Standoff s01e07 Episode Script
Man of Steele
has now entered north hollywood.
Driver fled the scene after shooting the man in an apparent random act of That's why I always say,don't trust the government because the government doesn't trust you.
The system is designed to screw you over and I'm here to watch your back.
You're listening to avery steele, the voice of the people.
Phone lines are open,los angeles.
Gimme some! Hey, guys.
Party we should know about? Police pursuit out of torrance,attempted murder.
Cheryl asked us to keep up And you're all assisting her? Wow, he's really moving.
Hey, what's the latest? Just switched to the north hollywood freeway.
Bad move, buddy.
I'll just be doing that work stuff that we do.
Oh-ho, hello--taking an off-ramp.
Nothing stops my flow.
you know,how this works Get something or new mind somebody somewhere pissing you off Do something about it.
Pick up the phone and call.
I'm waiting.
did you see the way that ty was looking at her? I mean, god, he doesn't even know what she did with mike.
oh, no way--you tell him that.
hey that's my street on tv.
Drop your gun! Drop the gun! Drop the gun! Drop the gun! Gun! crisis negotiation.
T.
O.
C.
Over there.
Let's get sierra up on that roof.
I want the mobile command center over there.
Suspect's name is doug frohmer.
Guy's in surgery now.
What about the hostage? Uh, female, mid-teens.
We got units working on an I.
D.
I also sent a unit out to pick up frohmer's wife.
She lives out in torrance.
Wait, that's not his house? No.
Owner's name is trina flax-- uh, unemployed receptionist,needs a new fence.
Neighbor saw her leave about an hour ago.
We're gonna try and track her down.
Random location, random hostage; this is gonna be fun.
Yeah.
We're not so sure about the random part.
Yeah, he didn't need to turn off the freeway when he did.
He didn't need to turn onto this street.
If he'd have kept going, he'd have hit victory boulevard right around the corner.
So you're saying? He's not just running from the cops, he's running to this house.
Who are you?! Who are you?! Rose.
I live down the street.
Where's trina? where is she? Answer me! I don't know, she went out-- I don't know where.
You see this blood on me? This is not my blood.
I shot somebody because they lied to me.
yeah? Hi.
Mr.
Frohmer? Yeah? Mr.
Frohmer, my name's matt,I'm with the fbi, and I'm calling from outside.
Yeah? Doug, I know you're having a really bad day, okay? Believe it or not, I'm not here to make it any worse.
I want to just help you get through it.
Okay.
Now, you probably think there's no way out of this, but believe me, there is.
Well, yeah,I knew you'd say that.
New record.
you're on the air with avery steele--gimme some! The reality is,that plane landed, those passengers were marched off that plane, into a nasa hangar where they were executed.
Wow, this is so much better than watching the movie.
This isn't a movie.
No, it's an insane and unpopular opinion, mike, and it's a beautiful thing.
It's what we're all about here this morning.
doug from north hollywood,gimme some! Avery, is that you, man? Yes, I-it's me, doug.
You called me.
Try not to wet yourself.
Great, I wasn't sure I was gonna be able to get through.
Guys, you won't believe where I've traced his call.
Patching you into 98.
6 fm.
All right, everyone,this is not a joke.
This is actually happening right now.
I'm talking with doug frohmer,hostage taker.
Turn on your tv right now.
You'll see what I'm talking about.
Avery, you got to help me, man.
They're trying to set me up again.
All right, all right,take it easy, doug.
You did the right thing by calling in, because you now you got me and two million listeners who want to hear your side of the story.
Two million wiesseswho got your back.
Long as we're on the air,pal, anyone wants a piece of youthey got to go through me.
I liked this better when it was on tv.
Avery, you know me, man--it's doug! I've called in before! Oh, a man of steele.
Refresh me.
It's doug!I called in about the "death to lawyers" show a couple of months back! Oh, yes, yes, yes.
doug, I do rememyou-you got set up.
Yes! I called in, I told you about, uh, about taking a ride in my friend's new thunderbird when I was 19.
We get pulled over, and-and then I find out that he's boosted the car, which I didn't even know about.
Doug took a plea bargain--accessory before the fact.
Served probation.
Probably feels he was pushed by the da to plead out and would've fared better at trial.
Yeah, it gives him reason to mistrust authority, government, us.
It gives him reason to love avery steele.
The prosecutor says to me,you know, not to worry about it, that there's a way out of this.
Oh, that's right.
You know what, that's what they always say, you know, 'cause they just want to broom you out of the way, they just want to get home to dinner.
Yes! I've heard of this guy.
I don't listen to talk radio.
Basic shock jock.
He's got a "power to the people" routine and a very loyal fan base people love to listen to him.
They love to listen to themselves.
It is an fm jerry springer freak show dressed up as free speech advocacy and shoveled to the lowest common denominator.
I've accidentally tuned in a couple of times.
You know what, doug?I remember you completely now.
Oh, you got screwed over! Yes! See? That's why I called you, man.
Because I need somebody that tells the fucking truth 'cause all they tell is lies.
He's broadcasting on a delay.
We need to get ahead of this.
Lea? Hey, you know what, doug? I never lie to my fans,and I am not gonna lie to you.
You know what? I'm sick.
.
What? Who's calling,brownmeyer? You tell him I'm doing my show same as always.
Avery, it's the fbi--they're on the scene, and they want you to cut this guy loose.
Fbi's on the phone right now? Right now.
Put 'em through.
What? Put 'em through! Doug, d-doug,I got to tell you, buddy, the phone lines here are going absolutely crazy.
You guys listening to avery steele? Ht called into the show.
You ever hear his clip segment, "racists say the darndest things"? Yeah.
Fbi.
You're on the air with fbi.
You're on the air with Hello.
hi.
Turn your radio down,please.
Hello.
O-okay.
We didn't ask to be on the radio.
Avery, what's going on? It's cool, doug,they're outside your door.
They got guns, they got tanks-- let's hear what they got to say.
Mr.
Steele, we'd like to move this conversation off the air.
Why? We got nothing to hide.
Why does everything got to be so secret? I don't have any secrets-- I want to respect mr.
Frohmer's privacy.
Doug, I'm sure you want the same.
Well, what do you say, doug? I didn't call you to talk to the fbi! Okay, h-hey, I got you loud and clear, pal.
Fbi, you heard the man.
New plan.
Cut the house line,go with the throw phone.
Steele won't give us our ht back, we'll just have to take him back.
Copy that.
Wait a second, if we pull the plug now, it looks like we really are the bad guy.
Yeah, doug trusts steele,not us.
If we sever that connection, it could send him over the edge.
So you want him to run the show? No.
No.
But he's got frohmer burning off adrenaline-- we let him cool down steele doesn't want doug to cool down-- it's bad radio.
Look, I'm going down to the radio station.
I want you two to be ready to reestablish contact as soon as steele is out of the picture.
Cheryl, don'T.
It's the wrong move.
What'd you say? You can't go.
We need an on-scene commander.
Well, then you're in command until I get back.
Happy? you, uh, you want to hear my tactical plan? Th-this is not what it looks like.
It's not what you think-- I'm not a criminal.
I believe you, doug-- the plea bargain system in this country sucks.
That's why child molesters walk free, and guys like you-- good guys-- get the shaft.
It's not about that, either.
Well, what is it about, man?Just say it! Scream it if you want to! Doug, you are the man! You're the man of the hour,you're the man with the gun! The people are listening.
You wouldn't believe how many people I got listening, and they all just want to hear what you want, man.
I want trina flaX.
Right here face to face.
Else I'm going to burn down her crap house with all of us inside of it.
and we have our first demand.
He's pushing it too hard.
This could get ugly.
Hey, lea, what's our update on trina flax? No cell phone listed.
No clue.
Here's her picture.
Trina flax, if you're listening,doug wants to have a chat.
Call in 1-800-steele-it.
What about the social worker he shot? Carter mills, department of child and family services.
Got to be honest.
I don't see a connection between doug, trina or this guy.
Does doug have kids? Okay, now I want to hear your plan.
The bridge is tough without eyes and ears.
Best bet-- selective fire.
Zero one on the opposing roof.
One clean shot ends this.
Who's on sierra? Hastings.
Can you guarantee a shot? Hastings never misses.
The only shot I can guarantee is my own.
All right, well, let's get you up on that roof and we'll keep talking.
Yes, sir.
Emily, the wife's here.
So, doug, how does one go about preparing for a morning of gunplay and high-speed pursuits? Bowl of cereal, waffles? You can't be in here.
Cheryl carrera, fbi.
Take him off the air now.
Goodstein and lowe of goodstein, lowe and harris.
We represent mr.
Steele.
Your client is interfering with an active federal investigation.
Not according to the U.
S.
Constitution.
Any action taken against our client would be a blatant violation of his rights of freedom of speech and press.
And you would find yourself personally named in the biggest first amendment lawsuit the bureau's ever seen.
All right, the fbi's in my studio, doug.
I think this is the same lady I hung up on, and she's tall and she's black and she's not happy.
Don't hang up on me, avery.
Don't you hang up on me.
I'll shoot this girl.
I'm not hanging up.
Don't shoot anybody,okay, doug? You don't want to do that.
No one wants you to do that.
All right.
Doug? Lea, have the U.
S.
Attorney's office start a running affidavit.
Every word that mr.
Steele says on the air goes in writing.
The second he crosses the line into obstruction, I want to know about it.
Think, mrs.
Frohmer.
Trina flax no, I don'T.
I have never heard that name before.
What about carter mills? That's the, um he's the social worker from dcfs, the adoption consultant.
What does he have to do with this? Your husband shot him a couple hours ago.
Right before he jumped in the car and drove here.
He's getting out of surgery now.
He's going to be okay.
He said he found a loophole.
A what? We've been trying to get pregnant going on three years now.
I had to hock my car to pay for the ivf.
When that didn't take,we tried to adopt.
Turned down because of doug's record.
Please, I know that he gets wound up, but he is not a killer.
Karen please don't hurt him.
We don't want to.
You said something about a loophole.
Doug found a loophole? He said he found a way to get a baby through the system.
But it turned out that he made that up.
Guys, I may be hauled off to guantanamo any second here, but you've got to admit,this is dramatic stuff.
Way too much excitement for morning drive.
Hey, doug,no matter what, I am with you the rest of the day,right here with you, doug.
what's that? what is that? No, no, no, no.
doug? Doug? Doug, you there, amigo? Lea, ht just dumped steele.
Close off the phone lines,reassign the house number.
We're back in control.
Something's wrong.
Frank, I need eyes in that house.
Negative on the visual.
No sign of the ht.
Wait the ht's on the move.
Got him.
Four side window.
No sign of hostage.
Do you have a shot? no shot.
Doug? We can't get him back?Try the number again.
doug? We lost him.
That's it we lost him.
hello.
Hey, who's this? I didn't tell him the baby was in there.
Okay, all right, take a deep breath.
My name's matt.
What's yours? Wow, that was crazy.
Rose anders.
Okay, rose, is anybody else in there with you? No, nobody elsE.
I was just here baby-sitting for trina.
Wasn't that crazy? Hang up the phone.
What do you guys think? Jesse, from north hollywood,gimme some.
Dude, I'm there.
I'm down the street from the house.
It's awesome.
Wait, wait, wait, seriously,jesse? What's going on? Man, they got snipers,they got big rv'S.
You got to get down here, man.
It's awesome.
Oh, jesse, you know what, I think you're on to something here.
Listen up, L.
A.
,Jesse just had a great idea.
If anybody's calling in right now about doug frohmer, I want you to stop calling and I want you to go see him at 4431 euclid street off the north hollywood freeway.
If you're heading into work right now, I want you to go in late.
For the rest of you that would be putting down your bong son of a bitch.
I want you to get into your car.
You go down there and show doug your support.
In fact, the first hundred people to call me from doug's street, free tickets to see grabfish at the wiltern.
I'm gonna kill him.
Rogers, expand your perimeter.
Expect company.
Copy.
Seal it up.
The circus is coming to town.
I hate when people try and crash my party.
Okay, doug frohmer gets turned down for adoption.
He then turns around and promises his wife a baby.
Four months later,out of the blue, he shoots the adoption consultant.
Then he drives to a house and barricades himself in with a newborn.
Demands to confront the baby's mother who the wife doesn't know.
You know, karen said they applied for adoption, but there was no record at the dcfs.
Well, maybe the social worker deleted the record.
Why? To cover his own ass.
Because? Because maybe he didn't turn them down for an adoption.
Maybe he tried to charge them for one.
Loophole.
Yeah, except now the scam is back on doug.
It's a classic con job, right? The social worker intros pregnant trina who's looking to sell her baby.
Doug makes a down payment.
Then when the due date arrives trina's gone and so is her baby.
what's the matter with him? His diaper's wet.
Probably has a rash.
Where are the diapers? In the hall closet.
You go get them.
Go! Lea, we need you to get rolling on a warrant to search trina flax's bank records.
She's the bad guy.
That's the angle.
We can't tell doug he's the victim here.
Why not? Because he'll know you're lying.
He can cry all he wants about being set up, but he knew he broke the law when he paid for that baby.
You make it sound like it's a drug deal.
Well, if he didn't think he did anything wrong he wouldn't have lied to his wife.
Thank you.
He lied to her because he's trying to protect her.
You don't get that? I get that he lied to protect himself.
I mean, they couldn't get pregnant, he felt impotent.
They couldn't adopt,he felt cheated.
The last thing he needed was to get conned by a woman.
So you think he's in there trying to get his manhood back? I think that's one of the reasons he called avery steele.
You know, big alpha male--take his side, pump him up.
Well, let's hook him back up to the pump.
You want to put doug back on the air with steele? Yeah, this time with a sexy young cohost.
Me? Yeah.
No.
Why not? Because we already lost that fight, matt.
Steele won't cooperate.
He certainly will if he thinks he's going to get doug back on the air.
Come on, you know I'm right about this.
All right, I can handle doug, but with steele in the room, it's going to be like trying to defuse a bomb with a little gremlin on my shoulder pulling my hair.
Why is the gremlin pulling your hair? I could come up with a better metaphor, but the point is, it's not a controlled environment.
Well, you've got to control it then.
I can't go-- I got to keep things under control here.
Things are under control here.
Guys, you want to see this.
A sudden influx of spectators arriving near the location of the home siege in north hollywood.
Reminiscent on a smaller scale of the crowds that lined up to cheer and jeer oj simpson You go down there and show your support Hey, I'm seeing some of you guys arriving here on on the tv in the studio.
If you've got your radios on, I want you to crank 'em up just in case doug doesn't have his on.
Hey, doug, i'm giving a shout-out to you, buddy.
Fight the power! he's inciting a crowd to take action.
Brandenburg V.
Ohio,the right to speak and organize whoever obstructs or delays information relating to a criminal violation shall be fined or serve prison time up to five years.
First year con law.
Anything else? Musser V.
Utah,advocacyannot be used oh, shut uP.
Tell me you brought me something I can use.
It's something, but I don't think you're going to like it.
I love it, man.
Bring it on.
Let's put her on the air.
You're already in dangerous territory, avery.
The fbi's just waiting for you to slip up.
It's a life or death situation.
You can't use language that subjectively intends or openly encourages illegal activity.
So don't tell doug to blow away the little girl.
I got it.
What do you think I'm a moron? Cross the line, they're going to arrest you on the spot.
Slap cuffs on you.
This goes bad,or credibility dies and the press will crucify us.
Sounds kinky.
No pressure.
Mr.
Steele, I appreciate your cooperation headphones in here.
Speak right into this microphone.
Okay, we should probably establish los angeles, we're back.
And you don't want to miss this.
Doug, I came through for you, buddy.
They're going to open the phone lines so you and i can talk.
The catch is,an fbi negotiator has to sit in on the talk, but it's still the avery steele show and hey,I'm still calling the shots.
So let's meet our special guest.
You have a name,or can you not reveal that information at this time? Emily.
Emily.
That's so emily.
It's like, hey, bob,who's that chick that bombed waco? Oh, that's emily,she's a nice girl doug, if you can hear me,I know you're upset.
You're suspicious of us.
You have a right to be considering everything you've been through.
We are going to ring into the house now.
And I'd like you to pick up the phone.
Before we do that, may i ask you a serious question? Are you trained for this? What qualifies emily to negotiate? Avery, I'm not here to talk about myself.
I want to hear what doug has to say.
Don't you? Well, of course all right, let's stop wasting his time.
okay, doug,go ahead, pick up the phone.
They're watching me like a hawk.
What the fucking do you people want from me? doug, we both want the same thing.
We both want you to walk out of that house alive.
Yeah, that's why she's got delta force camped out in your front yard.
Doug, I talked to karen.
She told me about everything you've been through together.
She told me about the baby.
Baby? Whoa, whoa, what baby? You talked to karen?Where is she? She's safe, doug, but I really think we should talk,about this off the air.
You know, anything you say off the air is off the record, d, and they can twist it any way they want.
Just like you twist it for a punchline? I want to talk to karen.
Yeah, I can arrange that.
You don't need the fbi for that, doug.
Everybody can hear you right now.
For someone drawing unemployment, trina flax is doing okay.
She's got close to 50 grand in her savings account.
Poor guy.
Probably mortgaged his house.
Okay, mathers, here's what I need you to do.
I need you to talk to carter mills, all right? That's the social worker doug shot this morning.
He just got out of surgery in tarzana.
Do you want me to access his files? No, no, I don't want you to access his files.
I want you to get up from your computer, pick up your car keys and get down to the hospital.
If anybody knows how to find trina flax it's gonna be him.
Hurry.
Hey, everybody, how you doing? hot enough for ya? Okay, so listen.
Really appreciate you coming down here to watch this all work.
I know it can be very, very exciting.
It's also very, very dangerous, so the best way for y'all to be safe and for us to be able to do our jobs is to keep things calm out here.
at least, at least down to a comfortable low roar.
Thanks All right, thank you.
What do you think? Backup's on the way.
Thank you.
Do you hear that, man? Those are your troops.
They love you, they support you.
Whatever you did, it's cool.
Everybody gets into trouble, everybody cheats on his wife.
I didn't cheat.
He didn't cheat on his wife.
Doug, nobody thinks that.
Okay, I apologize.
But I'm shooting in the dark here.
You're in a strange woman's house with a gun? You don't seem too pleased with her.
Doug, you don't have to say anything you don't want to.
But everybody's gonna know eventually.
You may as well get it out now before it gets back to karen in some distorted way.
Karen, honey, this is not what it looks like.
First time I met trina,was in a park.
A bunch of kids playing around.
She was seven months pregnant, said her boyfriend had left her and she didn't have any family.
So the only responsible thing to do was give up her baby,and I believed her.
I'd meet her a couple times a week, she'd show me ultrasounds and doctors' reports.
Honey, I wish you could have seen the look on your face when I told you about the baby.
After everything we've been through, it's like a light went on in your eyes.
Anyway, um,a couple of weeks before she was due to deliver she brought up money--15 grand.
She said if I couldn't come up with it, she's find somebody who could.
So I emptied our bank accounts I took it all,and I gave it to her.
And then I never saw her again.
I tried to tell you,but I was too embarrassed.
And that's why I'm here.
I thought if I could look at her face to face and ask her why I might get some kind of answer.
Carter mills? I'm with the fbi.
We need your help.
We're trying to track down trina flax.
I need a nurse.
I feel nauseous.
We know about the adoption scam.
We know what you did to doug.
No, it was trina's idea.
She came to me.
All I got was a finder's fee.
Carter, we need to know where trina's hiding.
We think she skipped town already.
Her son's at the house? Yeah.
Trina is a good mom.
She'd never leave him.
Doug, you have every right to get answers.
Nobody's trying to take that away.
Answers? He deserves more than answers.
Doug, you have been royally screwed.
First by the corrupt criminal courts, that came back to screw you again when you tried to adopt only to get screwed a third time by a corrupt state employee, and now you got the fbi breathing down your neck for your trouble.
Doug, do not listen to this man.
This is just a game for him.
Do you know what, man? If anyone deserves a free pass, it's you.
And you know what else? Set doug free.
Set doug free.
Set doug free! Okay, mathers, good work.
Well, I got good new and bad news.
The good news, I think I know where trina flax is.
In the van? I think she's in there.
Set doug free! Set doug free! Set doug free! Set doug free! set doug free! Set doug free! Set doug free! Set doug free! Set doug free! Set doug free! Set doug free! Set doug free! Set doug free! Set doug free! Set doug free! Set doug free! I wasn't friends with trina or nothing.
She just paid me to baby-sit, that's all.
You should clean up your feet, put something on those cuts.
It's okay.
They're gonna say I hurt you.
But you didn'T.
Doesn't matter.
They don't care what the truth is.
They make up their own.
How'd you know she'd be here? If that was your kid in that house where would you be? Doug would be dead already.
Please tell me you are not thinking about going into that crowd.
I'm not thinking about going into that crowd.
Just gonna do it.
Duff.
Stay cool.
Anybody here finds out who you are, you're gonna have bigger problems than me.
Leave me alone!Let me go! Hey, you got a problem? Move.
It's a cop! Don't!Let me go! Whoa, whoa, people,people, stay calm.
Take it easy.
Nice work.
Hey, where you going? All right, the guy just started a riot.
We gotta have enough to arrest him.
More than enough,but if we take him off the air now, it'll just make things worse.
You're right, the guy's not going to shut up.
We don't want him to.
What? We need him.
We need him to connect with doug, we need him to control the crowd.
Okay, who is going to control him? We are.
Listen carefully.
That her? You did this to us!This is your fault! You ruin everything!You ruined our lives! He's lying.
I never promised him my baby.
He approached me in the park.
He offered me money.
Trina, we found the money, okay? Not just doug's 15 grand, we found all the money that you ripped off from all the other couples.
I have enough to put you away for about 15 years, okay? Sit down and think about that 'cause the next time you see that kid, he's going to be shaving,if you see him again.
What does that mean? Someday, somebody's going to tell him about what happened here today and how his mother chose to protect her own ass instead of trying to do everything she could to save his.
So I wouldn't expect any mother's day cards.
Now, I know what you did.
I want to know who you did it to.
I want names and I want numbers.
Start writing.
Hey, guys, guess who's back.
It's fbi emily.
Back in full effect, avery.
Thanks for the intro.
You know, I'm thinking about everything we were talking about and I have come to a surprising conclusion which is you're absolutely right.
Lea, you ready? Let's do it.
I'm what? You're right.
This country is facing some serious problems.
Okay, I think I'm getting sexually aroused.
The american people have had it rough.
Especially people like doug frohmer.
Hallelujah.
Do you hear that, everyone? No, don't adjust your radio dial.
We actually agree on something.
Most of our homeless and runaways come out of foster care.
All these kids have never been given the love or the attention that they deserve.
The system is screwed up.
You took the words right out of my mouth.
You know what the biggest tragedy is, doug? Is that you and karen had all this love to give and you were never given the chance, and that is not your fault.
Okay, all right,I think I'm gonna cry now.
Let's open the phone lines, los angeles.
Hear what's on your minds.
Brody in sylmar,give me some.
Yeah, stop your crying,you loser.
Avery, dump this chump.
He can't even buy a baby.
Hey, smartass, why don't you come down here and say it to my face? Don't listen to these people, doug.
They're losers.
Those are my fans you're talking about, clarice.
Fbi emily thinks I'm right, but she thinks you're a loser.
What do you think? Yo, avery, what's up? Hey, I've been listening to your show all morning.
You know,it's really, really good, but I think this trina chick sounds like a real skank.
Yo, I would bet a week's pay that she's played oer dudes before doug.
What would you do about it,matthew? Well, I would try to find some of these people, you know? Maybe here what they have to say about it.
Give me a break.
Fbi couldn't even find 19 known terrorists with box cutters.
Next call.
You think that the fbi is gonna find one of trina's victims? Hell, yeah.
Bet they already found one.
Probably on their way to pick him up right now.
Hey, steele, you should have this emily on more often.
She sounds real cute, you know.
Yeah, whatever.
You know, avery,I changed my mind.
You're a joke.
Don't be hatin' just because you got a problem with the truth, baby.
You made four million dollars last year.
Is that your definition of common man? I add value to people's lives.
I'm paid accordingly.
Did you get that information legally? Wiretap, you eavesdrop,exactly Okay, I think we have enough.
You don't want doug's life to improve, because if it did get better, you'd have nothing to bitch about and no one to bitch to.
You done? No.
You are.
Avery steele,you are under arrest.
Hello? Hello? what?You can't do this.
Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law.
I'll sue you.
Give me some.
You can't take me off.
What do you think doug's gonna do when he figures out I'm not here, huh? What do you think that crowd will do?! You're on.
We want steele! We want steele! We want steele! Where the hell's my backup?! A minute south.
Traffic.
You have the squad leader check in with me before they deploy.
We can't afford any mistakes.
Son of A! Down on the ground! Down on the ground! Get all the way down! gimme some.
you're on the air with avery steele and doug frohmer.
Doug, are you still with us? What happened?Where'd you go? We had some technical difficulties, but, um it's all working now.
You know, let's talk, doug.
It's time to figure out your next move.
You know, you may not believe this, doug, but you started something positive here today.
We actually agree on something.
Yeah, you come out that door right now and you can testify against trina flax.
You can make sure that she will never do this to anybody ever again.
You're a hero to a lot of people, doug.
You took the words right out of my mouth.
I'll be out on bail and back on the air within an hour.
My fans will know exactly what went on here.
All your fans will know is that you helped the fbi save three lives.
Now if you feel the need to tell them any different well, you're dumber than your shirt makes you look.
What's up, avery? What the hell? Get his sorry ass out of here.
Doug, there's a woman here that would like to speak to you and I think you need to hear what she has to say.
I don't think I can do this.
Yeah, sure you can.
what do I say to him? You just talk to him, all right? You've both been through the same thing.
You just tell him what it was like for you.
His name's doug.
It was the worst thing that ever happened to me.
I know.
But I moved on,I put it behind me.
I don't think you have, dana.
I think you're still carrying it with you just like he's still carrying it with him.
Now do something about it.
All right, doug, if you could just hang in with us for a few seconds.
I know this is really hard for her.
I mean, nobody knows that better than you do.
I know she wants to tell you her story.
She wants you to hear what she's been through.
If you could just bear with us for a few more moments I think it will be worth the wait.
Doug hi, ummy name's dana.
Dana stills.
You've never heard of me.
Up until a few minutes ago, I had never heard of you.
But we have something in common.
Trina flax.
She promised to let you adopt her baby.
Yes.
What happened? She asked for money,which I gave her.
And then she was gone.
You could've gone to the police.
How?I'd broken the law.
We both knew that.
You know what I felt more than anything? Stupid.
Stupid for being so desperate.
Stupid for not checking her background.
Stupid for wanting to believe.
But I don't feel stupid anymore.
Trina's been arrested.
She's gonna go to prison because of what you did, doug.
Because you did what I couldn't do.
You had the guts to go after her.
I don't think I'm the only one that wants to say thank you.
Yeah, doug, that's, um that's pretty good for a day's work.
Come on, make it count.
All you need to do is walk out of that door.
All units, hold your positions.
You ready? Just keep moving.
They're not going to hurt you.
What about you? I'll be right behind you.
What happened? I thought he was giving up.
He just did.
If he suicides,we'll have a major riot on our hands.
Get back on the radio.
How do we even know he's listening? We don'T.
We assume and we hope to hell we're right.
Doug, I need you to listen to me.
You're focusing on the wrong thing.
You know, you need to think about karen.
Your wife still loves you,that hasn't changed.
You know what, doug, um avery asked me what, uh qualification I have to talk to you.
Well, it's this:I have what you have.
I have somebody who's there for me, just like karen is there for you.
I mean, she's waiting for you outside, doug.
Right now.
Now, I know we all get so hung up on the things that we don't have that we forget to look at the things that are right there in front of us.
And, yeah, you don't know how long it's gonna last or if you're gonna have it tomorrow, but it's there today.
And, you know, that's something that most people will never get a chance to know.
Walk out of that house, doug.
Right now.
Your wife is waiting for you outside, right now.
Show her how much you love her, doug.
Do it right now.
Stand by.
We have movement.
Drop your gun! Drop the gun! I guess he was listening.
Great show everybody!
Driver fled the scene after shooting the man in an apparent random act of That's why I always say,don't trust the government because the government doesn't trust you.
The system is designed to screw you over and I'm here to watch your back.
You're listening to avery steele, the voice of the people.
Phone lines are open,los angeles.
Gimme some! Hey, guys.
Party we should know about? Police pursuit out of torrance,attempted murder.
Cheryl asked us to keep up And you're all assisting her? Wow, he's really moving.
Hey, what's the latest? Just switched to the north hollywood freeway.
Bad move, buddy.
I'll just be doing that work stuff that we do.
Oh-ho, hello--taking an off-ramp.
Nothing stops my flow.
you know,how this works Get something or new mind somebody somewhere pissing you off Do something about it.
Pick up the phone and call.
I'm waiting.
did you see the way that ty was looking at her? I mean, god, he doesn't even know what she did with mike.
oh, no way--you tell him that.
hey that's my street on tv.
Drop your gun! Drop the gun! Drop the gun! Drop the gun! Gun! crisis negotiation.
T.
O.
C.
Over there.
Let's get sierra up on that roof.
I want the mobile command center over there.
Suspect's name is doug frohmer.
Guy's in surgery now.
What about the hostage? Uh, female, mid-teens.
We got units working on an I.
D.
I also sent a unit out to pick up frohmer's wife.
She lives out in torrance.
Wait, that's not his house? No.
Owner's name is trina flax-- uh, unemployed receptionist,needs a new fence.
Neighbor saw her leave about an hour ago.
We're gonna try and track her down.
Random location, random hostage; this is gonna be fun.
Yeah.
We're not so sure about the random part.
Yeah, he didn't need to turn off the freeway when he did.
He didn't need to turn onto this street.
If he'd have kept going, he'd have hit victory boulevard right around the corner.
So you're saying? He's not just running from the cops, he's running to this house.
Who are you?! Who are you?! Rose.
I live down the street.
Where's trina? where is she? Answer me! I don't know, she went out-- I don't know where.
You see this blood on me? This is not my blood.
I shot somebody because they lied to me.
yeah? Hi.
Mr.
Frohmer? Yeah? Mr.
Frohmer, my name's matt,I'm with the fbi, and I'm calling from outside.
Yeah? Doug, I know you're having a really bad day, okay? Believe it or not, I'm not here to make it any worse.
I want to just help you get through it.
Okay.
Now, you probably think there's no way out of this, but believe me, there is.
Well, yeah,I knew you'd say that.
New record.
you're on the air with avery steele--gimme some! The reality is,that plane landed, those passengers were marched off that plane, into a nasa hangar where they were executed.
Wow, this is so much better than watching the movie.
This isn't a movie.
No, it's an insane and unpopular opinion, mike, and it's a beautiful thing.
It's what we're all about here this morning.
doug from north hollywood,gimme some! Avery, is that you, man? Yes, I-it's me, doug.
You called me.
Try not to wet yourself.
Great, I wasn't sure I was gonna be able to get through.
Guys, you won't believe where I've traced his call.
Patching you into 98.
6 fm.
All right, everyone,this is not a joke.
This is actually happening right now.
I'm talking with doug frohmer,hostage taker.
Turn on your tv right now.
You'll see what I'm talking about.
Avery, you got to help me, man.
They're trying to set me up again.
All right, all right,take it easy, doug.
You did the right thing by calling in, because you now you got me and two million listeners who want to hear your side of the story.
Two million wiesseswho got your back.
Long as we're on the air,pal, anyone wants a piece of youthey got to go through me.
I liked this better when it was on tv.
Avery, you know me, man--it's doug! I've called in before! Oh, a man of steele.
Refresh me.
It's doug!I called in about the "death to lawyers" show a couple of months back! Oh, yes, yes, yes.
doug, I do rememyou-you got set up.
Yes! I called in, I told you about, uh, about taking a ride in my friend's new thunderbird when I was 19.
We get pulled over, and-and then I find out that he's boosted the car, which I didn't even know about.
Doug took a plea bargain--accessory before the fact.
Served probation.
Probably feels he was pushed by the da to plead out and would've fared better at trial.
Yeah, it gives him reason to mistrust authority, government, us.
It gives him reason to love avery steele.
The prosecutor says to me,you know, not to worry about it, that there's a way out of this.
Oh, that's right.
You know what, that's what they always say, you know, 'cause they just want to broom you out of the way, they just want to get home to dinner.
Yes! I've heard of this guy.
I don't listen to talk radio.
Basic shock jock.
He's got a "power to the people" routine and a very loyal fan base people love to listen to him.
They love to listen to themselves.
It is an fm jerry springer freak show dressed up as free speech advocacy and shoveled to the lowest common denominator.
I've accidentally tuned in a couple of times.
You know what, doug?I remember you completely now.
Oh, you got screwed over! Yes! See? That's why I called you, man.
Because I need somebody that tells the fucking truth 'cause all they tell is lies.
He's broadcasting on a delay.
We need to get ahead of this.
Lea? Hey, you know what, doug? I never lie to my fans,and I am not gonna lie to you.
You know what? I'm sick.
.
What? Who's calling,brownmeyer? You tell him I'm doing my show same as always.
Avery, it's the fbi--they're on the scene, and they want you to cut this guy loose.
Fbi's on the phone right now? Right now.
Put 'em through.
What? Put 'em through! Doug, d-doug,I got to tell you, buddy, the phone lines here are going absolutely crazy.
You guys listening to avery steele? Ht called into the show.
You ever hear his clip segment, "racists say the darndest things"? Yeah.
Fbi.
You're on the air with fbi.
You're on the air with Hello.
hi.
Turn your radio down,please.
Hello.
O-okay.
We didn't ask to be on the radio.
Avery, what's going on? It's cool, doug,they're outside your door.
They got guns, they got tanks-- let's hear what they got to say.
Mr.
Steele, we'd like to move this conversation off the air.
Why? We got nothing to hide.
Why does everything got to be so secret? I don't have any secrets-- I want to respect mr.
Frohmer's privacy.
Doug, I'm sure you want the same.
Well, what do you say, doug? I didn't call you to talk to the fbi! Okay, h-hey, I got you loud and clear, pal.
Fbi, you heard the man.
New plan.
Cut the house line,go with the throw phone.
Steele won't give us our ht back, we'll just have to take him back.
Copy that.
Wait a second, if we pull the plug now, it looks like we really are the bad guy.
Yeah, doug trusts steele,not us.
If we sever that connection, it could send him over the edge.
So you want him to run the show? No.
No.
But he's got frohmer burning off adrenaline-- we let him cool down steele doesn't want doug to cool down-- it's bad radio.
Look, I'm going down to the radio station.
I want you two to be ready to reestablish contact as soon as steele is out of the picture.
Cheryl, don'T.
It's the wrong move.
What'd you say? You can't go.
We need an on-scene commander.
Well, then you're in command until I get back.
Happy? you, uh, you want to hear my tactical plan? Th-this is not what it looks like.
It's not what you think-- I'm not a criminal.
I believe you, doug-- the plea bargain system in this country sucks.
That's why child molesters walk free, and guys like you-- good guys-- get the shaft.
It's not about that, either.
Well, what is it about, man?Just say it! Scream it if you want to! Doug, you are the man! You're the man of the hour,you're the man with the gun! The people are listening.
You wouldn't believe how many people I got listening, and they all just want to hear what you want, man.
I want trina flaX.
Right here face to face.
Else I'm going to burn down her crap house with all of us inside of it.
and we have our first demand.
He's pushing it too hard.
This could get ugly.
Hey, lea, what's our update on trina flax? No cell phone listed.
No clue.
Here's her picture.
Trina flax, if you're listening,doug wants to have a chat.
Call in 1-800-steele-it.
What about the social worker he shot? Carter mills, department of child and family services.
Got to be honest.
I don't see a connection between doug, trina or this guy.
Does doug have kids? Okay, now I want to hear your plan.
The bridge is tough without eyes and ears.
Best bet-- selective fire.
Zero one on the opposing roof.
One clean shot ends this.
Who's on sierra? Hastings.
Can you guarantee a shot? Hastings never misses.
The only shot I can guarantee is my own.
All right, well, let's get you up on that roof and we'll keep talking.
Yes, sir.
Emily, the wife's here.
So, doug, how does one go about preparing for a morning of gunplay and high-speed pursuits? Bowl of cereal, waffles? You can't be in here.
Cheryl carrera, fbi.
Take him off the air now.
Goodstein and lowe of goodstein, lowe and harris.
We represent mr.
Steele.
Your client is interfering with an active federal investigation.
Not according to the U.
S.
Constitution.
Any action taken against our client would be a blatant violation of his rights of freedom of speech and press.
And you would find yourself personally named in the biggest first amendment lawsuit the bureau's ever seen.
All right, the fbi's in my studio, doug.
I think this is the same lady I hung up on, and she's tall and she's black and she's not happy.
Don't hang up on me, avery.
Don't you hang up on me.
I'll shoot this girl.
I'm not hanging up.
Don't shoot anybody,okay, doug? You don't want to do that.
No one wants you to do that.
All right.
Doug? Lea, have the U.
S.
Attorney's office start a running affidavit.
Every word that mr.
Steele says on the air goes in writing.
The second he crosses the line into obstruction, I want to know about it.
Think, mrs.
Frohmer.
Trina flax no, I don'T.
I have never heard that name before.
What about carter mills? That's the, um he's the social worker from dcfs, the adoption consultant.
What does he have to do with this? Your husband shot him a couple hours ago.
Right before he jumped in the car and drove here.
He's getting out of surgery now.
He's going to be okay.
He said he found a loophole.
A what? We've been trying to get pregnant going on three years now.
I had to hock my car to pay for the ivf.
When that didn't take,we tried to adopt.
Turned down because of doug's record.
Please, I know that he gets wound up, but he is not a killer.
Karen please don't hurt him.
We don't want to.
You said something about a loophole.
Doug found a loophole? He said he found a way to get a baby through the system.
But it turned out that he made that up.
Guys, I may be hauled off to guantanamo any second here, but you've got to admit,this is dramatic stuff.
Way too much excitement for morning drive.
Hey, doug,no matter what, I am with you the rest of the day,right here with you, doug.
what's that? what is that? No, no, no, no.
doug? Doug? Doug, you there, amigo? Lea, ht just dumped steele.
Close off the phone lines,reassign the house number.
We're back in control.
Something's wrong.
Frank, I need eyes in that house.
Negative on the visual.
No sign of the ht.
Wait the ht's on the move.
Got him.
Four side window.
No sign of hostage.
Do you have a shot? no shot.
Doug? We can't get him back?Try the number again.
doug? We lost him.
That's it we lost him.
hello.
Hey, who's this? I didn't tell him the baby was in there.
Okay, all right, take a deep breath.
My name's matt.
What's yours? Wow, that was crazy.
Rose anders.
Okay, rose, is anybody else in there with you? No, nobody elsE.
I was just here baby-sitting for trina.
Wasn't that crazy? Hang up the phone.
What do you guys think? Jesse, from north hollywood,gimme some.
Dude, I'm there.
I'm down the street from the house.
It's awesome.
Wait, wait, wait, seriously,jesse? What's going on? Man, they got snipers,they got big rv'S.
You got to get down here, man.
It's awesome.
Oh, jesse, you know what, I think you're on to something here.
Listen up, L.
A.
,Jesse just had a great idea.
If anybody's calling in right now about doug frohmer, I want you to stop calling and I want you to go see him at 4431 euclid street off the north hollywood freeway.
If you're heading into work right now, I want you to go in late.
For the rest of you that would be putting down your bong son of a bitch.
I want you to get into your car.
You go down there and show doug your support.
In fact, the first hundred people to call me from doug's street, free tickets to see grabfish at the wiltern.
I'm gonna kill him.
Rogers, expand your perimeter.
Expect company.
Copy.
Seal it up.
The circus is coming to town.
I hate when people try and crash my party.
Okay, doug frohmer gets turned down for adoption.
He then turns around and promises his wife a baby.
Four months later,out of the blue, he shoots the adoption consultant.
Then he drives to a house and barricades himself in with a newborn.
Demands to confront the baby's mother who the wife doesn't know.
You know, karen said they applied for adoption, but there was no record at the dcfs.
Well, maybe the social worker deleted the record.
Why? To cover his own ass.
Because? Because maybe he didn't turn them down for an adoption.
Maybe he tried to charge them for one.
Loophole.
Yeah, except now the scam is back on doug.
It's a classic con job, right? The social worker intros pregnant trina who's looking to sell her baby.
Doug makes a down payment.
Then when the due date arrives trina's gone and so is her baby.
what's the matter with him? His diaper's wet.
Probably has a rash.
Where are the diapers? In the hall closet.
You go get them.
Go! Lea, we need you to get rolling on a warrant to search trina flax's bank records.
She's the bad guy.
That's the angle.
We can't tell doug he's the victim here.
Why not? Because he'll know you're lying.
He can cry all he wants about being set up, but he knew he broke the law when he paid for that baby.
You make it sound like it's a drug deal.
Well, if he didn't think he did anything wrong he wouldn't have lied to his wife.
Thank you.
He lied to her because he's trying to protect her.
You don't get that? I get that he lied to protect himself.
I mean, they couldn't get pregnant, he felt impotent.
They couldn't adopt,he felt cheated.
The last thing he needed was to get conned by a woman.
So you think he's in there trying to get his manhood back? I think that's one of the reasons he called avery steele.
You know, big alpha male--take his side, pump him up.
Well, let's hook him back up to the pump.
You want to put doug back on the air with steele? Yeah, this time with a sexy young cohost.
Me? Yeah.
No.
Why not? Because we already lost that fight, matt.
Steele won't cooperate.
He certainly will if he thinks he's going to get doug back on the air.
Come on, you know I'm right about this.
All right, I can handle doug, but with steele in the room, it's going to be like trying to defuse a bomb with a little gremlin on my shoulder pulling my hair.
Why is the gremlin pulling your hair? I could come up with a better metaphor, but the point is, it's not a controlled environment.
Well, you've got to control it then.
I can't go-- I got to keep things under control here.
Things are under control here.
Guys, you want to see this.
A sudden influx of spectators arriving near the location of the home siege in north hollywood.
Reminiscent on a smaller scale of the crowds that lined up to cheer and jeer oj simpson You go down there and show your support Hey, I'm seeing some of you guys arriving here on on the tv in the studio.
If you've got your radios on, I want you to crank 'em up just in case doug doesn't have his on.
Hey, doug, i'm giving a shout-out to you, buddy.
Fight the power! he's inciting a crowd to take action.
Brandenburg V.
Ohio,the right to speak and organize whoever obstructs or delays information relating to a criminal violation shall be fined or serve prison time up to five years.
First year con law.
Anything else? Musser V.
Utah,advocacyannot be used oh, shut uP.
Tell me you brought me something I can use.
It's something, but I don't think you're going to like it.
I love it, man.
Bring it on.
Let's put her on the air.
You're already in dangerous territory, avery.
The fbi's just waiting for you to slip up.
It's a life or death situation.
You can't use language that subjectively intends or openly encourages illegal activity.
So don't tell doug to blow away the little girl.
I got it.
What do you think I'm a moron? Cross the line, they're going to arrest you on the spot.
Slap cuffs on you.
This goes bad,or credibility dies and the press will crucify us.
Sounds kinky.
No pressure.
Mr.
Steele, I appreciate your cooperation headphones in here.
Speak right into this microphone.
Okay, we should probably establish los angeles, we're back.
And you don't want to miss this.
Doug, I came through for you, buddy.
They're going to open the phone lines so you and i can talk.
The catch is,an fbi negotiator has to sit in on the talk, but it's still the avery steele show and hey,I'm still calling the shots.
So let's meet our special guest.
You have a name,or can you not reveal that information at this time? Emily.
Emily.
That's so emily.
It's like, hey, bob,who's that chick that bombed waco? Oh, that's emily,she's a nice girl doug, if you can hear me,I know you're upset.
You're suspicious of us.
You have a right to be considering everything you've been through.
We are going to ring into the house now.
And I'd like you to pick up the phone.
Before we do that, may i ask you a serious question? Are you trained for this? What qualifies emily to negotiate? Avery, I'm not here to talk about myself.
I want to hear what doug has to say.
Don't you? Well, of course all right, let's stop wasting his time.
okay, doug,go ahead, pick up the phone.
They're watching me like a hawk.
What the fucking do you people want from me? doug, we both want the same thing.
We both want you to walk out of that house alive.
Yeah, that's why she's got delta force camped out in your front yard.
Doug, I talked to karen.
She told me about everything you've been through together.
She told me about the baby.
Baby? Whoa, whoa, what baby? You talked to karen?Where is she? She's safe, doug, but I really think we should talk,about this off the air.
You know, anything you say off the air is off the record, d, and they can twist it any way they want.
Just like you twist it for a punchline? I want to talk to karen.
Yeah, I can arrange that.
You don't need the fbi for that, doug.
Everybody can hear you right now.
For someone drawing unemployment, trina flax is doing okay.
She's got close to 50 grand in her savings account.
Poor guy.
Probably mortgaged his house.
Okay, mathers, here's what I need you to do.
I need you to talk to carter mills, all right? That's the social worker doug shot this morning.
He just got out of surgery in tarzana.
Do you want me to access his files? No, no, I don't want you to access his files.
I want you to get up from your computer, pick up your car keys and get down to the hospital.
If anybody knows how to find trina flax it's gonna be him.
Hurry.
Hey, everybody, how you doing? hot enough for ya? Okay, so listen.
Really appreciate you coming down here to watch this all work.
I know it can be very, very exciting.
It's also very, very dangerous, so the best way for y'all to be safe and for us to be able to do our jobs is to keep things calm out here.
at least, at least down to a comfortable low roar.
Thanks All right, thank you.
What do you think? Backup's on the way.
Thank you.
Do you hear that, man? Those are your troops.
They love you, they support you.
Whatever you did, it's cool.
Everybody gets into trouble, everybody cheats on his wife.
I didn't cheat.
He didn't cheat on his wife.
Doug, nobody thinks that.
Okay, I apologize.
But I'm shooting in the dark here.
You're in a strange woman's house with a gun? You don't seem too pleased with her.
Doug, you don't have to say anything you don't want to.
But everybody's gonna know eventually.
You may as well get it out now before it gets back to karen in some distorted way.
Karen, honey, this is not what it looks like.
First time I met trina,was in a park.
A bunch of kids playing around.
She was seven months pregnant, said her boyfriend had left her and she didn't have any family.
So the only responsible thing to do was give up her baby,and I believed her.
I'd meet her a couple times a week, she'd show me ultrasounds and doctors' reports.
Honey, I wish you could have seen the look on your face when I told you about the baby.
After everything we've been through, it's like a light went on in your eyes.
Anyway, um,a couple of weeks before she was due to deliver she brought up money--15 grand.
She said if I couldn't come up with it, she's find somebody who could.
So I emptied our bank accounts I took it all,and I gave it to her.
And then I never saw her again.
I tried to tell you,but I was too embarrassed.
And that's why I'm here.
I thought if I could look at her face to face and ask her why I might get some kind of answer.
Carter mills? I'm with the fbi.
We need your help.
We're trying to track down trina flax.
I need a nurse.
I feel nauseous.
We know about the adoption scam.
We know what you did to doug.
No, it was trina's idea.
She came to me.
All I got was a finder's fee.
Carter, we need to know where trina's hiding.
We think she skipped town already.
Her son's at the house? Yeah.
Trina is a good mom.
She'd never leave him.
Doug, you have every right to get answers.
Nobody's trying to take that away.
Answers? He deserves more than answers.
Doug, you have been royally screwed.
First by the corrupt criminal courts, that came back to screw you again when you tried to adopt only to get screwed a third time by a corrupt state employee, and now you got the fbi breathing down your neck for your trouble.
Doug, do not listen to this man.
This is just a game for him.
Do you know what, man? If anyone deserves a free pass, it's you.
And you know what else? Set doug free.
Set doug free.
Set doug free! Okay, mathers, good work.
Well, I got good new and bad news.
The good news, I think I know where trina flax is.
In the van? I think she's in there.
Set doug free! Set doug free! Set doug free! Set doug free! set doug free! Set doug free! Set doug free! Set doug free! Set doug free! Set doug free! Set doug free! Set doug free! Set doug free! Set doug free! Set doug free! Set doug free! I wasn't friends with trina or nothing.
She just paid me to baby-sit, that's all.
You should clean up your feet, put something on those cuts.
It's okay.
They're gonna say I hurt you.
But you didn'T.
Doesn't matter.
They don't care what the truth is.
They make up their own.
How'd you know she'd be here? If that was your kid in that house where would you be? Doug would be dead already.
Please tell me you are not thinking about going into that crowd.
I'm not thinking about going into that crowd.
Just gonna do it.
Duff.
Stay cool.
Anybody here finds out who you are, you're gonna have bigger problems than me.
Leave me alone!Let me go! Hey, you got a problem? Move.
It's a cop! Don't!Let me go! Whoa, whoa, people,people, stay calm.
Take it easy.
Nice work.
Hey, where you going? All right, the guy just started a riot.
We gotta have enough to arrest him.
More than enough,but if we take him off the air now, it'll just make things worse.
You're right, the guy's not going to shut up.
We don't want him to.
What? We need him.
We need him to connect with doug, we need him to control the crowd.
Okay, who is going to control him? We are.
Listen carefully.
That her? You did this to us!This is your fault! You ruin everything!You ruined our lives! He's lying.
I never promised him my baby.
He approached me in the park.
He offered me money.
Trina, we found the money, okay? Not just doug's 15 grand, we found all the money that you ripped off from all the other couples.
I have enough to put you away for about 15 years, okay? Sit down and think about that 'cause the next time you see that kid, he's going to be shaving,if you see him again.
What does that mean? Someday, somebody's going to tell him about what happened here today and how his mother chose to protect her own ass instead of trying to do everything she could to save his.
So I wouldn't expect any mother's day cards.
Now, I know what you did.
I want to know who you did it to.
I want names and I want numbers.
Start writing.
Hey, guys, guess who's back.
It's fbi emily.
Back in full effect, avery.
Thanks for the intro.
You know, I'm thinking about everything we were talking about and I have come to a surprising conclusion which is you're absolutely right.
Lea, you ready? Let's do it.
I'm what? You're right.
This country is facing some serious problems.
Okay, I think I'm getting sexually aroused.
The american people have had it rough.
Especially people like doug frohmer.
Hallelujah.
Do you hear that, everyone? No, don't adjust your radio dial.
We actually agree on something.
Most of our homeless and runaways come out of foster care.
All these kids have never been given the love or the attention that they deserve.
The system is screwed up.
You took the words right out of my mouth.
You know what the biggest tragedy is, doug? Is that you and karen had all this love to give and you were never given the chance, and that is not your fault.
Okay, all right,I think I'm gonna cry now.
Let's open the phone lines, los angeles.
Hear what's on your minds.
Brody in sylmar,give me some.
Yeah, stop your crying,you loser.
Avery, dump this chump.
He can't even buy a baby.
Hey, smartass, why don't you come down here and say it to my face? Don't listen to these people, doug.
They're losers.
Those are my fans you're talking about, clarice.
Fbi emily thinks I'm right, but she thinks you're a loser.
What do you think? Yo, avery, what's up? Hey, I've been listening to your show all morning.
You know,it's really, really good, but I think this trina chick sounds like a real skank.
Yo, I would bet a week's pay that she's played oer dudes before doug.
What would you do about it,matthew? Well, I would try to find some of these people, you know? Maybe here what they have to say about it.
Give me a break.
Fbi couldn't even find 19 known terrorists with box cutters.
Next call.
You think that the fbi is gonna find one of trina's victims? Hell, yeah.
Bet they already found one.
Probably on their way to pick him up right now.
Hey, steele, you should have this emily on more often.
She sounds real cute, you know.
Yeah, whatever.
You know, avery,I changed my mind.
You're a joke.
Don't be hatin' just because you got a problem with the truth, baby.
You made four million dollars last year.
Is that your definition of common man? I add value to people's lives.
I'm paid accordingly.
Did you get that information legally? Wiretap, you eavesdrop,exactly Okay, I think we have enough.
You don't want doug's life to improve, because if it did get better, you'd have nothing to bitch about and no one to bitch to.
You done? No.
You are.
Avery steele,you are under arrest.
Hello? Hello? what?You can't do this.
Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law.
I'll sue you.
Give me some.
You can't take me off.
What do you think doug's gonna do when he figures out I'm not here, huh? What do you think that crowd will do?! You're on.
We want steele! We want steele! We want steele! Where the hell's my backup?! A minute south.
Traffic.
You have the squad leader check in with me before they deploy.
We can't afford any mistakes.
Son of A! Down on the ground! Down on the ground! Get all the way down! gimme some.
you're on the air with avery steele and doug frohmer.
Doug, are you still with us? What happened?Where'd you go? We had some technical difficulties, but, um it's all working now.
You know, let's talk, doug.
It's time to figure out your next move.
You know, you may not believe this, doug, but you started something positive here today.
We actually agree on something.
Yeah, you come out that door right now and you can testify against trina flax.
You can make sure that she will never do this to anybody ever again.
You're a hero to a lot of people, doug.
You took the words right out of my mouth.
I'll be out on bail and back on the air within an hour.
My fans will know exactly what went on here.
All your fans will know is that you helped the fbi save three lives.
Now if you feel the need to tell them any different well, you're dumber than your shirt makes you look.
What's up, avery? What the hell? Get his sorry ass out of here.
Doug, there's a woman here that would like to speak to you and I think you need to hear what she has to say.
I don't think I can do this.
Yeah, sure you can.
what do I say to him? You just talk to him, all right? You've both been through the same thing.
You just tell him what it was like for you.
His name's doug.
It was the worst thing that ever happened to me.
I know.
But I moved on,I put it behind me.
I don't think you have, dana.
I think you're still carrying it with you just like he's still carrying it with him.
Now do something about it.
All right, doug, if you could just hang in with us for a few seconds.
I know this is really hard for her.
I mean, nobody knows that better than you do.
I know she wants to tell you her story.
She wants you to hear what she's been through.
If you could just bear with us for a few more moments I think it will be worth the wait.
Doug hi, ummy name's dana.
Dana stills.
You've never heard of me.
Up until a few minutes ago, I had never heard of you.
But we have something in common.
Trina flax.
She promised to let you adopt her baby.
Yes.
What happened? She asked for money,which I gave her.
And then she was gone.
You could've gone to the police.
How?I'd broken the law.
We both knew that.
You know what I felt more than anything? Stupid.
Stupid for being so desperate.
Stupid for not checking her background.
Stupid for wanting to believe.
But I don't feel stupid anymore.
Trina's been arrested.
She's gonna go to prison because of what you did, doug.
Because you did what I couldn't do.
You had the guts to go after her.
I don't think I'm the only one that wants to say thank you.
Yeah, doug, that's, um that's pretty good for a day's work.
Come on, make it count.
All you need to do is walk out of that door.
All units, hold your positions.
You ready? Just keep moving.
They're not going to hurt you.
What about you? I'll be right behind you.
What happened? I thought he was giving up.
He just did.
If he suicides,we'll have a major riot on our hands.
Get back on the radio.
How do we even know he's listening? We don'T.
We assume and we hope to hell we're right.
Doug, I need you to listen to me.
You're focusing on the wrong thing.
You know, you need to think about karen.
Your wife still loves you,that hasn't changed.
You know what, doug, um avery asked me what, uh qualification I have to talk to you.
Well, it's this:I have what you have.
I have somebody who's there for me, just like karen is there for you.
I mean, she's waiting for you outside, doug.
Right now.
Now, I know we all get so hung up on the things that we don't have that we forget to look at the things that are right there in front of us.
And, yeah, you don't know how long it's gonna last or if you're gonna have it tomorrow, but it's there today.
And, you know, that's something that most people will never get a chance to know.
Walk out of that house, doug.
Right now.
Your wife is waiting for you outside, right now.
Show her how much you love her, doug.
Do it right now.
Stand by.
We have movement.
Drop your gun! Drop the gun! I guess he was listening.
Great show everybody!