The Killing (2011–2014): Season 1, Episode 13 - Orpheus Descending - full transcript

Orpheus.

An interesting choice
for a screen name.

So you're familiar with the story?

No, actually I?m not.

Orpheus was a Greek poet
and musician.

His music could entrance.

He descended into hell to rescue his wife,
and his song won back her soul.

But there was a condition:
He couldn't look back...

as he led her out of the underworld,
or she would be damned.

Let me guess. Things didn't work out.

He looked back,
and she was taken away forever.



Excuse me.

Linden here.

Richmond is Orpheus.
The hooker I.D.'d him.

We got him, Linden.

I?m with the councilman now.
You headed over?

What? Yeah, yeah,
I'm on my way right now.

My partner. He's en route.

I?m leaving now, Councilman.

- Hey, you all right?
- Yeah, I?m fine. Son of a bitch!

Are you okay, Detective Linden?
No, hang back. I got this.

What the hell happened?
I sent e-mails to Orpheus.

They came up
on his computer.

He knows we know.

Let's bring him in.
No, not yet.



We gotta tie him directly to Rosie through
Beau Soleil or to the casino that night,

and then we break his alibi.

The campaign adviser.

I?II have Ray take another look
at the phone records...

and tell the techs to take
another crack at the hooker site.

Yeah, and have a unit keep eyes
on him in the meantime.

Then meet me at impound. I want to
take another look at the campaign car.

All right.

Friday night, Richmond
leaves the B and B in Tacoma.

He trades his personal car for this one
at the campaign parking lot.

He takes the ferry to the casino
to meet Rosie.

Why did he switch cars?

Maybe he knew what he was going to do.
He was planning it.

So why'd he switch to a car that
could be traced back to the campaign?

Discretion.

Anonymity.

No one can see you,
see inside.

What?

Tinted windows.

He could do anything he wanted inside
with her and not be recognized.

Do we have gas records
for this vehicle?

Yeah.
Campaign gave 'em up first day.

We still got 'em.
Get them.

I don't know
if going inside's the best thing.

Mitch hasn't
been herself.

She didn't mean
what she said.

You should just talk to her,
smooth things over.

Go upstairs, okay?
The boys are waiting for you.

Please.

Thanks. Gettin' me out.

We're family, right?

I got it.

License plate 5-6-3 T-B-O.

When it was checked into
the campaign parking lot Wednesday,

the tank was half full.

So?

It's nearly full now.

Meaning
he filled it up.

He must've stopped at a gas station on
the way to the ferry or on the way back.

He could've used a credit
card to pay for the gas...

and maybe a security camera
got him on tape.

Putting him in this car
on that night, not in Tacoma.

All right.
Gotta find a map.

Find all the gas stations between
campaign headquarters and the ferry.

I?II get the unis to do a sweep,
and I?II meet you at the station.

Uh-

Your-Your ma and Terry
took the boys to the park.

There you are- my Mitch.

Such a beauty.
Hmm.

Where'd she get this?

In your old bedroom
at the house.

Rosie asked
if she could keep this.

She found my scrapbook?

All your plans.

You had so many.

Rosie was so much like you.

Yeah, let me know
when you find something.

Gas station cameras
striking out?

They just started.
Give 'em time.

What about the hooker, Aleena?
She return your calls yet?

Nah. She's gone
in the wind.

Man, this math ain't adding up.

Car's odometer
from the campaign parking lot-

It read 45,304 miles.

Now it's reading 45,420 miles.

Yo, you listening?
What's your point?

From the campaign parking lot
to the ferry,

to the casino,
back to Discovery Park-

It's 20 miles, round trip.

According to the odometer,
he drove 120 miles that night.

That's a hundred miles missing.
Where did he drive to?

Maybe he didn't take the ferry
back to the park.

Public figure running for mayor,

you don't want to get stuck
on a boat, nowhere to run.

Especially not with an underage girl
in the trunk of your car.

So maybe he took a quiet drive where
no one would see him, recognize him.

The only other way
to or from the casino is north,

past city limits, over Desolation Bridge.

And that's the extra mileage.
There's a tollbooth on the bridge.

Requisition the camera footage
from that night and the next morning.

Councilman,
can you comment on reports...

that have surfaced
about your alleged affairs?

Groundless allegations by a failing
political campaign on its last legs,

and I won't mention whose.

That's all I?II say about it...

because, today, we're actually here
to celebrate a community victory.

The reopening, citywide,
of my Seattle All Stars!

We look forward to seeing
you all at tonight's rally.

But right now,
let's play some hoops.

Where were you last night?

Why don't we focus on trying to get through
the day? We've got that rally tonight.

Gwen, I was in a bad way after Lily died.

It wasn't healthy, I admit it.

But it stopped when you and I started.

Gwen, look at me.

You know I?m telling you the truth.

They're waiting for you.

Huh-huh!

You do realize that this man will
most likely be Seattle's new mayor.

So you need to tread
cautiously, Detective,

and not plunge headlong
into some overwrought theory...

that can't be proven
in a court of law.

We're requisitioning footage
from State Highway Patrol...

for the cameras
on Desolation Bridge.

If he was in that car,
we'll have proof.

Just like the proof you had
in the gas stations.

Me and Holder will go out
and re-canvass ourselves.

The unis probably
missed something.

Good luck with that.

And you let me know when you have
some actual detective work...

you'd like to discuss.

Hi, Jack.

I?m glad you're having a good time.
That's great. What are you guys doing?

Did he really?
That sounds like fun.

Yo, check this out.

Have your dad call me when you're
ready to come home. I?II pick you up.

Okay. I love you.

Bye.

- He is his father.
- Hey, right on.

But if he don't work out,
Jack's always got me, so-

Richmond didn't always have to pay for it.
He had freebies on the side.

You notice something
about Richmond's women?

They all got brown hair,
brown eyes, white pale skin.

The same type.
It's Rosie's type.

Yeah, he's got a thing for brunettes-
a fetish for drowning them.

Yeah, Aleena,
she was the dry run.

Could be one
of these girls too.

Mrs. Connell.

Detective Linden, Holder,
Seattle Police Department.

I told you on the phone.
I?ve nothing to say to you people.

The papers have absolutely
no proof about Darren and I.

Damn, homeboy's gotta be packing some punch
'cause none of you ladies are talkin'.

Maybe he's paying you off.
I don't have to listen to this.

No, but I bet your husband
will be all ears.

Knowing his wife was making
all kinds of late-night phone calls...

to her boss back in the day,
2:00 a.m., 3:00 a.m.

Lots of business transactions
during those hours, Meg?

No one's
asking you to lie.

Hey, if the truth hurts,
you ain't living right.

Whatever it is you think
Darren's done, you're wrong.

He's a good man. Noble, generous.

He has a deep sadness in him
since his wife died.

And that's
when he and I became lovers.

He's good at compartmentalizing
his grief, his emotions, shutting off.

That's what makes him a great leader.

He doesn't let others
see his wounds.

You were his campaign adviser.
Why did you leave?

Did he frighten you, Meg,
or hurt you?

No. It's ridiculous. I left because-

because it hurt too much to stay.

I?ve told you all I know. Just please go.

Respiratory therapist in I.C. U.

Oh! Let me
get that for you.

Thanks.

It's like trying to steer a battleship.

I?m sorry.

Hey. Hey, no. It-It's okay.

Listen, miss, uh,
no matter how it seems,

I-I can tell you that a baby-

greatest thing could
happen to your life.

How many kids do you have?

Three.

I?ve got three children.

Well, I bet you're a great dad.

Good luck, miss.

We did it, Aunt Terry.

Nice try.

Pull, pull! Pull it like this.

You can do it.

There!

You can do it!

It's beautiful!

You got it!

That's so perfect!
You're doing great!

You sure you didn't see
a black sedan pull in here?

No, I told them other police I
didn't see nothing like that.

Thanks very much.
Sure.

Thanks for your time.

Any word on that
tollbooth footage yet?

Nah. I left three messages.

After that wiretap business, I got a
feeling I'm in the D.A.'s no-fly zone.

So put in the req again
in my name.

Use my info.
It's badge number 903.

Yeah.

Whenever you have a moment. I don't
want to intrude on your little project.

Why don't you focus your beady
little eyes on driving instead?

What the hell are you doing anyway?
The math ain't adding up.

That's why we keep
striking out on this route.

No one fills up a tank
till it's empty, right?

What if Richmond didn't fill up after
leaving the campaign parking lot?

What if he got on the ferry, got to the
casino, did his thing with Rosie...

and then headed back
into the city with her?

You still following?

Okay, so he can't go on the ferry back,
so he goes over Desolation Bridge.

We already
know this, Holder.

The tank's half full,
meaning it had seven gallons of gas in it...

and the campaign car
gets 16 miles per gallon.

What's so funny?

You trying to do math is kind
of like a dog wearing a hat.

Yeah, well, listen.

He's got enough gas to go
from the campaign parking lot...

to the casino and over the bridge.

That's a total of 110 miles,
give or take.

Meaning he would've been driving
on fumes south of the bridge.

That's when he filled up
the tank, not before.

How does this help us?

There's a gas station
on Lowell Street.

It's about five miles
from Discovery Park.

It would've been right
in his path.

Lowell Street's
not on the list.

Yo, trust me, Linden.

I got this.

Meg.

Oh, God.
I didn't hear you coming in.

What are you doing here?

I, um, wanted to talk to Darren,
but he's not answering his phone.

I thought he might be here.

Is there anything
I can help you with?

The police questioned me.

They seem adamant
he's guilty of something.

Especially that female detective.

They wanted to know about
my relationship with Darren.

Well, his former indiscretions
aren't relevant to where he is now.

Former?

You should leave.

Don't take it
too hard, Gwen.

You know him by now.

No one can compete
with a dead woman.

Sir.

We're with the Seattle Police Department.
I?m Detective Linden.

You here about those kids
stealin' my gas?

No. Want to talk to you
about Friday night, October 3.

Do you have security cam footage
of these pumps from that night?

Do you see a camera anywheres?
I worked that night.

I work every night in this pit.
Why? What do you want?

Maybe you remember
a black sedan fill up.

It would've been late,
like after 1:00 a.m.

Yeah, I seen
a black car. Why?

A black sedan? You sure?
Yeah, I?m sure.

Took off. Burned outta here in a hurry.
Probably 'cause of that girl.

Girl?

Yeah. The one who was screamin'.

I was doin' inventory
in the back when I hear her.

I go up front
to the pumps,

and that's when I seen that black car flyin'
outta here.

Did you see the driver? Nah.
He left cash in the box.

- Why didn't you call the cops?
- He paid. Why would I?

And you never saw the girl?
No.

I gotta get back to work.
I got orders to fill.

You were back here when
you heard her scream, right?

Yeah.

So she could have been outside
in the back, not at the pumps.

Yeah.

I?m gonna have to see
all the receipts from that night.

What are you guys looking for?

Three miles north of here.

That's Discovery Park.

He stopped for gas, and somehow
she got out of the car and ran.

- Then what?
- She was wounded, scared.

She panicked.

Just wanted to get away from him.

If she ran, it's a solid three miles
to the park from here.

That's why her foot was so cut up.

She was out here
a long time then.

Alone, cold.

Might've taken all night.

He hunted her.

four points a day.

If he keeps this up, the council president
could win by a huge margin.

H m m. What Was once a close race
could turn into a slam dunk.

Go ahead and gloat.

I didn't know about all
this stuff in the papers.

But despite it all, you hung in and did
your job, and I respect that, Gwen.

How wonderful for me.

I know how it is
to feel unappreciated.

Like the person you do everything
for takes that for granted.

Gwen, I?ve known
the guy for 10 years.

He's a-
He's a complicated guy.

Is that the word?

I'm going home now.

What are you going to do?

I?m going to take a bath
and get some sleep.

And then I?m going to come back here
for tonight's rally to do my job.

I?m always good for that, right?

I?m just on my way out.
I just got a few last things.

Hey, Belko, listen.

Don't go, okay?

Mitch didn't mean what she said.

Hey, what I said at the wake,
that was stupid.

It was mean. It was untrue.

You are family,
and we need you right now.

So please...

stay.

Family?

Look around.

There's no family anymore.
Everyone's gone.

I?m starting to get a tolerance for this,
the single-malt lunch.

Yeah, well, we won't have time
for this after the new year.

It was a perfect rebuttal
today- reopening All Stars.

Everything's working.

Tonight's rally is just icing.

How'd it go with Gwen?

She's fine. You don't have to worry.

Good.

I'll make it up to her after this is all over.

What?

You, um-

You got any skeletons I need
to know about, Darren?

'Cause that's my job.

But I can't help you if newspapers
and other people know more than I do.

Relax, please.

There's nothing to worry about.

Okay.

Yo, where you been?

Been lookin' for you.

Move everybody
east to this fire road.

Get the K-9s over here. Now.

Detective.

That's her shoe.
The same one as we found on her body.

Bag it.
Mark it as evidence.

Hey. You all right?

She ran into the field,
but his car cut her off at the fire road,

so she turned into the woods.

If she'd just turned
the other way and run west,

she would've come up on lights,
on a neighborhood.

If she had just turned the other way,
she would have made it.

She would have lived.

Thought I?d find you here,
Councilman.

I?m busy.

I?m busy.
You can show yourself out.

I won't keep you.
I was just curious.

When the car was going into the lake and she
was begging for her life, how'd that feel?

Get out.
Maybe you felt nothing at all.

You fooled everybody.

The integrity candidate?
Bullshit.

That's why Orpheus,
the enchanter,

a man incapable of loving anyone
since his wife died-

What do you think
you're trying to do?

You looked for her everywhere-
in other women, other bodies.

But none of them were Lily.
You stop.

They all look like her, but they're not.
Don't talk about her.

Is that why you killed her?
You have no right!

For two weeks, you've
been trying to burn me-

Rosie threatened to tell
the whole world how sick you are!

Ruin me and all
the hard work I've done!

Now that I am so close-
the things I have had to do!

Like what? Tell me.

Tell me what you've done.

I did nothing to that girl.

Nothing.

Look at me.

You know that I am
telling you the truth.

He said he needed to get away
from the campaign, just for a night.

He got out of bed.

He left.

I waited for hours.

It was close
to morning, dawn,

when he came back.

And he was wet.

Soaking wet.

What do you mean?

Like he'd been
in the water.

Here we are.

They tried to keep us down.

They tried to derail us
every step of the way.

But here we are!

He met Rosie six months ago
at a campaign rally.

His campaign adviser
gave up the tape, also his alibi.

She admitted she wasn't with
him the night Rosie was killed.

You still got nothing concrete
placing Richmond in the car that night.

Come on.
His own girlfriend thinks he did it.

A man like this, you can't
go off half-cocked, Sarah.

- You need a coffin nail.
- I got the nail.

If you got the hammer.

Security cam footage
on Desolation Bridge...

caught Richmond making the crossing
3:00 a.m. Saturday morning.

License plate numbers match the campaign
car that Rosie's body was found in.

We got him, boss.

Oh, boy.

It's a new day for Seattle,
and we will make it happen together!

What the hell is she doing here?

I don't know.

Let's go.

Thank you. No.
I can't speak right now.

Thank you. Thank you.
Thanks very much.

Let's go.

- Great job, sir. Great job.
- Thank you.

You're under arrest
for the murder of Rosie Larsen.

Do we have
to do this right here?

This is a joke.

You're making a big mistake.

I?m thinking you can
handle the paperwork.

Oh, so now I?m okay to work alone.

You're a pretty good cop, Holder.

You're gonna make
a passable detective.

You want a tip?

That mouth of yours?

You don't have to say every thought
that runs through your head.

Yeah, well, guess what
I'm not sayin' now.

So, get outta here.

The way I?ve been feeling...

it's not good for the boys.

They don't-

They don't need me.

But I do.

You didn't want any of this, I know.

All this, you didn't mean
for it to happen.

You know, for me,

all this, this life...

it's been better
than I could've hoped for.

Every piece of this place hurts me.

In breaking news, City Councilman
Darren Richmond has been arrested...

for the murder
of Seattle teen Rosie Larsen.

Richmond will be transferred
from City Holding to County Jail...

within the next few hours.

News crews are standing by...

awaiting further information
regarding the arrest of the councilman.

Keep it tuned in here to KYZT News
for the latest up-to-date coverage.

Belko, can you give me my towel?
I?m freezing.

City Councilman Darren Richmond
has been arrested...

for the murder
of Seattle teen Rosie Larsen.

Belko!

You didn't tell him
we were going.

I will.
You gotta tell him.

Jack, I will.
Come on. We gotta go.

We can't just leave
and pretend he doesn't exist.

I know he exists.
I know he's your dad. I get it.

You're going to see him again,
I promise.

But we gotta go, Jack.

We're gonna miss this flight, and I
don't have another $50 million to spare.

You don't have
to get all emotional.

Hey, Stan.
Hey.

Spider-Man is way better.

Go get some plates
real fast.

I haven't even seen
Spider-Man yet.

Oh, my God, Stan.
Did you hear the news?

Where's Mitch?

She left.

Jack, turn off your phone.
Fasten your seat belt.

Ladies and gentlemen,
this is your captain speaking.

We've been cleared for departure,

so as soon as you can find your seat and
get situated, we'll get you on your way.

Just looking ahead here, folks,

We may be in for some what
of a bumpy flight',

But' We 're going lo do our best' to make
your journey with us as smooth as possible.

Linden here.

Detective Linden, this is Highway Patrol.
Yes'?

About your requisition, the footage from
the tollbooth cameras on Desolation Bridge-

we aren't able to fulfill
the request for those photos.

What are you talking about?
You already did. We have the footage.

That's not possible. The toil cameras on
that bridge have been out of service.

I?m sorry, ma'am-
Give me a minute.

You're saying that no cameras at that
tollbooth were working that night?

None of the cameras have been
working on that bridge since August.

Photo worked.

He's goin' down.

Please, please.

Councilman, when are you
withdrawing from the race?

Ladies and gentlemen,
we should get you into Oakland...

I'd say about 20 minutes
ahead of schedule.

I hope it's okay with everyone.

On behalf of the flight crew, thank you
for making us your flight of choice.

Flight crew, secure the cabin.