Without a Trace s05e22 Episode Script

It's an awful thing to go through.
Two months of divorce proceedings your parents yelling at each other on the stand.
So how are you holding up? I'm okay.
Alex, I need you to tell me about your parents' fights.
All parents fight.
What's the big deal? My parents still love each other.
Listen, Alex.
You know, sometimes we're so used to things being one way like our parents being in love that we can't even think about it being any other way.
It's terrifying.
So we bend our idea of what love is, even if it feels wrong just to keep things from changing.
Alex, does your dad hit your mom? I don't wanna talk about this.
I know you don't.
But I can make it stop.
All you gotta do is tell the truth.
He hits her with a rolled-up magazine.
If she fights, he belts her.
It's getting worse and worse.
Okay, that's all you gotta say.
Hey.
What you did just now was very, very brave.
I'm gonna call you in a few days just to check up on you, all right? Justin.
Can you take, uh, Alex back to his mom, please? Sure.
And, uh, we'll need an order to vacate.
- It's already in the folder.
- Thanks.
Hey.
Justice Christopher Manning, 36, divorce court.
Went out to lunch, didn't come back to work.
- Who called it in? - Court Security.
His clerk notified them when he missed a trial this morning.
- Does the judge have any family? - He's single.
Father deceased.
Mother retired.
He's got a sister by the name of Nora.
Okay, and this week alone, he dealt with spousal abuse, child endangerment.
He makes 35 rulings a month and millions of dollars on settlements.
Makes him a good target for an angry spouse.
Well, we're running one down as we speak.
Last thing he did before he went missing was order a violent husband to vacate the home.
Any chance he got fed up and went on permanent vacation? You're a bitch! Pete and Kyle know that.
What, and miss all this drama? I'd wanted to clerk for him since my second year of law school.
And why him? His opinions on the Family Law Act and Uniform Child-Custody alone.
- He's not like other divorce judges.
- How so? Judge Manning invests in each case, especially in the kids.
I assume he's made some enemies? Sure.
You take away people's future incomes for alimony they're likely to hate your guts.
- What about, uh, Paul Rosen? The man that he ordered to vacate the family home yesterday.
Yeah, guy beats his wife, then coerces the kid to keep quiet.
Do you think he'd come after the judge? Him, I don't know.
But I did see somebody else come after him.
A couple of depositions and then you're done.
I'll grab lunch and run errands.
See you here at 4.
- Great.
Hey, Manning! You son of a bitch.
You know what you did to me? - Excuse me? - Oh, you don't remember me now? You messed up the whole trial, you moron.
We had evidence, but you still believed some 'roid-monkey gym trainer.
- Your Honor? It's all right.
Sir, you had your day in court.
It's over now.
My day in court? Man, I lost everything that I had.
- Ought to kick your balls in.
- Are you threatening me? - Your Honor, I'm getting Security.
No, it's all right.
We're done here.
What? What are you looking at? Do you remember the man's name? I don't remember him being involved in any case, but I'm not always in court.
So about what the guy said.
Has the judge been making mistakes? - No.
No way.
- You sound pretty sure about that.
Yeah, I spend more time with him than anyone.
Look, we work 85 hours a week and the guy never misses a step.
All right, thanks.
Okay, bye.
The judge's neighborhood patrol man saw the guy in the sketch there last night.
- Did he get a name or a license plate? - No.
He was parked outside of the judge's house in a maroon-colored Infiniti.
- He saw the patrolman, he took off.
- Whoever this guy is he's not the husband in any of the judge's last 15 cases.
Here's a whole lot more.
Violent husbands with large settlements on top.
- You're a doll.
- Hey, plenty more where that came from.
Spade.
- What happened to, uh, Paul Rosen? - Checked in to the W last night.
Pay-per-view and room service alibi him out.
Did he say why? Uh, no, that's it.
Thanks a lot.
Okay, bye.
That was Judge Manning's broker.
Manning cashed out a $ 10,000 C/D two days ago.
Called in the middle of the night, needed money as soon as the market opened.
- Agent Malone.
- Mm.
Judge Manning's sister is here.
Okay.
I've never seen him before.
You say he threatened Chris? You think he did something to him? Um, it's a possibility.
Your brother's job makes him an easy mark for a lot of angry people.
I hate that job.
Chris is such a sweetheart.
All he wants to do is help people.
This is what he gets in return, some jerk chasing after him? Do you know if your brother is going through any kind of financial trouble? Not that I know of.
Why? He cashed a $ 10,000 investment C/D two days ago.
You have any idea why? He did go on a shopping spree.
Really? What kind of shopping spree? Barneys, Hermès, Prada.
But it wasn't for him.
Then who was it for? I went over there the other day to return his boom box.
Stop.
Ha.
Nora? - What are you doing here? - I thought you were at work.
No, no.
I took the morning off.
I see that.
I just came to drop your boom box off.
Uh, thanks.
- So who's the lucky girl? - Ha, ha.
It's, uh, just a girl.
- Can I meet her? - We're kind of busy right now.
I can wait.
- No, you can't.
- Let's go.
- I've got plenty of time.
- Nora, I will drop this sheet.
- Please, don't do that.
So did you get a good look at this woman? No.
Every time I asked Chris about it, he got all secretive.
Maybe she was married.
Uh, that would be a first for Chris.
Honestly, with Chris' issues, I was just happy to see somebody put a smile on his face like that.
- What issues? When I was 11, Chris was 16, our parents got divorced.
Chris bore the brunt of it.
Once, he got in the way and my dad beat him with a candlestick.
I just don't think that Chris has faith in relationships.
Check this out.
Only two women in his phone records, his mother and sister.
But in the last two weeks, he's gotten It could be his new girlfriend.
Or maybe it's one of the wives in his cases.
- It might explain the secrecy.
Ha, ha.
Picking up women in divorce court.
Hey, didn't the guy who threatened him mention a trainer? - Yeah, why? I found a case file where the wife's assets include a chain of fitness centers.
Um, let's see here.
Several of the employees were deposed.
Any dirt on the husband? Actually, the wife had a lover she was putting up in an apartment above one of her gyms.
You got a name? Uh, yeah.
Uh, Sidney Watts.
Sidney Watts.
Sam, we got a match.
Judge Christopher Manning.
Sorry.
Doesn't ring a bell.
Well, he presided over your girlfriend's divorce.
Does that ring a bell? Yeah.
Okay, I remember.
Little dorky guy.
Why would I wanna hurt him? - Because he stopped your cash flow.
- I have a career.
I'm a writer.
You haven't published anything since '96.
I'm misunderstood.
No, you're a kept man.
I know Mrs.
Landry's put you up for the last two years.
- Until Judge Manning ended that.
- Debbie got robbed.
Yeah, and that pissed you off.
No? Why'd you go down to the courthouse four days ago and threaten him? Sid, he's a judge and that's a felony.
I just wanted to vent.
But then the guy got me riled up, so I followed him when he left.
We drove for a while.
Not until we got off the bridge did I notice where we were.
Hey, baby! Want a date? She got into his car and they drove away.
So I followed him back to his house, took a few more pictures and that was it.
That's not it.
You were gonna use those pictures to blackmail him.
- I thought about it.
- Let me tell you what I think.
You were gonna blackmail him.
You went to his house.
He didn't wanna pay you and you killed him.
Look, he said he was gonna deliver yesterday and he never showed.
So I sat outside of his house until one of those rent-a-cops ran me off.
I swear to you, that was it.
Where are the photos, Sid? In my phone.
Hey, relax, Sid.
You could write about this in the joint.
This isn't a good time.
Look, it'll only take a second.
Our witness said that it looked as if they knew each other.
He picked up a hooker? We're still trying to locate her.
But, uh, I thought they could've met here.
Have you seen her before? All rise.
The case of Bock v.
Wu.
The Honorable Judge Barnes presiding.
Will you excuse me? Gun! Excuse me, Agent Malone, is it true that? - Later, guys.
Later.
Later.
- Out of the way.
We'll question the witnesses.
We'll send the shooter's prints to the lab.
Find all the security cameras.
Wanna see everything he did before he came in here.
- Okay.
- Okay.
Hey, you okay? I'm fine, thank you.
Judges' clerk.
We're looking for his family.
- Did we ID the shooter? - Not yet.
Uh, he didn't have a wallet on him, but we found a parking stub in his pocket.
How did he get a gun in here? Apparently he took it from a court officer in the bathroom.
You know, I think he was after Manning.
What makes you say that? The way he came in.
Gun! You say that he hesitated when he saw the wrong judge.
This guy didn't know that Manning was missing.
And if he came in here to kill him, I don't think he planned on leaving alive.
We found the shooter's car.
It's registered to a Trystan McNeil.
Thank you.
- Hey.
How's Viv? - Typical Viv.
She insisted on wrapping up the entire courtroom scene herself.
- Is that the shooter? - Trystan McNeil.
As in McNeil & Kent Investments.
As in trust fund baby.
Trust fund, huh? What's his connection to Judge Manning? Don't know yet.
Showed his picture to Manning's sister.
She didn't recognize him.
- Called the shooter's family? - Not yet.
Family lawyer called to express condolences for the clerk.
Oh, and to reiterate Trystan's bipolar disorder.
Oh, I'm sure that made Justin's family feel much better.
Danny, Sam.
N.
Y.
P.
D.
Found this note taped to a mirror in Trystan's house.
Listen to this.
"Mia, how could you betray me? I loved you and you slept with that judge.
By the time you read this, he and I will both be dead.
- I hope it haunts you.
Trystan.
" - Mia's the woman Manning had in his apartment.
- Or the prostitute.
It could be they're the same person.
Wow, Wall Street heir and state judge fall for the same prostitute.
That sounds sleazy enough to be true.
- Wanna find out? - Yes, I do.
- Come on, Dick Tracy.
- Just look at the picture, all right? Honey, you don't need that ho.
Cherokee's got you covered.
Hey, Martin.
I think our girl's right over there.
Mia? Mia.
- I'm Diamond.
Got the wrong girl.
- Got the right girl.
Take a look at this picture.
That's you.
See that guy right there? He's a judge, he's missing, you're the prime suspect.
- You'll be on the news! - So are you if you don't get out of here.
Where are you going? - I'm a cop.
So make this look good, choirboy.
What'd just you say to me, huh? What'd you say, huh? Do you know who you're messing with? - Now, who are you? - Lisa Robles.
I work Vice with the 115th.
Got a pimp cutting up girls.
- You blew my cover.
- Lf you're a cop why didn't you arrest the judge for solicitation? I've known Chris since he was a public defender.
- I see him once every couple years.
- Is that what you call it? - It's not like that.
- Then what is it like? I don't have to talk to you.
Got questions, call my captain.
We've got pictures tying you with a missing judge.
And his clerk just got shot dead in his courtroom.
Now, do you wanna help us out or do we need to call IA? He needed a favor.
Thanks.
Okay, now are you gonna tell me what the hell's going on here? Lisa, um I need your help.
I'm in some trouble.
Trouble? What kind of trouble? It's better if you don't know.
Really? That sounds reassuring.
- You're still at the 115th, right? - Yeah.
I, uh I need to get into the third floor.
All I need is your key pass for a minute.
- They log all those entries and exits.
- I know they do.
L I'm sorry.
I just Lisa, I'm I'm begging you.
I don't know where else to turn.
Okay, but this makes us even.
Why'd you put your career on the line? I owed him.
When I was younger, he defended me on a burglary charge.
He got my record expunged.
He pulled strings for me at the academy.
He changed my life.
What's on the third floor? Payroll Department, Parking Enforcement.
Evidence Room.
All right, Diamond, get your ass out of here! As soon as you can.
Okay, thanks.
Okay, that was the 115th Precinct.
Two days ago, the DA threw a fit over some missing evidence.
They're faxing over the report now.
- Did he say what it was? - A DVD from a sexual assault case showing a series of different men raping women that are roofied.
Meet Ray Greene, partner of Trystan McNeil a.
k.
a.
Liquid Halo.
What's Liquid Halo? - An underground club they run.
Guests find out the time and place at the last minute off a LISTSERV.
It's all very hip and exclusive.
I wonder why I've never been invited.
All right, check this out.
Two weeks ago, Trystan was pulled over by N.
Y.
P.
D after he was caught dumping a woman out front of St.
Mary's ER.
- What was her condition? Dead on arrival.
They found Rohypnol in her system and it appeared she'd been raped.
The case expanded when they found that now-missing DVD in Trystan's car.
Is there any evidence that Judge Manning knew Ray Greene? No, not yet.
But, um, I got an ID on the woman he was fighting Trystan over.
Meet Mia Jones.
She was helping them organize these Liquid Halo parties.
Don't know if she had anything to do with the rapes.
How does a guy go from being a judge to stealing evidence in a rape case? If he's on the DVD.
He seems to be a very private person.
So maybe there's just a side of him that you just You don't know.
He's private like he keeps his own counsel, not like a closet rapist.
So why would he steal key evidence in a sexual assault case? I have no idea.
But my brother would never in a million years harm a woman.
Have you ever seen these guys? No.
I don't think so.
What about her? Because we're thinking this is the girl that was at the apartment.
Mia Jones.
Oh, my God.
No wonder he didn't want me to see her.
I haven't seen Mia since I was 11 years old.
I never thought I'd see her again.
Mia.
Mia.
What's going on? My parents are splitting up.
They got into this huge fight.
My mom's making me move to Germany to live with some weird cousin.
Germany? No way, that's like halfway around the world.
I know.
- Why can't you stay with your dad? - Because he doesn't want me.
Chris? Hi, Nora.
Hey, just go back inside.
I'll be in in a sec.
Chris, come to California with me.
- Tonight? - You don't have to pack.
You need a bathing suit and towel.
We can get that when we get there.
But we don't have any money, a place to live.
So we'll live on the beach.
Who cares if we're poor for a while? At least we'll be together.
That's all that matters, right? Mia, I can't leave Nora.
She's 11 years old.
Chris, please? Can move to California when we're older.
You won't know me when we're older.
If you loved me, you would do this.
I do love you.
We just need a better plan.
Mia! Get your butt in this car.
- Come on.
Mrs.
Jones, wait.
Please don't take her.
She doesn't wanna go.
Mrs.
Jones, please, she wants to stay with me.
Mia wants to stay with whoever keeps her the warmest.
That is not you, kid.
You're a child.
Chris was devastated.
He truly loved her, but what was he supposed to do? He was 16.
Did they keep in touch? Random collect phone calls, sporadic letters.
He had no idea how to reach her, so he had to wait for her to reach out.
And when she did, she didn't spare him any details.
Details about what? Her life.
She and her mother where basically homeless in Berlin.
And then her mom ran off with some guy and left Mia alone.
It broke Chris' heart to know that she was living that way.
Did they ever see each other again before now? Once.
When he was in law school, she turned up in New Haven.
How'd that go? He wouldn't talk about it.
But he was depressed for months.
I take it you're not too thrilled about Mia coming back into your brother's life.
I don't know what kind of person Mia has become.
But I know the hold that she has on Chris and that scares me to death.
One boyfriend shoots up a courthouse, the other steals evidence all in the name of love.
- Well, McNeil was an easy mark.
I wanna know what magic she was using on Judge Manning.
Sounds like he still carries guilt for not going with her.
- Maybe she used that against him.
- That was 20 years ago.
Mix love with a healthy dose of guilt, it can last a lifetime.
Mia Jones's apartment was ransacked and there's no sign of her.
We get a bead on Ray Greene? Not yet.
He probably went underground after Trystan's rampage.
Greene is a thug.
He has, uh, several assault charges and three extortion charges against him.
He's also a business man, Those parties generate cash.
- He has an investment to protect.
- Once Manning served his purpose he went from being an asset to a liability.
Guys, the Liquid Halo LISTSERV is back online.
I traced the IP address to an apartment building in Bushwick.
I guess Ray's ready to party.
Where's Ray Greene? I don't know.
Don't shoot me.
- I know he lives here.
Where did he go? - I don't know.
I've been sleeping.
- Can you stop pointing that thing at me? - You shut up and sit down.
What's your name? Brooke.
Brooke.
All right, Brooke, what's your relationship with Ray Greene? He's my boss.
I help him promote parties, send out e-mails.
That's it? We also have sex from time to time.
Good for you.
When's the last time you saw him? Earlier today.
Was he with Mia Jones or Chris Manning? I don't know them.
Hey, Jack.
Looks like Ray's a bit of a movie buff.
And there's a lot more of these in the other room.
I swear to God, I've never looked at this before.
It doesn't matter.
You're still an accomplice.
You wanna protect Ray? That's cool.
But you're gonna go down with him.
This guy, Chris, he's like a judge, right? He's not like a judge, he is a judge.
Mia brought him around once to meet with Ray and Trystan.
I thought he was just a money guy investing in the parties.
Until today.
You order food? No.
Oh, great, this guy.
- Where's Mia? - That's a good question.
Don't screw with me.
Where is she? Maybe she joined the circus.
If you find out, let me know.
- You lied to me about that DVD.
- Busted.
Sorry about that, man.
What can I say? You sick bastard.
I saw what you did to those women.
Take a walk, Brooke.
I saw a movie, walked around the Whitney for an hour.
And when I came back, they were gone.
Any idea where? I don't know.
But I don't think you're gonna find that judge.
You care to expand on that? I screwed up some graphics once and Ray said that he was going to cut me up and spread my body across the five boroughs.
I believed him.
This guy's a sicko, Viv.
How many DVDs did you find? At least 15 different women.
- Mm.
Have you been able to pick up Ray's phone? Are you sure he didn't leave it in his apartment? I'm positive.
Why? His phone's bouncing off a signal tower right near you guys.
Danny, he could still be in the building.
All right, got it.
Jack.
Ray's cell phone puts him nearby.
Viv thinks he could be hiding in the building.
Brooke, I'm gonna need to use your cell phone.
Freeze! What are you gonna do, Ray, jump out the window? - Where's Chris Manning? - Who? The judge.
Last time anybody saw him alive you were about to cut his throat.
I didn't touch him.
We found your home movies.
Where's the judge? All those raped girls and a dead judge.
The State's gonna put your ass to sleep, Ray.
Look, I didn't kill him.
He came after me.
He's lost his mind.
You can kill me if you want to.
That DVD's going back to the police.
And what about Mia? You really wanna mess around with her life? I'll tell you what.
I bet you $ 1000 that I find her before the cops find me.
- You stay the hell away from her.
- You give me that DVD or I swear to you, I will cut her in half.
You raped those women.
There's no way I can cover that up.
- Brother, you're way beyond a cover-up.
- What are you talking about? Trystan found out that you were nailing Mia.
He lost what little there's left of his mind.
Shot up your courtroom, killed some dude.
- Who? - Some kid.
Some clerk.
Oh, God! - Justin.
- Yeah, that's him.
Justin.
His death's on you.
And unless you want me to add Mia to the body count you're gonna give me that DVD like we agreed.
Okay, okay.
It's in my car.
Thank you.
Look, he gave me the DVD and then he left.
Did you tell him where he could find Mia? I don't know where she is.
Classic Mia to disappear for three weeks call me from the train station to pick her up.
Yeah, where'd the train come from, Ray? Wherever the Red Line comes from.
I didn't ask.
She'd just lie.
I think you sent her to seduce the judge.
You got what you wanted and you killed him.
Man, you got it all backwards.
When Trystan got pinched, she came to me.
Told me she had a judge who could fix everything.
All she wanted was 30 percent of the Liquid Halo parties.
Sounded reasonable to me.
Thirty percent? I would say that's motive.
If anyone killed that judge, it was Mia.
She was using him like a rented mule.
He just stopped being useful.
And why would I believe you? I got the video to prove it.
You're in serious trouble.
If an OD'd girl is on a D VD doing drugs at a party that you put on they'll charge you with involuntary manslaughter.
But it was an accident.
It doesn't matter.
Someone died.
Don't you have any connections or something? Isn't there somebody that you can talk to? I'm a divorce judge.
I haven't even been in the criminal courts for years.
I'll set you up with a lawyer, okay? I know a guy, he's a pit bull.
But he might lose and then I'm gonna go to prison.
Mia, you can't ignore this.
You have to face this.
In other words, you're not gonna help me.
Of course.
What do I expect? I mean, I'm sorry I dragged you into this, Chris.
- I'll figure it out.
Just forget it.
- That's not fair, Mia.
Mia, where are you going? I'm going to Trystan's.
We kind of have some things to figure out.
- Can we talk about this? - You know what, Chris? You know, I always used to wonder what it would be like if we'd gone to California.
Would we live on some cliff in Malibu? Would we be happy? In my mind, we always were.
But I'll never know that, because you didn't fight for me.
Nobody's ever fought for me.
- Mia.
Wait.
- No.
Just This is my problem.
I will handle it myself.
- Will you just stop a second? - What, Chris? You don't have to leave.
- Yes, I do.
- Why? Because we're never gonna work out.
Look at you, you have this whole life.
And I'm just I don't know what I am.
Just let me go.
I'll figure something out.
Just don't You don't have to leave.
Just I promise you I'll figure something out, okay? This is enough to put Chris away for conspiracy to cover up the rapes.
And she had it in her back pocket in case he got cold feet.
Ray Greene mentioned picking up Mia from the train station.
So I started to look for relatives she might have off the Red Line.
Turns out she has an aunt in New Haven.
Didn't Chris' sister say he went to visit Mia in New Haven? Yeah.
And if he went there to confront her I don't think she's the type to be backed into a corner.
Judge? FBI.
Chris? Hey, you okay? You hurt? No.
I need you to put the gun down.
I said put the gun down now.
Listen, my partner's gonna check on Mia.
If you move, I'll have to shoot you.
Do you understand? Yeah.
Okay.
She's dead.
Listen, we can sort this thing out.
Just tell us what happened.
I don't know.
Was it self-defense? Just take us through it.
She disappeared.
And then I found her.
Mia.
You should've knocked.
I almost shot you.
Where the hell have you been? I thought something happened to you.
Everything just kind of went crazy.
- I got scared.
I should've called - Where are you going? Greece, maybe.
I don't know.
- I really just have to get out of here.
- No, no, Mia, honey, you can't leave.
Those guys you're in business with are animals.
We have to go to the police.
That's not gonna happen, okay? I did not just go through all of this to turn myself in.
What exactly did you go through? I'm not gonna fight with you.
I really have to get out of here.
So That's it? I mean, I'm very grateful.
I really am.
You're an amazing guy.
What the hell am I supposed to do now? Stroll back into work, tell everyone I was in the Hamptons? Don't yell at me.
You let this happen.
And you got exactly what you wanted.
No, Mia, I wanted you.
You wanted to sleep with me, feel like a man.
Mia, I love you.
I thought you loved me.
I thought that's what we were doing.
I was trying to help you.
Right.
Because I'm so damaged.
What did you think, you were gonna save me? Sorry.
Not interested.
What about Justin? - Who the hell's Justin? - Justin Hobart! He was my clerk, 27 years old, a smart kid.
He's dead now because of what I did for you.
Wow.
Look at you.
You're whimpering like a little boy who just got his heart broken by a pretty girl.
This stuff happens all the time.
This is not that big of a deal.
You know, I'd send you a postcard but I think it might upset you.
Goodbye, Chris.
Don't walk away from me.
Don't walk away from me.
Hey, this is over.
Okay, we're not 16 years old here anymore.
You have to move on.
I just I just wanted to take care of her.
I don't know.
- I don't know how this happened.
Okay.
Listen, I want all of us to walk out of here, together.
It's over now.
No one else needs to get hurt, okay? Now, I want you to put the gun on the floor.
Nice and slow.
I want you to put the gun down.
Okay, that's good.
Now let me see your hands.
Get on the ground on your knees.
All right, get up.
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