The Bridge (2013–2014): Season 1, Episode 1 - Pilot - full transcript
When a body is found on the bridge connecting El Paso and Juarez, two detectives, one from the United States and one from Mexico, must work together to hunt down a serial killer operating on both sides of the border.
(BEEPING)
MAN 1: What the hell's
going on?
(CHATTERING)
No, it just happened.
Everything went black.
(TIRES SQUEAL)
MAN 2: We got juice.
Yeah. Sir, they
just went back on.
How the hell should I know?
Holy shit. Shut the border.
(THEME SONG PLAYING)
Until I'm one with you
My heart shall no!
pass through
Our love will be mistaken
(SIRENS WAILING)
Who are you?
Marco Ruiz.
Chihuahua State Police.
Who are you?
Sonya Cross.
El Paso Homicide.
(GROANS)
You know who she is?
She's American.
Okay.
Lorraine Gates, the judge.
There's a gal asking
to talk to the cop in charge.
She's American.
The car came from El Paso.
It's ours.
Okay.
(GROANS)
Detective Sonya Cross.
You have information?
No, we just need
to cross the bridge.
You'll have to wait.
We can't wait.
My husband is
having a heart attack.
This is a crime scene.
We need a hospital.
The bridge is closed.
Wait. I can pay you
to let us cross.
Ma'am, you can't cross.
There are rules.
This is a crime scene.
I can't let you through.
What were you
doing in Juárez?
Don't you know danger?
We were just
looking at some horses.
(IN SPANISH)
SONYA: Officer.
What was the make
and model of the car?
I don't know.
It's your job to know.
Our job is border security and
interdiction, not dead bodies, ma'am.
The car would've crossed
over into Juárez...
And that makes it
Mexico's problem.
Stop... Hey! Stop!
Hey! Stop!
(SIREN WAILING)
Who authorized that?
I did.
You compromised the scene.
Her husband was very sick.
What's your name, again?
Marco Ruiz.
Badge number?
(CHUCKLES)
He needed a hospital.
There are hospitals
in Mexico.
They're American, they
wanted an American hospital.
Why does that matter?
It does.
Here.
You had no right.
This is a US case.
I don't need your body.
Just this morning,
I got nine heads
in the parking lot
of City Hall.
Why tell me that?
We've got our own dead.
How do you let that happen?
Okay, muchachos.
The güeros are taking the body,
I'm going back to sleep.
(ENGINE STARTS)
(WOLF WHISTLING)
(DANCE MUSIC PLAYING)
(CHATTERING)
MAN: For your tears.
Are you the one?
Yes.
I am the one.
(IN SPANISH)
Shh...
No, no, no, espérate!
I'm done.
Whoa!
Oh, shit.
He said it's a routine procedure.
Nothing to it.
Charlotte.
Charlotte.
I'm right here.
I saw the other side.
I mean
the goddamned hereafter.
Oh, I know.
Made me realize
you got to get
your life right.
My life is just right.
Charlotte.
I have to
tell you something.
Okay.
I don't love you.
I want a divorce.
Are you sure it's Judge Gates?
In two pieces.
Damn.
The Mexicans
didn't want the body.
The Feds?
They don't know yet.
Well, they will.
Border Patrol, DEA, ICE, FBI,
come morning, they'll all
be sticking their beaks in.
It's mine, Hank.
Yeah, right now, it is.
So you know
the Feds are gonna want in.
Can you protect me?
Yeah, I'll do my level best. How
the hell do you work this thing?
What?
Lorraine Gates on the
Bridge of the Americas.
I think somebody's trying
to send a message.
What kind of message?
Well, she's anti-immigration, she
believes in the wall, anti-DREAM Act.
Hell, she don't like Mexicans,
thinks they ought to stay in Mexico.
Have you told
the family yet?
I'm on my way now.
Ifs the middle of the night and
there are children in that house.
I know.
So tread lightly.
Their mother was murdered,
there's no other way to say it.
(SIGHS)
Right, well, remember
eye contact, all right?
Right. I will.
Good morning, Lieutenant.
Good morning, Miss Kitty.
How in the Sam Hill
do you work this thing?
I just go to Starbucks.
SONYA: When was the last time
you talked to your wife?
MIKE: She was going to
Austin for a conference.
Flying?
No, she drove.
I called her around 10:30
but there was no answer.
She was dead by then.
Excuse me?
Which is very sad for you.
Yeah.
Would you like
a glass of water?
How was she killed?
I mean,
what did they do to her?
We have two little kids.
Would you like
a glass of water?
No.
I'm gonna need your phone.
Okay.
Password-protected?
I don't even
know how to do that.
Any recent threats?
Judges get
lots of threats.
That's why I'm asking.
She just made a ruling
against some Mexicans.
You know, stopping them from standing
on the corners looking for work.
Why?
Why what?
Why can't they
stand at a corner?
(LAUGHS)
Uh...
It's a traffic issue.
You have a right to
stand on a public street.
And to signal
by your presence
in that particular place that
you're looking for day work.
What the hell are
you talking about?
Any affairs?
(SCOFFS) No!
Of course not.
Drugs?
Lorraine was a mother,
for Christ's sake.
My mother used drugs.
Okay, that's it.
Lady, I want you
the hell out of my house.
I...
I'm sorry if I didn't
exercise empathy.
(GUNS FIRING OVER HEADPHONES)
Gus.
Gus.
What?
I can smell it.
What?
Cómo what?
The dope, Ia more.
Where'd you get it?
Tm "m school.
Do you know who
Tico's uncle is?
Aurelio Guetta.
Hmm?
Ring a bell?
That's where your
dope comes from.
It was just a joint.
Well, now you owe him.
Maybe his uncle will ask you
to make a delivery for him.
Drive him somewhere.
That's not how it is, okay'? No.
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
That is exactly
the way it is.
That's how you
get caught up.
All right, esos culeros, they
reach out and get you like that.
Como mosquito.
You're going across for class,
coming right back, all right?
No parties, no Tico.
Understand?
Okay,
OKay?
(IN SPANISH)
Okay.
Did you check on Gus?
Yes.
Was he?
Maybe he had,
um, night class.
No.
No, he didn't
No?
Well, I'll talk
to him tomorrow.
I don't know how
you stand this place.
You learn so much in autopsy.
So, did you go easy
on the judge's husband?
Yeah.
Well...
Sonya.
I tried.
Anyway, he didn't do it.
No?
Talked about all
the right things.
Gave up his phone, which he doesn't
even know how to lock, so...
That's not the guy who wired
the bridge lights to go out.
That's a good point.
Our guy has tech skills.
Hey.
All right,
meet you in there.
Got to warn Carmen, she's
waking up to an empty bed.
(DIALING)
Morning, Sonya.
Okay.
Cause of death's right here.
Needle to the base of the
spine and into the brain.
Quick, easy,
almost painless.
This is a good one.
Gloves.
You been by to see him?
Not recently.
Good. Don't give
him the satisfaction.
HANK: Denise.
DENISE: Get your
hands dirty, Hank?
I'll pass.
All right.
Perfect bisection.
DENISE: Keep going.
Denise,
just come on with it.
Check out the other half.
White arms, brown legs.
HANK: Two different women?
DENISE: This one's a Hispanic female.
Late teens, early 20s.
Son of a bitch.
Passport?
How long were you in Mexico?
A few hours.
What'd you bring
back from Mexico?
Just a smile, officer.
What were you doin'
in Juárez?
Seeing a friend.
Yeah?
I got a friend in Juárez.
Ain't seen him in six years.
Ain't worth getting shot.
Yeah, okay.
Listen, man, I...
I was there
for the señioritas.
Anything good?
Oh, it's definitely
worth a visit.
You have a good night.
Charlotte.
How is he?
(scams)
(CELL PHONE BUZZING)
(SIGHS)
(IN SPANISH)
SONYA: Is this Marco Ruiz?
Speaking, yes
Sonya Cross, El Paso PD.
Mmm...
The one in charge.
I remember.
Were you sleeping?
I do that at night, yes.
There were two
women on the bridge.
You found another one?
No. Two different bodies.
A lower half and an upper half.
Two different women.
Did you find half
a body in Juárez?
Hispanic, late teens to 20.
You would have the upper half.
(GROANING)
Something wrong?
No, no. I'm listening;.
Cut in half?
Yes.
Do you have a girl that
matches this description?
Well, we have lots
of bodies, we have
lots of parts and bones
and, uh, skulls and...
It could be a year old.
Her legs were frozen.
Frozen?
Yes. Can you look into it?
Of course, yeah. I'll do ii
first thing in the morning.
Who can I call to
look into it now?
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
I'll do it. I'll do it. I'll
call you back. (HANGS UP)
When?
Hello?
(BEEPS)
Hello?
(IN SPANISH)
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
(TYPING)
(IN SPANISH)
(CHUCKLES)
No. Que'? No.
(SIGHS)
Okay, no, no.
Uh-huh.
Cristina Fuentes.
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
(FOLK MUSIC PLAYING)
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
(CHUCKLES)
(IN SPANISH)
Mmm-hmm.
Of course.
(CHATTERING)
(IN SPANISH)
Marco.
(CHUCKLES)
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
(GROWLS)
New Mexico, Arizona,
have any missing girls?
Nothing that
matches our half.
Sheriff's boys are looking
for the judge's car.
I guess by daylight,
it turns up.
By daylight,
the FBI is gonna be here.
I'll deal with the Feds.
We're probably looking at some
sort of task force situation.
Well, I want to lead it, Hank.
This is my case.
You sure about that? 'Cause a
case like this can change you.
I can handle it.
I'm not talking about
jurisdictional bullshit.
I'm talking about
two chopped-up women.
It'll leave a scratch on your
soul, give you bad dreams.
I don't dream.
(CELL PHONE BUZZES)
Sonya Cross.
MARCO: Cristina Fuentes.
Nineteen.
Came north to work
in the maquiladoras.
Partial remains... Señior.
Partial remains found in a
death house with 22 others.
Death house?
Yeah, old buildings where
the sicarios dump bodies.
Fill up one, find another.
When was she found?
About a year and a ha]? ago.
R matches.
Can you send the file?
I think it's
better if I come to you.
She's one of them.
One what?
The dead girls of Juárez.
Just give me half an hour,
all right?
No. That's not necessary.
It's our case.
Helm?
Hello?
He's coming here.
Good.
Why is that good?
Well, he's got
a body of his own, right?
He doesn't care about his.
He called you at 4:00 a.m.
with a name, didn't he?
Fine.
We got two bodies directly
on an international border.
This case is gonna
take us down south.
Last time I checked that badge on
your hip don't mean shit in Juárez.
I told you to use
the ladies room, Sonya.
Yeah.
Next time.
(IN SPANISH)
Watch out for the rattlesnakes.
They come out at night.
(GROANS)
(scams)
Help me, please.
You can scream if you want to.
There's no one around for miles.
You hurt yourself.
You're in a safe place.
Ow! Ow!
You must be tired.
I'll be back.
Hey, no, no, no.
(BANGING)
Hey!
(ENGINE STARTS)
(DOOR OPENS)
(DOOR CLOSES)
E-mail would
have been quicker.
But not as pleasant.
I brought you breakfast
Where's the file?
Where are you going?
Going with you.
Why?
'Cause you've got my file.
My boss says there's going
to be a task force.
Probably.
Sure you want to be on it?
Cristina Fuentes was found
six blocks away from my house.
So, yes.
(DOOR BUZZES)
This is CAP.
Crimes Against Persons.
We do homicides.
He needs a day pass.
It might be for
more than a day.
Good morning, Kitty.
Good morning.
Who are you, hon?
Uh, Detective Marco Ruiz.
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
Okay, okay. No comprendo.
Was born and raised in El
Paso, don't speak a word.
Sorry.
I said I will be assisting Detective
Cross in her investigation.
That ought
to be interesting.
Why's that?
Well, Sonya's
an interesting gal.
I noticed.
Yeah.
Would you like a pan dulce?
Oh, no, no, no.
I'm on a diet.
The ones with
walnuts are really good.
Oh, hell, okay.
It's just... Thank you.
There you go.
Just keep it here
for a coffee break.
Oh. All right, then.
Here you go.
Thank you.
See you later, Kitty.
I hope so.
Can we start?
Yep.
You have your badge?
Yup.
Need me to
translate for you?
No.
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
(GROANS)
Can you sit?
Um...
No, actually, I can't.
You're irritating me.
Oh.
Then I just stand still.
Why can't you sit?
I had a procedure...
A vasectomy, a few days back.
I already have three children.
Two marriages.
It was time.
Do you have any children?
No.
Why not?
Evidence was collected
but never processed.
Huh? Yeah? Yeah.
Yes.
(CLEARS THROAT)
You drove here, right?
Yup.
Pretend that chair
is a car.
Oh...
Sorry.
Okay.
I'll try.
How was she killed?
Ah...
I don't know.
Your name's on the report.
Yeah, my name is
on a lot of reports.
There are no interviews,
not even with her parents.
There is a saying
in Juárez...
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
"From the bowl to the mouth,
the soup falls."
What does that
have to do with this?
Cristina Fuentes is only one of 250
girls who disappeared last year.
They go missing from the
buses, the factories.
Always 15 to 20 years old,
dark hair, beautiful.
So, you have
a serial killer?
No one knows.
And no one tries
to find out?
There are just too many.
And the chiefs,
they really don't
want us to investigate.
Easier that way.
Easier how?
Hey, I'm Lieutenant
Hank Wade.
(GREETS IN SPANISH)
Marco Ruiz.
His name is on the report
for Cristina Fuentes.
But he didn't
investigate at all.
Well, now he gets
a second chance.
Sheriff's department found
the judge's car. Where?
Off of highway 180.
MARCO: I guess
she's driving.
Yup.
Bit of advice.
MARCO: Yeah?
Buckle up, amigo.
I will.
(TIRES SQUEAL)
(HARD ROCK MUSIC
PLAYING ON STEREO)
This all we got?
Tape's stuck.
I can get it out.
Don't!
The truck was my sister's.
She died.
I'm sorry.
So, you like horses?
No.
Did you take
money from that woman?
What woman?
On the bridge.
To let her pass.
No.
They say you're all corrupt.
Mexican police,
you all take bribes.
Not all of us.
The cartels
threaten everyone, and...
Sometimes, for some people,
it's a lot easier to just
look the other way.
For a price, of course.
They give you money so you
won't do the police work?
Not exactly. They tell you,
"Plata o plomo.“
"Take our silver
or take our lead."
So, you just let
the girls die?
I do the best I can.
But the situation is...
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
You should try harder.
Of course I should.
I heard about
Señor Karl, señora.
Did you tell
the rest of the staff?
Yes.
Good. Because I don't
want to be disturbed.
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
Man come to shake my hand
And rob me of my farm
I shot him dead
and I hung my head
And drove off in his car
So, on the run
with a smoking gun
Looking for the coast
And all the things
I've had and lost
Your love I miss the mos!
And hell we'll have to pay
I wen! a lime bit too far
I'd say
(BEEPS)
Half drunk, I stumble on
(BEEPS)
The whiskey from the bar
(BUZZING)
And there's nothing
but the ground
(WOMAN SPEAKING SPANISH)
Karl?
It's the only place
We found
Who is this?
(HANGS UP)
(HORSE NEIGHS)
No one has
bothered you, yeah?
No.
This was in Karl's pocket.
Have you seen it before?
No. Why?
A woman called for him.
He's gone, Cesar.
You answer to me now.
(AGREES IN SPANISH)
Who is she?
I don't know.
What about this?
I found it in his wallet.
Miss Charlotte,
I don't know. I...
You're lying, Cesar.
What is it?
It's better
that I show you.
Come.
Where are we going?
It's just
a little farther.
I've never seen
this part of the ranch.
Come.
(DOOR CREAKS OPEN)
Down there.
God damn it, Cesar,
I don't like this.
It's okay, señora. Come.
There.
Is that what the key's for?
(AFFIRMS IN SPANISH)
What's in there?
(HARD ROCK MUSIC PLAYING)
(MUSIC STOPS)
Ma'am, you may
not want to look.
Excuse me.
Of course,
it's county jurisdiction.
The case originated
with El Paso PD.
Sheriff's department
found her body.
Of course...
This is my case, not the county's.
Step aside, please.
Suit yourself.
He drained the blood.
He's neat.
We dealing with a doctor?
Maybe.
Where's her purse? Driver's seat.
(CLEARS THROAT)
Everything's there. Cash,
credit cards, what have you.
Did it all by the book.
Did you pull her ID?
No, ma'am.
Then it's missing.
Maybe that is his trophy.
Did Cristina have her ID?
I don't remember.
Well, her parents would know.
We'll go to Juárez, ask them.
MARCO: I don't think
that's a good idea.
Why?
You want to put up your
hoodie, tug back your hair?
I'm not taking
you to Juárez.
Forget about it.
Would you like to
write up the scene?
Go ahead.
(CRACKLING)
Judge Gates.
Boy, she needed
bent-over-a-couch, bad.
Yeah, well, she got worse. Half
of her is in the Pecos morgue.
And the Mexicans
want in on this?
Their half is one of
the missing Juárez girls.
Mmm.
Well, putting up them pink crosses
sure as shit ain't working.
This fella know about Sonya?
Know what?
That she's
a bona fide whack job?
Have you seen what she keeps in
the bottom drawer of that desk?
No, I have not, Timmy.
Nor do I care.
Oh, Hank, listen,
if you've seen it, then...
Marco Ruiz, Tim Cooper.
Well, buenos días.
Howdy, partner.
You have the footage of the bridge?
I do.
Went a few rounds with those Homeland
Security jag-offs, but I got it.
Sonya, can I talk
to you a second?
And it looks like you're stuck
with me, Detective Ruiz.
That's okay.
Have a seat.
What is this?
Oh, um...
I filed a report on Marco with
the Mexican state police.
Yeah, I see that.
He compromised the scene. He let
an ambulance drive through it.
Because a man was having
a heart attack. Yes.
Sonya, I would have
done the same thing.
Absolutely the same thing.
No evidence was lost.
How do you know?
Look, Sonya, you're gonna have
to work with Detective Ruiz.
I know.
Well, filing that report is gonna
affect your ability to do that.
Why?
Because people don't like to be ratted
out to their bosses, that's why.
Then they should
follow procedure.
You're gonna have to learn
to get along without me.
I can't be sweeping
up after you forever.
What do you mean?
Well, there's
a gal up in Gainesville
asked me to show
a couple of horses
for her, and I think
I'm gonna do it.
And Carmen wants to travel.
She wants to go to Paris.
I don't want
to go to France.
I'd go to
England in a heartbeat.
I'd like to see their
big old clock they got.
Wait, are you...
You're gonna retire?
Well, yeah,
I can't do this forever.
What about me?
You'll be all right.
You'll be all right.
I just asked for
the paperwork, that's all.
(KNOCK AT DOOR)
We got something.
What do we got?
Son of a bitch knew
there were cameras.
Sure it's him?
Timing is spot-on.
So did you run the plate?
Yes, sir.
HANK: That's Daniel Frye.
What, you know him?
Who's that?
Dick-wad reporter.
El Paso Times.
I thought you were
across the border.
Just got back.
You're wasting your life on that beat.
You know that, right'?
I'm wasting my life, huh?
Lei me guess. Some Mexican
shot another Mexican? Weird.
No. I was meeting a woman who helps
pregnant girls over the border.
It's for my piece on anchor babies.
You know, like the...
I don't know,
and I deeply don't care.
And guess what, neither do the 15
other people that read this rag.
Well, I care.
That's great.
Sherry is looking for you.
You have a deadline.
Sherry can eat me.
Piece is on her desk.
Where were you?
Down the street, reporting.
Drinking, you mean?
Are you my mother,
Adriana?
No.
That's right. You're just
a little cub reporter.
Let's see,
I've written for the
New York Post,
the Houston Chronicle...
I know.
So don't tell me how 10
deal with a goddamn editor.
Got it?
Fine.
Good luck with your Mexican baby story.
Sounds fascinating.
(ALARM BEEPS)
(RATTLING)
Come on.
What the hell?
Oh, shit.
(EXHALES)
(TIRES SQUEAL)
Daniel Frye's not answering.
What's his story?
Pillhead. He's been
arrested for battery.
He organized
enough to freeze a girl
for a year and
slice a judge in half?
Well, it was his car
on the bridge.
What's going on?
OFFICER: We have a car
rigged with a bomb.
A black BMW?
Affirmative.
Bomb squads got it under control.
Excuse me.
Excuse us, sir.
Officer!
Ma'am, fall back, please.
The car belongs
to Daniel Frye.
He's wanted in connection
with a double homicide.
He's the one who called it in.
He's trapped in there.
I need to speak...
Ma'am, please.
This is as far as you go.
Call him again.
Just call him again.
(WHIMPERS)
Hey! Hey!
The bomb is in the...
It's in the back seat.
It's ticking. It's going.
Stay calm! Stay calm.
Okay, but you gotta go.
It started, it won't stop.
It's very important
that you don't move.
I'm not gonna move.
Just hurry.
Windows wired in. Possible
motion control activation.
Let's get the horoscope
in there and take a look.
DANIEL: Oh, my God.
Just go faster!
Just a little faster, please!
(CELL PHONE RINGS)
Hi. Hello.
Daniel.
Just please help me
get out of the car.
Detective Sonya Cross.
Were you
on the Bridge of
the Americas last night?
What? What?
Were you on the bridge, yes or no?
Uh...
No, I was here all day.
I don't know...
I'm not sure how that's gonna
help me get out of the car.
Do you know Judge Gates?
Uh... Who?
Judge Lorraine Gates.
(STAMERING) Just from,
like, cases and stuff.
What cases?
Oh, my God. It doesn't matter what cases.
Please' you got to...
You have to tell them that the
ticker, it just keeps going.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, put that thing in.
Put it in.
So, yeah.
Oh, my God.
How about Cristina Fuentes?
I am so screwed.
Daniel, this is important.
Important? I'm about to
get my ass blown up.
Can you please stop asking me
questions about a judge? Thank you.
Have you written
about Judge Gates?
Oh, my God. Um, yes, at some
point I'm sure I have, but...
When?
Stop asking me questions
and please just help them!
You got to get me
out of this car.
(BEEPING)
The...
The timer just
jumped a minute.
Hey, the timer just...
Abort.
The timer just
jumped a minute.
Fall back.
No, no, no, no!
Don't. Wait,
wait, wait. Bring it back!
Wait. Excuse...
Don't leave me.
Wait, you have to tell them
that there's still time.
No, no, no! Hey!
Hey, you tell them to come
back here right goddamn now!
He's sitting on a bomb.
No one can help him.
So he'll tell me the truth.
Daniel, you must speak to me.
There's still time.
There's still...
Do you hear me?
You must talk to me.
Yes?
Everything will just stop.
The body will feel no pain.
Are you sure?
Don't look at the clock.
Do you know your car was used to
dump two bodies on the bridge?
No.
I need you to focus.
Who would do this to you?
I've screwed...
I've screwed
over so many people.
When? Recently?
I'm not ready to die.
I'm just...
I'm just not ready to die.
Don't look at the timer.
Okay.
MAN 1: Fire in the hole! MAN 2: That's it!
Cover up! Fall down!
(CHIMES)
(SOBS)
(PANTING)
Frye's? No, ma'am. It was
rigged into the bomb.
There's a message.
DISTORTED VOICE: There are five
murders a year in El Paso.
In Juarez, thousands. Why?
Why is one dead white woman
more important
than so many dead
just across the bridge?
How long can El Paso
look away?
We've got some
interesting times ahead.
This is only me beginning;.
Ripped By mstoll
MAN 1: What the hell's
going on?
(CHATTERING)
No, it just happened.
Everything went black.
(TIRES SQUEAL)
MAN 2: We got juice.
Yeah. Sir, they
just went back on.
How the hell should I know?
Holy shit. Shut the border.
(THEME SONG PLAYING)
Until I'm one with you
My heart shall no!
pass through
Our love will be mistaken
(SIRENS WAILING)
Who are you?
Marco Ruiz.
Chihuahua State Police.
Who are you?
Sonya Cross.
El Paso Homicide.
(GROANS)
You know who she is?
She's American.
Okay.
Lorraine Gates, the judge.
There's a gal asking
to talk to the cop in charge.
She's American.
The car came from El Paso.
It's ours.
Okay.
(GROANS)
Detective Sonya Cross.
You have information?
No, we just need
to cross the bridge.
You'll have to wait.
We can't wait.
My husband is
having a heart attack.
This is a crime scene.
We need a hospital.
The bridge is closed.
Wait. I can pay you
to let us cross.
Ma'am, you can't cross.
There are rules.
This is a crime scene.
I can't let you through.
What were you
doing in Juárez?
Don't you know danger?
We were just
looking at some horses.
(IN SPANISH)
SONYA: Officer.
What was the make
and model of the car?
I don't know.
It's your job to know.
Our job is border security and
interdiction, not dead bodies, ma'am.
The car would've crossed
over into Juárez...
And that makes it
Mexico's problem.
Stop... Hey! Stop!
Hey! Stop!
(SIREN WAILING)
Who authorized that?
I did.
You compromised the scene.
Her husband was very sick.
What's your name, again?
Marco Ruiz.
Badge number?
(CHUCKLES)
He needed a hospital.
There are hospitals
in Mexico.
They're American, they
wanted an American hospital.
Why does that matter?
It does.
Here.
You had no right.
This is a US case.
I don't need your body.
Just this morning,
I got nine heads
in the parking lot
of City Hall.
Why tell me that?
We've got our own dead.
How do you let that happen?
Okay, muchachos.
The güeros are taking the body,
I'm going back to sleep.
(ENGINE STARTS)
(WOLF WHISTLING)
(DANCE MUSIC PLAYING)
(CHATTERING)
MAN: For your tears.
Are you the one?
Yes.
I am the one.
(IN SPANISH)
Shh...
No, no, no, espérate!
I'm done.
Whoa!
Oh, shit.
He said it's a routine procedure.
Nothing to it.
Charlotte.
Charlotte.
I'm right here.
I saw the other side.
I mean
the goddamned hereafter.
Oh, I know.
Made me realize
you got to get
your life right.
My life is just right.
Charlotte.
I have to
tell you something.
Okay.
I don't love you.
I want a divorce.
Are you sure it's Judge Gates?
In two pieces.
Damn.
The Mexicans
didn't want the body.
The Feds?
They don't know yet.
Well, they will.
Border Patrol, DEA, ICE, FBI,
come morning, they'll all
be sticking their beaks in.
It's mine, Hank.
Yeah, right now, it is.
So you know
the Feds are gonna want in.
Can you protect me?
Yeah, I'll do my level best. How
the hell do you work this thing?
What?
Lorraine Gates on the
Bridge of the Americas.
I think somebody's trying
to send a message.
What kind of message?
Well, she's anti-immigration, she
believes in the wall, anti-DREAM Act.
Hell, she don't like Mexicans,
thinks they ought to stay in Mexico.
Have you told
the family yet?
I'm on my way now.
Ifs the middle of the night and
there are children in that house.
I know.
So tread lightly.
Their mother was murdered,
there's no other way to say it.
(SIGHS)
Right, well, remember
eye contact, all right?
Right. I will.
Good morning, Lieutenant.
Good morning, Miss Kitty.
How in the Sam Hill
do you work this thing?
I just go to Starbucks.
SONYA: When was the last time
you talked to your wife?
MIKE: She was going to
Austin for a conference.
Flying?
No, she drove.
I called her around 10:30
but there was no answer.
She was dead by then.
Excuse me?
Which is very sad for you.
Yeah.
Would you like
a glass of water?
How was she killed?
I mean,
what did they do to her?
We have two little kids.
Would you like
a glass of water?
No.
I'm gonna need your phone.
Okay.
Password-protected?
I don't even
know how to do that.
Any recent threats?
Judges get
lots of threats.
That's why I'm asking.
She just made a ruling
against some Mexicans.
You know, stopping them from standing
on the corners looking for work.
Why?
Why what?
Why can't they
stand at a corner?
(LAUGHS)
Uh...
It's a traffic issue.
You have a right to
stand on a public street.
And to signal
by your presence
in that particular place that
you're looking for day work.
What the hell are
you talking about?
Any affairs?
(SCOFFS) No!
Of course not.
Drugs?
Lorraine was a mother,
for Christ's sake.
My mother used drugs.
Okay, that's it.
Lady, I want you
the hell out of my house.
I...
I'm sorry if I didn't
exercise empathy.
(GUNS FIRING OVER HEADPHONES)
Gus.
Gus.
What?
I can smell it.
What?
Cómo what?
The dope, Ia more.
Where'd you get it?
Tm "m school.
Do you know who
Tico's uncle is?
Aurelio Guetta.
Hmm?
Ring a bell?
That's where your
dope comes from.
It was just a joint.
Well, now you owe him.
Maybe his uncle will ask you
to make a delivery for him.
Drive him somewhere.
That's not how it is, okay'? No.
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
That is exactly
the way it is.
That's how you
get caught up.
All right, esos culeros, they
reach out and get you like that.
Como mosquito.
You're going across for class,
coming right back, all right?
No parties, no Tico.
Understand?
Okay,
OKay?
(IN SPANISH)
Okay.
Did you check on Gus?
Yes.
Was he?
Maybe he had,
um, night class.
No.
No, he didn't
No?
Well, I'll talk
to him tomorrow.
I don't know how
you stand this place.
You learn so much in autopsy.
So, did you go easy
on the judge's husband?
Yeah.
Well...
Sonya.
I tried.
Anyway, he didn't do it.
No?
Talked about all
the right things.
Gave up his phone, which he doesn't
even know how to lock, so...
That's not the guy who wired
the bridge lights to go out.
That's a good point.
Our guy has tech skills.
Hey.
All right,
meet you in there.
Got to warn Carmen, she's
waking up to an empty bed.
(DIALING)
Morning, Sonya.
Okay.
Cause of death's right here.
Needle to the base of the
spine and into the brain.
Quick, easy,
almost painless.
This is a good one.
Gloves.
You been by to see him?
Not recently.
Good. Don't give
him the satisfaction.
HANK: Denise.
DENISE: Get your
hands dirty, Hank?
I'll pass.
All right.
Perfect bisection.
DENISE: Keep going.
Denise,
just come on with it.
Check out the other half.
White arms, brown legs.
HANK: Two different women?
DENISE: This one's a Hispanic female.
Late teens, early 20s.
Son of a bitch.
Passport?
How long were you in Mexico?
A few hours.
What'd you bring
back from Mexico?
Just a smile, officer.
What were you doin'
in Juárez?
Seeing a friend.
Yeah?
I got a friend in Juárez.
Ain't seen him in six years.
Ain't worth getting shot.
Yeah, okay.
Listen, man, I...
I was there
for the señioritas.
Anything good?
Oh, it's definitely
worth a visit.
You have a good night.
Charlotte.
How is he?
(scams)
(CELL PHONE BUZZING)
(SIGHS)
(IN SPANISH)
SONYA: Is this Marco Ruiz?
Speaking, yes
Sonya Cross, El Paso PD.
Mmm...
The one in charge.
I remember.
Were you sleeping?
I do that at night, yes.
There were two
women on the bridge.
You found another one?
No. Two different bodies.
A lower half and an upper half.
Two different women.
Did you find half
a body in Juárez?
Hispanic, late teens to 20.
You would have the upper half.
(GROANING)
Something wrong?
No, no. I'm listening;.
Cut in half?
Yes.
Do you have a girl that
matches this description?
Well, we have lots
of bodies, we have
lots of parts and bones
and, uh, skulls and...
It could be a year old.
Her legs were frozen.
Frozen?
Yes. Can you look into it?
Of course, yeah. I'll do ii
first thing in the morning.
Who can I call to
look into it now?
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
I'll do it. I'll do it. I'll
call you back. (HANGS UP)
When?
Hello?
(BEEPS)
Hello?
(IN SPANISH)
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
(TYPING)
(IN SPANISH)
(CHUCKLES)
No. Que'? No.
(SIGHS)
Okay, no, no.
Uh-huh.
Cristina Fuentes.
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
(FOLK MUSIC PLAYING)
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
(CHUCKLES)
(IN SPANISH)
Mmm-hmm.
Of course.
(CHATTERING)
(IN SPANISH)
Marco.
(CHUCKLES)
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
(GROWLS)
New Mexico, Arizona,
have any missing girls?
Nothing that
matches our half.
Sheriff's boys are looking
for the judge's car.
I guess by daylight,
it turns up.
By daylight,
the FBI is gonna be here.
I'll deal with the Feds.
We're probably looking at some
sort of task force situation.
Well, I want to lead it, Hank.
This is my case.
You sure about that? 'Cause a
case like this can change you.
I can handle it.
I'm not talking about
jurisdictional bullshit.
I'm talking about
two chopped-up women.
It'll leave a scratch on your
soul, give you bad dreams.
I don't dream.
(CELL PHONE BUZZES)
Sonya Cross.
MARCO: Cristina Fuentes.
Nineteen.
Came north to work
in the maquiladoras.
Partial remains... Señior.
Partial remains found in a
death house with 22 others.
Death house?
Yeah, old buildings where
the sicarios dump bodies.
Fill up one, find another.
When was she found?
About a year and a ha]? ago.
R matches.
Can you send the file?
I think it's
better if I come to you.
She's one of them.
One what?
The dead girls of Juárez.
Just give me half an hour,
all right?
No. That's not necessary.
It's our case.
Helm?
Hello?
He's coming here.
Good.
Why is that good?
Well, he's got
a body of his own, right?
He doesn't care about his.
He called you at 4:00 a.m.
with a name, didn't he?
Fine.
We got two bodies directly
on an international border.
This case is gonna
take us down south.
Last time I checked that badge on
your hip don't mean shit in Juárez.
I told you to use
the ladies room, Sonya.
Yeah.
Next time.
(IN SPANISH)
Watch out for the rattlesnakes.
They come out at night.
(GROANS)
(scams)
Help me, please.
You can scream if you want to.
There's no one around for miles.
You hurt yourself.
You're in a safe place.
Ow! Ow!
You must be tired.
I'll be back.
Hey, no, no, no.
(BANGING)
Hey!
(ENGINE STARTS)
(DOOR OPENS)
(DOOR CLOSES)
E-mail would
have been quicker.
But not as pleasant.
I brought you breakfast
Where's the file?
Where are you going?
Going with you.
Why?
'Cause you've got my file.
My boss says there's going
to be a task force.
Probably.
Sure you want to be on it?
Cristina Fuentes was found
six blocks away from my house.
So, yes.
(DOOR BUZZES)
This is CAP.
Crimes Against Persons.
We do homicides.
He needs a day pass.
It might be for
more than a day.
Good morning, Kitty.
Good morning.
Who are you, hon?
Uh, Detective Marco Ruiz.
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
Okay, okay. No comprendo.
Was born and raised in El
Paso, don't speak a word.
Sorry.
I said I will be assisting Detective
Cross in her investigation.
That ought
to be interesting.
Why's that?
Well, Sonya's
an interesting gal.
I noticed.
Yeah.
Would you like a pan dulce?
Oh, no, no, no.
I'm on a diet.
The ones with
walnuts are really good.
Oh, hell, okay.
It's just... Thank you.
There you go.
Just keep it here
for a coffee break.
Oh. All right, then.
Here you go.
Thank you.
See you later, Kitty.
I hope so.
Can we start?
Yep.
You have your badge?
Yup.
Need me to
translate for you?
No.
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
(GROANS)
Can you sit?
Um...
No, actually, I can't.
You're irritating me.
Oh.
Then I just stand still.
Why can't you sit?
I had a procedure...
A vasectomy, a few days back.
I already have three children.
Two marriages.
It was time.
Do you have any children?
No.
Why not?
Evidence was collected
but never processed.
Huh? Yeah? Yeah.
Yes.
(CLEARS THROAT)
You drove here, right?
Yup.
Pretend that chair
is a car.
Oh...
Sorry.
Okay.
I'll try.
How was she killed?
Ah...
I don't know.
Your name's on the report.
Yeah, my name is
on a lot of reports.
There are no interviews,
not even with her parents.
There is a saying
in Juárez...
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
"From the bowl to the mouth,
the soup falls."
What does that
have to do with this?
Cristina Fuentes is only one of 250
girls who disappeared last year.
They go missing from the
buses, the factories.
Always 15 to 20 years old,
dark hair, beautiful.
So, you have
a serial killer?
No one knows.
And no one tries
to find out?
There are just too many.
And the chiefs,
they really don't
want us to investigate.
Easier that way.
Easier how?
Hey, I'm Lieutenant
Hank Wade.
(GREETS IN SPANISH)
Marco Ruiz.
His name is on the report
for Cristina Fuentes.
But he didn't
investigate at all.
Well, now he gets
a second chance.
Sheriff's department found
the judge's car. Where?
Off of highway 180.
MARCO: I guess
she's driving.
Yup.
Bit of advice.
MARCO: Yeah?
Buckle up, amigo.
I will.
(TIRES SQUEAL)
(HARD ROCK MUSIC
PLAYING ON STEREO)
This all we got?
Tape's stuck.
I can get it out.
Don't!
The truck was my sister's.
She died.
I'm sorry.
So, you like horses?
No.
Did you take
money from that woman?
What woman?
On the bridge.
To let her pass.
No.
They say you're all corrupt.
Mexican police,
you all take bribes.
Not all of us.
The cartels
threaten everyone, and...
Sometimes, for some people,
it's a lot easier to just
look the other way.
For a price, of course.
They give you money so you
won't do the police work?
Not exactly. They tell you,
"Plata o plomo.“
"Take our silver
or take our lead."
So, you just let
the girls die?
I do the best I can.
But the situation is...
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
You should try harder.
Of course I should.
I heard about
Señor Karl, señora.
Did you tell
the rest of the staff?
Yes.
Good. Because I don't
want to be disturbed.
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
Man come to shake my hand
And rob me of my farm
I shot him dead
and I hung my head
And drove off in his car
So, on the run
with a smoking gun
Looking for the coast
And all the things
I've had and lost
Your love I miss the mos!
And hell we'll have to pay
I wen! a lime bit too far
I'd say
(BEEPS)
Half drunk, I stumble on
(BEEPS)
The whiskey from the bar
(BUZZING)
And there's nothing
but the ground
(WOMAN SPEAKING SPANISH)
Karl?
It's the only place
We found
Who is this?
(HANGS UP)
(HORSE NEIGHS)
No one has
bothered you, yeah?
No.
This was in Karl's pocket.
Have you seen it before?
No. Why?
A woman called for him.
He's gone, Cesar.
You answer to me now.
(AGREES IN SPANISH)
Who is she?
I don't know.
What about this?
I found it in his wallet.
Miss Charlotte,
I don't know. I...
You're lying, Cesar.
What is it?
It's better
that I show you.
Come.
Where are we going?
It's just
a little farther.
I've never seen
this part of the ranch.
Come.
(DOOR CREAKS OPEN)
Down there.
God damn it, Cesar,
I don't like this.
It's okay, señora. Come.
There.
Is that what the key's for?
(AFFIRMS IN SPANISH)
What's in there?
(HARD ROCK MUSIC PLAYING)
(MUSIC STOPS)
Ma'am, you may
not want to look.
Excuse me.
Of course,
it's county jurisdiction.
The case originated
with El Paso PD.
Sheriff's department
found her body.
Of course...
This is my case, not the county's.
Step aside, please.
Suit yourself.
He drained the blood.
He's neat.
We dealing with a doctor?
Maybe.
Where's her purse? Driver's seat.
(CLEARS THROAT)
Everything's there. Cash,
credit cards, what have you.
Did it all by the book.
Did you pull her ID?
No, ma'am.
Then it's missing.
Maybe that is his trophy.
Did Cristina have her ID?
I don't remember.
Well, her parents would know.
We'll go to Juárez, ask them.
MARCO: I don't think
that's a good idea.
Why?
You want to put up your
hoodie, tug back your hair?
I'm not taking
you to Juárez.
Forget about it.
Would you like to
write up the scene?
Go ahead.
(CRACKLING)
Judge Gates.
Boy, she needed
bent-over-a-couch, bad.
Yeah, well, she got worse. Half
of her is in the Pecos morgue.
And the Mexicans
want in on this?
Their half is one of
the missing Juárez girls.
Mmm.
Well, putting up them pink crosses
sure as shit ain't working.
This fella know about Sonya?
Know what?
That she's
a bona fide whack job?
Have you seen what she keeps in
the bottom drawer of that desk?
No, I have not, Timmy.
Nor do I care.
Oh, Hank, listen,
if you've seen it, then...
Marco Ruiz, Tim Cooper.
Well, buenos días.
Howdy, partner.
You have the footage of the bridge?
I do.
Went a few rounds with those Homeland
Security jag-offs, but I got it.
Sonya, can I talk
to you a second?
And it looks like you're stuck
with me, Detective Ruiz.
That's okay.
Have a seat.
What is this?
Oh, um...
I filed a report on Marco with
the Mexican state police.
Yeah, I see that.
He compromised the scene. He let
an ambulance drive through it.
Because a man was having
a heart attack. Yes.
Sonya, I would have
done the same thing.
Absolutely the same thing.
No evidence was lost.
How do you know?
Look, Sonya, you're gonna have
to work with Detective Ruiz.
I know.
Well, filing that report is gonna
affect your ability to do that.
Why?
Because people don't like to be ratted
out to their bosses, that's why.
Then they should
follow procedure.
You're gonna have to learn
to get along without me.
I can't be sweeping
up after you forever.
What do you mean?
Well, there's
a gal up in Gainesville
asked me to show
a couple of horses
for her, and I think
I'm gonna do it.
And Carmen wants to travel.
She wants to go to Paris.
I don't want
to go to France.
I'd go to
England in a heartbeat.
I'd like to see their
big old clock they got.
Wait, are you...
You're gonna retire?
Well, yeah,
I can't do this forever.
What about me?
You'll be all right.
You'll be all right.
I just asked for
the paperwork, that's all.
(KNOCK AT DOOR)
We got something.
What do we got?
Son of a bitch knew
there were cameras.
Sure it's him?
Timing is spot-on.
So did you run the plate?
Yes, sir.
HANK: That's Daniel Frye.
What, you know him?
Who's that?
Dick-wad reporter.
El Paso Times.
I thought you were
across the border.
Just got back.
You're wasting your life on that beat.
You know that, right'?
I'm wasting my life, huh?
Lei me guess. Some Mexican
shot another Mexican? Weird.
No. I was meeting a woman who helps
pregnant girls over the border.
It's for my piece on anchor babies.
You know, like the...
I don't know,
and I deeply don't care.
And guess what, neither do the 15
other people that read this rag.
Well, I care.
That's great.
Sherry is looking for you.
You have a deadline.
Sherry can eat me.
Piece is on her desk.
Where were you?
Down the street, reporting.
Drinking, you mean?
Are you my mother,
Adriana?
No.
That's right. You're just
a little cub reporter.
Let's see,
I've written for the
New York Post,
the Houston Chronicle...
I know.
So don't tell me how 10
deal with a goddamn editor.
Got it?
Fine.
Good luck with your Mexican baby story.
Sounds fascinating.
(ALARM BEEPS)
(RATTLING)
Come on.
What the hell?
Oh, shit.
(EXHALES)
(TIRES SQUEAL)
Daniel Frye's not answering.
What's his story?
Pillhead. He's been
arrested for battery.
He organized
enough to freeze a girl
for a year and
slice a judge in half?
Well, it was his car
on the bridge.
What's going on?
OFFICER: We have a car
rigged with a bomb.
A black BMW?
Affirmative.
Bomb squads got it under control.
Excuse me.
Excuse us, sir.
Officer!
Ma'am, fall back, please.
The car belongs
to Daniel Frye.
He's wanted in connection
with a double homicide.
He's the one who called it in.
He's trapped in there.
I need to speak...
Ma'am, please.
This is as far as you go.
Call him again.
Just call him again.
(WHIMPERS)
Hey! Hey!
The bomb is in the...
It's in the back seat.
It's ticking. It's going.
Stay calm! Stay calm.
Okay, but you gotta go.
It started, it won't stop.
It's very important
that you don't move.
I'm not gonna move.
Just hurry.
Windows wired in. Possible
motion control activation.
Let's get the horoscope
in there and take a look.
DANIEL: Oh, my God.
Just go faster!
Just a little faster, please!
(CELL PHONE RINGS)
Hi. Hello.
Daniel.
Just please help me
get out of the car.
Detective Sonya Cross.
Were you
on the Bridge of
the Americas last night?
What? What?
Were you on the bridge, yes or no?
Uh...
No, I was here all day.
I don't know...
I'm not sure how that's gonna
help me get out of the car.
Do you know Judge Gates?
Uh... Who?
Judge Lorraine Gates.
(STAMERING) Just from,
like, cases and stuff.
What cases?
Oh, my God. It doesn't matter what cases.
Please' you got to...
You have to tell them that the
ticker, it just keeps going.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, put that thing in.
Put it in.
So, yeah.
Oh, my God.
How about Cristina Fuentes?
I am so screwed.
Daniel, this is important.
Important? I'm about to
get my ass blown up.
Can you please stop asking me
questions about a judge? Thank you.
Have you written
about Judge Gates?
Oh, my God. Um, yes, at some
point I'm sure I have, but...
When?
Stop asking me questions
and please just help them!
You got to get me
out of this car.
(BEEPING)
The...
The timer just
jumped a minute.
Hey, the timer just...
Abort.
The timer just
jumped a minute.
Fall back.
No, no, no, no!
Don't. Wait,
wait, wait. Bring it back!
Wait. Excuse...
Don't leave me.
Wait, you have to tell them
that there's still time.
No, no, no! Hey!
Hey, you tell them to come
back here right goddamn now!
He's sitting on a bomb.
No one can help him.
So he'll tell me the truth.
Daniel, you must speak to me.
There's still time.
There's still...
Do you hear me?
You must talk to me.
Yes?
Everything will just stop.
The body will feel no pain.
Are you sure?
Don't look at the clock.
Do you know your car was used to
dump two bodies on the bridge?
No.
I need you to focus.
Who would do this to you?
I've screwed...
I've screwed
over so many people.
When? Recently?
I'm not ready to die.
I'm just...
I'm just not ready to die.
Don't look at the timer.
Okay.
MAN 1: Fire in the hole! MAN 2: That's it!
Cover up! Fall down!
(CHIMES)
(SOBS)
(PANTING)
Frye's? No, ma'am. It was
rigged into the bomb.
There's a message.
DISTORTED VOICE: There are five
murders a year in El Paso.
In Juarez, thousands. Why?
Why is one dead white woman
more important
than so many dead
just across the bridge?
How long can El Paso
look away?
We've got some
interesting times ahead.
This is only me beginning;.
Ripped By mstoll