Lost Behind Bars (2008) - full transcript

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Lauren: Hillsdale
here we come.

Mark: Okay, so who's next up?

Lauren: Name's Kevin Reese.
This one sounds like a real

monster - murdered a husband,
wife and two children

in broad daylight.

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It says here he's
scheduled to be executed

in less than a month.

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Hey, when you get
set up, I want to re-cut

the front end of this
Huntsville footage.

I think we need to pick
up the pace a little bit.

Whatever you say.
I'm just glad to be

out of Texas.

Do you think Oregon's
going to be any different?

I doubt it.
Well, we'll find out.

[door clicks open]

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Help you?
Yes, I'm Lauren Wilde.

I have two rooms for
the next two weeks.

You're that
documentary film lady.

That's me.



Doing a movie about Kevin Reese.

No, it's not about Kevin Reese.

It's about Death Row inmates
and their last month of life.

Kevin's story is just
one of many we're telling

across the country.

Do us all a favor, film lady.

What's that?

Check out early.

Hey, would you like
to do an interview?

Maureen: You're wrong, lady.

You've got your movie backwards.

It's not what the execution
does to the Community.

It's what the murder does to it.

It hurts.
Burt: Yeah, it hurts.

Noel Watson was a

a friend of most everybody here.

His kids were babies.

Do you hear me?
Babies.

That Kevin Reese is
a damn animal...

a drug addict and a bum.
He's been a loser all his life.

He killed Amanda, Noel and
those children in cold blood.

And he's going to pay for it.

You digging around
can't change that.

This town was tore up good
when Reese killed that

poor family.
We've all been waiting for

a long time for his execution.
His time is up.

Is there anyone here who
feels that Mr. Reese's death

may not provide the closure
that this town is looking for?

That since his execution
won't bring back the Watson

family, all that will have
happened is there will have

been another life lost?
No one in the Police Department

has an opinion about what
the effect of Kevin Reese's

execution is going
to be on your community?

[exasperated sigh]
Okay.

There are 30 convicts on
Death Row in the state of

Oregon, yet only two have
been executed since 1976.

Kevin Reese is going
to be number three.

It was a Hillsdale
family that he murdered.

It was a Hillsdale police
officer who arrested him,

a Hillsdale jury
that found him guilty,

and it will be in a Hillsdale
prison where he will be

injected and killed.

Is it really possible that
not one person in this room

has any thoughts on the subject?

Yeah, I got a thought.

Great.
Your name?

Detective Tom Redler.
And you're familiar

with the case?
I was here.

So what are you thinking?

I'm thinking that
nobody here gives a damn

about your movie.

So why don't you turn your
camera off and go back

from where you came from.
We got work to do.

Another officer: Here, here.
All right.

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The camera's been rolling
for 15 minutes and

you've said exactly nothing.

Is that really what
you want us to think?

That you have no thoughts
on your own execution?

You have no defense to offer?
No

want to ask?
You have no anger,

no confusion, no sadness,
no regrets, no nothing?

Whew...
Mr. Reese, you are about

to die for the murders of
the entire Watson family,

Noel Watson, his wife Amanda,
and their two young children.

The transcripts say that
you've admitted having

an affair with Amanda Watson.

From what I've read,
you were at home,

you were drinking,

you were using drugs
at the time.

What was you intention
when you got into your truck

that day?
If you could help me to

understand what was going
through your mind

as you drove out
to the Watson house.

[sound of approaching truck]

Perhaps if we knew the series
of events that led up to

this desperate act...

Is there something that
would help us to understand?

Mr. Reese?

Mr. Reese...

[music]

There are hundreds and
hundreds of convicts on

Death Row right now and
the clock is ticking down

for them too.

Only, no one's listening.

Their voices will
never be heard.

Yours will.

Mr. Reese, I am looking
right at you, and

I know

[music]

Let's go.

Did you love her?

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Yeah.

Did she love you?

Yeah, she did.

I know she did.

She was married.

It was nothing.

Just a piece of paper
and a ring, that's all.

He was 60.
She was 25.

He was rich and wanted kids.

He never loved her.

Just gave her cars, clothes,
money, nothing else.

She stayed for the kids.

She loved them.
Did you know the girls?

No.
They looked like her.

They were very young,
eight and six.

I drew them...
one time at the house.

Watson was out of town.

Amanda got them dressed up.

They liked to laugh.
It was hard to keep them still.

Did you know you were going
to shoot them that night?

I was wired...

drinking and pills and...

and I know I was there.
I just can't remember doing it.

But I can't deny it.

[prison buzzer]

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Lauren: Well, he loved her.

She loved him.

Mark: They broke up, he
lost his mind, crime of passion.

Happens every day.

So he's drunk and stoned.

He's on pills and
who knows what else.

He drives over to her house,
pulls out a gun,

and shoots everyone in sight?

He says he can't deny it.
Yeah, that's what's

bugging me.
What?

Well, there a big difference
between "I can't deny it"

and "I did it."
A big difference.

Not that

[footsteps]

Redler: Keys.

Quinn: You ever
going to let me drive?

How long's it been?
What?

Since we've been partners?
Six months, does it matter?

No.

No, it doesn't matter?

No, you're not listening.

No, I'm never going
to get to drive?

No, all of the above.

Lauren: Detective Redler!

Redler: Oh, god!
[slam]

I haven't got time
for you right now, Wilde.

Well, you're going
to have to make time.

You better get out of my
face, lady, or I'm going to

make things very
unpleasant for you.

Lauren: I'm sure you would
if it were up to you... Hey!

But it's not up to you.

I have a letter here from
the Governor granting me

full cooperation from all
law enforcement officials

in the state.
That includes a police liaison

while I'm shooting in Hillsdale.

You, Detective Redler,
are my police liaison.

You can thank your Captain.

Lauren Wilde.
Charlie Quinn.

What do you want from me?
The Kevin Reese case files.

I'd like to take a look at them.

Why?
Well, we're here shooting

the Kevin Reese case,
so the files help me fill in

the holes, and makes the film
more factual and substantial.

Anything else?
Were you the

officer of record?
No.

But you know the story?
Redler: Everyone knows

the story.

Not everyone.
Not yet.

I'm rolling.
Good.

Now?
Lauren: Please, if you can.

It's just going to take
a couple of minutes, Detective.

Could you tell me
about Kevin Reese,

about the murders.

If the story ends with his
execution, then it begins

with him, as well.
It doesn't just start

with Reese, it starts
with Reese and Mrs. Watson.

Lauren: Amanda Watson.

Yeah, she overheated
a car on Route 23,

and pulled into a garage
he was working at...

[car engine]

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Kevin!
Yeah?

Amanda: Hi, thanks

[music]

Hi.
Hi.

Is that your car?
Yeah.

It's nice.

Thanks.
Are you going to fix it for me?

Yeah, I could fix that.
Amanda.

Kevin.

Together: Nice to meet...
[laughs]

Why don't you go on inside.
Okay.

Make yourself at home.

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Amanda: So...
Y

North Chase, it's a
trailer park down the road.

You?
I live in Pine Valley.

Big houses, lots of land,
no neighbors.

It sounds quiet.

Uh, no...
I have two kids.

You don't look
like you have two kids.

Amanda: Did you do these?

Yeah.

[music]

They're good.
Thanks.

I like art.

That's just a couple
of sketches.

Oh, you have more?
Yeah, I got lots more.

That's my real passion.

I'd love to see them.

You'd have to come
down to the trailer.

Okay.

[music]

[honk, honk, honk...]

That's me.

Goodbye.

Girls: Mommy!
Hi!

Girls: Hi, Mommy!

[music]

Amanda: Back in the car.
Back in the car.

[music]

[rattle of tools]

Gabler: Oh, you went
to the prison?

Yeah.
Death Row?

That's right.
One month to live.

Must be rough.
I would think so.

He say you're making it worse?

He didn't say much of anything.

He never did.

Kept to himself.
Never hurt nobody.

That's not what
they're saying in town.

They got it wrong.

What they said about him
after the murders,

that wasn't Kevin.

So he's not
a drug addicted, alcoholic,

lowlife, murdering loser?

He had issues
with booze and pills,

but he was a tortured artist.

Don't all you tortured
artists have issues?

Would you say that it was
a character assassination?

I think they needed
to believe he was the kind

of guy who would shoot little
girls in the back so they

wouldn't feel bad about
giving him the needle.

Was he that kind of guy?

Not in a million years.

I don't care how loaded he was,

he loved her and them kids.

Hey! What do you wanna go and
stir all this up for again?

It won't do no good.

Th

They're gonna kill him
no matter what you do.

But you don't

You're not listening, lady.

He ain't no murderer, okay?
[bell dings for service]

Do you think his execution
will change the point...

Look. Do you mind getting
the hell out of here?

I got customers.

Voice outside: Anybody
work here?

Gabler: Yeah, yeah,
I'm coming.

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Lauren: It's just bothering
me, that's all I'm saying.

But that's how it
always starts with you.

How what always starts?

Need I mention the clinic?

Oh, come on.
That was completely different.

Not different.
We were doing a movie about

abortion rights, a typical
Lauren Wilde controversial

film about a nationally
charged hot-button topic.

You love that.
Yes I do. Not the point.

The clinic burns down
a week before we arrive

and instead of trying to
get things together...

No, no.
Not 'instead of'.

Okay, while we continue
to make the film,

you decide you just had
to investigate the fire.

Yeah, because
it wasn't an accident.

It was arson.

As if the local police
invited you to help

them figure that out, which
of course, they didn't.

No, they didn't.
I did.

You know, if I wanted
my little brother around

to bust my chops,
I would've brought him.

You don't have a brother.

Oh, yeah, that's right, I don't.

I have you instead.

[music]

Hi, can I get another round?

I'm just going to...

[footsteps]

Could I ask you a question?

Sure.
Are you Lauren Wilde?

Are you going to run me
out of town if I say yes?

I'm going to buy you a beer.

I am Lauren Wilde.
I'm Gayle Lerner.

I thought it was you.
I'm a big fan of your films.

Oh wow, my one and
only Hillsdale fan.

It's nice to meet you, Gayle.

Oh, and I heard you were
making a movie about

Kevin Reese.
Well, it's about executions,

about capital punishment,
the emotional consequences,

the political correctness,
incorrectness,

the short and long term
effects on the community.

Kevin Reese is just one of the
Death Row inmates in the film.

Have people here
given you a hard time?

Both sides.

Yeah, see, that's
the trouble with this town.

Nobody trusts anybody else,
especially if you're

not local.
I can't stand it sometimes.

A lot of times.

I take it you're not local?
No, New York, Albany.

Oh, me too, Binghamton.
Oh, hello.

What are you doing here?

I'm Hillsdale County's
Chief Forensic Scientist.

Five years ago I was in
Albany minding my own

business, they made me an
offer, and in a moment of

madness I accepted.
I'm kidding, I think.

It's just a hard place to
live if you're not from here.

It's not the East coast.

Bagels and p

So, five years...
You must know all about

the Kevin Reese case.

Yeah, I guess
I know my little part.

But what you're looking for -
the emotional consequences

of his execution?
No, I'm no help.

I don't have a clue what
anybody around here is thinking.

If you're looking for deeper
meaning, you're going to

have to dig.
Well, that's what I do best.

Yeah, that's why I'm a fan.

Um... here's my card.

Give me a call if you get stuck.

Every now and then there's
a couple strings I can pull.

That's great.
Thank you very much, Gayle.

Cheers,: Cheers.

[footsteps]

Lauren: Detective.

Redler: Give me a break,
Wilde.

Lauren: Look, you are
going to cooperate.

Yeah, so you keep reminding me.

Well, you could start
by giving me the

Kevin Reese case files.

It's going to be difficult.
Oh, yeah?

And why is that?
Because they're gone.

Can't find them.

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Lauren: Redler! Hey!
Case files don't just

disappear!
For heaven's sake!

Especially not on a first
degree murder when the

execution's less
than a month away, and

an award winning filmmaker
with the permission of your

Governor and the approval
of your Captain is asking

to see them.
Looks like they do.

You have no right to do this.

The death penalty
is an important issue.

This is an important film.

Self-important.

Look, I am on a deadline
and the clock is running.

Me too.

Find the files, Detective,

or I'll ask your Governor
if he knows where they are.

Cut it.

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Lauren: Patty, you were
Kevin Reese's roommate.

So you're clean now?

14 months.

It isn't easy.
No. I did a film

on drug addiction.
I know it's hard.

You knew Kevin Reese better
than anybody, didn't you?

Better than anyone, but Amanda.

I mean we were
roommates for two years.

He helped me get clean.

We got clean together.

And did you both live here?

I had the back room.
He took the couch.

Were you involved?

No.

Just friends.

He was like a brother to me.

I mean is, is like
a brother, not was...

It's okay.
Patty, we understand.

You work downtown, so I imagine
you have a pretty good idea

of what Kevin's execution
means to Hillsdale.

Patty?

He never hurt anybody.

People talk about him like
he's some kind of monster.

It's a joke.
It's a bad joke.

It's like they can't
wait to kill him off.

Like somehow if they
do it, it isn't murder.

It's crap.

Murder's murder.

Look at these...

[music]

[music]

Kevin did these.

Amanda's children.
Lauren: They're beautiful.

You can see his heart, right?

His heart and his soul.

He couldn't talk about
his feelings,

but he c

but he could draw them.

Lauren: Amanda?

Yeah. She was seeing
someone else besides Kevin.

Did you know that?

At the same time?

Around the same time, yeah.

Who?

He didn't know who.

I mean, he knew
there was someone else.

But he didn't talk
to her about it.

He said he didn't want to
screw up what he had.

He knew Amanda loved him,

and he didn't want to lose
that, no matter what.

Did you testify about this
at Kevin's trial?

No.
Why not?

His lawyer said
it wasn't important.

Why not?
You have to ask his lawyer.

[music]

Lauren: Thanks.
Take care.

[footsteps]

Nice lady.
I feel bad for her.

Mark: She's had a rough road.

Yeah.
Jerry McAffrey.

What?
Jerry McAffrey,

Reese's lawyer.
Let's go say hello.

Yeah, yeah, sure, sure.
Uh... Lauren, just do me a favor

and try to remember something
while we're there, okay?

What?

The case is closed.

The case is closed.
Okay?

[footsteps]

Lauren: Here's our guy.

Mr. McAffrey!

Hello... Lauren Wilde.

This is Mark Evans.

Oh...
The infamous filmmaker.

I was hoping you'd come see me.

Let me guess, you're
looking for a leading man.

I've got to be in court
in ten minutes.

Let's go for a walk.
Sure.

Actually, I wanted to
ask a few questions.

Do I need a lawyer?

Fire away.

I was wondering if you
knew that Amanda Watson was

seeing someone else while
she was having the affair

with Kevin Reese?

Who told you that?

Patty Sutton.

Oh, yes.

Miss Sutton.

Yet you never called her
to testify on Kevin's behalf.

Of course not.

I was trying to save
Mr. Reese's life.

Miss Sutton is a junkie
with a criminal record.

If I made a list of the
least credible witnesses in

courtroom history, she would
be comfortably at the top.

If I'd called her, that is.

Since I didn't, she remains
simply a junkie with

a criminal record.

Besides it's extremely
unlikely that Mrs. Watson was

having simultaneous affairs.

Why is that?

She and Mr. Reese were
burning the candle at both ends.

[music]

Hi.
Hi.

[music]

Kevin: Look, we can't.
He's going to be here

in ten minutes...
Amanda: Oh we have to...

We have to?
Yeah.

[music]

It's a matter of life and death.

Kevin: It sounds serious.
Amanda: Oh, it is serious.

[music]

See you tonight, right?
Yeah, I just couldn't wait.

[music]

Will you draw me?
What, right now?

No, not now.
Later

Tonight.
After we make love.

Yes.

You're going to
be a famous artist.

You think so?
Oh, I know so.

You're going to draw me and
someone's going to discover

you and you'll be
a famous artist.

[music]

Sheesh.
If this was the first time,

I'd be pretty pissed off.

Sad to say, I'm used to it.

Look, do you mind if
I eat lunch at my desk?

I got paperwork.
Kevin: No, go right ahead.

[music]

Gabler: If you're done,
check the brakes on that Ford.

And next time close the blinds.

People can see you
from the street.

[music]

Gayle: Of course
I knew the Watsons.

I mean everyone knew
Noel, the husband.

He was the City Manager.

I thought he was an accountant.

Yeah he was.
He was very successful.

As he got older, his friends
pushed him into politics.

They didn't have to push
him hard, he liked it.

Was he a nice guy?
Yeah, absolutely.

[footsteps]

Um... are you
moving somewhere?

Across town.

They passed a bond and they're
building a new facility.

It's almost done.
They let me design what

I wanted.
Wow, where can I get

people like that?
The price is, you have

to live here.
Oh, pretty steep.

You

You're telling me.
You still live in Binghamton?

No, the City now.
Upper West Side.

But I'm hardly ever there.

I'm going to say that
about Hillsdale very soon.

I'm not there.
Where are you going to be?

Costa Rica.
I'm not retiring yet, but soon.

It's time to get out
of the rat race.

Yeah, I'd like to sign
up for that plan.

So, what's up?

Um... you said you might be
able to pull some strings.

Yeah.
Detective Redler told me

that the Kevin Reese
case files are missing.

What do you mean missing?
Gone. Unavailable. Lost.

Well, that's not possible.

And yet...?

Oh, I'll see what I can do.

[footsteps]

Quinn: Ms. Wilde!

Detective Quinn.

What can I do for you?

Just making sure you're okay.

Your boyfriend said
you were at meetings.

He's my cameraman,
Detective, not my boyfriend.

I'll make a note.

He said you were speaking
to McAffrey and Lerner.

That's true.
Either of them have

the case files?
No.

It doesn't sit right with me.

It doesn't sit
right with me either.

I heard rumors.
At the time, I mean.

But, I can't prove them.
Rumors about...?

Redler.
What about him?

Look, somebody told
somebody told somebody t

they used to see them together
at a motel out on Route 9.

But like I said,
they were rumors.

Used to see who?

Redler and Amanda Watson.

They were having an affair
at the same time she was with

Kevin Reese.

[music]

[background restaurant sounds]

Lauren: Go ahead.

[footsteps]

I left you three messages.
Didn't get them.

Do you have the case files?
No. Look, I'm busy.

Do you mind?
I don't believe you.

Believe what you want.

I believe you were ha

You still busy?

I went out to Route 9.
The motel where you and

Amanda used to go.
They recognized her picture.

So what?
It was all over the news.

It doesn't mean anything.

Maybe they'd recognize
your picture.

I'd think long and hard
before taking me on, Wilde.

Understand?
Are you threatening me,

Detective?
Just sharing my thoughts.

As long as we're sharing...

Redler: No.
Look, I don't give a damn

about your movie, or your
letters from the Governor,

or anything else
you've got to say.

Kevin Reese murdered the
Watson family and he's going

to pay for it big time.

Until then, you stay
out of my face.

And you!
Mark: Ooof!

Are you all right?
Yeah.

Lauren: It doesn't add up.
That's what's wrong.

Mark: Changing the subject,
I shot this indie feature last

spring about an Opera Diva?

Patty and Quinn say
that Amanda was seeing

someone besides Kevin...
Took the actress

three hours to get
ready for camera...

Redler and McAffrey
say she wasn't...

This guy's worse.
You're not listening to me.

We have conflicting stories.
Conflicting stories

are good drama, Lauren.
You're not supposed to

be adding anything up.
You're the one who's

not listening.
Yes I am. Indie feature.

Opera Diva. This guy's worse.

It's not my first time on
camera, as you might imagine.

Lauren: No.

That's generally the
impression I get when

someone has their own
make-up artist on staff.

Good one.

Are we rolling?
Yeah.

Okay.
[Lauren rustles her paper]

I'm Dan Spencer, Hillsdale
County District Attorney.

I successfully prosecuted
Kevin Reese for the murders

of Noel and Amanda Watson
and their two children.

Mr. Reese is currently on
Death Row and is scheduled

to be executed by lethal
injection in, what is it?

26 days, I believe.

If I can shed any light
as to the emotional

consequences of Mr. Reese's
execution on our community,

as DA, I'm happy to
offer my opinion.

You were one of
Noel Watson's closest

friends, is that right?

Noel was my accountant
for 40 years.

We worked together on
City Council and again

when he became City Manager.

Noel's murder was a tremendous
loss to this community

and to me personally.

We were very close friends.

And he was quite a bit
older than Mrs. Watson.

Yes, he was.
But his children were

bright and happy.
And anyone who knew them as

a couple would tell you that
they were friends in spite of

everything that had happened.

It was my understanding
that they had left it all

behind them.
Mrs. Watson's affair?

Yes.

Were you aware of the
possibility that Amanda Watson

may have been having
simultaneous affairs

around the time of the murders?

Spencer: Uh... uh...
Okay, you can cut.

Not 'possibility', Ms. Wilde.

Unsubstantiated rumor.

You were friends for 40 years.

Did you ever discuss it?
How is this relevant to

the subject of your documentary?

So your answer
would be no comment.

My answer is that Noel
didn't know anything

about a second affair.

He knew about Mr. Reese.

He knew all about Mr. Reese...

[music]

[music]

Noel: Amanda!
Amanda!

[music]

You followed me

[music]

I am leaving you.
No you're not.

Because you have no right...
You talk to me about rights?

I love him, Noel.

You're an embarrassment, Amanda.

Then let me go.
Let me have a life.

Let me take the girls and...
No! Not like that, no!

You don't own me.
I'll throw you out of

the house so fast
it'll make your head spin.

No money.
No cars.

No clothes.
And no kids.

You can't take the girls.
Yes I can, Amanda.

And I will.
I'll get full and final custody

and you'll get nothing.
Which is what you were

when I met you,
and what you still are.

You had affairs, too.
I know you did.

Get in the car
and go home, Amanda.

Go on!
Kevin: Hey!

[footsteps]

Don't touch her.
Noel: I said go!

[car engine starts]

Listen carefully.
I'm going to make this

as simple as I can.

If you come near her
one more time - just once more

you understand me?
I will use all the

considerable means
at my disposal to ruin the

rest of your miserable life
and the lives of all your

pathetic circle of friends.

Have I made myself clear?

Good.

[music]

[Lauren on computer]:
"Well, you're going to

have t

have to make time."

Gayle: You do not want
to mess with Tom Redler.

[Tom on computer]: "...get
out of my face, lady,

or I'm going to make things
very unpleasant for you."

Mark: I keep trying
to tell her.

Gayle: He's a bad cop, Lauren.

He's from Portland.
Right?

He did like ten years in
Vice and Homicide down there.

And when he came up here
he came with a lot of baggage.

Like what?
Defense witnesses suddenly

disappearing into thin air.

Like drug dealers breaking
their necks falling

down crack house stairs.

Like when a case wasn't going
his way, taking the law

into his own hands.

Lauren: I'm guessing you
didn't get the files?

No. The Duty Sergeant's
a friend of mine.

He's from south Jersey,
Mannasquan.

Married a local girl.
Got stuck here worse than me.

Anyway, he says, yes, Redler
was in messing with the files

just after you got here, but
no, they didn't leave the room.

Oh, he's got 'em.
Gayle: You don't know that.

Mark: And so what if he does?

We can make the
film without them.

We've got great stuff here.

Look at this.
I'm re-cutting the stuff

from the diner - it's fierce.
Check it out.

It's amazing how you do that.

"It's not what the
execution does to the

community, it's what
the murder does to it."

It's just point and click.
Oh, Mr. Modest.

Okay, maybe a little
more than point and click.

Yeah. Maybe a lot more.
"Been a loser all his life.

He killed Noel, Amanda
and those children."

Reese didn't kill them.

Mark: Oh, come on, El.
We talked about this

a thousand times.
It's in the files.

He was set up.
That's crazy.

We got Miss Hillsdale
Forensics right here, ask her.

Okay, is it possible -
even with the forensics -

is it possible that
someone set him up?

Not really.
I mean, you know,

that's extremely unlikely.
Lauren: But possible?

Oh, yes, anything is possible.

Good.
Then I'll go talk to the

Captain tomorrow and see if
I can shake something loose.

Redler's not going to be happy.

You know what?
You've got to ask yourself why.

[music]

Mark: We're going to need
some shots of the murder scene

so I'll go to the house
first thing in the morning.

[music]

[music]

[ambulance sirens]

Redler: There's been
a motor vehicle accident.

Right.
Redler: We're on our way.

Let her know.
Okay.

[music]

[knock, knock, knock...]
George: Film lady, get up!

Open up!
[chain guard rattles...]

I got a call from the police.

There's been an accident.
Where's my truck?

Your cameraman took it.

That's why the police called.

They're coming to pick you up.

Lauren: I don't understand.
He said he was going to

get some footage
of the murder scene.

How did he end up out here?

Redler: Get these roads
cordoned off.

Make sure you get someone
out there on those tracks.

There's two sets.
One goes up, one goes this way.

What happened?
Your friend went

off the road.
Quinn: We contacted you

and sent a car as soon as w

What?
He just came down the hill

and went over the edge?
I don't understand.

Did the brakes fail?

Quinn: I don't think
it was the brakes.

There are parallel tire treads
coming down the hill there.

Redler: Geez...
So there was another car?

It looks like somebody
came up beside him pretty fast.

And then he went over the
hill and down the ravine,

hit the rocks,
and basically blew up.

So, are you saying that you
think this wasn't an accident?

Maybe.

Well if it wasn't an accident...

[music]

Lauren: How can you not
know anything?

How can anybody
not know anything?

[footsteps]

They... they took him
right into surgery.

I don't know how long it's been.

I don't know what they're doing.

I don't know anything.
I'll get some answers.

I'm Detective Charlie Quinn.

You have a patient in
surgery, Mark Evans.

I need to know his
status right now.

Ms. Wilde.

We did everything we could.

I am very sorry.

No...

[music]

[music]

[knock, knock, knock...]
Hey.

Gayle: Hello, there's
a friendly face.

How was Ohio?

Sad.
Mark wasn't married,

but his mom and dad were there.

And I just can't imagine that...

burying your child.
It was heartbreaking.

You two were pretty
close, weren't you?

Yeah, we met at school, NYU.

He shot my senior project.

It was a documentary on
gun control in Manhattan.

But yeah, we did
four movies together.

And he always knew
what I wanted.

You know, I never even
had to discuss it with him.

I'd just tell him what the
movie was and we'd go shoot it.

He knew what I was
thinking before I did.

He sounds like a good friend.

Yeah.

My mom died when I was 14.

And it was winter.
There was 10 feet of snow,

on the ground, and
everything was cold and gray.

And at the cemetery,

I was frozen.

And I remember feeling like
a part of me had broken off

and left with her,

and would be gone forever.

I feel that way now about Mark.

So, yeah, you're right.
He was a good friend.

I'm sorry.
Really.

Thanks.

How long were you gone?

Two weeks.

Oh, freedom.
I wouldn't have come back.

Well, if I can get
just a couple more shots

then I think I can make the
Kevin Reese story work

in the film, and I have to
do that, you know, for Mark.

Well, good for you.

Did you get a chance to
look at the tire treads?

Yes, I was waiting
for you to ask.

We didn't get a clean read.

I mean it's clear there
are two sets of treads,

but it's not clear
what car they came from.

I mean, obviously this thicker
one is the SUV, but this one...

This one could really be any full size sedan that

uses V-rated tires.

We just can't ID it with any
kind of certainty beyond that.

I'll tell you something
else, though.

Come here.

[footsteps]

The unmarked Detective
sedans use V-rated tires.

What are you saying?

I'm saying I saw them together.

You saw who?
Redler and Amanda Watson.

I think they were
having an affair.

I was there when she
broke it off with him.

I asked him about it,
but he shot me down.

I mean, he threatened me,
or half threatened me,

or at least I took
it as a threat.

It was two weeks
before the murders.

And you didn't tell anyone?
Well, I told them.

I mean, the evidence was
unimpeachable, and it was

never brought up in trial.
I know.

I figured the attorneys
decided it was inconclusive,

or irrelevant, or inadmissable,
and who am I?

I mean they must
have known, right?

They must have questioned
him about it and decided

it was nothing.
Where was this?

At Noel's place.
We had a design meeting

for the new lab.
Redler was there repping

for Homicide, specifics
that they wanted.

He had experience because he
helped build the new lab

down in Portland.
And you just let it go?

Well, I thought
maybe I was wrong.

I thought it was something else.

Yes, I let it go.

But now, the way he's been
acting, the stuff

that's been happening,
missing files, Mark,

I don't know what I think.

But you definitely
saw them together?

Well, I wouldn't
say they were together.

They were in the same room...

[background conversations]

Gayle: Hang on.

[footsteps]

Amanda: It's over, Tom.
Just accept it and move on.

What do you want me to do?

Do you want me to say I'm sorry?

I don't know what the hell I
did, but I'm sorry, all right?

Now can we get over
this, please?

You didn't 'do' anything.
This was never serious.

It was always serious.

It's still serious.
You know it and I know it.

All I know is that
I'm not seeing you anymore.

You don't get to
decide that, Amanda.

Yes I do.
I'm seeing someone else.

What did you just say?

I'm said I'm seeing
someone else.

Who is it?
It's none of your business.

Who?
I said it's none of

your business.
Do I know him?

Yes. He works at Gabler's.

Kevin Reese?

Let go.
You're hurting me.

Understand something.
You will not leave me for

that drug addict grease monkey.
He's an artist.

He's a punk.
I'm in love with him.

You're in love with me.

You tell him it's over, not me.

We're over when I say
we're over.

Mmmmph...

Hi! I'm sorry.
I'm interrupting something.

I was just looking
for some coffee.

You're out of decaf.

[music]

[prison buzzer]

[clang]
Thank you.

[footsteps]

Well, you heard rumors.
Gayle saw her breaking

it off with him.
And it never came

That's not right.
It doesn't sound right.

Well, can you ask him?
He doesn't let me

drive the car.
I don't think he's going to

open up about a secret
affair with Amanda Watson.

Do you want me to
come in with you?

Oh no, I've been
on Death Row before.

Just checking.
Unless you want to be

in the movie.
No, not even close.

Ah, well, you're a cop.
You'd probably make

Reese uncomfortable anyway.
As long as I don't

make you uncomfortable.

Are you from Hillsdale, Quinn?

Eugene.

Well, what are you doing here?

I followed a girl.
She was a local.

You know, it didn't work out.
She left, I stayed.

You must like it.
Yeah, it grew on me.

I mean it's small.
It's mostly quiet.

You know, the people are nice
if you don't stir them up.

You can manage this.
It's not like Portland.

You can't manage
something that big.

It's just too many damn people.

Small-town boy, huh?
Yup, looks like it.

What about you?
Big-city girl.

I guess opposites attract.

Thanks.

[door buzzer]

[music]

Security person: Please
step through.

Thank you.

Kevin: They moved me
yesterday.

They figure that's the line
you cross where you

try to kill yourself.

Eight days to go, you're
okay, but 7 days,

give me the rope.

Do you know who Tom Redler is?

Yeah, he's a cop.

Races stock cars.
Amateurs, you know.

I used to do work for
him down at Gabler's.

I think he was the other
man seeing Amanda

when you were seeing her.

Patty Sutton told me you knew
there was someone else,

but you never said anything
because you didn't want to

risk losing what you had.
I didn't want to

push her away.
I loved her too much.

There were rumors
at the police department

that he was seeing her.

And two weeks before the
murders someone saw her breaking

it off with him because
she was in love with you.

[music]

What is it?

[music]

[sounds of children's laughter]

I'm serious.
You guys better cheer up.

[children's laughter]

All right, come on back.
I'm done.

Come on over.

What do you think?
Good.

Who's that?
Me.

And who's that?
Me.

Who's that?
You! [laughter]

It's a gift.
Take it.

[laughter]
[children's footsteps]

Great girls.
Thanks.

It means they got a great mom.

I want to kiss you
for saying that, but I can't.

I know.

I think Noel suspects something.

What do you think he'll do?

Hire a detective.
Follow me himself.

I don't know.
Maybe nothing.

We just have to be
really careful from now on.

Oh, if he found out...

What?

He just can't find out.

When does he get back?

Tonight.

I should probably go.
No, no don't.

Just stay for a bit.

[music]

You're as pretty
as I remember, Miss Wilde.

Does that work for you,
that act?

Do women respond to you?

Even a blind squirrel
finds a few nuts now and then.

Okay.

Detective Redler very
recently confronted me

in my office.

Although 'confrontation'
doesn't do descriptive

justice to our tete-a-tete.

Well, what did he want?

He wanted to know what
I know about Kevin Reese.

He wanted to know what
secret I've been hiding,

and if it was my intention
to keep it.

And have you been hiding
a secret, Mr. McAffrey?

Let's just say that
Kevin Reese's defense wasn't

all it should have been.

Detective Redler said that
you were getting close.

I'm don't really know what
that means, but I've decided

to err on the side of caution.

That is my office address.
Why don't you come by later

this evening, after dark,

I'll show you mine if you
show me yours, so to speak.

[music]

Quinn: Look, I don't know
where this is going,

but they execute him in a week.
You don't have time to

take this anywhere.
The pieces don't fit.

I know. But Redler's not
someone that you want to

call out, that's all.

Be careful, is what I'm saying.

Okay.

Lauren: Thanks for helping
us out, Sgt. Devlin.

Devlin: No problem.

So, Dr. Lerner says
you're from Mannasquan.

Hey, best beach in Jersey.
Miss it every day.

Lauren: It's the other
end of the country.

Other end of the universe.

Hey, she's good people,
Dr. Lerner, huh?

Yeah.
We're both from New York,

but my family spent a couple of
summers on Long Beach Island,

so I've got a soft spot.

Ah, you've gotta
love the Garden State.

Okay, this is it, or...
I guess, this isn't it.

It's case number 30285.
It's Kevin Reese -

multiple homicide, conviction,
sentence, execution.

I told Dr. Lerner the same
thing I'm going to tell you.

The last one looking at
the file was Tom Redler,

but he didn't walk out with it.
Not while I was here.

Lauren: Are there always
two guards on duty?

Unless someone's sick,
or has to hit the john.

Yeah, there's always
someone at the desk.

And if not, they gotta
sign the log book anyways.

Everybody's gotta sign the log.

I mean there's rules,
there's regs posted everywhere.

It's not like you can miss them.

It's not like you can forget.

I mean there's a
warning on the damn door.

You can't leave
without seeing it.

But if you were somewhere
else and there was

no one on the desk, and
someone didn't sign the log...

Well, that a big 'if',
Miss Wilde.

They could carry
it out the door.

Devlin: Well, they'd have
to have a damn good reason

to want to do that.

What does that
mean, Sergeant Devlin?

[music]

[music]

So why is this place till empty?

Gayle: It got stuck
in the middle of attorney hell.

Plus, would you want to live
here, knowing what happened?

No, probably not.
No, neither would I.

Lauren: Did you know
Redler was out here a week

before the murders.
How do you know that?

Your friend Sgt. Devlin.
He responded to a domestic

disturbance call before he
transferred over to Records.

So?
So Redler was here.

Noel was acting like Redler
was the first one to respond

to the call,
but Devlin said, "No way".

He said he was already here
and that he looked like hell.

Well, that doesn't mean
that Redler did it, and it

certainly doesn't mean that
Kevin Reese didn't do it.

Okay, you're the
professional, what does it mean?

I don't know.

But something?

Yeah. Something.

Okay, I'm done.
Good. Let's go get a beer.

I got another 'something'.

[music]

Lauren: These transcripts
are unbelievable.

I mean McAffrey's even
sleazy in court.

When I first met him,
he used to call me baby.

As in, "Hey, Gayle baby,
why don't you put me

under your microscope?"
Oh, that is somewhat gross.

I told him I had
an irresistible urge to

slap him into next week.

He called me
Dr. Lerner after that.

You know what I hate the most?

His eyes piss me off.
The way he do

look you up and down thing.

I hate that.

I'm going to
see him later tonight.

I'm meeting him in his office.
He said he had a secret

that he wants to share with me.
He said that?

And I quote.
That's completely gross.

Hey, you want to come with me?

Oh, I'd love to, but
I have a root canal.

I don't want to miss it.
No, my book club is

meeting tonight.
And I wouldn't come

with you anyway.

Hey, it's so great
that you got these.

Thanks again.
Oh, you're welcome again.

I figured as I couldn't
find the files,

transcripts might help.
They do.

Look at this, here.
Look on page 27.

Oh, why don't we read it.
I'll be McAffrey.

You be Reese.
Great.

"Mr. Reese, the prosecution
has spent the better part

of this trial putting
words in your mouth.

Would you please tell the
jury, in your own words,

what happened the night
Amanda Watson and her family

were murdered?"

"It was after her husband
found us in the trailer."

"How long after?"
"I can't remember."

Three hours maybe.
She called, told me

it was over.
I could hear him in the back.

He said he'd divorce her
if it ever happened again,

take the kids, leave her on
the street with nothing."

"What did you do?"
"I was broken up,

drinking, using.
I lost track of time.

I was wired and angry
and yeah, I was high."

[music]

[slam]

[music]

[click]

[music]

[truck engine starts]

[music]

[engine turned off]

[music]

It's not right...

[THUD]
UMPH!

[prison buzzer]

[footsteps]

Lauren: That's all you
remember Mr. Reese?

The next thing I know
they're dragging me into

the Emergency room.

I got blood all over me.

Blood on my hands.
On my clothes, on my face.

There's cops all over me
and they're saying that

I'm the one that killed Amanda.

That I killed her, her
husband and the kids.

But you don't recall it?

I can't remember.

What about your lawyer?

McAffrey?
Ha, it was a joke.

I only saw him twice
before the trial.

He wanted me to plead guilty.

But you refused an appeal.

I didn't see the point.

Lauren: I'm seeing
McAffrey tonight.

[music]

[music]

[knock, knock, knock...]

[music]

[click]

[music]

Mr. McAffrey?

[music]

Hello?

It's Lauren Wilde.

[music]

If you stood me up...

[music]

Mr. McAffrey.

[music]

Mr. McAffrey?

HUH! Oh!

[music]

Okay...
okay, okay..

[music]

[music]

Call Frawley.

[music]

[dialing beeps]

[music]

Yes, I have to report a murder.

[traffic]

Redler: His computer,
his watch, his wallet...

it plays as a robbery.

So then why am I still here?

Because I don't trust you.

You think I

You think I shot him
three times, stole his stuff,

took it back to my hideout,
then drove all the way

back to his office
and called the police?

I think you're
in it up to your neck.

I think you are.

Give us a minute.
I think I should stay.

I think Wilde wants
a drink of water.

I'll be back in a little while.

[footsteps]

Tell me what you know.

I already told you.
McAffrey gave me his address.

He said he had a secret
that he wanted to share.

I went over there,
knocked on the door.

There was no answer.
I let myself in.

He was dead in the office.
I called it in

and they sent you.

My lucky day.
I know all that already.

Reese.

What do you know about Reese?

Oh, that's funny.

'Cause I think you should
tell me what you know.

You don't get it, do you?

You are my prime suspect in
the murder of a prominent

defense attorney with
deep roots in the community.

McAffrey told me
you threatened him.

McAffrey is dead and
anything he said is

hearsay and inadmissible.
This is fact.

I am going to charge you
and I'm going to hold you

long enough to screw up your
movie, and maybe even put

the brakes on your career.

Why would you go
to all that trouble?

Because I don't like you.

It's because you're
scared of what I know.

You don't know anything.

I know you were seeing her.

I know she broke up
with you to be with him.

I know you went out to
that house one week

before they were shot.

And that you know
Reese from Gabler's.

You race cars and he
works on them for you.

That the files are missing.

That my friend was driven off
the side of the road and killed.

And now McAffrey's
been murdered.

I know it's all connected
and that you're involved.

And I'm going to
put it together.

You're going to run out of time.

Reese is going to
run out of time.

Oh, that would be good
for you, wouldn't it?

That's what you're hoping for.

It's what we're all hoping for.

Don't you pay any
attention to your own movie?

Listen to the people
you interview.

This whole town is crossing
its fingers that Reese pays

with his life for what he did.
An eye for an eye.

Blood for blood.

He doesn't even
know what he did.

He's the only one who doesn't.

He left a trail, Wilde...

And all we had to do
was follow it,

straight to two dead kids.

[music]

[music]

[slam]

[music]

[bam, bam, bam...!]

Oh my God.
You can't be here, Kevin.

You can't be here.
Who the hell is that?

No!

[screams]
Noel: Call the police!

Call the police!
Go on!

[music]

[BANG!]
Uha...!

[THUD]
Amanda: No...!

[gunfire!]

[music]

[music]

[continuous blaring horn]

[sirens]

Gayle: Dr. Frawley.
Sorry I'm late.

You I know, you I don't.
Morris Frawley.

Lauren Wilde.

I've seen some of your films.

I particularly liked the one
about interracial marriage.

Nicely done.
Thank you.

I'm heading to x-ray.
Broken wrist. Skateboarding.

Obviously a sport invented
by an orthopedist.

I don't know what I can
add to Gayle's assessment.

She's much smarter than I am.

Gayle: Morris, stop.

Dr. Lerner would have been
a wonderful clinician.

Research was
always my first love.

Golf is my first love.

So what can I do
for you, Lauren?

I was hoping you could
put yourself back in the

room with Kevin Reese,
on the night of the murders.

Fine.

Police brought him in right
from the Watson house.

He was drugged, very high
blood-alcohol level, a nasty

gash over the right eye, and
not particularly conscious.

We gave him oxygen,
pumped his stomach,

stitched his wound.

I guess you could say the
mood was extremely serious.

Probably the quietest
I've ever seen it here.

Tell me, Doctor, do you
remember if there was anything

unusual about Mr. Reese's
exam results?

Yes, there was.
Gunfire at close range

leaves two evidence trails.

Powder residue and
tissue splatter, correct?

Correct.
There was gunpowder residue

on Mr. Reese, but there was
something curious about

the splatter pattern.
What?

There wasn't any.
Oh, he was covered in

Watson family blood,
but it wasn't splattered.

It was wiped on, painted on.

But how could that be?
Did this come up at his trial?

If there's appropriate
tissue splatter pattern

to substantiate a crime,
that's great for everyone.

But if there isn't, there could
be a half dozen reasons why not.

Lauren: Like what?
Well, like the

police get careless.
They mishandle the accused.

I had one case where they
actually washed the guy

before they brought him in.
I mean they literally

washed his hands and face.
Or the hospital gets careless.

Frawley: Hey.
Present company excluded.

Thank you.
Ballistics carry the burden

of proof regardless of
whether we can identify

appropriate blood splatter.

And they were a direct match.

Exact match.
That it?

Lauren: No, there was
one more thing, Doctor.

I was wondering, was there
any reason why you would

have needed to speak
with Jerry McAffrey?

The lawyer?
Yes.

The one that was just
murdered in his office?

Yes.

Not that I can think of.
Why?

Your name was on his call list.

I'm on everybody's call list.

What do you mean by that?

Tom Redler just called
about the same case.

Go figure.

Go figure.

Kevin Reese has
five days to live.

Redler's hiding the evidence.

I've got to get those files.

[music]

[music]

Ohmigod.

[music]

[music]

Huh!

[music]

[prison buzzer]

[music]

[music]

Kevin: They asked me
if there was anything

special I wanted to eat
in the next couple of days.

Like anybody cares what the
hell food they get when they

only got three days to live.

I'm not much in the mood to be
in the movie today, Ms. Wilde.

I'm not here for the movie.

Then what?
I found your case files.

Where?
At Redler's house.

He handed them over?

No, not exactly.

I spoke to Dr. Frawley.

He did your examination
on the night of the murders.

I was out of it.
I know.

He said there was no
blood splatter pattern.

He said it looked as though
the blood had been

wiped on you, painted on.
So?

So that report is in
the file, but there's no

mention of it in
the transcript because

McAffrey never brought
it up in court.

You were found guilty
beyond a reasonable doubt,

Mr. Reese, and that report
provides doubt, but your

lawyer ignored it.
He never called Dr. Frawley

as a witness.
He never called anyone

as a witness on your behalf.
Why?

He came to me and he said
there was a secret he wanted

to tell me and that Redler
had threatened him,

wanted to know
everything McAffrey knew.

I went to meet him at his
office and by the time I got

there he was already dead.
Jesus.

Redler threatened me
and my cameraman is dead.

He threatened McAffrey
and McAffrey's dead.

He threatened Amanda.

I don't think you killed
Amanda Watson and her family.

I think it was Redler.

[music]

Lauren: Here's what
I think may have happened.

[music]

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[WHAM!]
Uh!

[music]

[music]

[knock, knock, knock...]

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Tom, what're you...

Ohmigod...

We're over...
when I say we're over.

Noel: Who the hell is that?

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Call the police!
[bash!]

Call the police!

[BANG!]
[scream]

[gunfire!]

[kids' screams]
[gunfire!]

[kids' scream]

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Quinn: Redler's gone.

He signed into the
Evidence Room two days ago.

Took Reese's gun and the
bullets they removed

from the Watson family.
Nobody's seen him since,

and nobody knows
where the hell he is.

Or the evidence?
Or the evidence.

He's covering something.

Gayle: Yeah, his trail.

And he had those files
the whole time.

Quinn: Looks like he didn't
want you snooping around.

Lauren: Now I know why.
He killed Mark.

He was probably just
hoping it was me in the car.

McAffrey said that Redler
threatened him, right?

Redler didn't
know what McAffrey knew.

But he couldn't risk that the
secret McAffrey was going to

tell me was about him...
So he killed McAffrey too.

He had pictures of Amanda
Watson all over his wall.

And Kevin Reese has
three days to live.

Well, we can't
prove anything without

questioning Redler.
Lauren: So what do we do?

We find him.

Before he finds us.

[clicking computer keys]

[phone rings]

Lauren Wilde.
[static]

Hello?
[static]

I can barely hear you.
[static]

Who is this?
[static]

Detective Redler, I didn't
expect to hear from you.

Redler: I need to talk to you.
I'd like to talk to you too.

Tonight is great.

Where?

I do know where that is.
What time?

Hello...
hello?

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Quinn: Why would he
choose Gabler's?

Gabler gave him his
own key so he could get in

at night, after work.
That's how he knew Reese.

He doesn't want to talk.
You know that, right?

He'll talk to me.
I don't like it.

If he sees anybody
with me, he won't show.

He said that.
He doesn't know that

I got the other
office key from Gabler.

He's not going to be
looking for me.

He's going to be watching you
like you said.

He won't even see me.

Check.
Okay.

Well, let's go see
what that secret really is.

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Redler.

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I'm here!

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This isn't going to
go away you know.

Not even once they
execute Reese.

It's not going to go away.

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You dug a pretty deep hole
for yourself, Detective.

Stealing that evidence
like that.

Redler...

I'm the only one who
can help you now...

[clatter of dropped tool]
[car engine]

Quinn: Lauren...!
[scream]

[CRASH!]
ARGHH! Uh...

[scream]
[squeal of tires]

[varoom]
Uh... Ugh...

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I had high hopes
for you, Lauren.

I really did.
I thought we might be friends.

I thought you might
visit me in Costa Rica.

I even tried to warn you,
but you weren't smart enough

to keep away.

But I can't say
I'm not disappointed.

You killed Amanda Watson?
No, I killed Noel.

He found out about
my retirement plan.

I guess I reached a little
too deep into the lab

construction fund.
I mean can you blame me?

Millions and millions and nobody
minding the shop but him.

Amanda and the children
were just collateral damage.

I was going to put it on Redler.

No one would have shed
a tear to see him go down.

This is his gun.
It's the same gun that

killed the Watsons.
I took it from him a week

before that sad little family
was so tragically murdered.

He reported it missing.

But you would have come
across that little tidbit of

information at some point.
You lied about

the ballistics.
Well, it wasn't hard.

You can get away with
anything if no one's looking

in your direction.

Reese didn't shoot anybody.

That poor fool was just in the
wrong place at the wrong time.

[music]

I mean who would have
expected him out there

in the middle of the day.
I guess it shouldn't

have surprised me.
He and Amanda hadn't exactly

been what you'd call discreet
about their little affair.

And lately Kevin Reese's
behaviour had been getting

more and more erratic.

[footsteps]

So, there I am just putting
the finishing touches on

everything, and I'm coming
down the stairs and I spot

him out the front of the house.
At first I thought,

"Oh, terrific, I'm going
to have to kill him too."

And then I realized that
with just a little extra

effort this might
work out perfectly.

And let's face it,
the guy's a drunk.

I could have knocked him
over with a feather.

It wasn't hard.

His gun, right there
on the seat.

And that truck just
reeked of booze.

It doesn't get any
better than that.

I knew exactly what to do.

Six spent casings in his gun,
a little gun powder residue

on his hands, and a good
chance that he was too

messed up to know if he
even did it or not.

And who knows, maybe he
would have done it if

I hadn't got there first, huh?

Maybe he would have shot
them all for me if he'd

been given half a chance.
Anyway, I go back to the

house, I soak up some
blood from the crime scene,

I smear it around.
I needed it to look good

enough to make it appear that
Kevin Reese might have

actually done it, but not
so good that the evidence

wouldn't point straight at
Redler and a cover-up

if anyone bothered to
look any closer.

And then, make sure the
police arrive before Kevin

regains consciousness.

A quick call to 911.

Hello, I'm a neighbor
of the Watson family

out here in Pine Valley.
I think I just heard gunshots

coming from their house.

You killed Mark.
Uh-huh, yes.

And McAffrey, too.

That moron panicked
like a school boy.

I convinced him that he was
doing a public service by not

offering up a vigorous defense.

His little secret was that
I paid him for his trouble.

And he wasn't cheap,
I'll tell you that.

You think you can shoot
me and get away with it?

People know I'm here.
People will come.

Oh, I'm counting on it.
I'm not going to kill you.

It's Redler's gun, remember?

I mean you pushed him
too far this time, Lauren.

And won't everyone be so
terribly upset when they

unwind this complicated little
case and discover that Redler

tampered with the evidence
so ballistics would point

straight to Kevin Reese?
"Oh no," they'll say.

"We've executed the wrong man."

This time Redler
takes the fall for real.

[BANG]
UHH!

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[rattle of gurney wheels]

He's still conscious.

Yeah, he's busted up some,
but he'll live.

Did you know I took the files?

It was either you or her.

I needed to know if there was
anything in those files that

connected me to Amanda.

The ER report said there was.

Blood doesn't wipe itself
off on you when you shoot

someone that close.
My gun was missing.

I played a hunch,
I took the evidence up

to Portland.
I got a friend in the lab there.

You've got a friend?

He re-ran the ballistics.
They didn't match.

The bullets in those bodies
did not come from Reese's gun.

Well, it wasn't bad science,
it was just no science.

It was fiction.
Lerner's name was

on the report.
She lied on the stand.

I knew she was in on it.

I didn't follow you here.
I followed her here.

You got lucky.

Yeah.

About that...

Redler...
Look, Wilde.

Forget it.
We're not going to be friends.

Quinn wired you, right?

Uh, yeah.

Make sure the Governor
gets the tape.

[music]

[siren]

[footsteps]

Kevin: Just paperwork now.
A couple of days, they say.

Lauren: What then?

I don't know.

Death Row's not the kind of
place you make a whole lot

of plans, you know.

Probably Arizona...
or New Mexico.

Someplace hot that
gets a lot of sun, you know.

What about you?

I will finish this movie.

Make another movie.
Keep going.

You paid a heavy price.

You lost a friend.

I'm sorry.

Thank you.

And I wanted to say thank you.

I read that you make
these movies to figure out

how you feel about the issues.

Yeah, I figure if I'm on
the fence about something,

or I have questions about it,
then other people must

feel that way, too.
You still on the fence

about capital punishment?
No.

There are arguments on both
sides, but the bottom line is

it's just too easy to make a
mistake you can never take back.

A mistake you can't take back.

Like me.
Like you.

You going to put that
in the movie?

I just did.

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