Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001) s08e05 Episode Script
Faithfully
THE WORST CRIMINAL OFFENDERS ARE PURSUED BY THE DETECTIVES OF THE MAJOR CASE SQUAD.
THESE ARE THEIR STORIES.
(girl) BLESS US, OH LORD, FOR THESE THY GIFTS, WHICH WE ARE ABOUT TO RECEIVE FROM THE BOUNTY OF CHRIST OUR LORD, AMEN.
AMEN.
AMEN.
BUTTER BEANS? OKAY, THANKS.
YOU SON OF A BITCH, I'M GONNA KILL YOU.
PULL THIS ON ME? LISTEN, I HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS.
I KNOW THEY PAID YOU.
HOW MUCH? YOU PAY OFF THE BENTLEY? KEEPIN' THAT PLACE IN THE HAMPTONS? HAVE A SEAT.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS.
DONE TALKIN'.
KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS? THAT MEANS I'M NOT COMING WITH WORDS.
CLEON.
(Reverend Wyler) LOVE BELIEVES ALL THINGS, HOPES ALL THINGS, AND ENDURES ALL THINGS.
BUT HOW OFTEN IS OUR LOVE SELF-SERVING? WE GIVE, EXPECTING TO BE GIVEN IN RETURN.
GOD'S LOVE IS SELFLESS.
CAN'T WE EMULATE GOD'S LOVE IN THE WAY THAT WE LOVE EACH OTHER? [shattering glass.]
[impact.]
WONDERFUL SERMON.
INSPIRED.
WELL, SHE WROTE MOST OF IT, MY PERSONAL AUTHORITY ON LOVE.
HE'S MY INSPIRATION.
GOOD WORDS, REVEREND.
THANK YOU.
IT'S LIVING UP TO THEM THAT'S THE TRICK.
WELL, ANYTHING WORTH DOING TAKES EFFORT.
MM-HMM.
WE GIVE OUR ALL AND HOPE FOR THE BEST.
THAT'S WHAT GETS US THROUGH IT, RIGHT? DR.
CONLON, YOUR WIFE CALLED.
WANTED ME TO PASS THIS MESSAGE.
THANK YOU.
NOTHING SERIOUS, I HOPE? NO.
SLEEPYHEAD WANTS ME HOME.
MADE ME A SPECIAL LUNCH.
TAKE CARE.
BYE.
HELLO? CARRIE, ARE YOU UPSTAIRS? [screams.]
[screams.]
[tires squealing.]
[phone beeps.]
(Carrie) HI, IT'S ME, CARRIE.
SORRY I COULDN'T MAKE IT TO THE SERVICES.
I'M WISHING THE REVEREND A HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AND I HAVE A GIFT FOR HIM.
[voice on phone.]
END OF MESSAGES.
[horn blows.]
I'M JUST COMING INTO THE CITY, CAPTAIN.
WHERE'S THE CRIME SCENE? YEAH, HAVE A CAR MEET ME.
YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO BE AWAY ANOTHER WEEK.
YEAH.
I GOT BACK LAST NIGHT.
I WENT AND SAW FAMILY.
YOU LOOK GOOD.
THANKS.
WELL, WE SHOULD GET GOING.
I MAKE IT TO BE A SIMPLE B AND E GONE BAD.
SMASHES A WINDOW, TIES UP THE WIFE, TOSSES THE PLACE.
TAKES SOME JEWELRY, COIN COLLECTION, BUT HE LEAVES 400 BUCKS IN A HANDBAG.
VICTIM SURPRISED HIM.
I'M A BURGLAR, I GET CAUGHT, MY FIRST INSTINCT IS TO FLEE.
YEAH, MAYBE DISABLE THE VICTIM, BUT FINISH HIM OFF? (Eames) WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE VICTIM? DR.
RYAN CONLON, 35.
I KNOW THAT NAME.
ALL OVER THE SPORTS SECTION COUPLE MONTHS AGO.
GOT FIRED AS THE DOCTOR FOR THE COUGARS.
HE MUST HAVE LANDED ON HIS FEET.
ELECTRONICS ARE ALL HIGH-END.
AND NOT STOLEN.
WHAT'S THE TIMELINE? HE DID HIS ROUNDS AT LENOX HILL, THEN HE CAUGHT THE 11:00 SERVICES AT ST.
EDGAR'S.
GOT HOME BY 12:40, 12:45.
THERE'S ANOTHER BLOODY FOOTPRINT HERE.
THE KILLER WORE BOOTS.
THE TREAD LOOKS LIKE MOTORCYCLE BOOTS.
I COULDN'T GET TO THE PHONE.
I TRIED, BUT I-I COULDN'T.
CAN YOU DESCRIBE HIM? UH, HE WAS WEARING A SKI MASK, BUT HE WAS, UH, TALL, MAYBE SIX FEET.
ANYTHING ELSE? HIS EYES.
I WAS LOOKING RIGHT INTO THEM WHEN HE HIT ME, AND I THOUGHT HE WAS GONNA KILL ME.
THEY WERE BLUE-GRAY.
YOU WERE EXPECTING SOMEONE? NO.
NO, I WAS ALONE ALL MORNING.
WE'LL TALK TO YOU AFTER THEY CHECK YOU AT THE HOSPITAL.
THE LACE TEDDY, MAKEUP.
AND PERFUME.
EITHER SHE WAS PLANNING A MATINEE WITH THE DOCTOR OR SHE WAS ENTERTAINING, AS MY MOM WOULD SAY.
CHECK THE BEDDING FOR SEMEN.
HERE WE GO.
"STAR KILLER ADDICTED TO PAINKILLERS.
" A LOT OF MEDICAL CLINICS ARE DISHING THE DIRT THESE DAYS.
THE ONE IN L.
A.
, WHAT'S THE OTHER ONE? THE GUY GETS FIRED, MAYBE HE'S SUPPLEMENTING HIS INCOME.
YOU LOOK RESTED.
HOPE YOU HAD A GOOD TIME.
WHAT HAVE YOU GOT? WE HAVE A MURDER STAGED TO LOOK LIKE A HOME INVASION.
THAT'S FRESH.
THE KILLER TOOK SOME RARE COINS AND JEWELRY.
THE CANVASS FOUND THEM IN A DRAIN NEAR THE HOUSE.
WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS.
IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A PAYBACK KILLING.
THE VICTIM HAD THAT AND THE NUMBER OF THE LEDGER ON HIS SPEED DIAL.
DR.
CONLON WAS, UNTIL RECENTLY, A TEAM DOCTOR FOR THE COUGARS.
CLEON LEWIS WAS THEIR STAR RUNNING BACK.
THE LEDGER'S NOT ADMITTING ANYTHING, BUT WE THINK THEY MIGHT HAVE BOUGHT THE MEDICAL RECORDS FROM CONLON.
WHAT ABOUT LEADS FROM THE CANVASS? A WOMAN TAKING OUT THE TRASH SAW SOMEONE PEEL OUT OF THE ALLEY ON A BLACK MOTORCYCLE, BLACK HELMET, GLOVES.
GREAT.
BATMAN.
ACTUALLY, BATMAN WAS A VIGILANTE, SIR.
[chuckles.]
THAT DOUCHE-BAG HAD NO RIGHT SELLING MY "STORY" JUST 'CAUSE HIS ASS GOT FIRED.
WHEN'S THE LAST TIME YOU SAW DR.
CONLON? DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY.
AND I GOT IN HIS FACE.
SEE, I KNOW HE WAS BEHIND IT.
HE DENIED IT? A GUY LIKE THAT'S NOT ABOUT TO SACK UP.
WHICH MADE YOU ANGRIER.
HEY! CONLON WAS SPREADING LIES ABOUT BE BEING ADDICTED.
BUT WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM DON'T HELP MY CASE.
IT ACTUALLY MESSES ME UP.
YOU SEE, I GOT A LAWYER, AND WE'RE SUING CONLON.
NOT GONNA GET MY MONEY OFF A MAN IF I OFF HIM.
YOU FEEL ME? HE PRESENTED IT AS LOGIC, BUT STILL, IT'S AN EXCUSE.
HE COULD HAVE LOST HIS TEMPER, DIDN'T STOP TO THINK.
YEAH.
I WOULDN'T SAY HE WAS IN THE CLEAR.
SHALL WE SEE HOW FAR THE DOCTOR SPREAD HIS PARTICULAR BRAND OF JOY? YEAH.
THE LAST PEOPLE TO SEE HIM WERE IN CHURCH.
SO DR.
CONLON ATTENDED SERVICES REGULARLY.
WAS HE INVOLVED IN ANY CHURCH ACTIVITIES? WE COULD COUNT ON HIM FOR OUR CHARITY DRIVES.
THIS IS A WELL-TO-DO CONGREGATION.
[phone rings.]
MANY OF HIS BEST PATIENTS WERE ALSO INVOLVED.
EXCUSE ME.
[rings.]
ST.
EDGAR'S.
I'M ALISON WYLER, THE REVEREND'S WIFE.
I'M GLAD MAJOR CASE IS HANDLING THIS.
YOU'LL APPRECIATE OUR NEED FOR DISCRETION.
AND DR.
CONLON, HE WAS HERE AT THE SERVICE SHORTLY BEFORE HIS DEATH.
YES, I REMEMBER GREETING HIM.
HIS WIFE CALLED HERE AFTER SERVICES, WANTED HIM HOME FOR LUNCH.
IT'S STRANGE SHE WOULDN'T HAVE CALLED HIM ON HIS CELL PHONE.
CELL PHONES ARE A NO-NO IN OUR CHURCH.
NOW WHAT TIME WAS-- OF COURSE THEY ARE.
THAT CALL WAS AT NOON? I TALKED TO HER AT 12:15.
IT'S LOGGED.
IS CARRIE'S CALL SOMEHOW IMPORTANT? THAT MORNING? I DIDN'T CALL AT 12:15 OR ANY OTHER TIME.
THE CHURCH SECRETARY SAYS ONE THING AND YOU SAY ANOTHER.
I MEAN, WHO ARE WE TO BELIEVE? I DIDN'T CALL HER.
I SWEAR.
WELL, MAYBE SHE'S TELLING THE TRUTH.
MAYBE THERE'S A REASON WHY SHE DIDN'T WANT HER HUSBAND HOME.
(Eames) YEAH, RIGHT.
WHO WERE YOU WITH? NO ONE.
DNA RESULTS WILL PUT SOMEONE ELSE IN THAT BED.
I DON'T HAVE A LOVER.
(Goren) SOMEBODY BREAKS IN AND KILLS YOUR HUSBAND, LEAVES YOU ALIVE.
KILLERS USUALLY DON'T LEAVE WITNESSES.
SO WHAT HAPPENED? YOUR HUSBAND CAME HOME AND FOUND YOU WITH SOMEONE? I WAS ALONE.
AFTER HE TAPED ME UP, HE WAITED FOR MY HUSBAND.
OH, SO YOU HIRED THE GUY.
NO.
THAT'S CRAZY.
IT HAPPENS, CARRIE, ALL THE TIME.
A SUCCESSFUL PROFESSIONAL, HEFTY LIFE INSURANCE POLICY.
UNHAPPY WIFE WITH A LOVER.
I SHOULD NOT BE TALKING TO YOU.
HE TAPED ME UP, HE HIT ME, AND YOU THINK THAT I KILLED RYAN.
UM, I-I NEED TO CALL A LAWYER.
I'M NOT TALKING TO YOU ANYMORE.
BELOVED HUSBAND, DEAR FRIEND, FELLOW CONGREGANT.
WE CAN'T KNOW GOD'S REASON FOR CALLING RYAN TO HIS GLORY, SO WE CAN ONLY SAY GOOD-BYE.
GO WITH GOD.
CARRIE.
RYAN'S PRAYER BOOK? I USED TO THINK, TO WONDER, WHY CAN'T HE JUST DIE? PLEASE, DON'T DO THIS, CARRIE.
IT'S TRUE.
WHEN HE WAS MEAN.
BUT NOW, IT'S LIKE I MADE IT HAPPEN.
DO YOU THINK HE KNEW HOW I REALLY FELT? SHH, SHH, SHH.
JUST KEEP PRAYING.
PRAY THAT RYAN IS AT PEACE IN DEATH, AND YOU'LL HAVE PEACE IN LIFE.
YOU'LL GO ON.
OKAY? YOU'LL BE OKAY.
YOU'LL GO ON.
CARRIE, WE CAN'T BE IN CONTACT RIGHT NOW.
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? NO MORE MESSAGES.
MESSAGES? DETECTIVES, THIS IS HARDLY THE TIME.
THESE PEOPLE ARE PAYING THEIR RESPECTS.
OH, WELL, WE'RE INVESTIGATING DR.
CONLON'S MURDER.
I THINK THAT QUALIFIES AS VERY RESPECTFUL.
BOOTS.
COULD BE FOR A MOTORCYCLE.
YEAH, THE BLUE ISN'T SHINY LIKE THE BLACK.
IT'S STICKY.
ADHESIVE.
PUT ELECTRICAL TAPE ON THOSE BLUE FLAMES, AND THE BIKE IS SOLID BLACK.
THAT'S MY BIKE.
IT'S NICE, MAN.
I LIKE THE BLUE FLAMES.
IS THAT--THIS CUSTOM? LOOK, I GOTTA SPLIT.
I HAVE A CLASS.
YEAH, WE NEED TO TALK A LITTLE.
WHAT'S GOING ON HERE? WELL, WE WOULD LIKE YOUR ACOLYTE TO ACCOUNT FOR HIS TIME SUNDAY MORNING, AROUND 11:00.
WELL, THAT'S EASY.
KEVIN WAS AT SERVICES WITH US.
(Eames) ANY WAY YOU CAN MAKE US CERTAIN OF THAT? (Reverend Wyler) OF COURSE.
THERE WERE A DOZEN OTHER ACOLYTES THERE.
WHAT IS THAT? HEY, YOU DON'T GET TO TOUCH ME, UNDERSTAND? ALL RIGHT, WE'LL JUST TALK DOWNTOWN.
OKAY, KEVIN, WE'RE GONNA HIRE YOU AN ATTORNEY.
DO NOT SPEAK TO THEM BEFORE YOU SPEAK TO HIM.
YOU HEAR ME? YOU'RE WRONG ABOUT THIS YOUNG MAN.
MR.
PAXTON.
ISN'T YOUR LEGAL NAME MICKLER? YOUR FOSTER PARENTS ADOPTED YOU.
THE MICKLERS DIDN'T DESERVE THE GRIEF THAT I GAVE THEM, AND I DON'T DESERVE THEIR NAME, CRIMINAL CHARGES, DRUG ARRESTS.
I'D AGREE WITH YOU ON THAT.
YOUR JUVIE PROBATION REPORT SHOWS THAT YOU MADE A LOT OF BAD CHOICES.
UNTIL THE PRESENCE OF GOD IN MY LIFE.
(lawyer) MY CLIENT HAS BEEN CLEAN FOR THREE YEARS.
LET'S GET ON WITH THIS, DETECTIVE.
SUNDAY MORNING, MR.
PAXTON.
YOU WERE SCHEDULED TO ASSIST AT AN 11:00 SERVICE.
A GREAT SERMON.
UM, I'VE BEEN READING IT.
IT WAS ABOUT THE DEFINITION OF LOVE.
I HEARD IT.
I TRADED WITH ANOTHER GUY AND I DID THE EARLY SERVICE INSTEAD.
YOU NEED THE MORNING FREE.
FOR WHAT? SERVICE TO GOD ISN'T RESTRICTED TO THE CHURCH.
I HAD SOME OLD CLOTHES, THINGS I DON'T WEAR ANYMORE.
UH, I DROPPED THEM AT A HOMELESS SHELTER.
BLOODY BOOT PRINTS MATCHING THE SIZE OF BOOTS YOU WEAR WERE FOUND AT THE CONLONS'.
NO, I WENT TO THE-- YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.
THE SHELTER.
THAT'S RIGHT, THE SHELTER.
I HAD SOME CLOTHES TO DONATE FOR THE--YEAH.
THAT'S RIGHT.
THE HOMELESS PEOPLE.
I BELIEVE THAT YOU WENT TO THE SHELTER.
THAT'S THE TRUE PART OF YOUR LIE.
BUT YOU WENT AFTER THE KILLING TO GET RID OF THE CLOTHES AND THE BOOTS.
YOU DIDN'T LIKE DR.
CONLON, DID YOU? (Eames) WAS THAT BECAUSE YOU WERE SLEEPING WITH HIS WIFE? OR DID SHE PAY YOU? (lawyer) YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TO CHARGE MR.
PAXTON WITH ANYTHING.
YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO INDICT WITH A BOOT PRINT THAT'S NOT HIS.
DEFENSIVE WOUNDS ON HIS NECK.
(lawyer) HORSING AROUND WITH HIS FRIENDS.
MAKE SURE THAT HE'S AVAILABLE IN THE MORNING FOR A LINE-UP.
(Eames) THE WOMAN YOU NEARLY HIT COMING OUT OF THE ALLEY, SHE WANTS TO TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR BIG, BLUE EYES.
SOMETIMES I THINK I HEAR HIM.
(Reverend Wyler) OH, CARRIE, STOP.
I DO.
I WANTED IT.
BEING ALONE, SEEING YOU ANYTIME I WANTED.
BUT THIS-- THIS JUST FEELS WEIRD.
[crying.]
LOOK, WE MAY HAVE TO FACE THAT WHAT WE DID WAS VERY, VERY WRONG.
SO--SO WHAT DO YOU MEAN? ARE YOU BACKING AWAY FROM ME? NO.
I JUST-- ARE YOU? NO, THAT CAME OUT WRONG.
I'M JUST--I'M-- I'M--I'M SORRY.
I-I NEED YOU.
I NEED YOU TO LISTEN AND UNDERSTAND.
I NEED YOUR TENDERNESS TOO.
BUT-- BUT-- BUT NOT NOW, NOT NOW.
WE HAVE TO WAIT SO WE DON'T MAKE ANY MISTAKES.
I HAVE TO GO.
I HAVE A PLANNING COMMITTEE.
I HAVE TO GO, CARRIE.
JUST GO, DAN, OKAY? JUST KNOW THAT I LOVE YOU.
MM-HMM.
AND NO MORE CALLS, CARRIE, NO MORE CALLS.
[sniffles.]
[sighs.]
NOT UNUSUAL THAT THE WIFE WORKS WITH THE HIT MAN TO PLACE THE HUSBAND.
(Ross) IT'S A LITTLE NEAT.
TWO PEOPLE DON'T LIKE EACH OTHER, THEY DON'T HAVE TO HIRE A HIT MAN.
THEY CAN JUST HIRE THE DIRTIEST LAWYER IN TOWN.
BELIEVE ME, THE DAMAGE IS COMPARABLE.
OKAY, WE GO WITH WHAT WE KNOW.
THE ACOLYTE, WHAT WOULD HE HAVE GOTTEN OUT OF THIS? KEVIN PAXTON'S AT THE RECTORY.
HE'S YOUNG, HE'S NOT UNATTRACTIVE.
SO IT WASN'T SOME DEEP, SPIRITUAL BOND.
DR.
CONLON DOESN'T SEEM THE TYPE WHO'D BE OBLIVIOUS TO HIS WIFE'S AFFAIR.
I FINALLY GOT A HOLD OF HIS NURSE.
SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT CARRIE WAS UP TO, BUT SHE SAID THE DOCTOR WAS A TOTAL GLAND.
HE HIT ON EVERYONE.
SO IF CARRIE WAS HURT BY HIS BEHAVIOR OR NEEDY-- IT'S FAIRLY OBVIOUS WHO SHE'D TURN TO.
A LINEUP.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS? 'CAUSE I DO.
KEVIN, WE GOT YOU THE BEST LAWYER.
WITH HIM AND A SILENT PRAYER, GOD WILL PROTECT YOU.
THEY KNOW MY PRIORS.
THE DRUG BUSTS, THE B AND E.
HOW MANY TIMES HAVE I TOLD YOU, I HATE WHEN YOU USE POLICE TERMS.
ALL MY EFFORTS, AND YOU SOUND SO COMMON.
I'M SORRY.
BUT THEY'RE GONNA ARREST ME.
I CAN TELL.
I'VE BEEN THERE, AND NOW I'M NOT UNDERAGE.
I'LL END UP IN PRISON.
KEVIN, YOU'RE SHOWING NO FAITH IN ME.
I HAVE ABSOLUTE FAITH IN YOU, IN NO ONE ELSE.
MORE THAN ANYTHING IN THE WORLD.
I'M SO DISAPPOINTED.
I TOOK YOU TO BE SOMEONE SPECIAL.
I THINK YOU SHOULD GO TO ANOTHER CHURCH.
I'M NOTHING WITHOUT THIS PLACE.
I TRIED TO GIVE EVERYTHING.
THAT'S BEEN MY LIFE, WHAT YOU WANTED.
FIND SOMEWHERE ELSE, KEVIN.
KEVIN, ARE YOU ALL RIGHT? KEVIN? KEV--WHAT'S WRONG WITH HIM? WHAT HAPPENED? THE POLICE NOW THINK HE'S INVOLVED WITH CARRIE.
THEY'RE SAYING HE KILLED RYAN CONLON FOR HER.
WHAT? WHY-- WHY WOULD HE DO THAT? YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY.
HE HASN'T TOLD THEM ANYTHING YET.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN? TOLD THEM ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT? YOU MEAN, HOW LONG HAVE I KNOWN? [sighs.]
OH, GOD.
I SHOULD CARD YOU, MAN.
I'M OLD ENOUGH TO DIE, BUT NOT OLD ENOUGH TO DRINK? OH, WHAT? IRAQ? YOU GOING OVER? GOD'S ARMY.
OKAY.
YO, MAN, YOU LEFT EIGHT BUCKS CHANGE.
(Paxton) I WON'T BE NEEDING IT.
"FOR THEY LOVED THE PRAISE OF MEN MORE THAN THE PRAISE OF GOD.
" WHAT DID JOHN MEAN? KENNY? (Kenny) ONLY GOD'S APPROVAL COUNTS.
TRY ONLY FOR THE PRAISE OF OTHERS, AND WHAT HAPPENS? YOU MISS THE REAL PURPOSE OF LIFE.
WHICH IS NOT THE PRIVATE SALE AT BARNEY'S, WHICH SOME OF SOME OF US THINK IS THE SECOND COMING.
AND I'M NOT NAMING ANY NAMES, MEGAN.
[laughter.]
ALEX, YOU'RE NEVER AT A LOSS FOR WORDS.
GET A DISCUSSION GOING.
I'LL BE BACK IN FIVE.
HELLO.
THERE'S NO EASY WAY TO TELL YOU.
WE JUST GOT SOME NEWS.
KEVIN PAXTON, APPARENTLY A DRUG OVERDOSE.
OH, MY GOD.
HE TRIED ONCE BEFORE, SLEEPING PILLS, BUT THEY SAVED HIM.
(Goren) WE KNOW THAT YOU GAVE HIM A LOT OF CARE.
HE WAS SO DAMAGED.
HIS BIRTH PARENTS.
FATHER BEAT HIS MOTHER TO DEATH.
IMAGINE LIVING WITH THAT.
THAT KIND OF THING IS HARD FOR SOME PEOPLE TO GET PAST.
WHY COULDN'T YOU HAVE LEFT HIM ALONE? BAD COMBO, METHADONE AND ALCOHOL.
SENT HIM INTO RESPIRATORY FAILURE AND HIS HEART STOPPED.
METHADONE? NO ONE TOLD US THAT PAXTON WAS ON A METHADONE PROGRAM.
FOR SURE NOT THE ONLY THING THEY'RE KEEPING FROM US.
(Rodgers) BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL OF .
34, AND A METHADONE LEVEL CONSISTENT WITH AN ORAL INTAKE OF 240 MILLIGRAMS.
WELL, THEY SOMETIMES GIVE "TAKE HOME" METHADONE TO ADDICTS WHO ARE DOING WELL.
SUICIDE.
IT'S A HARD CHOICE FOR SOMEONE WHO'S TRULY DEVOUT.
I HAVE NO REASON TO RULE THIS AS ANYTHING BUT SUICIDE.
WYLER'S WAY OF MAKING HIS SERMONS RELATABLE.
HE ALWAYS PUTS IN A STORY ABOUT HIMSELF.
YEAH, BUT SOMETIMES IT'S WHAT HE DOESN'T SAY.
THIS ONE ON ADULTERY.
THERE'S NOTHING PERSONAL IN IT, YOU KNOW? IN FACT, HE BARELY TOUCHES ON THE SUBJECT.
HE MAKES IT A LESSON IN FORGIVENESS.
KEVIN PAXTON, HE HEARD THESE SERMONS EVERY SUNDAY.
THEY COULD HAVE BEEN A BIG INFLUENCE IN HIS LIFE.
AND HE DIDN'T BUY THE REVEREND'S LESSON IN FORGIVENESS.
I'M SORRY.
I WAS TRYING TO CONTACT THE OTHER ACOLYTES, KEVIN'S FRIENDS.
YOU HAD HOPES FOR HIM.
HEY, I'VE BEEN READING YOUR SERMONS.
THEY'RE FASCINATING, BY THE WAY.
OH.
YEAH.
TRUDY TOLD ME THAT YOU'D ASKED THAT THE WHOLE YEAR BE SENT TO YOUR OFFICE.
YOU HAVE A VERY METHODICAL APPROACH.
YOU SEEM TO HIT EVERY ONE OF THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS BUT SOMEHOW YOU MANAGE TO KEEP IT FRESH.
WELL, YOU FALL INTO A RUT, THE CONGREGATION FALLS ASLEEP.
I'M TRYING TO THINK OF YOUR SERMON ON ADULTERY.
DO YOU THINK ADULTERY IS ONE OF THE LESSER SINS? [laughs lightly.]
SIN IS SIN, DETECTIVE.
LOOK, WE'RE--WE'RE, UH, WE'RE DEALING WITH LOSS RIGHT NOW.
I'M NOT REALLY UP TO A THEOLOGICAL DEBATE WITH YOU, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
KEVIN.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT MADE HIM DESPONDENT AND SUICIDAL? WELL, I THINK THAT'S A QUESTION YOU MIGHT BETTER ASK YOURSELF.
I HAVE.
NOW I'M ASKING YOU.
I BELIEVE WE ALL HAD A HAND IN FAILING HIM.
I'M EVEN MORE INCLINED NOW TO GO WITH MY MOTIVE, THE ONE THAT YOU AVOID IN YOUR SERMONS.
THAT HE WAS HAVING SEX WITH MRS.
CONLON.
NO, HE WASN'T.
NO.
YOU'RE WRONG.
WELL, SOMEONE WAS.
SOMEBODY WAS THERE THAT MORNING.
DOCTOR LEFT FOR THE HOSPITAL AT 5:00 A.
M.
YOU AN EARLY RISER? YES, I AM, AT TIMES.
I JUST REMEMBERED YOUR SERMON.
WOULD YOU MIND GIVING US A SAMPLE OF YOUR DNA? YOU MIGHT AS WELL PROVE NOW THAT YOU'RE NOT THE ONE THAT HAD SEX WITH MRS.
CONLON.
FINE, I'LL COMPLY WITH YOUR REQUEST WHEN YOU HAVE A COURT ORDER.
ARE YOU SATISFIED? YES, I AM.
THAT'S WHAT I NEEDED.
DID YOU RETURN THE BISHOP'S CALL? NO, I DIDN'T.
NOT YET.
SMART MOVE.
AVOIDANCE IS ALWAYS PERCEIVED AS STRENGTH.
YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU'RE SO FULL OF ADVICE, WHY DON'T YOU HANDLE IT? JUST HANDLE IT, ALLISON.
HANDLE IT.
HMM? TELL HIM WE KNEW ABOUT KEVIN'S RAP SHEET.
THOUGHT WE'D MAKE HIM AN ACOLYTE ANYWAY BECAUSE HE'S A BRIGHT, SHINING EXAMPLE OF THE POWER OF FAITH.
WE BOTH KNOW YOU ARE FAR FROM BLAMELESS IN THIS.
[cell phone rings.]
HELLO.
(Carrie) DAN, WHY HAVEN'T YOU CALLED? I MISS YOU SO MUCH.
STOP IT, CARRIE, STOP IT.
I CAN'T--I CAN'T DO THIS ANYMORE.
[shuts phone.]
[phone clatters.]
[sighs.]
[approaching footsteps.]
THIS IS MY NIECE.
SHE'S NINE.
SHE'S CUTE.
THE ACADEMIC BACKGROUND ON MRS.
WYLER? I FIGURED HER FOR A DEGREE IN SOCIAL WORK.
TURNS OUT SHE'S A SPEECH THERAPIST.
A MASTER'S IN SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY.
YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER ODD SPEECH CHARACTERISTICS IN PAXTON'S INTERVIEW.
YEAH.
CERTAIN WORDS HE ALMOST STAMMERED.
LET'S READ IT OVER.
CAPTAIN, THIS STATEMENT-- JUST A SEC.
JUST-- YEAH.
UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN I NOTICED KEVIN PAXTON'S DISLIKE FOR DR.
CONLON, IT MADE ME OVERLOOK SOME THINGS.
HIS--HIS STATEMENT.
READ THIS RIGHT HERE.
(Ross) UH, "I HAD SOME CLOTHES "TO DONATE FOR THE-- YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT, THE HOMELESS PEOPLE.
" HARD TO CRAM IT ALL IN THERE.
SOME PEOPLE TALK LIKE THAT.
YEAH, BUT NOT HIM, NOT USUALLY.
HE USES THE PHRASE UNDER STRESS.
UM HE USES THE PHRASE AS A STOP, YOU KNOW, TO KEEP FROM STUTTERING.
HE WOULD HAVE LEARNED THAT IN SPEECH THERAPY.
SO BEING INTERVIEWED STRESSES HIM OUT.
I DON'T GET THE SIGNIFICANCE.
WELL, THE REVEREND'S WIFE, MRS.
WYLER, WAS A SPEECH THERAPIST.
LOYAL AND DEEPLY INDEBTED TO THE PERSON WHO TAUGHT HIM HOW TO SPEAK.
(Eames) THANKS.
EMPLOYEE RECORDS AT THE LINCOLN YOUTH CENTER.
ALISON WYLER MENTORED KEVIN PAXTON WHEN HE WAS 14 AND HELPED HIM GET RID OF A STUTTER.
(Goren) SO ALISON BRINGS HIM INTO THE FAMILY, THE FIRST THAT HE'S EVER HAD, AND THEN THE AFFAIR BETWEEN REVEREND WYLER AND CARRIE CONLON THREATENS TO TEAR IT APART.
TAKE THE REVEREND OUT OF HIS COMFORT ZONE.
SEE WHAT JOGS LOOSE.
HMM.
TRAGIC.
TRAGIC.
WHY ARE WE DOING THIS? WE THINK HE KILLED DR.
CONLON AS A WAY OF PROTECTING YOU.
PROTECTING ME? WELL, A SEX SCANDAL WOULD RUIN YOUR MINISTRY.
DR.
CONLON FINDS OUT YOU WERE SLEEPING WITH HIS WIFE, THREATENS-- WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS BEFORE.
CARRIE AND I WERE NOT INVOLVED.
YOUR REPUTATION AS A MAN OF GOD IS WORTH THIS-- (Eames) KEVIN PAXTON'S LIFE.
LOOK I HONESTLY DIDN'T THINK IT WAS CONNECTED, RYAN CONLON'S DEATH WITH CARRIE AND I.
ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO, SHE CAME TO ME FOR COUNSELING FOR HER MARRIAGE.
AND I KNOW HOW THAT SOUNDS, BUT AT THE TIME, I THOUGHT WE WERE VERY GOOD FOR EACH OTHER AND WE DIDN'T HURT ANYBODY.
THAT'S THE USUAL LIE, ISN'T IT? CARRIE CALLED ME LAST NIGHT AND LEFT ME A VOICEMAIL.
YOU SHOULD HEAR IT.
(Carrie) YOU NEVER THANKED ME FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY PRESENT.
I MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE FOR YOU.
FOR US.
AND NOW YOU'RE PULLING AWAY FROM ME.
IT'S NOT FAIR.
DO YOU REALIZE WHAT I DID FOR YOU? WHAT IS THAT? IT'S YOU.
IT'S NOT ME.
STOP WASTING OUR TIME.
THAT'S MY VOICE, BUT THAT'S NOT ME.
I'VE NEVER SAID THOSE THINGS.
EVER.
(Eames) THERE ARE OTHER CALLS.
ONE TO THE CHURCH SECRETARY AROUND THE TIME OF THE ATTACK.
(Goren) AND IN THE SAME TIMEFRAME, A BIRTHDAY MESSAGE FOR REVEREND WYLER.
NO.
THAT'S NOT ME.
PLAY THEM ALL.
PLAY THEM.
I WANT TO HEAR THEM.
TO ME, IT SOUNDS EXACTLY LIKE HER.
WELL, YOU HAVE TO LISTEN CLOSELY.
THERE ARE SUBTLE DIFFERENCES.
AND IT'S NOT HER PERSONALITY TYPE.
LIKE SAYING, "THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE.
" IT'S TOO THEATRICAL FOR CARRIE.
YEAH, AND CARRIE, SHE USES HER SEXUALITY FOR LEVERAGE, NOT GUILT.
LIKE SAYING, "YOU DON'T APPRECIATE ME.
" THAT'S NOT CARRIE.
I THINK OUR CALLER IS ALLISON WYLER.
WHO ELSE WOULD HAVE A MOTIVE? A TRAINED SPEECH THERAPIST.
I IMAGINE IT HELPS IMITATING VOICES.
SPECTROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS COULD ELIMINATE CARRIE, BUT THEN HOW DO YOU GET ALISON? CONVENIENTLY FOR HER, KEVIN PAXTON IS DEAD.
YEP.
AND SHE COULD ACTUALLY GET AWAY WITH IT.
CAN'T FAULT ALISON AS AN ENTHUSIASTIC MENTOR, BUT HER STYLE DIDN'T QUITE MESH WITH OURS.
SHE WAS FIRED? SHE BECAME TOO ATTACHED TO THE BOYS, AND THEY BECAME TOO ATTACHED TO HER.
SHE ONLY MENTORED BOYS? WELL, AT THAT AGE, FIVE TIMES AS MANY BOYS HAVE STUTTERS AS GIRLS.
AT WHAT POINT DID HER CLOSENESS WITH THESE KIDS BECOME A PROBLEM? IT WAS BECOMING A PERSONALITY CULT.
THEY IDOLIZED HER.
SOME OF THE FOSTER PARENTS COMPLAINED THAT SHE WAS UNDERMINING THEIR AUTHORITY.
AT THAT AGE, BOYS, 13, 14, THEY'RE VERY IMPRESSIONABLE.
YEAH.
WELL, IT'S LIKE A FANTASY GIRLFRIEND, YOU KNOW.
MORE GLAMOROUS THAN GIRLS THEIR OWN AGE.
NEED MUST NOT BE CONFUSED WITH LOVE.
NEED CAN BE TWISTED AND PERVERSE AND DANGEROUS.
IN KEVIN'S LIFE, IT WAS NEED, NOT LOVE, THAT LED HIM TO UNCONSCIONABLE SINS.
WE CAN ONLY PRAY THAT GOD FORGIVES HIM.
WHY DOES ALISON ACT WHEN SHE ACTED? WHAT PROMPTED HER TO SOLICIT MURDER AT THIS TIME? WELL, SHE MIGHT HAVE BEEN WORRIED ABOUT DR.
CONLON'S NEED FOR RESOURCES.
SOMETHING LIKE THE CLEON LEWIS SCANDAL BLOWING BACK ON THE CHURCH.
AN ADULTEROUS UPPER EAST SIDE MINISTER? THAT'S A HEADLINE.
OKAY, SAY THAT'S MOTIVE.
HOW DOES ALISON PAY KEVIN FOR MURDER? SEX? WHO KNOWS HOW FAR SHE TOOK IT WITH KEVIN.
SO WE HAVE DECENT CONJECTURE, BUT NO EVIDENCE.
I'M GLAD YOU CALLED ME ABOUT HIS THINGS.
YOU'VE BEEN VERY COOPERATIVE.
WE APPRECIATE IT.
WILL THIS TAKE LONG? THE INTERMENT IS THIS AFTERNOON.
I'D LIKE HIM TO BE BURIED WITH HIS MEMENTOS.
WELL, WE'RE ALMOST DONE.
THE ONLY THING THAT, UH, WE HAVEN'T FOUND IS EVIDENCE THAT CARRIE CONLON SOLICITED HIM TO COMMIT MURDER.
THERE YOU GO.
WHAT ABOUT WHAT SHE SAID TO DAN ON THE PHONE? UH, WELL, CARRIE CLAIMS SHE NEVER MADE THAT CALL.
YOU HAVE THE PHONE MESSAGE.
IT'S NOT ENOUGH.
SHE NEVER MENTIONED KEVIN.
(Goren) WE CAN SEE HOW SHE COULD EASILY MANIPULATE.
I MEAN, JUST ON HER-- JUST A PURELY PHYSICAL LEVEL, I MEAN.
SLEEPING WITH HER WAS HIS DREAM.
AND I'M SAYING THIS NOT IN JUDGMENT, BUT WE KNOW THAT OTHERS SHARED THAT DREAM.
NO.
KEVIN WASN'T TAKEN WITH HER.
HIS IDEAL WAS SOMEONE QUITE DIFFERENT.
MY GOD, OF COURSE.
HE HAD FEELINGS FOR YOU BEFORE HE JOINED THE CHURCH, BACK WHEN YOU WERE HIS MENTOR.
NOT SEXUAL FEELINGS.
KEVIN WAS ATTRACTED TO SOMETHING MORE PROFOUND.
TEENAGE BOY? [chuckles.]
NO.
WE HEARD THAT THE BOYS THAT YOU MENTORED WERE IN LOVE WITH YOU.
PLEASE.
FROM THOSE GOSSIPS IN CHILDREN'S SERVICES? ALL THAT POWER OVER OTHERS.
YOU KNOW, I WAS LOOKING THROUGH THIS.
I NOTICED SOMETHING THAT KEVIN WROTE AT THE END OF HIS DAILY PRAYERS.
IT WAS A PLEA.
"HEAVENLY FATHER, GIVE ME THE STRENGTH TO MAKE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE FOR YOUR MINISTRY.
" (Eames) "ULTIMATE SACRIFICE"? YEAH.
WELL, THERE'S A CONNECTION.
WHAT ARE THE CHANCES TWO PEOPLE WOULD COME UP WITH THAT PHRASE? CARRIE CONLON DESCRIBED IN HER VOICEMAIL THE MURDER AS AN "ULTIMATE SACRIFICE.
" SO THERE'S YOUR PROOF, YOUR LINK TO CARRIE.
YEAH.
IT WON'T WORK.
IT'S NOT CARRIE ON THAT VOICEMAIL.
IT'S YOU.
THAT'S ABSURD.
YOU'RE A VERY GOOD MIMIC.
THIS IS A VOICEMAIL GRAPH.
THIS IS CARRIE.
THAT'S YOU.
I MEAN, YOU DIDN'T GET EVERYTHING RIGHT.
I MEAN, TONE, PITCH, EVERYTHING WAS THERE.
EXCEPT FOR THE, UM, THE BREATH.
WHERE YOU BREATHE WHEN YOU SPEAK.
THAT CAN'T BE ALTERED.
IT'S CONNECTED TO YOUR NERVOUS SYSTEM.
DO YOU WANNA-- THIS IS CARRIE.
(Carrie) YOU NEVER THANKED ME FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY PRESENT.
I MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE FOR YOU, FOR US, AND NOW YOU'RE PULLING AWAY FROM ME.
IT'S NOT FAIR.
AND THIS IS YOU.
(Alison) YOU NEVER THANKED ME FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY PRESENT.
I MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE FOR YOU, FOR US, AND NOW YOU'RE PULLING AWAY FROM ME.
IT'S NOT FAIR.
CATCH THE DIFFERENCE IN THE BREATHS? (Eames) 20 WORDS WITH THE SAME GRAPHIC SIGNATURE CAN MAKE A VOICEPRINT I.
D.
WE CAN PROVE THIS WAS YOU.
ALL YOU CAN PROVE IS THAT IT WASN'T CARRIE.
I'M A TRAINED SPEECH THERAPIST.
I CAN READ A VOICEPRINT.
YOU READY TO BET YOUR LIFE ON IT? YOU'VE GONE TO GREAT LENGTHS TO HURT MY MINISTRY.
YOU'RE NOT THE FIRST.
AND YOU WILL NOT SUCCEED, EITHER.
YOU MEAN CARRIE.
SHE DISTRACTED MY HUSBAND FROM HIS PURPOSE.
SHE'S TRASH.
(Eames) YOUR HUSBAND DIDN'T SEE IT THAT WAY.
(Alison) HE WAS BLINDED BY HER.
ONCE DAN SAW HER DIMINISHED AND RIGHTLY ACCUSED, I KNEW HE'D REJECT HER.
SO DR.
CONLON PAID THE ULTIMATE PRICE.
RYAN CONLON LIVED BY EXPOSING PEOPLE.
HE COULD HAVE TURNED OUR PARISHIONERS AGAINST US.
POOR KEVIN.
HE WAS COLLATERAL DAMAGE TO YOUR SENSE OF GREATER GOOD.
I CARED ABOUT KEVIN.
I DID.
BUT HIS DEATH RESTS ON YOUR CONSCIENCE, NOT ON MINE.
YOU'LL NEVER CONVICT ME IN COURT.
YOUR FINAL JUDGMENT WILL-- WELL, IT WON'T TAKE PLACE IN COURT.
THEN YOU KNOW MY SACRIFICE HAD NO BOUNDS.
WHAT I DID WAS FOR US, FOR ALL THAT WE BUILT.
DOES THAT MAKE IT RIGHT? DO YOU HEAR YOURSELF, ALISON? WE'VE BROUGHT THE WORD OF GOD TO THE MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN THIS CITY.
I PRESERVED OUR GOOD WORK.
TELL ME YOU UNDERSTAND THAT.
YES, I UNDERSTAND.
WE'RE THROUGH.
I DON'T KNOW YOU.
I DON'T WANT TO KNOW YOU.
NO.
LISTEN TO ME.
WE HAVE TO FIGHT TOGETHER.
WE LOVE EACH OTHER.
WE'VE BUILT SOMETHING.
DON'T LET THEM DESTROY IT.
I WANT IT DESTROYED.
ALL OF IT.
I'LL START OVER.
WITHOUT ME? WITH GOD.
IF HE'LL FORGIVE ME.
[handcuffs lock.]
[door opens.]
[keys jangle.]
THESE ARE THEIR STORIES.
(girl) BLESS US, OH LORD, FOR THESE THY GIFTS, WHICH WE ARE ABOUT TO RECEIVE FROM THE BOUNTY OF CHRIST OUR LORD, AMEN.
AMEN.
AMEN.
BUTTER BEANS? OKAY, THANKS.
YOU SON OF A BITCH, I'M GONNA KILL YOU.
PULL THIS ON ME? LISTEN, I HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS.
I KNOW THEY PAID YOU.
HOW MUCH? YOU PAY OFF THE BENTLEY? KEEPIN' THAT PLACE IN THE HAMPTONS? HAVE A SEAT.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS.
DONE TALKIN'.
KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS? THAT MEANS I'M NOT COMING WITH WORDS.
CLEON.
(Reverend Wyler) LOVE BELIEVES ALL THINGS, HOPES ALL THINGS, AND ENDURES ALL THINGS.
BUT HOW OFTEN IS OUR LOVE SELF-SERVING? WE GIVE, EXPECTING TO BE GIVEN IN RETURN.
GOD'S LOVE IS SELFLESS.
CAN'T WE EMULATE GOD'S LOVE IN THE WAY THAT WE LOVE EACH OTHER? [shattering glass.]
[impact.]
WONDERFUL SERMON.
INSPIRED.
WELL, SHE WROTE MOST OF IT, MY PERSONAL AUTHORITY ON LOVE.
HE'S MY INSPIRATION.
GOOD WORDS, REVEREND.
THANK YOU.
IT'S LIVING UP TO THEM THAT'S THE TRICK.
WELL, ANYTHING WORTH DOING TAKES EFFORT.
MM-HMM.
WE GIVE OUR ALL AND HOPE FOR THE BEST.
THAT'S WHAT GETS US THROUGH IT, RIGHT? DR.
CONLON, YOUR WIFE CALLED.
WANTED ME TO PASS THIS MESSAGE.
THANK YOU.
NOTHING SERIOUS, I HOPE? NO.
SLEEPYHEAD WANTS ME HOME.
MADE ME A SPECIAL LUNCH.
TAKE CARE.
BYE.
HELLO? CARRIE, ARE YOU UPSTAIRS? [screams.]
[screams.]
[tires squealing.]
[phone beeps.]
(Carrie) HI, IT'S ME, CARRIE.
SORRY I COULDN'T MAKE IT TO THE SERVICES.
I'M WISHING THE REVEREND A HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AND I HAVE A GIFT FOR HIM.
[voice on phone.]
END OF MESSAGES.
[horn blows.]
I'M JUST COMING INTO THE CITY, CAPTAIN.
WHERE'S THE CRIME SCENE? YEAH, HAVE A CAR MEET ME.
YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO BE AWAY ANOTHER WEEK.
YEAH.
I GOT BACK LAST NIGHT.
I WENT AND SAW FAMILY.
YOU LOOK GOOD.
THANKS.
WELL, WE SHOULD GET GOING.
I MAKE IT TO BE A SIMPLE B AND E GONE BAD.
SMASHES A WINDOW, TIES UP THE WIFE, TOSSES THE PLACE.
TAKES SOME JEWELRY, COIN COLLECTION, BUT HE LEAVES 400 BUCKS IN A HANDBAG.
VICTIM SURPRISED HIM.
I'M A BURGLAR, I GET CAUGHT, MY FIRST INSTINCT IS TO FLEE.
YEAH, MAYBE DISABLE THE VICTIM, BUT FINISH HIM OFF? (Eames) WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE VICTIM? DR.
RYAN CONLON, 35.
I KNOW THAT NAME.
ALL OVER THE SPORTS SECTION COUPLE MONTHS AGO.
GOT FIRED AS THE DOCTOR FOR THE COUGARS.
HE MUST HAVE LANDED ON HIS FEET.
ELECTRONICS ARE ALL HIGH-END.
AND NOT STOLEN.
WHAT'S THE TIMELINE? HE DID HIS ROUNDS AT LENOX HILL, THEN HE CAUGHT THE 11:00 SERVICES AT ST.
EDGAR'S.
GOT HOME BY 12:40, 12:45.
THERE'S ANOTHER BLOODY FOOTPRINT HERE.
THE KILLER WORE BOOTS.
THE TREAD LOOKS LIKE MOTORCYCLE BOOTS.
I COULDN'T GET TO THE PHONE.
I TRIED, BUT I-I COULDN'T.
CAN YOU DESCRIBE HIM? UH, HE WAS WEARING A SKI MASK, BUT HE WAS, UH, TALL, MAYBE SIX FEET.
ANYTHING ELSE? HIS EYES.
I WAS LOOKING RIGHT INTO THEM WHEN HE HIT ME, AND I THOUGHT HE WAS GONNA KILL ME.
THEY WERE BLUE-GRAY.
YOU WERE EXPECTING SOMEONE? NO.
NO, I WAS ALONE ALL MORNING.
WE'LL TALK TO YOU AFTER THEY CHECK YOU AT THE HOSPITAL.
THE LACE TEDDY, MAKEUP.
AND PERFUME.
EITHER SHE WAS PLANNING A MATINEE WITH THE DOCTOR OR SHE WAS ENTERTAINING, AS MY MOM WOULD SAY.
CHECK THE BEDDING FOR SEMEN.
HERE WE GO.
"STAR KILLER ADDICTED TO PAINKILLERS.
" A LOT OF MEDICAL CLINICS ARE DISHING THE DIRT THESE DAYS.
THE ONE IN L.
A.
, WHAT'S THE OTHER ONE? THE GUY GETS FIRED, MAYBE HE'S SUPPLEMENTING HIS INCOME.
YOU LOOK RESTED.
HOPE YOU HAD A GOOD TIME.
WHAT HAVE YOU GOT? WE HAVE A MURDER STAGED TO LOOK LIKE A HOME INVASION.
THAT'S FRESH.
THE KILLER TOOK SOME RARE COINS AND JEWELRY.
THE CANVASS FOUND THEM IN A DRAIN NEAR THE HOUSE.
WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS.
IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A PAYBACK KILLING.
THE VICTIM HAD THAT AND THE NUMBER OF THE LEDGER ON HIS SPEED DIAL.
DR.
CONLON WAS, UNTIL RECENTLY, A TEAM DOCTOR FOR THE COUGARS.
CLEON LEWIS WAS THEIR STAR RUNNING BACK.
THE LEDGER'S NOT ADMITTING ANYTHING, BUT WE THINK THEY MIGHT HAVE BOUGHT THE MEDICAL RECORDS FROM CONLON.
WHAT ABOUT LEADS FROM THE CANVASS? A WOMAN TAKING OUT THE TRASH SAW SOMEONE PEEL OUT OF THE ALLEY ON A BLACK MOTORCYCLE, BLACK HELMET, GLOVES.
GREAT.
BATMAN.
ACTUALLY, BATMAN WAS A VIGILANTE, SIR.
[chuckles.]
THAT DOUCHE-BAG HAD NO RIGHT SELLING MY "STORY" JUST 'CAUSE HIS ASS GOT FIRED.
WHEN'S THE LAST TIME YOU SAW DR.
CONLON? DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY.
AND I GOT IN HIS FACE.
SEE, I KNOW HE WAS BEHIND IT.
HE DENIED IT? A GUY LIKE THAT'S NOT ABOUT TO SACK UP.
WHICH MADE YOU ANGRIER.
HEY! CONLON WAS SPREADING LIES ABOUT BE BEING ADDICTED.
BUT WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM DON'T HELP MY CASE.
IT ACTUALLY MESSES ME UP.
YOU SEE, I GOT A LAWYER, AND WE'RE SUING CONLON.
NOT GONNA GET MY MONEY OFF A MAN IF I OFF HIM.
YOU FEEL ME? HE PRESENTED IT AS LOGIC, BUT STILL, IT'S AN EXCUSE.
HE COULD HAVE LOST HIS TEMPER, DIDN'T STOP TO THINK.
YEAH.
I WOULDN'T SAY HE WAS IN THE CLEAR.
SHALL WE SEE HOW FAR THE DOCTOR SPREAD HIS PARTICULAR BRAND OF JOY? YEAH.
THE LAST PEOPLE TO SEE HIM WERE IN CHURCH.
SO DR.
CONLON ATTENDED SERVICES REGULARLY.
WAS HE INVOLVED IN ANY CHURCH ACTIVITIES? WE COULD COUNT ON HIM FOR OUR CHARITY DRIVES.
THIS IS A WELL-TO-DO CONGREGATION.
[phone rings.]
MANY OF HIS BEST PATIENTS WERE ALSO INVOLVED.
EXCUSE ME.
[rings.]
ST.
EDGAR'S.
I'M ALISON WYLER, THE REVEREND'S WIFE.
I'M GLAD MAJOR CASE IS HANDLING THIS.
YOU'LL APPRECIATE OUR NEED FOR DISCRETION.
AND DR.
CONLON, HE WAS HERE AT THE SERVICE SHORTLY BEFORE HIS DEATH.
YES, I REMEMBER GREETING HIM.
HIS WIFE CALLED HERE AFTER SERVICES, WANTED HIM HOME FOR LUNCH.
IT'S STRANGE SHE WOULDN'T HAVE CALLED HIM ON HIS CELL PHONE.
CELL PHONES ARE A NO-NO IN OUR CHURCH.
NOW WHAT TIME WAS-- OF COURSE THEY ARE.
THAT CALL WAS AT NOON? I TALKED TO HER AT 12:15.
IT'S LOGGED.
IS CARRIE'S CALL SOMEHOW IMPORTANT? THAT MORNING? I DIDN'T CALL AT 12:15 OR ANY OTHER TIME.
THE CHURCH SECRETARY SAYS ONE THING AND YOU SAY ANOTHER.
I MEAN, WHO ARE WE TO BELIEVE? I DIDN'T CALL HER.
I SWEAR.
WELL, MAYBE SHE'S TELLING THE TRUTH.
MAYBE THERE'S A REASON WHY SHE DIDN'T WANT HER HUSBAND HOME.
(Eames) YEAH, RIGHT.
WHO WERE YOU WITH? NO ONE.
DNA RESULTS WILL PUT SOMEONE ELSE IN THAT BED.
I DON'T HAVE A LOVER.
(Goren) SOMEBODY BREAKS IN AND KILLS YOUR HUSBAND, LEAVES YOU ALIVE.
KILLERS USUALLY DON'T LEAVE WITNESSES.
SO WHAT HAPPENED? YOUR HUSBAND CAME HOME AND FOUND YOU WITH SOMEONE? I WAS ALONE.
AFTER HE TAPED ME UP, HE WAITED FOR MY HUSBAND.
OH, SO YOU HIRED THE GUY.
NO.
THAT'S CRAZY.
IT HAPPENS, CARRIE, ALL THE TIME.
A SUCCESSFUL PROFESSIONAL, HEFTY LIFE INSURANCE POLICY.
UNHAPPY WIFE WITH A LOVER.
I SHOULD NOT BE TALKING TO YOU.
HE TAPED ME UP, HE HIT ME, AND YOU THINK THAT I KILLED RYAN.
UM, I-I NEED TO CALL A LAWYER.
I'M NOT TALKING TO YOU ANYMORE.
BELOVED HUSBAND, DEAR FRIEND, FELLOW CONGREGANT.
WE CAN'T KNOW GOD'S REASON FOR CALLING RYAN TO HIS GLORY, SO WE CAN ONLY SAY GOOD-BYE.
GO WITH GOD.
CARRIE.
RYAN'S PRAYER BOOK? I USED TO THINK, TO WONDER, WHY CAN'T HE JUST DIE? PLEASE, DON'T DO THIS, CARRIE.
IT'S TRUE.
WHEN HE WAS MEAN.
BUT NOW, IT'S LIKE I MADE IT HAPPEN.
DO YOU THINK HE KNEW HOW I REALLY FELT? SHH, SHH, SHH.
JUST KEEP PRAYING.
PRAY THAT RYAN IS AT PEACE IN DEATH, AND YOU'LL HAVE PEACE IN LIFE.
YOU'LL GO ON.
OKAY? YOU'LL BE OKAY.
YOU'LL GO ON.
CARRIE, WE CAN'T BE IN CONTACT RIGHT NOW.
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? NO MORE MESSAGES.
MESSAGES? DETECTIVES, THIS IS HARDLY THE TIME.
THESE PEOPLE ARE PAYING THEIR RESPECTS.
OH, WELL, WE'RE INVESTIGATING DR.
CONLON'S MURDER.
I THINK THAT QUALIFIES AS VERY RESPECTFUL.
BOOTS.
COULD BE FOR A MOTORCYCLE.
YEAH, THE BLUE ISN'T SHINY LIKE THE BLACK.
IT'S STICKY.
ADHESIVE.
PUT ELECTRICAL TAPE ON THOSE BLUE FLAMES, AND THE BIKE IS SOLID BLACK.
THAT'S MY BIKE.
IT'S NICE, MAN.
I LIKE THE BLUE FLAMES.
IS THAT--THIS CUSTOM? LOOK, I GOTTA SPLIT.
I HAVE A CLASS.
YEAH, WE NEED TO TALK A LITTLE.
WHAT'S GOING ON HERE? WELL, WE WOULD LIKE YOUR ACOLYTE TO ACCOUNT FOR HIS TIME SUNDAY MORNING, AROUND 11:00.
WELL, THAT'S EASY.
KEVIN WAS AT SERVICES WITH US.
(Eames) ANY WAY YOU CAN MAKE US CERTAIN OF THAT? (Reverend Wyler) OF COURSE.
THERE WERE A DOZEN OTHER ACOLYTES THERE.
WHAT IS THAT? HEY, YOU DON'T GET TO TOUCH ME, UNDERSTAND? ALL RIGHT, WE'LL JUST TALK DOWNTOWN.
OKAY, KEVIN, WE'RE GONNA HIRE YOU AN ATTORNEY.
DO NOT SPEAK TO THEM BEFORE YOU SPEAK TO HIM.
YOU HEAR ME? YOU'RE WRONG ABOUT THIS YOUNG MAN.
MR.
PAXTON.
ISN'T YOUR LEGAL NAME MICKLER? YOUR FOSTER PARENTS ADOPTED YOU.
THE MICKLERS DIDN'T DESERVE THE GRIEF THAT I GAVE THEM, AND I DON'T DESERVE THEIR NAME, CRIMINAL CHARGES, DRUG ARRESTS.
I'D AGREE WITH YOU ON THAT.
YOUR JUVIE PROBATION REPORT SHOWS THAT YOU MADE A LOT OF BAD CHOICES.
UNTIL THE PRESENCE OF GOD IN MY LIFE.
(lawyer) MY CLIENT HAS BEEN CLEAN FOR THREE YEARS.
LET'S GET ON WITH THIS, DETECTIVE.
SUNDAY MORNING, MR.
PAXTON.
YOU WERE SCHEDULED TO ASSIST AT AN 11:00 SERVICE.
A GREAT SERMON.
UM, I'VE BEEN READING IT.
IT WAS ABOUT THE DEFINITION OF LOVE.
I HEARD IT.
I TRADED WITH ANOTHER GUY AND I DID THE EARLY SERVICE INSTEAD.
YOU NEED THE MORNING FREE.
FOR WHAT? SERVICE TO GOD ISN'T RESTRICTED TO THE CHURCH.
I HAD SOME OLD CLOTHES, THINGS I DON'T WEAR ANYMORE.
UH, I DROPPED THEM AT A HOMELESS SHELTER.
BLOODY BOOT PRINTS MATCHING THE SIZE OF BOOTS YOU WEAR WERE FOUND AT THE CONLONS'.
NO, I WENT TO THE-- YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.
THE SHELTER.
THAT'S RIGHT, THE SHELTER.
I HAD SOME CLOTHES TO DONATE FOR THE--YEAH.
THAT'S RIGHT.
THE HOMELESS PEOPLE.
I BELIEVE THAT YOU WENT TO THE SHELTER.
THAT'S THE TRUE PART OF YOUR LIE.
BUT YOU WENT AFTER THE KILLING TO GET RID OF THE CLOTHES AND THE BOOTS.
YOU DIDN'T LIKE DR.
CONLON, DID YOU? (Eames) WAS THAT BECAUSE YOU WERE SLEEPING WITH HIS WIFE? OR DID SHE PAY YOU? (lawyer) YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TO CHARGE MR.
PAXTON WITH ANYTHING.
YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO INDICT WITH A BOOT PRINT THAT'S NOT HIS.
DEFENSIVE WOUNDS ON HIS NECK.
(lawyer) HORSING AROUND WITH HIS FRIENDS.
MAKE SURE THAT HE'S AVAILABLE IN THE MORNING FOR A LINE-UP.
(Eames) THE WOMAN YOU NEARLY HIT COMING OUT OF THE ALLEY, SHE WANTS TO TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR BIG, BLUE EYES.
SOMETIMES I THINK I HEAR HIM.
(Reverend Wyler) OH, CARRIE, STOP.
I DO.
I WANTED IT.
BEING ALONE, SEEING YOU ANYTIME I WANTED.
BUT THIS-- THIS JUST FEELS WEIRD.
[crying.]
LOOK, WE MAY HAVE TO FACE THAT WHAT WE DID WAS VERY, VERY WRONG.
SO--SO WHAT DO YOU MEAN? ARE YOU BACKING AWAY FROM ME? NO.
I JUST-- ARE YOU? NO, THAT CAME OUT WRONG.
I'M JUST--I'M-- I'M--I'M SORRY.
I-I NEED YOU.
I NEED YOU TO LISTEN AND UNDERSTAND.
I NEED YOUR TENDERNESS TOO.
BUT-- BUT-- BUT NOT NOW, NOT NOW.
WE HAVE TO WAIT SO WE DON'T MAKE ANY MISTAKES.
I HAVE TO GO.
I HAVE A PLANNING COMMITTEE.
I HAVE TO GO, CARRIE.
JUST GO, DAN, OKAY? JUST KNOW THAT I LOVE YOU.
MM-HMM.
AND NO MORE CALLS, CARRIE, NO MORE CALLS.
[sniffles.]
[sighs.]
NOT UNUSUAL THAT THE WIFE WORKS WITH THE HIT MAN TO PLACE THE HUSBAND.
(Ross) IT'S A LITTLE NEAT.
TWO PEOPLE DON'T LIKE EACH OTHER, THEY DON'T HAVE TO HIRE A HIT MAN.
THEY CAN JUST HIRE THE DIRTIEST LAWYER IN TOWN.
BELIEVE ME, THE DAMAGE IS COMPARABLE.
OKAY, WE GO WITH WHAT WE KNOW.
THE ACOLYTE, WHAT WOULD HE HAVE GOTTEN OUT OF THIS? KEVIN PAXTON'S AT THE RECTORY.
HE'S YOUNG, HE'S NOT UNATTRACTIVE.
SO IT WASN'T SOME DEEP, SPIRITUAL BOND.
DR.
CONLON DOESN'T SEEM THE TYPE WHO'D BE OBLIVIOUS TO HIS WIFE'S AFFAIR.
I FINALLY GOT A HOLD OF HIS NURSE.
SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT CARRIE WAS UP TO, BUT SHE SAID THE DOCTOR WAS A TOTAL GLAND.
HE HIT ON EVERYONE.
SO IF CARRIE WAS HURT BY HIS BEHAVIOR OR NEEDY-- IT'S FAIRLY OBVIOUS WHO SHE'D TURN TO.
A LINEUP.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS? 'CAUSE I DO.
KEVIN, WE GOT YOU THE BEST LAWYER.
WITH HIM AND A SILENT PRAYER, GOD WILL PROTECT YOU.
THEY KNOW MY PRIORS.
THE DRUG BUSTS, THE B AND E.
HOW MANY TIMES HAVE I TOLD YOU, I HATE WHEN YOU USE POLICE TERMS.
ALL MY EFFORTS, AND YOU SOUND SO COMMON.
I'M SORRY.
BUT THEY'RE GONNA ARREST ME.
I CAN TELL.
I'VE BEEN THERE, AND NOW I'M NOT UNDERAGE.
I'LL END UP IN PRISON.
KEVIN, YOU'RE SHOWING NO FAITH IN ME.
I HAVE ABSOLUTE FAITH IN YOU, IN NO ONE ELSE.
MORE THAN ANYTHING IN THE WORLD.
I'M SO DISAPPOINTED.
I TOOK YOU TO BE SOMEONE SPECIAL.
I THINK YOU SHOULD GO TO ANOTHER CHURCH.
I'M NOTHING WITHOUT THIS PLACE.
I TRIED TO GIVE EVERYTHING.
THAT'S BEEN MY LIFE, WHAT YOU WANTED.
FIND SOMEWHERE ELSE, KEVIN.
KEVIN, ARE YOU ALL RIGHT? KEVIN? KEV--WHAT'S WRONG WITH HIM? WHAT HAPPENED? THE POLICE NOW THINK HE'S INVOLVED WITH CARRIE.
THEY'RE SAYING HE KILLED RYAN CONLON FOR HER.
WHAT? WHY-- WHY WOULD HE DO THAT? YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY.
HE HASN'T TOLD THEM ANYTHING YET.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN? TOLD THEM ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT? YOU MEAN, HOW LONG HAVE I KNOWN? [sighs.]
OH, GOD.
I SHOULD CARD YOU, MAN.
I'M OLD ENOUGH TO DIE, BUT NOT OLD ENOUGH TO DRINK? OH, WHAT? IRAQ? YOU GOING OVER? GOD'S ARMY.
OKAY.
YO, MAN, YOU LEFT EIGHT BUCKS CHANGE.
(Paxton) I WON'T BE NEEDING IT.
"FOR THEY LOVED THE PRAISE OF MEN MORE THAN THE PRAISE OF GOD.
" WHAT DID JOHN MEAN? KENNY? (Kenny) ONLY GOD'S APPROVAL COUNTS.
TRY ONLY FOR THE PRAISE OF OTHERS, AND WHAT HAPPENS? YOU MISS THE REAL PURPOSE OF LIFE.
WHICH IS NOT THE PRIVATE SALE AT BARNEY'S, WHICH SOME OF SOME OF US THINK IS THE SECOND COMING.
AND I'M NOT NAMING ANY NAMES, MEGAN.
[laughter.]
ALEX, YOU'RE NEVER AT A LOSS FOR WORDS.
GET A DISCUSSION GOING.
I'LL BE BACK IN FIVE.
HELLO.
THERE'S NO EASY WAY TO TELL YOU.
WE JUST GOT SOME NEWS.
KEVIN PAXTON, APPARENTLY A DRUG OVERDOSE.
OH, MY GOD.
HE TRIED ONCE BEFORE, SLEEPING PILLS, BUT THEY SAVED HIM.
(Goren) WE KNOW THAT YOU GAVE HIM A LOT OF CARE.
HE WAS SO DAMAGED.
HIS BIRTH PARENTS.
FATHER BEAT HIS MOTHER TO DEATH.
IMAGINE LIVING WITH THAT.
THAT KIND OF THING IS HARD FOR SOME PEOPLE TO GET PAST.
WHY COULDN'T YOU HAVE LEFT HIM ALONE? BAD COMBO, METHADONE AND ALCOHOL.
SENT HIM INTO RESPIRATORY FAILURE AND HIS HEART STOPPED.
METHADONE? NO ONE TOLD US THAT PAXTON WAS ON A METHADONE PROGRAM.
FOR SURE NOT THE ONLY THING THEY'RE KEEPING FROM US.
(Rodgers) BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL OF .
34, AND A METHADONE LEVEL CONSISTENT WITH AN ORAL INTAKE OF 240 MILLIGRAMS.
WELL, THEY SOMETIMES GIVE "TAKE HOME" METHADONE TO ADDICTS WHO ARE DOING WELL.
SUICIDE.
IT'S A HARD CHOICE FOR SOMEONE WHO'S TRULY DEVOUT.
I HAVE NO REASON TO RULE THIS AS ANYTHING BUT SUICIDE.
WYLER'S WAY OF MAKING HIS SERMONS RELATABLE.
HE ALWAYS PUTS IN A STORY ABOUT HIMSELF.
YEAH, BUT SOMETIMES IT'S WHAT HE DOESN'T SAY.
THIS ONE ON ADULTERY.
THERE'S NOTHING PERSONAL IN IT, YOU KNOW? IN FACT, HE BARELY TOUCHES ON THE SUBJECT.
HE MAKES IT A LESSON IN FORGIVENESS.
KEVIN PAXTON, HE HEARD THESE SERMONS EVERY SUNDAY.
THEY COULD HAVE BEEN A BIG INFLUENCE IN HIS LIFE.
AND HE DIDN'T BUY THE REVEREND'S LESSON IN FORGIVENESS.
I'M SORRY.
I WAS TRYING TO CONTACT THE OTHER ACOLYTES, KEVIN'S FRIENDS.
YOU HAD HOPES FOR HIM.
HEY, I'VE BEEN READING YOUR SERMONS.
THEY'RE FASCINATING, BY THE WAY.
OH.
YEAH.
TRUDY TOLD ME THAT YOU'D ASKED THAT THE WHOLE YEAR BE SENT TO YOUR OFFICE.
YOU HAVE A VERY METHODICAL APPROACH.
YOU SEEM TO HIT EVERY ONE OF THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS BUT SOMEHOW YOU MANAGE TO KEEP IT FRESH.
WELL, YOU FALL INTO A RUT, THE CONGREGATION FALLS ASLEEP.
I'M TRYING TO THINK OF YOUR SERMON ON ADULTERY.
DO YOU THINK ADULTERY IS ONE OF THE LESSER SINS? [laughs lightly.]
SIN IS SIN, DETECTIVE.
LOOK, WE'RE--WE'RE, UH, WE'RE DEALING WITH LOSS RIGHT NOW.
I'M NOT REALLY UP TO A THEOLOGICAL DEBATE WITH YOU, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
KEVIN.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT MADE HIM DESPONDENT AND SUICIDAL? WELL, I THINK THAT'S A QUESTION YOU MIGHT BETTER ASK YOURSELF.
I HAVE.
NOW I'M ASKING YOU.
I BELIEVE WE ALL HAD A HAND IN FAILING HIM.
I'M EVEN MORE INCLINED NOW TO GO WITH MY MOTIVE, THE ONE THAT YOU AVOID IN YOUR SERMONS.
THAT HE WAS HAVING SEX WITH MRS.
CONLON.
NO, HE WASN'T.
NO.
YOU'RE WRONG.
WELL, SOMEONE WAS.
SOMEBODY WAS THERE THAT MORNING.
DOCTOR LEFT FOR THE HOSPITAL AT 5:00 A.
M.
YOU AN EARLY RISER? YES, I AM, AT TIMES.
I JUST REMEMBERED YOUR SERMON.
WOULD YOU MIND GIVING US A SAMPLE OF YOUR DNA? YOU MIGHT AS WELL PROVE NOW THAT YOU'RE NOT THE ONE THAT HAD SEX WITH MRS.
CONLON.
FINE, I'LL COMPLY WITH YOUR REQUEST WHEN YOU HAVE A COURT ORDER.
ARE YOU SATISFIED? YES, I AM.
THAT'S WHAT I NEEDED.
DID YOU RETURN THE BISHOP'S CALL? NO, I DIDN'T.
NOT YET.
SMART MOVE.
AVOIDANCE IS ALWAYS PERCEIVED AS STRENGTH.
YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU'RE SO FULL OF ADVICE, WHY DON'T YOU HANDLE IT? JUST HANDLE IT, ALLISON.
HANDLE IT.
HMM? TELL HIM WE KNEW ABOUT KEVIN'S RAP SHEET.
THOUGHT WE'D MAKE HIM AN ACOLYTE ANYWAY BECAUSE HE'S A BRIGHT, SHINING EXAMPLE OF THE POWER OF FAITH.
WE BOTH KNOW YOU ARE FAR FROM BLAMELESS IN THIS.
[cell phone rings.]
HELLO.
(Carrie) DAN, WHY HAVEN'T YOU CALLED? I MISS YOU SO MUCH.
STOP IT, CARRIE, STOP IT.
I CAN'T--I CAN'T DO THIS ANYMORE.
[shuts phone.]
[phone clatters.]
[sighs.]
[approaching footsteps.]
THIS IS MY NIECE.
SHE'S NINE.
SHE'S CUTE.
THE ACADEMIC BACKGROUND ON MRS.
WYLER? I FIGURED HER FOR A DEGREE IN SOCIAL WORK.
TURNS OUT SHE'S A SPEECH THERAPIST.
A MASTER'S IN SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY.
YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER ODD SPEECH CHARACTERISTICS IN PAXTON'S INTERVIEW.
YEAH.
CERTAIN WORDS HE ALMOST STAMMERED.
LET'S READ IT OVER.
CAPTAIN, THIS STATEMENT-- JUST A SEC.
JUST-- YEAH.
UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN I NOTICED KEVIN PAXTON'S DISLIKE FOR DR.
CONLON, IT MADE ME OVERLOOK SOME THINGS.
HIS--HIS STATEMENT.
READ THIS RIGHT HERE.
(Ross) UH, "I HAD SOME CLOTHES "TO DONATE FOR THE-- YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT, THE HOMELESS PEOPLE.
" HARD TO CRAM IT ALL IN THERE.
SOME PEOPLE TALK LIKE THAT.
YEAH, BUT NOT HIM, NOT USUALLY.
HE USES THE PHRASE UNDER STRESS.
UM HE USES THE PHRASE AS A STOP, YOU KNOW, TO KEEP FROM STUTTERING.
HE WOULD HAVE LEARNED THAT IN SPEECH THERAPY.
SO BEING INTERVIEWED STRESSES HIM OUT.
I DON'T GET THE SIGNIFICANCE.
WELL, THE REVEREND'S WIFE, MRS.
WYLER, WAS A SPEECH THERAPIST.
LOYAL AND DEEPLY INDEBTED TO THE PERSON WHO TAUGHT HIM HOW TO SPEAK.
(Eames) THANKS.
EMPLOYEE RECORDS AT THE LINCOLN YOUTH CENTER.
ALISON WYLER MENTORED KEVIN PAXTON WHEN HE WAS 14 AND HELPED HIM GET RID OF A STUTTER.
(Goren) SO ALISON BRINGS HIM INTO THE FAMILY, THE FIRST THAT HE'S EVER HAD, AND THEN THE AFFAIR BETWEEN REVEREND WYLER AND CARRIE CONLON THREATENS TO TEAR IT APART.
TAKE THE REVEREND OUT OF HIS COMFORT ZONE.
SEE WHAT JOGS LOOSE.
HMM.
TRAGIC.
TRAGIC.
WHY ARE WE DOING THIS? WE THINK HE KILLED DR.
CONLON AS A WAY OF PROTECTING YOU.
PROTECTING ME? WELL, A SEX SCANDAL WOULD RUIN YOUR MINISTRY.
DR.
CONLON FINDS OUT YOU WERE SLEEPING WITH HIS WIFE, THREATENS-- WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS BEFORE.
CARRIE AND I WERE NOT INVOLVED.
YOUR REPUTATION AS A MAN OF GOD IS WORTH THIS-- (Eames) KEVIN PAXTON'S LIFE.
LOOK I HONESTLY DIDN'T THINK IT WAS CONNECTED, RYAN CONLON'S DEATH WITH CARRIE AND I.
ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO, SHE CAME TO ME FOR COUNSELING FOR HER MARRIAGE.
AND I KNOW HOW THAT SOUNDS, BUT AT THE TIME, I THOUGHT WE WERE VERY GOOD FOR EACH OTHER AND WE DIDN'T HURT ANYBODY.
THAT'S THE USUAL LIE, ISN'T IT? CARRIE CALLED ME LAST NIGHT AND LEFT ME A VOICEMAIL.
YOU SHOULD HEAR IT.
(Carrie) YOU NEVER THANKED ME FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY PRESENT.
I MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE FOR YOU.
FOR US.
AND NOW YOU'RE PULLING AWAY FROM ME.
IT'S NOT FAIR.
DO YOU REALIZE WHAT I DID FOR YOU? WHAT IS THAT? IT'S YOU.
IT'S NOT ME.
STOP WASTING OUR TIME.
THAT'S MY VOICE, BUT THAT'S NOT ME.
I'VE NEVER SAID THOSE THINGS.
EVER.
(Eames) THERE ARE OTHER CALLS.
ONE TO THE CHURCH SECRETARY AROUND THE TIME OF THE ATTACK.
(Goren) AND IN THE SAME TIMEFRAME, A BIRTHDAY MESSAGE FOR REVEREND WYLER.
NO.
THAT'S NOT ME.
PLAY THEM ALL.
PLAY THEM.
I WANT TO HEAR THEM.
TO ME, IT SOUNDS EXACTLY LIKE HER.
WELL, YOU HAVE TO LISTEN CLOSELY.
THERE ARE SUBTLE DIFFERENCES.
AND IT'S NOT HER PERSONALITY TYPE.
LIKE SAYING, "THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE.
" IT'S TOO THEATRICAL FOR CARRIE.
YEAH, AND CARRIE, SHE USES HER SEXUALITY FOR LEVERAGE, NOT GUILT.
LIKE SAYING, "YOU DON'T APPRECIATE ME.
" THAT'S NOT CARRIE.
I THINK OUR CALLER IS ALLISON WYLER.
WHO ELSE WOULD HAVE A MOTIVE? A TRAINED SPEECH THERAPIST.
I IMAGINE IT HELPS IMITATING VOICES.
SPECTROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS COULD ELIMINATE CARRIE, BUT THEN HOW DO YOU GET ALISON? CONVENIENTLY FOR HER, KEVIN PAXTON IS DEAD.
YEP.
AND SHE COULD ACTUALLY GET AWAY WITH IT.
CAN'T FAULT ALISON AS AN ENTHUSIASTIC MENTOR, BUT HER STYLE DIDN'T QUITE MESH WITH OURS.
SHE WAS FIRED? SHE BECAME TOO ATTACHED TO THE BOYS, AND THEY BECAME TOO ATTACHED TO HER.
SHE ONLY MENTORED BOYS? WELL, AT THAT AGE, FIVE TIMES AS MANY BOYS HAVE STUTTERS AS GIRLS.
AT WHAT POINT DID HER CLOSENESS WITH THESE KIDS BECOME A PROBLEM? IT WAS BECOMING A PERSONALITY CULT.
THEY IDOLIZED HER.
SOME OF THE FOSTER PARENTS COMPLAINED THAT SHE WAS UNDERMINING THEIR AUTHORITY.
AT THAT AGE, BOYS, 13, 14, THEY'RE VERY IMPRESSIONABLE.
YEAH.
WELL, IT'S LIKE A FANTASY GIRLFRIEND, YOU KNOW.
MORE GLAMOROUS THAN GIRLS THEIR OWN AGE.
NEED MUST NOT BE CONFUSED WITH LOVE.
NEED CAN BE TWISTED AND PERVERSE AND DANGEROUS.
IN KEVIN'S LIFE, IT WAS NEED, NOT LOVE, THAT LED HIM TO UNCONSCIONABLE SINS.
WE CAN ONLY PRAY THAT GOD FORGIVES HIM.
WHY DOES ALISON ACT WHEN SHE ACTED? WHAT PROMPTED HER TO SOLICIT MURDER AT THIS TIME? WELL, SHE MIGHT HAVE BEEN WORRIED ABOUT DR.
CONLON'S NEED FOR RESOURCES.
SOMETHING LIKE THE CLEON LEWIS SCANDAL BLOWING BACK ON THE CHURCH.
AN ADULTEROUS UPPER EAST SIDE MINISTER? THAT'S A HEADLINE.
OKAY, SAY THAT'S MOTIVE.
HOW DOES ALISON PAY KEVIN FOR MURDER? SEX? WHO KNOWS HOW FAR SHE TOOK IT WITH KEVIN.
SO WE HAVE DECENT CONJECTURE, BUT NO EVIDENCE.
I'M GLAD YOU CALLED ME ABOUT HIS THINGS.
YOU'VE BEEN VERY COOPERATIVE.
WE APPRECIATE IT.
WILL THIS TAKE LONG? THE INTERMENT IS THIS AFTERNOON.
I'D LIKE HIM TO BE BURIED WITH HIS MEMENTOS.
WELL, WE'RE ALMOST DONE.
THE ONLY THING THAT, UH, WE HAVEN'T FOUND IS EVIDENCE THAT CARRIE CONLON SOLICITED HIM TO COMMIT MURDER.
THERE YOU GO.
WHAT ABOUT WHAT SHE SAID TO DAN ON THE PHONE? UH, WELL, CARRIE CLAIMS SHE NEVER MADE THAT CALL.
YOU HAVE THE PHONE MESSAGE.
IT'S NOT ENOUGH.
SHE NEVER MENTIONED KEVIN.
(Goren) WE CAN SEE HOW SHE COULD EASILY MANIPULATE.
I MEAN, JUST ON HER-- JUST A PURELY PHYSICAL LEVEL, I MEAN.
SLEEPING WITH HER WAS HIS DREAM.
AND I'M SAYING THIS NOT IN JUDGMENT, BUT WE KNOW THAT OTHERS SHARED THAT DREAM.
NO.
KEVIN WASN'T TAKEN WITH HER.
HIS IDEAL WAS SOMEONE QUITE DIFFERENT.
MY GOD, OF COURSE.
HE HAD FEELINGS FOR YOU BEFORE HE JOINED THE CHURCH, BACK WHEN YOU WERE HIS MENTOR.
NOT SEXUAL FEELINGS.
KEVIN WAS ATTRACTED TO SOMETHING MORE PROFOUND.
TEENAGE BOY? [chuckles.]
NO.
WE HEARD THAT THE BOYS THAT YOU MENTORED WERE IN LOVE WITH YOU.
PLEASE.
FROM THOSE GOSSIPS IN CHILDREN'S SERVICES? ALL THAT POWER OVER OTHERS.
YOU KNOW, I WAS LOOKING THROUGH THIS.
I NOTICED SOMETHING THAT KEVIN WROTE AT THE END OF HIS DAILY PRAYERS.
IT WAS A PLEA.
"HEAVENLY FATHER, GIVE ME THE STRENGTH TO MAKE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE FOR YOUR MINISTRY.
" (Eames) "ULTIMATE SACRIFICE"? YEAH.
WELL, THERE'S A CONNECTION.
WHAT ARE THE CHANCES TWO PEOPLE WOULD COME UP WITH THAT PHRASE? CARRIE CONLON DESCRIBED IN HER VOICEMAIL THE MURDER AS AN "ULTIMATE SACRIFICE.
" SO THERE'S YOUR PROOF, YOUR LINK TO CARRIE.
YEAH.
IT WON'T WORK.
IT'S NOT CARRIE ON THAT VOICEMAIL.
IT'S YOU.
THAT'S ABSURD.
YOU'RE A VERY GOOD MIMIC.
THIS IS A VOICEMAIL GRAPH.
THIS IS CARRIE.
THAT'S YOU.
I MEAN, YOU DIDN'T GET EVERYTHING RIGHT.
I MEAN, TONE, PITCH, EVERYTHING WAS THERE.
EXCEPT FOR THE, UM, THE BREATH.
WHERE YOU BREATHE WHEN YOU SPEAK.
THAT CAN'T BE ALTERED.
IT'S CONNECTED TO YOUR NERVOUS SYSTEM.
DO YOU WANNA-- THIS IS CARRIE.
(Carrie) YOU NEVER THANKED ME FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY PRESENT.
I MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE FOR YOU, FOR US, AND NOW YOU'RE PULLING AWAY FROM ME.
IT'S NOT FAIR.
AND THIS IS YOU.
(Alison) YOU NEVER THANKED ME FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY PRESENT.
I MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE FOR YOU, FOR US, AND NOW YOU'RE PULLING AWAY FROM ME.
IT'S NOT FAIR.
CATCH THE DIFFERENCE IN THE BREATHS? (Eames) 20 WORDS WITH THE SAME GRAPHIC SIGNATURE CAN MAKE A VOICEPRINT I.
D.
WE CAN PROVE THIS WAS YOU.
ALL YOU CAN PROVE IS THAT IT WASN'T CARRIE.
I'M A TRAINED SPEECH THERAPIST.
I CAN READ A VOICEPRINT.
YOU READY TO BET YOUR LIFE ON IT? YOU'VE GONE TO GREAT LENGTHS TO HURT MY MINISTRY.
YOU'RE NOT THE FIRST.
AND YOU WILL NOT SUCCEED, EITHER.
YOU MEAN CARRIE.
SHE DISTRACTED MY HUSBAND FROM HIS PURPOSE.
SHE'S TRASH.
(Eames) YOUR HUSBAND DIDN'T SEE IT THAT WAY.
(Alison) HE WAS BLINDED BY HER.
ONCE DAN SAW HER DIMINISHED AND RIGHTLY ACCUSED, I KNEW HE'D REJECT HER.
SO DR.
CONLON PAID THE ULTIMATE PRICE.
RYAN CONLON LIVED BY EXPOSING PEOPLE.
HE COULD HAVE TURNED OUR PARISHIONERS AGAINST US.
POOR KEVIN.
HE WAS COLLATERAL DAMAGE TO YOUR SENSE OF GREATER GOOD.
I CARED ABOUT KEVIN.
I DID.
BUT HIS DEATH RESTS ON YOUR CONSCIENCE, NOT ON MINE.
YOU'LL NEVER CONVICT ME IN COURT.
YOUR FINAL JUDGMENT WILL-- WELL, IT WON'T TAKE PLACE IN COURT.
THEN YOU KNOW MY SACRIFICE HAD NO BOUNDS.
WHAT I DID WAS FOR US, FOR ALL THAT WE BUILT.
DOES THAT MAKE IT RIGHT? DO YOU HEAR YOURSELF, ALISON? WE'VE BROUGHT THE WORD OF GOD TO THE MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN THIS CITY.
I PRESERVED OUR GOOD WORK.
TELL ME YOU UNDERSTAND THAT.
YES, I UNDERSTAND.
WE'RE THROUGH.
I DON'T KNOW YOU.
I DON'T WANT TO KNOW YOU.
NO.
LISTEN TO ME.
WE HAVE TO FIGHT TOGETHER.
WE LOVE EACH OTHER.
WE'VE BUILT SOMETHING.
DON'T LET THEM DESTROY IT.
I WANT IT DESTROYED.
ALL OF IT.
I'LL START OVER.
WITHOUT ME? WITH GOD.
IF HE'LL FORGIVE ME.
[handcuffs lock.]
[door opens.]
[keys jangle.]