The Closer (2005–2012): Season 2, Episode 12 - No Good Deed - full transcript

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[INDISTINCT POLICE
RADIO CHATTER]

[SIREN]

[GIRL CRYING]

[INDISTINCT CONVERSATION]

[CAR DOOR OPENS]

THANK YOU, SERGEANT.

HEY, CHIEF.

UH, SO, OUR VICTIM'S
NAME IS CARL NELSON.

A 16-YEAR-OLD HIGH
SCHOOL JUNIOR.

HE WAS RIDING HIS
BIKE HOME FROM SCHOOL



WHEN AN UNKNOWN
ASSAILANT SHOT HIM 4 TIMES

WITH A 9-MILLIMETER WEAPON

FROM A SLOW MOVING CAR.

WHERE ARE THE VICTIM'S PARENTS?

HIS MOTHER DIED LAST JANUARY,

AND HIS FATHER'S DOWN THERE

TALKING TO DANIELS.
BROUGHT HIS PRIEST

WITH HIM FROM HIS CHURCH.

DO WE KNOW EXACTLY
WHY Ph.D. IS HERE?

DEPUTY D.A. GARNETT
ASKED US TO PICK THIS ONE UP.

HE SAID HE'D EXPLAIN
EVERYTHING WHEN HE GOT HERE.

HE DIDN'T CALL YOU?

OH, I CAN'T FIND MY PURSE.

IT'S GOT MY NEW
CELL PHONE IN IT.



YOU LOST YOUR PURSE?

NO, I DIDN'T LOSE IT, SERGEANT.

I JUST CAN'T REMEMBER
WHERE I PUT IT.

SO, GARNETT'S COMING HERE? WHEN?

HE'S STUCK ON THE 405 RIGHT NOW,

BUT HE SAID IF WE COULD WAIT...

NO, WE'RE NOT WAITING, SERGEANT.

THE KILLER'S NOT WAITING,
AND NEITHER ARE WE.

THE VERY LAST THING I
NEED IS ANOTHER DEPUTY D.A.

TELLING ME HOW TO RUN MY CASE.

I THINK HE SEEMS TO
THINK IT'S HIS CASE.

IT ISN'T.

DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A GANG MEMBER.

NOPE. THESE AREN'T
SHOOT-ME CLOTHES.

HE DIDN'T HAVE ANY
WEAPONS OR DRUGS ON HIM.

I'D WANT TO SEARCH HIS ROOM,

BUT NO, NOTHING HERE SAYS GANGS.

PUT THE SHEET BACK
OVER HIM, PLEASE.

THANK YOU.

OK, CHIEF.

FATHER, UH, FATHER
WATSON OVER THERE...

THE PRIEST STANDING
NEXT TO THE BOY'S DAD.

ANYWAY, HE TELLS
US THAT CARL HERE

WAS ABOUT TO BE THE STAR WITNESS

IN A MOTION FOR A NEW TRIAL.

I GUESS SOMEONE DIDN'T LIKE
WHAT HE WAS GOING TO SAY.

EXCEPT HE ALREADY SAID IT.

OUR VICTIM GAVE A
DEPOSITION 2 WEEKS AGO.

WHO'S THE DEFENDANT?

I KNEW YOU'D ASK ME THAT.

MAY I?

YES, SIR, UH, FATHER.

LET ME HELP YOU, FATHER.

INMATE'S NAME IS GERALD CURTIS.

HE'S ON DEATH ROW.

CONVICTED OF KILLING
HUSBAND AND WIFE OWNERS

OF A KWIKMART ABOUT
HALF A MILE FROM HERE.

WELL, THAT'S ONE MYSTERY SOLVED.

GARNETT CALLED US

'CAUSE HE'S ABOUT TO
LOSE A GOOD CONVICTION.

I WANT TO SEE MY SON!

SIR, SIR.

I WANT TO SEE MY SON!

I'M DEPUTY CHIEF JOHNSON.

I NEED YOU TO HOLD
YOURSELF TOGETHER

JUST A FEW MINUTES MORE.

I WANT TO GET HIM
OFF THE STREET.

HE SHOULDN'T BE ON THE
STREET. I WANT TO GET CARL.

SIR, WE CAN GO INSIDE.

PERHAPS YOU CAN
SHOW ME CARL'S ROOM.

THERE MIGHT BE
SOMETHING IN THERE.

I'M NOT LEAVING CARL ON THE
STREET BY HIMSELF LIKE THAT.

NO! THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS
FROM DOING THE RIGHT THING.

RICHARD, YOU CANNOT THINK THAT.

THIS! THIS!

YOU STAY HERE WITH YOUR SON.

I'LL SHOW THEM
THROUGH THE HOUSE.

JUST RELAX.

I'LL SHOW YOU THROUGH THE HOUSE.

ALL RIGHT, THEN.

[CRYING]

IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR
DRUGS OR WEAPONS,

YOU'RE WASTING YOUR TIME.

CARL WASN'T THAT KIND OF A BOY.

YOU WERE CLOSE TO HIM?

YES. YES, I WAS. AND I
COUNSELED HIS MOTHER

WHEN SHE WAS DYING
OF CANCER LAST JANUARY,

AND CARL WOULD...

STOP BY MY CLASSROOM SOMETIMES.

YOU WERE ONE OF
HIS TEACHERS, THEN?

NO. HE WENT TO A PUBLIC SCHOOL,

BUT HE KNEW A LOT OF THE KIDS

AT OUR LADY QUEEN OF PEACE

BECAUSE HE'S VERY
INVOLVED IN OUR CHURCH.

IS THIS CARL'S GIRLFRIEND?

KENDALL PRICE.

MORE LIKE BUDDIES.
SHE'S IN MY CIVICS CLASS.

SO WHEN CARL'S FATHER SAID

THIS IS WHAT COMES OF
DOING THE RIGHT THING,

HE WAS REFERRING TO TESTIMONY

CARL WAS ABOUT TO
GIVE IN THE CASE OF...

GERALD CURTIS

AND HIS MOTION FOR A NEW TRIAL.

YES, BUT I CAN'T IMAGINE

THAT CARL WOULD'VE
BEEN KILLED OVER THAT.

REALLY? CAN YOU THINK
OF ANOTHER REASON

SOMEONE WOULD DRIVE BY HIS HOUSE

AND SHOOT HIM TO DEATH?

DO YOU KNOW WHAT CARL HAD TO SAY

THAT WAS IMPORTANT ENOUGH

TO GET MR. CURTIS A NEW TRIAL?

I KNOW HE GAVE A
TAPED DEPOSITION

TO DEFENSE ATTORNEYS.

A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.

D.A.: CARL, CAN YOU TELL US

ABOUT THE EVENTS YOU
WITNESSED AT THE KWIKMART

ON JUNE 21, 2003?

IT WAS REALLY HOT,

SO I STOPPED TO GET A SODA.

AND THEN THIS REALLY

TALL GUY CAME IN, I MEAN, LIKE,

WAY OVER 6 FEET EASY.

AND HE WAS WEARING A
RED BANDANNA ON HIS FACE.

LIKE A ROBBER IN AN OLD
WESTERN OR SOMETHING.

AT FIRST, I DIDN'T KNOW
WHAT HE WAS DOING,

BUT THEN HE PULLED A GUN.

AND HE SHOUTED AT
US TO ALL LIE DOWN

AND NOT LOOK AT HIM.

AND, UH...

THE HUSBAND AND WIFE THAT
OWNED THE STORE, KOREANS,

THEY WERE BEHIND THE COUNTER.

AND THE ROBBER
GUY YELLED AT THEM

TO OPEN THE REGISTER.

BUT THE HUSBAND WOULDN'T.

I MEAN, HE STARTED
ARGUING WITH HIM,

AND THEN JUST, BOOM!
THE GUY JUST SHOT HIM.

Garnett: YOU MIND
PAUSING THE TAPE, PLEASE?

YES, SIR.

CHIEF JOHNSON.

MR. GARNETT.

THANKS FOR MOVING SO QUICK.

YOU KNOW HOW GLAD WE ARE

TO COOPERATE WITH
THE D.A.'s OFFICE.

RIGHT.

THIS IS GERALD CURTIS.

THIS IS THE MAN CONVICTED

OF KILLING THE TWO
OWNERS OF THE KWIKMART

YOU JUST HEARD ABOUT.

NOW, LISTEN TO
CARL'S DESCRIPTION

OF THE ASSAILANT.

[PRESSES BUTTON]

YEAH. LIKE I SAID, HE
WAS WAY TALLER THAN ME.

I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE 6'1 ", 6'2".

AND BLONDE HAIR.

BUT NOT LIKE LIGHT BLONDE,

LIKE IN BETWEEN, LIKE DARKER.

AND, UH...

IT WAS PALE.

NOT OLD, EITHER.

LIKE MAYBE 20.

AND WHEN HE WAS
EMPTYING THE REGISTER

AND HIS BANDANA FELL DOWN,

HE HAD THIS, LIKE, SCAR
RUNNING RIGHT HERE.

WHY ARE YOU JUST COMING
FORWARD NOW, CARL?

FATHER WATSON'S CLASS
PUT UP ALL THESE FLIERS

ASKING FOR WITNESSES.

AND I KNEW GERALD
CURTIS WAS ABOUT TO DIE.

SO I DECIDED,

I HAD TO DO SOMETHING.

BUZZ, THANK YOU.

FATHER WATSON, HE'S THE PRIEST

THAT TOOK US
THROUGH CARL'S ROOM.

MM-HMM. AND GERALD CURTIS

SAID HE WAS INNOCENT ALL ALONG?

Pope: YEAH, BUT
THEY ALL DO THAT.

LAWYERS FOR THE
FREEDOM INITIATIVE

TOOK HIM VERY SERIOUSLY.

ALSO, IN COMPLETE FRANKNESS,

GERALD'S FIRST
ATTORNEY WAS NOT SO HOT,

SO IF WE'VE GOT THE
WRONG GUY IN LINE

FOR LETHAL INJECTION,

I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT
IT, CHIEF JOHNSON.

GIVEN CURTIS' RECORD, IT MADE
SENSE HE DID THOSE MURDERS.

TWO PEOPLE PUT HIM IN
THE STORE AT THE TIME

OF THE MURDERS, AND HE
NEVER DENIED BEING THERE.

ALSO, IN FAIRNESS,

UNTIL WE HEARD THE DEPOSITION,

WE WEREN'T SURE IN WHICH ORDER

THE VICTIMS WERE SHOT.

SO HIS TESTIMONY IS VERY GOOD.

AND NOW HE'S DEAD,
WHICH LOOKS TO ME

LIKE SOMEBODY DIDN'T
WANT HIM IN COURT.

AND IT ALSO MAKES IT
A LOT HARDER FOR YOU

TO GET ANOTHER CONVICTION.

AND WE ALL KNOW HOW MUCH
YOU HATE TO LOSE, MR. GARNETT.

WELL, IT'S GONNA BE
HARD TO CROSS-EXAMINE

A VIDEOTAPE ON THE STAND.

SO WHO EXACTLY KNEW

THAT CARL WAS COMING
FORWARD WITH THIS INFORMATION?

ME. GERALD CURTIS'
NEW DEFENSE TEAM.

CARL, OF COURSE, HIS
DAD, FATHER WATSON,

HIS STUDENTS, MEMBERS
OF CARL'S CHURCH,

AND PROBABLY CURTIS HIMSELF.

IN OTHER WORDS,

THE ENTIRE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

MM-HMM. INCLUDING OUR KILLER.

MAYBE CARL DIDN'T
JUST DESCRIBE THE GUY

WHO KILLED THE KOREANS
AT THE KWIKMART, BUT...

HIS OWN MURDERER AS WELL.

CHIEF JOHNSON...

A MOMENT.

A LITTLE GOOD NEWS.

I PAID MOST OF THE
RANSOM ESTELLE WANTED,

AND I HAVE COMPLETE
CUSTODY OF MY KIDS.

OH... THAT'S WONDERFUL.

OH, CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU.

THANKS FOR YOUR TESTIMONY.

YOU STUCK YOUR NECK OUT,
AND THAT REALLY MEANT A LOT.

OH, NO PROBLEM.

CHIEF?

DINNER'S HERE.

OH, COMING.

UH, I'LL THINK OF A
MORE APPROPRIATE WAY

TO THANK YOU LATER.

DON'T. DON'T.

IT'S MY GOOD DEED FOR THE YEAR.

OH, AND THERE WAS
SOMETHING ELSE I WANTED,

IT WAS KIND OF IMPORTANT,
WHAT WAS IT, UM...

CAN IT WAIT?

SURE, YEAH.

YEAH, I CAN'T
THINK OF IT ANYWAY.

YEAH, WE'LL TALK LATER.

OK.

TWO WEEKS AGO, THIS CARL
KID RECORDS HIS TESTIMONY.

AND THEN 3 DAYS BEFORE
HE GETS TO COURT,

WHERE THE DEPUTY D.A.
CAN CROSS-EXAMINE HIM,

SOMEONE BLOWS THE BOY AWAY.

DOESN'T THAT SOUND
A LITTLE COINCIDENTAL?

I DON'T BELIEVE IN COINCIDENCE.

SO LET'S TAKE THE
SYSTEMATIC APPROACH.

HAS ANYONE SEEN MY PURSE?

I LOOKED IN MY
OFFICE AND MY CAR,

AND WHERE ARE MY KEYS?

OK, GOOD.

KEYS, LIPSTICK.

WHAT ELSE?

DANIELS AND I COULD
PULL THE BOOKING PHOTOS

OF EVERYONE WITH ASSAULT CHARGES

WHO MATCH THE DESCRIPTION
IN CARL'S DEPOSITION.

THAT WOULD BE WHITE
MALES, UNDER 30, OVER 6 FEET

WITH A SCAR FROM
THE MOUTH TO THE CHIN.

OK, SOUNDS GOOD.

HOW FAR BACK DO
YOU WANT US TO GO?

UH, LET'S START A YEAR
BEFORE THE KWIKMART MURDERS

AND TAKE IT THROUGH TO TODAY.

AND THEN, LIEUTENANT TAO,

IF YOU COULD FOLLOW UP
ON THE CASINGS AND BULLETS

THAT WERE IN CARL'S BODY,
SEE IF WE'RE LUCKY ENOUGH

TO HAVE ANY OF THEM
MATCH UP WITH THE GUN

THAT KILLED THAT KOREAN
COUPLE, BECAUSE IF WE ARE,

DETECTIVE SANCHEZ,
I THINK SOMEONE ELSE

MIGHT HAVE SEEN CARL'S KILLER.

WHO'S THAT?

GERALD CURTIS.

HE'S VISITING L.A. RIGHT NOW

TO APPEAR AT HIS
MOTION FOR A NEW TRIAL

WHICH MEANS THAT THE
CONTENTS OF HIS CELL

AT FOLSOM HAVE BEEN VAULTED.

WE NEED A SEARCH WARRANT
TO GO THROUGH THEM.

SEE IF YOU CAN MANAGE THAT

AND HAVE HIS THINGS
OVER-NIGHTED TO US.

THANK YOU.

AND THEN WHILE WE'RE WAITING,

LET'S PUT TOGETHER
A REMOVAL ORDER

AND SEND IT OVER
TO OUR NEW FRIENDS

OVER AT THE DA's OFFICE

BECAUSE TOMORROW MORNING,

GERALD CURTIS IS
GONNA HAVE TO TELL US

HIS SIDE OF THE STORY.

LISTEN, UH...

DO YOU THINK THE TWO
OF YOU COULD LOOK

FOR MY PURSE? IT'S
BIG AND IT'S BLACK.

TRUST US, CHIEF.

WE KNOW WHAT YOUR
PURSE LOOKS LIKE.

OK, THANK YOU. IT'S
GOT MY LICENSE IN IT,

AND MY CREDIT CARDS,
MY AMMUNITION CLIP,

MY PHONE. BRAND-NEW CELL PHONE.

IT'S GOT A RING.

[HUMS "FUR ELISE"]

UM, HAVE YOU TRIED CALLING IT?

HUNDREDS OF TIMES.

IT'S JUST, PLEASE
SEE IF YOU CAN FIND IT.

I AM LOSING

MY ABILITY TO FUNCTION.

THANK YOU, OFFICER.

GERALD CURTIS.

I'M DEPUTY CHIEF JOHNSON.
I'M SORRY TO PUT YOU

THROUGH TRANSPORT FROM COUNTY.

THAT'S NO PROBLEM.

I LOVED THE TRIP.

DID DETECTIVE SANCHEZ
REAPPRAISE YOU

OF YOUR RIGHTS?

YEAH. YEAH. AND,
UH... I'M NOT SURE

HOW MUCH I CAN TELL
YOU WITHOUT MY LAWYERS.

I'M NOT INVESTIGATING
THE KWIKMART MURDERS.

I'M LOOKING INTO WHO
KILLED CARL NELSON

YESTERDAY AFTERNOON,

AND YOU'RE NOT A
SUSPECT IN THAT CRIME,

SO YOU DON'T NEED A LAWYER.

AND FROM THOSE
CHAINS YOU'RE WEARING,

I'M GUESSING THAT YOU
HAD A PRETTY GOOD ALIBI.

YES, MA'AM, I DO.

YOU KNOW, MORE THAN THAT,

I REALLY NEEDED
HIM ALIVE, BUT I'M...

TRYING NOT TO THINK
ABOUT IT SO SELFISHLY.

ALL I KEEP THINKING ABOUT

IS HOW CLOSE I CAME
TO HAVING A NEW TRIAL,

AND NOW... I DON'T KNOW.

BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, YOU KNOW,

I ONLY MADE IT THIS FAR

BECAUSE THE KID STOOD UP FOR ME.

I GUESS I SHOULD
DO THE SAME FOR HIM,

BUT I'M NOT REALLY
SURE WHAT I CAN TELL YOU.

WELL, DID YOU EVER
MEET HIM? CARL?

NO. NO, I DIDN'T
EVEN KNOW HIS NAME

UNTIL MY LAWYERS
TOLD ME ABOUT HIM

A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO.

YOU TELL ANYONE IN
PRISON ABOUT CARL?

ANY OF YOUR FRIENDS?

I DON'T HAVE ANY
FRIENDS IN PRISON, MA'AM.

AND NO,

I DIDN'T TELL ANYONE.
YOU KNOW, I MEAN,

THAT WAS SOMETHING
THAT MY LAWYERS

AND FATHER WATSON
WARNED ME NOT TO DO.

YOU WERE IN TOUCH

WITH FATHER WATSON PERSONALLY?

YEAH.

WELL, A LITTLE.

THROUGH THE FREEDOM INITIATIVE.

I WAS, LIKE, A PROJECT
FOR HIS CLASS.

YOU KNOW, IT WAS A
GOOD THING FOR ME.

IT'S A REALLY GOOD THING BECAUSE

CARL CAME FORWARD.

[INHALES AND EXHALES]

AND I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I KNOW

THAT IN SOME WAYS,
I DIDN'T DESERVE

A SECOND CHANCE.

[CRYING]

OH, EXCUSE ME.

I KEEP THINKING ABOUT MYSELF.

AND I KNOW THAT
THAT'S WRONG. I'M SORRY.

YOU'RE DISAPPOINTED.
THAT'S UNDERSTANDABLE.

I AM.

I AM, BECAUSE...

I'M DIFFERENT NOW.

YOU KNOW?

I MEAN, I ADMIT, I ADMIT I
HAVE MADE A LOT OF MISTAKES

WHEN I WAS YOUNG.

BUT THE REWARD

FOR CHANGE ISN'T
FREEDOM. IT'S, UH...

SUPPOSED TO BE SPIRITUAL.

AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT
MY PRIESTS TELL ME.

SO MAYBE I'VE BEEN WISHING
FOR THE WRONG THING ANYWAY.

SORRY, HOW ELSE CAN I HELP?

YOU SAID YOU WERE
IN THE KWIKMART

DURING THE KILLINGS,

AND I WAS WONDERING IF
YOU MIGHT HAVE REMEMBERED

ANYTHING ABOUT THE GUNMAN.

YOU MAY HAVE TO REVOKE
YOUR RIGHT TO COUNSEL

TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.

THANK YOU.

OH...

I HAVE BEEN WAITING YEARS

FOR SOMEBODY TO
ASK ME THAT QUESTION.

I CAN ANSWER YOU
WITHOUT MY LAWYERS.

I'LL JUST, I'LL GO AHEAD

AND JUST TELL YOU
WHAT I TOLD THEM, OK?

I APPRECIATE THAT.

I WAS...

I WAS HIGH ON PCP AT THE TIME.

I WASN'T EVEN SURE WHAT
THE GUY WAS DOING, REALLY,

PROBABLY BECAUSE
HE HAD THIS, UH...

HANDKERCHIEF, YOU KNOW,
TIED AROUND HIS FACE.

IT LOOKED LIKE A JOKE, YOU
KNOW, BUT HE HAD A GUN,

AND HE TOLD EVERYBODY
TO PUT OUR HEADS DOWN.

I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, IN
CASE THIS ISN'T A DREAM,

I BETTER STARE AT THE FLOOR.

UH, WHAT ELSE.

HE WAS REALLY TALL.

HE HAD LIGHTER HAIR THAN
MINE. I REMEMBER THAT.

YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHY
TWO OF THE WITNESSES

THOUGHT THAT YOU
WERE THE KILLER?

I HADN'T SHOWERED
IN A COUPLE OF DAYS.

AND I WAS...

OUT OF MY MIND.

AS SOON AS THE GUY LEFT,
I RAN UP TO THE COUNTER,

AND IF PEOPLE HAD LOOKED UP
THEN, THEY WOULD'VE SEEN ME

TAKING ALL THE BEEF JERKY.

IT'S SO STUPID. I
STUFFED IT IN MY PANTS.

I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW,

FREE STUFF.

AND HE'S BEEN PAYING
FOR IT EVER SINCE.

WHICH MADE HIM IDEAL
FOR ME TO INTRODUCE

TO MY CIVICS CLASS,
THE FREEDOM INITIATIVE.

CHIEF.

WE GOT THE REPORT
BACK ON THE CASINGS

AND THE GUN THAT KILLED CARL...

COMPLETELY DIFFERENT

FROM THE ONE USED AT KWIKMART.

OK, SO IT WON'T BE EASY.

THANK YOU, LIEUTENANT TAO.

BUT YOU KNEW GERALD
BEFORE HIS ARREST.

NO.

BUT I WAS LOOKING FOR
SOMEONE JUST LIKE HIM.

REALLY, WHY?

I WANT MY STUDENTS TO SEE
FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE

THAT INJUSTICE CAN BE FOUND IN
THEIR VERY OWN NEIGHBORHOOD

AND MAYBE EVEN AT THE KWIKMART

AND, THAT THE CONSEQUENCES
OF THAT INJUSTICE

COULD BE LIFE AND DEATH.

WELL, I'D SAY YOU MADE THAT
POINT VERY CLEAR, FATHER.

THIS WAY.

HAVE A SEAT.

BUT CARL WASN'T ONE OF
YOUR STUDENTS, THOUGH.

NO. NO, HE WASN'T.

SO HOW DID HE BECOME INVOLVED

IN GIVING MR. CURTIS
A NEW TRIAL?

I CALLED THE FREEDOM INITIATIVE

TO SEE WHAT THEY
WERE DOING IN OUR AREA,

AND THEY SENT OVER COPIES
OF EVERYTHING THEY'D OBTAINED

FROM GERALD'S
TRIAL, AND I NOTICED,

FROM THE TIMESTAMP OF
THE KWIKMART'S REGISTER

THAT ABOUT 15 PEOPLE
HAD COME IN AND OUT

OF THE STORE MINUTES,
MAYBE EVEN SECONDS,

BEFORE THE MURDERS TOOK PLACE.

BUT THE LAPD ONLY
INTERVIEWED 4 OF THOSE PEOPLE.

SO WE PAPERED THE NEIGHBORHOOD
LOOKING FOR A WITNESS

THAT THE POLICE
MIGHT HAVE MISSED.

AND THE PERSON WHO
FINALLY TURNED UP

JUST HAPPENED TO BE
SOMEONE YOU KNEW.

DIDN'T THAT STRIKE
YOU AS... COINCIDENTAL?

STRUCK ME AS A
MIRACLE, MS. JOHNSON.

YOU SAW CARL'S TESTIMONY.

DIDN'T YOU FIND IT COMPELLING?

I FOUND IT CONVENIENT.

EXCUSE ME?

CARL NELSON, A YOUNG BOY,

WITH WHOM YOU WERE
EXTREMELY FAMILIAR,

SUDDENLY TURNS UP WITH CRUCIAL,

NEVER BEFORE HEARD INFORMATION

ABOUT A MURDER INVOLVING
A DEATH ROW INMATE

THAT YOU HAD MADE
THE PERSONAL CAUSE

OF YOUR CLASS.
SOON AFTER THE BOY

GIVES HIS VIDEO DEPOSITION,

HE IS CONVENIENTLY SHOT TO DEATH

BEFORE THE PROSECUTION

HAS A CHANCE TO QUESTION HIM.

A YOUNG MAN PERFORMED AN
ACT OR RARE MORAL COURAGE.

HE STOOD UP FOR
THE MOST POWERLESS

AND NEEDY IN SOCIETY.

AND HE WAS SENSELESSLY
MURDERED FOR IT.

I DON'T FIND IT
CONVENIENT, MS. JOHNSON,

BECAUSE IT'S ALSO
THE STORY OF CHRIST.

THE FOUNDATION OF MY FAITH...

WHICH IS NOT TO SAY THAT I AM

ANY LESS THAN HORRIFIED
BY CARL'S DEATH.

BUT NOW IT'S A RESPONSIBILITY

TO MAKE SURE THAT GERALD CURTIS

RECEIVES THE BENEFIT OF
CARL'S SACRIFICE, ISN'T IT?

THAT IS NOT MY JOB, FATHER.

NO.

MY RESPONSIBILITY

IS TO FIND AND ARREST

THE PERSON WHO
KILLED CARL NELSON.

SO, UNLESS YOU CAN THINK
OF ANY OTHER CONNECTION

BETWEEN YOUR WORK
AND CARL'S DEATH.

NO.

I WONDER, MS. JOHNSON.

DO YOU BELIEVE IN GOD?

RIGHT NOW, I BELIEVE IN GOD

A WHOLE LOT MORE
THAN I BELIEVE YOU,

FATHER.

WE LOOKED AT THE
REGISTER TAPE, TOO.

ASKED FOR WITNESSES ON THE NEWS,

ONLY SO MANY RESPONDED.

AND WHEN IT COMES TO
THIS CARL NELSON KID,

SUMMERS IN L.A.,

WE GOT MORE STRAY
BULLETS THAN RAIN.

YOU'RE SUGGESTING
THAT 4 BULLETS STRAYED

INTO CARL NELSON'S CHEST?

THE WRONG KID MAY
HAVE BEEN HIT. YEAH.

HIS DEATH COULD BE
COMPLETELY RANDOM.

WHAT PHYSICAL
EVIDENCE DO YOU HAVE

SUGGESTING OTHERWISE?

WELL, YOU MIGHT
TRY INVESTIGATING.

LOOK, WE ARE NOT
BEING DEFENSIVE ABOUT IT.

IT'S POSSIBLE, TOO,
THAT DETECTIVE ROSS

DID EVERYTHING RIGHT
IN HIS INVESTIGATION

AND THE D.A. CONVICTED
THE WRONG MAN.

IF YOU KNOW WHAT YOU WANT TO DO,

WE'RE HERE TO HELP.

IF GERALD CURTIS

DIDN'T KILL THAT
COUPLE AT THE KWIKMART,

IT'S POSSIBLE THAT SOMEONE
PASSING THEMSELVES OFF

AS ONE OF THE WITNESSES DID.

DID ANYONE WHO TESTIFIED

OR THAT YOU INTERVIEWED,
DETECTIVE ROSS,

MATCH THE DESCRIPTION

THAT CARL GAVE OF THE KILLER?

IT'S BEEN AWHILE. I DON'T
REMEMBER EXACTLY,

BUT, TWENTIES, WHITE,
TALL, MALE, BLONDE, A SCAR.

DOESN'T NARROW DOWN
VERY MUCH, DOES IT?

YOU THINK?

SO FAR, WE HAVE FOUND
323 MEN WITH PRIORS

WHO COULD BE THE ASSAILANT.

WE'RE STILL RUNNING MORE
SEARCHES, BUT I'VE GOT

THEIR BOOKING NUMBERS,
THEIR PHOTOS, SO...

OK, DETECTIVE ROSS, IF
YOU COULD LOOK THROUGH

THOSE PEOPLE WITH US. SEE
IF YOU RECOGNIZE ANYONE...

Estelle: WHERE IS SHE?

MRS. POPE, WHO ARE
YOU LOOKING FOR?

YOU KNOW WHO.

WHERE IS SHE?

ESTELLE.

HELLO. CAN I HELP YOU?

OK, WE HAVE THE CONTENTS
OF GERALD CURTIS' CELL.

EXCUSE ME.

ESTELLE, WHY DON'T
WE GO INTO MY OFFICE?

I DON'T NEED TO GO
INTO YOUR OFFICE.

I JUST CAME BY TO SAY

THAT IF YOU THINK THAT NOW
THAT MY HUSBAND IS FREE,

YOU'RE GONNA PICK UP
YOUR LITTLE AFFAIR WITH HIM

WHERE YOU LEFT OFF,

AND TAKE OVER AS THE
MOTHER OF MY CHILDREN,

YOU HAD BETTER THINK AGAIN.

I... I'LL TAKE CARE OF THIS.

MAYBE WE SHOULD CONTINUE THIS...

GET YOUR HANDS OFF OF ME.

AND DON'T YOU EVER EVEN STEP

INTO MY HOUSE, I AM WARNING YOU.

BECAUSE IF I FIND OUT

THAT YOU ARE SLEEPING
WITH WILL AGAIN,

I WILL REOPEN THIS
CUSTODY ISSUE,

AND I AM NOT KIDDING.

SORRY.

SORRY.

SORRY, ABOUT THAT, UH...

LITTLE INTERRUPTION.

DETECTIVE SANCHEZ,
IS THAT THE...

CONTENTS OF MR. CURTIS' CELL?

UH, YES, MA'AM.
STRAIGHT FROM FOLSOM.

SO IF WE COULD MAYBE
GET ORGANIZED A LITTLE.

UM, SERGEANT GABRIEL

AND DETECTIVE DANIELS,

IF YOU COULD PASS
THE BOOKING PHOTOS

OFF TO DETECTIVE ROSS,

AND HE CAN LOOK THROUGH THEM

AND SEE IF THERE'S
ANYONE HE RECOGNIZES,

AND THEN MAYBE
LIEUTENANT FLYNN...

WAIT A MINUTE. YOU MEAN, WE'RE

NOT GONNA TALK ABOUT
WHAT JUST HAPPENED?

NO, I DON'T, I
DON'T THINK SO. NO.

CHIEF, LISTEN...

IF YOU COULD LOOK THROUGH...

CHIEF, WAIT ONE SECOND.

DID YOU GO DEAF ALL OF
A SUDDEN? SHE SAID NO.

Gabriel: SO YOU WANT US
TO GO THROUGH THE BOXES.

YES, AND, UM, IF...

CHIEF POPE. CHIEF POPE.

AND IF, UM, SOMEONE COULD PLEASE

SET UP SOME INTERVIEWS,

WITH THE OLD WITNESSES
FROM THE KWIKMART,

TO SEE IF ANY OF THEM...

ARE TALL AND BLONDE.

EXCUSE ME JUST ONE MOMENT.

CHIEF POPE.

I CAN TAKE CARE OF THIS.

WHAT HAVE YOU
BEEN TELLING ESTELLE?

WHY DOES SHE HATE ME SO MUCH?

ESTELLE IS ANGRY ABOUT
THE TERMS OF OUR DIVORCE.

SHE'S GUILTY ABOUT
HAVING BASICALLY

SOLD OUR CHILDREN
BECAUSE HER HUSBAND TO BE

DOESN'T WANT THEM.
SHE'S LASHING OUT AT ME.

AT YOU? MY GOD.

I MAY HAVE JUST LOST THE RESPECT

OF EVERYONE WHO WORKS HERE.

LOOK, BEFORE YOU WERE HIRED,

I MADE A FULL
DISCLOSURE TO THE CHIEF

ABOUT OUR PREVIOUS RELATIONSHIP.

WHAT? YOU TOLD THE
CHIEF WE HAD AN AFFAIR?

OH... GOD.

IS THAT THE THING YOU
FORGOT TO TELL ME LAST NIGHT?

NO, NO, NO.

THAT WAS ABOUT, I DON'T KNOW.

I FORGET WHAT I
FORGOT TO TELL YOU,

BUT, LOOK, IT'S NOT
AS IMPORTANT AS THIS.

I WILL MANAGE THE
FALLOUT FROM ESTELLE.

GIVE ME A DAY. I'LL
TAKE CARE OF IT.

HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO GO BACK
IN THERE AND FACE MY PEOPLE?

AHEM. CHIEF, WE FOUND
SOMETHING YOU SHOULD SEE.

OK.

EXCUSE ME.

THESE ARE GERALD
CURTIS' PEN PALS.

THIS IS KENDALL PRICE.

LOOK FAMILIAR?

THE SAME KENDALL PRICE

FROM CARL'S BEDROOM.

I THINK I'D LIKE TO SEE
THIS GIRL IN PERSON.

KENDALL, I'M DEPUTY CHIEF
BRENDA LEIGH JOHNSON.

AND THIS IS SERGEANT GABRIEL.

NOW, I DON'T WANT TO SCARE YOU,

BUT EVERYONE WHO
COMES INTO THIS ROOM...

I'LL TELL YOU WHY IT MATTERS.

BECAUSE IF POPE

PULLED HER INTO OUR
DEPARTMENT BECAUSE SHE'S HIS EX,

I MEAN, COME ON, HOW
DOES THAT SOUND?

I DON'T GIVE A FLYING
YOU KNOW WHAT.

IT'S NOBODY'S BUSINESS

WHAT SHE DID WITH
POPE THEN OR NOW.

I MEAN, EVEN IF SHE HAS
FOOLED AROUND WITH HIM,

WHO DOES A BETTER
JOB AROUND HERE, YOU?

AH! AH!

I DON'T WANT TO HEAR
ANOTHER WORD ABOUT IT.

AND NEITHER DOES TAO
OR BUZZ, DO YOU GUYS?

OK, GUYS.

BUT YOU GUYS DON'T
THINK THAT TAYLOR

ISN'T GONNA HAVE A
FIELD DAY WITH THIS?

I MEAN, IT'S BAD.

I MEAN, IF SHE'S
BANGING THE BOSS,

I WANT TO KNOW.

WELL, NOW THAT WE'VE
GOT THAT OUT OF THE WAY,

WE CAN GO ON TO MORE
IMPORTANT MATTERS.

YOU WERE CLOSE TO CARL NELSON.

IS THAT RIGHT, KENDALL?

I KNEW HIM.

HE WENT TO OUR CHURCH,

AND I SAW HIM A FEW
TIMES AFTER SCHOOL

IN FATHER WATSON'S CLASSROOM.

OH. I THOUGHT YOU
WERE GOOD FRIENDS, NO?

NOT REALLY.

THAT SURPRISES ME.

BECAUSE...

THIS PICTURE WAS THE ONLY ONE

CARL HAD IN HIS ROOM OF ANYONE.

AND I KNOW THAT HIS
MOTHER JUST PASSED AWAY.

I DIDN'T GIVE HIM THIS PICTURE.

I THINK IT'S OFF
OF HIS CELL PHONE

OR SOMETHING.

CARL AND HIS MOM FOUGHT A LOT.

HE SAID THAT SHE DRANK,

AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

SO HE SPOKE WITH YOU
ABOUT HIS HOME LIFE?

THAT SOUNDS LIKE YOU
WERE PRETTY CLOSE TO ME.

WE JUST STARTED SPENDING
MORE TIME TOGETHER.

RECENTLY.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW HOW IT IS.

WHEN YOU ONLY
REALLY LIKE SOMEONE

BUT THEY HAVE A REALLY
BIG CRUSH ON YOU,

AND YOU DON'T WANT
TO HURT THEIR FEELINGS,

BUT YOU KNOW, YOU
JUST WANT TO BE FRIENDS.

I KNOW EXACTLY
WHAT THAT'S LIKE, YES.

THAT WAS ME AND CARL.

WAS THAT YOU AND
GERALD CURTIS AS WELL?

DID HE HAVE A LITTLE
CRUSH ON YOU?

DO YOU KNOW HOW
HE GOT THIS PHOTO?

ACTUALLY, DID YOU
KNOW HE HAD THIS PHOTO?

I SENT IT TO HIM.

Brenda: YOU WERE IN
CONTACT WITH GERALD?

WE ALL WROTE TO GERRY. GERALD.

IT WAS PART OF OUR
CLASS ASSIGNMENT.

HOW OFTEN DID YOU WRITE TO HIM?

I DON'T KNOW. ONLY A FEW TIMES.

WE DIDN'T FIND ANY OF YOUR
LETTERS IN GERRY'S CELL.

PRISON MAIL ISN'T
PRIVATE. THEY CAN READ IT

IF THEY WANT TO.

SO GERRY THREW AWAY ALL
OF HIS PERSONAL LETTERS.

SO THE LETTERS THAT YOU
WROTE TO GERRY WERE PERSONAL?

NO.

NO, HE HAD A SMALL CELL,

AND HE DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF ROOM

TO KEEP THINGS, SO YOU KNOW,

HE THREW AWAY MY LETTERS.

HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT?
DID HE WRITE YOU BACK?

WELL...

YES.

HOW OFTEN?

ONLY A FEW TIMES.

AND IT WAS NOT AT ALL PERSONAL.

Gabriel: HMM. THEN WHY DID
YOU SEND HIM THE PHOTO?

IT'S JUST A SCHOOL PHOTO.

IS THERE ANYTHING
WRONG WITH THAT?

NOTHING. NOTHING,
KENDALL. NOT ONE THING.

NOW, DO YOU MIND IF I
LOOK AT THE LETTERS

THAT GERRY WROTE YOU

SINCE THEY ARE NOT
AT ALL PERSONAL?

I DIDN'T SAVE THEM.

I, UM...

SHREDDED THEM.

AND THREW THEM AWAY.

Gabriel: YOU SHREDDED THEM?

WELL, KENDALL,

YOU CERTAINLY ARE CAREFUL
WITH HOW YOU DISPOSE

OF YOUR MEANINGLESS
CORRESPONDENCE.

SO JUST RIGHT DOWN
THIS HALL, TO THE LEFT.

OK.

OK, THANK YOU.

SO, NOW WHAT?

LET'S GET A SEARCH
WARRANT FOR HER HOUSE,

AND LET'S GET THERE
BEFORE SHE DOES.

HI.

I STILL CAN'T FIND MY PURSE.

I THINK I SHOULD
CANCEL MY CREDIT CARDS.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

DID YOU HAVE A
BAD DAY? WHAT IS IT?

YEAH, I HAD A BAD DAY.

DID YOU?

I THINK I NEED A
GLASS OF MERLOT.

YEAH, WELL, I'M NOT SURPRISED.

THAT MUST'VE BEEN A BIG SHOCK.

HAVING ESTELLE
POPE BURST IN ON YOU

LIKE THAT.

DREDGING UP THE PAST.

MAKING ALL THOSE...
WILD ACCUSATIONS.

OH, I KNOW THAT LOOK.

YOU'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT

HOW ANGRY I AM.
SO YOU CAN DECIDE

HOW MUCH YOU OUGHT TO EXPLAIN.

LOOK... I DON'T KNOW
WHAT YOU HEARD.

BUT I DON'T LIKE WHAT
HAPPENED TODAY EITHER.

HOW DO YOU KNOW
ABOUT ALL THIS ANYWAY?

THAT'S NOT IMPORTANT.
WHAT'S IMPORTANT

IS THAT ESTELLE ACCUSED YOU

OF WANTING TO GET BACK
TOGETHER WITH POPE.

AND SHE WOULDN'T HAVE DONE THAT

IF SHE DIDN'T THINK IT WAS TRUE.

AND WHY DOES SHE THINK THAT?

I DON'T KNOW, BECAUSE IT'S...

IT'S NOT TRUE.

IT IS NOT WHAT I WANT.

IT DOESN'T MATTER
WHAT YOU WANT, BRENDA.

I KNOW WHAT YOU WANT.

JUST LIKE ESTELLE
KNOWS WHAT POPE WANTS.

WHICH IS WHY SHE BURST IN
ON YOUR MURDER ROOM TODAY,

AND NOW EVERYBODY ELSE
KNOWS HOW POPE FEELS.

AND YOU'RE NOT DOING
ANYTHING ABOUT IT. NOTHING.

YOU JUST, IT JUST GOES ON.

WELL, I DON'T KNOW
WHAT YOU WANT ME TO DO.

I MEAN, I CAN'T HELP
HOW POPE FEELS.

SEE, THAT'S WHY I'M MAD, BRENDA.

BECAUSE YOU CAN
HELP HOW POPE FEELS

BY BEING ABSOLUTELY
CLEAR WITH HIM.

I'LL SHOW YOU HOW IT'S DONE.

ALL RIGHT?

I WILL BE CLEAR
ABOUT HOW I FEEL.

I LOVE YOU, BRENDA.

I LOVE YOU.

HOW IS THAT FOR CLARITY?

[DOOR CLOSES]

[RATTLE]

FRITZY, IS THAT YOU?

[MEOW]

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

UH, CHIEF? CHIEF?

WE SEARCHED
KENDALL PRICE'S HOUSE.

DO YOU NEED HELP THERE?

NO. NO.

OH.

UH, AND?

WE DIDN'T FIND ANY LETTERS
FROM GERALD CURTIS.

SO MAYBE SHE REALLY
DID GET RID OF THEM.

I DON'T THINK SO.

NO.

IN FACT, I'D BE SURPRISED
IF SHE DUMPED A SINGLE ONE.

THEY MAY NOT BE AT HER HOUSE,

BUT THEY MIGHT BE AT SCHOOL.

SO I THINK WE SHOULD
GIVE FATHER WATSON A CALL.

OK.

IT'S MY LOCKER.

KENDALL, LET ME HANDLE THIS.

THIS IS A VIOLATION
OF A STUDENT'S TRUST.

I THINK YOU PROBABLY
SHOULD LOOK...

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
DON'T HAVE ANY

REASONABLE
EXPECTATION OF PRIVACY.

THERE IS NO TRUST TO VIOLATE.

WHAT THIS BOILS DOWN TO, FATHER,

IS THAT I'M INVESTIGATING
THE MURDER

OF A YOUNG BOY WHO YESTERDAY

YOU COMPARED TO JESUS CHRIST.

AND NOW YOU ARE
STANDING IN MY WAY HERE.

BECAUSE YOU'RE USING
GERRY'S INNOCENT LOVE LETTERS

TO UNDUE EVERYTHING
CARL DIED FOR.

I GUESS I'M NOT THE ONLY
ONE LISTENING TO CONFESSION.

SO, YOU WANT TO
FINISH THIS NOW, FATHER,

OR DO YOU WANT US TO POST
A GUARD AROUND THIS LOCKER

WHILE WE GET THE
ARCHDIOCESE INVOLVED?

FATHER WATSON, DON'T.

I'M SORRY, KENDALL.
WE HAVE NO CHOICE.

LET'S ARRANGE GERRY'S
LETTERS TO KENDALL

IN A TIMELINE.

FEBRUARY 3, FIRST CONTACT.

MARCH 12TH,

THEY START WRITING EACH
OTHER EVERY OTHER DAY.

THEN THERE'S THE FIRST,
I THINK I MIGHT LOVE YOU

FROM GERRY, MARCH 18,

AND HIS HAPPINESS
AT HER HAVING SAID

I LOVE YOU BACK, MARCH 23.

Flynn: MAY 2, HE WISHES SOME
WITNESS WOULD COME FORWARD

TO CLEAR HIS NAME,

SO HE COULD GET OUT OF PRISON,

AND "WRAP MY ARMS AROUND YOU."

SIGNED, "YOURS IN CHRIST,"
AND THEN, "PLEASE BURN THIS."

AND THEN AGAIN ON MAY 12,

"I PRAY EVERY NIGHT THAT
SOMEONE WILL APPEAR

AND TELL THE TRUTH
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED,"

AND THEN LIKE ALL
THE OTHER LETTERS,

IT'S SIGNED,

"YOURS IN CHRIST,
PLEASE BURN THIS."

AND THEN, FOR TWO
WEEKS, NO LETTERS.

WHEN THEY START BACK UP AGAIN,

THERE'S NO MENTION OF THE
GAP. IT'S LIKE IT NEVER HAPPENED.

THEN KENDALL'S RUNNING
ERRANDS FOR HIM.

FORWARDING MAIL,
MAKING PHONE CALLS,

AND THEN THE IDEA
OF A NEW WITNESS

NEVER POPS BACK UP.

SHE WAS FORWARDING
MAIL? TO WHOM?

GERALD'S MOTHER IN FULLERTON,

HIS UNCLE, SOMEONE NAMED STEVIE,

AND PHONE CALLS TO HIM AS WELL.

KENDALL'S SUPPOSED TO
"ASK IF HE GOT MY LETTER.

TELL HIM I NEED A RESPONSE."

LAST LETTER WAS 8 DAYS AGO.

"CALL STEVIE AND TELL HIM

"I'M COMING TO TOWN,
AND I STILL DON'T KNOW

WHAT HE WANTS TO DO."

Brenda: DID DETECTIVE ROSS

BRING BACK THE BOOKING PHOTOS

OF KNOWN PERPS MATCHING
CARL'S DESCRIPTION?

YES, HE SAID NONE OF
THEM WERE WITNESSES.

OK, LET'S LOOK FOR SOMEONE NAMED

STEVEN, STEVE,
STEVIE, INITIAL S.

DETECTIVE SANCHEZ,
WOULD YOU HELP HER

WITH THAT? SERGEANT GABRIEL,

DO WE HAVE
MR. CURTIS' RAP SHEET?

UH, YEAH, BUT IT'S
A LITTLE SKETCHY.

MOST OF HIS OFFENSES
WERE COMMITTED

WHEN HE WAS A MINOR.

THAT'S OK, I JUST NEED
THE DATES OF HIS ARRESTS.

EXCUSE ME. SORRY TO INTERRUPT.

JUST WANTED TO SAY A WORD OR TWO

ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED
HERE YESTERDAY.

THAT'S NOT NECESSARY,
COMMANDER. THANK YOU.

WELL, IT IS.

JUST HAD A LONG
CONVERSATION WITH THE CHIEF,

AND HE FEELS

IT'S IN THE DEPARTMENT'S
BEST INTEREST

IF I HELP PUT THIS EPISODE
WITH ESTELLE POPE BEHIND US.

ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING

THE SUCCESS RATE
OF YOUR DIVISION.

[CLEARS THROAT]

AND THE LONG AND
THE SHORT OF IT IS...

THERE'S NOTHING SUBSTANTIVE
TO THE TERRIBLE THINGS

THAT WERE SAID
ABOUT CHIEF JOHNSON.

AND I'M ALSO SUPPOSED
TO REMIND EVERYONE

THAT THERE'S A BIG BLUE LINE

AT THE DOOR IN THIS BUILDING,

AND ESTELLE POPE
CROSSED OVER IT.

AND I HOPE WE ALL
KNOW HOW TO BEHAVE

WHEN ONE OF OUR OWN
IS FALSELY ACCUSED.

SO... PARDON ME
FOR INTERRUPTING.

AND IF YOU NEED ANY FURTHER

HELP WITH THIS
PROBLEM, CHIEF JOHNSON,

YOU KNOW WHERE I AM.

THANK YOU, COMMANDER,

FOR THAT SPONTANEOUS
DEFENSE OF MY HONOR.

MY PLEASURE, MA'AM.

MY PLEASURE.

YOU KNOW THEY MADE
HIM COME DOWN HERE

AND SAY THAT.

YES. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT
HAPPENED, LIEUTENANT.

THEY AGREED ON THEIR STORY,

AND THEY WENT OVER WHAT
THEY WANTED HIM TO SAY.

I, UH, FOUND 4 STEVES,

AND THIS ONE, STEVEN BRAND,

ARRESTED 8:45, OCTOBER 15, 1998,

POSSESSION OF A
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE

BY HOLLYWOOD DIVISION.

GERALD CURTIS,
ARRESTED OCTOBER 15, 1998,

8:45 P.M., POSSESSION OF
A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE

BY HOLLYWOOD DIVISION.

STEVEN BRAND ARRESTED
BY VALLEY DIVISION.

BREAKING AND ENTERING, ROBBERY,

ON AUGUST 3.

GERALD CURTIS ARRESTED
BY VALLEY DIVISION

ON AUGUST 3, 2000.

BOTH SENTENCED TO JUVIE
FOR A YEAR AND A HALF.

STEVEN AND GERRY WERE PARTNERS.

WE ARRESTED STEVEN BRAND
AND EXECUTED A SEARCH

OF HIS APARTMENT AND HIS CAR

LOOKING FOR WEAPONS

OR ANY MAIL FORWARDED
FROM FOLSOM.

WE FOUND WHAT WE BELIEVE
TO BE THE MURDER WEAPON,

A 9-MILLIMETER PISTOL

USED TO KILL CARL NELSON,

UNDER THE DRIVER'S SEAT
OF HIS BLACK HONDA ACCORD.

WE ALSO FOUND
LETTERS TO THE SUSPECT

FROM GERALD CURTIS IN
A LOCKBOX UNDER HIS BED.

SUBSEQUENT TO THE SEARCH,

WE CHECKED PHONE
RECORDS AND DISCOVERED

THAT STEVEN HAD RECEIVED

4 PHONE CALLS FROM YOU, KENDALL.

IS THIS THE GUY GERRY HAD
YOU FORWARDING MAIL TO?

AS YOU CAN SEE, HE'S WHITE,

HE'S GOT DIRTY BLONDE HAIR,

A SCAR RUNNING FROM
HIS MOUTH TO HIS CHIN,

AND IF HE WERE TO STAND
UP, HE'D BE PRETTY TALL.

DOES THAT DESCRIPTION
SOUND FAMILIAR,

OR DO YOU NEED A RED
BANDANA TO JOG YOUR MEMORY?

KENDALL.

WHAT'D YOU DO?

NOTHING, FATHER. I...

HE JUST WANTED STEVEN TO KNOW

THAT HE WAS BACK IN TOWN.

TO HAVE HIM COME VISIT IN JAIL.

THEY WERE FRIENDS,
AND GERRY SAID

THAT STEVEN WAS
STILL USING DRUGS,

AND THAT HE WANTED
TO TALK TO HIM

ABOUT HOW SOBRIETY HAD
MADE A CHANGE IN HIS LIFE.

THAT'S ALL.

I HAVE LOOKED
THROUGH THE LETTERS

THAT GERRY SENT YOU FROM PRISON,

AND I THINK SOME OF
THEM ARE MISSING, KENDALL.

YOU HAVE EVERYTHING.

LOOK, YOU'RE MAKING
THINGS VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME

BECAUSE LIKE MANY
HARDENED CRIMINALS,

YOUR FRIEND STEVEN HERE
HAS ASKED FOR AN ATTORNEY.

THAT MEANS WE CANNOT
QUESTION HIM DIRECTLY.

YOU'VE GOT INFORMATION
I NEED, KENDALL.

AND YOU'RE NOT TELLING ME.

WE'D LIKE TO DO THIS
WITHOUT ARRESTING YOU.

BUZZ, COULD YOU PLEASE
TURN ON THAT OTHER MONITOR?

YES, MA'AM.

GERRY.

I'M GONNA GIVE YOU ONE
MORE RUN AT THIS, KENDALL.

I WANT YOU TO
LISTEN VERY CLOSELY

TO WHAT GERRY HAS TO SAY.

Brenda: THANK YOU, OFFICER.

MA'AM, IT'S GREAT
TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

YOU, TOO, GERALD.

I HOPE I'M NOT DISTURBING
YOUR SLEEP TOO MUCH.

YOU'VE GOT YOUR MOTION FOR
A NEW TRIAL TOMORROW, RIGHT?

YES, MA'AM.

WELL, YOU'LL PROBABLY
BE GLAD TO HEAR

THAT WE FOUND THE PERSON
WHO MURDERED CARL NELSON...

STEVEN BRAND.

HE ALSO MATCHED THE
DESCRIPTION THAT CARL

GAVE OF THE PERSON WHO
SHOT THE KOREAN COUPLE.

HE'S NOT TALKING, OF
COURSE. HE HAS A LAWYER.

WOW, THAT'S AMAZING.

WHEN DID YOU FIND HIM?

A COUPLE HOURS AGO.

SO THE ONLY THING
I HAVE LEFT FOR YOU

IS A QUESTION OR TWO

ABOUT SOME LETTERS THAT WE FOUND

IN HIS APARTMENT FROM YOU

FORWARDED TO HIM BY A YOUNG GIRL

BY THE NAME OF KENDALL PRICE.

YOU KNOW KENDALL.

YOU KEPT A PICTURE OF HER.

IN YOUR CELL AT FOLSOM.

SHE WAS ONE OF
SEVERAL YOUNG LADIES

YOU HAD PHOTOGRAPHS OF.

SO WHO ARE THESE WOMEN,

BY THE WAY, WHOSE PICTURES
YOU HAD UP IN YOUR CELL?

UH, JUST GIRLS THAT I WRITE TO.

OR WHO WRITE TO ME.

SOME OF MY GIRLFRIENDS.

WAS KENDALL ONE
OF YOUR GIRLFRIENDS?

NO. NOT REALLY.

NO.

SHE WAS, UH, TOO YOUNG FOR ME.

REALLY?

THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU SAID

IN THE LETTERS THAT
YOU WROTE TO HER.

OK... LOOK.

I WAS NICE TO HER

BECAUSE SHE WROTE ME ALL THIS...

LIKE FAN MAIL.

AND I DIDN'T WANT TO
HURT HER FEELINGS.

THAT'S ALL.

LET'S SEE IF THAT STORY MATCHES
WHAT YOU TOLD STEVEN BRAND...

YOUR FRIEND THAT KENDALL
FORWARDED MAIL TO.

LOOK, HERE IT IS.

"DEAR STEVIE, GOOD NEWS.

"ONE OF MY GIRLFRIENDS,

"I'VE MENTIONED
HER TO YOU BEFORE,

BUTTERFACE." I THINK I
KNOW THAT NICKNAME.

DOESN'T THAT REFER TO A GIRL

WHO HAS A GREAT FIGURE
BUT HER FACE ISN'T SO GREAT?

MAYBE YOU MEANT
SOMETHING ELSE BY IT.

NO? LET'S GO ON.

"BUTTERFACE HAS HELPED ME FIND

"A WITNESS TO THE MURDERS
I WAS FALSELY ACCUSED OF.

"HIS NAME IS CARL NELSON,

"OF 4503 PATTERSON DRIVE,

AND HE'S A 16-YEAR-OLD
BOY WHO WEARS GLASSES."

GOSH, THAT SOUNDS
AN AWFUL LOT LIKE

YOU DID KNOW WHO CARL WAS

BEFORE YOUR LAWYERS
MENTIONED HIM.

SEE, THIS POSTMARK WAS
DATED TWO WEEKS AGO.

WELL, IT'S JUST
CHOCK-A-BLOCK WITH SURPRISES,

THIS LETTER, ISN'T IT?

WELL, LET'S GO ON.

"CARL," THERE'S HIS NAME AGAIN,

"WAS ACTUALLY IN THE KWIKMART

"WHEN THE MURDERS TOOK PLACE.

"AND HAS JUST FINISHED
GIVING A SWORN DEPOSITION

"DESCRIBING THE REAL KILLER.
AS BEING A TALL, BLONDE MAN

"WITH A SCAR FROM
HIS MOUTH TO HIS CHIN.

"I KNOW YOU'LL BE HAPPY
TO HAVE THIS INFORMATION.

"JUST GOES TO
SHOW YOU, DOESN'T IT,

"THAT THINGS ARE NEVER OVER.

YOURS IN CHRIST. GERRY."

HERE'S WHAT I BELIEVE.

I THINK YOU HAD A
LOT OF TIME IN PRISON

TO PLAN HOW YOU MIGHT GET OUT

AND THAT YOU CORRESPONDED

WITH A LOT OF
SUSCEPTIBLE YOUNG WOMEN

WHO YOU HOPED WOULD LIE FOR YOU.

OR GET A FRIEND TO LIE.

AND THAT KENDALL DID JUST THAT.

AND YOU KNOW
WHAT ELSE I THINK...

STUPID, STUPID GIRL.

I THINK THE DESCRIPTION
THAT CARL GAVE

WAS PROBABLY THAT
OF STEVEN BRAND,

WHO I BELIEVE DROVE YOU
AWAY FROM THE KWIKMART

AFTER THE ROBBERIES.

AND ONCE CARL GAVE
THAT DESCRIPTION

TO YOUR DEFENSE ATTORNEYS,
YOU THOUGHT THAT STEVEN

MIGHT BE SCARED
INTO KILLING HIM.

AND YOU WERE RIGHT.

I WONDER HOW STEVEN WILL FEEL

WHEN HE KNOWS THAT YOU
GAVE A DESCRIPTION OUT?

BUT YOU CAN'T TRUST
ANYONE THESE DAYS.

GO TO HELL. I WANT MY LAWYER.

AND ESPECIALLY, YOU
COULDN'T TRUST CARL,

A 16-YEAR-OLD BOY

WHO MIGHT FALL TO PIECES
ON THE WITNESS STAND,

IF EXAMINED TOO CLOSELY.

AND IF I WERE TO FIND
OUT THAT YOU HAD WRITTEN

ALL THAT OUT FOR KENDALL
SO THAT SHE COULD HELP CARL

MAKE HIS TESTIMONY
MORE BELIEVABLE, WHY,

THAT WOULD BE AS
GOOD AS A CONFESSION.

I SAID, GO TO HELL.

YOU FIRST.

I HAVE THE LETTERS.

I HAVE THEM.

UH...

I TALKED CARL INTO
SAYING HE WAS THERE.

HE HAD A CRUSH ON ME, AND I...

FATHER WATSON, I
WAS JUST TRYING...

OH, MY GOD.

OH, MY GOD, OH,
MY GOD. I KILLED HIM.

OH, GOD. I KILLED HIM.

I HAD NO IDEA THAT GERRY

HAD ASKED SOMEONE
TO LIE FOR HIM.

I HAD NO IDEA. NONE.

UNFORTUNATELY, FATHER,
YOU DON'T ANSWER TO ME.

I'M SO SORRY.

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

SO DID YOU FIND
GERRY'S OTHER LETTERS?

YES. KENDALL KEPT
THEM IN HER BIBLE

THAT SHE GOT FOR CONFIRMATION.

AND THIS IS THE LETTER
THAT REALLY DOES IT

FOR GERALD CURTIS.

WRITES OUT THE
ENTIRE SCRIPT FOR CARL,

AND IT'S FILLED WITH STUFF

THAT ONLY THE SHOOTER
WOULD KNOW ABOUT.

AND IT'S IN HIS OWN HAND.

ALL RIGHT. YOU THINK
THAT'LL CONVINCE A JUDGE?

YEAH. AND HE SIGNED
IT "YOURS IN CHRIST."

SO I HOPE TAYLOR'S VISIT
CLEARED EVERYTHING UP FOR YOU.

I HOPE SO, TOO.

YOU'RE NOT MAD AT ME
ABOUT ALL THIS, ARE YOU?

NO. IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT.

YOU DOING SOME HOUSE CLEANING?

WHAT?

YEAH... OH.

YES... JUST A LITTLE.

OK, ALL RIGHT. WELL,
AS LONG AS WE'RE GOOD.

GOOD WORK.

[WHISTLING "FUR ELISE"]

HEY! HEY!

HEY, THAT TUNE YOU'RE WHISTLING.

THAT'S THE RING ON
MY NEW CELL PHONE.

OH, THAT'S WHAT I KEEP
FORGETTING TO TELL YOU.

YOUR PURSE. IT'S IN MY OFFICE.

YOU MUST HAVE LEFT IT THERE

SOMETIME THIS WEEK
DURING ALL THE...

I'LL GO GET IT.

NO, THAT'S OK.

I'LL COME UP, AND...

OK.

I HAVE SOMETHING, UH...

I DO HAVE SOMETHING
I WANT TO SAY TO YOU.

SO...

WILL YOU WAIT?

SURE. OK.

BUT YOU DON'T HAVE
TO SAY ANYTHING.

I MEAN...

IS IT ABOUT US?

WELL, UH...

'CAUSE WE'RE, YOU
KNOW, WE'RE GOOD.

I, UH, I KNOW, BRENDA.

I GET IT.

WE'RE GOOD.

SO YOU GONNA BE LONG?

I'LL... JUST BE A MINUTE.

OK. ALL RIGHT, GREAT.

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