The Line (2021) s01e02 Episode Script

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Warpinski: What we're going to talk about
today is that there are
issues with a case involving
the Law of Armed Conflict
and a murder case.
-Eddie: Yep.
-Okay.
So, what I want you to do is just
read this first sentence for me out loud.
"I, SOC Edward Gallagher,
have been advised
by SA Joe Warpinski that I am suspected
of violation of Article 118, murder."
Warpinski: Okay, so
I'm not saying you're guilty.
I'm not saying anything like that.
Just, that's what we're going to have
a discussion about today.
NCIS Investigator: Are you aware of,
like, the allegations in this case?
Are you aware of some of the crimes
that have been alleged against Eddie?
I am aware that
he's charged with premeditated murder.
Before we even left for deployment
we were having a barbecue.
He'd been drinking a little bit
and he just turns to me and he goes
"It's gonna be a good deployment."
I'm like, "Yeah, I'm real excited.
It's gonna be an awesome deployment."
He's like, "Yeah.
Someone's gonna die."
And I'm like, "What are you talking about?
Why does that make it a good deployment?"
He's like, "We'll see."
Warpinski: What was Gallagher's
reputation like when you got there?
Stoner:
He was good. Tactically, he was good.
When we got overseas,
it was a complete 180.
It changed immediately.
Are you talking about
being on this side facing that way?
Eddie: Yeah.
All right, we got everybody here?
Eddie:
Let's go. Let's fucking go. Let's go.
Portier:
We have three guys going back and forth.
Cleanups, mortars.
Go and hit them with those.
What about your altitude?
I'm over a thousand.
Jake, here's his original impact.
Here's his second.
Portier: Just call it out for him. Just
tell him where but don't say right 40--
What Eddie said.
Eddie: Once we're set, have them
pull up to their positions again.
See if we can see who's fucking shooting.
Because ERD just took a round
up there as they fucking crossed.
And once we get in the general direction
of where we think it's coming from
get at 'em.
All right, Eddie.
Eddie: Your GPS.
So I have airplane
and location services turned off.
The ISIS safe house is this one.
This road that runs that way.
There's a whole fuck ton of them
running around.
Eddie: Okay. We'll keep moving forward.
Stay out here, yeah?
Shut that gate.
Hurry up and get off this fucking--
Book it, dude!
TC: Ready. One, two, three.
TC: Hey, he's fucking resisting.
Yeah, I know.
TC: Pick up his legs. Pick up--
Dragon! You gotta help me out, dude.
How much blood has he lost?
He still had a radial pulse,
like, five minutes ago.
But he's got at least two gunshot wounds.
And one exiting out of his ass.
TC: Hey, I got you, buddy.
-TC: Jake!
-Portier: Yeah?
Let's transfer him to the RG.
NCIS Investigator:
It seems like, through the deployment,
there was an obvious change in Eddie?
He, like, started losing weight.
He started looking really skinny.
He wasn't sleeping. Like,
we would be, like, operating every day.
And it was just go, go, go.
And guys were worn out,
and he just wasn't.
Obviously it doesn't take a scientist
to put two and two together.
It's, like, that's not natural.
Dille: All right, what do we got?
Gio: It's like fucking sniper central.
Dille:
Yeah. That's where I'm gonna set up.
Dille: All right.
Are those them right there?
That's what I'm saying.
Those two white spots?
Eddie came up to me after an operation.
And said that he killed four women today.
And--
And I said,
"Why the fuck did you do that?"
I talked to Dylan Dille.
"What the hell are we gonna, you know?
What are we gonna do about this?"
Did you ever
intentionally shoot any unarmed civilians?
Eddie: No.
Did you ever try to kill
an unarmed teenage boy?
Eddie: No.
Do you remember
ever shooting a little girl?
Eddie: No.
Warpinski:
Have you guys talked about or have fear
that he was just targeting civilians?
You could tell he was perfectly okay
with killing anybody that was moving.
Warpinski:
Did he make comments regarding
what his thoughts were on, like, Iraqis?
Was it, like, a racial thing
where he just had no problem
killing anyone in the Middle East at all,
I mean?
I think he's just…
wants to kill anybody he can.
Warpinski: All right. So,
let's go back to
why do you think you're here,
first of all?
Scott: Probably for the prisoner incident.
Warpinski: Okay.
Dille: So, I guess probably
the big incident
that everyone's talking about
is the--
the prisoner issue.
Warpinski:
Obviously this is some big shit, so
take your time.
Gio!
Where's your spot, bro?
Where's your spot?
Right here is my spot.
Oh, yeah! Fuck yeah, dude!
Yes!
That was me, boys.
Eddie: I got it. I got him.
I'm gonna treat him.
Gio: Eddie's about to put him out, dude.
Yeah, I'm gonna help him.
Gio:
Hey, Eddie, this is from my SIGINT strike.
Let me know if you need help.
What are they doing to him?
Warpinski: What happened after that?
So I came over.
The kid had a wound on his leg.
He had--
I think he had a bandage on it.
He had, like,
a chest tube in when I got there.
And he was unconscious.
And I think they did a crike
while I was there.
Warpinski: Okay.
Scott:
Usually when I'm working on somebody,
you kind of sit,
like, kneel at their head.
So that's where I was,
like, kind of monitoring his breathing,
and
just checking vitals on him, periodically.
Warpinski: Did you think that they were
life-threatening injuries that he had?
I don't think so.
At that point in time, like,
he probably wasn't gonna die.
And then
all of a sudden
Eddie just starts stabbing the dude.
Like, all of a sudden Eddie's, like,
stabbing this dude in the neck.
Our medics were
working on him, and then
he was on his last leg,
and Eddie finished him.
Warpinski: How did he finish him?
Did you actually see it happen?
Yeah, I saw it happen.
Warpinski:
What did you actually see Gallagher do?
I saw him stab him.
Warpinski:
Did you actually see him stab him?
Or did you just walk up
after the guy was already dead?
No, I saw him put
the knife into the guy's neck.
I saw him put the knife in the neck.
That's without a doubt.
It was like a holy shit moment, like,
no idea what to do.
I kind of looked around.
I was like,
"Who else is seeing this?" And then,
like, I kind of stayed at the dude's head,
and then--
like, for a few minutes until he died.
There's nothing I could do at this point.
And so I left that scene
and
just tried to, like, catch my breath,
and, like, try to, like,
just think about what I just saw.
Corey Scott says that you
suddenly walked over, pulled out a knife
and stabbed the detainee
in the neck, twice.
Warpinski: What happened on scene
after Gallagher stabbed this individual?
You know, after this whole thing,
I think photographs were taken.
And at one point,
it was like,
"Hey, we're taking a group picture."
Warpinski: We need to go through,
and figure out what you heard.
What your interactions have been
with SOC Gallagher,
looking into this investigation.
Overall, great platoon.
I don't know if you need this or not.
I mean, they were
a great platoon on paper.
At the time,
Eddie Gallagher was a rock star.
Warpinski: Did you ever ask him
what happened that day?
In not so many words. I said,
"Hey, man. The guys are coming out with
some pretty strong allegations
against you."
And he said, "Whatever it is that
they're talking about, I can clear it.
I'm comfortable that I can clear it."
I called a meeting with the boys.
We were like,
"Hey, fellas, this is an NCIS problem."
"Take it to the 1-800 hotline.
Make a call.
That's how it gets investigated."
I'm like, "Fellas, you guys understand
the frag radius on this is fucking major.
Like,
here we go."
Warpinski: So you guys have been trying
to report this since you got back,
basically?
Yeah. It was, I mean,
a very, like, challenging thing
for us to deal with. And, like,
we're trying to report it to people
and then get it dealt with,
and it just gets pushed back down.
This thing has been, you know
a weight on a lot of people
for a long time.
NCIS Investigator: Do you believe
that the guys back in San Diego
are at risk from him?
TC: Yeah, I do.
I think their families are.
Stoner: I think he's a dangerous person.
And I think if he… if he gets the chance,
he might act upon that.
Warpinski:
What kind of knife did Eddie carry?
Vriens: It was Half Face Blades.
Warpinski: Did you ever see that knife
after the deployment?
After deployment? No.
Warpinski: Do you think
he still has it, realistically?
I would put money on it
that he has the knife still.
Whether it's at his house,
whether he framed it,
whether it's still in his go box,
I don't know.
Warpinski: What we're going
to talk about today is that there are
issues with a case involving
the Law of Armed Conflict
and a murder case.
Eddie: Just so--
No disrespect to you guys or anything,
but I've been advised not to answer
any questions without my lawyer.
Like, at all. And I don't--
I'm not trying to sound like a dick.
I just…
have never gone through
any of this stuff before.
Warpinski: Okay, we'll be back.