1 00:00:09,275 --> 00:00:11,444 Stearns, Minnesota? 2 00:00:11,444 --> 00:00:12,779 Stearns, Minnesota. 3 00:00:12,779 --> 00:00:14,681 Longest lifespan in the US. 4 00:00:14,681 --> 00:00:17,150 Ten to twelve years above the national average. 5 00:00:17,150 --> 00:00:19,419 - Why? - Well, they're in the middle of farm country. 6 00:00:19,419 --> 00:00:22,622 They get up at the crack of dawn, they pick the corn, they plow the fields. 7 00:00:22,622 --> 00:00:25,258 You wanna know who has the shortest lifespan in the United States? 8 00:00:25,258 --> 00:00:28,428 - I couldn't tell you. - Bennett County, South Dakota. 9 00:00:28,428 --> 00:00:29,562 Washington DC, 10 00:00:29,562 --> 00:00:31,664 and a close third, Baltimore, Maryland. 11 00:00:31,664 --> 00:00:34,200 I read this, I figure, I'm definitely moving to Minnesota. 12 00:00:34,200 --> 00:00:38,171 Yeah, well, people out there are living longer 'cause they're not killing each other. 13 00:00:38,171 --> 00:00:42,342 I mean, this place Stearns probably has one homicide cop to the whole town. 14 00:00:42,342 --> 00:00:44,444 Do you think that they need another one? 15 00:00:44,444 --> 00:00:47,714 So I'll become a farmer. A couple acres, a new pair of overalls. 16 00:00:47,714 --> 00:00:49,616 I buy myself a decade at least. 17 00:00:50,617 --> 00:00:52,719 [Ballard] Sergeant Rogers, enlighten us. 18 00:00:52,719 --> 00:00:54,421 [Rogers] Body's inside the Mercedes. 19 00:00:54,421 --> 00:00:57,857 Josephine Dalton, 46-year-old white female. 20 00:00:57,857 --> 00:00:59,492 Seems like suicide. 21 00:00:59,492 --> 00:01:01,394 Well, I don't think she was vacuuming. 22 00:01:01,394 --> 00:01:03,530 [Lausanne] Looks like carbon monoxide. 23 00:01:03,530 --> 00:01:05,865 - I'll have to check her lungs to know for sure. - Okay, Doc. 24 00:01:05,865 --> 00:01:09,369 Nice car. At least if you're gonna go, she goes in style, huh? 25 00:01:09,369 --> 00:01:11,237 - Was there a note? - No note. 26 00:01:11,237 --> 00:01:12,906 Her two kids are inside the house. 27 00:01:12,906 --> 00:01:15,542 The son's name is Alex. The daughter's Samantha. 28 00:01:15,542 --> 00:01:18,878 - Where's Mr. Dalton? - Out of town on business. 29 00:01:18,878 --> 00:01:20,480 [Ballard] And the children found the body? 30 00:01:20,480 --> 00:01:22,482 The car was here when they came from school. 31 00:01:24,551 --> 00:01:26,586 People in Minnesota don't commit suicide. 32 00:01:26,586 --> 00:01:30,490 You still here? Geez, I thought you'd be off milking a cow by now. 33 00:01:31,791 --> 00:01:34,627 [camera shutter clicking] 34 00:01:34,627 --> 00:01:41,368 [theme music playing] 35 00:01:56,816 --> 00:02:03,523 {\an8}[*] 36 00:02:16,970 --> 00:02:24,177 {\an8}[*] 37 00:02:27,614 --> 00:02:30,316 {\an8}- [phone ringing] - [Giardello] Homicide. 38 00:02:37,724 --> 00:02:39,292 {\an8}[Munch] Your dad's in Richmond? 39 00:02:39,292 --> 00:02:40,860 {\an8}I left a message. 40 00:02:41,728 --> 00:02:43,697 {\an8}You're the one that found your mom? 41 00:02:44,764 --> 00:02:46,366 {\an8}Well, we both did. 42 00:02:47,267 --> 00:02:49,336 {\an8}I saw her car in the driveway, and... 43 00:02:50,270 --> 00:02:52,439 {\an8}I knew something was wrong. 44 00:02:52,439 --> 00:02:54,407 {\an8}She's never here when we get home. 45 00:02:54,407 --> 00:02:56,343 {\an8}- She's always at work. - Which is where? 46 00:02:56,343 --> 00:02:59,579 {\an8}[Alex] Fayette Securities. She's vice president of investments. 47 00:02:59,579 --> 00:03:03,249 {\an8}Was your mom stressed out about anything? Was she depressed? 48 00:03:03,249 --> 00:03:06,286 {\an8}She was fine until-- until last night. 49 00:03:06,286 --> 00:03:08,922 {\an8}I heard her crying in her room. 50 00:03:08,922 --> 00:03:10,857 {\an8}Any idea why she was upset? 51 00:03:10,857 --> 00:03:11,991 {\an8}No. 52 00:03:11,991 --> 00:03:13,727 {\an8}What about you, Samantha? 53 00:03:13,727 --> 00:03:17,497 {\an8}Do you know what your mom might have been sad about? Hmm? 54 00:03:21,868 --> 00:03:22,936 {\an8}Hey, sweetie. 55 00:03:26,339 --> 00:03:27,640 {\an8}[whispering] I'll get a medic. 56 00:03:33,646 --> 00:03:35,615 Just because Josephine Dalton owned a Mercedes, 57 00:03:35,615 --> 00:03:37,617 does that mean she has to be happy? 58 00:03:37,617 --> 00:03:39,753 Well, there has to be something that drove her to kill herself. 59 00:03:39,753 --> 00:03:42,622 Like, she went to the doctor and found out she was terminal, 60 00:03:42,622 --> 00:03:44,624 or she caught her husband cheating. 61 00:03:44,624 --> 00:03:46,626 Are we sure this is a suicide? 62 00:03:46,626 --> 00:03:48,895 Lausanne is doing an autopsy now. 63 00:03:48,895 --> 00:03:51,831 He's checking to see if there's any carbon monoxide in her lungs and blood. 64 00:03:51,831 --> 00:03:54,034 And the lab's processing the car for prints. 65 00:03:54,034 --> 00:03:56,569 Someone could've killed her and then stuffed her into the driver's seat. 66 00:03:56,569 --> 00:04:00,507 Talk to the ME. If he rules it a homicide, get it up on the Board, work on it. 67 00:04:00,507 --> 00:04:02,642 If it's a suicide, move on. 68 00:04:02,642 --> 00:04:05,378 Well, even if it was a suicide, I'd still wanna know why. 69 00:04:05,378 --> 00:04:06,946 Do yourself a favor, Ballard. 70 00:04:06,946 --> 00:04:09,482 It's hard enough understanding why people kill each other. 71 00:04:09,482 --> 00:04:11,651 Why they kill themselves? [scoffs] 72 00:04:11,651 --> 00:04:13,720 That's not ours to answer, is it? 73 00:04:14,688 --> 00:04:15,755 Exactly. 74 00:04:17,524 --> 00:04:19,059 Hey, Lieutenant, you got a minute? 75 00:04:19,059 --> 00:04:20,727 For you, 30 seconds. 76 00:04:20,727 --> 00:04:23,530 How's it gonna go for Meldrick today, his trial board? 77 00:04:23,530 --> 00:04:25,532 Well, there are no guarantees. 78 00:04:25,532 --> 00:04:27,834 No guarantees? Can't you do something? 79 00:04:27,834 --> 00:04:30,370 I mean, grease it for him somehow? 80 00:04:30,370 --> 00:04:35,709 Grease it? Are you suggesting that a Departmental trial board can be manipulated, 81 00:04:35,709 --> 00:04:38,044 that there's no integrity in the process? 82 00:04:39,446 --> 00:04:40,947 - Pretty much. - I'm shocked. 83 00:04:40,947 --> 00:04:44,851 I am shocked by the very notion of such a thing. 84 00:04:44,851 --> 00:04:48,822 The case against Detective Meldrick Lewis will be decided upon on its merits. 85 00:04:48,822 --> 00:04:50,857 Now there's nothing else I can do. 86 00:04:51,991 --> 00:04:53,026 Understood? 87 00:04:53,993 --> 00:04:55,929 - Understood. - Good. 88 00:05:00,100 --> 00:05:02,068 [sighs] So what's it say? 89 00:05:02,068 --> 00:05:03,903 "I'm sorry." 90 00:05:03,903 --> 00:05:06,573 - Anything else? - Yeah. "Love, Ken." 91 00:05:07,841 --> 00:05:12,479 No broken heart. No thwarted ambitions. 92 00:05:12,479 --> 00:05:14,581 No explanation at all. 93 00:05:14,581 --> 00:05:17,150 No, I guess our Ken wasn't much of a wordsmith. 94 00:05:17,150 --> 00:05:22,389 The deceased's name is Kenneth Alden. He's 54 years old. 95 00:05:22,389 --> 00:05:24,057 President and CEO of this whole operation. 96 00:05:24,057 --> 00:05:27,560 His secretary, Vera Sloane, is waiting out in the hallway. 97 00:05:27,560 --> 00:05:30,130 - Okay. - Thanks. 98 00:05:30,130 --> 00:05:31,965 [camera shutter clicking] 99 00:05:33,466 --> 00:05:35,802 Uh, Miss Sloane. You find the body? 100 00:05:36,603 --> 00:05:38,571 I was bringing him his coffee. 101 00:05:38,571 --> 00:05:39,739 Mr. Alden had family? 102 00:05:39,739 --> 00:05:42,642 A wife, Eleanor. And a son. 103 00:05:42,642 --> 00:05:45,612 I haven't called them. Please, don't make me call. 104 00:05:45,612 --> 00:05:47,614 No, no, no. We'll handle it. 105 00:05:47,614 --> 00:05:49,916 [Scheiner] Okay, gentlemen, show me the body. 106 00:05:49,916 --> 00:05:52,085 Middle-aged white male of the corporate variety, 107 00:05:52,085 --> 00:05:55,555 dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. 108 00:05:55,555 --> 00:05:57,691 - Must be contagious. - What? 109 00:05:57,691 --> 00:05:59,759 [Scheiner] Second suicide of the day. 110 00:05:59,759 --> 00:06:02,629 Ballard and Munch handled the first one. 111 00:06:02,629 --> 00:06:04,898 - Can I have him? - Yeah, yeah, yeah. He's all yours. 112 00:06:04,898 --> 00:06:06,933 - [Scheiner] Thank you. - Let me see that note. 113 00:06:10,470 --> 00:06:13,907 [Jasper] A violation of Departmental rules and regulations, to wit, 114 00:06:13,907 --> 00:06:16,876 use of excessive force on the 16th of January 115 00:06:16,876 --> 00:06:21,614 involving Detective Meldrick Lewis, sequence number C106, 116 00:06:21,614 --> 00:06:24,718 and a citizen, one Georgia Rae Mahoney. 117 00:06:26,186 --> 00:06:27,921 - Detective Lewis? - Sir. 118 00:06:27,921 --> 00:06:29,856 It's my understanding that you have elected 119 00:06:29,856 --> 00:06:32,125 not to contest the substance of the complaint. 120 00:06:34,094 --> 00:06:37,831 - [Lewis] Yes, sir. - You are willing to waive your right to a trial board 121 00:06:37,831 --> 00:06:40,767 and have this panel recommend disciplinary action at this time? 122 00:06:40,767 --> 00:06:43,903 - I am. - Our recommendation is for Detective Lewis 123 00:06:43,903 --> 00:06:47,807 to lose five vacation days, receive a letter of reprimand, 124 00:06:47,807 --> 00:06:52,112 and receive counseling on community relations and the appropriate use of force. 125 00:06:53,513 --> 00:06:54,914 This hearing is concluded. 126 00:06:59,119 --> 00:07:03,490 Whew. Whoa. It all unfolded just like you said it was gonna do, Gee. 127 00:07:03,490 --> 00:07:05,025 Well, my word's my bond. 128 00:07:05,025 --> 00:07:07,827 Exactly how many favors you have to call in on this one? 129 00:07:07,827 --> 00:07:09,829 - More than you ever wanna to know. - [chuckling] 130 00:07:09,829 --> 00:07:11,965 - Detective Lewis. - Captain. 131 00:07:11,965 --> 00:07:14,834 - [Gaffney] You look good in uniform, Lewis. - Why, thank you, sir. 132 00:07:14,834 --> 00:07:18,505 If it was up to me, you'd be back in a radio car for that stunt you pulled. 133 00:07:18,505 --> 00:07:21,875 - Yes, sir. - Of course, your lieutenant here, he thinks otherwise. 134 00:07:21,875 --> 00:07:24,711 But I've always said, Al's problem is a lack of discipline. 135 00:07:24,711 --> 00:07:26,513 If I was runnin' his shift, 136 00:07:26,513 --> 00:07:28,748 I'd be offering you a transfer out. 137 00:07:29,616 --> 00:07:31,651 Respectfully speaking, sir, 138 00:07:31,651 --> 00:07:35,088 if you were runnin' his shift, I'd be takin' it. 139 00:07:42,595 --> 00:07:44,030 Hey. I thought you were sick. 140 00:07:44,030 --> 00:07:46,866 Got a half hour of Regis and Kathie Lee. 141 00:07:46,866 --> 00:07:49,102 Had to get out of the house. Did I miss anything? 142 00:07:49,102 --> 00:07:51,738 Munch and I are working a possible suicide. 143 00:07:52,339 --> 00:07:54,174 It was a suicide. That was Lausanne. 144 00:07:54,174 --> 00:07:58,278 Mmm. Okay, so now we know how she died. We still don't know why. 145 00:07:58,278 --> 00:08:00,013 I don't care and neither should you. 146 00:08:00,013 --> 00:08:03,116 Oh, my God. Are you always such a curmudgeon? 147 00:08:03,116 --> 00:08:05,618 The ME says it's not a murder, it's not a murder. 148 00:08:05,618 --> 00:08:08,154 Gee says move on, I'm moving on. 149 00:08:09,189 --> 00:08:10,690 You missed me, didn't you? 150 00:08:10,690 --> 00:08:12,892 Hey, Ballard. How'd your guy kill himself? 151 00:08:12,892 --> 00:08:16,629 Uh, it was a her, and it was carbon monoxide poisoning. Why? 152 00:08:16,629 --> 00:08:20,066 Really? 'Cause our dead guy in Gilford, 153 00:08:20,066 --> 00:08:22,002 Kenneth Alden, he killed himself also. 154 00:08:22,002 --> 00:08:24,304 - You think there's a connection? - Well, not unless yours was 155 00:08:24,304 --> 00:08:27,607 a middle-aged corner-office executive who blew his brains out. 156 00:08:27,607 --> 00:08:29,943 Josephine Dalton was 46 years old, 157 00:08:29,943 --> 00:08:32,178 vice president of Fayette Securities. 158 00:08:32,178 --> 00:08:34,948 She pumped exhaust into her brand-new Mercedes. 159 00:08:34,948 --> 00:08:36,983 [Ballard] We're a long way from Wall Street. 160 00:08:36,983 --> 00:08:39,219 The financial community in Baltimore can't be that big. 161 00:08:39,219 --> 00:08:43,723 Maybe they knew each other. Maybe they did business together. 162 00:08:43,723 --> 00:08:45,925 Yeah, maybe Alden and Dalton brokered a deal, 163 00:08:45,925 --> 00:08:49,629 deal goes south, both lose big bucks, both call it a day. 164 00:08:49,629 --> 00:08:50,930 [phone ringing] 165 00:08:52,132 --> 00:08:54,167 - [Pembleton] Homicide, Pembleton. - You know something? 166 00:08:54,167 --> 00:08:57,971 Coincidence or no, two suicides in one day is plenty. 167 00:08:57,971 --> 00:09:00,774 Well, they say bad things happen in threes. 168 00:09:00,774 --> 00:09:02,042 We'll be right down. 169 00:09:03,243 --> 00:09:05,879 - What's up? - That was the widow Alden. 170 00:09:05,879 --> 00:09:07,847 She wants to have a word with us. 171 00:09:07,847 --> 00:09:09,849 So much for working murders. 172 00:09:09,849 --> 00:09:13,219 Hey, if this keeps up, we're gonna call Homicide "Suicide." 173 00:09:13,219 --> 00:09:16,823 Twenty-one years and four words is all he has to say. 174 00:09:18,091 --> 00:09:20,927 First I thought he was sorry for shooting himself. 175 00:09:20,927 --> 00:09:23,730 Then this came in the mail today. 176 00:09:24,330 --> 00:09:26,232 What is it? 177 00:09:26,232 --> 00:09:29,269 I know what's inside this envelope is connected to Kenneth's death. 178 00:09:30,337 --> 00:09:34,007 If I show you detectives, I hope that this will stay between us. 179 00:09:35,275 --> 00:09:36,843 We'll try our best. 180 00:09:54,294 --> 00:09:55,662 I take it this isn't you? 181 00:09:55,662 --> 00:09:56,863 Of course not. 182 00:09:56,863 --> 00:09:58,264 Kenneth was having an affair. 183 00:09:58,264 --> 00:10:00,967 Yeah, which someone else caught on film. 184 00:10:00,967 --> 00:10:02,902 Looks like a telephoto lens. 185 00:10:02,902 --> 00:10:05,405 Whoever took those pictures must have shown them to Kenneth. 186 00:10:05,405 --> 00:10:08,141 I believe he killed himself out of fear of exposure. 187 00:10:08,141 --> 00:10:10,210 That's a little extreme, Mr. Alden. 188 00:10:10,210 --> 00:10:12,012 Please forgive me. 189 00:10:12,012 --> 00:10:14,948 Plenty of men are unfaithful, plenty of men are found out. 190 00:10:14,948 --> 00:10:16,282 They don't end their lives over it. 191 00:10:16,282 --> 00:10:18,685 If you consider who he was sleeping with, 192 00:10:18,685 --> 00:10:20,320 suicide makes more sense. 193 00:10:20,320 --> 00:10:21,921 Do you know this woman? 194 00:10:23,990 --> 00:10:26,059 Her name is Jessie Metzger. 195 00:10:26,059 --> 00:10:28,028 She's Kenneth's half-sister. 196 00:10:28,028 --> 00:10:30,397 [tense instrumental playing] 197 00:10:30,397 --> 00:10:32,365 [camera shutter clicking] 198 00:10:38,004 --> 00:10:40,173 - Incest? - Jessie Metzger and Kenneth Alden 199 00:10:40,173 --> 00:10:44,711 had the same mother, and that makes this kind of carnal activity strictly taboo. 200 00:10:45,879 --> 00:10:48,181 - Dalton killed himself out of guilt? - [Bayliss] Mmm. 201 00:10:48,181 --> 00:10:50,316 I don't know, Gee. He doesn't look guilt-ridden to me. 202 00:10:50,316 --> 00:10:53,953 Our guess is that Alden was okay by this as long as nobody found out. 203 00:10:53,953 --> 00:10:57,757 So someone was taking pictures of Alden and his half-sister without him knowing, 204 00:10:57,757 --> 00:11:00,260 and now they're holding it over him like some kind of a threat? 205 00:11:00,260 --> 00:11:02,195 Well, he was a successful businessman. 206 00:11:02,195 --> 00:11:04,064 Maybe somebody did it for the cash. 207 00:11:04,064 --> 00:11:07,200 - That's blackmail. - Otherwise known as extortion. 208 00:11:07,200 --> 00:11:10,103 Extortion which may have led to the death of another human being. 209 00:11:10,103 --> 00:11:12,439 Track down this half-sister, Jessie Metzger. 210 00:11:12,439 --> 00:11:15,809 Talk to Alden's friends, co-workers, other relatives. 211 00:11:15,809 --> 00:11:17,177 Find out who took those photographs. 212 00:11:17,177 --> 00:11:18,945 What about Josephine Dalton? 213 00:11:18,945 --> 00:11:21,181 - Who's Dalton? - Our second suicide. 214 00:11:21,181 --> 00:11:24,351 Same profile as Alden. Successful executive, mother of two. 215 00:11:24,351 --> 00:11:27,287 She might have her own secrets, her own set of photographs. 216 00:11:27,287 --> 00:11:29,089 All right, talk to Dalton's husband. 217 00:11:29,089 --> 00:11:31,391 Find out if he knows anything. But please, be discreet. 218 00:11:35,829 --> 00:11:38,998 What about Josephine Dalton? What do you think she's hiding? 219 00:11:38,998 --> 00:11:41,368 Well, maybe she had some deep, dark secret. 220 00:11:41,368 --> 00:11:45,171 Or maybe she just ran out of St John's wort and couldn't cope. 221 00:11:45,171 --> 00:11:47,240 Do you think it's incest, like with Alden? 222 00:11:47,240 --> 00:11:49,976 Oh, I don't know. What would be the odds of that? 223 00:11:49,976 --> 00:11:52,379 Yeah, even if it was, what would that explain? 224 00:11:52,379 --> 00:11:55,115 Getting caught wouldn't mean she had to commit suicide. 225 00:11:55,115 --> 00:11:56,883 Kenneth Alden didn't have to, either. 226 00:11:56,883 --> 00:11:58,151 If someone found out that you were 227 00:11:58,151 --> 00:11:59,285 sleeping with your own brother, 228 00:11:59,285 --> 00:12:02,022 would you kill yourself over it? 229 00:12:02,022 --> 00:12:03,857 I don't even have a brother. 230 00:12:03,857 --> 00:12:05,458 Yeah, but you know what I mean. 231 00:12:05,458 --> 00:12:07,794 Time passes on, people forgive anything. 232 00:12:07,794 --> 00:12:10,363 They go on to the next, and they go on to the next scandal. 233 00:12:10,363 --> 00:12:12,565 What would it take for you to end your own life? 234 00:12:12,565 --> 00:12:14,234 And what could be so bad? 235 00:12:15,201 --> 00:12:16,903 A date with John Munch. 236 00:12:16,903 --> 00:12:18,972 - Ready to roll, partner? - Yes. 237 00:12:18,972 --> 00:12:20,573 I don't know. That's a tough one. 238 00:12:20,573 --> 00:12:23,309 When I get an answer, I'll come back to you. 239 00:12:27,580 --> 00:12:30,583 Kenneth first kissed me when I was 16. 240 00:12:30,583 --> 00:12:34,421 We were together 25 years. That's longer than his marriage. 241 00:12:34,421 --> 00:12:37,257 Did you see Kenneth at all yesterday? 242 00:12:38,124 --> 00:12:40,026 We usually met at lunchtime. 243 00:12:40,026 --> 00:12:43,997 I went to the apartment, but he called to say he couldn't make it. 244 00:12:43,997 --> 00:12:45,398 Which apartment is this? 245 00:12:45,398 --> 00:12:48,168 Ken rented a place at the Ambassador. 246 00:12:48,168 --> 00:12:51,271 After so many years, we wanted a place of our own. 247 00:12:51,271 --> 00:12:54,574 Did anyone else know about your relationship, 248 00:12:54,574 --> 00:12:58,011 anyone who may have wanted to blackmail Kenneth? 249 00:12:58,011 --> 00:12:59,913 Not that I know of. 250 00:12:59,913 --> 00:13:01,581 What about these photos? 251 00:13:01,581 --> 00:13:03,083 Who might have taken them? 252 00:13:03,083 --> 00:13:04,818 I have no idea. 253 00:13:06,586 --> 00:13:08,221 All right, then. 254 00:13:08,221 --> 00:13:10,890 Thank you very much for your help, Miss Metzger. 255 00:13:12,258 --> 00:13:14,494 And we are sorry about your loss. 256 00:13:15,495 --> 00:13:17,530 [Jessie] Kenneth and I were in love. 257 00:13:17,530 --> 00:13:20,333 I was never ashamed of our relationship. 258 00:13:21,234 --> 00:13:24,137 Had he felt the same way, he'd still be alive. 259 00:13:30,243 --> 00:13:32,212 Hey, the football's back. 260 00:13:32,212 --> 00:13:34,214 Hey! I was wondering where it went. 261 00:13:35,148 --> 00:13:37,384 - Hey, Meldrick. - Nice to see you mooks too. 262 00:13:39,552 --> 00:13:40,954 I can move my stuff. 263 00:13:40,954 --> 00:13:42,889 No, that's-- that's all right. 264 00:13:42,889 --> 00:13:44,357 I can, uh-- 265 00:13:44,357 --> 00:13:47,060 I can slide right over here by Mac. 266 00:13:47,060 --> 00:13:48,461 Huh, Mac? Just, uh-- 267 00:13:48,461 --> 00:13:51,965 Meldrick, I-- I can move my stuff. 268 00:13:51,965 --> 00:13:53,933 I said this is fine. 269 00:13:53,933 --> 00:13:56,503 New desk, new vibe. 270 00:13:57,470 --> 00:14:00,140 I'm all about change right now. 271 00:14:04,277 --> 00:14:06,279 [Kellerman] Hey, ball up. 272 00:14:07,714 --> 00:14:09,149 Come on! 273 00:14:21,528 --> 00:14:23,396 You wanna look through my wife's things? 274 00:14:23,396 --> 00:14:25,665 We're especially interested in any recent mail. 275 00:14:25,665 --> 00:14:29,135 Packages, envelopes, anything she might've received in the past couple days. 276 00:14:29,135 --> 00:14:30,603 Would you mind telling me why? 277 00:14:30,603 --> 00:14:33,973 Josephine was unhappy. She took her own life. 278 00:14:33,973 --> 00:14:37,010 - What is there to investigate? - We had a second suicide today, Mr. Dalton. 279 00:14:37,010 --> 00:14:40,013 We just wanna rule out any connection between your wife and this other person. 280 00:14:40,013 --> 00:14:42,382 - Kenneth Alden. - Yes. 281 00:14:42,382 --> 00:14:45,151 Yeah, I heard about his suicide from Fairglen. 282 00:14:45,151 --> 00:14:48,154 - What's Fairglen? - It's our country club. 283 00:14:48,154 --> 00:14:50,290 I just saw him there last Sunday brunch. 284 00:14:50,290 --> 00:14:52,258 How well did you know him? 285 00:14:53,159 --> 00:14:54,661 We'd see him at meals. 286 00:14:54,661 --> 00:14:57,297 I played doubles against him in a tennis tournament. 287 00:14:57,297 --> 00:14:59,032 What about your wife? They were both in finance. 288 00:14:59,032 --> 00:15:01,267 - You ever see them talking business? - No, never. 289 00:15:01,267 --> 00:15:04,104 We have evidence relating to Alden's death, 290 00:15:04,104 --> 00:15:07,040 so it could be more complicated than just a simple suicide. 291 00:15:07,040 --> 00:15:10,176 What kind of evidence? What does it have to do with Josephine? 292 00:15:10,176 --> 00:15:13,680 Maybe nothing, but that's why we wanna search your wife's things. 293 00:15:16,449 --> 00:15:18,284 There's no need, Detectives. 294 00:15:18,284 --> 00:15:20,286 I won't make you waste your time. 295 00:15:20,286 --> 00:15:24,324 - Excuse me? - I know why my wife killed herself. 296 00:15:24,324 --> 00:15:26,593 It had nothing to do with Kenneth Alden. 297 00:15:29,129 --> 00:15:30,430 Who's the kid? 298 00:15:30,430 --> 00:15:34,200 Joshua Dillinger. He babysits for Samantha. 299 00:15:34,200 --> 00:15:35,535 They were having an affair. 300 00:15:35,535 --> 00:15:37,170 How long did you know about it? 301 00:15:37,170 --> 00:15:39,172 The pictures came in the mail today. 302 00:15:39,172 --> 00:15:40,774 But you didn't tell us? 303 00:15:40,774 --> 00:15:43,510 If that was your wife, would you be passing them around? 304 00:15:44,744 --> 00:15:47,747 This is obviously something that Josephine didn't want people to know about. 305 00:15:47,747 --> 00:15:50,116 It's clearly the reason she was so distraught. 306 00:15:50,116 --> 00:15:52,719 I was planning on burning 'em as soon as I got a chance, and-- 307 00:15:52,719 --> 00:15:55,488 Trust me, Mr. Dalton, it's a good thing you didn't. 308 00:15:55,488 --> 00:15:58,425 [camera shutter clicking] 309 00:16:05,465 --> 00:16:07,534 - Hey. - Hey, Mikey. 310 00:16:08,301 --> 00:16:09,469 What's up? 311 00:16:10,870 --> 00:16:13,173 I just wanted to tell you that I'm glad you made it back to the Unit. 312 00:16:13,173 --> 00:16:16,776 - Yeah, thanks, man. - You know, if, uh-- if you felt like it, 313 00:16:16,776 --> 00:16:20,380 maybe we could work a call or two together like the old days. 314 00:16:20,380 --> 00:16:22,082 Sounds good. Maybe. 315 00:16:24,718 --> 00:16:29,322 And, uh, thanks for that tip on Calvin Barnes. 316 00:16:30,490 --> 00:16:31,658 Who? 317 00:16:31,658 --> 00:16:34,127 Dead dope dealer in the project courtyard? 318 00:16:34,127 --> 00:16:35,495 Inside that plain white envelope 319 00:16:35,495 --> 00:16:37,263 was everything I needed to put the case down. 320 00:16:37,263 --> 00:16:38,665 You think I had something to do with that? 321 00:16:38,665 --> 00:16:41,134 Yeah, I know you had something to do with it. 322 00:16:41,134 --> 00:16:43,536 We all know it was you who gave us those envelopes. 323 00:16:43,536 --> 00:16:46,072 Get out of here, Meldrick. If there are informants 324 00:16:46,072 --> 00:16:48,708 out there giving up that much evidentiary detail on murders, 325 00:16:48,708 --> 00:16:50,777 you think the city would need trained detectives? 326 00:16:51,845 --> 00:16:55,315 Whatever. Why don't you grab that 25 plate for me? 327 00:16:59,386 --> 00:17:01,121 - Tell me something. - What? 328 00:17:02,655 --> 00:17:04,824 How'd you get the Mahoney crew to turn on itself like that? What'd you do? 329 00:17:04,824 --> 00:17:08,094 Nothin'. I was under suspension. You're forgettin' that. 330 00:17:08,094 --> 00:17:10,730 Whatever. Well, it's gonna get a lot worse. 331 00:17:10,730 --> 00:17:13,333 I took that tape I made, the one with the judge? 332 00:17:13,333 --> 00:17:16,469 - I took it over to the FBI. - Yeah? 333 00:17:16,469 --> 00:17:18,705 And you were right. They weren't very much interested in it, 334 00:17:18,705 --> 00:17:21,741 but that's because they already got a case up and running on Gibbons. 335 00:17:21,741 --> 00:17:24,377 He's gonna roll over. He's gonna give 'em Georgia Rae. 336 00:17:24,377 --> 00:17:25,879 - They told you this? - Yeah. 337 00:17:25,879 --> 00:17:28,415 And I'm tellin' you this because whatever you were doing 338 00:17:28,415 --> 00:17:30,650 to screw up Georgia Rae, or not doing, 339 00:17:30,650 --> 00:17:32,452 I figure you ought to ease up. 340 00:17:32,452 --> 00:17:34,554 You know, with the Feds on her now, she's done. 341 00:17:36,723 --> 00:17:38,858 Hey, I'm going down to the Courthouse tomorrow. 342 00:17:38,858 --> 00:17:40,794 Jury selection on the Mahoney civil suit. 343 00:17:40,794 --> 00:17:43,596 I figure I'll go watch Gibbons sweat. You wanna come? 344 00:17:43,596 --> 00:17:48,101 That sounds like a blast, but, uh, I got laundry to do. 345 00:17:56,242 --> 00:17:59,479 [officer] Got the owner of the restaurant. At least one shot to the head through and through. 346 00:17:59,479 --> 00:18:02,549 The body was discovered by the manager. He's sitting over here in the booth. 347 00:18:02,549 --> 00:18:04,617 - Where's the ME? - Hey, busy day. 348 00:18:04,617 --> 00:18:06,753 - Robbery? - The register's full. 349 00:18:06,753 --> 00:18:08,421 Still has his wallet and all his jewelry. 350 00:18:08,421 --> 00:18:11,458 - You got a name? - Tonio Cornell. 351 00:18:13,593 --> 00:18:16,229 Let me guess. The Mahoney organization. 352 00:18:16,229 --> 00:18:18,531 Last few years, he's worked his way up the ladder. 353 00:18:18,531 --> 00:18:20,600 Rumor had it that he was in line to replace Luther 354 00:18:20,600 --> 00:18:22,569 if Georgia Rae hadn't stepped in. 355 00:18:23,336 --> 00:18:25,205 Another soldier down. 356 00:18:25,205 --> 00:18:26,706 More like a general. 357 00:18:26,706 --> 00:18:28,908 You know, if guys like Tonio are getting killed, 358 00:18:28,908 --> 00:18:31,378 there can't be much left of the Mahoney crew. 359 00:18:31,378 --> 00:18:35,815 So, think we're gonna get a little white envelope for Tonio here? 360 00:18:36,716 --> 00:18:39,486 I figure we might as well talk to Meldrick directly. 361 00:18:40,820 --> 00:18:43,790 - What are you saying? - I'm saying what you're thinking. 362 00:18:43,790 --> 00:18:46,860 That Meldrick mailed those envelopes? You don't know that. 363 00:18:46,860 --> 00:18:48,828 [sighing] 364 00:18:50,530 --> 00:18:52,665 What I'm gonna tell you, you don't repeat. 365 00:18:52,665 --> 00:18:55,168 All that time that Lewis was on suspension, 366 00:18:55,902 --> 00:18:58,271 I was feeding him info on Mahoney's people. 367 00:18:58,271 --> 00:19:01,274 And guess what? Most of those names landed on the Board. 368 00:19:01,274 --> 00:19:03,677 Now, what Meldrick was up to, I don't even wanna know. 369 00:19:03,677 --> 00:19:05,745 I figured he used what he knew 370 00:19:05,745 --> 00:19:07,580 to turn Mahoney's crew on itself. 371 00:19:07,580 --> 00:19:09,416 I figure he made it happen. 372 00:19:09,416 --> 00:19:11,284 Well, why'd you help him? 373 00:19:11,284 --> 00:19:12,786 He's my partner. He asked. 374 00:19:12,786 --> 00:19:14,788 You know, when you came on to Homicide, 375 00:19:14,788 --> 00:19:17,490 you started asking all those questions about Luther's shooting. 376 00:19:17,490 --> 00:19:19,325 I thought you were on a mission. 377 00:19:19,325 --> 00:19:21,628 I thought you were IID or something. 378 00:19:21,628 --> 00:19:23,963 IID? Now that's funny. 379 00:19:23,963 --> 00:19:25,565 Then why were you asking? 380 00:19:25,565 --> 00:19:28,702 When it came up, I couldn't get any straight answers. 381 00:19:28,702 --> 00:19:33,473 Here I walk on to Homicide, and half my shift is carrying around some kind of big secret. 382 00:19:33,473 --> 00:19:36,376 I got worried. Like, what did I just step into? 383 00:19:37,010 --> 00:19:40,480 If I knew what the dirt was, I can decide. 384 00:19:40,480 --> 00:19:41,848 Maybe I stay in the unit, 385 00:19:41,848 --> 00:19:43,850 or maybe I sidestep and transfer out. 386 00:19:43,850 --> 00:19:46,252 But if I don't know what it is, I can't protect myself, can I? 387 00:19:46,252 --> 00:19:48,254 - And that's all it was? - That's all it was. 388 00:19:48,254 --> 00:19:50,590 I took a careful look, came to the conclusion 389 00:19:50,590 --> 00:19:52,992 that the Mahoney shooting wasn't quite right, 390 00:19:52,992 --> 00:19:55,595 and I figured I was not gonna be working with Kellerman. 391 00:19:55,595 --> 00:19:57,464 Are you asking me about that shooting? 392 00:19:57,464 --> 00:19:59,532 There's no need. I know enough. 393 00:20:01,001 --> 00:20:03,737 Was Tonio Cornell one of the names you gave to Meldrick? 394 00:20:03,737 --> 00:20:06,339 Nope. This one ain't on him. 395 00:20:06,339 --> 00:20:09,676 Well, then this situation is officially out of control. 396 00:20:09,676 --> 00:20:11,644 Meldrick might be good at starting a war, 397 00:20:11,644 --> 00:20:14,581 but I got a feeling he's nowhere at stopping one. 398 00:20:19,919 --> 00:20:25,658 [*] 399 00:20:27,794 --> 00:20:29,696 I'm very sorry, Detectives. 400 00:20:29,696 --> 00:20:32,432 The Ambassador does not give out information about our residents. 401 00:20:32,432 --> 00:20:35,035 - Okay. - The occupants have the right to their privacy. 402 00:20:35,035 --> 00:20:37,804 What goes on inside of their homes is their business. 403 00:20:37,804 --> 00:20:39,906 Well, did Mr. Alden own his apartment? 404 00:20:39,906 --> 00:20:42,742 No, I believe Mr. Alden signed a two-year lease. 405 00:20:42,742 --> 00:20:44,544 Of course, I'm really not allowed to say. 406 00:20:44,544 --> 00:20:47,313 Do you recognize this woman, Miss Gurman? 407 00:20:47,313 --> 00:20:49,315 Mr. Alden would bring her here. 408 00:20:49,315 --> 00:20:53,620 Mr. Alden's relationship with Miss Metzger is between the two of them. 409 00:20:53,620 --> 00:20:55,422 Even if they met here several times a week, 410 00:20:55,422 --> 00:20:59,392 which they often did, I wouldn't be permitted to tell you. 411 00:20:59,392 --> 00:21:02,362 Well, we understand that, Miss Gurman. 412 00:21:03,530 --> 00:21:07,534 Uh, but besides Jessie Metzger, was there anyone else whoever visited Mr. Alden? 413 00:21:07,534 --> 00:21:11,671 As I said, The Ambassador does not give out information about our residents. 414 00:21:11,671 --> 00:21:13,340 What about in the last day or two? 415 00:21:13,340 --> 00:21:16,576 All visitors are required to sign this book, you see? 416 00:21:16,576 --> 00:21:19,779 They have to put down their names, the apartment they're visiting, 417 00:21:19,779 --> 00:21:21,881 and the time they arrived and departed. 418 00:21:21,881 --> 00:21:26,453 So we have a Brenner Jones who signed in at 8:40 pm 419 00:21:26,453 --> 00:21:29,022 and left at 8:52. 420 00:21:29,022 --> 00:21:32,425 He must have been the photographer who got into the argument with Mr. Alden. 421 00:21:32,425 --> 00:21:35,695 - The photographer? - He had a fancy camera with him, one of those long lenses. 422 00:21:35,695 --> 00:21:39,099 After he went upstairs, several of the neighbors called down to the desk. 423 00:21:39,099 --> 00:21:40,633 They could hear the yelling. 424 00:21:40,633 --> 00:21:42,435 Did they know what they were fighting about? 425 00:21:42,435 --> 00:21:43,903 I don't know, Detective. 426 00:21:43,903 --> 00:21:45,939 But even if I did, I'd have to keep it to myself. 427 00:21:45,939 --> 00:21:48,842 - Our building policy says-- - Yes, that The Ambassador 428 00:21:48,842 --> 00:21:51,578 cannot give out information about its residents. 429 00:21:51,578 --> 00:21:53,380 - Exactly. - [Pembleton] Okay. 430 00:21:53,380 --> 00:21:55,849 Well, if you ever decide to change that policy, Miss Gurman, 431 00:21:55,849 --> 00:21:58,351 please... give me a call. 432 00:21:59,119 --> 00:22:05,625 [*] 433 00:22:11,898 --> 00:22:13,867 [Brenner] I didn't think you guys were coming back. 434 00:22:13,867 --> 00:22:16,136 Well, we are sorry about the delay, Mr. Jones. 435 00:22:16,136 --> 00:22:18,772 [chuckles] Yeah, don't get me wrong, I wanna be the good guy here. 436 00:22:18,772 --> 00:22:21,041 It's just I got a life I gotta get back to. 437 00:22:21,041 --> 00:22:22,909 [Bayliss] Right, right. And you know something? 438 00:22:22,909 --> 00:22:26,146 We wanna be very clear about what we're about to do here. 439 00:22:26,146 --> 00:22:27,647 It's just gonna breeze by. 440 00:22:27,647 --> 00:22:29,182 Mr. Jones, you're a photographer, correct? 441 00:22:29,182 --> 00:22:32,052 - [Brenner] Yes. - What kind of work is it you do? 442 00:22:32,052 --> 00:22:35,922 Uh, I'm a freelancer, so that means I pretty much shoot anything. 443 00:22:35,922 --> 00:22:37,791 [Pembleton] Okay. You shoot these? 444 00:22:41,728 --> 00:22:43,797 [chuckling] No. 445 00:22:43,797 --> 00:22:45,065 [Pembleton] No? 446 00:22:48,068 --> 00:22:49,402 Why you smiling? 447 00:22:50,070 --> 00:22:52,439 Uh, 'cause when I said I'd shoot anything, 448 00:22:52,439 --> 00:22:54,207 I didn't really mean anything. 449 00:22:54,207 --> 00:22:56,976 Do you know the man and the woman in these photos here? 450 00:22:56,976 --> 00:22:58,878 - [Brenner] Uh, no. - [Bayliss] No? 451 00:22:58,878 --> 00:23:01,481 I thought that you said that you wanted to help us out, 452 00:23:01,481 --> 00:23:03,083 you wanted to be a good guy. 453 00:23:03,083 --> 00:23:05,985 - Yeah, I do. - Then why you lyin'? 454 00:23:05,985 --> 00:23:07,454 I'm not. 455 00:23:07,454 --> 00:23:09,522 Oh, you see, now, someone said that they saw you 456 00:23:09,522 --> 00:23:13,193 at this man's apartment around nine o'clock the night before last. 457 00:23:13,193 --> 00:23:18,732 They even heard you fighting with him, even had your name signed to the log book. 458 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:22,769 What, you got nothing to say about that? 459 00:23:22,769 --> 00:23:27,540 Guys, you told me that you were gonna be clear on what this was about, but you haven't been. 460 00:23:27,540 --> 00:23:30,844 Okay, so you won't say anything about Alden. Uh... 461 00:23:31,711 --> 00:23:33,246 What about, um-- 462 00:23:33,246 --> 00:23:37,150 What was that woman's name in the Ballard and Munch case? 463 00:23:37,150 --> 00:23:40,954 - Mmm, Dalton. - [Bayliss] Right, right. Dalton. Josephine Dalton. 464 00:23:40,954 --> 00:23:44,824 - What about her? - Look, guys, if I need to get a lawyer, I will. 465 00:23:44,824 --> 00:23:48,895 - I don't wanna have to-- - Yeah, Mr. Jones, getting a lawyer might be very wise. 466 00:23:50,230 --> 00:23:51,865 [Brenner] Why? 467 00:23:51,865 --> 00:23:54,467 Kenneth Alden committed suicide yesterday. 468 00:24:00,006 --> 00:24:02,242 I have a feeling he didn't know about that. 469 00:24:02,242 --> 00:24:06,079 No, I have a feeling he didn't know that Josephine Dalton killed herself, either. 470 00:24:10,250 --> 00:24:15,722 Mr. Jones, when you blackmail somebody and you get caught, 471 00:24:15,722 --> 00:24:17,023 you might be in a little bit of trouble. 472 00:24:17,023 --> 00:24:18,892 But if you blackmail somebody 473 00:24:18,892 --> 00:24:21,995 and they just happen to blow off the back of their head... 474 00:24:21,995 --> 00:24:23,163 [whistles] 475 00:24:23,163 --> 00:24:26,266 ...and you get caught, well, that's it. 476 00:24:26,266 --> 00:24:27,967 You're screwed. 477 00:24:31,971 --> 00:24:35,141 - All right, I took the pictures. - [exaggerated exhale] 478 00:24:35,141 --> 00:24:39,145 And occasionally I would make deliveries, guys. That's-- that's all I did. 479 00:24:39,145 --> 00:24:42,582 You gotta believe that. I didn't-- I didn't blackmail anybody. 480 00:24:42,582 --> 00:24:43,917 Who blackmailed somebody? 481 00:24:43,917 --> 00:24:45,752 'Cause unless you're willing to give up a name 482 00:24:45,752 --> 00:24:47,287 or something we can go on, 483 00:24:47,287 --> 00:24:49,255 there's no need to go further in this investigation. 484 00:24:49,255 --> 00:24:51,791 - You look guilty as hell to me. - [Bayliss] Mm-hmm. 485 00:24:54,194 --> 00:24:55,995 Remington Hill. 486 00:24:57,330 --> 00:24:59,933 [both] Remington Hill? 487 00:24:59,933 --> 00:25:01,301 - Remington Hill. - Remington Hill. 488 00:25:01,301 --> 00:25:03,636 Well, well, well. Remington Hill. Who's he? 489 00:25:03,636 --> 00:25:08,908 He's just this rich guy who's, uh, old money, old society. 490 00:25:08,908 --> 00:25:11,845 - [Pembleton] Some old, rich guy? - So how do you know him? 491 00:25:11,845 --> 00:25:14,781 I've done a lot of publicity for the country club he's a member of. 492 00:25:14,781 --> 00:25:16,282 And which country club is this? 493 00:25:16,282 --> 00:25:17,917 Uh, Fairglen? 494 00:25:17,917 --> 00:25:22,155 Mm-hmm. Mmm. Kenneth Alden and Josephine Dalton 495 00:25:22,155 --> 00:25:23,990 happen to be members of this very same-- 496 00:25:23,990 --> 00:25:25,592 That's the connection, and that's how-- 497 00:25:25,592 --> 00:25:28,194 And this Remington Hill chooses to blackmail 498 00:25:28,194 --> 00:25:29,996 two members of his own club? Is that it? 499 00:25:29,996 --> 00:25:31,598 That's what you're trying to tell us? 500 00:25:31,598 --> 00:25:34,601 - Did he give you a reason why? - No, he just told me 501 00:25:34,601 --> 00:25:37,871 where I would catch the people and what they'd be doing. 502 00:25:37,871 --> 00:25:39,239 He happened to be right both times. 503 00:25:39,239 --> 00:25:41,975 And where could we find this Mr. Hill? 504 00:25:42,942 --> 00:25:44,944 I-- I don't know where he lives. 505 00:25:44,944 --> 00:25:47,113 He always had me meet him at the club. 506 00:25:53,153 --> 00:25:54,187 Detectives. 507 00:25:55,422 --> 00:25:57,691 Look, I know you think I'm scum, but you have to believe me, 508 00:25:57,691 --> 00:25:59,693 I did not wanna be a part of this. 509 00:25:59,693 --> 00:26:01,227 Why'd you get involved? 510 00:26:03,396 --> 00:26:05,131 I needed the money. 511 00:26:05,131 --> 00:26:11,604 [tense instrumental playing] 512 00:26:17,410 --> 00:26:19,079 Come to see the show, Detective? 513 00:26:19,079 --> 00:26:21,281 Why not? I'm easily entertained. 514 00:26:21,281 --> 00:26:23,316 We'll be picking a jury all afternoon. 515 00:26:23,316 --> 00:26:26,720 My guess is we won't get to opening arguments before tomorrow. 516 00:26:26,720 --> 00:26:31,324 It's no problem. I'll stick around long enough to give Judge Gibbons a friendly wave. 517 00:26:31,324 --> 00:26:33,393 [bailiff] All rise. 518 00:26:35,729 --> 00:26:39,866 Division 14 of the Circuit Court for Baltimore City is now in session. 519 00:26:39,866 --> 00:26:42,669 The Honorable Judge Gerald Gibbons presiding. 520 00:26:47,941 --> 00:26:51,077 Miss Weaver, Mr. Robbins. 521 00:26:51,077 --> 00:26:53,313 I've reviewed the pre-trial motions 522 00:26:53,313 --> 00:26:57,684 in the case of the Mahoney estate versus the City of Baltimore et al, 523 00:26:57,684 --> 00:27:00,020 and I've come to the conclusion that my initial ruling 524 00:27:00,020 --> 00:27:03,957 on the defendant's motion to dismiss was incorrect. 525 00:27:05,025 --> 00:27:07,727 After a more careful consideration of the facts, 526 00:27:07,727 --> 00:27:12,899 I find that the allegations of excessive force in the death of Luther Mahoney 527 00:27:12,899 --> 00:27:14,300 to be largely unsubstantiated. 528 00:27:14,300 --> 00:27:18,038 Therefore, I am dismissing the suit. 529 00:27:18,038 --> 00:27:19,372 [gavel banging] 530 00:27:19,372 --> 00:27:21,241 [bailiff] All rise. 531 00:27:22,375 --> 00:27:25,912 Gee whiz. Does this mean we don't get to pick a jury? 532 00:27:25,912 --> 00:27:32,352 [*] 533 00:27:35,121 --> 00:27:37,424 - [Pembleton] Mr. Hill? Remington Hill? - [Remington] Yes. 534 00:27:37,424 --> 00:27:40,126 Detective Frank Pembleton. This is Detective Bayliss. 535 00:27:40,126 --> 00:27:42,128 - From the Baltimore Police Department. - How you doin'? 536 00:27:42,128 --> 00:27:44,064 Oh, yes. Please, have a seat. 537 00:27:44,064 --> 00:27:45,799 I was told you had questions 538 00:27:45,799 --> 00:27:48,935 concerning Kenneth and Josephine. 539 00:27:48,935 --> 00:27:50,804 Sir, how well did you know them? 540 00:27:50,804 --> 00:27:53,340 Well, not as well as I thought. 541 00:27:53,340 --> 00:27:56,343 Their deaths have come as quite a shock around here. 542 00:27:56,343 --> 00:28:00,447 Do you know of a photographer by the name of Brenner Jones? 543 00:28:00,447 --> 00:28:02,382 Brenner Jones? 544 00:28:02,382 --> 00:28:04,484 [Bayliss] Are you not familiar with that name? 545 00:28:06,419 --> 00:28:11,424 Mr. Jones has been hired by Fairglen at various times. Why do you ask? 546 00:28:11,424 --> 00:28:14,027 He claims he's been hired by you, Mr. Hill. 547 00:28:14,027 --> 00:28:16,162 - By me? - To take pictures. 548 00:28:16,162 --> 00:28:18,365 - Oh? - Yeah, sexual pictures. 549 00:28:18,365 --> 00:28:21,267 Of Josephine Dalton and Kenneth Alden, 550 00:28:21,267 --> 00:28:24,237 caught in compromising situations. 551 00:28:24,237 --> 00:28:25,505 I see. 552 00:28:25,505 --> 00:28:28,908 Now, we interviewed him about an hour ago, 553 00:28:28,908 --> 00:28:31,478 and he answered everything that we asked. 554 00:28:33,413 --> 00:28:37,884 He's a weak man, don't you think, Detective? 555 00:28:37,884 --> 00:28:39,552 He spoke the truth, didn't he? 556 00:28:39,552 --> 00:28:44,391 I hired Mr. Jones to do some research for me, yes. 557 00:28:44,391 --> 00:28:46,226 Ah. Research. 558 00:28:46,226 --> 00:28:49,062 Well, I like that. That's, uh-- that's polite. 559 00:28:49,062 --> 00:28:51,431 Maybe not so much polite as proper. 560 00:28:51,431 --> 00:28:55,135 And that's very important to you, being proper? 561 00:28:55,135 --> 00:28:58,138 It should be important to you as well, Detective. 562 00:28:58,138 --> 00:28:59,839 Forget about me. 563 00:28:59,839 --> 00:29:02,242 But it should've been more important to them, am I right? 564 00:29:02,242 --> 00:29:05,545 Sexual relations with your own flesh and blood? 565 00:29:05,545 --> 00:29:07,414 Molestation of a child? 566 00:29:07,414 --> 00:29:08,882 I should say so. 567 00:29:08,882 --> 00:29:10,183 Yeah, but it wasn't, 568 00:29:10,183 --> 00:29:12,218 and that's when you made them pay. 569 00:29:12,986 --> 00:29:15,021 People who can't afford a scandal, 570 00:29:15,021 --> 00:29:16,823 but can afford a cover-up. 571 00:29:16,823 --> 00:29:19,292 You can't find two better candidates for blackmail. 572 00:29:19,292 --> 00:29:22,929 I'll admit I approached Kenneth and Josephine 573 00:29:22,929 --> 00:29:25,565 about the photos that Brenner Jones took, 574 00:29:25,565 --> 00:29:29,235 - but I never asked for money. - If it wasn't about money, what was it about? 575 00:29:29,235 --> 00:29:33,306 It's simple. The two of them were behaving like animals. 576 00:29:33,306 --> 00:29:36,176 They were a disgrace. It had to stop. 577 00:29:36,176 --> 00:29:39,446 What right do you have to dictate another human being's morality? 578 00:29:39,446 --> 00:29:43,583 Kenneth carried ugliness. Josephine was filth. 579 00:29:43,583 --> 00:29:45,618 I demanded that they change. 580 00:29:45,618 --> 00:29:47,120 By threatening to expose them? 581 00:29:47,120 --> 00:29:49,189 I never threatened anyone. 582 00:29:49,189 --> 00:29:51,624 There's been nothing conditional about anything I've done. 583 00:29:51,624 --> 00:29:53,426 I went straight to these people, 584 00:29:53,426 --> 00:29:55,962 I told them they would be exposed. 585 00:29:55,962 --> 00:29:59,466 I mean, are you saying that you didn't even give them a chance to keep it quiet? 586 00:29:59,466 --> 00:30:03,970 When a man is stripped bare, reduced to his basest form, 587 00:30:03,970 --> 00:30:05,572 shamed, 588 00:30:05,572 --> 00:30:10,310 well, then and only then is there a chance for renewal. 589 00:30:12,579 --> 00:30:17,450 We have got, uh, more pictures here of Dalton and Alden. 590 00:30:17,450 --> 00:30:20,453 Now, these aren't the kind of pictures that you had taken, 591 00:30:20,453 --> 00:30:24,524 but these pictures exist because of the ones you had taken. 592 00:30:26,159 --> 00:30:27,460 [camera shutter clicking[ 593 00:30:28,495 --> 00:30:30,330 What was that you said about a new life? 594 00:30:30,330 --> 00:30:34,000 I'm not responsible for the weakness of others. 595 00:30:34,000 --> 00:30:37,303 If this is all there was inside, then they're both better off. 596 00:30:37,303 --> 00:30:39,439 - Are their families better off? - How's that? 597 00:30:39,439 --> 00:30:42,008 Now we have two teenagers without a mother, 598 00:30:42,008 --> 00:30:45,145 and we have a little boy with no father. 599 00:30:46,146 --> 00:30:48,381 Humor me for a minute here, Mr. Hill. 600 00:30:48,381 --> 00:30:54,587 Let's assume that they are not better off without parents, even flawed parents. What then? 601 00:30:54,587 --> 00:30:58,491 Then they were sacrificed for the greater good. 602 00:30:58,491 --> 00:31:02,595 The decay in this club doesn't stop with Dalton and Alden. 603 00:31:02,595 --> 00:31:04,330 There are others you've done this to? 604 00:31:04,330 --> 00:31:06,533 If you listen carefully, Detectives, 605 00:31:07,567 --> 00:31:11,037 a whisper at the bar will reveal who is weak. 606 00:31:11,671 --> 00:31:15,141 The punchline of a joke will tell you 607 00:31:15,141 --> 00:31:18,378 who cheats, lies, steals. 608 00:31:18,378 --> 00:31:21,581 For over a year now, I've compiled information, 609 00:31:21,581 --> 00:31:24,684 targeting those who needed intervention. 610 00:31:24,684 --> 00:31:28,688 This week, eight other men and women in this club, 611 00:31:28,688 --> 00:31:32,459 men and women with families, were confronted. 612 00:31:32,459 --> 00:31:36,296 I'm happy to say their children now have better lives. 613 00:31:37,330 --> 00:31:41,368 Eight of the ten faced up to their transgressions. 614 00:31:41,368 --> 00:31:45,372 If two others took the coward's way out? 615 00:31:45,372 --> 00:31:51,177 Well, doesn't our moral balance sheet still show a net gain? 616 00:31:51,177 --> 00:31:54,214 [tense instrumental playing] 617 00:31:56,216 --> 00:31:58,451 Hey, Your Honor. How's it swingin'? 618 00:31:58,451 --> 00:32:02,055 You better hope to hell you never bring another case into my court ever again, Detective. 619 00:32:02,055 --> 00:32:05,525 Yeah, I'm not much worried about that. I got a feeling your time on the bench is winding down. 620 00:32:05,525 --> 00:32:07,360 - Oh? - Yeah, I just wanted you to know 621 00:32:07,360 --> 00:32:09,129 I'm not dealing in the same kind of dirt as you. 622 00:32:09,129 --> 00:32:11,464 You didn't have to fix Georgia Rae's civil suit on my account. 623 00:32:11,464 --> 00:32:15,702 - That's what you asked for. - Only to get you on tape. A tape that I gave to the FBI. 624 00:32:15,702 --> 00:32:18,204 The Feds have got you dead to rights on half a dozen things. 625 00:32:18,204 --> 00:32:21,508 You wanna stay out of jail? You better give up Georgia Rae Mahoney! 626 00:32:31,551 --> 00:32:33,420 - [Pembleton] I'm going back. - You're what? 627 00:32:33,420 --> 00:32:34,754 I'm not finished with Remington Hill. 628 00:32:34,754 --> 00:32:37,524 You gotta be finished, Frank, at least for now. 629 00:32:38,458 --> 00:32:39,759 Hill knows we got nothin' on him. 630 00:32:39,759 --> 00:32:41,261 - He knows? - Yeah. 631 00:32:41,261 --> 00:32:43,096 What does he know? Why does a man like that 632 00:32:43,096 --> 00:32:44,631 get to decide between right and wrong? 633 00:32:44,631 --> 00:32:47,500 Dalton and Alden, they killed themselves. 634 00:32:47,500 --> 00:32:49,369 Hill didn't turn on the ignition, 635 00:32:49,369 --> 00:32:50,804 - he didn't pull the trigger. - He might as well have. 636 00:32:50,804 --> 00:32:53,106 Remington Hill was working towards a greater good. 637 00:32:53,106 --> 00:32:55,575 He was trying to hold people up to a higher standard. 638 00:32:56,409 --> 00:32:58,111 And who can say about these things? 639 00:32:58,111 --> 00:33:01,514 I mean, if someone had taken pictures of me and my uncle, 640 00:33:01,514 --> 00:33:04,784 if someone, you know, anyone had tried to help, 641 00:33:04,784 --> 00:33:06,619 I might have been better off. 642 00:33:06,619 --> 00:33:09,356 [scoffs] I mean, I would've been better off. 643 00:33:12,425 --> 00:33:13,626 You comin', Frank? 644 00:33:24,471 --> 00:33:25,839 The question is of what? 645 00:33:25,839 --> 00:33:28,308 Well, if he asked for money, then it's extortion. 646 00:33:28,308 --> 00:33:31,478 Since he didn't, I don't think there's anything we can charge him with. 647 00:33:31,478 --> 00:33:34,314 Kenneth Alden and Josephine Dalton killed themselves because of Hill. 648 00:33:34,314 --> 00:33:37,851 - He must somehow be responsible. - All he really did was say he'd tattle. 649 00:33:37,851 --> 00:33:40,320 As far as I know, tattling's not a crime. 650 00:33:40,320 --> 00:33:42,422 Well, maybe it should be. 651 00:33:42,422 --> 00:33:44,691 What about the photographer, Brenner Jones? 652 00:33:44,691 --> 00:33:47,160 He took still pictures only, no video? 653 00:33:47,160 --> 00:33:48,728 Not that we know of. 654 00:33:48,728 --> 00:33:51,164 Well, you're not allowed to tape someone without consent. 655 00:33:51,164 --> 00:33:54,634 Still photos are okay. Of course, depending where he took the pictures from, 656 00:33:54,634 --> 00:33:57,170 we might be able to charge Jones with breaking and entering. 657 00:33:57,170 --> 00:33:58,271 Oh, now you're talkin'. 658 00:33:58,271 --> 00:33:59,673 [knocking at door] 659 00:33:59,673 --> 00:34:01,441 - Pembleton, Bayliss. - Come in. 660 00:34:01,441 --> 00:34:02,809 [Gharty] Gotta head back to the country club. 661 00:34:02,809 --> 00:34:04,678 - Why, what's going on? - I just took the call. 662 00:34:04,678 --> 00:34:06,813 It looks like Fairglen has one less member. 663 00:34:09,582 --> 00:34:12,118 - Victim's a white male. - [Pembleton] Mmm. 664 00:34:12,118 --> 00:34:15,422 - Gunshot to the head. - We found a wallet in his sport coat, 665 00:34:15,422 --> 00:34:18,358 - and the driver's license says-- - Remington Hill. 666 00:34:18,358 --> 00:34:19,392 How'd you know? 667 00:34:19,392 --> 00:34:21,261 I recognize his tie. 668 00:34:21,261 --> 00:34:24,898 - So who found him? - The club's membership director, Jason Cahill. 669 00:34:24,898 --> 00:34:27,734 - Well, I guess guilt got to him. - What guilt? 670 00:34:27,734 --> 00:34:29,836 Last time we spoke to Hill, he didn't have any. 671 00:34:29,836 --> 00:34:33,373 Well, maybe he found some. Two suicides on his conscience, 672 00:34:33,373 --> 00:34:35,408 it's bound to make a man follow suit. 673 00:34:35,408 --> 00:34:38,144 You'd think. Except this isn't a suicide. 674 00:34:38,144 --> 00:34:39,446 It isn't? 675 00:34:39,446 --> 00:34:41,381 His trigger finger? It's clean. 676 00:34:41,381 --> 00:34:44,918 The hell? A .44-caliber Smith and Wesson ought to have left an impression. 677 00:34:44,918 --> 00:34:48,421 So he didn't shoot the gun. Then we're looking at a murder. 678 00:34:48,421 --> 00:34:49,889 [man] Why is this happening? 679 00:34:49,889 --> 00:34:52,826 - Why is this happening? - [Pembleton] Mr. Cahill? 680 00:34:52,826 --> 00:34:54,394 It's okay, let him go. 681 00:34:54,394 --> 00:34:56,329 That's three losses in two days. 682 00:34:56,329 --> 00:34:58,531 Look, there's gotta be some explanation. 683 00:34:58,531 --> 00:35:00,433 I need to know what I'm gonna tell these people. 684 00:35:00,433 --> 00:35:02,936 Well, the best thing is to not tell them anything for right now. 685 00:35:02,936 --> 00:35:06,339 Mr. Hill's death may not have been self-inflicted. 686 00:35:07,307 --> 00:35:09,809 - You mean somebody killed him? - Um, sir, we're gonna need 687 00:35:09,809 --> 00:35:11,678 a list of everyone who was at Fairglen today. 688 00:35:11,678 --> 00:35:13,179 Please, step this way. 689 00:35:13,179 --> 00:35:14,848 [camera shutter clicking] 690 00:35:20,920 --> 00:35:22,555 So he was murdered. 691 00:35:22,555 --> 00:35:24,958 By who? Someone he was going to expose? 692 00:35:24,958 --> 00:35:28,695 Okay, there were eight other Fairglen Country Club members who received photographs. 693 00:35:28,695 --> 00:35:32,866 According to the records, three of them were at the club today, but they had alibis. 694 00:35:32,866 --> 00:35:34,668 Two were playing golf all afternoon. 695 00:35:34,668 --> 00:35:36,703 The third was having lunch with a party of ten. 696 00:35:36,703 --> 00:35:38,972 Yeah, the only other guy who was at the club this afternoon 697 00:35:38,972 --> 00:35:41,708 who had any connection at all with Remington Hill 698 00:35:41,708 --> 00:35:43,743 was, uh, Brenner Jones. 699 00:35:43,743 --> 00:35:46,312 - The photographer? - Yeah, but he was getting paid by Hill. 700 00:35:46,312 --> 00:35:50,316 - I don't know why he'd kill him. - I suggest you get him in the Box and ask him yourself. 701 00:35:50,316 --> 00:35:52,385 I went to speak to Remington Hill. 702 00:35:52,385 --> 00:35:55,622 - What about? - There were more people he wanted dirt on. 703 00:35:55,622 --> 00:35:58,324 Oh, so you're back on the job, huh, Mr. Jones? 704 00:35:58,324 --> 00:35:59,726 - No. - No? 705 00:35:59,726 --> 00:36:01,995 No. I told him I didn't wanna do that anymore. 706 00:36:01,995 --> 00:36:03,463 Oh. Why was that? 707 00:36:04,931 --> 00:36:08,001 I don't know. I guess I got tired of feeling like a terrible person. 708 00:36:08,001 --> 00:36:10,236 Well, that sounds like a good enough reason. 709 00:36:10,236 --> 00:36:12,339 And what about Mr. Hill? How did he respond? 710 00:36:12,339 --> 00:36:14,874 Not too well. He got pretty upset. 711 00:36:14,874 --> 00:36:16,209 So what did you do? 712 00:36:17,377 --> 00:36:19,779 I just told him I didn't care and I got out of there. 713 00:36:19,779 --> 00:36:20,914 That's it? 714 00:36:22,048 --> 00:36:23,316 You haven't seen him since? 715 00:36:23,316 --> 00:36:24,617 No. 716 00:36:25,919 --> 00:36:28,388 All right. Well, at this point, Mr. Jones, we need to inform you 717 00:36:28,388 --> 00:36:33,259 that Remington Hill was found dead today at the Fairglen Country Club. 718 00:36:33,259 --> 00:36:34,728 Looks like suicide. 719 00:36:34,728 --> 00:36:36,963 Then I guess that's some poetic justice, huh, Detectives? 720 00:36:36,963 --> 00:36:39,899 You said that Mr. Hill was angry earlier, is that right? 721 00:36:39,899 --> 00:36:42,369 - Yeah. - Based upon your observation, 722 00:36:42,369 --> 00:36:44,004 of what you saw of Mr. Hill's state, 723 00:36:44,004 --> 00:36:45,905 would you have guessed that he would kill himself? 724 00:36:45,905 --> 00:36:49,809 [sighs] I just wanted to get away from him. 725 00:36:49,809 --> 00:36:52,445 I was fixed on how I was feeling. 726 00:36:52,445 --> 00:36:55,715 I don't know. I wouldn't be able to say anything about that. 727 00:36:55,715 --> 00:36:58,952 It's a little oddball, because Hill didn't seem the type. 728 00:36:58,952 --> 00:37:00,787 Well, it's suicide. 729 00:37:00,787 --> 00:37:03,323 I mean, you'll never know. It'll always remain a mystery. 730 00:37:03,323 --> 00:37:07,494 Oh, yeah, yeah. If it was a suicide, right, you know, forget about it. 731 00:37:07,494 --> 00:37:10,764 - It's mystery theater. - I thought you said it was suicide. 732 00:37:10,764 --> 00:37:14,868 No, no, no. I said that we thought it looked like a suicide, 733 00:37:14,868 --> 00:37:16,636 but we don't think that it was. 734 00:37:16,636 --> 00:37:18,805 - No? - [Pembleton] No, we don't think so. 735 00:37:18,805 --> 00:37:22,809 The weapon used was very powerful, a .44 caliber. 736 00:37:22,809 --> 00:37:24,811 The trigger pull pressure is extremely high. 737 00:37:24,811 --> 00:37:27,647 If someone shoots a shot from a weapon like that, 738 00:37:27,647 --> 00:37:30,417 more than likely there's gonna be an imprint. 739 00:37:30,417 --> 00:37:31,951 - [Brenner] And there wasn't one? - No. 740 00:37:31,951 --> 00:37:34,354 So that makes you sure that it wasn't a suicide? 741 00:37:34,354 --> 00:37:39,426 - No, no. What makes us sure is the gunshot residue test. - What's that? 742 00:37:39,426 --> 00:37:42,862 Well, that's the test used to determine if any powder residue 743 00:37:42,862 --> 00:37:44,798 from the gunshot was left on Mr. Hill's hand. 744 00:37:44,798 --> 00:37:47,100 Yeah, but there wasn't any powder, so this guy, 745 00:37:47,100 --> 00:37:52,639 he shot him point-blank and then he put the gun in Hill's hand, staged the suicide. 746 00:37:52,639 --> 00:37:54,441 All right, so maybe it was murder. 747 00:37:54,441 --> 00:37:57,444 But even if you know how it was done, you'll never know who. 748 00:37:57,444 --> 00:37:58,978 No, how leads to who. 749 00:37:58,978 --> 00:38:00,814 Because this fellow that we're after, 750 00:38:00,814 --> 00:38:02,782 he tried very hard, but he wasn't very good. 751 00:38:02,782 --> 00:38:06,553 Undoubtedly he'll have left behind some hair, 752 00:38:06,553 --> 00:38:08,521 fiber, fingerprints. 753 00:38:08,521 --> 00:38:11,358 Might take a couple of weeks, but we gonna catch up to him. 754 00:38:13,093 --> 00:38:15,729 [breathing shakily] 755 00:38:15,729 --> 00:38:17,397 I shot him. 756 00:38:19,432 --> 00:38:21,935 And you put the gun in his hand. 757 00:38:22,902 --> 00:38:24,104 Why? 758 00:38:24,104 --> 00:38:26,940 Well, you two sure as hell didn't do anything to stop Hill 759 00:38:26,940 --> 00:38:29,609 after the big deal you made about bringing me in here before. 760 00:38:29,609 --> 00:38:32,479 - Someone had to do something. - Hey, you didn't have to kill him. 761 00:38:32,479 --> 00:38:33,913 You could've just walked away. 762 00:38:35,715 --> 00:38:37,450 He wouldn't let me do that. 763 00:38:37,450 --> 00:38:39,452 Well, why wouldn't he? 764 00:38:40,186 --> 00:38:43,156 I was like everybody else at that club, all right? 765 00:38:43,156 --> 00:38:44,657 I had a secret. 766 00:38:45,892 --> 00:38:49,162 And Hill told me that he was gonna expose that to my family 767 00:38:49,162 --> 00:38:52,565 unless I did everything that he asked me to do. 768 00:38:52,565 --> 00:38:55,702 I know better than anybody when it comes to something like that, 769 00:38:55,702 --> 00:38:57,637 and, I mean, he is a man of his word. 770 00:38:57,637 --> 00:38:59,139 [Bayliss] We all have secrets. 771 00:38:59,139 --> 00:39:02,042 Why was yours so bad that you felt that you had to kill? 772 00:39:07,681 --> 00:39:10,684 I'll never tell you. I'll never tell you. I'll never tell you. 773 00:39:10,684 --> 00:39:17,791 [*] 774 00:39:21,227 --> 00:39:22,829 [Munch] Nathan Bihari. 775 00:39:22,829 --> 00:39:25,532 Passport says DOB is 8/10/63. 776 00:39:25,532 --> 00:39:28,001 Yeah, AKA Nathan the Nigerian. 777 00:39:28,001 --> 00:39:30,070 Mm-mm-mm, how the mighty have fallen. 778 00:39:30,070 --> 00:39:33,673 - This guy's big-time? - Yeah, he's a D importer for Luther Mahoney, 779 00:39:33,673 --> 00:39:36,176 not to mention five or six other East Coast organizations. 780 00:39:36,176 --> 00:39:39,546 So another one of Mahoney's crew rolls a seven, huh? 781 00:39:39,546 --> 00:39:41,081 Yeah, but this one here, Munchkin? 782 00:39:41,081 --> 00:39:43,450 This one here, I don't get at all. 783 00:39:43,450 --> 00:39:46,686 - And why is that? - Well, this guy's a supplier. 784 00:39:46,686 --> 00:39:48,822 He's not on the inside, he's not involved. 785 00:39:48,822 --> 00:39:52,625 It's like he's neutral, like Switzerland or some place. 786 00:39:52,625 --> 00:39:54,060 Hey, hey, don't go trusting the Swiss. 787 00:39:54,060 --> 00:39:55,795 It turns out they spent World War II 788 00:39:55,795 --> 00:39:57,697 skimming money from my dead relatives. 789 00:39:57,697 --> 00:40:00,567 - Say what? - I don't like their chocolate, I don't like their cheese, 790 00:40:00,567 --> 00:40:02,936 I don't like that little knife that folds out into cutlery. 791 00:40:02,936 --> 00:40:04,971 Don't go talkin' up the Swiss to me. 792 00:40:04,971 --> 00:40:07,874 Yeah, whatever. I mean, why would they whack a guy 793 00:40:07,874 --> 00:40:09,175 who ain't playin' for either team? 794 00:40:09,175 --> 00:40:11,077 I mean, especially when they gonna need him 795 00:40:11,077 --> 00:40:14,180 - after this whole war's over? - Murder for murder's sake. 796 00:40:15,181 --> 00:40:17,917 No, this one here, this one's way beyond making sense. 797 00:40:17,917 --> 00:40:22,088 You want sense? Violence is a contagion that sets in and feeds on itself. 798 00:40:22,088 --> 00:40:24,024 Trying to make sense of an east Baltimore drug war 799 00:40:24,024 --> 00:40:26,159 is like trying to make sense of cancer! 800 00:40:27,293 --> 00:40:33,900 [*] 801 00:40:42,575 --> 00:40:43,910 - [Bayliss] Here you go. - Hey. 802 00:40:44,944 --> 00:40:48,048 So, Brenner Jones confessed to killing Remington Hill? 803 00:40:48,048 --> 00:40:49,015 Yeah. 804 00:40:49,015 --> 00:40:51,084 Hill got what was coming to him. 805 00:40:51,084 --> 00:40:54,154 What's that, some kind of strange justice, huh? 806 00:40:54,154 --> 00:40:55,822 Very strange. 807 00:40:55,822 --> 00:40:57,157 [Ballard] Well, I'll drink to that. 808 00:40:57,157 --> 00:40:58,758 Can I get you something to eat? 809 00:40:58,758 --> 00:41:00,727 We got very nice specials this evening. 810 00:41:00,727 --> 00:41:05,632 We have a pasta, and it's got chicken, sun-dried tomatoes, and pesto. 811 00:41:05,632 --> 00:41:08,268 No. I hate to eat alone, so. 812 00:41:08,268 --> 00:41:11,204 - [Bayliss] Well, how about if I join you? - Yeah? 813 00:41:11,204 --> 00:41:13,973 Yeah, it's not very busy here tonight. 814 00:41:13,973 --> 00:41:15,975 I mean, if that's all right with you. 815 00:41:15,975 --> 00:41:19,145 - Yes, that would be very nice. - Okay, I'll order us the food. 816 00:41:19,145 --> 00:41:22,982 John, let me get two of the pasta specials. 817 00:41:27,020 --> 00:41:28,922 - Cheers again. - Cheers. 818 00:41:32,125 --> 00:41:35,028 So, we haven't had dinner together since-- 819 00:41:35,028 --> 00:41:36,796 Since our disaster of a date? 820 00:41:36,796 --> 00:41:38,832 - [Ballard giggles] Yeah. - Yeah. 821 00:41:38,832 --> 00:41:40,600 We never really talked about that. 822 00:41:40,600 --> 00:41:41,868 No, we didn't. 823 00:41:42,969 --> 00:41:45,205 Is there anything to talk about? 824 00:41:46,373 --> 00:41:49,809 Um... you know, it wasn't you, it was me. 825 00:41:49,809 --> 00:41:51,344 How many times have I heard that one? 826 00:41:51,344 --> 00:41:53,580 - No, really. - Mm-hmm. 827 00:41:56,249 --> 00:42:00,153 I never really talk to a lot of people about my personal life. 828 00:42:00,153 --> 00:42:02,989 - You talk to Pembleton. - Not about everything. 829 00:42:04,924 --> 00:42:06,593 You ever thought about, uh... 830 00:42:07,394 --> 00:42:09,629 having a relationship with another woman? 831 00:42:10,864 --> 00:42:13,166 Am I gonna have to come over there and kick you upside your head? 832 00:42:13,166 --> 00:42:15,602 - No, I didn't mean it like that. - Yes, you did! 833 00:42:15,602 --> 00:42:17,237 - No, I didn't. - Oh, come on. 834 00:42:17,237 --> 00:42:20,306 You and every other man on the planet means it just like that. 835 00:42:20,306 --> 00:42:24,110 It's like it's the ultimate sexual thrill to see two women in bed together. 836 00:42:24,110 --> 00:42:25,879 I gotta tell you something: 837 00:42:25,879 --> 00:42:28,982 not a lot of women imagine two men in bed together. 838 00:42:28,982 --> 00:42:30,817 So that disturbs you? 839 00:42:30,817 --> 00:42:33,620 No, it doesn't disturb me at all. 840 00:42:33,620 --> 00:42:34,821 But it doesn't excite me. 841 00:42:34,821 --> 00:42:36,122 I didn't mean it like that either. 842 00:42:36,122 --> 00:42:37,991 Are you saying that-- 843 00:42:37,991 --> 00:42:40,360 - I'm not gay. - What are you saying? 844 00:42:40,360 --> 00:42:41,895 I'm not, um... 845 00:42:42,896 --> 00:42:46,599 strictly heterosexual, either, it seems. 846 00:42:48,001 --> 00:42:49,769 What does that mean, "strictly"? 847 00:42:49,769 --> 00:42:53,807 Well, you see, I've had a lot of relationships with women, 848 00:42:53,807 --> 00:42:57,877 and when they fell apart, 849 00:42:57,877 --> 00:42:59,646 I always blamed the women. 850 00:42:59,646 --> 00:43:01,081 All the time. Never me. 851 00:43:01,081 --> 00:43:03,850 And then I met this man, and I thought that-- 852 00:43:03,850 --> 00:43:05,185 Are you involved with a man? 853 00:43:06,186 --> 00:43:08,355 Well, I'm not in love with the guy. But I don't know. 854 00:43:08,355 --> 00:43:12,359 I guess the thing is that I'm never satisfied, see? 855 00:43:12,359 --> 00:43:15,161 When I've been involved with women, I've thought about men, 856 00:43:15,161 --> 00:43:16,763 and when I've been involved with men, 857 00:43:16,763 --> 00:43:19,032 I've also thought about women. 858 00:43:27,207 --> 00:43:29,209 You know, you really didn't have to tell me all this. 859 00:43:29,209 --> 00:43:31,811 I did have to tell you this. 860 00:43:31,811 --> 00:43:35,081 Keeping things secret is no good. 861 00:43:35,081 --> 00:43:37,150 Doesn't help anybody, really. 862 00:43:38,952 --> 00:43:41,121 See, the problem is that... 863 00:43:42,255 --> 00:43:46,226 I always thought that if I told anybody who I really was, 864 00:43:49,763 --> 00:43:51,264 they'd run away. 865 00:43:53,266 --> 00:43:54,367 Well... 866 00:43:55,502 --> 00:43:56,770 I'm not running. 867 00:43:58,071 --> 00:44:00,106 - You're not? - No. 868 00:44:01,841 --> 00:44:04,077 - Good. - [laughing] 869 00:44:13,920 --> 00:44:20,427 [theme music playing]