NYPD Blue (1993–2005): Season 6, Episode 12 - What's Up, Chuck? - full transcript

DOA, MALE WHITE, ABOUT 25,
SHOT IN THE HEAD.

YOU GOT ANY WITNESSES?

GUY OVER THERE
SAID HE SAW HIM
DUMPED OUT OF A VAN.

WITNESS’ NAME‐‐
ERIC HORSTED.

GET THIS WITH ME.

THERE’S A FAMILY HERE
SAYS THEIR DAUGHTER’S
MISSING.

THEY WANT TO TALK
TO A DETECTIVE.

WE’LL TAKE IT.

UNH.

LET’S SEE.

DOA’s FRANK LEARY.



30 BUCKS...

WATCH AND WALLET.

NO ROBBERY.

I’M TO WORK BY 6 A. M.

SONDRA AND MAMA, THEY WORK
FROM 12 MIDNIGHT TO 8:00
AT THE HOTEL.

NORMALLY WHEN
THEY GET HOME, TONYA’S
ALREADY GONE TO SCHOOL.

SO YESTERDAY, THEY
DON’T REALIZE THAT
TONYA AIN’T BEEN THERE.

WHEN DID YOU
REALIZE IT?

WHEN THIS FOOL AJAY TAKES
A BREAK FROM HIS TV WATCHIN’

TO SAY HE NEVER SAW TONYA
LEAVE THAT MORNING.

THAT’S RIGHT.

IT’S TRUE.

SEE, I USUALLY SEE
HER GO AROUND...

8:00 IN THE MORNING.



IF YOU’RE AWAKE,
YOU MEAN.

YOU DON’T WORK, AJAY?

NO, HE GOT A JOB.

HE SITS ON THE COUCH
AND WAITS FOR HIS CHECK.

THAT’S HIS JOB.

WHAT KIND OF CHECK?

UH, LAWSUIT
SETTLEMENT.

YOU CALLED
TONYA’S FRIENDS?

WE WENT LOOKING
LAST NIGHT,

AND THEN
THIS MORNING
WE STARTED CALLING.

YOU GO LOOKING,
TOO, AJAY?

HUH?

NO.

WHY DON’T YOU FINISH UP
THOSE CALLS?

IF YOU DON’T
HAVE ANY LUCK,

YOU CAN COME SEE US
AT THE SQUAD.

BRING US A LIST OF TONYA’S
FRIENDS AND USUAL PLACES.

WE CAN DO THAT.

COME ON, BABY.
COME ON.

I’M MAKING A SALES VISIT
IN THAT OFFICE BUILDING.
DENTAL SUPPLIES.

I TAKE THE BACK WAY OUT
BECAUSE MY NEXT APPOINTMENT’S
ON 15th.

SO YOU’RE IN THE ALLEY
WHEN THIS HAPPENED?

MMM, NO.

JUST AS I’M OPENING THE DOOR,
I THINK I HEAR SHOTS.

NOW WHAT’S AMAZING IS,

YOU THINK YOUR INSTINCTS
WOULD TELL YOU
RUN AWAY, SEEK SAFETY.

MINE TELL ME GO OUT,
SEE WHAT HAPPENED.

THAT IS AMAZING.

HUH.

UNIFORM SAID YOU SAW A VAN
LEAVING THE SCENE.

THAT’S RIGHT. I THINK
IT WAS DUMPED FROM THAT VAN.

UH, YOU REMEMBER THE COLOR,
ANY OTHER TYPE DESCRIPTION?

LET’S SEE: SILVER VAN,
PHONE NUMBER ON THE SIDE.

I TOOK IT
TO BE A LIVERY.

YOU REMEMBER THE NUMBER?

UH‐UH.

WASN’T LOOKING
FOR A RIDE. HA HA.

HERE’S OUR CARD. IF YOU
THINK OF ANYTHING ELSE,
GIVE US A CALL.

WONDER WHERE ANDY
AND SORENSON WENT.

[ENGINE WON’T START]

ARE YOU TURNIN’ IT?

IT’S TOTALLY DEAD.

GREAT. THIS GUY’S BATTERY
IS TOTALLY DEAD,
JUST LIKE HIS BRAIN.

THE GUY PULLED WITHIN
6 INCHES SO WE CAN’T
BACK AROUND HIM.

WATCH ME
GET SOME MORE SPACE.

DON’T BACK INTO HIM,
ANDY.

WE’LL BE FILLIN’ FORMS
FOR 6 HOURS.

HEY! COME HERE!

COME HERE, YOU!

HEY! HEY!

COME HERE!

WHAT’D I TELL YOU?
HUH?!

CUT ME SOME SLACK.

I DID,
AND YOU IGNORED ME.

NOW, YOU GIMME THIS!

FOR CRYIN’ OUT LOUD!
HEY! HEY! HEY!

AUGH!
COME ON!

AN AMPUTEE SCAM
IS ONE THING.

DON’T CALL YOURSELF
A VIETNAM VET.

CAN I GET MY
PROSTHESIS BACK?

SURE.

SHOW UP AT
THE STATION HOUSE SOMETIME

WITH ONE
OF YOUR LEGS CUT OFF.

THAT’S RIGHT, PAL!

KEEP STARIN’ AT ME
INSTEAD OF MOVIN’
YOUR TRUCK,

YOU’LL BE WEARIN’ THIS
FOR AN EARRING.

IT’S GONNA BE ONE
OF THEM KINDA DAYS?

I’M DETECTIVE MEDAVOY.

MY MOTHER SAID
YOU WERE AT THE HOUSE.

UH, YEAH, WE DIDN’T
GET AN ANSWER THERE.

SHE DON’T OPEN THE DOOR
FOR NO ONE,

BUT SHE GOT THE CARD
YOU LEFT.

THIS IS MY PARTNER,
DETECTIVE MARTINEZ.

HI. HOW YA DOIN’?

HOW’S IT GOIN’?

ALL RIGHT.

WHY DON’T YOU
COME BACK HERE?

THIS IS MY MIDDLE
BROTHER JOHN.

HOW YA DOIN’?

IN HERE.

YOU HAVE ANOTHER
BROTHER FRANK?

YEAH.

HE’S OUR KID BROTHER.

WE’VE, UH, GOT SOME HARD
NEWS FOR YOU, I’M AFRAID.

FRANK WAS KILLED
THIS MORNING.

NO. FRANK IS OUT
WITH MY VAN.

[HYPERVENTILATING]

STOP THAT!

WE NEED YOU TO LOOK
AT A PICTURE.

OH!

IS THAT YOUR BROTHER?

YES.

PUT THAT AWAY!

I’M SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS.

WHAT SON OF A BITCH
DID THIS?

YOU SAY FRANK HAD YOUR VAN?

YEAH.

I LEASED IT FOR HIM

TO SET HIM UP WITH
HIS LIVERY BUSINESS.

SUPPOSED TO KEEP HIM
OUT OF TROUBLE.

NOW DID SOMEONE
GO AND STEAL IT?

A WITNESS SAW A VAN
LEAVING THE SCENE.

YEAH! SOME SON OF A BITCH.

FRANK SAY WHAT KIND OF FARE
HE HAD THIS MORNING?

LA GUARDIA AIRPORT.

ANY IDEA WHO HE
MIGHT’VE BEEN TAKING?

JOHNNY, PULL YOURSELF
TOGETHER.

WE’LL FIND WHO DID THIS
TO FRANKIE.

WHO COULD’VE DONE THIS?

WHAT? DO YOU THINK
THEY KNOW?

WELL, UH...

[SOBS]

DO YOU HAVE ANY L‐‐
I MEAN...

LET ME SAVE US
SOME TIME.

DO YOU HAVE
ANY LEADS?

MY LITTLE BROTHER
WANTS TO KNOW.

NO LEADS AS YET.

OK, JOHNNY?

ANY MORE QUESTIONS?

NO.

FINE.

I GOT A FUNERAL
TO ARRANGE.

WHERE CAN WE REACH YOU?

LEARY ROOFING.

WE’RE WORKING
OUT OF THERE.

THAT’S SOME LOOK.

WHICH?

THE LOOK ON YOUR MUG
JUST BEFORE YOU RIPPED
HIS LEG OFF HIS BODY.

NEXT TIME HE’LL WRITE ON
HIS STREET BEGGAR’S SIGN

"USING FAKE STUMP
TO HUSTLE,"

INSTEAD OF
"AMPUTEE WAR VETERAN."

GOOD MORNING.

MORNING.

UH, JOHN IRVIN.

YEAH, I REMEMBER.

DO YOU HAVE A MOMENT?

SURE.

DOLORES MAYO
IS IN TERRIBLE TROUBLE.

THAT SEEMS LIKE
HER NEW AMBITION
SHE’S PURSUIN’.

2 WEEKS AGO FRIDAY,

SHE ASKED ME TO CAT‐SIT

WHILE SHE WENT
TO ATLANTIC CITY
FOR THE WEEKEND.

I HAVEN’T HEARD A WORD
FROM HER SINCE.

WHO’D SHE GO WITH?

UH, I FEEL I HAVE
TO BE COMPLETELY CANDID.

DOLORES WAS HOOKIN’?

YES.

AND I THINK SHE MAY
HAVE HAD A PREMONITION

THAT SHE WAS IN DANGER
BECAUSE SHE VERY
SPECIFICALLY

GAVE ME THE NAME
OF HER CLIENT.

FIRST TIME
SHE’S EVER DONE THAT.

SHE’S BEEN
ON HER NEW JOB
A LITTLE WHILE.

WHAT WAS
THE CLIENT’S NAME?

GOOD MORNING,
LIEUTENANT.

GOOD MORNING.

UM, MALCOLM CULLINAN,
OF THE CULLINAN WING.

CULLINAN WING?

UH, THE CULLINAN FAMILY

ARE MAJOR BENEFACTORS OF
THE CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM.

I TRIED CONTACTING
MALCOLM CULLINAN
AT HIS OFFICE

FOR THE PAST 11 DAYS.

OOH, I BET
THAT WAS PRODUCTIVE.

WHAT?

THE TWO OF YOU, UH,
KEEP MISSING EACH OTHER?

I THOUGHT HE MIGHT
CALL ME BACK.

INITIALLY, I WAS
VERY DISCREET, BUT...

FINALLY 2 DAYS AGO,
AFTER ABOUT 20 MESSAGES
WERE IGNORED,

I WROTE HIM
A CONFIDENTIAL LETTER,

TELLING HIM THAT IF HE
DID NOT CONTACT ME
BY NOON TODAY,

I WOULD TAKE STEPS
TO PUBLICIZE THE SITUATION.

UM...

A, UH...

A JAMES SINCLAIR
CONTACTED ME
AT 7:30 THIS MORNING,

SAYING HE WANTED TO TALK.

SHE’S DEAD.

WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?

UM, I DON’T MEAN,
UH, SHE’S DEAD.

THAT’S WHO A GUY LIKE
THIS CULLINAN WOULD HIRE

NO MATTER WHAT
THE SITUATION WAS, NO?

SINCLAIR’S
A PRETTY POWERFUL
CRIMINAL ATTORNEY.

THEY PROBABLY
SICCED HIM ON YOU
TO SCARE YOU.

HOW THIS SINCLAIR MISSED
BEIN’ ON O. J.’s TEAM

WILL BE A MYSTERY
FOR THE AGES.

HE’S THE ONLY SHYSTER
SCUMBAG DIDN’T BELLY UP
ON THAT ONE.

SO, HOW’D YOU LEAVE IT
WITH SINCLAIR, JOHN?

HE TOLD ME HE WANTED
TO TALK TO ME HERE AT 9:30.

WHY DON’T YOU WORK
AT THIS DESK?

WOULD THAT BE
ALL RIGHT?

YEAH.

FRANKLY, I FEEL
A LITTLE OVER MY HEAD.

YEAH. TAKE A SEAT
OVER THERE, JOHN.

SHOULD I GET MY MESSAGE PAD
FROM UPSTAIRS?

YOU’RE ALL SET UP
OVER HERE.

YOU CAN FORWARD
ANTI‐CRIME’S CALLS.

DID YOU EVER SEE
THIS SINCLAIR?

NO. HOW WILL I
RECOGNIZE HIM?

HUH!

FIRST GUY COMES IN
LOOKS LIKE
A HAIRLESS RAT,

EH, YOU GIVE HIM
A BIG HELLO AND
INTRODUCE YOURSELF.

[TELEPHONE RINGS]

15th DETECTIVE SQUAD.

IF ALL SINCLAIR WANTS
TO DO IS RAP JOHN
ON THE KNUCKLES,

HE SENDS A LACKEY.

AND HE’D DO IT
IN PRIVATE, NO?

THIS CULLINAN DID
SOMETHING BAD TO THIS
GIRL, YOU MARK MY WORDS.

Man: MURDERER!

WE BRINGIN’ IN A MURDERER!

MY HEAD!
WATCH MY HEAD!

HEY! HEY!
TAKE IT EASY!
TAKE IT EASY!

HE CONFESSED!
HE KILLED MY NIECE TONYA!

I’M GONNA FAINT
RIGHT HERE.

SOMEBODY HELP
MY DAUGHTER!

WHAT’S GOING ON, SONDRA?

AJAY SAYS
HE KILLED HER.

NO, NO, I SAID
I DREAMED THAT.

WE WENT HOME
TO MAKE SOME CALLS.

HE ADMITTED HE HAD SEX
WITH HER AND HE KILLED HER.

I DREAMED WE HAD SEX.

OK, AJAY, UPSTAIRS.

WILL YOU GUYS
BE CAREFUL OF MY HEAD?

SIT ON THE COUCH
FOR 2 YEARS,

ALL YOU DO
IS FLIP CHANNELS.

ALL RIGHT,
IT’S OVER.

HE LAYS UP, HE FLIPS,

COME TO FIND OUT HE’S
GETTIN’ OVER ON TONYA!

HEY, HEY!
WE GOT HIM NOW.

WE GOT IT.

GUESS I REALLY MESSED UP
TELLIN’ DERRICK
ABOUT THAT DREAM.

LET’S TALK ABOUT
YOUR DREAM, AJAY.

WAIT A MINUTE.
NOW, LOOK, LADIES,

I CAN’T CONTROL
MY DREAMS.

NO, WE KNOW. BUT WE’D
LIKE TO HEAR ABOUT IT.

ALL RIGHT.

WANNA HEAR ABOUT IT,
I’LL TELL YA.

I DREAMED THAT, UM...

TONYA AND ME HAD SEX
ON THE BEACH.

AND DID TONYA WILLINGLY
HAVE SEX WITH YOU?

YEAH. I WAS HER FIRST,

AND I KNOW IT MUST’VE
HURT SOME, BUT, UM...

I KNEW SHE WAS GLAD.

THEN AFTERWARDS,
WHAT?

WE WAS LAYIN’ ON THE RUG,
YOU KNOW, TALKIN’...

AND TONYA SAID SHE WANTED
TO GO AWAY WITH ME.

WHERE’D SHE WANNA GO?

SHE ASKED IF I COULD
TAKE HER SOMEPLACE WARM,

YOU KNOW, LIKE...

LIKE JAMAICA.

AND I PROMISED THAT
I WOULD TAKE HER AWAY FOREVER.

WHERE’D THIS HAPPEN,
AJAY?

AT THE BEACH.

WELL, YOU SAY THE BEACH,

BUT YOU ALSO SAY THE RUG.

WHICH ONE IS IT?

I DON’T KNOW.
IT’S FUZZY.

I TAKE THESE
ANTI‐SEIZURE MEDS.

YOU KNOW, THEY MAKE
EVERYTHING A LITTLE FUZZY.

AND THAT’S FOR
YOUR HEAD INJURY.

NO, I ALSO GOT A SLOW‐GROWIN’
BENIGN TUMOR IN MY HEAD.

OH.

THAT’S BEEN THE HOLDUP
ON‐‐ON MY SETTLEMENT

BECAUSE THE CITY
IS SAYING THAT I’VE GOT

THIS PRE‐EXISTING SITUATION.

OK, AJAY.
ABOUT TONYA.

WHAT?

IS IT POSSIBLE

YOUR ENCOUNTER WITH HER

WASN’T A DREAM?

MAYBE IT WAS REAL.

I DON’T KNOW. MAYBE.

WHEN YOU TOLD HER YOU’D
TAKE HER AWAY FOREVER,

DID YOU DO SOMETHING
TO HER? HURT HER?

NO, I‐‐I WOULD
NOT HURT HER.

MAYBE ACCIDENTALLY,

NOT KNOWING
YOUR OWN STRENGTH.

NO.

I MEAN, IT’S SO FUZZY.

DO YOU KNOW
WHERE SHE IS NOW?

MAYBE I DO.

WHERE?

SHE’S AT THE STANLEY
APARTMENTS OVER ON 14th.

YOU HAVE A ROOM
THERE?

NO, I USED
TO HAVE A JOB THERE.

AND THEY’VE
GOT THIS BASEMENT
WHERE THERE’S A BOILER,

AND IT’S REALLY HOT THERE,

AND I KNEW SHE WOULD
BE WARM LIKE IN JAMAICA,

SO I PUT HER IN THE TRASH
CHUTE AT THE BOTTOM.

WASH UP OVER THERE.

THOSE ASSHOLE LEARYS
CAME OUTTA NOWHERE

AND BEAT THE HELL OUTTA ME.

HOW DO YOU
KNOW THEM?

I DON’T.

I WENT OUT TO GO GET
SOME COKE AND CRACKERS

FOR MY UPSET STOMACH,

AND THEY ACCOSTED ME
OUTSIDE MY BUILDING.

THEY SAY ANYTHING?

YEAH, THE OLDER ONE
PUTS ME UP AGAINST THE WALL,

STARTS GIVIN’ ME
THE THIRD DEGREE,

SAYIN’ I MUST’VE FOULED UP
HIS BROTHER’S VAN,

WHICH IS POSSIBLY TRUE

IF HIS BROTHER’S THE ONE
THAT DROVE ME TO THE AIRPORT
THIS MORNING.

WHICH AIRPORT?
LA GUARDIA.

I WAS SUPPOSED TO GO
TO FLORIDA TODAY,

BUT I FELT SO LOUSY,
I TOOK A TAXI HOME.

THEN WHEN I MOMENTARILY
FEEL WELL ENOUGH TO GO OUT,

HERE COME THESE 2 ASSHOLES
WHO KNOCK ME AROUND.

THE OLDER ONE SAYS THAT
I KILLED HIS BROTHER,

WHICH IS CRAZY.

THEN THANK GOD THE COPS
COME AND SAVE MY LIFE.

UH‐HUH.

COUPLE OF MANIACS.

NOT SAYIN’ WHAT THEY DID
WAS RIGHT, JAY,

BUT THEIR LITTLE BROTHER
GOT KILLED THIS MORNING.

THE ONE THAT DROVE ME?

SO YOU CAN IMAGINE
HOW THEY MIGHT NOT BE
THINKING STRAIGHT.

THEY KICKED ME,
THEY BEAT UP ON ME,

THEY MADE FUN
OF MY JACKET.

THEY WERE PROBABLY
VERY OVERWROUGHT.

HUH. I SHOULD BE ABLE
TO WALK TO THE MARKET

WITHOUT
GETTING ATTACKED.

NO, YOU’RE ABSOLUTELY
RIGHT, AND WE’RE
GONNA TALK TO THEM.

ARE THEY GOING TO JAIL?

LOOK, WE’LL LOCK THEM UP
IF THAT’S WHAT YOU WANT US
TO DO.

GOOD.

BUT KEEP IN MIND
THEY JUST LOST THEIR BROTHER.

AND WHAT THEY DID, EVEN THOUGH
IT WAS ABSOLUTELY WRONG,

WAS THEM BEIN’ UNDER
EMOTIONAL DISTRESS.

SO NOW I’M THE JERK
IF I PRESS CHARGES?

I’M JUST TELLIN’ YOU
THE SITUATION.

JUST TELL ME THIS:

WAS THIS ABOUT
MY LIP RINGS?

ABSOLUTELY NOT.

FORGET IT. I‐‐I DON’T
FEEL WELL ENOUGH
FOR THIS.

IS THAT THE WAY OUT?

SAME WAY YOU CAME IN.

Medavoy: I THINK IT’S TIME
FOR ANOTHER CONVERSATION
WITH THE BROTHERS LEARY.

MR. SINCLAIR.

MR. IRVIN. THE MATTER
THAT APPARENTLY CONCERNS YOU

WILL BE DISPOSED OF
AFTER I SPEAK WITH
YOUR COLLEAGUES.

IF AFTER THAT, YOU HAVE
ANY PERVERSE INCLINATION

TO PERSIST
IN HARASSING MY CLIENT,

YOU AND I WILL HAVE
A CONVERSATION.

MY ONLY GAMBLING IS
A 2.00 NASSAU WHEN I GOLF,

BUT IF YOU WOULD’VE TOLD ME
5 YEARS AGO

THAT YOU’D STILL BE ALIVE
AND AMBULATORY,

I’D HAVE LAID YOU ANY ODDS.

MY PARTNER
DANNY SORENSON.

WE ALL NEED TO CHAT.

IS THE RIDING D. A.
AVAILABLE?

[CLEARING THROAT]

EVEN AS WE SPEAK.

LET’S GO, COUNSELOR.

2 WEEKS AGO, MY CLIENT
MALCOLM CULLINAN

WENT TO ATLANTIC CITY...

WITH A PROSTITUTE
BY THE NAME OF DOLORES MAYO.

DON’T CALL HER
A PROSTITUTE.

I’LL CALL HER THE DOWAGER
PRINCESS. WHAT DO YOU
WANT ME TO CALL HER?

DO NOT DISRESPECT HER.
SHE WORKED IN THIS HOUSE.

MY CLIENT,

NOT BEING A DRUG USER,

COMPLETELY NAIVE
ABOUT THE DRUG SUBCULTURE,

HAD NO IDEA MS. MAYO
WAS A HEROIN ADDICT

TILL HE GOT
TO ATLANTIC CITY.

ASSHOLE.

YOUNG MAN,

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME
YOU AND I HAVE HAD
DEALINGS TOGETHER.

YOU MIGHT TAKE ON FAITH
WHAT YOUR VOLATILE
PARTNER HERE

HAS LEARNED
THROUGH EXPERIENCE.

BEHAVE YOURSELF...

OR A. D. A. COHEN AND I
WILL ADJOURN TO A MORE
CONGENIAL SETTING.

MY CLIENT
OFTENTIMES VIDEOTAPES
HIS SEXUAL ACTIVITIES‐‐

WITH THE FULL KNOWLEDGE
OF HIS PARTNERS.

AS IT TURNS OUT,
THE VIDEO CAMERA
WAS RUNNING

WHILE MS. MAYO INDEPENDENTLY
AND VOLUNTARILY SHOT UP

AND SUBSEQUENTLY DIED.

IT’S ALL ON THE TAPE.

THE TAPE SHOW HIM TRYIN’
TO REVIVE HER, CALL 911?

DO YOU ATTEMPT TO REVIVE
EVERY JUNKIE YOU SEE

PASSED OUT
IN TOMPKINS SQUARE PARK?

DON’T CALL HER A JUNKIE
AND DON’T CALL HER
A PROSTITUTE!

BEING A MAN OF
A CERTAIN SOCIAL STANDING

AND OUT OF CONCERN
FOR HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN,

MY CLIENT PANICKED,

REMOVED THE CORPSE
FROM THE HOTEL,

AND BURIED IT
IN THE MEADOWLANDS.

UM, THIS WAS OUT OF PANIC
AND CONCERN FOR HIS FAMILY.

IT DIDN’T HAVE NOTHIN’ TO DO
WITH THE HOTEL ROOM
BEIN’ IN HIS NAME.

THIS IS MY PROFFER,
A. D. A. COHEN.

AFTER A JOINT VIEWING
OF THE VIDEOTAPE,

MY CLIENT WILL MAKE
A STATEMENT,

MAKE HIMSELF AVAILABLE
FOR A FULL, OPEN,
HONEST DEBRIEFING

IN EXCHANGE
FOR YOUR AGREEMENT

TO THE UNCLASSIFIED
MISDEMEANOR

OF DISPOSAL OF A BODY,

WITH YOUR RECOMMENDATION
FOR PROBATION AND A FINE.

I ASSUME YOUR CLIENT
HAS NO PRIOR
CRIMINAL HISTORY?

NONE.

LET’S GET OUTTA HERE.
WE KNOW WHAT HE’S GONNA SAY.

LET ME TAKE IT TO MY BOSS.

SAID HE’D BE OUT IN A MINUTE.

WELL, WHAT’S HE
DOIN’ IN THERE?

YOU DON’T THINK
HE KNOWS THE NEWS
THAT’S COMIN’, ANDY?

LOCKS HIMSELF
IN THE BATHROOM.

AVOIDIN’ THINGS
DON’T MAKE ’EM ANY BETTER.

HOW’S IT GOIN’?

SHE’S DEAD, ISN’T SHE?

DOLORES IS DEAD.

THAT’S THE GIST OF IT.

WE’RE VERY SORRY,
JOHN.

SORRY YOU LOST
YOUR FRIEND.

WAS SHE MURDERED?

CULLINAN’S LAWYER SAYS
SHE OVERDOSED ON DRUGS.

DO YOU BELIEVE HIM?

SUPPOSEDLY
THERE’S A TAPE
TO THAT EFFECT.

SINCLAIR’S BRINGIN’
THAT ASSHOLE IN HERE,

WE’RE GONNA LOOK AT IT.

THERE’S A...TAPE

OF DOLORES DYING.

SOMETHIN’
TO THAT EFFECT.

I WANT TO SEE THE TAPE.

WHY DON’T YOU LET US
LOOK AT IT FIRST, JOHN?

THOSE CAN BE UPSETTING,
AND, UH...

NO GOOD NECESSARILY
COMES FROM A PERSON
LIKE YOU SEEIN’ ’EM.

WHAT KIND OF PERSON
DO YOU MEAN?

UH...

A...CIVILIAN.

A CIVILIAN.

I’D LIKE TO SEE
THE TAPE, PLEASE.

YEAH.

EXCUSE ME.

HE CAN WATCH WITH ME
FROM THE OBSERVATION
ROOM.

’CAUSE OTHERWISE
IT’LL BE A CIRCUS IN THERE.

THIS WAY IT’LL JUST BE
A SIMPLE DEMONSTRATION

OF THIS LAWYER MAKIN’ US
LOOK LIKE JERKS.

[FRUSTRATED SIGH]

EVERYTHING IN THE STANLEY
APARTMENTS BASEMENT

IS EXACTLY LIKE THIS HEAD CASE
AJAY DESCRIBED IT.

EXCEPT THERE’S NO BODY.

SO YOU THINK HE REALLY
WAS ONLY DREAMING
ABOUT KILLING HER?

WE FOUND AN EARRING THERE
HER MOTHER SAYS IS TONYA’S.

MAYBE IT’S
SOME KIND OF FETISH.

THE BASEMENT’S A PLACE
HE IMAGINED KILLING HER

BEFORE HE DID IT
SOMEPLACE ELSE.

PROBABLY HE OUGHT TO KNOW
WE’RE LOSIN’ PATIENCE.

OH, YEAH.

SIT DOWN!

WAIT A MINUTE.
I LIKE THAT JUICE.

YOU WANT IT BACK?
YOU STOP LYING.

LYING?

WE WENT TO
THE BUILDING, AJAY.

TONYA WASN’T THERE.

NO?

UH...

UM...

WAIT A MINUTE. I KNOW.

YOU KNOW, HUH?

YOU WERE JUST
DICKIN’ US AROUND.

WAIT A MINUTE.
DON’T‐‐DON’T
BE OFFENDED.

WE FOUND HER EARRING
THERE.

SHE LOST HER EARRING?

DID YOU TAKE TONYA
THERE, THEN MOVE HER
SOMEPLACE ELSE?

WAIT, HOLD ON.
LET ME‐‐I GOTTA THINK.

I GOTTA‐‐I GOTTA
REMEMBER MY DREAM.

FORGET THE DREAM,
AJAY.

OK.

HERE’S YOUR HEAD...

HERE’S THE REAL WORLD.

WE’RE NOT INTERESTED
IN THE HEAD STUFF.

OK.

WHAT YOU TOLD US ABOUT
HAVING SEX WITH TONYA‐‐

WAS THAT REAL?

REAL.

WAS IT YESTERDAY MORNING
IN YOUR APARTMENT?

TONYA WENT TO SCHOOL, AND...

AND IT WAS GONNA BE JUST
A REGULAR OLD MORNIN’,

BUT SOON ENOUGH, YOU KNOW,
SHE COME BACK.

AND SHE SAID IT WAS
FOR HER KEYS, BUT...

SHE’S LOOKING AT ME, AND
SHE SHUT THE DOOR, AND...

SHE KEEPS LOOKING AT ME.

YOU KNOW? IN THIS WAY,
THIS SEXUAL WAY.

AND‐‐AND SHE’S
CARRYING HERSELF

LIKE SHE’S
AN OLDER PERSON.

INSTEAD OF 13.

LOOK, SHE COME AT ME
WITH THIS EMOTIONAL,
ROMANTIC KINDA LOOK,

AND I TRY AND TELL HER,

HEY, LOOK,
I’M AN OLDER PERSON

AND I CAN ONLY
CARE ABOUT YOU
LIKE A DAUGHTER.

BUT YOU HAD SEX
WITH HER ANYWAY.

WELL, THE WAY SHE WAS
CARRYIN’ HERSELF WITH‐‐

MAN, SHE GOT ME.

AND WE MADE LOVE
RIGHT THERE ON THE RUG,

RIGHT IN THE HALLWAY.

SO YOU MADE LOVE.
AND THEN WHAT, AJAY?

THEN SHE GOT UPSET...

AND I DID
A WRONG THING THERE.

I WAS ONLY TRYIN’
TO QUIET HER, YOU KNOW?

SHE HAD THIS NICE
SEXY VOICE,

AND‐‐AND SHE
WAS SCREAMING.

HER VOICE WAS SEXY
WHILE SHE WAS SCREAMING?

YEAH.

SO YOU TRIED TO STOP
THE SCREAMING.

I HELD HER MOUTH AND NOSE,
AND SHE COULDN’T BREATHE.

AND I KNEW, ’CAUSE
HER BODY STARTED JOLTIN’

AND SHE WAS KICKIN’

AND‐‐AND THINGS
NEEDIN’ AIR.

AND THEN SHE WAS DEAD.

SHE WAS DEAD.

OK, AJAY.

THAT’S GOOD
YOU TOLD US.

YEAH, THAT’S BETTER, RIGHT?

NOW TELL US,

NOT IN THE DREAM,
BUT IN REAL LIFE

WHERE TONYA IS.

[CRYING] I‐‐

I WRAPPED HER IN A‐‐
IN A SHEET

AND THREW HER
IN A DUMPSTER

BEHIND THE BUILDING.

ALL RIGHT.

AREN’T I DESPICABLE?

I DON’T EVEN
DESERVE THAT JUICE.

I’M SORRY
I’M SO DESPICABLE.

JOHN, DID YOU HAVE ANY
FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR US

WHEN YOU CAME IN EARLIER,

WHEN GERALD
SORT OF CUT YOU OFF?

NO, NOT REALLY.

ANYWAYS, THAT KID
YOU BEAT UP,

HE’S OF TWO MINDS
WHETHER HE WANTS
TO PRESS CHARGES.

I BEEN IN A POLICE STATION
ONCE BEFORE

FOR DROPPING WATER BALLOONS
ON A NEIGHBOR.

I WAS 12.

THIS IS A BIGGER THING.

I JUST MEAN I’M
NOT A CRIMINAL TYPE,

AND NEITHER IS GERALD.

DID GERALD AND FRANK
HAVE ANY INTERACTION
THIS MORNING?

THEY TALK
EVERY MORNING.

REGARDING WHAT?

MOSTLY THE VAN.

WAS THERE A DISPUTE
AT ALL?

IT’S LIKE
THEIR MORNING RITUAL‐‐

THE FIGHT ABOUT THE VAN.

I DON’T EVEN LISTEN ANYMORE.

SO, WAS THERE A FIGHT
BETWEEN THEM
THIS MORNING?

YOU FEEL TORN, RIGHT?

IF YOU KNOW SOMETHING
ABOUT WHAT MIGHT HAVE
HAPPENED TO FRANK,

HOW ARE YOU GONNA FEEL
IF YOU LEAVE HERE
NOT TELLING US?

THE ONLY THING
I KNOW FOR SURE

IS THAT FRANK
MADE HIS RUN TO LA GUARDIA.

I KNOW, ’CAUSE
HE CALLED ME FROM THERE.

HE SAID HIS RIDE,
THE GUY WAS SICK
OR SOMETHIN’.

HE THREW UP IN THE VAN.

WHY’D HE CALL
TO TELL YOU THAT?

BECAUSE HE KNEW GERALD
WOULD GET NUTS ABOUT IT.

GERALD’S REALLY
INTO CLEANLINESS.

THAT’S THE LAST TIME
I TALKED TO FRANK.

ABOUT AN HOUR LATER,
GERALD LEAVES WORK,

SAID HE WANTS
THE VAN FOR SOMETHING,

HE’S GONNA GO MEET FRANK.

WHICH I KNEW

WAS THIS BIG COLLISION
WAITING TO OCCUR.

HOW LONG
WAS GERALD GONE?

A LONG TIME.

HE MISSED AN APPOINTMENT.

I’M NOT A DETECTIVE,
YOU KNOW, BUT...

THERE’S JUST
SOMETHING ABOUT THIS
THAT’S ALL WRONG.

OK, JOHN.

IT’S OK.

OUR EXPERIENCE
IN THE POKY ROOM‐‐

WORKING MAINLY WITH
STREET‐LEVEL SCUMBAGS,

YOU PROBABLY HAVEN’T
HAD THAT PRIVILEGE
TOO OFTEN.

SOME HIGH‐POWERED SHYSTER
TELLING ME TO BEHAVE?

IN A CAREER FULL
OF EMBARRASSMENTS,

THAT ASSHOLE SINCLAIR
PUT ME THROUGH

THE SINGLE MOST
HUMILIATING MOMENT.

WHICH WAS WHAT?

MADE ME LOOK LIKE A MONKEY
ON THE WITNESS STAND.

OF COURSE, I DID
HELP HIM A LITTLE

TRYIN’ TO TESTIFY DRUNK.

John: THEY’LL BE HERE
IN 20 MINUTES.

THIS GUY’S GONNA COP
TO UNLAWFUL DISPOSAL,
ANDY.

ALL I CAN TELL YOU,

THIS IS WHY POLICE WORK
ENTAILS SO MUCH ENERGY

KEEPING PERPS AND
THEIR LAWYERS SEPARATE.

THAT’S THE ONLY LESSON
YOU CAN DRAW FROM THIS.

DOLORES IS DEAD,

AND HE’S GONNA PAY
A 3‐FIGURE FINE?

WHY DON’T YOU WRITE
YOUR NAME ON THAT?

YOU’RE USING IT.

WHY DON’T YOU WRITE
YOUR NAME ON IT?

LET ME THINK OF SOMETHING
WE CAN TRY IN THAT ROOM.

NO GOOD?

2 HOURS, 20 DUMPSTERS,
NO TONYA.

WE CANVASSED
THE CARTING COMPANIES.

NONE OF THOSE DUMPSTERS
WERE SERVICED THIS MORNING.

YOU WANNA TURN ANDY
LOOSE ON THIS GUY?

WE PROMISED AJAY HE COULD
MAKE A VIDEO CONFESSION.

I’M NOT PUTTING
THIS GUY ON TAPE

IF HE’S JUST SOME PSYCHO
MAKING STORIES UP.

WHAT WE WERE SAYING
RIDING BACK,

MAYBE HE’S WORKING UP
TO THE TRUTH

AND BEING ON CAMERA
GETS HIM THERE.

OR MAYBE ALL IT DOES

IS GET HIM SINGING
HIS FAVORITE KARAOKE HITS.

IF HE STARTS SINGING
HIS FAVORITE
KARAOKE HITS,

THIS GUY’S
GETTING A TUNE‐UP.

YOU GUYS GOT
A MURDER TO SOLVE.

WHY DO YOU OCCUPY
YOURSELF

WITH A STUPID
STREET FIGHT?

THAT’S HOW YOU WANNA
HONOR YOUR DEAD BROTHER,

TUNING UP A GUY
WHO’S WEAK
WITH A STOMACH UPSET?

HE’S A SUSPECT.
HE WAS IN FRANK’S VAN.

HE DIDN’T HURT FRANK.

[SNORT]

YOU’RE PRETTY PARTICULAR

IN KEEPING THINGS
TIDY, GERALD.

WHO SAID THAT?

JUST A GENERAL
IMPRESSION.

MY PARTNER AND I
UNDERSTAND WHERE
YOU’RE COMING FROM.

YOU GOT A NICE HOME,
A VEHICLE.

YOU LIKE TO KEEP
THOSE POSSESSIONS
IN SHIPSHAPE.

YEAH. TELL MY BROTHERS THAT.

THEY GET A GREAT LAUGH
ABOUT MY PRESSED PANTS
AND THE REST.

WE ALSO UNDERSTAND

HOW A GUY COULD REACH OUT
TO HELP A LOVED ONE,

AND WHEN THAT PERSON DOESN’T
SHOW THE PROPER RESPECT

FOR WHAT YOU RESPECT,

THAT CAN MAKE
A PERSON FLARE UP.

MAYBE EVEN DO
SOMETHING THAT...

THE INSTANT
HE’S DONE IT,

HE REGRETS ENORMOUSLY.

YEAH, WELL...

NOW...

WHEN A DECENT GUY
MAKES THIS MISSTEP

AND THEN TRIES
COVERIN’ IT UP,

INSTEAD OF 18 MONTHS
FOR INVOLUNTARY
MANSLAUGHTER,

HE GETS A LIFETIME
OF SHAME AND GUILT
EATIN’ AT HIM.

THAT ONE WRONG DEED

ERODES THE QUALITY
OF THE REST OF HIS LIFE.

NOW IF I’M
THAT DECENT GUY,

I THINK I’D TRY
TO MAKE THE WRONG DEED

A TURNING POINT FOR
MAKING A BETTER LIFE‐‐

INSTEAD OF TRYING
TO BURY SOMETHING

THAT A DECENT PERSON
REALLY CAN’T EVER BURY.

I’M A FAMILY MAN.

I GET THAT FROM YOU.

I’M THE HEAD
OF THE FAMILY.

MY DAD DIED,

FRANK AND JOHN WENT ON
ACTING LIKE CHILDREN.

I’M LEFT IN CHARGE

TRYING TO TEACH THOSE TWO
HOW TO GET ON.

THEY GIVE YOU
A HARD TIME?

THEY’RE A CONSTANT WORRY.

YOU WANNA TELL US
WHAT HAPPENED
THIS MORNING?

I WENT TO GET THE VAN
FROM FRANK.

HE DOESN’T SAY
ANYTHING LIKE,

THERE’S A BIG MESS
INSIDE.

I GET IN, AND IT
JUST REEKS IN THERE.

MADE YOU FEEL
DISRESPECTED.

INSTEAD OF
MAKING AN APOLOGY,

HE GOES INTO
HIS USUAL ROUTINE

HOW I’M UPTIGHT
AND I’M CONTROLLING.

FROM THERE,
IT WENT BAD FAST.

FRANK KEPT A GUN
UNDER HIS SEAT.

WE KEPT ARGUING,

AND FRANK GETS SO CRAZY,
HE PULLED THE GUN.

MY...BABY BROTHER
PUT A GUN ON ME.

WHAT’D YOU DO?

I GRABBED FOR IT.

WE STRUGGLED,
AND‐‐AND THE THING SHOT.

JUST...SHOT.

J‐JEEZ!

IT WASN’T ON PURPOSE.

I’M AJAY FORMAN,

AND I’M HERE TO ADMIT
WHAT I DONE TO TONYA

AND THEN WHERE I PUT HER.

I’M A RAPIST...

AND A KILLER.

AND AFTER
I MADE LOVE WITH TONYA

ON OUR HALLWAY RUG,

I THEN USED THESE HANDS
TO CHOKE HER DEAD.

AND BEFORE ANYBODY
COULD COME HOME

AND SEE MY SHAME,

I PUT HER BODY
IN MY CAR.

AND I WENT TO‐‐
TO THE RIVER...

NEAR THE FULTON
FISH MARKET

WHERE I PUT HER
IN THE WATER.

I’M A KILLER...

AND I WILL TAKE
WHATEVER PUNISHMENT

YOU PEOPLE THINK
A DANGEROUS MAN
LIKE ME SHOULD GET.

THE RIVER NEAR
THE FULTON FISH MARKET.

PROBABLY THOUGHT

HE WAS HOOKED INTO
A VIEWING SCREEN
ON HIS HOME PLANET.

DETECTIVES.

HI, SONDRA.

DO YOU KNOW WHO THIS IS?
TONYA...MY DAUGHTER.

I’VE BEEN SKIING
WITH MY DAD.

HE TAKES HER SKIING
WITHOUT TELLING ME.

IF THAT DOPE AJAY DIDN’T BLAB
I WASN’T THERE YESTERDAY,

SHE WOULD’VE NEVER KNOWN.

SONDRA, CAN WE
HAVE A MINUTE?

YOU DON’T MOVE.

SIT DOWN.

HMM. SONDRA,

UM...AJAY’S
BEEN TELLING US

HE RAPED
AND KILLED TONYA.

WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO

IF HE WANTS TO ACT
LIKE A CRAZY BASTARD?

HE NEEDS TO SEE
A PSYCHIATRIST.

YEAH, THAT’S ABOUT RIGHT.

ARE YOU GONNA MAKE SURE
HE GETS LOOKED AT?

’CAUSE OTHERWISE,
WE’RE GONNA LOCK HIM UP.

JUST GET HIM OUT HERE.

COME ON OUT, AJAY.

SONDRA’S HERE
WITH TONYA.

TONYA’S HERE?

WELL, I‐‐I
DON’T KNOW WHAT.

COME ON.

THERE’S THE BIG FOOL.

YEAH. HERE COMES
STUPID AJAY.

AIN’T IT THE TRUTH?

BUT YOU WANT ME BACK,
DON’T YOU?

YOU WANT ME BACK

SO YOU CAN RAIL ON ME
ALL DAY LONG,

TALKING ABOUT
MY STANKY FEET

AND GET YOUR PIECE
OF MY CHECK
WHEN IT COMES.

JUST SAY WHEN
YOU’RE DONE, ALL RIGHT?

NO. I THINK YOU GOTTA
ASK ME, SONDRA.

PLEASE, AJAY,

COME BACK.

COME BACK WITH YOUR
BRAIN‐DAMAGED CRAZY ASS

SITTIN’ ON MY COUCH
WAITIN’ FOR YOUR DAMN CHECK!

PLEASE, AJAY, COME BACK
WITH YOUR STANKY FEET.

PLEASE, AJAY, COME BACK
WITH YOUR STANKY FEET.

MM‐HMM.

YOU WANNA STAND
YOUR ASS UP,

MISS SKIING
IN THE CATSKILLS?

Cullinan: YOU KNOW,

IF YOU GOT A HEAD START
IN THAT BATHROOM

WITHOUT ME WATCHING,

I’M GONNA BE VERY UPSET.

I WAS PISSING
IN THE BATHROOM.

OK, BABY?

I WOULDN’T WANNA
DISAPPOINT YOU.

LOOK AT JERRY FALWELL
BOW HIS HEAD IN PRAYER.

YEAH. THE MAN ON THAT TAPE
IS UNRECOGNIZABLE TO HIM.

IT’S LIKE OUR PRESIDENT‐‐
EVERYTHING’S IN HIS PAST.

Cullinan, on tape:
HOW MANY GUYS

DO YOU WISH
WERE HERE RIGHT NOW?

Dolores:
HOW MANY YOU GOT?

OH, HERE HE GOES WITH
THE HALF‐A‐FAG STUFF.

WE KNOW WHAT WE’D SEE
IF THE CAMERA WAS ON
THIS SICK PERV, RIGHT?

WHILE SHE’S
COOKING THE DOPE,

HE’S PROBABLY GREASING UP
HIS TINY LITTLE SOLDIER.

ALL THIS STOPS,
OR WE’RE GONE.

THERE’S AN ARGUMENT
HE’S A FELONY ACCOMPLICE

WHO’S PAYING HER
TO KILL HERSELF.

I HAD NO COMPLICITY
IN WHAT HAPPENED HERE.

WATCH THE TAPE.

GO ON, WATCH THE TAPE.

WATCH WHAT YOU HIRED
THIS GIRL TO DO.

WHAT’S YOUR TAKE‐HOME?
YOU CRACK 4 FIGURES?

Cullinan:
YOU WANT ME TO PAY
FOR YOUR HIGH...

TO SUPPORT YOUR HIGH.

SO YOU DON’T MUCH CARE
ABOUT ME AT ALL, HUH?

TO HELL WITH YOU.

TO HELL WITH YOU.

[CULLINAN PANTING]

OH, DON’T PASS OUT.

[WHINING]
NO. AW, DON’T PASS OUT.

DOLORES.

OH, WHAT IS IT?

WHAT IS IT,
DOLORES? HUH?

YOU’RE A MURDERER.

YOU HEARD WHAT I SAID.
I SAID, "DON’T PASS OUT."

[FIST SLAMS DOWN]

FOR THE RECORD,

WHEN MY CLIENT
IS HEARD TO SAY,

"PAY FOR YOUR HIGH,"

HE IS EXPRESSING
A SPECULATIVE INFERENCE

CONCERNING THE USE MS. MAYO
PUT TO MONIES HE HAD
PAID HER FOR SEX

AND SEX ONLY.

MY CLIENT NEVER BOUGHT
OR PROVIDED DRUGS
FOR MS. MAYO.

MR. CULLINAN
WILL NOW TELL YOU

HOW, WHERE,
AND FOR WHAT REASON

HE CAME TO DISPOSE OF
MS. MAYO’S REMAINS.

AND THAT’S ALL
HE’S GONNA TELL YOU.

JUST GIVE ME A SECOND.

DOLORES WAS RIGHT.

YOU ARE GOIN’ TO HELL.

AW.

CAN YOU HANDLE
TINKERBELL?

JEEZ, I WOULD DEFINITELY
BRING CHARGES‐‐

GIVE THE WHOLE
BACKGROUND ON THIS
A THOROUGH AIRING.

YEAH. THAT SOUNDS
LIKE A PLAN.

MR. CULLINAN WILL BE
BRINGING NO CHARGES.

ICE.

SO ME AND HIM ARE GONNA
MEET JERSEY STATE POLICE,

RECOVER HER BODY.

GOOD.

I’M SORRY
HOW THIS TURNED OUT.

I JUST HOPE
SHE’S AT PEACE NOW.

YEAH, LET’S HOPE SO.

I SHOULD’VE DONE SOMETHING.

John: OH, GOD!

[SOBBING]

HEY, JOHN, UH...

I LOST MY BROTHER IN SIMILAR
DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES,

WHERE HE GOT INVOLVED
IN UNFORTUNATE STUFF.

ACTUALLY, HE DIED
OF A DRUG OVERDOSE,

LIKE DOLORES.

I’M SORRY.

AT FIRST, I COULDN’T
THINK OF ANYTHING

BUT THE THINGS
HE GOT INVOLVED IN‐‐

DRUGS, HIS FIGHTS
WITH MY PARENTS‐‐

HOW I DIDN’T
HELP HIM ENOUGH.

ABOUT A YEAR LATER,

I PASSED THIS SCHOOL YARD

WHERE ME AND HIM
USED TO PLAY HANDBALL
ALL THE TIME.

AND I REALIZED

THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME
I THOUGHT OF HIM

WITHOUT THINKING ABOUT WHAT
I DIDN’T DO TO SAVE HIM,

THINKING OF HIM AND ME
IN BETTER TIMES...

BEFORE ALL THAT
BAD STUFF HAPPENED

THAT I COULDN’T
UNDERSTAND.

THAT CAME
AS A BLESSING TO ME.

DOLORES AND I DID
CARRY ON A FEW NIGHTS

IN THE DANCE CLUBS.

I SAW HER DANCE
AT A BALLET RECITAL.

SHE WAS
A WONDERFUL DANCER.

I JUST WANTED
TO TELL YOU THAT.

YEAH. SHE LOVED BALLET, TOO.

HEY, UM, JOHN...

WHEN DOLORES LEFT,

I DIDN’T PUT IN
FOR A NEW PAA.

I KNOW YOU WERE
GIVING HER EVERY CHANCE.

YOU WANT TO COME
DOWNSTAIRS HERE

AND LET ANTI‐CRIME
PUT IN FOR ONE?

I’D LIKE VERY MUCH
TO COME DOWN.

GOOD.

GOOD.

’NIGHT, BOSS.

SEE YOU TOMORROW, JOHN.