Crossing Jordan s01e22 Episode Script

Jordan.
Sorry to drag you out of bed.
Who'd miss a chance to wander the halls of a mental institution in the middle of the night? Bad choice for a first date? Man, this place is depressing.
Which is kind of ironic when you think about it.
Or not.
So, fill me in on our DOA.
Erin Meyers, 24.
Nurse found her hanging by a belt during a room check.
Cheery.
How long had she been here? I don't know, five years.
Hi.
Hi.
Hi, hi, hi.
Now we're getting somewhere.
Something I can do for you? I'm Davey.
Davey, Davey, Davey.
Good to meet you, Davey.
I'm Jordan.
If you'll excuse me.
Jordan, that's a boy's name.
Not this time.
Look, I'd love to stay and chat.
Erin's dead.
That's right.
Did you know her? She was a good girl.
What do you mean? Time for bed, Davey.
Bye, bye, bye.
Jordan.
We're up here.
Yeah.
Let's get her down from there.
Come on, fellows.
Guys, let's get her down and put her on the bed.
Uh, Dr.
Hacken, this is Dr.
Cavanaugh from the M.
E.
's Office.
Hi, I'm Keith Hacken.
I was Erin's primary psychiatrist.
Any idea what happened? She must have stolen the belt and hung herself in between room checks.
What was wrong with her? She suffered from paranoid delusions.
Any prior suicide attempts? Not according to her history, no.
Did she ever talk about wanting to kill herself? She voiced a desire to die.
So that's a yes? As you know, a stated desire to die doesn't necessarily indicate suicidal intent.
If you'll excuse me, this incident has the whole place in an uproar.
Nothing like the sound of shrink double-talk.
He's got liability issues.
Let me get started.
Huh.
No petechial hemorrhaging.
That's odd.
Is it always present with suffocation? Not always, but it's pretty standard.
Look at this.
No abrasions, no burning on the neck.
Just an indentation where the belt was.
People who hang themselves usually struggle, even when they want to die.
But we found her hanging.
Yeah, but there's a pretty good chance she was already dead.
Jordan, heard that Summit View case took an interesting twist.
I'll know more after the autopsy.
Well, just promise me this isn't you trying to spice things up, all right? Trust me, I'd be happy enough not to have to see that place again.
Hey, Jordan.
Oh, morning, Lily.
Uh, Dr.
Macy, your ex-wife called, she said it was important.
Thanks, Lily.
What's shaking in corpse city? How'd you do on the '56 Robby? I snagged it for a song.
Oh, rock on! Will you bring it by later? I definitely will, yeah.
Oh, good.
"'56 Robby"? I, uh I collect antique robots.
That's interesting.
Wow, you, uh You never told me that.
You never asked.
How's our DOA? Headed for autopsy right now.
Is it okay if I tag along? Only if I can hear all about Robby while I work.
See, this is why I don't tell you things, Jordan.
I don't get it.
What's a nice, young, sweet girl like Lily doing hanging around with a bunch of dead bodies all day long? You mean as opposed to a bitter, old, messed-up broad like me? No, no, no.
Hey, come on.
You have a specialty.
You're an M.
E.
What Lily does she could do in any old office, with a view or something.
I'm just messing with you.
Lily's great.
You find anything yet? It's what I haven't found.
There's no bleeding in the muscle tissue around her neck.
Okay.
And the hyoid bone's fractured from the hanging, but there's no blood there, either.
Okay.
You don't bleed after you die, Woody.
No blood means she was already dead before she was hung.
So, you were right.
Someone murdered her and then hung her to make it look like a suicide.
Only problem now is, I don't have the slightest idea what really killed her.
Woodrow, JCav.
I got our young lady's blood tests.
Well, anything there to tell us how she was murdered? There's a rumor going around that you made off with a mint '56 Robby.
Oh, yeah.
Oh, sweet.
And the blood tests? Nothing unusual in her tox screen, considering the potpourri of meds that she was taking, but look, here's an interesting little tidbit.
Her Beta hCG level was elevated.
That complicates things.
I'll say.
English, somebody? She was pregnant.
She was pregnant.
Little early for lunch, isn't it? You remember bringing Abby here? Sure, it was her first meal out.
More food on the floor than on the table, as I recall.
Only pancakes she'd eat besides yours.
What's going on, Maggie? I'm late.
You're late? Yes.
You're kidding? No.
How long? Two weeks and And counting.
Is Is there any chance that, uh, you know, it's just not coming back? No.
But thanks for that.
No, I didn't mean to suggest that What, that I'm old? Come on.
Does Abby know? No, of course not.
I just wanted to tell you before I went to see the doctor.
Can't you do one of those home test thing I did.
I want a blood test to be sure.
When are you going? The day after tomorrow.
I can go with you.
No.
It's okay.
Pregnant? Based on the unborn fetus, I'd say six weeks.
We're gonna need to talk to some of the patients.
Her best friend was Kelly McDonald.
I met a guy in the hallway named Davey who seemed pretty interested in her.
Davey was like a big brother to her, very protective.
Anyone else you know of who could have gotten Erin pregnant? You know I'm bound by confidentiality.
Let's not let confidentiality shield a murderer.
All the patients are supervised in the common room.
There are bed checks performed four times an hour every night.
So, you're saying no one could have been in her room long enough for her to get pregnant? It seems highly unlikely.
You were alone with her, though, right? During the sessions.
What are you suggesting? Just that you were the only guy who seemed to have any, uh, alone time with her.
I was her doctor.
I was one of the few people in this world who tried to help her.
Kelly's in there.
I'll be in my office.
Kelly McDonald? Yeah? I'm Detective Woody Hoyt.
This is Jordan Cavanaugh of the M.
E.
's Office.
You cut up dead people and they lock me in the nut house.
Some world.
Roll of the dice, I guess.
Do you mind if we talk to you about Erin Meyers? I can't believe she's dead.
Were you close friends? As close as you can be in a hellhole like this.
This doesn't look so bad.
Trust me.
You wouldn't like the chocolates they leave on your pillow.
You know anyone who would want to hurt Erin? Contrary to popular belief, folks in here aren't the ones that hurt people.
Oh, I wasn't saying That woman over there, her parents thought it was fun to shave her head while they watched Carson.
That's horrible.
And that guy Davey? Yeah, Davey.
His mother liked to electrocute his privates.
She didn't like him playing with girls.
I didn't mean to suggest anything.
Only one guy in here I know who's dangerous.
The guy making origami birds? Yep.
Killed his wife and two little kids.
Maybe we should be talking to him.
Good luck.
Redding hasn't talked in over 10 years.
That's why he's here instead of jail.
Erin didn't kill herself, did she? I didn't think so.
If you want to help your friend, please just tell us what you know.
Who, me? Yeah.
I don't know anything.
Fresh air feels that much better when you get outside.
I don't know, they're all getting help in there.
Scary to think where they'd be without it.
There but for the grace of God.
Anyway, I'd like to talk to that Redding guy.
I'd like to run Dr.
Hacken's DNA against the fetus from Erin Meyers.
I'll work on a court order.
What do you got there? Hairclip.
Somebody probably lost it.
Or they left it.
Hey, Jordan.
You got a minute? Actually, I'm, uh, kind of in the middle of something.
So, I had lunch with Maggie.
Oh, how'd that go? It was kind of complicated.
Really? That's why I was hoping we could talk.
We can do this later, can't we, Garret? Can you enlarge this for me? Enlarge, reduce, I can make it do cartwheels if you like.
Pretty lady.
Yeah.
I sort of see a resemblance.
Mmm-hmm.
That's times 15.
A little bigger.
Now, go in closer on the hairclip.
And times four.
Jordan? Jordan.
Jordan? Mommy? Mommy, I'm here.
Jordan? Jordan.
Lily.
It's a rough case, huh? Yeah, if you weren't wacky starting out, two days at Summit View would do the trick.
Can't imagine it's any worse than hanging out here.
Is this about Garret? It's about me.
You're not thinking about leaving us, are you? All I know is that I need something to change.
Plus I'm not even helping out here.
That's not true.
Well, whether it's true or not, I can't be who I want to be in this place.
Not anymore.
Anyway, boo-hoo for me, right? Look, I got to go run an errand, but, uh, we can talk when I get back, right? I'm fine.
Really.
But I appreciate the offer.
Mommy, I'm here.
Excuse me.
When did you cut down the tree out front? Tree? The big oak tree.
There's a stump out front.
Oh.
I'd say over 10 years now.
Keep everyone inside.
Looks like an accident.
Hi.
Detective Hoyt, please.
What's wrong with Mom? Why aren't you in school? It's called lunch, Dad.
She was crying this morning and she wouldn't tell me why.
Well, I have no idea.
Why didn't you come over last night? Look, Abby, what happens between your mom and me Affects me, whether you like it or not.
Did you guys have a fight? I'm not having this conversation with you.
Are you guys cooling off for a while? I will not be third-degreed by my own daughter.
Oh, well, what then? What, did you knock her up? Oh, my God.
Abby, listen.
I can't believe this.
I get put on house arrest for so much as looking at a guy, and then you go do this? Tell me I'm not having a little brother or sister.
Tell me.
Your mother is not pregnant.
I hope not.
Hey.
Davey, right? Hi.
Hi, do you know anything about this? Hi, Jordan, who's a girl, not a boy.
That's right, yeah.
Hey, did you know this girl Kelly? Kelly, who's a girl.
Uh-huh.
Kelly, who was a good girl.
Yeah, like Erin.
Good girl, good girl, good girl.
Okay, Davey, thanks.
You get his phone number? I can't help thinking this guy knows something.
Sometimes still waters are just stagnant.
This poor girl.
You were here when this happened? Yeah.
Why's that? I was looking into something.
Why didn't you call me? Didn't pan out.
Look, you want to find out what happened to her or what? Yeah, looks like she jumped from that window.
Except she didn't.
Of course she didn't.
Look, she's on her back and her head is away from the building.
That window isn't high enough for her to flip over mid-jump and land like that.
What are you saying, she jumped from someplace else? I'm saying she didn't jump.
From the position of the body and the height of that window, she had to come out backwards.
Nobody jumps out of a window backwards.
Which means she was pushed.
Max.
The usual? Is it getting that obvious? Let's put it this way, we'll make it a double.
Listen, can you keep a secret? Bartender's oath.
I've been seeing Maggie, my ex-wife.
Word on the street, it's not much of a secret.
Is the word on the street that she might be pregnant? Pregnant? Yeah.
Yikes.
And if that's the case Let's just say I'm not handling the prospects of it too well.
I mean, with Abby thinking about college, I had my mind set on one thing.
Yeah, freedom.
It's the last thing in the world I thought would ever happen.
Well, take it easy.
You don't know anything for sure yet.
Yeah, I guess.
And your ex-wife, she's probably as upset as you are.
Oh, I guarantee you, I'm not helping matters there.
Anyway, I'm living proof.
They can grow up, move away, whatever.
There's no such thing as freedom.
Dad, I need a minute.
I'll be right there.
Now.
Excuse us.
What's going on, Jordan? I'm working a case at Summit View.
Summit View Mental Hospital? You've heard of it.
Of course.
Well, somebody there's been leaving me things on my car.
Does this mean anything to you? No.
Well, Mom had one just like it.
Did she? I think it's hers.
They also left me this.
I don't have my reading glasses.
It's an admission form to Summit View from 1974 with Mom's name on it.
I don't know what that is.
She wasn't there, Jordan.
End of subject.
Dad! What's wrong, Mommy? Dr.
Cavanaugh? Yeah? Bug's looking for you.
He's in Autopsy One.
Isn't that where I'm supposed to be? Uh-huh.
Am I in the wrong room or are you at the wrong body? Dr.
Macy asked me to lend you a hand.
On my patient? Look, just don't shoot the messenger, all right? What'd you find? Well, I haven't opened her up yet, but you were right.
She didn't jump.
The trauma is consistent with her being pushed.
The blood loss is minimal considering the damage to the body.
She must have been dead before she was pushed out that window.
That would explain the lack of blood.
So we have two girls, both murdered, just not the way we thought they were.
Question is, what killed them? Let's hope she tells us.
Since when do you assign another M.
E.
To my case? I thought you could use another body.
Don't read a grand conspiracy into it.
It's pretty damn clear you think I can't handle myself.
It's a double homicide, Jordan.
Should have been two people on it when it was a single.
You saying I'm overreacting? No, I think you're reacting to something else.
What were you doing at Summit View when that girl went out a window? I found an admission form from 1974 to Summit View with my mom's name on it.
Was she there? I don't know.
Well, did you ask Max? He said she wasn't.
Okay, well, then she wasn't.
Or my dad lied to me.
If he lied to you, he must have had a damn good reason.
Look, my memories of my mom are shaky enough, and now everything I think I knew about her seems like a lie.
Listen, leave it alone, Jordan.
I say that as your boss and your friend.
There are some things we're better off not knowing about.
Maybe you want to live in a fantasy world, but I don't.
You don't know anything about my world.
Well, maybe we should just mind our own business.
Maybe we should.
Hey, Lily.
Hi.
Uh, have we released Erin Meyers' body yet? Uh, no, she's still here.
Why? Oh, we're not having any luck with cause of death.
Maybe looking at them side by side will tell us something.
Looking at them side by side would break my heart.
I've noticed you've been talking to Detective Hoyt lately.
Woody? Yeah, we share a mutual interest.
Pretty arrogant guy, if you ask me.
Really? I think he's kind of sweet.
He struts around like he owns the place, flashing his badge, his gun.
He's a cop.
Still, I mean I think that you're jealous.
What? Why would I be jealous? Oh, come on, Bug.
I know how you feel.
You do? Of course.
Don't be ashamed.
I'm not ashamed.
I mean, it's only natural.
All little boys want to play cops and robbers.
Yeah.
Well, you got me there.
You okay, Bug? Yeah, sure, fine.
Just gonna take her to Trace.
Okay.
Sorry I'm late.
I'm just surprised you decided to show up at all.
Well, I told you I would.
Oh, really? I don't seem to recall anything past my being too old.
Come on, you took it the wrong way.
No, let's not start, all right? Fine by me.
Place does kind of bring back memories, though, huh? Sure does.
Waiting and hoping.
Being so blessed with Abby.
Listen, Maggie, whatever happens, we'll figure it out.
Okay? Okay.
What are you doing in here? I'm a medical examiner.
Dr.
Hacken authorized me to look at the Meyers file.
Then why are you in the C's? Oh, look at that.
Wow, no wonder I didn't find it.
I don't know who you are.
I'm going to check with Dr.
Hacken.
Okay, I'm going.
Can I help you with something? Look, I'm done here, so I'm just gonna go.
What do you want? Is this for me? Herman, you're not lost again, are you? Come on, let's go back to your room.
I couldn't find Dr.
Hacken.
Don't worry about it.
I'm outta here.
I've tried iodine fuming, nihydrin, silver nitrate.
You know, it might just help if you tell me what you think it is.
I told you, I have no idea.
Does it pertain to the hot and cold running corpses coming out of Summit View? Maybe, I don't know.
Well, how did you get it? What does it matter if you can't figure out what it is? Don't give up on me just yet, love.
What about Hello, there.
Can you trace it? Of course I can.
Make sure you run it against all the patients and staff at Summit View.
Yes, ma'am.
Let me know as soon as you find it.
Surprise.
Jordan, hi.
I'm sorry to just drop by.
No, I'm, uh I'm glad you did.
You ever just not want to go home? Yeah.
Many times.
I thought maybe we could get a pizza.
Is everything okay? Hey, is that Jordan? Hi.
Hey, Lily.
Oh, Woody's making his world-famous spaghetti.
You gonna join? Actually, uh, no.
I I really just came here to tell you that the autopsy report shows that Kelly wasn't pregnant.
Is that so? Yeah.
So, uh I'll just go.
No, no No No, Jordan, why don't you come in? Excuse me.
Cavanaugh.
Hey, the fingerprint doesn't belong to anyone at Summit View, not patients or staff.
Whose is it then? That's just it.
It doesn't belong to anyone, I'm afraid.
FBI, National Database.
I've exhausted my resources.
So, you just can't find it? You don't understand, Jordan.
What I'm saying is, it doesn't exist anywhere.
It's, uh It's a phantom print.
Phantom print.
I'll call you back.
What was that? Uh, I gotta go.
Jordan.
What's this all about? I know Mom was in that institution.
Why'd you lie? I gave your mother my word I'd never tell you.
I promised her.
What was wrong with her? It's complicated.
I need to know why she was there.
Remember coming with me to the precinct when you were a little girl? Of course.
I did that 'cause your mother was sad a lot.
Probably would have been diagnosed with some type of depression if she believed in that sort of thing.
She'd be fine for stretches, and then she wouldn't.
Was she crazy? Your mother had a miscarriage when you were about five, and she was distraught over it.
She started thinking people were out to hurt her and I didn't know how to help her.
And locking her up in an institution seemed like an answer? I was afraid she'd hurt herself.
I was afraid to leave you alone with her.
Don't you dare say you did this for me.
I did it for her.
It helped.
She came home better.
A patient at Summit View who killed his whole family gave me this fingerprint.
It matches the phantom print from Mom's murder scene, the one we've been looking for for 20 years.
Where'd he get it? Well, Dad, I'd ask him, except the bastard doesn't talk.
Calm down.
How did a patient from Summit View get this print? I don't know.
And I'm supposed to believe you? Don't get into all this again, Jordan.
I don't see how I have a choice.
Hey, Jordan.
Morning, Lily.
I, uh I hope that, that wasn't weird last night with me being at Woody's place.
Not in the slightest.
I went over there to see his Robby, and then we decided to make an evening out of it, so It's none of my business.
Anyway, that's all that it was.
Look, even if it wasn't, I have no claims on Woody.
Really? Because there's a rumor going around to the opposite effect.
We're just friends, that's all.
You know, so if you're interested Me? No, no.
No.
You sure? Absolutely.
Okay.
Well, I'm glad that we cleared the air.
Me, too.
Yeah.
All right.
Okay.
Well, we're off the hook.
Is that so? I've been trying to figure out how I feel.
I guess you can't help but be disappointed even if it's not what you had in mind, right? Yeah.
It's been a long time since I thought about a baby.
Yeah.
Like another lifetime.
These last few days, that's all I've thought about.
I mean, the possibility.
Yeah, me, too.
I couldn't sleep last night.
I kept thinking about Abby and that neonatal unit, hooked up to all those monitors and how scary that was.
You paced that hallway for three days.
I can understand where it comes from with the mother.
You know, the attachment.
You carry the baby for nine months, it makes sense.
But with the father, there's no real explanation.
I mean, I didn't have a relationship with her yet, no bond.
At that moment, I would have thrown myself in front of a bus for her, done anything to save her.
I guess it wasn't that long ago after all.
We were playing with fire here, Garret.
Getting back together.
You know that.
Yeah.
So, where does this leave us? I don't know.
I don't know.
Starting without me again, I see.
It's becoming a chore to find you.
Find anything? Yeah.
But how it helps us, I don't know.
They have identical blisters on the heels of both their feet.
That's strange.
You find blisters anywhere else? Nope.
Checked both bodies head to toe.
What about in the mouth? Not yet.
Small, nondescript blister under the tongue.
Same here.
What if they're entrance and exit wounds? Made by what? Electricity.
Usually, with electrocution, the flesh and insides are visibly burned.
Not if the current's small.
Like if they were standing on a grounding device and the current went in through the mouth and out through the feet.
Sounds pretty complicated.
Who'd know how to do that? Someone with firsthand experience at being electrocuted.
Where are you going now? I think I know who killed these girls.
Jordan.
Did you find what you were looking for in the Summit View records office? I don't know what you're talking about.
I had to talk them out of a formal complaint, so don't insult me by lying about it.
I've got to go talk to Woody.
What the hell is going on with you? I had to know the truth about my mom.
And? I didn't find anything.
Good.
I need to discuss this case with Woody Call him.
Do not go back to Summit View.
But I have Jordan, it's off limits.
I mean it.
Fine.
Did you find the device? Not yet.
Hey, you're in big trouble here.
I am? Dr.
Hacken says you snuck in a file room? That's a long story.
Well, I think I'd like to hear it.
Hi, Jordan.
Hi, Davey.
Davey, I'm gonna look through your room now.
Okay.
Do you know what we're looking for, Davey? I think so.
I couldn't stop.
Couldn't stop what? Mama hurt me to make me stop, but I couldn't.
Couldn't, couldn't, couldn't.
So, what did you do? Mama wasn't here to stop me, and I hurt Erin.
And I was gonna hurt Kelly.
I had to help them.
How did you help them? If I show you, they'll take me away.
That's right.
I don't want them to.
This is my home.
Davey, you have to show us.
You have to show us how you helped those girls.
I helped them with this.
Okay.
Davey, okay.
Poor guy.
Didn't stand a chance after what his mother did to him.
In his mind, sex was worse than death.
He killed those girls to protect them from himself.
The sins of parents.
Oh, I should go apologize to Dr.
Hacken.
Hey, you just can't stop yourself, can you? I don't know what you're talking about.
You're in something over your head and you're scared.
I'm fine.
I'm worried about you, Jordan.
Join the club.
I've got a brochure here somewhere.
I'm sorry I wasn't alone last night.
Don't sweat it.
Lily and I, we're We're just friends.
It's none of my business.
It's not, huh? Look, Woody, I gotta be somewhere.
Let me go with you.
You don't even know what it is.
I'm willing to take that risk.
I'm not.
You gotta let me go.
You know who I am, don't you? I got your message.
I found the fingerprint.
What do you want from me? You left things on my car.
You led me around by the nose.
Now tell me what comes next.
You murdering son of a bitch, tell me what you know about her.
You tell me! I know who killed your mother.
What? I know who killed your mother.