Flashpoint s01e08 Episode Script
Never Kissed a Girl
you lie just like everybody else! ed: a gun never solved anything, believe me.
parker: spike, he's escalating.
where are you? fifteen seconds away.
that's not good enough.
just put the gun down.
bravo team, are you set? i'll let you know when we're there.
you get over next to him and put your hands up.
now! i need you now! i need you now! it's over.
it's over.
no.
your time is up.
good luck with your lawyer today.
thanks.
hey, just one hole? how many shots? twenty.
that's nice.
that's why you're still my number one.
ed: that's why i'm always number one.
ed, we're being sued.
wrongful death.
first york plaza.
what do you got? male youth, breached the perimeter.
ed, the boy! wrongful death? we're being sued or i'm being sued? technically? you.
so, you're file's finally arrived.
this is it? that's it.
prosecution's case against you.
man: okay, okay.
all right.
before you get too excited, i gotta tell you, i've been through it all.
i'm afraid you're gonna be disappointed.
there's nothing in there that you don't already know.
there's nothing here about my so-called "confession"? just what the informant said on the stand.
there's nothing about how the prosecution tracked him down, how they got him to talk, no paper trail.
yeah, but how can that be? where is it? isn't the prosecution supposed to render all evidence? i know, i know, i've talked at length with cheznik's office.
they even admitted that papers may have been lostor misfiled.
those pages, i mean they prove i'm innocence that i was framed.
i mean, how can we how can we appeal without all the files? we're still appealing, right? we can still make a case? i'm sorry.
the force is behind you a hundred percent.
i'm behind you, ed.
frank mcandrew's gonna talk you through it.
you brought my lawyer back? he wants you down at the courthouse this morning.
deposition.
i'm on shift.
ed, we need to be seen taking this seriously.
we stall, they go to the press, this thing gets legs.
just hold your nose and go down to the courthouse; they don't have a case.
are you kidding me? the guy walks into a building, shoots a woman dead, holds another woman hostage, turns his gun on you, i do what i'm hired and trained to do, come on.
i know, that's the truth of what happened.
nobody doubts that.
somebody does! somebody does! that's you know? yeah, the guy's son.
everybody grieves in their own way, right? you know that.
they look for someone to blame.
well, look no further.
but you promised me, you said you'd represent me? we're understaffed, under-funded.
i've got more cases than i can handle with files that are complete.
people that are still in jail, michael.
i'm sorry.
you're sorry? you're sorr look, i spent 11 years in there wondering what happened.
how somebody could get on the stand and say that i said things that i didn't even know? ian, man, if we don't appeal- michael, come on.
you're young, you're 26, you got early parole.
you got your whole life.
you're free.
no, i'm not free, ian.
okay, as long as they think i killed katie, her family, my family, everyone i ever met, everyone i ever knew, i'll never be free! i can't help you.
so who's gonna be there? the uh that lawyer, her tape recorder, a bailiff.
i hear there's gonna be a couple of dancing girls.
you know, we went through this all before.
you know, we went through it all for the inquest, right? stick to the facts, you got nothing to worry about.
what? just what? ed, give me one hour.
you tell the story and i work my magic and then unfounded lawsuit disappears, you're back in your in your cape and tights, you're saving the world.
you still reading comic books, huh? that's nice.
let's do this.
prosecutor's office.
how may i direct your call? hi, um my name is stan smith, i'm an associate of dan cheznik's from the bar association.
i was hoping to make an appointment with him, i've lost his cell number.
mr.
cheznik isn't here, he's in court all day.
can i get his secretary to call you? no, thank you, that won't be necessary.
thanks.
sir, if you could just empty your pockets please? thank you.
step to the side, please.
i just need to go in for a minute.
step to the side.
raise your arms.
uh, the prosecutor- arms up! look, he wanted to meet with me- feet apart, please.
look, if you could just have him paged, that would be- raise your pant leg, sir.
that's a parole device, entering a courthouse without an attorney is a direct violation of parole.
security guard: officer! michael: back up! put your hands up! don't move! i said, don't move! security guard: hostile.
main floor, right corridor.
hostile.
main floor, right corridor.
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when my sergeant called "scorpio," i put my finger on the trigger.
lawyer: so from that point on it was your call whether to shoot or not, is that correct? that's correct, it was my call.
we've got a man with a gun.
we're under lockdown.
what's going on? i'm not finished.
sir? just a sec.
what's going on? they're evacuating.
i gotta ask you to sit tight until all prisoners have been returned to the holding cells and we can safely clear the building.
he hasn't finished.
uh, maybe we should just finish this up then.
i'm sure it's nothing.
is it nothing? he would, he would tell us if it was something.
yeah? ed? strategic response unit, unlock the door.
come on.
boss, it's me.
you at the courthouse? yeah.
we got an active shooter there.
i figured something was up.
parker: he charged the security barrier and he fired a gun.
what's his twenty? parker: grab ed's gear.
sam: copy that.
he ran down a corridor, he could be anywhere.
courtroom, judge's chambers, holding cells.
guy's mid 20's.
black.
weapon's a handgun.
and he was wearing a parole device.
an ex-con.
fantastic.
all right, go the the north exits, okay.
i'm sending up chris.
sru.
my team is on their way.
how many shots fired? one, so far.
one's enough.
he say what he's looking for? he said he needed to see one of the prosecutors, my guy didn't get his name.
probably looking for a courtroom, how many are there? nine.
three on each floor.
kid went that way.
you got uniforms on the exits? yup.
okay, we're gonna have to set up a command post.
tell your guys to stand down.
i need building plans, i need video.
okay.
room 240 is free.
we'll send everything up, security video's on wireless.
up the stairs.
gotcha.
left? right? uh, second floor, take a left.
oh, you'll need these.
last night.
but i don't know if he meant it.
he was kinda drunk.
it was weird.
drop the phone.
put your hands up.
now.
put them up.
i'm looking for a man named dan cheznik.
do you know where he is? i don't know.
i'm, i'm sorry, i don't know.
look, you work here, don't you? yeah, but not with him.
everything okay, folks? he's got a gun.
michael: turn around.
get out of here now or i'll kill her.
i swear i will.
i said, get outta here! okay, you know what? i'm just working security.
so i'm just gonna go ahead and set this down, take the clip out, put it right here, okay? just uh tell me what you want.
i want to talk to dan cheznik.
the lawyer, right? okay, well, you know, you know what? i got a cell phone in my pocket, i got the keys to the to the building.
let me just, let me just call my boss here and we'll see if we can find him for you, okay? okay.
but you do anything stupid and i will shoot her right here, right now.
i promise you, i will! i hear you.
i hear you.
i'm just gonna reach in my pocket here, get my phone, call my boss.
okay? that's all.
it's okay.
parker, here.
ed: boss, hey, it's me.
yeah, i'm in a stairwell off the third floor with a young man.
what's your name? forget my name.
ask about cheznik.
young man? what are you saying, ed? are you telling me you're with the subject now? ed: yeah.
okay, hang tight, we're right outside the building.
we're looking for a, for a for a prosecutor named dan cheznik.
you got your gun, ed? no, no, no.
it's c-h-e parker: are you telling me that he's got you at gunpoint? that's right, yeah.
we just need a location for the young man and the lady here.
okay, he's got a hostage? ed: correct.
do you want the team on an immediate action plan? just give me "yes.
" no, no.
no.
he's a prosecutor.
parker: okay, just stay on the line with me, ed.
tell him you'll call him back.
boss, i'm gonna have to call you back.
okay.
stairwell off the third floor, guy's got two hostages and one's a young woman.
how do we know? 'cause ed's the second hostage.
guys, he doesn't have his gun with him.
oh no.
okay, ed's asking for a deliberate action plan, a twenty on a lawyer named dan cheznik.
wordy, first priority: let's find dan cheznik, he's the target.
wordsworth: on it.
parker: jules, you're on the subject.
pull all profiles on guys wearing parole bracelets, okay? let's find out who this guy is.
jules: got it.
kira, we got a guy here on parole, wearing a bracelet.
mid 20's, black, we need an id.
kira: jules, can you send a snap from the security footage video? okay.
he's charming, he's good looking ed's gonna be fine.
let's go.
(cell phone rings) hold up, hold up, hold up.
hey, buddy, you okay? boss, any luck for my friend here? nah, we're still working on that.
can you stay on the line with me? they're working on it, it's just gonna sec.
i'm just gonna stay on the line here and get some information.
michael: no, no, hang up.
tell them to call you back when they know where he is.
boss, i'm gonna need you to call me back.
copy that.
it's just stay cool, okay? slow him down, put him on our time, okay? copy that.
where can i find cheznik? cheznik? he's prosecuting the frasano case.
that's, uh, courtroom 7, third floor; room's already been locked down.
parker: what's the best way up there without getting near my guy in the stairwell? rob'll take you up.
rob? okay, you can tell your guys to fall back, we'll take care of it from here, thanks.
clear out a courtroom, we contain him inside there.
you know what? let's stick with courtroom 7.
two birds, one stone.
got ya.
we get the prosecutor outta there while we prep it for tactical options.
that's good.
plus we tell the kid one less lie.
you know the layout here? any windows? there's a bunch of windows looking out on king's court, but you'll never see through 'em.
that's all right, we'll take care of it.
we get the subject contained, we settle him down.
wordy, you're team leader.
let's come up with tactical options and just let me know when the room's clear, okay? all right, let's go.
he's gonna call back, right? yeah, yeah, yeah.
he'll call back.
so this prosecutor must've must've really done something bad to you, huh? to get you to pick up a gun and come back in here and risk your life? what were you convicted of? murder, okay?! he convicted me of murder! guys, we can't stall him much longer.
answer it! yeah? parker: 'kay, courtroom 7.
for real.
we're clearing it out, so stall him.
take it slow, all right? we're looking at building plans right now.
he doesn't have a location on the prosecutor yet, all right, but he's, but he's trying.
parker: plan a: less-lethal.
working on a surprise entry.
what's he saying? he's workin' on it.
he's workin' on it.
just give him a second plan b: lethal from across the court, the frosted windows looking west.
we're gonna need to use thermal.
you copy that? yeah.
okay, we've already got video, we'll lay in the audio.
look for an earwig on the prosecutor's table.
what is he saying? what is he saying?! it's courtroom 7.
courtroom 7.
which floor? show me, let's go! all right, she's scared.
all right.
you're making it worse.
walk now! just put the gun down.
put the gun down and you can take me instead, okay? take me instead.
cuff him.
it's fine.
now! it's fine.
cuff him or i'll take the two of you.
it's fine.
come on.
if he's not in that room when i get there it's okay.
it's okay.
move.
your attention please! i'm officer wordsworth, police strategic response unit.
which of you is dan cheznik? dan: that'd be me.
wordsworth: all right, come with me.
the rest of you, on your feet, leave your things.
we need to clear this room immediately.
okay, so dan cheznik's one of the top senior prosecutors in the country.
fifteen years at the bar, hundreds of cases, near perfect conviction record.
they're on the move.
oh my god, they got ed handcuffed.
parker: what the hell are you doing there? guys, we need you to move fast.
we'll answer all your questions outside.
all right, they're almost at the courtroom.
still a half-dozen people in there.
lewis, how's audio? done.
earwig's on the table.
parker: okay, subject is in the corridor, seconds away.
spike, let's go.
spike: okay.
hey! no! come on! they're at the door.
spike: you can't be here.
woman: i'm scared.
five seconds.
go, go, go! michael: you don't get it, do you? i have nothing left, i am not afraid to use this.
i will kill you both, leave you both lying here.
i do not care any more! spike: okay, come on.
that's it.
come on, buddy, just buy us a minute here.
just buy us a minute here, michael: come on, stop screwing around! go! ed: i got it.
you lied.
you said he'd be here.
ed: no, they told me he would be.
i thought they would be.
you lied just like everybody else! this wasn't supposed to happen.
oh my gosh.
he came into the courthouse with a gun, looking for you, and you have no idea who he is? that could be anyone.
you remember every bad guy you've arrested? any idea why he'd go after you? sure, same reason i live in a bunker, drive home in an armoured car: i'm a prosecutor who does his job well.
look, just so you know, that's my teammatestaring down the long end of this guy's gun, so i'd appreciate it if you'd think real hard about this.
let's start over.
any hate mail recently? any threatening phone calls? okay.
thanks, kira.
it's downloaded.
boss, we have an id.
subject is michael jameson.
released from kingston penitentiary and what'd he do? 1997, raped and murdered one katie bakerton.
you.
you're gonna get his cell phone, you're gonna call the police and you're gonna tell them that they have 15 minutes to deliver cheznik to me or one of you dies! do it! all right, guys, it's 5 to 12, we've got a 15 minute deadline.
spike, lewis, where are we on a plan a? spike: looking for a point of entry to the balcony.
might be a rooftop, but where there's a will, there's a way.
copy that.
if that's the only way in.
sam, wordy, where's plan b? cheznik's on his way down to you.
we're heading into position.
we'll let you know when we're there.
copy that.
got an id on the girl he killed.
katie bakerton.
ed: they uh said they were looking for 'im.
all right? said they're gonna call any minute.
move towards him.
i'm a cop.
move towards him.
distract him for a second.
just for a second.
hey, what're you doing?! i don't know.
stop talking! don't move! okay, why don't you just, just tell me your name, maybe i can help you.
all right, what is this? is it payback? is it revenge? i don't want revenge.
ed, if you hear me, look up.
all right, buddy.
okay, just keep him contained close to the balcony.
we'll drop from there.
you stole a gun and you come in here and you're telling me you don't want revenge? i want my name back.
and i wanna know how they got a confession outta me when i never confessed.
two years i've been waiting for the file to show up-- the government's case against me.
well, today, it did.
and now my lawyer's telling me that the file isn't there.
now i need to talk to the man that put me away.
and i want him to look me in the eye and tell me what happened.
that's good, ed, just keep him talking.
now try to find a point of connection.
security guard: got dan cheznik here.
bring him in.
i here you.
and you know what? you and me, we are not that different.
something happened, a couple of months ago; i did something and i i keep having to defend it, defend what i did.
name's michael jameson, you convicted him of the murder of katie bakerton.
katie bakerton? what was that, 10 years ago? eleven.
it's a brutal murder.
okay.
all right, got it.
thanks.
here's the criminal index report.
10 minutes to deadline, jules.
find out who his lawyer is, get him on the phone.
his lawyer? alpha team, what's your 20? approaching blue.
alpha one? top of the world.
copy that.
ed, spike and lewis are on their way.
standby.
bravo team, where are you? ma'am, we need the room, please come with me.
almost in position.
how's ed? he's hanging in, he's trying to get this kid to open up.
and maybe maybe i look at myself differently too.
it's like i know exactly what happened that day; i remember it perfectly.
and my brain keeps playing tricks on me and i start to go over it and over it in my mind, and asking myself if maybe i'm remembering it differently; if maybe i was wrong.
i did that for 11 years.
they charged me as an adult, but i was 15 when they put me away.
never finished high school, never had a job, never kissed a girl.
look, i don't know anything about anything, but i know what happened that day and i know i didn't kill katie.
okay, boss, we're on the back roof.
we should be at the vent soon.
copy that.
why don't you tell me about her? what was she like? she was amazing.
incredible smile.
she didn't have to be, but she was nice to everybody.
didn't matter what kind of family you had, house you lived in, she just saw you.
so i show up the first day of school.
you know, i'm 12, the only black kid in the class it's like they'd never seen it before.
you know, kids are whispering, they're moving their desks, and i'm feeling like i just wanna fall into a hole and disappear.
no, but she comes right over, she sits beside me, smiles, and tells me we're gonna be friends.
and just like that we're friends.
she was raped, dumped in the woods.
tied her ankles, tied up her wrists, slit her throat, covered her face with a t-shirt; couldn't stand to see what he'd done.
just like that-- best friends.
three years three years we were best friends, until i fell in love with her.
all evidence pointed to michael.
she was killed with a knife; he had a knife that fit the specs.
she was raped before she was killed; well, we knew from michael's friends that he had said he wanted more from katie.
did katie feel the same way? i don't know the day i told her, we rode to the park.
she was sitting on the back of my bike, i was swerving, she was laughing we were having such a great time just being together, just us.
it was a perfect day.
and then i just said it.
i mean, i told her i loved her.
what did she say? she said i was sweet.
she leaned against me, kissed me on the cheek, then she asked me to give her a ride.
there's the girl on the right.
and i said yes.
i doubled her doubled her to the corner, near her house.
she wanted me to drop her off.
and he was the last person to see her alive.
and that was the last time you saw her? yeah.
i remember this.
i remember seeing her picture in the paper.
i'm so sorry.
11 years in the joint, this guy still sounds like apple pie.
yeah, well, psychopaths they spend years perfecting their stories.
sarge, i just got off the phone with michael jameson's lawyer.
he backs it up; he says all the evidence against this guy was circumstantial and confirms that the material was missing from his file.
bravo team in position.
frosted windows, limited joy.
standby, we're five minutes away.
that one's ed, you see the cuffs? i've got the suspect.
i could take him right now.
wordsworth: we don't fire on a thermal image; we need to see the guy for real.
okay.
boss calls scorpio? first shot's mine on the glass.
you're a split second later on the subject, as soon as you've confirmed it's him.
copy that.
so the case against this guy, what'd you have on him? you name it.
well, that's what i'm asking.
hey! who's on trial here? i'm not the one waving a gun around.
okay, but my guy's in there facing a gun because this kid came after you and i'd kinda like to understand what it is that's pissing him off.
you need me, i'll be outside, calling my attorney.
sir, you do not leave that hallway.
you stay with security; i may have more questions.
hey, jules, get michael's lawyer back on the phone, let's find out what this cheznik isn't telling us.
i'm on it.
parker: alpha team, what's going on? where are you? we're 2 minutes away from deadline.
lewis: (whispers) it's gonna be tight.
ed: so you sat up there and you told your story and what, you thought the jury would believe you? that's a good boy, eddie, just keep walking him back 'til he's right underneath the balcony.
they did.
but then cheznik puts some guy on the stand, some, some guy that had been in a holding cell with me for five minutes.
then he gets up there and he tells the jury that i confessed to him; that i told him that i killed her.
jules: is there anything in michael's file that shows wrongdoing on the part of the prosecution? anything at all? no, anything that might have incriminated cheznik is gone.
what about other cases this guy's prosecuted? i'll need some time.
so this guy says that you confessed to him what did you say? nothing, not a word.
not even a hello.
and that's what you told the jury? yeah.
but this guy, he knew stuff about how she died-- things that only the killer would know, things that i didn't even know.
talk to me, lewis.
almost there.
ed, one minute 'til the shooters deadline, and alpha needs more time.
you need to buy us more time.
so that's why you wanted the file.
but none of it was there.
'kay, cheznik made sure of that.
all right, you have gotta forget about cheznik, okay? and confronting him at gunpoint is not gonna convince anyone of anything.
if you're innocent, put down the gun.
a gun never solved anything, believe me.
the police are probably out there right now with a sniper.
i know how they work, so.
i'm asking you, i am begging you i am begging you just put the gun down.
no, it's over.
no.
michael: you get over next to him and put your hands up.
now! spike, he's escalating.
where are you? that's not good enough.
now! i need you now, i need you now.
bravo team has it.
no, i don't wanna go lethal.
i don't want to go lethal.
alpha team, i'm watching you.
are you set?! your time is up.
we're set, boss.
go! go! go! lewis and spike: police, put the gun down now! drop your weapon! drop the gun! put it down now! you're okay.
you're okay.
you're okay.
parker: he's got her.
he's got her, he's got her.
they're clear, they're safe.
ed: come on, come on.
parker: they're safe.
you son of a bitch! okay, where's the subject? where's uh where's michael jameson? i'm sorry i freaked out, i didn't know.
you're all right.
you're okay.
cuffs.
get these cuffs off.
you did great.
are you okay? i'll be all right when that kid gets outta there.
i've been on the phone with his lawyer.
the kid was right, the case was a disaster.
what do you mean "a disaster"? get a load of this if you won't let me talk to cheznik then give me a tape recorder.
subject turns to suicide michael's asked for a tape recorder.
all right, lewis.
just take it easy.
just talk to him.
okay, it's coming.
it's coming, they're working on it.
all right, please, stay calm, all right? you could lower that gun a few inches? cheznik: (on phone) no.
jules: that's him.
they still wont let me go.
are you listening to me? make sure it's recording.
what did i just say? what did i just tell you? no! excuse me, sir? if i could just talk to you for a second.
i gotta get back in there.
oh, they got you out? what's going on? listen, i've gotta call you back.
if i could just get this straight.
so it's a young girl who was raped and murdered, and the public was looking for someone to hang, right? they always are.
and the only real suspect is this kid and all you got on him is circumstantial? jules: are we picking this up? parker: yeah.
i mean, nobody's gonna want to take that case.
that's right.
it's a no-win.
so you do what it takes to make the case.
you know what i get it.
our system is rigged against the good guys; you do what you gotta do.
i hear ya.
like like giving an informant the details of a murder? that kinda thing? how many years did you knock off this guy's sentence? excuse me.
ed: and what about the 8 other cases you used jailhouse informants to get confessions? you get your hand off me.
happily.
i make no apologies for what i did.
those were good cases.
they were tough cases.
no one else coulda gotten those convictions.
they knew that.
that's that's what? why they made you a senior prosecutor a month after that kid went to jail? hey, ed.
that's nice work.
is what he said enough to nail him? no.
no.
but the whole thing might be enough to get this kid an appeal.
jules is working on it.
i'm going in to tell him.
boss, i let me have the vest, 'kay? ed, you can't just keep putting yourself in the middle of this thing; that's not how we work, you know that.
what is this? you think this is some way to atone? you save this kid, you get to take it all back? i'm not trying to take it back.
ed.
eddie.
okay, this is strategic response unit officer, ed lane.
you're a cop? ed: yes, i am.
i need you to listen to me.
i got cheznik, on record, admitting that he would do whatever it took to get a conviction.
your lawyer says there may be as many as with the evidence he has, it's enough for an appeal.
so just just put down the gun, okay? nobody dies today.
nobody dies today, okay? wait, wait what you were saying about going over something in your brain? yeah.
in prison, i went over a lot of things, man, but there was this one thing that i kept asking myself over and over.
i asked myself why katie didn't want me to drop her at home that day; why she wanted me to drop her at the corner.
she didn't love me.
she wanted me to drop her at the corner 'cause she was meeting someone else.
she had a date.
my god whoever she was meeting, that's who killed her.
it had to be.
i promised her, the first time i went to her grave, that i would prove i was innocent.
not just for myself, but for her, so they'd start so they'd start to look for him, whoever he is, so justice would be done.
i promise you, we're gonna make sure that happens and you will get your appeal.
nobody dies today, okay? that's it.
put your hands on your head.
you know, you never told me your name.
my name's michael jameson.
michael jameson.
it's all right.
you all right? i'm okay.
i'm good.
* seems to me * * i've been gone a long time * * trouble is * * trouble was * * crossed the line just because * * turned around in the wrong place * * at the wrong time * * don't see you smiling from balconies * * and i know roses they are at my feet * * won't you please please remember me * * at the shoreline * * before the ship ever set sail * * before we're lost out on the waves * * before the tide * * turned the tables in our lives * * lost it all, i've been lost at sea * * off the coast of eternity * * seems to me *
parker: spike, he's escalating.
where are you? fifteen seconds away.
that's not good enough.
just put the gun down.
bravo team, are you set? i'll let you know when we're there.
you get over next to him and put your hands up.
now! i need you now! i need you now! it's over.
it's over.
no.
your time is up.
good luck with your lawyer today.
thanks.
hey, just one hole? how many shots? twenty.
that's nice.
that's why you're still my number one.
ed: that's why i'm always number one.
ed, we're being sued.
wrongful death.
first york plaza.
what do you got? male youth, breached the perimeter.
ed, the boy! wrongful death? we're being sued or i'm being sued? technically? you.
so, you're file's finally arrived.
this is it? that's it.
prosecution's case against you.
man: okay, okay.
all right.
before you get too excited, i gotta tell you, i've been through it all.
i'm afraid you're gonna be disappointed.
there's nothing in there that you don't already know.
there's nothing here about my so-called "confession"? just what the informant said on the stand.
there's nothing about how the prosecution tracked him down, how they got him to talk, no paper trail.
yeah, but how can that be? where is it? isn't the prosecution supposed to render all evidence? i know, i know, i've talked at length with cheznik's office.
they even admitted that papers may have been lostor misfiled.
those pages, i mean they prove i'm innocence that i was framed.
i mean, how can we how can we appeal without all the files? we're still appealing, right? we can still make a case? i'm sorry.
the force is behind you a hundred percent.
i'm behind you, ed.
frank mcandrew's gonna talk you through it.
you brought my lawyer back? he wants you down at the courthouse this morning.
deposition.
i'm on shift.
ed, we need to be seen taking this seriously.
we stall, they go to the press, this thing gets legs.
just hold your nose and go down to the courthouse; they don't have a case.
are you kidding me? the guy walks into a building, shoots a woman dead, holds another woman hostage, turns his gun on you, i do what i'm hired and trained to do, come on.
i know, that's the truth of what happened.
nobody doubts that.
somebody does! somebody does! that's you know? yeah, the guy's son.
everybody grieves in their own way, right? you know that.
they look for someone to blame.
well, look no further.
but you promised me, you said you'd represent me? we're understaffed, under-funded.
i've got more cases than i can handle with files that are complete.
people that are still in jail, michael.
i'm sorry.
you're sorry? you're sorr look, i spent 11 years in there wondering what happened.
how somebody could get on the stand and say that i said things that i didn't even know? ian, man, if we don't appeal- michael, come on.
you're young, you're 26, you got early parole.
you got your whole life.
you're free.
no, i'm not free, ian.
okay, as long as they think i killed katie, her family, my family, everyone i ever met, everyone i ever knew, i'll never be free! i can't help you.
so who's gonna be there? the uh that lawyer, her tape recorder, a bailiff.
i hear there's gonna be a couple of dancing girls.
you know, we went through this all before.
you know, we went through it all for the inquest, right? stick to the facts, you got nothing to worry about.
what? just what? ed, give me one hour.
you tell the story and i work my magic and then unfounded lawsuit disappears, you're back in your in your cape and tights, you're saving the world.
you still reading comic books, huh? that's nice.
let's do this.
prosecutor's office.
how may i direct your call? hi, um my name is stan smith, i'm an associate of dan cheznik's from the bar association.
i was hoping to make an appointment with him, i've lost his cell number.
mr.
cheznik isn't here, he's in court all day.
can i get his secretary to call you? no, thank you, that won't be necessary.
thanks.
sir, if you could just empty your pockets please? thank you.
step to the side, please.
i just need to go in for a minute.
step to the side.
raise your arms.
uh, the prosecutor- arms up! look, he wanted to meet with me- feet apart, please.
look, if you could just have him paged, that would be- raise your pant leg, sir.
that's a parole device, entering a courthouse without an attorney is a direct violation of parole.
security guard: officer! michael: back up! put your hands up! don't move! i said, don't move! security guard: hostile.
main floor, right corridor.
hostile.
main floor, right corridor.
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when my sergeant called "scorpio," i put my finger on the trigger.
lawyer: so from that point on it was your call whether to shoot or not, is that correct? that's correct, it was my call.
we've got a man with a gun.
we're under lockdown.
what's going on? i'm not finished.
sir? just a sec.
what's going on? they're evacuating.
i gotta ask you to sit tight until all prisoners have been returned to the holding cells and we can safely clear the building.
he hasn't finished.
uh, maybe we should just finish this up then.
i'm sure it's nothing.
is it nothing? he would, he would tell us if it was something.
yeah? ed? strategic response unit, unlock the door.
come on.
boss, it's me.
you at the courthouse? yeah.
we got an active shooter there.
i figured something was up.
parker: he charged the security barrier and he fired a gun.
what's his twenty? parker: grab ed's gear.
sam: copy that.
he ran down a corridor, he could be anywhere.
courtroom, judge's chambers, holding cells.
guy's mid 20's.
black.
weapon's a handgun.
and he was wearing a parole device.
an ex-con.
fantastic.
all right, go the the north exits, okay.
i'm sending up chris.
sru.
my team is on their way.
how many shots fired? one, so far.
one's enough.
he say what he's looking for? he said he needed to see one of the prosecutors, my guy didn't get his name.
probably looking for a courtroom, how many are there? nine.
three on each floor.
kid went that way.
you got uniforms on the exits? yup.
okay, we're gonna have to set up a command post.
tell your guys to stand down.
i need building plans, i need video.
okay.
room 240 is free.
we'll send everything up, security video's on wireless.
up the stairs.
gotcha.
left? right? uh, second floor, take a left.
oh, you'll need these.
last night.
but i don't know if he meant it.
he was kinda drunk.
it was weird.
drop the phone.
put your hands up.
now.
put them up.
i'm looking for a man named dan cheznik.
do you know where he is? i don't know.
i'm, i'm sorry, i don't know.
look, you work here, don't you? yeah, but not with him.
everything okay, folks? he's got a gun.
michael: turn around.
get out of here now or i'll kill her.
i swear i will.
i said, get outta here! okay, you know what? i'm just working security.
so i'm just gonna go ahead and set this down, take the clip out, put it right here, okay? just uh tell me what you want.
i want to talk to dan cheznik.
the lawyer, right? okay, well, you know, you know what? i got a cell phone in my pocket, i got the keys to the to the building.
let me just, let me just call my boss here and we'll see if we can find him for you, okay? okay.
but you do anything stupid and i will shoot her right here, right now.
i promise you, i will! i hear you.
i hear you.
i'm just gonna reach in my pocket here, get my phone, call my boss.
okay? that's all.
it's okay.
parker, here.
ed: boss, hey, it's me.
yeah, i'm in a stairwell off the third floor with a young man.
what's your name? forget my name.
ask about cheznik.
young man? what are you saying, ed? are you telling me you're with the subject now? ed: yeah.
okay, hang tight, we're right outside the building.
we're looking for a, for a for a prosecutor named dan cheznik.
you got your gun, ed? no, no, no.
it's c-h-e parker: are you telling me that he's got you at gunpoint? that's right, yeah.
we just need a location for the young man and the lady here.
okay, he's got a hostage? ed: correct.
do you want the team on an immediate action plan? just give me "yes.
" no, no.
no.
he's a prosecutor.
parker: okay, just stay on the line with me, ed.
tell him you'll call him back.
boss, i'm gonna have to call you back.
okay.
stairwell off the third floor, guy's got two hostages and one's a young woman.
how do we know? 'cause ed's the second hostage.
guys, he doesn't have his gun with him.
oh no.
okay, ed's asking for a deliberate action plan, a twenty on a lawyer named dan cheznik.
wordy, first priority: let's find dan cheznik, he's the target.
wordsworth: on it.
parker: jules, you're on the subject.
pull all profiles on guys wearing parole bracelets, okay? let's find out who this guy is.
jules: got it.
kira, we got a guy here on parole, wearing a bracelet.
mid 20's, black, we need an id.
kira: jules, can you send a snap from the security footage video? okay.
he's charming, he's good looking ed's gonna be fine.
let's go.
(cell phone rings) hold up, hold up, hold up.
hey, buddy, you okay? boss, any luck for my friend here? nah, we're still working on that.
can you stay on the line with me? they're working on it, it's just gonna sec.
i'm just gonna stay on the line here and get some information.
michael: no, no, hang up.
tell them to call you back when they know where he is.
boss, i'm gonna need you to call me back.
copy that.
it's just stay cool, okay? slow him down, put him on our time, okay? copy that.
where can i find cheznik? cheznik? he's prosecuting the frasano case.
that's, uh, courtroom 7, third floor; room's already been locked down.
parker: what's the best way up there without getting near my guy in the stairwell? rob'll take you up.
rob? okay, you can tell your guys to fall back, we'll take care of it from here, thanks.
clear out a courtroom, we contain him inside there.
you know what? let's stick with courtroom 7.
two birds, one stone.
got ya.
we get the prosecutor outta there while we prep it for tactical options.
that's good.
plus we tell the kid one less lie.
you know the layout here? any windows? there's a bunch of windows looking out on king's court, but you'll never see through 'em.
that's all right, we'll take care of it.
we get the subject contained, we settle him down.
wordy, you're team leader.
let's come up with tactical options and just let me know when the room's clear, okay? all right, let's go.
he's gonna call back, right? yeah, yeah, yeah.
he'll call back.
so this prosecutor must've must've really done something bad to you, huh? to get you to pick up a gun and come back in here and risk your life? what were you convicted of? murder, okay?! he convicted me of murder! guys, we can't stall him much longer.
answer it! yeah? parker: 'kay, courtroom 7.
for real.
we're clearing it out, so stall him.
take it slow, all right? we're looking at building plans right now.
he doesn't have a location on the prosecutor yet, all right, but he's, but he's trying.
parker: plan a: less-lethal.
working on a surprise entry.
what's he saying? he's workin' on it.
he's workin' on it.
just give him a second plan b: lethal from across the court, the frosted windows looking west.
we're gonna need to use thermal.
you copy that? yeah.
okay, we've already got video, we'll lay in the audio.
look for an earwig on the prosecutor's table.
what is he saying? what is he saying?! it's courtroom 7.
courtroom 7.
which floor? show me, let's go! all right, she's scared.
all right.
you're making it worse.
walk now! just put the gun down.
put the gun down and you can take me instead, okay? take me instead.
cuff him.
it's fine.
now! it's fine.
cuff him or i'll take the two of you.
it's fine.
come on.
if he's not in that room when i get there it's okay.
it's okay.
move.
your attention please! i'm officer wordsworth, police strategic response unit.
which of you is dan cheznik? dan: that'd be me.
wordsworth: all right, come with me.
the rest of you, on your feet, leave your things.
we need to clear this room immediately.
okay, so dan cheznik's one of the top senior prosecutors in the country.
fifteen years at the bar, hundreds of cases, near perfect conviction record.
they're on the move.
oh my god, they got ed handcuffed.
parker: what the hell are you doing there? guys, we need you to move fast.
we'll answer all your questions outside.
all right, they're almost at the courtroom.
still a half-dozen people in there.
lewis, how's audio? done.
earwig's on the table.
parker: okay, subject is in the corridor, seconds away.
spike, let's go.
spike: okay.
hey! no! come on! they're at the door.
spike: you can't be here.
woman: i'm scared.
five seconds.
go, go, go! michael: you don't get it, do you? i have nothing left, i am not afraid to use this.
i will kill you both, leave you both lying here.
i do not care any more! spike: okay, come on.
that's it.
come on, buddy, just buy us a minute here.
just buy us a minute here, michael: come on, stop screwing around! go! ed: i got it.
you lied.
you said he'd be here.
ed: no, they told me he would be.
i thought they would be.
you lied just like everybody else! this wasn't supposed to happen.
oh my gosh.
he came into the courthouse with a gun, looking for you, and you have no idea who he is? that could be anyone.
you remember every bad guy you've arrested? any idea why he'd go after you? sure, same reason i live in a bunker, drive home in an armoured car: i'm a prosecutor who does his job well.
look, just so you know, that's my teammatestaring down the long end of this guy's gun, so i'd appreciate it if you'd think real hard about this.
let's start over.
any hate mail recently? any threatening phone calls? okay.
thanks, kira.
it's downloaded.
boss, we have an id.
subject is michael jameson.
released from kingston penitentiary and what'd he do? 1997, raped and murdered one katie bakerton.
you.
you're gonna get his cell phone, you're gonna call the police and you're gonna tell them that they have 15 minutes to deliver cheznik to me or one of you dies! do it! all right, guys, it's 5 to 12, we've got a 15 minute deadline.
spike, lewis, where are we on a plan a? spike: looking for a point of entry to the balcony.
might be a rooftop, but where there's a will, there's a way.
copy that.
if that's the only way in.
sam, wordy, where's plan b? cheznik's on his way down to you.
we're heading into position.
we'll let you know when we're there.
copy that.
got an id on the girl he killed.
katie bakerton.
ed: they uh said they were looking for 'im.
all right? said they're gonna call any minute.
move towards him.
i'm a cop.
move towards him.
distract him for a second.
just for a second.
hey, what're you doing?! i don't know.
stop talking! don't move! okay, why don't you just, just tell me your name, maybe i can help you.
all right, what is this? is it payback? is it revenge? i don't want revenge.
ed, if you hear me, look up.
all right, buddy.
okay, just keep him contained close to the balcony.
we'll drop from there.
you stole a gun and you come in here and you're telling me you don't want revenge? i want my name back.
and i wanna know how they got a confession outta me when i never confessed.
two years i've been waiting for the file to show up-- the government's case against me.
well, today, it did.
and now my lawyer's telling me that the file isn't there.
now i need to talk to the man that put me away.
and i want him to look me in the eye and tell me what happened.
that's good, ed, just keep him talking.
now try to find a point of connection.
security guard: got dan cheznik here.
bring him in.
i here you.
and you know what? you and me, we are not that different.
something happened, a couple of months ago; i did something and i i keep having to defend it, defend what i did.
name's michael jameson, you convicted him of the murder of katie bakerton.
katie bakerton? what was that, 10 years ago? eleven.
it's a brutal murder.
okay.
all right, got it.
thanks.
here's the criminal index report.
10 minutes to deadline, jules.
find out who his lawyer is, get him on the phone.
his lawyer? alpha team, what's your 20? approaching blue.
alpha one? top of the world.
copy that.
ed, spike and lewis are on their way.
standby.
bravo team, where are you? ma'am, we need the room, please come with me.
almost in position.
how's ed? he's hanging in, he's trying to get this kid to open up.
and maybe maybe i look at myself differently too.
it's like i know exactly what happened that day; i remember it perfectly.
and my brain keeps playing tricks on me and i start to go over it and over it in my mind, and asking myself if maybe i'm remembering it differently; if maybe i was wrong.
i did that for 11 years.
they charged me as an adult, but i was 15 when they put me away.
never finished high school, never had a job, never kissed a girl.
look, i don't know anything about anything, but i know what happened that day and i know i didn't kill katie.
okay, boss, we're on the back roof.
we should be at the vent soon.
copy that.
why don't you tell me about her? what was she like? she was amazing.
incredible smile.
she didn't have to be, but she was nice to everybody.
didn't matter what kind of family you had, house you lived in, she just saw you.
so i show up the first day of school.
you know, i'm 12, the only black kid in the class it's like they'd never seen it before.
you know, kids are whispering, they're moving their desks, and i'm feeling like i just wanna fall into a hole and disappear.
no, but she comes right over, she sits beside me, smiles, and tells me we're gonna be friends.
and just like that we're friends.
she was raped, dumped in the woods.
tied her ankles, tied up her wrists, slit her throat, covered her face with a t-shirt; couldn't stand to see what he'd done.
just like that-- best friends.
three years three years we were best friends, until i fell in love with her.
all evidence pointed to michael.
she was killed with a knife; he had a knife that fit the specs.
she was raped before she was killed; well, we knew from michael's friends that he had said he wanted more from katie.
did katie feel the same way? i don't know the day i told her, we rode to the park.
she was sitting on the back of my bike, i was swerving, she was laughing we were having such a great time just being together, just us.
it was a perfect day.
and then i just said it.
i mean, i told her i loved her.
what did she say? she said i was sweet.
she leaned against me, kissed me on the cheek, then she asked me to give her a ride.
there's the girl on the right.
and i said yes.
i doubled her doubled her to the corner, near her house.
she wanted me to drop her off.
and he was the last person to see her alive.
and that was the last time you saw her? yeah.
i remember this.
i remember seeing her picture in the paper.
i'm so sorry.
11 years in the joint, this guy still sounds like apple pie.
yeah, well, psychopaths they spend years perfecting their stories.
sarge, i just got off the phone with michael jameson's lawyer.
he backs it up; he says all the evidence against this guy was circumstantial and confirms that the material was missing from his file.
bravo team in position.
frosted windows, limited joy.
standby, we're five minutes away.
that one's ed, you see the cuffs? i've got the suspect.
i could take him right now.
wordsworth: we don't fire on a thermal image; we need to see the guy for real.
okay.
boss calls scorpio? first shot's mine on the glass.
you're a split second later on the subject, as soon as you've confirmed it's him.
copy that.
so the case against this guy, what'd you have on him? you name it.
well, that's what i'm asking.
hey! who's on trial here? i'm not the one waving a gun around.
okay, but my guy's in there facing a gun because this kid came after you and i'd kinda like to understand what it is that's pissing him off.
you need me, i'll be outside, calling my attorney.
sir, you do not leave that hallway.
you stay with security; i may have more questions.
hey, jules, get michael's lawyer back on the phone, let's find out what this cheznik isn't telling us.
i'm on it.
parker: alpha team, what's going on? where are you? we're 2 minutes away from deadline.
lewis: (whispers) it's gonna be tight.
ed: so you sat up there and you told your story and what, you thought the jury would believe you? that's a good boy, eddie, just keep walking him back 'til he's right underneath the balcony.
they did.
but then cheznik puts some guy on the stand, some, some guy that had been in a holding cell with me for five minutes.
then he gets up there and he tells the jury that i confessed to him; that i told him that i killed her.
jules: is there anything in michael's file that shows wrongdoing on the part of the prosecution? anything at all? no, anything that might have incriminated cheznik is gone.
what about other cases this guy's prosecuted? i'll need some time.
so this guy says that you confessed to him what did you say? nothing, not a word.
not even a hello.
and that's what you told the jury? yeah.
but this guy, he knew stuff about how she died-- things that only the killer would know, things that i didn't even know.
talk to me, lewis.
almost there.
ed, one minute 'til the shooters deadline, and alpha needs more time.
you need to buy us more time.
so that's why you wanted the file.
but none of it was there.
'kay, cheznik made sure of that.
all right, you have gotta forget about cheznik, okay? and confronting him at gunpoint is not gonna convince anyone of anything.
if you're innocent, put down the gun.
a gun never solved anything, believe me.
the police are probably out there right now with a sniper.
i know how they work, so.
i'm asking you, i am begging you i am begging you just put the gun down.
no, it's over.
no.
michael: you get over next to him and put your hands up.
now! spike, he's escalating.
where are you? that's not good enough.
now! i need you now, i need you now.
bravo team has it.
no, i don't wanna go lethal.
i don't want to go lethal.
alpha team, i'm watching you.
are you set?! your time is up.
we're set, boss.
go! go! go! lewis and spike: police, put the gun down now! drop your weapon! drop the gun! put it down now! you're okay.
you're okay.
you're okay.
parker: he's got her.
he's got her, he's got her.
they're clear, they're safe.
ed: come on, come on.
parker: they're safe.
you son of a bitch! okay, where's the subject? where's uh where's michael jameson? i'm sorry i freaked out, i didn't know.
you're all right.
you're okay.
cuffs.
get these cuffs off.
you did great.
are you okay? i'll be all right when that kid gets outta there.
i've been on the phone with his lawyer.
the kid was right, the case was a disaster.
what do you mean "a disaster"? get a load of this if you won't let me talk to cheznik then give me a tape recorder.
subject turns to suicide michael's asked for a tape recorder.
all right, lewis.
just take it easy.
just talk to him.
okay, it's coming.
it's coming, they're working on it.
all right, please, stay calm, all right? you could lower that gun a few inches? cheznik: (on phone) no.
jules: that's him.
they still wont let me go.
are you listening to me? make sure it's recording.
what did i just say? what did i just tell you? no! excuse me, sir? if i could just talk to you for a second.
i gotta get back in there.
oh, they got you out? what's going on? listen, i've gotta call you back.
if i could just get this straight.
so it's a young girl who was raped and murdered, and the public was looking for someone to hang, right? they always are.
and the only real suspect is this kid and all you got on him is circumstantial? jules: are we picking this up? parker: yeah.
i mean, nobody's gonna want to take that case.
that's right.
it's a no-win.
so you do what it takes to make the case.
you know what i get it.
our system is rigged against the good guys; you do what you gotta do.
i hear ya.
like like giving an informant the details of a murder? that kinda thing? how many years did you knock off this guy's sentence? excuse me.
ed: and what about the 8 other cases you used jailhouse informants to get confessions? you get your hand off me.
happily.
i make no apologies for what i did.
those were good cases.
they were tough cases.
no one else coulda gotten those convictions.
they knew that.
that's that's what? why they made you a senior prosecutor a month after that kid went to jail? hey, ed.
that's nice work.
is what he said enough to nail him? no.
no.
but the whole thing might be enough to get this kid an appeal.
jules is working on it.
i'm going in to tell him.
boss, i let me have the vest, 'kay? ed, you can't just keep putting yourself in the middle of this thing; that's not how we work, you know that.
what is this? you think this is some way to atone? you save this kid, you get to take it all back? i'm not trying to take it back.
ed.
eddie.
okay, this is strategic response unit officer, ed lane.
you're a cop? ed: yes, i am.
i need you to listen to me.
i got cheznik, on record, admitting that he would do whatever it took to get a conviction.
your lawyer says there may be as many as with the evidence he has, it's enough for an appeal.
so just just put down the gun, okay? nobody dies today.
nobody dies today, okay? wait, wait what you were saying about going over something in your brain? yeah.
in prison, i went over a lot of things, man, but there was this one thing that i kept asking myself over and over.
i asked myself why katie didn't want me to drop her at home that day; why she wanted me to drop her at the corner.
she didn't love me.
she wanted me to drop her at the corner 'cause she was meeting someone else.
she had a date.
my god whoever she was meeting, that's who killed her.
it had to be.
i promised her, the first time i went to her grave, that i would prove i was innocent.
not just for myself, but for her, so they'd start so they'd start to look for him, whoever he is, so justice would be done.
i promise you, we're gonna make sure that happens and you will get your appeal.
nobody dies today, okay? that's it.
put your hands on your head.
you know, you never told me your name.
my name's michael jameson.
michael jameson.
it's all right.
you all right? i'm okay.
i'm good.
* seems to me * * i've been gone a long time * * trouble is * * trouble was * * crossed the line just because * * turned around in the wrong place * * at the wrong time * * don't see you smiling from balconies * * and i know roses they are at my feet * * won't you please please remember me * * at the shoreline * * before the ship ever set sail * * before we're lost out on the waves * * before the tide * * turned the tables in our lives * * lost it all, i've been lost at sea * * off the coast of eternity * * seems to me *