Episode Six

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SLOAN’S APARTMENT. SLOAN UNLOCKS THE DOOR AND SHE AND ED ENTER.

Sloan: So how’s Kelly doing?
Ed: Uhhhhh, not that great. Actually, she’s uh, she’s at my place. I had to give her something to help her sleep. Thought she could use it.
Sloan: Now that she knows, what do you think she’ll do?
Ed: Well, she won’t go home. I’m trying to talk her into some therapy, but, thing is, there’s not exactly a specialist for this kind of trauma.









Sloan: The way things are going, there may be a big need. Soon.
Ed: (sighing) Yeah, good point. Hey uh, tell me something. And uh, you know, I think I already know what your answer’s going to be but....How can we be sure that Tom didn’t sense that girl coming to kill Roger?





Sloan: Ed. He was just wrong. Okay? And we’ve all got to deal with that. After everything he’s done, he wouldn’t turn on us now.
Ed: Ok, um, hear me out. Ok , this...this...this mentor of his, now I get the impression that they were close.
Sloan: So?
Ed: So maybe he was close to both of them. I mean, do we even know what his relationship was, or is, with this woman?
Sloan: (emphatically) None!
Ed: Look just think abut it, ok?
Sloan: No! Ed, NO! I am done questioning Tom’s loyalty to us. As far as I’m concerned, he’s proven himself.


Ed: I hope you’re right.

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AT RAY’S HOUSE. HE LIGHTS THE CANDLES ON THE TABLE AS HIS WIFE GRACE DESCENDS THE STAIRS. LOOKS LIKE A ROMANTIC DINNER FOR TWO.

Grace: Candles....wine....good food. Either we’re planning on having another child or something’s wrong.

SHE CHUCKLES AND GIVES RAY A PECK ON THE LIPS.

Ray: I wish it was another kid, Grace.
Grace: What’s going on, Ray?

RAY SITS AT THE TABLE.

Ray: All this help I’ve been giving Dr. Parker is sinking me with the department.
Grace: I thought you were just doing your job.
Ray: Yeah, I am, but as far as they’re concerned I’ve broken just about every regulation they could come up with.

HE LOOKS UP AT HER.

Ray: I think they’re gonna ask for my badge.

















Grace: You were just trying to help those people.
Ray: Doesn't make any difference to the department. You’d think after nineteen years it would.
Grace: I’m sorry, Ray.

SHE PUTS HER ARMS AROUND HIM, COMFORTING HIM.

Ray: Being a cop is all I know, Grace.
Grace: Thing is, pretty soon being a cop might not be enough.

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AT SLOAN’S APARTMENT. SLOAN AND TOM SIT AT HER TABLE. TOM IS DRINKING FROM A COFFEE CUP.

Sloan: (excitedly) Roger had fifteen names on his missing persons list. Maybe there’s a link between them and your mentor.

Tom: Roger Young didn’t know about him. He wasn’t even sure it was a man who drove away from the bar.

(TOM IS STILL WEARING THE BLACK MOCK T-NECK, BUT NOW HE SPORTS HIS GUN HOLSTER OVER HIS SHOULDERS. HE LOOKS VERY MANLY.)

Sloan: Maybe it had to do with Lynch. Is there a link between Lynch and your mentor that Roger may have stumbled upon?
Tom: No, Lynch has nothing to do with him. He was a loner, a rogue. His style would never have been tolerated.
Sloan: (impatiently) We’ve got to find this girl. What else can you tell me about Lewis?

TOM SIGHS AND SITS BACK IN HIS CHAIR, LOOKING AT THE CEILING.

Sloan: Whe-where would he live?

Tom: Well he wouldn’t stay in one place very long, maybe six months.
Sloan: So he moves around a lot. Does he rent or buy?
Tom: I don’t know, it would only make sense that he would rent.
Sloan: He probably wants seclusion, so that would rule out condos and apartments.
Tom: It’d be a big house for training purposes.
Sloan: We know what he looks like. We know what she looks like.

SLOAN GETS UP AND RETRIEVES HER PHONE BOOK, THEN SITS BACK DOWN AND FLIPS THROUGH IT.

Sloan: There’s a lot of realtors to canvas. Let’s hope someone remembers.







Tom: They’d remember a cash deal. Bank accounts leave trails. Lewis would never leave a trail.

SLOAN SMILES AND NODS HER HEAD AT HIS INGENUITY.


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AT THE BIO LAB. IN ED’S OFFICE. KELLY SITS HUDDLED IN A CHAIR BY ED’S DESK. SHE’S STARING OFF INTO SPACE. SHE TURNS AS ED ENTERS, TAKE-OUT FOOD AND SODAS IN HAND.

Ed: Hey.

HE SMILES AT HER AND SITS AT HIS DESK, PLACING THE FOOD BETWEEN THEM.

Kelly: Oh, oh, this is great. You've been so nice to me.

Ed: Just trying to help you feel better. So, you doing ok here? I mean, this can’t be that exciting.
Kelly: Oh, no that’s ok. It’s just, I mean, I’m kind of afraid to be alone right now.

ED DROPS SOMETHING FROM THE TAKE-OUT BAG ONTO THE FLOOR.

Ed: Dammit!

ED BENDS TO PICK UP WHAT HE DROPPED AS KELLY STANDS UP QUICKLY, MISUNDERSTANDING.

Kelly: Do you want me to leave?
Ed: NO! No, no, no, no, no, no. (SERIOUSLY, I COUNTED.)
Kelly: (defensively) ‘Cause if I’m in the way, you know, I can find someplace else to stay.
Ed: Kelly. It is perfectly fine for you to crash on my couch till you get it together. Really.








Kelly: Ok.
Ed: Ok.

HE SMILES AT HER AND SHE SITS AND RETURNS THE SMILE.

Ed: Now, how ‘bout some food, huh?
Kelly: (with a disgusted look on her face) No, none for me, thank you. I’ve been kind of, uh, sick to my stomach lately.
Ed: Ok. Uh, well, it’s here when you want it. So.
Kelly: (looking at the food in horror) Thanks.

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A CAR PULLS UP INTO A BRUSH-FILLED LOT. IT IS SLOAN’S CAR. SLOAN AND TOM GET OUT. TOM HAS A PAIR OF BINOCULARS IN HIS HAND.

Sloan: (reading from a small notebook) This place was rented two months ago. The agent’s description of the man matches the description of Lewis. Cash deal.

THEY MAKE THEIR WAY THROUGH THE BRUSH, CROUCHING LOW TO KEEP OUT OF SIGHT.
THEY PAUSE AND LOOK DOWN ON AN ENORMOUS HOUSE. TOM LIFTS THE BINOCULARS AND SURVEYS THE HOUSE.

Sloan: What do you think?







Tom: This is the place.

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AT THE POLICE STATION. LT. QUINN WALKS THROUGH THE DOORS AND APPROACHES RAY, WHO IS SEATED AT HIS DESK WORKING. QUINN SITS.

Quinn: (pained) Ray, we been friends for a long time. So I think we can just get right to it. I can’t condone what you’ve been doing these past few weeks.

RAY STARTS TO OBJECT.

Quinn: Mostly because I don’t understand it.
Ray: You don’t understand the threat.



























Quinn: What threat?
Ray: That girl we found. The suicide? It’s all a set-up. I mean, she had nothing to do with the murder of that reporter. God!

RAY SMACKS THE DESK WITH HIS HAND.

Ray: Why won’t you people listen to me?




Quinn: Because you sound like a crazy man. I’m afraid I’m gonna have to ask you for your badge, and your gun.

RAY LOOKS AT HIM, THEN STANDS AND REMOVES HIS BADGE AND GUN FROM HIS BELT.

Ray: You’re making a big mistake, Quinn. You have no idea what you’re doing.

RAY GETS HIS COAT AND LEAVES THE OFFICE.

Quinn: Yeah. Yeah I do.

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NIGHTTIME AT THE ENORMOUS HOUSE. LIGHTS ILLUMINATE THE BUILDING. TOM AND SLOAN ARE CROUCHED IN THE BRUSH ON THE HILL ABOVE. CRICKETS CHIRP.

Tom: There’s a car.

SLOAN LOOKS AT THE VEHICLE APPROACHING THE HOUSE. THE CAR PARKS IN THE DRIVE.






TOM LIFTS HIS BINOCULARS AND USES THE NIGHT VISION LENS TO PEER DOWN AT THE CAR. LEWIS GETS OUT OF THE DRIVER’S SIDE AND LISA EMERGES FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE.

Sloan: (voiceover, as we watch the duo walk from the car) Is that him?

TOM LOWERS THE BINOCULARS. HE HAS A VERY INTENSE LOOK ON HIS FACE.

Tom: That’s Lewis.

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TOM AND SLOAN IN THE BRUSH ABOVE THE ENORMOUS HOUSE. DOWN BELOW WE SEE LISA CLOSE THE HUGE FRONT DOOR BEHIND HER AND WALK OVER TO THE CAR. SLOAN LOOKS AT THE SCENE THROUGH THE NIGHT LENS BINOCULARS.

Sloan: She’s leaving.
Tom: Alright.

SLOAN LOWERS THE BINOCULARS AND BOWS HER HEAD.

Tom: You stay here.
Sloan: What exactly do you plan on doing with him?
Tom: The police aren't going to do anything with him. There’s no evidence he committed any crime. He’ll just be released if he’s brought in.
Sloan: You cannot just kill him.
Tom: I'll do what I have to do.

Sloan: You have got to put your past with Lewis behind you. We’re not here for revenge.
Tom: You’re right. We're here for survival.
Sloan: He’s gonna know you’re coming.
Tom: Maybe not. I thought about what you said. About how I couldn’t sense Roger’s killer at the press conference. Now, if she can mask herself there’s no reason I can’t do it as well.
Sloan: That’s a great theory, but you've never tested it.
Tom: Didn’t you ever do a field test?

SLOAN GIVES A RESIGNED CHUCKLE.

Tom: I’ll be alright.

SLOAN NODS AND TOM WALKS OUT OF THE BRUSH AND DOWN THE HILL, GUN DRAWN. SLOAN OBSERVES HIM THROUGH THE NIGHT LENSES. TOM PAUSES AT THE CORNER OF THE HOUSE, AND PEERS AROUND IT.






HE ENTERS THROUGH FRENCH DOORS INTO THE DARKENED KITCHEN. OPERA MUSIC IS PLAYING AND A LIGHT SHINES IN THE NEXT ROOM.

CUT TO LEWIS, SEATED AT A TABLE, TYPING ON A LAPTOP COMPUTER.


CUT BACK TO TOM, CROSSING THE MARBLE FOYER AND ASCENDING THE STAIRS.












(THOSE BLACK PANTS AREN’T BAD.)

CUT TO SLOAN OUTSIDE AS SHE LIFTS THE BINOCULARS AND THROUGH THE WINDOW ABOVE THE DOOR WATCHES TOM CLIMB THE STAIRS.
(YOU KNOW SHE’S CHECKING OUT HIS PACKAGE.) TOM REACHES THE LANDING AND WE CUT BACK TO SLOAN, STILL CHECKING OUT HIS HINDER IN HER NIGHT VISION BINOCS. SLOAN PUTS THE BINOCULARS DOWN IN FRUSTRATION. TOM HAS STEPPED OUT OF VIEW AND SHE CAN NO LONGER SEE HIS REAR. (AM I PROJECTING?)










CUT BACK TO TOM, SLOWLY WALKING DOWN A HALL, GUN RAISED. HE SEES LEWIS THROUGH A CRACK IN THE DOOR.


CUT TO LEWIS, WHOSE EYES FLICK AWAY FROM HIS COMPUTER SCREEN. HE KNOWS TOM IS COMING. TOM ENTERS THE ROOM AND TRAINS HIS GUN ON LEWIS.

Lewis: What took you so long? Did you think you could learn to mask yourself so easily?

TOM IS SLOWLY MANEUVERING HIMSELF TO A POSITION IN FRONT OF LEWIS.

Lewis: It took Lisa months, and that was with my help.
Tom: I don’t need you.
Lewis: Obviously you do. I knew you were on that hill an hour ago.




How does it feel to betray me, Tom?
Tom: Doesn’t feel like betrayal Lewis. Not anymore.


















Lewis: Because of her? Is Dr. Parker really worth it?
Tom: Yes.









Lewis: Interesting.

CUT TO OUTSIDE. SLOAN SEES A BMW PULL UP THE DRIVE. LISA IS BACK.










(HAVE WE NOTICED THE GOOD GUYS DRIVE AMERICAN AND THE BADDIES DRIVE FOREIGN?) SLOAN LEAPS UP AND RACES DOWN THE HILL TO THE ENORMOUS HOUSE.






(AND FOR ONCE, SLOAN IS RUNNING AND MANAGES NOT TO FALL! YEA!!)

CUT BACK TO LEWIS’ OFFICE ROOM. TOM HAS THE GUN AIMED AT LEWIS’ CHEST.

Lewis: You realize of course it’s only a matter of time before you come back to us.

Tom: Stand up and move away from the table.

LEWIS SMILES.

Lewis: So now what? Going to arrest me?
Tom: No. I’m gonna stop you.

LEWIS SUDDENLY BOLTS UP FROM THE TABLE AND PINS TOM TO THE WALL. TOM THROWS SOME ELBOWS INTO LEWIS’ BACK AND POUNDS HIM TO THE FLOOR. TOM GIVES LEWIS A KICK AND THE OLDER MAN GOES ROLLING OVER THE FLOOR. TOM STANDS GUARD ABOVE HIM, GUN POINTED AT LEWIS’ HEAD. JUST THEN LISA ENTERS THE ROOM.
TOM TURNS TO LOOK, AND THAT MEANIE LEWIS KICKS HIS KNEES OUT FROM UNDER HIM, CAUSING TOM TO BANG HIS HEAD ON THE WALL AND LET THE GUN GO FLYING AS HE FALLS.













TOM IS SPRAWLED ON HIS STOMACH, DAZED. LISA FLASHES ON AN IMAGE OF SLOAN ROUNDING THE CORNER OF THE HOUSE.

Lisa: (to Lewis as she pulls him off the floor) Go! Get out of here. There might be others.

TOM GROANS, STILL TRYING TO RECOVER AS LEWIS GRABS THE LAPTOP AND SPRINGS FROM THE ROOM, OUT ONTO THE BALCONY. HE HOPS OVER THE RAILING TO SAFETY BELOW. LISA ADVANCES ON TOM, PULLING HIM TO A SITTING POSITION.

Lisa: Lewis told me so much about you.

SLOAN APPEARS IN THE DOORWAY. SHE GRABS THE GUN BEFORE LISA CAN GET TO IT. SHE AIMS IT AT THE BLONDE WOMAN.

Sloan: Stop.

TOM GRABS LISA AND PUSHES HER TO THE FLOOR. HE WRAPS HIS FINGERS AROUND HER NECK AND GLARES AT THE BLONDE WOMAN AS BLOOD RUNS DOWN HIS RIGHT TEMPLE.











SLOAN STANDS NERVOUSLY AND HURRIES OVER TO TOM.

Sloan: Tom! Don’t!

TOM CONTINUES STRANGLING LISA, A FEROCIOUS LOOK ON HIS FACE.

Sloan: Don’t! Please!

TOM LOOKS OVER AT SLOAN, THE DESPERATION IN HER VOICE PENETRATING HIS MURDEROUS HAZE. HE LEANS DOWN TO LISA AND SPEAKS SOFTLY TO THE GASPING WOMAN.

Tom: I’m no longer like you.

HE RELEASES HIS GRIP ON HER NECK AND LOOKS AROUND, A BIT DAZED.


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AT RAY’S HOUSE. RAY OPENS THE DOOR AND LETS ATTWOOD IN.

Attwood: Thank you for seeing me, Detective Peterson.
Ray: Oh, I’m afraid I no longer go by that title.
Attwood: So I’ve heard. That’s why I thought we should talk.
Ray: Okay.

RAY MOTIONS FOR ATTWOOD TO SIT AND DOES SO HIMSELF.

Attwood: I’ll get right to the point. I’m here to offer you an opportunity to serve your country.
Ray: I’m a little old to join the Marines.
Attwood: But not too old to join our team.
Ray: Exactly who’s team is that, Dr. Attwood?


















Attwood: I’m sure you've had your suspicions. And I’m also sure they’re accurate.
Ray: (snickering) So, what’s the job?

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LEWIS IN HIS BMW. HE’S SPEAKING ON A CELL PHONE AS HE LOOKS AT HIS COMPUTER PERCHED ON THE PASSENGER SEAT.

Lewis: You don’t have to worry about Tom.

THE COMPUTER SCREEN LOADS WITH A FILE ON TOM.

Lewis: Because everything is under control. You just tell them to stay off my back. I’ll file a report when I see fit. Patience. Without it we shall never succeed.

HE HANGS UP THE PHONE.

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AT THE BIO LAB. KELLY SITS ON THE FLOOR IN THE CORNER OF ED’S OFFICE, SOBBING. ED SEES HER POUNDING HER HEAD BACK AGAINST THE WALL AND RUSHES TO HER. HE HOLDS HER AS SHE CONTINUES TO SOB.


End Episode 6

Part One

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