Picket Fences (1992–1996): Season 2, Episode 16 - Terms of Estrangement - full transcript

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Damn it!

Hi.

Hi.

You out of gas?

No, but it just stopped.

Now, the stupid, incredibly stupid thing
won't start again.

Cars!

Well, if they weren't stupid, I'd be out
of a job, you know?

Let's see.

Uh-huh. Na.

- Uh-oh!
- What?



- The timing chain.
- Is that bad?

A day in the shop, $200-300 minimum.

Well, uh, maybe you could tow me?

You see, that's the problem.
I'm on a call.

There's a guy waiting for me about
three miles down the road.

Where do you live?

Wendover, near Loomis.

Tell you what.
I'll take you half way.

There's a phone at Wendover.

You can call someone from there.

Hi. There you go.

Thanks for the lift, I really
appreciate this.

No problem.

Uh... Meadowbrook is back the other way.



Change of plans.

Come on, go, go go! Yes, come on!

Roenick crosses the line...

- Oh, oh, oh...
- Side pass.

- Score! Yeah!
- No! Hey, no.

Quick shot by Chelios!

Hello? I'm... I'm sorry.
I can't--

You guys, hold it down in there.

Yes. Yes, what did you say?

Who is this?

What do you want?

Please tell me what you want.

What?

Oh...

A man, he says he has Kimberly.

- Could be a prank.
- No, it wasn't.

That's why she didn't call.
She never...

Matthew, take your brother upstairs now, please.

Go!

Jimmy?

I'm gonna check the route she took.

I'm gonna have the phone company try to
back-trace

the caller's number.

Wait here in case he calls again.

Contact FBI, missing persons.

Here's a list of Kimberly's friends.
Phone numbers and addresses.

- Find out who saw her last.
- Where's Jimmy?

Tracing Kim's route to home from
Wambaugh's office.

Jenny, it's a code seven.
I want every officer in here now.

I've already done it.

I won't restrain you in any way,
so, please, stay put.

Breathe, rest.

Don't just scream and bang on these walls,

just tire yourself out.

This is sound-proof.

Okay.

I wish I had nicer accommodations for you.

- It's fine. I like that poster.
- Mm.

Is it Yosemite?

That's very smart.

Engage me in conversation.

Treat me like a person.

Those who survive, do so for
just that reason.

It's Death Valley.

Are you going to hurt me?

Oh... absolutely not.

I'll be back at six in the morning,
I promise.

I've gotta go.

Donuts.

Excuse me?

We'll setup a command center

and organize a search party.

We can serve coffee... and donuts.

Howard, listen to me.

What we need from you is for you to issue
a calm statement

to control public hysteria.

- Not donuts.
- You listen to me.

These kinds of crises can pull
a town together.

A command center can help.

Don't ever underestimate the power
of volunteerism.

Okay.

But issue the statement.

A good jelly roll could be the glue.

Why do you need her clothes?

The dogs. Something warm, something
with her scent.

- There's, there's clothes in the hamper.
- Oh, good, get 'em.

Jimmy?

Please, I don't wanna waste any time.

I'll call you as soon as we get something.

Take care of the boys.

We contacted the AG's office. Got
a list of all sex offenders on release.

People with false-imprisonment MO's.

What do you have from serology?

No sign of struggle inside or around
the scene.

- Two errant hairs in the car, both hers.
- Prints?

Just your daughter's.

- You set up over there.
- Good.

I wanna monitor your home phone, in case
he calls again.

Take him out there.

Okay. Come on, let's go.

Excuse me.

I heard about the sheriff's daughter
on the radio.

- I thought maybe I could help.
- Who are you?

My name is Jennings.
I'm an ex-cop.

I specialize in missing persons.

I thought maybe I could help.

Oh, excuse me.

Jimmy.

I just heard.

What are you doing here?

Well, I just heard about Kimberly.
I thought... maybe I could help.

You have my daughter?

Have I got her?

What kind of question is that,
for God's sake?

I was the best man at your first wedding.

You do anything to her...

I'll kill you.

Now, you know that's not true.

You're a man of the law.

Where is she?

Look, I thought maybe I could help.

Obviously, it was a mistake.

Here. Here's my number.

Call me... if you change your mind.

That man has my daughter.

This man used to be your police partner?

Fourteen years ago, we were questioning
a kidnap suspect.

After I left the room, Rick...

he used excessive force.

The suspect died, I testified
against Rick.

He was convicted.

He served nine years, state prison.

Released two years ago.

I'm getting a warrant.
I want his house searched.

Now, hold on a second.

- He's got her.
- Well, we have nothing to make a warrant.

The man Jennings killed

kidnapped a 17-year-old girl,
Kimberly's age.

This is payback.

She was buried alive in a ditch.

If I hadn't forced him to tell me where
she was, she'd be dead.

- You killed him?
- I pummeled him...

to tell me where that girl was.

He died a week later of a fractured skull.

And your father put me away.

I'm sure he thought he was just
doing his job.

Oh, he always does his job, by the book!

He's an exemplary law enforcement officer.

Something we all should be.

Hey...

Do you remember this party?

- Is that me?
- Mm-hmm, with my daughter.

It was Lisa's birthday party, her third.

Boy, you two were inseparable.

You were too young to remember.

No, I do remember.

Where is she now?

She's... with her mother.

I had, it was kind of a...
nervous breakdown in prison.

My wife, she...

saw it fit to separate herself from me.

I get no visitation. I'm supposed to
be this... dangerous person.

I dunno... they're somewhere in
California, I think.

So, that's why you took me.

- To get back at my father.
- Don't use logic!

Logic will never help you solve anything!

Please. Please let me go.

Well, my daughter's pretty.

Just like you.

Put a tail on Jennings and put two
unmarked units in front of his house.

That's already done.
Stakeout's already in place.

We also have a chopper outside
that's equipped with heat sensors.

So, once he leaves his house,
we'll scan the building.

We'll be able to tell if there's body
heat inside, to see if she's in there.

His ex-wife and daughter live
in California.

Contact them.
Find out what they know.

I need the pictures.

Town meeting starts at 11:00.
I need the fliers with Kimberly's picture.

Oh, somebody left a helicopter out there,
double parked.

I want him ticketed.

Scoff laws.

Jill, I'd like you at the meeting.

An appeal from the parent can be
very effective.

Oh, and get this...

we'll be serving donuts,

the good kind.

Can't we get a real mayor on this thing?

Damn it, he's talking about donuts, Jimmy!

I am a real mayor.

I'm sorry, Howard.

I'm sorry.

I'll talk at the meeting.

I'll be there.

Jill?

It is you.

Rick Jennings. God!
How long has it been? Almost 12 years.

Look, I heard, and I want you to know

that I'm here to help in anyway I can.

You know, Kimberly and my daughter,
they were playmates.

They used to play that game with
the string, you remember that?

What was the name of that game?

I don't know.

Oh, why is everybody so still?

I understand despair but...

I expected frenzy, panic!

Rick... do you have Kimberly?

Oh... I'd expect that from Jimmy.

He obviously thinks I'm capable of evil.
But you...

Well, I guess the hysteria about losing a
daughter can make one irrational.

Let him talk.

I remember...

sitting in that jail cell, having
lost my family.

That can make you insane.

I understand perfectly how I can be
considered a suspect here,

I mean...

...being betrayed by your partner...

your best friend...

me abandoning my wife and kid.

How can hatred not fester?

How can it be humanly possible

not to be obsessed with vengeance?

I mean, vengeance is a human emotion,

and we all know that I am human.

Isn't that right, Jimmy? Huh?

It's ironic, too, you know,

because I bet that is what you're
all praying for,

"God, whoever has got her,
just let him be human."

- Engage him, keep him talking.
- What was that, Inspector?

I think you and Sheriff Brock have
some laundry to hang.

Interrogation has never been your bag, Jimmy.

See, the trick is, you've got to convince
the suspect

that you're crazier than he is,

that maybe you'll snap, maybe
kill him, even.

But, you...

you'll never step outside the law,
will you, Jimmy?

You'll never forsake procedure,
you're an honorable man.

That will reduce you.

Then you'll never be reduced.

That thing really works just by
picking up heat?

From 1,000 feet, this thing can tell
if a woman is menstruating.

- Sorry.
- It's okay.

We usually have just men up here.

It's okay.

I got it.

- What?
- Behind the kitchen, probably a pantry or something.

Something's in there.

- You sure?
- Somebody's down there.

Affirmative. Get the warrant.
We'll meet you on the ground.

Go.

In here. In the kitchen!

She's in there.

It's a dog.

Whoa!

That's okay, Frankie.
They won't hurt you.

All right, check the house.

- All right, let's go.
- Go, search everywhere.

Here's the warrant.

Check over there.

You see anything over there?

Daddy, down here.

Anything behind this?

Nothing here.

Daddy! Over here.

Daddy! Daddy!

Nothing. We hit every room.

Well, she's got to be here.

She's not.

If he's got her, then he's got her
someplace else.

- Dust the whole house!
- Got it!

Uh-uh-uh. You are going to need

a separate warrant for that, Jimmy. Procedure.

Daddy, please. No, no!

All right, everybody out.

Don't leave me. I'm in here!
Please.

Don't leave me.

We'll be back.

Let's go.

Daddy, please don't leave!

Kimberly,
are you there?

Are you yelling?

Auntie Em!

Auntie Em, come back!
Auntie Em!

Kimberly, you're in
a sound-proof room.

And four different volunteer search
parties have been organized.

In addition to helping us find Kimberly,

this is the best way to ventilate your
own anxiety.

We've hired six child psychologists

to address the students at school

to help mitigate their trauma.

Parents, initiate dialogue with
your children.

This was the sheriff's daughter who
was abducted.

If it can happen to her, it can happen
to anybody.

So, get involved.

We'll do our job.
You do yours.

Jill, anything before we adjourn?

I would just, uh, like to say thank you.

My family will never forget, uh...

for all that you've done, and, um...

I'd like to ask... for Kimberly that...

tonight maybe...

maybe we could all say a prayer

and hope that God listens.

I'm sorry.

I didn't want to wake you.

I was just...

watching you sleep.

Here... I brought you a gift.

- A dress?
- Mm, it's a prom dress.

You know, this may sound crazy, but...

actually, it doesn't sound crazy at all.

When I was in prison...

before my wife saw fit to continue her
life without me...

I found daydreams to be the best
way of coping.

One of my favorite drifts was to dance
with my daughter

before she went sailing off to the
junior prom

with the quarterback of the football team.

You're a size four, aren't you?
I bet you that fits.

Oh... you want me to wear this?

Mm-hmm, tonight.
Eight o'clock.

Would you dance with me, Kimberly...

as my surrogate daughter?

We've read through Jennings' old police
incident reports,

references he's made regarding you.

A definite paternalistic pattern.

He's looking to locate approval with you
and from you.

Our guess is that he's in severe denial
over the murder he's committed.

He needs to be validated, and it has
to come from you.

My daughter maybe dying somewhere,
I don't have time for this.

Make the time, Sheriff.

These men are our top behavioral scientists.

They're your daughter's best hope.

Get to the point.

He's looking to you for redemption.

Which is good.
Because he knows

he'll never achieve that if he harms
your daughter.

We want you to bring him in for questioning.

- Try--
- I can't crack him!

He wants to be cracked, Sheriff.

He needs to reveal himself... to you.

I think only to you.

Officer Pike reporting in.

Search of Norfolk field completed,

no physical evidence found.

I deputized him.

Just to lead a search party, that's all.

- Permission to drag the Pembroke bog.
- Denied.

Maxine and Ken, go get Jennings.

At ease.

Look, I want you to wear these, okay?

They're pagers, just in case.

And if a stranger comes up to you,

all you have to do is push this button.

Okay?

Just to be safe, that's all.

Why is everything bad happening to us?

I don't know.

Where's Dad?

I don't know.

Matt, he's working, okay?

Sweetie, I told you, he'll be home.

He'll be home.

Okay, let me get that.

Hello?

What? Howard Buss?

Well, take him to my office, and I'll meet
you there. Okay.

Howard Buss has fainted. I have to go examine
him. You're coming with me, come on.

- Can we stay here in case--
- No!

No, you're coming with me.
Come on, let's go.

You just can't drag me in here.

No warrant, no phone call.

This isn't custodial, Rick.

You said you wanted to help.

Well, that was before, when something
could be done.

- Meaning?
- Oh, meaning...

if I'm the guy, then Kimberly will
still be alive, that's true,

but if I'm not...

Jimmy, think about this.

If I'm not...

You said you only received that one
phone call, nothing else then.

Well, we all know what happens when all
contact stops.

I don't blame you for believing
that it's me.

You gotta be praying that it's me.

Otherwise... Kimberly's probably dead.

Well, your heart rate is a little high.

But otherwise...

I suppose it could've been a
toxic reaction.

I took a pill.

A pill?
What kind of a pill?

Ritalin? Oh... no wonder you've been
so alert.

I took it before the town meeting.

This is not approved for
Alzheimer's, Howard.

This is like an amphetamine.

- It fights off the dementia.
- No, temporarily.

But the permanent result could be
cardiac arrest.

I'm only taking it temporarily.

Your daughter is gone.

Like you said, we need a real mayor
taking charge.

I want to be as smart as I can.

Howard, this is already affecting
your heart.

Please, don't take this.

I just want to help.

Tell me where she is!

You don't seem to be making much
progress here.

It's time for you to leave the
room, Jimmy.

- I left the room because...
- You left the room because

you knew I'd do whatever it takes
to get that girl back.

- I didn't want you to kill him!
- You know, I could've... son of a bitch.

- I want my daughter back!
- I want my kids back, too!

This has nothing to do with your family!

This has everything to do with my family!

Everything!

You know what happens to cops
in prison? Huh?

I won't blame my wife for running away.

I was... Look, it's got everything to do
with it.

Okay.

Okay, what I did cost you your family.

- Ah, don't patronize me!
- I'm not!

I'm just stating the truth.

In your mind, I cost you your family.

So, you've returned to threaten mine.

You took Kimberly, Rick, can we
admit that?!

We could... if it were true.

Ah, you're right, you're right.
It's too big a coincidence,

your daughter disappearing and then
my showing up.

That's a silly coincidence.

But, you see, the question is, uh...

maybe, just maybe I just heard about your
daughter disappearing

and then I came in here to see you.

Just to see... your anguish.

Well, maybe celebrate it a little bit,
huh?

I mean...

prison did make me crazy.

Maybe even perverse enough to savor
your misery.

Maybe that's why I'm here.

You see, somebody that deranged...

maybe just a little, small leap to being
psychotic enough

to actually commit to kidnapping.

I'm definitely sick, Jimmy.

The question is...

how sick?

You say you know me, well, tell me.

Am I that sick?

You let him go?

I had no cause to hold him.

Now, why is this thing not going on?

I don't know, maybe it's not connected
to the phone line or something. Jimmy?

If you know that he has her, how could
you let him walk free?

Nothing to hold him on, Jill.

We're tailing him.

By letting him go, we hope that
he'll lead us to Kimberly.

But he's not doing that.
He keeps going home,

he just goes home, he just stays there.
He's not leading you to Kimberly.

Sooner or later, we hope that he will
lead us to Kimberly.

We are doing exactly the very best
thing, okay?

Now, I need to... get these
probation reports.

Why don't just fax you at the office?

I want to be online through the night,
in case, okay?

Damn it!

Honey.

Jimmy?

I, I don't wanna sound selfish,
honey, but I'm not making it here,

and Matthew and Zack, they're not
making it, either, they're dying.

- Can't you talk to them?
- I will.

I will.

Now, I have to go through some
probation reports with the FBI.

The FBI people have some...

some more profile reports.
I should...

I should review them.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

Jimmy.

I got to run down to the office, I...

I'm gonna get some reports.
I'll be back.

Uh, I know you guys are hurting.

And I know you need me to be strong.

Um... we just keep on hoping, okay?

Okay.

He left the room.

He knew I was gonna use force.

Uh... Nina Emmans, that was the
name of that girl.

Boy, you should've seen the face of
those parents when they got her back.

They go crying like babies, they hugged
us both!

I'm not afraid anymore.

I know you now, and I'm not afraid.

Now... maybe I'm crazy, I should be
scared to death.

But, no.

When I look at you, I see somebody
who protects.

And I suddenly feel...

very safe.

I... I think you mean that.

I do.

I even liked our dance.

Or you could be saying that because
you pity me.

Pity reminds me of the past,
what I've lost.

I don't like to be reminded of that.

- Almost like that bureaucrat!
- Ahhh!

I'm sorry.

Oh, I'm so sorry.

I promised that I would protect you.

I didn't want to hurt you.
Would you please forgive me?

Okay.

You got to excuse me.

I'm not feeling very well.
I'm feeling a little uneasy.

- Forgive me.
- Okay.

- Are you all right?
- Mm-hmm.

Huh.

She's in the house.

- What?
- Kimberly.

She's in his house, underground.

Howard, we checked the house.

I know. With heat sensors.

But I checked the Riverton city records.

The owners of that house in 1952
got a permit for a bomb shelter.

Excuse me?

Adiabatic concrete, hermetically sealed.

- What are you talking about?
- That could be it.

Those shelters had zero heat transfer.

A person's body heat would go undetected.

She could be in there underground.

- Let's go.
- All right, it won't be easy to find.

We'll need ultrasound, echolocation.

Give me some stethoscopes from
the hospital.

You better use seismic imaging.

If it's deep, the echo-locater won't work.

Move, move, move!

- All right, meet you round back.
- Right. Let's go.

This way.

Take your positions.

- Ready?
- Waiting for the signal.

- Ready?
- In place.

Move it, move it, move it, get going!

All right, we know there's a bomb
shelter in here.

We're gonna tear this house up until
we find it.

And you're gonna regret that, Jimmy.

It's over, Rick.

You know, Jimmy, I saw this movie once...

About this guy.

He had this hostage inside of this
bomb shelter.

And all around the shelter, he had
this wiring.

So if anybody would penetrate the area,

the inside of the shelter would detonate.

Awful!

Wish I could remember the name
of that movie.

See, he would activate the explosives
from this hidden panel. It was just great.

Then, he had this other button...

that would cut off the oxygen supply
to the shelter.

So, as soon as the policemen would come
in the front door...

the hostage would start losing air.

I'll tell you what.

I remember the name of that movie,

and you and me, we're gonna watch it.

Have us some popcorn, you know?

Just like old times.

Get everybody out of this house now!

You... stay.

Let's move. Come on, let's move.
Let's move.

Move, move, move, come on.

Okay. What?

Tell me what you want.

Just gimme my daughter!

I want you to understand, Jimmy.

I want you to understand the futility
I felt in that room.

Staring in the eyes of that
psychotic wacko.

Or that innocent girl they buried in
this ditch suffocating.

I want you to comprehend that, Jimmy.

- I want you to comprehend it.
- I understood!

- Oh, no, no. I don't think you understand.
- I did!

All right, I left that room knowing
you'd... that's why I left.

How the hell could you possibly testify
against me?

Because I didn't think you were
gonna kill him!

You murdered him, Rick.
You got that blood on my hands.

I couldn't let that go!

I thought about that girl like she was
my own daughter,

just like you're thinking right now...

of yours.

You see this, Jimmy, this?
Look at this.

Look at that.

Oh, she's suffocating, she's not getting
enough air.

- Damn you.
- Uh... you feel that?

- What do you want?
- I want you to be willing to kill somebody

in order to get your daughter back.

I wanna go to my grave knowing that
you understand.

- I do!
- Show me.

- Show me.
- I don't wanna kill you!

- She's dying, Jimmy.
- Turn the air on!

- Show me!
- Stop it!

Where's the panel?

Not enough.

Where is it?

Not enough.

She's dying, Jimmy, she's dying.

Tell me, damn it!

Show me.

Don't make me kill you.

Please.

Please.

Give me back my daughter.

Please.

I'm begging you.

Please!

Go outside.

Kimberly will be out in a minute.

How do I know that?

How do I know that?

'Cause you trust me.

Somebody's there.

Oh!

Oh, God!

What's going on?
What happened?

He said he'll release her.

What, you left him in there with her?

He said he'll release her.

Jimmy, Jimmy.

There she is.

Kim. Kimmy.

What's he doing in there?

Uh, I don't know.

I don't know.

Freeze! Freeze!

That might be tough to do.

Hold it right there.

You must be good parents.

She was very well behaved.

Goodbye, Jimmy.