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Good night. On the set.

Who is that guy?

Gordon Abbott. Gordon Abbott is dead.

It can't have been him. Now, unless you want your body parts floating up on the

Argonne Coast, and you go along with the plan... What do you want me to do?

In the

jungles of

Peru, the fight for survival heightened his senses.

Now, Detective James Ellison is a sentinel in the fight for justice.

Seeing before others see.

Sensing what others can't.

An ever -vigilant watchman in the war against crime.

It's our lucky day, huh? Money in the meter.

Yeah.

You know, I don't get it, Chief. I thought you and Samantha were history.

Well, you know what they say about history, man. It repeats itself. And if

don't find a birthday present today, that's exactly where we're going to be

again. It's history.

I thought you said her birthday was Monday. It was.

So what's the big deal about getting any presents today?

48 -hour window, man.

Excuse me?

It's a well -known cultural precept, Jim, that if you're dating someone and

miss an important event, like a birthday, Valentine's Day, you've got 48

to make up for it. And after that, it's too late.

How about flowers?

No, no, no, no. Flowers would have been all right on Monday when it was her

actual birthday, but since we were in the post -48 -hour window, it has to be

something really big, really special, and most of all, really expensive.

Is there some sort of handbook where this stuff is written down? No, see,

the interesting part about this type of cultural rule, Jim. It's not written

down anywhere. Everybody just knows.

Everybody, huh?

Yeah.

Jim, no clouds.

Excuse me.

Jim, what's that?

Who was that guy?

Gordon Abbott.

Gordon Abbott is dead.

Can't have been him. Simon, I know what I saw.

How far away was he?

Fifty yards, maybe.

Jim, even with your senses, you had to have made a mistake.

Time out, time out. Will somebody please tell me who this guy is or who he was?

Gordon Abbott was a low -level accountant who worked for a company that

controlled by the Prosky crime family. That's a good career choice.

He thought it was a legitimate business.

By the time he figured out it was money laundering, we were already closing in.

All Abbott wanted to do was bail. I mean, he was scared to testify because

had a wife and he had a son.

Enter Dan Singleton, a prosecutor with a political agenda.

He threw Abbott in jail on a racketeering charge.

While Abbott was in lockup, a car bomb took out his wife and son. After that,

Abbott decided to change his mind and agreed to testify against John Prosky,

him away for life.

The day after his testimony, Abbott was stabbed to death by a fellow inmate.

Two years later, Procky hangs himself in a jail cell.

It sounds like everybody lost there.

Well, everybody except for Nick Procky and Dan Singleton. Nick took over for

father, and Dan Singleton hit the jackpot and now runs the federal

office here in Cascade.

Jim, maybe you better have a talk with Dan.

Tell him what you saw.

I'd like that, sir.

Try to be nice to him.

I'm not happy at all with the way the Delmonico case is going. I think the

research is sloppy, I think the depositions are uninspired, and your

short of the mediocre.

For the two and a half years that I've been head of this department, we have

never lost a single major case.

I sure as hell don't intend to start now. In a word, gentlemen, start over.

Mr. Singleton.

Detective Ellison.

Long time.

Hey, how you doing? My name's Blair Sandberg. I'm a consultant to the police

department. Dan Singleton.

So what brings you up, Dan? I saw an old friend of yours today.

Gordon Abbott. He's walking down Prospect Street.

Gordon Abbott's dead. I saw the corpse. Why am I having a hard time believing

that? Frankly, I don't care what you believe.

Listen, I think you saw him because you wanted to see him. Gordon Abbott trusted

me. He trusted us, for God's sake. I did my job. I put a major crime figure in

jail. I got nothing to apologize for. No, because you made a career move, Dan.

And Gordon Abbott paid the price.

Allison, this happened a long time ago. It's over now.

I mean, you want to walk around carrying a guilt complex, you go right ahead,

but you leave me the hell out of it.

Nice to meet you.

Yeah, you too.

So you're going to tell me?

Tell you what?

Tell me what you guys were talking about back there.

I was the one who brought Gordon Abbott in.

And I was trying to convince him to come over.

I promised him if he testified, we'd protect him and his family.

Singleton knew the proper case, gave him a lot of credit, so we moved in and

took Abbott into federal custody.

But at Singleton's group, not yours.

When I made that promise to Abbott, I knew there was a possibility of a

government arrest. But then, I just didn't want to tell him.

I just wanted to make my case.

Right.

The truth is, there wasn't much difference between me and Singleton.

Yeah, Simon.

We tracked down the partial license plate and registration sticker that you

It's rented to a Stuart Norman from Fort Lauderdale staying at the Stardust

Motel off the interstate.

All right, we're on our way.

Nick, it doesn't matter.

The state has the right to buy the property and make a link to the freeway.

called eminent domain.

Look, Phil, before I was born, my father built that house on the weekends with

his own hands.

We lived there until I was five. That house is a part of my family's history.

I do not want it torn down.

There's nothing I can do.

You are not listening to me.

I don't care about that damn freeway. That house is not to be touched.

Nick, call for you.

This is important to me, Phil.

I expect you to take care of this.

I'll do what I can.

I know you will.

Yeah, this is Nick Prosky.

What do you want?

Where? When?

I'll be there.

I'm here.

So what's your problem?

The claim is yours.

Gordon Abbott.

He's a liar.

We found the tape in Stuart Norman's room at the Stardust Motel.

Wow, we never should have traded for this guy.

What the hell's so important about a hockey game? Well, it's not the game,

Simon. It's the crowd.

Yeah, the tape was keyed up to dead.

How could you recognize anybody?

Norman didn't see just anybody. He saw his wife and his son there.

We found a receipt from a photo shop in Norman's room.

It checks out that Norman had a frame enlargement of this tape done. It's

much the same shot.

Now, I don't know who this guy is, but that is Gordon Abbott's wife and Gordon

Abbott's son.

Jim, they were killed in a car bombing three years ago.

Yeah, that's what we've been told, sir. But this game was played last week.

All right.

Let's assume for the sake of argument that Norman is Gordon Abbott.

Somebody went to a lot of trouble to make sure that the Abbott family

dead. Why?

Maybe to protect him. Maybe something happened to Abbott while he was in

Take a look at this, Simon. You can barely make out what appears to be a

on that seat. And I'll bet you anything forensics can enhance that for us.

I'm sure she can.

I'll get right out, sir.

While I'm at it, I'm going to need authorization to have somebody exhume

body of Gordon Abbott.

Jim, we barely have a case here. On what grounds am I going to get that?

I don't know, Captain.

Maybe on the grounds that somebody lied to us and might have compromised an

official investigation. Help me out here.

I'll do what I can.

Get out of here.

You know what, Jim?

I'm thinking that you can handle this one all on your own.

I told you about the 48 -hour window, man. If I go in there without bearing

gifts, I'm toast. Do you understand me?

You really respect your courage, Chief.

Hey, Sam.

Jim.

Hi, folks.

Where's your friend?

Uh, he had to take care of something.

Maybe something that he forgot to do?

He didn't really say.

Here's the picture.

Ah.

This new program that will help us clean it up.

Designed by NASA for satellite photoimaging.

All right. Here we go.

Now, I'm assuming that's what you're after.

Okay.

Here we go.

C -28.

Thanks, Sam.

Anytime.

Jim? When you see Blair, will you give him a message for me?

Sure. Tell him I think cowards are boring.

And tell him my window's closed.

Have a nice life, Blair.

So all three tickets to this hockey game were bought by Tim Snyder? Well, he had

season tickets, and he also happens to be Gordon Abbott's best friend.

How do you know that? We dug up the old case file. It turns out that Snyder and

Abbott grew up together.

When Abbott was sent away by the feds, he asked Snyder to look after his wife

and his son.

Did a great job judging by the photos.

Thanks.

We need to talk.

About what?

Since when do you take it upon yourself to order an exhumation of a body

pertinent to a federal investigation?

Since I got a whiff of something that was beginning to stink.

What are you talking about?

I'm talking about Elise and Joey Abbott. They were at a hockey game a week ago.

Which is rather amazing, considering they've been dead for nearly three

It's impossible. Elise and Joey were killed by a car bomb.

Yeah, and Abbott was killed in jail.

I'd say Elise and Joey look remarkably well, wouldn't you?

If they're alive, I'll find out.

This is a federal matter.

It's got nothing to do with you.

We'll see.

By the way, about exhuming Abbott's body, don't knock yourself down.

He was cremated.

Gentlemen.

There's a guy named Schneider.

Police are probably going to want to talk to him.

They're going to go to his house.

I want you to go to the cabinet shop.

Hello, Timmy.

There are a few things that, well, things that we need to discuss.

Something doesn't seem right to me.

This is Snyder.

Cascade Police.

She went outside.

Simon, Jim, you can climb off that limb.

This investigation just became official.

All the way it tracks for me is Goated Abbott. The guy comes back to Cascade,

finds his best friend doing the big nasty with his wife, kills him in a fit

jealous rage.

Was it Belt Sanders, sir?

I mean, come look at this body.

I'm going to get some fresh air. Only once is enough for me.

This is not a crime of passion, Captain.

I mean, they went to town here.

Yeah, but they were trying to get something out of him. My guess is that

did this was looking for Abbott, you know.

Well, if Abbott isn't a killer, then who is?

I have some ideas about that, Simon.

Do you smell that?

Yeah, I smell it. No, no, something sweet, perfumey.

Craig, let me have your tweezers for a second.

Here you go, sir.

What is it?

Looks like some piece of a flower petal.

This is a petal fragment from an Asian flower called pikaki.

grown in Hawaii and most definitely not indigenous to the Pacific Northwest.

Well, there are no floral arrangements in Schneider's shop or his house.

Well, we found this in the sole of his other shoe.

It looks like baby's breath.

Hey, Jim, how you doing?

Well, speaking of flower shops, there's someone who apparently has never seen

the inside of one.

That's funny. I know this is late, but happy birthday.

That's that.

It's not a birthday gift.

It's a guilt gift.

What are you talking about, guilt gifts? I bought this, what, a week ago?

Jim, I will write up a list of all the florists in this area that carry that

particular plant.

Don't knock yourself out, though. I think I know where to start. Thanks,

Let's go, Chief.

We'll have to fight another day with this.

I don't get you, Singleton.

Years go by, I don't hear from you.

Not so much as a card.

Now suddenly you're my new best friend? Why the hell did you have to kill

Schneider? Oh, come on. Don't get all self -righteous on me.

We both want the same thing.

But I didn't expect you to... To what?

Commit another murder?

Well, one is all right, but two, no. No, that's not good because that dirties

your hands, right?

That's quite a morality you've got there, Singleton.

You listen to me, Bosky.

I am finished with all this.

The hell you are.

I want Gordon Abbott dead.

But that doesn't mean that I forgot that you're the one that put my old man

behind bars.

Now, unless you want your remains floating up on the Oregon coast, you

and you go along with the plan.

This is Abbott.

Guess what's bound to happen.

Sooner or later, I was going to run into someone like you.

The name is Morgan now. Elaine Morgan.

I need your help.

Well, I'm the last person in the world who's going to help you.

I don't blame you for how you feel.

I really need to ask you some questions.

This never ends, does it?

Just be quick. I have to go pick up my son.

Dan Singleton claims that you and your son were killed in a car bombing three

years ago.

I don't know anything about that.

So you never agreed to let Singleton fake your death?

No.

I think your husband's alive.

That's impossible.

Tim Schneider was murdered last night.

What?

Someone is looking for your husband.

And if you know where he is, you've got to tell me.

I've got to go.

Mrs.

Abbott.

Please, Mrs. Abbott. I want to help.

Yeah, well you're a little late aren't you?

My guess?

She wasn't all that receptive.

You wait here.

talk to these men, okay?

But I want to stay with you, sweetie.

Hey, Joey, you know what I bet? I bet you're probably pretty good at games,

I've got a new space enforcer game.

It's in my mom's computer.

All right, well, what do you say you give me a lesson or two and then we play

couple games?

Okay. Well, uh, great.

Lead the way, buddy.

You guys take as long as you want. I got a feeling the kid's gonna clean my

clock.

Wait up!

My friend is quite away with kids.

He's not so far removed.

Tell me, why did you move back to Cascade when you had a new identity and

home?

My mother got sick.

She's in a long -term care facility, and I didn't want to think about her being

alone, so Joey and I moved back into her house.

What were you doing at that hockey game with Tim Schneider?

He's an old friend.

Figured what's the big deal? We'd go to a hockey game. It'd be like old times.

Must have seemed like old times to Gordon.

He was watching that hockey game in Fort Lauderdale and saw you and your son in

the crowd.

My husband is dead.

Your husband is alive, and you're protecting him.

I noticed a surprised look on your face when I told you that Tim Schneider was

dead, but you didn't look that way when we talked about your husband.

We can do it again. You too. Now, where is he?

You've got the wrong number.

Elise, that was Prosky, or somebody who works with him, wasn't it?

He's the only one with motive to want to kill your husband. If you know where he

is, you've got to tell me before they get to him first.

Gordon called me at work about an hour ago.

I agreed to meet him at Butler Point at 5 o 'clock.

in 15 minutes.

Oh, good God.

It's a transmitter. They've heard everything we've said.

Sandberg! Yeah, what's up?

You've got to stay here with these two. Call Simon. Have him send a protection

unit over here.

Also have him send a unit over to Butler Point.

Pronto. Right.

It's okay.

Elise sent me.

This is a nightmare.

All Gordon wanted to do was protect his family. He wound up losing his wife, his

son, his whole life.

He wants his family back. Is that so hard to understand?

No, it isn't, Mrs. Abbott.

But he can't do this alone, and neither can you.

What happened to your son should have proven that to you.

Gordon must be so scared right now.

Jim, this is my captain, Mrs. Abbott, Simon Banks.

I need to talk to you. Could you excuse us for a minute? Excuse me.

We got a match on those prints from a shooter that loaned to a guy named Jack

Wendick. He works for Prosky.

Well, you and I know that, but we have no proof.

I mean, the DA's not going to move on Prosky until we get enough evidence to

connect him to it directly.

It's not only Prosky, Simon. He's had help on this. Somebody tipped him off

about Abbott being in town, and somebody told him about Schneider. Yeah,

somebody, but who?

Someone who has the high -tech skills to plant a bug in this house.

It could be the feds.

Found this one in the kitchen.

This, gentlemen, is the latest thing in designer listenware.

Nobody's got this except CIA, FBI, and the Justice Department.

It's wonderful.

Fantastic.

Thanks, Ed.

It's Singleton.

Look, I know Singleton is a jerk, but he's being talked about as a future

governor. All I know is somebody's pulling strings on this case. The Profty

was huge, as big as Gotti's.

Singleton made his career on this.

He's got to come back and haunt him in some way. Well, that's exactly what I'm

talking about.

Singleton prosecuted old man Prosky. Why would Nick go in with him?

Because it's in the best interests of both of them.

I wanted to make sure that I had your full attention.

You listen to me.

You're a punk kid with rights for brains and I want nothing more to do with you.

I thought we had an understanding.

I hate repeating myself.

Some governing you're going to make.

Anyway, I need a favor.

You help me with this and we're home free.

What do you want me to do?

But why can't you come with me?

Be there before you know it.

Be brave, okay?

Joey will be perfectly safe.

He'll be under 24 -hour protection. We have the full cooperation of the San

Francisco PD on this.

The chief's an old friend of ours. This way, we'll keep the feds out of it for

now.

Okay.

We'll walk you to the car, okay, sweetie?

See you later.

See you, sir.

Hey,

let me help you with that.

Thanks.

The window's still closed.

Right.

I guess we'd be friends then.

Thanks.

Just got a call. The guy matching Abbott's description was buying first

supplies from a drugstore on 5th. Clerk said he was bleeding pretty badly.

I'm on it.

I don't know how helpful I can be.

It's straight down there.

Thank you.

She ID'd the photo. It's definitely him.

Take a look around, man. There's nothing. He probably left the area.

It's only been ten minutes.

He must have gone someplace nearby to tend to his wound. He's no fool. He

wouldn't go to a public play. Right.

He must have gone someplace.

At least private.

Chief.

Gordon,

it's okay. We're here to help you.

I've got nothing to say to you.

We can't do anything for you unless you help me.

Help you?

You don't care about me.

I'm just some dumb pawn that you guys move around in your private little

chessboard. Gordon, listen to me.

I signed you over to Singleton because he promised me that you wouldn't face

federal charges.

Now, we screwed both of us.

He told you that Prosky killed your wife and your son in order to get you to

testify. Am I right?

Where's my wife? We've got her under protection. We've also got Joey

Oh, you're protecting them, huh? Then I guess I've got nothing to worry about,

huh?

I understand how you must feel. No, detective.

You haven't the slightest idea how I feel.

Okay. All right.

You're right.

I don't know how you feel. No, you don't know how I feel.

I just asked you a question about Singleton. You didn't answer me.

Yes. Okay?

You're right. He lied to me. He lied to me about my wife and my child. Everybody

thought they were dead.

Look, all I want is my wife and my son back.

And then I'm out of here, okay?

I understand that, Gordon.

What about Prosky? You think he's just going to forget about you? He's not

to find us where we're going. I'll guarantee you that.

He's going to find you like that.

Especially if he has Singleton helping him.

I mean, my guess is that Singleton told Prosky that you're alive and in Cascade.

And I'm sure that he told him that you're going to go see Lee.

No.

Prosky and Singleton hate each other's guts.

That's very possible.

But they both have a lot to gain with you dead.

Now, I need you to testify as to what Singleton did.

If we sweat him hard enough, he's going to roll over on Prosky. This whole thing

is going to be over. You can go home to your wife and your child. There's no

more hiding.

I just need you to make it happen.

I trusted you three years ago. I trusted you. And I am not going to make that

same mistake again. You understand me?

No.

Singleton Justice Department. These men are federal agents. We're here to take

Mrs. Abbott and her son into protective custody.

I'm sorry, sir. I can't do that without authorization from my captain. If you'll

wait outside.

Morning. Mrs. Abbott, we're here to take you to a safe place. If you'll just go

get your son, please. My son's not here. Sir, with all due respect...

He's finally agreed to police protection.

Well, that's good, isn't it?

There's really nowhere.

And we can keep him alive. But if Abbott doesn't cooperate with the

investigation, Broski and Fingleton are going to escape.

Come on, Jim. I mean, this isn't some mob hard guy. He's an accountant who

in on a bad deal.

He hasn't even seen his wife yet.

Yeah.

Maybe I should call her.

Maybe she can get him to make a statement.

You stay right here, Mr. Abbott.

I'll handle this.

What do you want?

I want to see Mr. Abbott.

About what?

That's none of your business.

And let me remind you, he was once a federal witness.

The operative word here is once.

You're out of luck.

Gordon Abbott is here voluntarily, and it's under the protection of Cathgate

Until I hear otherwise from the superior, he doesn't have to talk to

A couple of questions of my own. You know, professional Curtis.

Captain, I'll talk to him.

You have five minutes, and then I want you off the program.

Well, I got a meeting I got to go to.

You keep an eye on him.

I wouldn't be surprised if that had went for his throat. I doubt we'll get that

lucky, sir.

Where did you get that?

I can't hear him now.

What are you talking about? Filter out the radio. You can do that.

I bought that keychain for Elise. Where is she?

She's with Prosky.

The wrecking yard.

You gotta be there at three.

Because by 3 .01 she'll be dead.

Thank you, gentlemen.

What you got?

Not all of it.

Jim. You have no right to keep me here. What about police protection? I'm

waiving the police protection.

What exactly did he say to you? He didn't say anything to me. I just want

out of here. You're a material witness in this. I'm not staying here.

Jim.

Let him go.

Yes, sir.

You're released, Mr. Abbott.

Simon, can you tell me what the hell's going on?

Singleton said something about Elise in there. We have two officers down.

Elise is gone.

This will scare the hell out of him. That's why I bought it. What, you think

he's going to trade himself for his wife?

I would.

Look, Jim, it's going to take Abbott a couple of minutes to find out. You stay

on him.

You've got 20 minutes to meet Frosky.

I want my wife back.

Mr. Singleton.

Don't be an idiot, Alex. You need me. I don't need anybody.

I'm going to save my wife, and that means killing you first.

Gordon.

Gordon, don't be stupid.

You shoot him now, and we're never going to end this clean. Now, come on.

You try and handle Prosky by yourself. One way or the other, he's going to

you down and kill you.

Just put the gun down, man.

Trust us one last time.

Jewelry really suits you, counselor.

Now I'm going to send a unit to pick you up. In the meantime, just make yourself

at home. It's a lovely neighborhood, Danny boy.

Take your old seat back.

Do you remember when we used to sit around the office and

you tried to explain the books to me?

I have to be honest with you, not much, Doc, except for this.

The books have to balance.

Debits, payments, right?

Well, when you testified against my old man, you became accounts

receivable.

Overdue with a penalty.

Where's my wife, Nick?

I get silent on the line.

I want the status on backup.

Yes, it did.

Oh, my God.

Okay, Nick, you got me now, so please just let her go. Please.

I guess you missed the point about the books, Gordon.

She's the penalty payment.

Anyway, you'll both be together.

In a cube at the bottom of the bay.

We're in critical mass here, Chief.

What's the story with backup?

Simon, what's going on?

Sins are about five minutes away.

Not soon enough. Tell them I gotta move in.

Enjoy the ride, huh?

Nick.

Nick.

FUUUUU -

I had my doubts, Chief.

Yeah, me too.

Would someone mind explaining this?

You see, I picked this car up with a crane, Simon.

You mean you knew what you were doing?

No, not at all, actually. But it's kind of like those games at the Penny Arcade,

you know?

Only a slightly bigger prize.

Yeah.

I spent three years as a dead man, and I blamed you for a lot of it. I was wrong

about that.

So, thanks for giving me back my life and my family.

You're welcome.

Take care.

Take care.

Hey,

we'll see you later.

Go on.

Blair,

do you got a minute?

Yeah. I thought if you're still inclined, I would be very happy to

present.

Why this sudden change?

Well, I have a window, too.

And I figured 48 hours of groveling was enough.

Yeah.

Wow, what did he say? I just grab it, it's on my desk, and I'll meet you down

your office in a couple of minutes.

Be right there.

Brown. Hey, buddy, I need to buy that present back, okay?

No, the window closes on me in two hours, and I will not be left standing

rain. For you, my brother.

You're killing me. Hey, guys, I need to split just for a little while.

I'll talk to you guys later. See you. Bye.

What's up with you?

Sandberg inhabits a rather strange and confusing world.

You want to go there?

No.