The Killing (2011–2014): Season 1, Episode 8 - Stonewalled - full transcript

Yo, it's called
a detective shield, Einstein.

As in tonight's
breaking news-

Federal agents make asses of
themselves, jumpin' two Homicide cops.?

Okay.

Get up.

That was your lieutenant.
Sorry about the wait.

Mind telling us what the
hell's going on? Sure.

You might've just compromised
a terrorism investigation.

L'll be the one. I'll let you know, okay?
Great. Thanks.

What the hell?
A terrorism investigation?

They won't tell us anything else.
And why would they?



You were breaking through a
padlocked door without a warrant.

They were looking
for suicide bombers.

Al Qaeda's recruiting
10-year-old girls now?

It could be our crime scene.
The room is set up to hold young girls.

They could've brought Rosie
there after Bennet's apartment.

We don't have a clear T.O.D. They might've
held her a few days before they killed her.

We've gotta get in there,
have C.S.U. check it.

Not tonight.
Area belongs to the feds now.

We'll be briefed at 7:30 a.m. by the Joint
Terrorism Task Force. Don't be late.

There's a T-shirt on the bed. It's pink
with lettering on it. What if it was hers?

Don't go near this building
until then.

Jack.

Hello.
Hey, Ray. It's Linden.

I'm going to need you to e-mail me
some of the files from the Larsen case.



I have some of them, but I'm
gonna need the rest. When?

I'll be working on them tonight.
Which ones?

All of 'em.
Now?

Yeah, right now.
And Oakes?

No, it's all right.
Oakes already okayed it.

Okay. You got it.
Thanks.

Hello?

Emmie?
Hi, Sarah.

I didn't expect you there
on a Sunday.

I came to help Rick
finish the filing.

We've really gotten behind, with him
doing all the wedding planning alone.

Can I help you?
Can I speak to him please?

He's on a call right now.
Can I take a message?

Um, please tell him
that I really need to speak to him.

Sure, Sarah.
I'll let him know you called.

Let me guess. He kinda knows
you don't really want to go.

Denny, don't touch it.
And get your shoes on.

I'm not dressed, Dad.
What was that, Belko?

Well, no, tell 'em
we can't do it until Friday.

No, I've given out
too many discounts.

Where the hell is Pete?
I told you to leave it!

If you guys are done eating, get dressed.
We're gonna be late.

No, don't do anything.
I'll deal with it. I got another call.

Hello?

Hey, Terry.

No, don't worry about it.

We'll figure something out.

No, you've done enough already.
We'll figure it out. Okay?

Yeah. All right, no problem.

Okay. Bye.

Where were you
last night?

We needed some groceries,
so I went to the market.

The kids are getting dressed.
Terry called.

She got hung up, so I'm gonna bring
'em to school, but I gotta move.

I-I'll take 'em.

As well as being investigated
for ties to terrorist groups...

the mosque was also
attended by Bennet Ahmed,

the prime suspect
in the Rosie Larsen case.

This has led to speculation that there
may be a connection between the cases.

Question.
Why was Cicero overthrown?

If I'd known there'd be a quiz, I would've
done what I did in college- skip class.

He failed to foresee an alliance between
Marc Antony and Caesar's heir, Octavian.

Arrogance. Adams will flame out
if we stay focused and play this right.

We're gonna use a two-pronged approach.
First, the All Stars Program-

- Is finished?
- No. Not without a fight, Jamie.

In addition to boning up on my Cicero,
I did some legal research last night.

Hunt versus Washington State
Apple Advertising, 1977.

An organization has standing
to challenge any government action...

injurious to
the organization itself.

We're gonna file a temporary
restraining order for an injunction...

against the freezing
of the All Star funds.

The press is gonna eat this up.

You and Adams going head to head in the
courts over an after-school program.

Exactly. I already called the lawyers.
They're all over it.

Which brings me
to prong number two.

We go on the offensive.
We attack. A new ad buy.

Borrow money from my parents
if I have to. We hit Adams hard.

The ad Mancuso ran in 'O2?

The one linking Adams
to the slush fund scandal.

Let's revive that and anything else
that's still relevant.

Adams wants to play dirty,
he'd best like the taste of mud.

It's not gonna be enough.

You seen the news?

They're linking Bennet Ahmed
to the terrorists at the mosque,

which means they're
linking you to the terrorists.

Look, don't get me wrong. I love
that you're ready to go negative.

But you go for the king,
you gotta cut off his head.

Ideas?
That's what P.I.'s are for.

See what he can dig up.

I'm so on it.
But, Jamie,

no personal attacks.

We go after policy,
not character.

All right.

What are you doing?
This is my office.

Your lieutenant gave us access. Ditto
your case file on the Larsen girl.

Anything else you got,
be great if you could hand it over.

No, it looks like
you got it all.

Sarah?

What the hell is this?

I got a pack of feds up my ass, a mayoral
candidate breathin' down my neck,

and this is the way
you run your investigation?

Maybe the feds leaked it.

Why would they? They could've
jeopardized their own investigation.

What's up, Ted?

I don't need to remind you that there's
been two, three leaks already on this case.

I know. I-It's unacceptable.
I will find it. I'll plug it up.

Who else has access to the photos?
Only the techs, me and Holder.

But the techs could've
shared with anybody.

Every uni, secretary
walking in and out of here.

The vultures would have paid
a pretty penny for those.

I hope the son of a bitch
is enjoying it.

I'm sure he is.

All right. Let's go.

Hey, I've been, uh-
I've been meaning to ask you-

How did Holder transfer to City
Homicide from County? He was a narc.

Some muckety-muck from County
called in a chit. Why?

You'd want to know
if you were stuck with him, right?

Lieutenant,
we're ready to start.

Let the festivities begin.

What's up, Linden? How is Seattle's
chillest detective? You married yet?

How's your blackjack game?
Any more payouts yet?

Just the primary
on the case.

But-
Sorry.

On. My bad.

Hello?

Hi. It's Principal Meyers.
How are you?

I was just about to leave.
What's up?

I just wanted to' make sure
you 're okay.

Thank you.

I thought it might make sense for you
to stay home for a few clays,

just until the police
clear you as a suspect.

I can? imagine
how hard this all must be.

Look, I haven't done anything.

Nobody's accusing you,
Mr. Ahmed.

But for the sake of the students, I think
we can both agree that it's for the best.

I'll let you know when you can
return to your teaching duties.

Suspect Muhammed H...

has made multiple border crossings
over the past six months.

One trip to Somalia
in the same time period.

We suspect he may be providing material
support for known radical elements...

connected to
the Green Lake Mosque.

Detective, how were you tipped off
about the meat store location?

We were asking questions at the mosque
relating to our investigation...

and got
an anonymous note.

You're saying that Muhammed
was connected to that room?

Appears to be.

What does it have to do
with terrorist activity?

We found some suspicious materials
in that room- maps of border areas,

falsified passports with his photo
and those of multiple young females.

The aliases linked up to some
of the border crossings...

and a female companion
he was traveling with.

These are Caucasian girls?
Not usually, no.

What about
the Larsen girl?

You get the sense she was being
influenced in that direction?

In what direction?
Terrorism activity.

N- Absolutely not.

Whatever link my victim has to your
investigation is purely coincidental.

We can't rule out
the possibility though.

Right.

When can I get
my case files back?

Did your investigation surface any contact
between Rosie Larsen and our suspect?

You have my case files.
If there was, you'll find it there.

What's his last name,
your suspect?

Unfortunately, the information's still at a
high security clearance level right now.

We can't afford any more aspects of
this investigation being compromised.

Sorry for any problems
I may have caused.

You said one more.
That's if I passed the level.

You've been on it for an hour.

Come on, boys, get in. Let's go.
We're gonna be late.

Do it on the bottom. Hit the ice.
I tried that.

It's too high.

Be quiet! You're ruining
my concentration.

It's my turn. You know that, right?
No, it isn't. It's mine.

I can go as long as I want. I
haven't even had a turn yet.

So?

I'm gonna tell Mom. Okay, I'll
be right back. Stay here.

Just be quiet.

The Florida man on trial
for the robbery of 38 banks...

is confronted with damaging
D.N.A. evidence in court.

First up, though,
breaking news.

Crime scene photos
from the Rosie Larsen case...

have been leaked on the Web
by an undisclosed source.

Now, we always have balance
on this show.

We want to give you the most
accurate information we have.

However, we also want to be respectful
to the families of the victims.

In this particular case, we have decided
it is in the public interest...

to give you a realistic picture
of this particular crime.

The images you are about to see
are not for younger viewers.

Was Dad mad?
What?

At breakfast.

'Cause you broke a bowl,
dumb ass.

No, he was mad before,
when he was making lunch.

I wasn't there. So what?

Did we do something wrong?

No. Just shut up.
I'm trying to concentrate.

Tough to look at these, I know.

That's the car after
it was removed from the lake.

And this is the trunk
where the body was found.

How about the second shift?

Well, how about
Wednesday then?

No, you know I like working with you.
Yeah.

Hi, Aunt Terry.

My P.I.'s
looking into Adams.

I got a research team
that's working overtime.

Found some new stats showing an
increase in poverty on Adams's watch.

This is something we can- We can
exploit this thing for weeks.

Yeah, research. That's exciting.

Why not take out the dictionary,
film the definition of weak,?

make that Richmond's ad?

Come on!
Enough with the tittie-twisting!

I hate when they grapple
like a bunch of bitches in heat.

Yeah, me too.

You mentioned
an investigator?

Oh, yeah. Yeah, yeah.
This guy, he's a real bloodhound.

He's doing
some vetting right now.

You know,
just checking resources.

But he's got something good.

It's real good.

You don't have shit.

No, but we will.

Come on.
Nobody's squeaky, Tom. Huh?

All we need is a little more
dough to mount an offensive.

You game?
What do you say?

You want dirt on Adams?

I got something that'll bury
that old prick once and for all.

If you have something, why
haven't you used it already?

Hey, even I have scruples.

They got him on standby
for now, don't they?

They do, but-

Yo, Linden.
Hey, where you headed?

Nowhere.

What did they say?

Nothing.

Nothing?
You were in there for, like, an hour.

What the hell's your problem?

Why don't you make yourself useful
and stay here and do nothing?

Mrs. Larsen,
let me explain.

How could you
let them do that?

It shouldn't have happened. I know.
I'm sorry. Let's just go inside.

How could you let them have those
pictures of her like it was nothing?

Just something on TV, just-

Everybody could see her like that,
see my baby girl like that?

And he's still out there.

You still haven't arrested him.

You've done nothing.

Look, it is clearly
part of the case law.

All right, I see. Yeah. Thanks, Hal.
Keep me informed.

Seems that the judge does not think
we have standing to file the T.R.O.,

which made no sense until I heard
the judge was Jack Hollander,

one of Adams's old
fraternity brothers from U-Dub.

Hal's filing to recuse,
see if we can get a different judge.

I pulled stills from the Mancuso campaign
and then some from the '98 campaign.

There's some pretty
inflammatory stuff in here.

Are you sure you still
want to go this way?

Yeah, why wouldn't I?

Because in the beginning, you said
you didn't want to go negative.

In the beginning, I wasn't
having my ass handed to me.

You might want to sit down
because this is gonna floor you.

In fact, why don't you lie down?

We can't use this.

Are you kidding?
We have no choice but to use this.

Darren, it can't be proven. And even
if it could, how is that relevant-

To winning?
To the issues.

Let me think about it.

Hey.

Detective Cutter,
City P.D. liaison.

You have evidence here recovered
from 106-R Renton Avenue South?

Yeah. I was just about to take it to lockup.
Why? It's a good thing I caught you.

We have some duplicate bag
numbers on the evidence list.

I'm gonna have to take a look.
Can't.

I've already signed off
on all these, so it's my ass.

I don't need to touch it, just look at it.
It'll only take a second.

No way.

You said Cutter?

I gotta go talk to my C.O.
Wait here.

Hey! You can't be in there!

Hey!

You just broke chain of custody!
Too bad. It's your ass.

You're home early.

Meyers told me
not to come in.

Then where were you?

Just, uh, had to get away
for a bit, think.

Well, maybe it's for the best.

You know, just stay home
for a little while.

How can you say that?

The police called here again.

So what?

They were asking
about Muhammed.

Why can't you talk to them? Why won't
you let them talk to Muhammed?

You think I'm guilty too?
Of course I don't.

Why would you even think that?
I didn't even-

Mrs. Larsen?

I don't want to hear
any more of your apologies.

Would you please
just go away?

I need to know
if this was Rosie's.

I understand your anger right now,
but you need to look at this photo.

Where did you find that?

She was in ninth grade...

and Earth Science
was her favorite class.

And the textbook had
all these pictures in it and-

and she said she'd never seen
anything so beautiful.

All those swirls of color, she said.

So we took her
the following year.

I thought she'd lost it.

You're sure that this was hers,
Mrs. Larsen?

It was that teacher,
wasn't it?

You'll be the first to know.
I promise you.

He's still living his life.

He's happy-

It's- It's not right.

They gotta at least give us the shirt.
We need it processed by the lab.

Hair, fluids, everything.

Then we bring in Bennet.

Sit down.
What?

Just sit down.

It's over, Sarah.

Let it go.

I did what I could,

but federal case takes priority.

Didn't help, that little stunt
you pulled at the staging area.

So, that's that.

The mother I.D.'d the shirt.

It's Rosie's.
So what?

The I.D. is useless in court. You
could've jeopardized your whole case.

Rosie Larsen has nothing to do
with their investigation, and you know it.

Do I?

Why are you so sure that this
doesn't involve terrorism?

If you got a crystal ball hidden
somewhere, I suggest you employ it...

and use it to find evidence
we can actually use.

You need to talk to the feds.
Help us get access.

And that's not all.

You were supposed to train Holder,
but you treat him like a lapdog.

What's goin' on?

I have some concerns about his ability
to be an effective investigator.

Maybe it's time to think about
wrappin' up here, Sarah.

Headin' to California.

You've reached Rick.
I'm not-

I didn't like that movie very much.

But it was like the best!

Really? Yeah!

When I was your age,
Star Wars was my favorite movie.

The second one,
Empire Strikes Back-

No. Attack of the Clones.

That is not' the second movie. Empire
Strikes Back is the second movie.

Mm-mmm.

Yeah, I remember
when Darth Vader said,

I am your father.?

Okay? I was there. So no more
of this second movie crap.

Can I have another
cheese sandwich? No.

You'll ruin
your appetite for dinner.

Why don't you guys go play?

Go. Both of you.

Come on.

Hey, Stan.

Is everything all right?

What?

Thanks... for everything.

It's just dishes.

Where's Mitch?

What?

I shouldn't say anything.

Tell me.

I just don't want you
to be mad at her, Stan.

She just hasn't been herself
these days.

I found the kids in the car.

Mitch left 'em there.

In the garage,
with the engine running.

Feels like the Oscars.

There is one person that I
really want to thank, and, uh-

and that's Gil, my sponsor.

Kept me coming to my meetings,
kept me working my steps.

Kept my paycheck too.

Gil's been doling out what I need week
to week. The rest is in his safekeeping.

It better be, man, or I'm coming for you.

Six months clean.

The one person who should
be here tonight isn't.

It's Liz, my sister.

She, uh-

She raised me.

Sacrificed her youth for me.

So what did this rock-bottom
junkie do to pay her back?

I lied to her.

Cheated her.

Stole from her.

This one night,
tweaked out of my head,

I broke into her house.

And, uh-

My nephew, Davey,
he's seven years old. He's, uh-

He's got this gold coin.

He's real proud of it.

I know that 'cause he showed it to me.

He was savin' up all summer
to get this thing.

And I-

I go into his room...

and-

I go into his room...

and I take it.

I'm walking out
and I look down,

and he's awake,

lookin' at me.

He's just starin' at me.

And then I walk out.

I don't expect forgiveness.

I know that
if it comes or not, it's-

it's none of my business.

All I know is that...

the only thing that matters
is what I do to earn it.

That's all I got.

Yeah. Linden.

Is this Jack Linden's mother?
Yes. What is it? Is he okay?

He sent my son those
horrible photographs...

like it was some
kind of joke to him.

What photographs
are you talking about?

That dead girl.
The one who's in the news.

Your son e-mailed them
to all his friends, Mrs. Linden.

I'm trying really hard
to be understanding here,

but how could you
let this thing happen?

I didn't know.

You need to keep an eye on him.
Good-bye.

I think about it every day,

about the life I took away...

because of my selfishness.

I wonder if
I can ever be forgiven.

I believe it is, in fact,
against our nature to forgive,

to let go of our anger.

It is a conscious choice,

one that seems
almost impossible to ask...

of you,

those who loved...

Lily Richmond most.

Maybe it is impossible.

But if you can,

please...

forgive me.

The string of race-related incidents
is believed to have been triggered...

by a recent F.B.I. raid
on a Rainier Valley mosque.

Sources also say the lead suspect
in the Rosie Larsen case...

may have ties
to that mosque as well.

These events, along
with incidents of vandalism,

have made many residents of the Rainier
Valley afraid to leave their homes.

Keep it here for the very latest
on this breaking-

Great.

Now we're gonna have to hold the
Somalis' hands to get 'em to the polls.

That's if they go at all.
Where the hell is he?

We've gotta get
this Adams story out.

Darren's not gonna go for it.
'Cause you know him so well.

Yes. I do.

Then you know he's weak, Gwen.

And you know he's gonna lose
this thing because of it.

Of course,

if he says no,

lots of other ways
the story could get to the press.

You do that,

I'll make sure everyone knows.

No campaign will have you,
except maybe in the secretarial pool.

Darren, where have you been? I don't
know if you've been watching the news,

but' ifs not' good.
Release it to the press.

What?
Release the story on Adams. Now.

Why'd you do n?

I don't know.
You don't know?

Come on! You gotta
do better than that!

What's the big deal?
You left 'em right on the computer.

You know you're not supposed
to touch my files!

Do you have any idea what you
put that girl's family through?

Figures. You only care
about other people's families.

I've had about enough
of your smart-ass remarks.

Yeah? Well, why don't you
just send me to live with Dad?

Your dad left
10 years ago, so...

that's probably
not gonna happen.

I'm all you got.

Stan?

Stan.

They found
one of Rosie's shirts.

They're gonna arrest
the teacher soon.

Where have you been?

The park.

Thinking.

This is good, Stan.

Mitch.

We gotta focus
on the future, Mitch.

The future?

It's been a week.

I know what happened
this morning.

The boys could've been-

We have responsibilities, Mitch.

I'm not the one
taking responsibility?

You let her stay home
that weekend.

And if you weren't so strict,

maybe she wouldn't
have hid things from us.

Breaking news about Mayor Adams today.
A source has disclosed documents-

Here we go.

To Channel 3 which indicate
that the mayor was paying...

up wards of $ 7, 500 a month for an
apartment', housing his alleged mistress...

a Janelle Stevens, a former intern
in the Adams administration.

You have no right to be here.
I have no comment.

No comment!

This is private property.
Okay? Go away.

Has the mayor been paying
to keep you quiet?

Leave me alone! Please stop it.
You have no right to be here.

Go away.

Go away, okay?

Just go away.

Hey, Linden.

What's with little man?

Uh, nothing.
What are you doing here?

Sweet view.

What, you livin' here now?
For a little while, yeah.

I put a tap
on Bennet's phone.

Got the inspiration
from the feds.

Set up an emergency wiretap
with the phone company.

We get something,

we get a judge to sign it off
and make it admissible.

Had to do somethin'
while you were shuttin' me out.

And that's all arranged,
I'm guessing?

Yeah. Judge Elliot?

I know him back from my Narco days.
Me and him are like-

It's not gonna be a problem.

Okay.

Till then,
we don't need to tell Oakes.

I know.

So, um-

is there somethin'- is there
somethin' you want to ask me?

Not anymore, no.

Good.

'Cause what you see
is what you get.

Yeah.

I should've known.
Subtlety isn't exactly your strong suit.

No, maybe not.

So what do you say?
You wanna be my date tonight?

Sit on a wire?

Yeah, why not?
He'd rather be with Regi anyways.

L'll drive.

The passports
will be arriving tomorrow.

Call me when they do,
and this will all be over.

Don't worry about the police.
They don't know anything.

Holder.

Good. We're on our way.

Got something on the wire.