Moonlight (2007–2008): Season 1, Episode 11 - Love Lasts Forever - full transcript

NARRATOR:
Previously on Moonlight:

She's been lying to us.

She's Coraline.

- Aah!
- No! She's not a vampire.

She's human. She has a cure.
Something changed her back.

And if she dies, I'll never
know what that was...

or how she did it.

I came back for you.

You have to tell me how.

I'm an attorney
in the DA's office.

Pat everyone down,
starting with him.



I saw the way you two
looked at each other.

What's going on with you two?

You've been together for a
year and you're not living together.

Don't you think it's
time to get serious?

I didn't leave things very well with
Josh. I do think I need to get home.

[PANTING]

MICK: The rest of the city goes
to sleep, and I've just woken up.

One of the many attributes that
attach a vampire to a life of solitude.

There are questions I ask myself
that I just don't know how to answer.

All these questions
surround one uncertainty:

How does an immortal...

handle mortal feelings?

CARL: So right now we got you pinned
as a member of the HEM brotherhood.

And got enough on tape...



to convict you of both
trafficking and money laundering.

You wear a wire, I
can ask for immunity.

You refuse to cooperate, I
file formal charges tomorrow.

You do what you gotta do.

You're looking at getting out...

sometime after your daughter's
35th birthday, Mr. Tejada.

And you're looking at a miserable
future if you come after me.

- This isn't El Salvador.
- My client has given his answer.

[SIGHS]

JOSH: Well, that went
exactly as expected.

If I'm reading between the
lines about my miserable future...

I might need some protection.

You heard about what happened in
La Palma. He went after a prosecutor.

No, not the prosecutor. It
was the prosecutor's wife.

[SIGHS]

The judge down there
ended up declaring a mistrial.

You know, I think you're doing the
world a favor by moving forward with this.

Listen, be careful.

They play rough in El Salvador.

Your Honor, in
assessing flight risk...

I ask that you consider Mr. Tejada
is a well-known ranking member...

in the Hermanos En Muerte gang,
commonly referred to as HEM...

which, as you're well
aware of, Your Honor...

is thought to be one of the
most dangerous in the world.

Known for ruthless
violence in protecting...

an extremely well-organized trafficking
and money-laundering network...

that extends to
countries, if not continents.

Mr. Tejada has
refused to cooperate...

which indicates that he still has
ties to this complex network of...

[TIRES SCREECHING]

[GRUNTING]

TEJADA: It's not good
to accuse innocent men.

Remember that.

So why did you take
Coraline's blood?

Answers. I think it might
be the key to the cure.

You really hate being
a vampire, don't you?

Well, hate's a strong word.

So, yeah, that works.

Can't be all that
bad to live forever.

I mean, you'll see things when
I'm gone, when everyone's gone...

that we can't even imagine now.

- Like what?
- Cars that can fly.

A diet soda that doesn't suck.

Yeah, but it's not so fun
to experience things alone.

So take a vampire wife, then.

Tried that one. Didn't
work out so well.

So are you gonna
help me with this or not?

Why don't you take that to
Guillermo and get a toxicology report?

- Not with this one.
- I have a friend, Dr. Lin, at Bionalysis.

Okay, good.

It's better we go outside
the vampire nation with this.

Yeah, why?

Well, vampires like me
might see this as a cure.

But others might
see it as a threat.

Hmm. Okay.

Oh, my God.

What happened? Are you okay?

Do you mind if I talk
to Beth for a moment?

- Alone.
- Yeah, sure.

No problem. I'm on my way out.

I'll see you tomorrow
at 10, Bionalysis, okay?

What happened?

I recused myself
from the Tejada case.

But you're filing charges
against him tomorrow.

- I was.
- What is going on?

- You've been marked.
- What?

They'll come after you.

You can't recuse
yourself from the trial.

It gives out the message
that the DA's intimidated.

I know.

If I recuse, it emboldens
the bad guys. Noble idea.

This is reality.

Tejada mutilated a
prosecutor's wife in El Salvador.

That kind of thing does
not happen in the U.S.

Tell that to the families
of the three DEA agents...

he supposedly
killed in El Centro.

[JOSH SIGHS]

But believe me, if it were me
that were marked and not you...

I'd never step down.

Never. But it's not.

You've spent two years
of your life on this case.

I know that.

But I can't put you at risk.

It means a lot that you would
sacrifice this much for me.

[SIGHS]

Look, if you recuse
yourself and the case fails...

and Tejada goes on to kill someone
else's brother or wife or daughter...

You have to stay on this
case. It's the right thing to do.

I forgot how cute you
are when you're crusading.

I missed you so much.

I can't help myself from entertaining
the idea of telling Beth how I feel.

- I know I haven't been here for you.
- You're here now.

That's all that matters.

I hope everything's okay.

I've got caught up in my work.

I love that about you.

I wouldn't want you
to be any different.

[PHONE RINGS]

Bobby. Yeah, thanks for
getting back to me so fast.

Listen, I wanna set up
a security detail ASAP.

Why don't you coordinate
this with Lt. Carl Davis?

If you're gonna do that, I don't
want any academy cadets...

or chain-smoking detectives
following me around, okay?

Yeah. Yeah.

JOSH: Uh-huh.

[KNOCKING ON DOOR]

What time is it?

An hour after you were
supposed to meet me at Bionalysis.

Sorry. I completely
lost track of time.

It's okay. I dropped the
sample off with Dr. Lin.

She said it's gonna
be ready in 24 hours.

No, no excuses. I'm serving
an arrest warrant today.

I need the tac squad to have
a protection team by noon.

Tac squad?

- Somebody needs police protection?
- Yes, me.

Come in.

To be honest, I'm not sure
I'm doing the right thing.

But she keeps insisting.

Yeah, Beth tends to do that.

Yeah, she does.

But she's right. You
shouldn't step down.

I'd appreciate if you keep an eye on
her until the tac squad gets in place.

- I won't let anything happen to her.
- I know you won't.

Just keep your eyes
open. Tejada's ruthless.

Okay.

Thanks, man.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[WHOOPING]

ANNOUNCER [OVER PA]: Ladies
and gentlemen, your attention, please.

It's time for the father-daughter
dance at our sweet 16 party.

So please give a warm
welcome to Mr. Chemma Tejada...

and his daughter, Nicole.

[SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]

Thank you so much
for my party, Daddy.

Nothing's too good for you.

I'm so proud of you.

ANNOUNCER: Big hand
for Nicole. Happy sweet 16.

Have fun, baby. It's your day.

BOY: Nicole! Nicole!
Come dance with me.

[SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]

OFFICER: All right, let's go.

CARL: You guys
clear the kitchen.

[MUSIC STOPS]

Chemma Tejada.

I have a warrant for your arrest
on drug-trafficking charges.

- What's going on?
- It's nothing, don't worry.

- Don't touch him!
MAN: Don't you touch...!

Get away from him!

- Get away from him!
- Don't worry, it's okay.

You shouldn't have made this
personal. Don't threaten her again.

I won't forget this.

[SPEAKS IN SPANISH]

[SOBBING]

What do you mean, nothing?

Pharmaceutical drugs, trace
botanicals, additional hormones?

There's nothing in there
that's not supposed to be.

What about unknown substances?
Something you couldn't identify.

Nothing. Not even caffeine. The
sample was essentially untainted.

I assume it came from a child?

- No, why?
- That's surprising.

As we get older, we
tend to accumulate toxins.

That blood is pure,
almost like new.

Based on the levels
of free radicals...

I was positive that was
a child's blood sample.

No.

- Well, thanks, Alison.
- Yeah, thank you.

Uh, one more thing.

I said there was nothing
unusual in the toxicology.

The blood type,
however, is rare.

- How rare?
- Extremely rare.

Less than one person
per million has it.

- Type...
- AO negative.

- How did you know?
- That's my blood type.

Furthermore, Mr. Tejada
has refused to cooperate...

which indicates he still has
ties to Hermanos En Muerte.

These allegations are specious.

The state has introduced
no definitive evidence...

that my client is in any way
associated with Hermanos En Muerte.

He has never been charged
with a felony or violent crime.

Your Honor, Tejada has
willfully flouted the rule of law...

by intimidating the prosecution.

The state has provided
no conclusive evidence...

that such intimidation occurred.

And furthermore, if there
was such intimidation...

no evidence links
it to my client.

Depose me right now,
Your Honor. I am happy to.

But I didn't wanna
delay the proceedings.

There is ample
reason to deny bail.

Based on the
conjecture of the state?

What is not conjecture, Your Honor,
is that Mr. Tejada owns and operates...

a local dry-cleaning business.

He has significant
family in the area...

and is a respected
individual in his community.

He's willing to surrender his
passport and post a surety bond.

- He's a flight risk, a proven threat...
- Okay. I get it.

Gentlemen, I'm gonna set
bail at the amount of $5 million.

- Thank you, Your Honor.
- Thank you.

He'll be home for dinner.

Of all the girls Coraline could've
kidnapped 22 years ago...

maybe there's a reason
why she singled me out.

Perhaps we have
the same blood type.

Maybe AO negative is
connected to the cure.

Well, I'm not sure about that.

For a vampire, the best
possible blood to consume...

is fresh human
blood from a child...

that matches the
vampire's blood type.

- So hang on a second...
- Wait.

- What?
- I hear something.

[CLICKING]

Stay down.

Come on, man, let's go.

- You okay?
- You're bleeding. You got hit.

It's not my blood.
It's Coraline's.

BETH: Ow.

I came as soon as I heard.

Are you okay?
Why didn't you call?

I wasn't badly hurt, and I knew
you were still in a hearing, so...

- Are you okay?
- I'm fine, we both are.

Hopefully you'll be safe now. I
brought the protection team with me.

Beth, Carl brought Commander Murphy
and officers Robinson and Clayton...

- to protect you, okay?
- Hi.

Thanks for looking out for her.
It sounds like it was a close call.

- Yeah, it was. Real close.
- This close, actually.

I'm so sorry, Beth. That
must have been terrifying.

Yeah, it was.

MICK: Supersonic vampire
hearing can definitely help you.

JOSH: Thank
God you're all right.

I don't know what I'd do
without you. I love you.

But it can also hurt you.

BETH: I love you too.

The DA pinches me at my
daughter's birthday party.

He shows me no respect.

In San Salvador, the policía
shows up like that, man...

They'll be muerto.

Mi hermana says
it's only a party.

But you only turn 16 once.

I want you to
bring that DA to me.

And bring him alive, huh?

[SPEAKS IN SPANISH]

JOSH: I'm gonna get
going back downtown.

Got it.

- Okay, you got it. JOSH:
Thanks for everything.

Oh, God.

- You scared me.
- I'm sorry.

There's nothing to worry about.
The tac squad's got you covered.

I'm so sorry about
the blood sample.

We may still have a chance.

The most important
thing is that you're safe.

OFFICER: We'll check it out.

Josh!

[SPEAKING IN SPANISH]

Josh!

Beth, what is it? Come on.

Freeze!

Beth! Beth, get
back in the house.

CARL: Officer down.
Call an ambulance.

- Get in.
- Go, go.

- That wasn't the plan.
- Had no choice.

You need to call Tejada.

We have to keep them in sight.

There.

MICK: Look out.

BETH: Damn it.

- Oh, my God.
- It's okay.

HUERTA: Turn right, man.

Come on, let's get
off the main road.

- Where did they go?
- Pull over.

We need to find them.

They could've gone three ways.
Don't drive in the wrong direction.

We have to pinpoint
their location...

and hope that Josh has
got his cell phone with him.

Beth, pull over.

Okay, okay.

Okay, I'm calling him.

[PHONE RINGING]

It's not going straight to
voice mail, so it is turned on.

That's good.

JOSH [ON MACHINE]:
You've reached Josh's mailbox.

Leave a message
and I'll call you back.

[PHONE RINGS]

- Logan Griffen speaking.
- Mick St. John. I have an emergency.

Well, I've got two fried
hard drives. Life sucks.

Logan, listen to me. Somebody's
been kidnapped, okay?

He has his cell phone
on him and it's got GPS.

- I need you to triangulate the location.
- Okay, jeez, okay. What's the number?

BETH: 310. MICK: 310.

- 555.
- 555.

- 0119.
- 0119.

About 45 seconds
and I should have it.

Come on, Josh, pick up.

[PHONE RINGING]

Did you hear that?

Hear what?

Thirty seconds.

Come on.

[RINGING]

Slow down, listen.

Please, Josh, pick up.

Josh! Josh, it's Beth.

We're coming to get
you. Just hold on, okay?

[MUMBLING]

We're coming to get
you, okay? Hold on.

The phone is...

It's not on a street. It's at Griffith
Park, close to the observatory.

Go, go, go.

Then make a right up
here. They're in Griffith Park.

Josh, we're coming.

We're coming to get
you, okay? Hold on.

Just get Carl on the phone and
tell him where we're going, okay?

MICK: Carl, we found
Josh. He's in Griffith Park.

I don't know, somewhere
by the observatory.

Wait.

HUERTA: What's he doing?

I don't know.

Should we get out of here?

Give it a minute.

Okay, listen to me.

Beth, when we find them, we
have to get up next to them, okay?

And then we have to cut them
off. We have to pin them in.

As soon as we do, you have
to get down and stay down.

- Tell me you understand.
- I understand.

Okay, let's go.

Let's go.

There, there,
Beth, there they are.

BUSTOS: Let's go, let's go.

[GRUNTING]

Oh, my God. Josh.

- You okay?
- Beth.

- You're okay.
- Here, buddy.

BETH: Help me untie him.
MICK: Let's get you out.

You're okay.

MICK: Let me help you. BETH:
You're gonna be fine, Josh.

It's okay, it's okay.

[GASPING]

- Oh, my God.
- All right.

MICK: Call 911.

Beth, call 911 now.

WOMAN: 91 1 operator.
- We need an ambulance.

Somebody's been shot.
We're in Griffith Park.

Give me a moment to find your
location. Southwest of the golf course?

- By the pond.
- On our way.

- Come here. Take your jacket off.
- Huh?

Take it off. Take
your jacket off.

Now, we have to
apply pressure here.

Put your hand here. Keep
the pressure on, okay?

We have to stop the bleeding
while I stabilize the other wounds.

Keep that pressure on now.

BETH: Come on, come on.

- Josh, please. JOSH: Beth...

MICK: I was a medic
back in World War II.

Multiple gunshot
wounds were common.

You did the best you could
with what was available to you.

[SIREN WAILING]

It's okay, buddy.

Oh, no. How is he? We
need to get him to the hospital.

- No, we can't move him.
- We need to move him to the car now.

He's bleeding to death, okay?
I'm trying to stabilize the wounds.

We've got an ambulance on
the way. You got one guy here.

The other guy's
in the car, okay?

- Stay with us. CARL:
He's still breathing.

MICK: Come on,
Josh. You stay with us.

The artery in his
neck is severed.

I need to make sure
blood is getting to his brain.

Give me your hand.
Hold your hand right there.

- Keep the pressure on.
- Okay.

Good work, buddy.
You're doing fine.

Stay with him, Beth.

BETH: Just stay with us.

I'm so sorry.

CARL: Come on.

All right, I'm gonna
cauterize the artery.

- Hold him still, hold him still.
- Stay still, stay still.

[GRUNTING]

That's good. Okay.

That's good. We've got this
area mostly under control.

Now keep pressure on
that abdomen. That's good.

You're doing a great job.
You're doing a great job, okay?

The tourniquet isn't working.

I've got to stop the blood
flow to his femoral artery.

Take your necklace off.

- What?
- Just do it.

- How do you know what you're doing?
- You learn a lot in war. Hold it.

You find out why some
people make it and others don't.

Now, this is gonna hurt
him. You hold him still.

- Be brave, buddy.
- Right.

Be brave.

[GRUNTING]

It's okay.

If I can tie the necklace
around Josh's artery...

I can stop the
bleeding in his leg.

You're okay. You're okay.

- What day is it?
- It's Friday.

- October?
- No, sweetie, it's January.

Our anniversary's in October.

I know.

You took me on our
first date on the 17th.

Remember?

You took me to your
favorite dive bar, Rustic Inn.

- Video golf.
- Ha-ha.

We stayed up till
2 in the morning.

I've never had so
much fun my whole life.

I had to make sure
you were my kind of girl.

[CHUCKLES]

Oh, Go...

The artery's clamped.

That should stop the
blood flow to the legs.

All this blood is
taking its toll on Beth.

It's the sunlight that's
taking its toll on me.

CARL: Come on, move it.
- How long on that ambulance?

Two, maybe three minutes.

He won't last three.

At the end of the day, not a
lot separates life and death.

He needs CPR. You breathe for
him, do you know how to do that?

- Yes.
- Okay, breathe, now.

Two breaths, come on.

That's what makes it precious.

And breathe.

Come on, man.

Don't leave me! Josh!

Come on.

I don't hear anything.

No pulse, no
circulation, nothing.

Stay with me.

Stay with me, Josh.

You can save him.

No, I can't do that.

Yes, you can.
Turn him, he'll live.

That's not living, Beth.

Save him, please, for me.

Please.

He's human, Beth, okay?

This is what happens.

[SIREN WAILING]

PARAMEDIC 1: What happened?
CARL: Multiple gunshots.

He's right over there.

PARAMEDIC 2: Grab the
monitor and the jump bag.

- What do you got?
- His heart stopped 45 seconds ago.

Excuse me.

- Ready to ventilate.
- Copy that, ready to ventilate.

No pulse, he's not
breathing. I'll do paddle check.

PARAMEDIC 1: Paddle check.

PARAMEDIC 2: Clear.
PARAMEDIC 1: Clear.

- Check for pulse.
- No pulse.

Okay, V-fib, 360.
Everybody clear.

PARAMEDIC 1: Clear.

Check for pulse.

Okay, check for pulse. No pulse.

- Everybody clear.
- Clear.

Check for pulse.

- Pulse?
- No pulse.

Charging 360. Everybody clear.

Clear.

I'm sorry, he's gone.

- Beth.
- Stay away from me.

CARL: Bustos ain't talking.

Huerta's in intensive care and
Tejada's probably long gone.

Give me five minutes
alone with Bustos.

Mick, I can't do that. Risk letting
this guy walk on a technicality?

He's not gonna walk. There's
not gonna be a technicality.

I won't touch him. You
can watch from here.

Just give me five minutes.

Let's go.

- Alone.
- All right, you've got five minutes.

It's a waste of time.

I'm gonna ask you a question,
and you probably should answer it.

[SPEAKS IN SPANISH]

[GROWLS]

CARL: No, wait.
- No way!

Get him away! Get
him away from me!

Get him away!

Tell me where to find Tejada.

El diablo, get him away!

El diablo, get him away!

Get him away!

Where is Tejada?

- Whatever he's doing, it's working.
- Last time.

Where is he?

Answer my question.

He's at the Hollenback Bar.

Chatsworth.

Hey, what just happened?

He's holed up at the
Compost Bar in Boyle Heights.

CARL: Compost
Bar in Boyle Heights.

Good work.

I hated lying to Carl like that.

Tejada had escaped
justice for long enough.

And I had a score to settle.

Tejada made this personal.

When it comes to revenge and
vampires, blood is vengeance.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Where's Tejada?

[SPEAKS IN SPANISH]

[WOMAN SHRIEKS]

Then there's the part in every bar scene
where the bartender pulls out a shotgun.

Right on cue.

You missed me.

I see them staring at
me like I'm inhuman.

Those looks used to bother me.

Not now.

Where's Tejada?

In the office.

Tejada.

What, you come to my place? You
come to my place and spill blood?

Big mistake, because
now I'll have your blood.

[YELLING]

[PHONE RINGING]

Gonna answer that?

I don't wanna talk to anyone.

Please, could you just leave?

Just give me a minute.

I know you're angry
that I didn't turn Josh.

But I didn't kill him. Huerta
killed him and Tejada killed him.

Beth...

his job killed him.

You can't blame me
for him being gone.

Turning someone into a vampire
isn't saving a life, it's taking one.

Because it's a curse. I
know, you tell me all the time.

You don't know. Beth,
how could you know?

If you hate what you are so
much, then why do you go on living?

You make me want to.

[CHUCKLES]

I'm not really sure.

I'm not really sure.

I did a lot of bad things
after I was turned, Beth.

Things that you
could never imagine.

Things I carry tremendous
amounts of guilt about.

I wanna make up for them.

[SOBBING]

Beth?

I just can't stop
thinking about him.

If you'd have done
it, he'd still be here.

What if it were me lying
there instead of Josh...

seconds before death,
would you have saved me?

Would you have saved me?

I would've done the same thing.

She asked me something I've
asked myself over and over again.

The truth is, I don't
know what I would do.

What I do know is at
the end of the day...

not a lot separates
life and death.

Only one thing: eternity.

[ENGLISH SDH]