Without a Trace (2002–2009): Season 2, Episode 22 - The Season - full transcript
A football coach who is known for his winning team disappears. The team learns that he recently had an attack of conscience, causing him to crack down on the players' academics and ethics. The team's suspect list is filled with su...
We need to talk.
Okay.
I've just come from a meeting
with the trustees.
We've decided to let you go.
We'll announce it after spring workouts.
Probably best if we call it a resignation.
I assume you have something to say.
Door is over there.
Coach Jim Cooper.
He's 42 years old. Divorced.
No kids. He's been at Westport
for the last seven years.
First four years,
he was an assistant coach.
Then they bumped him up to head coach.
He hasn't had a losing season
until this one.
Yeah. His team was the pre-season pick
for a bowl game.
He ended up four and seven.
Fiesta Bowl to the toilet bowl.
- How much money did you lose?
- You don't wanna know.
According to the athletic department...
the coach was fired
right before he disappeared.
Now, the garage still has his car in it.
The mail has not been checked
in two days.
And there's no activity
on his cell phone or his credit card.
Who called the report in?
Campus police got a call yesterday
from a woman. Anonymous.
- Does he have a girlfriend?
- Not that anybody knows about.
- Anybody see anything?
- Don't know that yet.
But one of his players, Evan Young...
lives in the room behind the garage.
He's at physical therapy right now.
He's gonna come and talk to us
when he finishes.
Young's one of their best players.
Second team all-American.
Blew his knee out
in the fourth game of the season.
Take a look at this.
"...rampant corruption in the program
has made it impossible for me...
"to fulfill my role as a leader
and an educator."
Looks like he's taking people down
with him as he goes out the door.
Yeah, and he didn't get to finish
his little letter.
- Maybe somebody didn't want him to.
- Hey. Got a second?
Sure.
The missing persons report came
from an unidentified woman, right?
- Right.
- Listen to this.
Hey, it's me. Where are you?
Are you okay?
Jim?
- That's it.
- Yeah.
So how long have you been living
in the coach's garage?
- Since last October.
- When you injured your knee?
Yeah, I couldn't deal with the stairs
in my apartment...
so Coach let me use the room
off his garage while I rehabbed.
I did some work around the house
to pay for it.
We found this in the house.
Do you know who she is?
Yeah. That's Coach Reece.
She coaches the women's volleyball team.
- Has she been around lately?
- I don't know.
I'm at the gym lifting every night.
All that heavy lifting,
you getting ready to turn pro?
No, actually I've applied to the NCAA
for a medical eligibility exemption.
On account I blew out my knee in Game 4.
- When it comes through, I wanna be ready.
- Look.
I know your knee took you
out of commission.
But what happened the three games
prior to that?
We saw that you were suspended.
Tutor took a test for me. Coach found out.
Everybody does it.
I gave you guys a heads up last month.
What used to be okay isn't anymore.
What, are you gonna start Daniels
instead of me?
Come on. He couldn't carry my jock,
and you know it.
Evan, this is for your own good.
You're in college.
You need to start preparing yourself
for what you're gonna do in life.
I'm going to play football.
That's why I came here, remember?
You came here for an education.
That's not what you said
when you were recruiting me.
It's what I'm saying now.
Even if you do make the NFL...
the average career of a running back
is 2.8 years.
I know that's not what you wanna hear.
But you gotta be prepared
for other things in life.
He was right. I mean,
look at what happened. I busted my knee.
But academically I'm good.
I mean, I passed all my classes this year
and I did it on my own.
Why do you think the coach started
cracking down on you guys?
I don't know.
He suspended
a bunch of other players, right?
- Maybe they didn't take it as well as you.
- What do you mean?
I don't know. Maybe someone
was angry enough to do something to him.
Hey, it's me. Where are you?
Are you okay?
Jim?
- Should only take a minute.
- Okay, thanks.
Apparently, Jim Cooper had 10 players
suspended last year.
Ten players on the bench.
That would explain the losing season.
And a lot of angry people.
- Alumni, gamblers.
- Ready?
Yes, I'd like to report a missing person.
His name is Jim Cooper.
Madam, is this an emergency?
I don't know,
but I think something's wrong.
- His address is 315 Hawthorne.
- What's your name?
And one sec.
Same caller both times.
The answering machine call came
from an empty university housing unit.
What about the anonymous tip?
We traced it to a PBX in the main
administration building at the university.
There are at least 1,200 people
that work there.
- We're trying to narrow it down.
- Jack.
- Your wife is here.
- Thanks.
- Everything all right?
- I'll let you know.
- Hey.
- Hi.
- I'm sorry to barge in on you.
- No. It's such a pleasant surprise.
What's going on?
I don't know. I was just, you know,
looking around your office and...
You know, when I think of it, it's sort of...
hard to imagine you anywhere else.
What's wrong?
I got it.
- They offered me managing partner.
- That's fantastic.
- In the Chicago office.
- That's not so fantastic.
The managing partner there is retiring...
so he called New York to see
if we had a lawyer that...
we thought would be good,
and Eric suggested me. So...
I know it's not what we planned, Jack.
How long before they want you to go?
- Six weeks.
- That's...
That's fast.
They have corporate housing
right on the lake, and...
we could live there till we figure it out.
I know that this would be difficult
with you, especially with your father.
But I'm sure that...
I'm sure we could find a place
for him there.
Can't wait to have that conversation
with him.
Just think about it, all right?
Yeah, of course.
We'll work something out.
I have to go, okay?
So long.
I was friends with Jim's ex-wife, Cheryl.
But when their marriage broke up
and Cheryl moved away...
Jim and I became close.
The missing persons report came in
from an anonymous woman.
Any idea who that could be?
It wasn't me, if that's what you're asking.
Cheryl already made that mistake.
I wasn't gonna repeat it.
What mistake was that?
Being with someone who eats,
sleeps and breathes football.
Now, Jim's given his entire life to it.
- Win at all costs.
- Until this year.
Yeah, I heard about that. What happened?
I don't know.
Now, all I know is something changed
for him at the beginning of the season.
Do you realize I've got eight guys
who can barely read?
Can't say that I'm surprised.
Half of them are walking around
in designer clothes...
and jewelry they definitely can't afford.
And I've known about it the whole time.
I let it happen.
- That's why I got promoted.
- Hey, it's not your fault, Jim.
- It's the system.
- They're kids, Deb.
People's sons.
Some of them are walking down
the wrong path, and it's because of me.
What's this sudden burst of conscience?
Maybe I've just been swimming
in the cesspool too long.
And I need a shower.
I'm gonna clean this place up.
The team starts losing,
the team starts losing.
How did the athletic department feel
about his cleanup?
A successful football program...
brings in $50 million a year to this school.
The athletic department wants to win.
He was an assistant coach
who wasn't ready to run a major program.
Yet you offered him a four-year deal.
That was three years ago.
We wanted a young coach.
Someone who knew the system.
Could relate to the players.
We thought he'd grow into the job.
Didn't work out.
Doesn't explain why you fired him.
Did he jeopardize the program? What?
Other than losing,
what do you have in mind?
Throwing games, steroids.
You catch him with a stripper?
It's a stripper-free program.
Look. Jim wanted to make some changes.
We were supportive,
until he started getting out of control.
Suspending players.
Lionel Fortay was the last straw.
Good! Hit and drive.
That's what I'm talking about.
Good job. Patrick, you're up.
Jackson, stay here. Justin, good job.
Anything for you.
You know what I'm saying?
Wait.
Hey, Lionel.
What are you doing here?
Yo, Coach, that damn tutor
kept me studying, you understand?
Get off the field. I've told you before.
You're not on this team.
You kidding, right? I am this team.
- Get out of here. Let's go. Come on.
- I said I am this team!
Hey!
Get him out of here!
You heard him. Let's go.
What was that about?
- He's off the team.
- Fortay is your star receiver.
- Not as of yesterday, he's not.
- Are you out of your mind?
My team, my rules.
Player doesn't follow them,
he's out of here.
We told him to keep a closer eye
on things.
But he completely overreacted.
I'm gonna need a complete list
of the players he suspended.
And if you happen
to know the whereabouts...
of Lionel Fortay, that would help.
He suspended you from the team, right?
- I wasn't suspended. I was kicked off.
- Why is that?
I missed a psych midterm...
and the coach decided
he wanted to make an example of me.
Eleven touchdowns, and you led
the team in total yardage this season.
- All natural?
- You know who you're talking to?
I know exactly who I'm talking to.
That's why I find it so hard to believe...
that the coach would kick his star athlete
off the team just for missing a test.
You're thinking I did something to the guy.
- That's why you're sitting there.
- I didn't, all right?
You got a motive.
Look. I was gonna say something earlier.
But I just forgot.
I got enough trouble as it is.
You got more trouble now.
All right, that night, after we got into it...
I went to Coach Cooper's office
to see if I could reason with him.
What?
- Did you recognize this man?
- No. I just took off.
That was enough for me.
I wanna play ball, not get shot.
If it was someone
from within the university...
Lionel would probably have
recognized him.
It might be somebody
from outside the program.
Yeah, boosters, gamblers.
- Have you checked into that?
- The coach's finances are clean.
- I'm looking at the players.
- What about Jim Cooper's state of mind?
Any idea why the sudden interest
in cleaning up the program?
- No, not that I could find.
- Okay, thanks. Bye.
If the coach really was cleaning up
his program, he missed a few spots.
That was the campus police.
The night before Lionel Fortay
was booted off the Vikings...
a freshman girl OD'd
on ecstasy at a party...
- thrown by him and his roommate.
- How's the girl?
She spent the night in the hospital,
but she was released.
- And what's the roommate's name?
- Patrick O'Neill.
Okay. I'm gonna go talk to Mr. O'Neill.
Sam, grab Danny,
go talk to the girl who OD'd.
Just my luck. I mean, the FBI's on campus
looking for Coach Cooper...
- and I get busted for using ecstasy.
- We're not...
Which, by the way,
everyone was using at the party.
We're not gonna bust you
for using ecstasy, okay?
We just need some information.
Molly, we know some
of the coach's players threw that party.
Yeah, well, the coach was at the party.
Are you sure? I mean,
they said you were pretty wasted.
I was wasted, but it was definitely him.
Hey, I want you out of here.
All right, party's over. Right now.
You. Hey. Come on.
Everybody get out. Put the beers down.
Take it easy. It's not that bad.
I come here to check on your ankle,
and this is what I find?
Oh, yeah!
Hey! Watch out. Give her air. Move. Miss.
You awake? All right. Everything's gonna
be all right. Stay with me.
Hey. Stay with me.
I guess the coach sort of saved my life.
Who gave you the drugs?
- I don't remember.
- Football player?
Probably. There's always drugs
at their parties.
There weren't any drugs.
You know, way back in the '70s,
when I went to college...
which is long before your time,
we used to call these roach clips.
Now, Patrick, believe me, I get it.
All right? I understand.
You're a big star athlete.
There's a lot of fun to be had.
There's a lot of temptations.
Nobody can blame you
for getting caught up in it.
But if there are drugs involved...
it's possible that's the reason
the coach is missing.
Now, I need to know exactly
what happened that night...
and so far, all I got out of you...
is that you twisted your ankle
during practice.
Now what else happened?
What else happened?
He came over. He was pissed.
After he broke up the party, I don't know.
He went crazy.
- What are you doing?
- Where are they?
- That girl could have died.
- Hey, be careful with that.
I'm gonna do whatever I have to
to get this sorted out.
Now you tell me where those drugs are
or I'm calling the cops.
- I don't have any drugs.
- That girl's friends were at the party.
They said that she got those drugs
from the dude that lives here.
- Yeah. There are two dudes.
- Lionel?
Yes, Lionel. How stupid do you think I am?
Jackass!
Even if you weren't the drug connection...
the party was still at your place.
But somehow, you stay out of trouble.
Why the preferential treatment?
Maybe it's because I had 62 tackles...
and three interceptions
my freshman season.
Lionel had 11 touchdowns.
He still got booted off the team.
I don't know.
I guess he's looking out for me a little bit.
You know, Patrick, I think that you and I...
are gonna have to continue
this conversation at FBI headquarters.
That's fine. I think I should call my dad.
He's a lawyer.
Be my guest.
There was a call from Zone 14 at 9:50.
The same time the police got
that anonymous call.
Okay. Zone 14.
Fourth Floor. Financial Aid.
Three employees share that line.
Okay, can I ask you something?
When did Westport
install these phones, 1888?
Why can't we get one simple printout
that tells us who called and when?
We can. I just thought that would make
finding this woman too easy.
All right. I ran Westport boosters
through Vice.
One of them, a Tom Garagus,
a big-time gambler in Atlantic City...
gave $200,000
to the football program last year.
This guy also owns a construction
company, G and G Excavation.
I looked at the payroll records.
Up until two months ago, the kid living
in the coach's garage, Evan Young...
was employee 126-5.
This kid took home more
than $4,000 a month.
- Four G's?
- Yeah, four G's.
- Hey, I just answer phones.
- Come on, Evan.
What, for $1,000 a week?
That's $25 an hour,
if you're working full-time.
Were you working full-time?
It reads like a payoff
from a known gambler, okay?
So either you tell us
what you were doing...
or we're calling the NCAA.
And you can kiss
your medical redshirt goodbye.
I gave him information.
What kind of information?
You know, who was injured,
how guys were playing in practice.
Did Coach find out
about your arrangement?
He must have. 'Cause he went off
when he saw us together last month.
He says he's gonna declare himself
eligible for the draft.
- How about Simmons? How's his ankle?
- Garagus!
- Jim, hey. Kid's looking good.
- Get out. Right now. Out.
Hey. Don't touch me, man.
What's the matter with you?
Stay away from my players. No more jobs.
No more cars, no more meals.
You wanna give money to the school?
Fine. But this? This is off limits.
- Since when?
- Since now.
You're making a big mistake, Jim.
- You're making a big mistake.
- Maybe.
Yeah.
What's up, Coach?
You stay away from him. I mean it.
Look. I didn't give Mr. G. Anything...
he couldn't get from
the sports guy at The Daily Viking.
It's still against the rules.
You want me to tell you something
about the rules? The rules suck.
Do you know how much money
Westport made from football last year?
- $50 million.
- Business school gets a new building.
Boosters eating shrimp cocktail
in luxury boxes.
Coach is driving around in a fancy car.
And me?
Before that job at G and G, I was eating
Ramen in the off-season, man.
- You talk to Garagus again?
- Yeah.
- I told him I couldn't help anymore.
- And what did he say?
He got pissed.
Said I was gonna lose him a lot of money.
Sure I was pissed.
I've been really good to that program.
- Cooper was out of line.
- Look, Garagus.
We know you bet heavily
on Westport games...
and that you were paying Evan Young
for inside information.
I pay the kid to pick up phones
in the office.
He was giving you information on the
team and you were using it to place bets.
That's what you were doing.
You think I whacked Cooper
to make money on football games?
- You know what I think?
- What?
You're the kind of guy
who says "whacked."
- So anything's possible.
- Here we go.
- What were you doing Tuesday night?
- Why?
'Cause someone matching
your description...
threatened Coach Cooper Tuesday night.
That's why.
I want my lawyer.
- Hey.
- Hey.
- Hi.
- Hi.
What's going on?
I just talked to Van Doran
about positions in Chicago.
- Great.
- There are two.
One in Violent Crimes.
One in Domestic Security.
But they're both as street agents.
There are no supervisory positions
for a while. Possibly a couple of years.
That's...
- obviously not optimal.
- No, it's not.
I just...
I just don't think I can do it.
I thought that we were gonna discuss this.
Okay, let's discuss it, okay?
I understand the upside in it for you, okay?
I get it.
But what about me? What about us?
What about our kids?
The girls would adjust. I mean...
- I would adjust. You would...
- Maria, I have worked too long and hard...
- to go this far backwards. I can't.
- What about me?
Look, I understand that
this is a great opportunity...
- Hey, Maria. Congratulations.
- Thank you.
Look, I understand...
- that this is a great opportunity...
- But what?
- Your job is more important than mine?
- No. I'm not saying that.
I mean, you came all the way over here...
and pulled me out of a meeting
to tell me that?
I don't understand what you're doing here.
Neither do I. Okay?
I'm just unclear. I just...
It's a lot to take in.
I have to get back to work.
- Is that the man you saw with the gun?
- Nope.
It's not.
I'm so glad you guys are here.
- What?
- Who's that guy with the glasses?
- At the apartment?
- Yeah. Just at the apartment.
That's your roommate's father.
I've never met my roommate's father.
But that's him.
That's the guy with the gun.
Listen, there's no way Patrick
had anything to do...
with the coach's disappearance.
He told me all about the party.
Lionel's the problem, not Patrick.
- He's a good kid. He plays by the rules.
- What about you?
Do you play by the rules?
Me?
We have an eyewitness that saw
you coming out of Jim Cooper's office...
with a gun the night
before he disappeared.
- It's not what you think.
- You know what I think?
I think you're just one
of those angry parents...
that gets pissed off when
their kid doesn't get enough playing time.
Hey, Jim called me.
He wanted me to come in
and talk to him...
to tell me that he'd found something
in Patrick's apartment.
I found it in his drawer.
- He said he had it for protection.
- From what?
His roommate's a drug dealer.
- He threatened Patrick.
- Oh, my God!
I kicked the other kid off the team and he's
gonna be expelled from the university.
But I didn't know what to do
about Patrick.
I mean, I took the gun, but...
It seemed that he should have someone
to talk to him.
I don't think he'd really listen to me...
unless I was talking about a two deep
zone or jamming the receiver...
and that doesn't really
seem relevant right about now.
He needs to talk to his father.
And that's you.
I picked up the gun, and I left.
I still haven't been able
to talk to Patrick about it.
I can't figure out what to say.
There are over 90 boys
in that football program.
Why all the special interest in your son?
Look, Mr. O'Neill.
A girl OD'd in your son's apartment.
Jim Cooper found a gun
in your son's possession.
He's disappeared,
and you now have the gun.
Come on.
It's obvious that you and Jim
are covering up something for your son.
Look, his whole future's on the line.
Patrick's not my son.
Coach Cooper is his father.
I was a freshman at Wichita State.
Jim was the star of the football team.
It was three weeks before graduation.
Three weeks before
he was headed for the NFL.
Sounds clich?.
But really, it was just stupid.
So you graduated
and you never saw him again.
Not until last year.
And you had no idea
he was the head coach at Westport?
No. Patrick had been recruited
at a bunch of places.
I always focused in on the school's
academics, not on who the coaches were.
I didn't know about Jim...
until we came for a campus visit.
During the season,
we're at practice from 2:00 on.
- 2:00? When do you go to class?
- Mornings.
And if you need it, the team has a pool
of tutors to help with your class work.
And the coaches here
are on top of everything.
That's the main reason to play here,
the coaching staff. Check it out.
- Let's go, man.
- Come on, baby.
- Pick a man.
- I mean, these guys are the best.
Especially Coach Cooper.
Man, you couldn't play for anyone better.
- What's up, Coach?
- How you doing?
- All right.
- Looks like you guys got...
- my best tour guide.
- Coach, this is Patrick O'Neill.
- He's visiting from Montclair.
- New Jersey's defensive player of the year.
- Yeah.
- I've seen your film.
These are my parents, Gail and Chris.
- Hi.
- Hi.
- Good to meet you.
- Yeah.
Before that day,
Jim didn't even know he had a child.
Much less a son who played football.
How did he take it?
As well as could be expected, I guess.
- How could you not tell me?
- I did tell you.
I told you I was pregnant.
You told me to go take care of it.
- This is how I took care of it.
- What about him?
- Shouldn't he know about his father?
- He does.
- It's Chris, my husband.
- Shouldn't he know about me?
He knows everything he needs to know,
that his biological father did not want him.
But he was lucky enough
to find a father who did.
Why would you even let him go here
if this is the way that you feel?
Because you're offering
the best scholarship package.
You have a great business school
and this is where he wants to go.
- Lf I'll keep quiet.
- He already has a father.
He doesn't need another one.
Jim promised that
he wouldn't say anything...
and I said that Patrick
could go to Westport.
- Did he keep his promise?
- As far as I know.
We're gonna need to talk to Patrick.
No.
There's no need to tell him.
Look, if Patrick found out
that the coach got you pregnant...
and then abandoned you...
We need to know if he knew.
Then let me tell him.
Your son is a suspect, Mrs. O'Neill.
I'm sorry, I can't.
I'm sorry.
- Please take a seat.
- Is my dad gonna come sit with us?
Do you need your dad to come
and sit with you?
- He's a lawyer.
- So you keep saying.
- You think you need him?
- No.
I don't think so, no.
I just don't know what you want.
What's going on
between you and Coach Cooper?
- It's nothing.
- Nothing?
He ransacked your room.
He was mad. I don't know why.
I thought about it, and all I can come up
with is he's trying to bust me.
He found a gun in your bedroom.
Why didn't he use that to bust you?
I don't know.
Maybe he wanted to have
something over me.
Why?
'Cause I pissed him off.
At the beginning of the season,
I just didn't know how things worked.
- Yeah.
- Hey, Coach.
- Can I talk to you for a minute?
- Yeah, Patrick, sure. Sit down.
Grab a chair.
What's going on?
I been studying with this tutor.
A graduate student
in the English department.
Yeah.
He offered to take
my Western Civ midterm for me.
And I don't know what to do.
I mean, I know a lot of guys do that.
But I wanna know if it's okay
if I take my own exam.
I wanna do well here.
I mean, I'm a good linebacker.
But I wanna get better,
so if that's what I need to do...
if I should let the guy take my test...
then I will.
I just wanna know if that's the way
it's supposed to go.
You can take your own test.
Okay. Good.
Is there something else?
It's just a little weird.
The tutors, the cars, the girls.
I mean, I read about stuff like this
in the sports magazines, I just...
You know, we're just playing
football, right?
Right. Just playing football.
Okay, thanks, Coach.
Did he ever talk to you
about your mother?
My mother?
On Parents' Day,
he said he thought she seemed nice.
Okay.
- Better hang tight, okay?
- Okay.
I think you should tell him.
All those reams of telephone reports
finally gave us something.
- Lily Garrett.
- Garrett. Wait.
Is she married to the athletic director?
She's our anonymous caller.
She has a phone in Zone 10
that was used...
the same time as the police got that call.
- What does she do?
- She coordinates housing...
for visiting students, puts them up
in hotels, vacant university apartments.
The call to the coach's answering machine
actually came from an empty apartment.
Right in here.
Mrs. Garrett. Special Agent Johnson.
Thanks for coming.
I'm not sure what I can tell you,
but if you think I can help.
We think you can.
I'm not sure what I can tell you,
but if you think I can help.
What's going on? What are you doing?
We know you wanted to help
find Coach Cooper.
Yes, I'd like to report a missing person.
His name is Jim Cooper.
But you had to hide it from your husband,
didn't you?
We've been seeing each other
almost a year.
I always keep an apartment open
over at graduate housing.
And you were supposed to see each other
the night he went missing?
He was late. That's why I called the house.
I waited for a while, and then...
half an hour later, he called me.
- Where are you?
- At a payphone on Locust Walk.
I thought I'd come over to talk to you...
but I can't come up.
I left you a message.
I know. I heard it. I was...
in the middle of...
writing my resignation letter.
You don't have to torch yourself
on the way out.
It's the price I have to pay
for not acting sooner.
I wish it didn't take Patrick coming
into my life...
for me to see who I really was,
or who I'd become.
You made a hard year better.
- Goodbye, Coop.
- Goodbye, Lily.
That's the last I heard from him.
What time did he call you?
Around 9:30.
Mrs. Garrett, did your husband know
about your affair?
When he told me that he'd fired Jim...
I cried.
He asked me about it,
and I didn't answer...
but, yeah, he knew.
Is that why you called the campus police...
because you were afraid your husband
had done something?
Yes.
Mr. Garrett. There's been
some new developments in the case.
I thought you guys would show up.
I know you talked to Lily.
What time did your wife leave the house
on Tuesday night?
- Around 8:00.
- And you were alone after that?
There was a trustees dinner.
I decided to go build support...
for dealing with Jim during
the settlement negotiations.
I arrived at the dinner at 8:30.
I left at 12:15.
Mr. Garrett, I think we should continue
this conversation downtown.
I have a warrant to search your office,
so I'm gonna stick around.
Okay, everybody, listen up.
This is where he made the call.
Now, assuming he stayed on the path...
he would've gone through
this wooded area to get home.
I want the three of you to go with me
in this direction.
The rest of you, and the K-9,
follow the path in that direction.
Anybody sees anything,
I wanna be the first to know. Got it?
- Got it.
- Let's go.
I'll be right back.
The maitre d' at the restaurant
and two trustees confirm his story.
He didn't take Cooper.
Okay. Thanks.
Yeah, it's me.
- You find anything?
- Yes, I did.
It's a copy of a letter from the NCAA to
Evan Young refusing his eligibility waiver.
- So he lied.
- Yeah.
It was processed two days ago.
The same day the coach went missing.
We spoke to the NCAA.
They denied your waiver.
Why didn't you tell us?
- I didn't know.
- Evan.
They sent you a letter, registered mail,
and you signed for it.
What did that letter say?
That you've got nothing?
All that hard work in the gym.
All those dreams of turning pro.
That all of that is gone.
You have no future, no team,
nowhere to go.
- Stop it!
- Hey!
Chill out.
- We're trying to help you.
- Okay.
I want you to sit down.
I've played football
since I was seven years old.
It's the only thing I know.
When I got that letter,
I didn't know what to do.
I went to talk to Coach.
See if he could help. But he wasn't home.
The computer was on. I couldn't believe it.
How could he do this?
Just walk out on the team?
I knew he ran the campus loop.
Evan. What're you doing running
without your brace?
You're gonna blow out your knee again.
Like you give a rat's ass
what happens to my knee.
- Hey, what's going on?
- They rejected my waiver.
I got nothing.
I'm sorry, I didn't know.
- You said I'd go to the pros.
- Evan.
I sat on the bench for three games,
then I have to rush back?
- I didn't rush you.
- You were giving my position away.
I wasn't gonna give it away.
I shouldn't have been suspended
in the first place.
All of a sudden, you find God
and my life is ruined?
I did the best I could, Evan.
You promised me a future, man,
and what do I have? Nothing.
- And now I find out you're leaving?
- It wasn't by choice.
- What am I supposed to do now?
- Hey.
- What happens to me?
- I'm sorry, Evan.
I didn't mean to kill him.
I didn't mean to kill him.
Thank you. That's very nice.
Yeah. All right, take care.
- I didn't wanna wake you last night.
- I was awake. I just didn't wanna talk.
That would probably explain why you
didn't return my phone calls today, either.
I understand your position, Jack.
So, what is there to talk about?
You're right.
There's really nothing more to talk about.
I am no longer unclear.
It's your turn.
I'm gonna go with you.
Oh, my God.
- Are you sure?
- Yes, I am sure.
I am so...
Come on.
It's gonna be fun being a street agent.
I need the exercise.
Okay.
I've just come from a meeting
with the trustees.
We've decided to let you go.
We'll announce it after spring workouts.
Probably best if we call it a resignation.
I assume you have something to say.
Door is over there.
Coach Jim Cooper.
He's 42 years old. Divorced.
No kids. He's been at Westport
for the last seven years.
First four years,
he was an assistant coach.
Then they bumped him up to head coach.
He hasn't had a losing season
until this one.
Yeah. His team was the pre-season pick
for a bowl game.
He ended up four and seven.
Fiesta Bowl to the toilet bowl.
- How much money did you lose?
- You don't wanna know.
According to the athletic department...
the coach was fired
right before he disappeared.
Now, the garage still has his car in it.
The mail has not been checked
in two days.
And there's no activity
on his cell phone or his credit card.
Who called the report in?
Campus police got a call yesterday
from a woman. Anonymous.
- Does he have a girlfriend?
- Not that anybody knows about.
- Anybody see anything?
- Don't know that yet.
But one of his players, Evan Young...
lives in the room behind the garage.
He's at physical therapy right now.
He's gonna come and talk to us
when he finishes.
Young's one of their best players.
Second team all-American.
Blew his knee out
in the fourth game of the season.
Take a look at this.
"...rampant corruption in the program
has made it impossible for me...
"to fulfill my role as a leader
and an educator."
Looks like he's taking people down
with him as he goes out the door.
Yeah, and he didn't get to finish
his little letter.
- Maybe somebody didn't want him to.
- Hey. Got a second?
Sure.
The missing persons report came
from an unidentified woman, right?
- Right.
- Listen to this.
Hey, it's me. Where are you?
Are you okay?
Jim?
- That's it.
- Yeah.
So how long have you been living
in the coach's garage?
- Since last October.
- When you injured your knee?
Yeah, I couldn't deal with the stairs
in my apartment...
so Coach let me use the room
off his garage while I rehabbed.
I did some work around the house
to pay for it.
We found this in the house.
Do you know who she is?
Yeah. That's Coach Reece.
She coaches the women's volleyball team.
- Has she been around lately?
- I don't know.
I'm at the gym lifting every night.
All that heavy lifting,
you getting ready to turn pro?
No, actually I've applied to the NCAA
for a medical eligibility exemption.
On account I blew out my knee in Game 4.
- When it comes through, I wanna be ready.
- Look.
I know your knee took you
out of commission.
But what happened the three games
prior to that?
We saw that you were suspended.
Tutor took a test for me. Coach found out.
Everybody does it.
I gave you guys a heads up last month.
What used to be okay isn't anymore.
What, are you gonna start Daniels
instead of me?
Come on. He couldn't carry my jock,
and you know it.
Evan, this is for your own good.
You're in college.
You need to start preparing yourself
for what you're gonna do in life.
I'm going to play football.
That's why I came here, remember?
You came here for an education.
That's not what you said
when you were recruiting me.
It's what I'm saying now.
Even if you do make the NFL...
the average career of a running back
is 2.8 years.
I know that's not what you wanna hear.
But you gotta be prepared
for other things in life.
He was right. I mean,
look at what happened. I busted my knee.
But academically I'm good.
I mean, I passed all my classes this year
and I did it on my own.
Why do you think the coach started
cracking down on you guys?
I don't know.
He suspended
a bunch of other players, right?
- Maybe they didn't take it as well as you.
- What do you mean?
I don't know. Maybe someone
was angry enough to do something to him.
Hey, it's me. Where are you?
Are you okay?
Jim?
- Should only take a minute.
- Okay, thanks.
Apparently, Jim Cooper had 10 players
suspended last year.
Ten players on the bench.
That would explain the losing season.
And a lot of angry people.
- Alumni, gamblers.
- Ready?
Yes, I'd like to report a missing person.
His name is Jim Cooper.
Madam, is this an emergency?
I don't know,
but I think something's wrong.
- His address is 315 Hawthorne.
- What's your name?
And one sec.
Same caller both times.
The answering machine call came
from an empty university housing unit.
What about the anonymous tip?
We traced it to a PBX in the main
administration building at the university.
There are at least 1,200 people
that work there.
- We're trying to narrow it down.
- Jack.
- Your wife is here.
- Thanks.
- Everything all right?
- I'll let you know.
- Hey.
- Hi.
- I'm sorry to barge in on you.
- No. It's such a pleasant surprise.
What's going on?
I don't know. I was just, you know,
looking around your office and...
You know, when I think of it, it's sort of...
hard to imagine you anywhere else.
What's wrong?
I got it.
- They offered me managing partner.
- That's fantastic.
- In the Chicago office.
- That's not so fantastic.
The managing partner there is retiring...
so he called New York to see
if we had a lawyer that...
we thought would be good,
and Eric suggested me. So...
I know it's not what we planned, Jack.
How long before they want you to go?
- Six weeks.
- That's...
That's fast.
They have corporate housing
right on the lake, and...
we could live there till we figure it out.
I know that this would be difficult
with you, especially with your father.
But I'm sure that...
I'm sure we could find a place
for him there.
Can't wait to have that conversation
with him.
Just think about it, all right?
Yeah, of course.
We'll work something out.
I have to go, okay?
So long.
I was friends with Jim's ex-wife, Cheryl.
But when their marriage broke up
and Cheryl moved away...
Jim and I became close.
The missing persons report came in
from an anonymous woman.
Any idea who that could be?
It wasn't me, if that's what you're asking.
Cheryl already made that mistake.
I wasn't gonna repeat it.
What mistake was that?
Being with someone who eats,
sleeps and breathes football.
Now, Jim's given his entire life to it.
- Win at all costs.
- Until this year.
Yeah, I heard about that. What happened?
I don't know.
Now, all I know is something changed
for him at the beginning of the season.
Do you realize I've got eight guys
who can barely read?
Can't say that I'm surprised.
Half of them are walking around
in designer clothes...
and jewelry they definitely can't afford.
And I've known about it the whole time.
I let it happen.
- That's why I got promoted.
- Hey, it's not your fault, Jim.
- It's the system.
- They're kids, Deb.
People's sons.
Some of them are walking down
the wrong path, and it's because of me.
What's this sudden burst of conscience?
Maybe I've just been swimming
in the cesspool too long.
And I need a shower.
I'm gonna clean this place up.
The team starts losing,
the team starts losing.
How did the athletic department feel
about his cleanup?
A successful football program...
brings in $50 million a year to this school.
The athletic department wants to win.
He was an assistant coach
who wasn't ready to run a major program.
Yet you offered him a four-year deal.
That was three years ago.
We wanted a young coach.
Someone who knew the system.
Could relate to the players.
We thought he'd grow into the job.
Didn't work out.
Doesn't explain why you fired him.
Did he jeopardize the program? What?
Other than losing,
what do you have in mind?
Throwing games, steroids.
You catch him with a stripper?
It's a stripper-free program.
Look. Jim wanted to make some changes.
We were supportive,
until he started getting out of control.
Suspending players.
Lionel Fortay was the last straw.
Good! Hit and drive.
That's what I'm talking about.
Good job. Patrick, you're up.
Jackson, stay here. Justin, good job.
Anything for you.
You know what I'm saying?
Wait.
Hey, Lionel.
What are you doing here?
Yo, Coach, that damn tutor
kept me studying, you understand?
Get off the field. I've told you before.
You're not on this team.
You kidding, right? I am this team.
- Get out of here. Let's go. Come on.
- I said I am this team!
Hey!
Get him out of here!
You heard him. Let's go.
What was that about?
- He's off the team.
- Fortay is your star receiver.
- Not as of yesterday, he's not.
- Are you out of your mind?
My team, my rules.
Player doesn't follow them,
he's out of here.
We told him to keep a closer eye
on things.
But he completely overreacted.
I'm gonna need a complete list
of the players he suspended.
And if you happen
to know the whereabouts...
of Lionel Fortay, that would help.
He suspended you from the team, right?
- I wasn't suspended. I was kicked off.
- Why is that?
I missed a psych midterm...
and the coach decided
he wanted to make an example of me.
Eleven touchdowns, and you led
the team in total yardage this season.
- All natural?
- You know who you're talking to?
I know exactly who I'm talking to.
That's why I find it so hard to believe...
that the coach would kick his star athlete
off the team just for missing a test.
You're thinking I did something to the guy.
- That's why you're sitting there.
- I didn't, all right?
You got a motive.
Look. I was gonna say something earlier.
But I just forgot.
I got enough trouble as it is.
You got more trouble now.
All right, that night, after we got into it...
I went to Coach Cooper's office
to see if I could reason with him.
What?
- Did you recognize this man?
- No. I just took off.
That was enough for me.
I wanna play ball, not get shot.
If it was someone
from within the university...
Lionel would probably have
recognized him.
It might be somebody
from outside the program.
Yeah, boosters, gamblers.
- Have you checked into that?
- The coach's finances are clean.
- I'm looking at the players.
- What about Jim Cooper's state of mind?
Any idea why the sudden interest
in cleaning up the program?
- No, not that I could find.
- Okay, thanks. Bye.
If the coach really was cleaning up
his program, he missed a few spots.
That was the campus police.
The night before Lionel Fortay
was booted off the Vikings...
a freshman girl OD'd
on ecstasy at a party...
- thrown by him and his roommate.
- How's the girl?
She spent the night in the hospital,
but she was released.
- And what's the roommate's name?
- Patrick O'Neill.
Okay. I'm gonna go talk to Mr. O'Neill.
Sam, grab Danny,
go talk to the girl who OD'd.
Just my luck. I mean, the FBI's on campus
looking for Coach Cooper...
- and I get busted for using ecstasy.
- We're not...
Which, by the way,
everyone was using at the party.
We're not gonna bust you
for using ecstasy, okay?
We just need some information.
Molly, we know some
of the coach's players threw that party.
Yeah, well, the coach was at the party.
Are you sure? I mean,
they said you were pretty wasted.
I was wasted, but it was definitely him.
Hey, I want you out of here.
All right, party's over. Right now.
You. Hey. Come on.
Everybody get out. Put the beers down.
Take it easy. It's not that bad.
I come here to check on your ankle,
and this is what I find?
Oh, yeah!
Hey! Watch out. Give her air. Move. Miss.
You awake? All right. Everything's gonna
be all right. Stay with me.
Hey. Stay with me.
I guess the coach sort of saved my life.
Who gave you the drugs?
- I don't remember.
- Football player?
Probably. There's always drugs
at their parties.
There weren't any drugs.
You know, way back in the '70s,
when I went to college...
which is long before your time,
we used to call these roach clips.
Now, Patrick, believe me, I get it.
All right? I understand.
You're a big star athlete.
There's a lot of fun to be had.
There's a lot of temptations.
Nobody can blame you
for getting caught up in it.
But if there are drugs involved...
it's possible that's the reason
the coach is missing.
Now, I need to know exactly
what happened that night...
and so far, all I got out of you...
is that you twisted your ankle
during practice.
Now what else happened?
What else happened?
He came over. He was pissed.
After he broke up the party, I don't know.
He went crazy.
- What are you doing?
- Where are they?
- That girl could have died.
- Hey, be careful with that.
I'm gonna do whatever I have to
to get this sorted out.
Now you tell me where those drugs are
or I'm calling the cops.
- I don't have any drugs.
- That girl's friends were at the party.
They said that she got those drugs
from the dude that lives here.
- Yeah. There are two dudes.
- Lionel?
Yes, Lionel. How stupid do you think I am?
Jackass!
Even if you weren't the drug connection...
the party was still at your place.
But somehow, you stay out of trouble.
Why the preferential treatment?
Maybe it's because I had 62 tackles...
and three interceptions
my freshman season.
Lionel had 11 touchdowns.
He still got booted off the team.
I don't know.
I guess he's looking out for me a little bit.
You know, Patrick, I think that you and I...
are gonna have to continue
this conversation at FBI headquarters.
That's fine. I think I should call my dad.
He's a lawyer.
Be my guest.
There was a call from Zone 14 at 9:50.
The same time the police got
that anonymous call.
Okay. Zone 14.
Fourth Floor. Financial Aid.
Three employees share that line.
Okay, can I ask you something?
When did Westport
install these phones, 1888?
Why can't we get one simple printout
that tells us who called and when?
We can. I just thought that would make
finding this woman too easy.
All right. I ran Westport boosters
through Vice.
One of them, a Tom Garagus,
a big-time gambler in Atlantic City...
gave $200,000
to the football program last year.
This guy also owns a construction
company, G and G Excavation.
I looked at the payroll records.
Up until two months ago, the kid living
in the coach's garage, Evan Young...
was employee 126-5.
This kid took home more
than $4,000 a month.
- Four G's?
- Yeah, four G's.
- Hey, I just answer phones.
- Come on, Evan.
What, for $1,000 a week?
That's $25 an hour,
if you're working full-time.
Were you working full-time?
It reads like a payoff
from a known gambler, okay?
So either you tell us
what you were doing...
or we're calling the NCAA.
And you can kiss
your medical redshirt goodbye.
I gave him information.
What kind of information?
You know, who was injured,
how guys were playing in practice.
Did Coach find out
about your arrangement?
He must have. 'Cause he went off
when he saw us together last month.
He says he's gonna declare himself
eligible for the draft.
- How about Simmons? How's his ankle?
- Garagus!
- Jim, hey. Kid's looking good.
- Get out. Right now. Out.
Hey. Don't touch me, man.
What's the matter with you?
Stay away from my players. No more jobs.
No more cars, no more meals.
You wanna give money to the school?
Fine. But this? This is off limits.
- Since when?
- Since now.
You're making a big mistake, Jim.
- You're making a big mistake.
- Maybe.
Yeah.
What's up, Coach?
You stay away from him. I mean it.
Look. I didn't give Mr. G. Anything...
he couldn't get from
the sports guy at The Daily Viking.
It's still against the rules.
You want me to tell you something
about the rules? The rules suck.
Do you know how much money
Westport made from football last year?
- $50 million.
- Business school gets a new building.
Boosters eating shrimp cocktail
in luxury boxes.
Coach is driving around in a fancy car.
And me?
Before that job at G and G, I was eating
Ramen in the off-season, man.
- You talk to Garagus again?
- Yeah.
- I told him I couldn't help anymore.
- And what did he say?
He got pissed.
Said I was gonna lose him a lot of money.
Sure I was pissed.
I've been really good to that program.
- Cooper was out of line.
- Look, Garagus.
We know you bet heavily
on Westport games...
and that you were paying Evan Young
for inside information.
I pay the kid to pick up phones
in the office.
He was giving you information on the
team and you were using it to place bets.
That's what you were doing.
You think I whacked Cooper
to make money on football games?
- You know what I think?
- What?
You're the kind of guy
who says "whacked."
- So anything's possible.
- Here we go.
- What were you doing Tuesday night?
- Why?
'Cause someone matching
your description...
threatened Coach Cooper Tuesday night.
That's why.
I want my lawyer.
- Hey.
- Hey.
- Hi.
- Hi.
What's going on?
I just talked to Van Doran
about positions in Chicago.
- Great.
- There are two.
One in Violent Crimes.
One in Domestic Security.
But they're both as street agents.
There are no supervisory positions
for a while. Possibly a couple of years.
That's...
- obviously not optimal.
- No, it's not.
I just...
I just don't think I can do it.
I thought that we were gonna discuss this.
Okay, let's discuss it, okay?
I understand the upside in it for you, okay?
I get it.
But what about me? What about us?
What about our kids?
The girls would adjust. I mean...
- I would adjust. You would...
- Maria, I have worked too long and hard...
- to go this far backwards. I can't.
- What about me?
Look, I understand that
this is a great opportunity...
- Hey, Maria. Congratulations.
- Thank you.
Look, I understand...
- that this is a great opportunity...
- But what?
- Your job is more important than mine?
- No. I'm not saying that.
I mean, you came all the way over here...
and pulled me out of a meeting
to tell me that?
I don't understand what you're doing here.
Neither do I. Okay?
I'm just unclear. I just...
It's a lot to take in.
I have to get back to work.
- Is that the man you saw with the gun?
- Nope.
It's not.
I'm so glad you guys are here.
- What?
- Who's that guy with the glasses?
- At the apartment?
- Yeah. Just at the apartment.
That's your roommate's father.
I've never met my roommate's father.
But that's him.
That's the guy with the gun.
Listen, there's no way Patrick
had anything to do...
with the coach's disappearance.
He told me all about the party.
Lionel's the problem, not Patrick.
- He's a good kid. He plays by the rules.
- What about you?
Do you play by the rules?
Me?
We have an eyewitness that saw
you coming out of Jim Cooper's office...
with a gun the night
before he disappeared.
- It's not what you think.
- You know what I think?
I think you're just one
of those angry parents...
that gets pissed off when
their kid doesn't get enough playing time.
Hey, Jim called me.
He wanted me to come in
and talk to him...
to tell me that he'd found something
in Patrick's apartment.
I found it in his drawer.
- He said he had it for protection.
- From what?
His roommate's a drug dealer.
- He threatened Patrick.
- Oh, my God!
I kicked the other kid off the team and he's
gonna be expelled from the university.
But I didn't know what to do
about Patrick.
I mean, I took the gun, but...
It seemed that he should have someone
to talk to him.
I don't think he'd really listen to me...
unless I was talking about a two deep
zone or jamming the receiver...
and that doesn't really
seem relevant right about now.
He needs to talk to his father.
And that's you.
I picked up the gun, and I left.
I still haven't been able
to talk to Patrick about it.
I can't figure out what to say.
There are over 90 boys
in that football program.
Why all the special interest in your son?
Look, Mr. O'Neill.
A girl OD'd in your son's apartment.
Jim Cooper found a gun
in your son's possession.
He's disappeared,
and you now have the gun.
Come on.
It's obvious that you and Jim
are covering up something for your son.
Look, his whole future's on the line.
Patrick's not my son.
Coach Cooper is his father.
I was a freshman at Wichita State.
Jim was the star of the football team.
It was three weeks before graduation.
Three weeks before
he was headed for the NFL.
Sounds clich?.
But really, it was just stupid.
So you graduated
and you never saw him again.
Not until last year.
And you had no idea
he was the head coach at Westport?
No. Patrick had been recruited
at a bunch of places.
I always focused in on the school's
academics, not on who the coaches were.
I didn't know about Jim...
until we came for a campus visit.
During the season,
we're at practice from 2:00 on.
- 2:00? When do you go to class?
- Mornings.
And if you need it, the team has a pool
of tutors to help with your class work.
And the coaches here
are on top of everything.
That's the main reason to play here,
the coaching staff. Check it out.
- Let's go, man.
- Come on, baby.
- Pick a man.
- I mean, these guys are the best.
Especially Coach Cooper.
Man, you couldn't play for anyone better.
- What's up, Coach?
- How you doing?
- All right.
- Looks like you guys got...
- my best tour guide.
- Coach, this is Patrick O'Neill.
- He's visiting from Montclair.
- New Jersey's defensive player of the year.
- Yeah.
- I've seen your film.
These are my parents, Gail and Chris.
- Hi.
- Hi.
- Good to meet you.
- Yeah.
Before that day,
Jim didn't even know he had a child.
Much less a son who played football.
How did he take it?
As well as could be expected, I guess.
- How could you not tell me?
- I did tell you.
I told you I was pregnant.
You told me to go take care of it.
- This is how I took care of it.
- What about him?
- Shouldn't he know about his father?
- He does.
- It's Chris, my husband.
- Shouldn't he know about me?
He knows everything he needs to know,
that his biological father did not want him.
But he was lucky enough
to find a father who did.
Why would you even let him go here
if this is the way that you feel?
Because you're offering
the best scholarship package.
You have a great business school
and this is where he wants to go.
- Lf I'll keep quiet.
- He already has a father.
He doesn't need another one.
Jim promised that
he wouldn't say anything...
and I said that Patrick
could go to Westport.
- Did he keep his promise?
- As far as I know.
We're gonna need to talk to Patrick.
No.
There's no need to tell him.
Look, if Patrick found out
that the coach got you pregnant...
and then abandoned you...
We need to know if he knew.
Then let me tell him.
Your son is a suspect, Mrs. O'Neill.
I'm sorry, I can't.
I'm sorry.
- Please take a seat.
- Is my dad gonna come sit with us?
Do you need your dad to come
and sit with you?
- He's a lawyer.
- So you keep saying.
- You think you need him?
- No.
I don't think so, no.
I just don't know what you want.
What's going on
between you and Coach Cooper?
- It's nothing.
- Nothing?
He ransacked your room.
He was mad. I don't know why.
I thought about it, and all I can come up
with is he's trying to bust me.
He found a gun in your bedroom.
Why didn't he use that to bust you?
I don't know.
Maybe he wanted to have
something over me.
Why?
'Cause I pissed him off.
At the beginning of the season,
I just didn't know how things worked.
- Yeah.
- Hey, Coach.
- Can I talk to you for a minute?
- Yeah, Patrick, sure. Sit down.
Grab a chair.
What's going on?
I been studying with this tutor.
A graduate student
in the English department.
Yeah.
He offered to take
my Western Civ midterm for me.
And I don't know what to do.
I mean, I know a lot of guys do that.
But I wanna know if it's okay
if I take my own exam.
I wanna do well here.
I mean, I'm a good linebacker.
But I wanna get better,
so if that's what I need to do...
if I should let the guy take my test...
then I will.
I just wanna know if that's the way
it's supposed to go.
You can take your own test.
Okay. Good.
Is there something else?
It's just a little weird.
The tutors, the cars, the girls.
I mean, I read about stuff like this
in the sports magazines, I just...
You know, we're just playing
football, right?
Right. Just playing football.
Okay, thanks, Coach.
Did he ever talk to you
about your mother?
My mother?
On Parents' Day,
he said he thought she seemed nice.
Okay.
- Better hang tight, okay?
- Okay.
I think you should tell him.
All those reams of telephone reports
finally gave us something.
- Lily Garrett.
- Garrett. Wait.
Is she married to the athletic director?
She's our anonymous caller.
She has a phone in Zone 10
that was used...
the same time as the police got that call.
- What does she do?
- She coordinates housing...
for visiting students, puts them up
in hotels, vacant university apartments.
The call to the coach's answering machine
actually came from an empty apartment.
Right in here.
Mrs. Garrett. Special Agent Johnson.
Thanks for coming.
I'm not sure what I can tell you,
but if you think I can help.
We think you can.
I'm not sure what I can tell you,
but if you think I can help.
What's going on? What are you doing?
We know you wanted to help
find Coach Cooper.
Yes, I'd like to report a missing person.
His name is Jim Cooper.
But you had to hide it from your husband,
didn't you?
We've been seeing each other
almost a year.
I always keep an apartment open
over at graduate housing.
And you were supposed to see each other
the night he went missing?
He was late. That's why I called the house.
I waited for a while, and then...
half an hour later, he called me.
- Where are you?
- At a payphone on Locust Walk.
I thought I'd come over to talk to you...
but I can't come up.
I left you a message.
I know. I heard it. I was...
in the middle of...
writing my resignation letter.
You don't have to torch yourself
on the way out.
It's the price I have to pay
for not acting sooner.
I wish it didn't take Patrick coming
into my life...
for me to see who I really was,
or who I'd become.
You made a hard year better.
- Goodbye, Coop.
- Goodbye, Lily.
That's the last I heard from him.
What time did he call you?
Around 9:30.
Mrs. Garrett, did your husband know
about your affair?
When he told me that he'd fired Jim...
I cried.
He asked me about it,
and I didn't answer...
but, yeah, he knew.
Is that why you called the campus police...
because you were afraid your husband
had done something?
Yes.
Mr. Garrett. There's been
some new developments in the case.
I thought you guys would show up.
I know you talked to Lily.
What time did your wife leave the house
on Tuesday night?
- Around 8:00.
- And you were alone after that?
There was a trustees dinner.
I decided to go build support...
for dealing with Jim during
the settlement negotiations.
I arrived at the dinner at 8:30.
I left at 12:15.
Mr. Garrett, I think we should continue
this conversation downtown.
I have a warrant to search your office,
so I'm gonna stick around.
Okay, everybody, listen up.
This is where he made the call.
Now, assuming he stayed on the path...
he would've gone through
this wooded area to get home.
I want the three of you to go with me
in this direction.
The rest of you, and the K-9,
follow the path in that direction.
Anybody sees anything,
I wanna be the first to know. Got it?
- Got it.
- Let's go.
I'll be right back.
The maitre d' at the restaurant
and two trustees confirm his story.
He didn't take Cooper.
Okay. Thanks.
Yeah, it's me.
- You find anything?
- Yes, I did.
It's a copy of a letter from the NCAA to
Evan Young refusing his eligibility waiver.
- So he lied.
- Yeah.
It was processed two days ago.
The same day the coach went missing.
We spoke to the NCAA.
They denied your waiver.
Why didn't you tell us?
- I didn't know.
- Evan.
They sent you a letter, registered mail,
and you signed for it.
What did that letter say?
That you've got nothing?
All that hard work in the gym.
All those dreams of turning pro.
That all of that is gone.
You have no future, no team,
nowhere to go.
- Stop it!
- Hey!
Chill out.
- We're trying to help you.
- Okay.
I want you to sit down.
I've played football
since I was seven years old.
It's the only thing I know.
When I got that letter,
I didn't know what to do.
I went to talk to Coach.
See if he could help. But he wasn't home.
The computer was on. I couldn't believe it.
How could he do this?
Just walk out on the team?
I knew he ran the campus loop.
Evan. What're you doing running
without your brace?
You're gonna blow out your knee again.
Like you give a rat's ass
what happens to my knee.
- Hey, what's going on?
- They rejected my waiver.
I got nothing.
I'm sorry, I didn't know.
- You said I'd go to the pros.
- Evan.
I sat on the bench for three games,
then I have to rush back?
- I didn't rush you.
- You were giving my position away.
I wasn't gonna give it away.
I shouldn't have been suspended
in the first place.
All of a sudden, you find God
and my life is ruined?
I did the best I could, Evan.
You promised me a future, man,
and what do I have? Nothing.
- And now I find out you're leaving?
- It wasn't by choice.
- What am I supposed to do now?
- Hey.
- What happens to me?
- I'm sorry, Evan.
I didn't mean to kill him.
I didn't mean to kill him.
Thank you. That's very nice.
Yeah. All right, take care.
- I didn't wanna wake you last night.
- I was awake. I just didn't wanna talk.
That would probably explain why you
didn't return my phone calls today, either.
I understand your position, Jack.
So, what is there to talk about?
You're right.
There's really nothing more to talk about.
I am no longer unclear.
It's your turn.
I'm gonna go with you.
Oh, my God.
- Are you sure?
- Yes, I am sure.
I am so...
Come on.
It's gonna be fun being a street agent.
I need the exercise.