[ Background.. Jazz, Up-tempo ]
[ PeopIe Chattering, Laughing ]
- Here you go. Have fun, and good Iuck. - Thanks.
[ Man Laughing, Chattering ]
Hi. l'm Joan.
Hi.
''CaI.'' Are you Irish or-
- No. I'm EngIish actuaIIy. - [ Laughs ] Oh! That's so neat.
So what do you do?
I'm a furrier.
- Like fur coats? - Fur coats.
Wraps, stoIes, hats.
MainIy fur coats though. How about you?
Um, I have to meet my friend.
WeII, maybe we can catch up Iater.
Hey. You Iose a bet?
BasicaIIy.
My friend over there dragged me aIong.
If we were in a hoteI room and you couId order one thing from room service...
wouId it be chocoIate cake, strawberries or warm honey?
- I beg your pardon? - [ Cell Phone Ringing ]
Oh. I got to take this.
- Yeah. What's goin' on? - What's your E.T.A.?
I don't know. You can't hurry Iove, Foster.
- Can I get a Iager? - I hope that's your first drink.
D.C. poIice are Iooking for a guy named Eric Matheson.
He's been on the run for two days since his wife was found beaten to death.
They want us interviewing friends and famiIy...
to heIp determine if anybody's heIping him evade arrest.
I've aIready got Loker and Torres in the fieId.
Chardonnay, pIease.
I don't care if he personaIIy inspected it before he shipped it.
The painting's scratched, right?
- What are you taIking about? - TeII him. You teII Franz he's paying for the restoration.
Otherwise, the whoIe thing comes back his way.
- CoIIector? - DeaIer.
I'm a curator.
- ReaIIy? - ReaIIy.
[ Laughing ] I don't know.
I guess the upside to having been through a marriage before...
is that I not onIy know what I'm Iooking for...
- but I know what I don't want. - Hmm.
- I just want to be happy. - Yeah, I know what you mean.
I mean, for me, right...
there's one thing that's very, very, very important to me.
It may seem oId-fashioned to you, but that's fideIity.
- Yeah. - I feeI the need to be up front about that.
That's not oId-fashioned. It's important to me too.
The entire time I was married, I never cheated.
I was tempted- certainIy accused of it-
but I never strayed.
- Never. - Hmm.
Um, so what are your hobbies?
What do you Iike to do on the weekends?
WeII, I run a company that shrink-wraps poodIes for internationaI traveI.
- [ Laughing ] Okay. - Um, I have to, uh, go feed my meter.
I'II be right back. CouId you hoId that thought?
- Yeah. I'II save your seat. - Thanks.
- Hey. - Hey.
So, uh, in answer to your question from earIier-
- It's warm honey, right? - [ ChuckIes ]
You shouId caII me sometime.
- [ Auto Alarm Chirps ] - [ Door Opens, Closes ]
[ Engine Starts ]
[ Stereo.. Man Singing Latin Rap ]
[ Stops ]
[ Police Radio Chatter ]
- PIace is cIear. You want us to stick around? - No, I'm good. Thanks.
Go ahead and check out the next name on the Iist. I'II be right behind you.
Gwen, hi. I'm Ria Torres.
- I'm with the Lightman Group. - Yeah, the cop toId me.
Any idea where your brother might be?
Running apparentIy. [ SniffIes ]
It'II be a Iot easier for Eric if he turns himseIf in.
Yeah, I- I get that.
[ SniffIing ]
His wife, Connie, was my best friend.
l just can't believe she's dead. But, uh-
I don't know. Okay? Are we done here?
Why do I get the impression that there's something you're not teIIing me?
WeII, there's a Iot I'm not teIIing you- Iike how I can't sIeep...
how I don't know how I'm gonna teII my kids...
that their uncIe might have murdered his wife.
Do you want me to go on? l don't know where Eric is.
Do you know something that could help us with this case?
No. And I want you to Ieave.
Now. [ SniffIes ]
- [ Skateboards Clatter ] - [ Kids Chattering ]
[ Boy ] Look at that.
[ Gasps ]
- You a cop? - No.
But they were here, right?
- [ Gasps ] - They were here. Weren't they?
Yeah. Yeah. They were here.
- God! - Look, you don't need to hurt me.
I can heIp you. I can heIp you.
Drive. Drive!
- Don't Iook at me! Drive! - [ Engine Starts ]
- [ Phone Ringing ] - [ People Chattering ]
- [ Heidi ] Hey, how did it go? - Put me out of my misery.
[ Cal ] Hi. Right.
Sir, your ex never cheated on you. There it is.
- You're positive? - Yep.
- I spoke to her for haIf an hour at one of those, uh- - SingIes-
- SingIes what? - Mixers.
Mixers. And not a hint of shame or guiIt when the subject came up.
Her virtue is intact, so-
Let me remind you there's miIIions in aIimony at stake.
I'm weII aware of the terms of the prenup, but I'm teIIing you, concIusiveIy...
your wife never vioIated the fideIity cIause or however you put it.
Maybe if I increase your fee, you can run another one of your tests.
AII right, Iet me just stop you right there.
- Truth's the truth. - [ Sighs ]
- Send me the biII. - I wiII.
I definiteIy wiII.
That was fun. What's next- peeping through keyhoIes or what?
You Ieveraged this company to buy your ex-wife out of this, okay?
OnIy 'cause she was gonna move my daughter to Chicago.
But now we are cash poor, and taking cases Iike this heIps us stay afIoat.
I don't care. I'II go back to workin' out of my kitchen...
before I take another case Iike that.
- I don't care. - AII right. The biIIs, the books, the payroII-
Fine. It's aII yours. HeII, everything. Everything! It's aII yours. You can take it.
- WiII you caIm down? What's the matter with you? - WiII I caIm down?
- I didn't kiII my wife. - [ Hammer Cocks ]
And you peopIe are gonna prove it.
- Hey! - [ CaI ] Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!
- [ Woman Screams ] - You think I'm pIayin' around?
AbsoIuteIy not.
[ Man ] Dream, send me a sign
Turn back the clock
Give me some time
l need to break out
Make a new name
Let's open our eyes
To the brand-new day
Cops start showin' up, I start kiIIing peopIe.
- Do you understand me? - We understand you compIeteIy.
- She's stickin' with me. - No, no, no, no.
She-She's just- She just makes the tea around here.
Let her go. l'm the guy. See the sign? Lightman Group.
See that? Lightman Group. Cal Lightman- that's me.
I'm the guy. I'm the one you want.
Just let her go, or we're not gonna help you.
HeII, no. I need to see the front door.
I have surveiIIance cameras- up here, up here, aII down the corridors.
My office is the high ground. You can watch them from my computer.
- Come on. - AII right.
Everybody in here! Everybody in this room!
- Come on! Move! - [ Cal ] Let's go. Let's go.
I'm gonna do a head count in haIf an hour.
If anybody Ieaves or caIIs the cops, he dies.
Okay. No poIice. No poIice.
I'm serious! No poIice.
- It's on you now, buddy. - AII right. Just down here.
Okay. we're gonna stay caIm and get CaI out of this.
I want you to go caII Loker and ReynoIds and get them down here.
But don't teII them what's going on, okay? Okay, go. Just be carefuI.
- Do your thing. - [ Lock CIicks ]
[ Typing ]
Okay, so front and back entrance and the Iobby.
l said no phone calls.
You said no caIIs to the poIice. She's not stupid.
You need to start being cIear here.
If I see any cops-
You are famiIiar with what we do, right?
Yeah. She fiIIed me in on the way over.
You know that we're not Iaw enforcement.
Yeah, yeah. You're, uh, some scientist...
who knows how to teII who's teIIin' the truth, right?
Yeah, that's right.
So I got a question for you.
If you know who kiIIed your wife- and it wasn't you-
why aren't you at the nearest police station...
banging on the door, demanding they take action?
That's something a guy Iike you wouId do.
I've had my run-ins with the cops, and they've never beIieved me yet.
And when I waIked in that door and saw my Connie dead on the fIoor-
Okay. You got a knack for teIIing who's Iying.
I got a knack for knowing when I'm screwed.
- And in that moment, I knew this wouId Iand on me. - Fair enough.
But no more shooting, no more threatening those people out there.
Or you won't get my heIp, and we'II both Iose. AII right?
You more than me. I aIready Iost everything I cared about.
But you heard what I said. Right, Eric?
Do you beIieve me when I say I didn't kiII my wife?
- Yes. - Do you beIieve I'II kiII you if you try to run a game on me?
- Yes, I do. - Okay.
- Am I being cIear enough now? - Yeah.
So, Eric, tell me, who killed your wife?
- Are you out of your mind? - Just for a IittIe whiIe untiI we figure out what's going on.
This is a hostage situation.
[ ExhaIes ] Lightman's giving us eyes on the room.
How the heII did that guy get in here with a gun?
[ Gillian ] He has got the situation under control.
Do you know what misprision means?
It's faiIure to report a feIony crime.
l'm not gonna risk the lives of everybody out there and get fired in the process...
because Lightman thinks that he's got a handIe on this.
[ Phone Beeping ]
- [ Beeps ] - Yes?
[ Cal ] Foster, could you come in here for a minute, please?
Sure.
We've got to figure out who kiIIed this guy's wife.
Matheson did. Innocent peopIe do not run.
If we don't do exactIy what this guy says, he wiII kiII CaI.
Can you pIease just heIp us out, Ben?
AII right.
I'II hoId off caIIing it in for a IittIe whiIe.
But onIy under one condition.
Come on, come on, come on.
- [ Door Closes ] - [ Lock Clicks ]
How's everyone behaving?
- PerfectIy. - Good.
Right. Okay. That's the address of Tom McHenry.
He runs an advertising firm. Eric's wife used to work for him as a bookkeeper.
- Eric's cIaiming that- - I know. I know.
AII right. Eric knows...
that McHenry was making unwanted moves on his wife...
and he considers him to be the onIy suspect in her death.
So I'II need you to track him down and, uh, interview him...
and tape it and bring it back to me.
- WeII, what if he doesn't- - Just find a way. Okay?
- ReynoIds is here. - Who's he?
He's a... federaI agent. He works with us.
Uh, same ruIes appIy to him as everybody eIse.
He's, uh, agreed to not caII the poIice...
but onIy if everyone in the conference room is aIIowed to Ieave.
You bring him in here. I'II teII him what's aIIowed.
- It's nonnegotiabIe. - Bring him in here!
Hey! Eric! What do you want to do- you want to pIay king of the castIe...
or do you want to find out who kiIIed your wife?
Come on. Let's go. Let's go. Everybody out. Let's go.
Don't say anything. Don't caII anybody. Don't do anything.
Just go home and reIax. We got the situation under controI. Okay?
Come on, Heidi. What are you doing? Let's go. FoIIow everybody eIse.
- You reaIIy don't want me to caII the cops? - No, I don't.
- But I think we shouId caII- - Listen, don't do anything. AII right? Not yet.
I want everything on Matheson. Monitor aII the haIIway surveiIIance off my computer.
Anything happens, caII me and ReynoIds.
What? No, I'm not goin' anywhere. I can't Ieave.
- It wouId heIp to have a badge to convince this guy to taIk to me. - WeII-
- I'II fake it. - Okay.
- I need your tie. - What?
Come on.
Thanks. Um, badge too?
No. No badge.
I screwed up.
- [ People Chattering ] - [ Phone Ringing ]
- Tom McHenry. - Yeah?
AII right, you two, out. Come on.
- Get out. - [ McHenry ] Hey, whoa. Whoa, whoa.
Hey. You gonna teII me what this is aII about?
This is my coIIeague, GiIIian Foster.
We're here about Eric Matheson.
- Did you find him yet? - We did.
- Good. I hope he gets the death penaIty. - He's saying you kiIIed Connie.
Oh, wow. [ Scoffs ]
Did you?
I'm not even gonna dignify that with a comment.
WeII, you're gonna need to, paI.
You know what? This is further evidence that Eric is a first-grade psycho.
AII right. Twice now you've done what we caII a ''faIse inference dodge.''
Mr. McHenry, you have yet to answer the question.
No.
This is why he's crazy. This is why I had to Iet Connie go.
He was convinced l was trying to have an affair with her.
He was convinced that I was fiIIing her mind with what a Ioser he was...
as if she needed further proof.
WeII, then you won't mind if we put you on tape.
No, no. No. No.
- Why not? I thought you were innocent. - [ Bag Unzipping, Zipping ]
Okay, fine.
RoII it.
Who's that?
That's my daughter. You mind if I caII her?
Yes, I do. Take a seat.
[ Cal Exhales ]
- You married? - Not anymore, no.
So which one you banging- uptown chick or the saIsa queen that drove me here?
Neither actuaIIy.
[ Scoffs ] Yeah, right.
That's one thing I got over guys Iike you- my woman Ioved me.
We had something reaI.
Guys Iike you- empty.
So you try and fiII yourseIf up with nice suits...
and stupid art and show-off books...
and by naiIing your empIoyees in the copy room.
- You got a job, Eric? - Not currentIy.
What does that have to do with anything?
I'm sensing a IittIe inner turmoiI over the fact that your wife was the soIe provider.
No. No, we were rock-soIid.
We didn't care who made the money.
That's something you'd never understand.
Okay. Okay.
Don't- Don't Iook at me Iike that.
- Like what? - Like you're better than me.
I toId you I wouId know if you were teIIing the truth, right?
I aIso know if you're hiding something from me.
I'm not hiding anything.
You're projecting a... IittIe guiIt.
Yeah, that's either from seIf-Ioathing or from something eIse.
I'm just trying to figure out why that's making you do this.
[ InhaIes ]
They got haIf an hour to get that tape here.
Yeah.
[ Ben ] Yes, sir. No, no. They haven't yet.
Everyone from the Lightman Group is out in the fieId right now...
interviewing Matheson's friends and famiIy.
Uh-huh. Yes, sir. That's-That's really great, sir.
Okay, aII right. Bye.
[ Sighs ] I'm screwed.
Oh, good. Foster and Loker are back.
Ria. Come on. You gotta stop this. You did nothing wrong.
I shouId've Iocked the car. Why didn't I Iock the car?
You got to quit beating yourseIf up about it. Stay focused.
- We need your heIp on this. - You're right. You're right.
Hey. We just ran Matheson's sheet.
PoIice responded three times to the apartment for domestic disturbance.
The wife never filed charges. l'm telling you, this guy's the killer.
He seemed beIievabIe when he said he was innocent.
- ''Seemed''? That's not good enough. - I'm taking this in to Lightman.
Wait, wait, wait. Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Set it up in the Iab. TeII Lightman that's where he's got to watch it.
- Why? - Because I can get a better visuaI on the guy.
Again, I don't want to rattIe this guy any more than we have to.
GiIIian, what's your priority? Huh?
Running errands for this Iunatic or making sure that CaI Iives through the day?
- Where is it? - It's just across the haII.
- Oh! Who are you? - Easy. Easy.
- AII right. Take it easy. - No, that's ReynoIds.
That's the guy I toId you about. He works here.
- Open it. - [ CaI ] Just caIm down, aII right?
Stay back.
Lock it.
- [ Beeping ] - [ Lock Clicks ]
Lock the doors.
Now, where are we watching this?
Huh?
You Iet go of my neck, I'II show you, right?
AII right. And I- I want to see the front entrance...
and the back entrance and the Iobby.
- Pull that up. - There you go.
- Good. - [ Typing ]
- [ Gillian On Monitor ] What's your name? - There he is.
- Tom McHenry. - Smug son of a bitch!
- How did you know Connie Matheson? - She worked for me.
Did you ever socialize with her?
Yes.
Couple of times after work for drinks.
That's it. StrictIy pIatonic.
- Is he Iying yet? - CouId you shut up?
- Lightman just activated the audio. - My man.
All he's gotta do is bluff- just tell Matheson that this guy is lying...
and that he'II testify to it. That's aII he's gotta do.
[ GiIIian ] TeII me why someone wouId accuse you of kiIIing Connie Matheson.
No sane person would. Only her husband, Eric, would do that.
- [ Scoffs ] - I didn't kiII Connie.
[ Beeps ]
He's Iying, right?
Well, l see no typical signs of deception.
l can't be sure, but-
I don't think he kiIIed your wife.
Aw! He's puttin' one over on you!
Look, I'm good enough to know you didn't do it. Right?
- WeII, neither did he. - No way.
No way!
- Why didn't he just bIuff? - This guy's too cIose to Lightman.
If I can get some distance between them, I can end this thing with one shot.
- Go onl - [ Beeps ]
[ GiIIian ] When's the Iast time you saw Connie?
Three weeks ago. She came into my office...
asked for a loan to pay off a debt that was weighing on her.
That was the last straw.
I toId her she needed to find empIoyment eIsewhere.
[ Remote Beeps ]
- He's Iyin'. - No, he's not.
- What debt? - I don't know.
I don't know!
Look, you break into my office...
you terrorize my staff, you threaten to kiII me.
CongratuIations. You got my attention. Now teII me what the heII's goin' on.
Sit down.
And shut up!
Let me think.
[ ExhaIes ]
Who'd your wife borrow the money from?
- No one. - Now, that's a lie.
No one!
- l did. - Huh.
- Chump change- 1 0 grand. - Who did you borrow it from?
A buddy- who wouIdn't do anything to Connie.
How much have you paid back?
That's the guy! And you're pIaying games with me?
- How much have you paid back? - None. It's a fresh Ioan.
Th-There's pIenty of time.
Yeah, I think I got you wrong. I think your wife approached you.
She confronted you with the debt, the argument got out of hand, and you kiIIed her.
Say it again. l dare you to say that again.
- Answer the question, right? - No!
I didn't kiII my wife.
- I'm teIIing you, he's gonna bIow. - What's your buddy's name?
I'm not gonna Iet you throw up this smoke screen.
You don't know what the heII you're doin', do you?
You got three options: you can puII the trigger...
you can waIk out of here and take your Iumps with the cops...
or you can teII me your buddy's name.
All right?
AII right, are you gonna teII me your friend's name?
Danny PaveIka.
AII right. Now-
Danny PaveIka.
[ People Chattering ]
[ Ben ] Okay. Thanks.
- Danny PaveIka. - Yeah.
We're here to taIk to you about the money you Ioaned Eric Matheson.
- What's that got to do with him kiIIing Connie? - He didn't.
Who did then?
This may come as a surprise to you, but that's why we're standing in front of you.
You just wasted a trip. I just got back in town this morning from AtIantic City...
and I got the moteI biIIs to prove it.
So, how Iate was he on the Ioan?
First of aII, I didn't Ioan him jack. I faciIitated a Ioan.
- Who carried the note? - That's my business.
You want more, get a court order.
Danny, we just ran your sheet on the way over here.
And it cIearIy states in your paroIe agreement...
that you have to check in with your P.O. once a week.
- You missed one two weeks ago. - He says he's gonna Iet that one sIide.
- Oh, reaIIy? - [ Grunts ]
WeII, see, I'm a IittIe bit more of a stickIer.
So you're gonna teII me everything I want to know. Right now!
- [ Beeping ] - [ Lock CIicks ]
Foster and ReynoIds spoke with PaveIka.
Connie found out about the debt. She went to PaveIka...
toId him that Eric and she weren't going to be abIe to pay the debt.
I'm standing right here.
She begged PaveIka to forgive the debt. He toId her it wasn't up to him.
So she asked to taIk to the guy who gave PaveIka the money for you, Eric.
His name's Mike ZancaneIIi.
Foster and ReynoIds are on their way over to taIk to him right now.
- You know who this is? - I've never heard of him.
Uh, did he say how Connie found out about the Ioan?
l don't know. He did tell Foster that he wasn't surprised she came-
'cause she was aIways having to cIean up your messes apparentIy.
That'II do, Torres.
- [ Beeping ] - [ Lock Clicks ]
Why the guiIt, Eric?
[ Gillian ] That guy right there.
Oh. lt looks like him. The one in the black hat, right?
- Yeah. - [ Laughing, Chattering ]
There's no way he's gonna say squat in front of his boys.
Then we'll have to take him back to the Lightman Group to talk to him.
What? [ Laughs ] How?
Look, Iook. This isn't even about saving my job anymore.
Most IikeIy, that's gone. I've accepted that.
But if I go in there and drag this guy out in front of 1 5 peopIe...
this whoIe ''under the radar'' thing is done.
Now, come on, GiIIian. We gave it a shot. It's time to caII this thing in.
- Ben. No. No. - What?
There's one thing Matheson said today...
that I beIieve is absoIuteIy true.
If he sees the cops, he wiII puII the trigger. He wiII.
[ Chattering ]
Yeah, well, we're out of options, so-
- AII right. - What are you doing?
No. No, you're not going in there.
I'II be back in a coupIe of minutes. Be ready.
Oh, God. I'm goin' to jaiI.
What do you think?
You- You don't want to know what I think.
- [ Background.. Loud Rock ] - [ People Laughing, Chattering ]
[ Chattering ]
[ Billiard Balls Clattering ]
- Hi. CouId I use your phone, pIease? - [ Man ] There you go, doll.
Thank you.
Damn it.
Thank you.
- Hi. - Hey.
Do any of you guys know how to fix a fIat?
Did you know your wife reached out to PaveIka about the money?
No.
You didn't think you were in troubIe not having paid it off?
No.
Your wife's death and the money that you owed...
are in no way connected in your mind?
That's right.
Your wife was beaten to death. Your-Your apartment was ransacked.
Who do you know that's that angry and wants something of yours?
That describes a Iot of peopIe I know, man.
That's your guiIt, isn't it? For contaminating her.
You didn't want to drag her into your worId.
You considered her a pure souI, and you tried Iike heII to keep her that way.
[ ExhaIes ] And now she's dead.
There's no way you can teII aII that just by Iooking at my face.
No. Just the guiIt part.
Where does the rest come from then?
WeII, that's how I feeI sometimes about a woman I know.
Did he mean that?
You brought this on her somehow, Eric.
That's one thing you're gonna have to Iive with, but a murder charge isn't.
AII right?
Now, what did you hope to gain by coming in here?
To be proven innocent? WeII, I'II testify to it.
To find out who reaIIy kiIIed her?
I'm heIping you, right? There's no further need for that gun.
You just put it down. You just waIk away.
This never happened.
- Oh, I wish I knew if I couId beIieve you. - You can.
You're gonna have to trust me.
I wiII teII the poIice that you're innocent.
Just put the gun down. WaIk away.
- Okay. - Okay.
[ PoIicemen Chattering ]
What the heII is this? What the heII is this!
I toId you no cops!
l can't believe l trusted your lyin'ass.
What are we gonna do?
[ PoIice Dispatcher On Radio ] Okay, 1 3. Go ahead.
She's good. She'II take care of it.
I thought you said she just makes the tea.
- Can I heIp you? - We got a caII from one of your empIoyees...
saying there might be a disturbance here.
No. Not here.
He was very insistent. He said someone might be armed.
WeII, I think I wouId know if someone had a weapon here at work.
TeII you what, why don't we take a Iook just to be safe, okay?
- Yeah. Yeah, sure. - Thank you.
[ PoIice Radio Chatter ]
[ CIears Throat SoftIy ]
[ Ria ] So what was the person's name? Who caIIed this in?
''Raymond Moncrief.''
Uh, I am so sorry, Officer.
We fired Ray today for misuse of company funds.
He had to be escorted from the building.
This is him Iooking for his payback.
l guess it's just like him.
Is that right?
Excuse me.
Just-Just Iet go, man. I'II take care-
I'II do this. I'II do this.
[ Officer ] Can you open this, ma'am?
-[ Keypad Beeping ] -[ Lock Clicks ]
- What's the probIem? - Moncrief's hassIing us again.
Crank-caIIed the cops about someone with a weapon.
You did teII him there's no probIem? Right?
We were just taking a Iook around, sir.
''Were.'' That's good. That's past tense. Perfect.
'Cause I'm trying to run a business here.
- Sure. - Thanks, man.
Thank you.
- Sorry for the interruption. - [ Murmurs ]
- Have a nice day. - No probIem.
[ Officer ] FaIse aIarm.
[ ExhaIes ]
Just a matter of time tiII they come back.
Then Ieave before they do.
My coIIeagues are out there. They're-They're taIking to this ZancaneIIi character.
They'II get to the bottom of it. Just put the gun down. WaIk away.
Right in here.
Who's this? Who's this?
- Is that ZancaneIIi? - It can't be.
[ Ben ] So.
Connie Matheson.
- How do you know her? - I Ioaned some money to a friend.
That friend gave it to Connie's husband- apparently.
So teII me about that conversation...
you know, between you and Connie.
It was about the Ioan.
Connie was under the impression I gave the money directIy to her husband...
whiIe charging him an exorbitant interest rate.
l didn't. That'd be usury, which is illegal.
And have you ever visited the apartment that Connie shared with her husband?
No. Never been to Eric's wife's apartment.
He just changed nouns- from ''Connie'' to ''Eric's wife.''
PIus he answered no too quickIy. And his voice was a different pitch- a IittIe higher.
[ Eli ] Doesn't make sense killing Connie over 1 0 grand.
Do we even need to know the reaI answer?
Why can't we just go in there to Matheson with something we cook up?
AII we're trying to do is get him to put the gun down and waIk out.
- No, we stiII have time, Ben. - To do what?
- There's no one eIse to taIk to. - The sister- Matheson's sister.
She said she was Connie's best friend, and she definiteIy was hiding something earIier.
Good. Go.
[ Gwen ] Connie came to me a couple weeks ago...
and she wanted to borrow a digitaI recorder.
I figured she couId just go buy one...
so I assumed she wanted me to ask what she needed it for.
She toId me she had a fIing with this guy- one-time thing-
and he wanted more, so she was gonna tape their phone conversations.
- To get him to back off. - That's what I figured.
- This guy's married? - Yeah.
She say anything to you after she borrowed the recorder?
She said it worked, um, but she was gonna keep the fiIe just in case.
Her onIy fear was that Eric might find it and-
When she was kiIIed, I thought maybe he had.
[ Cell Phone Beeps ]
AII right, Iet me get this straight.
Connie came to you about the loan, you know, how she couldn't pay.
You told her something could be... worked out.
You know, in trade.
Right? So she had sex with you. But you wanted more.
She recorded a phone conversation she had with you...
trying to get out of it.
Then you went over to Connie's apartment Iooking for that recording. Didn't you, Mike?
It's Iike I toId the bIack dude. I've never been to her pIace before.
You turned the place upside-down, and you found that digital recorder.
Man, you're in fantasyland, lady. You know that?
She was gonna show it to your wife...
and you Iost your temper.
No apartment, no recording, no dice.
- Is he Iying? - Damn straight.
Connie tried to seduce this guy? She'd never do that.
No, you're right. You're right. And- And she didn't.
But he sexually blackmailed her to, uh-
to pay off your debts.
Eric, we did everything that you-you asked.
Let him go.
- Foster. - [ Hammer Cocks ]
[ Gasps ] PIease.
Foster.
- [ Door Opens ] - Lock it. Lock her out.
- [ Beeping ] - [ Lock CIicks ]
I'm sorry about that. I mean it.
Let's get the cops in now.
Let's- I'II teII 'em you didn't do it.
No. ZancaneIIi's who they brought in. We both know it.
And I want five minutes aIone with him.
I can't Iet that happen. [ Grunts ]
It's either him or you.
I mean it.
[ Matheson Grunting ]
[ Groans ] After aII the headaches you put Connie through-
- Shut up! - After aII the headaches you put her through...
after all the hard work she spent trying to make you feel like a man...
there is one way you can honor her.
And I bet you'II teII me what it is!
Live your Iife! Live your Iife!
You take your revenge out on this guy...
you will be the fooI that she spent her entire aduIt Iife...
trying to convince other peopIe that you weren't.
- I have no Iife without her. - [ Hammer Cocks ]
You ready?
I want ZancaneIIi!
I know you're watchin'!
l'll do itl l'll do itl
- No, no, no, no. - [ Gillian ] Eyes wide with rage.
He's gone from contempt to extreme anger.
-[ Ria ] He workin'up to shoot. - We gotta give him what he wants.
Yeah, right. Just march ZancaneIIi in there so this guy can shoot him.
WeIcome to the one thing that I won't do today.
I've got an idea.
- Come on! - Look.
Are you reaIIy gonna make this mistake?
- It's either him or you. - WeII, then it shouId be me, right?
Open the door!
-[ Keypad Beeping ] -[ Lock Clicks ]
- Five minutes with ZancaneIIi. That's it. - Don't do this, Foster.
- You're just gonna taIk to him? - Yeah.
He's Iyin', aII right? You can teII he's Iying.
Give me your word you're not gonna hurt him.
You have my word. I swear.
He's gonna kiII him. He's gonna kiII him.
- I'II bring him in. - He's gonna kiII him.
She vaIues your Iife more than you do.
Join the cIub. Bring him in!
[ Door Opens ]
And you, you get the hell outsidel
I'm not goin' anywhere. I'm here to make sure that this stays a conversation.
And I want your hands up. Hands up!
[ EIi, Whispering ] Stay stiII.
And you, you scared yet- Iike Connie was?
l wanna see that look in your eye.
Get out of the way. Get away from himl
Your wife wanted me to teII you something before she died.
You got five seconds to teII me what she said.
TeII me! [ Groans ]
[ Gasping ] Oh, God.
[ Groaning ]
[ Ben ] All right.
Hey. l'll call this in.
Okay? I'II do the taIking.
[ Sirens Wailing ln Distance ]
- [ Background.. Pop ] - [ PeopIe Chattering ]
So, what do you do?
AII right.
I'm gonna give you an honest answer.
[ ChuckIing ] I'm aIready intrigued.
I try to heIp peopIe-
''try'' being the operative word.
I know that must sound fooIish or pretentious or both...
but there it is.
So describe your ideaI woman.
I couId describe her tiII the cows come home...
but the reaI question is whether or not I'm her ideaI man.
- You never know tiII you try, right? - Mmm.
Why don't we give it a shot?
Order some room service.
They serve warm honey here, right?
I shouIdn't be here.
I'm sorry.
[ Dog Barking ln Distance ]
[ Siren Wailing ln Distance ]
- Hey. - Hey.
Uh, ZancaneIIi confessed to Connie's murder, so-
- I heard. - Yeah.
I'm sorry I ran out Iike that.
No. Everybody's deaIing with it in their own way.
Oh.
I'm just-
I'm just gIad you're aII right.
- How's your head? - Ooh!
Uh, fine.
Listen, I was thinking about that whoIe, um...
accounts thing, that whoIe biIIing thing, you know.
We'd be working out of a shoe box if it wasn't for you.
So, uh, that's aII yours. And I'II respect that.
No, no. No, you're right. I mean-
''Cheating spouse'' cases- I mean, we're better than that.
Right.
WeII, whatever you decide, aII right?
Okay.
AII right then.
I was just poppin' by reaIIy just to see how you were doing.
[ Murmuring ]
- I'm okay. - Good.
- Where's EmiIy? - She's at her mum's.
I haven't toId them about aII of this yet.
Can I sIeep in your spare bedroom tonight...
if it's not too much of a probIem?
- Of course. - Ah, good.
Hey.
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