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CSI: NEW YORK
"Buzzkill"
TEASER
EXT. NEW YORK CITY SKYLINE - NIGHT
MUSIC IN
EXT. TIMES SQUARE BILLBOARD - CATWALK - NIGHT
[A GROUP OF MODELS STAND ATOP A LIVE BILLBOARD ADVERTISING A MARTINI MIX]
MODELS Three, two, one. [CHEER]
[JENNA DONOVAN “POURS” OUT OF THE BILLBOARD’S BOTTLE INTO A LARGE GLASS. SHE BEGINS PLAYING WITH AN “OLIVE” BEACH BALL. MODELS IN FRONT OF HER DANCE, DRINK AND LOOK DOWN TO THE STREET BELOW, WAVING.]
EXT. TIME SQUARE - STREET LEVEL - NIGHT
[STELLA BONASERA LOOKS UP AT THE LIVE BILLBOARD, SMILES, SHAKES HER HEAD AND WALKS AWAY]
MUSIC OUT
EXT. DREW’S BISTRO - ROOFTOP - NIGHT
DREW BEDFORD Ta-da. Wow would be a really good thing to say right about now. You don’t like it?
STELLA BONASERA No, no. It’s, it’s, it’s beautiful, but, uh, doesn’t exactly fall under the category of “let’s together for a drink sometime.”
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DREW BEDFORD Well, it’s, it’s not as impressive as it looks. I’m a manager at the bistro downstairs, so I happen to know all the right people.
STELLA BONASERA Um, Drew, I, I, I just need to be very clear.
DREW BEDFORD Come on. You might be able to resist me, but can you really walk away from an ‘82 Opus One and a view like this? One glass.
STELLA BONASERA One glass.
MUSIC IN
EXT. TIMES SQUARE - BILLBOARD - NIGHT
[REVELRY CONTINUES ON THE BILLBOARD. SUDDENLY A TENNIS BALL LAUNCHES INTO THE MODELS. JENNA IS HIT SEVERAL TIMES, FALLS INTO THE “MARTINI” AS A WIRE IS LOOSENED AND ELECTROCUTES HER. THE OTHER MODELS SCATTER.]
[SCREAMS]
EXT. DREW’S BISTRO - ROOFTOP - NIGHT
MUSIC OUT
DREW BEDFORD My biggest heartbreak? Four years ago, Steve Bartman.
STELLA BONASERA Steve?
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DREW BEDFORD He interfered with a foul ball during the playoffs. Cubs never recovered. It’s the closest we’ve come to the World Series since. Stella. I’m kind of getting the feeling here I’m not scoring any runs. I mean, that, that Steve Bartman story, that, that’s my fast ball.
STELLA BONASERA Look, Drew, you, you’re a very charming man.
DREW BEDFORD Wait. Before you say anything else.
[HE PRESENTS HER WITH A LARGE JEWELRY BOX]
[SIRENS IN BG]
DREW BEDFORD (CONTINUED) I’ve got a mean curve ball.
STELLA BONASERA I, I, I can’t accept that. The rooftop drinks and all the gifts that you’re sending to the office, it’s just, you know, it’s way too aggressive and not my style and--.
DREW BEDFORD And you’re not looking for a relationship.
[STELLA’S PAGER BEEPS]
MUSIC IN
STELLA BONASERA Uh, that’s work. I’ve gotta go. Thanks for the drinks.
DREW BEDFORD You’re welcome.
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EXT. NEW YORK CITY SKYLINE - NIGHT
EXT./INT. TIMES SQUARE BILLBOARD – CATWALK BEHIND THE BILLBOARD - NIGHT
DETECTIVE DON FLACK You got here quick.
STELLA BONASERA I was in the neighborhood.
MUSIC OUT
DETECTIVE DON FLACK This martini ad party goes off every Friday night around nine.
STELLA BONASERA Yeah, I walked by it earlier. It was going full swing.
DETECTIVE DON FLACK It’s the hottest ticket in town for the past two months.
STELLA BONASERA Huh.
DETECTIVE DON FLACK Tonight the billboard was attacked.
MUSIC IN
EXT. TIMES SQUARE - BILLBOARD - NIGHT
DETECTIVE DON FLACK Jenna Donovan, 21 years old. Dead in a Mirado martini.
[ZOOM INTO ECS OF ELECTRICAL WIRE]
STELLA BONASERA Live-wire electrocution?
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DETECTIVE DON FLACK From the looks of it, I’d say someone ordered death straight up.
[FLASHBACK]
[TO OPENING SEQUENCES]
THEME MUSIC IN
SHOW TITLE - OPENING SEQUENCES
OPENING CREDITS
END OF TEASER
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ACT ONE
EXT. NEW YORK CITY SKYLINE - NIGHT
MUSIC IN
EXT. TIMES SQUARE BILLBOARD - NIGHT
[M.E. TECHS LIFT THE BODY OUT OF THE MARTINI. STELLA AND LINDSAY PROCESS THE BILLBOARD. STELLA PICKS UP A TENNIS BALL. LINDSAY LOOKS AT BALL MARKS ON THE WALL.]
EXT. NEW YORK CITY STREET - TIMES SQUARE - NIGHT
MUSIC OUT
[LINDSAY RIDES A SCISSOR LIFT DOWN TO THE STREET]
STELLA BONASERA [HOLDING A TENNIS BALL] I’m assuming these aren’t part of the ad campaign.
DETECTIVE DON FLACK Party crashers?
LINDSAY MONROE Those might explain why I found several deep indentation marks on the surface of the billboard.
DETECTIVE DON FLACK Some of the witnesses are sporting significant bruising.
STELLA BONASERA It’d take quite a bit of force to cause that much damage with a tennis ball. There were no other reports or evidence of broken windows in the surrounding buildings and no other billboards were damaged.
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LINDSAY MONROE So you think one of the partiers up there was the target?
DETECTIVE DON FLACK Flying tennis balls ain’t exactly a deadly weapon.
LINDSAY MONROE Maybe they were just trying to send a message.
STELLA BONASERA I don’t know. But somebody out there took aim, fired and ended up killing someone. Let’s find ‘em.
MUSIC IN
[MONTAGE SEQUENCE OF LINDSAY USING TRAJECTORY LASERS TO DETERMINE THE SOURCE OF THE TENNIS BALLS]
INT. STRATHMORE ADVERTISING AGENCY - NIGHT
MUSIC OUT
DAMIEN BARNES The advertising business is pretty competitive. It’s one of the most coveted billboard locations in Times Square.
DETECTIVE DON FLACK Hmm. You suggesting that one of your competitors might have been behind this?
DAMIEN BARNES All I’m saying is if my billboard gets shut down, we’ll have a bidding war for that space.
STELLA BONASERA Now, was anybody on the billboard that wasn’t supposed to be there?
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LIA RAMSEY No. They were all models. Damien insisted on hiring them all personally.
STELLA BONASERA I’m gonna need a copy of the guest list.
DETECTIVE DON FLACK Any threats before the party?
DAMIEN BARNES Not tonight. Not in the entire two months we’ve been doing this.
STELLA BONASERA What’s the best time to contact you in case I have any other questions?
LIA RAMSEY You can contact me pretty much anytime. I practically live here.
STELLA BONASERA Hm.
EXT. NEW YORK CITY SKYLINE - NIGHT
INT. M.E.’S OFFICE - AUTOPSY ROOM - DAY
[MONTAGE OF DR. SID HAMMERBACK PROCESSING JENNA DONOVAN’S BODY, PERFORMING CT SCAN]
EXT. NEW YORK CITY SKYLINE - NIGHT
EMT DRIVER (V.O.) EMT 4205, we have a female victim, approximately 25 years old suffering from a gunshot wound to the head.
EXT. CLUB PROWL - NIGHT
EMT DRIVER (V.O.) Breathing is stabilized.
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[EMT WALLA]
MUSIC OUT
INT. BACK OF AMBULANCE - NIGHT
DANNY MESSER Hey. Can you hear me? Can you hear me? Brandi, I’m Detective Messer from the Crime Lab. Can you tell me what happened?
PAUL LARKIN Hey, baby. Hey, you’re doing real good, okay? [MUSIC IN] Okay, beautiful? You stay with me, you’re doin’ good.
MUSIC OUT
DANNY MESSER You’re gonna be okay, Brandi. You’re in an ambulance. I need to ask you some questions. Now, can you tell me anything, any description of who did this to you?
PAUL LARKIN You’re gonna be fine, baby, all right? You’re gonna be fine. And I’m not going anywhere. I’m right here.
[HEART MONITOR ALARM]
PARAMEDIC She’s losing consciousness. I need to intubate. We need to go Code Ten.
DANNY MESSER Come on, guys, let’s move!
PAUL LARKIN Stay with me.
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EXT. CLUB PROWL - NIGHT
DETECTIVE JESSICA ANGELL Robbery and two gunshot victims. [MUSIC OUT] Brandi Parsons is on the way to Trinity General, bullet wound to the head. Danny’s gonna try and get a statement.
MAC TAYLOR Restaurant robberies aren’t very lucrative. What’d these guys get? Credit card numbers and tips?
DETECTIVE JESSICA ANGELL Club Prowl has a cash-only policy. And NYPD brass through a fit last year when it opened.
MAC TAYLOR How much was stolen?
DETECTIVE JESSICA ANGELL Uh, about 35,000.
INT. CLUB PROWL - NIGHT
DETECTIVE JESSICA ANGELL Most of the money came from a safe in the back room. The rest from patrons’ wallets. Ted Barkley struggled with the shooter.
[FLASHBACK]
MUSIC IN/OUT
[BACK TO SCENE]
DETECTIVE JESSICA ANGELL (CONTINUED) Tore off his mask. We’re trying to get a composite from some of the patrons, but most were on the ground, didn’t get a good look.
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[FLASHBACK]
MUSIC IN
THIEF Wallets on the tables, bodies on the ground. Right now!
MUSIC OUT
[BACK TO SCENE]
DR. SHELDON HAWKES Hey, Mac. Gunshot wound to the femoral artery. It didn’t take long.
MAC TAYLOR The leg’s not a normal target when you’re shooting to kill.
DR. SHELDON HAWKES Gunshot wound is close--
[REENACTMENT]
MUSIC IN
DR. SHELDON HAWKES (V.O.) (CONTINUED) --range. Probably happened during the struggle. Gun accidentally went off.
[BACK TO SCENE]
DR. SHELDON HAWKES (CONTINUED) Unfortunately, the bullet looks deformed. [ZOOM INTO ECS OF BULLET] Not sure it’ll be usable for stria.
[REENACTMENT]
MAC TAYLOR (V.O.) Brandi Parsons fell there when she was shot.
[BACK TO SCENE]
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MAC TAYLOR (CONTINUED) And based on the footprint pattern on the void, our shooter killed Ted first.
[REENACTMENT]
MAC TAYLOR (V.O.) (CONTINUED) Was almost at the exit then doubled back to shoot our female victim.
[WHIMPERS/SCREAMS]
[GUNSHOT]
MUSIC OUT
[BACK TO SCENE]
MAC TAYLOR (CONTINUED) Ted attacked the shooter. Brandi was shot in the back of the head, which indicates she retreated. [MUSIC IN] Why would two opposite reactions incite the exact same response from our killer?
EXT. NEW YORK CITY SKYLINE - NIGHT
EXT. TRINITY GENERAL HOSPITAL - NIGHT
INT. TRINITY GENERAL HOSPITAL - EMERGENCY ROOM - NIGHT
[HOSPITAL WALLA]
PAUL LARKIN Brandi’s been tending bar at Club Prowl for the past six months. She’s still figuring out what she wants to be when she grows up. We’ve been dating for about two years. Weird thing is, I was coming there to walk her home, surprise her, you know? And then right when I get there they’re rolling her out on a gurney.
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DANNY MESSER You’re gonna be okay, bud.
PAUL LARKIN Thanks for saying that.
ER DOCTOR Detective.
PAUL LARKIN How is she?
ER DOCTOR Based on her MRI, the bullet grazed her parietal lobes of her cerebrum.
DANNY MESSER And so entered the soft tissue. Didn’t hit any bones?
ER DOCTOR That appears to be the case.
DANNY MESSER All right. So that’s something you can retrieve, right? I need the bullet as soon as possible.
ER DOCTOR Removing the bullet might be too risky. But our neurosurgeon, Dr. Gavin Moore, will know more about that possibility when he has her in surgery. It’s scheduled for first thing tomorrow morning. But for now, Brandi’s stabilized. So do you know if she’s allergic to any medications?
PAUL LARKIN God, I should know that. I, her mom would know. She’s flying out of Houston first thing tomorrow morning, but I could call her now.
ER DOCTOR That will be helpful.
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DANNY MESSER Is Brandi able to talk?
ER DOCTOR She’s sedated.
DANNY MESSER I need to ask her a few questions. I mean, her statement might be the only chance we have of getting the guy who did this to her.
ER DOCTOR I’m sorry, Detective. But we can’t wake her now. But you’re welcome to wait around and if I feel she’s up to talking, I’ll let you know.
DANNY MESSER All right.
[DANNY SEES PAUL TALKING INTO HIS CELL PHONE]
EXT. NEW YORK CITY SKYLINE - NIGHT
EXT. TIMES SQUARE BILLBOARD - NIGHT
LINDSAY MONROE Yeah, the marks don’t provide the same accuracy as bullet holes, but the trajectory lasers have spoken and it’s unanimous. That’s gotta be our launch pad. Give or take a few floors.
STELLA BONASERA Okay.
INT. OFFICE BUILDING - HALLWAY - DAY
PETE SUTTON How many more floors do you wanna check?
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DETECTIVE DON FLACK Relax. Your “GQ” will still be waiting for you when we’re done.
STELLA BONASERA Sh-sh-sh. Did you hear that? First sign of life since we got here. Sounds like it’s coming from over here.
DETECTIVE DON FLACK NYPD, open up. Hey, Champ. Wanna do the honors?
MUSIC IN
INT. ATHLETIC SCIENCE RESEARCH CENTER - DAY
[FLACK AND BONASERA FIND THE ROOM LITTERED WITH TENNIS BALLS, AN EMPTY TENNIS BALL DISPENSER SHOOTING BLANKS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROOM. NICK CONWAY RISES FROM THE BACKGROUND STUMBLES TO THE WINDOW, HOLDING AN EMPTY LIQUOR BOTTLE.]
NICK CONWAY Is it gone?
INT. NYPD - INTERROGATION ROOM - DAY
MUSIC OUT
NICK CONWAY I wasn’t trying to hurt anybody.
DETECTIVE DON FLACK Then why’d you shoot tennis balls at the billboard, Nick?
NICK CONWAY I tried to ignore it. But it just kept dogging me, night after night, on and off, on and off, on and--.
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DETECTIVE DON FLACK [OVERLAPPING] You know something, Nick? You’re starting to piss me off. So why don’t you do me a favor, take a nice, big gulp of that coffee, gather your thoughts and start from the beginning.
NICK CONWAY Don’t you get it? I couldn’t fight it anymore. I’ve been sober for two and a half years. Things were good. Got the late shift job inputting data at the Sports Research Lab and--
[FLASHBACK]
MUSIC IN
NICK CONWAY (V.O.) (CONTINUED) --and then it started. Couldn’t fight it anymore. I--
MUSIC OUT
[BACK TO SCENE]
NICK CONWAY (CONTINUED) --started drinking again and--.
DETECTIVE DON FLACK Nick, I, I’ve had guys in here blame their criminal behavior on wives, bosses, even the devil. But I gotta tell you, this is a new one. You’re telling me you were driven [MUSIC IN] to this by a shiny red light.
NICK CONWAY I’m a recovering alcoholic. Every day is a battle and that tennis ball shooter is the only weapon I had.
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[FLASHBACK]
NICK CONWAY (V.O.) (CONTINUED) I just wanted to make it stop. (ON CAMERA) [SCREAMS/CHEERS] Yeah!
[BACK TO SCENE]
DETECTIVE DON FLACK Well, mission accomplished. Now you can dry up in Sing Sing.
NICK CONWAY Wait a minute. I’m really gonna go to prison? [FLACK NODS “YES”]
MUSIC OUT
EXT. NEW YORK CITY SKYLINE - DAY
MUSIC IN
INT. NEW YORK CSI - TRACE LAB - DAY
[MONTAGE OF DR. SHELDON HAWKES PROCESSING BRANDI’S BLOODY CLOTHES AND THE BLACK KNIT CAP]
[INTERCUT WITH FLASHBACKS FROM CLUB PROWL]
[MICROSCOPIC IMAGE OF A TINY FINGER]
MAC TAYLOR (V.O.) A finger?
LATER -
DR. SHELDON HAWKES Yep. [MUSIC OUT] And judging from the size and bone cells, we’re probably looking at a digit from a bird, rodent or reptile. It was covered in denatured alcohol, a bone preservative. Then once I can narrow down the species--
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DR. SHELDON HAWKES (CONTINUED) --it’ll give me a better shot at figuring out where it came from.
MAC TAYLOR And that’ll hopefully lead us to our killer.
DR. SHELDON HAWKES Yeah. [TO CSI TECH] Thanks. [TO MAC] I love this job. So many surprises.
MAC TAYLOR Yeah, well don’t keep it to yourself, Hawkes. What have you got?
MUSIC IN
DR. SHELDON HAWKES DNA I collected from the ski mask didn’t give us a database hit, but it does match traces of dried semen I collected from Brandi Parsons’ clothing.
MAC TAYLOR She had sex with our shooter.
[REENACTMENT]
DR. SHELDON HAWKES (V.O.) So she knew him.
[BACK TO SCENE]
DR. SHELDON HAWKES (CONTINUED) Crime of passion?
MAC TAYLOR Yes, that’s one possibility. Or, she was the inside guy. They planned this robbery together but before she got her cut--
[REENACTMENT]
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[BACK TO SCENE]
MAC TAYLOR (CONTINUED) --her partner double-crossed her.
MUSIC OUT
END OF ACT ONE
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ACT TWO
EXT. NEW YORK CITY SKYLINE -DAY
MUSIC IN
INT. M.E.’S OFFICE - AUTOPSY ROOM - DAY
MUSIC OUT
DR. SID HAMMERBACK Your tennis ball shooter isn’t responsible for Jenna Donovan’s death. She didn’t die from electrocution.
[FLASHBACK/CSI SHOT]
[BACK TO SCENE]
STELLA BONASERA She’s got burn marks all over her body, Sid, how’s that possible?
DR. SID HAMMERBACK They’re postmortem.
STELLA BONASERA So she was dead before she was electrocuted.
DR. SID HAMMERBACK Just moments before. I’m still waiting for blood and tox. But there was a significant amount of fluid in her lungs.
STELLA BONASERA She drowned in the martini glass?
DR. SID HAMMERBACK No, no. The fluid I found was endogenous to her body.
STELLA BONASERA C.O.D. was pulmonary edema.
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DR. SID HAMMERBACK Exactly, which is not consistent with electrocution or drowning.
STELLA BONASERA Right. Did she have a heart condition?
DR. SID HAMMERBACK No. This P.E. was non-cardiogenic.
STELLA BONASERA Got some bruising here on the shoulder.
DR. SID HAMMERBACK Yeah, yeah, that’s, uh, very recent. And, uh, when I ran a CT scan I noticed, uh, more evidence of a struggle. In pre-mortem, subdermal bruising.
STELLA BONASERA So the impact to the chest caused pulmonary edema which led to her death.
DR. SID HAMMERBACK Definitely seems to be the cause. But I’m waiting on histology to confirm that. What really strikes me as odd is not how she died, but where she died. Slow-onset pulmonary edema causes acute pain. Most people would have jumped into an ambulance, not an oversized martini glass.
EXT. NEW YORK CITY BUILDINGS (QUICK BLUR) - DAY
MUSIC IN
INT. NEW YORK CRIME LAB - LAYOUT - DAY
[MONTAGE OF LINDSAY LOOKING THROUGH THE CONTENTS OF JENNA DONOVAN’S PURSE]
MUSIC OUT
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STELLA BONASERA Wow. What’s all this about?
LINDSAY MONROE A uni brought over Jenna Donovan’s purse from her dressing room at the ad agency.
STELLA BONASERA Looks like she had quite a sweet tooth.
LINDSAY MONROE Yeah. Along with fat-burning capsules, appetite suppressants, water pills. A typical meal plan for anyone about to wear next to nothing in the middle of Times Square. Although candy doesn’t make a whole lot of sense.
STELLA BONASERA No, let’s see what we’re looking at. A big wad of cash, Latex balloons and some cotton balls. You know, Lindsay, I don’t think these lollipops are lollipops.
MUSIC IN
[STELLA SCRAPES A LOLLIPOP INTO A DISH, TESTS THE SCRAPINGS WITH MARQUIS REAGENT]
STELLA BONASERA (CONTINUED) Heroin.
LINDSAY MONROE Well, that changes everything.
STELLA BONASERA It certainly does. At forty dollars a pop, we’re looking at, uh, over $3,000 in this purse. And this handle--
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[FLASHBACK]
STELLA BONASERA (V.O.) (CONTINUED) --is an exact match to the bruise on Jenna’s left shoulder.
[BACK TO SCENE]
LINDSAY MONROE So somebody went after the bag or, more specifically, what was in the bag. But why wouldn’t the attacker have taken the lollipops?
STELLA BONASERA Well she fought off the attacker. At least in the first round.
LINDSAY MONROE Sounds like a motive for murder.
EXT. NEW YORK CITY STREET - DAY
EXT. TRINITY GENERAL HOSPITAL - DAY
MUSIC OUT
INT. TRINITY GENERAL HOSPITAL - WAITING AREA - DAY
MAC TAYLOR You’ve been here all night. Why don’t you go home, get a shower? I’ll stay on the track of the bullet.
[CELL PHONE RINGS]
[DR. GAVIN MOORE LOOKS DOWN AT HIS CELL PHONE’S DISPLAY]
PAUL LARKIN Dr. Moore, did she see Brandi yet? Are you gonna be able to help her?
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DR. GAVIN MOORE Inter-cranial pressure was causing her brain to swell. [CELL PHONE RINGS] So-Sorry. I performed a ventriculostomy to drain the cerebral spinal fluid, which was successful. So we’re ready to proceed with the surgery.
PAUL LARKIN How risky is that surgery?
DR. GAVIN MOORE Well, all surgeries carry risks. But in th--. [CELL PHONE RINGS] Yeah, excuse me. Just a moment.
DANNY MESSER Now one dead guy, we got a woman clinging to life. All that misery for 35 Gs. It’s pathetic, isn’t it?
MAC TAYLOR If you’re not going home, why don’t you go get something to eat?
DETECTIVE JESSICA ANGELL Here’s our killer. It’s all the information that we were able to get from our witnesses.
MAC TAYLOR So we just need to find everybody with two eyes, a nose and a mouth.
PAUL LARKIN Hey, beautiful. Just relax. You’re gonna be okay. I’m gonna be waitin’ for you when you come back, okay?
[HEART MONITOR ALARM]
NURSE Defib on monitor!
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NURSE We got a defib?
ER DOCTOR We have to stop and shock her now.
NURSE Charging. We’re charging.
[DR. GAVIN MOORE RAISES THE PADDLES TO DEFIBRILLATE THE HEART, BUT HESITATES]
NURSE Doctor.
DR. GAVIN MOORE Clear!
NURSE She’s still in defib.
DR. GAVIN MOORE All right, go up to 360. Clear! Let’s go for one more. Clear!
[THE HEART MONITOR BEEPS AT A NORMAL RATE]
DR. GAVIN MOORE (CONTINUED) Okay. Prep her for the O.R. I’ll be there in a few minutes.
[CELL PHONE RINGS. DR. MOORE WALKS UP TO MAC.]
DR. GAVIN MOORE (CONTINUED) [QUIETLY TO MAC] I need your help.
MUSIC IN
DR. GAVIN MOORE (V.O.) About an hour ago I got a call--
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INT. TRINITY GENERAL HOSPITAL - SMALL OFFICE - DAY
DR. GAVIN MOORE (CONTINUED) --from my brother Charles. He’s been kidnapped--
[FLASHBACK]
DR. GAVIN MOORE (V.O.) (CONTINUED) --by somebody connected to your witness. I was told if I don’t let Brandi Parsons--
[BACK TO SCENE]
DR. GAVIN MOORE (CONTINUED) --accidentally die, my brother will be killed.
MAC TAYLOR That’s why you hesitated just now.
DR. GAVIN MOORE That phone call wasn’t some kind of idle threat. My brother sounded scared.
MAC TAYLOR How’d they know where to find him?
DR. GAVIN MOORE I don’t know. We share a practice together.
MAC TAYLOR Probably going after you and you weren’t there so they went for the next best thing.
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DR. GAVIN MOORE Here’s the address. And I just got this message sent from my brother’s cell phone. [CELL PHONE DISPLAY READS, “YOU SHOULD’VE LET HER DIE”] These guys really want Brandi Parsons dead.
MAC TAYLOR Someone in the hospital is watching us.
DR. GAVIN MOORE I’ll save the girl, Detective Taylor. But please save Charles.
MAC TAYLOR [TO DANNY AND ANGELL] We’ve got a kidnapping.
DANNY MESSER What?
MAC TAYLOR Dr. Moore’s brother. Get someone from your squad over to Charles Moore’s medical office, ASAP. And Brandi Parsons can I.D. the shooter, so maybe someone in her circle can too. Let’s interview her landlord, her family, her friends. See what they know.
DANNY MESSER Her boyfriend Paul mentioned that her mother’s on her way in from Houston.
DETECTIVE JESSICA ANGELL Uh, her mother? Uh, Brandi Parsons doesn’t have a mother. She died ten years ago. The closest family member I found is an aunt in North Carolina.
MAC TAYLOR I don’t think Paul Larkin is her boyfriend.
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INT. TRINITY GENERAL HOSPITAL - WAITING ROOM - DAY
DETECTIVE JESSICA ANGELL Have you seen Brandi Parsons’ boyfriend?
NURSE He left about five minutes ago.
DANNY MESSER Has he been in on this the whole time? He just jumped in the ambulance. He said he was her boyfriend. I mean, is this kid connected to our shooter?
MAC TAYLOR You had no way of knowing, Danny. We’ll find him.
DANNY MESSER Yeah, I’m gonna find him.
[FLASHBACK]
PAUL LARKIN I’m right here.
DANNY MESSER (V.O.) Her hand--
[BACK TO SCENE]
DANNY MESSER (CONTINUED) --in the ambulance, Paul was kissing Brandi’s hand.
MAC TAYLOR Swab it and collect samples from anyone else who had contact with her so we can eliminate their DNA. We have one advantage.
DETECTIVE JESSICA ANGELL What’s that?
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MAC TAYLOR Paul Larkin doesn’t know we know he’s in on it. We have the edge. Let’s use it.
MUSIC OUT
END OF ACT TWO
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ACT THREE
INT. NEW YORK CRIME LAB - A/V LAB - DAY
MUSIC IN
DANNY MESSER These are from surveillance camera across the street from Club Prowl.
DETECTIVE JESSICA ANGELL Paul Larkin was there early scouting the place. [MUSIC OUT] I’ve run his name through the system, got nothing.
MAC TAYLOR We need to find the minutes right before and after the robbery, and get a clear image of our killer, see if we can find out who he is. He’s our best chance of finding our hostage, Charles Moore.
DANNY MESSER This is right around 11:15.
DETECTIVE JESSICA ANGELL The shooter must have gone out the back door, and called Paul.
DANNY MESSER It doesn’t look like murder was part of the plan.
MAC TAYLOR The kidnapping probably wasn’t either.
DANNY MESSER And if I fast forward, here’s where Paul Larkin jumped into the ambulance and said he was Brandi Parson’s boyfriend.
MUSIC IN
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MAC TAYLOR These guys aren’t exactly pros. Based on the footprint pattern--
[FLASHBACK]
MAC TAYLOR (V.O.) (CONTINUED) --the killer left at the scene--
[BACK TO SCENE]
MAC TAYLOR (CONTINUED) --shooting Brandi wasn’t premeditated. He came--
[FLASHBACK]
MAC TAYLOR (V.O.) (CONTINUED) --back into the room to shoot her.
[BACK TO SCENE]
MAC TAYLOR (CONTINUED) We thought he was eliminating his partner in crime.
DANNY MESSER So we’re backing off the theory of a double-cross.
MAC TAYLOR Our shooter’s--
[FLASHBACK]
MAC TAYLOR (V.O.) (CONTINUED) --semen was on Brandi’s--
[BACK TO SCENE]
MAC TAYLOR (CONTINUED) --clothes. These two knew each other.
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[FLASHBACK]
MAC TAYLOR (V.O.) (CONTINUED) If his mask hadn’t been pulled off she never would have recognized him.
BRANDI PARSONS It’s you!
[BACK TO SCENE]
MAC TAYLOR (CONTINUED) She was shot because she was able to I.D. the killer by name.
INT. NEW YORK CRIME LAB – TRACE LAB - DAY
[MONTAGE OF LINDSAY TESTING CONTENTS OF JENNA’S PURSE. SHE FINDS PIECES OF GLASS AND A GRAIN OF RICE WITH a BLACK JAPANESE KANJI ON IT AND “91X.”]
[UNDER THE MICROSCOPE TO 91X]
STELLA BONASERA (V.O.) 91X?
MUSIC OUT
INT. NEW YORK CRIME LAB - CORRIDOR - DAY
LINDSAY MONROE It’s the address of a jewelry store in St. Mark’s Place.
STELLA BONASERA So how does this connect with Jenna Donovan?
LINDSAY MONROE Well it all adds up to one--
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[FLASHBACK]
LINDSAY MONROE (V.O.) (CONTINUED) --very unique ring. The pieces of broken glass I found in Jenna’s handbag, they were part of a--
[BACK TO SCENE]
LINDSAY MONROE (CONTINUED) --convex lens.
STELLA BONASERA A magnifying glass.
LINDSAY MONROE Right.
[FLASHBACK]
LINDSAY MONROE (V.O.) (CONTINUED) It was the centerpiece of the ring. I also found DNA on the band that matched DNA from a hair I found in the prongs.
[BACK TO SCENE]
LINDSAY MONROE (CONTINUED) Not Jenna’s.
STELLA BONASERA Well, how does 91X fit in?
LINDSAY MONROE Well, inside the convex lens was a grain of rice, which was inscribed with the address, 91X. It also had a Japanese kanji. I looked it up. Its translation is “magic.”
STELLA BONASERA Magic? Our heroin lollipops tested positive for high levels of fentanyl. Lindsay, when fentanyl and heroin are mixed the street name is “magic.”
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LINDSAY MONROE Fentanyl. Uh, that’s a painkiller for cancer patients.
STELLA BONASERA Which explains why Jenna didn’t feel any pain from the pulmonary edema.
LINDSAY MONROE And with the amount of product and cash she was hauling around, she was probably a user and a dealer.
MUSIC IN
INT. RICE PATTI - DAY
MUSIC OUT
[CLOSE ON PATTI NELSON’S KANJI TATTOO]
LINDSAY MONROE Magic.
PATTI NELSON Yeah.
LINDSAY MONROE Cool.
PATTI NELSON How’d you know?
DETECTIVE DON FLACK We got something that matches.
PATTI NELSON Oh, where’d you get that?
DETECTIVE DON FLACK Jenna Donovan’s handbag? You know her?
PATTI NELSON Should I?
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DETECTIVE DON FLACK Oh, we thought you might keep a record of people who order special request jewelry.
PATTI NELSON Oh, the kanji rings aren’t special requests. They’re actually one of our biggest sellers.
DETECTIVE DON FLACK Oh. Still didn’t answer our question. Do you know Jenna Donovan?
[PATTI SHAKES HER HEAD “NO”]
LINDSAY MONROE We found jewelry from your store with a kanji that matches the tattoo on your back. We also found a hair, a red hair, caught in the prongs of a broken ring.
DETECTIVE DON FLACK Your hair’s red.
PATTI NELSON I don’t know her.
[A CAT JUMPS ONTO THE COUNTER, KNOCKS OVER A PEN CUP, ALSO CONTAINING “MAGIC” LOLLIPOPS]
MUSIC IN
DETECTIVE DON FLACK I’d get rid of that cat if I were you.
EXT. NEW YORK CITY STREET (EAST 42ND STREET & LEXINGTON AVENUE) - DAY
MUSIC OUT
[WALLA]
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INT. NYPD - INTERROGATION ROOM - DAY
PATTI NELSON I didn’t kill her.
DETECTIVE DON FLACK Patti, come on. These magic lollipops are like the hot new thing.
PATTI NELSON Look, I told you, I am sorry she’s dead, but those lollipops aren’t worth killing for.
DETECTIVE DON FLACK Listen to me, I already got you on possession of heroin. Just a hop, skip and a jump to murder if I work this right, and for your information, I’m very good. Especially since Jenna’s dead body shows us that she was in one hell of a fight right before that party.
MUSIC IN
PATTI NELSON Okay, yeah. I went to go see her right before her big splash on the billboard and, we got into it.
[FLASHBACK]
JENNA DONOVAN Patti, what are you doing here? I’m about to start work.
PATTI NELSON Look, I just need a few, all right?
JENNA DONOVAN Hey! Ow. Stop it. I told you on the phone, no money, no candy.
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PATTI NELSON I’ve been coming to you for six months. You know that I’m good for it.
JENNA DONOVAN Leave. [FIGHT ENSUES]
PATTI NELSON (V.O.) We knocked each other around, but when I left, she was--
[BACK TO SCENE]
PATTI NELSON (CONTINUED) --just as alive as I am.
DETECTIVE DON FLACK That knocking around, led to an injury that caused her death, Patti.
PATTI NELSON What does that mean? What’s gonna happen to me?
DETECTIVE DON FLACK Ask your lawyer.
EXT. NEW YORK CITY SKYLINE - DAY
MUSIC OUT
INT. NEW YORK CRIME LAB - CORRIDOR TO TRACE LAB - DAY
DR. SID HAMMERBACK Our vic’s body couldn’t help but remind me of my Great Uncle Andy.
STELLA BONASERA Oh, hearing that is enough to make any model break into tears.
DR. SID HAMMERBACK Oh, [LAUGHS] no, there’s no physical resemblance, although he was in freakishly superior shape for an--
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DR. SID HAMMERBACK (CONTINUED) --octogenarian. But no, what I mean is, Uncle Andy would never finish telling a story. Every time you thought he was done, he’d find something more to say.
STELLA BONASERA So you’re saying that--
[FLASHBACK]
STELLA BONASERA (V.O.) (CONTINUED) --Jenna Donovan’s body is telling a different story. Which means that--
[BACK TO SCENE]
STELLA BONASERA (CONTINUED) --Patti’s off the hook. The subdermal bruise didn’t kill Jenna.
DR. SID HAMMERBACK Affirmative. When I reviewed the tox report, her antibodies were spiking off the charts, like she was fighting some type of pathogen in her system.
STELLA BONASERA So a virus or a [MUSIC IN] parasite could have caused the pulmonary edema.
DR. SID HAMMERBACK It’s possible, but I haven’t been able to find anything specific yet. Although in my attempt to do so, I decided to reexamine--
[FLASHBACK]
DR. SID HAMMERBACK (V.O.) (CONTINUED) --the burns on Jenna’s body. The majority were thermal, caused by the electrocution. But at least one burn on her left arm is more consistent with a--
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[BACK TO SCENE]
DR. SID HAMMERBACK (CONTINUED) --chemical burn. I have to admit so far I can’t explain it. And there’s one more thing that I found curious. Yeah.
STELLA BONASERA Microscopic organisms. Diatoms.
DR. SID HAMMERBACK Which would be irrelevant if they hailed from a fresh water source, but these are marine diatoms. They were in her stomach.
STELLA BONASERA So she would have had to swallow salt water.
DR. SID HAMMERBACK What exactly was in that martini glass?
MUSIC OUT
EXT. NEW YORK CITY SKYLINE - DAY
MUSIC IN
EXT. TIMES SQUARE BILLBOARD - DAY
[MONTAGE STELLA AND LINDSAY PROCESSING THE GLASS, BILLBOARD PLATFORM]
EXT. NEW YORK CITY SKYLINE - NIGHT
MUSIC OUT
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INT. NEW YORK CRIME LAB - CORRIDOR - NIGHT
MAC TAYLOR [INTO CELL PHONE] Dr. Moore’s brother is still out there. Keep trying to locate a signal from Charles Moore’s cell phone. And Danny, you call me the second you have something.
DR. SHELDON HAWKES Mac, I made a positive I.D. on the finger. It’s from corynorhinus townsendii.
MAC TAYLOR How’d the finger from a bat wind up in our killer’s ski mask?
DR. SHELDON HAWKES I don’t know. But because it was preserved, I called a few stores that sell bones of specimens.
MAC TAYLOR A long or short list?
DR. SHELDON HAWKES Very short list, of one.
EXT. NEW YORK CITY STREET - NIGHT
INT. MAXILLA AND MANDIBLE - NIGHT
JOE SILVER I know they’re not very formal I.D.s but all my current employees are in these photos. We have very low turnover here.
MAC TAYLOR That’s him. He said his name was Paul Larkin. But I have a feeling you’re gonna tell me something different.
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JOE SILVER Well, he was honest about his first name but his last name’s Campbell.
MAC TAYLOR Let me guess. He didn’t show up for work today.
JOE SILVER How did you know? Is he okay?
MAC TAYLOR Well, that’s what we’re trying to find out.
JOE SILVER Here’s what you were asking about.
DR. SHELDON HAWKES How would it have broken off?
JOE SILVER I don’t know. Customer’s not allowed to handle them. They were locked up so, an employee must have keyed into the display case.
[FLASHBACK]
MUSIC IN
JAMES PETTY Ready for tonight?
PAUL LARKIN/CAMPBELL Dude, what are you doing here?
JAMES PETTY I got everything.
PAUL CAMPBELL Put that away.
[BACK TO SCENE]
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JOE SILVER His work station’s over there.
MAC TAYLOR We’re gonna need his address. And with your permission, we’d like to look around, maybe take a few fingerprints, DNA samples.
JOE SILVER Well, you’re welcome to check it out, but we don’t touch anything without gloves.
DR. SHELDON HAWKES Mac. Paul Campbell’s work glove?
[ZOOM INTO ECS OF FINGERPRINT INSIDE WORK GLOVE]
INT. NEW YORK CRIME LAB - DNA LAB - DAY
[MONTAGE OF HAWKES PROCESSING PAUL’S GLOVE]
DR. SHELDON HAWKES DNA you swabbed from Brandi’s hand is a match to the DNA I swabbed from inside Paul’s glove.
DANNY MESSER Forget that. I just picked up a signal from Charles Moore’s cell phone. It’s coming from Paul’s apartment.
EXT. NEW YORK CITY STREETS - DAY
INT. PAUL CAMPBELL’S STUDIO APARTMENT - DAY
DANNY MESSER (OFF CAMERA) NYPD.
[ANGELL AND DANNY BURST THROUGH THE DOOR]
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DETECTIVE JESSICA ANGELL Paul? NYPD. Come out with your hands up.
DANNY MESSER [GROANS] They’re gone.
MUSIC OUT
DR. SHELDON HAWKES Yeah. Paul doesn’t live here alone.
DETECTIVE JESSICA ANGELL Signs of a struggle. And Charles Moore was duct-taped.
DR. SHELDON HAWKES Looks like it took the kidnapper more than a few tries to get him that way.
DANNY MESSER All right, we need to find out where [MUSIC IN] they went and who’s sharing this dump with Paul, all right?
[DANNY FINDS AN OPENED/USED WORLDSEND BOX IN THE TRASH]
DETECTIVE JESSICA ANGELL Everything’s in Paul Campbell’s name. Phone, credit card, cable. His roommate doesn’t exist, at least not on paper.
DR. SHELDON HAWKES But he does electronically. I located the user’s history, circumvented the security access to his email. Name’s James Petty. And he requested blueprints for every building surrounding Club Prowl.
DANNY MESSER Nice. Could be our shooter-slash- kidnapper right there.
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[DANNY FINDS A PIECE OF PAPER INSIDE THE BOX]
[MONTAGE OF DANNY LOOKING CLOSELY AT THE PAPER]
DETECTIVE JESSICA ANGELL Find something, Messer?
DR. SHELDON HAWKES Hey zoom in on the right corner for a second. You see that?
DANNY MESSER You tipping me for my zooming skills?
DR. SHELDON HAWKES Treasury Department started embedding blue and red fibers into currency to prevent counterfeiting.
DANNY MESSER And the fibers are consistent.
[REENACTMENT]
DETECTIVE JESSICA ANGELL (V.O.) At some point they probably realized that all the stolen cash couldn’t fit in the box. So they dumped it out to find a bigger one.
DANNY MESSER (V.O.) And in the process one of the bills must have ripped and got caught on the edge.
[BACK TO SCENE]
DANNY MESSER (CONTINUED) All right, so these guys are mailing the money somewhere.
DR. SHELDON HAWKES It’s a smart move, not keeping cash on them or in the apartment.
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DETECTIVE JESSICA ANGELL If you can raise the ink from the pouch, maybe we can get an address.
DANNY MESSER Oh, wow, you doing science now?
DR. SHELDON HAWKES It’s odd that they left it here. They knew we’d find this place eventually.
DETECTIVE JESSICA ANGELL Charles Moore’s phone got us here. Where is it?
[ANGELL DIALS 212-555-0127]
[CELL PHONE FAINTLY RINGS IN ROOM]
DANNY MESSER It sounds like it’s coming from underneath the couch.
[FLASHBACK]
[BACK TO SCENE]
DANNY MESSER (CONTINUED) Boom. It’s Charles Moore’s phone. [CELL PHONE DISPLAY READS, “HELP ME”] Question is, where is Charles Moore?
MUSIC OUT
END OF ACT THREE
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ACT FOUR
EXT. NEW YORK CITY SKYLINE - DAY
INT. NEW YORK CRIME LAB - CORRIDOR TO TRACE LAB - DAY
MUSIC IN
[LINDSAY PROCESSES THE OLIVE BEACH BALL; STELLA PROCESSES THE DIATOMS SID FOUND]
[FLASHBACK OF JENNA WITH OLIVE]
MUSIC OUT
STELLA BONASERA I found our murder weapon.
LINDSAY MONROE [CHUCKLES] Under a microscope?
STELLA BONASERA Come take a look. It’s an Irunkanji jellyfish. Microscopic, but fatal. And Sid said--.
[FLASHBACK]
MUSIC IN
DR. SID HAMMERBACK One burn on her left arm is more consistent with a chemical burn.
MUSIC OUT
[BACK TO SCENE]
STELLA BONASERA Its poisonous tentacles caused Jenna’s pulmonary edema.
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LINDSAY MONROE Irunkanji jellyfish can only survive in seawater.
STELLA BONASERA True.
LINDSAY MONROE I think our olive is guilty of concealing a deadly weapon. I found high concentrations of sodium chloride near a cut on the beach ball.
STELLA BONASERA That’s how they transferred it.
[REENACTMENT]
MUSIC IN
STELLA BONASERA (V.O.) (CONTINUED) Our killer injected jellyfish-infested seawater into the beach ball and then finished blowing it up.
LINDSAY MONROE (V.O.) Then right before Jenna was gonna jump into the water, our killer cut a small slit in the ball--
[BACK TO SCENE]
LINDSAY MONROE (CONTINUED) --so the jellyfish could escape.
STELLA BONASERA Who WOULD go to all that trouble?
LINDSAY MONROE I tested the spout. I found DNA from two donors, a male and a female. I also found high levels of ketones, which is consistent with anorexia. So maybe a rival model.
STELLA BONASERA Or an ad executive--
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[FLASHBACK]
STELLA BONASERA (V.O.) (CONTINUED) --who has diabetes or on a low-carb diet.
MUSIC OUT
[BACK TO SCENE]
STELLA BONASERA (CONTINUED) Lia and Damien had access to every part of that billboard and the beach ball. Not to mention--
[FLASHBACK]
STELLA BONASERA (V.O.) (CONTINUED) --the jellyfish.
[BACK TO SCENE]
STELLA BONASERA (CONTINUED) One of them killed Jenna Donovan.
LINDSAY MONROE How do we prove which one?
STELLA BONASERA We get them to tell us.
MUSIC IN
INT. NEW YORK CRIME LAB - TRACE LAB - DAY
[FLASHBACK – PREPARING WORLDSEND BOX]
[BACK TO SCENE]
DANNY MESSER Big, fat dead end.
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DR. SHELDON HAWKES It was a long shot. The ink’s too diluted. Wow. James Petty never stayed around in one place too much. I guess he couldn’t take the heat.
DANNY MESSER Thanks for the help, Doc.
DR. SHELDON HAWKES I’m not even gonna ask.
INT. NEW YORK CRIME LAB - CORRIDOR - DAY
DANNY MESSER Mac, I bet when you hired me you didn’t know about my baking skills.
MAC TAYLOR Doesn’t look too appetizing.
DANNY MESSER It will in a second. But see, uh, I couldn’t lift the address off the pouch before because it was too diluted.
MAC TAYLOR The organic solvents in the ink will do that.
DANNY MESSER Yeah, but lucky for us, they can’t stand the heat.
[FLASHBACK]
DANNY MESSER (V.O.) (CONTINUED) I stuck the package in an incubator oven for seven minutes. And after the solvents evaporated I could read the residue under the UV lamp. And I got an address. (CLOSE ON ADDRESS LABEL – J. PETTY, E. FRANKLIN, BROOKLYN](ON CAMERA) Boom.
[BACK TO SCENE]
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MAC TAYLOR Great work.
DANNY MESSER Also talked to Dr. Moore. Brandi’s gonna be all right.
MAC TAYLOR Let’s hope we can return the favor, get his brother home safe.
EXT. NEW YORK CITY SKYLINE - DAY
INT. MOTEL ROOM - DAY
JAMES PETTY Tell me where the money is.
PAUL CAMPBELL I haven’t seen it. I--.
JAMES PETTY I just called WorldSend. They said you signed for it!
[DANNY, MAC AND ND UNIFORMS BURST THROUGH THE DOOR]
DANNY MESSER Special delivery.
MAC TAYLOR Down on the floor, hands behind your heads.
[PAUL GLANCES AT A GUN ON THE TABLE]
DANNY MESSER Don’t even think about it! Don’t even think about it!
[WALLA]
MAC TAYLOR Dr. Moore. Let’s go call your brother. He’ll wanna know you’re okay.
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DANNY MESSER It’s the boyfriend.
EXT. NEW YORK CITY SKYLINE - NIGHT
MUSIC OUT
INT. STRATHMORE ADVERTISING AGENCY - NIGHT
DAMIEN BARNES Detectives.
STELLA BONASERA Your assistant said you’d be working late.
DAMIEN BARNES What’s this?
STELLA BONASERA A warrant, to get a sample of water from you tank.
LIA RAMSEY What are you looking for?
STELLA BONASERA A murder weapon.
LINDSAY MONROE Irunkanji jellyfish. We think you have some in that tank. They’re almost impossible to see, but they can kill you with just one sting.
DAMIEN BARNES Do you know anything about this?
LIA RAMSEY No.
MUSIC IN
DAMIEN BARNES What’s going on here?
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STELLA BONASERA Jenna Donovan’s death wasn’t an accident. She was murdered.
DAMIEN BARNES Murdered?
STELLA BONASERA Actually poisoned.
LINDSAY MONROE By one of those guys. Deliberately put into the beach ball.
STELLA BONASERA Mr. Barnes, who maintains your tank?
DAMIEN BARNES Lia. She’s been collecting jellyfish ever since her trip to Australia two years ago.
STELLA BONASERA Lia, we need to talk.
LIA RAMSEY This is ridiculous.
LINDSAY MONROE Where are you going, Lia?
STELLA BONASERA You know, only two people handled that beach ball before Jenna. Now we have DNA that proves one of them was female. If that happens to be a match to you, do you have anything to say then, Lia?
DAMIEN BARNES Why would you wanna kill Jenna?
LIA RAMSEY I don’t know what you’re talking about.
DAMIEN BARNES Well, hold on a second.
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[FLASHBACK]
DAMIEN BARNES (V.O.) (CONTINUED) Lia, you handed that beach ball to me.
[BACK TO SCENE]
DAMIEN BARNES (CONTINUED) I was your target. Why?
LIA RAMSEY You killed my career. I created the martini mix campaign. The slogan. The tone. Even the girl in the martini glass. It was all my idea. But the night before I was supposed to pitch it, he took our CEO to a strip club, acted like the idea was all his.
STELLA BONASERA So in order to get back at Damien, you decided to kill him.
LINDSAY MONROE You put the jellyfish in with the water and then you had Damien blow up the beach ball.
STELLA BONASERA It almost worked, too. Except for the slits you made in the, uh, beach ball didn’t release the jellyfish until it got into Jenna’s hands and she started batting it around.
LIA RAMSEY I didn’t know it would--
[FLASHBACK]
LIA RAMSEY (V.O.) (CONTINUED) --harm anyone else. Irunkanji jellyfish can’t survive in fresh water.
LINDSAY MONROE (V.O.) You’re right. But all it took was one landing on Jenna’s arm to kill her.
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[BACK TO SCENE]
STELLA BONASERA Put your hands behind your back. You’re under arrest for the murder of Jenna Donovan. Go.
TO BLACK
MUSIC OUT
SHOW TITLE
FADE OUT
THEME MUSIC IN
CLOSING CREDITS
MUSIC OUT
MAC TAYLOR (V.O.) Stay tuned for scenes from our next episode.
THE END - EPISODE #408
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