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In New York City's war on crime

the worst criminal offenders are pursued

by the detectives of the Major Case Squad.

These are their stories.

Put the heaviest bags on the bottom.

Not the biggest, but the heaviest.

And don't forget the balloons and the sundae cart.

Sarah, please. Look at what Lucy's wearing.

Put her in the toggle coat.

Toggle coat?

The one with buckles.

(sighs)

So you're off to Montauk.

And Lucy's off to her nana's house.

Tina, I can't thank you enough for loaning me Sarah

for our slumber party.

It's my pleasure.

Everything is self-explanatory.

Hannah should be back to help you

about 5:00, right, Hannah?

Okay.

(sighs)

Look, Amanda, the stepmonster's trying to convince Dad

not to pay for my trip to Italy.

Daddy will pay for it.

What do you want me to do about it?

I'm going to go chill at Dad's while they're gone.

How? You're still banned from there.

Besides, they changed the locks.

Which is why I need to borrow your keys.

Hey. You're gonna help us out, right?

You're going with him?

No booze, no dope; just the Knicks

and that amazing flat-screen TV.

I guarantee it. Come on.

Come on, Amanda.

Do not blow it.

(laughing)

Yeah.

Oh, man.

(laughing): Oh, yeah.

Let the games begin.

Amanda's not ratting you out.

She's just being responsible.

RICK: Well, I'm not hurting anybody.

But, you know, if my own father doesn't want me here, then...

Rick, that's not what I'm saying.

You guys are just watching the Knicks?

And we might go to Shadow Valley.

BILL: What?

Nothing. It's... it's a computer game.

We'll be back Monday night.

Just don't leave a mess.

(phone clicks)

We agreed he wasn't allowed there.

I divorced my wife, not my kids.

JOSH: Come on. H-How much longer is it going to be?

Dude, you will not be disappointed.

Hey, Sarah.

Pull up a bottle.

I just came to get another

ice cream scooper.

The girls are still up

at the Whilden's.

She is quite the little hottie.

I have to get back.

I'm so not into sitting for the LSAT.

Like the world needs more lawyers.

Oh, I got to go.

It's my idiot brother.

(sighs)

You got to stop babying him.

Okay, Lucy.

I told you he shouldn't be here alone.

Look at this mess.

Oh, boy.

Mommy, something's wrong with Amanda.

(gasps)

Oh, God, no.

TINA: Lucy, don't look.

TINA: Is it Rick?

It's his roommate.

Call the police.

Rick?

Rick?

Rick's not here.

The missing kid's Rick Davenport.

That's his sister Amanda; she showed up Sunday.

That's his roommate, Josh Phillips.

He came up with Davenport late Saturday.

We figure there was something going on between these two here.

Brother didn't much like it.

I saw cameras on the way up.

In the elevator. None in the stairs.

We bagged everything in the trash cans here.

Wasn't much in the Dumpster downstairs.

And check when they were last emptied.

Yeah.

I was told that there's a nanny.

MOOTY: Sarah Eldon. She spent the weekend across the hall

working a neighbor's slumber party. Watch out.

You're going to step on something.

Peas.

He had peas for dinner.

Rick and Amanda

were very close, especially after the divorce.

If your son were in trouble, where would he go?

He'd come to me, of course, or his mother.

Wh-What are you suggesting?

Bill, she's trying to help...

LUCY: Mommy! Mommy!

She just woke up and wanted a hug.

You're Sarah, right?

Yes.

Did you see Rick and his friend this weekend?

Just, just, uh, Saturday night, for a little bit.

They were drinking.

They made you uncomfortable?

Is that why you spent the weekend at the neighbor's?

Their nanny's a friend of mine.

It was just easier for me.

Oh. Amanda-- did you see her?

Sarah, Lucy wants a juice.

I did not see Amanda.

I was hoping Rick would leave early so I could go back

upstairs, but the music was on all weekend.

LUCY (giggling): My ears

TINA: Sarah, she's thirsty.

Um...

And all Rick said was

they were going to watch the Knicks

and play some computer games.

You have to understand, Rick wouldn't do a thing like this

not to his sister.

Of course not.

Was Rick ever institutionalized?

What is that supposed to mean?

Bill.

He had, uh... been in rehab for drinking.

For how long?

Once for six weeks, and then eight weeks.

Okay.

Thank you.

Don't tell me you found his diploma from Betty Ford.

These peas, they came out of the roommate's gut.

Lining them up is something

that an institutionalized personality does.

It's an attempt to exert control in a regimented environment.

All that from a few months in rehab?

No. That's the point.

The person who did this...

spent several years confined in a prison or a clinic.

And-and this--

the bloodstains across the front of the blouse--

looks like two separate stains, one on either side.

Her blouse was closed when she bled on it.

It was unbuttoned after she was killed.

But there's no sign of sexual contact.

Some clever person's trying to gaslight us.

Into believing that Rick Davenport

killed his sister and his friend in a...

a jealous rage.

This was all staged.

Everything except this.

That was a reflex.

Peas? You got to be kidding.

You have to admit, it's spooky.

What's spooky is the Davenport kid disappearing into thin air.

Or down the garbage chute into the Dumpster

which was emptied Monday morning.

Whoa, whoa.

If he's alive, he's been on the run now for over 48 hours.

Hasn't used his credit cards, bank account.

Hasn't contacted anyone.

All right, if he's dead

if he was dropped down the chute...

the killer would have to know Dumpster'd be emptied

before the bodies upstairs were discovered.

An inside job.

Bill Davenport made a killing

with discount airlines back in the '80s.

Now that his two kids from his first marriage are dead...

Wife number two's kid becomes the sole heir.

The evil stepmother had the kids whacked by who--

the big bad wolf?

Do priors for assault qualify?

Tina Davenport had charges filed against her nine months ago

by somebody named Jinny Canto.

No, no, Ma'am Tina never hit me.

I-I work for a nice family now.

I-I don't want any trouble.

EAMES: She didn't slap you?

That's what it said in your complaint before you dropped it.

It was all a confusion, ma'am.

GOREN: Well... okay.

You're working for a nice family now, right?

It takes a special person to raise

somebody else's children.

You have your own kids back in the Philippines?

Yes. A boy and a girl.

They live with my sister.

You send them money every month?

So when the Davenports... offered you extra money

to forget about the complaint, you took it...

hmm?

For your kids, yeah?

How did Mrs. Davenport get along with Rick and Amanda?

She pretends she likes them, and then she screams

when Mr. William gives them money.

Especially Mr. Rick.

She doesn't let him come home no more.

How do you know this?

All the nannies here, they talk.

Ma'am Tina says Rick tried to kill little Lucy.

I'd never hit a servant.

Jinny filed that ridiculous complaint because we fired her.

She was stealing:

my husband's diamond cufflinks, his gold watch.

Sounds like you could've filed a complaint againsther.

Yes, well, we never actually caught her red-handed.

You just fired her without proof?

Was there something else?

Or something that she knew, something she saw?

Don't be sordid.

She tried to hold us up for a raise.

And if we didn't pay

she threatened to have us arrested

because she was made to sleep in Lucy's room.

Which could be construed as

forcing her to work around the clock

in violation of labor laws.

Which is... pretty smart for a country girl

from the Philippines.

I don't understand where you're going with this.

There's a rumor going around about your stepson.

You banned him from your home?

There is a good reason for that.

Rick tried to kill your daughter Lucy?

I never said he tried to kill her.

What exactly did he do?

(sighs)

I was away for the weekend.

Rick was staying with his father.

He left his anxiety pills all over the guest room

and Lucy got hold of them.

If Bill hadn't found her...

(sighs)

Of course Rick denied he even took medication.

Maybe you were afraid the next time

it wouldn't be an accident.

What are you talking about?

We don't think Rick committed these murders.

In fact, he may be a victim.

GOREN: Now that he and Amanda are gone

you don't have to be afraid for Lucy.

You can devote all your husband's considerable resources

into safeguarding her future.

(knock at door)

They found the Davenport kid at a garbage transfer station

in New Jersey.

Cause of death was asphyxiation.

This mark-- it's a belt buckle?

I was getting to that.

It's consistent with a belt buckle.

The bruises overlap.

The belt was tightened more than once.

Erotic asphyxiation.

He was killed during sex.

Which is why there was lip balm on his genitals.

Lip balm that neither of the other victims was wearing.

Did you do a tox scan?

Yeah. Anything in particular?

Antianxiety medication. Alprazolam.

Negative.

If he had taken it in the last month?

There'd be trace amounts in his liver

which there wasn't

and there's no record it was ever prescribed to him.

So who left the pills the little girl found?

We're not the only ones being gaslighted.

I never steal anything from Ma'am Tina. Never.

She just makes me so mad.

GOREN: She made you sleep in Lucy's room

on top of taking care of Lucy all day.

Did you know that was a violation of labor laws?

Yes.

And how did you know that?

EAMES: One of the nannies at the park told you?

No. Mrs. Whilden's nanny.

The neighbor across the hall.

Her name is Hannah Price.

She's very nice to me.

She helped me learn about the American things.

Like standing up for your rights.

Yes.

Was it her idea to tell the Davenports

they couldn't make you sleep in Lucy's room?

She told me it was not legal.

She didn't tell you that you might get fired

if you made trouble, did she?

She said Ma'am Tina would just give me more money.

No problem.

One more thing.

Did Hannah ever talk to you about Rick Davenport?

She said he was handsome.

Of course. Tina got rid of Jinny.

She was a thief and a troublemaker.

EAMES: How did your nanny react?

Hannah?

I'm sure she didn't care one way or the other.

She mention working for the Davenports?

What Hannah said was

since my daughters were getting older

she was feeling a little overwhelmed.

In any event the co-op has an understanding.

We can't have nannies pitting one family

against another.

I told Hannah. That was the end of it.

I bet she was disappointed.

After all the trouble she went to.

All what trouble?

Getting Jinny Canto fired

so she could be closer to Rick Davenport.

Come off it!

No. Hannah's just not that kind of girl.

She knows her place.

Yes, but when there was an opening across the hall

she was just...

That was Hannah's way of telling me

she wanted a raise.

And once we settled that

she even helped Tina find a new nanny.

Sarah Eldon.

Hannah knows her from the park.

Mommy! Mommy!

Sweetie, go get changed.

Let me help you.

She can manage. Can't you, Hannah?

Yes, ma'am.

You see? She knows her place.

I meant to ask

do you or your husband take anti-anxiety pills?

In the first place, I am divorced.

And in the second, that is none of your business.

Sounds like a yes on the pills.

SARAH: She treats him so bad.

She's such a meanie.

She doesn't deserve him. None of them do.

Did he ask about me?

I don't think so.

Lucy, don't go down there, okay?

Never mind Lucy. Did he ask about me?

Ouch.

Every day, Hannah.

You can see how much he cares.

And what else? Tell me!

And he's going to Paris next month.

I think he might ask us to go.

I knew it!

Oh, God!

BILL: Sarah, let's go!

Lucy, Daddy's here.

Hey, kiddo, how you doing?

Mr. Davenport, I'm really sorry about Rick and Amanda.

Hi.

Mrs. Whilden isn't in.

Right. We've been ringing your bell.

The doorman thought that she was home.

Is it okay if we wait inside?

She said she was having lunch with some of her lady friends.

Lunch?

I almost forgot about lunch.

Is that your tummy I hear growling?

Mm-hmm.

I'll get you lunch in a minute, sweetie.

(Goren chuckles)

Are we keeping you from something?

Mrs. Whilden asked me to tape a show for her on TV.

Hey, go ahead.

We'll get lunch started.

There's some tofu bologna on the bottom shelf.

How about veggies? Do you like veggies?

Let's see what we have.

Corn niblets.

You want to nibble on some niblets?

All right.

This is going to be an excellent lunch.

Mrs. Whilden told us

that she helped your friend Sarah

get a job with the Davenports.

Just lucky I knew someone.

And lucky there was a job opening.

You met Sarah at the park?

That's right.

Isn't that a risk?

Recommending somebody you just met?

Sometimes you just get a good feeling about people.

Sarah's a very sweet girl.

The Davenports are very lucky to have her.

Especially at a time like this, huh?

I'm sorry. I made a mess.

That's no bother.

EAMES: One thing about Sarah, she's very shy.

She's not very sophisticated.

Did you notice that?

Mm.

She's from a small town.

Oh, that's what we thought.

Where? Upstate?

I don't know.

She never talks about where she's from?

Uh...

I just don't remember the name of it.

(chuckles)

What else do you guys talk about?

You tell stories about your bosses?

No.

Oh, come on.

I bet you have some juicy ones.

EAMES: Especially about Rick Davenport.

We have other things to talk about.

I saw a picture of him.

He was handsome.

I'm sorry. I have work to get on with.

I have to change Abby and redd up her room

before Mrs. Whilden comes home.

You're from Pennsylvania.

No, because you just said you need to "redd" up her room.

That's what people say in western Pennsylvania.

I don't know.

I'm from somewhere else.

I think I just heard the videotape go off.

I better check it.

Our virtual tour of western Pennsylvania

turned up a five-year-old arrest

for Hannah Price in Meadville.

It's a juvenile record; it's sealed.

Could be for shoplifting.

It's meaningless.

The meaning is, there's a residential treatment center

for children in Meadville.

Where she was institutionalized?

Well...

probably-- her records are sealed.

I can't help you unseal them.

All you have is peas and corn kernels.

You're a few lima beans short of succotash, Detectives.

Uh, succotash?

Your evidence is

anecdotal.

I line up my shoes at night.

Why am I not surprised?

Idiosyncrasies won't sway the Pennsylvania attorney general.

I can't even explain to him

why these girls committed these murders.

The answers are in those records.

You'll have to find another way.

WOMAN: The rules on privacy are pretty clear.

We're kind of at a dead end.

See, my kid brother got engaged to this girl...

Her brother isn't the best judge of character.

This girl has been very sketchy about her past.

Well, you know for fact she was a resident here?

She had this box

of letters, and some of them were addressed to her here.

We didn't read the letters, of course.

Why don't you just ask her?

(soft chuckle): No.

Her brother wouldn't like that.

We need to know why Hannah was living here.

Hannah.

Hannah Price.

Hannah lost her mother when she was six.

Her father was unable to care for her

so she lived here.

For how long?

Till she was 16.

Don't kids...

go to foster homes, normally?

Yes. Normally...

Look, if something's wrong with her

and somebody gets hurt, I...

All I can tell you is

that I just remember Hannah as a bright little girl

who loved having her ears tickled.

Is that both ears together?

Yeah, it was something her mother used to do.

Oh, a family thing.

Mm.

Didn't your brother say that...

that Hannah had a sister?

Oh, uh...

Sandra...

Sarah.

Sarah.

She had a-a different last name.

Eldon.

Now, is that because she was adopted?

Yes.

By a family in the area?

(chuckles)

Sarah just loved it.

And it always had to be both ears at the same time.

Something her mother did when Sarah was little.

What happened to the mother?

Lori died in prison.

Of AIDS.

And the father?

He ran out on them after Sarah was born.

You did say Sarah was okay?

She's not in any trouble?

She's fine.

It's Hannah we're interested in.

GOREN: You're not surprised.

She-she's had a difficult life

growing up with no family.

EAMES: We're curious about that.

Don't they try to have siblings adopted together?

That was our idea at first.

But Hannah was a handful.

She was always breaking things.

She lied about everything.

She was distant?

You tried to give her affection, and she'd pull back?

Oh, we tried so hard...

but they told us she was pretty much a done deal.

She probably didn't want to be adopted.

That's what she said.

She had this notion

that one day her father was going to come back for her.

She told the caseworkers she didn't care

if they were split up.

She wanted Sarah to have a family.

She cared about her little sister.

Yes.

When Sarah told us

that Hannah had found her a job in New York City

we weren't so worried.

Have you talked to her since?

Uh, not-not for a while.

But she did send George a card on his birthday.

Could we see it?

"Dear Daddy, happy birthday from the Big Apple.

"I miss you both so much.

Oh, Mommy, can you believe Madelyn's baby is Lance's?"

Who are Madelyn and Lance?

That's just our soap opera.

We used to watch it together.

"Daddy, I'm kind of on a tight budget

"but I want you to have these.

"They were my father's.

You were there when he wasn't, and I want you to have them."

Wha... What did she give you?

Cufflinks.

Diamond cufflinks.

She won't ever go back to him, even if he gets his memory back.

But when she thought he was dead

she said she'd always love him.

You are so naive.

Where's Lucy?

Hannah told me she was with you.

We already looked through Sarah's room.

MARJORIE: Well, I can assure you

that I look through Hannah's room

on a regular basis

and I have never found anything wrong.

EAMES: Stupid us, going to the trouble to get search warrants.

In the Shadow of Tomorrow.

That-that's a soap opera that she tapes.

It's a little lowbrow, but hardly criminal.

I guess you didn't look in here.

WSD.

William Davenport.

Every night I went to sleep

dreaming of the day

my real father would come for me.

And the man I dreamed about looked exactly like you.

What is this?

In the Shadow of Tomorrow--

air date, June 5, 1997.

And this lovely couple in bed over here--

that's Lance and Keri.

Keri was Miss Shadow Valley of 1996.

She's wearing a scarf around her neck

because they're experimenting in erotic asphyxia.

March 1998--

Angela's... two-year-old daughter went into a coma

when she accidentally ate Angela's tranquilizers.

And this one.

November of last year.

This is Eden Montgomery and her stepfather

on the eve of her wedding.

They belonged to my father.

You were there for me when he wasn't

and I want you to have them...

Daddy.

Let me guess-- cufflinks.

This soap opera, for these girls--

this is their playbook?

No. Their life is a play.

This is real.

I had no idea. I mean...

Hindsight, it makes sense.

Hannah always...

uh, made a special effort to make me notice her.

Rick or Amanda ever let on

they knew about this fixation on you?

No, of course, they didn't know.

No hint your son was having sex

with Hannah that night?

No, I told you

he said they were going to watch basketball

and play some computer games.

Um...

What computer games?

Do you remember?

Because we didn't find any games.

Uh...

he called it, uh...

Shadow something. Shadow...

Shadow Valley?

Yes, Shadow Valley.

What?

Shadow Valley is the place

where the soap opera was set.

The fact that your son knew about the girl's fantasy

might have triggered the murders.

I can't believe we allowed these monsters into our home.

What I'm interested in

is how these "monsters" interacted.

It's clear who was the boss.

Hannah.

How could you tell?

Bill and I gave Sarah a cashmere sweater for her birthday.

She was practically in tears, she was so appreciative.

She wore the sweater all weekend long

and then she never wore it again.

Hannah took it.

I saw her wearing it.

MR. DAVENPORT: We, uh, we took Lucy

to her grandmother's this morning

before you called us.

We need to get back to her.

Mr. Davenport.

We may need your help later on today.

Uh... who's the worst pro bono lawyer you know?

The worst?

That's easy-- Stan Shatenstein.

GOREN: Um... you know, hypothetically

how would we get Stan Shatenstein

assigned to two defendants?

What would we do?

What wouldyoudo? Hypothetically?

Since Mr. Shatenstein covers night court

you'd make sure your defendants were arrested after 7:00 p.m.

Wow. Murder One.

So the death penalty's on the table here?

CARVER: Yes, it is, Mr. Shatenstein.

Uh...

what's your thinking here?

We're thinking this one was taking orders

from her big sister.

Oh, yeah?

Sarah...

we know you and Hannah killed those people.

We know it for a fact.

We're offering you a chance to save not only your own life

but your sister's as well.

We didn't hurt anyone. We didn't.

Something else that we... that we know.

We know why you did it.

That Rick found out something that he wasn't supposed to.

Something about Hannah.

And then he used that knowledge

to force Hannah to have sex with him

and to have sex with his buddy Josh.

EAMES: Don't bother denying it.

Here's another thing we know for a fact.

Hannah stole these things from the Davenports.

That's what Rick found out.

That Hannah was a thief.

That's what he had on her

and he threatened to call the police, right?

Sarah...

we talked to the Eldon's in Pennsylvania.

We know you're a good person.

And the Davenports, they think the world of you.

They want to help you.

EAMES: We told them whatever you did that night

it was because Hannah made you do it.

GOREN: You're nothing like her at all.

You have people who raised you

who love you.

But Hannah...

I mean, she's...

she's like a paper cup in the breeze.

She's not like that.

You don't even know her.

It's okay if you feel sorry for her, it's okay.

But right now you have to think of yourself.

You have to think of yourself.

I don't know anything!

I don't know anything.

When you're ready to talk to us

give Mr. Shatenstein a call.

EAMES: The DA said

he'd be sending you

the SVDF by tomorrow morning.

Okay.

What's that?

It's a special form for capital cases.

You haven't done a lot of capital cases, have you?

Wh... uh...

I don't think he knows what he's doing.

What did you say to those cops?

Nothing, Hannah.

I would never.

Do they know?

About that?

No, they don't know about that.

I thought they did but they don't.

They wanted me to say that you were the bad one

because I got adopted and you didn't

but I didn't say that, Hannah, I swear.

What's going to happen to us?

What's going to happen to us, Hannah?

Remember when Eden was in that prison in South America?

How she was saved in the nick of time?

We don't have anything to worry about.

We just stick together. Like always.

MAN: Case number 1633202.

People v. Hannah Price and Sarah Eldon.

Murder in the First Degree, three counts.

WOMAN: Your honor, if I may.

I'm Elizabeth Carr from Eddington and Taft.

I've been retained on behalf of the defendant.

Are you here for both?

No, just Sarah Eldon.

Fine.

Mr. Shatenstein, you're relieved

from representing Miss Eldon.

You'll be Mrs. Price's attorney.

How does your client plead, Ms. Carr?

(whispering)

Not guilty.

And your client, Mr. Shatenstein?

Not guilty.

Your Honor, at this time, I'm serving

the People with a Motion to sever.

Have you anything to say

about this here, Mr. Shatenstein?

Uh... nothing right now, Judge.

All right.

People on bail?

No bail, Your Honor.

The defendants have no jobs

no home, no ties to the community.

Your Honor, Miss Eldon isemployed

by Mr. William Davenport,

the father of two of the victims.

It's Mr. Davenport who retained me

to represent her because he believes

in her innocence.

He's prepared to post any amount

of bail to ensure her appearance.

I hope he brought his checkbook.

Bail is set at two million dollars.

My client also has significant ties to the community.

She has no reason to flee.

CARVER: No reason to flee?

She's facing the death penalty.

With all due respect Mr. Shatenstein

bail as to Defendant Price is denied.

HANNAH: Wait! Stop it! Get off of me!

Where are you taking me?!

I have to stay with my sister.

Wait!

Don't worry about Sarah.

She's in good hands.

That lawyer she's got there

is pretty sharp.

Hey, Mr. Shatenstein, uh

explain to you what happened back there in the court room?

The motion to sever?

No.

What does that mean?

Uh, it means that you and Sarah

are going to be tried separately.

Probably be easier for Sarah's lawyer to...

you know, blame you for the murders.

Sarah would never do that to me.

Maybe not.

What I'm trying to say is that at some point

Sarah is just going to have to do

what her lawyer tells her to do.

Is that what happened with the adoptions?

'Cause it never really made sense to us.

Adoption agencies

they keep siblings together.

I didn't want to be adopted.

You stayed behind in that warehouse

for kids because you wanted your

your little sister to have a better life.

Does she know what you did for her?

Does she know how lucky she is

to have you watching out for her?

Mm-hmm.

We're lucky to have each other.

Well, right now she's the lucky one.

With Bill Davenport.

Here.

Look at the way he behaves towards her.

The way he tells her things.

He's very, um...

he's very, uh, fatherly.

I don't know, must be fate

to have their paths cross...

I got her that job.

I know.

You know, it's really unfair

considering that you're the one

that did all the work to get close to him.

When you first saw him, Hannah

did he look like the man that you dreamed about

when you dreamed about your real father coming for you?

What did you say to me?

That's what Sarah told us.

No she didn't!

Yeah, she told us all about you...

You are lying!

Oh, there they go.

She's going home.

Next time you see her

it'll be in the court room when she testifies against you.

No!

And that'll be the last time

because Bill Davenport won't allow her

to see you in jail.

Sarah will take the place of his dead daughter.

She's going to become

Lucy's big sister.

It'll be like you never existed.

No.

Sarah!

Sarah.

Sarah!

They were pigs.

They laughed at us.

I'll tell you everything.

She helped me kill Rick in the bed, she helped me.

And Amanda.

It was her idea to call Amanda.

She knew her number, I didn't.

She killed Amanda!

Sarah! Sarah!

Sarah!

I want my sister!

I want Sarah!

Well... our little ploy worked.

She gave up her sister.

Gave up?

Yes... and no.

(wolf howling)