November 29, 1999
Scene 1: Casa Santos
(Danny, Michelle, Carmen, Insta-cop Frank, and Pilar are standing in the "anything goes" room. I'm just going to say now that this was a difficult episode to transcribe because they kept on talking at the same time, but I did the best I could!)
Michelle: What's going on, Frank?
Insta-cop Frank: We got a search warrant tonight and we did some checking. I'm sorry, Michelle, I don't have any choice in the matter. I have to bring you in for questioning.
Michelle: Okay...
Danny: Whoa, hold on, questioning? About what?
Insta-cop Frank: About the murder of Ben Warren.
Michelle: (Does this thing that's between a laugh and a gasp.) Frank, that's crazy.
Insta-cop Frank: I just want to ask you some questions, okay?
Danny: Man, it's Thanksgiving. Can't this wait until tomorrow?
Michelle: Yeah.
Insta-cop Frank: I think it'd be better if I brought you down to the station.
Danny: This sounds like this is more than just a couple of questions.
Insta-cop Frank: We have reason to believe that Michelle was in Ben Warren's apartment the night of the shooting.
Michelle: Well, that's impossible. I wasn't.
Danny: Where'd you get that from?
Insta-cop Frank: Look, I really don't want to be doing this here.
Danny: Well--
Carmen: Detective, I want you to leave, okay. You have no right coming here making wild accusations about my daughter-in-law. (Boy, Carmen sure is a good liar...)
Insta-cop Frank: I'm not leaving without Michelle. Do you understand me? (Turning to Michelle and softening his tone.) Please don't make this any harder than it already is.
Michelle: I'm not.
Danny: She's not going anywhere. You don't have any proof.
Insta-cop Frank: We have proof. Someone saw Michelle leave Ben Warren's apartment the night that he was murdered.
Michelle What?! I wasn't even there!
Danny: That's a lie.
Insta-cop Frank: You want me to arrest her? Is that where this is going?
Michelle: What do you mean, arrest me?
Pilar: Hold on. Stop it, okay. Stop it.
Danny: Do you have a warrant for her arrest?
Pilar: Michelle didn't do anything. She didn't kill Ben. I know this for a fact. (Notice how for once I finally didn't spell her name "Peeelar"? Well, she actually doesn't get on my nerves anymore, so I figure I'll spell her name right. :) Turns out Paula Garces is actually a good actress.)
Scene 2: Casa Santos
Insta-cop Frank: Pilar, how do you know Michelle didn't shoot Ben?
Carmen: Because she knows what kind of person she is. (Are you Pilar? No, I don't think so.)
Insta-cop Frank: Is that it? Or do you really know who did it?
Carmen: Oh, this is ridiculous. (Isn't it though?)
Insta-cop Frank: I haven't heard from you, Pilar.
Carmen: Oh, that's it. It's bad enough you come in here accusing Michelle of murdering my fiance. I'm not going to have you harrass my daughter as well. ("But feel free to harrass Michelle as much as you want to." I was SO expecting Carmen to say that.)
Insta-cop Frank: Pilar, you didn't answer my question.
Carmen: And she won't! A man we both loved was shot and murdered. Now she's just barely holding on, and I'm not going to have you have her have a nervous breakdown. (That was WAY too many "have's" for me!) Danny, could you please take care of this. (Walks Pilar out of the room.)
Danny: Fine, go.
Insta-cop Frank: Come on, Michelle. Let's go down to the police station.
Danny: No, she's not going anywhere.
Insta-cop Frank: I'm sure there's a logical explanation to this. (Somehow I very much doubt that.)
Danny: You have lying witness and you have no proof.
Insta-cop Frank: We have more proof than you think. (Oh, yes...the dreaded glove...)
Danny: Really?
Insta-cop Frank: We have a witness who swore they saw Michelle leaving Ben Warren's room and after she left the room, she stuffed something in her bag.
Michelle: I wasn't there! (Carmen comes back into the room.)
Danny: That's ridiculous!
Insta-cop Frank: Michelle, we searched your room.
Michelle: What?
Insta-cop Frank: We found a pair of black gloves with dried blood on them. (Actually, it looked more like wet blood when they found the gloves.)
Carmen: Michelle...
Insta-cop Frank: And we've got traces of gunpowder.
Michelle: That is crazy. That is impossible.
Danny: Michelle, don't say anything until we get you a lawyer. Michelle, don't say anything else.
Carmen: Blood and gunpowder?! (Walking towards Michelle.)
Michelle: No! No!
Danny: Mama, stay out of this. Stay out of this!
Insta-cop Frank: Take it easy.
Danny: She didn't do anything!
Carmen: You come here, pretending to care about us, wanting to help us, and you're the one who killed him!
Scene 3: Casa Santos
Carmen: She killed him and she killed your brother!
Insta-cop Frank: Take it easy.
Danny: No, she didn't!
Carmen: Well, what about the gloves and the witness?
Danny: It's a setup. It's obviously a setup. (Well, at least he's not completely oblivious to everything--just partially.)
Insta-cop Frank: Wait a minute. Who would set up Michelle? (I'll take a wild stab at this one...could it be...Carmen?)
Danny: I don't know, but somebody's trying to get me, obviously. And I'm going to find out who it is.
Carmen: How do you know? How do you know that she didn't do it?
Danny: (Really yelling now.) Because Michelle was with me all night! (Calming down a little.) You want me to take a polygraph? I will, I'll swear to it.
Insta-cop Frank: Of course, you're swear to it. You're her husband. (Frank--always the quick one.)
Danny: Who's your witness? Who?
Insta-cop Frank: Don't worry, we have a credible witness.
Danny: I'll find out who it is. And believe me, I'll make sure that they'll be very sorry that they did this. (Michelle has her hand on his chest--lucky girl--and she's saying his name very softly.)
Insta-cop Frank: Don't do anything crazy.
Danny: No, nobody sets up my wife! Nobody!
Michelle: Danny.
Carmen: How do you know that anyone did?
Danny: What is the matter with you? (I can think of a few things...)
Michelle: You know what? Let's let the police handle this, okay.
Danny: They're not your friends. They're not going to do anything to help you.
Michelle: It's okay. Fine. You know what? It's okay. I'll go down to the police station and clear everything up.
Danny: No, you're not. Not without a warrant.
Michelle: Danny, please.
Danny: You're not going anywhere, Michelle.
Michelle: (Very frustrated. She reaches up to touch his face, but he pulls her hands from his face and clasps them together.) DANNY! Let me get this cleared up. (She walks with Frank towards the front door with Danny following close behind.)
danny: Don't talk to...Michelle! I don't want you to say anything to them. Michelle, keep your mouth shut until I get a lawyer for you. This guy is not your friend!
Insta-cop Frank: I am her friend! I'm trying to help her! (Doesn't really seem that way.)
Danny: Don't trust him and don't talk to him.
Michelle: Danny! It's okay! We're going to get it cleared up. Please. Please.
Danny: I'm right behind you. I'll be there with a lawyer as soon as I can. (Insta-cop Frank and Michelle leave.)
Scene 4: Police Station
(Michelle is sitting in a chair by Frank's desk. He's just about to begin questioning her.)
Insta-cop Frank: Michelle, I want you to know that I'm really on your side here. The more that you tell me, the more I'll be able to help you out.
Michelle: Just tell me you don't think I did this. That's really all I need to hear from you right now, Frank.
Insta-cop Frank: I really don't want to believe that you did this.
Michelle: (Barely audible.) Okay.
Insta-cop Frank: But you're going to have to convince me-- (Danny arrives.)
Danny: Michelle.
Insta-cop Frank: Where were you the night-- (Danny cuts him off again. Michelle sighs loudly.)
Danny: Hey, stop talking! Stop talking, stop talking. She's got a lawyer.
Insta-cop Frank: It's her choice.
Danny: Is she under arrest? Is she?
Insta-cop Frank: No, she's not.
Danny: Okay, then you can't keep her here. Let's go. Come on.
Insta-cop Frank: But the more that she doesn't answer my questions--
Danny: Michelle.
Insta-cop Frank: --the more I'm going to think that she's hiding something.
Danny: You can believe whatever the hell you want, really! Come on. (Tries to get her to stand up, but she remains seated.)
Michelle: (Incredibly exasperated.) Can you just give me a minute with him, please? Please?
Danny: Michelle.
Insta-cop Frank: Sure, Michelle. (Insta-cop Frank walks off.)
Michelle: Honey.
Danny: Are you okay?
Michelle: I'm fine, I--
Danny: Listen to me, listen to me. I didn't think it was a good idea for you to have a lawyer connected to my family so the best I could do is Ross Marler. I left a message for him. We gotta home and wait for his call. Let's go.
Michelle: You know what? I don't want to run from this.
Danny: We're not running! We are exercising your rights. We are exercising your rights. (Yeah, uh-huh, sure. And my best friend isn't an airhead, she's just oxygen-deprived. LOL. Hey, she says the same about me! :))
Michelle: Okay...
Danny: I need time to find out who is doing this to us. Who is trying to nail me. Now let's go.
Michelle: Whoever is doing this, I think they're after me, not you. (Kinda have to agree with Michelle on this one. I mean, she is the one that's about to be arrested for murder.) They're trying to get me out of your life.
Danny: That's what I'm talking about. We need to find out who it is.
Michelle: You don't think your mother had anything to do with it? God knows she's done worse. (I don't know about that. This is pretty bad.)
Danny: Michelle, my mother could not...she did not kill Ben. (No, but she almost did. Does that count?) They were going to get married.
Michelle: I'm not saying she killed him. I'm just saying she took advantage of an unfortunate situation.
Danny: How could she have known that you didn't have an alibi? (Could it be that she was eavesdropping? I think so.) I'm the only one who knows that you were not with me the entire night and I sure as hell did not tell anybody. (Cuts to Insta-cop Frank and some other cop who has just walked up with blood test results. Insta-cop Frank looks over the results and looks towards Michelle. Camera goes back to Danny and Michelle.) Look, we've got to get you out of here. I don't care how it looks, you are not under arrest. (Think again.) They have no right. (He starts ushering her towards the door.)
Michelle: Why can't we just talk to them? (Insta-cop Frank stops them from leaving.)
Insta-cop Frank: Excuse me?
Danny: What?
Insta-cop Frank: I've got some bad news. We just got the lab test results. The blood on the gloves is that of Ben Warren.
Michelle: Okay, what does that mean, Frank?
Insta-cop Frank: It means that you're under the arrest for the murder of Ben Warren. (Michelle leans back against Danny and closes her eyes for a second. She looks like she might faint at any given second.)
Scene 5: Police Station
(Insta-cop Frank just got done fingerprinting Michelle, who never takes her eyes off of Danny.)
Insta-cop Frank: (Handing her a paper towel.) Here you go. You can wash your hands off. I'm going to take you down to the holding cell now. Come on, Michelle. We'll give you a call when the judge sets bond. (Starts leading her away.)
Michelle: I--wait, I--I... (Walks over to Danny. Insta-cop Frank holds her arm throughout this entire exchange.)
Insta-cop Frank: Michelle.
Danny: (Puts his hands around her neck.) I'm going to get out of here as soon as I can, alright?
Michelle: (Scared senseless.) Okay. I mean, I'm going to be okay. I just...
Danny: You're going to be fine. You are the toughest person I know. I love you. (Kisses her on the forehead.)
Michelle: I love you, too.
Insta-cop Frank: Come on. (Leads her away.)
Danny: (Really ragged breathing.) When I find who did this to you, Michelle, I swear I'm gonna kill them. (You're going to kill your mother? That'll be a cold day in Hell.)
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