Ringer (2011–2012): Season 1, Episode 6 - The Poor Kids Do It Everyday - full transcript

My name is Bridget.

I witnessed a murder.

Just get up on the stand and
tell the judge what you saw.

- We'll protect you.
- You don't get it.

Bodaway wants me dead, I'm dead.

I ran to my sister,
Siobhan, for help.

Siobhan? Siobhan!

Siobhan killed herself,
and I assumed her identity.

It was so easy.
I saw a way out, and I took it.

They all think that I'm her.

Her husband.



Her lover.

Your wife knows about us.

Her stepdaughter.
I want to go home.

There's a lot about Siobhan's
life I don't know.

Everyone's going to know
who you really are, Bridget

how long have you been
pretending to be her?

Can you come over please?
I need to tell you something.

It's an emergency.

Gemma called, asked me to come over.

- Can I come in?
- No.

Siobhan, we have a problem.

Bridget's still alive.

♪ If I find my way ♪

♪ or a clearing in the woods ♪



♪ now I'm sleeping
in your fine bed ♪

♪ and I'm sleeping
in the wrong bed ♪

♪ waiting on another man,
waiting on another man ♪

♪ let's stop this ♪

♪ let's stop this ♪

♪ if I find my way... ♪

What took you so long?

I thought you were just
going to grab some aspirin.

Yes. Sorry, I got sidetracked.

- By?
- Gemma.

She called as I as
leaving the drug store.

Asked me if I could come over because
she had something important to tell me.

The thing is, when
I got to the Butler's,

Henry told me she wasn't there.
That's a bit odd, right?

The thing is, she sounded a bit off

when we spoke, and so did
Henry for that matter.

You wouldn't have any idea what
she wanted to talk to me about?

Not a clue.

Maybe you should give her
a call in the morning.

Make sure she's okay.

I will.

♪ I close my eyes in disgrace ♪

♪ but when you shine
like the sun ♪

♪ you make me feel like
a different guy ♪

♪ you broke your heart
on my face ♪

♪ you think he's right
'cause you're fake ♪

♪ you let me be
'cause you're losing me... ♪

You've reached Gemma.
Don't be boring.

Hey, Gemma, Andrew told me that
you called him last night.

I can only think of one thing

that you would want
to talk to him about.

I thought we came
to an understanding.

I know the last few days have been...

Overwhelming to say the least.

But I meant what I said.

I would like to be the friend
to you that my sister never was.

If you'll let me.

You're kidding me
with these shorts, right?

Yes, I'm kidding you,

because that's the kind
of relationship we have.

Good times,

all the time.

Would you tell her that's not
appropriate attire

for a first day at school.

It's a little fabric challenged.

Okay, number one... today
isn't the first day of school.

It's like October.

Number two...

It's public school.

Which means I can wear
whatever I want.

The poor kids do it every day.

Well, it's your first day at school.

So you might want to put
your best foot forward.

Fine.

You go get the car, and I will put on

jeans or something.

Thank you.

Here. So you don't go tossing
my room again while I'm gone.

This is the last of it.

Best foot forward, right?

Right.

♪ You can run for a long time ♪

♪ you can run for a long time ♪

♪ you can run for a long time ♪

♪ but sooner or later
it's gonna cut you down ♪

♪ sooner or later
gonna cut you down... ♪

♪ you can run for a long time ♪

♪ run for a long time,
run for a long time ♪

♪ but sooner or later
gonna cut you down... ♪

You've reached Charlie.
Leave a message.

Hi, Charlie.
It's Ms. anonymous from na.

I really need to speak
to someone in person.

My sponsor is out of state.

My stepdaughter surrendered
her stash to me.

I know I should just throw it
away, but...

I've-I've had a really tough
couple weeks, and I...

I just can't seem to do it.

Anyway, you should
have my number now,

so if you have a minute,
will you call me?

Thanks.

Hello.

Morning, Ms. Martin.
This is Stanley in the lobby.

I have a guest here to see you.

Maddie Smithfield from
Gemma Butler's office.

Send her up.

Mrs. Martin, nice to see you again.

Likewise, maddie.

Oh, I'm just here to drop off
our keys to the loft.

I was so sorry to hear we are
pulling out of the project.

It's such a beautiful space.

Yeah, we were sad, too.
Gemma's amazing.

Thank you for these.

Mm-hmm.

Oh, Mrs. Martin,

have you by any chance
heard from Gemma this morning?

No, I haven't.

Why do you ask?

She wasn't at the office
when I got there.

And I haven't been able to reach
her at her home or on her cell.

The thing is, when
I got to the Butler's,

Henry told me she wasn't there.

I'm sure it's nothing.

She's probably at the design center.

Yeah. Thank you for coming, maddie.

Juliet Martin.

Today's my first day.

Try to relax, Ms. Martin.

It's a better school than it looks.

How could it not be.

All right, everybody,
take your seats.

Here we go.
Settle in.

Hey, rich girl,
can I borrow five bucks?

Now, we're going to be going over
a little bit of Shakespeare today.

Taming of the shrew.

- Are you deaf?
- I hope your as interested as I am.

All right...

I said I need five dollars.

So, I'm going to write out
a couple things on the board.

I want you to turn your pages
to chapter seven.

There.

Page 48.

Now you and your family
can eat for a whole month.

Is there a problem, Tessa?

No, Mr. c.

Teach away.

You've reached Gemma.
Don't be boring.

Hey, Gemma, I'm outside your house.

No one can seem to get ahold of you.

If you get this,
will you give me a call? Bye.

Hey.

Get inside now.

Okay.

What's going on?
Where is she?

- I don't know. That's why I'm here.
- Cut the crap, Siobhan.

I saw the blood on the walls last night,
the broken vase.

Why don't you just
tell me what happened.

Tell me what you did to my wife.

What the hell do you mean,
what I did to your wife?

I mean, when you
hunted me down yesterday,

and you told me that Gemma was a threat
to your suddenly perfect marriage.

She wants me to lose
everything, too. My family.

We can't let her do that.

And you thought I was
talking about hurting her?

No, not at the moment, but then I came home
and I saw the blood and the broken vase...

- What blood?
- It is just us right now, Siobhan,

so please, drop the act.

I was going to call you last night,

but then I realized

there had to be a reason
why you didn't call me,

and it hit me.

You didn't want our
phone records showing

that we were in contact
the night that Gemma

went missing, am I right?

I swear to you, I have no idea
what you're talking about.

I don't know where Gemma is.

And I don't know anything
about blood.

Then let me refresh your memory.

There was blood, Siobhan, right here!

And there was blood there!

At least there was
until I cleaned it.

You-you did what?
I cleaned it.

With bleach and a few old rags.

And then I took Gemma's car
and I dumped it

in long-term parking at jfk

so that when everyone finally
realizes that Gemma's missing,

maybe, just maybe,
the police won't figure out

that this is the place
that she was taken from.

Why would you do that?

Because in spite of everything
that you have put me through,

over the past few weeks,

my first instinct was to protect you.

Then you made a mistake.

Because I was with Andrew
and Juliet last night.

And I would never hurt Gemma.

Stop, stop lying to me, Siobhan!

Where she is?!

It's funny.

You trying to convince me
that I did something to her

when you clearly look like
the one that snapped.

You-you're accusing me
of hurting her?

I'm not the one cleaning up
crime scenes.

No, but you are the one
that talked about

killing Gemma and Andrew.

I love you.

I love you, Siobhan.

I wish that we could just disappear.

Mmm!

I wish they could just disappear.

Yeah, maybe the market will crash

and Andrew will jump out a window,

land on Gemma.

Or... we could take matters
into our own hands.

I'm just saying.

We could finally be together.

No more sneaking around.

Oh, my God.

You're serious, aren't you?

Do you want me to be?

God, I'm joking.

You're gullible.

It's a good thing you're so adorable.

You tell me you don't remember.

I don't.

But even if I did, I would never...

Never what?

Huh? Never sleep
with your best friend's husband?

Never get knocked up by him
and then kick him to the curb?

You tell me, what would a woman
like you never do?

Say something to me!

Where is she?

All right, I'm sorry.

Come on.

I'm trying to help you, Siobhan.

You know me.

No, I don't.

I don't know you.

And I never did.

Sponsor reported him missing

when he didn't show for
an na meeting a few days ago.

Reached out to you in New York
because I thought

he might've joined our old
friend Bridget Kelly on the lam.

Figured maybe he left a trail to her.

But then a couple unis
found his car over there.

And signs of a struggle.

Wherever Malcolm ward is right now,

I don't think he's with Bridget.

Just last week, I saw
his number in the cell phone

of Siobhan Martin, Bridget's sister.

There's a connection?

I don't know yet, but I will.

I still owe her for clocking me.

Bridget Kelly...

For this.

Yeah, if I were you,
I'd be more worried

about the gun she stole from you.

Yeah, well, either way,

I don't know how it's been
going in the big apple,

but believe me when I say

no one wants you
to find her more than me.

What is it?

I think this is where they waited.

I think they watched for him,
and then they took him.

Bodaway macawi's men.

What if they realized Malcolm ward

is more than just Bridget's sponsor?

Have your csu guys check
these for DNA,

see what they find.

In the meantime,
I think we go see macawi.

Talk.

Come on, prof.

You tell us where Bridget Kelly is,

and we'll give you what you need.

Go to hell.

Nothing quite like that smell, huh?

Nothing quite like that sound.

Bet you can almost taste it.

You were on our best stuff for days.

You took a couple days off.

I'm thinking you're
in a whole nother world of hurt.

Maybe tomorrow?

Wait.

I'll tell you...

I'll tell you
everything you want to know.

Don't tell me you burned through
that 20 already.

You know, I'm not here
for your money, bitch.

Okay, I'm here to let you know,

that you made
a serious mistake today.

I didn't park in your space, did I?

Oh, no, wait the short
buses don't have spaces.

You know what?
I have friends here, rich girl,

and you don't.

You sure you want to keep
shooting that rich girl mouth off?

The only thing I'm sure of is,

is that I don't like people
hitting me up for money

in the middle of class.

You apologize for that,

and maybe I'll apologize
for everything else.

Yeah. Sure.

Here's your apology right here.

Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!

Hey! Break it up, people.

It's over.

Come on.

Come on, take them away.

Come on.

You've reached Gemma.

Don't be boring.

Shh. Stop. Stop it.
Stop. Shh. Stop.

The last thing either one of us needs

is for one of your neighbors
to call the cops.

Now, listen,
I'm not going to hurt you.

I just want to talk, okay?

I'm serious.

Promise if I let you go,
you won't scream?

Look, I'm sorry.

After you left like you did,
I didn't know what to do.

How the hell did you get in here?

I used this.

You gave it to me,
when we were still together.

I just... I came in through the back.

I just want to talk.

So you can accuse me of murder again?

No, I believe you.
I thought about it,

and you're not going to lie
about something like this.

But I also need you to believe me:

I would never hurt Gemma either.

Then who did?
I don't know.

Maybe she walked in on a burglar.

And the burglar just
took her with him?

I don't know.

Do you really think it was me?

She's the mother
of my children, Siobhan.

Now, I know that you
may not love me anymore,

but please tell me
that you still know me.

Tell me that you know
I would never hurt her.

You need to call the police.

You need to tell them what you saw

so they can start looking for her.

And how exactly do I explain the fact

that I cleaned up all the blood?

I couldn't look more guilty.

Oh, wait. I could.

I called my attorney yesterday

and told him to pull the trigger
on a divorce.

So Gemma is reported missing,

how long until the police figure
out that I was having an affair?

And how long until they figure
out the other woman was you?

You need to go.

Come on, listen,
I need your help, Siobhan.

We're both in this together.

We got to protect ourselves.

We have to figure out what happened.

I'm sorry. I just...

I need some time to think.

Hey.

Thank you for meeting me.

It's okay.

Did you bring it?

Yeah.

Am I just putting you in the
same predicament I was in?

"E."

This was never really
my bag, so to speak.

But just to be safe...

Now why couldn't I just do that?

It's okay. It's okay.

What's important here is

that you realized you needed
help and you reached out.

And you can wake up in the morning

and you can look her right in the eye

and you can say you have no regrets.

Hey.

Hey!

Are you okay?

You look like you're
lost or something.

Sorry.

Um, I just remembered
I have to be somewhere.

Thank you again for taking the time.

So much for staying out of each
other's phone records, huh?

I believe you.

You didn't hurt Gemma.

But you did cover up
the evidence that you found.

I told you

I did it to protect you.

Where did you put the rags?

The dumpster,

um, behind that new French place
on east 23rd. Why?

I'm just trying to make sure
that you covered your tracks.

If the police identify you
as a suspect,

then it's only a matter of time
before they connect us.

I can't let that happen.

Agent machado.

The name, uh, Malcolm ward...
Does that mean anything to you?

No.

Sure?

Friend of Bridget Kelly's?

You remember her, right?

You choked one of
your dancers to death

in front of her, and then
she was supposed to testify

against you in court, but
then she got cold feet

and she took off.
You don't...?

Mr. ward was reported missing
just a few days ago.

And, uh, my colleague,
detective kemper, and I

were just hoping we could maybe take

a look around,
see if he ended up here.

You got a warrant, chief?
Why?

You got something to hide?

Sorry.

No warrant, no search.

Feel free to stay for the show.

We'll even buy you pales a dance.

Look, for the last time,

I did not start the fight.

It was... it was
that other girl, Tessa.

I'm sorry, Ms. Martin, but that's not

what I'm hearing
from the other students.

You do get that today
is my first day here, right?

You understand

why I wouldn't have anyone
rushing to my defense.

What's that?

Your last school was kind enough

to pass along a file they kept on you

after you enrolled here.

Most people would call
this a permanent record.

It reads to me more like a rap sheet.

This is not the first
time you've engaged

in a physical altercation, correct?

- No, but...
- And you were expelled

from your last school
because you were found

in possession of illegal narcotics.

Yes, but that's...

Yes, miss lasky.

Mr. Martin's here to see you.
Send him in.

Thank you.

Daddy, th-they're saying
I started a fight,

but you know I...
Mr. Martin,

I thought perhaps you and
I should speak in private.

What? No! No!
I want to tell my dad

what really happened.
Juliet.

You heard what the principal said.

Wait for me outside.

Oh, my God.

You don't believe me, either.

NYPD tip line.

I read that these calls
are anonymous.

Is that true?

In that case, I'd like to report
someone missing.

Gemma Butler.

I think she was the victim
of foul play.

And I can tell you where to find
the evidence to prove it.

Henry Butler?

Yes.

I'm detective saldana.
This is detective towers.

We were wondering if your wife

was available to speak with us.

Um, no, she isn't.

She's actually...
She's been out all day.

Is there something wrong?

Well, would you mind if we
just came in for a minute?

We have a few questions
we'd like to ask you.

Yeah, of course.

I don't know. Um...

I was asleep when Gemma
came home last night.

And then she was gone
by the time I woke up.

And are you aware that
she didn't show up

at her place of business today?

Well, she's an architect,
so she works a lot on-site.

Uh...

Detective, I'm confused.

Are you... are you
under the impression

that something's happened to my wife?

We received an anonymous tip
about her a little while ago.

The woman who called seemed to think

something happened to her.

- What?
- Mr. Butler,

you wouldn't happen to know anything

about a bag full of rags
we recovered from a dumpster

behind a restaurant
on east 23rd, would you?

Mr. Butler?

No.

I'm sorry.

I have no idea what you guys
are talking about.

Would you mind if we continued
this back at the precinct?

I've got some photographs
I'd like you to look at.

Hello.

Hey.

Just checking in.

You left that cafe in a hurry.

Uh, yeah. Sorry about that.

I really appreciate you
taking the time to meet me.

Any time.

Hey, if that offer's still good,
I'd like to take you up on it.

I want you to be my new sponsor.

All right.

Well, just one condition...

It's got to be a regular thing.

Not just when you think
you need help.

My schedule's been
a bit unpredictable.

May I get back to you on that?

I don't know.

Can I trust you not
to go back to that cafe,

dig through the garbage
and look for those drugs?

Yeah, you can.

Those are relics of my old life.

Today's about protecting my new one.

You're going to want
to get that to go.

Just got off the phone
with my forensic guy.

Turns out there was DNA
on those cigarette butts

you found this morning.

Csu ran it through the system
and they got a hit.

Daniel eknath.

Is that name supposed
to mean something?

No.

But the face will.

I'd say that's grounds
for a warrant. Wouldn't you?

One of bodaway's thugs.

Hey.

Loyal patrons of club caged,
I hold in my hand

a warrant to search the premises.

If you don't want to risk
being caught up

in a federal investigation,

strongly suggest
you take your leave now.

- Kill the music.
- Get your tips later, honey.

- Let's go.
- Take it easy.

- Drive safe.
- What the hell you think you're doing here?

You asked for a warrant.

Here it is. Spelled your
name right and everything.

Where does this door lead?

Basement.

Strip club with a basement.

Oh, will wonders never cease?

Would you open it, please?

I lost the key.

Oh, that's okay.
I brought mine.

♪ ♪

Juliet.

You okay?

Never better. I love it here.

Think I may even try out
for the cheerleading squad.

Well, for what it's worth...

I know what it's like
to be the new kid.

My dad was in the military.

And whenever he got
re-stationed, well, I did, too.

I lived in seven different towns

between grades one and 12.

He ever call you a liar?

Not that I can recall.

Then you're one up on me.

Tessa said I started the fight.

The principal believed her.

So did my dad.

I thought I could take advantage
of a "fresh start."

But I guess
I was just kidding myself.

Principal caruso.
I think there's been some sort

of mistake made with regard
to Ms. Martin here.

I beg your pardon?
Well, she was just

explaining to me she's
being reprimanded

for the fight that broke out
in the hallway this afternoon.

But the truth is, she's not
the one who started it.

Tessa banner did.

You know this for a fact?
I was there.

I saw the whole thing.

I'd say you owe my daughter
an apology.

Wouldn't you?

Know what's funny?

I would've sworn I saw you
come out of your classroom

after Tessa and I had
already started fighting.

You didn't really see
who started it, did you?

This is the second time in two years

I've had the pleasure of
Tessa banner in my classroom.

I know exactly
what kind of student she is.

But you?

Everyone deserves a fresh start.

Thanks.

Can you identify
any of these items, sir?

No.

No, I can't.

I'm sorry, I'm confused.

An anonymous woman calls you

and tells you
where to find these things

and says that they are connected
to my wife somehow,

and you believe her?

We-we don't even know
that Gemma is missing.

All we know, Mr. Butler,
is that her car is gone

and no one's been able to reach
her since 8:00 this morning.

Don't you have to be missing
for, like, 24 hours

before you're even
considered missing?

Well, now I'm confused, Mr. Butler.

Do you want us to find your wife
or don't you?

Of course I do.

I just... can you blame me

for not wanting to believe
any of this?

For hoping that this is
some sort of terrible mistake?

Detective.

Mr. Butler, will you
excuse us for a moment?

Mr. Butler.

We don't have

any more questions for you today.

But we appreciate you taking
the time to talk with us.

I don't understand.

I thought you said
we were going to be a while.

I hope you'll call

if you hear from your wife.

And if we hear anything

on this end, we'll let you know.

Are you saying, um,
are you saying I can go?

If we think of any other
questions, we'll let you know.

So, we didn't find Malcolm ward.

But at least we ruined
a slimeball's day.

Agent machado.

Hey.

This is detective
Elizabeth saldana, NYPD.

I caught a potential
missing persons case today

and found some fingerprints

that might be of interest to you.

How do you figure?

We ran them through the system

and were able to match them.

Perp's file had
your contact info in it.

I'm assuming the name

Bridget Kelly rings a bell?

You okay?

I think you may want to sit down.

It's Gemma.

It appears something may
have happened to her.

I just got off the phone with Henry.

I don't have all the
details, but it seems that

no one's seen or heard from her
since she called me last night.

I know you thought
she was taking time,

but Henry says the police
have reason to believe

she was a victim of foul play.

I don't understand.

Are you saying...

The only thing that's
certain at the moment

is that she's missing.

I'm sorry.

I knew that something was wrong.

I just knew it.

Olivia's expecting me
on a teleconference

with Tokyo in 20 minutes.

I'm gonna call her and
ask her to reschedule.

Hello.

Agent machado, Mrs. Martin.

Uh, sorry to bother you
at this hour, but I just heard

the news about Gemma Butler,

and I just, uh,
I wanted to offer my sympathies.

I know how-how close
the two of you are.

Thank you.

Can you think of any reason

why your sister would want
to hurt Gemma?

Why in the world
would you ask me that?

We found some fingerprints
that implicate Bridget

in Gemma's disappearance.

I'm out of town right now,
Mrs. Martin,

but, um, I'm coming back
to New York in the morning.

I'm sure I'll see you real soon.

♪ He says that he left you ♪

♪ but we both know
what's really true ♪

♪ it takes a toll on you ♪

♪ scary ♪

♪ caught in between ♪

♪ lipstick and an old routine ♪

♪ take off all the clothes
that you're wearing ♪

♪ make myself wild ♪

♪ and walk outside
into the night ♪

♪ make myself wild ♪

♪ make myself high ♪

♪ now it's over ♪

♪ and you're one day older ♪

♪ understanding that
your heart is colder ♪

♪ go to him ♪

Hello.

The Gemma problem
has been taken care of.

Still there?

Yeah.

Sorry.

I didn't want it
to have to come to this.