All language subtitles for Cold Case S01E03 Our Boy is Back

[pop music]

[elevator bell dings]

♪ I'm only pretty sure ♪

♪ That I can't take anymore ♪

♪ Before you take a swing ♪♪

- Oh, Gail.
- Hey, Larry.

I was just doing
my woodworking.

- Needed a break.
- Uh-huh.

I'm building a birdhouse
for the tweeties on my balcony.

- You want a peek?
- I'm in a rush.

Yeah. Yeah, I'm going
for a walk anyway.

Enjoy it.

Hey, you wanna see one of
the coolest spots in Philly?

'It's just three blocks
from here. I discovered it.'

I've got a lot
of reading to do.

And Bruce is coming over.
Goodnight, Larry.

♪ When you're sure
I'm not there ♪

♪ How's it gonna be ♪

♪ When there's
no one there ♪♪

How's the Miller's Tale
gonna help me in life?

[sighs]
Totally unreadable.

So drop the class.

I'm going
to med school anyway.

Hey.

What?

I'm done studying.

I'm not.

Yeah, you are.

Bruce, I have a seminar
in the morning.

It's only summer school.

Skip it.

What am I gonna have to do,
kick you out of here?

I'm getting sick
of that story, too.

[intense music]

[train passing]

[meows]

Came in this morning,
addressed to homicide.

I think it's one of yours.

Number one. Kitchen floor.

She had a useless cat
who did nothing.

'Number two. Brunette.'

At least two useless cats.

Ellen Curtis had two cats.

Three. This one died on me.

And her useless cat
just watched?

Oh, this bastard.

"I don't like what I do,
but I can't go yet.

The days are still warm."

That's him.

Try to get prints off this?

Uh, This guy doesn't
leave prints.

Where has he been
for five years?

And why is he
sending us this letter?

He's bragging.

He's telling us he's back.

And that he's gonna do it again.

[theme music]

Gail Chimayo.
Summer '98.

Guy broke in
through the window

raped her like all the others,
but Gail...he killed.

He got through those bars?

'Guy was some kind of spider.'

He'd climb walls,
get in tiny windows.

- So he's skinny.
- He's a contortionist.

Boss, I don't have
the constitution

to go after him again.

Why'd he kill Gail
and not the others?

- She fought back.
- Any physical evidence?

Just the DNA from his sperm,
but we never found a match.

I got samples from everybody.

The neighbors, plumbers,
handymen. Nothing.

It was like chasing a ghost.
Boss, I can't do this.

I'm not asking you to, Nick.

This case became
a health issue for me.

Didn't you get
any direction where to look?

He only struck
when the weather was warm.

So, I check out baseball teams

exchange students coming
in for the summer.

- Circus.
- Yeah?

Yeah, yeah, I interviewed
a damn clown.

Who was the top suspect?

Bruce Elridge.

- 'Gail's boyfriend.'
- How come?

He gave a shady,
hostile interview.

'Refused to give his DNA.'

Had not one good alibi
for any of the rapes.

Unfortunately, Vera's under
orders not to talk to him.

Yeah, that's not official.

The DA's office
was very clear, Nick.

Do not approach him again.

What did you do to him?

I was runnin' the case.
He was a serious suspect.

He put him in the room
four times.

What am I supposed to do,
start all over again?

- I'll start it over.
- Whoa, this is my job.

I'm not gonna get
cut out of it.

Well, which one is it, Vera?

- You in or out?
- I don't know.

Alright.
Lil will read the case again.

'You wanna join her, okay.'

But I don't want you going to
Bruce without new direction.

We got the letter.

Connect him
to the letter, Nick

you can go back.

Not before.

You got an angle
how to do that?

Yeah, I got an angle.

- No. Not you again.
- Got some questions, Larry.

Forget it.

You browbeat
this guy, too?

He's a material witness.
I talk to him sometimes.

[sighs]

Okay.

Larry, um, it's Lilly Rush.
With homicide.

I need to talk to you
about Gail.

I'll talk to you.
Not him.

Grow up.

Open the door, Larry.

Detective Vera will
take a little walk.

Oh, this guy's sick, huh?

Anything about it say
Bruce Elridge to you?

Ah, the smugness fits.

He was such a snob.

He'd never even
say hello.

- So you didn't know him well.
- Nah.

You told 911 that you thought
Gail and her boyfriend

were having a fight next door.

If I may speak.

I never saw anyone else

go inside that apartment.

What was your
relationship with Gail?

Well, we were good neighbors.

Good friends.

Maybe something
could have blossomed

if the world was
laid out differently.

So now you're flirting?

'You didn't say that
five years ago.'

You asked about
the 911 call.

'Not my relationship
with Gail.'

Did the noise from
next door wake you, Larry?

I was up, working.

♪ But I miss you ♪

[distant scream]

♪ That is what I did ♪

♪ Hey hey hey ♪♪

[indistinct chatter]

[crash]

Gail?

What's going on in there?

It sounds like
more than reading.

[distant screams]

- '911.'
- I'm at 1832 Sansom.

I'm worried about my neighbor.

That was heroic,
making that call, Larry.

It was instinct.

Anyway, uh, the cops came,
knocked, left.

She was found dead
the next day.

Cops can't break down a door

just because some guy
senses something.

I gave a DNA sample
right off.

I'll give another one
if you like.

That's not necessary.

So back to Bruce.
You seen him lately?

I did run into him
a couple of months ago

up at the temple campus.

He does experiments
at med school?

Yeah, he was
full of hot air

about some kind of sleep
study he's doing on cats.

- Thank you.
- Oh, yeah.

Someday maybe we should
check that out.

How'd you find out
about his research?

I track this guy,
I knew it was animals

but I always figured
it was lab rats.

That's him.

You can't talk to me.

That letter you wrote
gave me new cause.

Your pal here made my life
miserable five years ago.

And you could have ended it at
anytime by giving a DNA sample.

Let's not have that
conversation again.

Bruce, I'm the one
who wanted to talk to you.

- And who are you?
- Detective Rush.

I'm looking back
into Gail's murder.

Uh-huh.

I was wondering about
the animal research you do.

What about it?

We're talking cats, right?

Yeah.

And I don't feel
guilty about it

if that's your
next question.

- Do you kill those cats?
- If need be.

If a person's got cancer, I'm
not gonna worry about testing

on some useless animal.

Why are they useless?

They're sub-human.

Small brains.

- Like women?
- Women have a use.

Bruce, why not make this easy?
Volunteer your DNA.

Fourth amendment says
I got a right to privacy.

Don't you want to be
ruled out as a suspect?

On the contrary.

I don't want
desperate detectives

to act like it's a discovery
if they match my DNA to semen

that was on Gail's sheets.
I was her boyfriend.

We were very active,
if you get me.

I'm sure my DNA's
all over that place.

- I see.
- I don't need a witch hunt.

Just 'cause you couldn't
solve this thing.

'Vera.'

What is it about this job?

You yap on all the time
about the other cases.

Why not this one?

This one did
things to me.

Like what?

You ever work a job
makes you feel helpless?

Yeah, I can always
find motive, direction

'but that piece
of crap, he stops.'

Leaves me with nothing.

I start second guessing
everything, you know?

Maybe I'm not
the bad ass I think I am.

I want this guy.

- So do I.
- We can get him.

But I need you, Vera.

You know him
better than anyone.

[siren wailing]

If he's following his MO

he's already hunting.

Stalking someone right now,
following her home.

Let's hope she's
got her windows locked.

I should have noticed
that they all had cats.

It didn't mean anything.

Till we got the letter.

(Jeffries)
'It's a list of parolees'

who were locked up
the last five years

and just got out.

One guy fits the time line,
but he weighs 300 pounds.

Since when?

His whole life.
It ain't him.

It was worth a try.

Well, how'd you do today?

Found out Bruce Elridge
tortures cats for a living.

- Does he?
- Mm-hmm.

Talks about useless animals,
and won't give up his DNA.

I gotta go sit on him.

Make sure he doesn't
climb through

anybody's window tonight.

I got new addresses
on the first two victims.

They've both moved.

- Let's go.
- Oh, wait till tomorrow.

I don't want you going
to these girls at midnight

asking about their rape.

Yeah.

Tomorrow.

Goodnight.

[sighs]

[serene music]

My dad told me
why you're here.

Can I come in?

No, I'd rather,
I'd rather talk out here.

We think he's back,
Ellen.

Oh, no.

Can I show you
a picture?

A detective showed me
that five years ago.

I know.
Just look again.

Could this be the guy
who attacked you?

I couldn't say.

I never saw him.

Did his voice sound
like anyone you knew?

I told the first
detective no.

I don't think so.

You said at the time

you were certain
it was a stranger.

Right.

You got a different
feeling about that now?

It's okay if you do.

No.

No, I don't know him.

I really can't, I really
can't tell you anything.

The lead detective
on this case is female, Ellen.

Would you be more
comfortable talking to her?

Maybe.

Okay.

I gotta go to work,
but, um..

I'm home every day
by six.

Alright.

[intense music]

Could be him.

Could be yo yo ma.

I didn't see crap.

He covered your eyes
right away.

I'm in my kitchen.

All of a sudden there's
a towel over my face.

Guy whispers that
he's real sorry.

Rapes me right there.

And then stays for an hour,
talking to me.

(male #1)
'Always nervous
on first dates.'

'But we did okay,
didn't we?'

You were playing
such a sad song before.

You wanna play it for me?

I don't think so.

(male #1)
'That's okay.'

[heavy breathing]

'Those bars
on your windows'

'are no good, honey.'

'They're too far apart.'

'You gotta be
more careful.'

[snarls]

You know what he said to me
right before he left?

"Wish that we had met under
different circumstances."

I'm sorry, Niki.

I just hope you
finally get the guy.

I don't want to make you
uncomfortable, but, um..

you were obviously
in close contact with him.

Yeah.

He touched you.
You must have touched him.

Was there anything that you
felt that was distinctive?

Um, scars? Moles?

- This is kind of weird.
- That's okay.

I did touch him. I-I didn't
do it to be intimate.

Of course not.

I was trying
to get him off me.

And you noticed something.

Smooth skin.

Legs, arms,
everything.

Soft and smooth
like a woman's.

Excuse me a second.

What's that?

- Bruce Elridge's coffee cup.
- You stole his coffee?

He abandoned it
in a public place.

Now we got his precious DNA.

According to Niki Lamas
we're looking at a guy

with super smooth skin.

Well, that's new.

Maybe he shaves his body
before he attacks.

No hair ever found
at the scenes.

Anything from Ellen Curtis?

Jeffries got the sense
she knew something.

I'll go back to her today.

Hmm. And how's
our boy Vera doing?

He's...passionate.

That passion almost compromised
this case five years ago.

I'm watching, boss.

I hate to rat a guy out

but Vera just walked in
with Bruce Elridge.

- I can't have this.
- Let me go.

You'll want to look
at this first.

This isn't gonna help.

(Elridge)
'You can't keep me here.'

I can keep you here
for six hours.

So what's with
the animal experiments?

[sighs]

What are you,
an activist?

Lot of killers start off
torturing animals..

...but a smart guy like you

know something about that.

So what?

Is that you, Bruce, hmm?

Did you go from cats to women
with your viciousness?

That's, that's a leap.

You slip into their apartments

with that wimp-boy
frame of yours.

You terrorize them and you
pretend you're on a date?

I got a girlfriend.

We're very very happy.

Maybe you didn't
mean to kill Gail.

- Just rape her like the others.
- I didn't do anything to her.

So why don't you stop
acting like a thug.

What'd you just call me,
you little rube?

Say it again, come on!
Say it again.

- Say it again!
- Vera!

Looks like, uh, Bruce here
thinks I'm wasting his time.

Come out here.

- Bruce has better things to--
- Vera!

We got the DNA back.

It's a negative match.

You bunch of thugs!

Bruce, what the hell's
wrong with you?

What's that
supposed to mean?

You knew we wouldn't
match your DNA.

So?

So why not give a sample
five years ago

like a normal person?

I got a right to privacy.

How's giving a swab of spit
invading your privacy?

A guy's got a right to have sex
with his own girlfriend.

Okay.

Okay.

You weren't
having sex with her.

Excuse me?

You didn't want us
to not find your DNA.

It wasn't anywhere
in that apartment

'cause she was
shutting you down.

We went out
for seven months.

And by that time
a guy's got a right.

You think I wanted all those
macho cops, all my friends

knowing I was putting up
with such a prude?

Hey, Bruce,
this ain't high school.

This case died five years ago

and you could have
helped us bring it in.

And you coming
off to your pals

like some big stud

isn't more important
than a girl dying.

'My partner got
the sense you knew'

we were
on the wrong trail.

How would I know that?

Maybe you saw the guy.

No.

Maybe..

...you knew the guy?

I really try not
to think about this.

That's understandable.

But he contacted us.

Let us know
he's gonna do it again.

I can't worry about that.

- If you could describe him--
- I can't.

I know that's what
you've been saying

for all these years, but maybe

it's because it's too painful.

Ellen...I'm just scared
it's gonna happen again.

[sighs]

I never used
to be scared of anything.

No?

Now I live
with my parents.

I'm terrified if
I'm not home before dark.

You had a life before.

Just want it back.

I don't think
that's in the cards.

I do.

But you have to start
by telling me

what you saw that night.

It might not be relevant.

I was at the Free Library,
outside buying a coffee

and this, um...this guy started
talking to me about books.

'And I can't even
remember what else.'

But it was only for,
like, a few minutes.

And then I went home.

That was it.

Did you get his name?

And the rape
happened that night.

[soft knocking]

Olive?

Edie?

[cat meowing]

Hey, kitty, kitty, kitty. Meow.

You scared me.

(man)
I'm so sorry.

[muffled screaming]

First dates are hard.

Especially with
serious girls like you.

I just wish we could have met
under different circumstances.

It was so quick.

It was like a flashbulb.

And I, uh...
I could be wrong, but..

...the face I keep seeing..

...is the guy
from the library.

Um, dark hair.

Kinda shaggy.

Smooth skin.

This is gonna
help us a lot.

I'm sorry I didn't
do it earlier.

You weren't ready earlier.

I should have
told that first detective.

I was worried he'd think..

...that since
I'd talked to the guy..

...I'd led him on.

You know..

Detective Vera only
looks like a Neanderthal.

[knocking on door]

Excuse me.

What?

Sex Crimes got an assault,
Ninth and Lombard.

Same MO?

Crawled through
the second floor window.

[sighs]

Our boy is back.

[dramatic music]

[traffic ambience]

(Jeffries)
'Must have shimmied up
that drain pipe'

'climbed across the wall'

'slipped in through the bars.'

Now, that's determination.

- Are there prints on the bars?
- Of course not.

Ah, but he did leave
a token behind.

Kenfield filter.

Left it right
at the bedside.

This the victim?

Yeah. Sex Crimes
took her to the hospital.

'They know you want
talk to her, though.'

- We doing this together?
- Yeah.

Please.

[camera clicks]

Maybe I should have fought
or something.

There's no should,
Tanya.

Does, uh..

...this look like him?

He covered my eyes so quickly.

- Did he speak to you?
- Yeah.

Afterwards,
he talked a lot.

He talked about
art and books.

I'm in grad school
for art history, but I don't..

I don't know how
he knew that.

Did you recognize his voice?

No. He was a stranger.

[cat meows]

- You study art history?
- Yeah.

Been to any museums lately?

Um, I was at the Rodin
a few days ago.

Did you notice
anything about his skin?

It was...smooth.

You know,
like...hairless.

No hair at all?

Didn't seem like it.

Do you know what he told me
before he left?

That he wished
that we had met under--

Under different circumstances.

And that he was sorry.

(Rush)
Does this guy stalk girls
on Ben Franklin Parkway?

Gail worked at
the Museum of Art.

Ellen was at the Free Library
the day she was attacked

and Tanya went
to the Rodin last week.

Niki was on Locust.

Leaving the Academy of Music.

Maybe he targets smart girls.

All the victims
were college types.

Serious girls.
He said it to Ellen.

Let's post this composite
all over the Parkway.

I got it.

I interviewed a woman
who worked with Gail

at the art museum.

Anna.

Anna Berlin.

They had lunch together
the day of the murder.

We have this now.

Let's see if she knows
our new friend.

(Berlin)
Is this who killed Gail?

Could be.

Do you recognize him at all?

I don't think so.

Take your time.

I can't be sure, but..

But what?

It sort of looks like a guy

we'd see out here
at lunch time.

You and Gail saw him?

He'd hang out here,
smoking, watching people.

I kind of forgot about him.

He hasn't been around
for years.

But he's been back lately.

- Ever get a name?
- No.

We only talked to him once.

How's the pre-med student?

Arrogant. Pushy.

In other words, the same.

I know, I have bad taste in men.

(man)
You ladies work here?

Yeah.

How's the new exhibit?

The Monet? It's beautiful.
I recommend it.

Maybe I'll take a look.

See you in there.

I didn't think to mention it
to you back then.

People are always
asking questions.

Do you think he may have
been watching Gail?

He wasn't there for the art.

Got something.

Girl was with
a friend and her mom

on Ben Franklin Parkway.

Saw your composite.

This is Lilly.
She's a police officer, too.

Tell her
what you told me.

That's Carl.

My mommy's boyfriend.

What do you got?

Carl Heeley, grew up in
a trailer park in Trenton.

Moved to Philly at 18

worked as a security guard

in the Franklin Institute
from '92 to '98.

- Across from the Free Library.
- Yeah.

And the last five years

he was at an army base
in Portland.

- Just got back to town.
- How'd he behave in Oregon?

Dishonorably discharged
six weeks ago

breaking into
a female officer's room.

Through the window.

She was trained in combat
though, unlike our girls.

She fought him, ID'd him,
and they sent him packing.

Military will have
the blood type.

(Rush)
'We're getting
a subpoena right now.'

Pick up this soldier.

What's this about?

A woman was raped in Old City,
last night.

I'm sorry to hear that.

Where were you last night, Carl?

At home. Reading.

Can anyone verify that?

My girlfriend and her daughter.

You a big reader, Carl?

You could say.

You lived in the area
five years ago

when three women
were raped.

Do you remember anything
about that?

- Not really.
- Mm.

But you heard
about it, right?

Yeah, I think I remember
something about it

but that was a long time ago.

This looks a lot like you,
don't you think?

Sort of.

Can you arrest a man for
looking like a drawing?

We're asking guys
who look like this picture

to take a DNA test.
Would you do that?

I'm sorry,
I prefer not to.

'Look, I'd love
to help you out'

but I got to get back.
New job and all.

So, is there anything else?

No.

Crap.

It was a Kenfield filter.

Carl and I used
to date, so..

Well, you lived together.

That's a bit different
than dating, isn't it?

Cait, honey, take dolly
and play in the room, okay?

We lived together
five years ago.

We broke up when he moved.

If you broke up,
how'd you get this Army picture?

We kept in touch.

Caitlin says that Carl's
still your boyfriend.

That he's around
the apartment a lot.

Yeah, well..
Maybe I never got over him.

Do you remember
those rapes five years ago?

Yeah.

Do you remember that
a girl was murdered?

What, you trying to say
that was Carl?

This is the guy.

You tell me, Bridget.

No. Carl is a good person.

He is.

He is. You'll should
see him with Caitlin

and the animals.

Down at that shelter
you work at?

Yeah, he helps out sometimes.

- You got any pets here?
- No, no.

Carl always says
that dogs are for families

and cats
are for single girls.

Mm. Carl says that, huh?

Yeah, we joke about it.

You know, cats and book clubs.

Two sure signs that a woman's
all alone in the world.

I'm guessing you wouldn't be
caught dead at a book club.

I noticed your Shakespeare
collection over there.

Yeah, Carl got that
at a garage sale.

You guys read
the tragedies together?

He looks at 'em sometimes.
I don't like books.

Maybe that's why
he took off five years ago.

What do you mean?

- Nothing.
- No, what?

We talked to Carl
earlier today

and he just wasn't, uh..

very complimentary
about your...brain power.

That's mean.

I thought so.

Was he with you last night?

Yeah, he was here.

- He go out after?
- He went out for a walk, late.

'Cause there was
another rape last night.

Another woman

who lives alone,
with a cat.

Carl take a lot of walks?

Yeah. He has trouble sleeping.

He always did.

[water flowing]

Honey, what's wrong?

Nothing.
Can't sleep is all.

Come back to bed.

I'm gonna get some air.

Okay.

Be careful.

You, too.

Keep the windows closed.

Yeah, he-he did that a lot.

He'd leave in the middle
of the night.

Didn't you think
it was pretty odd

that he shaved like that,
Bridget?

He always shaved, you know?

He said, um..

It had to do, you know,
with biking, for speed.

(Rush)
'Did he always shave
at midnight?'

I don't know.

You remember the rapes
though, don't you?

Yeah.

Didn't you ever think--

That I was living
with a rapist?

No, I never thought that.
Would you?

Does it make sense now?

[Bridget sighs]

Yeah, I guess.

'With the walks and all.'

'Now that I think about it'

he's only ridden that bike
a couple times

since I've known him.

Hey, Bridge.

I'm so sorry, Carl.

You really should
be more careful.

I just wish we could've met
under different circumstances.

Why are you here?

We just wanna chat. Again.

We called the base
up in Oregon.

Seems you got the same
blood type as our rapist.

[chuckles]
Type A is pretty common.

We've got
your letter, too.

[chuckling]
I'm not much of a writer.

Plus that cigarette
you left at Tanya's

tells me you're just about
ready to stop this.

How'd them army boys
deal with you

shaving your chest
and your legs?

I cut that out up there.

Didn't want to be
on the wrong side

of "don't ask, don't tell," huh?

I just didn't get much of
a chance to bike in Oregon.

Yeah.

Hmm. What kind of people
do you come from, Carl?

Nothing special.

- Educated?
- No.

Low rent?

You could say.

Not a lot of books
in the trailer, I take it?

My mom couldn't read.

(Vera)
What about that sister of yours?

The one that's in jail
for prostitution?

She a...big scholar?

Yeah, you come from trash,
you end up trash.

(Rush)
'With a trash girlfriend,
you were looking'

'for someone better.'

A classy girl with education.

I like girls with culture
who don't eat their takeout

right out of a box.

Hm, like Bridget?

Bridget's never been
to a museum in her life.

So you went looking for a girl

with a little something
upstairs.

(Vera)
'Trolling through the museums
and libraries'

till you found her,
then you followed her home.

Looked to see if there was
a cat in her window

'cause that meant
she was all alone in there.

And you got that talent
for getting into tiny places.

Talk or don't talk,
it doesn't matter anymore.

Bridget gave us your razor.

- It's at the DNA lab right now.
- Yep.

We're just waiting
for the official word.

I used to slide down
the laundry chute

at my best friend's building.

You can't believe
how narrow it was.

I'd get into the neighbors'
house and steal things.

It was, like, the one thing that
I was really really good at.

Getting into small places.

I was, like,
known for it.

That's sensational, Carl.

I told you,
I was ready soon

as soon as
the weather changed.

Yeah. You told us.

I just had these demons.

Is that why you joined
the military?

To maybe get
some discipline?

I kept them down for a while,
but they came back.

The one in Oregon was a fighter,
like the other one that--

Gail.

'The girl you murdered.'

I just wanted to..

...date her, you know,
not hurt her.

[intense music]

[thunder crashing]

[cat meowing]

[dramatic music]

Quiet. I am sorry.

Studying, huh?

- College girl?
- Let me...go!

[Carl grunting]

You should be more careful.

That window's wide open.

[knock on door]
'Gail?'

- 'Be quiet.'
- 'What's going on in there? '

Keep quiet, quiet, quiet.

(neighbor)
'Sounds like more than reading.'

(Carl)
Quiet. Quiet.

[muffled scream]

I just wish we'd met
under different circumstances.

[Carl panting]

["Heroes"]

♪ I ♪

♪ I will be king ♪

♪ And you ♪

♪ You will be queen ♪

♪ Though nothing ♪

♪ Nothing will drive them away ♪

♪ We can be heroes ♪

♪ Just for one day ♪

♪ We can be us ♪

♪ Just for one day ♪

♪ I ♪

♪ I remember ♪

♪ Standing by the wall ♪

♪ And the guns ♪

♪ Shot above our heads ♪

♪ And we kissed ♪

♪ As though nothing could fall ♪

♪ And the shame ♪

♪ Was on the other side ♪

♪ Oh we can beat them ♪

♪ For ever and ever ♪

♪ Then we can be heroes ♪

♪ Just for one day ♪

♪ We can be heroes ♪

♪ We can be heroes ♪

♪ We can be heroes ♪

♪ We can be heroes
just for one day ♪

(Rush)
Stay tuned for scenes
from our next episode.

[theme music]