Low Winter Sun (2013): Season 1, Episode 7 - There Was a Girl - full transcript

Frank and Joe have a confrontation.

Previously on AMC's
Low Winter Sun...

If you go looking for her,
it's only gonna blow back on us.

I'm not going back to Detroit.

Where have you been? Half the
department's been looking for you.

Michael?
No, no, no, no!

You thought you were
better at this than me.

He's got you in frames
with Skelos and Brendan.

One white guy, one black guy.

What you described...
is that what you saw?

Where is the coke?

I'm on Billy's murder,
and it's not making sense.



Well, who is he?

Hey.

Hey, Sean.

I guess my alarm didn't go off.

Egg sandwich.

Oh, room service.
Nice.

You need a dentist.

Nah, it's gonna fall
out on its own.

I'm kinda thirsty, though.

Why don't you sit down?
Stay a while.

Not today.

You okay?

You might not see
me for a few days.

Looks like we got a
break in the case.



Well, that's cool.
Yeah, go fight crime.

Hey, hot sauce next time, okay?

Your turn.

Mm.

We live in Florida.

No crew.
Just us.

We have jobs.
Nine-to-five jobs.

Uh... but we go to the
beach every weekend.

Drink rum.
Body surf.

Pay taxes.

Play tennis with friends
who play tennis.

I hate us.

All right, all right.

I'm sorry to
do this to you, Maya,

but I got a warrant
to search the house.

You gotta be kidding me, Frank.

You don't have enough real
problems to deal with?

This guy look familiar?

No, never seen him.

Not a reason to tear up my house.
Come on.

I'm bringing you in
for questioning.

Why? I already answered your questions.
I don't know that guy.

If you have anything to
say, you say it now.

Talk to him here.

I know what happens
downtown-- what you guys do.

Don't worry,
I'll take care of him.

Coke in here.

You want cuffs on her, sir?

No.

Come on.

I know you can hear me.

Get me a damn--

I want a lawyer!

Forget her. We focus
on this prick.

He is the answer
to our prayers.

Started out doing small-time hustles.
Wound up a killer.

- Yeah. - World won't sleep any less
if he goes down for all this.

Won't work unless we
nail him for Hobson.

We gotta make that stick.

He said Boyd already
linked him to Brendan.

Yeah, but he won't crack
on murders he didn't do.

It's gotta be Hobson first.

- This the perp?
- Yeah, Damon Callis.

You got a whole case of circumstantial at this point.
How you wanna work it?

We use what we have. We get him
to confess to the shooting.

And then we start working
him for Brendan and Bobek.

- What about her?
- I'll talk to her.

She started yelling for a
lawyer a few minutes ago.

You're not worried Damon
will ask for one?

No, his ego's too jacked up.

Frank, you take him.

Make this a good day in the D.

My day's going pretty good.
How's yours?

You want a coffee?
Smoke?

Your mom?

Hilarious.

You know, I have been doing
this for a very long time.

You know what I found?

People usually want
to tell me the truth.

Yeah, they come in here,

after a little
push back, they talk.

I couldn't stop them
if I tried.

You know what they do then?

They fall asleep.

They sleep like babies.

I don't have anything
to talk about.

We both know that's not true.

The truth is
you killed Billy Hobson,

stole his coke and left
his body for the dogs.

You're gonna need a lawyer.

It's a good thing Maya's
screaming for one.

She's a clever woman.

I don't know what
she's doing with you.

We've got security
camera footage.

We got people crawling out from
under rocks to incriminate you.

We got enough in here to
put you away for life.

And some change.

I know what you're
trying to pin on me.

McCann and that
chopped-up loser,

and I didn't do any of it.

And you're probably
coming after me

because Maya's married to me now
instead of your ex-partner.

He was pretty tweaked out
last time I saw him.

Yeah, Sean's seen better days.

At least, he's had better days.

You should've seen
him and Maya.

Maya, she could
really turn heads.

Not so much since she married you.
She looks beat now.

Your ex remarried.

She went for brains this time.

A professor, right?

Yeah, Maya and her,
they talk all the time.

She's like,
"Frank who?"

Up.

I gotta take a piss.

I don't have to take a piss.

I can't leave you
in here on your own.

Joe.

Yeah?

Stay down.

Still pissing blood?

Really?

No, no, no.

No.

No! No!

♪ I ain't no quitter ♪

♪ I'm in for a pound ♪

♪ Ain't nobody ♪

♪ Gonna hold me down ♪

♪ Hustlin' in the Motor City ♪

♪ Hustlin',
just tryin' to get down ♪

♪ Down, down, down. ♪

Small-time
scrapper gets ambitious,

decides to smoke a plug.
Steal his dope.

Thinks no one will
put it together.

He's talking about you.
Just so you know.

You killed Billy Hobson. Sooner
you admit that, the better.

Sooner you can dump those
other murders on me?

The murders that you committed.

Hobson's coke disappeared
at exactly the same time

you started moving
big weight out of...

where was that pig?

Brush Park.

More in here.

Ballistics.
Footprints.

Fingerprints.
Hair.

You left a lot of
yourself in that house.

Because you did it.

Where's the rest
of Callis' crew?

Uniforms are walking the men now.

We're still missing
one, though.

Which one?

Michael Drake.

The one on the security
tape with Callis.

Find him.

You know it didn't
sit right with me,

rolling up on you at home.

I want a lawyer.

No need.

No charges against you.

What about the coke?

I told them to keep you out of it.
You're good.

Damon's not so lucky.

Good thing you asked
for a lawyer.

Doesn't mean he's guilty.

He killed that slinger.
You know that?

His car was spotted
outside the trap house

where Billy Hobson was killed.

Took this from a security
tape near the murder site.

If he comes clean now, it'll
help him with sentencing.

That guy...

- Michael, talk to him?
- Not yet.

I don't know any details...

but he's Damon's friend
from way back.

Damon's been good
to him, you know?

But he has a habit.

Started acting crazy around
the time of the murder.

Took off a few days ago.
Haven't seen him since.

Any idea why?

He could have done it.

He could have shot that dealer.

So girl just threw one hell
of a Hail Mary for her man.

All of it bullshit.

We need the rest of the crew.

Steven and Gus
are in boxes now.

What about Michael?

Still no luck.

Might not matter as long
as we got the other two.

He was in the
photo, he's involved.

If he's involved, I want
his ass brought in.

Damon makes more sense.

He's the one
with the rap sheet.

Michael's an accessory at best.

Light a fire under all of 'em.

See if anybody
backs Maya's story.

Dani, take the guy
with the hand.

Joe, you take the other one.

Frank, stay on Damon.

Work the Michael angle.

Work it enough to keep Dawson
happy, then steer it back to Damon.

You don't have to
tell me twice.

Nice oven mitt.

There a story behind it?

Nope.

'Cause I'll listen.

I wanna hear whatever
you have to say.

There's nothing to say.
I didn't do anything.

Just an accident.

Actually, you've
done a lot, Gus.

Got busted four years ago
with some rock.

Still on parole.

Could bite you in the ass.

Or you could talk to me.
It all goes away.

Michael Drake,
your right-hand man.

I'm getting hungry.

What's the chance of me
getting some food in here?

Zero. Michael, where is he?

Free man. He can
go where he wants.

How long since
you last saw him?

I don't know.

You don't know how long it is since
you last saw your best friend?

Yeah.

What?

Yeah, I got it.

Geddes, get where
you're supposed to be.

Uh-huh.

- Wanna know where he is.
- How would I know?

Photos from a store by the trap house
where Billy Hobson was killed.

Man, no one here's doing
anything but making change.

Why you have it? Collect
pictures of guys?

Ha.

One of them's in
custody down the hall.

The other one's missing.
You know why?

Maya's been a lot of help.

She likes talking to cops.

Oh, really?
Did you kick her too?

She says Michael has a habit.

She said that?

Said he took off a couple
of days after the murder.

Which makes me think.

He knows you killed Hobson.

Maybe that's why he ran
away, to protect you.

Yeah.

He took off,
but not because of me.

He, uh...

he heard Hobson was holding.

He talked about it while we
were out driving that day.

Maybe he went to
the trap for the coke.

I don't know.

Maybe he did it.

Bullshit.

Which one killed Hobson?

- Neither.
- One of them did it.

Which one of them
killed Billy Hobson?

Neither.

Michael disappeared
shortly after the murder.

Damon started dealing.

You don't know dick.

I know how to make one call to your
PO and you're back in Jackson.

Which one did it, Gus?

You'll forget about my
parole and everything?

Damon...

he didn't do it.

I wasn't there, but, uh...

I think Michael
killed that rocker.

We called Michael's family.

They say they haven't seen him.

Man, just tell me where he is that I
can forget I ever saw your white ass.

Whoa, man, you think Michael
popped that dealer?

Your whole crew
is saying he did it.

Evidence supports it.

You just have to agree--
Michael did it.

No way, that ain't right.

He didn't do it, man.
I swear on my mom.

On my sister.

You're gonna go
against your whole crew?

I'm saying...

you got two guys
in that picture.

And Michael didn't do it.

Michael never
killed anybody, man.

That's the truth.

What the hell
are you doing, huh?

Yeah, I'm not surprised those clowns
couldn't agree on the murderer.

Michael's a smoke screen.

We could get an indictment on
Damon with what we have now.

Michael took off after the murder
and innocent people don't run, LT.

This is not the debate club.

We need a confession
out of Damon,

since he's the only suspect
we actually have in custody.

Work him together fast,

before he figures out you lied about
the wife calling him a lawyer.

Mood's looking up around here.

Heard you might have
McCann's killer in there.

We're gonna hand you
a real solid case.

Be great to close it today.

Press'll love it.
Hell, I'd love it.

Meaning, you two will be heroes

when I put you on the stand
in the Lady Belle trial.

Yeah, gentlemen,

that's an APA's dream.

It's good to know.

Today.

Michael killed Hobson,
got scared, took off.

I told you all that.

Well, maybe we're slow.

Fill in the blanks.
How'd it go down?

I don't know.
I wasn't there.

Then tell us how you
think it went down.

Day of the shooting,
Michael was flying.

You know the exact day?

That day, he had been up
all night doing coke.

And you know this how?
You with him all night?

Most of it.

He was crawling
out of his skin.

He couldn't sit still.

So we went for a drive.

He stopped at that store.

Maybe he knew
it was by the trap.

That's where he got
the idea from.

I don't know. I drove
us back to the bar.

You didn't see Hobson?

No. Michael asked to borrow my car.
Went for a drive.

I didn't see him
for a few hours.

He was really messed up.

And you think
he stole the coke.

Yeah.

- He didn't share it with you?
- I guess not.

Even though we have witnesses
who say a few days later,

you were dealing big for the
first time in your life!

No, they're lying.

You know what?

This conversation makes
me really wanna piss.

What's that?
You too? Let's go.

Hey...

You're so stupid, your lies
don't even make sense.

If you really had anything on
me, we wouldn't be in here.

You forget about this morning?
Huh?

Coke at your house?

Maya already has one strike.

Possession. Judge won't
do her any favors.

You don't confess to
the murder of Hobson,

she goes away
for a very long time

and doesn't get
to see her kids.

Doesn't see 'em now.

There will come a time
when she wants them back,

and if she's behind
bars, it'll kill her.

Now I'm fine with
that if you are.

Get out.

We had a very interesting
conversation about his wife.

I talk, Maya walks.

I got something that'll
make you forget about Hobson.

I want to cut a deal, though.

Hey, hey, hey!

Hey!

You killed my partner.
Ain't no deal for you!

Okay?
Ain't no deal for you!

Get out!

Get me a lawyer.
Now!

I'd shove your head in the
toilet if it would do any good.

What kind of jackass
performance was that?

We needed him to make a
confession, not a deal.

Some of us might have wanted
to hear what he had to say.

You violated every one of his
rights and we still got nothing.

Oh, you gonna pull
the rule book out now?

The prosecutor finds out about
this, it could cost us Hobson.

And you know trying to pin those other
two murders on him was a mistake.

You, I don't want to see
your face for two weeks.

Effective immediately.

Punk killed my partner.

Punk might've played you.
Get out.

And I worked my
ass off on Hobson.

No support from the department.

Damon gets hauled in.
Dawson has you take him,

even though I'm the lead.

And then when he's about to give
us something, Joe blows it,

gets a slap on the wrist.

I went back to LeFevre.

You did what?

He said he felt manipulated

when he gave his statement.

Granted, he's not a gem, but...

No.

We pushed for clarity.

No one manipulated anything.

Just wasn't my best
interview, that's all.

Right when you and Katia
split, wasn't it?

Yeah, that's no excuse.

- Dani, we should talk about what happened.
- Here we go.

I just don't want you to think
I want it to be only the once.

I... that's not why I showed up.

We're big kids.
Frank, it's cool.

If it was once, if it
was more than once,

neither one of us needs
more pressure in our lives.

I mean it.

I need to ask you something.

Sure.

You think Joe might've been
involved in Brendan's murder?

Joe's a piece of garbage,
he's not a killer.

He lied to me,
to the deputy mayor,

about re-interviewing
LeFevre.

Never did it.

Why lie if he doesn't
have something to hide?

Yo, it's about time
you got here.

Damn.

What's wrong?
You look like hell.

Yeah, I got a tooth
thing going on.

But I'm not using,
so that's good.

Why you opening
so late, anyway?

Hmm?
I'm parched.

Where's douche Romeo?

It's a long story.

I hope it involves you leaving him.

I was at DPD all day.

Cops showed up at the house
this morning with a warrant.

Damon's still down there.

Well, call Frank. He'd
pull some strings.

Hell, he brought me breakfast.

He's the asshole
that hauled us in.

You know he came in
here a few weeks ago.

Acting like a friend.

I trusted him.

Baby, he's a cop.

They arrest Damon, or
they just holding him?

Arrest.

Look at us.
Just sitting together.

It's special circumstances.

Don't get used to it.

When did the guest list expand
to five is what I want to know.

Why? Because I'm
your dad is why.

No, you're still gonna
have to clean up after.

You cannot think that Grandma
Violet and me are gonna do that.

Yes, yeah, yeah.
I got it.

Hamburgers, uh, hot dogs, pop, chips.
I got it.

Well, I got one more stop.
I'll be home soon.

Thank you for coming here.

My son has practice. See?

Everyone here is
crazy for this sport.

It eludes me.

You need to be worrying about your ass
'cause we nearly went down today.

If you called an hour later,
Callis would have talked about you

and about Brendan.

I think about
Brendan, don't you?

Who would have wanted him dead?

Man, forget him. I put my
neck on the line today.

I put my job on the line.

Only a matter of time before
Callis opens his mouth.

You understand that, right?

I'll handle it
when it's prudent.

Too many people
firing too many guns.

Too many police.

You want to stay out of prison?

He needs to disappear, fast.

And I don't want to
deal with it this time.

So if you do it, make
sure it's not in Detroit.

Hell...

make sure it's on the Moon.

Bar looks good.

Yeah, your gramps would be proud
to see you keep it in the family.

You done all right.

Got yourself cleaned up.

That's good.

Aw, hell.

Uh...

Damn it.
God!

You know, it could be worse.

You could still
be married to me.

Temperatures are going to drop

throughout the overnight hours
into the mid--

♪ True love
is what I feel-- ♪

...in verse five.

So you must have what?
Truth, righteousness, and--

♪ I'm your
rock star, just me and my-- ♪

...already
called him up from their AA team,

with great expectations.

I don't think he can even hit
over .300...

Asshole.

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Okay.
Good night.

Mom... I love you too.
Okay.

This is my house.

My personal space.

Off-limits.

I heard Joe Geddes
was a bit off today.

Might have cost you the case.

I know you're not
here for the party.

Which is a good thing 'cause we've
already run out of burgers.

Damn, those girls can eat.

Shut up.

Dad, I'm--

Oh, hey,
Mr. Agnew.

What are you doing?

Visiting.

Um, CC dropped her
earring in the toilet.

Then CC can fish it out, huh?

Of course.

I'm not leaving
till I get some answers.

I figure.

Not here.

Stop the boat.

Stop it.

Gotta get out here for privacy.

Dignity. Now my home
ain't my castle anymore.

Full of girl stuff and mom
stuff-- smells of lotion.

I don't give a rat's ass.

We agreed.

Callis was perfect.

I could see the end of this.
We'd be done.

We're murderers, Frank.

Ain't no end to that.

He knows.

He knows what Brendan
did for Skelos.

Covering up the murders. Getting
them declared suicides.

He doesn't know
you're involved.

And you do?

What, Brendan whispered to
you from beyond the grave?

Boyd...

he hasn't put it together
yet, but he's close.

That prick...

is just giving me a headache.

I went back,

checked your clearances
with Brendan.

It's all there.

You know how much
this boat cost?

32 grand.
Cash.

Worth every penny.

Here.

Start talking.

You wanna know how we got here?

Why I needed your help
to kill my own partner?

Here it is, Frank.

I am a weak man.

You see that river?
That's me.

Always looking for the
path of least resistance.

For the easy way
around this city.

Integrity?

Honesty?

They don't buy you a boat.

They just make things harder.

I don't know if you
still believe in God.

I hope you do.

'Cause I hope he can see you sold
your soul for a couple of bucks.

Me and God?

We're tight.

'Cause he knows I'm weak.
He made me this way.

Man, I feel Him out here.

Pressing down on the water.

That face.

Those eyes.

Watching.

And I'll tell you this,

that dude don't blink.

You know, Brendan hated you.

He hated your strength.

But he knew how
to pull a weak man in, and

before you know it, you're
working for the Greek.

How'd you get the ME to roll?

MEs get paid worse than we do.

They'll check the wrong
box for a hundred bucks.

All those families that
didn't get justice.

You lied to them all.

Yeah, it sticks
in your craw for a while.

And then... then
it just goes away.

You keep telling yourself that.

You find distractions.

Remember that house
Brendan was buying?

He needed real money for that,

so he took over
the killings from Skelos.

And if you're weak like me,

you just become
the cleanup guy.

Don't act like
you never had a choice.

You had a choice every day.

I made a deal with the devil!

And he doesn't
let you walk away.

Brendan had to die.

He had to and the world is a
better place without him.

And I would say that to his
mama's face if he had a mama.

DPD is sick!

Through and through.

Not everyone.

Give me the name
of a clean cop.

And you can take your name
off that list.

Dani.
She's good.

Aha. Aha.

And you tap that yet?

Oh, you did.

She polished your badge.

She thinks you might've
killed Brendan.

Just me?

Oh, that is good.

She's gonna figure it out.

Yeah, I'll worry
about that another time.

I got another problem.

What were you doing in Chicago?

The whole department's
talking about it.

I heard that you
were disappointed.

I'm sure that's a euphemism.

Doesn't mean I want
to talk to you.

You don't have to.

But I wanted
to give you the chance.

Discreetly.

Geddes screwed you over.

He should be held accountable.

You deserve answers.

You know that, right?

Do you think what he
did was deliberate?

That he had a motive?

I don't know.

He just started...

working a different agenda.

Like he needed to get
Callis out of there.

What he's done
could taint everyone.

Even the good cops.

You need to protect
your future.

If you know anything.

I think...

I think Joe might
have killed Brendan.

What about Frank?

He was with Geddes when they
took LeFevre's statement.

No, Frank's clean.

Admits he's been off his game.

It's just personal stuff.

Like ex-wife problems
and midlife crisis problems?

Problems with that girlfriend,

the Eastern European?

He mentioned her.

Really?

Are they still together?

I don't know.

You'll have to
talk to him about that.

He's a great detective.

So are you.

I suggest you pay closer
attention to his work.

Seems like he hasn't been
making good decisions lately.

You're wrong about Frank.

And never tell me what to
pay attention to again.

You need to go.

I respect that.

Bonsoir.

You disappear
for more than a day,

and you think I'm just
gonna let that slide?

You remember when I called you?

I had a friend trace your cell.

Yeah. Did you
find her, Frank?

I looked.

Windsor, Detroit.

Yeah, Chicago.

She's gone.

No one knows where she is.

She is the only one
who can bring us down

and she's not
meant to be found.

I let her live once.

You know you destroyed her.

She was innocent.
She was worth saving.

And now I can't.

We need to let Brendan's
investigation go cold like I wanted.

DPD got a taste of blood today.

They're not gonna
settle for cold now.

That noose around
your neck, Frank,

is gonna get
tighter and tighter.

You need a plan.

I got one.

I'm gonna grab my kid
and take this boat to Canada.

Or maybe you and me just need
to kill each other right now.

Do you have a plan, Frank?

Yeah.

You're gonna take me
back to shore.

I can't do that.

We need to agree
on what we're gonna do.

Take me back.

I said no.

Move.

We're taking on water.

Don't know why you
wanted me to do that.

Didn't make me feel any better.

You get any penance?

Bunch of Hail Marys.

Say it in the car.

It's all right.

Thought you'd never get out.

The PD didn't do a damn thing.

They must've done something.

No, Skelos sent his own lawyer.

Maybe you're back
on his good side?

He wasn't doing it to be nice.

He wants me
where he can get me.

On the street.

In the name of the Father

and of the Son
and of the Holy Spirit.

Amen.

Forgive me, Father,
for I have sinned.

It's been 18 years
since my last confession.

I lied.

Stole. Cheated.

I didn't do right
by the mother of my kid.

I was a coward.

Then...

Take your time.

I became a cop.

I believe the witness
may have actually seen

Geddes and Agnew by the river.

That they may have
misled said witness,

tried to railroad
someone named Callis

and warped the investigation
to cover their tracks.

I think it's possible they may have
been involved in McCann's death.

And my CI, Anton Bobek.

You believe a lot of things
about cops, Lieutenant.

That's why you're IA.

You know what I have
on Geddes and McCann.

I think things
went south for them.

Geddes needed McCann dead.
Roped in Agnew.

Now they're scrambling
to save their hides.

This is all conjecture.

Agnew disappeared for 36
hours a few days ago.

No explanation.

I want them both tailed.

I want a warrant
for surveillance.

I get Geddes, but...

Agnew has an impeccable record.

Why would he do this?

There was a girl.