1 00:00:00,508 --> 00:00:02,427 [Oliver]: Previously, on Signed, Sealed, Delivered... 2 00:00:02,427 --> 00:00:04,700 She's from the U.S.P.S. in Washington, D.C. 3 00:00:04,800 --> 00:00:06,616 I imagine we have differing notions 4 00:00:06,618 --> 00:00:08,235 on what constitutes "fun." 5 00:00:08,237 --> 00:00:10,187 I have no doubt that we do. 6 00:00:10,189 --> 00:00:11,682 Wait till I tell you about Oliver. 7 00:00:11,707 --> 00:00:13,457 It was very ungentlemanly of me 8 00:00:13,482 --> 00:00:15,075 to remain here where I could 9 00:00:15,077 --> 00:00:16,293 overhear your conversation. 10 00:00:16,295 --> 00:00:17,661 I won't say a word. 11 00:00:19,447 --> 00:00:21,648 [ ] 12 00:00:30,007 --> 00:00:32,692 [ ] 13 00:00:36,864 --> 00:00:38,916 I really can't stall them anymore. 14 00:00:40,918 --> 00:00:41,952 Sorry! 15 00:00:42,941 --> 00:00:44,958 - Sorry! - [Panting] 16 00:00:46,524 --> 00:00:48,625 [Exhales shakily] 17 00:00:49,262 --> 00:00:50,726 I got it! 18 00:00:55,816 --> 00:00:57,017 If something happens... 19 00:00:57,019 --> 00:00:58,285 Nothing's gonna happen. 20 00:00:58,287 --> 00:00:59,369 Promise. 21 00:01:00,938 --> 00:01:02,516 You have to mail this. 22 00:01:02,708 --> 00:01:05,816 Do it for Michael and our little girl. 23 00:01:06,028 --> 00:01:07,110 [Deep, wracking wheezing] 24 00:01:08,496 --> 00:01:10,564 - [Monitor flatlining] - [Nurse]: I need your help here! 25 00:01:10,566 --> 00:01:11,898 Okay. Deep breaths. 26 00:01:11,900 --> 00:01:13,083 [Coughs] 27 00:01:13,085 --> 00:01:15,131 Move it! Let's go. Let's go! 28 00:01:15,156 --> 00:01:18,308 Okay! Hang in there, Melissa. Hang in there! Hang in there! 29 00:01:18,574 --> 00:01:20,257 [Beeping] 30 00:01:20,259 --> 00:01:22,335 - We're not getting a pulse. - Pressure's dropping. 31 00:01:22,871 --> 00:01:25,054 - More suction. - She's desatting, 70%. 32 00:01:25,079 --> 00:01:26,440 - Come on, Melissa! - We're losing her! 33 00:01:26,465 --> 00:01:29,366 - 65%! - More suction! 34 00:01:29,368 --> 00:01:31,485 [Steady tone beeping] 35 00:01:31,487 --> 00:01:33,420 [Flatline blaring] 36 00:01:38,097 --> 00:01:40,715 [ ] 37 00:01:44,949 --> 00:01:47,484 [ ] 38 00:02:01,794 --> 00:02:03,095 [Candy-striper, Kim]: Morning. 39 00:02:03,120 --> 00:02:05,396 Would you like to see any magazines today? 40 00:02:06,238 --> 00:02:08,905 You know, all my John Grisham's have been checked out, 41 00:02:08,907 --> 00:02:11,842 but hold on, let me see. 42 00:02:16,849 --> 00:02:18,949 [Gasps] 43 00:02:22,003 --> 00:02:24,771 Send me love every day 44 00:02:24,773 --> 00:02:27,023 and send me on my way 45 00:02:27,025 --> 00:02:30,523 deliver me just deliver me 46 00:02:30,547 --> 00:02:33,577 - Synced and corrected by Retrojex - - www.addic7ed.com - 47 00:02:34,889 --> 00:02:37,223 So, when we were talking about Oliver the other day, 48 00:02:37,248 --> 00:02:39,210 he was sitting right behind us? 49 00:02:39,210 --> 00:02:40,537 Mm. But it wasn't his fault. 50 00:02:40,539 --> 00:02:41,888 He wanted to leave, 51 00:02:41,890 --> 00:02:44,124 he just didn't want to stand up and embarrass you. 52 00:02:44,126 --> 00:02:46,142 What did I say? 53 00:02:46,144 --> 00:02:47,827 What did I say? 54 00:02:47,829 --> 00:02:49,546 - All nice things. You know... - Oh... 55 00:02:49,548 --> 00:02:52,098 How he's a nice guy, he goes to church, 56 00:02:52,100 --> 00:02:53,550 he's generous, considerate... 57 00:02:53,552 --> 00:02:56,046 - [Giggles]: He needs a sense of humor. - No. 58 00:02:56,071 --> 00:02:57,671 No... no! 59 00:02:57,673 --> 00:03:00,257 I can't go back to the dead letter office now. 60 00:03:00,259 --> 00:03:02,642 Take me back to Washington with you, please? 61 00:03:02,644 --> 00:03:05,245 No! This place is good for you. 62 00:03:05,247 --> 00:03:07,530 Besides, I can't go back either. 63 00:03:07,532 --> 00:03:09,801 Not until I fulfill my special projects quota. 64 00:03:09,879 --> 00:03:11,496 [Mortified sigh] 65 00:03:11,748 --> 00:03:12,847 Oh. 66 00:03:15,435 --> 00:03:17,435 Be cool. He's coming over. 67 00:03:17,460 --> 00:03:19,648 - But don't let him know I told you. - What do I do? 68 00:03:19,673 --> 00:03:21,056 Nothing, he would die if he knew 69 00:03:21,081 --> 00:03:22,347 that you knew that he knew that... 70 00:03:22,372 --> 00:03:24,416 Good morning, Ms. McInerney, Ms. Starkwell, 71 00:03:24,441 --> 00:03:26,408 I was hoping to find you here. Again. 72 00:03:26,590 --> 00:03:29,074 Gosh, Oliver. It's so good to see you. 73 00:03:29,099 --> 00:03:30,481 We were just sitting here 74 00:03:30,506 --> 00:03:32,702 talking about... nothing. 75 00:03:33,413 --> 00:03:36,063 Um, trying to find a topic, and... 76 00:03:36,065 --> 00:03:38,146 - [Shane sighs] - Oh, forget about it. 77 00:03:38,355 --> 00:03:39,387 What's going on? 78 00:03:39,412 --> 00:03:42,106 Oh, uh, well, we received a rather unusual package this morning. 79 00:03:42,131 --> 00:03:45,725 I'd like to consult with you and... and you, perhaps, 80 00:03:45,750 --> 00:03:47,419 Ms. Starkwell, if you're interested. 81 00:03:47,444 --> 00:03:48,693 Yes, I'm always interested, 82 00:03:48,718 --> 00:03:50,502 but I have a problem I have to fix 83 00:03:50,527 --> 00:03:52,693 in "Parcels" at 9:00. 84 00:03:52,718 --> 00:03:54,902 Apparently, even if it fits, it ain't shipping. 85 00:03:54,927 --> 00:03:56,310 Mm. At least not to Kazakhstan. 86 00:03:56,335 --> 00:03:59,185 - But, can you post it? - [Chuckles] 87 00:03:59,338 --> 00:04:01,472 [Chuckling] 88 00:04:01,886 --> 00:04:03,587 Aw, I love her. 89 00:04:04,160 --> 00:04:06,377 It must be nice having a friend 90 00:04:06,402 --> 00:04:07,868 visiting from your old stomping grounds. 91 00:04:07,893 --> 00:04:11,116 Yeah. Although I really didn't stomp that much. 92 00:04:11,184 --> 00:04:12,817 I didn't stay there that long. 93 00:04:12,819 --> 00:04:17,422 Oh, I see. So should we expect you to... 94 00:04:18,370 --> 00:04:19,636 Move on at some point? 95 00:04:20,366 --> 00:04:23,367 - "On"? - Are you unhappy at the D.L.O.? 96 00:04:23,392 --> 00:04:25,592 With... us? 97 00:04:27,463 --> 00:04:29,867 - "Us"? - The team. Uh... 98 00:04:30,218 --> 00:04:31,519 Norman, Rita... 99 00:04:31,521 --> 00:04:34,255 Oh! No. No. Not unhappy. 100 00:04:34,280 --> 00:04:38,804 In fact, I'm actually starting to do a little stomping here. 101 00:04:39,535 --> 00:04:43,571 Ah. I'm sure Norman and Rita will be very happy to hear that. 102 00:04:44,050 --> 00:04:46,730 They admire you and your remarkable... 103 00:04:47,555 --> 00:04:48,930 My remarkable...? 104 00:04:49,134 --> 00:04:51,955 Uh... ability to, uh... 105 00:04:52,121 --> 00:04:53,405 Embrace... 106 00:04:53,961 --> 00:04:56,355 A challenge such as this. 107 00:04:56,546 --> 00:04:57,978 - [Awkward chuckle] - Ah. 108 00:04:58,010 --> 00:05:01,128 It arrived, addressed directly to the dead letter office. 109 00:05:05,496 --> 00:05:07,380 - Oh, a Bible? - Mm-hmm. 110 00:05:08,007 --> 00:05:09,056 And, uh... 111 00:05:09,058 --> 00:05:10,165 This was included. 112 00:05:12,577 --> 00:05:14,486 The cover letter reads, uh, 113 00:05:14,544 --> 00:05:15,827 "Dear Post Office... 114 00:05:16,299 --> 00:05:17,782 "after many years of treatment, 115 00:05:17,784 --> 00:05:20,075 "a patient of ours at Long Oaks Lodge for Mental Health 116 00:05:20,316 --> 00:05:22,666 "has recovered enough to leave our facility. 117 00:05:22,746 --> 00:05:24,820 "At the time he left, he confessed to us that the Bible 118 00:05:24,845 --> 00:05:26,728 he had carried so long was, in fact, 119 00:05:27,059 --> 00:05:28,375 stolen by him 120 00:05:28,400 --> 00:05:30,000 approximately 10 years ago." 121 00:05:30,081 --> 00:05:31,947 "Inside that Bible was an unmailed letter, 122 00:05:31,988 --> 00:05:35,298 which our patient decorated and used as a bookmark." 123 00:05:36,067 --> 00:05:37,735 "We are sending you both 124 00:05:37,737 --> 00:05:40,077 "in hopes that you might forward them to their rightful owners." 125 00:05:40,226 --> 00:05:41,342 "Thank you." 126 00:05:41,367 --> 00:05:43,733 "Nancy Gray, Director of Psychiatric Services, 127 00:05:43,758 --> 00:05:45,703 Long Oaks Lodge for Mental Health." 128 00:05:46,195 --> 00:05:49,046 [ ] 129 00:05:50,549 --> 00:05:52,116 Uh... 130 00:05:52,118 --> 00:05:54,718 It's Michael W-H-E... something, 131 00:05:54,720 --> 00:05:57,154 2234... something, D-e-n-v... 132 00:05:57,156 --> 00:05:58,322 Well, it must be Denver. 133 00:05:58,324 --> 00:05:59,840 Mm-hmm. Uh... 134 00:05:59,842 --> 00:06:01,258 Most of it's not legible. 135 00:06:01,260 --> 00:06:02,660 Return address says 136 00:06:02,662 --> 00:06:04,979 "St. Augusto Hospital Intensive Care Unit." 137 00:06:04,981 --> 00:06:07,731 37-cent 2004 commemorative. 138 00:06:07,733 --> 00:06:09,517 It, uh, lacks postmark, however. 139 00:06:09,519 --> 00:06:12,369 Oh. The stamp suggests intention to mail. 140 00:06:12,371 --> 00:06:15,306 And we must honor that intention. 141 00:06:15,308 --> 00:06:17,408 Very good, Ms. McInerney. 142 00:06:21,313 --> 00:06:22,530 Alright. 143 00:06:24,549 --> 00:06:26,634 Here we are. 144 00:06:29,754 --> 00:06:31,272 Ahem. 145 00:06:33,108 --> 00:06:34,625 Shaky handwriting. 146 00:06:34,627 --> 00:06:36,594 Uh, "May 16, 2004. 147 00:06:36,596 --> 00:06:37,695 "Dear Michael... 148 00:06:37,697 --> 00:06:39,563 "I can explain everything. 149 00:06:39,565 --> 00:06:40,965 "It's not what you think. 150 00:06:40,967 --> 00:06:42,983 "I don't blame you for walking out, 151 00:06:42,985 --> 00:06:45,569 "but I can't let them operate on me 152 00:06:45,571 --> 00:06:47,304 "unless I know, if I die... 153 00:06:47,306 --> 00:06:49,790 at least you have the truth." 154 00:06:50,709 --> 00:06:52,376 "My head hurts 155 00:06:52,378 --> 00:06:55,329 and I can't remember much about yesterday..." 156 00:06:57,766 --> 00:06:59,633 Thank you, Sir. I appreciate your confidence. 157 00:06:59,635 --> 00:07:01,001 Mike, isn't that your wife? 158 00:07:01,003 --> 00:07:03,554 [Background chatter] 159 00:07:06,207 --> 00:07:08,295 Uh... 160 00:07:10,826 --> 00:07:13,167 - Hey. - Hey! 161 00:07:15,267 --> 00:07:16,734 What... what are you doing here? 162 00:07:16,736 --> 00:07:18,168 The partners took me to lunch. 163 00:07:18,170 --> 00:07:20,638 They're gonna support me in the campaign. 164 00:07:20,640 --> 00:07:22,606 Did... did I mention? He's really gonna run. 165 00:07:22,608 --> 00:07:26,644 I always knew you'd run the world someday. 166 00:07:26,646 --> 00:07:28,862 Some things never change, I guess. 167 00:07:29,664 --> 00:07:31,649 [ ] 168 00:07:31,651 --> 00:07:33,617 I just, uh... 169 00:07:33,619 --> 00:07:36,787 Hey. Hey-hey-hey-hey-hey... 170 00:07:36,789 --> 00:07:40,324 I know what you're thinking, but you're wrong. 171 00:07:40,326 --> 00:07:41,475 Oh, I'm sorry, 172 00:07:41,477 --> 00:07:42,910 it's just I see my wife and her old boyfriend 173 00:07:42,912 --> 00:07:43,994 together at a hotel. 174 00:07:43,996 --> 00:07:45,029 I don't know what to make of it. 175 00:07:45,031 --> 00:07:46,497 Have you ever noticed, 176 00:07:46,499 --> 00:07:48,232 when things are good, he's your best friend, 177 00:07:48,234 --> 00:07:49,767 but as soon as we're having problems, 178 00:07:49,769 --> 00:07:51,251 he's my "ex-boyfriend"? 179 00:07:51,253 --> 00:07:52,670 Barry and I were having lunch. 180 00:07:52,672 --> 00:07:55,189 That's all that happened. Lunch. 181 00:07:55,191 --> 00:07:56,957 I didn't see you in the restaurant. 182 00:07:56,959 --> 00:07:57,942 Michael, 183 00:07:57,944 --> 00:08:01,028 please, just trust me on this. 184 00:08:01,030 --> 00:08:02,246 I'll tell you all about it 185 00:08:02,248 --> 00:08:03,547 when Abby and I get back from the trip. 186 00:08:03,549 --> 00:08:05,432 Right. 187 00:08:05,434 --> 00:08:07,685 Why don't you come? 188 00:08:07,687 --> 00:08:09,269 No. 189 00:08:09,271 --> 00:08:11,622 Take some mother/daughter time. 190 00:08:11,624 --> 00:08:12,790 We need some husband/wife time. 191 00:08:12,792 --> 00:08:15,609 I gotta go. 192 00:08:15,611 --> 00:08:17,411 [Melissa, writing]: "I would have never let you walk away 193 00:08:17,413 --> 00:08:19,179 if I had known what was coming." 194 00:08:19,181 --> 00:08:21,448 [Friend]: She said it all happened so fast. 195 00:08:21,450 --> 00:08:23,033 One second, they were all laughing, 196 00:08:23,035 --> 00:08:24,802 and the next thing they knew, they hit the rocks, 197 00:08:24,804 --> 00:08:26,453 and everyone was in the water... 198 00:08:26,455 --> 00:08:27,905 Mr. Wheeler? 199 00:08:27,907 --> 00:08:29,289 Yes? 200 00:08:29,291 --> 00:08:30,808 We just got the lab work back on your blood. 201 00:08:30,810 --> 00:08:32,276 I'm afraid there's an issue. 202 00:08:35,547 --> 00:08:38,198 [ ] 203 00:08:41,720 --> 00:08:43,620 Michael... 204 00:08:48,259 --> 00:08:51,428 How's Abby? 205 00:08:51,430 --> 00:08:53,630 They think she's gonna lose a kidney. 206 00:08:53,632 --> 00:08:55,649 - [Gasps] - Oh, no. 207 00:08:55,651 --> 00:08:58,552 No... 208 00:08:58,554 --> 00:09:00,137 She needed blood. 209 00:09:00,139 --> 00:09:02,122 So... 210 00:09:02,124 --> 00:09:05,309 I gave them mine. 211 00:09:05,311 --> 00:09:07,811 But my blood didn't match. 212 00:09:08,930 --> 00:09:11,048 Michael, wait. Listen to me. 213 00:09:11,050 --> 00:09:13,150 What a fool I am. 214 00:09:13,152 --> 00:09:15,102 I mean, Abby was born, what...? 215 00:09:15,104 --> 00:09:17,755 Nine months and two days after we got married. 216 00:09:17,757 --> 00:09:21,458 Maybe, if you and Barry hadn't been messing around on Friday, 217 00:09:21,460 --> 00:09:22,543 I would've been up there with you guys, 218 00:09:22,545 --> 00:09:23,761 and our little girl 219 00:09:23,763 --> 00:09:25,362 wouldn't be fighting for her life right now! 220 00:09:25,364 --> 00:09:26,730 Listen to me, Mi... Michael. 221 00:09:26,732 --> 00:09:27,581 Correction... 222 00:09:27,583 --> 00:09:29,616 your little girl. 223 00:09:29,618 --> 00:09:30,601 Michael! 224 00:09:30,603 --> 00:09:33,203 Michael... 225 00:09:33,205 --> 00:09:34,671 [Weakly]: Michael! 226 00:09:35,607 --> 00:09:37,891 [Gasps and sobs] 227 00:09:37,893 --> 00:09:39,176 - [Knocks] - Candy striper. 228 00:09:39,178 --> 00:09:42,112 Can I get you a magazine or anything? 229 00:09:42,114 --> 00:09:44,298 [Melissa, writing]: "It's true, Michael. 230 00:09:44,300 --> 00:09:46,817 You're not the father of Abby." 231 00:09:46,819 --> 00:09:49,536 "It's a terrible secret I've kept all this time 232 00:09:49,538 --> 00:09:51,055 "because I love you 233 00:09:51,057 --> 00:09:53,440 "and I only wanted the best for both of you. 234 00:09:53,442 --> 00:09:55,075 "The truth is... 235 00:09:55,077 --> 00:09:57,928 Barry isn't the father, either." 236 00:09:59,664 --> 00:10:02,683 "There hasn't been anything between me and Barry since..." 237 00:10:03,852 --> 00:10:05,285 "college, 238 00:10:05,287 --> 00:10:06,970 "and we were at the Clairemont on Friday 239 00:10:06,972 --> 00:10:08,355 "because we were planning 240 00:10:08,357 --> 00:10:10,374 "a surprise party for your birthday next week. 241 00:10:10,376 --> 00:10:13,360 If you don't believe me, ask the caterer." 242 00:10:13,362 --> 00:10:15,429 Alright. 243 00:10:15,431 --> 00:10:18,282 Well, all we have to do is call the Clairemont Hotel, 244 00:10:18,284 --> 00:10:20,234 ask them to check their records for a birthday party 245 00:10:20,236 --> 00:10:21,635 that was canceled 246 00:10:21,637 --> 00:10:24,855 for a Michael W-H- something in May of 2004. 247 00:10:24,857 --> 00:10:26,206 Who's the father? 248 00:10:26,208 --> 00:10:28,142 - [Scoffs] - You amaze me. 249 00:10:28,144 --> 00:10:29,993 An hour ago, you didn't know these people existed. 250 00:10:29,995 --> 00:10:31,411 Now you can't continue 251 00:10:31,413 --> 00:10:33,730 until you determine the parentage of their child. 252 00:10:33,732 --> 00:10:35,449 I can't explain it, Oliver. 253 00:10:35,451 --> 00:10:37,801 I just... have got an instinct. 254 00:10:38,636 --> 00:10:40,370 An instinct. 255 00:10:40,372 --> 00:10:42,940 You once said, "we don't find the letters, 256 00:10:42,942 --> 00:10:44,108 they find us." 257 00:10:44,110 --> 00:10:45,092 I do. 258 00:10:45,094 --> 00:10:46,226 Well, this morning, 259 00:10:46,228 --> 00:10:47,978 I woke up with a distinct feeling 260 00:10:47,980 --> 00:10:50,214 that today would pose a unique challenge. 261 00:10:50,216 --> 00:10:51,398 Was that a feeling 262 00:10:51,400 --> 00:10:52,683 or a fortune cookie, Ms. McInerney? 263 00:10:52,685 --> 00:10:55,552 - [Groans] - Oh. Just... keep reading. 264 00:10:55,554 --> 00:10:56,887 Oliver, please? 265 00:10:56,889 --> 00:10:58,906 Besides... 266 00:10:58,908 --> 00:11:00,124 Everybody knows that hotels 267 00:11:00,126 --> 00:11:02,276 destroy their records after 10 years. 268 00:11:02,278 --> 00:11:04,461 Now you're just making things up. 269 00:11:07,031 --> 00:11:09,466 On the other hand, 270 00:11:09,468 --> 00:11:12,286 I do have a feeling about this, too. 271 00:11:12,288 --> 00:11:13,337 What's your instinct? 272 00:11:13,339 --> 00:11:15,355 Not an instinct. 273 00:11:16,241 --> 00:11:17,674 More of a sign, really. 274 00:11:19,894 --> 00:11:21,362 This page... 275 00:11:21,364 --> 00:11:23,297 The envelope was bookmarking... 276 00:11:24,099 --> 00:11:26,583 "And you will know the truth, 277 00:11:26,585 --> 00:11:29,119 and the truth will make you free." 278 00:11:29,121 --> 00:11:30,587 10 years is a long time 279 00:11:30,589 --> 00:11:33,690 to be a prisoner to a lie, Ms. McInerney. 280 00:11:38,863 --> 00:11:41,215 "You are not Abby's father, 281 00:11:41,217 --> 00:11:42,799 neither is Barry." 282 00:11:42,801 --> 00:11:44,451 [Melissa, writing]: "Do you remember 283 00:11:44,453 --> 00:11:46,003 "the night before we got married?" 284 00:11:46,005 --> 00:11:48,305 [Lips smacking] 285 00:11:48,307 --> 00:11:50,407 I can't wait. Marry me now. 286 00:11:50,409 --> 00:11:52,209 [She chuckles] 287 00:11:53,761 --> 00:11:55,078 [Knock on window] 288 00:11:55,080 --> 00:11:56,730 Alright, guys. Break it up. 289 00:11:56,732 --> 00:11:59,766 She's yours tomorrow, Michael, but she's ours tonight! 290 00:11:59,768 --> 00:12:01,034 Have fun. 291 00:12:01,036 --> 00:12:03,120 - Bye. - Bye. 292 00:12:06,224 --> 00:12:07,691 [Blows a kiss] 293 00:12:10,328 --> 00:12:13,764 [Melissa]: "It started as just one last girls' night out." 294 00:12:13,766 --> 00:12:14,815 This one's for when 295 00:12:14,817 --> 00:12:15,933 Michael wins his first election. 296 00:12:15,935 --> 00:12:18,001 [Chuckles] 297 00:12:18,003 --> 00:12:19,937 - Oh! - [Laughing] 298 00:12:19,939 --> 00:12:21,672 Uh, wait a minute. 299 00:12:21,674 --> 00:12:24,174 Maybe it'll be me that goes into politics! 300 00:12:24,176 --> 00:12:25,325 We thought of that! 301 00:12:25,327 --> 00:12:26,777 And then... 302 00:12:26,779 --> 00:12:29,046 "Hello, Michael!" 303 00:12:29,048 --> 00:12:31,398 [Women laughing] 304 00:12:31,400 --> 00:12:33,333 [ ] 305 00:12:35,286 --> 00:12:36,303 [Woman]: It's the thought that counts. 306 00:12:36,305 --> 00:12:37,905 [Melissa]: Absolutely. Cheers. 307 00:12:37,907 --> 00:12:39,156 [All laughing] 308 00:12:39,158 --> 00:12:41,208 [Glasses clinking] 309 00:12:42,944 --> 00:12:44,194 I'll be right back. 310 00:12:44,196 --> 00:12:45,279 Okay. 311 00:12:45,281 --> 00:12:47,681 It's downstairs, in the back. 312 00:12:47,683 --> 00:12:50,550 "I don't remember everything, Michael, 313 00:12:50,552 --> 00:12:53,637 but I know he said he was gonna kill me." 314 00:12:54,739 --> 00:12:57,541 "Except he didn't. 315 00:12:57,543 --> 00:13:00,010 "But that night... 316 00:13:00,012 --> 00:13:02,496 I wanted to die just the same." 317 00:13:03,615 --> 00:13:05,515 [All laughing] 318 00:13:06,651 --> 00:13:12,522 [ ] 319 00:13:12,524 --> 00:13:15,042 Ms. McInerney, you were right. 320 00:13:18,329 --> 00:13:20,631 As much as I wish that weren't true. 321 00:13:21,933 --> 00:13:24,835 [ ] 322 00:13:31,264 --> 00:13:33,698 This is the saddest letter I've ever read. 323 00:13:33,700 --> 00:13:36,885 [Shane]: That's what Rebecca said when she read it. 324 00:13:36,887 --> 00:13:39,321 She wants a report on our progress by tomorrow. 325 00:13:39,323 --> 00:13:40,872 Do we have enough to figure it out? 326 00:13:40,874 --> 00:13:42,007 Not yet. 327 00:13:42,009 --> 00:13:43,408 I can't find 328 00:13:43,410 --> 00:13:45,443 any police reports from an O'Hannigan's bar 329 00:13:45,445 --> 00:13:46,477 from that year. 330 00:13:46,479 --> 00:13:47,512 I don't think you will. 331 00:13:47,514 --> 00:13:49,347 It was never reported. 332 00:13:49,349 --> 00:13:51,633 "I decided that I was never going... " 333 00:13:51,635 --> 00:13:53,384 [Melissa, overlapping]: "...going to tell a soul 334 00:13:53,386 --> 00:13:55,987 what happened, so..." 335 00:13:55,989 --> 00:13:58,506 - [Sniffling] - "I made it through the wedding 336 00:13:58,508 --> 00:14:01,726 with lots of makeup and champagne." 337 00:14:01,728 --> 00:14:03,428 "A few days later, 338 00:14:03,430 --> 00:14:05,964 "I saw his face in the Denver City Press. 339 00:14:05,966 --> 00:14:08,032 "He used a gun before, 340 00:14:08,034 --> 00:14:09,734 "to assault a kindergarten teacher 341 00:14:09,736 --> 00:14:11,002 "three days before me. 342 00:14:11,704 --> 00:14:13,720 "They caught him for that, 343 00:14:13,722 --> 00:14:16,573 and he went to prison for life." 344 00:14:16,842 --> 00:14:19,010 "In fact, it was the last case 345 00:14:19,012 --> 00:14:20,778 "that Tommy Boylen prosecuted 346 00:14:20,780 --> 00:14:23,364 "before he was appointed to the bench, remember? 347 00:14:23,366 --> 00:14:27,785 "But even though he's been in jail all this time, 348 00:14:27,787 --> 00:14:29,670 "I can't stop thinking about him... 349 00:14:29,672 --> 00:14:32,607 And there's always Abby to remind me." 350 00:14:32,609 --> 00:14:34,292 Oh, Dear. 351 00:14:34,294 --> 00:14:38,162 "I thought a thousand times about not going through with it, 352 00:14:38,164 --> 00:14:39,230 but... but I couldn't..." 353 00:14:39,232 --> 00:14:41,332 [Rita's breath shaking] 354 00:14:43,419 --> 00:14:45,370 "Because, in the end, 355 00:14:45,372 --> 00:14:47,739 "it didn't matter who her father was. 356 00:14:47,741 --> 00:14:49,707 "All that mattered 357 00:14:49,709 --> 00:14:51,893 was who her father was going to be." 358 00:14:53,112 --> 00:14:54,645 I'm sorry. 359 00:14:55,964 --> 00:14:57,315 [Oliver exhales heavily] 360 00:14:57,317 --> 00:14:58,750 "It's true, Michael, 361 00:14:58,752 --> 00:15:00,418 "you're not Abby's father, 362 00:15:00,420 --> 00:15:01,919 "but you are, and you will always be, 363 00:15:01,921 --> 00:15:03,654 "her daddy. 364 00:15:03,656 --> 00:15:05,156 "Please forgive me. 365 00:15:05,158 --> 00:15:07,308 "And if you can't, I understand. 366 00:15:07,310 --> 00:15:11,095 But I have always loved you..." 367 00:15:11,097 --> 00:15:13,765 "And I've been blessed to be your wife." 368 00:15:13,767 --> 00:15:15,533 [Others sniffing] 369 00:15:15,535 --> 00:15:18,302 "Love, Melissa." 370 00:15:20,105 --> 00:15:21,839 [Sighing] 371 00:15:21,841 --> 00:15:25,076 Michael wanted to be in politics. 372 00:15:25,078 --> 00:15:27,912 Melissa calls the prosecutor "Tommy," 373 00:15:27,914 --> 00:15:30,948 as if they were somehow friendly with the D.A.'s office. 374 00:15:30,950 --> 00:15:33,434 I believe that we are dealing with an officer of the court. 375 00:15:33,436 --> 00:15:35,052 I can run a list of lawyers 376 00:15:35,054 --> 00:15:37,138 from the Colorado Bar Association 377 00:15:37,140 --> 00:15:39,891 whose names start with "W-H-E" and then... 378 00:15:39,893 --> 00:15:43,945 Oh. Wheaton, Wheems, Wheeler, Whelcher. 379 00:15:43,947 --> 00:15:45,396 Well, actually, there's two Whelchers 380 00:15:45,398 --> 00:15:47,965 Rita, you really are amazing. 381 00:15:47,967 --> 00:15:49,350 You know that? 382 00:15:49,352 --> 00:15:50,568 Oliver? 383 00:15:50,570 --> 00:15:51,686 Yes, Norman? 384 00:15:51,688 --> 00:15:54,856 Do you think I could, um, have one of your yoo-hoos? 385 00:15:54,858 --> 00:15:56,073 Of course. 386 00:15:56,075 --> 00:15:57,875 I think we could all use one. 387 00:15:58,894 --> 00:16:01,963 Okay, Michael Wheeler, age 45, 388 00:16:01,965 --> 00:16:04,715 deputy district attorney, Denver, since 2006. 389 00:16:04,717 --> 00:16:06,317 He is the father of one, 390 00:16:06,319 --> 00:16:08,586 and was widowed in 2004. 391 00:16:08,588 --> 00:16:10,021 [Hits key] 392 00:16:10,023 --> 00:16:12,223 [Printer whirs] 393 00:16:15,661 --> 00:16:17,728 This is his address. 394 00:16:19,481 --> 00:16:20,581 Oliver... 395 00:16:20,583 --> 00:16:22,416 I'm torn about this. 396 00:16:22,418 --> 00:16:24,602 This is an incredibly difficult letter 397 00:16:24,604 --> 00:16:26,204 to deliver. 398 00:16:26,206 --> 00:16:28,306 Yes. It is. 399 00:16:32,594 --> 00:16:34,529 I wonder what a difference 400 00:16:34,531 --> 00:16:37,048 sending this will make after all this time. 401 00:16:37,050 --> 00:16:42,286 God only knows, Rita. 402 00:16:42,288 --> 00:16:44,121 [Stamp clacks] 403 00:16:44,123 --> 00:16:46,023 But that's enough for me. 404 00:16:46,892 --> 00:16:49,594 [ ] 405 00:16:49,596 --> 00:16:51,679 [Chute whooshes] 406 00:16:57,269 --> 00:16:59,620 [ ] 407 00:17:01,473 --> 00:17:05,276 Rita? How many stores in Pueblo begin with the letter "Z"? 408 00:17:05,278 --> 00:17:07,161 Oh, well, there's Zip's Skateboards, 409 00:17:07,163 --> 00:17:08,880 which is 1456 South Exposition. 410 00:17:08,882 --> 00:17:11,415 Oh, wait! No. It's not. It's, um... 411 00:17:11,417 --> 00:17:13,084 [Rita sighs] 412 00:17:13,086 --> 00:17:14,502 Uh, 5614. 413 00:17:14,504 --> 00:17:17,121 I am so sorry. I can't concentrate. 414 00:17:17,123 --> 00:17:18,539 Neither can I. 415 00:17:18,541 --> 00:17:21,008 Is everybody thinking what I'm thinking? 416 00:17:21,010 --> 00:17:22,193 About Melissa... 417 00:17:22,195 --> 00:17:23,711 And Abby... 418 00:17:23,713 --> 00:17:25,213 And Michael? 419 00:17:25,215 --> 00:17:26,347 To be honest, Ms. McInerney, 420 00:17:26,349 --> 00:17:28,282 I'm trying not to think about it. 421 00:17:28,284 --> 00:17:31,085 [ ] 422 00:17:32,104 --> 00:17:33,571 I am... 423 00:17:33,573 --> 00:17:36,991 going to go get some coffee. 424 00:17:36,993 --> 00:17:42,280 You know, I could go for a large americano with... 425 00:17:42,282 --> 00:17:44,015 I don't think she's going to get coffee. 426 00:17:45,317 --> 00:17:47,501 Yes. I'm tough on crime, 427 00:17:47,503 --> 00:17:49,303 and I have really good reason to be. 428 00:17:49,305 --> 00:17:50,555 Her name is... 429 00:17:50,557 --> 00:17:52,907 "it's my daughter, her name is... " 430 00:17:53,692 --> 00:17:54,976 it's my daughter. 431 00:17:54,978 --> 00:17:56,944 Her name is Abby. 432 00:17:56,946 --> 00:17:58,329 And I ask you, 433 00:17:58,331 --> 00:18:00,798 what are the names of the ones that you love? 434 00:18:00,800 --> 00:18:03,351 The people that you expect our city to serve and protect? 435 00:18:03,353 --> 00:18:05,686 [Chuckles]: That's good, but... 436 00:18:05,688 --> 00:18:06,954 Don't look so severe, Dad. 437 00:18:06,956 --> 00:18:08,923 You have to smile when you say that. 438 00:18:08,925 --> 00:18:15,079 You gonna be my doctor or my campaign manager? 439 00:18:15,081 --> 00:18:25,523 [ ] 440 00:18:25,525 --> 00:18:27,141 May I help you? 441 00:18:27,143 --> 00:18:28,342 Yes! Hello. 442 00:18:28,344 --> 00:18:32,063 I am from the United States postal service. 443 00:18:32,065 --> 00:18:34,565 I am conducting a routine evaluation of... 444 00:18:34,567 --> 00:18:36,500 Mail. 445 00:18:36,502 --> 00:18:38,202 How it's going here? 446 00:18:38,204 --> 00:18:40,371 Well, it still comes in every day. 447 00:18:40,373 --> 00:18:41,372 Excuse me a moment. 448 00:18:41,374 --> 00:18:43,341 Mm-hmm. 449 00:18:43,343 --> 00:18:45,409 [ ] 450 00:18:47,079 --> 00:18:48,846 Now, I thought you were gonna shave. 451 00:18:48,848 --> 00:18:50,548 Beards make voters think 452 00:18:50,550 --> 00:18:52,083 candidates have something to hide. 453 00:18:52,085 --> 00:18:53,968 I'll take that into consideration. 454 00:18:53,970 --> 00:18:55,920 - [Laughs] - Spoken like a politician. 455 00:18:55,922 --> 00:18:58,589 Thanks for doing this. 456 00:18:58,591 --> 00:19:00,057 It was nice to be asked. 457 00:19:01,860 --> 00:19:04,362 So... what are you up to? 458 00:19:04,364 --> 00:19:05,763 Not much. 459 00:19:05,765 --> 00:19:07,331 Uh, went in for some tests with Dr. Ackerman 460 00:19:07,333 --> 00:19:08,516 and Simon and I have just been... 461 00:19:08,518 --> 00:19:09,550 Tests? 462 00:19:09,552 --> 00:19:10,951 How are you feeling? 463 00:19:10,953 --> 00:19:13,304 Fine. 464 00:19:13,306 --> 00:19:15,523 Simon and I are studying for medcats. 465 00:19:15,525 --> 00:19:17,208 "Simon"? 466 00:19:17,210 --> 00:19:18,342 Boyfriend? 467 00:19:18,344 --> 00:19:19,744 You met him and you liked him. 468 00:19:19,746 --> 00:19:21,612 Mm-hmm. 469 00:19:21,614 --> 00:19:23,848 [ ] 470 00:19:23,850 --> 00:19:26,200 Wow. 471 00:19:26,202 --> 00:19:28,202 Look at this letter. 472 00:19:28,304 --> 00:19:29,437 It's 10 years old. 473 00:19:29,439 --> 00:19:31,122 We get lots of old cases. 474 00:19:31,324 --> 00:19:34,759 No, I mean the post office says it's been lost that long. 475 00:19:35,811 --> 00:19:38,429 [ ] 476 00:19:46,071 --> 00:19:48,439 What? Who's it from? 477 00:19:48,441 --> 00:19:49,373 Um... 478 00:19:49,375 --> 00:19:51,842 Nobody. 479 00:19:51,844 --> 00:19:53,778 - Okay. - [Chuckles] 480 00:19:53,780 --> 00:19:56,047 Well, see ya, Dad. 481 00:19:56,049 --> 00:19:57,215 Bye, Sweetheart. I love you. 482 00:19:57,217 --> 00:19:58,416 - I love you. - Okay. 483 00:19:58,718 --> 00:20:01,669 [ ] 484 00:20:04,656 --> 00:20:06,540 Now, how can I help you? 485 00:20:06,542 --> 00:20:08,476 Well, as I was saying... 486 00:20:08,478 --> 00:20:09,710 - Sandra? - Yeah? 487 00:20:09,712 --> 00:20:11,128 I'm taking an early lunch. 488 00:20:11,130 --> 00:20:12,830 Okay. 489 00:20:15,016 --> 00:20:16,567 I'm sorry. 490 00:20:16,569 --> 00:20:18,519 Wrong zip code. 491 00:20:20,288 --> 00:20:22,423 [ ] 492 00:20:43,528 --> 00:20:46,046 [ ] 493 00:20:57,743 --> 00:21:00,528 [Breaks into sobs] 494 00:21:06,151 --> 00:21:08,953 [Weeping] 495 00:21:08,955 --> 00:21:10,771 Oh, God! 496 00:21:10,773 --> 00:21:13,707 Oh, I'm sorry, Mel. 497 00:21:16,228 --> 00:21:18,179 [Sniffs, then roars]: I will kill him! 498 00:21:20,515 --> 00:21:23,000 [Michael sobbing uncontrollably] 499 00:21:24,536 --> 00:21:26,937 [ ] 500 00:21:30,843 --> 00:21:32,944 [Quietly]: I will kill him. 501 00:21:34,513 --> 00:21:36,647 [ ] 502 00:21:38,116 --> 00:21:39,283 Ms. McInerney. 503 00:21:39,285 --> 00:21:41,218 That certainly was a lot of coffee. 504 00:21:41,220 --> 00:21:44,121 Oliver, I think Michael Wheeler is out for revenge. 505 00:21:44,123 --> 00:21:48,409 [ ] 506 00:21:49,838 --> 00:21:51,422 He's gonna kill that man? 507 00:21:51,424 --> 00:21:52,423 He said he would. 508 00:21:52,425 --> 00:21:53,390 How do you know this? 509 00:21:53,392 --> 00:21:55,159 It's a long story. 510 00:21:55,161 --> 00:21:57,394 I'll skip the part where I followed him into a cemetery. 511 00:21:57,396 --> 00:21:59,447 - Oh, boy. - Anybody who doesn't... 512 00:21:59,449 --> 00:22:00,881 want to know what I'm about to do 513 00:22:00,883 --> 00:22:01,966 should leave now. 514 00:22:01,968 --> 00:22:03,267 Well, I don't want to know, 515 00:22:03,269 --> 00:22:05,152 and I'm not leaving, and you're gonna tell me anyway. 516 00:22:05,154 --> 00:22:06,420 Let's just say 517 00:22:06,422 --> 00:22:08,105 I am taking my computer skills to a whole new level. 518 00:22:08,107 --> 00:22:10,174 [Keys clacking] 519 00:22:10,176 --> 00:22:13,010 [ ] 520 00:22:16,882 --> 00:22:19,617 [Sighs heavily] 521 00:22:25,640 --> 00:22:27,391 He's searching the kindergarten teacher's story, 522 00:22:27,393 --> 00:22:28,526 just the way I did. 523 00:22:28,528 --> 00:22:29,543 How do you know this? 524 00:22:29,545 --> 00:22:31,295 I broke into the City Hall mainframe. 525 00:22:31,297 --> 00:22:32,497 Oh, wow. 526 00:22:32,499 --> 00:22:36,534 Now you see why Washington hated to lose me. 527 00:22:36,536 --> 00:22:38,803 [ ] 528 00:22:53,085 --> 00:22:55,286 [Clicking] 529 00:22:55,288 --> 00:22:57,889 [ ] 530 00:22:59,825 --> 00:23:01,058 What's he doing? 531 00:23:01,060 --> 00:23:02,343 Searching the D.A.'s files. 532 00:23:02,345 --> 00:23:04,628 He probably wants to find out as much about Brackner 533 00:23:04,630 --> 00:23:05,746 before he kills him. 534 00:23:05,748 --> 00:23:06,964 Now, what on earth would make you think 535 00:23:06,966 --> 00:23:09,150 Mr. Wheeler would kill a man who's already in jail? 536 00:23:09,152 --> 00:23:10,801 I watched him read the letter. 537 00:23:10,803 --> 00:23:12,186 I saw him stand over Melissa's grave 538 00:23:12,188 --> 00:23:15,039 and swear that he would kill Brackner. 539 00:23:15,041 --> 00:23:16,374 Probably with the Sig Sauer 540 00:23:16,376 --> 00:23:17,975 that he has registered as a concealed weapon. 541 00:23:17,977 --> 00:23:20,144 But I thought Brackner was 542 00:23:20,146 --> 00:23:21,329 supposed to be in jail for life. 543 00:23:21,331 --> 00:23:22,547 So did Michael. 544 00:23:22,549 --> 00:23:25,366 Wait! It looks like he's onto something. 545 00:23:32,975 --> 00:23:34,192 [Oliver]: I don't understand. 546 00:23:34,194 --> 00:23:36,661 Brackner may be released? 547 00:23:36,663 --> 00:23:39,230 It's true. Brackner's on his last appeal, 548 00:23:39,232 --> 00:23:40,665 but this time, defense says 549 00:23:40,667 --> 00:23:43,100 they've got enough for a reversal, 550 00:23:43,102 --> 00:23:44,452 based on new forensics 551 00:23:44,454 --> 00:23:46,721 suggesting a compromise in the chain of evidence. 552 00:23:46,723 --> 00:23:49,373 There's an old Illinois precedent from 1898 553 00:23:49,375 --> 00:23:50,374 on material evidence. 554 00:23:50,376 --> 00:23:51,508 I'll email it to you. 555 00:23:51,510 --> 00:23:53,994 Great. Thanks. 556 00:23:53,996 --> 00:23:55,195 Uh... 557 00:23:55,197 --> 00:23:57,448 You know, I thought you'd be, uh, 558 00:23:57,450 --> 00:23:58,666 too busy campaigning 559 00:23:58,668 --> 00:24:00,517 to pay attention to this little stuff. 560 00:24:00,919 --> 00:24:02,620 Putting trash like this away 561 00:24:02,622 --> 00:24:03,888 is worth whatever it takes. 562 00:24:06,792 --> 00:24:09,060 Hey, you mind if I drop by and watch? 563 00:24:10,663 --> 00:24:12,814 You're the boss. 564 00:24:13,716 --> 00:24:16,568 [ ] 565 00:24:17,586 --> 00:24:19,720 But that's just not fair! 566 00:24:19,722 --> 00:24:21,021 I'm betting that's where Michael's gonna do it... 567 00:24:21,023 --> 00:24:23,040 in court, at the appeal. 568 00:24:23,042 --> 00:24:24,742 Because if Brackner gets released, 569 00:24:24,744 --> 00:24:25,893 he'll disappear. 570 00:24:26,195 --> 00:24:28,846 I don't like the idea of that guy walking around. 571 00:24:28,848 --> 00:24:31,415 But, hey! What if he couldn't walk? 572 00:24:31,417 --> 00:24:32,750 You know, I have a cousin... 573 00:24:32,752 --> 00:24:35,869 Norman, enough regulations have been broken already. 574 00:24:36,955 --> 00:24:38,589 We don't know any more than Mr. Wheeler. 575 00:24:38,591 --> 00:24:39,807 Probably far less. 576 00:24:39,809 --> 00:24:41,842 Besides, what if... what if we're wrong? 577 00:24:41,844 --> 00:24:43,060 What if we are right? 578 00:24:43,062 --> 00:24:44,512 His daughter has lost enough already. 579 00:24:44,514 --> 00:24:46,480 She has. I just... 580 00:24:46,482 --> 00:24:48,182 Wait a minute. 581 00:24:48,184 --> 00:24:50,484 Ms. Mclnerney, 582 00:24:50,486 --> 00:24:52,252 what was the name of her doctor again? 583 00:24:52,254 --> 00:24:53,554 Ackerman! 584 00:24:53,556 --> 00:24:54,972 We've got the name. 585 00:24:54,974 --> 00:24:57,057 I'll just look up the records. 586 00:24:59,895 --> 00:25:03,097 Whoa... okay. 587 00:25:03,099 --> 00:25:04,882 This is a game-changer. 588 00:25:04,884 --> 00:25:06,083 I can't believe you found it. 589 00:25:06,085 --> 00:25:07,785 You're right. Someone has to stop him. 590 00:25:07,787 --> 00:25:10,020 Yeah, but we can't prove it. At least not in time. 591 00:25:10,022 --> 00:25:11,071 Oliver, you always say 592 00:25:11,073 --> 00:25:12,706 that we have to be responsible 593 00:25:12,708 --> 00:25:14,642 for what little truth that we have. 594 00:25:14,644 --> 00:25:17,244 We have it now, and Michael doesn't. 595 00:25:17,246 --> 00:25:18,879 We have a moral obligation to stop him. 596 00:25:18,881 --> 00:25:20,481 We'll do everything in our power, 597 00:25:20,483 --> 00:25:22,199 but our powers are somewhat limited. 598 00:25:22,201 --> 00:25:23,117 How limited? 599 00:25:23,119 --> 00:25:24,535 Well, we have to stay 600 00:25:24,537 --> 00:25:26,470 within some pretty strict guidelines around here. 601 00:25:26,472 --> 00:25:28,405 And, you know, every once in a while, 602 00:25:28,407 --> 00:25:29,924 when no ones's looking, 603 00:25:29,926 --> 00:25:32,576 we push the envelope if it's important. 604 00:25:32,578 --> 00:25:35,412 Well, I think this is one of those times 605 00:25:35,414 --> 00:25:37,798 and I'm certainly not looking. 606 00:25:37,800 --> 00:25:41,135 There you go. You heard it direct from the Head of Special Projects 607 00:25:41,137 --> 00:25:42,219 in Washington, D.C. 608 00:25:42,221 --> 00:25:43,637 It is a tempting proposition, 609 00:25:43,639 --> 00:25:45,806 but we are talking about saving a life here. 610 00:25:45,808 --> 00:25:46,874 Two, actually. 611 00:25:46,876 --> 00:25:49,209 We're gonna need a lot more than someone looking the other way. 612 00:25:49,211 --> 00:25:52,095 We're gonna need full authority to pull this off. 613 00:25:52,097 --> 00:25:53,246 At least temporarily. 614 00:25:53,248 --> 00:25:55,732 Why should it be temporary? 615 00:25:55,734 --> 00:25:57,501 Ms. McInerney... 616 00:25:57,503 --> 00:26:00,421 Take a letter. 617 00:26:00,423 --> 00:26:03,841 "Memo for General Distribution 618 00:26:03,843 --> 00:26:05,976 "from the United States post office, Washington D.C. 619 00:26:05,978 --> 00:26:08,245 "Effective immediately, 620 00:26:08,247 --> 00:26:10,481 "the Division of Special Projects 621 00:26:10,483 --> 00:26:12,616 "announces the reorganization 622 00:26:12,618 --> 00:26:15,352 of the Denver branch of the D.L.O. into..." 623 00:26:15,354 --> 00:26:16,437 Uh... into a... 624 00:26:16,439 --> 00:26:17,872 A Special Task Force? 625 00:26:17,874 --> 00:26:19,390 Ah! That's good. 626 00:26:19,392 --> 00:26:20,641 Good, good, good, good. 627 00:26:20,643 --> 00:26:22,193 "...into a Special Task Force, 628 00:26:22,195 --> 00:26:26,063 "dedicated to the delivery of sensitive letters, 629 00:26:26,065 --> 00:26:29,550 "packages, and related material 630 00:26:29,552 --> 00:26:32,436 deemed "undeliverable" and needing special handling." 631 00:26:32,438 --> 00:26:34,255 Rebecca, that's great, 632 00:26:34,257 --> 00:26:35,289 but I can't help but think 633 00:26:35,291 --> 00:26:38,209 that we might need a little more latitude. 634 00:26:38,211 --> 00:26:42,229 An expense account, flexible hours... travel. 635 00:26:42,431 --> 00:26:43,981 Okay. Got it. Got it. 636 00:26:43,983 --> 00:26:48,219 "Said Task Force shall be given wide powers of discretion, 637 00:26:48,221 --> 00:26:49,687 "fiscal independence, 638 00:26:49,689 --> 00:26:51,021 "and... 639 00:26:51,023 --> 00:26:54,525 shall report directly and solely to this division." 640 00:26:55,393 --> 00:26:56,794 Love it! 641 00:26:56,796 --> 00:26:58,295 I'm sorry. 642 00:26:58,297 --> 00:27:00,080 What just happened? 643 00:27:00,082 --> 00:27:01,649 I just found my special project. 644 00:27:01,651 --> 00:27:04,969 - [Laughs] - And you guys just got promoted. 645 00:27:05,854 --> 00:27:08,606 Norman is going to love this. 646 00:27:09,991 --> 00:27:11,392 So... 647 00:27:11,394 --> 00:27:13,744 We're a secret branch of the post office now? 648 00:27:13,746 --> 00:27:15,329 Not secret. 649 00:27:15,331 --> 00:27:17,514 Just a very, very Special Task Force. 650 00:27:17,516 --> 00:27:19,550 But, I mean... Wow, wow! Wow! 651 00:27:19,552 --> 00:27:20,485 This is so exciting! 652 00:27:20,487 --> 00:27:23,237 We are like, uh, like secret agents or superheroes. 653 00:27:23,239 --> 00:27:25,239 We're gonna need a name, like, uh, 654 00:27:25,441 --> 00:27:27,241 like a real name, like "the A-Team". 655 00:27:27,243 --> 00:27:28,559 Or the "Impossible Missions Force," 656 00:27:28,561 --> 00:27:30,227 or, uh, "Seal Team Six"... 657 00:27:30,229 --> 00:27:31,378 "The Incredibles"? 658 00:27:31,380 --> 00:27:34,164 A moniker, some sort of unique designation. 659 00:27:34,166 --> 00:27:36,366 Wait! I've got it! 660 00:27:38,420 --> 00:27:40,505 "The Postables." 661 00:27:40,507 --> 00:27:41,305 Huh. 662 00:27:41,707 --> 00:27:43,324 The Postables. 663 00:27:43,326 --> 00:27:45,175 Right? The Postables! Oh, my gosh. 664 00:27:45,177 --> 00:27:46,510 We could even have jackets! 665 00:27:46,512 --> 00:27:49,046 - Or patches. - "Postable" patches! 666 00:27:49,048 --> 00:27:50,514 I think you should draw the line at capes. 667 00:27:50,516 --> 00:27:51,982 Will do. 668 00:27:51,984 --> 00:27:54,635 Well, I'm proud to be a Postable. 669 00:27:54,637 --> 00:27:57,488 [ ] 670 00:28:01,152 --> 00:28:02,602 [Michael]: Of course. Yeah. 671 00:28:02,904 --> 00:28:04,454 She's from, uh, 672 00:28:04,756 --> 00:28:07,139 Three Hills, Wyoming, if you can believe that. 673 00:28:07,141 --> 00:28:08,407 It's a very small town. 674 00:28:08,409 --> 00:28:10,593 Yeah. Her name's Eartha Lewis. 675 00:28:10,595 --> 00:28:12,678 I don't have the spelling... 676 00:28:12,680 --> 00:28:13,646 if he had a gun, 677 00:28:13,648 --> 00:28:16,449 he wouldn't take it through security. 678 00:28:16,451 --> 00:28:17,651 [Shane]: I scanned his bank records. 679 00:28:17,653 --> 00:28:18,986 He closed all of his accounts 680 00:28:18,988 --> 00:28:20,903 and put a power of attorney into his daughter's name 681 00:28:20,905 --> 00:28:22,672 in case anything happens. 682 00:28:22,774 --> 00:28:25,325 [Norman]: Mm. He did have an awfully big breakfast. 683 00:28:25,327 --> 00:28:26,793 I'm telling you, 684 00:28:26,795 --> 00:28:28,511 he's not expecting to get out of here. 685 00:28:28,513 --> 00:28:29,712 At least, not as a free man. 686 00:28:29,714 --> 00:28:31,130 Oh, Mr. Wheeler. 687 00:28:31,132 --> 00:28:33,482 Forgot your briefcase. 688 00:28:33,484 --> 00:28:35,234 Thanks, Anthony. 689 00:28:36,336 --> 00:28:37,637 And he just got his briefcase 690 00:28:37,639 --> 00:28:39,989 through security without inspection. 691 00:28:40,291 --> 00:28:42,542 [Quietly exhaling] 692 00:28:42,544 --> 00:28:46,012 [ ] 693 00:28:56,657 --> 00:28:58,157 [Exhales nervously] 694 00:28:58,159 --> 00:29:00,560 Did I miss anything? 695 00:29:02,195 --> 00:29:03,496 All rise. 696 00:29:06,683 --> 00:29:09,368 [ ] 697 00:29:14,441 --> 00:29:18,144 In the matter of the State of Colorado vs. Carl Brackner, 698 00:29:18,146 --> 00:29:19,962 I am prepared to deliver my decision 699 00:29:19,964 --> 00:29:21,881 after I have conferred with counsel. 700 00:29:21,883 --> 00:29:23,166 Please approach the bench. 701 00:29:23,368 --> 00:29:26,419 [ ] 702 00:29:30,741 --> 00:29:33,375 Would you mind putting your briefcase on the floor, 703 00:29:33,377 --> 00:29:34,594 under here? 704 00:29:34,596 --> 00:29:36,913 It's just that I'm... I'm allergic to, um, leather. 705 00:29:36,915 --> 00:29:39,782 No, I'm sorry. I need it with me right now. 706 00:29:40,084 --> 00:29:42,836 Oh. Sure. 707 00:29:42,838 --> 00:29:44,771 Achoo. 708 00:29:48,058 --> 00:29:49,775 [Attorney sighs] 709 00:29:49,777 --> 00:29:51,494 Defense filed a motion 710 00:29:51,496 --> 00:29:55,197 to deny the 1898 ruling on material evidence. 711 00:29:55,199 --> 00:29:57,850 She says I can't cite a case that old 712 00:29:57,852 --> 00:30:00,152 unless I can prove relevance. 713 00:30:00,154 --> 00:30:01,504 You got any ideas? 714 00:30:01,506 --> 00:30:02,688 Well, you could... 715 00:30:02,690 --> 00:30:04,507 she's questioning relevance 716 00:30:04,509 --> 00:30:06,092 because it's a hundred years old? 717 00:30:06,094 --> 00:30:08,661 That's exactly why it's relevant! 718 00:30:08,663 --> 00:30:10,763 Judges wrote decisions a hundred years ago 719 00:30:10,765 --> 00:30:13,115 so we could hear their voices today. 720 00:30:13,117 --> 00:30:14,750 If we don't listen to their past, 721 00:30:14,752 --> 00:30:16,052 then who will listen 722 00:30:16,054 --> 00:30:18,871 to this judge's decision a hundred years from now? 723 00:30:18,873 --> 00:30:20,306 Yeah! Not to mention 724 00:30:20,308 --> 00:30:22,274 the State of Illinois vs. Preston 725 00:30:22,276 --> 00:30:25,244 cited the same case in 1989 and prevailed, 726 00:30:25,246 --> 00:30:27,063 upholding the previous verdict 727 00:30:27,065 --> 00:30:28,781 of 1977. 728 00:30:31,551 --> 00:30:33,436 Your honor? 729 00:30:33,438 --> 00:30:34,787 May I approach? 730 00:30:37,091 --> 00:30:39,275 Who are you people? 731 00:30:39,277 --> 00:30:40,976 Mr. Wheeler. 732 00:30:40,978 --> 00:30:44,096 We know what's in that letter in your pocket. 733 00:30:44,098 --> 00:30:46,098 We know what's in your briefcase. 734 00:30:46,100 --> 00:30:49,168 And I believe we know what's on your mind. 735 00:30:49,170 --> 00:30:51,053 Believe me, I wouldn't blame you 736 00:30:51,055 --> 00:30:54,440 if you stuffed Carl Brackner into a blender and hit "frappe." 737 00:30:55,059 --> 00:30:57,193 But we have information 738 00:30:57,695 --> 00:31:00,379 about your daughter 739 00:31:00,381 --> 00:31:01,364 that will convince you 740 00:31:01,366 --> 00:31:02,965 of the terrible mistake you're about to make. 741 00:31:03,067 --> 00:31:04,734 You must believe me. 742 00:31:04,736 --> 00:31:06,452 There is only one course of action 743 00:31:06,454 --> 00:31:07,787 you can take today. 744 00:31:07,789 --> 00:31:09,571 You must trade us your briefcase and the... 745 00:31:09,573 --> 00:31:11,073 Sig Sauer P229. 746 00:31:11,075 --> 00:31:14,694 That's concealed inside. 747 00:31:14,696 --> 00:31:17,129 Read the information, decide for yourself. 748 00:31:18,165 --> 00:31:20,433 You must trust us. 749 00:31:20,435 --> 00:31:22,702 This is a matter of life and death. 750 00:31:27,124 --> 00:31:29,742 Please, Mr. Wheeler. 751 00:31:43,290 --> 00:31:45,725 Well done, Sir. Thank you. 752 00:31:48,879 --> 00:31:51,330 [ ] 753 00:31:58,105 --> 00:32:00,372 [Oliver]: Sir, if we don't act now, 754 00:32:00,374 --> 00:32:02,241 you won't be able to save your daughter. 755 00:32:02,243 --> 00:32:03,193 [Judge]: Mr. Morgan, 756 00:32:03,195 --> 00:32:05,177 I have been convinced that the relevance of the ruling 757 00:32:05,179 --> 00:32:07,196 on material evidence from 1898 758 00:32:07,198 --> 00:32:08,748 and I am going to allow it. 759 00:32:08,750 --> 00:32:11,650 Motion denied. 760 00:32:11,652 --> 00:32:14,787 I am now prepared to deliver my ruling on your appeal. 761 00:32:14,789 --> 00:32:17,506 And after reading the transcripts from your trial, 762 00:32:17,508 --> 00:32:18,941 I am inclined to agree 763 00:32:18,943 --> 00:32:22,895 with the jury's original verdict of "guilty." 764 00:32:24,581 --> 00:32:27,516 [ ] 765 00:32:27,518 --> 00:32:29,635 [Man over P.A.]: Visitor for Brackner. 766 00:32:30,670 --> 00:32:33,005 [ ] 767 00:33:06,756 --> 00:33:09,308 My name is Michael Wheeler. 768 00:33:13,046 --> 00:33:15,397 My wife, um... 769 00:33:16,950 --> 00:33:19,552 My wife... 770 00:33:19,554 --> 00:33:21,554 She died in a river-rafting accident 771 00:33:21,556 --> 00:33:24,039 10 years ago. 772 00:33:24,041 --> 00:33:27,009 I found a letter that she wrote, and in it she says that you... 773 00:33:28,862 --> 00:33:31,163 That you were the, uh... 774 00:33:37,621 --> 00:33:40,005 [ ] 775 00:33:51,651 --> 00:33:53,719 I don't remember. 776 00:33:55,906 --> 00:33:58,524 People's relatives, they show up every now and then, 777 00:33:58,526 --> 00:33:59,892 asking questions. 778 00:34:00,394 --> 00:34:01,527 Mostly "why?" 779 00:34:01,529 --> 00:34:03,329 I didn't come here to ask why. 780 00:34:03,331 --> 00:34:06,315 You've seen the monster. 781 00:34:06,317 --> 00:34:08,033 So go ahead 782 00:34:08,035 --> 00:34:10,135 and tell me to burn in hell, or you forgive me, 783 00:34:10,137 --> 00:34:12,238 or you do whatever you've got to do to get closure, 784 00:34:12,240 --> 00:34:14,323 'cause I got lunch coming up, and it's pizza day. 785 00:34:15,008 --> 00:34:17,026 You have a daughter. 786 00:34:20,931 --> 00:34:23,482 Her name's Abby. 787 00:34:23,484 --> 00:34:26,635 When she was 12, she was in the same accident, 788 00:34:26,637 --> 00:34:30,339 and now she... 789 00:34:30,341 --> 00:34:32,424 She needs a kidney transplant. 790 00:34:36,212 --> 00:34:39,098 [Starts laughing] 791 00:34:40,100 --> 00:34:41,333 [Thumps table] 792 00:34:41,335 --> 00:34:42,918 [Brackner]: You can't make me do that. 793 00:34:42,920 --> 00:34:43,919 Of course not... 794 00:34:43,921 --> 00:34:45,671 You can't even prove that's my kid! 795 00:34:45,673 --> 00:34:46,906 The test can. 796 00:34:46,908 --> 00:34:48,958 A really simple test. 797 00:34:48,960 --> 00:34:51,894 Yeah, well, it don't matter. 798 00:34:54,748 --> 00:34:57,132 She's 22 now. 799 00:34:57,134 --> 00:35:00,152 She's beautiful, she's smart and funny. 800 00:35:00,688 --> 00:35:02,806 She has blue eyes, 801 00:35:03,808 --> 00:35:05,891 and she's tall... 802 00:35:05,893 --> 00:35:07,826 like you. 803 00:35:07,828 --> 00:35:09,895 [ ] 804 00:35:24,377 --> 00:35:28,080 Nobody makes me do nothing I don't wanna do. 805 00:35:28,082 --> 00:35:30,432 That's true. 806 00:35:30,434 --> 00:35:32,384 That is true. 807 00:35:38,425 --> 00:35:40,492 [Chairs scraping floor] 808 00:35:41,394 --> 00:35:43,946 You have a chance here... 809 00:35:43,948 --> 00:35:48,049 to do something good, something that matters. 810 00:35:49,002 --> 00:35:51,387 How many other guys in here get that? 811 00:35:53,907 --> 00:35:55,240 It's a simple test. 812 00:35:55,242 --> 00:35:59,044 They just scrape cells from the inside of your cheek. 813 00:36:03,984 --> 00:36:06,101 [ ] 814 00:36:09,673 --> 00:36:12,808 She looks like my mother. 815 00:36:14,644 --> 00:36:16,528 - [Quiet sob] - Is that good? 816 00:36:18,832 --> 00:36:21,850 [ ] 817 00:36:23,570 --> 00:36:29,708 [Weeps] 818 00:36:29,710 --> 00:36:32,294 [ ] 819 00:36:55,285 --> 00:36:56,302 [Door thuds] 820 00:36:56,304 --> 00:36:58,021 [Lock clicks] 821 00:36:58,723 --> 00:37:01,523 [ ] 822 00:37:18,357 --> 00:37:23,293 [Exhales deeply] 823 00:37:23,295 --> 00:37:26,046 [ ] 824 00:37:26,175 --> 00:37:28,159 Dad! You shaved. 825 00:37:28,850 --> 00:37:30,449 Yeah. It was time. 826 00:37:32,263 --> 00:37:34,266 - Hey, honey. - I got your message. 827 00:37:34,572 --> 00:37:36,239 But why here? 828 00:37:36,991 --> 00:37:38,541 Uh... 829 00:37:40,824 --> 00:37:41,924 Well, we need to talk. 830 00:37:43,116 --> 00:37:44,382 And, uh... 831 00:37:47,247 --> 00:37:48,981 I wanted us all to be together. 832 00:37:50,917 --> 00:37:52,401 Okay. 833 00:37:59,142 --> 00:38:01,460 [Buzzing chatter of crowd] 834 00:38:12,237 --> 00:38:13,299 [Shane chuckles] 835 00:38:13,324 --> 00:38:14,962 Oliver, what does it take 836 00:38:14,987 --> 00:38:16,752 to get you to let your hair down 837 00:38:16,777 --> 00:38:18,362 and let yourself have a little fun? 838 00:38:18,539 --> 00:38:20,722 I will consider having fun, Ms. McInerney, 839 00:38:20,747 --> 00:38:22,815 once my entire team is assembled 840 00:38:23,075 --> 00:38:24,541 and accounted for. 841 00:38:24,543 --> 00:38:26,042 That includes Norman. 842 00:38:26,044 --> 00:38:27,344 He's not here? 843 00:38:27,346 --> 00:38:29,247 - They're about to start. - Mm. 844 00:38:29,272 --> 00:38:30,758 Oh, my! 845 00:38:43,144 --> 00:38:44,978 Uh, barkeep. 846 00:38:44,980 --> 00:38:46,730 May I have an Arnold Palmer? 847 00:38:46,732 --> 00:38:49,232 Shaken... Not stirred. 848 00:38:50,188 --> 00:38:52,452 Norman, we were growing concerned. 849 00:38:52,724 --> 00:38:54,728 Ahh. Thank you. 850 00:38:55,090 --> 00:38:56,895 I see you dressed for the occasion. 851 00:38:56,920 --> 00:38:57,969 Ah, yes. 852 00:38:58,093 --> 00:38:59,876 Uh, I often dress 853 00:39:00,763 --> 00:39:01,878 for occasions. 854 00:39:01,880 --> 00:39:02,963 [Breathless chuckle] 855 00:39:02,965 --> 00:39:06,099 Rita? May I buy you an Arnold Palmer? 856 00:39:06,710 --> 00:39:08,185 Why, y-yes. 857 00:39:08,187 --> 00:39:10,532 Please. With an umbrella, please. 858 00:39:17,362 --> 00:39:19,196 I owe you an apology. 859 00:39:19,539 --> 00:39:21,831 I can't imagine what for. 860 00:39:21,833 --> 00:39:23,250 Well, do you remember the morning 861 00:39:23,252 --> 00:39:25,118 that you brought the letter to me and Shane? 862 00:39:25,653 --> 00:39:28,121 - I do. - Okay, well, ahem, 863 00:39:28,123 --> 00:39:29,928 before you walked in, I let it slip that... 864 00:39:30,913 --> 00:39:33,130 no, I flat-out told her 865 00:39:33,262 --> 00:39:34,427 that you'd overheard 866 00:39:34,429 --> 00:39:36,379 our conversation about you the other week, 867 00:39:36,381 --> 00:39:39,840 but I made her promise not to tell you that she knew... 868 00:39:39,865 --> 00:39:41,031 I knew. 869 00:39:41,053 --> 00:39:42,886 I know. Apology accepted. 870 00:39:42,888 --> 00:39:43,937 Thank you. 871 00:39:43,939 --> 00:39:46,439 "And the truth shall set you free." 872 00:39:47,441 --> 00:39:48,626 Oh, yeah? 873 00:39:50,312 --> 00:39:51,861 [Rebecca]: In the three happy weeks 874 00:39:51,886 --> 00:39:53,720 that I have spent at the Denver branch 875 00:39:53,745 --> 00:39:54,960 of the U.S. post office, 876 00:39:55,450 --> 00:39:56,451 I have learned 877 00:39:56,476 --> 00:39:59,777 not only what it means to be a better postal worker... 878 00:40:00,509 --> 00:40:02,155 But I have learned from these honorees 879 00:40:02,157 --> 00:40:05,242 what it means to be a proud postal worker. 880 00:40:06,244 --> 00:40:09,488 It may be true that electronic thought has taken over our world... 881 00:40:09,899 --> 00:40:12,232 I mean, we tweet and text faster than we can think. 882 00:40:12,257 --> 00:40:13,295 "O.M.G." 883 00:40:13,320 --> 00:40:14,446 [Laughter] 884 00:40:14,471 --> 00:40:16,972 But a year ago, or perhaps a hundred years ago, 885 00:40:17,339 --> 00:40:20,140 someone wrote a letter with real words 886 00:40:20,142 --> 00:40:23,260 and more than two seconds of thought put behind them, 887 00:40:23,262 --> 00:40:25,390 and we are living their future. 888 00:40:25,910 --> 00:40:27,710 There are thousands of letters, 889 00:40:27,735 --> 00:40:31,349 each one a voice from the past, just waiting to be heard. 890 00:40:32,154 --> 00:40:33,820 It'll take the kind of sacrifice 891 00:40:34,235 --> 00:40:35,855 and devotion given by you, 892 00:40:36,313 --> 00:40:37,813 the honorees who have each received 893 00:40:37,838 --> 00:40:39,671 not only the distinguished service award 894 00:40:39,696 --> 00:40:40,862 from this branch, 895 00:40:41,607 --> 00:40:43,163 but I am happy to announce 896 00:40:43,165 --> 00:40:45,577 that the postmaster general of the United States... 897 00:40:47,605 --> 00:40:50,140 has instructed me to confer upon you 898 00:40:50,289 --> 00:40:52,936 the highest honor for any U.S. postal worker... 899 00:40:54,292 --> 00:40:55,957 "The Dark of Night award." 900 00:40:55,982 --> 00:40:57,198 [Postables gasping] 901 00:40:57,223 --> 00:41:00,007 [Crowd applauding] 902 00:41:01,432 --> 00:41:02,932 [Laughing] 903 00:41:02,934 --> 00:41:08,305 [Applause continues] 904 00:41:16,314 --> 00:41:17,965 Now, this is fun. 905 00:41:20,093 --> 00:41:21,510 [Laughing] 906 00:41:21,560 --> 00:41:26,110 Repair and Synchronization by Easy Subtitles Synchronizer 1.0.0.0