All language subtitles for diagnosis_murder_s06e04_wrong_number

Listen, old fella.

Why don't you retire?

Hmm?

Put your feet up and just watch the rest
of it all go by? How about that?

You're not going to do it, are you?

Still got it. Yeah, just as sharp as
ever, aren't you?

leave a message at the tone.

Yes, hello?

A change in plans.

What? What change in plans? I need $400
,000 to park by the old oak tree.

It's 4 .30 this afternoon.

Come alone if you ever want to see your
little boy alive. Wait a minute.

Hello?

Hello?

LAPD have anything?

No kidnappings reported within the last
week.

Could be the family's too frightened to
call the police.

Did you try calling them back?

I tried Star 69. It didn't work.

It's probably a cell phone. Star 69
doesn't work with them. Could just be a

prank call.

No, that voice was electronically
disguised. They're too much trouble for

prank.

Well, if we assume it was the wrong
number, then the next step is to find

right number.

Even if we make the leap that the
victim's number was only one digit off

yours, there's millions of
possibilities. We can't check them all.

Well, see, we can't just drop it. There
must be something we can do.

Well, I could cross -reference a reverse
directory against our demographic

database.

You know, narrow it down to families
with small children. Oh.

And it's still going to leave hundreds
of thousands of numbers to check before

.30. Maybe the FBI can do something.

I know you haven't got anything yet, but
maybe you could, you know, make a

personal request.

Ron Wagner's in Europe.

Oh, no, Dad. You know what you're
asking? Look, what if this is not a

What if we wake up in the morning, we
read in the paper a little boy's been

killed?

Can't believe I'm doing this.

Thanks.

There haven't been any reported
kidnappings of children in Southern

in the last 48 hours.

In fact, nothing in the rest of the
country either.

I didn't think there would be.

This is just a social visit.

Hey, Catherine, how are you? Glad to see
you haven't died in the line of duty

sort of thing.

I'm here as a favor to someone.

I don't owe you anything.

A little less attitude, maybe.

To what you did?

I don't think so.

You know, you weren't the only person
who got hurt.

Well, you should have thought of that
before you walked up and introduced

yourself.

Let's check the printout from that
database cross -reference.

It's a prank call, Steve.

I want to believe that.

Well, then why don't you just let it go?
Save the taxpayers a few bucks.

Because wanting to believe something
doesn't make it true.

You taught me that.

Yes, hello?

A change.

What? Kevin Waitley's printer ran out of
ink halfway through the list.

You know how many almost millionaires
with children there are in L .A.?

What are you doing? I'm stopping this.

No, there's got to be something on
there. There's not. The technician said

There's no clock tower, no train
whistle, nothing.

Dad, it's almost four o 'clock.

It's over.

Maybe we're coming at this from the
wrong direction.

Instead of trying to find out who the
kidnapper meant to call, why don't we

to find the ransom drop?

Okay, we're looking for a park near the
old oak tree.

Pick a park. We've got hundreds of acres
here.

Where's that CD -ROM with the yellow
pages on it? It's in the top drawer,

Well, if I'm right, we might just have
time to get there.

He could have said tavern and saved us a
lot of time. Yeah.

Here's the park.

Looks like it's closed.

Smells like Mrs. Fogarty's lawn in
March.

Yeah. Mrs. Fogarty used steer manure. I
think the city uses chemicals.

The effect's about the same, though.

Well, the kidnapper must have known that
they were going to fertilize today.

No good drop spot.

All the smell will keep people out of
here. No kidding.

he is.

I'm going to go talk to him. Oh, no,
you're not.

I call in for backup and set up a
perimeter around this place. See, we're

running out of time.

What are you going to do? Walk up and
say hi? You called the wrong number?

off and try again tomorrow?

Well, what else can I do? He's expecting
somebody and alone.

All right.

I don't like it.

Go on. I'll cover you.

Excuse me.

Okay.

Here's your money.

Where's Joey?

I'm not the kidnapper.

What? They called me by mistake. I don't
have your son.

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God. Get out of here.

They told me to come alone.

He's not with me.

I don't know.

Wait. I didn't bring him.

I got your money.

Please give me back my son.

He's gone.

So is he.

It's a pretty clear cut. He died of two
gunshot wounds to the chest.

I closed it.

These things happen, Dr. Sloan.

Although with a law enforcement
professional involved, it probably

have.

The dead man is Ted Edelman, age 35,
lives in Brentwood, makes computer

We found $400 ,000 in his suitcase and
$8 in his pocket.

Mina's partner created curses from
beyond.

The CD -ROM game.

I already sent a team over to Edelman's
house, and no surprise, his six -year

-old son disappeared yesterday
afternoon.

Well, that gives it FBI jurisdiction.

So you'll be giving your preliminary
report to me first, and then to the

I cannot believe any of this is
happening.

Why don't you go home, Dr. Sloan? I
mean, you've already given us your

statement, and we really don't need you
here anymore.

And you, on the other hand...

You won't be going anywhere until I say
so.

I take it they know each other?

They met at some seminar down in
Florida.

Steve got involved.

Wishes he hadn't.

No kidding.

The FBI makes a lousy love connection.
Take it from me.

You got a problem? Let's hear it. Yeah,
a man is dead.

I didn't kill him.

Well, your father feels responsible. So
should you.

I'm not going anywhere.

Except to visit the widow.

You know, I really wish I didn't need to
use you on this. You had no problem

using me in Orlando.

You know, I didn't go to that seminar
looking to get involved with anybody.

It just happened.

Yeah, just like this.

Hey, I didn't create this mess.

Orlando was all you.

Mrs. Edelman?

I'm Agent Waverly, FBI.

Lieutenant Steve Sloan, LAPD.

We're very sorry for your loss.

So, now you're going to tell me if we
reported this when Joey disappeared, my

husband would still be alive?

Not at all. We're just trying to find
out what happened.

I'm sorry.

I don't know what to do anymore.

Why did the kidnapper have to kill Ted?
We did everything he wanted.

Mrs. Edelman, she can't sleep.

It's because she knows something's
wrong, Irene.

It's your job to keep her calm.

Well, I can't. You're not calm.

I'm not calm, so she isn't. It's just
not calm around here.

No, it's not. I'm sorry.

Okay. Oh, my.

Excuse us.

I don't want to be here.

Well, I'd like to be in Bermuda. Too bad
for both of us.

He feels responsible. He'd like to do
what he can to make it right.

Come on, Catherine.

You know, she's going to learn what he
did.

Do you think he can handle that?

You all right?

Well, if you mean Catherine, I'll have
to get back to you on that.

Steve, I'm sorry about all this.

Yeah, so am I.

Still no call from the kidnapper? No,
not yet.

No idea who killed him or why they did
it?

Edelman doesn't seem to have had any
enemies. His marriage looks solid and

business is clean.

I still cannot believe I got him killed.

You what?

Dr. Sloan, this is Jason Dalloway, Ted
Edelman's partner, and this is Cheryl

Edelman, Ted's wife.

Mrs. Edelman, I'm so sorry.

What do you mean you got him killed?

Who are you?

Hello? What happened last night?

You killed my husband. I gave explicit
orders.

One man, one suitcase of money. Look,
it's not her fault. It's mine.

I'm the one that came to the park. I
brought the police into it. If anybody's

blame, it's me. Just don't hurt the
little boy. Who the hell are you?

I'm the one you called by mistake.

I got scanners that'll pick up anything.

I'll call you back in four hours to tell
you where.

And come alone.

Forget it. Mrs. Edelman isn't going
anywhere.

Oh, don't tell me. Cop or FBI?

Police. You want your money? I'll
deliver it.

One man, one suitcase.

Get it right this time or the kid dies.

He killed Ted because of you.

Mrs. Edelman, let me explain. You can't.

Yeah, she's right.

There's a cell phone call, so the best
they could do is triangulate an area

between Van Nuys and Ventura Boulevard.

It could be on a 405, it could be on a
134, going in any direction.

I can get the money.

I helped Ted put together the $400 ,000
yesterday.

I'll get the rest of it. We don't need
to use real cash, Mr. Dalloway. We'll

just arrest the kidnapper when he picks
up the money.

And if you don't?

If they get away with the suitcase and
realize they've been tricked, does Joey

die, too? No, Mr. Dalloway, he does not.

Well, your guarantee's not worth a hell
of a lot, now is it?

Lieutenant, can I talk to you outside?

I'm not running this operation.

What was I supposed to do, put him on
hold? You just broke protocol.

Stay flexible during hostage situations.

Isn't that what they taught us at that
seminar?

I am not going to go through this with
you about Orlando. Let's just forget

that ever happened. Well, obviously you
can't.

Well, I wish that I never let it happen.
If you told me you're married, it

wouldn't have.

My marriage was over.

Not until you arranged to have him walk
in on us. That was an accident. I didn't

plan that. Oh, really?

Why did you always insist on going back
to your room? Never mind.

I'm sorry.

Okay, I just... I never expected to care
about you the way that I did.

I'm sorry it didn't turn out the way you
planned.

You guys getting this?

Well, you better be. You're only eight
feet away.

The real trick's gonna be when you're
about a half mile away.

My gosh, a camera that fits another
baseball cap.

Uncle Sam really does have neat toys.

Sometimes they even work.

That's a lot of money.

One and a half million.

Sure got it fast.

It helps when you're the boss.

Well, I'm sure Mrs. Edelman appreciates
it.

You want to go check on the mobile unit?

Mr. Dalloway. If you're going to
apologize for Ted again, don't.

All I care about now is getting Joey
back safely.

You have to understand, I've known Ted
since we were 13, making up computer

programs using punch cards.

You got good at it.

Yeah, we did.

You know, it must have been difficult
for you to decide to sell out to

Triskelion Software.

Triskelion made us a good offer, and it
would... How did you know about that?

Uh, newspaper clippings on the
refrigerator.

Joey liked seeing his father's name in
the paper.

Ted thought we could pressure Triskelion
into a better deal if we put out enough

publicity about our stuff.

If I'd have known it was going to
attract some lunatic kidnapper, I would

have... You all right?

Yeah, I kind of lost my breath for a
second. Probably stress, huh?

Yeah, I think I'll have us feel it. Why
not? Sit down a minute.

I'll be glad when this is all over.

We all will.

And test one, two, test, test one, two.

Thank you.

I lost my temper.

You had good reason.

Just... Computer code, I understand.

If I don't, I had to yell at somebody.

I'm the right one to yell at.

I also wanted to tell you that whatever
happened in the park with Ted,

I know you were just trying to help find
my son.

Most people wouldn't have even bothered.

I appreciate that.

You should have found a better way to...
I am so sorry.

I believe that helps.

We never really got used to all this.

All we ever really wanted was to write
our silly computer games.

Money just happened.

Made things weird.

You know, I never did get past those
translucent demons of yours.

They weren't so translucent in the beta
version. They kept turning into doors

and pillars and frogs.

God, I wish we'd never gotten the bugs
worked out.

Hello? Tell the delivery boy to go to
Olympic and Highland. Stop the car and

find the phone booth.

He's got to be kidding.

I guess he's not.

Wish me luck.

Don't worry. We'll have a mobile unit
with him a half block away, wherever he

goes.

Can you see this?

No, not really.

Helping to fight crime, this phone does
not take incoming calls.

Interesting. How is he supposed to call
you?

He isn't.

If this tells me to run to another phone
booth two blocks from here, I'm

quitting. Well, don't quit yet. It looks
like it's got a sense of humor.

Steve? Right, right, sorry.

Love these cards.

There's a phone booth at 8th and the
Cap.

Be there now.

Oh, there's a lighter in the envelope.

There's a Mission Impossible thing on
the card.

What the hell is that? The card has a
microchip so you can record a personal

greeting. A lot of card shops have them.

Jim, I want a check of every greeting
card store in the L .A. area, okay?

See who's bought one of those things in
the last four hours.

Steve, you better get going. We don't
know what kind of time frame this guy's

on.

I hope it's a slow one. You know how
heavy this thing is?

Oh, and Steve, burn that card, because
we don't know if he's watching.

This guy's going to spend all his ransom
money on cards.

What is this, a tent?

No, this is the 11th.

Drop the bag in that wire trash bin on
the other side of the monument.

Walk back here to the phone booth.

Burn the car. This card, yeah.

Catherine, did you get that?

I did.

Tell the mobile units to move up.

Jason, are you all right?

I will be.

Try a trace.

Just a test.

Go get the bag.

Next stop, Dockweiler and West, south of
the band shell.

Move.

I'm going to kill this guy.

Didn't happen to get a trace on that,
did you?

No, cell phone.

Second thought, I'm going to kill the
guy who invented cell phones.

bench and leave.

We'll let you know where to find the kid
once we check the money.

Burn the car.

My pleasure.

Mobile unit, move in. All units, set
perimeter.

Steve, you alright?

Yeah, except I think my arms have
stretched out a few inches.

How's that?

That's perfect.

I think he's going to try and get it
before we have a chance to set up a

perimeter. Well, he better hurry. He's
got about 30 seconds or he's going to be

too late.

Steve, go back and open that suitcase.

What? What are you talking about?

Something is wrong.

Something's wrong. We have to check.

Steve, wait. The last time you
interfered in this, a man died. If Steve

back to that bench right now, he could
be next. I don't think that kidnapper's

anywhere near that part.

What you think is irrelevant.

This is an FBI operation.

If someone was going to come and get
that bag, they would have been there by

now. Not necessarily, okay? We are going
to follow protocol in this case, or we

may not get that little boy back.

Please, doctor, come on.

you doing now dad's right there's no
reason why he wouldn't have picked it up

now get away from there lieutenant call

911 he's barely breathing do it

i don't believe it where the hell's the
money

had to have switched the suitcase at
some place.

Dad gets a wrong number from a kidnapper
and someone ends up dead.

I end up running around trying to
deliver the ransom money for two hours

end up with a suitcase full of
newspapers.

And very sore shoulders.

I know a very good Zeus.

They're not that sore.

You know, anger stops being useful after
a while.

Well, it depends what you're using it
for.

Like trying to avoid somebody?

I just can't believe that I missed the
ransom being switched.

Okay, well, we all miss things
sometimes. We just have to figure out

next. But without being angry about it.

Yeah, I guess we do.

Hey, Dad.

Hi.

You talk to Jesse?

Yeah.

He said Dalloway didn't have a heart
attack or a stroke.

And he's going to do some more tests,
but he thinks it's going to be fine.

Oh, wait.

Right there. This is the only place that
the suitcase was out of your

possession. That's got to be it.

I hate to disagree with an FBI agent.

Oh, since when?

May I?

Look at this.

Steve puts the suitcase in the basket.

Phone rings.

Runs over to it.

Picks it up. Listens for a few seconds.

Looks right back at the basket.

It didn't take ten seconds.

Not enough time to make a switch.

Unless maybe the transporters were
energizing faster than normal.

Do you guys have a better explanation?

I might have an idea.

Is the newspaper still in here?

Yeah, we put them back right after we
dusted them.

Hey, now if we can just maybe get a
break.

I can know what happened.

How are you feeling, Mr. Dalloway?

Better.

This thing makes my face sweat.

Well, it certainly beats fainting.

You got that right.

So, was it stress?

You know, we're not entirely sure.

We know what happened, we just don't
know why it happened.

That doesn't sound so good. Well, you
have methemoglobinemia.

Your blood cells aren't getting enough
oxygen as they pass through your lungs,

which means that your brain isn't
getting enough oxygen, so you faint.

But you don't know why.

It's usually from exposure to toxic
chemicals, but you said you weren't

any. Well, the only thing toxic I deal
with are some of the games Ted and I

dream up.

Oh, hey, a messenger hand -delivered
this a little while ago.

Bloodsuckers. One of your games crash?

No. Tricelian Software's been trying to
buy me and Ted out for a couple of

months, and they choose today to send me
the legal document.

I mean, don't they know what's going on
here?

It's pretty cold.

Yeah, Cheryl said they were.

I think she was right.

I can't tell her about this.

What are you going to do, back out of
the deal?

We're just a bunch of computer geeks,
the three of us.

Staying up all night, writing code,
living on pizza and sodas. We just want

try scaling in to handle the business
side so we can do the fun stuff.

I mean, that hasn't changed.

I'll tell you what.

They want us that bad, they could damn
well wait a while.

You may want to breathe.

Oh, thanks.

Here's one of the newspapers we found in
that suitcase.

From two days ago.

An article's been cut out. Uh -huh.

This one. Right here.

The newspapers came from here?

Probably the recycle bin on your back
porch.

I don't understand.

Irene, get the baby!

Lieutenant Sloan didn't lose the money.
He never had it. It was switched before

I even left the house.

Oh, no.

What's Irene's last name?

Meredith.

This is Sloan. I need an APB on an Irene
Meredith, approximately 20 years old.

Irene couldn't have done this. Joey
trusts her.

That's why it worked.

I assume this belongs to Irene?

God, I never noticed.

That's why the kidnapper asked for a
specific bag. It had to match the one

had. When was the last time you saw her?

She was taking out the trash.

She must have transferred the money to a
garbage bag. Then just took out the

trash and kept on going.

Question is, where did she go? Well, she
was taking tetracycline prescribed by a

doctor in Falling Spring.

Something near Mount Wilson.

A lot of places to hide up there.

Good place to hold a kidnap victim.

I hope you're right about this, Dr.
Sloan. Oh, don't worry about it. My son

agent Wade are very good at what they
do.

They'll find joy.

Okay, notify me when you're in position.

Are people ready?

Almost. Don't you think it's a little
premature to bring along a medical

examiner? I've been known to look after
live patients from time to time, and I

want to make sure Joey's all right.

I'm sorry. I'm just a little tired of
surprises on this one. It's okay.

Shouldn't we call Mark and let him know
what's going on? I tried. There's no

cellular service up here. Are you sure
you found the right place?

Yeah, the doctor from Falling Springs
remembered Irene because they don't get

lot of Lyme disease up here, so it took
a couple of visits before he figured out

what she had and then prescribed the
tetracycline.

The cabin was the only address she'd
give.

I guess she was afraid Mrs. Edelman was
going to find out she was sick.

She can't own that house.

Au pairs don't make that kind of money.
Belongs to a Russell Spinks, former

electrical engineer who renounced
electricity.

Are you kidding?

He's the one that took Irene to the
doctor.

We also got a positive ID on Spinks from
a couple of the greeting card stores.

So he's been holding Joey in his own
house.

Okay. Okay, we're set.

Go.

your hands up. Where's the boy?

Amanda, you must be Joey. Are you okay?

I know it's very hot in here and you
probably want to get out of here and get

something really cold like some ice
cream, right?

I'm sick of ice cream. That's all he had
when we got here and he wouldn't go get

anything else.

Not for a whole day.

Not even any hot dogs?

Well, that's terrible.

Can I please go home now? You bet you
can. Let's go.

Ah, hell.

Stay down.

What's the matter with you?

Since I've had this badge, I've made
more tackles than Dick Butkin.

You're under arrest for murder and
kidnapping.

No, no, I didn't do that. Yeah, yeah,
yeah. No, no, no.

Okay, I took the kid, but I didn't kill
anybody. I didn't.

Where's dad?

Let's go home, okay?

Okay.

Thank you for everything.

I'll go tell Mark what happened.

You ready to go?

We're clear.

As soon as we get those two processed...
We can finally get some sleep.

We are pretty good at keeping each other
awake.

We were.

You know, I lied to you before about not
intending to get involved with anybody

at that time. I figured that out.

My marriage was such a mistake, and it
was over.

Why didn't you just level with him?

I guess I was just better at acting out.

Well, I figured that one out, too.

Now, come on. Our six days and 23 hours
together were pretty darn good.

You could call sleep deprivation
entertaining.

I hear a compliment in there somewhere.

Well, don't take it seriously.

You know, things didn't work out exactly
like I planned, either.

I didn't kill him. I did not kill
Edelman. I don't know who that was at

park. That's right. He didn't kill Mr.

Edelman. You were there?

No.

But Russell hates guns.

So what?

That doesn't mean he wouldn't use one to
solve his problems. Aren't you

listening? I don't even own a slingshot.

I didn't kill him. That's not what you
said on the phone this morning.

It's because I didn't have a chance.

This entire thing has just gone crazy.
Starting with the kidnapping of a six

-year -old boy.

Well, that's as far as it was supposed
to go.

So what did happen at the park?

I don't know. Listen, I got there early,
about 4 .30. Edelman was already there,

and so were you.

What do you mean early? You were
supposed to be there at 4 .30.

No. I told Edelman to be there at 5,
with the money. I wanted to get there

just to scope it out.

Mr. Edelman's dead.

But they had so much money. They could
always make more.

Get these two geniuses out of here,
please.

I think we did pretty good work here.

Yeah.

You don't sound as delighted as I
thought you might.

There's something off about this.

Okay, I'm listening.

But you're not going to give me an
argument?

Steve.

All right, Spinks says that he told
Edelman to be there at 5 o 'clock,

Yeah, so?

So whoever called my father told him to
be there at 4 .30.

So why the two deadlines?

I think we arrested the kidnappers, all
right.

I don't think they killed that little
boy's father.

Joey was a little dehydrated, but
otherwise he's perfect.

Oh, good.

Thanks for coming by to tell me.

With no bother, I would have called you
from the cabin if there had been

cellular service.

Spinks didn't even have a telephone. I
think it was a moral issue.

That doesn't make sense.

No, he doesn't.

No, he doesn't make any sense, but I
meant... You said Joey was upset because

only had ice cream to eat that first
day?

I figured Spinks didn't want to leave to
get anything else.

Well, if he didn't leave the house and
there was no phone, he couldn't have

called me yesterday morning.

Well, who did? Another kidnapper?

I don't think so.

Spinks and Irene Meredith were just
interested in the money, and killing

would have gotten many more.

Ted Edelman's death was not a mistake.
Somebody wanted it to look like the

kidnappers did it. And lead us in the
wrong direction. Someone stood to gain a

lot by his death.

Had to be somebody who knew.

about the kidnapping, who was willing to
take advantage of the situation, and

who smelled that money.

Did you do a preliminary autopsy on
Edelman? Yes, but there wasn't anything

remarkable. He died from two gunshot
wounds to the chest.

I did discover some fertilizer on his
hands and face.

Probably on his clothes, too?

His, mine, anybody that was in the park
that afternoon.

Including the killer.

That's the answer.

It's been right in front of me the whole
time.

Mr. Dalloway, good to see you feeling
well enough to go home. You gave us

a scare.

I just wish I knew why I got sick so I
could avoid it next time.

Just stay away from recently fertilized
parts. They'll do fine.

We're going to run some more tests on
your blood, but my guess is that we'll

find traces of the chemical used in
industrial fertilizers.

What you got on you when you killed Ted?

Yeah, go.

I hate hospital food.

This ought to help.

Does it always hurt this much?

Always.

Bruising? Yeah, to get used to it.

I talked to Cheryl Edelman.

Turns out Ted was having second thoughts
about selling out.

He was afraid he'd be forced to give up
the rights to his own games.

Yeah, I kind of thought so. Ted just
wanted a comfortable place to invent

And, of course, that meant keeping the
company small.

Dalloway just couldn't resist all that
money.

He was the one who called me, you know.

He knew I would be intrigued. I wouldn't
quit until I tracked down that ransom

drop, making me the perfect witness and
the fall guy.

I think the voice analysis of that
answering machine tape will prove that.

Would you excuse me a minute? No.

You know, I always wondered why no one
ever did that to you before.

What?

I didn't say anything.

Catherine? They're admitting Dalloway
until he's well enough to go to jail. I

already arranged for a guard detail.

Good.

So I guess that's it.

No, it's not.

I just want to know one thing.

We were in Orlando.

Would you...

Stop with Orlando. I am so sick of
talking about Orlando.

Yeah, me too.

Now, see, I thought we were getting
along really well. We're getting past

We're working together and thinking like
a team. Yeah, that's right, but... And

obviously you need a little more of an
explanation.

You need me to grovel. Oh, I think
groveling may be just a little too...

straightforward, apologetic, I'm sorry.

I am sorry for...

You and me and... Oh, I'm sorry for
everything.

Oh, that may be going a little too far.

No, no, no, no, no, no, no.

I'm sorry.

Really. Okay?

So maybe I should go back to my office
and you should just go back to your

office and we should just forget Orlando
ever happened.

No.

No?

Are you really divorced?

I've been carrying my divorce decree
around in my pocket for two days in case

you asked.

Uh, yeah.

Uh, no. I, uh... Maybe later.

Later? Like later as in here later, or
later as in after dinner someplace?

Don't push it.