All language subtitles for Cold Case S01E10 The Hitchhiker

[Smash Mouth singing
"Walkin' On The Sun"]

What do you say, Dorothy,
should I double down?

You're showing a four,
the book says no, but hey.

- You're hot.
- Me or the cards?

Both.

♪ It ain't no joke I'd
like to buy the world a toke ♪

♪ And teach the world
to sing in perfect harmony ♪

♪ And teach the world to
snuff the fires and the liars ♪

♪ Hey I know it's just a song
but it's spice for the recipe ♪

♪ This is a love attack ♪

Nice playing!

♪ It's just like any fad
it retracts before impact ♪

Nice flirting with you, Dorothy.

You should never quit
after a win.

I got a feeling
my luck's run out.

♪ So don't delay act now
supplies are running out ♪

♪ Allow if you're still alive
six to eight years to arrive ♪

♪ And if you follow
there may be a tomorrow ♪

♪ But if the offer's shunned
you might as well ♪

♪ Be walkin' on the sun ♪♪

[slow instrumental music]

[music continues]

[elevator bell dings]

You waste your money
on the daily numbers?

Every mornin'.

Five bucks
down the drain.

I don't got dependents.
I can afford it.

So if you won big,
you'd retire?

Nah, I'd stay doing
what I do.

I'd just, uh, dress sharper
if that's possible

and brag a lot more.

If that's possible.

Lil, you want to
take a look at this?

What is it?

Regional broadcast
from Delaware State Police.

They just got a murder
similar to a cold job in Jersey.

Young white male,
walked into the woods

shot once in the chest.

Both were hitchhikers.

- Motive?
- Straight robbery.

Bullet in both
cases was .38 caliber.

"Requesting information
on any like murders.

solved or unsolved,
in the region."

What, they think they
got a serial murder?

- 'Sounds like it.'
- Nice.

I'll check the H-records.

We had a job like that.

Yeah, a kid hitchhiking.

Five, six years ago.

- Denny Saltzman's job.
- Saltzman. Right.

What do you
remember about it?

It was in the summer.
And just like you said.

In the forest,
hitchhiker, .38 slug.

- Remember his name?
- I should remember.

Saltzy brayed on and on
about that kid.

There wasn't much on it.
Some footprints, fiber.

Yeah, he just turned 20,
uh, "Gone good."

'Saltz was always sayin''

'"crummy kid gone good,"
over and over.'

He was a good-looking kid.

Saltzman had his
picture on the wall.

Damn, this name thing's
gonna bug me.

You ever establish who
the kid caught a ride with?

Nah, case went cold fast.

Dean.
I think his name was Dean.

No, it wasn't Dean.

- Darren. Darren something.
- No.

Matt.

- What?
- Mills. Matt Mills.

Right.
That's it.

Yeah.
Almost had it.

[theme music]

[music continues]

[instrumental music]

Matt Mills, 20

shot in the woods
off the Expressway.

The 3,000 bucks he'd just won
in Atlantic City, gone.

Like the other two jobs.

I talked to Jersey
and Delaware

both are thinking
it's the same doer.

Serial killer.

Our guy Matt could've
been his first.

Well, Matt's killed in '97.

Jersey's body
turns up fall of 2000.

And Delaware's
just four weeks ago.

A three-year
cooling off period.

I say we go right now.
To Delaware.

No need.
Delaware's coming here.

Don't get too
excited, Scotty.

A serial job don't get you
hopped up just a little, boss?

What else do we know
about the victims, Lil?

All young guys,
18 to 20.

All three were headed
home from Atlantic City

after winning a few
thousand in the casinos.

So the doer hangs
around the tables

stalks the winners,
catches up to 'em

on the lonely road home.

These kids are leaving
with thousands of bucks.

Why are they hitchhiking?

File says Matt missed
his bus back.

I can win ten
grand over there

I still ain't paying a cabbie
300 bucks to drive me home.

Now, you put it that way,
I guess my thumb's out too.

(Rush)
'Besides the
robbery and the .38'

we got a size ten print that
lines up with other murders.

Plus the gray carpet
fiber on the body.

Delaware and
Jersey have a list

of seven suspects
that could've done both jobs.

Add in this murder, maybe we
narrow it down even more.

Vera and Jeffries can check
the list, see if anyone

had ties to Philly in '97.

- Hmm.
- What?

When Matt was 17
he got locked up

by my sergeant
at West Detectives.

For what?

Him and his cousin robbed

a food mart, got probation.

I'll put a call in,
see if he remembers Matt.

- Good.
- Better get to the family, Lil.

Let them know what's going on.

[instrumental music]

- Hello.
- What's your name?

- Katie.
- I'm Detective Rush.

Detective Valens.

Are your parents home?

- Is it about Matt?
- How'd you know?

Whenever it's cops,
it's about Matt.

(Rush)
'So Matt was in Atlantic City'

visiting his cousin
Blaine that weekend?

Matt hadn't seen Blaine
for a long time.

He wanted to go
whoop it up with him.

Yeah, he'd earned it.

How so?

He was working for
a brokerage house.

An entry level position,
but a good start.

He'd gotten into computers

that investment world.

It was impressive.

During the days,
he was hustling at his job.

Nights he was over
at Drexel taking classes.

Folks he worked
for liked him

but Matt knew
he needed his B.A.

Sounds like your son
really stepped up.

After that trouble
he and Blaine got into.

A footnote in our file
mentions the food mart robbery.

It wasn't a footnote to us.

Matt had some...
very bad years.

First, he was stealing
money off my dresser

'then breaking into
the neighbor's house.'

I'm glad he robbed
that store.

He became a different
person after that.

Scared straight.

No, that didn't
straighten him out.

He straightened himself out.

'There's a difference.'

[voice breaking]
That kid..

He had what it takes.

He had it.

Well...the next three years

Matt was the boy we'd
always dreamed we'd have.

And what about Blaine?

Blaine's still over
in Atlantic City.

[instrumental music]

You the guys from Philly?

Blaine Robbins.

Detectives Rush and Valens.

- Hey.
- Gotta admit, um..

I'm not that glad
to see you guys.

Dragging up Matty's ghost
has me feeling kind of funky.

Don't you want
his murder solved?

Definitely.
Look, he missed his bus.

I told him, stay,
but he had to be at work.

I would've given him a ride
myself, but no wheels.

Well, you remember
anyone watching Matt

that night,
hanging around him?

Well, I wasn't
with him at the time

but Matt is a...was..

...a real approachable guy.

Let's talk about that
robbery you and Matt did.

Those were our bad years.

We were kids.

Kids who needed
a thousand bucks.

A thousand bucks for what?

Start a vending
machine business.

What, like a Coke machine?

Candy bars.

There was a machine
for sale for $1,000.

And the idea was,
after we stocked it

Matt and I
could clear 300..

...a week!

Young guys, thinking big.

Yeah. Yeah.

Anything else
about that night?

[laughing]
No, I..

I was kind of hammered.

- Been celebrating all night.
- Celebrating what?

Matty had become
a real entrepreneur.

This rockin'
investment opportunity

had just come our way..

So this Click Twice
stock is a sure thing?

For us to get in on an IPO

the broker would be
doing us a major favor.

And that would get us in
on the ground floor

right where
you want to be.

The stock'll shoot right up,
that's why everyone wants in.

But then it'll re-set,
find its real value.

But, by that time, you and me
have already cashed out.

Millionaires by age 25.

We would've made out
like bandits.

But..

...without Matty,
the deal

went up in smoke.

How's our list doing?

Getting shorter.

Two guys were in jail in '97

three others have good,
substantiated whereabouts

at the time
of Matt's murder.

So that leaves two.

One.

Oh. Meet Sam Royal,
Delaware State Police.

- How's it going?
- Okay.

- Down to one, huh?
- Yeah.

My suspect number two
was in a hospital

in Bridgeport
having dialysis

the night Matt was killed.

So who's that leave?

Henry Floyd.

Truck driver with
a three-page sheet.

He's a convicted thief

'con artist,
attempted rapist'

overall menace to society.

Sounds like you know
him pretty good.

Yeah.
I interviewed him.

He's got ice water
in his veins.

And a size ten shoe.

Guns?

Got three registered
hand guns

including a .38
Smith and Wesson.

Oh, and, uh Mac
withdrawals puts Floyd

in the AC casinos the night
before each of the murders.

Gas receipts also put
him near the crime scenes.

I'm liking Floyd
more and more.

Oh, when I asked
him about these kids

the cocky SOB
smiles at me and tells me

he never picks up hitchhikers.

What was cocky about that?

I never mentioned hitchhikers.

I want to meet this guy.

I got copies of his logs,
he's due back tomorrow.

Where's he stay in Philly?

Uh, he's got ties
to a woman out in Bristol.

- What's the tie?
- Girlfriend.

Name's Janice Burns.

Yep.

'I'm the girlfriend.'

That always
sounds so silly.

Why is that?

I look like a girly-girl
to you, Hot Stuff?

Besides, um,
I wouldn't exactly..

...consider what we got
a traditional situation.

What do you have?

Henry comes here
for one thing.

Two, if he decides to
stay and eat up all my food.

(Royal)
'That doesn't sound like
you get much out of this.'

Why you let him in?

Because if I don't,
he'll get his tool box

and he'll take
the door off the hinges.

He's done it before.

Who knew you'd be better off
leaving your door unlocked.

Janice, you never called
the police, filed charges?

- Nope.
- Why not?

I know what he'd do to me.

Look, I made my bed.

The only reason I met Henry

was I was at the truck stops
looking for dates.

And now that animal's been
in my life for ten years.

I knew what I was doing
was risky.

So, tomorrow is
just another day?

What's tomorrow?

Henry's coming to town.

I didn't know that.

He hasn't called you?

Like I said,
I leave the door open.

Damn it.

Ah, don't worry about it.

Janice, you say Henry's been
trampling in and out of here

the last ten years?

That's right.

'And how long have you
had this gray carpet?'

Hey, lab going to do
a rush job on that fiber?

We'll have the results
by the end of the day.

- You check on Floyd?
- On schedule.

Should arrive at
Muncy's Meats by noon.

It'll take him at least
another 40 minutes

to get out to Janice's.

We'll go early
and wait for him.

Royal's already
on his way over.

He's got it bad
for this guy?

Got a few hours.

Wanted to take a ride,
see my old sergeant.

He called back.

He remembers the arrest?

Just says
he's in the office.

We should swing by.

Scotty Valens.

So, how's Homicide
treating you, man?

Ain't all bad.
How's things here?

Good and quiet
with you gone.

[chuckles]

Manny, this is my new
partner Lilly Rush.

- Nice to meet you.
- Same here.

Here's that DC number on that
arrest I was talking about.

Oh, yeah, the two kids
robbing a food mart, right?

- Yeah.
- Let me grab the 49.

Uh, cousins.

One of the kids,
Matt Mills, ended up dead.

(Rush)
'Matt was the younger
of the two.'

His mom said getting locked up

scared Matt pretty good.

I don't know if it was so much
about being locked up

as it was that Russian
reading him the riot act.

The Russian is
the store owner?

Yeah, Ivan Medvedenko.

If he made a scene out here
you wouldn't forget too easy.

So I took the phone,
dialed 911.

I should've ran after them.

No, calling was
the right thing.

There is one,
right there.

You!
You stole from me!

Shame on you.

'Your dirty hands.'

- Lazy, American boy.
- Calm down, Ivan.

How old are you?

Seventeen.

- Too late.
- Too late for what?

Change.

You'll always be spoiled.

Die! Just die.

A boy like you
no one will miss.

Johnny, take
this man downstairs.

Russian tells Matt to die.

Anything behind those words?

Oh, first detectives
on that kid's murder

came asking the same,
but Medvedenko had no record.

Wonder if Matt and Blaine
ever went back to his store.

If they were dumb
enough to do that

then I'd say
all bets were off.

[phone ringing]

Sorry.

Rush.

- Working with a girl, huh?
- Yeah.

- She a political case?
- Nah, she came from North.

- Did real good there.
- Floyd just got to town.

Got to go.
Thanks, Manny.

[instrumental music]

Henry Floyd?

Yeah.

Philadelphia police.

Sit down, Henry.

Get you some coffee?

Sure you can't offer me
more than that, sweet tits?

Oh..

You and me are gonna
have some problems, Henry.

It's okay, Scotty.

You wanna do me, huh?

I'm not sure yet.

Twirl around once.

Scotty, give me and Henry
some private time.

You've been naughty, Henry.

Three murders
along your truck route.

So?

We've been charting
where you've been

and what you've done,
and not just us.

Jersey and Delaware
cops are on your ass, too.

Am I under arrest?

No.
You're free to go.

'Want to?'

No.

I'm enjoying myself.

We have copies of your trucking
logs, credit card receipts

a day-to-day map
of your whereabouts.

Dolly, none of that means
nothing and you know it.

Actually, one good piece
of physical evidence

can mean everything.

And we have fibers, Floyd

from Janice's carpet.

Oh, you've seen Janice?

So you know what
an upgrade you'd be.

Three murder trials
in three states.

Anyway you look at it

'you'll get the needle.'

Matt Mills.

You ended his life
for $3,000.

You ever think on that?

I don't get your meaning.

Well, what's the lowest

you'd end someone's life for?

2,000, 1,000

a Swiss Army knife?

Dolly, you and me

we don't see the world
the same way.

Oh, you're a philosopher.

So that gives you the right

to take someone's life away?

You're puttin'
words in my mouth.

Didn't kill him,
didn't kill anyone.

Then take a polygraph for me.

Okay.

- 'Did you murder Matt Mills?'
- 'No.'

Did you kill Chuck Praska?

Chuck get iced
in Jersey or Delaware?

Yes or no answers, Floyd.

Roger that.

Did you murder
Chuck Praska?

No.

- Did you murder Brian Fritz?
- No.

The next question I want
you to answer incorrectly.

'The purpose is to intentionally
make the chart spike.'

Is this card
the ace of spades?

Yes.

He never spiked.

Not even when he
lied about the card.

He beat the polygraph.

But good.

You know, you never should've
gone to see Janice.

Now a perfectly good
ten-year relationship

will have to end.

You gonna kill her too, Henry?

Like those three kids?

You're putting words
in my mouth again.

What?

What are you looking at?

A dead man.

And get those feet
off my table.

The ball on Floyd's left
boot is severely worn down

probably from pressing
down on the clutch

when he's in his rig.

First time around
criminalistics looked at

brand, size, and tread.

Maybe they never looked
at the ball of the foot.

So let's pull
the molds from evidence

re-submit them to the lab.

- Want to let Jersey know?
- Yeah.

- Hey!
- Hey, well, see ya.

Lot of wear and tear
on Floyd's left hoof.

If the plaster molds match,
we got him.

Good. 'Cause the fiber
match didn't happen.

- Crap.
- Inconclusive.

But I got something else.

- Yeah, what?
- 'Manny called back.'

Ran that store owner
through the computer again.

Starting '99,
he does have a sheet.

For what?

Arrested for assaulting
one of his customers.

Then five months ago

chased a shoplifter
with a revolver.

'Fired six shots.'

What kind of revolver?

.38 Special.

'Just like the one
that killed Matt.'

Better go have a conversation.

Philadelphia Homicide.

Wanna ask you some questions.

I haven't done anything.

We're investigating
the murder of a young man

you had history with.

Recognize him?

You know who that
boy is, don't you?

He robbed me.

Him and the other.

Held you at gunpoint, right?

Like animals.

[Nine Inch Nails
singing "Closer"]

[cash register bell rings]

Thank you.

♪ You can have
my absence of faith ♪

♪ You can have my everything ♪

♪ Help me ♪

♪ Tear down my reason ♪

♪ Help me.. ♪♪

Hey!

'Hey!
What are you doing there?'

- Sorry, pops.
- Hey!

Get away.

I said get away,
or I'll call the police.

Get away, I said!

Hey! Thief! Thief!

Don't move!
Don't move!

Matty, hurry!

Don't move!

You should have
chased me out.

Why you got to make
things complicated?

'Matty, hurry!'

'Let's go!'

They never saw Pejia

my son

and for that...
I am thankful.

- But you must've held a grudge.
- What's your meaning?

Those boys got arrested
but only got probation.

- 'Did that get you mad--'
- They should've gone to jail.

And since they didn't,
maybe you decided to do

something about it.

Aah, three years later?

You remember how many
years later Matt got killed?

You heard that kid
got murdered, huh?

Yeah.
Everyone talked about it.

You recall where
you were the day he died?

Here.
Working, like always.

Can you prove it?

I leave people alone.

I've never hurt anyone.

Oh, you leave people
alone outside of

when you shoot your gun off
at them, is that it?

I don't have a gun.

Medvedenko, we're the cops.

We know about you firing
shots at the shoplifter.

The neighbors told police
you had a .38 Special.

No gun was found.
Go on, check.

That's 'cause
you got rid of it.

Please, leave my store.

You wanna tell us
about the gun otherwise

you look suspicious, Ivan.

- I sold it.
- To who?

Back to whom I bought it from.
Mr. Joey.

Mr. Joey?

You saying Joey's,
his last name?

I don't know.

He just has hot guns.

At his pawn store.

You'll never find it.

I want to find Mr. Joey.
Follow that gun.

- Molds came back.
- Ball on the left foot?

Worn down.

Perfect match...
for Jersey and Delaware.

What about our job?

So, Floyd didn't kill Matt.

But it absolutely
puts him away

for the other two
hitchhiker jobs

and, uh, honest,
I can't thank you enough.

Yeah. Anytime.

Floyd'll go down to holding
until Jersey can get here.

'You can fight
over him down there.'

Thanks, Philly.

I couldn't have
done it without you.

So, you just solved
two murders.

That's pretty decent.

We didn't solve our murder.

Matt's our job.

Lil? Matt's sister.

Hi, Katie.

Hi.
Is it okay I'm here?

Oh, sure.
Your parents with you?

No. I got the address
off your card.

Uh, I'm gonna go find
Mr. Joey.

What can I do for you?

I wanted to know
about Matty

'cause no one tells me

and...I mean,
I miss him, too.

What do you
want to know?

Do you know
who killed him?

Not yet.

Blaine said
a serial killer.

You're close
to Blaine, huh?

He tells me things,
not like my parents.

Well, your parents probably
just wanted to keep you young

Katie, as long as possible.

Matt treated me
like a grown-up.

Blaine's just like him.

Real nice.

Really, really smart.

Hmm, smart, huh?

He knows how to do
all kinds of stuff.

He can fly a plane.

Blaine's a pilot?

- He has his license.
- Oh.

And later this year,
he's starting a restaurant.

Really.

Well, a nightclub
kind of place.

I got some seed money
saved up to invest.

Sounds like you got business
in your blood, Katie.

Like Matty did.

He called me that night.

Matt did?

Before he died.

(Matt)
'I'm coming home
tomorrow, okay?'

You made a lot of money?

- Yup.
- 'So you'll buy me something?'

- I already did.
- 'What?'

- Sand dollars.
- What else did you do there?

I ran into somebody I knew.

Sort of...got into
a fight with him.

It brought up
some bad feelings.

- 'Matty?'
- Yeah?

Besides the sand dollars,
could you bring taffy, too?

Sure. Taffy, too.

I was only ten.

I didn't think
about what he said.

I understand.

But now I'm thinking
that maybe it mattered

that he ran into someone.

It might.

Thanks for telling me now.

He first came by after them
two kids robbed him.

Said he had to have a gun.

You gave him the .38.

Then all was quiet
for, like, years

till he ran wild
on that shoplifter.

After that craziness,
he came back

wanting to move
that gun real quick.

I need to get that gun, Joey.
Where is it now?

I only had it
another week.

It went back out hot?

Nah, I'm riding
on the boulevard

minding my own business.

These bozos on patrol
pulled me over.

I wonder why.

Bastards said
I ran a light.

Next thing you know,
they're confiscating

that .38 out
of my glove box

and I'm on my way
back to court.

What did the judge say?

Ordered that
gun destroyed.

Wasn't such a loss.

It might've had a
body on it anyway.

How well you know
this Ivan Medvedenko?

- Enough to stay out of his way.
- What's his deal?

When he first came
to the neighborhood

he was actually kinda nice.

Had this idea
America was gonna

treat him
and his kid right.

Didn't work out that way?

Hated all them
lowlifes hanging around

homeless trying to get
free stuff from him.

When he came asking
for that gun

talking about lazy kids
needing a lesson

he had some...
glint in his eye.

Kind of scared me.

- 'Morning.'
- 'Hi.'

Over losing Floyd?

- All about Medvedenko now.
- What changed?

I've been trying
to connect Medvedenko

to Atlantic City
the weekend Matt was killed.

And?

Guess who won
a Center City Bank

sweepstakes,
June of '97?

- Medvedenko.
- His wife.

Prize was a free gambling
junket in Atlantic City.

Trip for two.

Medvedenko said
he was working.

Guess he wasn't working.

Oh, it's gonna be
a good day for us.

- Bad one for Medvedenko.
- Mm-hmm.

- You lied to me, Ivan.
- I had to.

I knew you'd bring me in.

That you'd suspect me.

Those are some good instincts.

I'm innocent.

When did you come
to this country, Ivan?

1973.

'60s and '70s were some
dark times in Russia.

Walk lightly.
Very lightly.

Must have felt good
to finally get to America.

Since I was a boy,
it was my dream

to work

make your own life.

What a gift.

Then one day two
good-for-nothing boys

who didn't think much of that
gift came and robbed you.

I didn't kill that boy.

Take a seat.

Don't lie to me.

You were in Atlantic City,
so was Matt Mills.

[exhales]

Okay.

- Yes.
- Yes, what?

Yes, I saw him
in Atlantic City.

I saw him,
did not kill him!

Remember me?

I-I-I don't want any trouble.

You don't want trouble?

I didn't want
trouble either.

[instrumental music]

My son, Pejia.

You don't remember him.

But he was there
when you robbed me.

He saw!

Sir, I regret what we did

an-and I heard
what you said to me.

I tell Pejia if he works hard

he can be anything he wants.

But he says, "Dad

why work hard when people
can just take your money?"

You did that.

Sir..

all I can do
is say I'm sorry.

Please.

- Did you shake his hand?
- No.

Because sorry
wasn't good enough.

And who would
miss this kid anyway?

What?

If he died

who would miss
a boy like him?

Remember saying that?

No.

There he goes
lying to me again.

You already lied to me
about the gun.

'You lied about
leaving people alone.'

'Lied about your whereabouts
the day of the murder.'

'I mean, who do you think
you're lying to, Ivan?'

I'm the police.

'You get that?'

- Yes.
- Are you sure?

Because you want
to see your son again

I better start hearing
something I believe.

Please.

You're going away,
Medvedenko.

I'll disappear?

What?

You'll make me disappear?
Or Pejia?

Hey, you're damn right.

You want to keep lying,
Medvedenko? Poof!

Now start talking about
how you killed Matt Mills.

I have to see my son--

Tell me about the .38
you got from Joey.

How you took Matt
in your car

and marched that kid
into the woods

but-but don't you lie!

I hate a liar.

[instrumental music]

Yes.

Yes, what?

[sobbing quietly]

I did it.

I killed him.

[sobbing]

[music continues]

(Valens)
'You want me to feel
sorry for you?'

You murdered a kid.

I'll write what you want.

I write, you talk.

It's got to be
first person.

The other one
deserved death.

What other one?
Blaine?

He put the gun to my head.

He was there
that night, too, Ivan.

You could've had a twofer.

I saw him
outside the casino

but he drove away
before I could say anything.

- He went.
- Yeah.

I'll notify Matt's
family, his cousin..

- I don't know, Scotty.
- Don't know what?

Blaine told us
he would've given Matt

a ride home
but he didn't have wheels.

But Medvedenko said he saw
Blaine driving away in a car.

So, Medvedenko's lying.

Maybe, but you
should check it out.

We did. DMV shows Blaine
didn't own a car in '97.

But AutoTrack just
gave me a secondary address

for Blaine for all of '97.

A magazine subscription
was sent to his workplace.

What workplace?

Roll-The-Dice Rentals.

A rent-a-car company.

It would have given
Blaine access to a car.

Medvedenko just confessed.

I mean, why would he go
if he didn't do it?

Because you got him
wetting his pants.

You figured out where he lives,
and you went there.

Ain't that our job?

Scotty, you ask
a guy like that

if he wants to see
his kid again

maybe he thinks KGB.

'Maybe he thinks
you're saying'

'you're gonna kill his kid.'

"Make him disappear."

That was a good interview.

Let's make sure of that.

We got a lot of power
in that room.

No good deed goes
unpunished, I guess.

It's one more trip
to Atlantic City.

We can afford that,
can't we?

Before we put a father
of an 11-year-old away forever?

That's gonna be one fun ride,
I'll tell you that.

[instrumental music]

We can't get a car
for another hour.

- Okay.
- It's pretty pathetic.

The department don't got
enough cars to go around.

You're just now noticing
our crap resources?

Don't take a tone.

I was just about
to say that to you.

Just hung up with
the Atlantic City Flying Club.

Blaine shelled out
$3,000 in October '97.

Exact amount
stolen off of Matt.

- Four months after he died.
- Case was cold by then.

We know Blaine didn't have
a lot of cash flow.

$3,000 all at once
is significant.

Yeah, but do you
kill your buddy

just so you can
take flying lessons?

This wasn't for recreation.
He was gonna start a business.

Another business?

The plan was
to buy a Cessna

and go into
aerial advertising.

Like one of them planes with the
banner flying over Eagle games?

Yeah, for "Ted's TV
and Stereo," whatever.

So, what happened?

The $3,000 got him
through instruction

not to his license.

'Blaine never became a pilot.'

Another brainstorm
down the drain.

But he didn't kill
Matt for the money.

'What's his motive?'

They hadn't seen
each other in a while.

Maybe they grew apart.

We know Matt changed.

Blaine's looking like
the mope he's always been.

Could rub a guy the wrong way
if your prodigy grows up

'different than you did.'

Especially if that kid
looked up to you

the way Katie does now.

Let's go see
about that car.

(male #1)
'Blaine took a car
out that day'

I don't have the paperwork.

What about mileage
that's not accounted for?

You track that?

Give me a second.

Of course, all this tells me
is if a car went out

on such and such a day,
not who drove it.

Understood.

[keys clacking]

Okay, here's something.

One vehicle does show
some missing miles.

89 miles on a Honda Accord.

About the round-trip
distance between here

and the crime scene.

Sure glad I fired
that kid.

Why did you fire Blaine?

One morning he showed up
with a gun.

I saw it in his duffel bag.

What'd you do about it?

I took the gun,
I turned it into the cops.

You're a tough guy
to find, Blaine.

I've been upstairs.

Got on a bit of a
streak this morning.

The house comped me a room.

Come on, number two.

Come on, two horse.

Even a permanent address.
I couldn't find one.

I don't got one right now.

Where were you living last?

With some chick.
It's a long story.

Been there.

- Yeah. Drink?
- Thanks.

Uh, what you're having.

Come on.

'Come on, two, two, two, two.'

Damn it!

We talked to your cousin
Katie the other day, Blaine.

Yeah? I love that kid.
Smart, you know?

Funny, she said that about you.

Yeah?

She told me about the nightclub

bar-restaurant thing
you're getting started.

Sounds like a hot move.

Could've been big

but some backers
just dropped out.

Deal fell through.

- Same old, same old, right?
- What?

You just seem to run
into that a lot.

You know, this restaurant deal

and that airplane
venture before that.

- Candy bar machine.
- Why you taking shots?

Those aren't shots.

Part of me feels
for you, Blaine.

When someone's bad at what
they want to be good at

that's not easy to deal with.

We know about
Roll-the-Dice Rentals, Blaine.

How you took the car
out that day.

There's no record of that.

There's a record
of the mileage.

'Probably didn't think it
through that far, huh?'

Didn't cover your tracks with
that gun too good, either.

'Bringing it to work.'

Now AC police
have it inventoried.

And spending Matt's three grand
at the flying school.

Kind of a half-baked plan,
huh, Blaine?

Kind of a familiar
theme for you.

I'm good at business.

Matt was the one working
for a brokerage house

making connections.

I taught Matt.

A 20-year-old
with enough moxie

to get in on an IPO.

You said you were happy
about that, but maybe it hurt.

Matt being the guy who was
the one making things happen.

I made that happen!

The IPO was my idea.
The whole damn thing.

Millionaires by age 25.

Salud.

Blaine, put the drink down.

What?

In theory, everything
you're saying is great.

Now let's talk specifics.

Yeah, yeah,
let's talk.

Who are the principals
behind this?

These McSorley Brothers.

It's their dot com.

And who's underwriting?

Uh...I don't know.

Well, you'd want
to find that out.

Look, Ronnie Mack says
we got to jump on this.

Blaine, IPO's are all
based on hype.

You can't just go on what

this pit boss buddy
of yours is telling you.

When I get back to the office.

I'll see what an analyst thinks.

Ship's gonna sail.

We gotta pull the trigger
on this day after next.

Then why are we having
this conversation?

You said we needed
15 grand to get in.

'Where are we gonna
get 15 grand?'

A casino.

A casino?

- I've been casing this place.
- Here we go.

What are you doing?
Cover that.

They got an open cage here.

We're in and out
in 40 seconds.

Are you crazy?

Watch how you're
talking to me.

Blaine, you got to wake up.

Always with the pipe dream.
It's getting stupid.

Blah, blah, blah.

Forget you, pal.
I'm doing this one myself.

I'm not gonna let you.

You're not gonna let me?

I'll walk over to
the cage right now.

Tip 'em off.

Listen,
he don't wanna go along?

Fine.

But saying he's gonna stop me?

For my own good?

That runt used to wear
my hand-me-downs!

Now he's gonna
big-man me like that?

No.

[instrumental music]

I'm sorry.

- Alright.
- Come on. Get in.

[music continues]

Don't you stop? I swear,
Matty, I'll blow your head off!

Alright. Alright.

Go to that tree.

Okay.

Turn around.

Listen, Blaine,
you're gonna rob me?

Take the three grand
from the tables.

'You can have it.'

Shut the hell up.
I'm talking now.

You've known me
longer than anybody.

Why'd you look at me
like that?

- Like what?
- You're still doing it.

Put your head down.
I don't wanna see your face.

Do it!

Nothing's changed, Matty!

Suddenly, you're looking at me
like you don't know

what the hell I'm doing?

All I need is a break.

One break
and I'm on my way.

You've always known that
since we were kids.

You were the only one.

- Blaine?
- Shut up!

There's nothing
for you to say.

I wanna see it..

...in your eyes.

Matty, I need one thing
to go my way.

And no one's gonna
tell me different.

You look up at me

and you show me
you still know that.

[music continues]

Just one break.

[gunshot]

[Blessid Union Of Souls
singing "I Believe"]

♪ Violence is spread worldwide ♪

♪ And there's families
on the street ♪

♪ We sell drugs to children
now oh why can't we just see ♪

♪ That all we do is
eliminate our future ♪

♪ With the things we do today ♪

♪ Money is our incentive
now so that makes it okay ♪

♪ Walk blindly to the light
and reach out for his hand ♪

♪ Don't ask any questions
and don't try to understand ♪

♪ Open up your mind
and then open up your heart ♪

♪ And you will see that you
and me aren't very far apart ♪

♪ Cause I believe
that love is the answer ♪

♪ I believe love
will find the way ♪

♪ Aah no ♪

♪ I believe that
love is the answer ♪

♪ I believe that
love will find the way ♪

♪ I believe ♪

♪ Love will find the way ♪

♪ Love will find the way ♪♪

[theme music]

[music continues]