Aquarius (2015–2016): Season 1, Episode 3 - Never Say Never to Always - full transcript

Sam:
Previously on aquarius...

-I'm Charlie manson.
-How do you know my name?

Get my little girl back.

Sam: If I'm gonna find
this girl,

I need a cop in that world.

-I report to you?
-Yep.

Charlie gets the girls.

So, we need a girl.

I think I can draft
a volunteer.

Charlie's my guy, right?

If she is looking for Charlie,



she's gotta go
through me.

(Both whispering)
-Do something.
-Relax.

(Crying out in pain)

Ken, I've gotten nine
phone calls from manson.

I need two grand
for my demo.

Ken: Half.
You get my girl out of here,

you get the other half.

-Walt?
-Hi, dad.

-Sam: I thought you were
in country.
-I was.

The only way you ever

get sent stateside is if
one of your parents is dying.

You sent the letter,
didn't you?

Saying you were, what?
Sick? Dying?

Walt?



They'll come for him.

You have no idea
what you've done.

Hands high, jerk-off.

Cut?

You see, me and jeanie
come over,

after you guys split up,
and, you know,

but jeanie get tired.
She's not much of a drinker.

(Stammering) But me and opal,
and... and after a while,

you know,
I'm coming over alone.

Jeanie know?

You crazy? No.

Thought maybe you guys
are swingers now or something.

Jeez, what is wrong
with you?

Look, I'm sorry
it happened.

Okay?
I'm really, really sorry.

How long?

Five...

Months.

Look, you want me to end it...

Cut, I don't give a crap.

She was a lousy wife
and a mother,

but she can drink
and she can ball,

and since those are
the only two hobbies

you ever showed
any interest in,

I figure you guys
are made for each other.

I just want to know
where my son is.

-I haven't seen him.
-But he was here.

After you said he was back and
you were all worried,
I asked her.

She said he was here
for about a day.

She scraped together
all the money she could

and gave it to him.

-Where'd he go?
-I don't know.

-She know?
-Probably.

Good luck getting it
out of her.

So...

We good?

Yeah, we're good.
And we're done.

I don't work with liars.

It's not a moral thing,
it's a safety issue.

You understand.

Grace: Eddie
ever tell you about
the time he hit me?

Fist. Four stitches.

Drunk off his ass.

Crying the next day,
begging me to forgive him.

Wife-beater.

That's your partner
who's too good for you.

This...

I made a mistake.

Manson: You said yes,
is what you did.

You came back to yes,
and you came back to me.

And now you're afraid.

Want to know how you can stop
being afraid?

I want my daughter.

She's here.

You're both here.

I only came
to bring the money.

Don't...
Don't touch me, okay?

Just tell me
where Emma is.

I told you...

She's here.

But she's not gonna go
with you.

And I'm not gonna
tell her to.

When you came here

with that pocketful
of paper,

you knew that.

Man, it hurts to even
look at you right now.

So unhappy
being who you are.

See, I was like that once.

But I got on top of it.

And now,
I'm never afraid.

Because I always say yes.

And if you want to be
somebody else so bad,

why not be me?

But give me that other
1,000 bucks you owe me first.

You got a choice
about everything in this life,

except that.

(Country rock music
playing on radio)

(Girls whooping)

(Engine starts)

-(Horn honking)
-(Screaming and yelling)

Whoo!

Well, detective bibb
saw you shove the other girl

to the sidewalk
and kick her several times.

Detective bibb need to clean
those nasty glasses.

Okay, I need to pat
you down.

Just outside your clothes,
so please stand still for me.

-(Grunting)
-You like that?

-Stop!
-Rubbing up on me?

Got ya.

Officer Tully, would you
make some more coffee?

The pot's empty.

-I was going to.
-Oh, thank you very much.

Your highness.

(Sam playing guitar)

(Phone ringing)

-Yeah?
-Charmain: Call for you.
Bruce tamminy.

Says he's a parole officer.

Uh, yeah.
Thanks, charmain.

-Bruce: Hey, hodiak.
-Bruce.

You get the case of Harper
I sent you?

-Oh, yeah.
Know what else I got?
-(Shattering)

Somebody put in a call,
the next day, he's fired.

That karn guy?

Probably, but I'll
worry about that

after you find
manson for me.

Sure, uh, okay.
Any idea how?

-I was thinking the biker.
-Kovic?

Mmm-hmm.

Uh, well, he said manson
was at the beach.

-Right.
-Uh, but even if we had

any idea where "at the beach"
actually was on a map...

Well, kovic said that anybody
looking for Charlie

as to go through him,
so let's go through him.

Well, he said that
before I jacked his knee,

which he might know
was on purpose.

Either way, I'm not
his favorite person right now.

I'm not a lot of people's
favorite person.

-You're just shy is all.
-I'm what?

Dispatcher: Central, come in.

-Hold on a second.
-What is the eta on

me wagon to
scene 7999 sunset?

Stand by.

Me wagon en route to
sunset and highland.

Hey, 7999 sunset, that's...

That's the coffee hut.
That's art gladner.

Sal, you were here
when that call came in.
Who took it?

Uh, whalen and cutler
were leaving when I came in.

Some guy owned a diner
or something,
stabbed to death?

I said, "bring me
a Danish back,"

but you know they won't.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Whoa.

-What?
-Where you going?

I've been working that place
for months.

Art gladner was
my end game, I'm going.

Well, who's going?
Shafe the drug tout,

or shafe the cop
who's gonna blow his cover?

Maybe you should try
a costume of some kind.

-Mmm-hmm.
-Like ghost or sexy nurse.

Well, 'cause I'm sure
you love it when your
work goes belly-up.

Of course I do.
You're the only one
that doesn't.

Look, I will go
make sure cut

doesn't step all
over your case.

You find manson.

-Don't be an ultra-maroon.
-Mmm.

(Siren blaring)

Okay, brother.
See you.

You too.

-Good morning.
-Good morning, detective.

I guess he didn't exactly
sneak up on our dead guy.

Sir, that was
officer faulkner.

When we responded,
we found the door locked.

We saw the guy face down,
and faulkner thought

he saw him move
and he just...

-I never criticize anyone
for being enthusiastic.
-Sir.

I show you my new second?

Smith 10 snub.

-What?
-It's like a doll gun.

What do you want it
to be, a howitzer?

-It's a backup.
-It's very cute.

Hey, Sam, look at this.

What are you gonna do
with that thing?

Pistol whip a midget?

-(Clears throat)
-Wait.
Jimmy, come back.

I gotta check your vagina
for sand.

Did you get a look
at that door?

It was locked before one of
the nosepicks broke it down.

-Okay?
-So did you get a look

at the hardware?
It has to be locked

from the inside
or the outside.

Are you sure the suspect's
not still on the premises?

I confess.

Gladner still got his keys
on him?

-They're on
his belt chain.
-All right.

So we're looking
for someone with
keys to the place.

Why are you here?

There's a drug case
in place around gladner.

A lot of time invested,
contacts made.

Just trying to keep it
all intact.

Oh, your
undercover boyfriend?

Ah, boyfriend... we're trying
to take it slow, you know?

I don't know
from any of that.

What I do know is,
I found the guy.

Oh, yeah, witness had him
running from the scene.

He's out back
in the cruiser

if you want
to point and laugh.

(Siren blaring in distance)

(Indistinct chattering
over police radio)

Hey, hey!

Hey, man, there's my man!

You remember me, right?

No?

All right, you...
You probably remember

that you don't
like me, but

I didn't do this, man.

Why would I do that?

-Come on, man!
-Knock it off.

Sorry, sorry,
sorry, sorry.

-Help me out.
-(Engine turns over)

Please, man, please.
You got to help me out.
Please.

I didn't do that.

Man, please.

Roy: Damn narc out there
trying to use our colors.

Venice pd, they, uh,

busted brother Jerry
a couple months back.

They take
all of his property,

and they put it into a little
plastic bag for "storage."

His ID card and his patch
goes into his property bag.

And when he makes bail,
the man gives him
back everything

but those two things,
and they lip-service it.

Tell him it got lost.

-Except that
this guy here...
-Bri.

Bri, right. Bri here sees
a guy pushing dope

down in Santa Monica
a couple days ago

repping as
our brother Jerry.

Definitely said
he was a Satan,

but I know you guys
don't travel alone.

And I know you wouldn't go
five kilos.

Hmm.

You see him,
you keep him around

and you call us,
and we'll do to him

what you did to my knee.

Again, I'm sorry
about that.

No, it's okay.

You get a reset
with all the positives...

Even though I can't ball,
like, at all.

I can't put any weight
on my knee,

not even somebody else's.

So, you know what? Next time
you and I are going downhill,

you first.

(Chuckles)

Well, if I'm getting a reset,
uh, I got a favor to ask.

When you jacked up your knee,
you remember we were

heading out to try and find
your friend Charlie?

Well, she was wondering if
maybe we could try again.

Sugar clam.

(Chuckles)

Sadie: Right on the corner
of oak and Lyon.

The heart of ashbury.

God, that was such
a good house.

Tell her who lived
right down the street.

Janis.

-Joplin?
-Yeah.

We could
hear her practicing.

Look, cherry.

Almost as beautiful
as you.

You should leave.

Make an excuse,
your monthlies, I don't know.

(Sighs)

Some rough terrain here,
I think I need
a baby-doll crutch.

Hey, sugar pie...

All right,
Charlie's waiting.

(Chuckles)
Hey.

-Mmm.
-(Laughing)

(Giggles)

Charlie, um...

I thought I saw
my dad leave.

This morning, in his car?

Did he talk to you?

Did he say
he wanted to talk to me?

What did he say?

Well, I wouldn't tell you this
if I didn't know

you could hear it
for what it is,

but he asked me
how much I wanted.

For you.

Like you were a used car
or a

horse or a cow.

If no one owns something,
it can't ever be for sale.

(Chuckles)
Look who's walking again.

Sugar clam here says
she knows you, Charlie.

Been pulling everyone's coat
looking for you.

Huh.

You want to find me
so bad, girl,

you found me.

And I can't say
I don't want to,

and maybe I will, but

I don't know you at all.

I don't blame you

for not remembering me.

I wouldn't remember me
either.

But you have to remember
that place.

In the canyon at the edge
of the creek,

where the road sloped up.

It wasn't winter,
but it was cold.

There was a little fire
in the fireplace,

and we all huddled around
in a circle

and closed our eyes,
and then...

(Howling)

(Howling)

(Howling)

(All howling)

(Laughing)

Well, all right.
That's great.

You kids want some candy?

Don't know.

Depends, I guess.

Manson: Depends on what?

Chunky chocolate, Taffy bits,
marshmallows?

You... you don't know
if you like that stuff?

-I know I do.
-Course you do.

'Cause you never
got enough.

Mommy and daddy used it
like a weapon.

Took it away
when you were bad.

(Chuckles)

But we're all
good children here.

We get all the candy
we want.

I want some now.
What... what about you?

Yeah, we want some, too.

Good.

Moving on.

Hey.

Roy: She'll be right there.

Thought you said you couldn't
put any weight on that knee.

I can't.

I'll take a little
head, though.

Or maybe a lot. (Chuckles)

I know Charlie,
so I know how Charlie goes.

He goes through Roy,
remember?

Go have some candy.
Please.

All right, look, not only
was I here once
already today, Sam,

I don't know where you get off
summoning me

-like somebody's housemaid.
-You're gladner.

-You're pushing it.
-I'm the killer.

I come up on you
when your back is turned,

and I... whap, whap!

Both the first and the second
neck wound were fatal.

So after those, he probably
went to his knees
at some point.

-Oh. Okay.
-Took the next five there.

One, two, three, four, five.
And then he's down.

And for the last two,
he was flat on the ground.

-(Chuckles)
-Oh, it's funny to you, too?

Watching a man
lose his mind?

Time of death?

Last night.

Mr. gladner had been dead

about eight, 10 hours
before he was found.

That's eight to 10 hours
before vickery was seen

-running out of there.
-And he came back.

High as a kite,
dumb as a carp.

Ah, but the downward angles
of the wound

show that the killer
was taller than gladner.

Vickery is not.
The killer's also a righty.

I've been to
vickery's apartment,

I saw his crappy guitar.

Pick guard and the bass
"e" string on the wrong side.

He's a lefty.
He is not the guy.

Okay, stop, stop, stop.
When you want to talk

about this like cops
and not these

amateur theatricals,
you let me know.

And you touch me again,
I'm going to pour you out

like a drink.

So, you and cut
not partners anymore, huh?

Good catch.

(Laughter)

Manson: Thought maybe
you got lost.

(Chuckles nervously)
This pad is crazy.

-It yours?
-Nah.

Older lady I met in frisco.

Devil worship's her trip
at the moment.

(Chuckles)

She gave me a standing invite
to this place.

And so when
we came down South,
we just parked the bus here

and joined the preachers,
and the socialites,

and the blood-drinkers.

I saw it, man.

Saw a guy chug some blood.

House is full of people
just like that.

Come here to do what they
don't want to be seen doing.

That the kind of gig
you're into?

I don't know.

This place is full
of a lot of fear and shame.

I don't want that.

I want to stay
feeling good,

and I don't think
good feelings
stick around here.

But I guess we'll see, huh?

Why, hello.

Oh.

Don't you both look good
and worn out.

(Chuckles)
How'd she do?

She could learn a thing
or two from sadie, for sure.

But she'll get there.

Vickery's
a known associate.

His alibi for established
time of death is

he was home alone.
Wow.

He's got a previous
knife assault on his jacket.

He's got a face I want to hit
with a phone book.

And you're making this
about some pissant
rear door key

-and a guitar string, what?
-You arrest vickery,

you'll just end up
voiding it later.

-It's not him.
-Says you.

Then the real guy's lawyer
will use that voided arrest

-to get the case thrown out.
-Well, if that happens,

you get to say,
"I told you so."
Oh, you'll hate that.

Or you can delegate me to
go find the real guy for you

and then you can take
the credit.

You'll hate that.

Fine. Take a day.

No, take two.

You used to be
more fun, too.

Yeah, a lot of things
used to be more fun.

How'd you know to tell him
about that house?

I didn't.

It just sounds like
a million other places

they've been to
and forgotten.

-Was it real?
-It was.

I went there with my mother,
years ago.

She had a thing for the guy
who owned it.

One night, she called him over
and over, and no answer, so...

She woke me up
and we drove all the way
out there in the dark.

And what happened?

He told her
she should go home.

And what about the, uh...
(Howls)

I don't know where
that came from.

I chose.

Charmain...

I'm serious about
being a cop.

About being a great cop.

As serious as you are.

Okay?

-Okay.
-(Engine starts)

Sam?

(Groans)

So, I didn't know

if I should read it
or burn it.

Anyway...

I didn't open it.

You're gonna do
what you're gonna do,

but he is not going
back to that place.

Ever.

That, we agree on.

He's going to prison

because of you.

(Door opening)

All right, look.

I talked to my guy
at Pendleton

who said mps
don't bother looking nowadays.

There's a couple of
phone calls, goes to file.

Thanks.

# the echo
of a Piper's song

# the shadow of a smile

# the shadow
of your smile

# when you are gone

both:
# will color all my dreams

# and light the dawn #

my mom loved
that song.

Maybe even more
than the movie.

Well, that's what
Charlie was singing,

and he was playing
the guitar.

And when he was done,
he looked at me and said

if I really wanted to,
I could just pick it up
and play it.

Even if I didn't know how.

After my mom died,
I tried everything.

I went to church,
to evergreen baptist.

I danced with my top off
in a witches' sabbath show,

and I was so alone.

But that night,
I left with Charlie.

And he introduced me
to Katie.

And everything was perfect...

Until we met you.

(Chuckles)

You're just...

(Sighs)

So...

Real.

All my friends talk about
back home

is things.

Things they want,

things they have,
things that other people have.

Sometimes

I felt like if I didn't
get away from their voices,

I was actually gonna die.

(Manson playing guitar)

Let's go make ourselves
a demo.

What? Really?

Today we get to start
putting it out there

-all over the world.
-(Chuckles)

Oh, my... Charlie!
Where did you find the money?

The money found me.
(Strums guitar)

(Both squealing)

Sam: So what about manson?

He's in this rundown shack
on topanga.

Drug den, way station
type of place.

-Mmm-hmm.
-And Emma's there.

-You saw her?
-I did.

If it's the girl
from those photos.

On gladner, there's a suspect.
It's your boy, vickery.

-Vic?
-Yeah.

Just being held, not arrested.

Cut thinks he's the guy,

but he's giving me
a grace period.

-Well, is he?
-May not end up mattering,

but no.

You seen this girl?

Anybody seen this girl?

Anybody?

Have you seen her?
This girl?

(Pop music playing on stereo)

(Indistinct chatter)

Hey.

Hey.

You seen this girl?

-Lots of girls here.
-That a no?

I don't know what it is.

Better look again.

(Chuckles)

If you think
she could have been here,

odds are she probably
was here.

And I might have seen her.

But she's not here now.

Okay.

Yeah, sorry, officer.

Wish I could've been
more help.

Oh, you seem like
a very helpful guy.

How old are you?

I'll be 16 in December.

Does anyone know
where you are?

(Chuckles)

Yeah, um,
this is a letter from my mom.

She says it's okay
for me to be here.

She knows.

(Chuckles)

Emma's not here.
She was here...

I have to go.
We have to go.

(Horn honking)

(Laughs)

Come on.

This is such
a beautiful day.

Rue: Yeah.

This is Charlie.

Rue fisher.
I'm the engineer.

You come to make some music
with us, rue?

You're gonna make it, man.

I'm just gonna lay it down
for you.

(Chuckles)

But, uh, you really sure this
is where you want to record?

Yeah.
Yeah, you know why?

Because this is where
it is, man.

(Laughs)

It's just, we're gonna pick up
a lot of ambient sound.

You mean, we're gonna
pick up everything around us?

Well, hey, man,
that's exactly how we like it.

-(Laughs)
-It's just not the
best for, uh...

Rue, man.

Rue-fus, rue-the-day...

We are ready
when you are, man.

(Strums guitar)

It was just
bad timing. I...
I'll be there next time,

-or I'll have
someone there...
-Who were all those people?

That house...

Are there places like that
everywhere?

Now, yeah.

(Sighs)

What is happening?

You know, I couldn't stop
thinking about
her somewhere

lost, being hurt,
crying for me.

I thought all we had to do
was find her,

and now...
I don't know anything.

What?

What is it?

My son is missing.

Oh, Sam.

You know, it... it doesn't
necessarily mean anything.

Our neighbors,
the rensselaers, their son
was reported dead,

and then two months later,
Ann got a letter from him.

He'd been in the hospital,
but no one had bothered

to tell him it was...

Oh, God, this story is not
helping at all, is it?

No. Thanks.

# you must live
to find love

# and you will try
many times

# but your heart
is still young

# and the true love
you'll find

# you think that true love

# is your first love of life #

don't waste my time.

-Tell me now.
-Tell you what?

Tell me
if there's something in it.

Okay, maybe I should turn
this over

to someone who won't be
so patient like I have.

-There's nothing.
-Thank you.

I appreciate that.
I'll bag this and label it.

It's not a cheap one.
I'm sure you'd like it back.

Talk about wasting your time,
you are wasting it in here.

You're a real nice piece.

You ought to try
peddling it out there.

Bet you'd make five times the
scratch you get in this dump.

Oh, you're right
about that, missus.

Oh, you hear the lady?

Scratch for the having
out there.

You see something
you like, officer?

No, sir.

But I was wondering,
those pants?

Do they make them
for men, too?

-(Laughter)
-Because I'll tell you,

you should go back
to whatever store

you bought them at
and tell them

that you are
a police officer

in a position of authority
that is very hard to maintain

in a felonious pair
of ball-huggers.

Spell your name
for me, dear.

(Laughter)

-How'd it go?
-It was glory.

It was rock fate. Mwah!

Oh! Mwah!

Oh, is must have been
a good day.

Oh, one of the best days
of my life.

Glad to hear it, darling.

(Manson laughs)

(Chuckles)
Whoo!

Cop came by.

Detective.

Looking for Emma.

Brought her mama with him.

Well, did you talk
to the man?

Give him another thought
to be thinking?

-Of course I did.
-Good.

But I don't think
it worked.

Something the matter?

Well, how could there be
after the day we just had?

No. Nothing.

We just gotta
head back out, so, um,

come on.

Now?
What's going on?

It's getting crowded here.

I got a lot
of patience, but I...

I don't like it to be tested
for no good reason.

Where are we going?

I'm taking you and sadie
on a little meander.

Okay.
Is Katie coming?

How long are we gonna
be gone?

(Gasps)

See, the only...

The only way this is going
to work

is if we can be individuals
so strong with each other

that together we are one.

Cherry.

I'm not gonna remind you
of that too many more times.

-(Door opening)
-Is that Ken?

No, um, Maria and yolanda,
the housekeepers.

-We should...
-No, not yet.

-Sam...
-Just a little longer.

Don't make me go yet.

Cutler: Sam.

There's some mps here
to see you.

About Walt.

I'm sorry, I thought...

My buddy told me
that, that it wasn't gonna...

Look, she's his mother,
okay?

Don't try
to get even with her

or you know
what's gonna happen.

She did it because she
loves him and you know it.

Don't pull her in
any deeper.

I told them we don't talk,
so divorce has its upsides.

Piss off.

You're in rare form
this evening.

Did you get an actual doctor
to back up this bull

about you being sick?

I am sick, Sam.

Is it serious?

Diabetes.

So they prescribed
scotch and cigarettes?

Anything else, officer?

-I want to see Walt.
-No idea where he is.

And there it is, your first
lie of the conversation.

I need to get to him
before the mps.

So you can convince him
to do the right thing?

The way you told him going
to Vietnam is what you'd do

-if you were his age?
-It is what I'd do if I...

Why? Why?

What do you think
it is over there?

The sequel to world war ii,
your glory days?

It is, with a twist.

We're the bad guys.

(Thudding)

(Glass shatters)

(Door opens)

Charlie.
Did you just break...

What are you doing here?

What is this?
Why are you here?

I brought you
a present.

Two presents.

I don't understand.

Oh, I'll, uh...

I'll stay long enough
to make sure

there's no static, but, uh...

But they're yours, man...

For as long
as you want 'em.

(Chuckles)

You shared your good
with me, man.

Now I'm sharing mine.

Just tell me.
Tell me anything.

Just stop.
Will you stop?

Where you were,
where you go,

what you think,
who you are.

(Phone ringing)

Manson: I knew you'd want
to hear this, Kenny.

I knew you'd be waiting to.

Something so beautiful
from something so ugly.

And all because of you.

Girls:
# always is always forever

# as one is one is one

# inside yourself
for your father

# all is none, all is none,
all is one

# it's time to drop
all from behind you

listen to your Emma.

Like an angel's dream
of an angel.

Through her, I finally see
how to do it.

How to make the worm turn.

Hello? Who is this?

# the valley of death
may not find you

grace: Hello?

# now as then
on a sunshine beam

# so bring only
your perfection

# for then life
will surely be

Emma, baby.

# no cold and fear
or hunger

# you can see, you can see,
you can see #