Army Wives (2007–2013): Season 4, Episode 17 - Murder in Charleston - full transcript

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♪ ...Home on the range ♪

♪ where the deer and
the alligators play ♪

clear on 3rd. 4-0-1 to number 3.

♪ Where seldom is heard a
discouraging word ♪ Boone.

♪ And the skies are not
cloudy all day ♪ Boone,

it's 4:00 A.M. Would
you give it a rest?

♪ Home, home on the range ♪

you know, I used
to have an Uncle

Who used to go gator hunting out here.
Gators? Ugh. Not my favorite thing.

Oh, come on, Moran. You
don't like nature?



I got no problem with nature.

I'm just not a fan of things
that might want to eat ya.

10-80 on foot!

Hey.

Hey.

Hey. Stay still. Are you hurt?

He's dead. Who's dead?

In there. He's dead. Can you...

I got her. Okay.

Come on up.

That's right. Unknown situation.

In need of additional units.

91, clear. 8-8-14, clear.

Backup's on the way. You good?



Let's go.

6-2-1, Switch to tac
2 for 13-victor-6.

Anything? Nothin' yet.

But your gator talk
didn't help, so thanks.

Look, gators can outrun a
human in a straight line.

If one comes after ya,
you gotta zigzag.

Funny. unit 2 is
at 3rd and Weston.

1-10.

I have 8-8-14, 8-8-14
meeting x-25 on tac 2.

Oh, I swear to God,

Every time I try to
sneak in some fishin',

Somebody kills somebody.
Find the murder weapon?

Uh, it might turn
up, but I doubt it.

A gun's too small, and
that swamp's too big.

Detective Gibson, this
is officer Moran.

Joined the force a
couple months ago.

Welcome aboard.

Is this your first
Charleston homicide?

Afraid so, yeah.

Well, this isn't Miami,
but we get our share.

At least this looks like
it's gonna be an easy one.

Our Vic apparently liked

To smack around his girlfriend.

The neighbors were surprised

It took her so long to shoot the s.O.B.
Do we know who the guy is?

Travis Jenkins.

And the lady who forgot
to use her words...

Jasmine Wilks.

What happened to your lip?

The suspect resisted arrest.

Well, just be sure
to take care of it.

It's nothin', really. I
don't mean a band-aid.

There's a form you're
gonna have to fill out

To keep the department
from gettin' sued.

You guys did a good job.

Go ahead and bring her in.

I'm gonna need your
personal effects.

Can you remove your
rings, please?

I'm sorry I hit you.

I w... I was scared.

It's fine. Do you have
any other piercings?

No.

I didn't kill Travis.

When I... when I got
home, he was like that,

And I, um...

I tried to make the
bleeding stop.

You believe me, don't you?

Turn around.

All right, babe. This is
what we've been working on.

You ready? Let's have it.

♪ Ooh, what is it? Ahh, Ahh, you like it?
♪ ♪ Whoo, Whoo ♪

♪ yeah, ooh, what is it? ♪

♪ I got the lumps in the
front and plenty of back ♪

♪ yeah, ooh, what is it? Ahh, Ahh,
you like it? ♪ ♪ Whoo, Whoo ♪

Is that the robot? ♪
Yeah, ooh, what is it? ♪

♪ I got the lumps in the front and
plenty of back ♪ ♪ Whoo, Whoo ♪

♪ the way that they
be starin' at me ♪

♪ like you'll paint a picture ♪

♪ frame me, put me on the wall ♪

♪ make me a permanent fixture ♪

♪ I got little presents gift
wrapped under my toes ♪

♪ when they see, the
boys do anything ♪

I haven't seen that move
since the '80s. ♪ to

get me to expose, my
ladyness makes them bold ♪

♪ kinda like Pinocchio's ♪

♪ when they finally
got me most ♪

♪ they get all kinds of
caught in the scene ♪

Oh, wow. All right.

We're gonna talk
about this later.

Bye.

Well, that was a good
way to end my shift.

I am in so much
trouble right now.

Where are Katie and Lucas?

Uh, the kids are out back with lucky.
Do you want a cup?

Sure.

Okay.

Oh, you must be wiped

After this whole murder thing.

They brought his
girlfriend in last night,

And everybody just
assumes that she did it.

But you do not?

Well, I don't know.

I-I just wish I could go
back to the crime scene

And take another look.

So why don't you?

Well, first thing...
I'm not a Detective.

And second thing...

They've probably sealed
it all up already.

I don't know, Rox.

Why don't you just do
what you always do?

Make yourself a pain in the ass.

Police! Put your weapon down!
Drop it now!

Lower your weapon!
Lower your weapon!

I'm a cop. So am I.

Calm your ass down
And don't shoot me.

Weapon down!

Okay.

Easy. Easy.

On your knees! No.

I said, "on your knees!"
what's going to happen

Is I'm going to reach
slowly into my back pocket

And pull out my I.D.

Okay?

Easy.

You're a cop?

Detective Gina Maddox.
Atlanta major crimes.

Why don't you put that away
before somebody gets hurt?

You have got to be kiddin' me.

The scene was sealed,
and you go bustin' in.

Sir, the seal was
already broken.

Then call for backup.

If an off-duty cop
had gotten shot

At my crime scene, it's my ass.

Uh, don't touch that.

What the hell were you
doing there, Moran?

Three months on the job,

And you're out there acting
like Sherlock Holmes.

Three months?

She's a rookie beat cop.

And you. Is this how they
do it back in Atlanta?

Just cowboy in to other
people's jurisdictions?

This is Gibson.

Yes, Captain.

I understand, sir.

Don't let me lose
my job over this.

They're not gonna fire you.

Costs too much to
train somebody else.

It appears your boss
has been in touch

With my boss.

Apparently the suspect is
linked to some big case

Back in Atlanta. Yeah, when
you were done yelling,

I was gonna tell you that.

You are to be offered
all courtesy, access,

And assistance while
you're in Charleston.

Well, forget courteous.

I wouldn't want you
to strain anything.

And I don't need assistance. I work alone.
It's not negotiable.

You are to have a member
of the Metro police

With you at all times. Moran...

She's all yours.

The rookie? Work it out.

We'll see you ladies
bright and early tomorrow.

♪ Say what you want to say ♪

♪ before you make your getaway ♪

♪ you don't have to take it ♪

♪ easy on me ♪

♪ let's talk until
we get it right ♪

♪ I know you want
to leave tonight ♪

♪ every word sounds so nice ♪

♪ but they don't change ♪

♪ they don't take away ♪

♪ the cold, the rain ♪

♪ please don't turn around ♪

♪ you know I would
ask you to stay ♪

♪ it's hard enough
to let you go ♪

♪ wherever you are ♪

♪ wherever you are, boy ♪

♪ it's gonna have
to be this way ♪

♪ I won't let my heart forget ♪

♪ wherever you are ♪

♪ wherever you are, boy ♪

Okay, I've got it. Travis Jenkins.
Mm-hmm.

Yeah, these might all end
up being Joan questions.

Well, either way, I-I really
appreciate it, Claudia joy.

No problem.

Pamela are you coming to
my baby shower tomorrow?

Um, oh.

Tell Denise that I-I'm
gonna do my best, okay?

She'll do her best.

Okay, anything else? Yeah, actually
the woman that we arrested...

Gotta get going. Jail. I don't
know who her public defender is,

But, um... Well, if you
don't like the person,

I'll ask around for a
good pro Bono attorney.

Okay, yeah.

Um, that'll really help.

Um...

Okay. And... and let me know, um,
if you find out anything. Leaving.

Uh, okay, I-I gotta go.

Uh, yeah, I'll talk to you later.
Bye.

Sorry. Sorry.

So what's the big
case in Atlanta?

Long story. I got time.

I can handle it, if you
want to wait outside,

Moran. This girl's
been through a lot.

Better she sees someone she knows.
I brought her in.

Yeah, slapping the cuffs on
can be a real bonding moment.

Gina!

Oh, my God. You came.

You got my message.

I didn't do what they're saying.

I swear I didn't. You
believe me, don't you?

I need some "yes" and
"no" answers from you,

And it better be the truth.

Have you been using? No.
I've been clean 19 months.

This guy Travis Jenkins...
he use, deal?

He hit you?

The neighbors said
he hit you, Jas.

Travis has a temper
when he drinks.

It's, uh...

Your track record with
boyfriends really sucks.

Joan.

Hi.

Yeah. Claudia joy
said you might call.

Yeah. Uh, okay, sure.

Your boyfriend... he work?

I really appreciate this, Joan.

No, uh, I waitress.

Okay. Got it. Yep. Got it.

Hi-def flat screens,
fancy sound system,

Expensive booze in
the liquor cabinet.

And when did this happen? Where'd
he get his money from, Jas?

He said he made
good investments.

Do you know why? Okay.
That'll be great.

Okay. Okay.

Is there anything else I need
to know about Travis Jenkins,

Anything that you did not tell

The Charleston
police department?

No, he's just a...
he's a normal guy.

I met him at a bar last year.

Friends? Enemies?

Anything?

People liked him.

Okay. Okay.

I'm gonna take care of this.

So you and Jasmine...
What's the connection?

Not important.

But you think she's innocent?

Hope so.

You read the forensic
report, right?

Yes.

She didn't have any gun residue on her
arm... You know what? I don't mean to be...

Or anything. If she did...
I don't mean to be rude.

Hmm? All I really need you to do

Is drive me where I
need to go, okay?

So you know, I am
not your chauffeur,

And you can't be doing
any of this without me.

So what's the story
with you and Jasmine?

Okay, for the sake of time...
Hey! Okay?

Jasmine was my
confidential informant

On a big drug case.

She got clean.

She gave me evidence on the guy
that ran the whole operation.

And I thought Charleston
was a good place

For her to lay low
until the trial.

You know, I spent three
years of my life

Building this case,

And now my key witness
is accused of murder.

So you need her to get off

So your case doesn't fall apart.

She stuck her neck out for me.

I owe her.

Was that so hard?

I need to learn
about the victim.

If Jasmine didn't
kill him, who did?

Well, we might want to try

Talking to army
sergeant Joe Cory.

He bunked with Jenkins in Iraq.

Jenkins was army? That wasn't
in any of the reports.

Yeah, but the house was a dump,

And the shoes in the closet were
polished to such a high gloss...

Definitely says "military."

Plus, there was a Gerber
knife on the end table,

And lots of soldiers have them.

And then he had the tattoo on his arm.
He had lots of tattoos.

Yeah, but this one
said, "3-20-03."

The day we invaded Iraq.

So I talked to a friend
of mine at fort Marshall,

And she said, Travis Jenkins
was dishonorably discharged

From the army two years ago.
Why?

Don't know yet.

Somebody who puts a half-pound
of sugar in her coffee

Keeps rushing me off the phone.

Do we know where
sergeant Cory lives?

We don't, but I do. It's
a rookie cop thing.

We're really good at addresses.

Murdered? Wow.

When was the last time

You saw Travis Jenkins?

Oh, man. A long time.

Uh, five, six years.

Him and me had some
pretty wild times

Over in balad back in '04.
Wild how?

Oh, you know, crazy
time, crazy place.

Iraq, then...

We never had the body
armor we needed,

Rules changing every day.

When they put you on
the edge like that,

You get to like
living on the edge.

And that was Jenkins.

So what got him his
dishonorable discharge?

Don't know. He got
bounced stateside.

Me and Jenkins, we shared
quarters together,

But we weren't that close.

Hell, after Iraq,

We never saw each other again.

You ever hear of Travis
crossing anybody back home,

Somebody who'd want to kill him?

I heard he got mixed up
with some bad people,

But I don't know
that for a fact.

But it wouldn't surprise you?

No, ma'am. Not one tiny bit.

The guy who got killed
was former army?

Stationed at fort Marshall.

I didn't know Pamela did
investigative work like this.

She doesn't,

But they paired her with a
Detective from Atlanta.

Well, you'll have
to keep me posted.

How long will you
be out of range?

Two, three days tops.

Hopin' to make headway with
some remote village elders

Who are gettin' squeezed
by the Taliban.

Why are you going?

Their elders prefer to negotiate

With our elders, And...
That would be me.

I never knew elders
could be so sexy.

Eh, I still got a few
good years left in me.

Crap.

It's been resealed.

So much for full access.

I shouldn't have messed
with his bowling trophy.

What about Jenkins' vehicle?
Anybody find anything there?

Not that's been logged into evidence.
It's worth another look.

Can't without probable cause.

I smell probable cause
all the way over here.

I don't smell anything.

Marijuana. It's the heat.
It brings it out.

Come on.

Thanks. Okay.

Okay.

Gas... Gas... Groceries...

What is it?

It's a parking receipt
from day before yesterday.

The day Jenkins was killed?
Say where?

Exchange street.

Wanna check it out?

Yeah. Right after you
change out of that uniform.

Okay. Think I can do that.

Ooh. Hey.

What?

What's this? Whoa.

I'm not sure what, um,
solid gold feels like,

But I think it might
feel like this.

Wow.

This is worth about $1,000.

Really?

Whoa. Hey.

Jackpot.

$2 an hour.

Receipt was for $10.

What's a guy like
Travis Jenkins do

In this part of town
for five hours?

Hello.

Well, goodness gracious.

Now we know what
he was doing here.

I got it.

I got it.

So we're just breaking in now?

Well, I smell smoke.
Don't you smell smoke?

You ever smell anything
that actually exists?

Ladies.

I'm sorry. This is
a private club.

Really? Because it
looks like a casino,

Which can't be right,

Because gambling's
illegal in this state.

So is breaking into a
building without a warrant.

Look, we just need to know
if you've seen this guy.

We have a policy about
protecting the privacy

Of our guests. Well, this guy doesn't
care about his privacy anymore.

Bullet to the chest sorta
took care of that.

Look, as far as I'm concerned,
all of this is a harmless vice.

But this? This is a
homicide investigation,

And this is all I care about.

He was in here day before
yesterday, wasn't he?

Yes, Mr. Jenkins was here.

Okay. Did anything
unusual happen?

Like what? Why don't you
tell us what happened,

And we'll decide
if it's unusual?

Here it is.

Oh, that's Jenkins
in the middle.

The other gentleman enters here.

Wait, wait, wait. Freeze it.

Can you zoom in?

Well, you get around,

Don't you, sergeant Cory?

Hi. Sorry to bother you again,

But we need to ask your
husband a few more questions.

Uh, Joe's not here.

He got called on
field exercises.

Is everything okay?

He got called today?

Yeah, right after you left.

Army calls, he goes.

About 6 feet tall,
red hair, buzz cut,

Last seen wearing a red t-shirt

And khaki shorts.

Okay. Thanks, Boone. All right.

Every law enforcement
officer in the county

Will be looking for him now.
We're gonna look stupid

If he really is off doing army business.
He isn't. 23rd's deployed,

And rear detachment isn't
doing field exercises.

Okay. So... What do we know?

They probably took
the fight home.

Things got ugly.

Cory shoots Jenkins.

So we have a big
problem with Cory.

If he is looking for the money,

He's coming after Jasmine.

Yeah, which means
jail is actually

The safest place she
could be right now.

Okay.

So all of this leaves us...
Nowhere.

Absolutely nowhere. Okay.

I can't think.

I gotta eat.

Okay.

So what's your deal?

You always want to be a cop?

Oh, God. We're not
sharing now, are we?

Come on.

I don't know.

I guess I always had a thing
about right and wrong,

You know?

And the health insurance
isn't bad, either.

What about you?

It runs in the family.

Spent three years on
the force in Boston.

Boston?

Really?

How'd you end up down here?

Ended up a lot of places.

Married into the army.

And now?

Divorced... Out of the army.

All right.

Check this, Boston.

Nothin' but net.

Hey, Boone.

What's up?

Okay. Got it. On our way.

You could take him off
missing persons... Joe Cory.

Here ya go. House special.

Mmm. Thank you. Mm. I can't
believe she can eat after today.

It's not the same fish, Moran.

Okay. Hey, did Chase pick
up the kids on time?

That was okay? Yeah, yeah. Oh,
yeah, and, uh, he dropped 'em off

At Riley's slumber party. oh, thank
God for Riley's birthday today.

Mm. Yeah. Uh, Gina,
do you have any kids?

Oh, God. No. No.

Oh. Okay.

Okay, so, uh, what's
first for tomorrow?

Ballistics report.

It's not much, but we
have the two bullets now,

So let's see if they're
from the same gun.

Well, same gun could
be same killer.

Probably. And that would
prove Jasmine was innocent.

All right. Can I get you guys anything
else? No. Thank you so much, Rox.

Sure. Well, thank y'all
for coming in. Bye.

I'll see ya later, sweetheart.
Bye.

Thanks. I can get this.

No, no. My town, my treat.

You can get the next one, okay?

Hello. Who is that?

Oh. Those are my kids.
Um, Katie...

No, not them. Him.

Him? Mm-hmm.

Um, well, that's their
father Chase, my ex.

Nice. He's hot.

Yeah.

You'd think he'd uh... Be,
like, into brunettes?

Down for the brown?

I... um, no.

I'm just kidding.

What about you?

You dating anyone?

No.

You know what?

Let's get a couple
more of these.

Come on.

Okay.

So I just got this in from I.B.I.S.
Up in Columbia.

The striations match.

The same .45 killed both
Jenkins and Cory. Yeah.

Any hits from bullets
from other crimes?

I don't know. I'm gonna
check the database now.

Oh. The Captain just got off
the phone with Atlanta.

They need you back home asap. But
there's still a killer out there.

They're dropping the charges
against Jasmine Wilks,

And that killer's our problem.
She's being released?

Yep. In about an hour.

Now she'll need to stay
in town to be available

For questioning until
we wrap things up,

But your key witness is free and clear now.
If you need her, call me.

Moran, you're back on
the beat tomorrow.

We've gotta find out if
this .45 has a history.

Yeah, and who had a connection
to both Cory and Jenkins.

It could be a soldier. Because?

Because the only thing
those two had in common

Was serving in balad in 2004.

Just means we have
to keep digging.

What about your boss in Atlanta?

What about him?

He's expecting you back.

And I'll be back... Eventually.

You in?

I was told to stay with you

Every minute you're
in Charleston.

Boone.

Hey, you're on speaker.

Hey. I heard your pet
project got released.

Yeah, we're on our way
to pick up Jasmine now.

What's up? Search of Cory's house
found 100 grand in gold coins...

Krugerrands.

Wife was clueless.

Maybe he did find the
rest of Jenkins' gold.

Well, they don't think so.
Why not?

Apparently, they dug it out
of an old, dusty crate

That was in the attic.

Nobody had touched that
crate in a long, long time.

Were there any weapons
in the house?

No .45, but ballistics
matched your bullets

To 3 robberies in '02.

Okay. Thanks.

Do I have to stay here alone?

Just keep the door locked,
and you'll be fine.

You got something
against maid service?

I just don't like people in
my room when I'm not here.

Expecting company?

Maybe.

How long will you be gone?

Just watch some TV.

No pay-per-view. They don't
reimburse me for that.

And don't use the phone unless
it's to call one of us.

All right? Yeah.

You'll be okay. All right.

Just stay put, okay?

Okay. Gun registered
to a Dwayne Carson.

Carson, Dwayne.

Long rap sheet.

Burglary... Auto theft.

Please tell me we have
a current address.

Sure do.

Maser state
correctional facility.

He's been in prison
the last two years.

So it was his gun that
killed Jenkins and Cory...

But it wasn't him who
pulled the trigger.

Okay. Okay.

8-year-old crime.

This could take a while.

Well, we need to find
the evidence report

And see what happened
with that gun.

Better not be anything
funky in here.

If there is,

That nose of yours should
be able to sniff it out.

Okay.

Okay. Evidence report.

No. No gun.

What?

No. That's weird.

All of the police reports
mentioned a .45.

Well, somewhere between
the crime scene

And the evidence room,
that gun disappeared.

Well, who was the
arresting officer

That filled out
the evidence log?

Oh, my God.

We gotta get back to the hotel.

I don't know anything.

Please.

I can't trust what you
know or don't know.

I don't know anything.

Please.

Please.

I told her not to
leave the hotel.

Well, she'd go with a cop.
She's not answering.

N-no! This is a waste of time.

Gibson is not gonna take her
back to the scene of the crime.

You got a better suggestion?

Wait a minute.

Cory's body was found way
offshore, right? Yeah.

How do you shoot a guy,
dump his body in the ocean,

Unless you've got your own boat?

Hey.

Your radar gun is wondering
when you're coming back.

She misses ya. Gibson's
a fisherman, right?

Yeah, yeah. Won some bass
contest a couple years ago.

We didn't hear the end of it for months.
Do you know where he keeps his boat?

Yes, he has a place way out at
the end of Mansfield island.

Why?

Moran?

Moran, are you there?

That's his car.

Yeah. All right. Let's go.

Come on.

Hold it right there!

Gina! You move, she's dead.

Half second after
that, you'll be dead.

Call me crazy...

Doesn't sound like a win-win.

Where's Moran?

At the hotel, in
case Jasmine showed.

You just wanted to
do this on your own.

You've got three years
of my life out there.

I'm not letting you go.

Back off, Maddox.

Think about what you're doing.

It's okay, Jasmine.
You're gonna be fine.

Use your head. All
of us could be fine.

What are you talking about?

Drawin' a blank right now,
I think you know Gibson.

Then let me fill in the blanks.

Half a million...

All you have to do is walk away.

That's tempting.

But I think what I'd rather do

Is shoot your corrupt
ass off this dock.

I'm gettin' in that boat.

That's it.

Jasmine, come on! Hurry!

Get behind me!

Stay there!

UN-freaking-believable.

Gibson killed Jenkins?

Jenkins and Cory both.
He just confessed.

Yeah, they all met in balad.

Jenkins and Cory were soldiers,

And Gibson took a
year off Metro police

To go over there
and do security.

Hundreds of millions floatin'
around in those days,

And no accountability. So
they just helped themselves?

$2 million each.

They had it laundered
into the gold coins,

And then they smuggled it back here.
Yeah, they agreed to stash the gold

And wait for ten years
before they spent it,

Except Jenkins decided to
make an early withdrawal.

And then when Cory tore
up the crime scene,

Gibson knew he had another problem
on his hands. So he shot Cory, too.

Took him out on his
boat and dumped him.

What means there's still a lot of
gold out there somewhere. Hmm.

Jas?

You ready?

You okay?

Yeah.

What?

We almost had a first out here today.
A first what?

Officer-involved shooting...

With a tree trunk.

Bite me.

So... All that gold out there...

Wonder where it is.

Maybe better it's a mystery.
Buried treasure and all that.

I'm gonna get a shovel
and start digging.

I could do that.

I could help.

Boston, you solved
your first homicide.

How do you feel?

Good. Thanks.

You know, considering
where we started,

I don't think we did too bad.

No, we didn't.

I know Boone's itching
to get his partner back

And everything,

And you know, there's nothing
wrong with being a beat cop. But?

You ever think of taking
the Detective's exam?

You know, like, moving up?

You should.

Be a real waste if you didn't.

So... All right.

Well, if, uh, you're
ever in Atlanta,

Look me up.

Careful what you say, 'cause
I might just do that.

Miss Daisy, do I look like
Morgan Freeman to you?

Get your butt in the front seat!

Thank God she wasn't hurt.

I know. To be in the middle
of a shoot-out like that...

Yeah. And Pamela was right about that
girl all ong? Yeah. Big win for her.

Yeah. Ohh.

Well, my life isn't nearly as
exciting as all that. Ohh.

But I did pack my maternity
bag this morning. H.

I'm ready whenever she is.
Oh. Great.

Thank you so much for hosting today.
Of course.

Michael?

What's happened to my husband?

We have a situation.