The Pretender s04e12 Episode Script
Lifeline
I am sorry.
Uh, pardon me.
Uh- You're naked.
And you're not.
Uh-uh.
No, I- So, either you take yours offi or I'll put mine on.
These people are chasing- I, uh- I gotta go.
Easy there, Mr.
Maintenance Man.
I was just recharging my core.
It's like time travel in The Terminator.
You've gotta be in the skin.
It's great for your karma.
Karma? What's karma? Um, every good deed comes back to you.
Like a boomerang, only you don't throw it.
God, your lifeline- it says you've been alone.
But there are these families coming together.
Families? - What? - They're looking for you.
And while you search for them, you bring other families together.
Keep doing what you're doing.
The good will come back.
Oh, thank you.
Now I really have to go.
Wait, your lifeline, it said something else.
You are gonna meet somebody just like you.
A kindred spirit.
A kindred spirit.
Hmm.
Um, miss, you dropped your bag.
Damn! "Jenna.
" [Naked Woman's Voice.]
You bring other families together.
[Man Narrating.]
There are Pretenders among us.
[Jarod.]
I was taken from my family.
Thirty-six hours and he's already demonstrating more talent than any of our others.
How many people died because of what I thought up? Since I broke out, I've spent every moment searching for my past.
[Miss Parker.]
He's a Pretender- A genius who can become anyone that he wants to be.
- The Centre wants him alive.
- Preferably.
[Miss Parker.]
He defends the weak and abused.
Life's a gift.
- You a doctor? - I am today.
How was your breakfast, Mr.
Pritchard? Sam, you missed some killer pancakes.
- My girl here is a budding chef.
- [Chuckles.]
Well, don't thank me.
Thank Bisquick.
Chuck, you're in the back today.
If anybody needs me, I'll be putting out fires.
Here we go.
Another day, another dollar.
[Car Alarm Blaring.]
- Sounds like the Buick.
- Yeah, well, does numb nuts know? [Coughing.]
Secondhand smoke.
It's a killer.
- [Ringing.]
- Yeah, babe? You better get in here.
- Chuck! Chuck? - [Chuck.]
Sam! I'm in the trunk! - Get me outta the trunk! - Son of a bitch! Sam! Hurry up! I'm in the trunk! - Sam, meet Jarod Gray.
- You're late.
- What is this? - It's a test.
Jarod's with our security company.
The same one we're paying for four-star protection.
The kind we're not getting.
How'd you beat the cameras? It was very difficult.
Sorry about all the bells and whistles but the company likes to keep our men frosty.
Speaking of which, you might want to get your head of security out of the trunk.
It's getting a little chilly out there.
Tell Chuck, now he's the night watchman, and Jarod's the new head of security.
Get him an advance.
Roland, this isn't smart right now.
We got that thing in New Brunswick.
You wanna be the night watchman? Welcome aboard.
Jarod, do you know Jenna? You look so familiar.
I have one of those faces.
[Miss Parker.]
Is my little brother gonna be okay? Well, his lungs were underdeveloped, but the oxygen should help.
That's my boy.
God's greatest miracle.
[Speaking Gibberish.]
The real miracle would be for you and me in the shadow of new life to start anew.
The Good Book says "turn the other cheek.
" I also remember something about "eye for an eye.
" Oh, Jarod sent a gift.
"Corinthians, 15:25.
Even a child is known by his doings.
" Ring a bell there, Johnny Dogma? God bless you all.
Willie, our work here is done.
[Sydney.]
It's wrong? It's not Corinthians.
It's Proverbs.
- Of course Raines had no clue.
- Well, how did you know? Corinthians, 15:25.
"For he must reign till he hath put all enemies under his feet.
" The operative term being "reign.
" - What do you think Jarod's trying to tell us? - Raines is no convert.
He actually asked me to forgive him.
Maybe Raines has found God.
Maybe he should have thought of that before he killed my mother.
- Find out what that son of a bitch is up to.
- Okay.
[Sam.]
Hey, look at the new guy hard at work.
I called the company about you.
I thought only customers got a background check.
So, what did old Rudy have to say? Ah, you're from Baltimore, an ex-cop.
That's right.
Six years Homicide.
I got tired of losin' my collars to the courts.
That's where we gotta change the books.
and I'm the bad guy? I'm a salesman.
Why would a cop leave a fat pension to take a bullet for somebody? Why does a salesman need two bodyguards? Well, we all got enemies, Jarod.
Well, maybe you should spread some better karma around.
- Karma? - Yeah.
It's like a boomerang only you don't throw it.
- Long day, Mrs.
Pritchard? - Oh, I'm not Mrs.
Pritchard yet.
- Roland's got me on lay away.
- We start makin' wedding plans after Saturday.
- The trip to New Brunswick.
- Yeah.
Gotta see a friend.
I'm gonna want the Buick swept and secured tomorrow morning.
Gotta protect my investment.
- You talkin' about me or the rock? - Ain't I lucky? All this and a sense of humor.
She means everything to me.
You take a bullet for her before you even think about takin' one for me.
Well, I certainly hope it doesn't come to that.
[Car Approaching.]
She's my daughter, Dennis.
I have to see her.
She's at St.
Charles.
- No, I'm leaving.
I'm leaving.
- Not without me, I hope.
Jarod.
It's only going to get worse after you're married.
He's gonna want you watched all the time.
Then when you have the little ones- Oh, we won't be having children.
Roland's choice.
- He's a good man.
- I never said he wasn't.
You thought it, though.
Everyone does.
It's this business.
But Roland's made a good life for us.
It's like a happy ending.
You do believe in happy endings, don't you? [Car Approaching.]
Get down! - You okay? - Yeah.
[Policeman.]
Make a list of all those employees that- I'm supposed to know when you leave the building.
Thank you.
- [Camera Shutter Clicking.]
- Do you have any idea who did this? I'd rather know how they got so close.
- It was my fault.
I just- I was- - No, it was my fault.
I went to get the car.
I- I let my guard down.
You saved her life.
That's what matters.
She's gonna have my kids someday.
[Camera Shutter Clicking.]
Let's go.
[Jenna's Voice.]
She's my daughter, Dennis.
I have to see her.
She's at St.
Charles.
Who the hell are you, pal? [Priest.]
The Body of Christ.
The Body of Christ.
The Body of Christ.
The Body of Christ.
The Body of Christ.
The Body of Christ.
The Body of Christ.
The Body of Christ.
- The Body of Christ.
- Amen.
- The Body of Christ.
- [Door Opens.]
The Body of Christ.
The Body of Christ.
The Body of Christ.
Mr.
McGann, your daughter and I have a deal.
She'd better honor it if she knows what's good for you and the kid.
- The Body of Christ.
The Body of Christ.
- [Door Opens, Closes.]
[Gunfire.]
Uh- Sorry to interrupt.
I can come back another time.
No, uh, I got work to do.
Great.
- Keep an eye on the prize, will ya? - Oh.
Sure, no problem.
So, uh, thanks again for this morning.
We're really gettin' our money's worth.
You're right.
We have met.
At my house.
Agent Dennis Alonzo.
He followed me to your daughter's first Communion rehearsal at St.
Charles.
He seems to be strong-arming your father.
Why? Is he trying to get you to testify against your fiance or something? Look, I can protect you.
And I can help you get your family back.
But you're going to have to trust me.
You're wrong, Mr.
Gray.
I can't trust anyone.
You have no idea what you're getting into.
"Operation Fat Cat.
Objective: Secure evidence on Roland Pritchard.
Owns 10 tristate gun shops, money laundering, illegal files and-" - Who the hell are you? - I'm an ex-cop.
And I'm someone who can help you get your daughter back.
Tell me she's okay.
All right, I'm gonna finish this assignment.
- Just tell me that she's okay.
- Assignment? Wait a minute.
You're A.
T.
F.
Oh, my God.
How long have you been undercover? Twelve months, 13 days.
Twelve months? You've been apart from your daughter for over a year? I miss my little girl.
# [Rap.]
[Police Siren Wailing.]
- This better be good.
- Okay.
The card Jarod sent with the gift- the chapter and the verse numbers were a code for Raines's computer.
Every day for the last six months, Raines has been meeting with that guy.
Oh, my God.
Giuseppe.
- You know him? - Junior year of high school.
Rome.
Look at him.
You guys were like a thing or something? He was my date for the spring formal.
He tried to get to third base in the front seat of his father's Ferrari.
I broke his finger.
Boy, he is still a biscuit.
You mean biscotti, don't you? [Man.]
Look up! Look up! Look up! Shoot! # [Rap.]
Parker, is that you? Giuseppe.
You're looking very well.
You too.
Very well.
Give me a moment, will ya? How's the finger? Oh, it's-it's still bent.
Yeah, I feel bad about that.
Well, I have, uh, changed a lot since then.
Yes, you have.
This all started when we traced some guns back to one of Roland's shops.
They'd been used in a school shooting.
The operation was supposed to take three months, tops.
That snowballed into a year.
I started out as, uh, Roland's assistant.
And then one day he asked me out.
A.
T.
F.
.
said, "Couldn't hurt.
" A cup of coffee turns into an evening.
[Sighs.]
Alonzo forced me to go with it.
The next thing I know, I'm wearing an engagement ring.
Have you ever been undercover, Jarod? Once or twice.
She has your eyes.
- You've seen her? - Yes.
Her and your father.
They both look well, considering.
How long has it been since you saw them? Two months.
I used to go every week but, uh, Alonzo put a stop to that.
Said Roland was getting too close.
And what about you? Were you getting too close? [Shouting.]
You think I'm enjoying this? Look, I know Cassie needs me, but I can't walk! And what if Roland finds out about her? Her father's gone.
She can't lose another parent.
Jenna, just keep your voice down.
I understand.
They've moved Cass and my dad, and Alonzo won't let me see them.
Whatever it takes to get the fat cat.
Don't you have enough on Pritchard to put him away? Roland's not the target.
We still don't know who all this money washing's for.
[Sighs.]
- We meet him in two days.
- The old friend in New Brunswick.
Do me a favor.
Keep this.
It belonged to my mother.
I want Cassie to have that if, uh things don't work out.
Everything will work out.
And then what? I don't know who I am anymore, Jarod.
People change.
We used to call you "Shifty G.
" It's no wonder that you're Raines's priest.
This is about William? Of course.
Jarod said you'd come.
You know Jarod? Father Jarod is the bishop's favorite envoy.
And Mr.
Raines is studying to be a deacon.
That's why he's meeting with you.
No.
Daily confession.
William lives with many demons.
But he is also a child ofGod.
He will be granted absolution no matter what his sins.
Including murder? He feels very badly about Catherine's death and regrets profoundly the pain it caused her daughter.
What other lies did he tell you? I can't betray what he told me in confession.
However, Jarod was curious about something Mr.
Raines told his associate in the parking lot.
Something about the Veritas Project.
Veritas.
Truth.
Overheard in the parking lot.
Is that yourway of betraying a confession? I was wrong about you.
You're worse than Raines.
So full of anger.
That's my religion.
[Camera Shutter Clicking.]
Uh, I'll be right up.
I'm gonna make a phone call.
[Cell Phone Ringing.]
- This is Alonzo.
- So how do I look? So you're an ex-cop, Detective Jarod Gray.
Six years Baltimore P.
D.
That give you some right to jeopardize my operation? You're doin' a fine job.
I overheard Jenna yelling atyou on your cell phone.
- You're lucky it was me that overheard and not Pritchard.
-Jen's a little frayed now.
Who wouldn't be? You've taken her family, you're practically blackmailing her.
Why don't you admit it? You're in over your head.
You think I wanted this? These attacks on Pritchard are gettin' worse.
- I've noticed.
Who's tryin' to kill him? - You tell me.
Obviously you've read my file.
You know that I was a good cop and I'm here to help.
- Now, who is tryin' to kill him? - The best we can figure it's a client.
Pritchard's skimming from the people he's laundering money for.
- So he's more dangerous than I thought he was.
- You have no idea.
- What's that supposed to mean? - Who the hell are you, anyway? I'm somebody who's trying to make sure that Agent McGann doesn't end up dead.
About a year ago, right after Jen started workin' undercover here we found one of Pritchard's gun suppliers dead in the woods, double tap at the chest.
Now, word was he crossed Pritchard, but we never found a weapon to match ballistics.
So, you weren't able to pin the murder on Pritchard.
- No.
- And now you're holding Agent McGann's daughter? We're not holding her.
We're protecting her.
By making her mother stay with a killer? Jen may be in deep, but she's the best agent I know.
- Three more days, she'll get us what we need.
- Us or you? Excuse me, Mr.
McGann? Agent Jarod Gray, A.
T.
F.
I came down here to tell you that your daughter will be home soon.
Just in time for Cassie's first Communion, right? I don't believe A.
T.
F.
lies anymore.
That's not a lie, sir.
It's a promise.
Cassie.
Mr.
Gray here works with your mother.
My mommy catches bad guys.
Yes, Cassie, she does.
She asked me to come down here to tell you that she misses you very much, and she'll see you soon.
I see her at night, in my dreams.
But it's not the same.
Cassie, your mom asked me to give you this.
She wants you to take very good care of it.
Look at that, kiddo.
That was your grandma's ring.
Mommy hasn't come in a long time.
Does she not wanna see us? Of course she does, Cassie.
I tell you what.
You save a seat for her at your Communion.
That's a mighty big promise you're making.
[Jarod.]
She'll be here.
[Gunfire.]
Jenna, Pritchard, get down! [Gunshot.]
[Footsteps Approaching.]
Strike me down now, Lord.
Willie.
Miss Parker.
This saintly routine is wearin' kind of thin, don't you think, Deacon? You've been talking to my priest.
Please.
Sit.
We've been down a dark road, you and I.
Our footprints side-by-side.
But at times there was only one set.
That was when I carried you.
Really? I thought that was when you were off killing my mother.
Believe what you must believe, Miss Parker.
But find it in your heart to forgive me.
It will give you inner peace.
[Cell Phone Ringing.]
What? - Where are you? - You wouldn't believe me if I told you.
This Veritas thing Raines and Willie were talking about.
It's an experimental airborne toxin developed by the Centre and shelved in the '80s.
- Raines is resurrecting it.
- Some people can't resist temptation.
- You know the one about "thou shall not covet"? - Of course.
That's one commandment you don't want to break.
- Thanking you is gettin' to be a habit.
- Just doing my job.
- What's the word on the gunman? - Muretta and I gotta talk to the cops.
You okay? That look in your eyes, it's genuine concern for him.
Emotional assimilation.
The psychological side effect of prolonged undercover work.
You are an expert.
Just don't forget that the man you're engaged to is a killer.
Roland's done a lot of terrible things, but he's no killer.
- Alonzo didn't tell you, did he? - Tell me what? He's unbelievable.
Jarod? Alonzo has left out a small detail.
Since he put that ring on your finger, Pritchard killed a gun supplier.
- What? - Stay focused or get out.
Okay, uh- Let's just say that he is a killer.
That's all the more reason for me to stay under.
I don't want anything to happen to my little girl.
It's just one more night, unless, of course, you know where the meeting is in New Brunswick.
Your fiance keeps that a secret.
Then again, I know where he keeps those.
[Beeps.]
[Beeps.]
[Beeps.]
[Beeping.]
Looks like your cover's blown, Agent McGann.
This is what Raines was up to.
Veritas was tested here in the early '80s.
If this is a dead end, I'm gonna track down Father Giuseppe and break his other nine digits.
It might be kind of fun, actually.
- More of that forbidden priest thing, huh? - [Chuckles.]
Just open the door.
The door seems to be pressurized or something.
I got it.
[Coughs.]
There's some kind of gas! Broots! Broots! Oh, my God! Broots! Broots! [Coughs.]
Canary.
Canary in a coal mine.
Canary.
Canary in a coal mine? [Coughing Continues.]
Broots, I want you to find out anything else you can about how this gas could possibly be used.
I'm gonna go find Father Giuseppe.
Have Sydney take a look at you.
- Why didn't you tell her? - Certain details are kept from an agent.
Stop making excuses.
You crossed the line.
- The man is a killer! - The agent could be compromised! - The agent was compromised! - What? I found Jenna's personnel file in Pritchard's gun safe.
Listen to me.
We don't make a move until Pritchard makes a move.
What if he makes a move on Jenna? You prepared to dredge your agent up from the Hudson? - She knows the risks.
- What did you just say? - It's the job! - Is making her daughter an orphan part of the job too? We'll watch Pritchard.
He won't take a dump without us knowing.
He won't do anything.
You'd better pray that he doesn't.
You're the bodyguard! Protect her! Those mandatory trigger locks, they're a bitch, aren't they? They're not mandatory yet.
I got no illusions about what I do, Jarod.
Let me tell you somethin'.
When some pissed-off day trader decides to take an A.
K.
to his brokerage firm I'm not standin' there handin' him bullets either.
But what if he needs some money laundered? Come again? I like to know who I'm protecting.
Sometimes knowledge is not power.
Well, in my case, it is.
Jenna isn't exactly who she says she is.
She's A.
T.
F.
- Who have you told about this? - Nobody.
Looks like now you're gonna need some help calling off your engagement.
Let's just say I have some experience in this arena.
No.
I meant what I said.
You take a bullet for her.
- Jen is my future.
- Are you tellin' me you're in love with her? Let's just say I'm in love with what she can give me- a get-out-of-jail-free card.
So, tonight, when we're safe, Jenna radios her boss and I give them the fat cat and we get a little beach house in a sexy, non-extradition country.
- If she follows the plan.
- She will.
A Colt 1911 "A.
" It can be very convincing.
But I got somethin' better than that.
Jen's daughter.
Cute kid, huh? Like I said, Jarod, I got no illusions about what I do.
[Giuseppe.]
You know how I stand on this.
[Miss Parker.]
Raines told me what he's doing with the Veritas gas.
- He confessed! - He said nothing about that.
He's a psychotic killer.
And he's up to something horrific.
- Do you define all men by their sins? - Only the bad ones.
Only the ones that take a girl in the Basilica de Roma and cop a feel.
That's not true and you know it.
This isn't about two teenagers groping in a basilica.
- Besides, it was you who came on to me.
- [Scoffs.]
- I rejected you.
The pain of that rejection lives inside you.
- Not true.
It is true, Parker.
You've rewritten history.
Create an enemy in your mind because that's what you needed to survive.
Anger is your religion.
And you need enemies like me and Mr.
Raines to fuel that distorted faith.
If thy brother trespass against you, rebuke him.
And if he repent, forgive him.
- He killed my mother.
- If he trespassed against thee - He has presided over every moment of pain in my life.
- seven times in a day - He's a monster! - thou shalt forgive him! And you are not his priest.
You're his coconspirator! Forgive yourself, Parker.
If you don't, you'll surely be dammed to a life of eternal suffering.
God forgives.
I don't.
[Bell Tolling.]
[Bell Tolling.]
[Jarod.]
You can't put your faith in him.
- He wouldn't hurt her.
- You can't take that chance.
- I don't have a choice! I have to go with him tonight.
- Jen, listen to- No.
I have to finish this and know that son of a bitch is behind bars.
It's the only way that Cassie can be safe.
You can't talk me out of this.
- Where's Jarod? - I sent him home.
Why? Roll, baby.
I got a confession to make.
Jen! You have to trust me.
Don't do this.
All right, somebody tell me what the hell is goin' on.
- I know you know who I am.
- Don't tell him anything! Stop! I'll do what you ask.
I'll help you out of the country.
Just don't hurt my daughter.
- Don't go with him.
- Shut up! You back off.
No matter what he says, you can't believe him! He's still going to kill your daughter! I would never kill a little girl.
[Gasping.]
[Groaning.]
Jarod, I'm sorry.
Get in the car.
You know what.
It's funny.
But I actually did fall in love with you, in a strange way.
Then you had to tear my heart out.
But I guess you made the right choice.
Oh, she did.
You missed me! You know, I heard this song once that happiness was a warm gun.
Yes, it is.
You needa cooling-down period.
[Grunting.]
Shooting an ex-cop.
Not a very smart idea.
Especially when he's put blanks in your clip.
You see, there's this open case over at the A.
T.
F.
.
Something about a gun supplier found shot to death in the woods.
They never could make a ballistics match.
Or find the killer.
Now they will.
[Jenna.]
Want to know something funny? I had feelings for you.
But you had to go and threaten my little girl.
Bad decision.
Karma.
Ain't it a bitch? - This is Alonzo.
Over.
- [Jarod Over Radio.]
Alonzo.
-Jarod, you bastard, what have you done with Jenna? - She's safe and sound.
- Now, did you ever get the fat cat? - We got him.
- But no Pritchard.
- Check the third alley off of 18th Street.
Oh, and, uh, I left a little present for you under your seat.
[Broots.]
We tracked down some of the properties of the gas that Raines was developing.
Veritas relaxes the lungs to the point where they can no longer take in oxygen.
In small doses, it's not even lethal.
I'm sure Raines skipped that part.
Weak lungs is one of the theories behind sudden infant death syndrome.
Oh, my God.
The baby.
[Speaking Gibberish.]
Stop! Get away from him! I know what you're up to with the Veritas.
I don't think you do.
A diluted version of Veritas gas helped me loosen baby Parker's lungs.
[Fussing.]
He's free of this ball and chain.
I wish I could say the same for myself.
I saw the testing room.
There are many villains in the Centre, Miss Parker.
Iknow you need them to survive.
But I can't be your enemy anymore.
[Priest.]
This is the Lamb of God who takes awaythe sins of the world.
Happy are we who are called to the Lord's Supper.
- The Body of Christ.
- [Girl.]
Amen.
- The Body of Christ.
- [Girl #2.]
Amen.
- The Body of Christ.
- [Girl #3.]
Amen.
- The Body of Christ.
- Amen.
- The Body of Christ.
- [Girl #4.]
Amen.
May Almighty God bless you, the Father the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
The mass has ended.
Let us go in peace to always love and serve the Lord.
Look at your mother.
- You got the bad guy? - We got him.
Now let's go home.
Uh, pardon me.
Uh- You're naked.
And you're not.
Uh-uh.
No, I- So, either you take yours offi or I'll put mine on.
These people are chasing- I, uh- I gotta go.
Easy there, Mr.
Maintenance Man.
I was just recharging my core.
It's like time travel in The Terminator.
You've gotta be in the skin.
It's great for your karma.
Karma? What's karma? Um, every good deed comes back to you.
Like a boomerang, only you don't throw it.
God, your lifeline- it says you've been alone.
But there are these families coming together.
Families? - What? - They're looking for you.
And while you search for them, you bring other families together.
Keep doing what you're doing.
The good will come back.
Oh, thank you.
Now I really have to go.
Wait, your lifeline, it said something else.
You are gonna meet somebody just like you.
A kindred spirit.
A kindred spirit.
Hmm.
Um, miss, you dropped your bag.
Damn! "Jenna.
" [Naked Woman's Voice.]
You bring other families together.
[Man Narrating.]
There are Pretenders among us.
[Jarod.]
I was taken from my family.
Thirty-six hours and he's already demonstrating more talent than any of our others.
How many people died because of what I thought up? Since I broke out, I've spent every moment searching for my past.
[Miss Parker.]
He's a Pretender- A genius who can become anyone that he wants to be.
- The Centre wants him alive.
- Preferably.
[Miss Parker.]
He defends the weak and abused.
Life's a gift.
- You a doctor? - I am today.
How was your breakfast, Mr.
Pritchard? Sam, you missed some killer pancakes.
- My girl here is a budding chef.
- [Chuckles.]
Well, don't thank me.
Thank Bisquick.
Chuck, you're in the back today.
If anybody needs me, I'll be putting out fires.
Here we go.
Another day, another dollar.
[Car Alarm Blaring.]
- Sounds like the Buick.
- Yeah, well, does numb nuts know? [Coughing.]
Secondhand smoke.
It's a killer.
- [Ringing.]
- Yeah, babe? You better get in here.
- Chuck! Chuck? - [Chuck.]
Sam! I'm in the trunk! - Get me outta the trunk! - Son of a bitch! Sam! Hurry up! I'm in the trunk! - Sam, meet Jarod Gray.
- You're late.
- What is this? - It's a test.
Jarod's with our security company.
The same one we're paying for four-star protection.
The kind we're not getting.
How'd you beat the cameras? It was very difficult.
Sorry about all the bells and whistles but the company likes to keep our men frosty.
Speaking of which, you might want to get your head of security out of the trunk.
It's getting a little chilly out there.
Tell Chuck, now he's the night watchman, and Jarod's the new head of security.
Get him an advance.
Roland, this isn't smart right now.
We got that thing in New Brunswick.
You wanna be the night watchman? Welcome aboard.
Jarod, do you know Jenna? You look so familiar.
I have one of those faces.
[Miss Parker.]
Is my little brother gonna be okay? Well, his lungs were underdeveloped, but the oxygen should help.
That's my boy.
God's greatest miracle.
[Speaking Gibberish.]
The real miracle would be for you and me in the shadow of new life to start anew.
The Good Book says "turn the other cheek.
" I also remember something about "eye for an eye.
" Oh, Jarod sent a gift.
"Corinthians, 15:25.
Even a child is known by his doings.
" Ring a bell there, Johnny Dogma? God bless you all.
Willie, our work here is done.
[Sydney.]
It's wrong? It's not Corinthians.
It's Proverbs.
- Of course Raines had no clue.
- Well, how did you know? Corinthians, 15:25.
"For he must reign till he hath put all enemies under his feet.
" The operative term being "reign.
" - What do you think Jarod's trying to tell us? - Raines is no convert.
He actually asked me to forgive him.
Maybe Raines has found God.
Maybe he should have thought of that before he killed my mother.
- Find out what that son of a bitch is up to.
- Okay.
[Sam.]
Hey, look at the new guy hard at work.
I called the company about you.
I thought only customers got a background check.
So, what did old Rudy have to say? Ah, you're from Baltimore, an ex-cop.
That's right.
Six years Homicide.
I got tired of losin' my collars to the courts.
That's where we gotta change the books.
and I'm the bad guy? I'm a salesman.
Why would a cop leave a fat pension to take a bullet for somebody? Why does a salesman need two bodyguards? Well, we all got enemies, Jarod.
Well, maybe you should spread some better karma around.
- Karma? - Yeah.
It's like a boomerang only you don't throw it.
- Long day, Mrs.
Pritchard? - Oh, I'm not Mrs.
Pritchard yet.
- Roland's got me on lay away.
- We start makin' wedding plans after Saturday.
- The trip to New Brunswick.
- Yeah.
Gotta see a friend.
I'm gonna want the Buick swept and secured tomorrow morning.
Gotta protect my investment.
- You talkin' about me or the rock? - Ain't I lucky? All this and a sense of humor.
She means everything to me.
You take a bullet for her before you even think about takin' one for me.
Well, I certainly hope it doesn't come to that.
[Car Approaching.]
She's my daughter, Dennis.
I have to see her.
She's at St.
Charles.
- No, I'm leaving.
I'm leaving.
- Not without me, I hope.
Jarod.
It's only going to get worse after you're married.
He's gonna want you watched all the time.
Then when you have the little ones- Oh, we won't be having children.
Roland's choice.
- He's a good man.
- I never said he wasn't.
You thought it, though.
Everyone does.
It's this business.
But Roland's made a good life for us.
It's like a happy ending.
You do believe in happy endings, don't you? [Car Approaching.]
Get down! - You okay? - Yeah.
[Policeman.]
Make a list of all those employees that- I'm supposed to know when you leave the building.
Thank you.
- [Camera Shutter Clicking.]
- Do you have any idea who did this? I'd rather know how they got so close.
- It was my fault.
I just- I was- - No, it was my fault.
I went to get the car.
I- I let my guard down.
You saved her life.
That's what matters.
She's gonna have my kids someday.
[Camera Shutter Clicking.]
Let's go.
[Jenna's Voice.]
She's my daughter, Dennis.
I have to see her.
She's at St.
Charles.
Who the hell are you, pal? [Priest.]
The Body of Christ.
The Body of Christ.
The Body of Christ.
The Body of Christ.
The Body of Christ.
The Body of Christ.
The Body of Christ.
The Body of Christ.
- The Body of Christ.
- Amen.
- The Body of Christ.
- [Door Opens.]
The Body of Christ.
The Body of Christ.
The Body of Christ.
Mr.
McGann, your daughter and I have a deal.
She'd better honor it if she knows what's good for you and the kid.
- The Body of Christ.
The Body of Christ.
- [Door Opens, Closes.]
[Gunfire.]
Uh- Sorry to interrupt.
I can come back another time.
No, uh, I got work to do.
Great.
- Keep an eye on the prize, will ya? - Oh.
Sure, no problem.
So, uh, thanks again for this morning.
We're really gettin' our money's worth.
You're right.
We have met.
At my house.
Agent Dennis Alonzo.
He followed me to your daughter's first Communion rehearsal at St.
Charles.
He seems to be strong-arming your father.
Why? Is he trying to get you to testify against your fiance or something? Look, I can protect you.
And I can help you get your family back.
But you're going to have to trust me.
You're wrong, Mr.
Gray.
I can't trust anyone.
You have no idea what you're getting into.
"Operation Fat Cat.
Objective: Secure evidence on Roland Pritchard.
Owns 10 tristate gun shops, money laundering, illegal files and-" - Who the hell are you? - I'm an ex-cop.
And I'm someone who can help you get your daughter back.
Tell me she's okay.
All right, I'm gonna finish this assignment.
- Just tell me that she's okay.
- Assignment? Wait a minute.
You're A.
T.
F.
Oh, my God.
How long have you been undercover? Twelve months, 13 days.
Twelve months? You've been apart from your daughter for over a year? I miss my little girl.
# [Rap.]
[Police Siren Wailing.]
- This better be good.
- Okay.
The card Jarod sent with the gift- the chapter and the verse numbers were a code for Raines's computer.
Every day for the last six months, Raines has been meeting with that guy.
Oh, my God.
Giuseppe.
- You know him? - Junior year of high school.
Rome.
Look at him.
You guys were like a thing or something? He was my date for the spring formal.
He tried to get to third base in the front seat of his father's Ferrari.
I broke his finger.
Boy, he is still a biscuit.
You mean biscotti, don't you? [Man.]
Look up! Look up! Look up! Shoot! # [Rap.]
Parker, is that you? Giuseppe.
You're looking very well.
You too.
Very well.
Give me a moment, will ya? How's the finger? Oh, it's-it's still bent.
Yeah, I feel bad about that.
Well, I have, uh, changed a lot since then.
Yes, you have.
This all started when we traced some guns back to one of Roland's shops.
They'd been used in a school shooting.
The operation was supposed to take three months, tops.
That snowballed into a year.
I started out as, uh, Roland's assistant.
And then one day he asked me out.
A.
T.
F.
.
said, "Couldn't hurt.
" A cup of coffee turns into an evening.
[Sighs.]
Alonzo forced me to go with it.
The next thing I know, I'm wearing an engagement ring.
Have you ever been undercover, Jarod? Once or twice.
She has your eyes.
- You've seen her? - Yes.
Her and your father.
They both look well, considering.
How long has it been since you saw them? Two months.
I used to go every week but, uh, Alonzo put a stop to that.
Said Roland was getting too close.
And what about you? Were you getting too close? [Shouting.]
You think I'm enjoying this? Look, I know Cassie needs me, but I can't walk! And what if Roland finds out about her? Her father's gone.
She can't lose another parent.
Jenna, just keep your voice down.
I understand.
They've moved Cass and my dad, and Alonzo won't let me see them.
Whatever it takes to get the fat cat.
Don't you have enough on Pritchard to put him away? Roland's not the target.
We still don't know who all this money washing's for.
[Sighs.]
- We meet him in two days.
- The old friend in New Brunswick.
Do me a favor.
Keep this.
It belonged to my mother.
I want Cassie to have that if, uh things don't work out.
Everything will work out.
And then what? I don't know who I am anymore, Jarod.
People change.
We used to call you "Shifty G.
" It's no wonder that you're Raines's priest.
This is about William? Of course.
Jarod said you'd come.
You know Jarod? Father Jarod is the bishop's favorite envoy.
And Mr.
Raines is studying to be a deacon.
That's why he's meeting with you.
No.
Daily confession.
William lives with many demons.
But he is also a child ofGod.
He will be granted absolution no matter what his sins.
Including murder? He feels very badly about Catherine's death and regrets profoundly the pain it caused her daughter.
What other lies did he tell you? I can't betray what he told me in confession.
However, Jarod was curious about something Mr.
Raines told his associate in the parking lot.
Something about the Veritas Project.
Veritas.
Truth.
Overheard in the parking lot.
Is that yourway of betraying a confession? I was wrong about you.
You're worse than Raines.
So full of anger.
That's my religion.
[Camera Shutter Clicking.]
Uh, I'll be right up.
I'm gonna make a phone call.
[Cell Phone Ringing.]
- This is Alonzo.
- So how do I look? So you're an ex-cop, Detective Jarod Gray.
Six years Baltimore P.
D.
That give you some right to jeopardize my operation? You're doin' a fine job.
I overheard Jenna yelling atyou on your cell phone.
- You're lucky it was me that overheard and not Pritchard.
-Jen's a little frayed now.
Who wouldn't be? You've taken her family, you're practically blackmailing her.
Why don't you admit it? You're in over your head.
You think I wanted this? These attacks on Pritchard are gettin' worse.
- I've noticed.
Who's tryin' to kill him? - You tell me.
Obviously you've read my file.
You know that I was a good cop and I'm here to help.
- Now, who is tryin' to kill him? - The best we can figure it's a client.
Pritchard's skimming from the people he's laundering money for.
- So he's more dangerous than I thought he was.
- You have no idea.
- What's that supposed to mean? - Who the hell are you, anyway? I'm somebody who's trying to make sure that Agent McGann doesn't end up dead.
About a year ago, right after Jen started workin' undercover here we found one of Pritchard's gun suppliers dead in the woods, double tap at the chest.
Now, word was he crossed Pritchard, but we never found a weapon to match ballistics.
So, you weren't able to pin the murder on Pritchard.
- No.
- And now you're holding Agent McGann's daughter? We're not holding her.
We're protecting her.
By making her mother stay with a killer? Jen may be in deep, but she's the best agent I know.
- Three more days, she'll get us what we need.
- Us or you? Excuse me, Mr.
McGann? Agent Jarod Gray, A.
T.
F.
I came down here to tell you that your daughter will be home soon.
Just in time for Cassie's first Communion, right? I don't believe A.
T.
F.
lies anymore.
That's not a lie, sir.
It's a promise.
Cassie.
Mr.
Gray here works with your mother.
My mommy catches bad guys.
Yes, Cassie, she does.
She asked me to come down here to tell you that she misses you very much, and she'll see you soon.
I see her at night, in my dreams.
But it's not the same.
Cassie, your mom asked me to give you this.
She wants you to take very good care of it.
Look at that, kiddo.
That was your grandma's ring.
Mommy hasn't come in a long time.
Does she not wanna see us? Of course she does, Cassie.
I tell you what.
You save a seat for her at your Communion.
That's a mighty big promise you're making.
[Jarod.]
She'll be here.
[Gunfire.]
Jenna, Pritchard, get down! [Gunshot.]
[Footsteps Approaching.]
Strike me down now, Lord.
Willie.
Miss Parker.
This saintly routine is wearin' kind of thin, don't you think, Deacon? You've been talking to my priest.
Please.
Sit.
We've been down a dark road, you and I.
Our footprints side-by-side.
But at times there was only one set.
That was when I carried you.
Really? I thought that was when you were off killing my mother.
Believe what you must believe, Miss Parker.
But find it in your heart to forgive me.
It will give you inner peace.
[Cell Phone Ringing.]
What? - Where are you? - You wouldn't believe me if I told you.
This Veritas thing Raines and Willie were talking about.
It's an experimental airborne toxin developed by the Centre and shelved in the '80s.
- Raines is resurrecting it.
- Some people can't resist temptation.
- You know the one about "thou shall not covet"? - Of course.
That's one commandment you don't want to break.
- Thanking you is gettin' to be a habit.
- Just doing my job.
- What's the word on the gunman? - Muretta and I gotta talk to the cops.
You okay? That look in your eyes, it's genuine concern for him.
Emotional assimilation.
The psychological side effect of prolonged undercover work.
You are an expert.
Just don't forget that the man you're engaged to is a killer.
Roland's done a lot of terrible things, but he's no killer.
- Alonzo didn't tell you, did he? - Tell me what? He's unbelievable.
Jarod? Alonzo has left out a small detail.
Since he put that ring on your finger, Pritchard killed a gun supplier.
- What? - Stay focused or get out.
Okay, uh- Let's just say that he is a killer.
That's all the more reason for me to stay under.
I don't want anything to happen to my little girl.
It's just one more night, unless, of course, you know where the meeting is in New Brunswick.
Your fiance keeps that a secret.
Then again, I know where he keeps those.
[Beeps.]
[Beeps.]
[Beeps.]
[Beeping.]
Looks like your cover's blown, Agent McGann.
This is what Raines was up to.
Veritas was tested here in the early '80s.
If this is a dead end, I'm gonna track down Father Giuseppe and break his other nine digits.
It might be kind of fun, actually.
- More of that forbidden priest thing, huh? - [Chuckles.]
Just open the door.
The door seems to be pressurized or something.
I got it.
[Coughs.]
There's some kind of gas! Broots! Broots! Oh, my God! Broots! Broots! [Coughs.]
Canary.
Canary in a coal mine.
Canary.
Canary in a coal mine? [Coughing Continues.]
Broots, I want you to find out anything else you can about how this gas could possibly be used.
I'm gonna go find Father Giuseppe.
Have Sydney take a look at you.
- Why didn't you tell her? - Certain details are kept from an agent.
Stop making excuses.
You crossed the line.
- The man is a killer! - The agent could be compromised! - The agent was compromised! - What? I found Jenna's personnel file in Pritchard's gun safe.
Listen to me.
We don't make a move until Pritchard makes a move.
What if he makes a move on Jenna? You prepared to dredge your agent up from the Hudson? - She knows the risks.
- What did you just say? - It's the job! - Is making her daughter an orphan part of the job too? We'll watch Pritchard.
He won't take a dump without us knowing.
He won't do anything.
You'd better pray that he doesn't.
You're the bodyguard! Protect her! Those mandatory trigger locks, they're a bitch, aren't they? They're not mandatory yet.
I got no illusions about what I do, Jarod.
Let me tell you somethin'.
When some pissed-off day trader decides to take an A.
K.
to his brokerage firm I'm not standin' there handin' him bullets either.
But what if he needs some money laundered? Come again? I like to know who I'm protecting.
Sometimes knowledge is not power.
Well, in my case, it is.
Jenna isn't exactly who she says she is.
She's A.
T.
F.
- Who have you told about this? - Nobody.
Looks like now you're gonna need some help calling off your engagement.
Let's just say I have some experience in this arena.
No.
I meant what I said.
You take a bullet for her.
- Jen is my future.
- Are you tellin' me you're in love with her? Let's just say I'm in love with what she can give me- a get-out-of-jail-free card.
So, tonight, when we're safe, Jenna radios her boss and I give them the fat cat and we get a little beach house in a sexy, non-extradition country.
- If she follows the plan.
- She will.
A Colt 1911 "A.
" It can be very convincing.
But I got somethin' better than that.
Jen's daughter.
Cute kid, huh? Like I said, Jarod, I got no illusions about what I do.
[Giuseppe.]
You know how I stand on this.
[Miss Parker.]
Raines told me what he's doing with the Veritas gas.
- He confessed! - He said nothing about that.
He's a psychotic killer.
And he's up to something horrific.
- Do you define all men by their sins? - Only the bad ones.
Only the ones that take a girl in the Basilica de Roma and cop a feel.
That's not true and you know it.
This isn't about two teenagers groping in a basilica.
- Besides, it was you who came on to me.
- [Scoffs.]
- I rejected you.
The pain of that rejection lives inside you.
- Not true.
It is true, Parker.
You've rewritten history.
Create an enemy in your mind because that's what you needed to survive.
Anger is your religion.
And you need enemies like me and Mr.
Raines to fuel that distorted faith.
If thy brother trespass against you, rebuke him.
And if he repent, forgive him.
- He killed my mother.
- If he trespassed against thee - He has presided over every moment of pain in my life.
- seven times in a day - He's a monster! - thou shalt forgive him! And you are not his priest.
You're his coconspirator! Forgive yourself, Parker.
If you don't, you'll surely be dammed to a life of eternal suffering.
God forgives.
I don't.
[Bell Tolling.]
[Bell Tolling.]
[Jarod.]
You can't put your faith in him.
- He wouldn't hurt her.
- You can't take that chance.
- I don't have a choice! I have to go with him tonight.
- Jen, listen to- No.
I have to finish this and know that son of a bitch is behind bars.
It's the only way that Cassie can be safe.
You can't talk me out of this.
- Where's Jarod? - I sent him home.
Why? Roll, baby.
I got a confession to make.
Jen! You have to trust me.
Don't do this.
All right, somebody tell me what the hell is goin' on.
- I know you know who I am.
- Don't tell him anything! Stop! I'll do what you ask.
I'll help you out of the country.
Just don't hurt my daughter.
- Don't go with him.
- Shut up! You back off.
No matter what he says, you can't believe him! He's still going to kill your daughter! I would never kill a little girl.
[Gasping.]
[Groaning.]
Jarod, I'm sorry.
Get in the car.
You know what.
It's funny.
But I actually did fall in love with you, in a strange way.
Then you had to tear my heart out.
But I guess you made the right choice.
Oh, she did.
You missed me! You know, I heard this song once that happiness was a warm gun.
Yes, it is.
You needa cooling-down period.
[Grunting.]
Shooting an ex-cop.
Not a very smart idea.
Especially when he's put blanks in your clip.
You see, there's this open case over at the A.
T.
F.
.
Something about a gun supplier found shot to death in the woods.
They never could make a ballistics match.
Or find the killer.
Now they will.
[Jenna.]
Want to know something funny? I had feelings for you.
But you had to go and threaten my little girl.
Bad decision.
Karma.
Ain't it a bitch? - This is Alonzo.
Over.
- [Jarod Over Radio.]
Alonzo.
-Jarod, you bastard, what have you done with Jenna? - She's safe and sound.
- Now, did you ever get the fat cat? - We got him.
- But no Pritchard.
- Check the third alley off of 18th Street.
Oh, and, uh, I left a little present for you under your seat.
[Broots.]
We tracked down some of the properties of the gas that Raines was developing.
Veritas relaxes the lungs to the point where they can no longer take in oxygen.
In small doses, it's not even lethal.
I'm sure Raines skipped that part.
Weak lungs is one of the theories behind sudden infant death syndrome.
Oh, my God.
The baby.
[Speaking Gibberish.]
Stop! Get away from him! I know what you're up to with the Veritas.
I don't think you do.
A diluted version of Veritas gas helped me loosen baby Parker's lungs.
[Fussing.]
He's free of this ball and chain.
I wish I could say the same for myself.
I saw the testing room.
There are many villains in the Centre, Miss Parker.
Iknow you need them to survive.
But I can't be your enemy anymore.
[Priest.]
This is the Lamb of God who takes awaythe sins of the world.
Happy are we who are called to the Lord's Supper.
- The Body of Christ.
- [Girl.]
Amen.
- The Body of Christ.
- [Girl #2.]
Amen.
- The Body of Christ.
- [Girl #3.]
Amen.
- The Body of Christ.
- Amen.
- The Body of Christ.
- [Girl #4.]
Amen.
May Almighty God bless you, the Father the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
The mass has ended.
Let us go in peace to always love and serve the Lord.
Look at your mother.
- You got the bad guy? - We got him.
Now let's go home.