Without a Trace s05e15 Episode Script
Desert Springs
- Mr.
Turner.
- Hey, Earl.
I show up, it must be bad news, right? Hey, I don't think like that.
Operations just called said inflow dropped 58 percent.
What's going on down there? Someone used the drain channel as a dump again.
We got a big blockage at the intake pipe.
What's the blockage? A tree trunk tangled up with a mattress, car bumper, some other junk.
Maybe we could sell it as a modern art sculpture.
- We could make a fortune.
- Suppose we should hose it off first.
- Gotta go.
Suits are calling.
- All right.
Yep? You said the downsizing was done.
No more layoffs.
That's what I told the guys.
A new efficiency study came in.
It shows Maintenance has one excess worker.
Fine.
Then fire me.
We need you.
Your study's wrong, Mr.
Boyce.
I can't spare anyone.
That's what I thought you'd say.
Which is why I chose for you.
I got it.
Go inside now.
Earl.
Can I see you in my office a minute? You got something to say, you can say it here.
I have to let you go.
I'm so sorry, Earl.
I know how you must feel.
I'm 58 years old, man.
A year shy of my full pension.
Is that why you picked me? To be a hero and save management a buck? No, this is the last thing I wanna be doing.
Just a minute ago, we were out shooting the breeze.
Down here, you out with your goons? You knew.
- You knew you were gonna can me.
- I didn't know.
I had no idea.
You can't do this to me.
I put in 24 years.
- Twenty-four years.
You are a dead man.
- Calm down, Earl.
Do you hear me? You hear me? Get off Get the Get off of me.
Let's go, Earl.
I'll walk out.
Blue team, let's go.
Hey.
- Give me the headlines.
- We got a likely hostage situation.
Jason Turner, 32, is a foreman at a water-treatment plant.
Left work after firing an employee.
Hasn't been seen since.
Roommate reported him missing.
- The guy he fired holed up in there? - Yeah, Earl Dooley.
P.
D.
Came to question him but he flipped out and barricaded himself inside.
- Is he armed? - Heavily.
Got a.
357 ATF also confirms he owns a Glock 9 and a Desert Eagle.
They've been trying to contact him, but he keeps hanging up.
- You think he took Turner hostage? - Good possibility.
That's Turner's car.
Let's hope he gets to drive it out of here.
You had better stop calling.
No, no, no, Earl, don't hang up, okay? Listen to me.
My name's Jack.
Okay? I just wanna talk to you, all right? Now, I'm outside the house.
I'm wearing a white shirt.
I'm waving.
Do you see me? - So now they send in the big guns.
No, Earl.
No, no, we're not sending in any guns at all, okay? Does anybody there require medical attention? No.
Okay.
- What about Turner? - He took my job away.
Man, it's all I had.
It's all I had.
Earl, listen to me.
That's not his fault, okay? He was just doing what his boss asked him to do.
No one cares about the little guy.
It's all about this downsizing and outsourcing.
- I've just had enough of all of that.
- Yeah, I totally get it.
It's screwed up.
But we could talk about it, all right? We could talk about that.
- It's too late for that.
- No, no, no.
It's not too late.
- It's not too late.
- No.
I'm gonna end this my way.
Earl? Earl what kind of dog you have? Uh - A pit bull named Dixie.
- Earl, where is she right now? She's at the vet.
I'm I had to get her teeth cleaned and Yeah, pit bulls are a one-man dog, you know? They need a lot of care.
What's gonna happen to her when you're not around? Animal Control's gonna come and take your dog.
And we both know what happens from there.
I'll tell you what I'm gonna do, okay? I will let you make arrangements for someone to take care of your dog, okay? But what I need you to do is put the gun down step out of the house.
Earl? Earl? Earl? Let's go, move back.
All right.
- Let's go, let's go, let's go.
Come on.
Okay, go.
Earl, keep your hands where we can see them.
Put them up.
Come on.
Turner's not here.
No sign of struggle, no blood.
Just empty Scotch bottles.
- Where's Jason Turner? - I don't know where he is.
Then how come his car is out front of your house? I'll be damned if I know how it got there.
I ain't seen him.
Why'd you bolt inside when the cops showed up? Trying to get up the nerve to blow my brains out.
- Because you killed Jason Turner.
- No, man.
Now, I ain't saying I didn't have words with the man.
- But I didn't do nothing to him.
Then who did? - Who else had an ax to grind with him? - "Who didn't" is more like it.
All those cutbacks, all the guys he laid off.
You got a name, you better cough it up.
Eddie McCann.
He had it in for Turner.
Ha-ha-ha.
I mean, three in one night.
Course, that was back in the day when all you had to worry about was the clap.
- Hey, guys.
- Hey, Mr.
Turner.
Eddie, you know that's not allowed.
Hey, what are you gonna do, write me up? If you don't get rid of that, I have to.
Yeah? Go ahead.
- See what happens.
- Come on, Eddie.
No, Turner.
I'm begging you.
Write me up.
- I dare you.
Hey, hey.
It's happy hour at Stiver's.
I'm buying the first round.
Come on.
Let's go.
Your day's gonna come.
Turner fired Eddie's brother, Mike.
That seemed to make Eddie just go crazy.
All he talked about was getting back at Turner.
Okay.
- Hey, hey, what about Dixie? - I'll take care of her.
I'll head to the plant, see if I can run down McCann.
See if you can talk to other people Turner fired.
All right, good work.
Sarah, tell me if you've ever seen this man before.
No.
Did he do this? Did he break in and kidnap Jason? We don't know yet.
Did Jason ever mention any family to you? He said his parents had passed away.
He never mentioned siblings.
Okay.
How did you guys become roommates? I posted an ad on Craigslist.
Jason moved in right after he started at the plant.
And did he ever mention any problems at the plant? You know, when he took the job he didn't know he was gonna have to lay off so many people.
It was really tough on him.
But the last few days, he seemed so much better.
Wow, something smells good.
- Could you be more obvious? Ah.
- Ow.
Bow-tie pasta with chicken.
I made extra.
Well, I'd hate to see it go to waste.
Is this what I think it is? I almost got married a couple of years ago, but we split up.
You know, it was complicated.
And you're carrying her ring because? I may get a second chance.
Who is she? Her name's Katie.
Well, come on, come on, tell me about her.
Not yet.
I don't wanna jinx it.
Jason has barely been on a date since I've known him.
Maybe he was just hung up on Katie the whole time.
Did he tell you anything else about Katie? No, he didn't.
I cannot believe this has happened.
- We're gonna find him, all right? - Okay.
Okay.
No, I'll get you this as soon as I get to the office.
Thank you so much.
Okay.
All right.
I'm sorry, Sofie, okay? It's work.
You know that, right? You're beautiful.
- It's 7:28.
- I know it's 7:28.
I know.
Maybe Dad forgot it was his day to pick me up.
- Daddy will never forget you.
- Then why isn't he here? Let me try calling him again.
Give me one second.
Mom, I'm going to be late.
I don't wanna get yelled at by Sister Maureen.
Okay.
I'll take you, okay? - Not a problem.
- Okay.
Daddy will take you some other time.
Come on.
- Hey, Viv.
Any news on Eddie McCann? He didn't show up for work, didn't call in.
What about the other people Jason fired? H.
R.
's sending over their files.
Thirteen of them.
Didn't find out much about Turner, except he's a bit of a loner.
I did find a couple of photos, though.
I think one of them might be Katie.
- Ah.
Can you send it over to me? - Yeah, sure.
I'll shoot it over.
- Thanks.
- Bye.
There's the ring, so this must be her.
There were no calls made to a Katie or e-mails.
Well, maybe he knew her from a long time ago.
Where was he before New York? Alaska, on a fishing boat.
Then San Jose at a dot-com company that went bust.
No friends, no family.
Everything about this guy's a dead end.
Well, I got something.
Turner's name popped up on a manifest at JFK.
He flew to Phoenix last Tuesday flew back the same night, paid cash for the ticket.
And two days later, he's talking about getting back with his fiancée? - Maybe he went to see her.
- Okay, listen.
Text from Danny.
"NYPD just found Eddie McCann.
He got into a fight.
" I got into a bar fight, okay? - Who were you fighting with? - I didn't catch his name.
Sure you did.
Jason Turner, that's his name.
It was some Puerto Rican dude.
Never saw him before in my life.
Who you trying to kid? Jason fired your brother.
You wanted revenge.
Yeah, and I was gonna kick his ass one night, but I never did.
Why? Because of your good judgment and restraint? Guy just confused me, that's all.
What happened to your ride, man? I don't know.
Must have been a flock of condors with diarrhea.
Where's your brother? I've been trying to call.
He got kicked out of his place, thanks to you.
Can you give him this for me? - Cut him some slack after that.
- How much money was it? Ten grand.
- Yeah.
- Why'd he give your brother that cash? Maybe he felt guilty.
I don't know.
So far, I've talked to six workers who Jason laid off.
Apparently, someone anonymously left cash for each of them.
Turner was giving his own severance packages? It looks like it.
That would explain why he drove over to Earl Dooley's place.
He doesn't have that cash.
Look through his bank records.
Maybe at his apartment, and that's why someone broke in.
Hey, we got a match on Turner's thumbprint.
We ran his name.
He doesn't have a record.
It turns out that Jason Turner from New York is actually Jason Fields from Arizona.
Guy must have a lot to hide.
Here's what we got.
Three years ago, Jason Fields lived in Desert Springs working at the power company.
They downsized, and he was unemployed for over a year.
That would explain why he had trouble firing people.
He fell off the grid for a few months, then showed up in New York as Jason Turner.
Got a job at the water plant.
Well, the DHS would've had to run a check on him.
Well, they did.
He got himself a fake ID fake credit trail, fake job history, the whole shebang.
Witness protection? He's not in the program, and he doesn't have a criminal record as Fields or Turner.
Well, whatever he's hiding from must have happened in Arizona.
Could be where these were taken.
We showed them to his coworkers and his roommate.
No one recognizes these people.
I just got off the phone with our Phoenix office.
Jason was questioned in the disappearance of a guy named Alex Brown, two years ago in Desert Springs.
There we go.
Surprise, surprise.
It's the same guy.
Sergeant Brown? - Yeah.
Hi.
Martin Fitzgerald.
Samantha Spade.
- What can I do for you? - We'd like to talk about your brother.
Oh, is there anything new? No, we just wanted to get some background.
Could you tell us when he went missing? Well, he invited me to dinner that night.
I got to his house, his car was in the drive TV was on, coffee maker was set to go but Alex was gone.
Kind of like he just vanished off the face of the Earth.
You know, I ran down every lead, followed every tip, but nothing.
Do you think Jason Fields was involved in your brother's disappearance? We talked to him, but, no, Jason and Alex were buddies.
They worked at the power company together.
Both were let go at the same time.
But why are you asking about Jason? Well, Jason was reported missing yesterday.
- He's missing? Yeah.
He flew into Phoenix last week.
Do you know if he came here? - No, not to my knowledge.
- When was the last time you saw him? I saw Jason a month or two after Alex disappeared.
This is how people get killed, Jason.
Because of guys like you.
I ought to throw your sorry ass in jail.
Paul.
I'm fine.
Honest.
You can't be driving like this when you're drunk.
What the hell's wrong with you? I was replacing the boards on the front porch today Listen to you, you're not making any sense.
I found this.
Is this Alex's Saint Joseph's medal? Alex lost that at my house two months ago.
He was so sad that was gone.
I don't understand what happened, man.
I think about him all the time.
God, he's my baby brother, you know.
Look, let's leave the Jeep.
You can get it tomorrow.
Come on.
I'll take you to your dad's.
Come on.
I got you.
I got you.
He left town a week later.
Heard of some auto jobs in Kentucky.
His dad still in town? - I believe so.
I can get you that address.
- That'd be great.
Oh, also do you recognize this guy, the one in the middle? Yeah, that's Nick Edberg.
- They all hung out together.
- Did you happen to question him? Yeah, I talked to Nick after Alex disappeared.
He just felt a little off.
Nothing I could put my finger on.
He ended up checking out.
And where is he now? He moved away a few months after Alex disappeared.
So Alex goes missing.
Two months later, Nick and Jason blow town.
- They gotta be up to something.
- Check this.
You know how Jason's been laying low since he left Desert Springs? Well, Nick Edberg's been doing exactly the opposite.
The man's been keeping busy.
What's he been busted for? Larceny, possession, a few assault charges.
- All on the West Coast.
Well, not anymore.
Edberg got a speeding ticket two days ago, coming into the city on 495.
Can't be a coincidence.
Put an APB out on him.
Johnson.
Yeah? Really? Okay.
- Agent Delgado? Yeah? A Carlos Aguilar is here.
He is? Yeah.
Okay, thanks.
Excuse me.
Danny.
Take a look at this.
One of our agents sent it over from Jason's bank.
It was taken the day he went missing.
He visited his safety-deposit box and left with that bag.
You thinking cash? Could answer a few questions.
It was my morning with Sofie.
I got there, and you weren't there.
You were late We waited till almost 7:30.
- You told me 7:30, okay? - No, no.
I got there at 7:30.
Sofie leaves by 7, always.
You know that.
Hey, you always do this on purpose.
You're trying to turn her against me.
- Have you been drinking? - No.
- Do you care? - Lf Sofie's with you, of course I care.
Oh.
You might twist this, right? And tell the judge that I was drunk picking her up, right? I'm gonna go back to work.
- No, please stay here.
- Okay, let me just go back to work.
- Please don't walk away from me.
- Come on.
Okay.
- Don't walk away from me.
- Get off me! Get off me! - Hey, it's time for you to go home.
- It's okay.
- We're having a private conversation.
- Lf you don't go home right now I'm gonna have your ass arrested, do you understand? Oh, man.
It's you and her now, right? Go home and get your head together.
Agent Bozell's gonna show you out.
I trusted you, Danny.
And you betrayed me.
It's gonna come back to you, man.
Are you okay? You shouldn't have come here, you know.
Bernard Fields? I'm Special Agent Spade.
This is Special Agent Fitzgerald.
We're with the FBI.
- We're actually looking for your son.
- What for? Is he in trouble? He's missing.
Now, we understand he was in Phoenix last week.
Did you see him? Yeah, I'm the reason he came to visit.
Jason.
Dad.
Hey, what happened to you? Heh.
I collapsed, trying on trousers at the mall.
Won't be shopping there anytime soon.
- They're still running some tests.
- I'm sure it's nothing serious.
I kind of thought this might be it.
So I had them call that pager number you gave me for emergencies.
I hope that's okay.
Yes, of course, that's fine.
I'm sorry I haven't been here for you.
You're just doing what you need to do, I'm sure.
It's really good to see you, Dad.
You too, son.
You too.
I'm gonna go talk to the doctors, see what they have to say.
Okay.
Katie.
I heard your dad was admitted.
I just wanted to say hello.
I'm sure he'd love to see you.
There's good news.
His lab work just came back.
It was his blood-pressure meds.
They just need to lower his dosage.
- That's all that was? That's great.
- Yeah, he's gonna be fine.
- Uh Listen, Katie - I'm glad your dad's okay, Jason.
I'll stop by and visit him another time.
Jason and Katie broke up when Jason moved.
Guess there were still some hard feelings.
Anyway, he flew out that night.
He promised he'd stay in closer touch.
Did he tell you why he left in the first place? You know, job opportunities.
Did he leave because of Alex Brown's disappearance? I don't know why Jason left or what he's mixed up in.
I suppose I never really wanted to know.
I just wanted him to be okay.
What about Nick Edberg? Nick did call after he left, looking for him.
He seemed pretty desperate, so I told him Jason worked at the water plant.
- All right, where was Nick calling from? - I don't know.
Do you happen to have caller ID? Yeah, I do.
Where did you come from? Never mind.
Thank goodness you're here.
FBI.
On the ground.
Where's Jason Fields? I don't know what you're talking about.
Well, this looks familiar.
Man, am I glad to see you guys.
Really? We don't hear that too often.
Well, this whole thing is just a big misunderstanding.
So this is a good time to clear it all up.
- Where's Jason Fields? - I told you, I don't know a Jason.
- So how'd you get this cash? - I found it, actually, in a dumpster.
I suppose I should have turned it in to you but So now you have it and - So it's all good.
Yeah.
- Finding money isn't a crime, right? - Except you didn't exactly find it.
That's Jason's bag.
Don't you tell me you don't know him.
- No, I swear I - Shut up.
Just shut up and sit down.
Let me explain something to you, Nick.
All these bills are at least two years old.
So we know when you and your buddy stole them.
You guys got it all wrong If you wanna see daylight again, better explain where that money came from.
Uh Uh You guys gotta understand, all right? The three of us, we'd been out of work for, like, six months.
Jason, he was about to get married.
I mean, we were getting desperate.
So which one of you came up with the get-rich-quick scheme? Alex did.
- He overheard a conversation.
- What conversation? I don't know.
It was some conversation at a bar.
L He overheard some lawyer talking about some How they laundered money from some Jamaicans.
Part of the deal was, is they would fly $ 100,000 into Phoenix every week and leave it in a car.
So you grabbed the money? Hundred thousand dollars split three ways, you know? It would have solved everything.
All right.
Where's the briefcase? - There's supposed to be a briefcase.
- Let's go.
- What? No, wait.
- Wait for what? Oh.
- There it is.
Wait for that.
There it is.
- Son of a bitch.
- Holy Mary, mother of God.
- Look.
- What do you wanna do? What do you mean, what do I wanna? We're gonna take it.
- We can't do that.
- What? We came here for a hundred grand, not all this.
- So? - Whoever this belongs to will come after us, man.
Ho, ho.
No one's gonna come after us unless we stand here and keep arguing.
- He's right, man.
- We are in this now.
Look at that.
Grab the bag.
Come on, let's go.
We just should have listened to Jason, you know? So how much money we talking about? Million-five.
Look, we just wanted a fresh start, you know? What happened to Alex? - He disappeared, like, three days later.
- So who do you think got to him? Hmm? I don't know.
We couldn't talk about it, and we couldn't leave town ourselves.
It would look like we had something to do with it.
- But you did leave town.
- Two months later.
Bunch of Jamaicans start showing up around town, and that was all I needed.
- So we both split.
- And what'd you do with your share? I made some bad investments.
That why you broke in Jason's apartment? - What? I didn't What? - That's his bag, and he's missing.
What do you mean, he's missing? You broke into his apartment, needed money, took it and killed him.
What are you talking about? I didn't kill anybody, man.
I tried to warn him.
- Hello, this is Turner.
Jason.
- Jason, it's me, Nick.
- How did? How'd you find me? I talked to your dad.
He said you went back to Desert Springs.
You promised me we'd stay away from there.
I can't live like this anymore.
- I wanna go back.
- There's no going back, man.
It's been almost two years, Nick.
It's safe by now.
Things have blown over.
That's what I'm trying to tell you, Jason, all right? Look, it's not safe.
- Look, they know about us.
- What do you mean? The day after you left Desert Springs, I see dreadlocked dudes hanging around my place in L.
A.
Somebody found out.
Somebody saw you.
Let's not talk about this on the phone.
So Jason came over.
He gave me some cash, he took the rest and then he said he was just gonna blow town.
And that's all I know, I swear to you.
That's it.
That's the truth.
So you're not gonna have a problem taking a polygraph test, right? I guess not.
Uh-huh.
Who did Jason speak to when he went back to Desert Springs? Just his dad and Katie.
Okay.
Katie Moore? - Yes.
- Hi, we're with the FBI.
- Is this about Jason? - How did you know that? - His dad called and told me.
- Do you think he'll be all right? - Well, we're doing everything we can.
That's what I say when people here ask me that question.
Doesn't really mean much, does it? We understand that the two of you talked while he was here.
Because he wouldn't take no for an answer.
I know this is weird, me being here all of a sudden.
So thanks for giving me a minute.
Whatever it takes to make you leave me alone.
- I'm sorry, Katie.
- We were gonna get married, Jason.
You just left out of the blue, because it wasn't safe for me to be with you? I still don't know what that means.
The difference now is: I don't care.
Yeah, but I do.
I know I've done a lot of damage.
I know that.
But I'm going to make up for it.
Look, I'm seeing someone.
I don't care.
I love you.
And I know you still love me.
Why did you leave, Jason? I got in trouble.
Look, I did something.
Can I tell you the whole story when I see you again? Yeah, who says you get to see me again? I'm coming back.
I didn't hear from him after that.
Started feeling stupid all over again.
- Did you tell anyone you'd seen him? - No.
What about this other guy you're seeing? There is no other guy.
Oh.
Did you notice anybody watching you while you were talking? Didn't you see someone follow him when he left? No, there was a local cop who left around the same time he did.
This local cop, his name wouldn't happen to be Sergeant Brown, would it? Yeah, that's right.
Jack.
This is the guy Jason and his buddies took the money from.
His name's Percy Boudreaux, and he runs a Jamaican crew out of L.
A.
Now, according to an informant he was ripped off laundering money through Arizona.
Bet he'd love to catch up with whoever did it.
- Hey, listen, we Are we tracking him? - We're on it.
I'm gonna show his photo to Nick, see if he recognizes him.
I'd take his word with a grain of salt.
- I have the results of his polygraph.
- He failed? - Spectacularly.
- Oh.
About Alex Brown, about the disappearance, the works.
- Hey, any new developments? Yeah, a big one.
You lied.
You told us you hadn't seen Jason.
But I didn't.
Why? A witness saw you follow him out of the hospital five days ago.
Wanna tell me what that was? Why don't we ask your chief why you're not cooperating with a fed investigation? Okay.
I followed him from the hospital.
Then I pulled him over.
Jason, step out of the vehicle.
Hey, Paul.
Good to see you.
I'm late for a flight.
I gotta get on the road.
I ran your rental car.
You came back as Jason Turner.
Why is that? I changed my name.
- Heh.
It's a long story.
I gotta get - No, no, no.
You're not going anywhere until you tell me the truth.
What? I know that you and Nick know what happened to Alex.
Look at me.
I'm not asking as a cop.
I am asking as his brother.
You owe this to me.
- Paul - Damn it, Jason.
You are gonna tell me what happened.
We took some money.
Things just fell apart.
You should be happy.
You know what you can do? You can buy new boots.
How about a boot store, huh? - Guys.
- What? Someone's coming.
Ooh! Oh, son of a bitch.
- Are there any headlights there? Alex.
Jason, are there any head? Oh, God.
- Where's the hospital? - I don't know this part of town.
- We gotta get him to the ER.
- They're out there.
- They're just gonna catch us.
- Forget about that.
He's bleeding! There's gotta be a map, all right? Just I'll find one.
- Alex.
Alex.
- Hang on, Alex.
Nick! Nick.
What do we do, man? - Nick, Nick.
- What? Alex.
- Alex.
Alex.
- I'm sorry.
I'm so sorry.
- Oh, God.
God.
- What do we do? - Alex? - What do we do? - Just drive.
- Just shut up.
Shut up and drive.
- Where are we going? Drive to the desert.
Drive out to Devil's Backbone.
- What for? - That's where we're taking Alex.
So you just buried him out there? Like an animal? We didn't know what else to do that wouldn't make things worse.
Worse for who? Huh? Two years and no answers.
My mom died not knowing.
I'm sorry, Paul.
I'm so sorry.
Whose dumb-ass idea was this, anyway? I know Alex didn't dream this up.
Uh Mine.
It was my idea.
You can arrest me if you have to.
Oh, so it comes out what Alex did? So those guys come after my family? - No.
- Huh? - Thinking I got their money? Uhn! - That's Get out of my sight.
Get out of here! And you just let him go? - Well, what else was I gonna do? - Well, he is missing, isn't he? Not because of me.
And if he is, who cares? He got Alex killed.
Hey, look, according to Nick, the whole thing was your brother's idea.
Look, bottom line, I didn't have anything to do with Jason.
Well, he flew back to New York, right? That's where he disappeared from.
Well, guess what.
I've been here.
I haven't left town.
Okay, thanks.
Well, the police logs back up Sergeant Brown's story.
He was halfway through his shift when Jason went missing.
It's starting to feel like we're done down there.
I know.
Sam and Martin feel the same way.
Can we talk about what happened this morning? Please? You know that hmm Sofie's the most important thing to me in the world.
Yeah, I know that.
Well, this guy is her father.
And he's gonna be in our lives forever.
And I'm gonna have to deal with him whether I like it or not.
Don't get involved.
Okay? Come here.
- Fair enough.
- Okay.
The phone's ringing.
Let go of my hand.
Taylor.
Yeah.
Oh.
That's great.
Okay, thanks a lot.
We got a hit on Boudreaux.
He flew from L.
A.
Three days ago.
And two days later, Jason goes missing.
Where does Percy live in L.
A? He's based out of a strip joint on Crenshaw.
Ebony Vixens.
According to his cell-phone records Sergeant Brown called there one day after Jason visited Desert Springs.
Well, he's a cop.
He probably found out that Boudreaux got ripped off.
After talking to Jason, he knew who did it.
Okay, so he blamed Jason for what happened to Alex, right? So maybe he wanted to set the wheels in motion.
Yeah, by setting up Jason, he gets justice without leaving any fingerprints.
Mr.
Percy Boudreaux.
We nabbed him at LaGuardia trying to get a plane back to L.
A.
Does that mean that he did what he came here to do? I would think so, but he's not talking right now.
He probably trashed Jason's apartment looking for the cash.
Yeah, he must have caught up with Jason outside Earl Dooley's house.
Let's run a check on his credit card and phone activity for the last 48 hours.
Might lead us to Jason.
How'd he end up back here? They threw him in the drainage channel.
He washed downstream and got stuck in the intake pipe.
Any way to tie it to Boudreaux? Well, surveillance cameras caught him driving on an access road to the channel.
Maybe we could make it stick.
He just wanted his old life back.
Well, you know what they say.
You can never go home again.
I mean, look at this ring, Jason.
You bought this thing on credit, man.
You could pay this off and you could buy a down payment on a house for you and Katie.
That's right.
I don't know what to say, guys.
It just doesn't seem like a good idea.
Nick's got collection agents calling him day and night.
I have to sell my car.
You're supposed to get married in April, Jason.
What are you gonna do, huh? Come on, man, we're in this together, or we're not in it at all.
- That's right, Jason.
- It's 33 grand.
Just think about what that could do for us.
Okay.
I'm in.
Adapted by:
Turner.
- Hey, Earl.
I show up, it must be bad news, right? Hey, I don't think like that.
Operations just called said inflow dropped 58 percent.
What's going on down there? Someone used the drain channel as a dump again.
We got a big blockage at the intake pipe.
What's the blockage? A tree trunk tangled up with a mattress, car bumper, some other junk.
Maybe we could sell it as a modern art sculpture.
- We could make a fortune.
- Suppose we should hose it off first.
- Gotta go.
Suits are calling.
- All right.
Yep? You said the downsizing was done.
No more layoffs.
That's what I told the guys.
A new efficiency study came in.
It shows Maintenance has one excess worker.
Fine.
Then fire me.
We need you.
Your study's wrong, Mr.
Boyce.
I can't spare anyone.
That's what I thought you'd say.
Which is why I chose for you.
I got it.
Go inside now.
Earl.
Can I see you in my office a minute? You got something to say, you can say it here.
I have to let you go.
I'm so sorry, Earl.
I know how you must feel.
I'm 58 years old, man.
A year shy of my full pension.
Is that why you picked me? To be a hero and save management a buck? No, this is the last thing I wanna be doing.
Just a minute ago, we were out shooting the breeze.
Down here, you out with your goons? You knew.
- You knew you were gonna can me.
- I didn't know.
I had no idea.
You can't do this to me.
I put in 24 years.
- Twenty-four years.
You are a dead man.
- Calm down, Earl.
Do you hear me? You hear me? Get off Get the Get off of me.
Let's go, Earl.
I'll walk out.
Blue team, let's go.
Hey.
- Give me the headlines.
- We got a likely hostage situation.
Jason Turner, 32, is a foreman at a water-treatment plant.
Left work after firing an employee.
Hasn't been seen since.
Roommate reported him missing.
- The guy he fired holed up in there? - Yeah, Earl Dooley.
P.
D.
Came to question him but he flipped out and barricaded himself inside.
- Is he armed? - Heavily.
Got a.
357 ATF also confirms he owns a Glock 9 and a Desert Eagle.
They've been trying to contact him, but he keeps hanging up.
- You think he took Turner hostage? - Good possibility.
That's Turner's car.
Let's hope he gets to drive it out of here.
You had better stop calling.
No, no, no, Earl, don't hang up, okay? Listen to me.
My name's Jack.
Okay? I just wanna talk to you, all right? Now, I'm outside the house.
I'm wearing a white shirt.
I'm waving.
Do you see me? - So now they send in the big guns.
No, Earl.
No, no, we're not sending in any guns at all, okay? Does anybody there require medical attention? No.
Okay.
- What about Turner? - He took my job away.
Man, it's all I had.
It's all I had.
Earl, listen to me.
That's not his fault, okay? He was just doing what his boss asked him to do.
No one cares about the little guy.
It's all about this downsizing and outsourcing.
- I've just had enough of all of that.
- Yeah, I totally get it.
It's screwed up.
But we could talk about it, all right? We could talk about that.
- It's too late for that.
- No, no, no.
It's not too late.
- It's not too late.
- No.
I'm gonna end this my way.
Earl? Earl what kind of dog you have? Uh - A pit bull named Dixie.
- Earl, where is she right now? She's at the vet.
I'm I had to get her teeth cleaned and Yeah, pit bulls are a one-man dog, you know? They need a lot of care.
What's gonna happen to her when you're not around? Animal Control's gonna come and take your dog.
And we both know what happens from there.
I'll tell you what I'm gonna do, okay? I will let you make arrangements for someone to take care of your dog, okay? But what I need you to do is put the gun down step out of the house.
Earl? Earl? Earl? Let's go, move back.
All right.
- Let's go, let's go, let's go.
Come on.
Okay, go.
Earl, keep your hands where we can see them.
Put them up.
Come on.
Turner's not here.
No sign of struggle, no blood.
Just empty Scotch bottles.
- Where's Jason Turner? - I don't know where he is.
Then how come his car is out front of your house? I'll be damned if I know how it got there.
I ain't seen him.
Why'd you bolt inside when the cops showed up? Trying to get up the nerve to blow my brains out.
- Because you killed Jason Turner.
- No, man.
Now, I ain't saying I didn't have words with the man.
- But I didn't do nothing to him.
Then who did? - Who else had an ax to grind with him? - "Who didn't" is more like it.
All those cutbacks, all the guys he laid off.
You got a name, you better cough it up.
Eddie McCann.
He had it in for Turner.
Ha-ha-ha.
I mean, three in one night.
Course, that was back in the day when all you had to worry about was the clap.
- Hey, guys.
- Hey, Mr.
Turner.
Eddie, you know that's not allowed.
Hey, what are you gonna do, write me up? If you don't get rid of that, I have to.
Yeah? Go ahead.
- See what happens.
- Come on, Eddie.
No, Turner.
I'm begging you.
Write me up.
- I dare you.
Hey, hey.
It's happy hour at Stiver's.
I'm buying the first round.
Come on.
Let's go.
Your day's gonna come.
Turner fired Eddie's brother, Mike.
That seemed to make Eddie just go crazy.
All he talked about was getting back at Turner.
Okay.
- Hey, hey, what about Dixie? - I'll take care of her.
I'll head to the plant, see if I can run down McCann.
See if you can talk to other people Turner fired.
All right, good work.
Sarah, tell me if you've ever seen this man before.
No.
Did he do this? Did he break in and kidnap Jason? We don't know yet.
Did Jason ever mention any family to you? He said his parents had passed away.
He never mentioned siblings.
Okay.
How did you guys become roommates? I posted an ad on Craigslist.
Jason moved in right after he started at the plant.
And did he ever mention any problems at the plant? You know, when he took the job he didn't know he was gonna have to lay off so many people.
It was really tough on him.
But the last few days, he seemed so much better.
Wow, something smells good.
- Could you be more obvious? Ah.
- Ow.
Bow-tie pasta with chicken.
I made extra.
Well, I'd hate to see it go to waste.
Is this what I think it is? I almost got married a couple of years ago, but we split up.
You know, it was complicated.
And you're carrying her ring because? I may get a second chance.
Who is she? Her name's Katie.
Well, come on, come on, tell me about her.
Not yet.
I don't wanna jinx it.
Jason has barely been on a date since I've known him.
Maybe he was just hung up on Katie the whole time.
Did he tell you anything else about Katie? No, he didn't.
I cannot believe this has happened.
- We're gonna find him, all right? - Okay.
Okay.
No, I'll get you this as soon as I get to the office.
Thank you so much.
Okay.
All right.
I'm sorry, Sofie, okay? It's work.
You know that, right? You're beautiful.
- It's 7:28.
- I know it's 7:28.
I know.
Maybe Dad forgot it was his day to pick me up.
- Daddy will never forget you.
- Then why isn't he here? Let me try calling him again.
Give me one second.
Mom, I'm going to be late.
I don't wanna get yelled at by Sister Maureen.
Okay.
I'll take you, okay? - Not a problem.
- Okay.
Daddy will take you some other time.
Come on.
- Hey, Viv.
Any news on Eddie McCann? He didn't show up for work, didn't call in.
What about the other people Jason fired? H.
R.
's sending over their files.
Thirteen of them.
Didn't find out much about Turner, except he's a bit of a loner.
I did find a couple of photos, though.
I think one of them might be Katie.
- Ah.
Can you send it over to me? - Yeah, sure.
I'll shoot it over.
- Thanks.
- Bye.
There's the ring, so this must be her.
There were no calls made to a Katie or e-mails.
Well, maybe he knew her from a long time ago.
Where was he before New York? Alaska, on a fishing boat.
Then San Jose at a dot-com company that went bust.
No friends, no family.
Everything about this guy's a dead end.
Well, I got something.
Turner's name popped up on a manifest at JFK.
He flew to Phoenix last Tuesday flew back the same night, paid cash for the ticket.
And two days later, he's talking about getting back with his fiancée? - Maybe he went to see her.
- Okay, listen.
Text from Danny.
"NYPD just found Eddie McCann.
He got into a fight.
" I got into a bar fight, okay? - Who were you fighting with? - I didn't catch his name.
Sure you did.
Jason Turner, that's his name.
It was some Puerto Rican dude.
Never saw him before in my life.
Who you trying to kid? Jason fired your brother.
You wanted revenge.
Yeah, and I was gonna kick his ass one night, but I never did.
Why? Because of your good judgment and restraint? Guy just confused me, that's all.
What happened to your ride, man? I don't know.
Must have been a flock of condors with diarrhea.
Where's your brother? I've been trying to call.
He got kicked out of his place, thanks to you.
Can you give him this for me? - Cut him some slack after that.
- How much money was it? Ten grand.
- Yeah.
- Why'd he give your brother that cash? Maybe he felt guilty.
I don't know.
So far, I've talked to six workers who Jason laid off.
Apparently, someone anonymously left cash for each of them.
Turner was giving his own severance packages? It looks like it.
That would explain why he drove over to Earl Dooley's place.
He doesn't have that cash.
Look through his bank records.
Maybe at his apartment, and that's why someone broke in.
Hey, we got a match on Turner's thumbprint.
We ran his name.
He doesn't have a record.
It turns out that Jason Turner from New York is actually Jason Fields from Arizona.
Guy must have a lot to hide.
Here's what we got.
Three years ago, Jason Fields lived in Desert Springs working at the power company.
They downsized, and he was unemployed for over a year.
That would explain why he had trouble firing people.
He fell off the grid for a few months, then showed up in New York as Jason Turner.
Got a job at the water plant.
Well, the DHS would've had to run a check on him.
Well, they did.
He got himself a fake ID fake credit trail, fake job history, the whole shebang.
Witness protection? He's not in the program, and he doesn't have a criminal record as Fields or Turner.
Well, whatever he's hiding from must have happened in Arizona.
Could be where these were taken.
We showed them to his coworkers and his roommate.
No one recognizes these people.
I just got off the phone with our Phoenix office.
Jason was questioned in the disappearance of a guy named Alex Brown, two years ago in Desert Springs.
There we go.
Surprise, surprise.
It's the same guy.
Sergeant Brown? - Yeah.
Hi.
Martin Fitzgerald.
Samantha Spade.
- What can I do for you? - We'd like to talk about your brother.
Oh, is there anything new? No, we just wanted to get some background.
Could you tell us when he went missing? Well, he invited me to dinner that night.
I got to his house, his car was in the drive TV was on, coffee maker was set to go but Alex was gone.
Kind of like he just vanished off the face of the Earth.
You know, I ran down every lead, followed every tip, but nothing.
Do you think Jason Fields was involved in your brother's disappearance? We talked to him, but, no, Jason and Alex were buddies.
They worked at the power company together.
Both were let go at the same time.
But why are you asking about Jason? Well, Jason was reported missing yesterday.
- He's missing? Yeah.
He flew into Phoenix last week.
Do you know if he came here? - No, not to my knowledge.
- When was the last time you saw him? I saw Jason a month or two after Alex disappeared.
This is how people get killed, Jason.
Because of guys like you.
I ought to throw your sorry ass in jail.
Paul.
I'm fine.
Honest.
You can't be driving like this when you're drunk.
What the hell's wrong with you? I was replacing the boards on the front porch today Listen to you, you're not making any sense.
I found this.
Is this Alex's Saint Joseph's medal? Alex lost that at my house two months ago.
He was so sad that was gone.
I don't understand what happened, man.
I think about him all the time.
God, he's my baby brother, you know.
Look, let's leave the Jeep.
You can get it tomorrow.
Come on.
I'll take you to your dad's.
Come on.
I got you.
I got you.
He left town a week later.
Heard of some auto jobs in Kentucky.
His dad still in town? - I believe so.
I can get you that address.
- That'd be great.
Oh, also do you recognize this guy, the one in the middle? Yeah, that's Nick Edberg.
- They all hung out together.
- Did you happen to question him? Yeah, I talked to Nick after Alex disappeared.
He just felt a little off.
Nothing I could put my finger on.
He ended up checking out.
And where is he now? He moved away a few months after Alex disappeared.
So Alex goes missing.
Two months later, Nick and Jason blow town.
- They gotta be up to something.
- Check this.
You know how Jason's been laying low since he left Desert Springs? Well, Nick Edberg's been doing exactly the opposite.
The man's been keeping busy.
What's he been busted for? Larceny, possession, a few assault charges.
- All on the West Coast.
Well, not anymore.
Edberg got a speeding ticket two days ago, coming into the city on 495.
Can't be a coincidence.
Put an APB out on him.
Johnson.
Yeah? Really? Okay.
- Agent Delgado? Yeah? A Carlos Aguilar is here.
He is? Yeah.
Okay, thanks.
Excuse me.
Danny.
Take a look at this.
One of our agents sent it over from Jason's bank.
It was taken the day he went missing.
He visited his safety-deposit box and left with that bag.
You thinking cash? Could answer a few questions.
It was my morning with Sofie.
I got there, and you weren't there.
You were late We waited till almost 7:30.
- You told me 7:30, okay? - No, no.
I got there at 7:30.
Sofie leaves by 7, always.
You know that.
Hey, you always do this on purpose.
You're trying to turn her against me.
- Have you been drinking? - No.
- Do you care? - Lf Sofie's with you, of course I care.
Oh.
You might twist this, right? And tell the judge that I was drunk picking her up, right? I'm gonna go back to work.
- No, please stay here.
- Okay, let me just go back to work.
- Please don't walk away from me.
- Come on.
Okay.
- Don't walk away from me.
- Get off me! Get off me! - Hey, it's time for you to go home.
- It's okay.
- We're having a private conversation.
- Lf you don't go home right now I'm gonna have your ass arrested, do you understand? Oh, man.
It's you and her now, right? Go home and get your head together.
Agent Bozell's gonna show you out.
I trusted you, Danny.
And you betrayed me.
It's gonna come back to you, man.
Are you okay? You shouldn't have come here, you know.
Bernard Fields? I'm Special Agent Spade.
This is Special Agent Fitzgerald.
We're with the FBI.
- We're actually looking for your son.
- What for? Is he in trouble? He's missing.
Now, we understand he was in Phoenix last week.
Did you see him? Yeah, I'm the reason he came to visit.
Jason.
Dad.
Hey, what happened to you? Heh.
I collapsed, trying on trousers at the mall.
Won't be shopping there anytime soon.
- They're still running some tests.
- I'm sure it's nothing serious.
I kind of thought this might be it.
So I had them call that pager number you gave me for emergencies.
I hope that's okay.
Yes, of course, that's fine.
I'm sorry I haven't been here for you.
You're just doing what you need to do, I'm sure.
It's really good to see you, Dad.
You too, son.
You too.
I'm gonna go talk to the doctors, see what they have to say.
Okay.
Katie.
I heard your dad was admitted.
I just wanted to say hello.
I'm sure he'd love to see you.
There's good news.
His lab work just came back.
It was his blood-pressure meds.
They just need to lower his dosage.
- That's all that was? That's great.
- Yeah, he's gonna be fine.
- Uh Listen, Katie - I'm glad your dad's okay, Jason.
I'll stop by and visit him another time.
Jason and Katie broke up when Jason moved.
Guess there were still some hard feelings.
Anyway, he flew out that night.
He promised he'd stay in closer touch.
Did he tell you why he left in the first place? You know, job opportunities.
Did he leave because of Alex Brown's disappearance? I don't know why Jason left or what he's mixed up in.
I suppose I never really wanted to know.
I just wanted him to be okay.
What about Nick Edberg? Nick did call after he left, looking for him.
He seemed pretty desperate, so I told him Jason worked at the water plant.
- All right, where was Nick calling from? - I don't know.
Do you happen to have caller ID? Yeah, I do.
Where did you come from? Never mind.
Thank goodness you're here.
FBI.
On the ground.
Where's Jason Fields? I don't know what you're talking about.
Well, this looks familiar.
Man, am I glad to see you guys.
Really? We don't hear that too often.
Well, this whole thing is just a big misunderstanding.
So this is a good time to clear it all up.
- Where's Jason Fields? - I told you, I don't know a Jason.
- So how'd you get this cash? - I found it, actually, in a dumpster.
I suppose I should have turned it in to you but So now you have it and - So it's all good.
Yeah.
- Finding money isn't a crime, right? - Except you didn't exactly find it.
That's Jason's bag.
Don't you tell me you don't know him.
- No, I swear I - Shut up.
Just shut up and sit down.
Let me explain something to you, Nick.
All these bills are at least two years old.
So we know when you and your buddy stole them.
You guys got it all wrong If you wanna see daylight again, better explain where that money came from.
Uh Uh You guys gotta understand, all right? The three of us, we'd been out of work for, like, six months.
Jason, he was about to get married.
I mean, we were getting desperate.
So which one of you came up with the get-rich-quick scheme? Alex did.
- He overheard a conversation.
- What conversation? I don't know.
It was some conversation at a bar.
L He overheard some lawyer talking about some How they laundered money from some Jamaicans.
Part of the deal was, is they would fly $ 100,000 into Phoenix every week and leave it in a car.
So you grabbed the money? Hundred thousand dollars split three ways, you know? It would have solved everything.
All right.
Where's the briefcase? - There's supposed to be a briefcase.
- Let's go.
- What? No, wait.
- Wait for what? Oh.
- There it is.
Wait for that.
There it is.
- Son of a bitch.
- Holy Mary, mother of God.
- Look.
- What do you wanna do? What do you mean, what do I wanna? We're gonna take it.
- We can't do that.
- What? We came here for a hundred grand, not all this.
- So? - Whoever this belongs to will come after us, man.
Ho, ho.
No one's gonna come after us unless we stand here and keep arguing.
- He's right, man.
- We are in this now.
Look at that.
Grab the bag.
Come on, let's go.
We just should have listened to Jason, you know? So how much money we talking about? Million-five.
Look, we just wanted a fresh start, you know? What happened to Alex? - He disappeared, like, three days later.
- So who do you think got to him? Hmm? I don't know.
We couldn't talk about it, and we couldn't leave town ourselves.
It would look like we had something to do with it.
- But you did leave town.
- Two months later.
Bunch of Jamaicans start showing up around town, and that was all I needed.
- So we both split.
- And what'd you do with your share? I made some bad investments.
That why you broke in Jason's apartment? - What? I didn't What? - That's his bag, and he's missing.
What do you mean, he's missing? You broke into his apartment, needed money, took it and killed him.
What are you talking about? I didn't kill anybody, man.
I tried to warn him.
- Hello, this is Turner.
Jason.
- Jason, it's me, Nick.
- How did? How'd you find me? I talked to your dad.
He said you went back to Desert Springs.
You promised me we'd stay away from there.
I can't live like this anymore.
- I wanna go back.
- There's no going back, man.
It's been almost two years, Nick.
It's safe by now.
Things have blown over.
That's what I'm trying to tell you, Jason, all right? Look, it's not safe.
- Look, they know about us.
- What do you mean? The day after you left Desert Springs, I see dreadlocked dudes hanging around my place in L.
A.
Somebody found out.
Somebody saw you.
Let's not talk about this on the phone.
So Jason came over.
He gave me some cash, he took the rest and then he said he was just gonna blow town.
And that's all I know, I swear to you.
That's it.
That's the truth.
So you're not gonna have a problem taking a polygraph test, right? I guess not.
Uh-huh.
Who did Jason speak to when he went back to Desert Springs? Just his dad and Katie.
Okay.
Katie Moore? - Yes.
- Hi, we're with the FBI.
- Is this about Jason? - How did you know that? - His dad called and told me.
- Do you think he'll be all right? - Well, we're doing everything we can.
That's what I say when people here ask me that question.
Doesn't really mean much, does it? We understand that the two of you talked while he was here.
Because he wouldn't take no for an answer.
I know this is weird, me being here all of a sudden.
So thanks for giving me a minute.
Whatever it takes to make you leave me alone.
- I'm sorry, Katie.
- We were gonna get married, Jason.
You just left out of the blue, because it wasn't safe for me to be with you? I still don't know what that means.
The difference now is: I don't care.
Yeah, but I do.
I know I've done a lot of damage.
I know that.
But I'm going to make up for it.
Look, I'm seeing someone.
I don't care.
I love you.
And I know you still love me.
Why did you leave, Jason? I got in trouble.
Look, I did something.
Can I tell you the whole story when I see you again? Yeah, who says you get to see me again? I'm coming back.
I didn't hear from him after that.
Started feeling stupid all over again.
- Did you tell anyone you'd seen him? - No.
What about this other guy you're seeing? There is no other guy.
Oh.
Did you notice anybody watching you while you were talking? Didn't you see someone follow him when he left? No, there was a local cop who left around the same time he did.
This local cop, his name wouldn't happen to be Sergeant Brown, would it? Yeah, that's right.
Jack.
This is the guy Jason and his buddies took the money from.
His name's Percy Boudreaux, and he runs a Jamaican crew out of L.
A.
Now, according to an informant he was ripped off laundering money through Arizona.
Bet he'd love to catch up with whoever did it.
- Hey, listen, we Are we tracking him? - We're on it.
I'm gonna show his photo to Nick, see if he recognizes him.
I'd take his word with a grain of salt.
- I have the results of his polygraph.
- He failed? - Spectacularly.
- Oh.
About Alex Brown, about the disappearance, the works.
- Hey, any new developments? Yeah, a big one.
You lied.
You told us you hadn't seen Jason.
But I didn't.
Why? A witness saw you follow him out of the hospital five days ago.
Wanna tell me what that was? Why don't we ask your chief why you're not cooperating with a fed investigation? Okay.
I followed him from the hospital.
Then I pulled him over.
Jason, step out of the vehicle.
Hey, Paul.
Good to see you.
I'm late for a flight.
I gotta get on the road.
I ran your rental car.
You came back as Jason Turner.
Why is that? I changed my name.
- Heh.
It's a long story.
I gotta get - No, no, no.
You're not going anywhere until you tell me the truth.
What? I know that you and Nick know what happened to Alex.
Look at me.
I'm not asking as a cop.
I am asking as his brother.
You owe this to me.
- Paul - Damn it, Jason.
You are gonna tell me what happened.
We took some money.
Things just fell apart.
You should be happy.
You know what you can do? You can buy new boots.
How about a boot store, huh? - Guys.
- What? Someone's coming.
Ooh! Oh, son of a bitch.
- Are there any headlights there? Alex.
Jason, are there any head? Oh, God.
- Where's the hospital? - I don't know this part of town.
- We gotta get him to the ER.
- They're out there.
- They're just gonna catch us.
- Forget about that.
He's bleeding! There's gotta be a map, all right? Just I'll find one.
- Alex.
Alex.
- Hang on, Alex.
Nick! Nick.
What do we do, man? - Nick, Nick.
- What? Alex.
- Alex.
Alex.
- I'm sorry.
I'm so sorry.
- Oh, God.
God.
- What do we do? - Alex? - What do we do? - Just drive.
- Just shut up.
Shut up and drive.
- Where are we going? Drive to the desert.
Drive out to Devil's Backbone.
- What for? - That's where we're taking Alex.
So you just buried him out there? Like an animal? We didn't know what else to do that wouldn't make things worse.
Worse for who? Huh? Two years and no answers.
My mom died not knowing.
I'm sorry, Paul.
I'm so sorry.
Whose dumb-ass idea was this, anyway? I know Alex didn't dream this up.
Uh Mine.
It was my idea.
You can arrest me if you have to.
Oh, so it comes out what Alex did? So those guys come after my family? - No.
- Huh? - Thinking I got their money? Uhn! - That's Get out of my sight.
Get out of here! And you just let him go? - Well, what else was I gonna do? - Well, he is missing, isn't he? Not because of me.
And if he is, who cares? He got Alex killed.
Hey, look, according to Nick, the whole thing was your brother's idea.
Look, bottom line, I didn't have anything to do with Jason.
Well, he flew back to New York, right? That's where he disappeared from.
Well, guess what.
I've been here.
I haven't left town.
Okay, thanks.
Well, the police logs back up Sergeant Brown's story.
He was halfway through his shift when Jason went missing.
It's starting to feel like we're done down there.
I know.
Sam and Martin feel the same way.
Can we talk about what happened this morning? Please? You know that hmm Sofie's the most important thing to me in the world.
Yeah, I know that.
Well, this guy is her father.
And he's gonna be in our lives forever.
And I'm gonna have to deal with him whether I like it or not.
Don't get involved.
Okay? Come here.
- Fair enough.
- Okay.
The phone's ringing.
Let go of my hand.
Taylor.
Yeah.
Oh.
That's great.
Okay, thanks a lot.
We got a hit on Boudreaux.
He flew from L.
A.
Three days ago.
And two days later, Jason goes missing.
Where does Percy live in L.
A? He's based out of a strip joint on Crenshaw.
Ebony Vixens.
According to his cell-phone records Sergeant Brown called there one day after Jason visited Desert Springs.
Well, he's a cop.
He probably found out that Boudreaux got ripped off.
After talking to Jason, he knew who did it.
Okay, so he blamed Jason for what happened to Alex, right? So maybe he wanted to set the wheels in motion.
Yeah, by setting up Jason, he gets justice without leaving any fingerprints.
Mr.
Percy Boudreaux.
We nabbed him at LaGuardia trying to get a plane back to L.
A.
Does that mean that he did what he came here to do? I would think so, but he's not talking right now.
He probably trashed Jason's apartment looking for the cash.
Yeah, he must have caught up with Jason outside Earl Dooley's house.
Let's run a check on his credit card and phone activity for the last 48 hours.
Might lead us to Jason.
How'd he end up back here? They threw him in the drainage channel.
He washed downstream and got stuck in the intake pipe.
Any way to tie it to Boudreaux? Well, surveillance cameras caught him driving on an access road to the channel.
Maybe we could make it stick.
He just wanted his old life back.
Well, you know what they say.
You can never go home again.
I mean, look at this ring, Jason.
You bought this thing on credit, man.
You could pay this off and you could buy a down payment on a house for you and Katie.
That's right.
I don't know what to say, guys.
It just doesn't seem like a good idea.
Nick's got collection agents calling him day and night.
I have to sell my car.
You're supposed to get married in April, Jason.
What are you gonna do, huh? Come on, man, we're in this together, or we're not in it at all.
- That's right, Jason.
- It's 33 grand.
Just think about what that could do for us.
Okay.
I'm in.
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