Ice Blues (2008) - full transcript

Tim Callahan, aide to New York Senator Lauren Platt, is disappointed that all of the $3 million funding has been pulled from his latest pet project, a safe zone for children and youth. His personal partner, private investigator Donald Strachey, believes Tim's passion for the project stems from the fact of his own sister's troubled youth, she who has been missing since age seventeen. Tim believes his prayers have been answered when a man, identifying himself as a lawyer, tells him that he represents someone who wants to make a $3 million anonymous donation to the project. Those prayers turn into a nightmare when that lawyer is later found murdered, the dead body in Donald's car. The murdered man is Jake Lenigan, a third generation lawyer in a powerful family law firm. Jake's father was murdered twelve years earlier, the perceived suspect in that case being his wife Joan, who has since disappeared. Tim and Donald's situation becomes even more nightmarish when Tim anonymously receives that $3 million in untraceable Euro bonds. The murderer will do whatever is necessary to get that money back from Tim and Donald, the latter who is working with the police to find Lenigan's purpose in wanting to donate the money to Tim's cause, find if Jake's father's murder has anything to do with this case, discover the owner of the money and thus the probable murderer, and most importantly protect himself and his boyfriend from being possible murder victims.

Give it to me.

You've got it,
and I want it back.

Aah!

Let's try this again here.

Where is my money?

Aah!

Timothy, I'm sorry.

I gotta stake out the Targesons'
apartment again tonight.

Can't it wait just one night?

No, it can't wait one night,

not if I want to get paid.



Have you looked outside lately?

I think this whole
global warming thing

hasn't quite made it to Albany.

Donald...

Damn it, it's my job.

It's what I do. You know this.

I know, I know, but...

But... But what?

Well, maybe it's time

you considered
another line of work.

And give up skulking
in dark alleyways

and spying on
cheating housewives?

Come on! We can't make
dinner plans with our friends.

I don't remember the last time
that we went out to a movie.



And it's dangerous.

Some nights I can't sleep,

worrying that someone's out
there bashing your brains in.

You worry?

Of course I do.

Well,
that's it. There's just one thing to do.

You gonna quit?

No. I'm gonna
take you to a movie.

Tomorrow night. I don't
even know why I bother.

Come on. Just let me finish one more
divorce case. I'll take a few days off.

Promise? I promise.

Let's go someplace warm, please.

We can frolic on the beach,
maybe.

I like it when you frolic.

More than when I skulk? Much.

Tim,
you're not gonna believe what... Senator.

Uh, sorry to interrupt.

Not at all. We were just...

Morning, Senator Platt.

Don. Nice tie.

I've got some terrible news,
Tim.

The state
appropriations committee

just pulled the
Safe Zone program.

What? They can't.

Yeah. How much?

All of it. $3 million.

It's the thing with the kids.

At-risk youth. Runaway shelters,
after-school programs...

I'm sorry. I know this
is your pet project.

There are 13 centers
across the state.

There are hundreds of kids.

They can't just shut them down.

You have an idea?

Here's every donor who's given
us anything in the past three years.

If I have to, I will call

every one of them
until I find that money.

I love it when
he gets like this.

My little robotic pit bull.

Yeah. And then he gets that

'don't screw with
me" edge to his voice.

Yeah, and if he gets really upset,
you'll see... 'cause the hands go...

And he sort of pulls this?
Yeah. Mm-hmm. See? See?

Enough. Enough.

You two aren't allowed
to talk to each other,

ever.

Hmm.

Call me if you need
help. I love you.

Go get 'em.

Arf arf arf!

Mifburns Industries.
This is Ann speaking.

Hi, Ann. It's Tim Callahan
with Sandra Platt's office.

Oh, hi, Mr. Callahan.

I need to speak with your point
person for charitable donations.

That would be Richard
Sears. Let me transfer you.

Please hold.

Mmm!

Try Valium with
your morning coffee.

Takes the edge right off.

Kenny, I gotta tail Arnie
Targeson's wife again tonight,

so let's find out when her
last appointment is, okay?

All right. You seem a little
cranky. Everything okay?

Ah, it's Timothy.

Thinks I should change jobs.

Quit the private
investigation business?

Well, let's face it.

All I really do is
ruin people's lives

for a hundred bucks
an hour plus expenses.

I may as well
be a tax collector.

Well, honestly, Don,

I mean, not to criticize,

but you're doing a
lot of things wrong.

Wrong?

"Client contracts
should be executed

"before any actual work begins.

Retainers should be
cashed..." I get retainers.

"While the remainder
of the fee is placed

into an escrow account."

Private Investigator
Training Seminar?

I started a night class.

Detective school?

I plan to be fully prepared
when you make me partner.

I work alone. And that's
working well for you, huh?

Okay. Out.

Out, out, out!

You've raised $220,000
in less than five hours.

That's a real accomplishment,
Tim.

Not when you're still
$2 1/2 million short.

You know, I haven't seen you

this worked up about
anything in a long while.

This isn't just political,
is it?

No, not really.

I guess you could sort of
say it's the settling of a debt.

All right.

I'll see if I can
call in a few favors.

We'll go after the
money till we get it.

Thank you, Sandra. Good night.

Good night.

Tim Callahan?

I was... till the heart attack.

But you're Tim Callahan, right?

Sorry. Have we met?

You called today
looking for money.

Oh,
you mean the... The Safe Zone program.

I'm an attorney. I represent
an anonymous donor.

He wants to stay that way.

Well, that's no problem. The Safe
Zone program is an incredible...

It helps kids, right? Yes.

That's what he
wants to do... help.

You have to promise me this
money gets directly to the kids,

not caught up in a lot
of bureaucratic red tape.

This money needs
to do some good.

How much money does
your client want to donate?

3 million.

Dollars?

It has to stay anonymous.

Look,
we can't accept that kind of gift

without knowing where it came
from.

No!

Don, I need your help!

Tim! Timothy!

Don! Oh!

What is going on? Are you okay?

Yeah. Yeah. No, I'm... I'm fine.

Oh, God, Don, it was terrible.

Whoever it was had a gun.
And I think he killed that guy!

What guy? That's what
we'd all like to know.

It figures you'd be mixed up in this,
Strachey.

What's going on?
Someone was killed?

Well, so says your boyfriend,
only we got no ID,

no body, and no vehicle.

He said he was an
attorney. You know this guy?

Well,
no. He... He said he had... he had a client

who was gonna invest some money,
but...

And then this motorcycle
came outta nowhere...

Yeah. And you didn't
get a plate number,

and you didn't get a good
look at the driver, maybe?

No. Look, I told you,
it happened so fast.

It was dark. He had a helmet on him,
and he pulled out a gun...

Calm down. Look, Detective,
I gotta take him home.

Sure, fine. Doesn't look like I
got a crime scene here anyway.

You two belong together.

You know, he kind of scares me.

Just do what I do.

Picture him on the
beach in Provincetown

wearing nothing but a thong.

See? It works every time.

You okay? You
need to go to the doctor?

No, I'm fine. I just...

The only prescription I
need is you and a stiff martini.

That I can do.

With that low-pressure
system moving in from the Midwest,

we're expecting this cold weather
to continue through the week

with showers and
freezing rain possible,

making our roads through the greater
Albany region pretty treacherous.

So if you have to get in your car today,
be careful.

You don't wanna know.

I've been thinking
about that $3 million.

That's an awful lot of thinking
this early in the morning.

He said he was an
anonymous donor.

You think maybe that
was who killed him?

We don't know he's dead.
He could've just run off.

I saw him go over the side.

Yeah, you know, you did.

From now on,
no going in the parking garages alone.

In fact,
no more going anywhere by yourself.

Well,
you don't think that whoever did this

would come after me?

Okay, upstairs. Get dressed.

I'm taking you to work.

I'm a marked man.

Mmm.

Yes.

You know, I was thinking,
with everything going on,

maybe we should take our
vacation a little early this year.

Ah, but I love winter in New
York. 'Cause you're insane.

Oh, I get to wear sweaters,
scarves, and gloves.

Tim? Fires in the fireplaces.

Tim? Yeah?

That the guy? Oh, my God!

I'll take that as a yes.

He's...

He sure is.

Don? Yeah.

They know where we live.

They sure do.

Inside.

I'll call Bailey.

Well, at least this time you
actually got a corpse. Yeah.

And what exactly
is it they want back?

I don't know. Are you playing
games with me, Strachey?

Look, whatever it is,
we don't got it.

Yeah, well, I don't think whoever
did this is gonna like that answer.

There was no
ID on the guy or nothing?

We'll check his prints,
see if he's in the system,

flash his picture
around a little.

And we'll be taking the car,
too.

Come on. How am
I gonna go to work?

Well,
it's part of an ongoing investigation.

If it doesn't fall apart before
we get it back to the lab.

I need to get to the office.

No,
you don't. You're not going there.

Not until we figure
out what's going on.

It's the state senate
building. I'll be safe.

You stay indoors until I figure out
a car or something to come get you.

You promise? Yes, yes, yes, yes.

Hey, Bailey, make yourself useful,
huh? Give him a uniformed escort.

I would do it myself,
but I seem to be without transportation.

We look like a
taxi service to you?

Hey, Morris. Hmm?

Drop him off, would you?

Well,
I should probably ride along with you.

So tell me again,
exactly what did this guy say to you?

He said that he had $3 million

from somebody who
didn't want to be named,

and that it was very important to
him that the money went to the kids.

He say why?

He didn't have a chance.

I need a car.

Not exactly a news flash.

Rent me a car. What kind?

Whatever's got the best heater.

One hot car coming up.

Strachey.

Yeah.

Oh, y-yeah, I'm on my way.

I gotta go down to the station.

What's up?

Hey, Kenny,
get outta here, okay?

Just take the day off. Don't
come back till I call you.

Are we in some kind of trouble?

Aren't we always?

You ID'd the guy? Yeah,
it wasn't hard.

District attorney knows him. I know him,
too.

I just haven't seen him in
over 12 years. Who is he?

Jake Lenigan. Mean
anything to you?

His grandfather was,
uh, Brian Lenigan.

Lenigan & Lenigan?

Lawyers to some of the
biggest names in the city.

So Jake... I take it he's
family. He worked there?

Yeah. Him and his brother Eric.

His father worked there, too,

until he was
murdered 12 years ago.

Supposedly by their mother.

She disappeared
during the investigation.

She hasn't been
seen in over 10 years.

You don't think she came
back to knock off her kid, do you?

No. No. Joan Lenigan was one of
the most decent people I ever met.

Other than the "killing
her husband" part?

She was never
charged with the murder.

Wasn't enough evidence.

You seem pretty sure about that,
bub.

It was my case. I spent
a lot of time with her.

How come she disappeared?

You sure you have no
connection to Jake Lenigan?

No. How about your boyfriend?

Met him for the
first time last night.

I'm more interested in who
Jake's anonymous donor was.

Another Lenigan murder.

Things are gonna get ugly.

I understand.

You've selected your
charities for the year.

But I...

I think if you just reconsider
this particular project,

you'll find...

Yes.

Yes.

Yes,
I know. Money is tight right now.

But the Safe Zone
project is very important

for our young people.

And, really, aren't our children

our most valuable
natural resource?

Jim,
I'm gonna have to call you back.

Mm-hmm.

What the hell is this?

You said you needed a car.

A car, not the Batmobile.

Didn't they have a class
in your little PI school

about blending in,
being inconspicuous?

That must've been the night I
skipped to go to the Madonna concert.

Indulge.

Madonna still does concerts?

See that? That's a
GPS navigating system.

It'll show you the routes.

It's linked to... Hey.

Magnum P.I.

Hey, honey.

Okay, slow down.

Take it easy. I'm...
I'm on my way.

Don, you just need to, um,

unlock the... unlock the door.

I...

Don't worry. I'll take the bus.

Morning.

What is going on?

Just get me home.

Lock it. What is going on?

Tim? Timo...

Will you talk to me? What...
What is in the envelope?

Timothy,
you are freaking me out. What... Shh!

What's going on?

Tim!

Eurobonds?

3 million dollars' worth.

Just like cash.
Completely untraceable.

I take it you
didn't get a raise.

Where did this come from?

They were delivered to
my office this morning.

I want to hire you. What?

To find out where
those came from.

You are not thinking
about keeping this money.

I thought about
it... all afternoon!

The attorney... He
wanted the kids to have it.

The Safe Zone needs the
money! It's obviously stolen.

We don't know that. Somebody
got killed because of it!

Which means it's dirty money!

Which means in the right hands,

that money could go
to do so much good!

Here. Wh... What?

Your retainer. Now,
we should have some kind of

PI/client confidentiality
privilege...

Less speech right there.

This is the largest
retainer I've ever received.

Just... Just find out
about them for me.

If it's stolen,
we'll give it back.

But if we can use
this to help the kids...

Please.

Strachey.

You have something that belongs to us,
yeah?

Who is this?

You'll save yourself a lot
of problems by returning it.

I-I'm sorry.

I don't actually know
what you're talking about.

But maybe if you wanted to tell me,
I could...

Wrong answer.

Go!

Oh, shit!

Cover the back!

We should just give
them the money.

They'd kill us anyway.
It's our only leverage.

Get the fire ladder now. Go!

Don, that's a long way down.

Yeah, it's better than a bullet.

Get down there now!

Don't move.

Ah!

Hurry.

Go!

Donald, hurry!

Tim, go to the car.

Uhh!

Good job.

Now car.

Yes, one king bed.

Thank you.

You said that we should
take our vacation early.

I didn't think you meant Albany.

All because someone
is trying to kill me.

You really gave that
guy quite a wallop.

I did, didn't I.

Yes. I didn't even think.

I just reacted.

Amazing what'll happen

when your body
wants to stay alive.

My whole body feels like it's...

It's tingling or something.

It's adrenaline. It'll wear off.

Is this what it's like for you?

This sort of rush?

Sometimes.

I think I get it. Yeah?

Get what? Why you
love what you do.

It's... Okay. Okay.

It's intoxicating. Tim,
you, martini. Me, work.

I got to go. I'm sorry.

Mm-hmm.

Tomorrow. Tim!

Wha... Or I'll get my shovel.

We got to get guys to
shoot at you more often.

Hello, Lilah.

Be sure to smile this time,
yeah?

I'm like, "What,
are you kidding me?"

So, I tell him,
if you want some blow,

you got to blow,
you know what I mean?

Somerville.

That is not a happy face.

We didn't get it.

God damn it,
where's my fucking money?

We'll get it back.

We know who's got it.

Well, we knew who had it before

and that didn't help a whole hell of a lot,
now did it?

'Cause I still don't have
my fuckin' money back!

You will.

Very soon.

Soon.

Right.

Get out.

Get out! Go!

Hey. Hey.

Morning, bruiser.

God, all that really happened,
didn't it?

Seems so unreal.

Sitting here thinking about
all this work you're doing

on the Safe Zone Project.

How much of that do you
think has to do with your sister?

I was never really there for
Kelly when she needed me.

I supposed it's
kind of ridiculous

to think that I can
make up for that now.

Maybe it's time I start
looking for her again, hmm?

It's been a while.

It's like looking for a
needle in a haystack.

I know you told me
that she was battling

with your folks when she left,

but what exactly set her off?

Oh, who knows?

Kelly was always
getting into trouble.

She was always
battling with my parents.

In the end I think
it was the tattoo.

She got this circle with
an "A" in the middle of it,

the symbol for anarchy,

on the back of her neck,

and my parents just freaked.

I mean,
they really came down on her bad.

She was only 17.

I should have done
something about it.

I was her big brother.

Come on, now,
you cannot blame yourself.

Well...

when she left the house
she just disappeared.

And that's what
happens on the streets...

Kids just disappear.

Maybe I'm just being naive

thinking that we
can help these kids.

Come on,
now. Where's my pit bull?

Hmm? I'm not
feeling very pittish.

You're going to stay here today,
all right?

Order up some room service,

watch some movies, stay here.

Where are you going?

You're my biggest client.

I got to go do what
you pay me for.

Oh, right.

Hi. I'm here to
see Brian Lenigan.

I'm sorry,
Mr. Lenigan has canceled

all of his
appointments for today.

I'm a private investigator,
actually.

I'm wondering if I could just

get a couple
minutes of his time.

It's okay, Annette.

I can talk to him.

I'm Brian Lenigan.

Ah. I'm really sorry
about your loss.

What is it you needed, mister...

Strachey. Don Strachey.

Maybe we could find
a private place to chat?

I only have a few minutes.

This way.

We can use the conference room.

Strachey. Yeah.

You know, the police told us

that Jake's body
was found in your car.

I'm afraid so, yeah.

Did you know Jake?

I didn't know him.

I was hoping you
could tell me about him.

What was it you wanted to know?

Anything that would be useful.

What sort of cases
was he working on?

That's confidential.

I'm looking for the person
who killed your grandson.

I think we want the same things here,
huh?

You couldn't be more mistaken,

Mr. Strachey.

You see, Jake gave you something

that didn't belong to him,

and I need you to
get it back to me.

Why don't you tell me
exactly what you think

Jake gave to me.

Don't play games with me, son.

You don't seem so choked up

about the death
of your grandson.

Hmm?

I loved the boy.

I was like a father to him

after his own
father passed away.

Was murdered, you mean.

You're in way over
your head here.

You give me back what Jake took,

or more people are going to die.

Is that a threat?

That's a statement of facts.

You son of a bitch!

You're the reason my
little brother is dead.

Eric, stop it!

I suggest you
listen to the old man.

You talked him into it,
didn't you?

Jake never would have done
something like this on his own.

Enough. Now let him go.

What did you say
to my little brother?

I never saw your brother before I
found his body in my car. Yes, you did.

The night before,
you were at the parking garage

with that other guy,
talking to the police.

I know you were there.
What did you say to him?

Eric, shut the hell up.

You were there.

If you care for your life

and the lives of
the people you love,

I would advocate returning
what was stolen immediately.

Really?

Is that your legal advice?

Let me ask you this...
If something was stolen,

how come a bunch of lawyers
aren't just going to the cops?

Going to the police
would be very unwise.

The district attorney's
an old and dear friend.

I'm going to let you
in on a little secret.

When I get pissed off,

I have a very bad habit of
doing incredibly stupid things.

And I'm getting
really pissed off.

Yeah.

You know how much I
don't need the D.A. calling me

to complain about you
harassing his friends?

Look, Brian Lenigan is dirty.

You got proof of that?
He threatened me.

You generally have that effect on people,
me included.

That's him.

Somerville. Yeah.

What do you got to
do with Somerville?

You know him?

He's a lieutenant
for Frank Zaillian.

Organized Crime's
been after him for years.

Pornography, prostitution,
God knows what else.

Why haven't they taken him down?

He's careful,
very well protected,

and because anyone
who speaks out against him

tends to disappear...

Permanently.

Print it.

Hey, it's me.

Meet me at the office,
all right.

Don't go in. Just wait
across the street... Hey.

Hey, Strachey, I know you like
to think you're a tough guy and all,

but Zaillian's crew,
these guys are out of your league.

Detective,
it almost sounds like you care.

Well, I've got enough
corpses on my hands without...

Joan.

Joan.

Hello, Sean.

What are you doing?

You shouldn't have come back.

It's true, then? About Jake?

Yes.

Come on.

There... There's
nothing you can do now.

You... You need to
leave the city before...

No. I'm not hiding anymore.

We never officially
closed the investigation.

You could be arrested.

I lost the boys, I lost you.

I thought there was nothing
worse that could happen.

And now this.

I promise you,
I'll find out what happened to Jake.

Poor Sean.

I was never very good for you,
was I?

I'm not running anymore.

I want to see my son now.

All right.

Come on.

Oh, darlin',

you can't do that
in here anymore.

Right.

Times change, hmm?

Are you okay?

So, um, he was killed

when he fell off that building,
then?

Actually, no.

What do you mean?

The coroner says
the fall didn't kill him.

Well, then, how did he die?

Three hours after his fall,

his neck was broken.

He... He was just a teenager
when I saw him last, Sean.

He was just a boy.

Anything?

Uh...

Uh,
location has been under surveillance

for 36 minutes.

Three vehicles have
arrived in that time period...

A sky blue Toyota Highlander,

license plate number HRC...

What are you doing?

My instructor said
details are important.

Kenny,
is there anybody in my office or not?

Um, no.

Doesn't look like it. Good.

But what if I'm wrong?

I'll shoot 'em.

Shh.

Nice surveillance work, Kenny.

Sorry.

Lock the door.

Who exactly is after you?

I need you to
do a little digging.

A law firm called
Lenigan & Lenigan.

See if you can
find any connection

to a man named Frank Zaillian.

Okay. What are you going to do?

A little digging of my own

into a 12-year-old murder case.

Got it.

The other name on the
deed is a Timothy Callahan.

The guy with the bonds?

Yeah. We ran his credit cards.

One was used last
night at this hotel.

There's not much.

Lenigan & Lenigan
keeps a low public profile.

A few court cases and
some IRS appearances,

but mostly they tried to
settle everything out of court.

And I can't find any
mention of this Frank Zaillian.

Well, he's connected. I know it.

Strachey and
Kwon Investigations.

Just a sec.

I just thought
I'd see how it sounded.

Hubby on line 1.

Hey.

Strachey and Kwon?

It sounds like a
figure skating team.

Yeah.

I'm about to try our first throw

right through the window.

I'm bored out of my mind.

Just a while longer.

We're not finding too much.

No records of Lenigan clients,

no connection to Zaillian.

So we still don't know
where the money came from?

No,
but we're just getting started.

What are you going to do?

Uh, honey,
I'm going to have to call you back.

Get back.

Maybe I should come
back another time?

Joan Lenigan.

Sean said...

Detective Bailey said
that I should speak to you.

He... He seemed to think

that you might know something
more about Jake's death.

Yeah, yeah. Of course. Come in.

I need to know what happened,
Mr. Strachey.

Uh,
let me buy you a cup of coffee.

Please, come in.

Coffee. No decaf.

Excuse me. I'm wondering
if you could help me.

I'm looking for a friend.

I arrests you

in the name of the law.

Madam, the case is solved.

My hero!

He must have taken it with him.

Are you certain?

All of those?

For the entire office.

We drew your business
card from a bucket,

and you lucky guys won.

Some place I can put these?

Um, I-I suppose the kitchen.

All the way back. Okay.

Pizza!

Why don't you come
and have a slice?

Everyone,
come on in. It's free pizza!

There's sausage and pepperoni

and... and mushroom, cheese.

We all love cheese.

Have as much as you like.

Enjoy! Thank you.

Whoever you are.

$3 million?

Yeah. He wanted it all
to go to an organization

called the Safe Zone.

You have any idea where that
money could have come from?

No. But Jake wasn't a thief.

There wasn't a deceitful
bone in his body.

Kids grow up, they change.

I know my son.

He was always... more like me.

Then again,
you're supposedly a murderer.

Now,
I know Bailey doesn't think you did it,

but I have to tell you in
everything that I've read,

I never once saw where
you said you didn't do it.

I'm not ashamed of what I did.

I did kill my husband.

Daniel was so handsome
and successful...

and had a very dark side.

And anger that didn't come out

till after we were married.

Mostly I learned
to live with it.

But then I discovered...

he was hitting the boys.

Jake showed me horrible bruises

and said it had been
going on for years.

He was 12, Mr. Strachey.

And I... I didn't know
anything about it.

How can a... How can
a mother not know?

Okay,
so what happened after you found out?

I confronted Daniel,
and he threatened me.

He said he would kill me...

If I tried to take

the children away from him,

and I just...

I lost control,

and...

I grabbed a marble bookend,

and I hit him.

And afterwards I panicked,

and I tried to make
it look like a burglary.

Bailey was the
lead investigator.

Did you seduce him

because you needed
someone on your side?

You're a jaded man,
Mr. Strachey.

I prefer to think
of it as realistic.

I'm sorry.

What?

You sent me to voice mail?

I'm kind of in the
middle of something.

Well, I'm kind of in the middle

of Jake Lenigan's office.

What are you doing?

Detecting.

I found a file with Frank
Zaillian's name on it.

You broke into his law firm?

Well,
it seemed like something that you'd do.

Just tell me what it says.

Did some kind of
corporate work for him,

setting up offshore companies.

Okay,
we need to know what kind of companies.

What do they do?

Looks like internet, mostly.

Some media.

There are companies
in the Bahamas,

The Netherlands,

Venezuela...

Is there an address?

They're mostly
out of the country.

Hold on.

There is one that looks
like a personal residence.

Give it to me.

Uh, number 14 Neff Lane.

What else do we need?

You to get out
of there right now.

Was that about Jake?

The Lenigan law firm.

How much do you know
about the business they do?

N-Nothing.

Daniel never shared
that part of his life with me.

Oh. Well, I'm afraid

your family's been working
for some very bad people.

My son was an
honorable young man.

If he stole anything,

I promise you it was
for a very good reason.

Hey.

Thank you.

Oh.

You're welcome.

Come on,
guys. Let's get a move on.

We got two shoots tonight.

What?

Get this done. Get it done.

Hey!

Well?

He was there.

Someone must
have tipped him off.

So what do I pay you for anyway?

Hey.

Jesus!

Over here. This way.

Hurry up.

It's fucking
incompetence is what it is.

We've got a man on the hotel.

We'll know if they come back.

I want to talk to Lenigan,
all right?

If this fucking prick had
better control over his family,

none of this shit
would have happened.

Now find me this
Callahan asshole

and get me my money back.

Thanks.

You look pretty young
to be in a place like this.

You live here?

You're not with the crew,
are you?

I'm more of an
independent contractor.

Did, um...

Did Jake send you?

How do you know Jake?

Why were you sneaking around?

Do you ever answer questions?

To a guy that's been
sneaking around the hallways

grilling me,

and has a gun

pretty poorly concealed under his jacket,
no.

I'm almost 16. I
live where I want.

Besides,
you smell like a cop to me.

Let's not start calling each other names,
now.

I'm Don. I'm not a cop.

I'm a private detective,
and yeah, I know Jake.

Is he coming?

Jake helping you out with something,
somehow?

Oh, shit, they got him,
didn't they?

Is he okay?

I told him.

I told him that it
was too dangerous.

Well, what's your name?

Lilah.

It's pretty.

Yeah, do you like it?

Frank Zaillian gave it to me.

Zaillian put you in the movies?

Yeah. I'm a fucking star.

I'm going to get
you out of here.

I tried once, and they hurt me.

They're not going to this time.

That's what Jake said.

Hold it.

Lilah.

What are you doing?

You're supposed to
be down in makeup.

Get your ass downstairs now.

Now!

You got to get out of here.

They'll kill you, too.

You're coming with me.

No, I can't.

They think I'm trying to leave,

then they'll know I
helped take all that money.

They'll hurt me again.
I can't let that happen.

They're not going to hurt you.

What do you know
about these bonds?

Well,
I told Jake how he could take them

without Frank
realizing it for a while,

but if I hadn't told him,
then he wouldn't...

Jake was trying to do the right thing,
all right?

I'm going to help him finish it,

but first we got to get
you someplace safe.

No, wait, wait,
wait. Just let me check

in case somebody's there, okay?

Uh-uh!

I wouldn't try
that if I were you.

Get him.

Frank would like to talk to you.

Sock him.

You know who I am?

Yeah, you're a scumbag.

Ouch.

You hurt my feelings.

So you prefer slimeball?

Sleazebag, huh?

I want my money.

I don't know where it is.

Give it to me.

You've got it,
and I want it back.

Aah! Ha ha!

Hmm.

Let's try this again here.

Where is my money?

The cops have it.

Bullshit!

If the cops had it,

you wouldn't be
sneaking around here,

You make all this
money on kiddie porn,

or is that just a
sideline for you?

Hey, I just make the movies.

Plenty of people
lining up to buy them.

Fuck you. They're kids.

Ahh!

They grew up way
before I found them.

Besides, nobody misses
them after I'm done with them.

Hmph!

See,
you might find this surprising,

but, uh...

I'm actually a very
conservative businessman.

Very.

No loose ends,
no... unnecessary risks.

And I suppose your lawyers
help you with that, huh?

Some shell companies move
your fucking money around?

Well, Lenigan is the best
cover-your-ass attorney in the city.

Has been for decades.

Well, actually...

actually except for his grandkid,
you know.

He, uh,
he got all self-righteous on us.

So you killed him?

Ha ha ha ha ha ha!

Huh?

Ah, yeah.

Well,
I haven't killed anybody this week.

Uhh...

You might very well be my first.

Because, you see, I...

I'm running out
of patience here,

and I'm getting pretty fucking ticked off,
you know?

Zap him.

Rrrh!

So...

I'm going to ask you
this one more time.

Where's my fucking money,

you cock-sucking piece of shit?

It's so far away,

you won't see a
penny of it ever again.

Yeah.

Yeah?

Let's just see what your
boyfriend has to say about it.

Leave him alone!

Aah!

Hello, handsome.

Aah!

Don?

You want to see
Donnie boy alive again,

get me my money back.

What did you do to him?

I haven't killed him yet,

but his life's going
to be a living hell

until you bring me
back my bonds!

Please don't hurt him.

Be outside your
hotel in 30 minutes.

Hey! You call the cops, he dies.

Don't give them anything!

Excuse me. I left
a package here.

I need to pick it back up.

Annette, I'm going to go.

Be sure to forward the phones.

I don't want a repeat of
what happened last time.

Mom.

Eric.

Oh, my God.

I'm so sorry.

Mom, Jake is...

I know. I know.

I know.

Get in.

You're making this very difficult for me,
Lilah.

Yeah, well,
I can't help it if I have to go again.

All right, listen up.

I want everybody out of here.

What? Huh?

But, Frank,
we're just supposed to start. We...

I don't c... Get them out.

You got five minutes.

How about it?

Guys, that's a wrap!

You know the drill.
Move it out fast.

Come on!

Let's get out of here. That's it,
guys.

You heard the man.

If you get your hands loose,
I'm going to shoot you.

I bet you'd miss.

You look pretty stupid to me.

Mm-hmm.

You know,
I'm going to have fun hurting you.

I figured I was too old for you,

that you like them little kids,
huh?

Fuck you. That's just
for fucking perverts.

Don't tell me
they don't give you

free copies of those movies
to take home with you.

It'll be a lot healthier
for you right now

if you just shut the fuck up.

I promise you that!

Yeah? What about
telling me the truth?

Your kennel's full of those tapes,
isn't it?

Fuck you. Uhh!

Don? Find something
sharp to cut me down.

Hurry.

Can you get me
out of here? Yeah.

Come on.

Come on. Get out.

I said get out!

There's no need to be rude.

Where's Don? I want to see him.

Which piece?

Come on. Let's go. Inside.

Detective Bailey?

I'm calling for Don Strachey.

Bring it to me.

How about that?

They're not here.

What?

You son of a bitch.

I have them. I have them. I do.

Just not on me.

You fucking pouf,
where are they?

Close. Very close by.

Once Don and I are released,

they will be delivered to you.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

What do you think this is,

some sort of a negotiation?

Maybe I'll just cut
off one of your hands

and see if you bleed
out while we wait for it.

Well,

it's not a perfect plan.

But it was the best I
could come up with

under short notice.

Do you want the money or not?

Let's just kill one of them,
yeah?

That's a good
idea. I vote for you.

Man, this thing is just getting
more and more fucked up.

Don,
let's just give them the money.

They'd still kill us.

No loose ends,
isn't that right, Frank?

Uh, Donnie boy,

I'm sure we can
work something out.

Why don't you listen to
your girlfriend here, huh?

Tim, go!

God damn!

Get Strachey!

Damn it!

What...

Aah!

Come on.

Callahan!

Go around in front of the house

and wait for me.
I will come back.

What are you going to do?

Go get my boyfriend.

Callahan.

Oh, I'll find you.

Don't move!

Shit.

Shit.

Fucking get out of here.

Put it down, Strachey.

You hear those sirens?

They're about a
minute away. It's over.

Oh, yeah? Well,
that gives you 60 seconds

to tell me where the money is.

Hello, Lilah.

I'm sorry. I'm really sorry.

Somerville! Let's go!

Aah!

Stop it.

You'd better do it.

No spine.

It's all right.

I got enough for both of us.

Aah!

Don, you okay?

Yeah.

I'm sorry.

For what? I couldn't...

I couldn't pull the trigger.

That's why I love you.

It's okay.

Where's Zaillian?

I don't know.

He heard the sirens and...

Lilah.

Get... get... No!

No, no!

Hurry up!

Get on the floor.

Get on the floor. What?

No, please! I don't want...

Get on the floor!

Lilah? Lilah!

Who's Lilah?

Girl I made a promise to.

There's going to be paperwork on this one,
Strachey.

Let's find
Zaillian and the girl first.

Put out an APB.

He was heading west.

Airport,
maybe. Alert the airlines.

Come on, he's got so many ways

to get out of the country,
you know that.

Yeah, well,
there's not much else we can do.

The Lenigans.

They know more
about him than anyone.

Yeah, well,
Brian Lenigan's a friend of the D.A.

Come on,
he's protecting a child pornographer.

The D.A. is going to
get so far away from him.

Connect me through the law
offices of Lenigan and Lenigan.

Where are the bonds?

Kenny's got them.

They're in the seat of
my ride. I'll go get 'em.

You're not gonna be
able to keep this money.

I don't want it.

Not like this.

You all right with getting
a ride in with Kenny?

Not really. Where are you going?

Finish this.

You'd better goddamn
well do something.

I swear to God, if I go down,

I'm taking your
entire family with me!

Yeah,
I'll be out of the country within an hour.

Handle this!

Fuck!

Fuck!

Right now,
you're worth more to me alive than dead.

But screw around with me,
and that changes fast.

I should've left you in the
street where I found you.

I remember when he'd get really angry,
he'd...

It was like he
just lost control.

I know. I remember, too.

I was so angry at
you for what you did.

Your grandfather threatened me.

I was scared,

and then it just seemed

like you were probably
better off without me.

We were,

all of us.

You're as much to blame
as I am for Daniel's death.

You created the monster
that was your son.

I taught him how to be strong.

Same way I taught his children.

And Jake was strong, wasn't he?

Strong enough to
do what he thought was right.

Eric, we need to talk.

The police phoned. They're
on their way over here.

We're already here, Mr. Lenigan.

I see.

I hope you don't mind.
We let ourselves in.

What's he doing here?

Strictly as an observer.

We need to know how
Frank Zaillian travels

when he leaves the country.

How on earth would we know that?

I mean,
even if we knew this Frank...

You know damn
well exactly who he is.

Mr. Lenigan, we believe Zaillian

is a client of your firm.

Anything you can do to help us?

Our clients lists
are confidential.

Shall we call the
district attorney

so he can explain that to you?

Look,
you can call whoever you need to.

Now we've got a teenage
girl whose life is in danger.

As a good, upstanding attorney,

I figured you'd do everything
in your power to help.

I'm afraid I can't help.

Brian, if you know anything...

Shut up, Joan.

For God sakes,

Frank Zaillian's
probably the man

who killed your grandson.

No, he isn't.

Isn't that right, Eric?

What? How would I know?

Because you killed your brother.

It's absurd.

Eric, we're leaving now.

First I assumed it
was Frank Zaillian.

That doesn't add up.

Zaillian's the kind of guy that
would brag about killing your brother

and stick his corpse
in my car as a threat.

He takes what he wants,
just like he tried to do.

No, this was someone
who's afraid of confrontation.

It was also someone who
knew where Jake might have

sent that $3 million,
just like you did.

Because you were watching
me and Tim that night

in the parking garage,
weren't you?

You told me so yourself.

How'd you know where to go?

I didn't, I just...

Your brother tell you what
he was thinking about doing?

Did you follow him?

He was going to
destroy the firm. We...

Eric!

Don't say another word.

I understand your father
used to hit you and Jake.

Did you get his temper?
Is that what happened?

Are you good and
pissed off? Shut up!

Slap him around a bit,
try to teach him a lesson, huh?

I loved Jake!

It was an accident.
I didn't mean to...

Eric, no.

No.

Must've destroyed
your brother to find out

that his family was
protecting drug dealers,

child pornographers.

I demand you to get
this man out of my office.

The only decent person in
a whole mess full of vipers,

and you killed him.

Keep your damn mouth shut!

Frank Zaillian's got a girl with him,
Eric.

A girl just as innocent

as you once were. Get him out.

Now tell me where
to find him. Eric.

If you know, if you know...

Eric. Tell him.

Eric.

There's an airstrip.

There's an airstrip on Conklin.

He flies there so
there's no paper trail.

You idiot.

I'm this man's
legal representative.

There'll be
no further questions.

Stay in here.

What the hell's going on?

Can't you do this any faster?

If we have ice on the wings,

the plane won't even fly.

If this storm gets any worse,

we're never going
to make it at all.

I'll get you to Canada,
Mr. Zaillian.

Don't worry.

Yeah, don't worry.

Any units
in the vicinity of Forest Road,

officer needs assistance.

Vehicle on the shoulder westbound,
code 83.

Joan,

you need your coat.

Please don't do this.

I'm sorry, Joan.

Let's go.

Let's go.

Get up!

No! Get up!

No, I... Please!

Please!

No,
I don't want... Stop it! Let's go.

Shit. No!

Donald!

Start the engine.

Let her go! Like hell.

How much is it worth? You got
$3 million of untraceable bonds.

Fuck you! Show me.

Frank, we got to go.

They're right here. No!

Settle down!

Let her go,
and they're all yours.

How about I just shoot you

and keep the money and the girl?

How about I put a bullet in the side
of your plane and you go nowhere,

and I promise you the
cops are right behind me.

Frank! Hold on!

Let's go,
Frank. All I want is the girl.

Please don't hurt him.

All right, bring them up.

But I swear to God,
if you try something,

I'm going to fucking kill you!

Stop it!

They're right here.
Nice and easy.

Nice and easy.

Here you go.

Strachey,

3 million bucks for
a throwaway kid?

Swear to God,
I'll never understand you people.

All right, get me out of here.

It's okay. It's okay.

It's over. It's okay, Lilah,
it's going to be okay.

Amy.

My name is Amy.

Dispatch, this is Bailey.

Do you copy?

Roger, Bailey.

This is dispatch, go ahead.

Bailey, do you copy?

Bailey?

Stand by.

I thought it was
quite convincing

that grief-stricken over
the death of one grandson,

the arrest of another,

family patriarch
takes his own life.

You didn't have to do it.

Somebody did,

and I'm the only one left.

Don't worry.

There's no evidence
for you to clean up

this time.

Bye, Sean.

This is Detective Bailey.

We're going to need
a coroner's wagon.

The deceased is Brian Lenigan.

Roger that.

Looks like a suicide.

104.

I don't know.

Hey, come on.

It beats the streets, right?

I did okay on the streets.

Before Frank found me,
I was fine.

Please, just give it a shot.

I'm sure there are
people out there

that care very much about you,

who'd be completely destroyed

if anything was going
to happen to you.

Maybe just for a few days, then.

Excuse me. Hi, this is Amy.

Maybe you could show her around,
get her started.

Proud of you.

Thank you.

It's going to be okay.

We're going to be here for you,
okay?

Okay, bye.

Bye.

You see?

You do the right thing,

and the world just has a
way of looking out for you.

Yeah,
if you give it a good shove

in the right direction, maybe.

Well,
everything turned out for the best.

That's what's important.

Eric Lenigan donated

the money inherited from
his grandfather to Safe Zone.

We're actually thinking
about building a new center

and naming it after his brother.

So I guess Jake got
what he wanted after all.

Yeah.

$5 million in the building.

These centers are going
to be running for years.

What is Kenny doing here?

Come with me.

I gave Kenny his first
official assignment.

Dude,
I'll see you in the center.

So what did you give him?

Shooting pictures
of cheating spouses?

No,
I sent him to pick something up for me.

You know how I was telling you

how much I admire
that tenacious spirit

and positive attitude of yours?

Yes.

I could be something
of a pit bull myself.

Bullheaded bully.

Maybe.

There's nothing I like more

than finding a
needle in a haystack.

Is that...

Why don't you go say
hello to your sister?

You all right?

She was arrested seven years ago

at a protest in New York City.

So her tattoo was registered

in the criminal tattoo database.

What if it wasn't?

We would have just
kept looking for her.

So you still think
about quitting

the private
investigation business?

On a beautiful day like this,

not today, Kenny.

Not today.