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Doctor, mask and gown, please.

Doctor!

Hey,

where are you going?

Doctor Sloan, I'm Julia Adams.

Pleasure to meet you, Miss Adams.

Well, just take off your jacket and have a seat.

How are you feeling?

Great.

Okay, let's see. How old are you?

That's a national secret.

I have security clearance.

29. That wasn't so painful, was it?

It's a little high.

You nervous?

I don't think so.

Okay, I'll get your medical history to do the blood pressure again.

What? Sorry, I didn't start earlier.

Okay, stop me if you've had any of these problems.

Bad headaches, seizures, insomnia, prolonged sore throat, shortness of

chest pain.

Palpitations, persistent cough, lack of... Julia?

Must have been standing here.

I was talking to her, taking her medical history.

She slumped over dead.

I didn't hear the shot. I had no idea.

That was one hell of a shot.

I don't think it was meant for her.

You think you were the target?

I've sent an awful lot of people to jail.

Someone's seeking revenge.

I have to assume.

Are you all right?

Yeah.

Listen, if you need anything, I'll be downstairs.

Thank you, sweetie.

Steve, walk with me a minute.

An innocent young woman comes into my office for a physical. Would there be

reason to believe that she's going to be safe there? Dad, this is not your

fault. Oh, isn't it?

She'd go to another doctor, one who hasn't been putting criminals behind

for years.

You locate the next of kin. I need to talk to them. Yeah, she's got a sister.

I'm going to go over and talk to her myself.

I'm going with you. No, you're not.

There's somebody out there shooting at you.

I'm going to get you police protection. Lemery's sending someone over right now.

Anything on the shooter?

Well, we got a sketchy description from the nurse, and we think the rifle was

broken down in a shooter's attaché case. Sounds like a pro.

That poor girl.

Listen, Dad, I'm going to go over some of your old cases, see if anybody you've

got convicted has gotten out of jail recently.

How about the roof? Anything on the roof?

Well, there was a burn mark on the ledge. It looked like somebody put out a

cigarette on it.

That's it? That's all you got?

Dad, I'm going to go talk to the sister.

In the meantime, you're going home.

You'll be safer.

Mark, this is Carrie Adams, Julia's sister.

How do you do?

Is that her?

Yes.

I don't know if I can do this.

Just take your time.

Carrie, we know that this is a difficult time for you, but there are a couple of

forms we need you to fill out at your earliest convenience.

Let's just get it over with.

The name of your sister?

Julia Langford Adams.

Date of birth?

March 11th, 1971.

Langford, as in Joseph and Catherine Langford?

They're my grandparents.

Did you know them?

No, I didn't know them.

Excuse me, I have to go.

You're a pretty cute kid.

Oh, thank you.

What are you doing out here?

Oh, just looking at my past.

This is the last picture of my mother and father taken together.

Well, those two girls, Carrie and Julia Adams, their middle name is Langford.

They're the granddaughters of Joseph and Catherine Langford.

Should that mean something to me?

Back in 1947, Joseph Langford was executed for the murder of his wife,

Catherine.

Never heard of him. Well, no reason you should.

Except that it was my dad's last case.

Shortly after Langford was executed, my father left my mom and me and went to

New York.

He just walked out the front door and never came back.

Your father left when you were ten years old?

Hmm. You never told me that before.

I don't know why I saved these.

Probably should have burned them all.

Did you bring the blankets?

Three. Give them to me. I'm freezing.

Sir, are you all right?

I've got the mother of all headaches.

It's like a sauna in here.

I'll just turn it down. Leave it alone.

Do you mind?

Yes, I do.

Oh, sir, you are burning up. If a kid of mine had a fever like that, he'd have

been in the hospital hours ago.

I'm fine.

No, sir, you are not fine.

Temperature 103 .8. Complaint of a pretty severe headache. Been like this

about six minutes.

Better call upstairs.

What's his name?

Akins. Akins?

Mr. Akins?

Mr. Akins?

Mr.

Akins?

Mask him.

I'm going to get two grams of subtriazone. Let's set up for an LP. I'm

get a CBC, electrolytes, blood culture, and a chest X -ray.

Looking for petechial rash.

What's that?

Signs of meningitis.

Someone paged me?

I may have a candidate for your domain.

I know him.

He's a guy that busted into the lab. Broke a test tube on the way up to the

roof. The shooter?

Could be.

Let's get him up to isolation.

Somebody call the police.

Looks like there's a hair in there.

I thought you met Greg and did pretty well for the show.

Yeah, but see, there's a real name.

Got something.

He's a guy.

Money.

And lots of it.

Any sign of who hired him?

No.

Look at this.

We were wrong.

You weren't the target.

She was.

Put one of these on.

Jacob's got you.

We need to talk to him. I'm afraid he died 15 minutes ago.

Talk about just desserts.

Akins had a form of meningitis called meningococcemia.

How do you remember names like that? It's easy. It's a death sentence.

By the time you get it diagnosed, your patient's dying.

Well, you got it in a lab?

Yeah, when that test was done. Just a second.

Yeah, Cheryl, I want to put a trace on Akins' phone.

ASAP.

Yeah, I'll be there as soon as I can.

Thanks. What's up?

Guys like Eakins get paid half up front, the other half on completion.

You think he was waiting for the rest of his money?

Yeah, I don't care how sick he was. If he'd been paid, he would have gotten out

of town.

What are

you

so happy about?

Oh, I don't know. Do I have to have a reason?

I thought maybe you were just glad to see me.

He rented the car, used a phony license, and paid in cash.

Find anything?

No, not a print, not even a piece of lint. This guy's like the Invisible Man.

That's his M .O. He ran his prints. His name is Richard Akins.

There's no record, no arrests, not even a speeding ticket in the States.

FBI says he's been in Europe for the past five or six years, and he's

to be as good as they get.

Which means he's expensive.

Probably.

When you finish with the car, why don't you meet me in the room? All right.

Found this in Julia's purse.

Do you know why she carried a pad?

Julia was a copywriter for an ad agency.

And her dream was to write novels.

So she would take notes.

Wherever she was going, whatever she was doing, she would take notes.

Like a journal?

Yeah. It was really annoying sometimes because you'd be trying to have a

conversation with her and she'd start writing.

Do you have any idea what this means, 2 .30 Fridays?

No.

Why all these questions about Julia?

They found this in the killer's attaché case.

I was wrong. Julia was the target.

Damn it.

What?

You know, uh, the people you asked me about, the Langfords?

Your grandparents?

Yeah. Did you know that, um, my grandfather, Joseph Langford, was

executed for murdering his wife?

Yes, I did.

Julia believed that our grandfather was innocent.

And she wanted to prove it and clear his name.

And I asked her to leave it alone. I begged her.

Why?

It destroyed my family, Dr. Sloan.

It destroyed my grandparents.

It destroyed my mother.

And now Julia's dead. It's like a curse.

Did Julia ever tell you she was seeing me?

No. Why?

My father was the Los Angeles police detective who investigated your

grandfather's case.

He and his partner testified at the trial. Did Julia say anything to you?

No.

Maybe she was going to.

Maybe that's why she was killed.

Friday, November 17th, 2 .37 p .m.

Homicide call at 1407 Holloway.

Danny, check out the bedroom.

Mr. Langford, I'm Detective James Sloan. Why don't you have a seat?

Tell me what happened.

I got home around five.

I called Catherine's name and she didn't answer.

I thought that was odd, so I checked on Sarah.

She was asleep in her crib.

Then I went into her bedroom and found Catherine.

My God, she was covered in blood.

Who would do such a thing?

Take your time.

Try to relax.

And tell me how the blood got on you.

I thought she was alive.

It looked like she was still breathing.

This is my partner, Detective McNamara.

Is this your gun, Mr. Langford?

It looks like my Army .45.

It was found in a garbage pail down the block.

How'd it get there?

It's been fired four times.

Well, maybe you'd like to tell us the truth, Mr. Langford.

What really happened today?

I told you I came home and found my wife.

Or maybe Mr.

Langford would be a little more truthful downtown.

Come on.

What are you doing? I told you I didn't do anything.

What about Sarah?

What's going to happen to her? I have to take care of Sarah. Is there any social

workers on her way?

We'll take care of her. I told you I didn't do anything.

64 % of the men and 78 % of the women in America are on a diet.

Now, what does that tell you?

It explains why women are better looking than men.

Well, you know what it tells me?

No, I don't, Cheryl.

Well, it tells me that if you had done your research, you never would have

opened a barbecue joint.

We should have checked with you first.

Fat -free is the way to go.

Ready?

Yeah.

Dispatch a unit.

Yeah, I know. Do it anyway, thanks.

The call came from a phone booth on the corner of Wilshire and 23rd. For what

it's worth, they're sending a unit. Now, why bother?

Damn.

Hold that car.

I need this car.

Sorry, sir, I need this car.

Well, sir, this one's been rented. This car's part of an ongoing police

investigation. There's other cars here. Why don't you pick one of those?

But I need this one.

It may contain evidence.

Thanks for ruining my day.

My entire stay in Los Angeles.

I think he's overreacting.

See, there's nothing in the car. Get in.

7700 Balboa Boulevard, Stephen Valley.

If Aikens left that in the system and that's where he went, we should go buy a

lottery ticket because this is our lucky day.

We'll try.

Take Sherman Way, one half mile to Satakoi and turn right.

You like that?

What's not to like?

I don't know. I think it's okay to get lost once in a while. You know, go

you never would have done, see things you never would have seen.

I hate getting lost.

Why? Make you feel like you're not in control?

Your destination is 150 feet ahead on the right.

It must be in a strip mall.

We're lucky there'll be somebody waiting for agents here.

With a lot of money.

How do we find him?

Cut at the end.

Two men inside.

That'd be my bet.

Need backup on the 7700 block of Balboa. Great Saturn, license plate 5P -14339.

Hi, Dad. Hi.

Place the license plate of the car I was chasing.

belongs to a company called Premium Security.

I don't believe it.

What do you mean?

Are you sure it was Premium Security?

Yeah, positive. Why?

Sit down.

Took Joseph Langford downtown.

Danny and I put him through the ringer. Neighbors say you and your wife have

been fighting.

We had arguments like any married couple.

They say you've been screaming at each other.

I lost my job.

We've had money problems.

So what happened, Joseph?

She started nagging at you, yelling at you. You couldn't take it anymore?

So you got out that service 45 of yours? That's not true.

You know what happens to guys like you?

They got a room up at Sand Q.

They drop in these pellets and you try not to breathe because you know if you

breathe, you'll die.

So you hold your breath and you hold your breath.

And when you can't hold your breath any longer, You die.

Danny, let me talk to him.

Joseph,

how'd the gun get in the garbage?

I don't know.

It was fired four times.

Same number of times Catherine was shot.

Someone's framing me. You gotta believe me.

Why would someone do this to me? Come on. There was blood on that gun.

Just like there was blood on your pants and your shirt.

I was with a woman.

That's where I was all afternoon.

She had a flat and I helped her change the tire.

She was young and beautiful and when she said she wanted to buy me a cup of

coffee, I said, what the hell?

I was sick of all the crap I get at home.

Does this fairy princess have a name?

Adriana Landreau.

She had long blonde hair that covered one eye.

Right.

Just like in the movies.

Is it a waste of time?

I swear that's the truth. And when I got home, I found Catherine dead.

Joseph, we're going to try to find this woman, Adriana Landro.

But if you're lying, there's nothing we can do.

What does that got to do with premium security?

My dad's partner, Danny McNamara, the one he investigated the Langford case

with, well, he left the police for it.

He founded premium security.

Mr.

McNamara? Yeah.

Lieutenant Steve Sloan, LAPD.

What can I do for you?

Yesterday, in the course of an investigation, I was involved in a car

with a vehicle registered to your company.

Yeah, yeah, we called the police, reported stolen.

I know, but it was reported stolen several hours after the chase.

Son, did you just walk through my parking lot?

Did you see how many cars I have that look exactly like the ones that you

chased? How many of them have a broken right taillight and a missing antenna?

Are we done?

No, we have a little personal business.

Of what nature?

My grandfather was Detective James Sloan.

Your father's partner?

You've got to be kidding.

In 1947, my grandfather and your father investigated the murder of Catherine

Langford. Your point is?

I'm here investigating the murder of Julia Adams, Catherine Langford's

granddaughter. That's quite a coincidence.

Did you know Julia Adams? No, why?

I think the cases may be connected.

You're saying that a murder that took place last week is connected to a murder

that took place over 50 years ago.

That's absurd.

This conversation is over.

Sunday, November 18th. We found Adriana Landreau. My partner Danny picked her

up.

Adriana Landreau?

Yes.

Have a seat.

What is this all about?

Do you know a man named Joseph Langford?

No.

I don't think so.

Where were you last Friday?

Home.

I think... Yes, I was sick, and I stayed home.

You didn't go out?

Once. I walked to church, 11 o 'clock mass, and I came home, and I didn't go

again.

So you didn't have a flat tire that day?

Sir, I don't own a car.

Do you mind telling me what this is all about?

Adrienne Landreau didn't look anything like the woman that Joseph Lankford

described.

And that didn't strike anybody as odd? No, Lankford was tried, convicted,

sentenced to death.

Somebody didn't want Julie Adams looking into that case.

Did you check out the books at Premium Security?

Yeah. And as best I could, Johnny McNamara's personal finances.

Anything? No. There wasn't a single large withdrawal that could have been

to pay off the shooter.

I can't even prove the premium vehicle wasn't stolen.

I keep running into brick walls.

What's going on?

Eh, nothing.

Dad.

You know, all these years I've tried to keep my dad out of my mind.

You never talk about him.

What is there much to tell?

One day he walked out the front door and never came back.

Three months after he left, he sent a letter from New York. He said, hope

fine. Said he was well.

Never heard from him again.

You have any idea why he left?

Not really.

To get along with your mom?

Oh, yeah.

You know, I always thought maybe it had something to do with that Langford case.

Maybe just being a cop.

That's why you didn't want me to be a cop.

I never said that.

You didn't have to.

Well, you know, I always thought that maybe being a cop frightened him.

Or maybe...

You know, destroyed something in him. I guess that's why I didn't want that to

happen to you.

Dad.

Well, look what happened. I mean, you've been on the poor club almost 20 years

and you haven't had one long -term relationship yet.

Most of the guys I work with have wives and families they love.

It's not the job, Dad.

It's me.

In that case, I wish you'd do something about it.

Do you want coffee, tea, a glass of wine?

No, thanks.

You did these?

Yeah, I do mostly ads, but every now and then a children's book.

These are good.

They're okay.

No, these are really good.

You're sweet.

Cops don't get that very often.

Thanks.

So, you had some questions you wanted to ask me?

Yeah.

Did your sister ever have any connection with a company called... premium

security or a guy named Johnny McNamara?

I don't know. I've never heard of either of them.

Well, this afternoon, my partner Cheryl followed McNamara to the L .A.

Constitution.

McNamara met with one of the owners of the paper, either a Ted or Elliot

Barclay. You know either one of them?

The Barclays and I don't move in the same social circles.

They're lost.

Thanks.

My mom knew the Barclays, though, because she worked at the paper most of

life.

A writer?

Sort of. On the business side.

She wrote the classified ads.

I know that doesn't seem like much of a job, but she really liked it.

The thing is, my mom was a drinker.

She hawked her engagement ring once to get a bottle of gin.

She made a lot of mistakes in her life.

But there were two things she never screwed up.

That job and being a mother.

Loved being a mother.

I had my dad asked Ted Barkley about her. He was running the paper back

Any more questions?

Just one.

I was told that 74 % of the women in America are on diets. I was wondering if

you were one of them.

No. Do I look like I should be on a diet?

No.

Then what's the point of your question?

Dinner?

Oh.

Okay.

Hey, listen, Mark. I warned you I only have a few minutes before I meet the

governor. Good. Tell him the hospitals need a little more money.

Come on, Mark.

Okay. What's your relationship with premium security?

They've been handling security for the paper and the family for over 30 years

now. Why? Not for publication.

Of course.

They've come up in a police investigation.

What about Johnny McNamara?

Johnny in trouble?

Not that I know of.

Johnny's a friend.

I'd like him even more if he'd sell that company of his to me.

Anything else?

Sarah Adams.

You know her?

She's dead.

But you knew her?

Yeah, she worked for the paper.

She was a useless drunk.

I tried to fire her four or five times, but my father wouldn't let me.

Why? I don't know.

But if he'd ever met Sarah, you'd know it wasn't because they were dating, if

you know what I mean.

Hey, I'm late. Let's get out of here.

See you at the board meeting tomorrow?

Right.

Dr. Sloan, you have to stop. They're going to kill me.

Carrie, what happened?

Promise me you'll stop, okay? Promise me you'll stop. What's the matter?

Calm down.

Calm down. What's the matter?

What happened?

I got a phone call from a man who said that you should stop investigating

Julia's death.

What did he sound like?

Oh, no, he sounded like a man.

What else did he say?

He said that he knew where I lived, that he knew that I was alone, and that the

same thing that happened to Julia could happen to me.

We should have gotten you out of that apartment.

It's okay.

Listen, you can come stay with us at the beach house.

You'll be safe there.

Mark. Mark.

What is it?

I had a brilliant thought after I saw you yesterday.

See, we've been searching for a new director of a kidney research project

the Barclays Foundation is funding, and you would be perfect.

I'm a little busy, you know. Mark, think big. It's a change in series, a change

in your life.

Now look, there's a conference that starts in two days in Paris.

Paris?

Now, why don't you fly over, use the apartment, meet the people, see if you

them, see if you like the direction the project's going, and then make your

decision. Ted, I can't leave here. I have a practice, I have patience. This

big opportunity.

Why didn't you bring me this offer last night?

It didn't occur to me until after you left.

What's the difference?

You think about it, all right?

Oh, thank you.

You doing all right?

Yeah, I'm okay.

Steve? Are you in here, Dad?

Hi. Hi.

Boy, you're never going to guess what happened.

What? Ted Barkley offered me a job in Paris today.

Paris? That's great. I love Paris.

It could just be an attempt to get us off the case.

Oh, I've known Ted for a long time. I don't think he'd be involved in a

That's what they said about Ted Bundy. What a great guy he was.

What are you going to do?

Uh, eat. I am starving. And then tonight I'm going to sleep on it. What are you

two going to do?

December 24th.

For a moment, I thought Santa had brought me an early Christmas gift.

Hello.

Saying you were with Joseph Langford the afternoon his wife was born.

What's your name?

Sally.

You're the one whose car broke down.

Where are you?

I'll get there as quick as I can.

20 minutes tops.

Danny, wake up.

There's a Mexican restaurant at the corner of Figueroa and 3rd. Get your

over there.

You're going to meet Sally Perry, Joseph Langford's living, breathing alibi.

Sally?

The coffee, ma 'am?

Yeah. Help yourself.

So, is it Paris?

The Champs -Élysées?

The Place de la Concorde?

It's going to be Northridge.

Why Northridge?

I made a couple of calls. I found my dad's old partner, Danny McNamara. I'm

going to go see him.

Oh.

Jimmy. Jimmy, you son of a bitch.

Where have you been?

Danny, it's Mark. Mark Sloan. I'm James' son.

Oh, you're a sight for sore eyes.

I was talking about you the other night.

Danny, do you remember the Joseph Langford? I was telling these guys about

night at Maria's.

You remember that night?

Not particularly, no. Well, you and me were in there for tacos, and these two

kids came in to hold the joint up, you know, and they were nervous, they were

shaking out.

Old Maria looked like she was about to have a heart attack right on the spot.

Don't you remember what you did?

No, why tell me about it, Daddy?

You walked up to one of these kids, and you let him put his gun right at your

belly, and you said, son, you put that gun away and you can walk out of here.

Or you're going to spend the next 25 years of your life in jail.

What did he do?

He knocked you out cold.

But you were right, Jimmy.

You went after that kid like he killed your mother.

You're right. He had to spend the next 25 years of his life in jail.

Oh, Jimmy, it is so good to see you.

Good to see you too, Danny.

After all these years of waiting for you to come, I...

keep going over in my mind what I want to say.

What, Danny? What did you want to tell me?

Well, I never got to say I was sorry and to beg your forgiveness.

For what, Danny? What did you want to apologize for?

You had to do it.

You had to tell me about the girl. Everything would have been okay if you'd

kept your mouth shut.

Danny, what girl? I mean, who are we talking about?

I'm trying to do the right thing here, Jimmy.

Danny, I don't know what you're talking about.

I get it.

I see what you're trying to do.

That's swell, Jimmy. That's swell.

Do you remember that night at Hank's Grill when Captain Green brought all

MGM dancers?

Wow! Was that a night!

Gerald, you got a minute?

Could you run that over to forensics for me?

Steve, this is from 1947.

Yeah, my grandfather wrote it to my grandmother.

So what do you expect forensics to find?

It's a shot in the dark.

Waste of time if you ask me.

Please, for me.

I hate it when you do that.

Thanks.

Steve Float.

Who is it?

Let's put him in trauma, too. Dr. Travis?

I got it. Page Dr. Sloan now.

Severe beating to the head and abdomen.

Pulse 102.

BP 105 over 70.

Hey, guys.

Get him in here. I might count, okay?

One, two, three.

Steve?

Can you hear me, buddy?

Good. You're in the emergency room, and we're going to take real good care of

you, okay?

Everything's okay. Pressure?

Stable.

Okay, give me a CT of his head, chest x -ray, CDC, a UA and a KB.

I'm checking for hemorrhage and head injury.

Are you even okay?

I'm okay, Dad.

I'll be all right.

Next on Diagnosis Murder. I want to know what happened to my father. If you

don't cooperate, things are going to get a lot worse for you and your father.

You have got to let it go. I'm warning you. You never let go of anything.

Johnny McNamara, his father just died. Get out. I'm sorry for your loss.

My father was old and frail and you badgered him into the grave.

Don't run off. The fugitive is next.

Saturday, a lot of people talk about taking back the streets, but one man is

doing something about it with a little help from Hulk Hogan. Somebody's got to

make a stand. An all -new Walker, Texas Ranger.

Then, someone's gunning down suspected child molesters.

Using a website as a hit list.

And you won't believe who's pulling the trigger.

Oh, my God. All -new District CBS.