Murder 101 (2006–…): Season 1, Episode 3 - Murder 101: If Wishes Were Horses - full transcript

Miranda: YOU ARE LISTENING
TO BARRY AND MIRANDA

ON YOUR FAVORITE
TALK RADIO, KYVO,

COMING TO YOU LIVE FROM
SANTA ANITA RACE TRACK.

Barry: THIS IS AN
HISTORIC DAY, FOLKS...

NOT JUST FOR HORSE RACING,

BUT FOR AMERICA, FOR THE WORLD,

THE DAY WE SAY GOOD-BYE
TO A SUPERSTAR.

THIS IS THE DAY HEAVEN
LOVE RUNS HIS LAST RACE.

WHAT MUST BE GOING THROUGH
THE HEARTS AND MINDS

OF JACOB BRAWLEY, DAUGHTER
DIANA, AND SON JAKE,

SEEING THE HORSE
IN HIS FINAL RACE?



WHAT ABOUT BERNARD ALGER,

A GUY WHO THEY SAID WAS
WASHED UP AS A TRAINER?

THE BRAWLEYS GAVE HIM A SHOT,
AND THE REST IS HISTORY

WITH ONE HORSE. HEAVEN LOVE,

WHO WON OUR HEARTS AND OVER $10
MILLION IN 2 YEARS OF RACING,

COULD BE ON HIS WAY TO EARNING
100 TIMES THAT IN RETIREMENT.

Miranda: YOU'RE RIGHT, BARRY.

THEY DO SAY HE'LL BE WORTH

A BILLION DOLLARS IN STUD FEES.

AFTER ALL, IN THE
THOROUGHBRED GAME,

IT IS ALL ABOUT BREEDING.

WHY WE RUSHING?

BECAUSE WE'RE LATE...
BECAUSE YOU MADE US LATE.

WE CAN'T BE THAT LATE.



THIS IS A HORSE RACE,

PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT
HORSE RACE OF THE CENTURY,

AND IT'S GOING TO START
WITH OR WITHOUT ME.

I INTEND TO MAKE THE GATE.

Miranda: IN HEAVEN LOVE'S
CASE, IT'S ALL ABOUT HEART.

19 OUT OF 20 RACES,
LOSING ONLY ONE BY A NOSE

IN LAST MONTH'S MUDDY
BELMONT STAKES,

AND, OF COURSE, LOSING
OUT ON THE TRIPLE CROWN

BECAUSE OF IT.

IT'S RIGHT OVER THERE!

Man: MIKE! MIKE! MIKE BRYANT!

POPS!

THOUGHT YOU WEREN'T
GOING TO MAKE IT!

SO DID I.

- I'M HIS NEPHEW BEN.
- HEY. POPS.

[BELL RINGS AND CROWD CHEERS]

COME ON!

[INDISTINCT SHOUTING]

Barry: GENERAL
CHANG IN THE LEAD.

AQUARIAN, SECOND,
MERCY TIME, THIRD,

AND HEAVEN LOVE,
FOLLOWED BY WIDE ANGLE,

MINUTE MAID, AND DIDGERIDOO.

Miranda: YOU DID THAT
QUITE WELL, BARRY.

[CHEERING]

Barry: DOWN THE STRETCH,
HEAVEN LOVE MAKES HIS MOVE.

THE CROWD IS ON THEIR FEET.
THE CHEERING IS DEAFENING.

HEAVEN LOVE TAKES THE
LEAD BY 3 LENGTHS.

NOW, HE MAKES IT 5!

COMING TO THE WIRE AT THE POLE!

[CHEERING]

HEAVEN LOVE!

[CHEERING]

[HOOFBEATS]

- WHAT'S GOING ON?
- THE RACE IS OVER!

WE MISSED IT.

HEY, WELL, WE CAN ALWAYS
CATCH THE HIGHLIGHT

ON THE 10:00 NEWS.

[LAUGHS]

HE DID IT! WE WON! YES!

[LAUGHING]

GREAT!

WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH HIM?

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[BIRDS CHIRPING]

Woman: JONATHAN?

JONATHAN!

JONATHAN!

JONATHAN?

PROFESSOR MAXWELL!

MARY! HI! [LAUGHS]

WHAT PLANET WERE YOU ON?

WHAT? BEG YOUR PARDON?

I WAS CALLING... NO,
YELLING YOUR NAME.

I'M SORRY. IT'S THESE
DARN HEARING AIDS.

I CAN'T GET THEM SET RIGHT.

OH. OH, I DIDN'T KNOW.

I JUST GOT THEM. ONE OF THE
PERKS OF THE GOLDEN YEARS.

WELL, I'M NOT GOLDEN...
YET, BUT I WEAR THEM TOO.

OH, WELL, SEE, NOW, YOU...
YOU CAN HIDE YOURS.

THERE'S NOTHING TO BE
EMBARRASSED ABOUT.

YEAH. I GOT SURROUND SOUND,

I GOT TELEPHONE, I GOT VOICE...

EITHER I CAN'T HEAR
ANYTHING AT ALL,

OR I'M HEARING A PIN
DROP 40 YARDS AWAY.

LET ME SEE IF I CAN JUST
HELP YOU ADJUST IT THERE.

[FEEDBACK SQUEALS] - WHOA! - OH!

I'M SORRY. SORRY.

AHH. [LAUGHS]

- OH!
- BETTER.

THERE.

OH, THAT'S GOOD.

A LOT BETTER. THANK YOU.

AHH. OH! HERE'S THE
BOOK YOU ORDERED.

OH, WELL... YOU DIDN'T
HAVE TO DO THAT.

I COULD HAVE COME TO THE
LIBRARY AND GET IT.

I CAN'T ASK AN OLD GUY LIKE YOU

TO WALK ALL THE WAY
TO THE LIBRARY.

THAT'S AN AGE JOKE!

[GIGGLES]

[NICKERS]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[HORSE WHINNIES]

[DOG BARKING]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[ENGINE PURRS]

[ENGINE STOPS]

[INDISTINCT SHOUTING]

[METAL CLINKING]

[HORSE SNORTS]

[DISTANT HORSE NEIGHS]

HEY. HOW'S MY BOY, HUH?

LOOK WHAT I GOT FOR YOU!

THAT'S RIGHT. IT'S
YOUR BIG DAY, BOY.

THAT'S RIGHT. THE PRESS ARE
COMING TO SAY GOOD-BYE.

- HEY, MIKE.
- MM-HMM.

[HORSE WHINNIES]

[GRUNTING]

[HORSE WHINNIES]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

SO WE KNOW THAT
MOST MURDERERS HAVE

SOME KIND OF AN INTIMATE
CONNECTION WITH THE VICTIM

OR WERE A MEMBER OF
THE VICTIM'S FAMILY.

THAT'S TRUE ABOUT
90% OF THE TIME.

IT'S A GOOD PLACE TO START.

BUT OF COURSE, THE
CRIMINOLOGIST HAS TO LOOK

BEYOND ALL THE STATISTICS

AND LOOK FOR THE HUMAN
COMPLEXITIES INVOLVED.

YOU KNOW, D.N.A. SAYS WE'RE ALL
VERY DIFFERENT. WE'RE ALL UNIQUE.

SO EACH MURDER HAS ITS
OWN UNIQUE COMPLEXITIES

AND ITS OWN MOTIVES.

SO IF YOU HAVEN'T LEARNED
ANYTHING ELSE IN THIS CLASS,

LEARN THAT.

HE SAYS THAT ABOUT EVERYTHING.

I HEARD THAT. [LAUGHS]

I KNOW I SAY IT
ABOUT EVERYTHING,

BUT THIS TIME, IT
IS ESPECIALLY TRUE.

BELIEVE ME.

OK, CLASS. SEE YOU NEXT WEEK.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

WELL DONE, PROFESSOR.

I'M SORRY. I DIDN'T KNOW

SOMEONE WAS SITTING
IN ON THE CLASS.

I KIND OF SNUCK IN
WHEN IT WAS DARK...

AN OLD BAD HABIT OF
MINE, I'M AFRAID.

IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME.
ARE YOU...

FOCUSING ONLY ON MURDERS NOW?

MURDER'S... SUCH A
PRIMITIVE CRIME.

I MEAN, NO STRATEGY,

NO GAMESMANSHIP, NO FINESSE.

THAT WOULD DEPEND ON THE
MURDERER, WOULDN'T IT?

WELL, LIKE THOSE STATISTICS SAY,

MOST MURDERS ARE A
CRIME OF PASSION OR...

A GRUDGE AGAINST DADDY.

YOUR TALENTS AS A CRIMINOLOGIST
SHOULD BE ELEVATED

TO MORE CHALLENGING PURSUITS

LIKE THEY USED TO BE.

YOU KNOW, YOU SEEM TO KNOW ME,

BUT I'M AFRAID I HAVEN'T
HAD THE PLEASURE...

I THINK YOU'VE HAD THE PLEASURE

OF SENDING ME AWAY FOR
A VERY LONG TIME.

RENE DE LEON.

IT WARMS MY HEART
THAT YOU REMEMBER.

BIGGEST SCAM IN HORSE
RACING HISTORY, RIGHT?

UNTIL THEY BROUGHT
YOU IN ON THE CASE.

SO, UH, WHEN...

WHEN DID I GET OUT?
ABOUT A YEAR AGO.

IF YOU REMEMBER, THE
SENTENCE WAS 15 YEARS,

BUT MY BEHAVIOR WAS...
IMPECCABLE.

WELL, THIS IS DIFFERENT.

NEVER BEEN TO A HORSE
RETIREMENT PARTY BEFORE.

NOT MANY PEOPLE HAVE.

[WHINNIES]

Pops: GEORGE, YOU WANT TO GET
THE HORSE TRAILER READY?

- POPS.
- HEY, MIKE.

GOOD TO SEE YOU COULD MAKE IT.

NEPHEW.

YEAH. I MET YOU AT THE RACE.

YEAH. WE DON'T TALK ABOUT THAT.

UNCLE MIKE TOLD ME YOU
USED TO BE A JOCKEY.

100 YEARS AGO.

LET ME INTRODUCE YOU
TO HEAVEN LOVE,

THE GREATEST RACEHORSE
OF THIS CENTURY.

NEVER BEEN THIS CLOSE
TO A RACEHORSE BEFORE.

I'VE NEVER BEEN THIS CLOSE
TO ANY HORSE BEFORE.

YEAH. THIS HORSE IS PURE MAGIC.

HEY, WHEN YOU WERE A JOCKEY,

DID YOU RIDE A HORSE LIKE HIM?

SON, THERE NEVER HAS
BEEN A HORSE LIKE HIM.

HE IS ONE OF A KIND.

WOW. I THOUGHT YOU ONLY
KNEW ABOUT SURFING.

WELL, NOW, I'VE LIKED HORSES
SINCE I WAS A LITTLE KID,

- PLAYING LONE RANGER.
- WHO?

HEY, BILLY, YOU WANT TO
CHANGE THE HEAD STALL

AND BRING HIM DOWN
IN ABOUT 10 MINUTES.

YOU GOT IT, BOSS.

COME ON, GUYS.

[HORSE WHINNIES]

WELL, IF YOU DIDN'T
COME TO KILL ME,

THEN I STILL DON'T KNOW
WHY YOU CAME TO SEE ME.

OH, JUST TO RENEW
ACQUAINTANCES, I GUESS...

TO SEE AND BE SEEN.

SO, WHAT FOR YOU NOW?
STRAIGHT AND NARROW, MAYBE?

I'VE BEEN EXPLORING
SOME CHOICES.

SAY, WOULD...

WOULD YOU LIKE TO GET A
DRINK, OR MAYBE SOME DINNER?

OH, I'M SORRY. I CAN'T.

YOU STILL DON'T TRUST
ME, PROFESSOR?

OH, NO. IT'S NOT THAT.

I'M COOKING FOR SOME
FRIENDS TONIGHT.

WELL, PERHAPS ANOTHER TIME.

LISTEN, RENE...

HOW ABOUT COMING AND TALKING
TO MY STUDENTS SOMETIME?

I MEAN, I'M ALWAYS TELLING THEM

TO INVESTIGATE A CRIME, YOU
HAVE TO KNOW THE CRIMINALS.

WELL, WE BOTH SHARE A
LOVE OF CRIME HISTORY.

BUT HOW DOES THAT SAYING GO?

"THOSE WHO CAN, DO,

AND THOSE WHO CAN'T... TEACH."

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[SHUTTERS CLICKING]

[BRAKES SQUEAK]

POPS. I DON'T KNOW
WHETHER TO LAUGH OR CRY.

MMM.

A LITTLE OF BOTH, I GUESS.

I GUESS SO.

THIS IS MIKE BRYANT.

- HI.
- HELLO.

- AND HIS NEPHEW BEN.
- HOW ARE YOU?

- DIANA BRAWLEY.
- HI. NICE TO MEET YOU.

- CONGRATULATIONS.
- THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

AND THANK YOU FOR COMING.

HAVE A NICE AFTERNOON.
[HORSE WHINNIES]

- I'LL SEE YOU LATER.
- OK.

SHE'S THE SALT OF THE
EARTH, THAT GIRL.

BUT HER BROTHER... I DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T KNOW.

I CAN'T BELIEVE HE CAME
FROM THE SAME BLOODLINE.

[HORSE SNORTS]

GOOD TO SEE YOU.

DIANA.

THIS IS A VERY HAPPY DAY FOR ME,

NEVER AGAIN HAVING TO RUN
AGAINST HEAVEN LOVE.

YOU KNOW YOU'VE ENJOYED
WATCHING HEAVEN LOVE RACE

AS MUCH AS ANYONE.

YES. I TRIED TO BUY HIM FROM YOU

SINCE HE WAS A FOAL.

WELL,

WE'LL BOTH BE MAKING SOME
MONEY FROM HIM NOW, WON'T WE?

OF COURSE. [CHUCKLES]

AHMAD.

CONGRATULATIONS, BERNIE,

ON THE RACE AND YOUR
ENGAGEMENT TO DIANA.

FINALLY FOUND SOMEONE
TO BELIEVE IN ME.

I WILL ALWAYS REGRET LETTING
YOU GO AS MY TRAINER.

- NO, YOU WON'T.
- PERHAPS NOT.

BUT I WILL DEFINITELY REGRET
LOSING THIS LOVELY LADY TO YOU.

OH, YOU DON'T HAVE
ENOUGH WIVES ALREADY?

OK. WHEN ARE WE GOING
TO BURY THE HATCHET?

TIME IS MOVING ON, DIANA.
MAKE YOUR ANNOUNCEMENT.

YES, SIR.

- COME ON.
- YES, SIR.

YOU BOTH BEHAVE YOURSELVES.

[SNORTS] CAN I GET A SHOT?

EXCUSE ME, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

COULD I JUST HAVE YOUR
ATTENTION FOR A FEW MOMENTS?

ON BEHALF OF MY
FATHER, MY BROTHER,

OUR WONDERFUL TRAINER
BERNARD ALGER,

I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU
FOR BEING HERE TODAY.

IT'S A VERY SPECIAL DAY FOR US.

WE'RE HERE TO CELEBRATE THE
AMAZING CAREER OF HEAVEN LOVE.

[CHEERING]

ABSOLUTELY.

[SIGHS]

HE'S GOING TO BE LEAVING US
TODAY FOR A BREEDING FARM,

BUT HE WILL ALWAYS REMAIN
HERE IN OUR HEARTS.

WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO EXPRESS
OUR LOVE, GRATITUDE AND...

RESPECT FOR THE SPORT
OF HORSE RACING

BY ANNOUNCING TODAY THAT
HALF OF OUR PROFITS

OF HEAVEN LOVE'S UPCOMING
EARNINGS AS A SIRE

WILL GOT TO THE BENEFIT OF
THE JOCKEY PENSION FUND.

OH!

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

IT IS GREATLY NEEDED
AND LONG OVERDUE.

WE'RE HONORED TO BE
ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE.

THANK YOU FOR COMING. PLEASE
ENJOY YOUR AFTERNOON.

[APPLAUSE AND
INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[BRAKES SQUEAK]

DIANA, BERNIE.

- ALL READY TO GO?
- [SIGHS] YEP.

HE'S READY. I DON'T
KNOW IF I AM.

OH, POPS.

BELIEVE ME, HEAVEN LOVE IS
GOING TO HAVE A GREAT TIME

ON THE BREEDING FARM.

PLUS, YOU HAVE
VISITATION RIGHTS.

PUT HIM UP.

[HORSE WHINNIES] YEAH.

HE'S FINALLY GOING TO
MAKE US SOME MONEY,

IF DIANA DOESN'T
GIVE IT ALL AWAY.

IS THAT ALL YOU CARE ABOUT?

HE'S COSTING US A FORTUNE.

MY FORTUNE. [WHEEZING]

- DAD?
- DAD?

- DAD? DAD, ARE YOU OK?
- DAD, WHAT'S GOING ON?

- ALL RIGHT. BREATHE.
- ARE YOU OK?

BREATHE. [WHEEZING]

IT'S TOO MUCH EXCITEMENT.
[CELL PHONE DIALS]

BREATHE, DAD. [LINE RINGS]

YEAH. I'VE GOT AN EMERGENCY.
LOOKS LIKE A HEART ATTACK.

TAKE IT EASY. [WHEEZING]

[GASPING]

WORK UP THE SECONDARY SURVEY,
AND I'LL CALL IT IN.

WE'RE RIDING WITH HIM.

POPS, YOU RIDE WITH HEAVEN LOVE.

- DIANA NEEDS ME.
- GO.

[SIREN BLARING]

HEY, I GOT TO GO, BOYS.

HOPE THE OLD GUY'S OK.

OH, JACOB BRAWLEY? AH,
HE'LL LIVE FOREVER.

THANKS AGAIN, POPS.
WE'LL SEE YOU.

SEE YOU, MIKE.

GEORGE!

HEY, GEORGE, I'M GOING WITH YOU.

[HORSE SNORTS]

GEORGE?

ANYBODY?

GEORGE?

GEORGE?

[GRUNTING]

[SNORTS]

[HORSE WHINNIES]

[INDISTINCT]

OK. GET OUT OF THERE.

[LOCK CLICKS]

[CRICKETS CHIRP AND DOG BARKS]

[MOUSE CLICKS]

YOU KNOW, YOUR UNCLE
MIKE ALWAYS WANTED

TO BE A COWBOY WHEN
HE WAS LITTLE.

YOU REMEMBER THAT OLD HORSE
WE HAD WHO YOU CALLED BEANS?

FRIJOLES. NEVER FORGET HIM.

YOU BET ON FRIJOLES?

JONATHAN, YOU GOT YOUR
HEARING AIDS TURNED OFF.

OH, YEAH.

I TURNED THEM OFF COMING
HOME IN THE TRAFFIC.

EVERY STOPLIGHT, THAT BOOM,
BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM

WOULD DRIVE ME NUTS.

AS I RECALL, YOU WERE
NEVER TOO FOND OF HORSES.

I NEVER GET ON AN ANIMAL
BIGGER THAN I AM.

I CAN'T BELIEVE I GOT SO CLOSE

TO ONE OF THE GREATEST THOROUGHBREDS
IN HORSE RACING HISTORY.

YOU SMELL LIKE YOU GOT
PRETTY CLOSE TO ONE.

[CHUCKLES]

- BATHROOM'S IN THERE.
- YOU GUYS FEEL LIKE BARBECUE?

YEAH, LOOK IN THE FRIDGE.
ANYTHING YOU WANT.

[MEOWS]

- BEN.
- YEAH?

MIKE'S GOT A BIG
BIRTHDAY COMING UP,

ONE THAT ENDS IN AN "O."

AN "O"?

WELL, YOU'LL UNDERSTAND
WHEN YOU GET OLDER.

- OH.
- YEAH.

I WANT TO GET HIM A
REALLY SPECIAL GIFT,

SO IF HE DROPS ANY HINTS
OR ANYTHING, LET ME KNOW.

GOT IT.

ALL RIGHT, GUYS.
YOUR CHOICES ARE

BURGERS OR BURGERS.

HOW ABOUT A BURGER?

SOUNDS GOOD.

- BURGERS.
- BURGERS IT IS.

GO ON.

WHAT DO YOU SUPPOSE HAPPENED
TO THAT STEAK I HAD IN THERE?

THAT CAT ATE IT.

[HORSE WHINNIES]

[INDISTINCT SHOUTING]

[MUFFLED SHOUTING]

[ROCK MUSIC PLAYING]

I'M TELLING YOU, BEN,

THIS P.I. STUFF
AND MY LIFESTYLE,

IT'S NOT AS GLAMOROUS
AS YOU'D THINK.

HOW CAN YOU SAY THIS IS NOT
A GLAMOROUS LIFESTYLE?

LIVING AT THE BEACH,
SURFING AT SUNRISE...

STACKS OF UNPAID BILLS.

[BEEPS]

Pops on phone: MIKE? IT'S POPS.
I NEED YOUR HELP.

COME AS SOON AS YOU CAN. [BEEPS]

I GOT TO GET DRESSED.

FINE, BUT I'M COMING WITH YOU.

YOU SAID I COULD TAG ALONG
ON EVERYTHING, RIGHT?

RIGHT. AND THEN, YOU'RE GOING TO
GO BACK TO LAW SCHOOL, RIGHT?

YEAH, WELL...

WE'LL SEE.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

Barry: WHAT A TURN
OF EVENTS, MIRANDA.

YESTERDAY, A DAY OF JOY AS WE WATCHED
HEAVEN LOVE BID FAREWELL TO THE TRACK.

TODAY, WE WAIT FOR NEWS AS
TO WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO HIM.

Miranda: YES, BARRY. THE ENTIRE
WORLD OF RACING WAS SHOCKED

WHEN THE NEWS WAS RELEASED
THAT HEAVEN LOVE WAS STOLEN

FROM THE BRAWLEY FARM STABLES.

THE LOCAL POLICE AND F.B.I.
ARE ON THE SCENE

CONDUCTING A FULL INVESTIGATION.

I GUESS ALL WE CAN DO IS
PLAY THE WAIT-AND-SEE GAME.

GLAD YOU COULD MAKE IT SO QUICK.

WELL, THE POLICE AND THE F.B.I.
ARE HERE.

NOT SURE WHAT I CAN DO.

YOU GOT TO HELP THE BRAWLEYS.

PLEASE, MIKE. I MEAN, I
FEEL LIKE I LET THEM DOWN.

LET THEM DOWN?

YEAH. I SHOULD HAVE
DONE SOMETHING.

POPS, THERE'S NOTHING
YOU COULD HAVE DONE.

YOU SAID THE BRAWLEYS HIRED
EXTRA SECURITY FOR THE DAY?

RIGHT. BUT THE GUY THAT
WAS ACTUALLY HIRED?

HE WAS FOUND TIED UP IN THE
HORSE STALLS IN HIS UNDERWEAR.

THAT'S WHERE THEY
DUMPED ME AND GEORGE.

SO SOMEBODY ELSE
PUT ON HIS CLOTHES

AND THEN KNOCKED YOU
OUT WITH SOMETHING?

RIGHT. GRABBED ME FROM BEHIND,

HE STUCK A RAG IN MY FACE,

AND IT WAS NIGHTY-NIGHT.

YOU DIDN'T SEE HIS FACE?

NO, JUST A SHIRT SLEEVE.
HE WAS WEARING GLOVES.

AND NOBODY ELSE SAW ANYTHING?

NOT MUCH FOR YOU TO GO
ON, HUH, UNCLE MIKE?

DO ALL LAW STUDENTS LIKE
TO STATE THE OBVIOUS?

HEY, LOOK, GUYS. I
MEAN, THIS HORSE IS...

I MEAN, HE'S VERY SENSITIVE.

AND HE'S GOT TO BE
HANDLED JUST RIGHT.

WELL, HE'S WORTH A LOT OF MONEY,

AND WHOEVER STOLE
HIM KNOWS THAT.

SO WE'VE GOT ALL THE PHONE LINES.
THIS IS GREAT.

SO JUST KEEP YOUR EARS ON,

'CAUSE WHEN THAT CALL COMES
IN, WE WANT TO JUMP.

GREAT.

THANK YOU.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

MICHAEL BRYANT,
PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR?

MIKE'S FINE.

PLEASE DON'T TELL ME THAT
THE FAMILY HAS HIRED YOU?

NOT YET. AND I DON'T BELIEVE
I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE.

DETECTIVE SERGEANT
MATTERSON, MISSING PERSONS.

IT'S QUITE A SET-UP, SERGEANT.

WHAT IS THIS, YOUR PARTNER?

YEAH. NAME'S BEN.

NO, HE'S MY NEPHEW.

NEPHEW PARTNER.

JUDGING FROM ALL THE SUITS,

I'D SAY YOU'VE GOT
QUITE A BIT OF HELP.

THE F.B.I. AND INTERPOL
ARE WORKING ON THIS CASE.

INTERPOL?

WELL, HEAVEN LOVE WAS ABOUT TO BE
BOUGHT BY AN INTERNATIONAL SYNDICATE.

SO THEY'VE SET UP A GLOBAL
COMMUNICATION NETWORK

JUST IN CASE THE HORSE IS WINGING
ITS WAY TO DUBAI OR KYOTO.

WOW. THAT'S COOL.

AND THE F.B.I.?

THE BUREAU IS TREATING THIS
LIKE A KIDNAPPING CASE.

YOU SURE IT'S A KIDNAPPING?

SOME PEOPLE ARE CALLING
IT A HORSENAPPING.

BUT WHATEVER IT IS,

THE WHOLE WORLD IS
WATCHING THIS CASE.

SO, MISSING PERSONS
INCLUDES MISSING HORSES?

FOR THIS HORSE? YES, IT DOES.

COULD BE YOUR BIG BREAK, HUH?

WELL, AS YOU CAN SEE,
I'M PRETTY BUSY.

A KIDNAPPING?
THAT'S INTERESTING.

AND WHY IS THAT SO INTERESTING?

WELL, HEAVEN LOVE WAS LAST SEEN AT
THE STABLES ABOUT 6:00 YESTERDAY,

SO ABOUT 15 HOURS HAS PASSED.

SHOULDN'T YOU HAVE GOTTEN
A RANSOM CALL BY NOW?

SO YOU THINK IT'S
NOT KIDNAPPING?

I DON'T KNOW.

NEITHER DO THEY.

OH, MS. BRAWLEY, THIS IS...

WE KNOW EACH OTHER. WE
MET BRIEFLY YESTERDAY.

POPS HAS SAID WONDERFUL
THINGS ABOUT YOU.

MAY I SPEAK TO YOU PRIVATELY?

OF COURSE.

YOU STAY HERE AND
STAY OUT OF THE WAY.

WELL, I'LL... UM, I'LL JUST STAY
OUT HERE, KEEP AN EYE ON THINGS.

Woman: WE'RE GETTING IT FOR
YOU NOW, AGENT GLORIA.

HOW'S YOUR FATHER, MS. BRAWLEY?

I WAS AT THE STABLES
WHEN HE COLLAPSED.

HE INSISTED ON COMING HOME
FROM THE HOSPITAL LAST NIGHT.

WELL, POPS SAYS
HE'LL LIVE FOREVER.

YEAH.

DAD THINKS HE'S TOUGHER
THAN HE ACTUALLY IS.

TRUTH IS, HE NEEDS REST,
NOT ALL THIS DISRUPTION.

POLICE, F.B.I., INTERPOL...
THAT'S QUITE AN INVASION.

THAT WAS MY BROTHER'S DOING.

I DIDN'T WANT THEM HERE.

HE'S THE ONE THAT
INVITED THEM IN.

WELL, THEY'RE DEDICATED
TO FINDING YOUR HORSE.

WELL, THEN, THEY SHOULD
BE OUT LOOKING FOR HIM,

NOT JUST SITTING BY THE PHONE.

YOU DON'T SOUND TOO SURE

THAT YOU'LL BE GETTING
A RANSOM CALL.

I'M NOT. ARE YOU?

I DON'T KNOW.

HOW MUCH IS HEAVEN LOVE WORTH?

AS A SIRE, HE'S ESTIMATED
AT $1 BILLION.

TELL ME ABOUT THE DEAL WITH
THE INTERNATIONAL SYNDICATE.

WE HAD AN AGREEMENT TO SHARE
THE PROFITS OF HEAVEN LOVE.

IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE
FINALIZED THIS WEEK.

MAYBE THAT'S WHO
THEY'RE CALLING.

NO. NO. I KNOW THESE PEOPLE.

THEY WOULD NEVER DO
ANYTHING BEHIND OUR BACK.

BUT THERE ARE OTHER
BUYERS OUT THERE?

WELL, THAT'S WHY WE NEED
YOU OUT THERE, MR. BRYANT.

WELL, TIME IS SHORT ON
THESE KIND OF THINGS,

I'M GOING TO NEED TO BRING
IN SOMEONE TO HELP ME.

AND I KNOW JUST THE GUY.

Man: DETECTIVE MATTERSON?

THIS MAN SAYS HE'S ON THE LIST.

DAVE, HE'S FINE.

PROFESSOR MAXWELL!

- YES.
- I... I KNOW HIM.

HE'S COOL.

DETECTIVE SERGEANT
JOANNE MATTERSON.

I TOOK YOUR COURSE
IN CRIMINOLOGY.

OH, REALLY? WELL, I
SEE IT PAID OFF.

DETECTIVE SERGEANT!

YOU RUNNING EVERYTHING
AROUND HERE?

WELL, BARELY.

LISTEN, I'M LOOKING FOR MIKE BRYANT.
DO YOU KNOW HIM?

HE ASKED ME TO MEET HIM
IN THE GREAT ROOM.

BRYANT. SO HE TOOK THE JOB.

APPARENTLY. HE GAVE ME ONE, TOO,

UNLESS THE CASE IS
CLOSED, OF COURSE.

SOON.

WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, PROFESSOR,

YOU AND BRYANT SHOULD
JUST STAY OUT OF OUR WAY.

OH, I'M SURE WE WILL.

UH, WELL IT WAS NICE TO
MEET AN OLD STUDENT.

COULD YOU DIRECT ME
TO WHERE MIKE IS?

THE GREAT ROOM IS IN THE
WEST WING OF THE HOUSE.

YOU GO IN, YOU TAKE A RIGHT
AT THE FOOT OF THE STAIRS,

FOLLOW THE HALLWAY PAST THE
KITCHEN, THEN TAKE A LEFT.

A LEFT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

COOL?

[HORSE WHINNIES]

MR. ALGER, YESTERDAY
AT THE PARTY,

I NOTICED YOU WERE HAVING A
PRETTY HEATED DISCUSSION

WITH A MIDEASTERN-LOOKING MAN.

- WHO, AHMAD?
- SHEIK AHMAD AL FALANI.

HE WOULD HAVE GIVEN ALL THE MONEY
IN ARABIA FOR HEAVEN LOVE.

IF HE COULDN'T BUY HIM,
WOULD HE STEAL HIM?

YEAH. NOW WE'RE GETTING
SOMEWHERE WITH THIS.

[SIGHS] AHMAD HAS ALWAYS
BEEN A VERY GOOD FRIEND.

NO. TO YOU, DIANA.

YOU KNOW WHAT? I THINK
WE SHOULD TALK TO AHMAD

AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

I THINK WE SHOULD GET THIS GOING.
TIME'S A-WASTING.

[DOOR OPENS]

OH, EXCUSE ME. I'M AFRAID
I SEEM TO BE LOST.

I WAS LOOKING FOR
THE GREAT ROOM.

AND YOU ARE?

OH, I'M SORRY. [HORSE WHINNIES]

- JONATHAN MAXWELL.
- JACOB BRAWLEY.

AND WHY ARE YOU LOST IN MY HOUSE, MR...
MAXWELL?

WELL, MR. BRAWLEY, I'M A
PROFESSOR OF CRIMINOLOGY.

YOU'RE NOT WITH THE POLICE,
ARE YOU, PROFESSOR?

NO, I'M NOT. I'M WITH A
PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR.

I THINK YOUR DAUGHTER HIRED HIM.

DIANA? HEH.

ALWAYS TRYING TO
IMPROVE THE ODDS.

THE GREAT ROOM IS
RIGHT IN THERE.

OH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND A PLEASURE TO MEET YOU, MR.
BRAWLEY.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

[TELEPHONE RINGS]

Man: START THAT BACKTRACE!

YEAH, MY PARTNER AND I WERE
BROUGHT IN ON THE CASE.

WE'LL FIND THAT HORSE.

[RING]

HELLO?

Distorted male voice:
IS THIS DIANA BRAWLEY?

YES.

WE'VE GOT YOUR HORSE, MS.
BRAWLEY,

AND IF YOU WANT HIM BACK,
IT'S GOING TO BE EXPENSIVE.

[CLICKS]

THERE YOU ARE.

[LOCK CLICKS]

[HORSES NEIGH]

YOU KNOW, I DID GET TO MEET

THE LEGENDARY JACOB BRAWLEY.

BOY, WHAT A CHARACTER!

YOU MET THE OLD MAN?

YEAH. AFRAID I INTERRUPTED
HIS GARDENING.

GARDENING? I THOUGHT HE
WAS ON HIS DEATHBED.

THAT OLD GUY? ARE YOU KIDDING?

HE'S GOING TO LIVE FOREVER

'CAUSE HE'S GOING TO SEE TO IT.

GARDENING, HUH?

YEAH, WELL, POLLINATING, REALLY.

WEIRD.

YOU STILL DON'T THINK THAT'S
A KIDNAPPING, DO YOU?

WELL, THE CALLER ASKED FOR A
HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS IN RANSOM,

AND THE BRAWLEYS AGREED
TO GIVE IT TO HIM.

SO IF IT QUACKS LIKE A DUCK
AND WALKS LIKE A DUCK...

- IT'S A KIDNAPPING.
- RIGHT.

HEY, MIKE.

- HEY, POPS.
- HEY.

- HOW'S DUSTY DOING?
- GOOD.

POPS, I'D LIKE YOU TO
MEET JONATHAN MAXWELL.

OH, THE PROFESSOR.

YEAH, MIKE'S TOLD
ME A LOT ABOUT YOU.

ARE YOU HELPING OUT ON THE CASE?

WELL, I WAS FOR A
FEW MINUTES THERE.

WE STOPPED BY TO SAY
GOOD-BYE, POPS.

BYE? WHAT'S GOING ON?

WELL, IT'S CONFIDENTIAL,

BUT HEAVEN LOVE SHOULD
BE BACK VERY SOON.

[DUSTY NEIGHS]

- THAT'S RIGHT, DUSTY.
- HEY, SAY, MIKE,

YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO A HORSE
AUCTION THIS AFTERNOON.

YOU WANT TO LOOK FOR THAT STARTER
HORSE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT?

- YEAH!
- NO, NO. THANKS.

I'VE HAD ENOUGH
NEAR-EXCITEMENT FOR ONE DAY.

COME ON, BEN.

YOU COMING, JONATHAN?

I'M GOING TO HANG OUT WITH
POPS AND DUSTY A LITTLE WHILE.

DUSTY'S DEFINITELY BIGGER
THAN YOU, YOU KNOW.

AH, NO PROBLEM.

[DUSTY NICKERS]

[NEIGHS] WHOA!

DUSTY! SETTLE DOWN. [WHINNIES]

HEH. YOU KNOW, POPS, I'VE NEVER
BEEN TO A HORSE AUCTION.

PRETTY INTERESTING, HUH?

[DUSTY NICKERS]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

BRYANT.

HOLD UP A MINUTE.

NOT MUCH FOR YOU TO
DO ON THIS ONE, HUH?

SAD TO SEE ME GO?

WE GOT OFF ON THE WRONG FOOT.

I MEAN, I USUALLY
TRY TO CULTIVATE

A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH P.I.S.

AFTER ALL, I NEED TO
KNOW WHAT YOU KNOW.

AND VICE VERSA.

AS A PARTING GIFT, WHAT ARE
THE DETAILS OF THE DROP?

THEY'VE GIVEN THE
BRAWLEYS 24 HOURS

TO COME UP WITH ONE
HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS.

THEN THEY'RE GOING TO CALL
WITH FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS.

SOUNDS LIKE YOUR ORDINARY,
RUN-OF-THE-MILL KIDNAPPING.

SEE YOU AROUND.

THINK SHE LIKES YOU.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

HEY, WELL, ALL RIGHT. BOYS, OPEN
UP THE GATE AND WALK 'EM ON IN.

LOT NUMBER 104, AND WHAT
DO YOU WANT TO DO HERE?

202, 2, 2, 2, HERE TO BID THE 2.

2 1/4. NOW AND A HALF.
NOW TO 75. 75.

NOW, TO 3, 3, 3.
HEY, A BID TO 3.

NOW TO 3. TAKING NOW 1/4.
NOW 1/4. NOW A HALF.

75. $375 BIDDER.

NOW TO 4. NOW TO 4. NOW TO 4.

NOW TO 1/4, 1/4, 1/4.

NOW TO 1/2. NOW TO 1/2. 75. 75.

NOW TO 5, 5, 5.

$475 BIDDER. NOW TO...

NOW TO 5. NOW TO 5. NOW TO 5.

NOW 1/4. NOW TO 1/4.
NOW TO 1/2, 1/2, 1/2.

75, 75, 75.

5 1/2. NOW TO 75.

THANK YOU, NOW. NOW, TO 600.
600.

DO THE BID TO 6. NOW TO 6, 6, 6.

NOW TO 1/4. NOW TO 1/4.
NOW TO 1/4.

$600 BID. NOW 1/4.

ALL IN. ALL DONE.

SELL HIM AT $600.

GOOD KID'S HORSE HERE.

BOY, HE TALKS TOO FAST.

HEY, WHAT DO WE GOT HERE NOW?

LOOK AT HERE. WHAT
DO WE GOT HERE?

MULE, LOT NUMBER 102. WHAT
DO WE WANT TO DO HERE?

300 NOW, AND 1/4. $300 BIDDER...

WELL, THIS IS TOO
RICH FOR MY BLOOD.

GUESS GETTING MIKE A HORSE FOR
HIS BIRTHDAY WAS A BAD IDEA.

WELL, WE JUST GOT TO GET
HERE EARLIER NEXT TIME.

YEAH, THE BARGAINS,
THEY GO QUICK.

AND THE OLD ONES THEY'LL
SELL OFF FOR, I DON'T KNOW,

DOG FOOD OR THE GLUE FACTORY.

HEH! GLAD I'M NOT A HORSE.

YEAH, ME, TOO.

[AUTO APPROACHES]

WHAT IS IT?

THOUGHT I SAW SOMEBODY I KNEW.

BUT IT COULDN'T BE,
BECAUSE HE'S IN JAIL.

[CHUCKLES] YOU'VE GOT TO
GET BETTER FRIENDS, POPS.

[LAUGHS]

[DOOR SHUTS]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

OUR FAMILIES HAVE BEEN CLOSE
FOR A LONG TIME, AHMAD.

LIKE YOU, I HAVE MY FATHER,

PLUS THE SYNDICATE,
TO ANSWER TO.

THEN TELL THEM IT'S AN
ADVANCE ON THE SALE.

THERE'S NO GUARANTEE AFTER
YOU'VE GIVEN THEM THE MONEY

THEY WILL RETURN HEAVEN LOVE.

I CAN ONLY RELY ON
WHAT THEY'VE TOLD ME.

THERE'S NO HONOR AMONG THIEVES.

REALLY? I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED

IF YOU KNEW SOMETHING
ABOUT THIS.

BERNIE!

FIRST, YOU ASK ME FOR MONEY

TO PAY THE RANSOM.

THEN, YOU ACCUSE ME OF
STEALING THE HORSE.

WELL?

OK. STOP IT.

PLEASE FORGIVE HIM, AHMAD.
HE DOESN'T MEAN IT.

AHMAD, THIS IS
JUST AS MUCH ABOUT

THE SYNDICATE'S
INVESTMENT AS IT IS OURS.

WITHOUT HEAVEN LOVE,
THERE IS NO INVESTMENT.

- THEN DO IT FOR ME.
- DON'T BEG, DIANA.

HE HAS NO INTENTION OF
GIVING US THE MONEY.

IS THAT WHAT YOU THINK?

CAN WE GET OUT OF HERE, DIANA?

DIANA, I PROMISE YOU,

I WILL DISCUSS THIS
MATTER WITH MY FATHER

AND GIVE YOU OUR DECISION BY
TOMORROW MORNING, 9:00 A.M.

YOU CAN RELY ON MY WORD

AND MY DISCRETION
AS A GENTLEMAN.

THERE'S NO REASON YOU
SHOULD BE JEALOUS OF AHMAD.

I KNOW.

I CAME HERE TO GET MONEY
TO SAVE OUR HORSE,

TO SAVE BRAWLEY MEADOWS.

- YEAH.
- TO SAVE US.

DO WE NEED SAVING? [SIGHS]

I'M TALKING ABOUT OUR FAMILY.

IF AHMAD DOESN'T
GIVE US THE MONEY,

HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET
THROUGH THIS NIGHTMARE?

WE WILL GET THROUGH IT TOGETHER.

[GULLS CRYING]

I AM SO SORRY, DIANA.

FORGET ABOUT AHMAD.

YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.

I LOVE YOU.

I NEED YOU MORE THAN EVER.

I NEED YOU, TOO.

I JUST NEED TO MAKE
SURE WE'RE SAFE.

[DOG BARKING]

[SOFT JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING]

THANKS FOR STAYING
UP LATE, JONATHAN.

YOU KNOW, I'M THINKING
OF CHIPPING IN

AND GETTING YOU A NEW COMPUTER.

I'VE GOT A COMPUTER.

WELL, THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT...

- OVER AT YOUR HOUSE.
- MM-HMM.

HE WANTED ME TO DO SOME
RESEARCH ON HORSE RACING.

JUST GOES A LOT FASTER
ON YOUR COMPUTER.

HIS IS KIND OF LAME.

LOOK, I'M JUST TRYING TO FIND
SOMETHING FOR HIM TO DO.

- HMM.
- WOW.

HERE'S A HORSE BORN IN 1983.

SIRED BY SECRETARIAT,

THIS HORSE HAS SIRED
125 STAKES WINNERS.

AND JUST GUESS WHAT
HIS STUD FEE IS.

SURPRISE ME.

500,000 A SHOT.

[WHISTLES]

AND HE'S BEEN GOING
STRONG FOR OVER 20 YEARS.

YOU KNOW, I'M TOO TIRED
TO EVEN CALCULATE THAT.

RICOCHET.

AND OUR SO-CALLED KIDNAPPERS
ONLY WANT ONE HUNDRED MILLION?

HEAVEN LOVE IS WORTH
10 TIMES THAT.

[CELL PHONE RINGS]

[RINGS AND BEEPS]

HELLO?

MR. BRYANT? BERNIE ALGER.

- WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU?
- WE NEED TO TALK.

- ABOUT WHAT?
- MEET ME AT THE STABLES...

TOMORROW MORNING AT 7:00.
[CELL PHONE BEEPS]

- WHO WAS THAT?
- BERNARD ALGER.

- WHAT DID HE WANT?
- WANTS TO MEET IN THE MORNING.

IN THE MORNING?

WELL, GUYS, WE BETTER BE
TURNING IN THEN, HUH?

YEAH, SOON.

LOOK AT THAT.

[CRICKETS CHIRPING]

HEY, I HEARD YOU COME IN.
WHERE'S BERNIE?

HE HAD SOME WORK TO DO.

[SIGHS] I DON'T HAVE
VERY GOOD NEWS, JAKE.

REALLY?

WELL...

THAT'S OK, 'CAUSE
I GOT GREAT NEWS.

- WHAT?
- I DID IT.

I GOT THE HUNDRED MILLION.

ARE YOU SERIOUS?

YEAH. LISTEN...

BRAWLEY MEADOWS MEANS AS MUCH
TO ME AS IT DOES TO YOU.

I KNOW THAT.

HOW?

WELL, LIKE I SAID, I...
I KNOW PEOPLE.

[HORSE SNORTING]

Bernie, on phone: YOU'VE
REACHED BERNARD ALGER.

KEEP GETTING HIS MACHINE.

HMM. WELL, HE'S NEVER LATE.

ARE YOU SURE BERNIE SAID
HE'D MEET YOU HERE?

YEAH.

LOOK, POPS, IF YOU'VE
GOT SOMETHING TO DO,

DON'T LET ME KEEP YOU.

OLD DUSTY HERE, HE
COULD FIND HIS PAL.

COULDN'T YOU, BOY?
[DUSTY NICKERS]

I JUST WISH I KNEW
WHAT WAS GOING ON.

YEAH.

ME, TOO.

[BIRDS CHIRPING
AND DOGS BARKING]

BERNIE'S NOT HERE.

BERNIE SHOULD BE HERE.

WELL, FACE IT, DIANA. THE PRESSURE
WAS JUST TOO MUCH FOR HIM.

PRESSURE?

THE MAN HAS TRAINED THE MOST
SUCCESSFUL HORSES IN THE WORLD.

I'M JUST SAYING,

GIVEN HIS HISTORY
WITH ALCOHOL, I...

[TELEPHONE RINGING]

[RING]

HELLO.

Distorted male voice:
YOU HAVE THE MONEY?

- YES.
- AND THE BANK NUMBER?

YES, I DO. I CAN, UH...

GIVE IT TO YOU. IT'S 188...

NOT NOW. NOT OVER THE PHONE.

I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU
SOME SIMPLE INSTRUCTIONS,

AND YOU WILL FOLLOW THEM
EXACTLY AS GIVEN TO YOU.

FIRST, FOR THE POLICE AND F.B.I.
LISTENING IN THE VAN,

YOUR JOB IS NOW OVER.

YOUR BROTHER WILL GET A
CALL ON HIS CELL PHONE.

[CLICKS]

YOU'RE GOING TO GET A CELL CALL.

COME AGAIN?

[CELL PHONE RINGS]

[RING]

[BEEPS]

HELLO?

FINE.

[CELL PHONE BEEPS]

WE'RE GOING TO GO ON A HORSEBACK
RIDE WITHOUT THE COPS.

WE'LL GET THE DETAILS
ALONG THE WAY.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

Jonathan: DID YOU CALL HIM?

I LEFT HIM 3 MESSAGES.

I CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY HE
WANTS TO MEET WITH YOU.

THE BRAWLEYS HAVE GOT
POLICE ALL OVER THE PLACE.

MAYBE HE DOESN'T WANT
THE POLICE INVOLVED.

YOU THINK ALGER'S
SOMEHOW IN ON IT?

[CELL PHONE CHIMES]
WAIT A MINUTE.

[CELL PHONE BEEPS AND DOG BARKS]

IT'S A TEXT MESSAGE
FROM BERNARD ALGER.

[CELL PHONE BEEPS]

"FOUND HEAVEN LOVE.

1237 VERDUGO ROAD. MEET ME."

WOW.

THIS COULD BE IT.

YOU GOT CLASSES THIS AFTERNOON?

- NOT ANYMORE.
- Mike: LET'S GO.

Distorted male voice: AT
THE END OF THE MEADOW,

CUT OFF THE DIRT ROAD ALONG
THE BASE OF THE HILL.

THERE'S AN OLD STONE
WALL WITH AN OVEN.

REACH INSIDE THE OVEN. YOU
WILL FIND A BLACKBERRY.

PUSH ONE, THEN POUND.

ENTER YOUR ACCOUNT NUMBER,
THEN PUSH "TRANSFER."

[BEEPING]

[HORSE SNORTS AND WHINNIES]

Distorted male voice: ONCE YOU
READ "TRANSACTION COMPLETE,"

DISPOSE OF THE
BLACKBERRY IN THE PAIL

AT THE BASE OF THE TREE.

[HISSING] Diana: IT'S ACID.

Distorted male voice:
PER YOUR REQUEST,

THERE WILL BE A 24-HOUR
HOLD ON THE MONEY.

AT APPROXIMATELY 22 HOURS,

YOU WILL BE CONTACTED WITH
THE LOCATION OF YOUR HORSE.

BE ASSURED, IF YOU
DO NOT COME ALONE,

OR ARE WEARING TRACKING DEVICES,

YOU WILL NEVER SEE YOUR
HORSE ALIVE AGAIN.

WHEN THE MONEY IS
SAFELY IN OUR ACCOUNT,

YOU CAN TAKE HIM HOME.

Jonathan: OH. PRETTY MUCH BURNED.
NOTHING LEFT.

BEN, CHECK AROUND THAT SIDE.

[FIRE CRACKLING]

UNCLE MIKE!

IS HE DEAD?

VERY.

IT'S BERNARD ALGER.

YOU THINK HEAVEN LOVE
WAS IN THAT BARN?

Jonathan: CHIEF?

YOU GOT TO HAVE A LOOK AT THIS.

A LOCK?

YEAH. STILL LOCKED TO THE CHAIN.

THAT DOOR WAS PADLOCKED.

HMM. MIGHT TELL US SOMETHING.

BENNING, BAG THAT.

SINCE WHEN DOES THE FIRE
CHIEF BAG EVIDENCE?

WELL, THE MAYOR ASKED ME
TO HANDLE THIS PERSONALLY.

THAT HORSE WAS LIKE A SUPERSTAR.

V.I.P. TREATMENT ALL THE WAY.

ARE WE EVEN SURE HEAVEN
LOVE WAS IN THE BARN?

WELL, I'M SURE THERE
WERE HORSES IN HERE.

3 OR 4, MAYBE.

WELL, YOU'VE GOT THE SKELETAL
REMAINS, FOR ONE THING.

AND THE HAIR FOR THE D.N.A.
EXTRACTION.

THAT WILL TELL US A LOT.

THAT POOR DEVIL THEY
JUST HAULED AWAY

PROBABLY COULD HAVE
TOLD US EVERYTHING.

[WHINNIES]

THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT
THIS WHOLE THING.

IF IT WERE ARSON, WHY DID THE
KIDNAPPERS BURN DOWN THE BARN

BEFORE THE MONEY
TRANSFER WAS COMPLETE?

IT'S JUST WHAT I WAS THINKING.

NOW, WHY WERE THERE MORE
THAN ONE HORSE IN THAT BARN?

TO DIE LIKE THAT,
WITH NO WAY OUT...

AND HOW DID BERNARD ALGER
KNOW ABOUT THAT BARN?

UNLESS...

WHAT, HE WAS IN ON
THE KIDNAPPING?

NO. BETRAY THE BRAWLEYS,
AFTER ALL THEY DID FOR HIM?

HE AND DIANA WERE
SUPPOSED TO GET MARRIED.

WELL, I MEAN, IT LOOKED LIKE

HE WAS RUNNING AWAY
FROM THE BARN.

HE NEVER WOULD HAVE
LEFT THOSE HORSES.

WELL, I GUESS IT'S
UP TO THE CRIME LAB

AND THE INSURANCE
COMPANY BY NOW, RIGHT?

I THINK YOU WANT TO KNOW WHO'S
BEHIND THIS AS MUCH AS I DO.

[HORSE NICKERS]

[HORSE WHINNYING]

I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE IT.

BERNIE'S DEAD?

AND HEAVEN LOVE MAYBE?

THEY'LL CHECK THE DNA THEY FOUND

WITH ALL THE HORSES.

BERNIE KEPT ALL THOSE
IDENTIFICATION RECORDS.

JAKE BRAWLEY'S GETTING
ALL THAT STUFF

DOWN AT THE JOCKEY CLUB.

[SCOFFS] JAKE BRAWLEY.

SOUNDS LIKE YOU
DIDN'T LIKE HIM MUCH.

HUH. MEANT NOTHING BUT TROUBLE

TO THE OLD MAN AND DIANA.

WHAT KIND OF TROUBLE?

WELL, LIKE MOST SAD
STORIES AROUND THE TRACK,

IT ALL STARTS WITH
BETTING ON HORSES.

HOW MUCH WAS HE IN FOR?

HE WAS REALLY IN DEEP

IN THAT COMPUTER GAMBLING SCAM.

I HEARD, I DON'T KNOW,

15, 20 MILLION DEEP.

WAS THAT THE DE LEON CASE?

RIGHT. RIGHT.

THE OLD MAN CUT A DEAL

FOR JAKE TO TESTIFY
AT THE GRAND JURY.

NOW YOU'D THINK AFTER THAT,

HE'D PLAY IT ON THE UP AND UP.

BUT DADDY ALWAYS BAILED HIM OUT.

SO, HE JUST KEPT ON GAMBLING.

THE WORST PICKS I EVER SAW.

SO JAKE BRAWLEY TESTIFIED
AGAINST DE LEON?

YEAH. PUT HIM AWAY FOR 15 YEARS.

NOT QUITE.

HE'S OUT.

CAME TO SEE ME THE OTHER DAY.

HE CAME TO SEE YOU?

- SO THAT WAS HIM.
- WHO?

RENE DE LEON.

I SAW HIM AT THE HORSE AUCTION.

BACK IN THE EARLY DAYS OF
COMPUTERIZED OFF-TRACK BETTING,

DE LEON FOUND A
FLAW IN THE SYSTEM,

AND, BOY, DID HE EXPLOIT IT.

HOW SO?

WELL, IN MULTIPLE WAGERING,

LIKE PICK 6, FOR EXAMPLE,

THE TOTALS FOR EACH RACE WERE
TRANSMITTED IMMEDIATELY.

BUT BECAUSE THE
COMPUTERS IN THOSE DAYS

COULDN'T HANDLE ALL
THAT DATA AT ONCE,

THERE WAS A DELAY

IN TRANSMITTING
THE ACTUAL WAGERS

TILL ABOUT AFTER
THE FOURTH RACE.

AND DE LEON
DISCOVERED THE DELAY.

HE HAD A GUY ON THE INSIDE
WITH ACCESS TO THE SYSTEM.

WHAT THEY'D DO IS TAKE
THE FIRST 4 SELECTIONS

AND CHANGE 'EM TO
THE WINNING HORSES.

THEN THEY'D BET ON ALL
THE RACES AFTER THAT

AND THEN TRANSMIT IT.

GUARANTEEING SIX FOR SIX.

THAT'S RIGHT.

UNTIL SOMEBODY GOT A
LITTLE SUSPICIOUS

ABOUT WIN, WIN, WIN.

AND YOU WERE BROUGHT IN.

YEAH, I DISCOVERED
IT WAS A COPYCAT

OF AN OLD TELEGRAPH
CON FROM THE 1920s.

JUST LIKE IN THAT
MOVIE THE STING.

EXACTLY THE SAME, EXCEPT
THIS REALLY HAPPENED.

YEAH, DE LEON REALLY
DID HIS RESEARCH,

AND HE KNEW A DECENT
CRIME WHEN HE SAW ONE.

DID YOU KNOW THAT JAKE
BRAWLEY WAS INVOLVED?

NO IDEA.

THE TESTIMONY IN FRONT OF
THE FEDERAL GRAND JURY

WAS SEALED,

BUT, YOU KNOW, MY HUNCH IS

HE WAS JUST ONE OF THE POOR
CHUMPS WHO PLACED THE WAGERS.

GOING FOR THE EASY MONEY.

YEAH. EASY.

DE LEON COULD HAVE
MADE 3 TO 5 MILLION

EACH RACE DAY AT EACH TRACK

BEFORE THEY CAUGHT HIM.

WELL, IT LOOKS LIKE
JAKE HAD TO GIVE

ALL HIS MONEY BACK.

HIS FATHER'S MONEY.

YOU KNOW, BRAWLEY FARMS
MUST HAVE TAKEN A REAL HIT,

FINANCIALLY.

I SHOULD PROBABLY TELL
MATTERSON ABOUT DE LEON.

YEAH. YOU KNOW,

IT'S ODD THE DAY THAT
HEAVEN LOVE WAS STOLEN

WAS THE SAME DAY
HE CAME TO SEE ME.

- CREATING AN ALIBI.
- YEAH, MAYBE.

WHAT WAS DE LEON DOING
AT THAT AUCTION ANYWAY?

WHAT WERE YOU DOING
AT THE AUCTION?

ME? OH, I'M...

JUST LOOKING AROUND.

[TYPING]

Barry on radio: IT'S BEEN 4 DAYS

SINCE LEGENDARY RACEHORSE
HEAVEN LOVE WAS ABDUCTED.

Miranda on radio: YES, BARRY.

AND NOW A CLOUD OF MYSTERY

HAS DESCENDED OVER
BRAWLEY FARMS.

- THANKS.
- Miranda: NO ONE IS

TALKING TO THE PRESS.

NOT THE FAMILY, NOT THE POLICE.

SERGEANT MATTERSON?

I JUST CAME FROM
THE BRAWLEY HOUSE.

YOU, UH, SCALED
DOWN A BIT, I SEE.

OH, THE FEDS AND INTERPOL

FIGURED THE VICTIM'S
DECEASED, CASE CLOSED.

AND YOU DON'T.

WE'LL WAIT FOR THE DNA SAMPLES.

ANY WORD ON BERNARD
ALGER'S AUTOPSY?

THAT SHOULD BE IN SOON.

AND, UH, CAUSE OF THE FIRE?

WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?

JUST TRYING TO BE
A GOOD CITIZEN.

AND I HEARD DIANA
BRAWLEY WAS HERE.

SO WHAT DO YOU GOT?

I SEE. WE'RE GOING TO BARGAIN.

I GIVE UP INFO, AND I GET
TO SEE MISS BRAWLEY.

A GUY NAMED RENE DE LEON.

RACETRACK BETTING, RIGHT?

WELL, HE'S OUT OF JAIL.

AND?

WHAT, DO I HAVE TO DO
ALL YOUR WORK FOR YOU?

I'LL CHECK HIM OUT.

THANKS. I THINK.

NOW MISS BRAWLEY'S IN
THE INTERVIEW ROOM.

SHE CAME DOWN TO COLLECT

THE PERSONAL EFFECTS
OF THE DECEASED.

DID YOU EVER QUESTION
OLD MAN BRAWLEY?

NO, MISS BRAWLEY NEVER
LET US GET NEAR HIM.

I MEAN, THE POOR OLD GUY JUST
GOT OUT OF THE HOSPITAL.

FIGURED WE DIDN'T REALLY
NEED ANYTHING FROM HIM.

NOW, IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE,

BYE-BYE.

THAT'LL BE ALL FOR NOW.

- [INDISTINCT]
- OK.

[MUMBLING]

HI, MARY.

JONATHAN, HELLO.

LISTEN, I'M LOOKING FOR
AN OLD POLICE CASE.

IT WAS, UH, I CAN'T REMEMBER IT.

EAST COAST CITY.

UM, EARLY 1900s?

OH, HOW'S THE HEARING AID
WORKING, BY THE WAY.

OH, A LITTLE BIT TOO GOOD.

I'M HEARING THINGS I
SHOULDN'T BE HEARING.

[CHUCKLES]

I'LL GO CHECK ON
THAT BOOK FOR YOU.

I'LL LOOK FOR IT. WHERE IS IT?

OH, RC 500.

OK, THANKS.

HEY. I GOT A QUESTION.

BERNIE WANTED HEAVEN LOVE
TO RACE ONE MORE YEAR.

[TELEPHONES RINGING]

PLENTY OF RACE STILL
IN HIM, HE SAID.

WHO DECIDED TO RETIRE HIM?

DAD, JAKE, AND I ALL DECIDED.

WE JUST COULDN'T
AFFORD TO RUN THE RISK

OF HAVING LOVE GETTING INJURED.

I MEAN, LOOK AT BARBERO.

ALL THAT TALENT, NEVER
EBBING ABLE TO...

SIRE A LINE OF THOROUGHBREDS.

HOW'S YOUR FATHER
TAKING ALL THIS?

I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO TELL HIM

ABOUT THE FIRE OR BERNIE YET.

HE'S STILL THAT WEAK?

[SIGHS]

BERNIE WAS LIKE A
SECOND SON TO HIM.

I HATE TO ASK THIS, BUT...

WHY DO YOU SUPPOSE HE WAS
AT THAT BARN YESTERDAY?

I DON'T KNOW.

THEY SHOULD HAVE NEVER
TAKEN BERNIE TO SEE AHMAD.

THAT SHEIK AT THE PARTY?

I THOUGHT HE AND THE SYNDICATE

WERE OUR LAST HOPE FOR
THE RANSOM MONEY.

AHMAD AL FALANI WAS A
MEMBER OF THE SYNDICATE

THAT WAS GOING TO
BUY HEAVEN LOVE?

HE PUT THE DEAL TOGETHER.

WHAT WAS THE DEAL EXACTLY?

A LARGE ADVANCE...

IN EXCHANGE FOR 80% OF
HEAVEN LOVE'S FUTURE.

YOU ONLY KEEP 20%?

WE'VE BEEN HAVING
FINANCIAL PROBLEMS.

IT WAS THE ONLY WAY
TO KEEP OUR FARM.

BERNIE HATED THE DEAL,
ESPECIALLY WITH AHMAD.

HE FIRED BERNIE WHILE HE WAS
TRAINING ALADDIN'S GLORY.

GOOD HORSE.

YES.

BECAUSE OF BERNIE.

BUT HE WAS DRINKING AT THE TIME.

AHMAD DIDN'T LIKE THAT.

SO BERNIE WAS STILL ANGRY
ABOUT BEING FIRED.

THAT, AND HE THOUGHT AHMAD
WAS INTERESTED IN ME,

WHICH WAS PURELY
HIS IMAGINATION.

SO AHMAD GAVE YOU
THE RANSOM MONEY?

NO.

- WHERE'D YOU GET IT?
- JAKE.

YOUR BROTHER?

THAT SURPRISES YOU.

WELL, I MAY BE NEW AROUND HERE,

BUT, UH, JAKE JUST
DOESN'T SEEM TO BE

THE FAMILY'S GO-TO GUY FOR
MONEY OR ANYTHING ELSE.

I GUESS I WAS THE GO-TO GUY.

AFRAID I WASN'T VERY GOOD AT IT.

WELL, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH, MISS BRAWLEY.

THANK YOU.

HEY, BRYANT!

THAT TIP YOU GAVE ME

STIRRED UP QUITE
A HORNET'S NEST.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

COME ON. DON'T TELL ME
THAT YOU DIDN'T KNOW

THAT JAKE BRAWLEY WAS INVOLVED
IN THIS BETTING SCAM.

I, UH, MAY HAVE HEARD SOMETHING.

WELL, I BROUGHT UP HIS NAME,
THE GUY HIT THE ROOF.

I MEAN, HE'S PRETTY HIGH STRUNG.

YOU MENTIONED DE LEON
TO JAKE BRAWLEY?

- YEAH.
- AND HE WENT POSTAL ON YOU?

WELL... HE TESTIFIED AGAINST HIM

AND LOST MILLIONS IN THE SCAM.

YOU GOING TO BRING DE LEON IN?

- WELL, IF THEY LET ME.
- WHAT DO YOU MEAN, "LET YOU?"

YOU'RE GOING TO FIGURE
IT OUT SOON ENOUGH

WHEN THEY BRING YOU
IN FOR QUESTIONING.

QUESTIONING?

BERNARD ALGER DID NOT DIE

OF SMOKE INHALATION.

AUTOPSY SHOWS HE WAS MURDERED.

THAT'S ALL I KNOW.

EXCEPT THAT IT'S A HOMICIDE,

AND YOU KNOW THAT'S NOT MY BEAT.

YOU GET ANYTHING ELSE FROM
DE LEON, YOU LET KNOW?

YOU JUST DON'T GIVE UP, DO YOU?

NOT ON THIS ONE.

[INDISTINCT WHISPERING]

NEW JERSEY, 1911. THAT'S IT.

FOUND WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR?

OH, DID I EVER. THANKS, MARY.

WOW. THAT MUST BE SOME BOOK.

[BIRD CHIRPING]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

AFTER I SPOKE WITH MY FATHER,

WE WERE PREPARED TO GIVE
DIANA THE RANSOM MONEY.

IN EXCHANGE FOR WHAT?

IT WAS...

TO BE A STRAIGHT ADVANCE.

NOT TRYING TO INCREASE
YOUR PERCENTAGE

FROM 80 TO 90? SAY, 100%?

THAT WOULDN'T BE FAIR TO DIANA.

ANYWAY, BY THAT TIME, SHE
DIDN'T NEED OUR MONEY.

HOW DID YOU FIND THAT OUT?

JAKE CALLED ME. HE
SAID NOT TO BOTHER.

HE HAD THE MONEY.

AND YOU WEREN'T CURIOUS

AS TO HOW JAKE BRAWLEY GOT
A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS?

HE IS NOT, HOW YOU SAY,

THE BRIGHTEST BULB IN THE PACK,

BUT IT WOULDN'T BE THAT HARD

TO RAISE THAT KIND OF
MONEY FOR HEAVEN LOVE.

HOW COME YOU AND BERNIE ALGER

CAN BARELY STAND TO BE IN
THE SAME ROOM TOGETHER?

LET'S JUST SAY, MR. BRYANT,
I DON'T LIKE TO LOSE.

BERNIE ROUNDLY DEFEATED ME.

WITH HEAVEN LOVE?

HE'S JUST A RACEHORSE.

MORE THAN THIS.

DIANA BRAWLEY.

YOU'RE IN LOVE WITH HER.

DOES SHE KNOW THAT?

BERNIE KNEW.

[SIGHS]

AH, WELL. IF YOU EXCUSE ME...

MY HORSES ARE TRAINING.

THANK YOU.

[KEYS JANGLING]

[CAT MEOWS]

[MEOWS] JUST BE PATIENT, CHLOË.

[MEOWS]

WOULD YOU HOLD YOUR HORSES?

BAD CHOICE OF WORDS.

[MEOWS]

OH, CHLOË, I'VE GOT
TO GET YOU FED

AND GET TO MY DANCE CLASS.

I'M SORRY I'M LATE, GIRL.

[MEOWS]

UHH!

[JONATHAN GASPING]

HELLO AGAIN, PROFESSOR.

[CHLOË MEOWING]
[JONATHAN GRUNTING]

[DOG BARKING]

YOU MUST BE HUNGRY.

I'M AFRAID YOU'RE GOING TO BE
HERE FOR A WHILE, PROFESSOR.

"A WHILE"? WHY IS THAT?

ACTUALLY, IT'S A
COMPLIMENT TO YOU.

I'M VERY CLOSE TO
A LOT OF MONEY,

AND I CAN'T AFFORD
YOU SNOOPING AROUND.

I HAVEN'T BEEN SNOOPING AROUND.

I HAVE FRIENDS WHO
SAY OTHERWISE.

OH, THEN YOUR FRIENDS
MUST KNOW SOMETHING

ABOUT HEAVEN LOVE.

HEAVEN LOVE THE RACEHORSE?

WASN'T HE STOLEN THE DAY I
SAT IN ON YOUR LECTURE?

OF COURSE. WHAT A COINCIDENCE1

THAT WOULD BE YOUR
ALIBI, WOULDN'T IT?

WHY WOULD I NEED AN ALIBI?

YOU KNOW, RENE, I
CAN'T FIGURE YOU

GOING FROM THAT
BRILLIANT COMPUTER CON

DOWN TO KIDNAPPING.

MAYBE EVEN MURDER.

AS I SAID BEFORE,
MURDER IS NOT MY GAME.

OH, OF COURSE. THAT'S RIGHT.

"TOO PRIMITIVE." YEAH.

BUT THEN, OF COURSE,

SOMETIMES YOU JUST CAN'T
AVOID IT, CAN YOU?

SOMETIMES...

OTHER PEOPLE GET SLOPPY.

LIKE BERNARD ALGER.

I'M THINKING OF OTHER PEOPLE.

WELL, YOU LIKE GAMES.

- GIVE ME A HINT.
- A HINT?

WE SHOULD GET GOING.

I'LL GIVE YOU A HINT LATER.

[HANDCUFFS RATTLING]

[SEA GULLS CRYING]

I'LL MAKE SOME COFFEE.

IT'S THE LEAST YOU COULD DO.

LOOK, I SAID I WAS SORRY.

HOW WAS I SUPPOSED TO KNOW
THE ROCKS WERE THERE?

THIS USED TO BE A
$500 SURFBOARD.

YOU COULD HAVE BROKEN YOUR NECK.

I PROMISE I WILL PAY YOU BACK.

AS SOON AS I GET A JOB.

AND THAT'LL BE,
UH, WHEN EXACTLY?

Jonathan on answering machine:
MIKE, I DID A LITTLE RESEARCH,

AND I HAVE SOME
INFO ON THAT FIRE.

COME BY AS SOON AS YOU GET IN.
[MACHINE BEEPS]

JONATHAN!

HIS CAR'S GONE.

AH, HE'S NOT HERE.

AND HE LEFT HIS BRIEFCASE.

[KEYPAD BEEPING]

[LINE RINGING] [CHLOË MEOWS]

[CELL PHONE RINGS]

[RING]

[RING]

COME ON.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

Barry on radio: WELL, MIRANDA,

IT LOOKS LIKE THE LID IS OFF

THE HEAVEN LOVE MYSTERY.

Miranda on radio:
A TRAGIC MYSTERY.

HEAVEN LOVE DIED IN A FIRE
IN SUBURBAN LOS ANGELES.

HIS LONGTIME TRAINER
BERNARD ALGER

WAS ALSO DEAD AT THE SCENE.

WHAT MAKES YOU THINK
JONATHAN IS HERE?

AH, WOULDN'T BE THE FIRST TIME

HE LEFT HIS BRIEFCASE OR
HIS CELL PHONE AT HOME.

[CELL PHONE RINGS]

[CELL PHONE BEEPS] HELLO?

UH, NO. THIS IS MIKE BRYANT.

I'M A FRIEND OF JONATHAN'S.

I'M AT THE UNIVERSITY NOW.

HE DIDN'T?

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

[CELL PHONE BEEPS]

HE DIDN'T COME IN TODAY.

[WATER RUNNING]

JUST DO AS I SAY, OK?

CAN'T WE JUST GET
RID OF HIM NOW?

THAT WAY, WE DON'T
HAVE TO WORRY.

I'LL CALL ONCE WE
GET DOWN THERE.

DON'T FORGET THE PASSWORDS.

AND THE DRAMAMINE.

[NO AUDIO]

[ENGINE STARTS]

[CAR DEPARTING]

[SIREN WAILING]

SEND THIS UPSTAIRS. CASE CLOSED.

OK.

SERGEANT, I NEED TO TALK TO YOU.

IT'S ABOUT JONATHAN MAXWELL.

WELL, GOOD, 'CAUSE HOMICIDE
NEEDS TO TALK TO YOU.

FOLLOW ME.

YOU STAY HERE.

- COME ON, MIKE.
- SIT!

[INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER]

DETECTIVE HOWELL
GOTTEN BACK TO YOU?

- DON'T NEED HIM.
- HOW YOU DOING?

WHAT TIME DID ALGER
FIRST CALL YOU?

- AROUND MIDNIGHT, I GUESS.
- MIDNIGHT.

WHAT'D HE SAY?

THAT HE NEEDED TO TALK TO ME

AND TO MEET HIM IN THE
STABLES IN THE MORNING.

- BUT HE DIDN'T SHOW?
- NO.

[SIGHS]

HIS CELL PHONE SAYS ALGER
SENT YOU A TEXT MESSAGE

AT 1:25 P.M.

THAT WAS THE NEXT TIME
I HEARD FROM HIM.

HE SAID HE FOUND HEAVEN LOVE,

AND HE GAVE ME THE
ADDRESS OF THE BARN.

AND YOU CALLED THE
POLICE AT 3:30 P.M.

WE GOT THERE, THE
BARN WAS IN FLAMES

AND ALGER WAS DEAD.

YOU WERE THERE WITH YOUR FRIEND.

JONATHAN MAXWELL.

WHO'S NOW MISSING, I
THINK, BECAUSE OF THIS.

WE'LL GET TO YOUR
FRIEND IN A MINUTE.

THE AUTOPSY DETERMINED
THAT ALGER HAD BEEN DEAD

FOR AT LEAST 12 HOURS
WHEN YOU FOUND HIM.

SO HE WAS KILLED AROUND
3:00 IN THE MORNING.

MEANING I GOT A TEXT
MESSAGE FROM A DEAD MAN?

OR SOMEONE FOUND YOUR
NUMBER ON ALGER'S PHONE.

WANTED YOU TO FIND THE
BODY AT THE BARN.

HE WASN'T KILLED THERE?

WE'RE PRETTY SURE
THAT HE WAS, UH,

SMOTHERED AT ANOTHER LOCATION
AND THEN MOVED THERE.

ANY IDEA WHERE?

MM-MMM.

CAB COMPANY SAID THAT, UH,

ALGER GRABBED A CAB
SHORTLY AFTER 11:00.

DRIVER SAYS HE DROPPED
ALGER OFF AT THE BRAWLEYS'

AROUND MIDNIGHT.

A LITTLE LATE FOR A SOCIAL CALL.

WE FIGURED HE PICKED UP HIS CAR.

THEN WE DON'T KNOW
WHERE HE WENT.

I THINK JONATHAN
MAXWELL'S DISAPPEARANCE

IS SOMEHOW RELATED TO ALL THIS.

MISSING PERSONS. THAT'S
JOANNE'S DEPARTMENT.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[LOCK BUZZES]

[MIKE SIGHS]

SO THE PROFESSOR'S BEEN MISSING

LESS THAN 24 HOURS?

WITHOUT HIS CELL PHONE
OR HIS BRIEFCASE.

AND HE DIDN'T SHOW UP
FOR HIS CLASSES TODAY.

THAT DOES NOT SOUND
LIKE THE PROFESSOR.

EXACTLY.

DID YOU LOCATE RENE DE LEON?

WELL, I TALKED TO
HIS PAROLE OFFICER

WHO SAID HE WAS WALKING
THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW,

BUT WITH THEIR CASE
LOAD, YOU NEVER KNOW.

YOU KNOW THE LAST
THING JONATHAN SAID

WAS THAT HE HAD
DONE SOME RESEARCH.

RESEARCH.

- BEN!
- WHAT? HUH?

- WHAT?
- WHAT?

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[CELL PHONE RINGS]

[CELL PHONE BEEPS]

YEAH.

OK. I'LL DO IT YOUR WAY.

[CELL PHONE BEEPS]

[DOOR OPENS]

[KEYS JANGLE]

- GOING FOR A LITTLE RIDE.
- WHERE WE GOING?

UH-OH. [HANDCUFFS FASTENING]

LET'S GO.

COMPLIMENTS OF MR. DE LEON.

COME ON.

SOON WE'LL BE SAYING
GOOD-BYE FOR GOOD.

JONATHAN HAD ONE OF
THOSE EUREKA MOMENTS.

SOMETHING ABOUT AN
OLD CRIMINAL CASE.

CAN YOU SHOW ME THE BOOK?

- HE CHECKED IT OUT.
- OH.

IS SOMETHING WRONG?

NO. NO, NO.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

THANK YOU.

- OK.
- HI, MISS BERGIN.

HI.

WELL, HERE IT IS.

WHAT I WANT TO KNOW IS

WHAT DOES THIS
HAVE TO DO WITH...

SHH. JUST LISTEN.

"ONE HOT JULY NIGHT, 1911,

"ALBERT MICHAEL DONAHOE,
FIRE MARSHALL OF NEWARK,

RODE TO A 3-ALARM FIRE ON
THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE CITY."

AND THAT WAS THE FOURTH ONE
IN AS MANY WEEKS, TOO.

JONATHAN, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?

OH, I HAVE BEEN WITH MY
FRIEND RENE DE LEON.

WHO, INCIDENTALLY, IS
VERY MUCH INVOLVED

IN THE DISAPPEARANCE
OF HEAVEN LOVE.

AND THE MURDER OF BERNARD ALGER.

UH, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT
SURE ABOUT THAT.

BUT I GOT SOMETHING HERE
THAT MIGHT BE VERY USEFUL.

OH, YEAH. DNA, HUH?
[SNAPS FINGERS]

Both: RIGHT. [CHLOË MEOWS]

OH, CHLOË, I BET YOU'RE
READY TO KILL ME.

AND DID ANYBODY FEED HER?

OH, CHLOË, I'M SO SORRY!

I DIDN'T FEED YOU BEFORE I LEFT.

[MEOWING] HERE WE GO.

JONATHAN, WHERE WERE YOU?

OH.

I WAS BEING HELD IN AN
OLD HOUSE SOMEWHERE.

I THINK IT WAS VENTURA COUNTY,

BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE
THEY LEFT ME.

WITH MY CAR, 100
BUCKS, AND THIS.

"MURDER'S NOT MY GAME.

"HERE'S YOUR HINT.

"WHAT HAS 4 LEGS IN THE MORNING,

"2 LEGS IN THE AFTERNOON,

AND 3 IN THE EVENING?"

WHY WOULD DE LEON LEAVE ME
THE RIDDLE OF THE SPHINX?

WHAT I WANT TO KNOW IS

WHY WERE YOU BEING HELD IN
A HOUSE IN VENTURA COUNTY?

YOU KNOW, I SHOULD BE
FLATTERED, I THINK,

BECAUSE HE PROBABLY WANTED ME
OUT OF THE WAY FOR A WHILE.

I RUINED HIS SCHEME
THE LAST TIME.

HE WANTED TO MAKE SURE I
WASN'T ONTO HIM THIS TIME.

AND ARE YOU?

I THINK MOST OF IT
IS IN THAT BOOK.

WHAT IS?

BACK IN 1911, THERE WERE
A RASH OF STABLE FIRES

ALL OVER NEW YORK CITY.

THEY'D FIND THE CARCASSES OF
6, 7 HORSES AFTER THE FIRE.

RACEHORSES.

INSURED RACEHORSES,
THEY THOUGHT.

GO ON.

WELL, THE RACEHORSE
OWNERS WOULD BUY

A BUNCH OF OLD NAGS HEADED
FOR THE GLUE FACTORY,

AND PUT THEM IN THE
STABLE INSTEAD.

THAT'S WHY DE LEON WAS
AT THAT HORSE AUCTION.

YEAH, THAT, AND THAT
FIRE REMINDED ME

OF THAT OLD CASE.

THEY'D BURN DOWN THE BARN.

THEN THEY'D COLLECT THE
INSURANCE ON THE RACEHORSES

WHO WERE ALIVE AND WELL

AND ON A TRAIN
SOMEWHERE TO BE SOLD,

AT TWICE THE PROFIT.

AND THAT'S WHAT DE
LEON WAS DOING?

YEAH. DE LEON WAS A REAL
STUDENT OF CRIME HISTORY.

AND THIS ONE'S JUST A
COPYCAT OF THAT 1911 FIRE.

ONLY THIS TIME, THE
HORSE IS GOING BY BOAT,

NOT BY TRAIN.

IN 1911, THEY DIDN'T
HAVE DNA TESTS.

WHILE YOU WERE WITH DE LEON,

WE GOT THE LAB RESULTS BACK.

HEAVEN LOVE WAS
KILLED IN THAT FIRE.

NO. NO, HE IS ALIVE AND WELL,

AND HE'S ABOUT TO SET
SAIL WITH DE LEON...

WHO, INCIDENTALLY, GETS SEASICK.
SEASICKNESS?

WELL, WHY ELSE WOULD HE
HAVE DRAMAMINE ON HIM?

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[SEA GULL CRYING]
[INDISTINCT YELLING]

Man: BOAT, HO!

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

OH, MR. BRYANT.

DO YOU HAVE TIME FOR
A FEW QUESTIONS?

NOT REALLY. I'M ON MY
WAY TO FINANCE PLANS

FOR A LONG SEA VOYAGE.

REALLY? WHERE TO?

EGYPT. FOR A SEASON.

I'M TAKING SOME OF
MY HORSES THERE.

POSSIBLY SELL A FEW
WHILE I'M THERE.

AND YOU'RE, UH, GOING ALONG?

ANY NEWS OF BERNIE'S KILLER,

OR AM I STILL THE CHIEF SUSPECT?

NO. YOU'RE OFF THE HOOK.

THE POLICE ARE STILL
HOVERING AROUND.

I HATE TO BRING UP
RACIAL PROFILING...

NO, NO. THE ONLY, UH,

MOTIVE YOU'D HAVE TO KILL
ALGER WOULD BE LOVE.

AND I BET YOU'RE MUCH
TOO PRACTICAL FOR THAT.

I DON'T STRIKE YOU AS
AN INCURABLE ROMANTIC?

NO, I'M HERE TO ASK YOU
ABOUT RENE DE LEON.

DE LEON.

GOT CAUGHT CHEATING BIG
TIME IN OFF-TRACK BETTING.

I'M AFRAID I DON'T KNOW HIM.

BUT I'M FAMILIAR
WITH ALL THE CHEATS

IN CAIRO AND RIO.

SO IF ONE OF THEM STOLE

A PRIZED AMERICAN
THOROUGHBRED STALLION,

WHERE WOULD THEY SELL HIM?

HYPOTHETICALLY?

HYPOTHETICALLY.

FIRST, YOU WOULD SHIP HIM
AS FAR AWAY AS POSSIBLE.

I SEE.

TO, UH, EGYPT, FOR INSTANCE?

PERHAPS.

THEN IF HE IS AS
HIGH-PRIZED AS YOU SAY,

THERE ARE OWNERS WHO ARE
WILLING TO PAY BIG PRICES.

IF HE CAME WITH
BONFIDE CREDENTIALS.

INTERESTING.

HYPOTHETICALLY,

WHAT PRIZED STALLION
ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?

OH, SAY A HORSE LIKE, UH,

HEAVEN LOVE.

IF HEAVEN LOVE WERE STILL ALIVE.

IT'S ALL HYPOTHETICAL.

IF YOU DO HAVE
ANYTHING TO TELL ME,

GIVE ME A CALL?

BRYANT SHOULD HAVE CALLED
AND TOLD ME YOU WERE HOME.

WELL, THAT DOESN'T MATTER.

WHAT MATTERS IS YOU GET
PEOPLE AT EVERY PORT,

AND ALSO PUT OUT AN A.P.B.

WHY WOULD I DO THAT?

JOANNE, DE LEON SET
FIRE TO THAT BARN.

HE INTENTIONALLY
KILLED 4 HORSES.

AND HEAVEN LOVE IS
NOT ONE OF THEM.

HE'S ABOUT TO SAIL.

HEAVEN LOVE IS ALIVE?

PROFESSOR, I DON'T
NEED TO TELL YOU

HOW ACCURATE DNA MATCHES ARE.

- OH, HI, BEN.
- HEY!

BEN'S KIND OF MY,
UH, BABYSITTER.

MIKE THINKS IT'S TOO DANGEROUS
FOR ME TO BE ALONE.

- HEY.
- HI.

JOANNE, I'M AWARE THAT
THERE WAS A DNA MATCH.

I'M ALSO AWARE THAT THE
THOROUGHBRED'S DNA

IS MATCHED TO THE HAIR
ON HIS MANE, RIGHT?

AND IT'S ON FILE AT
THE JOCKEY CLUB.

THAT'S CORRECT.

AND IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE THE
MOST ACCURATE INDICATOR.

BETTER THAN BLOOD.

WELL, THAT'S PROVING ONCE AGAIN

THAT THE HORSE IS DEAD.

WHAT IF THAT HAIR WAS
PLANTED IN THE BARN

AFTER THE FIRE?

EVERYBODY WOULD THINK HEAVEN
LOVE WAS DEAD, RIGHT?

OK.

SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT DE
LEON KIDNAPPED THE HORSE?

WELL, IN PLAIN LANGUAGE,

IT'S HORSE STEALING
IS ALL IT WAS,

BUT HE IS PLANNING TO
SELL THAT HORSE OVERSEAS,

I'M TELLING YOU.

AND FOR SOME REASON,
HE KILLED ALGER.

WELL, I... WAIT A MINUTE.

THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY
TO FIND THAT OUT.

A USED GUM WRAPPER?

LOADED WITH A TREASURE OF DNA.

DE LEON'S?

THAT'S GREAT.

I'LL GET IT TO FORENSICS.

BUT FIRST, I'D LIKE TO SEE
ALGER'S AUTOPSY REPORT.

YOU KNOW I CAN'T DO
THAT, PROFESSOR,

AND YOU KNOW I CAN'T
WITHHOLD EVIDENCE.

OH, COME ON. YOU SAW THE REPORT.

I'M SORRY, PROFESSOR.

ALL I CAN DO IS GIVE
THIS TO HOMICIDE.

YOU GOT THE GUN.

THANK YOU.

I WILL SEE MYSELF OUT.

[DOOR OPENS AND SHUTS]

TOOK THEM A WHILE, HUH?

BEN, SHUT UP.

THANKS, GEORGE.

ANYTIME.

AH, LOOK AT YOU.

ALWAYS GOING FOR A RIDE

WHENEVER YOU HAVE
A PROBLEM, HUH?

I'VE GOT MORE THAN A PROBLEM.

YEAH.

I AM SORRY ABOUT BERNIE, DIANA.

[SIGHS] THANKS.

I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE
HE COULD HAVE DONE

SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO US.

NOTHING'S BEEN PROVEN, JAKE.

WELL.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING
DOWN HERE ANYWAY?

I'M JUST TAKING INVENTORY.

THAT'S KIND OF FOREIGN TERRITORY

FOR YOU, ISN'T IT?

WELL, I WANT TO KNOW
MORE ABOUT OUR HOLDINGS.

I PLAN TO BECOME MORE
INVOLVED, YOU KNOW?

OH. WELL. IT'S REALLY SIMPLE.

ALL THIS HAS TO BE SOLD,

AND IT'S GOING TO HARDLY
MAKE A DENT IN OUR DEBT.

WHICH, ACTUALLY, YOU WERE
QUITE INVOLVED WITH.

LISTEN, I KNOW I PUT US
IN A HOLE FOR A WHILE,

- AND I...
- WITH YOUR GAMBLING,

WE'RE RUINED, JAKE.

BRAWLEY MEADOWS WILL BE BACK,

BIGGER AND BETTER THAN EVER, OK?

HOW DID YOU COME UP WITH
THAT HUNDRED MILLION, JAKE?

[HORSE NICKERS]

SOMETIMES YOU JUST GOT TO
TRUST YOUR BABY BROTHER,

YOU KNOW?

[TYPING]

I WON'T EVEN ASK WHERE YOU TWO

GOT THE AUTOPSY REPORT ON ALGER.

SEEMS BEN'S GOT SOME
PULL OVER AT FORENSICS.

AND A DATE ON SATURDAY NIGHT.

"SMOTHERED BY A
PILLOW, DOWN FILL."

SO HE WAS DEFINITELY KILLED

BEFORE HE WAS MOVED TO THE BARN.

YEAH. I GAVE SERGEANT
MATTERSON THE GUM

JUST TO SEE IF DE
LEON WAS INVOLVED.

YOU DON'T THINK HE MURDERED HIM.

NO. BUT HE KNOWS WHO DID.

WHAT HAS 4 LEGS IN THE MORNING,

2 LEGS IN THE AFTERNOON,

AND 3 LEGS IN THE EVENING?

THE HINT.

THAT'S EASY!

FIRST YOU CRAWL ON ALL FOURS,

THEN YOU WALK UPRIGHT,

THEN YOU WALK WITH A CANE.

THE ANSWER'S A MAN.

EXACTLY.

QUESTION IS, WHICH MAN
KILLED BERNARD ALGER?

[TYPING]

[COMPUTER BEEPING]

[KEYPAD BEEPING]

[LINE RINGING]

[CELL PHONE RINGS]

[RING] HELLO?

MIKE, IT'S DIANA BRAWLEY.

I NEED TO SPEAK TO
YOU RIGHT AWAY.

I HAVE SOME REVEALING
INFORMATION

ABOUT JAKE AND THE KIDNAPPING.

ALL RIGHT. WE'LL BE RIGHT
THERE, MISS BRAWLEY.

[CELL PHONE BEEPS]

[TELEPHONE BEEPS]

[HANGS UP RECEIVER]

SAYS SHE HAS SOME INFORMATION

ABOUT JAKE AND KIDNAPPING.

JAKE BRAWLEY.

YOU KNOW, MAYBE HIS CONNECTION
WITH DE LEON CONTINUED.

WE WERE TALKING
ABOUT HEAVEN LOVE.

HEAVEN LOVE COULD HAVE
BEEN THE GREATEST SIRE

OF THE 21st CENTURY.

BERNIE TOOK ALL THAT AWAY.

DAD, BERNIE WOULD HAVE NEVER...

ALL EVIDENCE POINTS TOWARDS HIM.

IS THAT SO, JAKE?

EVERYBODY BETTER START
FACING FACTS AROUND HERE.

YOU KNOW, MR. BRAWLEY,

THAT'S WHAT MIKE AND
I HAVE BEEN DOING.

TRYING TO FACE THE FACTS.

AND, UM, WE'VE COME
UP WITH A THEORY.

SO DIANA SAYS.

WHAT WE'RE HERE TO TELL
YOU IS THAT BERNARD ALGER

DID NOT ACT ALONE.

MM-HMM. WE THINK
THAT A MASTER CONMAN

NAMED RENE DE LEON WAS INVOLVED.

GO ON.

WELL, AS YOU SAY,
FACING THE FACTS.

FACT... HEAVEN LOVE WAS STOLEN

BECAUSE SOMEONE IN YOUR INNER
CIRCLE WAS PART OF IT.

RIGHT.

BERNIE.

IN FACT, SOMEONE...
DE LEON, WE THINK...

CALLED AND DEMANDED RANSOM.

BUT BERNARD ALGER TOLD
US THAT HEAVEN LOVE

WAS IN A BARN ON VERDUGO ROAD.

IN FACT, DE LEON WAS SEEN
BUYING AUCTION HORSES.

AND... AND THIS IS THE
THEORY PART OF IT...

WE THINK THAT DE LEON
SET FIRE TO THAT BARN

WITH ONLY THE AUCTION
HORSES IN THERE.

- AND HEAVEN LOVE?
- WELL,

WITH THE WHOLE RACING WORLD

MOURNING THE LOSS
OF HEAVEN LOVE,

WOULDN'T IT HAVE BEEN
THE ULTIMATE CON

IF HE WAS STILL ALIVE?

HEAVEN LOVE IS ALIVE.

IT'S JUST A THEORY, DIANA.

ADMITTEDLY, IT'S A THEORY,

AND A LITTLE SHAKY ONE AT THAT,

BUT WHY WOULD DE LEON
WANT IT TO LOOK LIKE

HEAVEN LOVE DIED IN A FIRE?

INSURANCE. BUT THAT
WOULD GO TO YOU, RIGHT?

AND HOW DO YOU FENCE

ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS
THOROUGHBREDS IN THE WORLD?

YOU DEFEATED YOUR OWN
THEORY, PROFESSOR.

THE ONLY WAY DE LEON COULD
MAKE ANY MONEY WAS TO...

WAS TO COLLECT THE RANSOM.

BEFORE THE WIRE
TRANSFER WAS COMPLETE,

THE BARN ACCIDENTALLY
CAUGHT FIRE,

- AND HERE WE ARE.
- HERE WE ARE.

LUCKILY, THAT ONE HUNDRED
MILLION DOLLAR TRANSFER

WAS CANCELED.

JUST IN TIME.

BUT THERE WAS NO ONE
HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS,

WAS THERE, JAKE?

THE EXPLICIT INSTRUCTION,

THE HORSEBACK RIDE,
ACCOUNT NUMBER,

TRANSACTION
COMPLETED, ALL OF IT.

THESE NUMBERS...

THIS ACCOUNT YOU GAVE
ME IS NONEXISTENT.

IT WAS ALL A FRAUD.

AND FOR WHAT, JAKE? MONEY!

DID YOU KILL BERNIE
FOR MONEY, TOO, JAKE?

I DIDN'T... I
DIDN'T KILL BERNIE!

HOW COULD YOU BECOME INVOLVED

WITH THAT SCOUNDREL
DE LEON AGAIN?

ME?!

LISTEN, I... [CLEARS THROAT]

- I DID NOT KILL BERNIE.
- JAKE!

I DON'T KNOW WHO DID IT.
MAYBE DE LEON DID IT.

DE LEON COULD HAVE KILLED ALGER,

BUT THE FACT... HE
DIED SOMEWHERE BETWEEN

MIDNIGHT AND 3:00
IN THE MORNING.

AFTER HE WAS KILLED,

HE AND HIS CAR WERE
MOVED TO THE BARN.

Jonathan: WHERE WE FOUND HIM.

POOR BERNIE.

I LOVED HIM LIKE A SON.

BERNARD ALGER WAS IN
ON THIS PLAN WITH YOU.

AT LEAST, UP UNTIL
HIS DEATH, HE WAS.

AND I'M JUST WONDERING IF...

AFTER HAVING DEDICATED HIS
WHOLE LIFE TO HORSES...

MAYBE HE JUST COULDN'T
GO THROUGH WITH IT.

OR MAYBE HE REALIZED HE LOVED
YOUR DAUGHTER TOO MUCH

TO BETRAY HER.

ARE YOU SAYING I HAD
SOMETHING TO DO

WITH BERNIE'S DEATH?

FACT... BERNIE TOOK
A CAB OUT HERE.

AND WAS KILLED VERY,
VERY SHORTLY AFTERWARDS.

AND FACT... FORENSICS DETERMINED

HE WAS SMOTHERED
BY A DOWN PILLOW.

COVERED IN A 500-THREAD
COUNT, PALE BLUE PILLOWCASE.

PRETTY FANCY SHEETS, MR.
BRAWLEY.

POLICE DIDN'T KNOW
WHERE HE WAS KILLED.

LET ME JUST CHECK MY NOTES.

WATCH OUT! MY ORCHIDS!

GIVE ME MY CANE.

OH, I'M SO SORRY.

DAD, YOU SHOULDN'T
EXERT YOURSELF.

OH, YOUR FATHER'S
A LOT HEALTHIER

THAN HE LET YOU THINK HE IS.

LET THESE FOOLS HAVE THEIR SAY

AND GO!

WELL, WE'RE ALMOST FINISHED,

RIGHT, JONATHAN?

UH, YE... WHERE WAS I?

OH, OUR THEORY, YES.

WHAT IF BERNARD ALGER CAME
HERE THAT NIGHT TO SEE YOU?

I'LL GO ALONG WITH YOU.

WHY?

'CAUSE YOU WERE THE ONLY ONE

WHO COULD STOP
THIS WHOLE SCHEME.

AND THEORY... BERNARD ALGER KEPT

A WRITTEN RECORD OF THIS SCAM,

AND HE WAS GOING TO
USE IT TO STOP YOU.

PREPOSTEROUS.

AS PREPOSTEROUS AS THAT ACT

YOU PUT ON AT THE
STABLES THE OTHER DAY?

CONVENIENTLY, TAKING
YOU, JAKE, AND BERNIE

AWAY FROM THE SCENE
OF THE CRIME.

YOUR THEORY...

VERY FARFETCHED, PROFESSOR.

YOU KNOW, DE LEON LEFT ME A CLUE

TO THE KILLER AND
THE MAN BEHIND IT.

WHAT HAS 4 LEGS IN THE MORNING,

2 IN THE AFTERNOON,

AND 3 IN THE EVENING?

THE RIDDLE OF THE SPHINX?

DE LEON WAS POINTING A
FINGER STRAIGHT AT YOU,

MR. BRAWLEY.

I DIDN'T...

I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS
GOING TO GO THIS FAR.

YOU'RE LUCKY YOU'RE ALIVE, JAKE.

BUT THEN, UH,

BREEDING ALWAYS DOES
COUNT, DOESN'T IT?

BERNARD ALGER WASN'T
REALLY YOUR SON,

COULDN'T CARRY ON
THE FAMILY LINE.

A LINE WORTH KILLING FOR.

JOANNE.

HOLD IT! CUFF HIM!

PUT YOUR HANDS BEHIND YOU.

[HANDCUFFS CLICKING]

THIS WAY.

CUFF HIM, TOO.

YOU HAVE THE RIGHT
TO REMAIN SILENT.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

DAD?

[HANDCUFFS CLICKING] JAKE!

DID YOU GET ALL THAT?

ENOUGH FOR THE D.A.
TO BUILD A CASE.

YOU ACTUALLY CALLED ME.

YOU KNOW, IT WAS A GOOD PLAN.

YOU WOULD HAVE ENDED UP
WITH THE INSURANCE MONEY

AND STILL HAD HEAVEN
LOVE TO BREED

ON THE FOREIGN BLACK MARKET.

BERNIE...

HAD TO DEVELOP A CONSCIENCE.

BERNIE WOULD HAVE DONE
ANYTHING FOR YOU.

HE WAS GOING TO
BLOW THE WHISTLE.

I COULD NOT ALLOW THAT.

ALLOW ME, MR. BRAWLEY.

YOU HAVE THE RIGHT
TO REMAIN SILENT.

ANYTHING YOU SAY CAN AND
WILL BE USED AGAINST YOU

IN A COURT OF LAW.

YOU HAVE THE RIGHT
TO AN ATTORNEY.

IF YOU CANNOT AFFORD
AN ATTORNEY...

[SIREN WAILING]

THAT IS REALLY COOL,

THE WAY YOU GUYS
BROKE THIS CASE.

WELL, THE NURSE FOLDED
LIKE A BAD POKER HAND.

SAID HE WAS WORKING UNDER
ORDERS FROM THE OLD MAN.

SO JAKE PROBABLY
COULD BE CHARGED

WITH CONSPIRACY
TO COMMIT MURDER.

THAT'S GREAT, GUYS,

BUT, UH, I MEAN, IT'S OVER.

WE'LL NEVER GET
HEAVEN LOVE BACK.

DIANA.

[SIGHS] WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO?

WE'RE GOING TO BE FINE.

YOU HAVE ALWAYS TOLD ME, POPS,

THAT WE'RE SURVIVORS.

WHY WOULD RENE DE LEON TRY
TO OUT OLD MAN BRAWLEY?

CRIMINAL'S ETHICS.

HE WANTED US TO KNOW THAT
HE WASN'T THE KILLER.

AND HE'D BE LONG GONE BEFORE
WE FIGURED IT ALL OUT.

COULD BE.

[CELL PHONE RINGS]

HELLO?

MR. BRYANT? THIS IS AHMAD.

THERE'S A RATHER LARGE
SHIPMENT OF HORSES

LEAVING FOR THE
MIDDLE EAST TONIGHT.

- REALLY?
- HYPOTHETICALLY,

A HORSE COULD GET
LOST IN ONE OF THEM.

I'D CHECKED ON THIS
DE LEON CHARACTER.

HE HAS CONTACTED SOME OF
THE HORSE PEOPLE I KNOW.

YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO
FIND HIM THERE AS WELL.

BERTH 12.

THANKS. I OWE YOU.

GOOD LUCK.

POPS, MAYBE IT'S NOT OVER.

COME ON. I NEED YOUR HELP.

IT'S ABOUT TIME SOMEONE
ASKED FOR HELP.

WHERE YOU GOING?

THE STABLES. COME ON.

YOU KNOW, THEY'VE PROBABLY
GOT HIM DISGUISED SOME WAY.

WELL, IF ANYBODY CAN
IDENTIFY HEAVEN LOVE,

IT'S DUSTY HERE.

WELL... NOTHING TO
IT, BUT TO DO IT.

OH, I THINK THE OPERATIVE
WORD HERE IS CAUTION.

SHOULDN'T WE CALL FOR BACKUP?

ALREADY DONE.

WELL, SHOULDN'T WE WAIT FOR IT?

MAYBE NEXT TIME, PROFESSOR,
I WILL CONSIDER MURDER.

THE BRAWLEYS CONFESSED.

THE BRAWLEYS.

I BROUGHT THAT IDIOT
FAMILY THE PERFECT CRIME.

STAY HERE AND WATCH THE HORSES.

[GRUNTING]

IT'S ALL OVER, RENE.

THE POLICE ARE ON THE WAY.

WELL, MAYBE NEXT TIME I'LL
CHOOSE MY ACCOMPLICES

MORE CAREFULLY!

OH, THERE'S NOT GOING
TO BE ANY NEXT TIME.

MAYBE YOU AND I COULD TEAM UP.

OH, YOU THINK SO?

WELL, YOU KNOW, THEY
SAY THE BEST WAY

TO GET AWAY WITH A CRIME IS...

IS TO KNOW THE CRIMINOLOGIST.

OH, YOU'RE NOT
GOING TO GET AWAY.

WELL, AT LEAST YOU KNOW
I'M NOT A MURDERER!

I WOULDN'T SAY THAT.

THERE WERE 4 HORSES
IN THAT BARN.

YOU AIN'T STOPPING ME.

JUST LIKE THE LONE RANGER!

WHO IS THIS GUY EVERYBODY
KEEPS TALKING ABOUT?

[APPROACHING SIRENS]

GO AHEAD AND GET IN, MR.
DE LEON.

WATCH YOUR HEAD.

COULD YOU GET THEIR INFORMATION?
THANKS.

COWBOYS ARE INNOCENT.

DE LEON WAS JUST
SHIPPING HEAVEN LOVE

WITH THEIR HORSES.

WE HAVEN'T SEEN THE LAST OF HIM.

HE'LL BE OUT IN NO TIME.

BECAUSE OF HIS
IMPECCABLE BEHAVIOR.

THAT'S NOT HIM.

YOU SURE ABOUT THAT?

YEAH, HEAVEN LOVE'S GOT THE
WHITE MARK UP ON HIS FACE.

THERE MAY BE HOPE FOR YOU YET.

BOY, ARE WE GLAD TO SEE YOU.

GOOD JOB, DUSTY!

[GASPS]

WELL, LOOKS LIKE EVERYTHING'S
GOING TO BE ACES.

YEAH.

HOW CAN I EVER THANK YOU GUYS?

OH, I SECOND THAT.

BECAUSE OF YOU,

WE HAVE OUR LIVES BACK ON TRACK.

NO THANKS REQUIRED, POPS.

THIS HAS BEEN A REAL
ADVENTURE FOR US.

[CHUCKLES]

SURPRISE!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

SURPRISE!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

THANK YOU, GUYS. YOU
SHOULDN'T HAVE.

OH, WE GOT 2 SURPRISES FOR YOU.

FIRST ONE...

I'VE DECIDED TO GO
BACK TO LAW SCHOOL.

BUT HEN YOU AND I
ARE GOING TO TALK

ABOUT THIS PRIVATE EYE BUSINESS.

LONG AS I GET MY HOUSE BACK.

NOW THIS NEXT ONE
IS A SPECIAL TREAT.

- MY OWN HORSE, HUH?
- SAY WHAT?

DON'T GIVE ME THAT.
YOU HEARD ME.

- HEY, MIKE!
- OH!

- ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
- THAT A BEAUT?

OH, LOOK AT THIS. BEAUTIFUL!

- WHAT, A 9'2"?
- YEP.

OH, PERFECT.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY. AND HEY,
DON'T WORRY ABOUT THE ZERO.

AS LONG AS IT STILL SURFS.

AND MISS THE ROCKS, HUH?

RIGHT.

WELL, LET'S PARTY!

YEAH!

♪ FOR HE'S A JOLLY GOOD FELLOW ♪

♪ FOR HE'S A JOLLY GOOD FELLOW ♪

♪ FOR HE'S A JOLLY GOOD FELLOW ♪

♪ WHICH NOBODY CAN DENY ♪

[SINGING CONTINUES AND FADES]