Due South (1994–1999): Season 2, Episode 16 - The Duel - full transcript

This won't take long.

The guy will tell the
parole board he wants out.

The arresting officer - that's me -

will tell them he's an animal.

Then they'll put him back
in for another year.

Well, if it's a foregone conclusion,

why go through the exercise?

Because this is a democracy.

What's making you so edgy today?

What are you talking about, edgy?

That's me. I always got edge.



It's not every day you
check your cell phone...

instead of your gun.

Thank you kindly.

While incarcerated, my client, Mr. Carver,

earned a Ph.D. in chemistry;

...oh, and a masters in uh
mechanical engineering...

from Northwestern University.

This is one sick dude.

I'm sure he is.

You can tell he's bad news
just by looking at him.

Well, actually, Ray, I think
he seems presentable.

This Program ...
Then how do you know he's bad news?

Because you said he was bad news.

Ah, Mr. Carver also helped to reorganize...



the prison library.

Now he gets...

full marks at every evaluation...

as a well-behaved, model.. prisoner.

Now, if the word rehabilitation
does not apply to my client,

then I think maybe we should just
remove it from the dictionary.

Charles Carver is a vicious predator...

who should not be put back on the street.

Predator?

His records show only one arrest
and conviction for arson.

He's lived with a series of women ...
Hardly a crime.

One of whom is missing and
the other who is dead.

Now, we never nailed this turkey...

... for any of those ...
Excuse me, but...

Detective Vecchio is
completely out of line.

My client has never been accused of,

never mind arrested, for any other crime.

Detective Vecchio, as
the arresting officer,

has spent time with the prisoner...

Which produced no further charges.

Look, are we going to start
incarcerating people...

based on groundless accusations?

I would like a chance to
show Detective Vecchio...

that I've learned a great
deal while in prison;

And that he greatly underestimates this...

turkey.

Oh, thanks for driving me by here, Ray.

Apparently, there was a special request...

that someone from the Canadian
Consulate pay a visit.

To a building that hasn't been built yet?

That wasn't mentioned, no.

Who made the request?
I don't know.

Perhaps it was some kind
of miscommunication.

The future home of The Hampshire Building
Construction starts soon!!!

Vecchio.

Yeah, right. I'm all over it.

Well, I just got a call.
Building up the street.

Inside.

I'll make more tea.
Thank you kindly.

Hey, Maddie, what's goin' on?
Hey.

We got a call from this
address on a 634 point 2.

Yeah, in the bathroom.

Hi.
Hi.

Excuse us.

Ray, what exactly is a 634 point 2?

Turkey in the shower?

I didn't see it.

It seemed like it sort of grabbed me...

and I sort of freaked.

Understandably.

All right, Maddie.

If you don't mind,

we're gonna have to ask
you a few questions.

Is there anybody in your life
who's a practical joker?

No.

Any weirdoes or creeps...

that have a crush on you?

Umm, the hours that I work,
it's pretty much no guys.

Alright.

Well, Benny,

I guess you're gonna want to lick it.

Why is that, Ray?

To see where it came from.

Well, it's obvious it
came from a supermarket.

It's a standard frozen
turkey, self-basting.

Yeah.

Looks like we're not gonna
get any fingerprints off it.

I think that's unlikely.

No obvious signs of forced entry.

You know, Maddie,

I'm gonna have a team come
down to take a look around,

...if you don't mind.
Yeah.

I get sent to this neighborhood
by an inauthentic call.

Coincidentally, you receive a call...

that sends you to a nearby apartment,

which coincidentally belongs to
an assistant state?s attorney...

who attended a parole
hearing uh, during which,

coincidentally, you called the prisoner...

a turkey.

Carver.

So, we can arrest him.

For what? Assault with poultry?

Very heavy giblets.

Toy bus.

Line 28.
That's the Kenwood bus.

Maddie, don't be alone today.

Thank you kindly.

It started with a young
woman named Katie Banks.

We found her body under a bridge.

She'd been living with Carver.

She bought him a car, a stereo,

and a computer with her family money.

And then he shacked up with
a woman 15 years older.

She ended up dead, but after
putting Carver in her will.

What was the cause of death?

Accidental. At least
that's all we could show.

This guy is cruel, gets inside their heads.

So you think it's possible
that he drove her...

to kill herself, then made
it look like an accident?

It's possible.

Then within weeks he found Helen Harris.

Now, Miss Harris was willing
to talk to us about...

the physical and psychological
abuse, but she disappeared.

And then we got lucky.

A building burned down that
he had an interest in.

When I scoured the scene,

I found the heel of a shoe
that matched one that...

I found at his townhouse.

So, he slipped up?
The only time.

Now, we couldn't get him for
what he did to those women,

but we were able to put
him away for a few years.

He was furious, screaming
that it was a bum rap.

It made him nuts that he got caught.

Here's our bus.

Thank you.

Kenwood?
You got it.
Good.

Nice move.

What the... [Hell]?

Hey!

No brakes?

No! The accelerator...

it's stuck.

Everybody, hang on!

Come on!

All right. Ray, do you know this area?
Yeah.

Okay. We need to find somewhere
nice and soft to land in.

In the middle of the city?

Think goose down or shaving cream.

Shaving cream?

You think someone's gonna have
a pile of shaving cream...

No, Ray.
...piled up somewhere in the middle of a city?
No, Ray,

we're brainstorming.

Do you have a city map?
There.

I've got it here. Ah, E-4.

Alright, we're gonna be coming
up to some serious traffic...

and then a dead end.

Yeah, I see it. Grandin Road.

Okay, Think... ah... Think...

Sawdust.

Water. Lake Michigan.

Hold on!

Well done, sir.
Thank you.

Now what are we gonna do
when we get to the lake?

Keep going.

Okay, take your time. Easy.
Watch the water.

Easy... That's it,

Laurie?
Ray!

How are you?
I'm all right, I'm all right.

Hey, Benny!

I'd like you to meet my first partner, Laurie Zaylor.
Hi.

...I haven't seen you
since you quit the force.

Yeah, well, I pretty much stayed away...

from all the old places.

The point was a calmer
lifestyle, less excitement.

Mmm.

Do you ride this bus every day?

Every day.

At the same time?
Yeah.

Vecchio.
How did you do, Detective?

Did you figure it out by yourself,

or did you get help?

You've blown it this time.

Blown it?

No, Detective.

Blowing it is for next time.

Well, I'm not saying I
won't accompany you, Ray.

Obviously, I am accompanying you.

I'm just suggesting that
you act with restraint,

not out of pure emotion.

If I was acting out of pure emotion,

I would just kill the guy.

So, anything you see short of
that is a model of restraint.

I'll remember that.

Detective Vecchio. Well ...

Violating your parole...

within hours of being let
out - how smart is that?!

Endangering the lives of 30 individuals...

and then calling up to take credit
for it - how smart is that?!

And since you have to register
with the parole officer...

and we're gonna know where you are...

every minute of every day
how smart is that?

Ray?

What's he done to you?

He's tutoring me in chemistry.

Pure torture for some.

It's Avogadro's number, Ray.

It's... standard in any high
school chemistry class.

I don't believe I've had the pleasure...

Constable Benton Fraser,

...Royal Canadian Mounted Police ...
Canadian Mounted Police.

Yes, I know. I love the Mounties.
Well, thank you.

Don't be thanking him.
Sorry.

There must be some logical explanation...

for you going around on duty
with a Chicago policeman.

Curious, possibly. But logical? No.

A refreshing openness.

A quality local law enforcement
is sorely lacking.

I was arrested and convicted
for a crime I didn't commit.

There was physical evidence.
False evidence.

Could I have been as stupid...
as they suggest?

You know, Mr. Carver, even the
brightest light bulbs burn out.

Indeed.

But is it not possible that your
friend here crossed the line...

and framed an innocent man?

That's enough, Carver.
I hope so.

Unless the Chicago Police
Department has a problem...

with the teaching of high school science,

Shannon and I have a great deal
of material to get through.

Save it for someone who cares.

So, we're raiding chemistry
classes now, eh, Vecchio?

Trying to combat this vicious epidemic...

of people trying to improve their minds...

in the city of Chicago?

That wasn't the purpose, sir.

Well, good. So, there was
a reason for you...

to upset this law-abiding,
north-side student?

This guy's dirty, Lieutenant.

He's out of control. He's
gonna hurt somebody.

I think it is time to check around,
see who is out of control.

All right. Fine. Let's put a watch on him.

All right. I'll put a team on it.

But...

you've gotta nail him for
something a little more...

serious than giving too much homework.

Detective Vecchio's mobile office.

He available?

Yeah?

A full-bore Carver stakeout.

I'm impressed, Detective.

Don't be.

This will make for a
very solid Carver alibi,

now, won't it?

It depends on what you're planning.

You're in your car, aren't you, Detective?

I'm surprised you'd let your timing...

get out of adjustment like that.

Make your move, pal.

Let's get this over with tonight.

Good night socks, good night clocks,

good night room,

and good night moon.

Yeah?

When you drive your car this morning,

you'll find the timing improved.

Oh, and a couple of those
belts and hoses were shot,

so it just made sense to replace them.
Basic stuff.

Simple maintenance.

You should keep on top of this, Detective.

What?

You aren't even gonna say thank you?

Did you notice also the
car had been detailed?

You can kiss your parole goodbye, Carver.

Is it against the law to do
something nice for someone?

Do you want the old hoses put back?

The timing made bad again? Do you like...

dirt on a car?

Constable Fraser,

Frank Greco is visiting us from
the States Attorney's Office.

He specializes in police
officer-related misconduct.

So, he'd like to ask you a
couple of questions...

about Detective Vecchio.

Detective Vecchio is a fine officer.

I have never worked with better.

You know how committed he is.

We all know how committed he is.

That's what I need to learn more about.

Is that a problem?

He seems to be taking the
Carver case very personally.

Well, Carver has made it very personal.

What's your assessment
of Detective Vecchio's...

current frame of mind?

I-I'm sorry, I, um...

Detective Vecchio is my
colleague and my friend.

Yes?

As a consequence, I really
can't participate in this.

That's your election.

Yes, I know.

And I elect not to participate.

Thank you.

Have you seen Detective Vecchio?

Nope. Haven't seen him,

but feel free to have a seat at his desk.

Thank you.

What is it with you guys?

You let that bozo slip right by you.

What's that?

It was on your desk.

Put it down.

No more games.

Ray, do you know anyone with a boat...

called the Bookem?

Yeah. Will Kelly. He was here before Welsh.

Retired to fish up on the river.

He was my first supervisor.

Huey, call the sheriff up there. Let's go!

Will Kelly was ...

he was the best.

Everybody looked up to him. He was like ...

I don't know - I imagine, your dad.

I understand.

For some reason, he thought
I could do this job...

and that I could be really good at it.

It was because of him I
made detective when I did.

I've heard his name mentioned.

They still quote him today.

"A good cop is never wet and never hungry."

"Interrogation is a contact sport."

"And all suspects are guilty of something."

Let me write that down.

Detective Vecchio, Vince Corey.

Yeah, how you doing? Benton Fraser.

Hi, that's a smart color
for hunting season.

I wish I could get everybody else...

to take the same precautions.

Thank you.

Where's Kelly?

Look, I have walked all around this area...

and everything seems to be in order.

Where's the boat?

It's a rough day to be on the water.

Sure is.

Kelly's boat! Call for help!

If the current brought this in, then...

upstream.

Will!

You got here at the right time, Constable.

Thank you.

It's a good thing you brought
this fellow along, Ray.

He knew right where to look.

I'm sure Detective Vecchio...

would have made the same determination.

The engine just blew.

Must have been a spark in
the fuel system, or ...

Or a bomb.

A bomb?

Yeah. You remember Charles Carver?

We took him down when
you were my supervisor.

Yeah, we sent him up for...?
Arson.

But we could have had him on
those other charges, too.

Fraud, possibly homicide.

Well, I certainly remember
you felt that way, Ray.

Well, he's out on parole.

He's going after...

anybody who had anything
to do with his case.

It seems he wants the world
to think he was framed.

You had him, didn't you, Ray?

Hello.
Francesca Vecchio?

Oh, they're beautiful!
From Ray.

Ray remembered my birthday?
You've gotta be kidding!

Is there somewhere you'd like me to put these?
Uh, sure.

Here?

No. Let me just grab a trivet.

God, they're fabulous!

Well, he must know how lucky he is...

to have such a pretty girl.

Ah, no. Ray - Ray's my brother.

Then the flowers from your
husband can't be far behind.

I'm not married.

So, the little one's...?

My sister's. I don't have kids.
Ahh.

What a darling face.

You take her out for a breath of air?

Yeah, well, her mom's gonna take
her down to see the clown...

by the lake if it doesn't get too cold.

Well, let's hope the weather holds.

Bye now.
Say 'bye... bye'.

Ray, stop.

Alright, you gotta be kidding me.

There's gotta be a hundred
thousand of these in Chicago.

Vecchio.
Ray,

what got into you? That
was so incredibly sweet.

What are you talking about?

The flowers you sent.

Frannie, get everybody in!

Ma, Maria, the kids. We're on our way!

Well, Maria's out with the baby.

It's not people related to
the bust that he's after.

It's people related to me.

Ho! ... that's...
Oh, miss that one. Ha-ha.

What's the password, boys and girls?

That's right. Here we go!

One, two, three.

Here we go.

Excuse me.
Can I help you?

Hey!
Hey, hey, ...
Pardon me.

Hey! Get away from him!
Excuse me.

Hey!
Sorry about that.

Hey! What do you looking for?

Excuse me.
Get away from him!

Hey!

- Hey, hey!
Hey!

All right. Good. The phone works.

Now listen, don't call me, all right?

Ma, don't call me.

I'll check in with you
every hour, all right?

All right?

Be careful.

Bye.

You should be with them.

I can't leave work, Ray.

You can't stay here, either.

Welcome home, Benton.

I hope you like lasagna.

So... how was your day?

Fine, thank you.
Good.

Why don't you come over here and wash up?

Pssst. Go ahead.

You know, it's gonna take me a while...

to get it just how you like it.

It's delicious.

You haven't tried it yet.
Oh.

Mmmm.
Really?

Mm.

You know, 'cause I just think
it's very important that...

we be honest with each other
right from the start.

It's perfect.

Oh, good.

You know, you're always honest,

I know that. But... you're
always polite too,

so sometimes I can't know if...

you're being honest or, you
know, you're being polite ...

...if I babble too much you have to tell me.
No, no, no.

No, I mean, yes,

I mean, yes, I will.

But no ...

Keep talking.
Okay.

So, um,

what are we gonna talk about tonight?

Anything you'd like.

When I'm with my friends...

my girlfriends - we talk about,

you know, skin care products
and things like that,

...but, uh ...
That sounds interesting.

No.

I read enough magazines to know that, uh...

you know, with each guy you...

you talk about what he's interested in.

I see.

So, umm,

How about that Iditarod, huh?

Which Iditarod?

Come on, Frannie, pick up.

Fraser, why don't you have a phone?

This is so nice.

So different from home.

I mean, we're halfway through dinner...

and you haven't even yelled once yet.

Well, no.

I could really get used
to this politeness stuff.

You know, sometimes I think it
would actually be better...

if married people treated
each other like strangers.

Well, that may be.

But it doesn't follow, therefore,

that strangers would be better off...

if they treated each other
as if they were married.

I love it when you're logical.

You're pretty much gonna
like anything that I say,

...aren't you?
Anything.

You know, Frase,

since skin care products...

are an area that I'm familiar with,

I did manage to get rid of that uh,

harsh Mountie issue soap you were using.

I didn't realize it was harsh.
Oh, yeah.

In our climate, that really
dries out your skin.

Really?
Yeah.

I mean, you have to end up buying like...

two different kinds of moisturizers...

to compensate for the dryness
and the pollution in the air,

...and then you ...
I smell something burning.

Oh my God, the dessert.

No, it's not that.

Downstairs.

Come on!
The elevator's stuck.

I'll have you out in a second!

I called it in.
Hey!

You're leaving town.

Excuse me, Lieutenant.

Thank you.

Okay, we found these and this...

a sophisticated incendiary device.

Vecchio, it was a fire.

Let arson handle it.

What did you find?

Everything you asked for.

And?
Well,

when you read these old Carver files,

it really seems that the
prosecution's case was pretty thin.

There was no record of any
previous criminal activity.

Um, it was a very tenuous motive.

And yet, the jury found him guilty.

Well, it all came down
to that missing heel...

from Carver's shoe that
Ray found at the scene.

I mean, that and the intensity
of Ray's testimony.

And Ray found the heel...

after the arson investigators
had been over the scene?

Yes. But we were able to explain that...

because the investigators
had been called away.

I mean, they hadn't really
completed their investigation.

So ,it was possible that
they could have missed it.

You don't sound entirely convinced.

He's your friend.

Yes.

You work with him?

Yes.

Well, did you ever see him...

knock down a door without a warrant,

rough up a suspect a little too much?

Are you suggesting he
stepped over the line?

I don't know, Benton.

I just remember that he was
so worked up over this case.

At the time it just seemed
like a situation...

with someone going the
extra mile, you know,

real cracker jack police work.

Hey, Angie!
Hi, Elaine.

Are you here to see Ray?
No.

Is this place all right?

I wasn't sure when you
said you wanted to talk.

No, It seems perfectly fine.
Good.

You know, we could have a drink.

It doesn't have to be just business...

No, no, um...

ah, yes,

I mean, ah...

well, actually, the fact
of the matter is, I...

I do have... some questions
I'd like to ask you.

About Ray.

Yes, about Ray.

You were Ray's partner
when you left the force,

...weren't you?
I was sick of police work.

The lousy hours, bad food,

the scuzzy people that you meet.

Such as Charles Carver?

Yeah, he was one of the scuzziest.

And you left shortly after the Carver case,

didn't you? Now, was that because of...

Carver or was it because of Ray?

Ray was pretty intense back then.

That put a lot of people
off, but I liked him.

He really cared.

...You cared as well, obviously.

You were partners.

You went back to the crime scene and...

found the heel that matched Carver's shoe.

Actually, I didn't.

We had put in an 18-hour day.

We were off the clock and
Kelly sent me home to crash.

Ray went back to have one last look around.

So, Ray was all alone
when he found the heel?

Carver didn't just study
chemistry when he was in stir.

As a condition of his parole,

we have access to his living quarters.

The guys found that.

Clippings of the cases you worked on,

a page from your high school yearbook.

"Most likely to wind up behind bars."

Oh, that's not you, that's... Vincenzo.

Yeah. He's got a book on me.

but that still doesn't explain...

why he's always one step ahead of us.

He seems to know just
what we're thinking...

and where we're going.

And yet we haven't revealed anything to him.
Mmm.

The night he took my car...

Vecchio.

I would have thought you
would have figured out...

there was a bug in your car before this.

Carver.

Don't get off your game, Detective.

You'll make this too easy.

And that won't be any fun at all.

Ask him how the heel on
his shoe came loose.

How... ?
The heel on my shoe... wasn't loose.

He says it wasn't loose.

He heard the question.

There's another bug.

Lieutenant Kelly?
Mmm.

Detective Huey. Elaine Besbriss.

Hi. We'd like to ask you a few questions.

Come on inside.

It has to have been close enough to the...

passenger compartment so
he could have heard us.

Without being drowned out
by the engine noise.

What is this? Another toy?

No. Not just a toy.

It's a 1971 Buick Riviera.

It's my car.

It's not your car, Ray. Your car's green.

Yeah, well maybe he
couldn't find a green one.

It's still obvious.

He's saying I'm gonna have an accident.

Well, possibly. But look at the
way this has been crushed,

flattened almost, as though
someone had stepped on it.

Right.

Well, very few accidents cause this,

where a vehicle is flattened from the top.

a lot of accidents you could cause,

but to cause this would
be extremely difficult.

So, what are you saying?

He's not threatening an accident?

I don't know.

You know, Benny,

puzzles and riddles...

I was never very good at any of this stuff.

What are you saying, Ray?

You solve puzzles all the time.

Yeah, but not like this. This is ah ...

This is like those problems in school.

You know, those logic problems where...

where a train leaves Dayton at 2 p.m.

traveling 60 miles an hour...

and another train leaves Akron at 1 p.m.

traveling at 40 miles an hour...

and at what time do they intersect.

The only answer I have could
come up with was I don't care.

It's a fine answer.

You're doing fine, Ray.
No, I'm not doing fine.

You know, he's - he's wreaking havoc,

he's blowing up bombs, he's lighting fires,

...and I'm not even this close to stopping him.
Ray,

no one has been hurt.

Not yet.

You know, it's like I'm
playing this weird game...

and I don't even know the rules.

You're figuring them out.

Yeah,

but he's got me completely figured out.

I'm not up to this, Benny.

Vecchio,

I need to see you.

Alone.

You know Frank Graco from the
States Attorney's Office.

How do you do?

And of course you know...

our friends from Internal Affairs.

Frank investigates officer malfeasance.

I don't believe this.
Ray, this...

this isn't easy for me.

This isn't about now, Detective.

This is about 8 years ago.

The original Charles Carver bust.

What about it?

It's looking bad, Vecchio.

The shoe with the missing heel...

hadn't been worn without the heel...

as it would have been if someone...

were running from the scene of a crime.

So, the heel was removed from the shoe...

when it was indoors.

The evidence was planted.

You just discovering this now?

We've been asking some questions...

that should have been
asked then but weren't...

in the rush to judgment.

And we've been talking to some people...

that should have been
talked to then but weren't.

Like who?
Other investigators,

Attorneys.

My ex-wife.

Look, don't you guys see
what's happening here?

He's doing this.

He's got you focusing on the old case...

so that you're distracted
and you slow down.

We gotta move on this thing now.

This time, Detective,

we're not gonna be rushed
into making a mistake.

You see, Constable,

when you're angling for the big one,

you need determination...

and you need patience.

Ray had determination.

What about patience?

Patience wasn't his long suit.

Look, ... you got to understand,

Carver was dirty.

Dirty enough...

so a policeman would wanna plant evidence?

The arson investigators
had combed that scene.

They didn't look under
every charred timber.

So, the heel was hidden?

It wasn't that well-hidden.

Ray found it.

And we sent away a very bad guy.

More than that... nobody needs to know.

Detective Vecchio, you were
still with your ex-wife...

at the time of Carver's arrest, huh?

Yeah.

Ah, she said she saw the heel uh...

what turned out to be the
heel of Carver's shoe...

...at your home.
She might have.

You had it at your home?

Look, I had it on my possession...

from the time I left that crime scene...

until I booked it in at the station.

And you stopped there right
about lunchtime, right?

Yeah.

Something that you were in a habit of doing?
No.

Would you say you had done it often,

...occasionally, rarely ...?
I never done it before.

Look, me and my wife, we were
having some problems, okay?

Our marriage wasn't going too well.

We had a fight that morning,

and I just stopped home around lunchtime...

just to smooth things over.

So is it fair to say, Detective Vecchio,

that you were emotionally
upset at the time?

Hey.
Hey.

Listen, is it gonna be okay?

Well, at this point, we don't know.

I'm sorry, Ray.

They were asking me questions.
I had to tell 'em.

You did right.

Oh, man.

Listen, I told them that...

I thought you were more
committed to catching...

bad guys than anyone I know on the force.

You told them that?

Yeah, I did.

Shouldn't I have?

It's not that. It's... uh,

they think that maybe I was too committed.

They think I planted evidence.

Yeah. The heel of the shoe.
Yeah.

Listen, Ray,

...every cop in the district wanted that...

squirrel off the streets.
I mean, he was creepy.

He was doing weird things.

But... you know... it seemed like,

you know, if you could do something...

that would get him off that street...

that wasn't gonna hurt anyone,

that wouldn't be a bad thing.

What are you saying, Ange?
That I planted that heel?

Well, it's kinda weird, Ray.

A guy that careful leaving
a heel like that,

and you?re coming home
carrying it in your pocket?

You really think I would
do something like that?

I think you wanted him off the streets.

I think you were right.

Take it easy, Ange.

Oh, great.

Dief?

Another one?

I'll call the Consulate.

He won't be there.

Then I'll go by his place.
He won't be there either.

You know where he is?

No.

I'm supposed to figure it out.

Hey, Fraser!

Fraser!

Fraser.
Ray.

I'm Here!

Hang in there, Benny.

I'll have you untied in a second.

We're stuck.

Good assessment.

This sucks.
That's valid.

Listen, Ray, I've come to the conclusion...

that the heel was planted.

Not you, too.

Yes.

The arson investigators had
been all over that scene.

Yeah, but not thoroughly.

Still, they would have seen it...

since it wasn't entirely
hidden in the debris.

How do you know it wasn't entirely hidden?

Well, I was told.

All suspects are guilty of something.

Kelly.
That's right.

He was the one who sent your
partner Laurie home early.

He was also the one who
told you to go back...

for one last look around.

He wanted Carver so bad...
I didn't question.

I could have nailed him clean.

There was no evidence, Ray.

There's always evidence.

I was new, Benny. I hadn't made detective.

But I can nail him now.

I found Helen Harris.

The woman Carver lived with?
The one who disappeared?

Yeah.

I see.

You didn't find Helen Harris.

I found Helen Harris living in Maryland.

She's ready to tell the
whole crummy story...

about how you treated her
and those other women.

She's lying.
I don't think so.

Whoever you spoke to... wasn't Helen Harris.

Five-six, brown hair, walks with a limp,

says you're a reptile.

This is a setup.

It's Kelly again, or Welsh, or...

Fraser here.

Sorry, pal.

You shouldn't have let this one get away.
I did not let her get away.

You should have killed her.

I did kill her.

You don't know how happy I
am to hear you say that.

Okay, well, you've heard it. So what?

What if he wasn't the only one to hear it?

What if Lieutenant Welsh heard it?

What if Assistant States
Attorneys Carnes...

and Greco heard it?

It's very good, Ray.

You're not the only one who knows
how to plant a bug, Charlie.

You really didn't expect
me to play this game...

by your rules, did you?

You knew Carver wanted to hear you panic?

Yeah.

So you knew the car was bugged.

Absolutely.

Very clever, Ray.
Ah, thank you, Benny.

I just have one question...

What's that?

Well, I have to meet the trade minister...

who's coming in by train
from Waukegan tonight.

Now, if the train is traveling at,

say, an average of a hundred
kilometers an hour ...

62 miles per hour ...

Point one-four ...

and if I'm traveling at a
hundred kilometers an hour,

where would the most logical
place for us to intersect be?

Who cares?

It's a fine answer.