When you want
something badly enough,
You'll do stupid things.
You take risks you shouldn't take,
Trust people you shouldn't trust.
The only thing you care abt is getting what you want.
Passion begins to consume your life. (grunts)
It can be intoxicating...
Oh!
(gasps)
Or fatal.
♪ The Forgotten 1x13 ♪ Mama Jane Original Air Date on February 16, 2010
-- sync, corrected by elderman -- -- for www.addic7ed.com --
(cell phone rings)
(beep)
Hey, mom. Yeah, I can't really talk right now.
I'm pretty busy at work. Candace, you ready, or what?
Yeah, be right there. Uh, look, I gotta go. I'm sorry.
A flood seminar is about to start. (beep)
You don't look like a waitress.
I'll take that as a compliment. Let me guess--
You're trying to find yourself?
I quit my job. Lost my passion for insurance. I get it.
I was a lawyer for two years-- hated it.
You know, bar business is way more interesting.
Last year, we found a dead body in the bathroom.
You don't get that kind of excitement at a law firm. Someone died here?
Yeah, she was, like, 40.
And they think it was murder, too, but the cops
still haven't figured out who she was.
(siren wailing in distance)
(train whistle blows)
I finished your mayo. I have mayo?
Hey, where's Lindsey?
Uh, she's on a field trip. She'll join us later.
So a today, we'll be moving back to her house, right?
Yeah, actually I figure since we're starting here,
We might as well see the case all the way through.
Um, "all the way through"?
Yeah, so, uh, grab some snacks...
And a housekeeper.
How'd you find out about this case?
Uh, I know a waiter at the bar where they found the body.
So our Doe is a white female, 40,
blunt force trauma to the head.
Her body was found in the bathroom
of a local hangout-- a place called the X Bar--
About a year ago. 12 months and 2 days, to be exact.
The X Bar?
They find anything at the scene?
Yeah, chewing gum, tissue and a pair of orange glasses. Hmm.
She was dressed conservatively.
There was also a faded ultraviolet club stamp
On her hand, but it's not from the X Bar.
Why was our not-so-young Doe
hanging out in a bar filled with twentysomethings?
Maybe she liked young guys. Or young girls.
Sorry for being open-minded. (Tyler chuckles)
Okay, well, let's start with the orange glasses
and the, uh, faded stamp.
Walter, don't you have an uncle who's an Ooptometrist?
Uncle Ray. He's the best.
Great. So stop by the precinct, collect the evidence.
And you--it's your lucky day. You actually get to recreate
something that's not a face.
Hey.
Sorry I'm late.
Maxine, you found us. How are ya?
I, um, I got a copy of the file for you. Oh, right.
The woman at the X Bar.
Bet Candace is all over this one.
Why do you say that?
Well, she works there, right?
Uh, the X Bar?
Candace--she, uh, sells insurance or something.
Oh, that's weird.
I take clients there sometimes.
There's one waitress that looks just like her.
But I actually came to tell you that I can't really stay.
My mom and I--
We're still dealing with closing up Simon's apartment.
Of course.
But I-I really want to help, so...
I just need some more time.
Cool?
Cool. You, uh, could've just called.
Eh, I'm a face-to-face kind of girl.
But keep me posted, okay? Got it.
And don't screw it up.
♪
(beeping)
♪
Looks like a flame.
I say we start at the bar where the Doe was found.
Odds are, the stamp
Is from the same place in the neighborhood.
Uh, I can't. Doctor's appointment.
Everything okay?
Yeah, Dermatologist.
But call me if you find anything interesting.
(door opens)
(door closes)
(techno music playing) I used to love going out on the town,
But this wasn't about
Drinking at the bar or dancing all night.
I was on a different mission.
Uh, sorry. Don't recognize it.
But, uh, Tommy might.
He's been in this business since he was about 5.
Tommy, you got a sec? You know where this is from?
Yeah, it's from a strip club called Apex.
I worked there a few years back. Thanks.
So our Doe was at a strip club? (dialing cell phone)
Candace said to call if we found anything interesting.
(The Cult's "lil' devil" playing)
♪ yeah ♪
♪ livin' in a shack in a one-horse town ♪
♪ tryin' to get to heaven 'fore the sun going down ♪ (man) whoo!
All right. I'm going to, uh, talk to the waitresses
And the bartenders. You start dealing with the girls
Who are working their way through med school.
♪ for 40 days ♪
♪ hey there, little devil ♪
♪ come on, little devil ♪
Uh, what are you doing?
There's only one way we're gonna get these women to talk,
And it has nothing to do with compassion.
♪ be my... ♪
Really? That's the story you're going with?
♪
Are you sure you've never seen her before?
Positive.
♪
I already paid you.
(chuckles)
♪
For the record, I didn't enjoy it.
For the record, you're lying.
For the record, I enjoyed you not enjoying it
Much more than i actually enjoyed it.
You two--let's go.
You're asking too many questions.
Looking for a fight, tough guy?
♪
Alex? How you doing, brother?
Doing good. How about you? You staying out of trouble?
For the most part.
Yeah? These two do-gooders with you?
(chuckles) I'm trying to, uh, I.D. a Jane Doe.
Wish I could help.
But we know she was here.
She had a stamp on her hand from your club.
We're not the only club that uses that stamp.
What do you mean?
People who own this place-- JTG--have other clubs.
The flame's part of the company logo.
They use different colors, designs,
But they all have the flame thing going on.
I'll print out a list for you. Great.
(Alex) we got a list of venues owned by JTG.
And a list of events held at those venues
near the time of the death. Great.
Hey, how'd everything go at the Museum of Science?
It was good
Until we started dissecting cow eyeballs
and Amy Harper threw up on my shoe.
Mm-hmm. All right, Walter. Where are we at on these orange glasses?
Uh, they're fake-- nonprescription.
They're just cheap fashion glasses.
Maybe they're a gimmick-- part of a costume or something.
Well, I can try to track down the manufacturer. I tried that,
But all I could find was a logo that says "BT" on 'em,
And there's no companies with those initials.
You know, some of my students
wear those glasses-- orange, round frame.
What kind of students?
Boys, girls, geeks, jocks? Hip-hop crowd.
Maybe some rapper made them popular.
Walter, you're an expert on urban culture.
What can you tell us?
(typing) um... Well, there's an O.G. named "orange deuce."
"O.G."?
Wow, he really went there.
Yeah. Says he's as famous for his crude lyrics
as he is for his signature orange glasses.
Big Time records is his label. (Walter) Big Time records--BT.
That's gotta be what the logo stands for.
And guess who threw their holiday party at Disciple
Last year on November 30th?
Two days before Jane Doe's death.
God, I love it when it all comes together like this, you know?
It's like a... A coming together.
(horns honking) (Alex) we got your name from the manager of Disciple.
He said that you were the event planner
for the Big Time records party last year.
I was. What can I do for you?
Do you recognize this woman?
(scoffs) I do. She paid the doorman
1,000 bucks to crash the party,
but things didn't work out too well for her.
She got kicked out after about 15 minutes.
Why? What happened?
She slapped Terrence King in the face.
Terrence King-- the--the basketball player?
Mr. Fountain?
I have to get back to work. Sorry.
Why would Jane Doe pay 1,000 bucks
to get into an a-list party
and then smack Terrence King across the face?
I have no idea, but you gotta love her.
Takes a certain kind of woman to smack a superstar. (chuckles)
Can I help you with something? (grunting and panting)
Don't you worry about Terrence King
or the bitch that slapped him in the face!
Why didn't you call Russell?
And have them do what?
Take a report and scare off our biggest lead? Forget it.
We need to figure out why Jane Doe slapped King in the face.
How did those two even know each other?
(Lindsey) maybe they were having an affair.
Doubt it. King's last three girlfriends
were 19-year-old Brazilian supermodels.
With all due respect,
our Doe didn't exactly match that description.
Ageist. Realist.
Maybe she's King's drug dealer.
He got busted for cocaine possession last year.
Anything's possible,
Which is why we need to talk to the "fabulous people"
and find out exactly what happened at the party.
Russell put together a list of all the guests.
Shouldn't we talk to King directly?
I called the publicist.
She declined my request, shockingly.
So why don't we try a sneak attack?
I was listening to sports radio yesterday.
King just wrote a memoir. The book signing? It's today.
I'll go.
Public place, lots of people. What's all the worry about?
Well, for starters,
He's a punk with a lot of large punk friends.
Well, it didn't seem to bother Jane Doe.
And she's sort of dead now.
Look, I'll be fine. I'll use my feminine guile.
He won't see it coming.
Yeah, he's so unaccustomed to women hitting on him.
You'll totally catch him off guard.
You sure you're up for this? Positive.
Look, I can pull this off. Don't worry. (sighs)
(sighs) I bet you dinner, I can.
Fine, but Tyler's gonna go with you. Be careful.
(indistinct conversations)
Keep working hard, little man.
Understand? No limits.
And who do I make this out to?
Mike. Mike?
You're the prettiest damn Mike I ever met.
(chuckles) it's for my father. Big fan.
I'm a big fan, too.
You got plans after this?
(King) Glad you stopped by.
Me, too.
I, uh, actually have lots of questions to ask.
What kind of questions you got for me, baby?
About my beard?
The kind that deal
with the Big Time records holiday party about a year ago.
Excuse me?
She was killed a few days after the party. Ohh.
I'm not a cop. I'm a volunteer, and I'm just trying to-- call my lawyer.
She slapped you in the face that night. Why? Look, babe--
Was she your girlfriend? Girlfriend? Are you kidding?
She was just some old-ass white chick yelling at the deejay. (hip-hop playing indistinctly)
I was looking for answers.
No one was gonna stand in my way,
Not even a cocky, bearded superstar. (slap)
Besides, I hated basketball.
What about the deejay? Done talking to you.
(beep)
Did you say, uh, Thai or Italian?
Which one's more expensive? (chuckles)
It's really inspirational, man.
It's like a pink collection of bones.
Okay, that's even better.
Did you get the name of the deejay?
No. I called Fountain again. But if he doesn't call me back,
I'm gonna go to his office again
and I'm gonna make him talk to me.
Excellent. Determination.
Uh, Lindsey and I are also determined.
Do tell.
Yeah, we met an assistant named Jasmine.
She works for one of those sex-tape celebutantes.
Mm-hmm. And she was the only one on the guest list
who would speak with us.
She remember anything? Yeah. Apparently,
Jane Doe was frantically trying to get inside.
Why was she so desperate to get into this damn party?
Jasmine said she told her it was a family matter.
So Jane Doe pays 1,000 bucks
to get into the hottest party in town
because of a family matter. She gets in there 15 minutes,
She has an argument with the deejay
and slaps Terrence King across the face.
Maybe she's our Doe's daughter or sister.
I mean, it explains why she'd care so much.
(Tyler) well, we know they were fighting.
Maybe they didn't make up.
And then there's Terrence King. Is he just an innocent bystander
Or is he involved with the deejay or the Doe?
Well, King's a lot of things,
but innocent bystander ain't one of 'em.
Is he an O.G.?
At this point, his O. status is uncertain.
(sighs) I think it's time
that Russell had a chat with Terrence King.
(Russell) Kind of odd, don't you think?
Woman slaps you in the face and a few days later,
she turns up dead?
Are you suggesting there's a correlation
between some wacko woman assaulting my client
And her homicide? We're just looking for answers.
But if you prefer, we could subpoena your client
and have him testify in front of a grand jury.
Before he says anything, I want assurances
you'll keep his name out of this. He's in the middle
Of a $100 million contract negotiation.
We don't want his name thrown around
in connection with some murder investigation.
Is that why your pal
paid Mr. Donovan a visit the other night?
We have a deal or what?
Yes. Assuming your client's innocent,
And the face-slap was just a stupid coincidence.
I am and it was.
Good. So let's chat.
What was the nature of your relationship with the deejay?
I met her that night. What does she look like?
Around 20, white, cute.
What was the argument about?
It was just some crazy chick talking to the deejay,
Telling her to think things over,
Call her at the hotel the next day.
Do you remember the name of the hotel?
Bentmore, Rossmore...
Was it the Finmore-- the Finmore hotel?
Yeah. Yeah, that was it.
(sighs) anything else?
How about dinner tonight?
Why are you here again?
Well, I asked Alex if I could come instead.
You know, sometimes you just want to get out
in the field, stretch those legs like a gazelle?
(makes whooshing sounds) you know, he really should have called me first.
Sorry for the wait. About your Jane Doe--
I'm not authorized to give out personal information.
I'll have to check with my manager.
Well, why don't you go do that? Thanks.
(sighs)
Um, by any chance, have you seen this woman?
She was here about a year ago.
Yeah, I remember her.
She was crying, so we started talking.
(Walter) did you get a name?
No. But we chatted for ten minutes.
She was really worried about her daughter.
She has a daughter? Yeah.
Do you remember anything else?
Yeah. After the talk, she gave me a $20.
I was offended. I told her I was just listening.
Look, um...
Any way you can dig into the computer and get me a name?
It's really important.
Thanks, man.
Think I can get 10 bucks back? No, u may not.
I think our Doe's name is Wendy Scott.
Last known address-- Bloomington, Indiana.
How did you...
Feel like taking a ride?
Yeah, with Alex.
Walter, good job, by the way.
Carol Scott?
Do you have a daughter named Wendy?
Yes. Why?
Do you mind if we come inside?
(door closes)
I'm sorry to have to show you this photo, but is this Wendy?
She was killed in, uh, Chicago one year ago.
We're also trying to locate Wendy's daughter.
So if you can tell us where she might be?
Her daughter? Right.
Wendy didn't have a daughter.
Wendy didn't have any children?
No, not that I know of, but...
But what?
She'd been going to this fertility clinic in Chicago,
Trying to get pregnant.
Was she successful?
I don't know.
We--we stopped talking about 18 months ago.
How come?
We had a falling out.
She was single. She worked 60 hours a week.
I just thought it was selfish for her to raise a child
on her own with no father.
Does that make me a bad person?
I always assumed I'd get married and have children,
But that's not what happened.
I spent too much time building a career
And dating ambivalent men.
Before I knew it, I was 40 and single.
I had to find another way to have a child,
Even if it meant alienating my mother.
Um, you, uh, you mentioned her job.
What kind of work did she do?
Uh, she had her own business selling retirement plans.
As a matter of fact, her partner was helping her conceive.
Do you know his name?
Wendy was amazing--
Smart, determined, tough.
We worked together for ten years,
and we sold the business about 16 months ago.
Wendy's mother said that,
Uh, you were trying to help her conceive.
Yeah, I was her sperm donor.
Being a parent myself, I was happy to help.
We adopted Jenny three years ago. Best thing I ever done.
What happened with the in vitro?
Unfortunately, I wasn't too helpful.
Apparently, my sperm don't swim like Michael Phelps.
All right. Did she, uh, find another donor?
She must have. About a year ago,
I saw her buying a crib at Baby Mart.
Was she pregnant?
She wasn't showing, but I assumed she was.
She was all smiles.
Putting a crib together...
(chuckles) not that easy.
But I was ready for the challenge
Of being a mother. I'd been ready for a long time.
Did the M.E. call you back?
We talked, but she didn't test for pregnancy in the autopsy.
So if Wendy was pregnant, it was at a very early stage.
Can the M.E. check now?
Yeah, but we have to get a court order
to exhume the remains.
Oh, great. I'll get right on that.
You hear back from that diva Eric Fountain yet?
Yeah. He only knows the deejay by her stage name.
Said he made a check out to "D.J. Sin, llc."
Russell's going through the names.
That's so weird. A hip downtown deejay
and a 40-year-old financial products saleswoman.
What is their connection?
I mean, something must have brought them together.
But Wendy's 40, right?
Independent, successful, wanted a baby,
was having trouble conceiving.
What if the deejay was Wendy's surroge? Maybe,
But downtown deejays don't really make great surrogates.
It's just a theory.
Well, even if you're right, I mean,
How does that connect with Wendy's murder?
Hey, would you just stop being so negative, will you?
Negative? I'm just stating my--
I'm sorry.
I'm just... Wendy had a lot of courage.
I admire that.
I could use some of that.
Huh?
Nothing.
(cell phone alert chimes)
(beeps)
Got a text message from Russell.
D.J. Sin, llc. is registered to a Sarah Poole--
19, lives here in Chicago.
Excuse me. Are you Sarah Poole?
Yes.
Do you recognize this woman?
Of course.
That's Wendy.
How do you know her?
(fusses)
It's okay.
Were you her surrogate?
Her surrogate?
No.
Wendy wanted to adopt my baby.
(rain falling)
This is my brother James.
Hi.
He works at the fertility clinic where Wendy and I met.
I get why Wendy was at the fertility clinic,
But why were you?
W-when I found out Sarah was pregnant,
I asked one of the doctors to check her out,
Just to make sure everything was okay.
You didn't know Wendy?
No, I met her
When she and Sarah began to talk about the adoption.
Then what?
Uh... I was sitting in the lobby,
Tripping out over motherhood,
School...
And in walks this amazing woman, Wendy.
We started talkin',
And she told me how badly she wanted to be a mother,
That she'd been trying to get pregnant,
But the doctors told her she couldn't.
And it was just this beautiful, serendipitous moment.
When my doctors told me I couldn't have a child,
I thought my dreams of having a baby were over.
But then I met Sarah, and I realized
I was finally going to be a mother.
Then what happened?
I changed my mind.
The more time I spent with Wendy,
The--the more I realized I wanted to be a mother.
I knew that I could do it and--and that I wanted to do it.
Did you tell Wendy that you changed your mind
Before or after the Big Time records party?
Well... (sighs)
What is it, Sarah?
(mouths word) (sighs)
I-I was too afraid to tell her myself,
So I had the lawyer she hired make the call.
That's why Wendy tracked you down at the party.
After the lawyer called,
She wanted to talk to you about you having a change of heart?
Yeah.
I'd been ignoring her phone calls and e-mails.
I thought she was gonna hate me.
But she just... wanted to make sure
I was ready to be a mother.
And when I told her I was,
She understood and she said...
It was the right thing to do.
Is the father still in the picture?
Gavin. Yeah.
He's at work right now.
We're getting married next month. (chuckles)
So Sarah backs out of the adoption,
But Wendy ends up dead.
It doesn't make sense.
She should be the killer, not the victim.
Maybe Wendy's death isn't connected to the adoption.
Maybe, but everything we've learned about Wendy
Is related to her wanting be a mother.
She was trying to do something great,
So we need to keep digging. We should start with this.
Russell said she couldn't get to it until tomorrow,
So I convinced her to let us take a crack at it.
Walter, it's all yours. What about the lawyer?
I called, I stopped by the office--nothing.
What about the baby daddy?
(chuckles)
Really?
Bet you he's back from work.
Go for it.
So, uh, we took this one at, uh...
I'm sorry. You guys didn't come here to look at photos.
Sometimes I just get carried away.
It looks like you're settling into the whole father thing.
Yeah, it's, uh, it's pretty awesome.
Hard to put it into words, really.
So I assume you weren't thrilled about the adoption.
Not really.
It couldn't have been easy
Sitting on the sidelines like that.
It was stressful, real stressful,
But, uh, I would have supported Sarah either way.
Were you and Sarah still together during all this?
Not really.
We took a little break.
L-like I said, it was a-a pretty tough time for both of us.
How well did you know Wendy? I only met her once.
She seemed really nice.
There's no doubt that she would have been a great mother.
Talk to the lawyer yet?
We had a brief phone conversation,
Told me he got $2,000 to do some paperwork.
You don't buy it?
Private adoption's a pretty shady business--
Lot of backroom deals and under-the-table payoffs.
I looked through Wendy's financial records this morning.
She withdrew $9,500 on both November 10th and 11th
For a total of $19,000.
The adoption agreement was signed on November 11th.
That's either a coincidence...
or the lawyer got a $19,000 cash bonus.
Why didn't you tell us about
The $19,000-under-the-table kicker?
Did Wendy want the money back when the adoption fell apart?
You knew that Wendy was desperate to have a kid,
And you used that against her.
You sold her a bill of goods worth $19,000.
Excuse me?
Just tell us the truth.
It'll be easier for you down the road.
(chuckles)
All right.
I grew up in group shelts and foster homes, Mr. Donovan.
I know what it's like to be abused and ignored.
My only mission in life is
To help children find suitable homes.
So unless you're gonna charge me with a crime,
I'm leaving. (clatter)
And you can both go to hell.
(sighs) looks like the lawyer really is clean.
15 years in practice, not one complaint.
Plus, he's got an airtight alibi.
Great. So now we're back to square one.
Maybe not. I just found a pretty interesting e-mail--
"this is no joke.
Stop trying to steal my kid, or I'll kill you."
lovely. Who's the author?
Gavin Boyle, the father.
Looks like he wasn't waiting on the sidelines after all.
So Gavin sends a threatening e-mail to Wendy.
The problem is, the second Sarah changes her mind about
Giving up the baby, his motive to kill Wendy disappears.
Are we missing something here?
Gavin said he and Sarah decided to take some time off.
What if he didn't know that she decided to keep the kid?
Wow. That would mean he killed Wendy for no good reason.
But is he capable of murder?
According to the e-mail that Walter found,
It sure sounds like it. Maybe we should talk to James.
Why James? Well, if my own marriage is any indication,
Brothers don't always like the men their sisters marry.
So if anyone's willing to talk smack about Gavin,
It's his future brother-in-law James. Let's go see him in the morning.
Don't you have work?
What? Uh, day off.
Gav's a good dude--
Loyal, honest,
Works hard,
Loves my sister...
(chuckles) his baby girl.
So what is this about?
Uh, we're just trying to understand how Wendy died.
I mean, what was he thinking
When Sarah was considering giving Wendy her baby?
He was nuts.
I was crazy, too.
I mean, we--we both wanted Sarah to keep the baby.
I told her I would get a second job,
I would babysit, whatever. Did Gavin ever confront Wendy?
Yeah. Once.
It was just after Sarah's prenatal check-up.
Gavin showed up out of the blue and started yelling at her.
It got pretty ugly, too.
He told her that if she didn't stay away from Sarah,
He would kill her.
I mean, I don't think he meant it, but... (beeps)
Okay, fine. I-I hated her.
So what? Gavin, it's fine to dislike people,
But when you threaten them and they wind up dead
A week later, it creates a bit of a problem. I had nothing to do with that.
(Russell) but you threatened to kill her twice.
Yeah, like I said, I was upset.
I mean, you'd be pissed off, too,
If someone was trying to steal your kid.
Ever been to a place called the X Bar?
Yeah, a few times.
Were you there last December 2nd?
No. You're sure?
Positive. I was in San Francisco visiting a friend.
If you're lying--
My friend's name is Mike Easley.
He lives in a part of town called the sunset.
And if that's not good enough, call American Airlines.
Gavin's alibi's on the money. We're screwed again.
Let Russell worry about that. We need to retrace
Wendy's footsteps while she was in Chicago.
Well, according to her bill from the Finmore,
She got here on November 3rd,
The day she met Sarah at the clinic.
And she was killed two days after the Big Time records party
on December 2nd, so that's 30 days.
You said that Wendy met Sarah
At the doctor's office on the 3rd?
Correct. It's not in her calendar.
(Walter) maybe she forgot to put it down.
No, this is the most detailed calendar I've ever seen.
Anyone who marks down "buy coconut water"
is bound to mark down a doctor's appointment.
(Lindsey) yeah. No, but we know she went to the clinic that day, right?
I mean, that's when she met Sarah.
And we also know that she had breakfast
Across the street from the clinic that morning--
Parkway diner, 8:45 a.M., $21.45.
Let's take a drive.
Where are we going?
You're gonna meet Russell at the fertility clinic.
I'm going to the Parkway diner.
(computer beeps)
Wendy Scott.
There was no appointment on November 3rd.
But did she see a doctor that day?
(types, beeping)
I have no record of that.
Her last appointment here was August the 9th.
But we're positive that she was here on November 3rd.
Sorry.
Thank you.
She didn't have an appointment that day.
How did she meet Sarah?
Unless she came here and didn't see a doctor.
Why would someone come to a doctor's office
To hang out in the damn lobby?
(elevator bell dings, doors open)
Sure. She used to come in here quite a bit.
She was trying to have a baby. You knew her?
We talked a couple of times. Last time she was in,
She said the fertility treatments weren't working,
So she was gonna adopt instead,
You sure? Yeah. She let out this scream of joy.
I walked over to see what was going on.
Was she here alone?
No, no. She was with him, James Poole.
He works at the clinic across the street.
Good guy.
Thank you.
So James told Wendy to go to the clinic that day
because he knew Sarah would be there.
Which means the "serendipitous meeting" was a sham.
Why would James lie about that?
Well, he passes himself off as this great family man.
Do you really think he wanted Sarah, Gavin
or the people in his neighborhood
to know he was trying to sell his nephew?
Maybe he was just trying to help Sarah.
Or maybe he was trying to pocket the 19k himself.
Remember all the cash Wendy withdrew that day?
Where do you think it wound up? James' pocket.
That was meant to be rhetorical, Walter, but, yes.
We ran James Poole's credit card report.
He's no stranger to the X Bar.
He's there five nights a week.
And what about December 2nd, the night Wendy was killed?
He ran up a $55 tab.
What else do we know about him? He was arrested last year
for some big-money, underground poker game.
He sounds like our guy. We just need to connect the dots.
Let's start at the X Bar.
You coming?
Yeah.
No, I know him. James. He's here all the time.
What can you tell us about him?
Other than his usual drink order?
Nothing. Sorry. (lowered voice) you should talk to him.
I heard he takes bets, lends money...
How do you know that?
I...
(lowered voice) it's okay, Candace. I know. How did you--
Alex Donovan, former detective.
I was just waiting for you to tell me. Why didn't you?
I felt like an idiot.
To quit a good job with no real game plan?
I haven't even told my family yet.
They're gonna freak.
Listen, I'm proud of you. I mean, to leave a job that, uh,
Is no longer making you happy-- that takes courage.
Even if you have no idea
What you're gonna do for the rest of your life?
Maybe you're doing that right now.
(normal voice) Grace.
She says we should talk to the bartender.
Got a minute?
Like I said, I'm homicide, not vice.
I don't care if you take bets or make loans,
just tell me what you know about James Poole.
(indistinct conversations)
(exhales deeply) off the record?
100%.
He's a degenerate, lying piece of crap.
Okay? He owes more people money than Bernie Madoff.
He owe you money?
Not anymore. I loaned him some cash a while back.
The interest kept building up,
But he never had any money to pay it down.
So my partner... Mm, put a little pressure on him.
Then one day, out of nowhere, he comes walking in with, like,
15 grand and wipes out his balance.
Do you remember what day that was?
It was last year, around Thanksgiving.
(sighs)
We need to see James Poole.
He should be back from his break in a little while.
(sighs)
There he is.
Let's go!
(brakes screech, horn honks)
(horns honking)
(Russell) out of the way!
(brake screech, thud)
(grunts) hands up!
(siren wailing)
You're under arrest for the murder of Wendy Scott. (handcuffs click)
(siren whoops)
(handcuffs click)
(Russell scoffs)
You're kidding.
Next time you think about killing someone at a bar,
Use cash,
Because credit card bills don't lie.
So we know you were at the bar the night Wendy was killed.
We also know she paid you $19,000.
And your D.N.A. was under her fingernails.
I needed money.
And I knew Wendy was desperate to have a baby,
So when Sarah got pregnant...
I thought I could make everybody happy--
Wendy, Sarah, me.
(scoffs) Sarah changed her mind.
(Wendy) I understood Sarah's decision to keep her baby.
I was sad, of course, but I understood.
The mother-daughter connection is a powerful thing.
That's why I agreed to pay James in the first place.
Like I said,
When you want something, someone,
So badly, you'll do whatever it takes.
When Sarah backed out,
I wanted my money back, but he refused.
I was emotional, but this was business.
I told James if he didn't pay me back,
I'd tell his sister about our secret deal.
(crying) I just can't believe she's gone.
I knew she was making a mistake.
If I just could have tried harder...
To--if I just...
If I just could've convinced her to...
But she was just so damn stubborn.
The truth is, Mrs. Scott,
you should be thrilled Wendy didn't listen to you.
It's not easy to ignore--
To disappoint your mother.
It takes lots of self-esteem,
Confidence,
Courage.
And Wendy had all of that in spades.
You were a terrific mother,
And you should be proud of that.
And you should be proud that Wendy died chasing her dreams.
Thank you.
(sniffles)
Thank you.
Hey, mom.
It's me.
I need to tell you something.
I'll never get a chance to be a mother,
But Sarah did,
And I like to think that I had something to do with that.
My name is Wendy Scott.
(grunts) hey, Sarah's brother James, confessed.
Turns out he--whoa.
Hey.
Foreclosure?
(laughs) no. Thank goodness.
What's going on?
Uh...
Minnifield Prep--my alma mater in Pennsylvania--
They... They were looking
for a new head of the science department,
And I applied on a lark, and here we are.
Nobody called me for a reference.
(chuckles) well, it's a great opportunity.
And besides,
The east coast-- it's--it's home.
Why didn't you tell us?
Oh, I tried, but...
Why didn't you tell me?
I was gonna call you when I got to Pennsylvania,
But... (chuckles)
Look, I hate good-byes.
I'm calling them.
Don't. They should get a chance to say good-bye.
It's not a good-bye. We're a network, remember?
You'll always have my help.
(whispers) right.
Just... We won't have your food.
Oh.
I-I'll keep in touch.
You better.
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