- Hello?

- So is he the one?

- Yeah, I think he is.

- Claire, we are all so happy for you.

- Thank you.

So let's have a party next week

and I can introduce him to your husbands.

- Well, you may not want to
introduce him to Russell.

Chances are he could
pick up a few bad habits

like how to cheat on you.

- Come on, Jess.

Cut him some slack.

It's been months and you're
still upset about it.

- Yeah, he had an affair, Rose.

Of course I'm upset.

- Suspected affair.

Sweetie, we had this
conversation last week,

the week before and the week before that.

You have no proof.

Plus he firmly denied it.

I mean at worst it was nothing
but an innocent flirtation.

- Girls, I just had a flash of brilliance.

Marcus Declan.

Remember him?

- Sure, who could forget Super Jock?

- In high school you were
all goo goo ga ga over him.

You would write about him in your diary.

I'm just saying, if
Russell can practice some

innocent flirting, you can too.

- Interesting.

- Be careful.

Where there's smoke there's fire.

- I'm not saying she should
have an affair, Rose.

I'm just saying, what's good for the goose

is good for the gander.

Besides, aren't you just a little curious

about what he looks like
all these years later?

I mean he could be fat and bald

and you'd be happy that you
never ended up with him.

- Or he could be super hot.

- Yeah.

- As much as I would love to stay

and be topic of conversation,

I have to go get the kids.

So I'll see you girls later.

Congratulations.
- Thank you.

- Bye.
- Bye.

- Listen, Jess, I don't think

Lynne's suggesting is a good idea.

A little attention would
make you feel better, sure.

But maybe what you should do instead

is give Russell a break.

Look, I've known him as long as you have

and he's totally devoted
to you and the kids.

I don't believe he fooled around.

- God, he's just so frustrating lately.

I mean I just look at him and I'm mad.

I have all these thoughts that are running

through my mind, I can't
get them out of my head.

- You can't let it consume you, honey.

You have to let it go.

- I know.

You're right, I'm gonna try.

Thanks, Rose.

I'll call you later, okay?

- Okay.
- Okay.

See you.

- Tag!

- Be careful, guys!

- I'm gonna get you!

Come on, Lucy, come on!

- Lucy, come here!

Come on.

Hey!

- Hey, why don't you guys take Lucy

to the park for a little while?

- Mom.

I got a new game I wanna try out.

Katie can go.

- Well, you know, I
actually have a lot of stuff

in the house you could help me with

if you're not interested
in going to the park, Josh.

- Let's go, Lucy!

- Bye.

Hey be back in half an hour, okay?

- See you later, mom!

♪ As you walk along the road of life ♪

♪ Now and then there's
bound to be storms ♪

♪ But even when the rain is falling ♪

♪ Angels always here calling ♪

♪ They would light your
way and keep you warm ♪

♪ So give a smile ♪

♪ Don't let the lighthouse dim ♪

♪ Happiness to someone who is blue ♪

Hey, mom.

Fine.

I have to ask a favor.

What are the chances of you
looking after the kids tonight?

Really?

Okay.

I will drop them by in probably an hour.

- Good dog, okay, Lucy.

- Sit.
- Maybe you better make that

an hour and a half.

First Lucy needs a B-A-T-H.

- Okay, Lucy, come back!
- Come here.

- Lucy!
- Come on, come on.

Come back.
- Come on, Lucy.

It's just a bath.

Hey, hon.

You almost home?

- No, actually sweetie.

I am stuck here with a client

and I know this is gonna
be another long night.

So, don't wait up, okay?

How are the kids?

- They're fine.

I sent them to my parents.

Russell, I thought maybe
we could spend some time

alone tonight.

- Sweetie, I'm so sorry.

I just can't.

Hopefully you didn't get
into too much trouble.

- Well, actually...

- Look, honey, I gotta go.

Don't stay up.

Love you, bye.

I am so sorry to keep you waiting.

♪ We'd always be together ♪

♪ He said that in his song ♪

♪ Simply be the good guys ♪

♪ Always give and go ♪

♪ Seeing through the bad times ♪

♪ Swinging to the front ♪

♪ I wonder how could lost love ♪

♪ I'd really like to know ♪

♪ 'Cause the damage has been done ♪

♪ Do move on and have more wine ♪

♪ And you lie like a gun ♪

♪ Chaining of the heart ♪

♪ And darker inside ♪

♪ Yeah the damage ♪

♪ Has been done ♪

It's after two.

It must have been pretty important?

- Believe me, if I could've been here

instead of the meeting, I would have.

- I'm tired, Russell.

- Hi, I'm sorry.

- Hey, Cath.
- Hey, Jess.

- Anything I should know about?

- The usual, superstars being obnoxious

and husbands doing reality shows.

- Boring.

How's Doug?
- He's doing great.

I can't believe it.

The other day he tells me he
wants to do something exciting,

Jess, I'm tingling thinking,
you know, in the bedroom.

But no he wants to go parachuting.

I don't get it.

- Well, probably a
little more safe for him.

Just joking.

- By the way I saw
Russell over at Lincoln's

the other night about 10:30?

- Yeah, who was he with?

- An attractive blonde
in a dress to die for.

I got the impression they knew each other

considering they were
toasting over champagne.

- Did you talk to him?

- No, we were at the door already.

Doug was in a hurry.

We had a flight in the morning.

Don't worry about it,
I'm sure it's nothing.

You know, just business or something.

- Yeah.

You know what, I completely
forgot I have an errand to run.

I got to go.

- Jessica.

- Hello?

Hey, Lucy.

How's my favorite doggy?
- Dad!

- Hey dad.
- How's my favorite kids?

- Dinner's ready.

- Great.

- Kids, go wash up, okay?

- Okay, go on.
- Okay.

Come on, Lucy.
- Let's eat some dinner.

- Come on, Lucy, come on!
- I'll race you!

- Hey, sweetie.

- Busy day at the office?

- Yeah.

The usual, you know, crazy
ads, demanding clients.

So how was your meeting the other night?

- What meeting?

- You know, the one you came
home late from, remember?

- It went well.

- Good.

You care to elaborate on that?

- Jess, what's with all the questions?

- What's with all the answers, Russell?

Awfully vague, don't you think?

- It's work.

Sweeting when I'm home
I don't necessarily want

to talk about work.

I wanna talk about other things.

- Is that what it is?

It's all work?

- Kids?

Go upstairs.

- We've been down this road before.

Nothing's happening.

I don't know what I
can say to convince you

that I'm not cheating on you.

- I don't know what to
think anymore, Russell,

I really don't.

- You need to trust me.

You do.

- Russell, I'm gonna sleep
in Katie's room tonight.

- Come on, hon.

- I need to be alone.

What's the matter, Russell?

Aren't you gonna answer the phone?

Might be important.

Maybe she's work related?

- There he is, the man of the hour.

Congratulations, buddy, you did it.

You, my friend, have the magic touch.

- I don't know about the magic touch.

Long hours, sleepless
nights and mega stress.

- What are you talking about?

Save that modesty for
John Slayter, all right?

You nabbed the Laureana account, Russell.

And that's kudos for you.

I mean from here on in you
can write your own ticket.

What's the matter, buddy, everything okay?

- Yeah, thanks, Sam.

I just have a lot on my mind.

- All right.

Tell you what,

if you need a lawyer, I'm your man, okay?

- It's nothing like that.

- Good.

I gotta run.

I'll catch you later?

All right.

Why not?

Jessica Hartley.

Marcus Declan, 1988.

Hi, Marcus.

This is Jessica Hartley.

I'm not sure if you remember me.

We were in several of the same classes

in Carson High.

Wondering how you've been all these years.

Email me if you want to chat.

Just because.

Jessica.

Okay.

So where's our workout queen today?

- Claire is out browsing
for rings with Clay.

- Nice.

Speaking of browsing, I may
have sent an email to Marcus.

- Okay, what did he say?

Is he married?

Single, divorced?

Is he a doctor or a
pineapple plantation worker?

- I just sent him the email an hour ago.

- You need to tell us what he says

when he replies, right, Rose?

- Of course I will.

- You ladies seem to have a lot to say.

Perhaps one of you would
like to lead the class

or better yet show the
class what you have learned?

You come with me, to the front.

- Me.

- Bring your shinai.

- Crap.

- Spartans!

Well done.

You may rejoin the class now.

This is a lesson for you.

Never trust anyone.

To trust no one is to
trust everyone equally.

Do you understand?

- Yeah.

- Okay class, back to class!

- Marcus?

- Hey there, glad to hear from you.

Do you still live in Seattle?

Yes.

And I love it.

Wouldn't want to live anywhere else.

I'm in San Diego now.

Good place to be if you're
a real estate broker.

I'm actually going to
be in Seattle on Friday

for a few days.

What do you say we grab
a drink or a bite to eat?

It'd be fun to catch up.

Sure.

That would be nice.

Great.

I'm gonna be staying
at the Sheraton Grand.

You know Riverside coffee
shop on Pike Street?

Yes.

Shall we meet there tomorrow, say 1 PM?

See you then.

- Jessica?
- Marcus!

- In the flesh.

- Hey.
- Hey.

- Good to see you.
- Good to see you.

- I can't believe you recognized me.

- I knew it was you.

You are by far the prettiest woman.

- I hope you don't mind me saying that.

- No, I'm flattered, thank you.

And I can see you're the same old Marcus,

just as charming and good looking as ever.

So, tell me what's been
going on in your life?

- Do you have a lucky lady or?

- Well, if you're asking
if I'm married, no.

Had a few relationships but

somehow they never worked out.

- Well, their loss I'm sure.

- So what about you?

Married?

- 12 years and I have two kids.

Josh in nine and Katie is 11.

- Nice.
- Yeah.

- Happily?

I'm sorry.

I wasn't trying to pry.

You don't have to answer that.

- It's okay, you just caught
me off guard a little bit.

Let's just say it's a
struggle sometimes, you know.

- To old friends.

- To old friends, cheers.

- By the way, thank you.

- For?

- You saved me from having
to spend the afternoon

with some boring executive.

- Okay, well, in that case

I think we need another toast.

Cheers again.
- Cheers again.

I had a great time, Jessica.

- Me too.

It's fun talking about
our old school days.

- Yes, it was.

By the way I had no idea you
had a crush on me back then.

I mean I almost choked on my
sandwich when you told me.

Seriously, look at you.

I mean how could I have
missed such a beaut!

- Well, thank you.

But you had your eyes and your hands

full of Rachel Heatherington,
miss cheerleader,

who by the way is an absolute snob.

- I know, I know, I plea the fifth.

And I wanna as much,

it's too short catch
up on nearly 20 years.

- I know, it's true.

- You know what, I'm leaving
the day after tomorrow.

Have dinner with me tomorrow night.

I don't know, Marcus.

- Hey, it's really innocent,
although selfish on my part,

I really enjoy your company.

The Bedford, the best steak house in town.

Come on, you can't pass that up.

Besides you can't let
an old friend eat alone.

- All right.
- Great.

7:30, I'll see you there.

- Okay.

It was nice seeing you.
- Nice seeing you.

- Bye.

Lynne, call Claire.

I'm gonna call Rose.

We need to meet at the park in 30 minutes.

I just met with Marcus.

I know.

- Hey.
- Hey.

- Hey.
- Ready?

- Enough chitchat.

We are all dying to hear about Marcus.

- Marcus?

Who's Marcus?
- Stop teasing!

- Okay, he's six feet tall.

He's got all of his hair.

He's very charming.

He's some sort of real estate developer.

- Okay, so he's interesting, good looking,

owns real estate, has money,

that sounds like a great combination.

- He's leaving in a few days so I am

having dinner with him
tomorrow night at the Bedford,

but before anyone says
anything it is not a date.

- Then what it is?

- He just doesn't wanna dine alone.

- Sounds to me that he wants the desert

more than he wants the dinner.

- Relax, Rosie, we're just having fun.

I think you're a little bit jealous.

- Hold on a second.

I am not jealous.

I am concerned.

- Why would you be jealous?

- You didn't know?

- Know what?

- I went on a few dates with
Marcus in high school, okay?

Special, we didn't click.

Anyway, that's not important.

Are you sure you're not crossing the line?

- Come on, Rosie, it's only

an innocent little bit of flirting.

- Why didn't you tell me
about you and Marcus earlier?

- Nothing to say.

It's not important.

- Seems like a good deal.

- Hey, mom.

We're going to Tracy's, okay?

- Okay.
- Bye!

- Bye mom!
- See ya.

- Bye!

- Hey, Rose, guess what.

Our friend, Marcus, just
sent me a dozen roses

thanking me for joining
him for lunch today.

- Sounds like a little more
than consideration, Jessica.

Flowers sent to your home?

Does he know you're married?

- Of course he knows that I'm married.

It's purely innocent.

- Jess, are you sure you
know what you're doing?

- Okay, Rose, please don't lecture me.

It's all right.

Besides, I'm a big girl.

- Just be careful, okay?

- I will, I promise.

All right, I'll call you later.

Bye.

- Hey, Jess, listen.

Don't make any plans for tonight.

I'll tell you about it later.

Call your folks, see if
they can babysit the kids

or get a sitter.

We need to be ready by
6:30, okay, sweetie?

It's a surprise!

- So what's going on, hon?

You're being so mysterious.

- Well, I can't tell you just yet

but I promise you won't be disappointed.

- All right.

- Russell!

- John, good evening.

- And you must be Mrs. Landers?

- Yes.

- I'm John Slayter, CFO
of Laureana Perfumes.

Well, congratulations, Russell.

- Thank you.

- Michelle is ecstatic with the campaign.

We look forward to great things.

Pleasure to meet you.
- And you.

Okay, who is Michelle?

What are you being congratulated for?

- Michelle Laureana, head
of Laureana Perfumes.

It's the deal I've been
secretly working on

for the last few months,
and, Jess, I did it.

I closed it.

She was so blown away by my
concept for a new campaign

and Spine Advertising
just landed the contract.

We're $20 million bigger.

- My God!

Congratulations!
- Russell!

Hello, it's so nice to meet you.

Russell has spoke many times about you.

You must be so proud of your husband.

- Very.

- You know, the French have a saying,

behind every successful man

there's always a smart woman.

- I like that.

- Russell has spoke of you many times

over the past several months,

so I'm very pleased to
finally meet his inspiration.

- Michelle!

- C'est la vi.

Business comes first.

Please enjoy!

- She's so nice.

- I just wanna tell you
that the last few months

I've been working on this campaign

building it and selling it, creating,

I've just been so stressed by it.

- Shh!

You know what,

I'm the one who should be sorry.

I should've trusted you.

Please forgive me.

- This is gonna be good for us.

- Rose, your store is looking great.

- Thank you.

So, Jessica, Russell wasn't
having an affair after all?

- No.

- Are you still joining that sexy creature

Marcus for dinner?

- Yes.

The way I figure it is
I get to have dinner

at one of my favorite restaurants

with an old friend and he's
leaving tomorrow anyway

for San Diego, so it's no big deal.

- Exactly.

- So are you gonna tell Russell?

- Yeah, in a few days.

- It's not that I'm trying
to hide anything, Rose.

I would just really
like to get some closure

to yesterday first, you know?

- Your table's right over there.

- Thanks.

Sorry, my turn to be late.

- No, it's worth the wait.

You look lovely, Jessica.

- Thanks.

- To us.

I can't believe it.

- Can't believe what?

- That I let you slip
away all those years ago.

I must have been a fool.

I am so glad to see you again.

I mean it's crazy but I've thought

about you all day long.

- Marcus--
- No, let me finish.

I delayed my return trip for a few days.

I wanna spend more time with you.

- I don't think this is a good idea.

I should probably go.

- Go?

What are you talking about?

I thought you like me?

- Liked you.

Marcus, I'm married.

- We connected, Jessica.

I mean, didn't you say you were unhappy?

Didn't fate bring us back together?

- No!

We shared a lunch together, that's all.

Yes, I said I was having some difficulties

in my marriage, but some
things have changed.

I'm happy, I love my husband, Marcus.

- So you're blowing me off?

- Okay, let's just say I
definitely made a mistake.

- No, no, wait a minute, Jessica.

I'm sorry.

I misread the situation.

I've had a couple of drinks.

Please, please don't go.

- Have a safe trip back, Marcus.

I'm sorry.

- Jessica!

Jessica!

- Jessica.

- I thought you were working late tonight?

- Change of plans.

Disappointed?

- No, of course not.

I'm happy to see you.

- I have a surprise for you.

- You do?

What is it?

- Eyes closed.
- Okay.

- Keep 'em closed.
- They're closed.

- All right.

Voila.

- My God.

Russell.

It's amazing.

Look at all these roses!

I saw those roses downstairs

and I said to myself, "I can't let my wife

"buy roses for herself."

You okay?

- Yeah, yeah.

I think I'm just a little bit overwhelmed.

- Well I hope

that you'll be overwhelmed even more

by your next surprise.

- Russell.

It's beautiful.

My God.

My God.
- Let me put it on you.

- Honey.

- It's not as beautiful as you are.

- Hello?

Hello?

- Who is it?

- I don't know.

But for once they hung up.

Who is this?

That's strange.

They hung up again.

All right.

Hey, look, this isn't funny.

Okay, I'll fix that.

Probably just a prank caller.

- All right guys.

- Bye.
- Have a good day!

- Bye!
- Don't forget

your homework today!
- Bye mom!

- I love you!

- Listen, you bastard!

- Jess, it's me.

You all right?

- Sorry, honey.

Yeah, I'm just a little bit wound up

from the other night, sorry.

- Don't worry about it, honey.

I was calling to see if you

would like some takeout tonight.

How does Thai sound?

- Actually sounds really good.

That would be great.
- Good.

I'll pick it up on my way home.

- Okay, bye.
- Bye sweetie.

- Marcus, you son of a bitch.

What do you think you're doing?

Russell, it's me, I need you to come home

right now, please.

- What is it?

What's the matter?

- I'm scared, just get home.

Hello?

Hello?

- Jessica?

- Rose, thank God!

- Sorry, I should've called.

Why?

Who are you expecting?

- It's Marcus.

I should've listened to you, Rose.

He won't leave me alone now.

- My God, what did he do?

Did he hurt you?

Are you okay?

- No, he's stalking me.

I heard a crash, it was my car window.

And when I went to see what happened

he was pointing some kind of a crossbow

or something at me.

- Call the police.

- I will, but Russell's on his way home

and I have to tell him first.

Will you stay with me?

Of course.

- God!

- Jess?

Jess?

- Honey!

- Honey, what happened?

Are you okay, sweetie?

- I am so sorry.

Listen tome, what I'm about to tell you

you have to believe me.

Nothing happened.

- What are you talking about?

- Russell, she had an innocent dinner

with someone she know from
high school, Marcus Declan.

And now the creep is stalking her.

- Was he in the phone last night?

- I think so.

And he was just here.

He threw a rock through the car window

and he threatened me with a crossbow.

- Okay, okay.

Enough is enough.

I'm calling the police.

- We're gonna dust for prints.

- What about the neighbors?

- We talked to them, no one saw anything.

Miss, did you see Mr.
Declan or anyone else

that could've thrown
the rock leave the area?

- I didn't see anyone.

- Okay.

Let me see.

He was in black.

Going for the crossbow and never fired?

- That's right.

I know it was him.

- Until we have a witness or proof,

there's not a whole lot to go on.

- Well, at least you
gotta talk to him, right?

- Yes, we are, sir.

If he's still registered at the Sheraton

we're gonna bring him for questioning

and read him the Riot Act.

That's all we can do for now.

- Well you let us know what happens.

- Yes, we'll call you later.

You have any questions in the mean time

your case file will be
with Detective Weber

at the downtown precinct.

- Thank you, Officer.
- Okay?

- Thank you.

- Hello?

It's me.

Yeah.

What about the rock, any prints?

Yeah, well,

we hope we don't have to
talk to you again either.

Thanks, officer.

Well, the rock had no prints

but they brought in Marcus Declan

and they questioned him
and they released him

about an hour ago.

He said that they laid it on pretty thick

so I don't think he'll
be bothering us anymore.

Apparently he's leaving town tomorrow.

- Good.

- Okay?
- Yeah.

- Back to the movie.

- Katie, honey, can
you please go get Lucy?

- Yeah, sure mom.

And don't you touch my
drawing when I'm gone.

- And just to keep you from doing

what your sister just asked you not to do

how about we go over your chores today?

- Lucy!

Breakfast time.

Come on, sweetie.

Where are you?

Come here.

Lucy?

Lucy?

Is that you?

Lucy?

- Katie?

- Katie!

Katie!
- Mom!

Dad!
- Katie!

- Katie?

Katie?

My God, Lucy, what happened?

- Sweetie, I don't know what happened.

- Okay, kids, get in the house, go on.

I'll be right there, go!
- Go, go!

- Okay.

- They must have poisoned her.

- Okay, we need
to get her to the vet.

We gotta hurry.

- How could anyone do this?

- It's gonna be okay.

- Russell Landers, you wanna see me?

- Yeah.

The suspect in this
case, this Marcus Declan,

I think he poisoned our dog.

We found her nearly dead this morning.

- Let's go to my office.

Poisoned?

Are you sure about that?

- Well I took her to
the vet and he said that

he was almost certain it was Strychnine.

He's running some tests
and we'll have those

later this week.

- Okay, did you or anyone else

witness Mr. Declan poison your dog?

- No.

- Did he admit the poisoning of your dog?

- No.
- Okay, come here.

So, exactly what proof
do you have, Mr. Landers?

- Well, none.

But, I mean, it had to be him, Detective,

because who else would have been?

I mean it's too coincidental.

- Perhaps.

But with all due respect,

you wanna leave the police part to us.

I mean all you have is suspicion and--

- I just want this maniac
to leave my family alone.

- I understand that, Mr. Landers.

May I ask you a question?

Can you describe your marriage as solid?

- Poor Lucy, that's horrible!

- The vet said it's gonna
take a couple of days

to get test results back.

- I feel so bad.

I shouldn't have encouraged you, Jess.

I'm so sorry.
- It's not your fault.

- What the police say?

- The police said no evidence,
no witnesses, no arrest.

But they also confirmed that
he left the hotel today.

- I just hope this is all over.

- You and me both.

Listen you guys, I gotta go
pick up Katie from dance class,

so I'm gonna leave you now.

Have a good workout.

I'll call you later.

- Bye.
- Bye.

Come on.

- What the hell are you trying to do?

Accusing me of bullshit charges?

- You stay away from me.

You stay away from my family.

- You know what, I don't know
what you're trying to pull.

But you contacted me first.

You're a tease back then
and you're a tease now.

You know, I think you're doing all of this

so you don't have to
explain to your husband

that you're hitting on me.

- You're crazy.

- Russell, I saw him.

- What?

Where?

- Just outside my class about an hour ago.

- Did he threaten you?

- No, but I was so scared.

He must have followed me.

I mean, after Lucy, I'm
really scared for the kids.

- Nothing will happen to the kids.

I won't let that happen.

- Mr and Mrs Landers?

My name is Lisa Calders.

I'm an attorney from Dallas.

- What's this about?

- It's important.

May I come in?

- Sure.

- Please sit.

- Mr and Mrs Landers,

what I'm about to tell you
is highly confidential.

In fact I could be dis-barred from passing

on this information to you.

- This is about Marcus Declan, isn't it?

- I need your promise that you won't

reveal my visit to anyone.

Our conversation must remain confidential.

- Of course.

- Let me be blunt.

I had an opportunity to read
the police report you filed,

and there's no question in my mind

that Marcus Declan is guilty.

- Yeah, but the police
said they can't do anything

because there's no evidence.

- True.

That's why I'm here.

A year ago I represented Marcus Declan.

- You defended that creep?

- Yes.

At the time I believed he was innocent.

- What was he charged with?

- Murder.

- My God.

- Marcus lived in Dallas for a few years.

He met a woman named Nicole Kingsley.

They spend a few weeks together,

after which she became frightened

by his aggressive nature
and called it off.

Not long after she disappeared.

Days later her battered body was found.

Marcus was the last person
to have seen her alive.

- What happened after that?

- He was arrested as a prime suspect

and charged with her murder.

Their case was circumstantial.

No witnesses, no evidence to place him

at the scene of the crime.

- Let me guess.

You got him off?

- He had a solid alibi.

The jury believed him and set him free.

- Did you believe him?

- Yes, I did.

His wife corroborated his alibi

and she was a very compelling witness.

- He was married?
- Yes.

But since then she approached me

and recanted her story.

She'd lied because she
was afraid for her life.

She believes he killed Nicole.

- You could have gone to the police.

- He can't be tried
again for the same crime.

He's already been prosecuted
and found innocent.

- So what you're telling us is that

you believe my life is in danger

- It could be, Mrs. Landers.

My goal is to set a trap and
stop him from hurting you

or anyone else.

- What kind of trap?

- We can get justice if
we catch him in the act.

But I need your help to doit.

Do you and your wife
wanna put Marcus away?

- Yes, we do.

- How dangerous would it be?

- There's risk involved.

But I truly believe we can stop him.

For good.

- Well my wife and I
have to think this over.

- Of course.

- Let me give you my cell phone number and

you can give me a call
after you've had time

to think it over.

There you go.
- Thanks.

- Thanks.

- Take care.

- I'm not sure this is such a good idea.

- I think we should at
least consider it, Russell.

Listen, even if he doesn't come after me,

he's probably gonna go after somebody else

and we have the chance
to stop him right now.

- Jess, the man is not just
a stalker, he's a murderer.

He's gotten away with it
once, he may try it again.

- Yeah.

Well, I don't see what choice we have.

- Well, I think we can wait for a few days

not antagonize this guy.

And in the meantime,

I think we should take
the kids to your sisters

until it's safe.

- That's a good idea.

- Bastard, I swear you come
anywhere near my family...

He just won't give up.

- He's letting us know he's still around.

- Then you have parameter motion detectors

which means if anyone comes
within 50 feet of your house,

it activates the flood lights.

All windows and doors are wired.

Motion detectors installed
on the inside as well.

Now if the alarm system should go off,

you'll have 60 seconds to disarm
by phoning in with a code.

- Well, what happens if
the phone line is cut?

- Your alarm will still
be activated, okay?

Mr. and Mrs. Landers,
your house is now online

and monitored 24 hours a
day by our central service.

- We appreciate you coming out so quickly.

- Yeah, no problem.

- Thank you.
- Welcome.

- Well, it's nice that we are
prisoners in our own home.

- Hello?

Hey, Sam.

No, no, no, no I have to
take care of them myself.

Yes, I'll come on in.

Bye.

Listen, sweetie, I gotta go
into the office for a few hours.

Are you gonna be okay here?

- Yeah, I'm fine.

We have the alarm system now.

- Bye, sweetie.

- See you later.
- Bye.

- Lisa, it's Jessica Landers.

Do you think you could meet for coffee?

- He contacted you, didn't he?

- Yeah.

Last night.

God, why won't
he just leave me alone?

- He's taunting you.

He wants to keep you on the edge.

It's a control tactic.

I know where he is, Jessica.

- You do?

How?

- I'm not alone on this, I have some help.

- Is he still here?

- He's here and he's
not going anywhere soon.

Have you and your husband
come to a decision yet?

- No.

- You may feel safe at home,
but he can strike anywhere.

Please, be careful.

- I will.

- Hello?

- Jessica, you won't believe
what I'm looking at right now.

- Try me.

- Remember that sexy necklace
I've been waiting for?

- Yeah.

- Well, it has finally arrived.

- Well, I guess that means
that Clay is gonna be in

for one hell of a surprise tonight.

- That's right.

And speaking of Clay,

I was thinking I'll have
that barbecue next week

and introduce him to the boys.

Jessica?

Jessica, are you okay?

Jessica, what's going on?

- I gotta call you back.

Russell, it's me.

Somebody just tried to run me over.

I don't know!

- Jessica?

- Hon.

- Are you okay?
- Yeah.

- What happened?

- It was him.

He tried to kill me.

- This is insane.

- Okay, got it.

Got it.

They found the pick up
a few blocks from here.

It was reported stolen a few days ago.

We're checking it for prints as we speak.

- Well, there must have
been some witnesses.

Somebody must have seen who it was.

- We talked to all the witnesses present,

but no one saw the driver's face.

- He had a mask on.

- Did you tell him about Marcus Declan?

- Yeah.

- I've taken Mrs. Landers' statement.

We're looking into it.

We're finished for now if
you wanna take her home.

- Thank you.

We're not finished.

I'm gonna go talk to Detective Weber.

Are you okay?

- Yeah.

Right.

Okay, thanks, Bob.

Unfortunately, the driver
of the pickup was careful.

It's clean.

There's no prints.

- Come on, Detective, it's gotta be him.

Who else could it be?

- There's just no facts to verify that.

- This is unbelievable, Detective.

The man is stalking me.

I mean, what about the phone calls?

Our dog?

The rock through the window?

I mean, come on.

- I understand you're
frustrated, Mrs. Landers,

but you must understand the facts.

Now the phone calls

originated from untraceable
calling cards, okay?

The toxicology report indicates rat poison

which could conceivably be

from anywhere in your neighborhood.

No one witnessed the rock
being thrown to the car window,

and when Marcus Declan confronted you,

you yourself admitted that
he didn't threaten you.

- So you're saying that he can
just harass me all he wants

and you're not gonna do anything about it?

- Not at this time, no.

- Detective, the man is a murderer.

I could tell you--

- Mr. Landers,

Marcus Declan was found
innocent of all charges.

Now in the eyes of the
court, he is not guilty.

He is a suspect right now, as are others.

- Others?

Who else is a suspect?

- Mrs. Landers, you contacted Mr. Declan

by email and by telephone.

- Yeah.

- You admitted to dining
with him on two occasions,

you told him your marriage was rocky,

and you kept this liaison
quiet from your husband.

- Nothing happened.

- Well, the harassment
started shortly thereafter.

- Okay.

Okay, okay, okay!

I can see where this is going.

Now I'm a suspect?

- We don't rule out anyone

till we verify the facts, Mr. Landers.

Now, I'll need to
confirm your whereabouts.

According to the officers,

you weren't present during the attacks.

- This is crap.

It's him.

I know it.

And you know it.

- Russell, wait!

Why are you accusing my husband?

- Standard procedure, Mrs. Landers.

If your husband has nothing to hide,

then he should cooperate

so we can eliminate him as a suspect.

- Russell didn't do this, Detective.

This is absurd.

I mean, what about the car crash?

The phone calls?

The other night when the phone
rang Russell was with me.

- Did you hear a voice on the line

when your husband was on the phone?

- No, I didn't, but I wasn't
close enough to hear anything.

- Or maybe your husband set that call up.

Also consider, your husband showed up

shortly after the crash, on the same road

where the stolen vehicle was found.

- This is ridiculous.

My husband is innocent.

- I hope that turns out
to be true, Mrs. Landers.

I do.

- Just do your job.

Are you all right?

- Can you believe this now?

I'm a suspect.

- I don't think he believes
you're responsible, Russell.

He thinks the facts are gonna clear you.

- It's humiliating.

I mean, having people actually think

that I could do this to my wife.

My wife.

- You know what, don't think like that

even for a second, okay?

Anybody who knows you

knows you couldn't do something like this.

Come on.

Okay?

Lisa, it's Jessica Landers.

- Are you all right?

- No.

He attacked me today.

- My God, are you hurt?

- No, but I'm scared to death.

- Have you and your
husband come to a decision?

- Not yet.

Just please tell me
that this plan of yours

to trap Marcus is gonna work.

- I truly believe it will,

but only if your husband is involved.

Get Russell to agree, Jessica.

- Okay, I'll talk to him.

Goodbye.
- Goodbye.

- Is that Lisa?

- Yeah.

Russell, we have run out of options.

The police are not gonna protect us

and Marcus is getting more
violent and more bold.

We have to do something.

- Okay.

- We're doing the right thing.

- I hope so.

Here it is.

- That's perfect, John.

Four undercover should be fine.

I'm guessing within the next 72 hours.

And Marcus?

Good.

Thank you.

Thank you, bye, John.

Marcus is still in town.

We can do it.

We can nail the creep.

- All right, what's the plan?

- Jessica has to contact Marcus.

She has to convince him that
your marriage is crumbling,

that she no longer loves you,

that Marcus has stirred her emotions,

and that she wants to see him again.

- Jessica has to see him again?

- It's crucial in order
for us to trap him.

- How do I contact him?

- Here's his number.

Leave a message, he'll get back to you.

- What happens when he agrees to meet me?

- We play the vanity card.

Marcus is extremely vain and egotistical.

He craves attention and adulation.

We're gonna use his psychological
profile to our advantage.

- How is that?

- You're gonna wear a wire

and we'll record the conversation.

You convince Marcus that
you wanna be with him,

but your husband is in the way.

Play, "If only Russell weren't around,

"we could be together."

- A murder plot to kill me?

- Yes.

We get him conspiring to murder on tape

and I guarantee you, this
time, he'll be convicted.

- How do we protect my
wife when she's with him?

- Marcus will tell Jessica where to meet

and then she'll buy us some time

so we can get our security in place.

- Okay.

I can do that.

- Good.

As soon as the bastard
agrees to kill your husband,

security will come in and apprehend him.

- When do we start?

- Today?

- Okay, let's do it.

- Let's get started.

- Marcus, it's Jessica.

Can you please call me right away?

I wanna say I'm sorry.

I've been doing a lot of
thinking and you're right,

we do belong together.

I miss you.

I'll explain everything when we meet.

Call me.

- I hope to hell this Lisa
Calders knows what she's doing.

- We do.

- Jess has made the call.

- Great.

Russell, head to your office

and act like it's business as usual.

It's best if you're not home.

He may have ways of knowing
if you're there or not.

Don't worry, we know where he is,

we won't let him out of our sight.

- You call me if anything
happens, you understand?

- Absolutely.

- You'll be under constant surveillance.

Don't hesitate for a second,
if you need me, call.

- Of course.

I'll be fine.

Don't worry.

- Russell, listen
buddy, we gotta get these

agency interparty agreement signed off

by the end of the week,

so if you could help me out and just sign?

Earth to Russell, please come in.

- Sorry, Sam, no problem.

Could you do me a favor?

- Of course, what do you need?

- Could you get me some
information on a lawyer

by the name of Lisa Calders?

She's a criminal defense
attorney out of Dallas Texas.

- Sure.

Let me get this file underway

and I'll get that information
for you, all right?

- Thanks, I appreciate it.

- Okay.

Is everything okay?

- Fine, fine.

Everything is just fine.

- Hello?
- Jess, Lisa.

No time to explain.

Meet me at 1400 Rockwell
Place in 45 minutes.

I think our problems with
Marcus have been solved.

- What about Russell?

- I'll call Russell, you go.

- Okay, I'll see you there.

- Yeah?

- Hey, Russell, listen.

About that information you wanted,

I'm sorry, I wasn't able to help you.

- What do you mean?

- Apparently, there is no
such person practicing law

in Dallas now or ever.

Are you certain you have the correct name?

- Yeah, Lisa Calders.

That can't be right.

- Well, I can check national if you want?

- Yeah.

Could you do that for me, please?

- Sure.

Done.

- Thanks, man.

- Okay.

- Please leave us a message

and we'll call you--

- The number you have reached

is not in service at this time
and there is no known number.

Please be sure you have checked...

- Whoa!

Hey, buddy, what's the rush?

- Answer the phone.

Answer the phone.

Leave us a message--

I'll try this along.

Answer the phone.

Jessica?

Jessica?

Jess?

Jessica?

1400 Rockwell Place.

1400 Rockwell Place.

All right, baby, hold
on, hold on, hold on.

Jessica?

Jessica?

- Russell, I'm up here.

- Jessica?

Jessica?

- Russell!

- Jessica.

Where's Lisa?

What the hell is going on here?

- She's not here.

She says she is.

- Her name isn't Lisa.

- Oops!

Guess the cat is out of the bag.

- Dana, why are you doing this?

- Shut up, Marcus.

- Who are you?

- Tell them who I am.

- She's my wife.

- Mrs. Dana Declan.

A fact, that Marcus has
conveniently forgotten

so many times.

You just couldn't leave well
enough alone, could you?

- Dana, please.

- I loved you, Marcus,

but that wasn't good enough for you.

That slutty Nicole got in the way.

- No, please.

No.

No!

- You killed Nicole?

- She begged for her life.

Well, what about me?

Look what she took from my life.

She destroyed my marriage.

They suspected my Marcus,

the loving wife he swore in court,

that he was at home at
the time of the murder.

You didn't figure it out, did you, hon?

- It was you who made the phone calls.

The rock?

You poisoned our dog.

You're crazy.

- Let's see who's crazy, Russell.

- Dana, stop it now and
I'll come back to you.

I love you, baby.

- Honey.

Don't you get it?

Too little too late.

This time, Jessica has come between us.

- Nothing happened.

- Shut up with your lies!

Quiet!

Quiet!

Maybe you're not together
yet, but I know my Marcus

and he'd hurt me all over again,

but not this time.

This time Marcus is gonna
get what Marcus deserves.

- No!

No!

No!

- You'll never get away with this.

- He's the perfect set up.

Perfect.

A crime of jealousy.

I'm like quite a
convincing lawyer, don't I?

- Please, we have two children.

Don't do this.

- Blah, blah, blah.

Okay, here it goes.

A wife disenchanted with her husband

reaches out for comfort.

Her husband discovers the liaison.

Jealous, angry, consumed with rage

you wait for the opportune moment.

You followed them here.

Marcus has a gun.

He shoots you hitting you in the arm.

- Russell!

- See, your wife rushes to
you, but you push her away.

You and Marcus struggle over the gun,

it goes off striking
the bitch, killing her.

- Nobody is gonna believe you.

- But I beg to differ.

See, Marcus shocked by Jessica's
death stops struggling.

You grabbed the gun, kill him,

already done,

and take your own life.

No more love triangle.

No witnesses.

- No!

- Bye, Russell.

- No!

- Russell!
- Run!

Go!

Go!

- Somebody, please help me!

Help!

Help!

Somebody, please help me!

- There's nowhere to hide, Jessica.

Russell is dead.

He's as much to blame as you are.

- Russell?

God, Russell!

God.

- Let's get out of here.

Let's get out of here.

Come here, baby.

- Looks like your nightmare is over.

You got your lives back.

We're gonna follow up on Lisa's admission

on Nicole Kingsley's murder.

Thanks.

- I love you, Russell.

- I love you.

I love you.

- Hey, take it easy.
- Watch the cars.

- I'm out of this place!
- Yes you are.

- Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey!

Excuse me.

- What are you doing looking so happy?

Well, don't you know anything
about the sympathy routine?

Now, how are you gonna get
Jessica or anybody else

to do anything for you
if you look so good?

- Right, thanks.

- Now as your lawyer,

I'm advising you to
fake a coma immediately.

- just give me the candy.
- You be good.

- Look who's here to see you.

- Lucy.

Lucy!

Lucy!

Lucy!

You're the best thing
that ever happened to me.

And I'm better.

I love you, Jessica Landers.

- I love you too.

- And you.

And you, sweetie.

- Why don't you say we go home?

- Let's do it.

- Come on.

♪ As we walk along the road of life ♪

♪ Now and then there's
bound to be storms ♪

♪ But even when the rain is falling ♪

♪ Angels always hear you calling ♪

♪ They will light your
way and keep you warm ♪

♪ We'd always be together ♪

♪ You said that in your song ♪

♪ Said we be the good guys ♪

♪ Always give and go ♪

♪ See through the bad times ♪

♪ Swinging to and fro ♪

♪ I wonder how we lost love ♪

♪ I'd really like to know ♪

♪ Because the damage has been done ♪

♪ Do you move on and have more wine ♪

♪ And you have to let it go ♪

♪ Chaining of the heart ♪

♪ In dark and in the sun ♪

♪ Yeah, the damage ♪

♪ Has been done ♪