Carter (2018) s02e01 Episode Script

1 SAM: Yup, that's my elbow.
Ow, oh.
CARTER: Sorry about that.
SAM: Ah.
- CARTER: How about this? - Oh, that's better.
- Okay, good.
- Yeah, ow Okay, yeah (PANTING) If you like piña coladas And getting caught in the rain Wow, okay.
So, that happened.
I feel weird.
I feel weirder.
DAVE: Yeah, I'm pretty sure I feel the weirdest.
I don't think I should be here right now.
I think I made a terrible mistake.
If this is a singing telegram, I think I'm gonna really enjoy what's about to happen.
But where's your little fireman outfit? I'm not a I'm sorry, I'm Neil Jacott.
The acerbic Asian woman in the kitchen said I could come out here.
I saw your bench ad for P.
I.
services.
I have a case that just could not wait for office hours.
You saw my bench ad? Hey, I was gonna go with a V-neck, but I didn't want to come off as too sexy so I went with a simple crew.
What what did you think? That's not my area.
My sweet wife Gretchen has been missing since yesterday morning.
Her car is gone, and there's no trace of her.
This is not like her.
She is very predictable.
She loves routine.
I feel time is running out.
Weird things are happening.
I've been followed by a black car.
Black car you get a license plate? No, it's unmarked, but it always guns it and screeches around a corner, anyway.
Please, Mr.
Carter, I saw your fee structure, I know about your snack stipend.
Please find my wife.
I believe you, Neil.
I do.
But if I take this case, we will be linked together forever.
Oh, yeah, you're gonna be my first solo case as a P.
I.
! (LAUGHING) I'm gonna tell my children about this.
So, how does this work? Well, a lot of people that watch television think that being a private investigator is all about the mustaches and the Ferraris, but I can tell you it is serious business that involves skill, instinct and often times can be very dangerous.
But right now, I'm gonna need you to move a little bit over here because you're in my light.
Uh, Dot, everything okay? You're looking at them as if you've never seen a pancake before.
These are the things that made you a fat kid.
Now, sit and eat.
(PHONE BUZZING) I gotta go, but we have to have a talk when I get back, okay? For real.
If you like making love at midnight In the dunes of the cape I'm the love that you've looked for Hey! Pretty sure I'm supposed to be part of that walk-and-talk! You like my new whip? Harley, you don't even like to drive! That's besides the point.
It's an extension of my personality.
Every TV detective needs a signature ride.
And so do pimps.
You're late.
Trouble sleeping? I slept like a baby baby who has weird dreams.
What am I late for? It can't be as important as my news.
You know that my license just came through, and boom, already booked my first case as a P.
I.
! A missing persons case! Missing persons? You sure you can handle that on your own? I'm upping my skill set.
You're gonna see a whole new bag of tricks.
Oh, oh, oh.
- Oh, wow.
- Plus, come on, you sayin' this face does not instill confidence? I think it makes you look like a constipated Justin Theroux.
Yes! Guys, missing persons case is a staple of the television detective.
It's a warm up.
It's a lay-up.
I find Neil Jacott's wife and I call it a day! Neil Jacott? Yeah, what you, uh, hook up with him or something? Uh, here at the station, he's called "Conspiracy Neil".
That doesn't sound too complimentary.
Yeah, this guy reports a crime every other week.
He tell you about the black car that follows him around? Maybe.
Yeah, sorry, Harl, no case here.
It's a case! Well, if his wife is gone, I'm gonna guess she left her husband and is on an island somewhere sipping a drink with an umbrella in it, and good for her.
It's a case and I'm gonna find her! Just you and me, constipated Justin Theroux.
We're gonna change this town! Why is she in such a hurry? Chief Pershing retired?! When were you people going to tell me? Do you not check your e-mail at all? To be fair, it was sudden, nobody saw it coming.
His pension kicked in.
He took early retirement.
I've seen this happen a million times, okay? The network wants to juice up a show, they bring in some new characters to shake things up a little bit.
This is a good thing, all right? The important part is the three of us survived, okay.
So do we know who it's gonna be? Does anyone have a name? Well, they're supposed to be here any minute, so I guess we're about to find out.
Guys, it's gonna be a woman.
That's the move.
A female chief, you hear me? I'm gonna have, like, a flirty thing going with her.
Sam, it's gonna be a little weird for you, some, uh, territorial stuff, but mid-season-ish, you guys will form a sweet bond.
And you should know that I will always have your back.
Hey, the new chief just got in! Her name is Joyce Boyle.
It's all I know.
Joyce, I told you it's a woman! (MOTORCYCLE REVVING) Whoa, whoa, whoa! SAM: Well, hello, Joyce.
Well, okay, don't panic.
True, he looks like an intimidating character from The Wire, but we can work with this.
You know what, you attract more bees with honey.
I'll just sweet-talk him, hit him with my signature warm charm.
Before you know it, he'll be melting like a baby pat of butter in me hands.
"Hey, Chief Joyce, how you doing? I'm Harley.
Hi, Chief Joyce, you melting away in my hands?" - Harley, Harley.
- Yeah, he's melting away! Stop! Joyce Boyle.
New Interim Chief.
This is my office, right? Yes.
We are so sorry, we were just I'm Detective Sam Shaw.
Yeah, I know who you are.
I'm Harley Carter.
Sure you know who I am.
I do not.
Uh, my name is Dave Leigh Chief Joyce, let me give you the lay of the land.
Right in back of you, that is Detective DePiña.
Good guy, but the kind of dude who orders sliders as an app, and then, a burger as his entrée.
Not a lot going on in the old noggin' hole.
And then, um, you met Rafalski, he walked you in.
Looks like a lap dog, but do not cut in front of him at karaoke.
He will go dark on your bum-bum real quick.
Um, then there's me, Sam, and um (SNAPPING FINGERS) - Dave! - Dave.
And the three of us kinda got our own thing going on.
I'm a consultant of sorts, handpicked by the Mayor, blah-blah-blah, running my own solo P.
I.
thing.
Mostly off-the-grid stuff.
You look like you're a stickler for rules y regulaciones, but you should know that our situation, it's sort of grand-fathered in, it is what it is.
Mr.
Carter, thank you for the recon on everyone's lunch order.
Good stuff.
Real helpful already.
Great! I don't think that's what he meant, Harley.
I'll tell you what, I'm gonna suss out how things are gonna work moving forward, but in the meantime, I'm gonna ask you two to step out so I can talk to Detective Shaw here.
Yep.
Alone? No! Oh, yeah, of course, duh! Um, I, um I got that solo P.
I.
case - That's not a case.
- It's a case.
- It's not a case.
- It's a case.
It's really not a I don't know, there's something off about this guy.
He just rolls in from outta nowhere, from New York City.
He just feels like a threat to our way of life.
- And he's so handsome.
- He's seriously handsome.
We should be investigating him.
Hey, man, what happened to you and that guy on the bus ad this morning who was gonna change this town? Dave, you ever have a dream and you wake up, and it just sticks with you all day and you just have no idea what it means? Oh, my God, you had a sex dream! - Come on.
- Who was it with? Come on, you gotta Oh, oh, hide, just hide! What are you talking about? What do you mean? CARTER: That's Neil.
That's my brand-new client and I can't have him come in here and see me eating waffles with my good buddy.
Why can't I be here? I mean, we are working together now.
We haven't worked out titles yet, but I just want to be taken seriously and professionally Neil! How are you? Sorry, we were, uh, recreating that scene from Harry Met Sally, the "ah, ah, ah" making a lot of noise.
Um, this is Dave.
Dave recently got into a parachuting accident and is looking for a kidney.
I was thinking about donating, but I'm leaning toward no.
Um, if I may ask, what is a decorated captain from New York's 52nd Precinct Homicide Unit doing in Bishop? Sometimes when you get close to the fire, you burn.
Plus I wanted to build something for myself from the ground up, which brings me to you.
What about me? I do my research.
On everyone.
I've studied your work.
Your cases, your wins.
I like your style.
My style? What you did with the Chechen case during that flood is nothing short of amazing, and I think you would be incredible for what I want to do with this department, what I want to accomplish.
Shaw, you're different than every one of those guys out there in that bullpen.
You're better.
I-I don't really know what to say exactly Shaw, let me ask you this: what is it that you want from this job? Um It's okay, you don't have to have all the answers.
But there is one thing that I'm just not quite sure about.
What's the deal with your partnership with this Carter character? Harley, well, um, his methods are a little weird, but he's a good investigator.
Maybe.
Maybe not.
Okay, yes, I have been thought of as paranoid and an alarmist a couple of times in my life.
More than 50? I don't know if you know how it feels to have the most important person in your life, your anchor, the lifeline to this world, suddenly disappear.
For me, Gretchen is that person.
This is not about paranoia.
This is real.
Okay, Mr.
Jacott.
I'm gonna take your case.
But I need you to do something for me.
Anything.
I know this is weird for you, Neil.
It's weird for me, too.
Other detectives don't do this, though, right? You didn't hire other detectives.
You hired me.
I'm an actor, I'm becoming a character.
So, I have to build the character, and it all starts with Gretchen's behaviors.
You guys just lay here and watch the mount? Oh no, there used to be a television there.
It disappeared a couple of days ago along with my saxophone, my stamp collection, and most of our silverware.
That's an odd assortment of items to be stolen.
- Did you report it? - Of course I did.
They didn't care, like they didn't care about Gretchen.
I care, Neil.
I care very much.
- Thank you.
- (ALARM CLOCK RINGING) Good morning! - Okay.
- Oh, um Ah, my closet.
Oh, Mr.
Carter, what are you doing? Mr.
Carter? No.
Ah-ah-ah, Gretchen.
Call me Gretchen.
A lot of different sizes here.
Did I recently lose some weight? Was I stressed out? Was I dieting? Well, I-I don't know.
I don't think so.
I don't recall any weight loss 'cause she You always look great to me.
Thank you.
Oh, oh! Oh! - These my parents? - Uh, yes, they are.
Big anniversary coming up, 40th, tomorrow.
How did you know that? Character work.
We're talking about a woman of habits, a creature of routines.
She gets up, she goes to work, she comes home from work, makes dinner, watches TV, not Call Carter, but that's okay.
Nighttime routine, moisturizes a little bit, gets ready for bed, kisses her husband.
He snores, she complains, rinse, repeat, same thing day in, day out.
Never strays far from the familiar, but Neil drove her routes to and from work.
But he never found her or the car.
Orange, late model, hatchback.
Her parent's 40th anniversary was coming up, she hadn't gotten a gift yet.
She had a day to do it.
The 40th anniversary is the anniversary of the ruby.
The only store in town that sells ruby trinkets, figurines, statuettes, etc.
, is right here at the mall.
So, that's the reason why she may have wavered from her norm that morning, to come here.
That's my hunch, anyway.
Oh, I know 'cause you're, you're making your hunch face.
I don't have a hunch face.
Oh, you have a hunch face.
It's all like What face am I making now? Because I'm pretty sure that is Gretchen's car.
Door's open.
("DOOR AJAR" SOUND BEEPING) Gretchen didn't vanish.
Call Liam Neeson because she was taken.
This is a case! Oh, this has got to sting just a little bit! I will give it to you that she's missing.
I guess Conspiracy Neil isn't as conspiracy-y as you thought.
Okay, this is what we call a crime scene, where we gather evidence, we posit a theory, and then we come up with suspects, if there was foul play.
I've got something.
Oh! Wait for it, wait for it Oh, it's my parents.
And those are rubies around the frame.
Harley was right.
She was shopping for her parent's anniversary when she went missing.
Still no real signs of a struggle.
There's blood here.
Real signs of a struggle.
It's like I'm writing this thing myself.
Whose blood is it? Well, Carter, so far I have done the color test and I've come up with red.
Look, when I have something you'll be the first to know.
- Really? - No.
Rude.
Sam, I found a silver shimmering residue on the seat floor.
I'm going to have it analyzed.
Great.
(MOTORCYCLE REVVING) So, that's what real edge looks like.
I love the smell of yellow police tape in the morning.
Good work, Shaw.
Uh, actually, we found the car.
Yeah, we found the car.
Who are you again? - Dave.
- Dave? - Yeah, Dave.
- Dave? Dave! Dave-Dave! Dave? I don't know what's happened.
Uh, Detective, here are the witness reports you asked for.
Thank you, Rafalski.
- Anything interesting? - Actually, yeah.
Good, 'cause it's your case.
Run with it.
Thank you, sir.
This is so great! It's the three of us again, the way it should be.
Oh, no-no, I don't think that's the best idea.
Why? Because when you find out who my prime suspect is, you are not gonna be happy.
I'm telling you, you're making a mistake.
We'll see.
Neil, why don't you tell me what really happened with your wife.
Did you get in a fight? Things get out of hand? Did you hurt her? - Neil, don't answer that.
- You're not his lawyer.
I'm his P.
I.
, P.
I.
client privilege.
- No such thing.
- Are you sure? I don't want a lawyer, just Harley.
Sam, can I talk to you? Just come here.
No, no, no.
Sam, I got to talk to you, come on.
Listen (SNIFFING) Did you recently change your shampoo? It smells terrific.
Thanks? What are you I'm getting a herbal, I'm getting like cocoa butter, it's really fabulous.
Neil is not your guy.
First of all, he's the husband.
Always person of interest number one.
Second, he's "Conspiracy" Uh-uh, Neil, earmuffs.
Third, did I mention he's the husband? Is that all you got? Cindy Fusco, who works at The Potato Wedge at the mall, remembers seeing a person in a red jacket with UFO patches all over it, circling Gretchen's car the morning of her disappearance.
Now, where have I seen that before? Ah, bam, you! It's the same jacket you wear every time you come in here complaining about a crime being committed.
So are my guys gonna find that jacket in a dumpster somewhere covered in blood? All right, look, a lot of people own red jackets and a lot of people have seen UFOs.
Richard Dreyfuss, hello.
Neil will provide his red jacket for you.
Oh, I don't have it anymore.
What are you talking about, man? It went missing a few days ago.
Maybe it was stolen, like my saxophone? Yeah, I didn't take him for a sax player, either.
We're gonna need you to corroborate your whereabouts the night and the morning of your wife's disappearance.
Who can we ask? My subconscious? I was sleeping, alone.
Dreaming a lot.
Was it a sex dream? Sorry, don't answer that.
Are you playing games with me? Because all I care about is finding your wife, alive if possible, and every tick of the clock is a second that I can't afford.
So, move your lips and start talking.
BOYLE ON INTERCOM: Nice run, Shaw.
I knew you had the stuff! What, what stuff? Hey, don't you talk about her stuff! Not even close.
All right, well, how 'bout now? Huh? How about them apples? Carter is holding you back.
Carter, we have your client in custody now.
So, we can hold him for 24 hours without arrest.
Might as well grab some lunch, have a lemonade with your friend Dan.
- Dave.
- Yeah, whatever.
We'll call you when we have a confession.
I didn't do anything! Hey, I'm so sorry, did-did you really not know who I was before? Have you not watched TV in the last 20 years? Okay, Neil, stay strong.
I'm on it.
So, you're saying Gretchen didn't show up for work the last few days? She took an advance on her salary, and then doesn't show up? - I was worried.
- (LAUGHING) What's the matter with you, man? Why are you laughing? Look, I have sensitive arches.
It's very ticklish.
Well, pull it together.
We're trying to find a missing woman, and exonerate an innocent man.
Right, yes.
Let's exonerate.
Let's do this.
I'm good.
You said you were scared for her? Was she scared of something? (GIGGLING) Her husband Neil, was he the romantic type? Did he send her those flowers? - That's her station, right? - (DAVE LAUGHING) Uh-huh.
No, you can't get up, your toes aren't dry yet.
It's only a first coat! "Fondly, Noah".
Who's Noah? (DAVE LAUGHING) I didn't do anything to my wife.
Who did? You have got to tell me something, anything.
She was seeing a doctor.
A doctor? What kind of doctor? A shrink.
I didn't tell Harley because Gretchen didn't want anyone to know, not even her mother.
People in this town judge you for that kind of thing.
Write his name down.
Now.
HARLEY: I don't know, Dr.
Fielding, I mean, the guy shows up riding a motorcycle on his first day of work? What does that say about him? He's compensating for something, know what I'm saying? Well, I don't know this guy.
How long have you been obsessed with this person? I met him a few hours ago.
Okay, why don't we concentrate on you, Dennis.
Who's Dennis? Oh, ah, just a second, Doc? What are you doing here? I could ask you the same thing.
Where did you get that shirt? I got it from precinct lost and found.
Look, I put some pens in there That's Dr.
Noah Fielding, this is Gretchen's shrink.
Dave and I already figured that out.
We know him simply as Noah.
DAVE: I don't know, Doc, you've been talking to everyone about their purpose.
What is he doing? I guess I just Have you ever felt like you're rolling through life as a sidekick? Like, you wouldn't even be the lead in a movie about your own life? Okay, Doctor, I'm Please, please, do not tell him you're a cop.
Okay, Dave and I are onto something here.
Oh, and you gotta use an accent.
What? Why? - It's more fun.
- No.
(FRENCH ACCENT) My friend Gretchen Jacott (REGULAR VOICE) .
.
told me about this group.
I thought you were Gretchen's friend? I am Gretchen's friend, and I don't know either of these people! Although Dennis there looks a bit like that guy from Call Carter, except way more tired and just like someone whose life has been run over by a team of show horses Ted, we raise our hands here when we want to speak.
I don't know who this Call Carter guy is, but he sounds pretty cool if you ask me.
Um, hey, Doc, what does it mean if you have a best friend and you've been through everything with them, and they suddenly turn on you because somebody rides into town on a motorcycle? Turns on you?! Uh, what about the friend who thinks they know everything and is now taking their own cases like it's some competition to be star of the town? Well, this sounds very personal, not professional.
Is this more personal? Nobody asked you to stay here and put your face up on billboards and bus ads like you're in a movie, and you never even asked anybody if they were okay with that.
You're not okay with that? Well, maybe you're holding me back, ever think of that? TED: I'm sorry, Dr.
Fielding.
I don't know who these people are, but they're making me very uncomfortable.
Did something happen to Gretchen? - I'm feeling very triggered.
- Ted, don't interrupt! You two, out there, right now.
So, you don't have a foot fetish? We're investigating the disappearance of Gretchen Jacott.
- Gretchen is - Come on, like you didn't know! Was Gretchen having an affair and her husband found out? Was she afraid of him? Maybe he became enraged with jealousy? Murdered her? If she had an affair with anyone it was you, Dr.
Fielding! Okay, that's outrageous.
Oh, is it? You ever fall for a patient? Or let me rephrase that, you ever roll a patient up into a carpet and dump her off a bridge just like Antonio Sabato, Jr.
did to Christine Baranski in episode 17, season 4 of Call Carter? I think you need serious help.
I agree.
Why did you send Gretchen flowers at work? Flowers are universal.
I send them to all my patients.
Even Ted? I knew Gretchen was going through a lot.
The flowers were a simple gesture.
What was she going through? We need to know.
Doctor-patient confidentiality does not apply.
I don't think Dr.
Fielding has a problem with that.
She wouldn't open up too much, not even to me, but she was having paranoid delusions.
Said she was being followed by this mysterious black car.
I mean, in Bishop? Come on, how strange is that? (PHONE RINGING) It's Wes.
I got a positive ID on the blood in Gretchen's car.
- It was Dr.
Fielding - Is it Neil? Wow, you're both wrong.
It's not human.
Alien? Alien? No, 'cause that's not possible.
It's deer blood.
SAM AND HARLEY: Deer blood? Huh.
Okay, well, thanks, Wes.
All right, you and I should hit this together.
You know what, I think we should probably just both do our own thing.
Yeah, okay, uh, perfect.
Dave and I will follow up on that alien lead.
Where is Dave? (DAVE SOBBING) I've gotta go.
Uh, Dr.
Fielding, do you do much dream interpretation? What does it mean if you keep having a dream where you have sex with your best friend? I'm pretty sure you want to have sex with your best friend.
(THUNDER, RAIN FALLING) Neil's house.
Neil's shed.
Should we go get a warrant, come back and see what's in here? What do ya know, I've got a warrant right here.
(CRASHING) (FLY BUZZING) I think we just found the source of that blood in the car, which puts Neil at the scene that morning.
Neil bagged a buck and we may have just bagged Neil.
You get that this looks really bad, right? Why didn't you tell me that Gretchen was in therapy? I thought we had trust.
Already behind bars, good look for ya.
We'll be taking Neil in for processing.
I'm sorry.
Sorry about what you said this morning? Uh, um, no I just meant I'm sorry that your case went upside-down on you.
BOYLE: Don't beat yourself up, Carter.
We'll still throw you one if we get any missing cat cases.
For the record, I love cats.
What happened to you? I screwed up.
I always thought I was a good judge of character.
No one is who they seem to be.
Not Dave, not Sam Not you.
I don't change.
I stay the same.
You can't be the same, Dot.
It's been three months since Koji's heart attack.
I know you're hurting, but you won't talk to me.
Everyone grieves in their own way.
I don't need to talk.
I need to finish this puzzle of nude Burt Reynolds holding a puppy.
He has so much chest hair, it's all starting to look the same.
I just want to help you, Dot.
If you want to help, look for pieces that look like man areola.
At 52nd precinct, we had a tradition.
When you turn a corner in a case and you can feel the collar, you owe the whole squad Coney dogs.
Now I'm guessing you all don't have a Coney dogs around here, but I'm sure we could figure something out.
(PHONE RINGING) That's Neil's phone.
(RINGING) - It's his wife.
- Answer it.
GRETCHEN ON PHONE: Neil? Neil, honey? It's Gretchen.
I'm okay, but I've been kidnapped.
Let's move, let's move! (OFFICERS TALKING INDISTINCTLY) Oh, I got his nipple.
There we go.
That piece does not belong there.
Do not force it! No, it does.
I can make it fit.
It's not even a body part.
That's part of the wallpaper.
Dot, it's his nipple.
You can see it right there.
Your grasp of anatomy leaves much to be desired.
I got this, it's gonna fit right now, I got it.
I'm gonna make it fit! Come on, it's gotta fit! Get in! Get in! What is going on with you? This has nothing to do with Burt Reynold's nipple, does it? Yesterday at breakfast, you set out three plates.
One for me, one for you, one for Koji.
Okay, yes, it will take some time for me to adjust to him not being there, but Koji and I had a deal.
We were grateful for every day we spent together, but we agreed no matter who went first, the other must live their best life.
I honor my deals.
You and Koji had so much time with each other, but relationships in my life, Koji, my mom I'm afraid I'm going to lose you too, Dot.
(PHONE BUZZING) I gotta go.
Do not touch Burt's butt until I get back.
That's mine.
The money in the duffle bag is to be put in the trash can directly in front of the old C.
J.
's Variety store.
We'll be covered on the eastern, western and southern blocks.
We'll have SWAT on the rooftops.
Every available bit of manpower.
Sorry to interrupt, sir, but isn't that a little bit aggressive? I mean, the call specifically said no cops.
No reinforcements.
No one but Neil.
Are you trying to get Gretchen killed? Mr.
Carter, how many K&Rs have you been a part of? Because I've personally commanded nine.
I've personally been a part of two.
ONE WAS A GUEST SPO ON NCIS: Los Angeles, and the other was a play.
It was a high school play.
But if you don't think the stakes were high that night, then you don't know high school theater, my friend.
You think this is Sir, the context of his ridiculous answer aside, I know that you are the expert here, but it is my instinct that the caller meant it when he said he was gonna kill Gretchen.
So, what are you suggesting we do, Shaw? I think we let Carter do his thing.
Very well.
Uh, Neil, would you stand up a second? Yeah.
What are you doing? - What are you - What are you - What is he - What is he - What? - What? Harley, I just, uh, I just wanted to say that I'm sorry.
You don't have to apologize.
Karaoke isn't for everyone, you did your best Eminem.
You couldn't have predicted that kind of backlash.
I'm trying to apologize for mistrusting you and your instincts on the case.
SAM ON RADIO: You're good.
You're really good.
We're good together.
HARLEY ON RADIO: Couldn't agree more.
Pay attention, Carter.
The kidnapper could be anybody.
All right, I'm approaching the target.
Saw the garbage can, and making the drop.
Sam, it's Ted from therapy.
Whoa-whoa, what's going on here? Who the hell is Ted? Carter, get out of there.
Come on, Sam, Ted is the kidnapper, no way! Harley, do it, just turn and go.
Ted! It's me, Dennis! Dennis-Dennis as Neil.
Dennis from therapy! Ted, you don't have to do this, okay? Just tell us where Gretchen is.
I can help you.
Yeah, that's it.
Let's talk through this, okay? Whoa, ugh! Don't move! Out of the way, out of the way! Clear the way, clear the way! (TED WHIMPERING) You know what I love about these squad cars? They're soundproof.
- So, why don't you just - Hey, what's up, guys! Sorry, am I interrupting something? I thought maybe I could be of help since Ted and I were in therapy together.
We have a lot in common.
Listen, Chief, just give me five minutes.
If I don't find out where Gretchen is, then you can squish his knees with your huge, huge hands.
You see the size of his hands? They're massive.
Come on, let's go hand to hand.
Do it! (CLEARING THROAT) Okay, Carter.
Five minutes, why not? But if you don't deliver, you promise you'll go play detective in somebody else's sandbox? Okay.
(KNOCKING ON DOOR) See you around, Teddy.
Okay, Ted, I know you care about Gretchen very much and kidnapping her was not your idea.
You're the kind of guy who does what he's told.
You're a people pleaser.
Pushover, easily manipulated.
How did you know that? 'Cause, 'cause you're a detective? Because I'm an actor, that's my job.
It's also my job to look amazing all the time and always know where my light is coming from, and never, ever go to set for a rehearsal until your co-star is standing right there even if the assistant director is like, "They just left hair and makeup and they're headed to set.
" Do not believe them, they are lying.
But mostly it's my job to study people.
I want to help you.
I do.
But I have to protect someone.
Who would you be protecting? Not the bad guys, that's not you.
Gretchen.
You're protecting Gretchen.
I found a silver, shimmery residue on the seat floor.
HARLEY: The silver residue in the car, that was from scratch-off tickets! She took an advance on her salary, and then she doesn't show up? I was worried.
No, there used to be a television there.
Disappeared a couple of days ago, along with my saxophone, stamp collection, and most of the silverware.
Gretchen had a dirty little secret, and not the good kind.
Gretchen had a gambling problem.
She took an advance on her salary so she could win back some money.
She's the one who stole her own things to fund her addiction.
Wow, this acting stuff is really good.
Gretchen faked her own kidnapping.
She used the buck's blood from the bucket to make it look like there was a struggle when she was taken! I was just supposed to be the guy collecting the ransom.
I didn't know about anything else, I swear to you! I believe you, Ted, I do.
But you gotta tell me where Gretchen is.
If you help me, I will help Gretchen.
I promise.
She planned and staged the whole thing herself.
She-she's holed up in a motel room waiting for me.
She doesn't know the drop didn't go as planned.
She'll be there.
Boss, she's not here.
She's in the wind.
I swear to you, this is not what we planned to have happen! I really have no idea where Gretchen is now! She was supposed to meet me at the motel.
Neil, do you recognize this man? He was caught on surveillance video lingering around the motel.
NEIL: Sorry, I-I don't.
None of this makes sense.
Why would my Gretchen do this? Why would she go to such lengths to hide her problems? I would've understood, I would've helped her.
HARLEY: I know.
(PHONE RINGING) That's Gretchen.
Triangulate this call! Answer it, put in on speaker.
Hello? GRETCHEN: Neil, honey? It's me, Gretchen.
Neil, you have to listen to me.
I've been kidnapped for real this time.
I'm okay.
But I'm scared.
- I owe him a lot of money.
- Who? - Neil, Neil! - Give me that! - Gretchen? - MALE VOICE: All right, listen up.
I'm gonna call you back in one hour and I'm gonna tell you where to leave the money.
Do as I say and your wife will live.
- If not (HANGING UP CALL) - Gretchen?! Gretchen! Who's this man? It's the loan shark.
He must've tracked her from the motel.
He's the one on their surveillance video.
Her time was up, she didn't have the money, he took her.
But now, the ransom is real.
Couldn't get a location.
How could you not get the location with all that time? Time wasn't the issue, the target was moving.
- Because they're driving.
- Do you think? Now, where does that leave us? There are thousands of cars out there.
I picked up a kickback from the engine, likely from a modified muffler.
You're looking for a black car.
Dot, how do you just appear in places? Well, back at the house you made such a big deal, so worried you wouldn't see me again.
Who is this tiny woman? How do you know it's a black car? Because I saw it sitting outside as you left.
It looked like it was watching you.
Then, it took off.
Her loan shark was looking for Gretchen and he knew I was, too.
I saw the same car at the church with Dr.
Fielding.
Holy crap, Neil was right.
So, we just wait for the money-drop location? Mm-mm, we get to him before he calls back.
And how do you suppose we do that? (HELICOPTER BLADES WHIRRING) You paid for your own chopper? I had a little extra change in my piggy bank.
And by piggy bank, I mean a TV movie I did with lone Skye, where I played her lover with amnesia.
I couldn't remember any of my lines.
Whoa, whoa, sorry, Chief.
Little tight in here right now.
We'll see you on the ground for the take-down.
So, what fun sites of Bishop do you guys want to see first? You hired a tourist chopper? (AS ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER) Get to the chopper! Nothing, Sam, nothing.
I feel like we've just been up here counting cars.
I know.
Wait, wait.
That one, that sedan.
Fully tinted windows? Not a common extra here in Bishop.
Good for hiding hostages.
That's gonna be our guy, Sam.
Where is it headed? What is east of Dowling Road? That's just country roads.
Ha ha! It's Boyle on his bike! (PHONE RINGING) BOYLE: Hey, Shaw, hello.
Chief, where are you headed? I heard you guys got some great outdoor farmer's markets, but I'm also chasing down a black car with a maniac loan shark and female hostage.
He's running parallel to you right now on Dowling.
Can you speed up? Let me talk to him, just give me the phone! Let me talk to him! Hey, Boyle.
Harley here! Dowling's gonna dead-end and our guy's gonna get away.
My GPS tells me that I can go south on Bertram and cut him off on Junction 14.
Your GPS didn't grow up here.
It would tell you that Dowling dead-ends and it turns into a dirt path that leads to the Stoops' quarry where Dave and I used to throw pennies and make wishes.
So, unless you got a bag of pennies, our loan shark is gonna find out the same thing.
You have to make a right on Bertram where he's all yours.
Harley, are you sure? He's one street past Hiff Road.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
(TIRES SCREECHING) Oof! Keep your hands where I can see 'em! Keep 'em up! Get out of the car! Get out! (SIRENS BLARING) Hey, I'll see you in a sec.
Oh! So glad you're okay.
Carter, this how he handles all his cases? SAM: No, different every time.
He likes to keep us guessing.
But somehow, we always end up here.
Hey, coming in for the good stuff, you two! We are so, so grateful to you.
What can we do to repay you? That reminds me, I have a check for you.
No, no, no, come on, this one's pro Bono.
You are my first solo P.
I.
case, and plus, cases that involve love should not cost money.
And also, I slept with your husband.
It didn't mean anything.
It was an acting exercise.
Good for you.
All right, you two, go walk off into the sunset.
This is your exit shot.
Can we stop on the way home for scratch-offs? It's triple payout today.
We're all works in progress.
Hey, Dave! Sam is on her way over, but I am gonna eat this entire box of Schimm's donuts if you don't get here soon.
Okay, please, send help now.
Whoa, Dave, Dave, Dave! I'm looking at Chief Boyle.
He has a machete.
He is hacking his way toward me.
Okay, if I don't call back in five minutes, make sure to send the hot photo of me to the Emmy memorial.
Chief.
Carter.
Did you just hack your way over here from your place? Your place is on my morning route.
Um, you live 12 kilometers from here in a, in a boat in the marina You know, I got something to confess to you.
I do know your show, Call Carter.
Oh-oh, I knew it.
You're a fan! Hey, man, we gotta do, we gotta do a selfie.
Okay, let's do like, um, finger guns? Say "law enforcement"! You know, us guys on the job, we always talk about how some shows get it right.
You know, how the writers, the actors, they get in our heads, paint the truth up there on that screen.
And there are some shows that don't get it right, and we don't watch those shows.
See you around, Carter.
Uh, well, uh, which one is Carter? 'Cause we have technical advisors.
DAVE: Harley! Oh, my God, thank God you're still in one piece.
Hey, man, you've got to see this.
I think I just took myself out of sidekick territory.
Check it out.
If this is your report card, I'm not just gonna sign it.
So, I kinda had a breakthrough in fake therapy.
I took the initiative of looking into our new chief.
As you'll see there, there's a ten-month gap in his résumé before got here.
And you'll also see that Chief Boyle didn't leave the 52nd on his own terms, but as the result of the sealed disciplinary hearing.
You were right, man.
Joyce Warwick Boyle may not be exactly who he says he is.
You know what I would call this interesting wrinkle? Great work, partner.
No? You're right.
It was wrong.
It just came out.
I I didn't even think.
It's too soon for that.
No, no! I didn't mean no as in no It felt wrong.
It felt wrong.
So, you're really gonna stick around, huh? You're not gonna miss Hollywood? I am gonna bring Hollywood with me.
Plus you two need me on the poster.
Oh, I'm on the poster? Slightly smaller, just behind me.
All right.
Hey listen, I don't know what's gonna happen with us, but I do know the seeds have been planted, potential for riveting twists and turns.
If this was my show, I'd say it's gonna be an interesting season.
I get the feeling Now that I'm back with you I am home Knowing you're next to me I'm not alone, yeah I get the feeling I get the feeling Together we're taking over, going strong