(GUNSHOT)
STAN: This is Judgment Day!
Tonight, a loving sister seeks retribution
for a cold and calculated killing,
A lifetime criminal who tried to keep his felonious past a secret
finally gets his just deserts,
Will justice prevail? Only time will tell,
as Declan McMahon faces Judgment Day,
And so Declan McMahon begins his date with destiny,
In a case that shocked many, McMahon was convicted of first-degree murder
for the brutal slaying of former police officer Katelyn Channing,
Heather, can you tell us anything about McMahon's demeanor?
HEATHER: Oh, yes, I can, Stan,
As he was throughout most of his trail,
McMahon seems aloof, I'd even say arrogant,
An angry, troubled young man to the bitter end,
STAN: Let's take a look back,
You've been quoted as saying that this program,
Judgment Day, is a moral outrage,
Is that before or after I called you voyeuristic scum?
You guys didn't report the trail, you wallowed in it,
If you feel that way, then why are you taking part?
I don't have much of a choice,
Declan McMahon, you have been sentenced to death for the murder of Katelyn Channing,
You have chosen to decline execution at the hands of the state,
For the record, is that your choice?
For the record, screw you,
I will remind you then that pursuing to the agreement that you signed,
the state is no longer responsible for your well-being,
The manner in which you will die is out of our hands, Is this still your choice?
Yeah, just like it's your choice to kill an innocent man,
This isn't justice, it's the haves culling the have-nots,
If that were true, I can't think of anyone else I'd rather see culled,
-(STRUGGLING) -Understandably, emotions here are running high, Stan,
but no higher than in the mind of Allison Channing,
sister of the murder victim,
What could possibly be going through that poor girl's mind at a moment like this?
STAN: I know what I'd be thinking,
and it couldn't be heard on prime time,
Let's hear the judge's final instructions,
Declan McMahon,
I know remand you from corporal punishment,
God have mercy on your soul,
(GAVEL BANGS)
-(GAS HISSING) -Ahhh!
For those of you new to Judgment Day,
what you have just witnessed is the Justice Channel physician
injecting Declan McMahon with a specially designed sterile microchip
that has been keyed in to the specific frequency on the taser
that Allison Channing will be using while pursuing McMahon,
By design, her weapon will not harm anyone else
who may happen to stray in front of its deadly payload of 10,000 volts,
Within 50 feet of the microchip,
the taser should be able to knock McMahon down,
Within three feet, coup de grace distance,
its crisp crackle of payback is guaranteed to kill,
Just this morning I spoke at length with Allison,
She told me that not a day goes by that she doesn't think of her sister,
You loved Katelyn,
I miss her so much,
Kate didn't deserve what happened to her,
-I'm sorry, -It's okay to cry,
She believed that doing the right thing was very often
the hardest thing a person could do,
And you believe that delivering justice personally
to your sister's killer is the right thing?
(SIGHS) Well, I was raised to believe in forgiveness,
but I don't know if forgiveness is necessarily the right thing
in a situation like this,
Would Katelyn want you to forgive?
I don't think so,
As most of our audience knows, Allison Channing will have 24 hours to catch Mr, McMahon,
And when she does, our viewing audience will vote
on whether they want Allison to kill him or not,
though the final decision will be Allison's,
However, if Mr, McMahon can avoid being caught,
his sentence will be immediately commuted
to life imprisonment with no hope of parole,
Still, a fair enough prize for a man facing the death penalty,
You should also point out, Stan, that the microchip placed under McMahon's skin
can be used by the producers of Judgment Day to make sure
McMahon obeys all the rules of the pursuit as they were laid out to him,
And just like Allison Channing's taser,
this little device can cause McMahon considerable pain and discomfort,
Any attempt to kidnap or harm anyone he may come in contact with
during the course of the show
will lead to an agonizing dose of electrical current,
Likewise, any attempt to disable the convict cam
we've embedded in his left eye will also lead to punishment,
STAN: McMahon will have to rely on his wits,
If he is to survive, it won't be because he grabbed someone
or found a safe place to hide,
Not that the public would let that happen,
There's a lot of animosity out there towards McMahon,
Not only was his victim a woman and an ex-police officer,
but she was handicapped as well, crippled in the line of duty,
His trail was the highest rated event ever seen on the Justice Channel,
15,000,000 people witnessed the verdict in breathless anticipation,
I think it's safe to say his appearance here on Judgment Day
should prove equally popular,
Declan McMahon, As is customary, you will be given a 20 minute head-start,
Ready?
(BEEPING)
I didn't kill your sister,
Everything you say and everything you do only makes this easier,
I almost look forward to killing you,
Mr, McMahon,
I suggest you get a move on,
Is this the last time we'll see Declan McMahon alive?
Stay tuned, Judgment Day will be right back,
CONTROL VOICE: There is nothing wrong with your television,
Do not attempt to adjust the picture,
We are now controlling the transmission,
We control the horizontal and the vertical,
We can deluge you with a thousand channels
or expand one single image to crystal clarity
and beyond,
We can shape your vision
to anything our imagination can conceive,
For the next hour,
we will control all that you see and hear,
You are about to experience the awe and mystery
which reaches from the deepest inner mind
to The Outer Limits,
CONTROL VOICE: In the face of violent crime,
the thin line between justice and vengeance can grow ever thinner,
But what happens when society becomes as violent as the criminals it seeks to contain?
-How's my hair? -MAN: It's gorgeous,
Thank you,
-MAN: Back in 10 seconds, Stan, -(STAN CLEARS THROAT)
-I'm still waiting for my low-fat decaf, -MAN: Nine, eight, seven, ,,
-Six, five four, ,, -(CLEARS THROAT) Ah, ah, ah, ,,
Three, two, ,,
Welcome back to Judgment Day,
We are now three minutes and 22 seconds
into convicted murderer Declan McMahon's lead time,
In two minutes, an unmarked Judgment Day van
will drop McMahon at an undisclosed location,
From there, he's on his own,
Now, once those 20 minutes have elapsed,
we invite you to phone us with your convict sightings at our 1-800 number
or email us with your digital images at our website,
Remember, a confirmed tip can be worth $1,000,
JACK: And I know we've been beating it into our audience how special tonight is
at considerable cost to the network, isn't that right, Ev?
-You want an exact accounting? -Oh, I'll give them an exact accounting,
I'm missing five fingers and one testicle
that the network's holding as collateral,
(CHUCKLING)
Ev, do you want to add anything?
The network loves what you people are doing,
it's changing the face of television as we know it,
Okay, now look, I just want to impress upon you how important tonight is, okay?
Tonight is our Baghdad,
all right? What the Gulf War did for CNN, Declan McMahon is about to do for us,
Already I'm clocking 13 million warm bodies,
and that's before the hunt has even begun,
And I'm guessing those numbers are gonna double as the show goes on,
What does that mean?
That means that by the time Declan McMahon is zipped into his body bag,
the Justice Channel will have gone from the little network that couldn't
into a player
thanks to us,
So let's do it, people, Come on, Let's get out there and do it, And remember,
keep it crisp, I want pace, Pace, pace, All right? Let's go,
Fly, kids, fly, There you go,
(SIGHS) "Changing the face of television,"
You really are Mr, Inspiration, aren't you?
You don't think that's what you're doing?
Jack, the van just dropped off Declan,
Ah, great, Where'd we drop him off?
An industrial park, just North of here,
JACK: Wonder why he wanted to go there, Let's go full screen,
So, Ev, you haven't mentioned the big meeting,
How'd it go?
Is the network gonna pick up our show or not?
Well, it was a spirited discussion,
There was some resistance of course, it's a big step for, ,,
(HUMMING) Punch line,
They wanna order 22,
Yes! Oh, I told you they were hot for us, didn't I?
Provided the show delivers the numbers you said it would, which, ,,
I think you've already done,
Well, it looks like you and I are going to be joined at the hip
for a little while, huh?
I must say I'm quite thrilled for you, Jack,
-Thrilled for both of us, -Hmm,
Well, I'm thrilled to hear you say that, Ev, because, ,,
To be honest with you, I heard a slightly different version of how that meeting went,
-Really? -Yeah, really,
I heard that you tried to talk the network out of picking up our little show,
What was it that you said? "If you insist on continuing with this series,
"I find it highly irresponsible, but if that's what you want to do,
"I can keep Jack in line,"
-Am I close? -I guess you had a few friends in the room,
A few more than you, that's for sure,
Look, Jack, I don't want you to take this the wrong way,
When you pitched the show to the network, nobody was a bigger fan than me,
These first specials, they've been really amazing,
But weekly?
That scares me,
Well, of course it scares you, Ev, because you're a dinosaur,
One of those leaf-eaters the other dinosaurs liked to fuck with,
We put that many criminals on the street week after week,
we're tempting fate,
If even one innocent person gets hurt
-because of us, ,, -No one is going to get hurt except for the criminals,
Evvie, look! 16,000,000 viewers are tuned in to what we're doing right now,
That's more people than voted in the last election,
It's a great show, Jack, no one's disputing that,
We do what the cops, the courts and the prisons wish they could do,
We catch and we punish criminals,
To Mr, and Mrs, John Q, Mustard-Stain out there,
we are justice,
Jack, I think you're blowing it just a little out of proportion,
Really? Well, that's very funny,
I thought I was understating it,
Jack, McMahon's going into a building,
JACK: Man, I wish that convict cam had sound,
Dawlish Security, He's going to see his brother,
(PANTING)
Stay back, I don't want 'em to see ya,
It's not like they won't figure it out, bro,
-Hey, you okay? -What do you think?
I know they're gonna figure it out, I'm counting on it,
I just don't want the TVs, audience getting too far ahead of me,
I want them to see it in a certain way,
Get that security camera footage?
Yeah, It wasn't easy, but wait till you see it,
You were right about it being messed with,
You were framed,
-Can you show it to me? -Look, meet me, You know the place,
Yeah, Yeah, okay then,
100 bucks says Dooley turns his brother in before the 20 minute countdown hits zero,
You really think the rest of the world is as cynical as you are?
Hmm, Yeah, I do, Does that mean you take my bet?
Hardly,
-STAN: Back from commercials in 3,, , -Don't pout, Ev,
-It makes you look more wrinkled than you already are, - 2, 1,, ,
Time is almost up for Declan McMahon,
Remember, callers, be prepared with both an address and nearest cross-street
when reporting a fugitive sighting,
Stand by, phone lines will be opening in minutes,
Heather, how are things at your end?
Stan, they're fitting Allison with the hunter cam,
Allison, McMahon still says he was framed, Does that bother you?
It saddens me more than anything else,
I mean, you'd think that after the trial and all the appeals
he'd finally just say "You know what? I did it, I'm sorry,"
Allison, woman to woman now,
do you think he's counting on you being soft at the moment of truth?
Well, if he is, he'll be disappointed, because I will do the right thing,
HEATHER: And on that note, Declan McMahon's 20 minutes are up,
Good luck, Allison, Back to you, Stan,
All right, here we go,
The phones are ringing off the hook, she's a winner with our audience,
Hey, put that away,
I don't trust this McMahon character, I want to be prepared just in case,
Ev, if you zap him too many times, you're gonna piss off our audience, okay?
People want to believe in the purity of the chase here, The drama, the danger,
If you quick-kill him, I'll strangle you,
STAN: Already the sightings are coming in fast and furious,
All of them point to the Stadium Industrial Park,
Heather, has Allison gotten work?
She has, Stan, and she's speeding in that direction,
STAN: Still the question on everyone's mind remains,
Why hasn't McMahon put more distance between himself and Allison Channing?
Go to the convict cam, now,
Ready convict cam, go!
JACK: Declan, move it!
You can get away from her, What the hell is he doing?
Get me an audience vote now,
I can prove my innocence,
I have actual proof,
-Save it, -Just let me show it to you,
Please, come on,
It's a trick, He's going to do something to her,
"Please"? Is that what my sister said before you stabbed her to death?
-Give it, ,, -(CAMERAMAN GRUNTING)
-(ELECTRICITY CRACKLING) -Ahhh!
JACK: You can't kill him yet, honey, it's too early,
Our ratings will go right in the friggin' toilet,
Where's the audience vote?
(GRUNTING) Allison, come on, Come on,
Ask yourself,
before you pull that thing again, please,
If I'm guilty, why, ,,
Why aren't I running away?
-(ELECTRICITY CRACKLING) -Ahhh!
The audience vote is running 70-30 to kill him now,
Right, Then they'll all turn off their friggin' TV sets,
Go ahead, Go ahead and finish him off, honey,
Kill me while you're at it,
(HOARSELY) You're not a killer, come on,
Don't let them turn you into one,
Let me show you the truth,
(GRUNTING)
Whoa! Son of a bitch!
-Wait a second, let him go, -He could have killed her, he's getting away!
Ev, let him go, He didn't hurt her,
Let him go, Ev, We need a show,
Are you okay?
JACK: Ev, ,,
Listen to me, We need a show,
New life for Declan McMahon,
Clearly he's decided to make this a little more difficult
trying to disorient us by moving his convict cam,
I can't watch this,
What's the matter, haven't you ever been to Sundance? This kind of crap wins awards,
Throw it to Heather, will you?
Okay, ready two, and go two,
Allison, are you all right?
I'm fine, more scared than hurt,
He said that he could prove his innocence, Any idea what he meant?
No, and to be honest, I really don't care,
And so the hunt continues, Back to you, Stan,
STAN: Remember, callers, be prepared with both
-an address and nearest cross-street, ,, -What's he doing now?
It looks like he's on some kind of fire escape,
EVERETT: Fire escape,
I'm really starting to like this guy,
Great, I'm starting to hate him,
Looks like he backed into that building,
Oh, what the hell is he doing now?
Maybe he's taking a breather,
But this is TV, Mr, McMahon, we have a very short attention span,
And the rules explicitly state that hiding out is strictly verboten,
You can stun him, Do not kill him,
Just a couple of seconds, okay? Got me?
That's very big of you, Thanks,
(BEEPS)
Again?
(BEEPS)
Huh, tough little monkey, huh?
High threshold of pain, that means a great third act climax,
No one's gonna be channel surfing when our little lady
pins him down, that's for sure,
Ooh, look at our ratings, 18,000,000 and still climbing,
Tell Stan to kick in the file stuff, would you?
It should probably come as no surprise that Declan McMahon is cagey,
From his beginnings on the meanest streets,
he showed a remarkable ability to improvise,
Burglary, breaking and entering, grand larceny,
But clever lawyers and technicalities
kept McMahon from serving any more than a few months,
By the time he was 25, he was already on his way to becoming a career criminal,
And then, a respite, McMahon tried to go straight,
He changed his name, and with the assistance of his brother,
applied for a job at Dawlish Security,
where he crossed paths with former police officer, Katelyn Channing,
who learned the truth about McMahon and his criminal past and confronted him with it,
only to pay the ultimate price,
On the night of August 21st, McMahon went to Katelyn's apartment to surprise her
stabbing her 14 times,
And then to cover his tracks tried to make it look like a robbery,
-McMahon's nefarious plan, ,, -Damn him, he's just sitting there!
-Hit him again! - , ,,found moments later with his victim's blood, ,,
(GRUNTING)
Dooley, hurry up, man,
Ahhh!
Ah, see, He's inside somewhere,
EVERETT: Is that an office?
-Bro, are you alright? -Yeah, yeah, yeah,
-Sorry it took me so long, -It's okay, it's okay, Stay back,
Don't you want to see this?
Nah, not yet, I don't want to give it away,
Just tell me what you found,
Nothing, and that's the point,
-Nothing? -There's 10 hours of security footage here,
Everything the lobby camera recorded five hours
before you showed up at that cop's apartment and five hour afterwards,
And you were the only person, ,,
Well, except for the other tenants, on the tape,
Okay, Dooley, now you're losing me,
because if there's no one else on the tape, I am so screwed here,
Oh, there's someone else on the tape all right, only you can't see him,
They went frame by frame and they removed every little bit of whoever was there
ahead of you, Everything except for frame 2-5-9,
What's there?
That's the one little piece they missed,
I almost missed it too, it's real subtle, you should check it out,
Nah, I'll take it with me, I've been here too long already,
They're going to be onto me, gotta go,
What difference does it make?
I mean, this is the proof you need,
I wish I could see every cop's face when the truth hits TV land,
This is not gonna be easy, man,
Don't make yourself crazy, bro,
You got 'em,
What if the cops didn't do it?
No, my whole plan was to show the whole world how far the cops went to try and get me,
But now that I know this, ,,
Maybe those people at Judgment Day, ,,
What? You're nothing to them,
Just call it a hunch, okay? But if the cops know that I wasn't the guy
they'd be backing off, They'd be looking for the real killer,
Yeah, I guess, and the network would have the technology,
Remember that bozo they assigned to me for my attorney?
Well, he tried to get the tape
it took him almost a week, Maybe this was the reason,
I guess it's possible, but why?
That's the million dollar question now, isn't it?
Until I find out the answer there's not point giving away what we know,
I need to buy some time,
You got something sharp around here?
You mean like a knife?
No, more like a, ,,
Like a grapefruit spoon,
JACK: Whoa, what the hell was that?
What the hell just happened?
Damn it, if some lowlife just mugged my convict I'll kill him,
We've lost signal from the convict cam,
That's it, I'm pulling the plug right now,
Whoa, whoa, whoa, hold on, We have a sighting and we have an address,
We know where he is?
Ev, relax, will ya? We'll get 'em, We always get 'em,
See? Overreacting as usual, my friend,
Would you like me to hold that thing for you?
Why aren't people reacting to him? Where are the phone calls?
It's the ski mask! Oh, that smart S, O, B, !
(JACK LAUGHING)
Nobody knows it's him because he's wearing a ski mask,
Brilliant, Five stars, Yes,
Is that Maple Street?
Is he downtown?
Look, the terraces, the pistons,
EVERETT: The World Trade Center,
Bad move, Declan, bad move,
Alert the public to a possible ski mask,
Come on, you gotta admit this is sort of fun, don't you think?
Yeah,
A real blast,
JACK: That's the spirit,
Our rooms are $59 a night or $7 an hour depending on how long you are here,
Towels are $2,50 extra, sheets $5,
Don't need 'em,
Privacy on the other hand will cost you more,
$20 buy you 20 minute,
STAN: So as Allison Channing and our Judgment Day video crew
race towards the World Trade Center,
a kill-shot may at last be imminent,
Will McMahon slip away again?
Heather Cattrell spoke with this cagey criminal several days ago,
You've complained that the way you've been presented on this show is inaccurate,
Everything you've done is painting me as a killer,
Do you deny your criminal history?
If you're asking me if I was a model citizen, no, I wasn't,
But I wasn't the hopped-up little thug you portrayed me as either,
Oh, now wouldn't you say that that's splitting hairs?
I mean, by any other color, isn't a thief a thief?
Oh, yeah, a thief's a thief,
A murder's a murderer if that's what you want to him to be,
Alright, Dooley,
You said frame 259, come on,
Come on,
-(BEEPING) -Where's the guy?
There,
The corner,
Come on, come on,
Zoom, baby, zoom,
What is that?
(READING)
STAN: Allison Channing and her hunter cam
are closing in on Declan,
What kind of a friggin' moron hides in a public place?
Thought this guy had more sense than that,
Unless, ,, Unless he wants us to know where he is,
Does that scare you, Jack?
Maybe this guy is just a little bit smarter than you?
You know something, Ev? I've decided I don't want you keeping me in line,
I don't think it's up to you,
Where is the damn thing?
Oh, I know, Network's gotta have somebody in my face,
Heaven forbid they let me just do my job,
Give me the kill-fob, Jack,
But you know what? I bet I can talk them into giving me somebody younger,
Somebody hipper,
Somebody with real cojones in his pants instead of Depends,
Give me the damn kill-fob, Jack!
Come and get it,
-(CRACKLING) -JACK: Oops,
You son of a bitch!
Jack, she's getting close!
Turn around,
I said, turn around!
Oh, my God, Get a camera on me, now!
HEATHER: Ladies and gentlemen, never before has a criminal gone to such lengths
to spare himself what he deserves,
Declan McMahon has removed his own eyeball
in order to rid himself of the camera that we've planted in his head,
Go to commercial break, now!
Go to commercial,
Oh, my God! What an act break! This guy is fantastic!
Johnny Citizen has got to be filling his shorts right now,
Jack, this thing is useless!
For God's sake, that maniac could be anywhere!
Yeah, exactly, and look at our numbers, 24,000,000 served and loving it,
Hey, when we come out of commercial, I want you to go to that piece of tape
I had you shoot where the shrink calls Declan a "dangerous sociopath",
Our audience is gonna freak!
I'm pulling the plug, This is Everett Costello, over at Just, ,,
(BANGING)
I'm saving you from yourself,
Believe me,
Don't you think the network is drooling over these numbers?
24,000,000 to one says you lose,
Tell Stan to offer $5,000 for the first confirmed sight of our boy
and $10,000 for the first piece of digicam with Declan's face on it,
MAN: Okay,
You really think the network is that irresponsible?
Oh, geez,
You still don't get it, do you?
Nice,
Again, that's $5,000 for the first confirmed sighting,
$10,000 for verifiable digicam,
Our operators are standing by, Heather?
Thanks, Stan,
Allison, you've heard the reward, you've seen people's reactions,
What do you do now?
Go home and wait, Until someone decides to help me, there's nothing more I can do,
And there you have it, A despondent Allison Channing asked you viewers to help
bring this criminal to justice, Have you seen this man?
If so, call us here at Judgment Day... at (READING)
It should have been all over once they found Dooley,
Man, that kill-switch,
Why haven't they used it?
(MAN SHOUTING IN LOCAL LANGUAGE)
(DOOR HANDLE RATTLING)
That's him! Stop! We know who you are!
Stop!
(SHOUTING IN LOCAL LANGUAGE)
Look, you don't seem to get it,
I'm running out of time, This man killed my sister!
I was promised a chance to avenge her death,
And you'll get your chance, Just don't blow it when you do,
And why are your people constantly second-guessing me on the air?
It's a TV show, People like a character arc,
We're just trying to give your personality a little more dimension,
My personality does not need more dimension,
I just want what I was promised,
I want to kill Declan McMahon!
(DIAL TONE)
You so interested in killing?
Let's get started,
If you fail your sister,
if Declan evades you for the full 24 hours,
how will that make you feel?
Pretty terrible, I guess,
Like I let her down,
But then again, I think that Kate would know how much I wanted to do right by her,
Tighten two,
Ready two, and go two,
Okay, folks, Let's get the crime scene re-enactment up
-followed by the trial highlights, -(DOOR OPENS)
How long before we can get that on the air?
30 seconds,
Let's do it in 20, I don't want to lose our audience,
Ev! Hi, how're you doing? Welcome back, Where've you been?
Excuse me,
Ready three,
I just spoke with the network,
They couldn't be happier with how things are going,
They've got advertisers screaming at them to get them on the air,
Hell, they're even thinking 22 episodes won't be enough,
that maybe they'll turn over their whole prime time schedule to Judgment Day,
(CLICKS TONGUE) What can I tell you, Evvie, It's a brave new world,
There's no part in it for you,
So it seems,
Which is why I told them I quit,
Oh, geez, Evvie, I'm sorry,
I almost feel like it was kinda my fault,
Glad I could make your day,
(SCOFFS) My day?
How about my day, my week, my whole friggin' year, pal,
Okay, folks, let's whip up a frenzy,
Somebody get me McMahon,
I've seen all the evidence I need to know what you're capable of,
You've seen what they wanted you to see,
Oh, what? Like this particular picture, huh?
Look, why don't you just shoot me and get it over with?
You're right, you know, I should take a chance,
Stand behind the truth,
Hmm?
I didn't kill your sister,
You were found outside of her apartment with her blood all over your hands,
Yeah, but she was already dead when I got there,
I don't deny that I threatened her, That was stupid,
Me going there, that was even more stupid,
But I had to do something for my brother, Dooley,
She was gonna have him fired for bringing me to the company,
What, she was gonna fire your brother?
Yeah, And he was always there for me,
Just like Katelyn was always there for you,
He put his ass on the line trying to help me go straight,
Oh, firing me, that was one thing, but firing Dooley?
Well, why did you break in?
You think if I just buzzed Katelyn she would have opened up her doors to me?
I've done a lot of bad stuff in my life and I'm not proud of it,
But I've never killed anybody,
And all the same, somebody wants me to go down for this
and they want it badly enough
that they altered the only piece of evidence that would have cleared me,
-Well, why would they do that? -I don't know,
But the proof's right here on the disk,
This is the security tape taken from the lobby camera
of your sister's building the night she was murdered, And I'm on here,
There's somebody else on here too who came in in front of me,
Except now they're not on the tape 'cause they've been digitally removed,
They're counting on you to kill me no matter what,
And they're counting on me to give you all the reasons to do it,
And I say go ahead,
But before you do, just take a look at the disc,
Come on,
The camera takes a picture every four seconds,
It takes more time than that to get inside the door into the lobby,
So either he's the fastest man alive, or
like you say, someone wiped out those frames,
You have a picture of the man's reflection but not the man who made it,
You'd better be careful,
You keep thinking about all this, you're gonna start to believe me,
Well, so what? So there was a pizza guy,
I mean, all that says is that someone in the building orders pizza,
It hardly proves that someone else killer her or that someone's trying to frame you,
Okay, fine, he's just a pizza guy, maybe he's not the killer,
but maybe he saw the killer,
Maybe he saw nothing at all, but it points back to the same question, doesn't it?
Why make him disappear?
I want to do the right thing,
I'm sure you do,
Now, I think I can find this guy,
At the very least, I know where he works, I just need a little time,
Can you give it to me?
I'd really like to know what the people at Judgment Day
are going to think about this,
I'll meet you back here in two hours,
No,
Here, Take my cell phone,
It'll be safer,
Thanks,
Declan? You screw with me, I'll hunt you down,
And I will kill you,
So you were in contact with your brother during his trial?
Look, I felt bad for him, It was my fault
he even applied for the job at Dawlish Security in the first place,
At what point did he arrange to meet with you to go to your apartment?
Look, my brother is an innocent man, We have proof,
Whose idea was it to cut out his eye?
Mind if I ask him a few questions?
Who the hell are you?
I'm from the network,
(SCOFFS) Is that right?
And I suppose you think that means that you can just, ,,
Detective, my network prosecuted Mr, McMahon,
we still hold his life in our hands,
I think I can get his brother here to tell us where he is,
You see, unlike Detective Meacham,
I'm not hamstrung by the law,
A pizza delivery guy did it?
Well, to be honest with you, Jack, I really don't know who did it,
Only, there was a pizza guy on the tape, but someone had him removed,
Boy, that is puzzling,
And it does seem to suggest exactly what Declan said,
that there was somebody else in the building right when he said there was,
So then he might be telling the truth,
You know, my network executive, Everett Costello
has been itching to juice Declan since the get-go,
He's been nervous as hell about this whole thing, and now I see why,
He obviously altered this surveillance tape,
But why would he do something like that?
He hates me and he hates the show,
Imagine what would happen if it got out that we went after an innocent man,
We'd be yanked right off the air, and rightly so,
See, network people live in a constant state of fear,
And nothing makes them more fearful than a show like ours,
Well, I want to meet this man,
I want to hear it straight from his lips
why he would do such a terrible thing,
I'm sure you do, but we have to be a little more careful than that,
I mean, we have to think about Declan's safety right now,
Believe me, if Everett wants him dead, he'll figure a way to make it happen,
I should get in touch with Declan,
I'd like to meet with him, do you think he'd do that?
I think so,
Let's hope so,
Everett Costello tried to rewrite this show, but we caught him just in time,
Wait till he sees the ending I have in mind for him,
JACK: That's ri-god-damn-diculous,
Of course Dooley knows something,
How much is it gonna cost to get a cop to pistol whip the S, O, B, ?
Oh, don't give me that, everybody's got a price,
Up mine? Up yours, fella,
We're about to come out of commercial,
What do you wanna do now?
Go to the crime scene re-enactment again,
Just do it!
And so with nightfall approaching, the overriding question still remains,
Where is Declan McMahon?
-MAN: The night of August 20th? -(STAN SPEAKING ON TELEVISION)
Yeah, He delivered a pizza over to the Wellesley on Grover,
And you're looking for him because?
I stiffed him over the top and it's been eating me alive ever since,
You sure you've never been in here before? I could swear I've seen you,
Yeah, yeah, I'm sure, I get that a lot,
Is she in the book or what?
I don't think I can help you,
The guy who was delivering that night, Joey, he doesn't work here anymore,
The last I heard, he was in jail,
Juvenile hall actually, they got him for breaking and entering,
I didn't know he had a rap sheet when I hired him,
Juvie? How old is he?
Told me he was 19,
Turned out he was 16 by a couple of minutes, I think,
What's the matter with you?
Hmm? Oh, nothing,
Just realized something,
After several hours of questioning, the police released Dooley McMahon
saying that had no grounds on which to hold him any longer,
HEATHER: Rumor has it that you used a grapefruit spoon
to remove your brother's eyeball,
-Is that true? -I'm not talking about this, okay?
Do you know where Declan is?
Just get out of my place!
Is it true that when the police cornered you, you tried to squish the evidence?
HEATHER: With the release of Dooley McMahon,
the hunt for Declan takes another strange turn,
Where is Katelyn Channing's murderer?
Who else may be in danger at this very moment?
Yeah, that Joey,
Wouldn't surprise me at all to find out he was some kind of, ,,
(THUMPS COUNTER)
STAN: , ,,'til this mentally deranged man has been caught and finally punished,
Killer,
Dooley!
I know why they set me up,
Why was that?
He's from the network,
-You sons of bitches, -Look, it's okay, he wants to help,
Why is that, so you can give your ratings a little boost?
You guys have taken the whole idea of right and wrong
and turned it into a freaking game show,
Yes, we have, haven't we?
Did you find him? The guy in the security tape?
DECLAN: Oh, yeah, I found him,
His name is Joey, He's only 16,
Too young for the death penalty,
That's why Jack needed you to be guilty no matter what,
He had no show otherwise,
You didn't know that, right?
No, but I should've,
(CELLPHONE RINGING)
-Allison, -Declan,
I showed the security tape to the producer and he was shocked,
The network did this to you,
The executive on the show, his name's Everett, He'll do anything to stop you,
-Is that right? -Yeah, but you're gonna be okay,
The producer wants to meet us here in a few minutes,
so you gotta come back,
-Mmm-hmm, -And, Declan, ,,
I'm sorry,
You don't need to apologize, Allison, it's not your fault,
The set the both of us up,
Dooley,
The producer wants to meet with me, He says you're the bad guy,
Well, he would know, wouldn't he,
How do I know he's not telling the truth?
I guess you're gonna have to take my word for it,
If you do go, half the police force will be waiting for you,
Oh, I'm counting on it,
-So you are going? -Mmm-hmm,
-In that case, ,, -Easy,
You're gonna need these,
And it looks like we're going to view the murder re-enactment scene yet again,
is that right?
Uh, ,, Declan McMahon has just been spotted on a motorcycle
travelling South in the direction of downtown,
Hi,
Sorry if I'm early, I, ,,
I just wanted to make sure everything would go just right,
Now, where was he when you called him?
I don't know,
What are you doing?
Oh, you won't need this anymore,
Well, looks like our boy's almost here,
You know, I have to thank you,
This is gonna be a great finish,
When Declan gets here, he's gonna kill you,
What are you talking about?
You saw the tape, you know that Declan's innocent,
Yes, but he appears to be guilty,
People want him to be guilty,
Who are we to take that away from them?
You should want him to be guilty too,
Otherwise, who pays for your sister's murder?
Look, I wanted justice for my sister, You call this justice?
Killing an innocent man, ,,
There are bigger issued here besides one man's guilt or innocence,
If that means that guys like Declan McMahon are expendable, well, ,,
(CLICKS) So be it,
Understand?
Yeah, I think I do,
(DIALING)
Okay, I think this will work,
Smash-cut to Allison's apartment,
The Judgment Day producer arrives,
he tries to make a deal with Declan, ,,
-Yes, this is an emergency, -But Declan is beyond reason,
-My name is Allison Channing, I live at, ,, -He turns the gun on Allison,
(GRUNTING)
Now you're a murderer, how does it feel?
I'll get back to you on that,
-(GRUNTS) -(YELLING)
You murdering bastard,
I grab for the gun and I shoot him in the leg,
Ahhh!
But he keeps coming,
So I have to shoot him again,
Ahhh!
But Declan still keeps coming,
So I do what I have to do
I kill the bad guy,
Fade to black,
My God, the camera!
Ready for your close up, Jack?
No, that can't be, ,,
No, ,,
No,
No, No!
(YELLING) No!
MAN: Let's go to a commercial, Let's go, let's go,
So much for Judgment Day,
Looks like you've got your wish, Ev, We're history,
Oh, I don't know about that,
I'd say we've got at least one more episode in us,
(GUNSHOT)
So, tell us, Declan, Being on the other side of the gun,
Do you still consider this a moral outrage?
DECLAN: Yeah, I do, HEATHER: Then why are you doing it?
Don't have much of a choice,
(SOBBING)
No, No, Please, ,,
No! No, please, no, ,,
No, ,,
CONTROL VOICE: To those who would corrupt the search for truth
be warned, the sword of justice cuts both ways,
-(ELECTRICITY CRACKLING) -(JACK SCREAMING)