Shark s02e16 Episode Script

previously on shark: We're dealingwith a real psychopath,wayne.
Twisted.
Vicious.
No conscience.
It's hard to believethat those kind of people actually exist in the world.
So all of a sudden,I figured,why not just providethe victim myself.
And they say I'm crazy.
Trust me.
You are.
You're crazy.
"To julie.
Maison de chocolat.
" Well,they'renot from trevor.
He didn't send the flowers or the poem.
Well,who did? I don't know.
The victims were very much the same-- young,single,attractive women enjoying that time of life.
When everything seems possible, but often it's a time when the past comes back to haunt you.
To remind you of sins you thought were hidden.
Sometimes these sins are forgiven but when they're not,they festerlike a wound.
Guilt is a strange thing.
You can see it in people's eyes,in the way they move.
They carry it like a weight.
no matter how hard they try,they can't unburden themselves.
They need help.
I've always believed it's our job to help each other.
Next time you call meat 5:30 A.
M.
, I prefer you invite me to breakfastinstead of a crime scene.
Yeah,well this isworth getting up for.
A megan cooper,22multiple knife wounds.
Victim's roommate said meganwent to a movie at 9:00 in westwood,never came home.
Any similar crimesin the area? Not in the past year.
Well,if we're notlooking at a pattern,why are we here? Oh,there'sdefinitely a pattern.
Callison? That's his calling card.
Callis's doing lifein kern valley.
But maybe it's a copycat.
We put this freak waya year ago.
Why now? Call for you.
Handle it! It's from kern valley prison.
kern valley prison level iv maximum security Dig the look,wayne.
Is that the manson makeover? I have missed the old stark wit.
Well,I can't saythat I've missed you.
Well,that's hurtful.
Cut the crap.
How did you knowabout megan cooper's murder? I'm psychic.
Psychoticis more like it.
It was your mo,wayne,right down to the scrimshawon the poor girl's thigh.
If you're accusing meof something,I feel fairly certainI have a strong alibi.
You made certain of that.
You're damn right I did.
Does it ever bother you,sebastian? Falsifying an entiremurder case against me? You know,wayne,when myconscience starts to bother me, I just think about those womenyou killed in cold blood.
Actually,their bloodwas quite warm.
How did you knowabout megan cooper? My book has garnered mea loyal fan base.
They keep meup to date.
If you knowwho did this,I can arrange to have your timebe more comfortable here.
Oh,my time here is over.
Whoever killed miss cooperhas just favored me with the grounds for my appeal.
That is crazy,even for you.
Maybe,sebastian,but we both know it'll be enoughto get me a new trial, during which I will recounin vivid detail your elaborate plotto frame me by cutting up a young woman'sbody and passing her off as a murder victim.
Imagine their chagrin when they realize they'relocked up the wrong lunatic.
I'll die before youwalk out of here.
I hope not.
We have so much to talk about.
Shark Season 02 Episode 16 proudly presents Been looking at some of callison's fan mail.
Guy is a major celebrity.
Total freak show,huh? Beyond.
Found a few e-mails from a guy called christopher hoffs.
Lives in culver city.
Any connection to the victim? Not yet,but this guy is seriously twisted.
He treats callison like some kind of a role model.
Listen to this: "People are ugly.
" Their lies multiply like maggots on a corpse.
"Teach me to use blood to free them from their guilt and from their pain.
" "With peace on earth and goodwill toward men.
" Find him.
christopher hoffs? What do you want? From the da's office,investigating the murder of megan cooper.
he's killer hail satan he's killed seven.
zodiac now say Looks like you got yourself a hobby,christopher.
Can we get this over wit according to the irs,you're a computer programmer,right? Educational software for kids.
that wouldn't have been my first guess.
That's a serious knife collection.
Knives aren't illegal.
Ah,they are if you use them to carve people up.
You know,whoever killed megan cooper was a huge wayne callison fan.
That makes sense.
Callison's an artist.
You two have quite an online friendship going on.
That's none of your business.
copycat murderer Where were you the night megan cooper was killed? Here.
Working.
You have anyone who can verify that for you? I meanbesides your pals here? Nope.
I work alone.
Did callison tell you to kill megan cooper? You know what? You got any more questions,I'm gonna have to talk to my lawyer.
Tell him to meet us downtown.
sorry.
Hey.
So how's your college trip going? Oh,uh,great.
The stanford library is enormous.
You get to sit in on any classes? Uh not yet.
They're keeping us pretty busy.
Drink! What was that? Um,nothing.
When are you coming home? Amy and are going to berkeley for two days torrow night and then we're going to spend the weekend in san francisco.
Drink! Now,that sounds like some kind of party going on.
No,it's actually a cheer that they do.
It'S part of orientation.
Okay,I-I love you,dad.
Yeah,julie,I'm gonna julie? the circumstancesof megan cooper's murder precisely match those of hannah morton's, the crime for whichI was falsely convicted.
Mr.
Callison wrote a book detailing his crimes,your honor.
Any tom,dick,or psychocould have copied him.
You'd know all about that,sebastian.
mr.
Callison claimsthat I personally framed him for the deathof hannah morton,judge.
He also holds meresponsible for global warming.
Your trial was well-publicized,mr.
Callison.
The similarity of Ms.
Cooper'sdeath to ms.
Morton's is not sufficient to warranta new trial.
Exactly.
If you please,your honor,not all the forensic detailscame out at my trial.
This is such a waste of time,judge.
He has a right to be heard.
You will see,uh,your honor,that the woundpatterns on both the victims' legsare nearly identical.
Not exactly breaking news.
But hannah morton's assailantmade a similar wound on her scalp beneathher hairline.
That scalp injurywas not introduced into evidence during my trial.
Megan cooper hadthe same injury.
So,by simple logic,it becomes clear that megan cooper and hannah morton were murdered by the same person.
As I was incarcerated atthe time of Ms.
Cooper's death, it stands to reasonthat I am also innocent of the murder of Ms.
Morton.
Mr.
Callison makesa compelling argument,Mr.
Stark.
Yeah,well,12 jurors foundthis man guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
Juries makemistakes.
We all know that.
No,not this time.
You see,in law school,you learn about the four cornersof the trial record, which means in the absenceof reversible error no new evidencemay be considered.
Therefore,yourpretty pictures of the scalp wounds--totally inadmissible.
Your honor,surely Mr.
Stark is right.
Do you have any other proofto offer? No.
Then your requestfor a new trial is denied.
better luck next time,wayne.
As you're fond ofsaying,sebastian,I don't believe in luck.
did you takecallison down? Down and out.
What's the dealon wayne's pen p? Priors for assaultand stalking.
The cops arequestioning him now.
Could be our guy.
Turned out to bea pretty good day.
yes,sir.
What's going on? Prisoner escape! Officers down! What the hell happened? Callison overpoweredthe deputies on the way to the van.
Then he wentfor the driver.
you only got three deputies on this guy? Well,that's protocol.
Where the hell is he?! He took the van.
He's gone.
Chp has checkpoints set upon every major freeway.
Security's tripled at lax.
The deputycallison crushed with the van--he didn't make it.
How about the other two? The guy has a fractured larynx.
The female deputy gota mild concussion.
She's in the hospital.
Looks like the judge was right to denycallison's appeal.
News flash,kids.
The appeal was a scam.
Come on.
What do you mean? This guy already beat usin court,remember? He's smart enough to know thattap dance about scalp wounds won't buy him a new trial.
He just wanted outof maximum security.
He knew that he'd have a shotto escape during transit.
And now we got two problems: The psycho copycat who did hiscallison impression on megan cooper and the real thing aboutto give him a run for his money.
Dueling serial killers.
I can already hear the studiosbidding on this one.
What about callison's protég? Hoffs is stillin custody.
Guy's a computer whiz.
Part of his correspondencewith callison issome kind of crazy code.
Use the fbi.
We translate those messages,chances arewe nail hoffs for megan cooper.
Where are you,wayne? All units be advised individual matching subject's description seen at north end of union station.
Code three.
Anybody in here? You got three secondsto come out! isaac? We got a report About a guy matchingcallison's description leaving a men's roomin union station.
We found a body.
The throat is cut,and somebody took his clothes.
Damn it! Let me guess.
The deceased was approximatelysix feet four inches tall.
Yeah,you got it.
All outgoing trains arebeing held and searche but I don't think callison'sin any rush to leave town.
And why is that? Your buddy callisonescaped.
So I heard.
Two people are dead.
So wipe that damn smileoff your face.
Trust me.
Wayne is just getting started.
You two had your ownlittle language.
Well,wayne,you know,he likes his privacy.
So do we.
Did you kill megan cooperso callison could escape? No.
Now look,I want my lawyeror I want to go home! You can't do that! Get up! We need you to translatethese e-mails for us,chris.
Go to hell! I think we pissed him off.
Oh,that's not good enoughfor a tough guy like him.
I was a detectivefor nine years.
I came across some real psychos.
Like those guys on your wall.
But you know,they hadone thing in common.
They weren't afraid of pain.
Hell,they even liked it.
So tell me,you like pain,chris? let me out of here! a cop isead,and our boss is next.
So you're gonna give us what we need.
or we're gonna find outhow much pain you can deal with.
Stop! I'll tell youwhat you want to know! thanks for yourcooperation.
Callison got hoffs tcka victim at random.
He scoped out her address and her daily routine.
When it came timeto kill her,hoffs backed out.
Tough to find good helpthese days.
So if hoffs didn't kill megan,who did? Callison told hoffshe had someone to do the job,someone he called "N.
" N? Any chance we can get few more letters? Maybe buy a vowel? The fbi decodedthe rest of the e-mailsfrom callison.
The messages were sentto two different accounts.
Now,we thoughtthey both belonged to hoffs,but we were wrong.
So who the hell'scallison's other pen pal? The account is registered to nancy lisco.
The female deputy callison knocked outwhen he escaped? Whwoulda sheriff's deputy kill an innocent girland help callison escape? Listen to this.
"Counting the daysuntil we're together,nancy.
I love you.
" Callison's a real romantic.
Nancy lisco checked outof the hospital.
This just keeps gettingbetter and better.
Over here.
This is deputylisco's office.
That's julie.
Call stark.
I hope your mom's okay.
Her back goes outall the time.
It just gives heran excuse to lie in bedand order me around.
Sounds like fun.
I am so sorry.
I feel so bad I dragged youback here early,julie.
Seriously,it wouldhave been so much fun this weekend.
Don't worrabout it.
When we both getinto stanford,we can go to san franciscowhenever we want.
All right.
Thanks.
Drive safely.
All right.
I'll see you later.
Bye.
Hey,dad? Dad,are you home? No,it's justyou and me.
What are you doing here? I'm waiting for you.
My dad is gonna be homeany minute.
You want one? There's stilla few left.
You sent those? And the flowersand the poem.
I'm your secret admirer.
please don't hurt me.
I promise.
It'll only hurtfor a little while.
Alarm went offat 7:38 P.
M.
Front door was open when the privatesecurity guys got here.
And sid pulled callison'sprints off the door.
She was supposed to bein san francisco.
Why the hell would shecome home early?! Lasd has theentire area sealed off.
That's really gonnastop him! Thanks - what's the name of the girl that - I don't know her name.
Amy,trish,Iher mother set up the trip.
- I'll check her room.
Maybe it's written down somewhere.
- Okay.
Have you calledjulie's mom? She's travelingin ireland.
I left a messagefor her brother.
We're gonna find her.
How the hellcan this be happening? This is my fault! I should have gone up there.
I should have found her,and insteadI let him get to her! I let this animal stark,look,we'regonna get her back,all right? It's my littlegirl.
- Stark,we're gonna get her back.
stark,but you needto pull it together.
- No stark, Looks like callison ran northof pacific coast highway and he has a teenage girl with him.
Did you get him?! It was a civilian sighting.
By the time we got a unit therehe was gone.
But at least we knowthat they're still in los angeles.
Oh,great! This is,this is what I getfrom the fbi! Look,I know you're upset.
I'm upset?! You bet your ass I'm upset! I tend to get that waywhen my only child is kidnappedby a homicidal maniac! Take it easy.
Take it easy.
Callison may be too smartto track down.
Maybe we can getthe deputy who killedmegan cooper and helped callisonescape,all right? Her name's nancy lisco.
We have any leadon her whereabouts? The sheriff's departmentis questioning her husband right now,but he's not talking.
He'll talk to me.
Please,I-I won't tell anyone where you are.
Just let me go.
Your dad and i know each other so well, that you and I arepractically strangers.
Your folks' divorce must have been reallyrough on you.
That's none of your business.
You know,from all the interviews I've read, your father hardly hadany time for you.
He he was working.
And he hated anythingthat stood in his way,especially a needylittle girl like you.
That's not true.
Well,I supposeI could be wrong.
He did fhtig for custody during the divorcehearing,didn't he? At least he begged youto live with him when your mother movedto new york.
You must've beena bad little girl for him to hate you so much.
And bad little girlsshould be punished,shouldn't they? Oh,hey,nance.
Did you get thethings we needed? Not much of a store.
I got what I could.
well,they're not exactlytop of the line,but they'll do.
Oh,my god.
Are you sure we need to do this? She's just a kid.
It's all partof the plan.
I-I don't understandwhy we just avt lecan'E.
Oh,trust me.
It'll all be over in a few minutes.
Please don't hurt me.
Please.
You know,your father and i are a lot alike.
We're goodat what we do because we pay attentionto detail.
We make a plan,we execute it.
It's all inthe preparation.
Mr.
Lisco,your wifemet wayne callison during his murder iallast year.
She was working lockupin the courthouse.
They started writingback and forth.
I don't want to hear this.
Well,you're gonna have to hear about it! Because she's in lovewith this monster.
She killed for him,she helped him escape,and now he's gotmy 17-year-old daughter! And if I don't getto him in time,he's gonna kill her,too! Look in my job, I've met a lot of husbands whose wives havestepped out on them and got into big trouble.
And when pushcame to shove,almost every one of those men--every one-- stuck up for his wife, even though he knew that she had betrayed him.
I know you loveyour wife,and I understand thatyou want to protect her, but my baby girlis out there somewhere.
She's totally innocent,and she'smy whole world.
I'm gonna need your helpto bring her back home.
We've-we've got A a trailer in fender canyon,near malibu.
fender canyon malibu, california We've triedto establish contact,but if anyone's in there,they're not responding.
What's the call? We need to go in.
You go in there gunsa-blazing,julie could get hurt.
Can't we justwait him out? Guys like callison do notreact well to being cornered.
So offer him something.
He wants a new trial;let's give him one.
He doesn't want a new trial.
He wants me.
I'm trying to save yourdaughter,Mr.
Stark.
In order to do that,I have to go in.
I don't needyour blessing,but I'd like to have it.
Go.
Whenever you're ready.
fbi fbi All clear.
We're all clear.
He's taken hersomewhelse.
Check that.
We have a body in the closet,female.
Julie! Oh,god god! Oh,god.
stark.
Good morning,sebastian.
You sound tired.
Rough night? Where's my daughter,you sick son of a bitch?! Oh,julie's fine.
We're just getting to each other.
Let her go,wayne.
I'm the one you want.
Now how could you possibly knowwhat I want? Tell me,wayne.
What do you want? Your best,sebastian.
I want your best.
My best what? I'll explain when I see you.
When will that be? Soon enough,sebastian.
When I picked up julie,I left you a note.
It's underneaththe james hill sculpture.
That's a nice piece by the way.
Anyway,the note explains exactly what to do.
If you share it with the fbi,I will return your daughterto you arms first.
Leher go,wayne.
I won't run.
I won't bring the police.
Just be you and me.
You can do whatever you want.
You want to kill someone? Kill me.
Good things cometo those who wait,sebastian.
According to this,you have to be at a cabin in topanga canyonin two hours.
And I will be,alone.
You show up alone,he'lkill you both.
If callison so muchas smells a cop,he will kill my daughterand he will disappear.
Now,look,guys,I will leave in exactly one hourfor topanga.
No one follows me;he'll be looking for that.
Then we'll puta body wire on you.
No way.
Callison finds it,we're done.
Okay,whenI get there,give me time to go in and talkhim into releasing julie.
Once she's safe it's your call.
We'll see you up there.
I'll make sureeverhing goes all right.
No.
I want you and danny backin the office.
Oh,forget it.
Sit down.
Come on.
There's a good chance I'm not going to make itthrough this and that callisonwill escape.
- Oh,come on,boss - no.
If that happens,I need you guysto coordinate the manhunt.
We need to be out there too.
This isn't a request,danny.
Go on.
Go.
I think you missed your calling,sebastian.
"Most trial lawyers are justbad actors with a law degree.
" Isn't that whatyou told newsweek? Where's my daughter,wayne? I'm here,honey.
Oh,no,no,no,no,no.
You want a reunion,you'll have to earn it.
You okay,baby? I'm okay.
If you're on your game,sebastian,she'll stay that way.
A gun,wayne? It's kind of a novel weaponfor you,isn't it? Well,it's a novel occasion.
I borrowed itfrom my ex-girlfriend.
She won't needit anymore.
I did what you asked.
I'm here.
No cops.
No fbi.
I'm sure that they will enjoy their field tripto topanga canyon.
It's beautiful up therethis time of year.
By the time they realizeyou're not coming,we'll be all finished.
Get against the table,spread your legs.
I'm not armed,wayne.
I'm not wearing a wire.
But you have put ona few pounds.
You should watch that,sebastian.
You're not gettingany younger.
Let her go,wayne.
I'd like to.
But if you are reallygoing to shine,you need somemotivation.
What the hell areyou talking about? I love this place.
I love it.
Superman had his fortressof solitude stark his privatehall of justice.
What's your point? Simply this.
In this room,you have craftedhundreds of winning arguments, sussed outyour opponents' weaknesses, exploited themwith ruthless precision-- the ultimate predator.
I think you may be projectinga little there,wayne.
Maybe,but I have a theory.
No man has been truly tested until his own bloodis on the line.
- Which is why right here--in your very own,idealized courtroom - wayne you will do battlefor the ultimate prize.
Your daughter's life.
Dad! You convince me you deserve your daughter,and you'll bothwalk out of here.
if you don't,you will watch her die while she begs heraddyfor help.
Dad "trial is war and second place is death.
" Remember? It's time to practicewhat you preach.
Mr.
Stark you had no real usefor your daughter for the first 16 yearsof her life,is that true? AlI ways loved her.
Always.
But on the rare occasionsyou were home, before the divorce, you spent most of your timein this room? Yes.
And the ballet recitalsand the birthday parties, and all the thingsthat your wife claire begged you to attend? I was andiot.
My priorities were screwed up.
My daughter knowshow badly I feel.
But do you knowhow badly she feels? How worthless you have made her feel? That's not fair.
Order in the court! Your daughteris a success in every way.
She is talented.
She's beautiful.
She's smart.
And yet just last year,she came crawling,bowing and scraping and beggingyour approval.
She has always had my approval.
I may not have shown it,but I have been proud of hersince the day she was born.
I'm sure she'sproud of you.
Putting dangerous criminalslike me in prison.
Speaking of which,does she knowhow you did that? You already knowthat your father sometimes breaks the rules-- well,most of the time.
Um,he claims that I killed a young womannamed hannah morton.
But that's not true,is it,sebastian? no.
I don't understand.
Hannah morton killed herself.
And then,your father had this poor young woman's body butchered to make it lookas if I'd done it.
He even enlisted her mother's help.
It was the only way to keep youfrom killing more people.
Oh,there it is.
There it is,the classic stark rationalization.
"It satisfiedmy higher sense of justice " so it must have been right in the eyes of god.
And I would do it againin a heartbeat! And therein liesthe rub,sebastian.
You are not justa narcissist,but an unrepentant one.
You were a lousy father.
You were a lying,duplicitous lawyer, and you do not deserve your daughter,julie.
Do you?! Let us continue.
high profile crime.
Hello? What the hell? That call came from the phonein stark's courtroom.
Well,I must say,sebastian,you have not made muchof a case for yourself.
And,uhI'm afraid timeis running out.
It doesn't matterwhat I say,wayne.
You're gonna killmy daughter and then youegonna kill me.
You surprise me.
Giving up on life before the final argument.
Do you want me to beg? Is that what you want,wayne? Is that whatyou want me to do? In your position,not a bad strategy.
But far be it for meto dictate to the mast.
The,um floor is yours.
The cops are on their way.
I can't begin to tell youhow sorry I am you've had to gothrough this.
By choosing to deal with people like wayne callison,I did whatI needed to do.
But I also brought youinto that world.
And I will never forgive myself.
You asked meto convince you why I deserve to getmy daughter back.
You did a hellof a job painting me as the world'sworst human being.
And most of it's true.
But you left outone very important part.
I'm here.
After all the mistakes,after all the failures,after all the lies I'm still trying to beyour father.
I've let you down,julie.
I've hurt you.
I've never been the manyou needed me to be.
But even with all that,I came here todayto trade my life for hers.
Not because I'm a hero.
Far from it.
But because I'm her father.
I love you,dad.
The defense rests.
Well done,sebastian.
Heartfelt,passionate.
I was moved.
But I think we both knowwhat has to happen here.
You walk out of here right now,wayne.
I give you my word.
I will never come after you.
Oh,that's whatI love about you,sebastian: The blinding hubriseven in the shadow of death.
I won't let you do this.
Oh,I knowthis is difficult for you.
If you want her,wayne,you're just goingto have to kill me first.
boom! dad! Please don't hurt me! Please don't! Please don't hurt me,please! Dad! Drop the gun! Now! Drop it! No! Isaac,don't,no! I will blow her head off.
ck off! Now! That's not going to happen.
You fire that gun,you die.
It's your call.
Wayne,wayne,be smart.
You can pleaddiminished capacity.
Worst case,you're right backwhere you started.
And I suppose you'll defend me? You've got a choice.
You die right here,right now.
Or you let her go.
And maybe you get another shot at me down the line.
Isn't thatwhat you want? Don't you want me,wayne? I want to take you up on that.
Put the gun and the knifeon the floor,ly.
Kick them over here.
All right,get on your knees.
Okay.
okay put your hands behind your head.
Take her out of here,isaac.
Take hert of here.
I got callison.
I said take herout of here right now.
No! Julie I'm not going.
Julie.
Go.
Now! Dad! Your daughterhas a highly evolved sense of morality,sebastian.
She must get itfrom her mother's side.
Dad,don't! It's the only way.
He's never going to stop coming after us.
Go ahead,sebastian.
Take the final step.
Come on.
It feels so good.
Show your daughterwho you really are.
Boom.
I'm not you,wayne.
I'm not you.
Face down on the floor.
Now! Get down! I'm here.
I will always be here.
Shark Season 02 Episode 16 proudly presents