Forever Knight (1992) s03e18 Episode Script

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[GRUNTING.]
[PANTING.]
One hundred percent industrial-grade cut steel.
[GRUNTS.]
No, only the-- The Bulldozer, Henry.
Only the Dozer's made of cut steel.
[SIGHS.]
He thinks he's so explosive! He's buried! He's finished! I'm gonna 'doze him into the ground! Oh, I don't know, Bulldozer.
Nitro's won his last 32 matches.
Thirty-two matches! Thirty-two! And all against better than this scum.
He's nothing more than a stepping stone to my title shot! Is that right? I'll tell you something, bigmouth.
Uh DIRECTOR: Hold the roll! Hold the roll.
[AUDIENCE STOPS CHEERING OVER SPEAKERS.]
I'm sorry.
I can't concentrate.
"You're all bang, you got no bite.
" "I'm gonna bury you so deep, the only title you'll get is 'rest in peace.
'" I got it, I got it.
Come on, Henry, concentrate.
Maybe you should let Forrest Gump do your lines.
Roll.
Start rolling.
Now.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING OVER SPEAKERS.]
MAN: Bulldozer! Hey, Bulldozer! You guys wanna see me bury him? I'll bury him right now! [GROANS.]
[GROANS.]
You're a jerkwater psycho! And after this fight, you're done! DIRECTOR: Great! Great stuff! That was great! [INDISTINCT CHATTER.]
You showed him, Dozer.
You-- You showed him good.
Listen, Joey, can you do me a real big favor, okay? Can you go get me some extra towels? Uh, yeah.
[GRUNTING.]
[NECK CRACKS.]
Bulldozer.
Did you have enough, Nitro? You got dozed.
Hey [NERVOUS LAUGH.]
Nitro, quit fooling.
Y-you [.]
NARRATOR: He was brought across in 1228.
Preyed on humans for their blood.
Now he wants to be mortal again to repay society for his sins to emerge from his world of darkness from his endless forever night.
[GROWLS.]
Looks like a break of the third cervical.
Add the contusions around the face, and I'd say-- Someone tried to separate that guy's head from his body.
Guys, be careful around the head.
We might be able to lift some prints off his face.
The deceased is Carl Hilbert, known in wrestling circles as Nitro.
He was found by that wrestler talking to Jackson? Bulldozer, a.
k.
a.
Henry Ellis.
They'd just finished shooting a promo for television.
Well, takes a lot of beef to kill someone that size that way.
And the know-how to do it.
Narrows the field a bit, doesn't it.
Try not to OD on all the testosterone.
ELLIS: Then we'll do it together, but I gotta find him.
KNIGHT: We'll take it from here.
You guys detectives? Look, my nephew has a mental disability.
He's slow.
I can't seem to find him.
This happened, and he just disappeared.
All right, his name? Joey.
This ain't like him.
Listen, I'm Detective Knight.
This is Detective Vetter.
Henry Ellis.
Was he here, in the locker room? Yeah, he helps me out.
He gets me things.
A gopher.
Look, he shouldn't be hard to find.
He's 17, uh, 5'8", light-brown hair.
Look, his parents died a couple of years ago in a car accident.
I'm his guardian.
Anything else that might help us? Nitro rode him a little about his problem, but most of the stuff went right over Joey's head.
He's a sensitive kid.
I gotta find him, okay? He needs me.
I'm not supposed to ride with strangers.
Officer! There's someone in the backseat of my car.
I-I didn't mean to scare you.
Hands on the car, now! Don't be mad! I just didn't know what to do.
Are you gonna tell--? Are you gonna tell Henry? Uh, hold on a minute, guys.
Why? Is Henry gonna be mad at you? I'm not supposed to-- I'm not suppose to ride with strangers.
I-- It's a rule that Well, that's a very good rule.
Um Hi.
My name is Natalie.
What's yours? J-Joey Martin.
Well, we're not strangers anymore, are we, Joey? You want us to take him? Where is Henry? He's inside.
Why don't we go and find him together? Okay, Joey? Shark and, uh Nitro and And the Tank.
Yeah.
Who's that, Joey? ELLIS: There he is.
Henry Joey, where you been hidin', bud? I-I was in Natalie's car.
She's not a stranger, so it's okay.
Joey, what were you doin' there? You been causing trouble? Henry, uh, I saw a bad thing, a v-- A very bad thing.
He-- He-- He didn't mean to do it, though.
I-- he couldn't.
Who, Joey? Do you know who hurt Nitro? ELLIS: It's okay, Joey.
They're detectives, like Ace Ventura? You can tell them.
Nothing bad is gonna happen to you, okay, Joey? Bulldozer.
Henry, what are we gonna--? What are we gonna do? ELLIS: Look, for the millionth time, when I got to the locker room, I found Nitro dead on the floor.
No Joey.
I don't think Joey would lie about that.
He's mixed up.
He gets that way.
What happened between you and Nitro during your promo? We heard about the fight.
[SIGHS.]
He made a crack about Joey, and I took exception.
A little overreaction to something like that, you think? Okay, okay, maybe I was a little hyped-up tonight, but that was just for the cameras, nothin' else.
After the promo, Joey says you sent him out for towels.
Yeah, I did.
There's never enough in there.
And that way you were in the locker room alone.
I didn't go to the locker room, not right away.
Then where were you? The trainers' room.
I felt a twinge in my back, and I went to have it checked out.
Okay.
Well, we'll have to keep you here until, uh, we have a chance to check it out.
You can't do that.
I-I mean, Joey.
I'm the only family he's got.
What's gonna happen to him? REESE: You think there's any chance the kid might be mistaken? It's not out of the question considering his problems.
And the way Ellis was behaving, he's hiding something, but I don't think it's murder.
Broken neck, third cervical.
The killer is right-handed, so is Henry Ellis.
I checked.
Forensics also lifted a partial palm print from Nitro's left cheek.
A match to Ellis.
And I also pulled some fibers out from underneath Mr.
Nitro's fingernails.
Yellow Lycra? Yep.
Well, their fight during the TV promo could account for all of it.
Found the trainer, a guy named Eddie Phelps.
He swears he was nowhere near the arena tonight.
That would be the nail in the coffin.
It may not feel right, but there went his alibi.
Okay.
Book Mr.
Ellis and, um, call juvie to make arrangements for Joey.
Wait a minute.
This kid is scared.
His only relative is in jail.
His world is upside-down.
Nat, I know you're sayin', but it's the law.
He has special needs.
You put him in a facility, he'll find another car to hide in.
Only this time he might not be so lucky in what he chooses.
VETTER: She has a point.
He is our only witness.
Saying protective custody? Well, only as long as it takes you guys to solve the case.
All right.
Who wants to volunteer to play surrogate parent? I'll take him.
Natalie, do you know what you're gettin' yourself into? Besides, it should be a cop.
All right.
Then make it joint custody.
[.]
The loss of a family member is never easy, especially when you had the power to prevent it.
It is not what my sister wanted.
Time has dulled your memory, Nicholas.
It was not what you wanted.
A fact that I will enjoy reminding you of often.
I loved her too much to let you subject her to your hell.
And I loved Fleur, so much that I offered her the gift of eternity.
What has your love given her? Au revoir, mon amour.
She wrote to me after she knew she was dying asking me to look after her son.
You can't be serious.
It's something I have to do for her.
[SCOFFS.]
So this is how you're going to ease your conscience.
Very well, Nicholas, play the charade if you must.
But you know how it will end.
NATALIE: Come on, Nick.
The kid's gonna have a hard enough time as it is.
With less pressure, he might remember more.
Against my better judgment And there are those who say that you have a cold heart.
Have juvie set something up anyway just in case.
NATALIE: So your place or mine? Mine.
You go on ahead.
[SIGHS.]
[.]
[HEART BEATING.]
Oh, man, you scared me.
This area's off-limits.
You didn't happen to touch anything, did you, Mr.
Harris? Uh, actually, just gonna to get started.
Take the night off.
I didn't see you earlier.
You weren't here for the murder? Just came on, graveyard shift.
It's terrible what happened to Nitro.
Look.
I'll just, uh [.]
I-I cook the food most times.
Henry says that I'm a good cook.
You like Henry, don't you? Yeah.
Almost as much as I like the Bulldozer.
Uh, Joey they're the same person, aren't they? [LAUGHS.]
You don't know very much about wrestling, do you? H-Henry's my uncle.
Oh.
We're making soup.
How domestic of you.
Just don't make me eat any.
Did you find anything? Yeah.
These in his locker.
Lycra spandex, one size fits all.
Look, before you walked in, I was talking to Joey.
I don't think he realizes that Henry and Bulldozer are the same person.
Hey, Joey.
Looks like good soup.
D-did you want some? Maybe later.
Joey, um, did Bulldozer say anything to you when he was fighting with Nitro in the locker room? Joey? I was scared.
Yeah, I know you were scared.
Did he say anything to you? The Bull-- The Bulldozer? [.]
Yes, the Bulldozer.
[HEART BEATING.]
[ECHOING.]
Did he say anything to you? I can't remember.
I can't remember.
I can't.
Joey, Joey.
It's okay.
Joey? Joey, look at me.
It's me.
Come on.
Have some soup.
Come on.
[.]
KNIGHT: He's not gonna come up with anything more.
LAMBERT: His testimony puts him in a state home and his uncle in prison.
I call that a pretty bitter pill to swallow.
We're not through with the investigation yet.
Something might turn up.
If only his brain was normal.
It was, once.
Joey's impairment, i-it came from a very high fever, spinal meningitis when he was three.
[.]
W-well, it means that his brain was functioning normally at one time.
And? And if you gave him a little help, maybe it would heal the damage? No.
I'm not asking you to bring him across.
Look, t-there's a test sample of your blood right in the fridge.
It wouldn't take much, just a very small dosage.
We don't know what would happen.
Isn't it worth the risk? The effects might only be temporary.
We don't know that.
It's not fair to Joey.
Oh, what? And sending his uncle to prison is? JOEY: Natalie? It's okay.
Joey, you need to get some sleep.
I think maybe we all do.
It's-- But it's daytime.
It's time to get up.
Not if you've been up all night.
I wish Henry was here.
When's he coming back? Soon, Joey.
Very soon.
[.]
This is bad.
This is very bad.
LAMBERT: It'll all be over in just a second, Joey.
Drugs are bad.
Henry said that drugs are very bad.
He's right, Joey.
Drugs are bad.
But this is a kind of a medicine that's gonna help you.
No, it's gonna hurt.
I d-- I don't like it when it hurts.
I'm not gonna lie to you, Joey.
It's gonna hurt you just a little bit.
But I think you're brave.
Just like your wrestling friends, you are brave.
Aren't you, Joey? Yeah, I'm brave.
Good boy.
Now, why don't you show me how brave you can really be? Okay? [.]
Ow.
A champion brought down in his prime, a fine athlete and an explosive performer.
Nitro will be missed by us all.
[ROARS.]
Who's kiddin' who? He was just another bite on the food chain to the title.
He was my tag-team partner, and you couldn't have lasted a minute in the ring with him.
He wasn't even a meal! Why, you-- Guys, guys! Why, he would've blown you out of the water.
Just like I'm gonna to do this Saturday on Wrestle Frenzy.
All you're gonna be doing is counting shark bites.
'Cause I'm gonna bite you big, baby.
Why, you little-- Looks like we got a grudge match here, guys.
That's this Saturday night, Wrestle Frenzy.
Don't get near the water with these two.
Wahoo! And we're out.
Good works, guys.
Hey, Billy, next time try to bite him or something, huh? Okay, sorry.
Are we wrapped, Jack? Post it, get it over to the station.
I've gotta replace those Nitro ads tonight.
Mr.
Filbourn, I was wond-- No, no, no, no, not now, Johnny.
I got some police business.
[SIGHS.]
It's ridiculous, but I enjoy it.
My office? I hope that man rots in jail for a long time.
He's cost me more money than you'll ever know.
It looks like you'll do all right with The Shark.
Eventually.
It takes time to build a career, and Nitro was on top.
The fans and the sponsors loved him.
Anyone who didn't? Henry Ellis, apparently.
Besides Mr.
Ellis? He did it.
Certainly you've learned by now that Bulldozer was a pain in the butt to just about everybody.
So he wasn't Mr.
Congeniality.
That makes him hard to deal with, not a murderer.
You don't know what he was like around here the last few months.
Moody, always picking fights, annoying as hell to deal with.
Well, why'd you use him? I almost stopped, but he started showing signs of improvement in the ring, and he's got that kid to support.
I had a weak moment, okay? My mistake.
Why would Henry jeopardize his shot at the big time by killing Nitro? Detective, wrestlers like Bulldozer exist for one purpose: to be beaten by wrestlers like Shark or Nitro.
He was never gonna get a shot at stardom.
You're saying Henry killed Nitro out of frustration? And the fact that Nitro was threatening to bring him up on charges with the wrestling association.
He was just another bite on the food chain to the title.
He was my tag-team partner, and you couldn't have lasted a minute in the ring with him.
He wasn't even a meal! TANK: Why, you-- FILBOURN: Guys, guys! TANK: Why, he would've blown you out of the water.
No.
No, don't you dare.
Ugh! A problem? The computer age is the problem.
What, is the wrestling show over already? I-- I turned it off.
Yeah? Just not the same? Just not the same without Bulldozer? Yeah, I guess.
It just seemed kinda stupid.
Hopeless.
How are you feeling? Fine.
W-what are you trying to do? Oh, I'm trying to modem a report over to my office.
This working-at-home thing isn't foolproof yet.
[.]
Oh, uh, Joey, I appreciate the thought, but, really, that's not a toy to-- Try it now.
It worked.
[LAUGHING.]
Oh, my God.
It worked! What? Sit down.
So, when were you planning on telling us that Nitro wanted you out of the association? He said it the night we had our fight.
I didn't think he was serious.
Well, he was serious enough to schedule a meeting with the governing board.
Why would he wanna do that? It's one of those chemistry things.
Uh, w-we didn't get along too well.
It's hard to believe Nitro will go to that trouble just because he didn't like you.
Tell me, Henry, what does to take to get expelled from the IWA? Gambling, cheating? Am I getting close? Or is it drug use? I should have seen it sooner.
Nervousness, mood swings.
All the classic symptoms of a steroid user.
You're crazy, okay? Tracy, schedule a drug test for Mr.
Ellis, will you? Wait.
Listen, it's-- It's not something I'm proud of, okay? I started using a couple years ago.
Things weren't going so well.
I was just losing my definition, my cut.
Uh, I needed an edge.
I never meant for it to last this long.
Joey doesn't know, does he? [SIGHS.]
No.
After he came to live with me, uh, Joey didn't care much about anything.
Until he saw me in the ring one day.
All of a sudden, the-- The Bulldozer was his big hero.
You don't know what it's like to have someone put you on a pedestal like that.
[.]
[GRUNTS.]
A cross? Well, it's coming along well.
Thank you.
It's time to eat.
Put that down over there.
Nicholas? Why is that you never eat with me? I eat after you're asleep, Andre.
[KNOCK AT DOOR.]
I'll get it.
Good evening.
May I come in? Heartwarming.
Aren't you going to introduce me? Andre, this is Monsieur Lacroix.
It's a pleasure to meet you Andre.
I knew your mother.
Really? Mother never spoke of you.
Well, it's time for bed, Andre.
Good night, monsieur.
Good night, Nicholas.
Good night.
He has her eyes.
And her spirit.
His tutor says he's doing well.
Seems like a very caring relationship, though I wonder what young Andre would think of you, Nicholas, if he knew your little secret? I'm planning on telling him, though I don't think it really matters.
You see, Lacroix, it's more important to Andre who I am than what I am.
Are you certain? [.]
ELLIS: So, what happens now? Well, admitting to steroid use does not get you off the murder wrap.
It does if it gives me an alibi, right? I didn't go to the locker room that night because I was busy making a buy at the north stairwell of the arena.
Who'd you make the buy from, Henry? The guy who said he didn't see me that night.
The trainer, Eddie Phelps? I think you should know he was late meeting me too.
Hey, Knight, listen.
Is there a chance of keeping this steroid thing quiet? No, I guess not.
[.]
What are you doing, Joey? JOEY: Data search.
I can access the university library.
Natalie, it's asking for a password.
Do you have one? LAMBERT: Password? I thought you were in the chatboard.
These people are stupid.
I'm sorry, Nick.
I had to.
I had to do something.
I couldn't just stand by-- How much did you give him? Maybe 2 cc's.
A very small dose.
Look, he gives you a lead, Henry goes free, and then everything goes back to normal.
Including Joey? Why won't it let me in? Joey? It's a stupid idiotic machine.
Joey, take it easy, okay? Just take it easy.
Get your hands off me.
I'm-- I'm fine.
Joey? I'm fine.
Joey? Do you understand what's happening to you? Yes, Natalie told me.
Th-the shot made me smarter.
I'm fine.
I'm fine.
Okay.
Look, he's a little edgy.
That is totally understandable.
It's more than that.
You didn't consider the side effects.
JOEY: After I got the towels from Sam-- He's the equipment manager.
--I headed for the locker room, went inside, heard the scuffle, and that's when I saw Bulldozer.
I mean, Henry.
My uncle killed Nitro.
Same story.
But he seems so much more articulate.
He's relaxed.
Poor kid, he was under a lot of stress last night.
KNIGHT: Joey, I want you to think really hard about that moment in the locker room, okay? Focus on the Bulldozer.
Was there anything unusual about him? Hi-- His robe.
I-- I put a robe on him after the promo.
But he wasn't wearing it in the locker room.
[.]
A-and gloves.
He was wearing gloves.
Henry never wears gloves with his Bulldozer costume.
What kind of gloves? They-- They were weird.
They-- They weren't like regular gloves, regular leather gloves.
Bulldozer.
And-- And he wouldn't talk to me.
He wouldn't talk to me-- I-it wasn't Henry.
Henry would have talk-- H-Henry would have talked to me.
Henry-- Joey, you okay? Henry, would have That's all.
That's all I can remember.
I think that's enough.
Get me some proof of Ellis's steroid alibi, and, um, you can cut him loose tonight.
Still playing baby-sitter? We'll be waiting for Henry in the morgue.
You're without a suspect, Vetter.
Working on it.
VETTER: Unbelievable.
Seems like a different kid.
[.]
LAMBERT: You sure you wanna make this part of the tour? JOEY: Kind of dumb to go to a morgue and not see a couple of stiffs.
I guess.
Which one's Nitro? That one.
Stupid.
What? What my uncle does to look like this.
He does drugs, you know.
To build the muscle.
Okay.
Whoa, which hand? What do you got? [LAUGHS.]
Thanks, buddy.
Take care, Eddie.
Who's your makeup artist, huh? Where the hell did you come from? You must be Eddie Phelps.
Don't think about it.
Let's go.
KNIGHT: Well, Henry's got his alibi, and we've got our drug caller.
Please tell him that we knew nothing of this.
To the best of my knowledge, this is a drug-free sport.
Did you get any of that? Yeah, and blue pigs whistle "Dixie" in the dark.
All right.
All right.
I'll release Ellis.
And you find me a new suspect.
Turn the place upside-down and shake it hard, Nick.
All right.
[BEEPING.]
Joey? [PANTING.]
I-- I think I need another shot.
Joey, I can't.
Hey, Joey.
Why not, Natalie? He-- He can have a shot for his stupid, stupid muscles.
Why can't I have one for my brain? What's--? What's going on here? Uh, Mr.
Ellis, I-- She won't give me the shot.
What shot? Joey, sit down here, and let's figure this out.
Don't-- Don't talk to me that way, Henry.
I'm not stupid, okay? I-- I know what you do.
I-- I watched you shoot up.
And f-for what? To be-- To be a phony wrestler? It's for my brain, Henry.
It's for my brain.
Joey, please.
What the hell did you do to him anyways? [GRUNTS.]
Joey! I expect everyone to cooperate fully with the officers.
Let's be helpful here.
Here, Tank.
Thanks, Johnny.
What was he doing with your costume? Johnny? He's kind of a jack of all trades, you know? He mends costumes, does that thing around here.
Does he have access to all the lockers? Sure.
He's kind of big for a handyman.
He tried to join the association, but I don't know.
He washed out.
Keeps bugging Miles for another chance.
Look are we, uh, done around here? Yeah.
Call it in.
[SCREAMS.]
Give it up, Johnny.
[GROANS.]
Now I know why he washed out.
[CELL PHONE RINGS.]
Knight.
NATALIE: Joey just went bad.
I think he's headed for the loft.
We're on our way.
You handle this.
Natalie's got a little problem with Joey.
Joey? He's gone.
[DARK DANCE MUSIC PLAYING.]
[DISTORTED LAUGHTER.]
[SCREAMS.]
[SCREAMS.]
Full confession? Just a frustrated wrestler who thought taking out some of his competition would give him a shot.
Pathetic.
Where is your partner? Uh, Natalie called.
There seems to be a problem with Joey.
These are the pills you gave him? We had to help his mental processing to clear you.
It was a mistake, all right? We weren't aware of the side effects.
The fact is you're staying out of prison because of it.
And because of it, Joey knows what I was doing.
[SIGHS.]
I was his hero.
I won't be able to get that back.
You'll never know how that makes me feel.
[.]
[BREATHING HEAVILY.]
There, now.
You may rest until morning, and I will come to you again.
I'm afraid I will only to have you to help me through the day.
[BELL TOLLING IN DISTANCE.]
I've been saving the last of your life for tonight.
I have thought of nothing else.
[BREATHING HEAVILY.]
Andre.
No.
Andre! He knows the truth now.
Damn you, Lacroix.
I would have told him.
Everything? Look, Henry Joey's in trouble.
He needs your help whether he wants it or not.
We'll see what the APB turns up, then-- Knight, there's something nasty going down at a place called the Raven club.
It looks a guy fitting Joey's description is right in the middle of it.
On my way.
This could be just another bar fight.
Okay.
I'll hang out here in case something else comes in.
REESE: Um next time you two ask for joint custody, hire a babysitter.
[ALL LAUGHING.]
Why are they laughing at me? No one's laughing.
They're laughing! Tell them to stop! Well, now, a floorshow.
Look, I don't want to hurt you.
Tell them to stop laughing.
Tell them.
I'll show you.
I'll hurt her, and I'll show you that I'm not what you think I am.
NATALIE: Joey? Joey? [CHUCKLES.]
Look who's here.
Di--? Did you come to see how your experiment's doing in the field, doctor? Joey, let me take you home.
JOEY: What? An-- And miss out on all this fun we're having? Wha--? What do you think, doc? Am I everything you expected? Joey, the medicine that you took, it has a dangerous, violent side effect.
Great.
Let's try it out right now.
Joey! GIRL: No! Don't-- Don't make her pay for my mistake.
KNIGHT: Joey let her go.
We're sorry.
Okay? All I want to do is be like you.
I am like you but nobody sees that.
You knew this wasn't gonna last, didn't you, Natalie? NATALIE: I wasn't sure.
Look.
I know you're not gonna believe this, Joey, but I did it for you.
I did it to give you a chance.
All these years, now I finally know what it feels like.
By tomorrow I'm not gonna remember any of this.
ELLIS: Joey.
Joey, th-this is no good.
See, I did what I did because I wanted to make you happy.
It was a mistake.
I'm sorry.
KNIGHT: Andre.
ELLIS: Gimme a chance to make it up to you.
Please.
Joey, I need you.
You're what keeps me going.
Don't take that away from me.
I-- I believed in you.
Thanks for the insight, Natalie.
NATALIE: Nick! No! [.]
[BOTTLE SHATTERS.]
Joey.
Joey.
It's okay.
Get an ambulance, now! It's okay.
[SOBBING.]
Aren't we a little bit early? Well, nice seats, huh? [LAUGHS.]
NATALIE: So when does the show start? KNIGHT: Look.
It already has.
NATALIE: Is that--? KNIGHT: Yeah.
I convinced Fill Burn to give Henry Johnny Harris's old job.
Seems to like it.
[LAUGHING.]
Apparently so does Joey.
He's a lucky kid, you know.
If he'd opened up his arm one more time, he probably wouldn't be here.
What do they remember? Only the part that matters.
Was I wrong, Nick? I guess what you have to ask yourself is, are Henry and Joey happier now than they were three days ago? Well? Yes.
Thank you.
[GIGGLES.]
So who do you pick in the forth? This is wrestling.
That's horse racing.
I knew that.
Okay.
[.]