Without a Trace s05e21 Episode Script

Why don't you come back to bed? I can't sleep.
You worried about the job? Yeah.
Yeah, a little.
It's gonna go fine, Mark.
It always does.
Today is no different.
You're right.
How about I take you to Bernardo's tonight? I'll make the reservation.
You mean everything to me.
You know that, right? Prove it.
Search the building, top to bottom.
Let's move.
You guys go around that way.
Security.
Step out of the vehicle.
Clear the area.
We got a bomb.
Cut! Yeah.
Yeah.
I'm cool.
Everything okay, Mark? How do you feel? - Medium-rare.
Hey, the gag looked bitching.
- Great work, man.
- Thanks.
I'm gonna be in my trailer.
Hey, everybody, Mark O'Neil.
Yeah.
Danny.
- Hey.
Hey.
Thank you very much.
- No worries.
- I hear we got a missing actor.
- Anyone famous? - Uh, a stuntman, actually.
His name is Mark O'Neil.
Four hours ago, he did what the, uh, industry calls a full burn then he headed to his trailer and he never came back.
Um, any sign of a struggle in his, uh, trailer? Nothing.
N.
Y.
P.
D.
Found his wallet and his phone on the table.
I spoke to onset security, they said he arrived this morning in a cab.
They swear they never saw him leave.
Wait a second, four hours? It's too early to be calling us.
He's probably having a long lunch.
Take a look at that.
He got that text message right before he went missing.
Okay.
That puts a different spin on things.
Herman Jarvis.
Special Agent Spade.
This is Special Agent Taylor.
We're FBI.
Okay, I gotta go, I got people here.
Any news on Mark? How well do you know Mr.
O'Neil? I must have hired him a dozen times over the years.
He's a standup guy.
This whole thing is crazy.
When was the last time you spoke? - An hour before the stunt.
- It seem like he was in trouble? Only trouble I saw was what happened right in front of me.
Welcome to Insane Bomber 3.
How the mighty have fallen, huh? Hey, man, a job's a job.
Thanks for bringing me onboard.
- You wouldn't take no for an answer.
- I know.
I know.
I owe you one.
Seriously, man, why do you wanna do this job? It's just a routine burn on a direct-to-video stinker.
You know, routine works for me.
Time to leave the high falls to the young guys.
Meg and I are engaged, so Wait a minute.
You quit chasing tail? Mark O'Neil.
I had to see it to believe it.
All right, Fowler, cool it.
What's done is done.
You trashing me all over town, now you'll bump me off the burn? Hey, look, I'm sorry.
I didn't know you were up for it.
Sorry? It was my first gig.
This is the Scotch talking.
Cool it.
I'm gonna take you apart, man.
Don't make this any harder than it has to be, kid.
Just walk away.
This is not over, you hear me? This is not over.
Jimmy's like most stuntmen.
He's not afraid of mice.
So there's no telling where it's gonna stop.
Fortunately, security came, took him away.
Why did he accuse O'Neil of trashing him? Mark said he hired Jimmy for a gig, he showed up drunk.
Jimmy thought Mark was blackballing him after that.
Where can we find him? Ha, ha.
Probably in a bar somewhere.
When you hired him, did he fill out a W-2, an I-9? - Any of those kind of forms? - Yeah.
I can round that up for you.
Thank you.
Okay, thanks.
We put out an APB on Jimmy Fowler.
No record but he's got a motive.
You know, it doesn't really track.
O'Neil was an A-list player.
His agent said he picked this movie over a film in Toronto.
Maybe the movie in Toronto was more risky.
It was less risky.
They wanted him to coordinate a couple of fights.
He chose a lousy job over the good one.
He must've had a reason.
We should check the crew on the set again.
- Somebody had a problem with him.
Will do.
Mark was distracted this morning.
L I thought it was about the stunt.
Now I don't know what to think.
Did something come up? After you called, I was looking for a recent photo of Mark and I I found this.
- This his? Said they're too dangerous to have in the house.
He doesn't own one.
We're gonna need to take this with us.
We'll run a trace and see if something comes up.
Ms.
Pruitt, did Mark have any contact with Jimmy Fowler? No.
Uh, it seemed like things with them blew over.
You think he did this? Right now we're looking into everyone and everything.
Besides Jimmy, did he have a problem with anyone on the set? I don't think so.
How about things between the two of you? Any problems? We used to be on-again, off-again.
Lots of drama.
Then a year ago there was an accident.
It was kind of a turning point.
- On a stunt? No.
No, but he was, um dirt biking with another stuntman, Hugh Dolan.
Hugh crashed and got pretty messed up.
Was anybody at fault? It was a freak thing.
Hugh wasn't wearing a helmet.
But I think Mark feels responsible, you know? Uh, they were in the military together.
Hugh's like his little brother.
Made him take a hard look at his life.
Not long after that he proposed, ha, ha and, uh, things with us were the best they'd ever been.
Until about a week ago.
What happened? I don't know.
I don't know, he just got quiet and withdrawn.
And then three nights ago, he just lost it.
Dinner's two minutes away.
Why'd you pull that thing back out? It helps me relax.
Can we talk about something? Yeah, sure.
I was thinking about going for my Master's in business.
Whatever you wanna do.
Well, the thing is, I'd have to quit work to go back to school.
I wouldn't be making any money.
But a degree would give me a shot at a better salary.
The downside is, I'd be up against a bunch of 25-year-olds.
You know why I enjoy working on this clock? It makes sense.
It only goes together one way.
There's only one right answer.
I don't wanna talk about your clock, I wanna talk about school.
- It's your decision.
Stop making it mine.
- This affects us.
- Don't want the responsibility.
- I need your opinion.
You won't get it.
And don't ask me what's right for you or anybody else because I don't know.
Mark, what's going on? I'm gonna go get a drink.
He left lots of rubber on the driveway on his way out.
I'd never seen him like that.
Do you have any idea why he took a cab to work this morning? He didn't take a cab.
He drove.
Okay, uh, what kind of car does he drive? A Ford Expedition.
Black.
- Hey, anything pop on the Expedition? - Nothing yet.
Can't figure out why he showed up to work in a cab.
He caught wind that Fowler was after him, he was trying to go low pro.
O'Neil could have staged this whole thing.
Feeling the pressure of being responsible.
- He wanted to disappear.
- Mm.
You're forgetting the text message.
Maybe he sent it to himself, tossed it and drove away.
Hmm.
Mm.
How's it going with behind-the-scenes footage? Well, it's coming along but nothing yet.
So how'd you get to be a stuntman? I was in the Marine Corps and when I got out I kind of fell into a job as an extra on a war movie.
Must have been a huge change from being a soldier.
Well, what's the same, um is the bond between us.
You know, it's a powerful thing.
We put our lives in each others ' hands.
It's a sacred trust.
Hey, Danny, take a look at this.
He starts acting nervous right about here.
We put our lives in each others ' hands.
It's a sacred trust.
If someone threatened my life, I'd be nervous too.
Based on the time code, he hadn't received the threat at this point.
This is before Jimmy showed up.
He got himself a gun.
He was worried about something.
Taylor.
Really? Well, is he alive? Okay.
Yeah, bring him in.
Thanks.
That was the state police.
They arrested Fowler.
He crashed after a high-speed chase.
Looks like the stunt driving didn't go so well.
Where's Mark O'Neil, Jimmy? - I don't know.
- Outrunning the cops says that you do.
Now, I'm gonna give you a second chance at a first impression.
Where did you go when you were kicked off? I went to my car and I drove home.
Why are witnesses saying that they saw you spend the morning on Adams Street 200 feet from set? You know what I think? I think you wanted a second crack at O'Neil.
That's lying in wait, special circumstances.
It will get you the needle.
- Hold on a minute.
I didn't kill anybody.
- Yeah, but you didn't go home either.
So, what did you do? O'Neil screwed me over and I wanted to do some damage.
So when I saw him sneak off the set, I followed him.
Listen to me.
We're gonna walk towards your car, all right? Nice and slow.
Two of them drove off.
That's the last I've seen of them.
And you expect us to believe that? It's what happened.
Then I got the hell out of there.
Yeah, that was a really brave move.
I figured he got what was coming to him.
Everybody knew how pissed off I was about him taking my job.
I'd get blamed for it.
That's why I ran.
- Who was the guy? - I don't know, I've never seen him.
We're gonna need a sketch.
I can't draw.
With a sketch artist, moron.
Right.
Right.
Drive.
He doesn't look familiar.
Maybe this was just a carjacking.
Well, he seemed to be waiting for him.
So you think he was after Mark? Why would he take him? We're not sure but it might help if we knew where he was going.
- What do you mean? - Mark made a point of leaving so no one saw him.
We assume that he planned to go back to finish his stunts.
So, what we need to know is, are there any places nearby that he might go? Miss Pruitt? Mark had a weakness for other women.
He used to sneak off the set.
It's why I broke up with him before.
I thought we were past all that.
We spoke to the women on the crew.
He didn't hook up with any of them.
No hotel reservations in his name.
You don't think he has a little chippy stashed away? This feels bigger than a roll in the hay.
A lot of planning went into this.
Where's the carjacking fit? It's hard to say but I'm beginning to think that he took this job so that he could slip away and nobody would know where he was.
He couldn't get far.
He had an hour before he had to get back to set.
- Check people in the area.
- You got it.
Thank you.
You get anything from the film? Well, not from the actual stunt.
But check this out.
It's behind-the-scenes footage of the making of the movie.
Lisa, can you pull it up? That's Mark on the set talking with the stunt coordinator before the burn.
And now, here's where he gets the text message "you die today.
" He thinks it's coming from somewhere nearby.
That's why we decided to take a closer look at the people in the background.
This is a few seconds before, this guy's sending a text.
Sure enough, same guy.
Let's get a copy of that to O'Neil's friends, see if somebody can ID him.
Excuse me, Jack.
I got off the phone with ATF.
O'Neil's pistol's registered to Hugh Dolan.
His friend who was injured in the accident.
I'm sorry.
Everything's kind of slow for me.
It's all right, Mr.
Dolan, take your time.
I'm pretty sure I've never seen him.
No.
Me neither.
I can't believe Mark's gone missing.
How long have you known him? Uh How long? Lilly? About 10 years.
Yeah.
That's right.
We served in the same unit.
After I got discharged, he helped me get into the stunt business.
He's the best friend I got.
Mr.
Dolan, we found your handgun at Mark's house.
Any idea how it got there? I gave it to him.
When? Uh, a day or two ago, I think it was.
The guys and I were talking about you and the other models.
We're excited to see you.
What? Hi, there.
- Hey, Lilly.
Come on in.
I was just leaving.
Hey, Mark.
Did I forget you were coming over? No, buddy, I was I was just in the neighborhood.
How you doing? Pretty good.
Good.
Listen, Hugh, I need to ask you something.
Do you still have the SIG? The pistol, Hugh, do you still have it? Yeah.
Why? I need to borrow it.
I got into some trouble at a bar last night and I don't think it's over.
What kind of trouble? Just An ex-con, just out of prison.
It's a long story, Hugh.
Can I borrow the gun or not? Uh Okay.
I guess so.
So I gave it to him.
Did he ever say who this ex-con was? No.
No, maybe it's this guy, right? Honey, why did you buy a gun? I can't protect you anymore.
Not since the accident.
This accident, uh, we know that Mark was involved.
But what exactly happened? It was a pretty day.
Hope you're hungry because you'll be eating my dust.
Go to hell.
Damn.
You know, I forgot the helmets in the garage.
Memory's going.
Ah, we don't need them.
Let's go.
Getting old, man.
- Old and slow.
- I'll show you who's slow.
He took off.
I took off after him.
He said that I was going too fast to make a curve.
Hugh.
Oh, God.
Help.
Help! Mark kept me alive until the medics came.
I'd be dead if it wasn't for him.
So you don't blame him? No, of course not.
Even so, we still need to know where both of you were this morning.
We were here.
Both of us.
Mario Stubbs? FBI.
What can I get you? I'd like some information on Mark O'Neil.
Don't think I know the man.
Well, according to his VISA, you ran his tab here four nights ago.
Look, we know that O'Neil had trouble with someone.
What happened? Nothing at first.
He hadn't been around for quite some time.
Seems he had sorrows that needed drowning.
And I just kind of lost my temper and stormed out of the house.
So if your girlfriend didn't do anything, why'd you yell at her? Because I suck.
I don't know, I think I'm trying to fix something that can't be fixed.
I don't know what to do.
It's like my gut tells me one thing and then my mind says the opposite.
How can something so wrong feel so right? Yeah, sort of like that, I guess.
Gabriel.
I want you to stay away from my woman.
- Hey, do you hear me? Hey.
Come on! Hit me again.
Time for you to be going.
I don't know why Mark let the guy pound on him like that.
He was a fearsome dude, could have taken any guy in the place.
You said that Mark called him Gabriel, right? Do you know a last name? Never seen the cat before.
in the last six months.
- So far, no matches.
- Yeah, and no phone or e-mail contact between O'Neil and anyone named Gabriel.
There wouldn't be if he's sleeping with the man's girlfriend.
Maybe there's more to it.
At the bar, he was talking about fixing something that couldn't be fixed.
What if he was talking about his relationship? His friend has an accident, straightens out.
End of the day, he's still the same guy.
What? Once a dog, always a dog? You tell me.
Taylor.
O'Neil was fine up until a week ago.
What happened? People slip for a reason.
Maybe Gabriel Molina knows.
All right, paroled six weeks ago after serving five years for attempted murder.
- And he's a repeat customer too.
Hmm.
Channel 9? Okay.
Guys, check this out.
They found O'Neil's car in Westchester County.
- Was he in it? - I hope not.
Hey, so they're searching the perimeter and no sign of his body so far.
So Molina must have burned the car to get rid of evidence.
What did he do with O'Neil? Probably took him somewhere else and killed him.
He was a jealous husband.
It's pretty methodical for a crime of passion.
Give me a second.
Delgado.
Hey, could I, uh, take a look at that? Okay, thanks.
They raided Molina's house, Gabriel wasn't there.
They're bringing in the wife.
I don't know where Gabriel is.
Okay.
Do you know this man? That's my cousin, Mark.
- What's going on? Well, Mark's missing.
And the last time he was seen, Gabriel had him at gunpoint.
He wouldn't hurt him.
I know you don't believe me but he wouldn't, I swear.
If you wanna help your husband you need to explain to us what's going on between you and Mark.
There isn't anything going on between us.
I trusted Mark and he betrayed me.
Judy.
We have to talk.
I really need to go.
I have a doctor's appointment in the city.
- Did you call Gabe's parole officer? - Yeah.
What the hell is wrong with you, Mark? You had no right to do that.
You told me he was using.
We had that conversation two weeks ago.
Yesterday, you call his PO out of the blue? Someone had to take action.
He got in N.
A.
, he got a job, but now he's going back to jail because of you.
I did what I thought was right.
Who will go to the pharmacy at 2 in the morning when Chrissy's sick? You? If you're gonna run around deciding what's best for everyone be ready to deal with the consequences.
I still don't know why he busted Gabe.
I never got a straight answer.
I'll bet your husband was furious when he found out.
Look, if you cover for him now, your girl could lose you too.
He called me a few hours ago.
He's at his brother's house.
I never met Judy's husband.
Why would he do this? Mark told Judy he was on his way to the doctor's.
- Do you know anything about that? - He never mentioned it.
Okay.
Has he ever been to Saint Andrew's hospital? Because he got a call from there five days ago.
- What's this to do with anything? - I know this is frustrating.
But the more we know about Mark, the better chance we have of finding him.
All right? Now, we found this key in Mark's car.
Do you recognize it? That's the key to our safety deposit box.
We're gonna need permission to look inside.
Of course.
He was obviously you know, struggling with something.
I always told him I loved him for being the strong one.
When he needed help, he probably thought he couldn't turn to me.
- Is that him? I have to talk to him.
Miss Pruitt.
- He knows where Mark is.
Okay.
Our agents are gonna find that out.
But in the meantime, let them do their job.
Do you understand me? Please.
Where's Mark O'Neil? I didn't do nothing to Mark.
I can see that we're having a little bit of an IQ problem here.
So I'm gonna talk real slow, okay? You abducted him then you killed him and then you burned his car to get rid of the evidence.
I didn't burn no car.
And I didn't touch him.
I just got in the car and then I got out.
That's it.
We just talked.
You got in between me and my family.
You brought this on yourself.
Listen, I shouldn't have got involved, all right? I realize that and I'm sorry.
- I put a call into your PO.
- Sure you did.
Bill Jankowski.
I left a message for him.
I'll tell him I made the whole thing up.
- Why wait? Let's drive over to his office.
- I can't.
I can't.
There's something I need to do.
This is my life you're messing around with.
And if you kill me, I can't help you, can I? Come on, man, think this through.
I promise I will take care of it tomorrow.
You think I'm joking around? You know, I wish you pointing that at me was the worst of my problems but today, it isn't.
He dropped me off at Flatbush and Atlantic.
- Well, who was he gonna see? - I got no idea, he wouldn't tell me.
You gotta believe me.
When I got out of that car the guy still had a pulse.
I'm sorry, I don't have a patient named Mark O'Neil.
Well, the call came in from this office.
Do you know this man? Oh, yes.
He's not a patient.
He set up an appointment for Hugh Dolan.
Severe frontal lobe damage.
He wanted Hugh's condition reevaluated but the news wasn't what he had hoped for.
I've been reading that stem cells can be used for regeneration of all kinds of cells.
Stem cell research is still confined to the lab at this moment.
It's not a realistic treatment.
But there must be other treatments, right? At this stage, we should focus on coping skills.
What about, um, shunt implantation? Hugh doesn't fit the criteria for that surgery.
- On the Internet, I read there was a - Stop.
Just stop.
- There must be some other way.
Don't you hear what he's saying? No.
There's no other way.
CAT scans, EEGs.
I've had thousands.
I'm not getting better.
Ever.
You don't know, Mark.
You don't know what it's like.
I'm sorry, I'm doing everything I can here.
You said we were brothers.
You said you would protect me.
You promised you'd look out for me.
And I meant it.
Then why am I here? Tell me, Mark.
Why? - Could you give us a minute? - Certainly.
I came back, Mark was gone.
Hugh had more questions but he left shortly after.
He sounds as though he's not interested in any further treatment.
Well, you're right, he wasn't.
He asked me for a prescription for Ketamine.
He wanted to know if it was lethal in certain doses.
Did you prescribe it to him? Patients with his kind of brain injury often experience suicidal impulses.
I referred him to a counselor instead.
Are you thinking that Hugh wanted the drugs to use on O'Neil? Well, he's got motive and clearly, he had hard feelings about the accident.
And forgot to tell us about that trip to the doctor.
But even if he lied, the accident was a year ago.
That's a long time to wait for revenge.
I called you, went straight to voicemail.
There's no reception in the bank vault.
- What was in the deposit box? - Deed to the house, some papers.
And then there was this.
Mark had a trust fund agreement drawn up 10 days ago.
Income from the fund is sent directly to Hugh Dolan.
- How much? Two thousand a month.
Here's the kicker.
In the event of Mark's death, all funds transfer to Hugh Dolan.
He has the capacity to understand that? Well, even if he doesn't, I'm sure that Lilly could explain it to him.
Wait, I told you, Mark was scared of some guy from jail.
That guy's been cleared.
But I couldn't hurt Mark, he was my best friend.
And if he's dead, you get a huge windfall.
You need to explain this.
I'm trying but Mark was scared of some guy from jail.
Listen, stop the act, we're not buying it.
I wanna see Hugh.
- He needs me.
- You got that right.
- He can barely do up his own shoes.
- Let alone kill Mark.
He didn't kill Mark, he'd never do that.
Which is why you gave him a hand or you did it.
- Why would I do that? - You blamed him for the accident.
- You wanted to make him pay.
- No.
No, that's not true.
When you heard about the fund, you figured, "Why settle for an allowance?" I won't say anything else.
Dr.
Gupta told us you fought with Mark.
You were angry, you were yelling.
Me and Mark go back all right? We don't We don't fight.
- So the doctor was lying? No.
Um I got nothing else to say.
There's blood.
- I wanna leave now.
- Take a seat.
So we found blood at your house and in about an hour, we're gonna match it to Mark.
We know that you did it.
We also know that you didn't act alone.
Listen, Hugh because of your condition, a judge is gonna go easy on you, okay? But as far as Lilly's concerned, she's going away for life.
No.
Keep her out of this.
Look, man, you wanna help Lilly, you just gotta tell us the truth.
Lilly doesn't know about this.
And I don't want her to ever know.
That's why I called Mark to come over one day when she wasn't there.
I need your help to make it look like it's an accident.
If they think I killed myself, Lilly won't get a settlement.
You can't ask me what you're asking me.
I wouldn't, you know, if I didn't have to.
Well, the answer's no.
You're a Marine.
You're gonna get through this.
I can't live like this.
If it's the money, I'll set it up for you No, I don't need your money.
I need I need The other day I heard Lilly say that she needed some milk.
So I say that I'll go down to the corner and I'll get her some.
But then it gets dark and I could see my house but it's like I don't even know my own house.
And the next morning, you know where they found me? In some bushes two doors down, Neil and Lisa's house.
Wait, I already told you that story? It's okay.
Don't worry about it.
If you don't help me, I'll do this myself.
Where's the gun, Hugh? Lilly stood by me, Mark, I can't have her know that I left her on purpose.
Where's the gun, Hugh? No.
Mark.
I'm taking this so you don't do something stupid.
I need But I need your help, Mark.
I said no, Hugh.
Mark! I lied to you guys before.
He took my gun.
He didn't borrow it.
We don't care about the gun.
Now, what happened to Mark? He changed his mind.
After he took me to the doctor he told me he'd help me.
So, what was the plan? He took the stunt job so that he could break away and go back to your house? Is that it? He wanted to make sure that he had an alibi.
So where is he? What went wrong, Hugh? Everything.
How do you feel? I'm good.
That Vic's kicking in.
It will look like I fell asleep in the tub.
Hugh, I just wanted to say I'm sorry.
If I could go back and undo it all, I would.
Hey.
Hey, don't Don't be sad.
I'm not.
You're the only person I could trust.
Don't let go okay? I won't.
I'm ready.
Hugh, are you all right? Hugh, honey, are you okay? Can you breathe? Are you okay? Say something.
Are you all right? She was trying to protect me.
I couldn't tell her what I did.
And she was so afraid of getting in trouble.
And that's why she burned the car.
What did you do with the body? Hugh.
Where's your friend? We found his body buried in the woods in Ossining.
I'm very sorry for your loss.
I really don't understand how this happened.
Lilly thought she was saving her husband's life.
No, no, no, I mean about Mark.
Why would he do this? Did I just not know him at all? No, I I think Mark was just trying to help his friend.
Yeah.
Can I see him? Of course.
Working as a stuntman must be a huge change from being a soldier.
Well, what's the same is the bond between us.
You know, it's a powerful thing.
We put our lives in each others' hands.
It's a sacred trust.
Listen, I really need to get ready.
- But thank you.
Thanks, Mark.
Okay, let's cut it.
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