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PREVIOUSLY ON "NYPD BLUE"...

COMMUNICATIONS NOTIFIED ME.

SOME OF THE DETAILS MATCH A HOMICIDE I CAUGHT OVER IN BROOKLYN.

LET'S WAIT BEFORE WE GO PUTTING THIS OUT AS SOME SERIAL KILLER.

MY BOSS WANTED ME TO RUN WITH THIS ALONG WITH YOU GUYS.

WE'RE GONNA GO TO THE BAR, SHOW THE D. O. A.'s PICTURE AROUND.

THE OWNER, JAMES CARLIN, REAL PAIN IN THE ASS.

NOW IF BOTH THESE WOMEN HAD CITY BUS TRANSFERS ON THEM,

WOULD YOU TURN THE TRANSIT AUTHORITY UPSIDE DOWN, TOO?

DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE COME THROUGH THIS HOTEL EACH DAY?

HE SAW YOU AND KURT GO IN THERE.

KURT WAS THERE, TOO.

NO, KURT'S MOM SAW HIM HOME AT 10:30.

SHE'S LYING. SHE'S THE ONE THAT TOLD US TO LIE.

KURT'S MOM IS BEHIND ALL THIS?

YOU AND KURT ARE UNDER ARREST.

ARSON, HINDERING PROSECUTION.

ARE YOU HAPPY?! NOW I'M GETTING ARRESTED!

MOM, CALM DOWN.

ARE YOU HAPPY NOW?!

ARE YOU READY TO SPICE THINGS UP?

WE CAN WATCH OURSELVES HAVING SEX.

JEN, WE DON'T NEED IT.

I SHOULD GO.

JEN, COME ON.

YOU CAN'T BE DOING THIS.

I'M ACTING LIKE A SLUT, WHAT THE BOSS WANTS ME DOING.

YOU'VE BEEN DRINKING. ONE. GOT A LID ON IT.

WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM? GET YOUR HANDS OFF OF ME!

EITHER YOU TELL ME WHAT'S GOING ON SO I CAN HELP YOU,

OR I'M MAKING A PHONE CALL, AND YOU'RE OFF THE CASE.

I WENT IN FOR AN EXAM TODAY.

THEY FOUND A LUMP IN MY BREAST.

YOU CAN'T TELL ANYONE‐‐ NOT CONNIE, NO ONE.

WHAT IS IT WITH YOU AND DIANE?

SHE'S BEEN THERE FOR US.

THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON WITH HER.

YOU KNOW ABOUT IT, AND I'M BEING LIED TO.

YOU'RE READING INTO STUFF THAT AIN'T THERE.

I'M BEING LIED TO.

HOW OLD?

STRANGLED AND BEATEN?

ALL RIGHT, WE'LL BE RIGHT DOWN.

YOUNG FEMALE, D. O. A.‐‐ FITS THE PATTERN.

WHY DON'T YOU TAKE THE FIRST SHOWER?

I'LL CALL ANDREA FOR THE KIDS.

DIDN'T SLEEP GOOD?

NO.

SHOULD WE TALK A MINUTE?

IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY.

THIS WHOLE THING WITH DIANE, YOU'RE OVERREACTING.

WELL, WE'LL TALK IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING NEW TO SAY.

IF NOT, JUST TAKE YOUR SHOWER.

[ SIGHS ]

[ VOMITS, COUGHS ]

D.O.A.'s ANN HEALY. CLEANING LADY FOUND HER.

ANYTHING TAKEN?

NOT THAT THE CLEANING LADY COULD SEE.

GIRL'S STRANGLED, WHACKED ON THE HEAD.

APPARENTLY RAPED.

DID YOU FIND A ROPE AROUND HER NECK? NO.

MIGHT BE CONNECTED, MIGHT NOT.

UNTIL IT'S CONFIRMED, LET'S KEEP IT QUIET.

DID YOU CHECK THE PURSE?

I DIDN'T TOUCH A THING.

WE'LL TAKE THE CLEANING LADY.

GIVE HER A LOOK AROUND.

HE DOPED UP THE OTHER TWO. NO INJECTION SITE.

HE COULD HAVE JABBED HER THROUGH HER CLOTHES.

I'M TRYING TO KEEP AN OPTIMISTIC OUTLOOK.

[ GROANS ] ANDY, MATCHBOOK.

FROM THE TIME BAR?

THE CAPSULE BAR. SAME OWNER‐‐ THAT CARLIN.

WE GOT A BLUNT HEAD WOUND, STRANGLED, SIGNS OF RAPE,

A CARLIN MATCHBOOK IN HER PURSE.

DIANE CALLING.

TELL HER TO MEET US AT CARLIN'S.

THIS COULD BE OUR GUY.

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO ABOUT THE CANVASS?

JOHN, WHY DON'T YOU TAKE THE CANVASS?

I'LL GO WITH YOU TO MEET DIANE.

[ CLEARS THROAT ]

CARLIN?

ASSISTANT WENT TO GET HIM.

MORNING.

[ SIGHS ] HI.

[ CLEARS THROAT ]

HERE HE IS.

CARLIN.

WHAT'S UP?

WE GOT ANOTHER HOMICIDE.

TIED TO HERE?

TO YOUR OTHER PLACE‐‐ THE CAPSULE BAR.

ANN HEALY‐‐ YOU SEEN HER BEFORE?

HOW DO YOU KNOW IT'S OUT OF MY BAR?

SAME M. O., AND SHE HAD A MATCHBOOK ON HER.

WE'RE GONNA NEED THE NAMES OF YOUR REGULAR BARTENDERS.

AND THEN YOU'LL GET WORD TO THE PRESS ON CAPSULE, TOO.

FOLKS ARE BEING PREYED ON OUT OF YOUR BARS.

THE PUBLIC'S GOT TO KNOW.

I'M A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED IN HOW THIS INVESTIGATION'S GOING.

WE'RE DOING ALL WE CAN. LOOK AT THE PICTURE.

NEVER SEEN HER BEFORE.

YOU KNOW HOW MUCH OF THIS HOTEL'S REVENUE

IS TIED TO THESE BARS?

THIS IS THE CROWD I'LL HAVE UNTIL YOU CATCH THIS GUY.

WE'RE DOING ALL WE CAN.

ARE YOU? 'CAUSE YOU LOOK A LITTLE DISTRACTED.

AND MY BARTENDER IN HERE LAST NIGHT SAID YOU SHOWED UP DRUNK,

STARTED A FIGHT, AND NOW YOU LOOK A LITTLE HUNG OVER.

YOU DON'T WANT TO BE IN HER FACE ANYMORE.

IT'S GREAT TO KNOW YOUR LIFE'S BEING HANDLED BY THE SECOND STRING.

YOUR BARTENDERS‐‐ NOW.

I'M GOING BACK TO THE HOUSE.

DIANE WAS DRINKING LAST NIGHT?

THAT'S HOW YOU ENDED UP IN A FIGHT.

A PUSHY ASSHOLE WOULDN'T BACK OFF.

BUT SHE WAS DRINKING.

WHY DIDN'T YOU THINK I SHOULD KNOW THAT?

CONNIE, JUST DROP IT.

MORNING.

UH, DETECTIVE,

SOMEONE DROPPED THIS OFF FOR YOU DOWNSTAIRS.

HOMICIDE GUNSHOT ON 12th AND 2nd.

YOU AND JONES.

THAT'S THE ACKERMANS' PLACE‐‐

THAT FAMILY WHOSE SON DID THE ARSON AND THE MOM COVERED IT UP.

WHO'S THE D. O. A.?

DIDN'T GIVE A NAME.

FROM THE DOC, DEVLIN?

YEAH, IT'S HER PERFUME. IT JUST SAYS "NOON."

ANYTHING ON THE CANVASS?

TWO NEIGHBORS OUT OF TOWN, TWO AT WORK. SO NO.

WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE D. O. A.'s BACKGROUND?

ANN HEALY, 26 YEARS OLD,

SUPPLY PURCHASER FOR A SHOE COMPANY, BORN IN JERSEY CITY.

I TRIED WORKING UP CONNECTIONS WITH THE OTHER TWO D. O. A.'s

FITTING THE PATTERN, BUT I GOT NOTHING

PAST TWO OF THEM HAVING CREDIT‐ CARD PURCHASES AT A STARBUCKS.

THE SAME STARBUCKS?

UH, DIFFERENT. I MEAN, IT'S NOT WORTH MENTIONING.

SO, LIKE NINE BILLION OTHER PEOPLE, THEY DRANK COFFEE.

LIKE I SAID, IT WASN'T WORTH MENTIONING.

D.O.A.'s GOT NO RECORD, NO BEEFS AT WORK.

BOYFRIEND?

COWORKERS SAID SHE BROKE UP WITH A GUY TWO WEEKS AGO‐‐

RON, DIDN'T HAVE A LAST NAME.

WE GOT A RON HANDLER IN HER CELL PHONE DIRECTORY.

I'LL FIND OUT WHEN SHE CALLED HIM LAST.

FIND OUT AND THEN BRING HIM IN.

PUSH‐IN ROBBERY.

GUY SHOT THE MOM ONCE IN THE CHEST,

THEN BEAT UP THE BROTHER.

THE DAUGHTER INTERRUPTED IT.

WHERE'S THE BROTHER?

BEING TREATED AT BELLEVUE. BUSTED LIP AND CUTS ON HIS FACE.

ALL RIGHT, THANKS. ALL RIGHT.

ALISON, WHAT HAPPENED?

A MAN WAS TRYING TO ROB US.

DID YOU GET A LOOK AT HIM?

HE HAD A MASK.

WELL, WAS HE WHITE, BLACK?

I SAID HE HAD A MASK.

YOU COULD HAVE SEEN HIS HANDS.

HE HAD GLOVES.

DO YOU REMEMBER HOW TALL HE WAS?

I DON'T KNOW. I'M A LITTLE UPSET RIGHT NOW.

WE UNDERSTAND,

BUT IT'S IMPORTANT WE GET A DESCRIPTION OUT,

IN CASE HE'S STILL IN THE AREA.

HE WAS SORT OF SHORT, I GUESS.

DID HE TAKE ANYTHING? I DON'T KNOW.

HE WAS GOING THROUGH MY MOM'S PURSE WHEN I WALKED IN.

DID HE ATTACK YOU AT ALL? HE JUST RAN.

AND YOUR MOTHER WAS ALREADY ON THE GROUND?

KURT, TOO.

[ SNIFFLES ]

KURT WAS ALL...

BLOODY.

SO THE GUY SAW YOU AND JUST SPLIT?

YES.

YES.

WHY ARE YOU LOOKING AT ME LIKE THAT?

[ SIGHS ]

THERE'S LOTS OF TURMOIL IN THIS FAMILY, ALISON.

SO WHAT?

SO WERE YOU REALLY ROBBED, OR WAS IT SOMETHING ELSE?

WE WERE ROBBED...

AND MY MOM WAS KILLED.

WHERE'S YOUR DAD?

BUSINESS MEETING IN HARTFORD.

CAN YOU GET HIM ON HIS CELL FOR ME?

THIS IS WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN‐‐ WE'RE GONNA TALK TO KURT,

AND WE'RE GONNA TALK TO THE NEIGHBORS.

IF WE HEAR ANYTHING DIFFERENT, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A PROBLEM

THAT YOU COULD AVOID BY BEING HONEST RIGHT NOW.

I TOLD YOU WHAT HAPPENED.

VOICE MAIL.

[ SIGHS ]

SIT DOWN, RON.

TELL US WHEN YOU LAST SAW ANN HEALY.

TWO WEEKS AGO. WHY?

THINGS GOOD BETWEEN YOU TWO?

I'LL ANSWER THE QUESTION IF YOU TELL ME WHY YOU'RE ASKING.

YOU TWO BREAK UP RECENTLY?

WHAT'S THE RELEVANCE?

SHE GOT ASSAULTED.

WE'RE TALKING TO PEOPLE SHE KNOWS.

I'M SORRY TO HEAR THAT, BUT I DIDN'T DO IT.

OKAY, THEN I GUESS WE'RE DONE HERE.

DON'T BE AN IDIOT.

[ LAUGHS ]

WHY AM I BEING INSULTED?

WHERE WERE YOU LAST NIGHT TILL THIS MORNING?

SQUASH, GYM, COCKTAILS TILL TWO‐ISH, THEN HOME.

ALONE? YEAH.

THAT TIMELINE DON'T CLEAR YOU FOR THE ASSAULT.

ME AND ANN WEREN'T GOING OUT THAT HEAVY TO BEGIN WITH.

YOU SEEM TO TAKE OFFENSE PRETTY EASY.

I'M BEING ACCUSED OF SOMETHING I DIDN'T DO.

WHY DID YOU AND ANN BREAK UP?

SHE RUNS TOO SLOW FOR ME.

WOULDN'T GIVE IT UP EASY ENOUGH?

I MEANT SHE'S LOW OCTANE.

SHE DOESN'T LIKE TO GO OUT.

PLACES LIKE THE TIME BAR, THE CAPSULE‐‐ THOSE YOUR HAUNTS?

SOMETIMES. LAST NIGHT?

WHY, IS THAT WHERE SHE GOT WORKED OVER?

YOU ARE SOME LITTLE PRICK.

HEY, BACK OFF. I DIDN'T ATTACK ANN.

SHE'S DEAD, RON.

GUY WHO ASSAULTED HER KILLED HER.

SOMETHING WENT WRONG WITH YOU AND ANN,

NOW'S THE TIME TO TALK ABOUT IT.

I NEVER LAID A HAND ON THAT CHICK, LET ALONE KILL HER.

I MEAN, ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

NO. NO, WE'RE NOT.

WELL, I ANSWERED YOUR QUESTIONS,

AND I'D LIKE TO LEAVE NOW.

UNH‐UNH, GENIUS. YOU'RE STICKING AROUND.

IN THE CAGE.

OH, WHAT, ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

E.S.U. SEARCHED THE AREA AROUND THE ACKERMANS' BUILDING

AND FOUND A SMALL HUNTING RIFLE IN AN ADJACENT GARDEN

RIGHT OUTSIDE THE ACKERMANS' APARTMENT WINDOW.

YEAH, .22 CALIBER‐‐ SAME AS WHAT KILLED THE MOM.

ANY LINE ON THE FATHER?

LEFT 10 MESSAGES ON HIS CELL,

AND IF HE DID HAVE A MEETING, HIS WORK DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT.

WE'RE RUNNING HIS CREDIT CARDS THROUGH TRW.

THE SON, KURT, IS HE THROUGH BEING STITCHED UP?

YEAH, A UNIFORM COP'S WATCHING HIM.

WE'RE GONNA HEAD DOWN THERE NOW.

ANOTHER MISSIVE.

WHAT IS THIS, JUNIOR HIGH?

I THINK IT'S VERY SWEET.

[ CLEARS THROAT ]

HANDLER'S WORTH A CLOSER LOOK. I'M ON IT.

C.S.U. GOT A LIFT OUT OF ANN HEALY'S APARTMENT.

IT COMES BACK TO A STEVEN DEBREES,

RECORD FOR PUBLIC URINATION.

I'LL GET WORKING ON HANDLER.

WHERE DOES DEBREES LIVE?

IN THE SAME BUILDING.

HE'S THE SUPER. I MEAN, MAYBE IT'S NOTHING.

NO, IT'S WORTH A CONVERSATION.

WE'LL HEAD DOWN THERE.

CONNIE, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

GETTING SOME COFFEE.

THIS ONE JUST SAYS GRAMERCY PARK.

GETTING CUTER EVERY MINUTE.

[ SIGHS ]

DIANE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON,

BUT IT'S STARTING TO BE DISRUPTIVE.

I'M WORKING THE CASE.

SO IS RITA, AND YOU GOT NO RIGHT DISMISSING HER.

I'LL APOLOGIZE TO HER.

HOW ABOUT YOU JUST TELL ME WHAT'S GOING ON?

IT'S GOT NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU.

YEAH, IT DOES, 'CAUSE IT'S GETTING BETWEEN ME AND ANDY.

I'M SORRY, CONNIE, REALLY.

[ SIGHS ]

YOU'RE RIGHT. THERE IS SOMETHING GOING ON.

BUT IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO TALK ABOUT

AND VERY PERSONAL.

IF I TALK ABOUT IT, I'LL LOSE IT.

WELL, I'M HERE IF YOU NEED ME.

THANK YOU.

HOW YOU FEELING, KURT?

ALL RIGHT.

WHAT HAPPENED AT THE APARTMENT?

I WAS IN MY ROOM, AND I HEARD MY MOM YELLING.

I CAME OUT TO SEE WHAT WAS UP, AND THE GUY JUST SHOT HER.

YOU FIGHT HIM?

HE WAS MUCH BIGGER THAN ME, AND HE SMACKED ME WITH HIS GUN,

AND I DON'T REMEMBER ANYTHING AFTER THAT.

WHAT HE LOOK LIKE? HE HAD A MASK.

GENERAL SIZE.

HE WAS A BIG GUY, ABOUT AS TALL AS YOU.

YOUR SISTER MADE HIM SHORTER.

WELL, SHE DIDN'T SEE HIM FOR MORE THAN A SECOND.

HOW WOULD YOU KNOW THAT, BEING KNOCKED OUT?

YOU'VE HAD A BAD RUN LATELY, KURT.

WE FEEL FOR YOU, BUT THERE'S SOME THINGS HERE THAT DON'T FLY.

LIKE PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING.

MAYBE I DIDN'T GET AS GOOD OF A LOOK OF HIM AS I THOUGHT I DID.

LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR HOME LIFE

AND HOW THINGS HAVE BEEN COMING TO A BOIL.

EVERYTHING'S BEEN FINE.

DID YOUR MOM RIDE YOU PRETTY HARD AFTER BEING ARRESTED? NO.

WAS SHE SMACKING YOU AROUND MORE THAN USUAL? NO!

WELL, IF SHE DID,

WE COULD UNDERSTAND HOW YOU'D LOSE CONTROL,

AND IF YOU EXPRESS IT RIGHT, A JUDGE WOULD, TOO.

IT COULD KEEP YOU OUT OF JAIL.

AND THAT WOULD BE ADULT JAIL.

WE FOUND THE GUN YOU DUMPED. WHERE DID YOU GET IT?

I DIDN'T GET A GUN, AND I DIDN'T DO IT!

YOUR STREET‐URCHIN FRIEND, RAY SPIER‐‐

YOU GET IT FROM HIM? NO!

WELL, HE'LL TELL US IF YOU DID.

HE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS!

THEN WHO?

YOU'RE DIGGING YOURSELF A DEEP HOLE HERE, KURT.

I DIDN'T DO IT!

YOU THE SUPER, DEBREES? BUILDING MANAGER.

WE GOT SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU.

HOW ABOUT WE TAKE A RIDE TO THE STATION HOUSE?

I'M PAINTING.

WELL, WE DON'T WANT THE WORLD

KNOWING ABOUT YOUR COLLAR FOR DICKEY WAVING.

WHAT COLLAR FOR DICKEY WAVING?

WHAT THE HELL IS DICKEY WAVING, ANYWAY?

WHAT YOU GOT ARRESTED FOR LAST JUNE.

I GOT ARRESTED FOR PISSING BEHIND A DUMPSTER.

I'M NOT EXACTLY HIDING IN SHAME BECAUSE OF IT.

YOU KNEW THE GIRL WHO GOT KILLED?

YEAH, TO SAY HELLO. DECENT TENANT?

A FEW COMPLAINTS‐‐ TRAFFIC THROUGH HER PLACE, LOT OF GUYS.

WERE YOU ONE OF THEM? NO.

HOW'D YOUR PRINTS GET IN HER APARTMENT?

I SNAKED OUT HER SHOWER DRAIN, UNSTUCK HER WINDOWS.

WHERE WERE YOU THIS MORNING?

PUBLIC LIBRARY‐‐ I'M A VOLUNTEER.

CAN ANYONE VOUCH FOR YOU?

CELESTE VILLALOBOS, MY SUPERVISOR.

CAN I GET BACK TO THIS?

A GIRL'S BRUTALLY MURDERED, BUT YOU'RE JUST ALL BUSINESS?

MORE LIKE I'M DOING EVERY OTHER CHORE I CAN THINK OF

BEFORE I HAVE TO CLEAN UP THE POOR GIRL'S BLOOD.

YOUNG GIRL, PRETTY‐‐

YOU'RE SURE YOU WEREN'T ONE OF THOSE GUYS

IN AND OUT OF HER APARTMENT?

I MIGHT HAVE BEEN IF I WASN'T GAY.

YOU EVER GO TO THE TIME BAR?

I DON'T GO TO BREEDER BARS.

ALL RIGHT, SOMETHING COMES TO MIND,

THERE COULD BE SOME BUCKS IN IT FOR YOU.

TODAY, YOU PAINT THE LEFT HALF, TOMORROW, THE RIGHT HALF.

THAT WAY PEOPLE CAN USE THE STEPS.

JUST SO YOU KNOW.

Jones: THAT'S HIM ON THE SWINGS.

AH, HE MADE US.

DON'T MAKE ME CHASE YOU, RAY.

WHAT? WHAT, I'M JUST‐‐ I'M...SWINGING.

WHAT DID I DO?

QUIET.

WHAT DID I DO?

WHAT'S GOING ON?

WHAT IS THIS?

I SAID KEEP QUIET.

NOW SIT DOWN.

YOU, UH, YOU HEAR ABOUT KURT ACKERMAN'S MOM, RAY?

SHE GET EATEN BY A SHARK?

NO, SHE GOT SHOT THIS MORNING. WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT IT?

WHO SHOT HER?

HEY, RAY, WE'RE NOT TALKING TO YOU FOR SWINGING TOO HIGH.

I DIDN'T SHOOT ANYBODY. I WAS IN DETENTION ALL MORNING.

YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT? HELL, NO.

LOOK, WE KNOW YOU ENCOURAGED KURT

TO GET VIOLENT AGAINST HIS MOM.

I JUST TOLD HIM HE SHOULD SHOW SOME BALLS.

NO, YOU TOLD HIM IT WAS TIME TO GET RID OF THE PROBLEM.

IT DIDN'T MEAN SHOOTING HER. WHY'D YOU GIVE HIM THE GUN?

WHO SAID THAT?

WE'RE SAYING THAT, SO COP TO IT,

AND MAYBE THERE'S A CHANCE THIS WILL STAY IN JUVENILE COURT.

I DIDN'T GET KURT A GUN. THEN WHO DID, RAY?

'CAUSE YOU'RE KURT'S ONLY PUNKED‐OUT, STREET‐THUG FRIEND.

MAYBE IT WAS HIS DAD'S.

KURT TOLD ME HIS DAD BROUGHT HOME A RIFLE TWO DAYS AGO.

BROUGHT IT HOME FOR WHAT? ASK HIM.

PULLING SOMETHING LIKE THIS OUT OF YOUR ASS

IS JUST GONNA SLOW US DOWN AND PISS US OFF.

ASK KURT. ASK HIS LOSER DAD.

ALL RIGHT, WE WILL. LET'S TAKE A WALK.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THIS IS GETTING OLD.

STEVEN DEBREES?

YEAH, HALF A TWITCH.

HE SAID HE WAS VOLUNTEERING AT THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.

A CELESTE VILLALOBOS CAN VOUCH.

HE'S STILL WORTH LOOKING INTO.

I'LL CHECK IT OUT.

RON HANDLER'S GOT CHARGES AT THE CAPSULE BAR LAST WEEK

AND AT THE TIME BAR TWO NIGHTS AGO.

THE NIGHT BEFORE WE CAUGHT OUR SECOND D. O. A. IN THE PATTERN.

A FRIEND OF ANN HEALY'S

SAID THE BREAKUP WITH RON HANDLER WAS PRETTY UGLY,

AND THAT HE SENT HER A THREATENING LETTER TWO DAYS AGO.

THREATENING TO KILL HER?

ALL THE FRIEND SAID WAS THAT IT FREAKED HEALY OUT.

I'LL ASK CRIME SCENE TO LOOK FOR LETTERS IN HEALY'S APARTMENT.

WELL, I DID, AND THEY DIDN'T FIND ANYTHING.

ALL RIGHT, WE'LL TALK TO RON HANDLER AGAIN.

"GRAMERCY PARK HOTEL, ROOM 225, NOON. BE THERE."

A FEW MINUTES TO NOON. IT'LL WAIT.

I, UH...I SPOKE TO DIANE,

AND WHATEVER SHE'S GOING THROUGH...

I DIDN'T MEAN TO SOUND JEALOUS.

THERE'S NOTHING TO BE JEALOUS ABOUT.

I KNOW.

[ VOMITS ]

WHERE'S RAY SPIER?

WE TOOK HIM TO HIS MOM.

HE SAYS THAT HOWARD ACKERMAN

BROUGHT HOME A RIFLE A FEW DAYS AGO.

FOR WHAT? HE DIDN'T KNOW.

WE RAN THE RIFLE E. S. U. FOUND OUTSIDE THE ACKERMAN APARTMENT.

HOWARD ACKERMAN BOUGHT IT IN CONNECTICUT A FEW DAYS AGO.

YEAH, HE CALLED IN.

HE WAS NEAR THE CITY, AND HE'LL BE IN SOON.

HE'S GOT A LOT TO ANSWER FOR.

YEAH, BRING UP THE FACT THAT HE WASN'T IN HARTFORD.

HIS CREDIT CARD WAS BEING USED IN A MOTEL IN JERSEY CITY.

I THINK WE'LL DO THAT.

[ CLEARS THROAT ]

YOU COMING DOWN WITH SOMETHING?

UH, IT MIGHT BE SOME SHELLFISH I ATE.

I'M GONNA GO TO THE DOCTOR, IF THAT'S OKAY.

FINE. THEN GO HOME AND REST UP.

NO, I'LL COME BACK IF I CAN.

SO, THE FIRST THING YOU OUGHT TO KNOW

IS LYING TO US IS BAD POLICY.

WHEN DID I LIE?

YOU SAID THE LAST CONTACT YOU HAD WITH ANN HEALY

WAS TWO WEEKS AGO.

NOW WE HEAR YOU SENT HER THREATENING LETTERS.

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

SHE GOT A LETTER FROM YOU TWO DAYS AGO.

[ LAUGHS ] PLEASE!

I SENT HER A BOX OF FISH STICKS.

WHY?

'CAUSE SHE'S A COLD FISH.

SO I SENT HER FISH STICKS.

AS A JOKE.

AND IT'S FUNNY, REALLY.

LOOK, LAST DATE WE HAD, I TOLD HER SHE NEEDED TO LOOSEN UP.

SHE WALKED OUT ON ME.

THE FISH STICKS WERE A LITTLE PAYBACK.

DID SHE CALL YOU UP, LAUGHING? NO.

SHE CALL YOU AT ALL? NO.

WHEN THEY DON'T RESPOND TO A JOKE, RON, HUH, WHAT'S NEXT?

YOU STOP BY, PRESS THE POINT?

I TOLD YOU BEFORE, I NEVER LAID A HAND ON HER.

YOU'RE A REGULAR AT THE CAPSULE BAR, AREN'T YOU?

I'VE BEEN THERE TWICE.

YOU GO THERE LAST NIGHT? NO!

YOU DIDN'T RUN INTO ANN HEALY THERE

AND MAYBE ASK HER HOW FUNNY SHE THOUGHT YOUR LITTLE JOKE WAS?

NO, I DID NOT.

DON'T MAKE US PROVE YOU WERE THERE AND KILLED HER

WHEN YOU CAN COME OUT WITH IT AND SAVE YEARS OF YOUR LIFE.

STOP IT! JUST STOP IT!

YOU'RE WRONG!

THIS IS WRONG!

STARTING TO COME OUT, RON? REMORSE OVER WHAT YOU DID?

NO, YOU'RE HAMMERING AT ME, STARTING TO FREAK ME OUT.

YOU DON'T LIKE IT WHEN A GIRL TELLS YOU NO?

I DID NOT KILL HER.

TELL US ABOUT ANN.

TELL US ABOUT THE OTHER GIRLS.

CLEAR YOUR CONSCIENCE.

ALL THIS WEIGHT WILL BE OFF YOU.

WHAT OTHER GIRLS?

WERE YOU AT THE TIME BAR TWO NIGHTS AGO?

OH, MY GOD.

WE KNOW ABOUT ANGELA PRATT AND PAM RIEGERT.

WE WANT TO HEAR WHAT HAPPENED.

[ CRYING ]

I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO THAT IS.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON HERE!

LET US HELP YOU.

PLEASE!

PLEASE!

I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

[ SIGHS ]

DETECTIVE.

HEY.

WOW.

I'VE GOT TO WARN YOU.

THERE'S A VERY BAD GIRL LIVING HERE.

IS THAT RIGHT?

AND SHE'S DONE A VERY BAD THING.

WHAT DID SHE DO?

YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO INTERROGATE HER TO FIND OUT.

BUT SHE'S A VERY TOUGH CUSTOMER.

[ SIGHS ]

YOU MAY HAVE TO CUFF HER TO THE BEDPOST

SO SHE KNOWS YOU MEAN BUSINESS.

BABE, I CAN'T DO THIS RIGHT NOW.

COME ON NOW.

SHE'LL FLIP EASY. ISN'T THAT THE TERM YOU USE?

YEAH. YOU GOT TO STOP.

TELL ME HOW LYING ONLY MAKES IT HARDER.

JEN, JEN, ENOUGH ALREADY.

GEEZ, I'VE BEEN TRYING TO CALL YOU TO TELL YOU THAT I'M BUSY,

BUT YOU HAVEN'T BEEN ANSWERING YOUR PHONE.

I'M TRYING TO MAINTAIN A LITTLE...

FORGET IT.

I'M IN THE MIDDLE OF A HUGE CASE.

I GOT IT.

IT'S 20 MINUTES UP HERE, IT'S 20 MINUTES BACK.

I SAID I GOT IT, OKAY?!

WHERE YOU GOING?

I NEED TO PUT SOMETHING ON.

I'M A LITTLE HUMILIATED RIGHT NOW.

I'M NOT TRYING TO HUMILIATE YOU.

I'VE BEEN TRYING HERE‐‐ NEW THINGS, EXPANDING A LITTLE.

I'M GETTING SHUT DOWN AT EVERY TURN.

IT'S JUST BAD TIMING.

ARE WE GOING WHERE I THINK WE'RE GOING‐‐ DOWNHILL?

THEN LET'S END IT NOW AND SPARE THE DRAGGED‐OUT PAIN.

THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH GOING DOWNHILL.

I AM WORKING A CASE.

GO, ALL RIGHT?!

JEN! COME ON!

GET OUT NOW!

AND WHEN I BREAK SOMETHING OFF, I DON'T GO BACK ON IT.

IT'S OVER. THIS ISN'T YOU.

SORRY, BUT IT IS ME.

BYE, JOHN.

[ SIGHS ]

DEVASTATING. IT'S JUST DEVASTATING.

YEAH. WE'RE VERY SORRY ABOUT YOUR WIFE, HOWARD.

JUST WHEN THINGS WERE STARTING TO TURN AROUND.

HOW SO?

WE WERE FINALLY TALKING AGAIN.

KURT AND NANCY BEING ARRESTED

TURNED OUT TO BE A REAL BLESSING.

WHY'D YOU BRING A GUN INTO IT?

WE FOUND IT DUMPED OUTSIDE YOUR BATHROOM WINDOW.

IT WAS TO PROTECT THE APARTMENT.

HOW COULD IT BE THE GUN THAT KILLED NANCY?

THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TALKING, HOWARD.

THE THIEF MUST HAVE FOUND THE GUN.

WE'RE OFF THE IDEA OF A THIEF. ONE OF YOUR FAMILY DID THIS.

THE KIDS WOULDN'T HURT THEIR MOTHER.

HOW ABOUT YOU?

I WAS IN HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, ON BUSINESS.

WE GOT YOU IN A MOTEL IN JERSEY CITY, 10 MINUTES AWAY.

ALL RIGHT, I WAS IN JERSEY CITY. BUT I DIDN'T KILL NANCY.

I WAS READING THE PAPER IN AN IHOP ALL MORNING.

WHY DID YOU LIE?

SOMETIMES I TELL THE FAMILY I'M GOING TO A MEETING,

WHEN REALLY I'M OUT, LETTING OFF STEAM.

STEAM FROM WHAT? YOUR WIFE?

YOUR WIFE AT YOUR KID'S THROAT?

SOMETIMES IT'S BETTER IF THEY WORK THINGS OUT ON THEIR OWN.

APPARENTLY, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED THIS MORNING.

NO, NO, NO.

DID KURT KNOW ABOUT THE GUN? ABSOLUTELY NOT.

YOU DIDN'T LEAVE IT FOR HIM

IN CASE YOUR WIFE GOT VIOLENT AGAIN? OF COURSE NOT!

SO YOU JUST GOT IT FOR INTRUDERS. YES!

AND YOU CAN'T UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH PAIN I'M IN

KNOWING IT WAS AN INTRUDER WHO GOT AHOLD OF THAT GUN

AND KILLED MY WIFE,

WHICH I KNOW IN MY HEART IS WHAT HAPPENED.

CAN I JUST HAVE A MINUTE, PLEASE?

TELL ME AGAIN HOW LONG YOU'VE BEEN FEELING ILL, CONNIE.

THREE WEEKS.

AND HOW LONG SINCE YOUR LAST PERIOD?

TWO MONTHS.

THAT DIDN'T RAISE ANY FLAGS?

WELL, SINCE MY PREGNANCY AT 15,

IT'S ALWAYS BEEN KIND OF IRREGULAR.

WHAT DID YOUR DOCTOR TELL YOU AFTER THE PREGNANCY?

IT WAS A C‐SECTION DELIVERY,

AND THAT I'D GOTTEN PERITONITIS AFTERWARDS.

MY FALLOPIAN TUBES HAD OCCLUDED,

AND I COULDN'T GET PREGNANT AGAIN.

ARE YOU GONNA TELL ME I HAVE CANCER?

NO.

'CAUSE I'VE ALWAYS WORRIED WITH MY IRREGULAR PERIODS

AND SCAR TISSUE THAT I MIGHT BE SUSCEPTIBLE.

ACTUALLY, CONNIE, YOU'RE ABOUT 10 WEEKS PREGNANT.

THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE.

I RAN THE TEST TWICE. YOU'RE PREGNANT.

SO GET USED TO THE IDEA OF MORNING SICKNESS,

'CAUSE YOU'LL PROBABLY BE IN THE THICK OF IT

FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER MONTH.

MY FALLOPIAN TUBES‐‐

NOT OCCLUDED ENOUGH.

YOU'RE PREGNANT.

CONGRATULATIONS.

FIRST UP, KURT, THE INTRUDER THEORY IS OUT.

IT'S GONE.

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE GUY WHO DID THIS TO ME?

YOUR DAD TOLD US HE BROUGHT HOME A RIFLE FOR INTRUDERS.

TURNS OUT IT'S THE SAME ONE

THAT WAS DROPPED OUT OF YOUR APARTMENT WINDOW.

YOUR MOM WAS ON YOUR ASS FOR SOMETHING, AND IT GOT VIOLENT.

I WAS IN MY ROOM.

SHE WAS ON YOUR ASS. IT CAME TO BLOWS LIKE BEFORE.

YOU GOT SCARED FOR YOUR LIFE AND WENT FOR THE GUN.

WITH THE HISTORY OF ABUSE, YOU WON'T DO A DAY,

BUT YOU GOT TO LAY IT OUT FOR US.

I DIDN'T DO IT.

KURT, YOU AFRAID OF PUTTING YOUR DAD IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS?

HE WAS IN CONNECTICUT.

HE WAS IN JERSEY CITY.

DO YOU THINK HE'S RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR MOM BEING KILLED,

BUT YOU DON'T WANT TO GET HIM IN TROUBLE?

THERE WAS AN INTRUDER.

NOBODY BRINGS A GUN INTO A HOME LIKE YOURS

UNLESS HE EXPECTS IT TO BE USED.

MY DAD HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS.

DID HE TELL YOU WHERE HE KEPT THE GUN?

I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT A GUN.

HE DIDN'T SHOW YOU WHERE THE AMMO WAS OR HOW TO LOAD IT?

AND THEN SKIP TOWN?

I SHOT HER.

BUT MY DAD HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.

NOW IF WE'RE GONNA KEEP YOU OUT OF JAIL,

WE NEED THE FULL TRUTH.

I SAW HIM HIDE THE GUN.

HE NEVER SHOWED IT TO ME.

HE NEVER TOLD ME HOW TO LOAD IT.

SO WHAT HAPPENED AT THE APARTMENT?

SHE LAID INTO ME ABOUT THE ARSON,

ABOUT HOW SHE WAS GOING TO JAIL,

ABOUT HOW UNGRATEFUL I WAS,

AND THEN SHE HIT ME WITH THIS PAPERWEIGHT.

SO I GOT THE GUN, AND I SHOT HER.

WHEN DID YOUR SISTER COME INTO IT?

SHE CAME HOME RIGHT AFTER.

AND THAT'S WHEN YOU CAME UP WITH THE INTRUDER STORY?

I THREW THE GUN OUT THE WINDOW. I ALSO CALLED 911.

YOU'RE REALLY HELPING YOURSELF HERE.

BUT IT'S NOT RIGHT, YOU TAKING THE BLAME ALONE.

THAT'S HOW IT HAPPENED.

JUST TELL ME IF YOU THINK

YOUR DAD BRINGING THE GUN INTO THE APARTMENT

HAD TO DO WITH MORE THAN JUST INTRUDERS.

I SHOT MY MOM.

THAT'S ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW.

WE'VE BEEN RUNNING THIS RON HANDLER THROUGH THE WRINGER,

AND HE'S NOT GETTING ANY BETTER FOR THE HOMICIDES,

BUT HE'S NOT GETTING ANY WORSE.

YOU CHECK WITH THE BARTENDERS AT THE TIME BAR?

YEAH, THEY REMEMBER SEEING HIM THERE,

BUT HE'S AT THESE JOINTS ALL THE TIME.

ANY DIRECT CONNECTION WITH THE OTHER D. O. A.'s?

NOTHING PAST THEM GOING TO THE SAME BARS.

STILL, HE'S GOT NO ALIBI FOR THIS MORNING OR YESTERDAY.

WHICH COULD BE ON ACCOUNT OF LIVING ALONE,

MEANING HE HASN'T BEEN LYING TO US ABOUT HIS ALIBI.

PERSONALITY‐WISE, WHAT KIND OF GUY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT HERE?

WIMP. HE CRIED IN THE INTERVIEW.

THE SUPER AT ANN HEALY'S BUILDING, STEVEN DEBREES,

HIS ALIBI'S NO GOOD.

I JUST GOT OFF WITH CELESTE VILLALOBOS,

HIS SUPERVISOR AT THE PUBLIC LIBRARY WHERE HE VOLUNTEERS.

HE WASN'T THERE.

SHE'S SURE? SHE DIDN'T SEE HIM.

NONE OF THE OTHER VOLUNTEERS SAW HIM.

AND HE WASN'T ON THE SIGN‐IN SHEET.

I ALSO RAN HIS DESCRIPTION

BY THE BARTENDERS AT THE CAPSULE BAR.

THEY THINK THEY'VE SEEN HIM AROUND.

DID YOU GET IN TOUCH WITH DEBREES?

HE WASN'T IN HIS APARTMENT, DIDN'T ANSWER HIS CELL.

CRIME SCENE FINISH UP OVER AT HEALY'S APARTMENT? AN HOUR AGO.

HE SAID HE'D BE IN THERE CLEANING UP.

WE'LL GO TALK TO HIM.

HEY, DOC.

LIEUTENANT, HOW ARE YOU FEELING?

NEVER BETTER. HEY, JEN.

YOU GOT A MINUTE? YEAH.

YOU WENT TO SEE THE DOCTOR?

YEAH, SOMETHING I ATE.

NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT.

WHEN I WAS 17,

I WAS DIAGNOSED AS MANIC‐DEPRESSIVE.

FOR A LONG TIME, I MANAGED IT WITH MEDICATIONS.

THE PROBLEM IS THE MEDICATIONS KILL MY SEX DRIVE.

JEN‐‐ JUST HEAR ME OUT.

TAKING THE MEDS WAS FINE

THROUGH COLLEGE, MEDICAL SCHOOL, AND RESIDENCY,

BECAUSE I HAD SOMETHING TO CONCENTRATE ON.

BUT THEN I MET YOU,

AND I COULD TELL HOW SPECIAL YOU WERE.

SO I‐‐ I STOPPED TAKING THE MEDICATION.

AND THAT'S WHY YOU'VE BEEN ACTING THE WAY YOU WERE?

WHEN I'M IN A MANIC PHASE, EVERYTHING FEELS GREAT.

BUT WHEN I FEEL MYSELF SLIDING INTO DEPRESSION,

I'D...

TAKE UPPERS TO STAY UP.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY ANYTHING.

I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW

THAT I'M GOING TO GO BACK ON MY MEDICATION.

IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN DO TO HELP?

NO.

I KNOW THIS IS A LOT TO LAY ON YOU ALL OF THE SUDDEN,

AND I DON'T HAVE ANY RIGHT TO ASK THIS, BUT...

WE'LL TAKE IT A STEP AT A TIME.

I KNEW I WAS LOSING YOU, AND I DON'T WANT TO.

WE'LL TAKE IT A STEP AT A TIME.

WE SPOKE WITH YOUR BROTHER AGAIN, ALISON.

HE'S WRITING A STATEMENT.

SAYING WHAT?

HE CONFESSED TO SHOOTING YOUR MOM.

NOW WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IS GIVE YOUR OWN TRUTHFUL STATEMENT.

YOU DO THAT,

AND WE'LL FORGET ABOUT HOW YOU LIED TO US THIS MORNING.

WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO KURT?

HE'S GONNA BE ARRESTED FOR MURDER.

HE'S LYING.

KURT'S LYING.

HE'S WRITING IT UP.

IF YOU WANT TO HELP HIM NOW,

SHINE SOME LIGHT ON WHY YOUR DAD BROUGHT THE GUN HOME.

NO...NO.

I SHOT MY MOM.

WE APPRECIATE YOU WANTING TO GET KURT OUT OF THIS‐‐

NO, I SHOT HER.

THEY WERE FIGHTING.

SHE WAS BEATING ON HIS HEAD WITH A PAPERWEIGHT.

SHE WAS GOING TO KILL HIM!

SO I GOT THE GUN OUT OF MY DAD'S CLOSET,

AND I SHOT HER!

ALL RIGHT, LET'S JUST CALM DOWN.

YOU'RE NOT LISTENING!

YOU WATCHED YOUR BROTHER TAKE A LOT OF BEATINGS.

YOU THINK HE DOESN'T DESERVE TO DO TIME FOR THIS.

WE WILL WORK TO MINIMIZE THAT TIME.

NO, NO.

BUT THROWING YOURSELF ON THE GRENADE

IS JUST GONNA MUCK THAT UP.

NO, I SHOT HER! I SWEAR TO YOU!

I SHOT HER!

DEBREES, YOU HERE?

[ THUD ]

DEBREES?

THESE CLOTHES WEREN'T OUT BEFORE.

HELLO?

[ RUSTLING ]

Hey. [ WHISTLES ]

COME OUT, OR I THROW A SHOT THROUGH THE DOOR.

PLEASE LEAVE.

THAT AIN'T GONNA HAPPEN! YOU GOT TWO SECONDS.

ONE...

I'M JUST GETTING DRESSED.

PUT YOUR HANDS UP. GET OUT OF THERE!

COULD YOU JUST GIVE ME A MINUTE?

GET YOUR HANDS UP! FINE, OKAY.

MAY I PLEASE GET DRESSED NOW?

FIRST, LET'S MAKE IT CLEAR THAT YOU CAN BOTH DO TIME FOR THIS.

IF ONE OF YOU IS PROTECTING THE OTHER,

NOW'S THE TIME TO CLEAR THE AIR.

THEY LOVE THEIR MOTHER. THEY WOULDN'T KILL HER.

MR. ACKERMAN, YOU'RE HERE TO ENCOURAGE THEM

TO TELL THE TRUTH, NOT TO LAY ON MORE BULLSHIT.

NOW IF THIS IS SOMETHING

THAT YOU DID TOGETHER OR PLANNED TOGETHER,

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO HEAR.

IT'S THE ONLY WAY THE ABUSE COMES TO LIGHT.

I JUST GOT THE GUN, AND I SHOT HER.

STOP IT, KURT. YOU GOT TO STOP IT NOW.

IT'S MY FAULT. WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?

GUYS, WHY WOULD YOU SAY YOU HURT YOUR MOM?

JUST LET IT GO, DAD.

KURT, WAS THERE AN ACCIDENT WITH THE GUN?

DON'T ANSWER THAT.

ALI, SWEETIE,

I'M SURE KURT APPRECIATES YOU STANDING UP FOR HIM,

BUT IF HE DID SOMETHING WRONG, HE NEEDS TO ANSWER FOR IT.

WHY SHOULD HE ANSWER FOR SOMETHING THAT'S YOUR FAULT?

HOW IS IT YOUR DAD'S FAULT?

MY MOM WOULD BEAT ON KURT,

YELL AT HIM, AND CALL HIM WORTHLESS.

AND WHAT DID YOU DO ABOUT IT?

EVERYTHING IN MY POWER.

YOU WEREN'T THERE THIS MORNING.

YOU'VE NEVER BEEN THERE.

SOMEONE HAD TO PROTECT HIM!

IS THAT WHAT HAPPENED THIS MORNING?

SHE WAS SLAMMING THE PAPERWEIGHT INTO HIS HEAD.

I HAD TO STOP HER BEFORE SHE KILLED HIM!

IS YOUR SISTER TELLING THE TRUTH?

KURT, IT'S OVER NOW.

COME ON.

[ SIGHS ]

MY MOM WAS YELLING, SAYING THAT SHE WAS GONNA KILL ME,

AND ALI SAVED MY LIFE.

I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS. I'M STUNNED.

HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT?

IT'S BEEN COMING FOR YEARS.

POLICE WOULD COME, BUT YOU WOULDN'T LET THEM IN.

YOU'D SAY WE COULD TAKE CARE OF IT OURSELVES.

MAYBE I TRIED TO DEAL WITH THINGS MY OWN WAY INTERNALLY,

BUT I NEVER MEANT FOR YOU TO USE THE GUN.

IS THAT TRUE?

HE CAME HOME TWO DAYS AGO

AND SAID HE PUT SOMETHING IN HIS CLOSET,

THAT IT WAS OFF LIMITS,

AND WE WEREN'T ALLOWED TO LOOK IN THERE.

KNOWING DAMN WELL THEY WOULD.

ACTUALLY, I THOUGHT THEY'D OBEY ME!

LIAR. ALISON.

LIAR!!

[ SOBBING ]

WHAT WERE YOU DOING IN THE DEAD GIRL'S PANTIES?

I LIKE TO WEAR WOMEN'S THINGS.

I WAS CLEANING UP ANN'S APARTMENT.

SHE HAD NICE CLOTHES.

I'M WASTING MY TIME, AREN'T I?

TELL US ABOUT YOUR RELATIONSHIP‐‐ YOU AND ANN.

WE JUST KNEW EACH OTHER TO SAY HELLO.

YOU TOLD US YOU WERE VOLUNTEERING FOR THE LIBRARY,

AND THAT WASN'T TRUE, EITHER, WAS IT?

SOMETIMES MY SUPERVISOR DOESN'T SEE ME.

NO, DON'T WASTE OUR TIME ON THAT EITHER, DEBREES.

YOU KNEW ANN HEALY. YOU WERE OBSESSED WITH HER.

THAT'S THE ONLY WAY YOU WIND UP IN YOUR UNDIES AFTER SHE'S DEAD.

WELL, YOU JUST HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS, DON'T YOU?

YOU SAID BEFORE SHE HAD A LOT OF GUYS IN AND OUT OF HER PLACE.

WERE YOU JEALOUS OF THAT?

I TOLD YOU I WAS GAY.

THAT DOESN'T JIBE WITH YOU WEARING HER CLOTHES.

THAT TELLS ME YOU WANTED TO GET CLOSER TO HER,

OR MAYBE YOU WERE IN LOVE WITH HER.

I STILL SAY HE'S A FAG.

YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING!

STEVEN, TELL ME.

TELL ME.

DID YOU HAVE FEELINGS FOR ANN?

DID YOU EXPRESS THEM TO HER RECENTLY?

MAYBE ASK HER OUT?

SHE CALL YOU A CREEP, TELL YOU TO BEAT IT?

I DON'T WANT HIM TALKING ANYMORE.

YOU LOSE YOUR MIND WHEN SHE SAID THAT?

TELL HIM TO LEAVE ME ALONE.

HE'LL BACK OFF WHEN YOU'RE HONEST.

UNTIL THEN, I CAN'T HELP YOU.

WHEN SOMEONE LOVES YOU,

AND THEY'VE BEEN SAVING UP TO TELL YOU FOR MONTHS,

YOU DON'T JUST SHUT THE DOOR IN THEIR FACE.

YOU PUSH IN ON HER, SMACK HER ON THE HEAD?

SHE PUSHED ME FIRST.

I REACTED, AND SHE HIT HER HEAD.

WHY'D YOU STRANGLE HER? SHE WAS YELLING.

I DIDN'T WANT TO HURT HER.

ALL RIGHT, STEVEN, I NEED TO ASK YOU.

WAS THIS THE FIRST TIME YOU HURT SOMEONE?

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

HAVE YOU EVER HEARD THE NAMES ANGELA PRATT OR PAM RIEGERT?

THE OTHER GIRLS.

DID YOU HURT THEM, TOO?

YES, I DID.

AND I WANT A FULL‐PAGE PHOTO IN THE DAILY NEWS,

AND THE HEADLINE IS TO READ, "LADY KILLER."

RIGHT NOW YOU NEED TO TELL US

WHAT HAPPENED WITH PAM AND ANGELA.

"LADY KILLER."

AND I WANT TO DO TELEVISION INTERVIEWS.

YOU GOT TO CONFIRM SOMETHING FOR US, STEVEN.

ANGELA PRATT AND PAM RIEGERT

WERE STRANGLED WITH A VERY SPECIFIC COLOR ROPE.

WE DIDN'T TELL THE PRESS WHAT THAT WAS.

CAN YOU TELL US?

OF COURSE.

YELLOW?

WE'RE SURE IT WAS ALISON WHO PULLED THE TRIGGER? WE ARE NOW.

AND THE DAD WAS OUT OF STATE AT THE TIME? ACROSS THE RIVER.

STILL, HE WASN'T IN THE VICINITY.

HE PROVIDED THE WEAPON. A LEGAL WEAPON,

WHICH HE DIDN'T NEED A CARRY OR TARGET PERMIT FOR.

WELL, THAT JUST SAYS HE DID HIS HOMEWORK.

DID YOU FIND ANY RECORD OF A HUNTING LICENSE?

HE DID APPLY FOR ONE.

THEN, YEAH, HE REALLY DID DO HIS HOMEWORK,

AND THERE'S NOTHING TO COLLAR HIM FOR.

WHAT ABOUT ALISON? I SPOKE TO MY BUREAU CHIEF.

SHE'LL HAVE TO TESTIFY IN FRONT OF THE GRAND JURY,

BUT WITH THE FAMILY HISTORY,

AND ALISON FEARING FOR HER BROTHER'S LIFE

WHILE HE WAS BEING ASSAULTED,

SHE MAY GET AWAY WITH JUSTIFIABLE HOMICIDE.

BUT THE DAD WAS AN ENABLER AND A COWARD.

HE WALKS.

SORRY.

SO?

COPYCAT.

WE'RE SURE?

HE DIDN'T KNOW A THING ABOUT THE OTHER TWO HOMICIDES.

M.E. EVER GET ANN HEALY'S TOXICOLOGY?

JUST FINISHED THE AUTOPSY. NO DRUGS IN HER AT ALL.

NO CORD AROUND HER NECK. MATCHBOOK FROM A DIFFERENT BAR.

RON HANDLER STILL WEEPING IN THE CELL DOWNSTAIRS?

SOMEBODY KICK HIM.

THEN IT'S BACK TO WORK. WE'RE BACK AT SQUARE ONE.

LIEUTENANT?

YEAH?

HOW'S THINGS WITH YOUR DOC?

GOOD, FINE.

I'LL KICK HANDLER.

WE GOT ANOTHER HOMICIDE.

YOUNG, FEMALE D. O. A.‐‐ STRANGLED, BLUDGEONED.

D.O.A.'s GRETCHEN DOREN‐‐

STRANGLED, BEAT ON THE HEAD, SIGNS OF RAPE.

WHO FOUND HER?

LAWRENCE NEWMAN. HE'S THE BOYFRIEND.

HE'S GOT A KEY? YEAH.

WE'LL TAKE THE BOYFRIEND.

ONE HEAD WOUND, BLUE‐AND‐WHITE CORD AROUND HER NECK.

INJECTION SITE IN HER UPPER ARM.

MATCHBOOK.