Saving Grace s03e14 Episode Script
I Killed Kristin
# Master plot # # Cracked a smile # # Exalted tones # # Baby, quick for miles # # We been waitin' # # To see a star# Aunt Grace, you're all sweaty.
Oh, dude! Now you're all sweaty.
Come on.
Seriously? Hey, you two want to learn some new moves? Mom, this isn't Twisted Sister.
I can't wait until I get my license.
Mae's license, Clay's license.
Scary stuff.
Love you, Aaron! # Medication # # Is all we need # # I got no patience # # Well, I just want everything # # Medication # # And I just want everything # Just like that, 15 years gone.
Before we know it, they'll be 30 years old.
Yeah.
Clay's already shaving.
Doesn't have shit to shave.
How's he doing? Considering puberty, not bad.
Hey, you guys, what does "Man vs.
Bear" mean? What does Three Dog Night mean? Well, actually, it's an Australian Aboriginal custom of sleeping with a dog for warmth on a cold night.
Three Dog Night.
Very chilly.
How ill is Aaron Strange? He's back and better than ever! - Back from where? - Rehab.
But he's sober now.
This tour kicks off their third album, Trees Fall in the Woods.
Thank you for coming out and spending some time with us.
As usual, we're broke as a joke.
We ain't after your bread.
We just need a bed.
So if someone's got a place to crash a show of hands.
Thank you! Thank you.
One more song! One more song! One more song! One more song! One more song! One more song! One more song! Thank you, God! # I saw you comin' # # Shining like a star# # Gone to California # Dad loves cotton candy.
Can I bring one home for him? Sure.
- Ronnie moved back in? - Last week.
Heard your voice in my head.
"What are you doing? It's too soon.
He broke your heart into a thousand tiny pieces.
" That's your voice in your head.
Didn't think you wouldn't understand.
Here's what I understand.
I'm behind you a thousand percent.
You make the plays, I back the plays you make.
- But Ronnie messes up again, I'm gonna cut off his balls.
- Ouch.
#So pretty and, oh, so bold # # Got a heart full of gold on a Ionely road # - # She said, "I don't even think that God can save me"# - # Save me # # Am I gaining ground Am I losing face # # Have I lost and found my saving grace # # Thankful for the gift my angels gave me ## What are you doing, Earl? Is Chet okay? - Chet and Opal got an offer on the house they couldn't refuse.
- What do you mean? They moved? I think you're gonna love your new neighbor.
- Chet and Opal moved? - To Arkansas.
Without saying good-bye? Well, you ain't been around much, with Geepaw and then taking Caroline out to California.
- Somebody bought their house? - Yep.
- Paid cash.
- Who? - Neely Lloyd.
- I'm coming over.
Now's not the best time, Grace.
She didn't catch one "Z" all night.
- Coming off a three-day binge.
- Glass? Spun like a top.
- Thought she was off that crap.
- She was.
Thought she was all alive with the power of God, the love of God.
- She was.
- You making her detox? Not making, just helping.
She's an addict.
You need to get her to rehab.
Humans, in general, search outside for answers.
Gold mines, wine bottles, matrimony, even meth pipes.
People search for solutions everywhere, except the source.
He made all of us, he's in all of us.
Earl, I'm done.
I'm gonna be busy for a while.
I think I can make it alone.
You're never alone, Grace.
Consider the source.
Early 20s, no I.
D.
Looks like she was strangled.
Van's got Nevada tags registered to a Dr.
David Finklestein in Vegas.
Still trying to get a phone number on him.
Heard Ronnie called you late last night.
He told me if I wanted to cut off his balls, he'd come over and show me where to find 'em.
He was drunk.
I'm so sorry.
It's only because he loves you.
M.
E.
says she was strangled four to six hours ago.
Petechial hemorrhaging in her eyes, bruising around her neck.
Hey, Rhetta? Did you get this? I found $ 150 in her pocket and the key to the van was left in the ignition.
- There's some heavy shit here.
- Killer could've knocked her on her ass.
- Strangles her instead.
- It's personal.
Glitter on her face, on the passenger seat.
Looks like Christmas came early.
Ho-ho-ho.
You guys heard of Man vs.
Bear? Yeah.
We saw them perform yesterday.
Yeah, right.
- Tree Falls In the Woods kicks ass.
- Yeah.
Saw that jackalope onstage at the show.
Whoa.
Whoa.
Whoa.
Hand stamp puts our victim at the music festival with us yesterday.
They don't dance.
They just do this.
- Band's Web site tell you anything? - Yeah that word travels fast.
Cell phone footage from yesterday's show is already up.
- Lot of fans.
- Lot of suspects.
These Man vs.
Bear kids, they local boys? Well, the site says they're from San Fran.
Our victim's tattoo reads, "Daddy's little girl loves Frisco.
" Gig in O.
K.
C.
is part of a 37-city tour.
- We notify S.
F.
P.
D? - Oh, yeah.
We sent them this photo.
- Just waiting to hear back.
- Oh, she looks like she could be in high school.
- And no one's reported her missing? - Mm-mmm.
What about the, uh, diamond rings? Four single-carat engagement rings.
Worth about a grand apiece.
My first engagement ring three carats, white gold band.
Still have it.
- What happened to your second ring? - Sold it.
Went to Jamaica.
Had more fun in that one week than I had in the entire marriage.
Butch is talking to the concert promoter.
Hey, Clay.
Come here a minute.
- Do you know where M.
V.
B.
crashed last night? - No.
Cool! You're on the site.
Told you their music was addictive.
- You've got it paused on Kristin Rossi.
- You recognize her? - She's Aaron Strange's girlfriend.
- She was murdered last night.
Yes! That bitch is dead! M.
V.
B.
, we're still in business! One, don't ever call a woman a bitch.
And two, tell me everything you know about this band and Kristin Rossi.
- How long you been promoting music, Mason? - Since I was 14.
- Am I in trouble? - We're investigating an incident at the music festival yesterday.
Oh, well, anything I can do to help, Detective.
I'm a friend of the law enforcement community.
You promoted the Man vs.
Bear show? Promoted all those too.
Even worked the Flaming Lips U.
F.
O.
show at the Zoo in '06.
- Wayne Coyne smeared fake blood on me backstage.
- Impressive.
You need an act for the policeman's ball this year, I'll set you up.
What can you tell me about Kristin Rossi? Uh, Aaron Strange's girlfriend.
Was banging Pete, the bass player, before that.
I'm in a meeting, Mom.
Uh, she might be managing them now.
I used to talk to the guys about the money.
This gig, I only spoke to her.
What kind of money we talking? Band got 150 cash yesterday.
Why so many questions about Kristin? She was found dead this morning.
Shit.
Yoko's dead.
Shit.
- Explain.
- Uh, fans don't like her.
As soon as Aaron started dating her, fans thought that the music suffered.
Thought she was ruining the band.
Not me though.
She's a cool chick.
Negotiated yesterday's fee up 50 bucks on me, and that ain't easy to do.
Here's the deal, Mason.
This is confidential police info.
This isn't something to promote.
But you know that, being a friend of the law enforcement community and all.
Tell me, do you know where the band ended up crashing last night? Yeah.
Some fan told them about a good squat near downtown.
I was gonna go, but my mom wouldn't let me.
What's up? Oh, shit! O.
C.
P.
D.
Stand up slowly.
Hands where we can see them.
What's going on? Someone told us we can crash here.
We'll leave.
We'll leave.
Saw you all in Bricktown yesterday.
- Does this mean you didn't like the show? - No, man.
It was good shit.
Just need to know how many people partied here last night.
- Why? - You first.
- 10, 15.
- Any names? - Guy named Gabe, Robbie.
- Chick named Willie.
Couple brunettes, a redhead.
We met 'em all at the show.
Where's Kristin? Got Kristin Rossi's I.
D.
Pair of shoes.
Why are you going through Kristin's stuff? Concert flyers, birth control pills a birthday card from her parents.
Ticket from a Phoenix pawnshop.
- Stay out of there, man! - It's okay, dude.
It's okay.
Another ring.
I can't believe you make all that sound with just the three of you.
- Who's David Finklestein? - He's my dad.
Why? - Is he hurt? - No, your dad is fine.
When was the last time you saw your girlfriend, Aaron? Like, 3:00 this morning.
Where is she? Why is he asking about my dad? Walk with me a second.
What's going on, man? No! - We got coke.
- Give me your hands.
Wh-What are you doing? That's not ours.
Goddamn it, Aaron.
You doing blow again last night? Okay, okay.
Well, I said I've already tried that.
I'm not going, Earl.
No, she's not hallucinating.
Well, ain't there nothing else I can do besides wait it out? Well, she won't go, so I can't take her.
She already tried praying.
I have faith, Earl.
- Might take more than that this time.
- Mm-mmm.
God is always enough.
Parable of the sower.
Seed falls among the thorns, it grows but the thorns choke it before it can bear fruit.
Right now, child, you're choking in the thorns.
I can't feel this way anymore, Earl.
What did they tell you? - Said you should pray.
- I did that.
I prayed for meth.
Can't let you off.
Can't fight you.
They don't care about you.
# To see a star # These fans are in crazy love with Man vs.
Bear! Almost as much as they hated our victim.
- Check out this thread.
- What is it? Bear 21.
"I'd sit on a bee's nest naked after spreading honey on my ass.
" MVBFan1986: "I would chop off both my arms.
" Shit, man.
- Any of these people in Oklahoma City yesterday? - Tech is tracking I.
P.
addresses.
Hanadarko's open in the end zone.
- Dude! - Touchdown! Yo, yo.
Aaron Finklestein a.
k.
a.
Aaron Strange.
Four arrests for cocaine possession, assault and battery but only one conviction for misdemeanor possession.
S.
F.
P.
D.
says Papa Bear Finklestein has influence and cash.
Bad combination.
Aaron got out of rehab after three months.
Clearly did not take.
Rhetta found his prints all over the razor blade and vial.
Means Aaron lied about doing coke last night.
Rhetta's got another unidentified print on the vial.
- Kristin's glitter was on the passenger seat, not driver's.
- And she was barefoot.
No purse.
- Don't think she was the one driving the van last night.
- Anything more on the rings? Diamond codes lead back to a jewelry store robbery in Phoenix two weeks ago.
Six rings jacked in a grab-and-dash.
Tour schedule from the Web site places them in Phoenix same day.
Six rings stolen, five found.
Traveling band slash jewel thieves.
That's real rock and roll.
Squeeze them all.
See who pops first.
- Why did you arrest the band? - I'll talk to you in a minute.
- They didn't kill Kristin! - I'll talk to you in a minute.
- You heard your aunt.
- They didn't do anything! This is bullshit! Free Man vs.
Bear! Time for you to go home.
You understand me? You heard the captain.
What the hell was that? You don't ever disrespect a superior officer that way.
You're lucky Captain Perry didn't kick your smart-ass butt right out of the program.
Don't walk away when I'm talking to you.
- What is it about Man vs.
Bear? - They're really good.
Lots of bands are really good, but they don't make you act like such a little shit.
- Just listen to the music.
- I did.
Songs about feeling different, alienated.
- You feel that way? - I don't know.
Sometimes.
- So you hang out with people on the Web site? - They get it.
- Get what? - If you gotta ask, you don't get it! I just had a fight with Clay.
- Then your daughter called me.
- About what? - She wanted to know if I'm the reason you're getting a divorce.
- What? - Ronnie moves back in, but you're getting a divorce? - No Yes, Ronnie moved back in.
No, we're not getting a divorce.
I don't know where she got that.
Okay, she got it from me.
Maybe she overheard us fighting about you.
- What the hell did I do? - You don't think he should've moved back in.
I never said that.
But that's not what I think What I think doesn't matter.
I just want you happy.
I believe in the sacrament of marriage.
I believe in wedding vows.
- I know you do.
- And you don't.
Do you believe in Ronnie? He said it's over with Stella.
He said he's sorry.
He said he wants to save this marriage.
Yes, I believe him or I wouldn't have asked him to move back in.
So I need your support, not your threats of castration.
Come over for supper.
- What are you gonna cook? - What do you want? - Fried chicken, mashed potatoes.
- I can do that.
- You gonna tell Mae I'm not messing with your marriage? - I'm gonna tell her and Ronnie.
That other fingerprint on the vial? Belongs to Kristin Rossi.
- And so does this.
- Oh.
That might be our sixth ring.
We know you were doing coke in the van with Kristin.
We can prove it.
We're wasting time! Her killer is out there! I heard she used to date your bass player.
Are you afraid she still has eyes for him? - Kristin and I dated a year ago.
She's ancient history.
- That sounds about right.
Right for what? Detective Ada, you ever put an egg in a microwave, watch it explode? Yes, I have, Det.
Stillwater.
It doesn't blow up right away.
It takes some time.
Rotates slowly for a while.
Heat builds up pressure.
- Then boom! - No, no, no, listen.
Kristin was an egomaniacal chemistry set.
She did me a favor breaking it off.
Yeah, sure, it stung a bit, but I'm not gonna kill her 'cause of it.
We're not killers.
We're a family.
Kristin part of that family? Of course.
She's the newest member.
But you and Aaron go back five years.
Lennon and McCartney, man.
The two of you are the music.
- Kristin understood that.
- Did she? She at the squat all night? I saw her leave about 4:00 a.
m.
Heard the van pull away.
Aaron and Pete were asleep.
I passed out a couple minutes later.
She leave with anybody? No.
But I guess someone could've been waiting outside.
We were ready to pass out, so Kristin told the fans to leave.
Then you tried to sleep while Aaron had screaming, loud sex with your ex-girlfriend.
Mmm.
That's gotta hurt.
No.
It's It's not like that.
You tell me why that I should believe a lying drug addict whose daddy always comes to his rescue? Okay, I admit I'm not sober.
But Kristin was my life.
Last night, we got lit, made love in the van, and went back inside.
I chugged some cough syrup and crashed.
Hard.
I should've been awake when it happened.
I could've stopped her from leaving.
It could've been anyone.
It wouldn't have been the first time Kristin left to score some coke.
- What if we told you we think one of you guys did it? - No way.
What if we told you we have evidence pointing in that direction? Look, Aaron was a fiend on the powder.
Loved Kristin.
Didn't like that she used to love me.
And Dash shit.
What? Kristin stuck her tits in everything.
Lyrics, sets, taking a cut.
She had Aaron so tuned up on coke, the music suffered.
Plus, she she took Aaron out of rehab three weeks early.
Dash hated that shit.
When did Kristin enter the mix? Three years ago.
Pete met her at a show in Virginia.
- They dated for a year.
- Yeah.
She's not the type who likes to settle down.
Aaron's emotional, dramatic.
- So is Kristin.
- Yeah, you hated the drama, didn't you? Especially after she started taking more of a role in the band.
I mean, rewriting the songs.
Look, we didn't always get along.
Lots of people hated her.
But with us, it was more brother-sister family shit.
Yeah.
Your earnings, what was her take? Kristin got 25 percent.
We split the rest three ways.
Payday for yesterday was 300 bucks.
- $300.
- Three bills.
- We found what was in the jackalope.
- I'm I'm not following.
- Diamond rings ring a bell? - What? Real diamonds? Kristin's jackalope.
She kept diamonds in there? Damn it! You can't keep me here forever! Free will, remember? If I want more meth, you can't stop me.
Free will is a responsibility.
And clearly, your current problem has hindered your faith.
Maybe it's time you start considering the options.
I just need one breath of that white hot smoke.
One's too many.
And a thousand ain't enough.
Pull your head out of your ass, Neely.
Girl, you cheated death twice.
You think he ain't coming back for you? Shit, I'll pick him up from the airport if he's got more smoke.
You want it so bad? Let's make some.
Look, I got Freon.
I got drain cleaner, battery acid.
And my personal favorite cat litter! Stop it! - Narcotics, love triangles.
- Power struggles.
Any one of them could've done it.
That van was a traveling homicide petri dish.
Dash was way too cool out there.
Van I.
D.
'd eight fans who were at the squat.
What do we got on the Web site? Three of our serious Kristin haters were within 30 miles of O.
K.
C.
ScareBear7, Bratty, MVBFan1986.
Anything else on the diamonds? Security tape shows Kristin pulling the grab-and-dash in Phoenix.
What do we got on the pawn ticket? We're waiting to hear back from the guy who was working the front desk at the pawn shop.
I guess Kristin was trying to find a way to support her and Aaron's coke habit.
It was more than that.
The band thought they were getting paid double what they were.
Nobody knew about the rings.
I think Kristin was just doing everything she could to keep a broke band afloat.
She believed in the music enough to steal, cut coupons for toilet paper and string cheese.
- Shit.
- What? Take a look at that.
- Shit, man.
- We gotta find Noodles.
You're gonna love this.
Okay, who wants to go first? - I killed Kristin.
- I killed Kristin.
- I killed Kristin.
- I killed Kristin.
- So did I.
- Me too.
Okay, we get it.
Spartacus, right? Strength in numbers.
You all confess, nobody gets touched.
Wrong.
Lock 'em up.
Let's go.
Hey.
I was a jerk when I was 15 too.
How long is he grounded for? Doug says one month.
I'm lobbying for two.
- You get anything? - Yeah.
"Dude, I totally did it" count? If they know Noodles, they're not saying.
- What are we looking at? - Pete said number one and three were at the squat party.
Number two's our boy wonder promoter, Mason Duke.
- No shit.
The Mason Duke? - Yeah.
Number three, please step forward.
Mason's gotta be the brains behind this whole Spartacus thing.
Mmm.
Number two, please remove your glasses.
Clay tell you how he ended up here? Ah, wasn't talking, wasn't listening.
Number three, will you please put number two's glasses on? No, these kids aren't killers.
They're pains in the ass, but they're not killers.
- Hmm.
Yeah.
- You ever care about anything this much? Senior year, football team went to State.
I'd have killed to win that trophy.
I would've killed to see you in those football pants.
How about you? When I was 11, I had this idea I wanted to be an orphan.
- An orphan? - Yeah.
I'd just read Anne of Green Gables for summer reading.
This girl who was all alone in the world and talked about wherever she went.
So that summer that's who I became.
Lived a month as a tragic orphan.
Grace of Green Gables with six brothers and sisters.
Clay and these kids they've found something that just knocks them on their ass.
I may not get Man vs.
Bear, but I get why they found each other.
Yeah, but I wouldn't have taken the fall for Def Leppard.
Fans aren't talking, but their BlackBerrys are.
Yeah, a group of Man vs.
Bear fans got a private message.
Sent them to a site called Do You Want To Be A Suspect dot com.
Domain name was purchased this afternoon by my man Mason Duke.
- Kid's an organizer.
- People follow him.
If only we could convince your man to use his powers for good.
- I told you to keep your mouth shut.
- I did.
Until you opened it to rally a group of kids to come in here and screw with my investigation.
Hey, man, it's just business.
You understand.
- No, I don't understand, and neither will a judge.
- Judge can't convict all of us.
I have a signed confession you killed Kristin Rossi.
While I'm here, I also killed the Archduke Francis Ferdinand.
Sorry about the world war and all.
You weren't coerced, manipulated.
You walked right in here, said you did it.
You're looking at serious time.
For a publicity stunt? I'll have cops at every show you ever do cuffing kids for underage drinking, pot hell, curfew.
You want to be washed up at 17? What do you want? This is MVBFan 1986.
- She got a real name? - Larissa McChesney, 24.
Signed up on Do You Want To Be A Suspect.
But she was a no-show.
What's so funny? God.
You know, when we worked Vice the only time you ever mentioned God was when you cussed.
- What's gotten into you, man? - Shit, man.
I got no idea.
MVBFan1986.
Isn't she one of the three that really hated Kristin? "Kristin Rossi is the worst thing to happen to music since Creed.
" Hey! I kind of liked Creed.
What kind of an atheist likes Creed? The kind whose God hides in soaring guitar riffs and a pair of leather pants.
We bringing in Fan1986? I sent a patrol to her place.
Roommate says she's in Moore visiting family.
Family says they haven't seen her.
I alerted Amtrak, the airports, bus, Highway Patrol.
We gave Kristin this card for her 23rd birthday.
- Where did you find it? - In her purse.
The pawn ticket wasn't for a diamond ring.
It was for an antique brooch.
- Stolen? - The owner I.
D.
'd Kristin as the girl who came in with it.
She was crying, said it was her grandmother's.
Promised she'd be back to get it in a month.
Tour's supposed to end in a month.
Shit! How much she get for the brooch? - Thirty bucks.
- Not enough for her boys, so she robs a jewelry store.
Eww! What are you doing? Watch.
- Miracle mug! - My turn! Ronnie said he had a job interview.
Come with me.
What am I gonna do if he comes out of there with Stella? He asked if he could move back in.
I said no.
He asked again.
I said no again.
Then we prayed about it together and I said yes.
- You think I'm a fool.
- It was brave.
Then what am I doing here? He's not cheating.
Ohh! - Grace, I'm so sorry.
- Are you kidding? I love stakeouts.
Been on quite a few lately.
I knew it.
Am I gonna regret opening this? If it was bad, I would've told you already.
"Friday, 3:00 p.
m.
, Ronnie helps Roger Kerwin build fence in yard.
Confirmed by Roger, wife Samantha, son Matthew.
" - Matthew's two years old.
- Means he hasn't learned to lie.
Oh, my - Who's he taking to the Alan Jackson concert? - Happy birthday.
- Oh! - Hey, you better act surprised.
Oh, I can sell it! You're talking to the lead sheep in the St.
Claire's nativity play, Lead sheep, my ass.
Who snuck animal crackers onstage so we wouldn't pass out from hunger when Joseph and the angels forgot their lines and left us unherded in the fields? - Baaa! - See, that's why you never got the part.
You gotta bleat from the bottom of your throat.
Where's our girl, Gus? # I get away, baby # # Every night # # We been waitin'# # To see a star# # We been waitin'# "Does anyone know if the band's okay?" Break.
Hey, Butch.
I just e-mailed you something.
Have your man Mason post it on M.
V.
B.
Looks like Mason came through.
They're letting us in! Have fun.
You think she could strangle Kristin, pull her in the back of the van all by herself? It's possible.
First show without Yoko, right? Aah! I can't believe the band went and broke up over that bitch.
You guys like this music? Oh, yeah.
Totally.
Can you save my spot? I'm gonna go grab a drink.
Sure thing, Larissa.
You know what? You can take the front.
- Sound quality's shit here anyways.
- Nobody knows the music like you.
Right, 86? Come on.
Just tell everybody here you killed Kristin.
You'll be a hero.
To the true fans.
- Why'd you do it? - To save the band, the music I love.
- Not that you'd get that.
- Who helped you? I did it alone.
Hook her up.
By the way, Yoko didn't break up the Beatles.
John did.
We have a suspect in custody for Kristin's murder.
A local girl named Larissa McChesney.
Well, that's good news.
Great news.
- You know Larissa? - No.
We accessed her e-mail account.
They conspired to kill Kristin.
In fact, looks like MVBForever's the one who convinced Larissa to do it.
- You know MVBForever? - I don't hang out on my own fan site.
- Yeah, this MVBForever, he's pretty smart.
- Yeah.
Never wrote these e-mails from home.
Always in libraries, coffee shops, Internet cafés.
You know, public servers where the e-mails couldn't be traced.
All we got are the dates of the e-mails and cities they were sent from.
The exact same dates and cities as your tour.
So that kinda narrows down Larissa's partner in crime to what? Four people? - And we can rule out Kristin at this point, don't you think? - Absolutely.
In this e-mail dated last Tuesday MVBForever goes on and on about how Man vs.
Bear is family.
You told me yesterday that you believed in family that your band mates were your family.
And that you would do anything for this family, even kill.
- No.
No! - You know who truly believed in the Man vs.
Bear family? Kristin.
While you were all screwing groupies, Kristin was robbing jewelry stores selling her precious family heirlooms just to keep your tour going.
She wasn't perfect.
No family is.
But you know what? She got it, man.
All right, fine.
l l I know Larissa.
She tracked me down online.
Th-That girl is bad shit.
Crazy.
She wanted me to help her kill Kristin.
I humored her because she was freaking me out.
I convinced her not to do it last night.
I thought I did.
I didn't have anything to do with this, I swear to God.
When we talked to Larissa, she didn't mention your name once.
She was willing to take the needle for you.
I'm guessing she's not gonna take that needle for you now.
Love my new bathroom, Earl.
Been staring at it a lot lately.
Thought it could use some freshening up.
Ow.
- She needs to be in rehab.
- Yeah, I know.
- And you won't take her.
- I gotta respect her free will.
I don't.
Hello? Are you here, Grace? Who's our dog? - Is she out? - I don't think so.
I mean, Connie's in the driveway.
Hello? Hello? Hello? English - US - SDH
Oh, dude! Now you're all sweaty.
Come on.
Seriously? Hey, you two want to learn some new moves? Mom, this isn't Twisted Sister.
I can't wait until I get my license.
Mae's license, Clay's license.
Scary stuff.
Love you, Aaron! # Medication # # Is all we need # # I got no patience # # Well, I just want everything # # Medication # # And I just want everything # Just like that, 15 years gone.
Before we know it, they'll be 30 years old.
Yeah.
Clay's already shaving.
Doesn't have shit to shave.
How's he doing? Considering puberty, not bad.
Hey, you guys, what does "Man vs.
Bear" mean? What does Three Dog Night mean? Well, actually, it's an Australian Aboriginal custom of sleeping with a dog for warmth on a cold night.
Three Dog Night.
Very chilly.
How ill is Aaron Strange? He's back and better than ever! - Back from where? - Rehab.
But he's sober now.
This tour kicks off their third album, Trees Fall in the Woods.
Thank you for coming out and spending some time with us.
As usual, we're broke as a joke.
We ain't after your bread.
We just need a bed.
So if someone's got a place to crash a show of hands.
Thank you! Thank you.
One more song! One more song! One more song! One more song! One more song! One more song! One more song! Thank you, God! # I saw you comin' # # Shining like a star# # Gone to California # Dad loves cotton candy.
Can I bring one home for him? Sure.
- Ronnie moved back in? - Last week.
Heard your voice in my head.
"What are you doing? It's too soon.
He broke your heart into a thousand tiny pieces.
" That's your voice in your head.
Didn't think you wouldn't understand.
Here's what I understand.
I'm behind you a thousand percent.
You make the plays, I back the plays you make.
- But Ronnie messes up again, I'm gonna cut off his balls.
- Ouch.
#So pretty and, oh, so bold # # Got a heart full of gold on a Ionely road # - # She said, "I don't even think that God can save me"# - # Save me # # Am I gaining ground Am I losing face # # Have I lost and found my saving grace # # Thankful for the gift my angels gave me ## What are you doing, Earl? Is Chet okay? - Chet and Opal got an offer on the house they couldn't refuse.
- What do you mean? They moved? I think you're gonna love your new neighbor.
- Chet and Opal moved? - To Arkansas.
Without saying good-bye? Well, you ain't been around much, with Geepaw and then taking Caroline out to California.
- Somebody bought their house? - Yep.
- Paid cash.
- Who? - Neely Lloyd.
- I'm coming over.
Now's not the best time, Grace.
She didn't catch one "Z" all night.
- Coming off a three-day binge.
- Glass? Spun like a top.
- Thought she was off that crap.
- She was.
Thought she was all alive with the power of God, the love of God.
- She was.
- You making her detox? Not making, just helping.
She's an addict.
You need to get her to rehab.
Humans, in general, search outside for answers.
Gold mines, wine bottles, matrimony, even meth pipes.
People search for solutions everywhere, except the source.
He made all of us, he's in all of us.
Earl, I'm done.
I'm gonna be busy for a while.
I think I can make it alone.
You're never alone, Grace.
Consider the source.
Early 20s, no I.
D.
Looks like she was strangled.
Van's got Nevada tags registered to a Dr.
David Finklestein in Vegas.
Still trying to get a phone number on him.
Heard Ronnie called you late last night.
He told me if I wanted to cut off his balls, he'd come over and show me where to find 'em.
He was drunk.
I'm so sorry.
It's only because he loves you.
M.
E.
says she was strangled four to six hours ago.
Petechial hemorrhaging in her eyes, bruising around her neck.
Hey, Rhetta? Did you get this? I found $ 150 in her pocket and the key to the van was left in the ignition.
- There's some heavy shit here.
- Killer could've knocked her on her ass.
- Strangles her instead.
- It's personal.
Glitter on her face, on the passenger seat.
Looks like Christmas came early.
Ho-ho-ho.
You guys heard of Man vs.
Bear? Yeah.
We saw them perform yesterday.
Yeah, right.
- Tree Falls In the Woods kicks ass.
- Yeah.
Saw that jackalope onstage at the show.
Whoa.
Whoa.
Whoa.
Hand stamp puts our victim at the music festival with us yesterday.
They don't dance.
They just do this.
- Band's Web site tell you anything? - Yeah that word travels fast.
Cell phone footage from yesterday's show is already up.
- Lot of fans.
- Lot of suspects.
These Man vs.
Bear kids, they local boys? Well, the site says they're from San Fran.
Our victim's tattoo reads, "Daddy's little girl loves Frisco.
" Gig in O.
K.
C.
is part of a 37-city tour.
- We notify S.
F.
P.
D? - Oh, yeah.
We sent them this photo.
- Just waiting to hear back.
- Oh, she looks like she could be in high school.
- And no one's reported her missing? - Mm-mmm.
What about the, uh, diamond rings? Four single-carat engagement rings.
Worth about a grand apiece.
My first engagement ring three carats, white gold band.
Still have it.
- What happened to your second ring? - Sold it.
Went to Jamaica.
Had more fun in that one week than I had in the entire marriage.
Butch is talking to the concert promoter.
Hey, Clay.
Come here a minute.
- Do you know where M.
V.
B.
crashed last night? - No.
Cool! You're on the site.
Told you their music was addictive.
- You've got it paused on Kristin Rossi.
- You recognize her? - She's Aaron Strange's girlfriend.
- She was murdered last night.
Yes! That bitch is dead! M.
V.
B.
, we're still in business! One, don't ever call a woman a bitch.
And two, tell me everything you know about this band and Kristin Rossi.
- How long you been promoting music, Mason? - Since I was 14.
- Am I in trouble? - We're investigating an incident at the music festival yesterday.
Oh, well, anything I can do to help, Detective.
I'm a friend of the law enforcement community.
You promoted the Man vs.
Bear show? Promoted all those too.
Even worked the Flaming Lips U.
F.
O.
show at the Zoo in '06.
- Wayne Coyne smeared fake blood on me backstage.
- Impressive.
You need an act for the policeman's ball this year, I'll set you up.
What can you tell me about Kristin Rossi? Uh, Aaron Strange's girlfriend.
Was banging Pete, the bass player, before that.
I'm in a meeting, Mom.
Uh, she might be managing them now.
I used to talk to the guys about the money.
This gig, I only spoke to her.
What kind of money we talking? Band got 150 cash yesterday.
Why so many questions about Kristin? She was found dead this morning.
Shit.
Yoko's dead.
Shit.
- Explain.
- Uh, fans don't like her.
As soon as Aaron started dating her, fans thought that the music suffered.
Thought she was ruining the band.
Not me though.
She's a cool chick.
Negotiated yesterday's fee up 50 bucks on me, and that ain't easy to do.
Here's the deal, Mason.
This is confidential police info.
This isn't something to promote.
But you know that, being a friend of the law enforcement community and all.
Tell me, do you know where the band ended up crashing last night? Yeah.
Some fan told them about a good squat near downtown.
I was gonna go, but my mom wouldn't let me.
What's up? Oh, shit! O.
C.
P.
D.
Stand up slowly.
Hands where we can see them.
What's going on? Someone told us we can crash here.
We'll leave.
We'll leave.
Saw you all in Bricktown yesterday.
- Does this mean you didn't like the show? - No, man.
It was good shit.
Just need to know how many people partied here last night.
- Why? - You first.
- 10, 15.
- Any names? - Guy named Gabe, Robbie.
- Chick named Willie.
Couple brunettes, a redhead.
We met 'em all at the show.
Where's Kristin? Got Kristin Rossi's I.
D.
Pair of shoes.
Why are you going through Kristin's stuff? Concert flyers, birth control pills a birthday card from her parents.
Ticket from a Phoenix pawnshop.
- Stay out of there, man! - It's okay, dude.
It's okay.
Another ring.
I can't believe you make all that sound with just the three of you.
- Who's David Finklestein? - He's my dad.
Why? - Is he hurt? - No, your dad is fine.
When was the last time you saw your girlfriend, Aaron? Like, 3:00 this morning.
Where is she? Why is he asking about my dad? Walk with me a second.
What's going on, man? No! - We got coke.
- Give me your hands.
Wh-What are you doing? That's not ours.
Goddamn it, Aaron.
You doing blow again last night? Okay, okay.
Well, I said I've already tried that.
I'm not going, Earl.
No, she's not hallucinating.
Well, ain't there nothing else I can do besides wait it out? Well, she won't go, so I can't take her.
She already tried praying.
I have faith, Earl.
- Might take more than that this time.
- Mm-mmm.
God is always enough.
Parable of the sower.
Seed falls among the thorns, it grows but the thorns choke it before it can bear fruit.
Right now, child, you're choking in the thorns.
I can't feel this way anymore, Earl.
What did they tell you? - Said you should pray.
- I did that.
I prayed for meth.
Can't let you off.
Can't fight you.
They don't care about you.
# To see a star # These fans are in crazy love with Man vs.
Bear! Almost as much as they hated our victim.
- Check out this thread.
- What is it? Bear 21.
"I'd sit on a bee's nest naked after spreading honey on my ass.
" MVBFan1986: "I would chop off both my arms.
" Shit, man.
- Any of these people in Oklahoma City yesterday? - Tech is tracking I.
P.
addresses.
Hanadarko's open in the end zone.
- Dude! - Touchdown! Yo, yo.
Aaron Finklestein a.
k.
a.
Aaron Strange.
Four arrests for cocaine possession, assault and battery but only one conviction for misdemeanor possession.
S.
F.
P.
D.
says Papa Bear Finklestein has influence and cash.
Bad combination.
Aaron got out of rehab after three months.
Clearly did not take.
Rhetta found his prints all over the razor blade and vial.
Means Aaron lied about doing coke last night.
Rhetta's got another unidentified print on the vial.
- Kristin's glitter was on the passenger seat, not driver's.
- And she was barefoot.
No purse.
- Don't think she was the one driving the van last night.
- Anything more on the rings? Diamond codes lead back to a jewelry store robbery in Phoenix two weeks ago.
Six rings jacked in a grab-and-dash.
Tour schedule from the Web site places them in Phoenix same day.
Six rings stolen, five found.
Traveling band slash jewel thieves.
That's real rock and roll.
Squeeze them all.
See who pops first.
- Why did you arrest the band? - I'll talk to you in a minute.
- They didn't kill Kristin! - I'll talk to you in a minute.
- You heard your aunt.
- They didn't do anything! This is bullshit! Free Man vs.
Bear! Time for you to go home.
You understand me? You heard the captain.
What the hell was that? You don't ever disrespect a superior officer that way.
You're lucky Captain Perry didn't kick your smart-ass butt right out of the program.
Don't walk away when I'm talking to you.
- What is it about Man vs.
Bear? - They're really good.
Lots of bands are really good, but they don't make you act like such a little shit.
- Just listen to the music.
- I did.
Songs about feeling different, alienated.
- You feel that way? - I don't know.
Sometimes.
- So you hang out with people on the Web site? - They get it.
- Get what? - If you gotta ask, you don't get it! I just had a fight with Clay.
- Then your daughter called me.
- About what? - She wanted to know if I'm the reason you're getting a divorce.
- What? - Ronnie moves back in, but you're getting a divorce? - No Yes, Ronnie moved back in.
No, we're not getting a divorce.
I don't know where she got that.
Okay, she got it from me.
Maybe she overheard us fighting about you.
- What the hell did I do? - You don't think he should've moved back in.
I never said that.
But that's not what I think What I think doesn't matter.
I just want you happy.
I believe in the sacrament of marriage.
I believe in wedding vows.
- I know you do.
- And you don't.
Do you believe in Ronnie? He said it's over with Stella.
He said he's sorry.
He said he wants to save this marriage.
Yes, I believe him or I wouldn't have asked him to move back in.
So I need your support, not your threats of castration.
Come over for supper.
- What are you gonna cook? - What do you want? - Fried chicken, mashed potatoes.
- I can do that.
- You gonna tell Mae I'm not messing with your marriage? - I'm gonna tell her and Ronnie.
That other fingerprint on the vial? Belongs to Kristin Rossi.
- And so does this.
- Oh.
That might be our sixth ring.
We know you were doing coke in the van with Kristin.
We can prove it.
We're wasting time! Her killer is out there! I heard she used to date your bass player.
Are you afraid she still has eyes for him? - Kristin and I dated a year ago.
She's ancient history.
- That sounds about right.
Right for what? Detective Ada, you ever put an egg in a microwave, watch it explode? Yes, I have, Det.
Stillwater.
It doesn't blow up right away.
It takes some time.
Rotates slowly for a while.
Heat builds up pressure.
- Then boom! - No, no, no, listen.
Kristin was an egomaniacal chemistry set.
She did me a favor breaking it off.
Yeah, sure, it stung a bit, but I'm not gonna kill her 'cause of it.
We're not killers.
We're a family.
Kristin part of that family? Of course.
She's the newest member.
But you and Aaron go back five years.
Lennon and McCartney, man.
The two of you are the music.
- Kristin understood that.
- Did she? She at the squat all night? I saw her leave about 4:00 a.
m.
Heard the van pull away.
Aaron and Pete were asleep.
I passed out a couple minutes later.
She leave with anybody? No.
But I guess someone could've been waiting outside.
We were ready to pass out, so Kristin told the fans to leave.
Then you tried to sleep while Aaron had screaming, loud sex with your ex-girlfriend.
Mmm.
That's gotta hurt.
No.
It's It's not like that.
You tell me why that I should believe a lying drug addict whose daddy always comes to his rescue? Okay, I admit I'm not sober.
But Kristin was my life.
Last night, we got lit, made love in the van, and went back inside.
I chugged some cough syrup and crashed.
Hard.
I should've been awake when it happened.
I could've stopped her from leaving.
It could've been anyone.
It wouldn't have been the first time Kristin left to score some coke.
- What if we told you we think one of you guys did it? - No way.
What if we told you we have evidence pointing in that direction? Look, Aaron was a fiend on the powder.
Loved Kristin.
Didn't like that she used to love me.
And Dash shit.
What? Kristin stuck her tits in everything.
Lyrics, sets, taking a cut.
She had Aaron so tuned up on coke, the music suffered.
Plus, she she took Aaron out of rehab three weeks early.
Dash hated that shit.
When did Kristin enter the mix? Three years ago.
Pete met her at a show in Virginia.
- They dated for a year.
- Yeah.
She's not the type who likes to settle down.
Aaron's emotional, dramatic.
- So is Kristin.
- Yeah, you hated the drama, didn't you? Especially after she started taking more of a role in the band.
I mean, rewriting the songs.
Look, we didn't always get along.
Lots of people hated her.
But with us, it was more brother-sister family shit.
Yeah.
Your earnings, what was her take? Kristin got 25 percent.
We split the rest three ways.
Payday for yesterday was 300 bucks.
- $300.
- Three bills.
- We found what was in the jackalope.
- I'm I'm not following.
- Diamond rings ring a bell? - What? Real diamonds? Kristin's jackalope.
She kept diamonds in there? Damn it! You can't keep me here forever! Free will, remember? If I want more meth, you can't stop me.
Free will is a responsibility.
And clearly, your current problem has hindered your faith.
Maybe it's time you start considering the options.
I just need one breath of that white hot smoke.
One's too many.
And a thousand ain't enough.
Pull your head out of your ass, Neely.
Girl, you cheated death twice.
You think he ain't coming back for you? Shit, I'll pick him up from the airport if he's got more smoke.
You want it so bad? Let's make some.
Look, I got Freon.
I got drain cleaner, battery acid.
And my personal favorite cat litter! Stop it! - Narcotics, love triangles.
- Power struggles.
Any one of them could've done it.
That van was a traveling homicide petri dish.
Dash was way too cool out there.
Van I.
D.
'd eight fans who were at the squat.
What do we got on the Web site? Three of our serious Kristin haters were within 30 miles of O.
K.
C.
ScareBear7, Bratty, MVBFan1986.
Anything else on the diamonds? Security tape shows Kristin pulling the grab-and-dash in Phoenix.
What do we got on the pawn ticket? We're waiting to hear back from the guy who was working the front desk at the pawn shop.
I guess Kristin was trying to find a way to support her and Aaron's coke habit.
It was more than that.
The band thought they were getting paid double what they were.
Nobody knew about the rings.
I think Kristin was just doing everything she could to keep a broke band afloat.
She believed in the music enough to steal, cut coupons for toilet paper and string cheese.
- Shit.
- What? Take a look at that.
- Shit, man.
- We gotta find Noodles.
You're gonna love this.
Okay, who wants to go first? - I killed Kristin.
- I killed Kristin.
- I killed Kristin.
- I killed Kristin.
- So did I.
- Me too.
Okay, we get it.
Spartacus, right? Strength in numbers.
You all confess, nobody gets touched.
Wrong.
Lock 'em up.
Let's go.
Hey.
I was a jerk when I was 15 too.
How long is he grounded for? Doug says one month.
I'm lobbying for two.
- You get anything? - Yeah.
"Dude, I totally did it" count? If they know Noodles, they're not saying.
- What are we looking at? - Pete said number one and three were at the squat party.
Number two's our boy wonder promoter, Mason Duke.
- No shit.
The Mason Duke? - Yeah.
Number three, please step forward.
Mason's gotta be the brains behind this whole Spartacus thing.
Mmm.
Number two, please remove your glasses.
Clay tell you how he ended up here? Ah, wasn't talking, wasn't listening.
Number three, will you please put number two's glasses on? No, these kids aren't killers.
They're pains in the ass, but they're not killers.
- Hmm.
Yeah.
- You ever care about anything this much? Senior year, football team went to State.
I'd have killed to win that trophy.
I would've killed to see you in those football pants.
How about you? When I was 11, I had this idea I wanted to be an orphan.
- An orphan? - Yeah.
I'd just read Anne of Green Gables for summer reading.
This girl who was all alone in the world and talked about wherever she went.
So that summer that's who I became.
Lived a month as a tragic orphan.
Grace of Green Gables with six brothers and sisters.
Clay and these kids they've found something that just knocks them on their ass.
I may not get Man vs.
Bear, but I get why they found each other.
Yeah, but I wouldn't have taken the fall for Def Leppard.
Fans aren't talking, but their BlackBerrys are.
Yeah, a group of Man vs.
Bear fans got a private message.
Sent them to a site called Do You Want To Be A Suspect dot com.
Domain name was purchased this afternoon by my man Mason Duke.
- Kid's an organizer.
- People follow him.
If only we could convince your man to use his powers for good.
- I told you to keep your mouth shut.
- I did.
Until you opened it to rally a group of kids to come in here and screw with my investigation.
Hey, man, it's just business.
You understand.
- No, I don't understand, and neither will a judge.
- Judge can't convict all of us.
I have a signed confession you killed Kristin Rossi.
While I'm here, I also killed the Archduke Francis Ferdinand.
Sorry about the world war and all.
You weren't coerced, manipulated.
You walked right in here, said you did it.
You're looking at serious time.
For a publicity stunt? I'll have cops at every show you ever do cuffing kids for underage drinking, pot hell, curfew.
You want to be washed up at 17? What do you want? This is MVBFan 1986.
- She got a real name? - Larissa McChesney, 24.
Signed up on Do You Want To Be A Suspect.
But she was a no-show.
What's so funny? God.
You know, when we worked Vice the only time you ever mentioned God was when you cussed.
- What's gotten into you, man? - Shit, man.
I got no idea.
MVBFan1986.
Isn't she one of the three that really hated Kristin? "Kristin Rossi is the worst thing to happen to music since Creed.
" Hey! I kind of liked Creed.
What kind of an atheist likes Creed? The kind whose God hides in soaring guitar riffs and a pair of leather pants.
We bringing in Fan1986? I sent a patrol to her place.
Roommate says she's in Moore visiting family.
Family says they haven't seen her.
I alerted Amtrak, the airports, bus, Highway Patrol.
We gave Kristin this card for her 23rd birthday.
- Where did you find it? - In her purse.
The pawn ticket wasn't for a diamond ring.
It was for an antique brooch.
- Stolen? - The owner I.
D.
'd Kristin as the girl who came in with it.
She was crying, said it was her grandmother's.
Promised she'd be back to get it in a month.
Tour's supposed to end in a month.
Shit! How much she get for the brooch? - Thirty bucks.
- Not enough for her boys, so she robs a jewelry store.
Eww! What are you doing? Watch.
- Miracle mug! - My turn! Ronnie said he had a job interview.
Come with me.
What am I gonna do if he comes out of there with Stella? He asked if he could move back in.
I said no.
He asked again.
I said no again.
Then we prayed about it together and I said yes.
- You think I'm a fool.
- It was brave.
Then what am I doing here? He's not cheating.
Ohh! - Grace, I'm so sorry.
- Are you kidding? I love stakeouts.
Been on quite a few lately.
I knew it.
Am I gonna regret opening this? If it was bad, I would've told you already.
"Friday, 3:00 p.
m.
, Ronnie helps Roger Kerwin build fence in yard.
Confirmed by Roger, wife Samantha, son Matthew.
" - Matthew's two years old.
- Means he hasn't learned to lie.
Oh, my - Who's he taking to the Alan Jackson concert? - Happy birthday.
- Oh! - Hey, you better act surprised.
Oh, I can sell it! You're talking to the lead sheep in the St.
Claire's nativity play, Lead sheep, my ass.
Who snuck animal crackers onstage so we wouldn't pass out from hunger when Joseph and the angels forgot their lines and left us unherded in the fields? - Baaa! - See, that's why you never got the part.
You gotta bleat from the bottom of your throat.
Where's our girl, Gus? # I get away, baby # # Every night # # We been waitin'# # To see a star# # We been waitin'# "Does anyone know if the band's okay?" Break.
Hey, Butch.
I just e-mailed you something.
Have your man Mason post it on M.
V.
B.
Looks like Mason came through.
They're letting us in! Have fun.
You think she could strangle Kristin, pull her in the back of the van all by herself? It's possible.
First show without Yoko, right? Aah! I can't believe the band went and broke up over that bitch.
You guys like this music? Oh, yeah.
Totally.
Can you save my spot? I'm gonna go grab a drink.
Sure thing, Larissa.
You know what? You can take the front.
- Sound quality's shit here anyways.
- Nobody knows the music like you.
Right, 86? Come on.
Just tell everybody here you killed Kristin.
You'll be a hero.
To the true fans.
- Why'd you do it? - To save the band, the music I love.
- Not that you'd get that.
- Who helped you? I did it alone.
Hook her up.
By the way, Yoko didn't break up the Beatles.
John did.
We have a suspect in custody for Kristin's murder.
A local girl named Larissa McChesney.
Well, that's good news.
Great news.
- You know Larissa? - No.
We accessed her e-mail account.
They conspired to kill Kristin.
In fact, looks like MVBForever's the one who convinced Larissa to do it.
- You know MVBForever? - I don't hang out on my own fan site.
- Yeah, this MVBForever, he's pretty smart.
- Yeah.
Never wrote these e-mails from home.
Always in libraries, coffee shops, Internet cafés.
You know, public servers where the e-mails couldn't be traced.
All we got are the dates of the e-mails and cities they were sent from.
The exact same dates and cities as your tour.
So that kinda narrows down Larissa's partner in crime to what? Four people? - And we can rule out Kristin at this point, don't you think? - Absolutely.
In this e-mail dated last Tuesday MVBForever goes on and on about how Man vs.
Bear is family.
You told me yesterday that you believed in family that your band mates were your family.
And that you would do anything for this family, even kill.
- No.
No! - You know who truly believed in the Man vs.
Bear family? Kristin.
While you were all screwing groupies, Kristin was robbing jewelry stores selling her precious family heirlooms just to keep your tour going.
She wasn't perfect.
No family is.
But you know what? She got it, man.
All right, fine.
l l I know Larissa.
She tracked me down online.
Th-That girl is bad shit.
Crazy.
She wanted me to help her kill Kristin.
I humored her because she was freaking me out.
I convinced her not to do it last night.
I thought I did.
I didn't have anything to do with this, I swear to God.
When we talked to Larissa, she didn't mention your name once.
She was willing to take the needle for you.
I'm guessing she's not gonna take that needle for you now.
Love my new bathroom, Earl.
Been staring at it a lot lately.
Thought it could use some freshening up.
Ow.
- She needs to be in rehab.
- Yeah, I know.
- And you won't take her.
- I gotta respect her free will.
I don't.
Hello? Are you here, Grace? Who's our dog? - Is she out? - I don't think so.
I mean, Connie's in the driveway.
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