Frequency (2016–2017): Season 1, Episode 3 - The Near Far Problem - full transcript

I went back to the Goff house.

You remember there was an outbuilding?

It's gone now.

Sometime after we changed
history, it was torn down.

I think I know why.

There's a cellar.

I think that's where Goff
kept his victims.

So you think he abducted Maya Gowen

and held her down there.

She disappeared three days ago in '96.

It can't be a coincidence.



We know Maya and Goff
went to the same college.

They grew up two miles from each other.

No, no, we already checked out
the house, me and Satch,

and after we got through with the mom,

who practically had
a choke collar on him,

he wasn't saying anything.

You got to go back. The outbuilding.

Find out what exactly
is going on in there.

Wait, wait. Hold on. Hold on.

Do you have any evidence

that somebody was being held down there?

It's been 20 years,
but Goff could've taken Maya.

He could be the Nightingale,
and we could save Mom.

Hey.



Hey, Gordo.

I'm sorry I took
your head off last night.

Never apologize, remember? Not with us.

You told me that when you were ten.

So tell me what I should do here.

Your mom's family keeps text-bombing me.

You're not returning their calls.

I can't deal with them right now.

That's what I said, in nicer words.

They want to plan a service
for your mom.

I don't want one.

I figured that too.

- I'd say I'm sorry...
- But we don't do that.

Carry on.

Yeah.

Hey, you.

How you doing?

- You settling in?
- Yeah, man.

Hey, sorry about washing up
on your front porch like that.

Please, stay as long as you like.

No, I'm dead serious.

It keeps Leah's broke-ass
cousins out of here.

Thanks.

And of course, you got that thing set up

before you even put your clothes on.

You're officially a nerd, my man.

Yeah, yeah.

Listen, we got to double back
to Goff's house.

Jersey?

Oh, right, because Ma Goff's
friendlier today.

No, just... I think we missed something.

- Like what?
- I don't know yet.

Let me guess, this is
another one of your hunches.

Hey, look, what do you
want me to say, huh?

All right, well, come on.
Let's get some grub.

- Leah's making eggs.
- No, no, drive-through, man.

We got to beat the traffic.

Sure. Why sit down and eat
like a human being

when you can stuff your face
while I drive?

Exactly.

Mother...

Mike, do a search for me?

You'll owe me your firstborn, but yeah.

Maya Elise Gowen, missing person.

No one found her.

That's what it says.

Look, Maya and Goff
grew up in the same town.

They went to high school together.

She goes missing,
and he's got a rape charge?

Expunged rape charge.

And you didn't mention
the girl yesterday. Why?

I came across it late last night.

You want to tell me our play here?

- Let's check out the shed.
- Without a warrant?

Oh, here we go.

- What are you doing here?
- Mrs. Goff, where's Thomas?

You already talked to him.
This is harassment.

Where are you going?

No, I want you off
my property right now.

Ma'am, you're gonna have
to calm down, okay?

- Give me your badge numbers.
- You got this shed locked.

- I'm gonna need you to open it.
- Are you insane?

I'm calling my lawyer.

Hey, we got to get in there, Satch.

- What? Not without a warrant.
- Give me a why.

No... what is he doing?
What is he doing?

- Exigent circumstances.
- Stop it.

Oh, my God! There's nothing's in there.

- You smell that?
- Yeah, Frank, I smell it.

- Bleach.
- No, stop!

Get out! No.

- Frank.
- You can't do this! Get out! Get out!

You always clean out
your cellars with bleach?

- Huh?
- All right, come on.

She was in here, wasn't she?
The girl? Maya?

- She was in here!
- Hey, hey, hey.

What the hell is going on here?

What are...

Still missing.

- You didn't even...
- Yeah, I did, four times.

What do you want from me?

Records said they were
gonna make the change.

I know the family.

Maya!

Come on, Frank.

Maya.

Maya, Maya!

Maya, Maya, can you hear me?

This is Sullivan. I need EMT.

I found her. I found Maya. She's alive.

_

Maya, stay with me.

Maya, stay with me. Stay with me.

_

You go straight for the outbuilding

and the hatch when there's a whole

beautiful house to search.

Man, I've been under for two years.

Maybe I'm starting
to think like a bad guy.

No, I know what this is.

It's like Wroblicki on his
first day as a detective.

He's coming out of the deli
with a sandwich when, bam,

nearly gets knocked on his ass
by some guy tearing down the street.

Wro chases the guy down, tackles him.

Turns out he knifed
some mope a block away.

It's beginner's luck.

Hey, what do you think
about Goff as the Nightingale?

If he is, we got to catch him
by the letter,

and I don't know what ugly
habits those narcos taught you,

but that's it for busting into
sheds without probable cause.

Yeah.

I knew that son of a bitch took her.

Maya's still unconscious.

There's no telling
what she's gonna remember.

- Where are you with Goff?
- I'm coming up empty.

What about the mom?

She's been running defense
for him for years.

No, we had her in a box for two hours,

her and her douche bag attorney,
and she's not saying jack.

She's hiding her son.

- He's the Nightingale.
- Hold on. Hold on.

Maya wasn't a nurse.
She doesn't fit the profile.

In '96, the Nightingale's
still figuring out his MO,

and Maya, she's so close. He knows her.

It's too easy to pass up.

Okay, well, that's your opinion.

You have a better one?

Or maybe you listen to me and find him.

Oh, sure, yeah.
I'm just gonna go make a call.

Goff has been AWOL
for 20 years on my end,

and I am the one dealing with the fact
that this psycho beat and strangled Mom.

Everybody wants a memorial for her.

They want to mourn her.
Of course they do.

And I am the freak
who is saying no because...

because we're going to get her back.

I'm not gonna let anything
happen to your mother, okay?

In fact, I'm, uh...

I'm seeing her tomorrow.

She still talking to you
after all that crazy last night?

Yeah, trust me, it's not her choice.

She's doing two-a-days
'cause of her classes.

I get to babysit you.

You know it's not called "babysitting"
when it's your own kid.

Oh, is that right?

I must've missed that in
the book on parenting you wrote.

- This is weird.
- Nah.

You think?

Huh.

You look like me the night before taxes,

without the crying.

I feel like a freaking accountant.
20 years of property records

to try and find a guy who's in the wind.

What, did he own half of New York?

Mostly Jersey. And his family.

Uh, speaking of, your aunt Eileen,

not to mention
your mom's whole nursing crew...

- I'll call them off.
- You don't have to.

I'm, uh...

handling the service.

You're not flying into a rage.

This is good. I...

I thought you'd be pissed.

No, I-I get it.

Other people might need
to mourn her. I just don't.

Thank you for taking it on, though.

I wanted to.

Do you want to get a slice or something?

- I've hit a wall.
- I can't. Laurel's pooping.

She doesn't wipe her own
butt yet? She's seven.

She wipes.

I'm solo tonight. I got to get back.

Screw it.

Okay, so I got to ask.

What did you really think about
my mom inviting you to dinner?

Um...

Well... I was fairly sure

you were a morbid shut-in

and that your poor mum

had to find someone who was bleeding,

incapacitated, and indebted to her

to find you a date.

- You don't hold back, do you?
- You're a detective.

I'm already terrified to lie to you.

My mom is worried I won't even
have cats when I die alone.

I'll just be found spooning case files.

Why do I doubt
that could ever happen to you?

No, you'd be surprised.

Now, the real question is,

how horrified were you
that some desperate bloke

would actually show up
to a stranger's house

to meet her shut-in daughter?

Honestly, I thought
you were hitting it off

so well with my mom, you were trying
to get a party started with her.

- All right. Okay, here we go.
- Wait, wait, wait.

Oh, okay. Wait.

- Okay, uh...
- Vampire.

Okay, okay, ready? Wait for me to do it.

- What?
- You've got to do it.

It doesn't work...
Not even a little bit.

Oh, God.

Hey, get a room!

- Oh, I didn't order.
- It's on the house.

I went to high school with your mom.

She was a beautiful person.

Funny as hell. Generous.

Thanks.

I just ran.

I didn't know where to.

He was chasing me.

Hey, Maya.

Maya, look at me. Look at me.

You beat that son of a bitch.

All right? You saved yourself.

You did it, and we're gonna nail him.

Okay?

Was it any of these men?

Him.

Okay. All right.

Maya, is there anything else,

anything that you remember about him?

He was incredibly calm.

He had the hatch open.

Looked at me while he worked,

like I was his pet,

like it was every day for him.

I started thinking,

"What if he's the one on the news?"

The Nightingale?

I asked him. He got this half smile.

He said I wasn't the first.

- Frank.
- She ID'd the outbuilding and Goff.

We got more than enough
to arrest Marilyn.

- Hold on a sec.
- What?

We squeeze her
until she gives up her son.

Or we play it smart.

We leave Marilyn out there.

She takes us right to him.

Come on.

- You pack your hairbrush?
- Yeah. I don't want to go.

Why can't Daddy stay here?

'Cause, peanut, we talked about this.

Daddy and me need some time
to work things out.

Okay?

But you're gonna have a lot
of fun with him tonight.

- I promise.
- Hey, kiddo.

Give your dad a hug.
You know what I was thinking?

You want to see a movie tonight?

You know, there's that new

Eddie Murphy professor thing.
You like that?

- Yeah.
- Huh, yeah? Okay.

- Can we get candy?
- No gummy bears.

You'll never get 'em out of her teeth.

Popcorn.

We're totally getting gummy bears.

You're sure you can do this?

- You don't have to work?
- No, I got it covered.

And you're not under too much pressure?

Hey, why don't you go
put your stuff in the car,

and I'll be right out, okay?

- Okay.
- Here.

- There's the keys. Don't steal it.
- Hey, hey, hey.

Mwah. Love you.

Look, I know I said some weird stuff

the other night, you know, and... and...

you were right. I was... I was stressed.

You really had me scared, Frank.

I know, and I never meant
to make things harder for you.

Being under that long, did they give you

someone to talk to?
To acclimate yourself?

Being back is what I needed.

Really.

Yeah, all right.

Okay, I have to get a...

I packed a thermometer
and Tylenol for Raimy.

She's just a little stuffed up,
you know?

So if she gets a fever,
call me, all right.

And you know what?
I'll call around 9:00 probably.

Hey, do you want us
just to park it here?

Frank, it's... it's our first
time doing this, okay.

Yeah, okay. All right.

And after work, you're just gonna

come straight back, right?

Yes.

Jules, I'm only asking
'cause of this Nightingale guy.

You know, if you
and your friends go out,

you need to be careful, please.

I'm... I'm sensing a theme here.

Hey, keep your eyes open, okay?

Okay. You got it.

Mr. Peeps.

Bye.

I pay a lot for my privacy.

Who told you how to reach me?

Mrs. Goff, no one.

The real estate you own,
it's like a revolving door...

houses, buildings, bought and sold...

except one.

It's been in your family for 80 years.

First duplex my father ever bought.

He said it was our lucky charm.

Family is incredibly important to you.

I told you I don't know where my son is.

I haven't seen him for 20 years.

Marilyn...

these women are all
confirmed Nightingale victims.

What is wrong with you?
Why are you showing me this?

You know your son better than anyone.

You never guessed?

Thomas is the Nightingale Killer.

What?

No. It's...

This is crazy.

We have DNA evidence linking Thomas

to 11 of these women.

We matched his samples from your house

and the outbuilding in '96.

You're lying.

Here are the lab reports.

If you need help deciphering,
I'll be glad to translate.

I am not trying to stir up sympathy

or play on your guilt
with these pictures.

I know you don't give a crap
about these women or their families.

A thousand could die,
so long as your son's safe.

DNA can be wrong.

You paid off Thomas' first rape in '94.

You cleaned up the crime scene
in his workshop in '96.

You hid him all these years.

It's love.

Real love.

The reason I am
showing you Thomas' work...

- No, he didn't do this.
- ...is so you understand

why every cop in New York
is out gunning for him.

We know your family
has connections and money,

so Thomas is not going to trial.

He's gonna get
the back of his head blown off

in a shootout
and no one is gonna ask why.

You can't do that.

If I bring him in, I promise you

I can guarantee his safety and a trial.

The alternative:
he's hunted down like a dog

and shot in the street.

Marilyn, the next time you see your son,

it'll be in the morgue.

Daddy, no.

Hey, what? Gummy cakes, huh?

That was my favorite
when I was, like, five.

What are you talking about?
I made these for you

right before I went...

It's been a couple years, hasn't it?

- I'll take 'em out.
- No, it's okay.

- I bet it's still good.
- You're right it is.

- Daddy?
- Yeah.

Did you almost die?

What?

No.

But you got shot.
You were in the hospital.

Oh, come on. I'm too tough.

You know that, huh?

Hey, kiddo, come here.

It must've scared you when I was...

laying in that hospital bed, huh?

Yeah.

I'm all fixed.

I mean, look at me. Hmm?

I'm like Teflon.

Get it, girl.

I got it. Yeah.

- I got you.
- Daddy, you know the dip?

Yeah, I know the dip.
Look at me. I'm dipping.

Oh, no, no. Please, don't stop

all your smooth moves on account of me.

Yeah.

Look, the phone company came back.

- Yeah, and?
- We got to go.

There's a pattern of calls
from the Goff house

to a pay phone in Washington Square.

- Oh, we got him.
- Yes, we do.

All right. Um...

Okay, kiddo...

I got to, um...

I gotta go out
for just a little bit, okay?

- I'm going too.
- Ah, no, no, no.

See, we got to chase a bad guy.

But what about the movie?

I tell you what,
tomorrow I'm gonna take you

to a double feature.
How about that, huh?

But I want to go today.

Hey, look, Raimy, you know what?

Um, Leah's got your whole night
planned out, okay?

We got our gaming situation hooked up.

Look, we got "Super Mario."
We got "Mega Man."

- Ooh.
- And you can play

any one of 'em you want.

Plus, I got to tell you,
I'm a little jealous

because Leah is making her
famous lasagna tonight, so...

Hey, kiddo.

You want to punch me?

- No.
- Oh, come on.

I know you do just a little bit.
Come on.

Ow!

Ooh, look at that, huh?

Okay, that's your down payment, okay?

Now, I want you to think
about my punishment,

and you tell me
how I can make it up to you.

Okay?

You're in trouble.

I know I am.

And I deserve it.

Police. On your knees, now.

Get down and put
your hands behind your head.

You're under arrest
for the abduction of Maya Gowen.

Do not move.

I'm not going to prison.

- Shoot me.
- That's not happening.

Hey, man, you still with me here?

I just keep seeing Raimy's face

when I punked out on that movie.

Ah, nah. Just take her to a Knick game.

I'll talk to my uncle about it.

If Jules finds out about this,
you and Leah can adopt me.

You know what?
Leah's gonna kill me for getting

in the middle of this, but, uh,

Julie did find out,

and she's picking up Raimy in an hour.

- What?
- Hey, what do you want from me?

She and Leah talk. You know how it is.

Oh, this is perfect.

Maybe your streak will hold out,

and this'll turn out
to be the Nightingale.

Yeah, that'll set everything right.

Let me ask you something.

You ever think about
the families of those women,

- what you've done to them?
- I'm tired of hiding.

I don't know how my life
got so offtrack.

- Offtrack?
- Two hedge funds tapped me

straight out of college,

but I wanted to move
to San Francisco, run hotels.

My mother said,
"Watch out for the girls.

"They'll ruin you.

They want to ruin you because
they don't have anything themselves."

Well, believe it or not, Thomas,

you have a chance to make things right,

erase some of what you've done.

You answer a few questions,

and things will be a lot easier
for you and your mom.

Julie Sullivan.

You remember her?

Julie Sullivan, the nurse you strangled
and dumped in the marsh in 1997.

I don't remember their names.

Check it out, hoody.

Oh, that's Goff.

Let's go.

She was my mom.

How'd you decide on her?
Did you know her?

Answer me!

No.

What are you doing?

- What?
- Get... out!

You are gonna tell me
how you picked her.

How you took her.

I'm not gonna tell you anything
until you get me a lawyer.

Ow!

Stop! Stop!

Do you really think
I'm gonna let you lawyer up?

Do you have any idea
of what I'm about to do to you?

God, no.

Help me!

Help!

Stop!

I saw it. He knew what he was doing

when he stepped off that curb.

He wasn't going to prison.

He wasn't the Nightingale.

Mom didn't come back.

Yeah, but we got Goff.

Hey, we saved Maya's life.

All right, that psycho,
he was gonna take somebody else.

I mean, he had that whole setup
in his outbuilding.

You didn't think he was the Nightingale.

It doesn't matter what I think.

We got a bad guy.

But you didn't stop me.

- You let me wind myself up.
- You didn't want to hear it.

You should've tried harder.

Now it's my fault
that Goff's not the Nightingale?

Come on, nothing I said
was gonna change your mind.

You wanted it to be him.

Okay, fine. Fine.

Just don't let me go off
like that again.

- What happened?
- I had Goff in my hands.

I was so sure he killed Mom.

What'd you do?

Nothing I wouldn't do again.

Okay, you need to listen to me
really carefully, Raimy. Okay?

This is a marathon.
Now, we can't make mistakes.

Your mom needs both of us.
You can't jeopardize this case.

And you can't be afraid to call me out.

Okay, you're right. I just...

you were dealing
with your mom and the service,

and I just wanted to have your back.

I've been a detective for two years.

- You don't need to protect me.
- You're my kid.

You can't let that get in the way.

Yeah.

I know you're all alone there, kiddo,

but you got to hold it together.

I'm good. I'm good.

I mean, you and me both,
we would do anything

to save your mother,
but it's not worth jack

if you go down for it.

You need to be there when she gets back.

I know why you're here,
and the answer's no.

You look like you ran into a tree.

Thanks. Thanks for that.

Well, tell me you kicked his ass.

Up and down.

I'm not going to the memorial tomorrow.

There's, like, 200 people coming.

- Seriously?
- You really want to miss it?

- Gordo, leave it alone.
- Just tell me why.

Because I don't want to sit
there with people sobbing,

saying what an amazing mom I had,

how I didn't get to know her very well

because I was just a kid.

I'll be your bodyguard.

All right, I'll Heisman anybody
who gets too close to you.

Gordo, my mom has been with me
every day for the last 20 years.

I don't need to say good-bye.

Wait.

Your face, it needs a drink,
and you promised me pizza.

Mm?

The last time I got tanked here,

this was a Polish dive. That's pre-baby.

Of course, everything is pre-baby.

So why did you choose this place?

- It's comforting.
- Since when?

- I do go out without you.
- No, you don't.

Crap.

Look, I... I don't want any trouble.

I don't want to cause a scene,

but are you following me?

No, no. I hang out here.

I've never seen you here before.

- It's my favorite bar.
- Okay, I think you should leave.

Whoa, buddy, just take a beat.

- Raim, who is this guy?
- It's okay, Gordo.

I love this place, the puffy fries,

the secret, off-the-menu flight

they claim not to have
the first two times you ask.

You stay late on Sundays, people
kill the Coltrane and play Loverboy,

and where else can you get that, right?

You know, my friend
has had a rough couple of days,

and can I be up front with you here?

Uh, this is making me
super uncomfortable,

so why don't we all just head home?

Sundays.

I come on Sundays.

We must've just missed each other.

What the hell was that?

We had a thing once.

You and the Australian guy
you've never mentioned.

- South African.
- Same thing.

Oh, is he the reason we're here tonight?

Oh, so you were stalking that dude.

There may be a case for that.

Yeah, you might want to let that one go.

I can't believe you dumped Raimy.

We got a last-second break
on the Nightingale, Jules.

- I thought we had him.
- It's the job, Frank.

It's always the job, right?
You know I get it.

You know, I'm under
the same kind pressure,

but, Frank, it's been two years of

"Daddy will be home for Christmas."

He'll be here for your birthday
when you're seven,

or when you're eight.

Maybe you just shouldn't make promises.

No, I want her with me.
I want her to stay here with me.

You know what she said
when she got home last night?

"Everybody needs to stop lying to me.

I'm not a baby anymore."

Of course she did.

She knows you almost died.

She read the papers.

- She heard your friends at the parties.
- Hey, what could I do, huh?

Tell her that Daddy
almost bled out in a shipyard?

When you were gone,

she slept with one
of your old sweaters every night

'cause it reminded her of you.

- I didn't know that.
- Yeah.

Frank, you have no idea
how much she missed you

and how terrified she was
you were never coming back.

So she needs to come first now.

Jules, this...

Hey, I'll meet you guys downstairs.

Whoa, whoa, whoa. What happened there?

Meth head flipping out in the park.

I had to wrestle him down.

Lucky you.

All right, so we're about
to head to the service.

I'll cover the phones.

Raimy...

you miss out on the people
who loved your mom,

hearing their stories,

you're gonna regret it
for the rest of your life.

I know that you're just
looking out for me,

but the best way for me to honor my mom

is to catch her killer.

Well, that's not gonna
happen this afternoon.

Why won't you mourn her?

I miss her every day.

Don't tell me I'm not mourning my mom.

All right.

Then how about you just come
for the rest of us?

You were your mom's whole world.

People, they need to see you
as a reminder of her living on.

You don't come,

there's gonna be a big hole
in the middle of it.

I wish you could understand.

She's not dead to me.

You're right.

I don't understand,
but I got to tell you.

For the first time,
you're letting me down.

All right, come on, man.
We're heading over to Dooley's,

and I'm buying
because you did good today.

No, down a couple for me. I don't have
Raims tonight, so I'm gonna work late.

- You sure?
- Yeah, man.

Yeah, I'm good. I'm good.

My man. Good stuff.

Hey, watch that tequila tonight.

- I got you. Let's do it.
- All right.

Cheers.

- Who's this?
- Mahalo.

- Aloha.
- Aloha.

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