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What if they built a morgue and no one died?

Twenty-four hours without a body. It's gotta be a record.

Ugh, I don't even know why I buy these bridal magazines.

All they do is show you weddings you can't afford.

I got a great idea.

How about I die of boredom, you guys can all autopsy me?

Mmm. I'm in.

[Macy] Yo, Bug.

What I don't get is why do you have to clean 'em

when they're sealed in an airtight enclosure.

Oh, yeah.

How about we take another look at that old man

who died from a heart attack at the mall yesterday?

Oh, what, you guys have something better to do?

[Jordan] Hear anything from Abby?

Apparently she checked herself out of rehab three weeks ago. No forwarding address.

Have you tried her cell?

You know, I'm done chasing after her.

If she wants to get in touch, she knows how to dial a phone.

Fathers and daughters, you know how that goes.

Oh, yeah... Sure do.

The daughter uses silence as a weapon.

And the father does too.

Come on, Garret.

You could at least call her.

Scarring in the right atrium...

High levels of troponin...

Five heart attacks in the last six years.

All right, then, case closed. Again.

You guys see the bracelet he had in his pocket?

Oh, that tacky five and dime thing?

Tacky, maybe, five and dime, no.

These are real diamonds.

You gotta be kidding. That thing must be worth a fortune.

What do we know about this guy?

Lived out of Brighton with his daughter.

Lily called the house, but the phone was disconnected.

Collapsed outside the jewelry store.

Must've bought it for her right before he died.

-Go fish. -I'll be back.

[knocking]

Hey.

What's going on?

Excuse me.

Is your mom at home?

Hey, there.

What can I do you for?

I'm Dr. Garret Macy, I'm with the Medical Examiner's office.

Is that so?

Shoo, shoo.

[purrs]

Darn neighborhood cats... Always sneaking back here. [sighs]

Leaving little presents for me to clean up.

So you don't have a cat?

Allergic.

What the hell is going on?

[screams]

[grunts]

[theme music playing]

[chain rattles]

What's in the envelope?

The cell phone and the ID...

The photograph of your daughter...

A 60-day chip from AA. That all makes sense. [chuckles]

But the envelope has got me stumped.

What's inside it? Who's Louise?

Clean and sober, good for you.

Don't ever do drugs, Kyle, or drink.

You're a good kid, I don't have to worry about you.

Right, Kyle?

Kyle, what's your last name?

Kyle, is this man your father?

It's just Kyle.

Okay?

He's my buddy.

Right, Kyle?

He's your buddy, not your son.

Don't worry about Kyle, Kyle's fine.

Everything was fine, I didn't ask you to come down...

If everything's so damned fine, why is Kyle shackled to the floor?

I am the one asking the questions. What's in the envelope?

What are you gonna do with me?

You're gonna kill me?

I abhor violence. I truly do.

But I have to be honest, I don't think things are gonna end very well.

Let me out of here!

You've gone and stuck your nose where it doesn't belong, Dr. Macy.

And if I were you, I'd think about being a little more respectful,

and I would start by telling me what is inside the envelope?

Why don't you open it up and find out?

I'm a letter carrier, sir, for the U.S. Postal Service.

There are lines I do not cross.

I have to finish my rounds.

Shouldn't be more than an hour, hour and a half.

Thanks for your help sorting this morning.

Don't worry, this bad man can't hurt you.

You have a key?

Kyle, bring that key over here for a minute, will you?

Listen, Kyle, this is really important.

Just, just, I need to see that key for a second.

It's important, Kyle, let me see the key.

Let me see the key.

He's not your father, you know that, right? Where are your parents?

Where are your parents, Kyle?

They were bad people.

Is that what Mr. Everett told you, or is that how you remember them?

I don't know, it was a long time ago.

I was only, like, nine.

How old are you now?

Probably 12.

Well, they must miss you.

No, see, Mr. Everett watched me for a long time.

Where I used to live was on his route

and he watched me, and he knew he had to do something to get me away from them.

But what if that's not really true?

What if your parents are really good people?

What if they're out there right now looking for you,

and they miss you, and they love you?

I don't want to talk about this anymore.

Kyle.

Kyle!

Kyle, listen to me!

Help!

The windows are double-glazed, nobody can hear you from down here.

You know something, Woody?

You seriously ought to think about switching deodorant.

Three days in a car, 12-hour shifts.

You're no flower shop yourself, girl.

-Well, pardon me if I'm not wearing my first date perfume. -[laughs]

Talk about the pot calling the kettle stinky.

Still don't get why we're sweating

a full-bore stakeout just to pop some low-level bag man.

'Cause it's my case, and that's the way I wanna play it.

The Flannerys run the largest fencing operation in Boston.

We catch a little guy, and just flip him up the food chain.

Hey, hey.

That's our man.

Okay, you go east, I got west.

Boston P.D., hands in the air!

Where were you?

-You said go east! -That's east.

That's not east, that's south.

That's...

[tires screeching]

Finally, a real live dead body.

Oh, down, boy. Truck v. ped, not much body left.

-Ouch. -Yeah.

Cut down in the line of duty making a money drop.

What exactly do these guys traffic in, anyway?

Lot of gems, art, electronics. Anything hot, they can move.

What's in the envelope?

Ooh. Whole lot of green.

Find the guy getting paid, maybe it'll lead somewhere.

Mr. M.H.

There's only one entry in his cell phone with those initials.

Manny Hernandez.

What?

No, it's just, there's someone who works here by that name.

A maintenance guy.

Trust me, he's not your man. Sweetest guy in the world.

He's been here for 20 years?

Yeah. Well, there's an easy way to rule him out.

We'll just run his number from the cell against the employee database.

[typing]

[computer beeps]

We're gonna need to talk to him, Jordan.

[clattering overhead]

[door opens]

[chain rattles]

[Mr. Everett] Cheezy Wheez-its!

Not for now, for later.

You are not going to fill up on junk food.

So please, do not ask.

What are you gonna do with me, Everett?

I drove your car to the grocery store and left it there.

Hopefully, that will be their only clue.

"Car of Missing Medical Examiner Left in Parking Lot."

* Kyle*

Were you watching TV?

No.

-You were supposed to be reading. -I was!

Kyle.

I'm gonna count to three.

One... Two...

I'm sorry, Mr. Everett.

I was watching TV.

I'm sorry.

It's all right, Kyle.

I just want you to be honest with me.

What happens when you get to three?

I rarely have to anymore.

But there was a time, wasn't there?

There was a time when you counted to three quite a lot.

How did you break him, Everett, what techniques did you use?

Sensory deprivation, electrocution, mock suffocation?

All the tortures your grandfather used on you.

The oxidation on these chains is at least 40 years old.

At first I thought maybe your father was the abuser,

but that car in the driveway, the Buick,

even 40 years ago, that was the car of an old man.

You were raised in this basement, weren't you?

These chains, these chains were for you.

Right, Everett?

Kyle?

Honey!

Let's you and me go upstairs for a while.

[Kyle] Now? What about my reading?

It'll wait. Come on.

What are you gonna do to him?

You keep your hands off of him, you sick freak!

Leave him alone, Everett!

Everett!

[piano playing]

Your record's clean, Manny. That's good.

You start showing us a little cooperation, we'll make sure the D.A. knows about it.

I don't know what you want from me.

Who in the organization do you meet with?

What kind of merchandise do you sell them? Who quotes you prices?

You have wrong person, I swear.

Dr. Cavanaugh.

-Manny, don't say another word till you've got a lawyer. -Jordan, this is not...

I can't believe you two, going behind my back.

We told you we were gonna talk to him.

At the morgue. You didn't say anything about

hauling him in and working him in the box.

Can we please not do this in front of the suspect?

[door slams]

That "sweet" man in there has been selling stolen goods

to the Flannerys for years.

Not possible. I know this guy.

Yeah? How well?

He's worked at the morgue forever.

His wife makes banderillas, he plays accordion at the office Christmas party.

So he's a felon with an accordion.

Just 'cause some creep has his phone number

doesn't mean you can drag him in here and lock him up

-like he's some kind of... -Criminal?

That's what we do with criminals. We lock 'em up, Jordan.

Detective Simmons.

I can't believe this is happening.

I don't know anything about that man who died.

I'll get you a lawyer, you'll be home before you know it.

That's very kind.

That was the A.D.A.

We're gonna be holding you for a few hours, pending a search warrant.

Let's head down to processing.

My wife, Nina, she doesn't know where I am.

I'll call her.

Okay, let's go.

[Mr. Everett] I thought you might like a gander at this, Dr. Macy.

I'll be using it to dissolve your flesh after you're dead.

Potassium hydroxide.

A favorite of anthropologists.

In go body parts, out come bones.

Then again, why wait?

Why don't I just open it now and shove your filthy head inside?

Did I say something to upset you?

You think I didn't notice your disgusting accusations?

That my interest in Kyle is somehow prurient?

I'm not a sexual predator, sir.

I love that boy.

My only interest is in providing Kyle

with the happiest childhood possible.

[piano playing]

Listen to that.

How dare you suggest that I defile...

There's nothing purer or more innocent than a young boy.

It's only tragic when they turn.

"When they turn." As in milk gone bad?

You know what I mean.

You think you know someone. Love someone.

One day, they're not that person anymore.

Rotten hormones.

Poison their bodies. Fill their heads with terrible urges.

You're a doctor.

Yes.

You must've done a surgical rotation in medical school.

Sounds like Kyle's finished practicing.

-He'll wait. -Because he's cuffed to the piano?

I can't believe I didn't think of it before.

It's perfect!

[Jordan] Wow, look at that baby sparkle.

[Lily] I still can't believe this is all happening so fast.

Like a speeding bullet. What is it, 10 days until the wedding?

Well, Jeffrey figured, why wait?

To be honest, I think he didn't want to give his mother time to sabotage it.

Aw, your life must be a blur of cake tastings and dress fittings...

And seating charts, and appointments with florists...

And I swear, if I have to watch one more wedding band video...

* Celebrate good times Come on*

[laughs] Exactly.

Listen.

I was gonna seat you at table nine between Bug and Nigel.

Unless you'd rather sit at table six. There are two seats at table six.

I didn't know if...

Oh, if I would be bringing a date... No.

Between Bug and Nigel's good.

Okay!

Hey, Lily, Lily...

Congrats. You know, I'm really happy for you.

Jordan.

[laughs]

Oh, my God.

This is J.D. Pollack. Leave a message and I'll call you back.

Oh!

Jeffrey, what are you doing here?

Hi.

Hi, sugar lips.

Is Dr. Macy around?

Uh, he had to run an errand.

Is it important?

Oh, no, no.

Well, technically, yes. Um...

[clears throat] I have a warrant to search the premises.

Is this about Manny Hernandez?

Uh...

Uh...

Wait.

There's probable cause that he's in possession

of stolen goods, and I can't let it slide

just because everyone around here likes him.

You're an ass, Brandau.

Sorry.

His home was searched and nothing turned up.

So you decided to ransack the entire morgue?

He's the janitor. He has access to everything.

Okay, folks, I'm very sorry, we're gonna try and make this

as quick and painless as possible.

The keys to my desk... I'm going to lunch.

I'm going with you.

Are you...

[officer] All right, let's go.

[keys jingle]

Raising a boy alone all these years

has made me something of a medical expert.

I lack the experience, of course. But I've got the knowledge and the tools.

Kyle...

You... Go put on your headphones.

All right.

Scalpels, numbers 10 through 15, tooth forceps, non-tooth...

What in God's name are you proposing?

He's probably not more than a few months away

from sexual maturity.

And if things were allowed to progress unchecked...

A simple operation too.

You remove the glands that produce testosterone,

and we'll be able to preserve his purity.

You're asking me to mutilate a 12-year-old child. Are you serious?

I'm only thinking of what's best for him.

What's best for him?

We can't just let him turn into some disgusting animal.

There is still time before...

Before what? Before you murder him?

You want me to destroy his life so you can have a companion?

Get a dog, you sick bastard.

Kyle needs your help.

Okay. I'll do it myself.

Kyle.

We need to do a little procedure.

It'll be easier upstairs.

[Kyle] What kind of procedure?

Nothing to worry about. Shouldn't take long.

And we'll have ice cream, okay?

Wait.

Xylocaine, 10 cc's should do the trick.

No, I need time to practice suturing.

You suture dozens of bodies a week.

They don't bleed.

You're stalling.

I haven't operated on a live patient in 25 years.

I'm not gonna do this until I know I can do it right.

You need practice.

It's fine.

Practice.

[gun cocking]

The whole idea.

Manny Hernandez?

Absurd.

I once saw that man catch a spider in the break room

and carry it all the way up to the roof to set it free.

I mean, I just don't understand why Jeffrey does these things.

It's like he's always got to be badgering someone or other.

Well, that is part of the job description.

I don't know.

This must seem crazy to you...

Rushing in to get married so fast.

I never said that.

I know you didn't say it.

I'm just saying, I'm as surprised as you are.

I mean, believe me, three weeks ago

marriage was the furthest thing from my mind.

But when someone asks you to marry them, they deserve an answer.

Jeffrey asked me, so I said yes.

Bug, you are the best listener.

[chuckling]

I always feel like I can be completely and totally honest with you.

Yeah.

Hey, can I be completely honest with you too?

Please.

Back at the morgue, when I said I was going to lunch,

I didn't mean I was going to lunch alone.

Hi. Sorry I'm late.

No problem.

Um, I hope it's okay, I invited my friend Lily to join us.

Great.

Hi, I'm Amy.

Hi.

Lily works at the morgue too.

Yeah, I work at the morgue too.

This is gonna leave a scar.

Kyle plays beautifully, doesn't he?

It's so nice to hear piano in this house again.

-Did you play growing up? -No. [chuckles]

Could never understand music.

So, your mother then, was she the piano player?

She wasn't very good or anything, but it brought her such joy.

Yeah, she had to move away.

When I was four.

She moved to a facility.

Boy without his mom, you must've missed her a lot.

When she was asleep, I would nuzzle my face in her hair.

She had the softest brown hair and it smelled like apples.

There's this... A girl on my route in Hyde Park.

She has brown hair.

Been thinking of taking her.

She'd make a good mother for Kyle.

Okay, we're all done.

Excellent job, Doctor.

I'll clean this up.

Listen, Everett, as you know, I'm from the medical examiner's office.

You must be wondering why I came here today.

I've got something to tell you. Important news.

It's her, isn't it?

My mother.

She's dead.

Well, there's only one way to be certain,

is to go with me to the morgue and identify her body.

There're some photographs I could show you.

Upstairs.

Be careful, my dad gave me that in third grade.

Hey, I was out on call, I just heard.

So you had nothing to do with this?

It's Lu's case, Jordan.

Do you realize how invasive this is?

And where's Manny? I mean, either book the guy or let him walk.

You know the drill. Being held pending evidence.

This all should be settled within the hour. If there's anything I can do to help...

Yeah, just make sure the boys in blue don't bust up any lab equipment.

Thanks.

[telephone ringing]

Cavanaugh.

There's a trap on my cell, traces all incoming calls.

Little paranoid, aren't you, Pollack?

A little juvenile, calling and hanging up.

Are you okay? You sound a little...

You gonna tell me why you called?

Oh! No reason... I, you know, it's been awhile.

So how's D.C.? Have you been biking with the prez?

Listen, I'm on a deadline, so I really need to start hacking away.

Sure, okay. Um...

Look, Pollack, I'm sorry. I... I messed up.

It wasn't that I didn't care about you, I did.

I just miss you.

Okay, what, is that against the law?

You take care of yourself, Cavanaugh.

Here.

That's my mom.

She looks so young.

Seventeen when I was born.

Grandfather never very happy about that.

What you'd call a strict disciplinarian.

Look at him with those Kents.

[Macy] Is that you?

[Mr. Everett] Isn't she beautiful?

That was right before she went away.

What happened, Everett? Why'd she go?

One day when Grandpa and I got home, there was this man here

with extremely dirty hands. Like a mechanic.

I think it might've been my father.

Grandpa was very angry that he was here.

After he left, he beat her up really bad, and...

Next morning when I nestled into her hair, she didn't... move

Ambulance came, that was it.

And I went to visit her when I was 12.

Yeah.

I believe the nurse called it severe brain trauma.

But she didn't know I was in the room.

It's hard to believe that she, uh...

Really gone.

I tried not to let it show 'cause whenever Grandpa

caught me crying about it... Yeah, he'd march me downstairs and, you know.

You know, I think what I'm really trying to do here with Kyle

is trying to raise him the way that my mom would've raised me.

Listen, Everett.

You need to come with me back to the morgue

and make a positive ID and arrange for a proper burial.

It's the least that she deserves.

Couldn't bear to see her...

-Without your identification, she's... -No. No.

I'm not doing that, that's final.

I've gotta turn in my time card to work.

I'll be back in an hour, and then we'll perform the surgery on Kyle.

Jonah.

I know who you are.

Jonah, we have to leave here right away.

My name's Kyle.

Your name is Jonah Wheeler.

Do you remember your parents?

Your mother, Kristen, she was tall and blonde,

and your dad, Tom, he had brown eyes.

I don't want to talk about this.

I just read about them in the newspaper.

You know what it said?

It said they miss you, and they love you very much.

And they'll never stop looking for you.

No. No, they were bad.

They... They used to burn me.

They were standing in front of your house.

This is my house.

It was gray with blue trim. Do you remember the house?

Think.

There's a swing in the back.

That's right.

And we have to leave right now.

Otherwise, Mr. Everett's gonna do something very bad to you.

So, so, bring me the key to the handcuffs.

No. Mr. Everett...

Do you know what happened to the last boy he kidnapped?

His remains are right there in that trunk.

There was never another boy.

Yes, there was, and he's dead. I'll prove it to you.

Come here.

Get that crowbar out of the tool cabinet.

Mr. Everett...

Jonah, do it!

I'm Kyle.

I'll count to three. One... Two...

Just clear all that off and pry open the latch.

Keep trying. Just stand it up on the end.

I guess that's it.

Garret, I guess you left your phone off.

I've already left a couple messages. Please call me back, okay?

Okay, people, party's over, let's get out of here

and give these fine folks back their morgue.

We got nothing.

Manny has been released, no charges.

Two unis are driving him back.

Well, I'm glad to hear it.

Jordan, I played a hunch, and the hunch was wrong.

I hope there's no hard feelings.

No. No, we're cool.

Do you want a ride back?

No, I'll just meet you back there.

[door slams]

[shivering] It's a little chilly in here.

Three days on a stakeout kind of puts a crimp in a romance.

Between you and me, Jordan, I never thought he was our guy.

[Nigel] Hey, Jordan!

Whoo-hoo!

Thank God it's over, I mean, Manny Hernandez?

Yeah, he's not exactly a Thomas Crown type of bloke, is he?

Yeah. A peeping Tom, maybe, but a criminal mastermind?

A peeping Tom?

Well, I've just caught him in the women's bathroom a couple times...

I've razzed him about it.

It seems there's this fuse box that's always on the fritz.

There's a fuse box in the women's bathroom?

Yeah, weird, huh, how they design these old buildings?

That was his humerus bone.

He was just about your size.

[door closes]

[chain rattling]

[keys jingle]

You lied to me, Dr. Macy.

My mother isn't dead. You lied to me all along.

Why aren't you wearing your cuff?

I found a key.

You what? Give me the key.

Don't do it, Jonah.

His name is Kyle.

His name is Jonah Wheeler.

You poor boy.

What kind of lies has this man been telling you?

You're Kyle, not him, and forcing him to recreate

your twisted childhood is gonna do...

Argh!

Dr. Cavanaugh.

I can't tell you how good it is to be back.

I'm so grateful to you and to everyone

who...

Um...

Uh...

[sighs]

My son, he... He gambles.

He owed the Flannerys $1,000. Now, he came to me.

And I told him it was his problem to fix.

They broke both his legs, Dr. Cavanaugh.

I took a diamond ring from a body in the crypt.

I traded it for my son's life.

We all believed in you, Manny. Everyone here stood up for you.

They threatened my family.

My granddaughters.

I mean, once they found out where I worked, I had to keep stealing for them.

When the freight elevator opens and a gurney comes out,

it's not just some stiff with a toe tag. Okay?

It's a human being, Manny.

They can't protect themselves. They depend on us to protect them.

It's called respect for the dead.

I don't know what to say.

I think we're about done.

Okay.

Just one thing.

Do you want to call the police, or should I?

Called the morgue, they'd never even heard of my mother.

You certainly didn't come here because she was dead.

Kyle, would you get me some double stick tape, please?

Darn teenagers think they're so funny.

Every couple months they sneak out,

change the numbers on the box out front.

Oh, the mailman with the wrong address, get it?

[softly] Jonah.

This is 1069 Varna, not 1066.

Darn teenagers...

Every couple months they sneak out, [sighs]

change the numbers on the box out front.

I want to see my parents.

Kyle, what...

I wanna go home.

I know, this has been difficult.

[gun cocking]

Honey.

Do you actually think that I'd have a loaded gun in this house?

With a child present?

That'd be so irresponsible...

-[Mr. Everett grunts] -[gun fires]

Jonah, run!

Ow!

Kyle!

Kyle!

Argh!

[grunting]

[pants]

[grunting]

Argh!

[elevator dings]

Come on.

Hey, call came in.

Postman got killed out in Brighton.

Gonna meet Woody at the scene.

Where is he? My son, Jonah, he's here?

I'm sorry, I have no idea what you're referring to.

We got a call from the police. Said our son had been found.

[elevator dings]

Oh, my God.

Jonah?

Jonah... Jonah.

Oh, my baby.

Hi!

Garret, are you all right?

I'm good.

Hey, Garret!

It's a long story.

Hey, Abby, it's Dad.

Nothing important, I just...

I had a really rotten day and I just wanted to hear your voice.

Just give me a call... Give me a call.

[theme music playing]