All language subtitles for NYPD Blue (1993) - S11E06 - Andy Appleseed (1080p HULU WEB-DL x265 LION)

Previously on "NYPD blue"...

Communications notified me.

Some of the details match
a homicide I caught
over in Brooklyn.

Let's wait before we go putting
this out as some serial killer.

My boss wanted me to run with
this along with you guys.

We're gonna go to the bar, show
the d. O. A.'S picture around.

The owner, James carlin,
real pain in the ass.

Now if both these women had
city bus transfers on them,

would you turn the transit
authority upside down, too?

Do you know how many people come
through this hotel each day?

He saw you and Kurt
go in there.

Kurt was there, too.

No, Kurt's mom saw him home
at 10:30.

She's lying. She's the one
that told US to lie.

Kurt's mom
is behind all this?

You and Kurt
are under arrest.

Arson,
hindering prosecution.

Are you happy?!
Now I'm getting arrested!

Mom, calm down.

Are you happy now?!

Are you ready
to spice things up?

We can watch ourselves
having sex.

Jen, we don't need it.

I should go.

Jen, come on.

You can't be doing this.

I'm acting like a slut,
what the boss wants me doing.

You've been drinking.
One. Got a lid on it.

What's your problem?
Get your hands off of me!

Either you tell me what's
going on so I can help you,

or I'm making a phone call,
and you're off the case.

I went in for an exam today.

They found a lump
in my breast.

You can't tell anyone--
not Connie, no one.

What is it with you
and Diane?

She's been there for US.

There's something going on
with her.

You know about it,
and I'm being lied to.

You're reading into stuff
that ain't there.

I'm being lied to.

How old?

Strangled and beaten?

All right,
we'll be right down.

Young female, d. O. A.--
Fits the pattern.

Why don't you take
the first shower?

I'll call Andrea
for the kids.

Didn't sleep good?

No.

Should we talk a minute?

If you have something to say.

This whole thing with Diane,
you're overreacting.

Well, we'll talk if you have
something new to say.

If not,
just take your shower.

D.O.A.'s Ann Healy.
Cleaning lady found her.

Anything taken?

Not that the cleaning lady
could see.

Girl's strangled,
whacked on the head.

Apparently raped.

Did you find a rope
around her neck?
No.

Might be connected,
might not.

Until it's confirmed,
let's keep it quiet.

Did you check the purse?

I didn't touch a thing.

We'll take the cleaning lady.

Give her a look around.

He doped up the other two.
No injection site.

He could have jabbed her
through her clothes.

I'm trying to keep
an optimistic outlook.

Andy, matchbook.

From the time bar?

The capsule bar.
Same owner-- that carlin.

We got a blunt head wound,
strangled, signs of rape,

a carlin matchbook
in her purse.

Diane calling.

Tell her to meet US
at carlin's.

This could be our guy.

What do you want to do
about the canvass?

John, why don't you take
the canvass?

I'll go with you
to meet Diane.

Carlin?

Assistant went to get him.

Morning.

Hi.

Here he is.

Carlin.

What's up?

We got another homicide.

Tied to here?

To your other place--
the capsule bar.

Ann Healy--
you seen her before?

How do you know
it's out of my bar?

Same m. O., and she had
a matchbook on her.

We're gonna need the names
of your regular bartenders.

And then you'll get word to
the press on capsule, too.

Folks are being preyed on
out of your bars.

The public's got to know.

I'm a little disappointed in how
this investigation's going.

We're doing all we can.
Look at the picture.

Never seen her before.

You know how much of this
hotel's revenue

is tied to these bars?

This is the crowd I'll have
until you catch this guy.

We're doing all we can.

Are you? 'Cause you look
a little distracted.

And my bartender in here last
night said you showed up drunk,

started a fight, and now
you look a little hung over.

You don't want to be
in her face anymore.

It's great to know
your life's being handled
by the second string.

Your bartenders-- now.

I'm going back to the house.

Diane was drinking
last night?

That's how you ended up
in a fight.

A pushy asshole
wouldn't back off.

But she was drinking.

Why didn't you think
I should know that?

Connie, just drop it.

Morning.

Detective,

someone dropped this off
for you downstairs.

Homicide gunshot
on 12th and 2nd.

You and Jones.

That's the ackermans' place--

that family whose son did the
arson and the mom covered it up.

Who's the d. O. A.?

Didn't give a name.

From the doc, devlin?

Yeah, it's her perfume.
It just says "noon."

Anything on the canvass?

Two neighbors out of town,
two at work. So no.

What do we know about
the d. O. A.'S background?

Ann Healy, 26 years old,

supply purchaser for a shoe
company, born in Jersey city.

I tried working up connections
with the other two d. O. A.'S

fitting the pattern,
but I got nothing

past two of them having credit-
card purchases at a Starbucks.

The same Starbucks?

Different. I mean,
it's not worth mentioning.

So, like nine billion other
people, they drank coffee.

Like I said,
it wasn't worth mentioning.

D.O.A.'s got no record,
no beefs at work.

Boyfriend?

Coworkers said she broke up with
a guy two weeks ago--

Ron, didn't have a last name.

We got a Ron handler in her
cell phone directory.

I'll find out when she
called him last.

Find out
and then bring him in.

Push-in robbery.

Guy shot the mom once
in the chest,

then beat up the brother.

The daughter interrupted it.

Where's the brother?

Being treated at bellevue.
Busted lip and cuts on his face.

All right, thanks.
All right.

Alison, what happened?

A man was trying to Rob US.

Did you get a look at him?

He had a mask.

Well, was he white, black?

I said he had a mask.

You could have seen
his hands.

He had gloves.

Do you remember
how tall he was?

I don't know.
I'm a little upset right now.

We understand,

but it's important we get
a description out,

in case he's still
in the area.

He was sort of short,
I guess.

Did he take anything?
I don't know.

He was going through my mom's
purse when I walked in.

Did he attack you at all?
He just ran.

And your mother was already
on the ground?

Kurt, too.

Kurt was all...

Bloody.

So the guy saw you
and just split?

Yes.

Yes.

Why are you looking at me
like that?

There's lots of turmoil
in this family, Alison.

So what?

So were you really robbed,
or was it something else?

We were robbed...

And my mom was killed.

Where's your dad?

Business meeting
in Hartford.

Can you get him
on his cell for me?

This is what's gonna happen--
we're gonna talk to Kurt,

and we're gonna talk
to the neighbors.

If we hear anything different,
you're gonna have a problem

that you could avoid by being
honest right now.

I told you what happened.

Voice mail.

Sit down, Ron.

Tell US when you last saw
Ann Healy.

Two weeks ago. Why?

Things good between you two?

I'll answer the question if you
tell me why you're asking.

You two break up recently?

What's the relevance?

She got assaulted.

We're talking to people
she knows.

I'm sorry to hear that,
but I didn't do it.

Okay, then I guess
we're done here.

Don't be an idiot.

Why am I being insulted?

Where were you last night
till this morning?

Squash, gym, cocktails
till two-ish, then home.

Alone?
Yeah.

That timeline don't
clear you for the assault.

Me and Ann weren't going out
that heavy to begin with.

You seem to take offense
pretty easy.

I'm being accused of something
I didn't do.

Why did you and Ann
break up?

She runs too slow for me.

Wouldn't give it up
easy enough?

I meant she's low octane.

She doesn't like to go out.

Places like the time bar, the
capsule-- those your haunts?

Sometimes.
Last night?

Why, is that where she
got worked over?

You are some little prick.

Hey, back off.
I didn't attack Ann.

She's dead, Ron.

Guy who assaulted her
killed her.

Something went wrong
with you and Ann,

now's the time
to talk about it.

I never laid a hand on that
chick, let alone kill her.

I mean, are you kidding me?

No. No, we're not.

Well, I answered
your questions,

and I'd like to leave now.

Unh-unh, genius.
You're sticking around.

In the cage.

What,
are you kidding me?

E.s.u. Searched the area around
the ackermans' building

and found a small hunting rifle
in an adjacent garden

right outside the ackermans'
apartment window.

Yeah, .22 caliber--
same as what killed the mom.

Any line on the father?

Left 10 messages on his cell,

and if he did have a meeting,
his work didn't know about it.

We're running his credit cards
through trw.

The son, Kurt, is he through
being stitched up?

Yeah, a uniform cop's
watching him.

We're gonna head
down there now.

Another missive.

What is this, junior high?

I think it's very sweet.

Handler's worth
a closer look.
I'm on it.

C.s.u. Got a lift out of
Ann Healy's apartment.

It comes back to
a Steven debrees,

record
for public urination.

I'll get working
on handler.

Where does debrees live?

In the same building.

He's the super.
I mean, maybe it's nothing.

No, it's worth
a conversation.

We'll head down there.

Connie, what are you doing?

Getting some coffee.

This one just says
gramercy park.

Getting cuter every minute.

Diane, I don't know
what's going on,

but it's starting to be
disruptive.

I'm working the case.

So is Rita, and you got
no right dismissing her.

I'll apologize to her.

How about you just tell me
what's going on?

It's got nothing to do
with you.

Yeah, it does, 'cause it's
getting between me and Andy.

I'm sorry, Connie, really.

You're right.
There is something going on.

But it's very difficult
to talk about

and very personal.

If I talk about it,
I'll lose it.

Well, I'm here
if you need me.

Thank you.

How you feeling, Kurt?

All right.

What happened
at the apartment?

I was in my room,
and I heard my mom yelling.

I came out to see what was up,
and the guy just shot her.

You fight him?

He was much bigger than me,
and he smacked me with his gun,

and I don't remember
anything after that.

What he look like?
He had a mask.

General size.

He was a big guy,
about as tall as you.

Your sister
made him shorter.

Well, she didn't see him
for more than a second.

How would you know that,
being knocked out?

You've had a bad run lately,
Kurt.

We feel for you, but there's
some things here that don't fly.

Like pretty much everything.

Maybe I didn't get as good of a
look of him as I thought I did.

Let's talk about
your home life

and how things have been
coming to a boil.

Everything's been fine.

Did your mom ride you pretty
hard after being arrested?
No.

Was she smacking you
around more than usual?
No!

Well, if she did,

we could understand how you'd
lose control,

and if you express it right,
a judge would, too.

It could keep you
out of jail.

And that would be
adult jail.

We found the gun you dumped.
Where did you get it?

I didn't get a gun,
and I didn't do it!

Your street-urchin friend,
ray spier--

you get it from him?
No!

Well, he'll tell US
if you did.

He didn't have anything
to do with this!

Then who?

You're digging yourself
a deep hole here, Kurt.

I didn't do it!

You the super, debrees?
Building manager.

We got some questions
for you.

How about we take a ride
to the station house?

I'm painting.

Well, we don't want the world

knowing about your collar
for dickey waving.

What collar
for dickey waving?

What the hell is
dickey waving, anyway?

What you got arrested for
last June.

I got arrested for pissing
behind a dumpster.

I'm not exactly hiding
in shame because of it.

You knew the girl
who got killed?

Yeah, to say hello.
Decent tenant?

A few complaints-- traffic
through her place, lot of guys.

Were you one of them?
No.

How'd your prints
get in her apartment?

I snaked out her shower drain,
unstuck her windows.

Where were you this morning?

Public library--
I'm a volunteer.

Can anyone vouch for you?

Celeste villalobos,
my supervisor.

Can I get back to this?

A girl's brutally murdered,
but you're just all business?

More like I'm doing every other
chore I can think of

before I have to clean up
the poor girl's blood.

Young girl, pretty--

you're sure you weren't
one of those guys

in and out of her apartment?

I might have been
if I wasn't gay.

You ever go
to the time bar?

I don't go
to breeder bars.

All right,
something comes to mind,

there could be some bucks in it
for you.

Today, you paint the left half,
tomorrow, the right half.

That way people can use
the steps.

Just so you know.

Jones:
That's him on the swings.

He made US.

Don't make me chase you,
ray.

What? What, I'm just--
i'm...Swinging.

What did I do?

Quiet.

What did I do?

What's going on?

What is this?

I said keep quiet.

Now sit down.

You, you hear about
Kurt Ackerman's mom, ray?

She get eaten by a shark?

No, she got shot this morning.
What do you know about it?

Who shot her?

Hey, ray, we're not talking
to you for swinging too high.

I didn't shoot anybody.
I was in detention all morning.

You have anything
to do with it?
Hell, no.

Look, we know
you encouraged Kurt

to get violent
against his mom.

I just told him he should
show some balls.

No, you told him it was time
to get rid of the problem.

It didn't mean shooting her.
Why'd you give him the gun?

Who said that?

We're saying that,
so cop to it,

and maybe there's a chance this
will stay in juvenile court.

I didn't get Kurt a gun.
Then who did, ray?

'Cause you're Kurt's only
punked-out, street-thug friend.

Maybe it was his dad's.

Kurt told me his dad brought
home a rifle two days ago.

Brought it home
for what?
Ask him.

Pulling something like this
out of your ass

is just gonna slow US down
and piss US off.

Ask Kurt.
Ask his loser dad.

All right, we will.
Let's take a walk.

Thank you very much.

This is getting old.

Steven debrees?

Yeah, half a twitch.

He said he was volunteering
at the public library.

A Celeste villalobos
can vouch.

He's still worth
looking into.

I'll check it out.

Ron handler's got charges at the
capsule bar last week

and at the time bar
two nights ago.

The night before we caught our
second d. O. A. In the pattern.

A friend of Ann Healy's

said the breakup with
Ron handler was pretty ugly,

and that he sent her a
threatening letter two days ago.

Threatening to kill her?

All the friend said was that
it freaked Healy out.

I'll ask crime scene to look for
letters in Healy's apartment.

Well, I did,
and they didn't find anything.

All right, we'll talk
to Ron handler again.

"Gramercy park hotel, room 225,
noon. Be there."

A few minutes to noon.
It'll wait.

I...i spoke to Diane,

and whatever she's going
through...

I didn't mean to sound
jealous.

There's nothing
to be jealous about.

I know.

Where's ray spier?

We took him to his mom.

He says that Howard Ackerman

brought home a rifle
a few days ago.

For what?
He didn't know.

We ran the rifle e. S. U. Found
outside the Ackerman apartment.

Howard Ackerman bought it in
Connecticut a few days ago.

Yeah, he called in.

He was near the city,
and he'll be in soon.

He's got a lot to answer for.

Yeah, bring up the fact
that he wasn't in Hartford.

His credit card was being used
in a motel in Jersey city.

I think we'll do that.

You coming down
with something?

It might be
some shellfish I ate.

I'm gonna go to the doctor,
if that's okay.

Fine.
Then go home and rest up.

No, I'll come back
if I can.

So, the first thing
you ought to know

is lying to US
is bad policy.

When did I lie?

You said the last contact
you had with Ann Healy

was two weeks ago.

Now we hear you sent her
threatening letters.

What are you talking about?

She got a letter from you
two days ago.

Please!

I sent her a box
of fish sticks.

Why?

'Cause she's a cold fish.

So I sent her fish sticks.

As a joke.

And it's funny, really.

Look, last date we had, I told
her she needed to loosen up.

She walked out on me.

The fish sticks
were a little payback.

Did she call you up,
laughing?
No.

She call you at all?
No.

When they don't respond to a
joke, Ron, what's next?

You stop by, press the point?

I told you before,
I never laid a hand on her.

You're a regular at the
capsule bar, aren't you?

I've been there twice.

You go there
last night?
No!

You didn't run into
Ann Healy there

and maybe ask her how funny she
thought your little joke was?

No, I did not.

Don't make US prove you were
there and killed her

when you can come out with it
and save years of your life.

Stop it! Just stop it!

You're wrong!

This is wrong!

Starting to come out, Ron?
Remorse over what you did?

No, you're hammering at me,
starting to freak me out.

You don't like it when a girl
tells you no?

I did not kill her.

Tell US about Ann.

Tell US about
the other girls.

Clear your conscience.

All this weight
will be off you.

What other girls?

Were you at the time bar
two nights ago?

My god.

We know about Angela Pratt
and Pam riegert.

We want to hear
what happened.

I don't even know
who that is.

I don't know
what's going on here!

Let US help you.

Please!

Please!

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

Detective.

Hey.

Wow.

I've got to warn you.

There's a very bad girl
living here.

Is that right?

And she's done
a very bad thing.

What did she do?

You're gonna have to interrogate
her to find out.

But she's
a very tough customer.

You may have to cuff her
to the bedpost

so she knows
you mean business.

Babe, I can't do this
right now.

Come on now.

She'll flip easy.
Isn't that the term you use?

Yeah. You got to stop.

Tell me how lying
only makes it harder.

Jen, Jen, enough already.

Geez, I've been trying to call
you to tell you that I'm busy,

but you haven't been answering
your phone.

I'm trying to maintain
a little...

Forget it.

I'm in the middle
of a huge case.

I got it.

It's 20 minutes up here,
it's 20 minutes back.

I said I got it, okay?!

Where you going?

I need to put something on.

I'm a little humiliated
right now.

I'm not trying
to humiliate you.

I've been trying here-- new
things, expanding a little.

I'm getting shut down
at every turn.

It's just bad timing.

Are we going where I think
we're going-- downhill?

Then let's end it now and spare
the dragged-out pain.

This has nothing to do
with going downhill.

I am working a case.

Go, all right?!

Jen! Come on!

Get out now!

And when I break something off,
I don't go back on it.

It's over.
This isn't you.

Sorry, but it is me.

Bye, John.

Devastating.
It's just devastating.

Yeah. We're very sorry
about your wife, Howard.

Just when things were starting
to turn around.

How so?

We were finally
talking again.

Kurt and Nancy
being arrested

turned out to be
a real blessing.

Why'd you bring a gun
into it?

We found it dumped outside
your bathroom window.

It was to protect
the apartment.

How could it be the gun
that killed Nancy?

That's why we're here
talking, Howard.

The thief must have found
the gun.

We're off the idea of a thief.
One of your family did this.

The kids wouldn't hurt
their mother.

How about you?

I was in Hartford, Connecticut,
on business.

We got you in a motel in
Jersey city, 10 minutes away.

All right, I was in Jersey city.
But I didn't kill Nancy.

I was reading the paper
in an ihop all morning.

Why did you lie?

Sometimes I tell the family
I'm going to a meeting,

when really I'm out,
letting off steam.

Steam from what?
Your wife?

Your wife
at your kid's throat?

Sometimes it's better if they
work things out on their own.

Apparently, that's what
happened this morning.

No, no, no.

Did Kurt know
about the gun?
Absolutely not.

You didn't leave it for him

in case your wife
got violent again?
Of course not!

So you just got it
for intruders.
Yes!

And you can't understand
how much pain I'm in

knowing it was an intruder
who got ahold of that gun

and killed my wife,

which I know in my heart
is what happened.

Can I just have a minute,
please?

Tell me again how long you've
been feeling ill, Connie.

Three weeks.

And how long
since your last period?

Two months.

That didn't raise any flags?

Well, since my pregnancy
at 15,

it's always been
kind of irregular.

What did your doctor tell you
after the pregnancy?

It was
a c-section delivery,

and that I'd gotten
peritonitis afterwards.

My fallopian tubes
had occluded,

and I couldn't get pregnant
again.

Are you gonna tell me
I have cancer?

No.

'Cause I've always worried
with my irregular periods

and scar tissue
that I might be susceptible.

Actually, Connie, you're
about 10 weeks pregnant.

That's not possible.

I ran the test twice.
You're pregnant.

So get used to the idea
of morning sickness,

'cause you'll probably be
in the thick of it

for at least another month.

My fallopian tubes--

not occluded enough.

You're pregnant.

Congratulations.

First up, Kurt,
the intruder theory is out.

It's gone.

You're talking about the guy
who did this to me?

Your dad told US he brought
home a rifle for intruders.

Turns out it's the same one

that was dropped out of
your apartment window.

Your mom was on your ass for
something, and it got violent.

I was in my room.

She was on your ass.
It came to blows like before.

You got scared for your life
and went for the gun.

With the history of abuse,
you won't do a day,

but you got to lay it out
for US.

I didn't do it.

Kurt, you afraid of putting your
dad in the middle of this?

He was in Connecticut.

He was in Jersey city.

Do you think he's responsible
for your mom being killed,

but you don't want to get him
in trouble?

There was an intruder.

Nobody brings a gun into a home
like yours

unless he expects it
to be used.

My dad had nothing to do
with this.

Did he tell you
where he kept the gun?

I didn't know about a gun.

He didn't show you where the
ammo was or how to load it?

And then skip town?

I shot her.

But my dad
had nothing to do with it.

Now if we're gonna keep you
out of jail,

we need the full truth.

I saw him hide the gun.

He never showed it to me.

He never told me
how to load it.

So what happened
at the apartment?

She laid into me
about the arson,

about how she
was going to jail,

about how ungrateful I was,

and then she hit me
with this paperweight.

So I got the gun,
and I shot her.

When did your sister
come into it?

She came home right after.

And that's when you came up
with the intruder story?

I threw the gun out the window.
I also called 911.

You're really helping
yourself here.

But it's not right,
you taking the blame alone.

That's how it happened.

Just tell me if you think

your dad bringing the gun
into the apartment

had to do with more
than just intruders.

I shot my mom.

That's all you need to know.

We've been running this
Ron handler through the wringer,

and he's not getting any better
for the homicides,

but he's not getting
any worse.

You check with the bartenders
at the time bar?

Yeah, they remember
seeing him there,

but he's at these joints
all the time.

Any direct connection
with the other d. O. A.'S?

Nothing past them
going to the same bars.

Still, he's got no alibi for
this morning or yesterday.

Which could be on account
of living alone,

meaning he hasn't been lying
to US about his alibi.

Personality-wise, what kind of
guy are we talking about here?

Wimp.
He cried in the interview.

The super at Ann Healy's
building, Steven debrees,

his alibi's no good.

I just got off with
Celeste villalobos,

his supervisor at the public
library where he volunteers.

He wasn't there.

She's sure?
She didn't see him.

None of the other volunteers
saw him.

And he wasn't on
the sign-in sheet.

I also ran his description

by the bartenders
at the capsule bar.

They think they've seen him
around.

Did you get in touch
with debrees?

He wasn't in his apartment,
didn't answer his cell.

Crime scene finish up over
at Healy's apartment?
An hour ago.

He said he'd be in there
cleaning up.

We'll go talk to him.

Hey, doc.

Lieutenant,
how are you feeling?

Never better.
Hey, Jen.

You got a minute?
Yeah.

You went to see the doctor?

Yeah, something I ate.

Nothing to worry about.

When I was 17,

I was diagnosed
as manic-depressive.

For a long time, I managed it
with medications.

The problem is the medications
kill my sex drive.

Jen--
just hear me out.

Taking the meds was fine

through college, medical school,
and residency,

because I had something
to concentrate on.

But then I met you,

and I could tell how special
you were.

So i-- I stopped taking
the medication.

And that's why you've been
acting the way you were?

When I'm in a manic phase,
everything feels great.

But when I feel myself
sliding into depression,

i'd...

Take uppers to stay up.

You don't have to say
anything.

I just want you to know

that I'm going to go back
on my medication.

Is there anything I can do
to help?

No.

I know this is a lot to lay
on you all of the sudden,

and I don't have any right
to ask this, but...

We'll take it
a step at a time.

I knew I was losing you,
and I don't want to.

We'll take it
a step at a time.

We spoke with your brother
again, Alison.

He's writing a statement.

Saying what?

He confessed
to shooting your mom.

Now what you need to do is give
your own truthful statement.

You do that,

and we'll forget about how you
lied to US this morning.

What's going to happen
to Kurt?

He's gonna be arrested
for murder.

He's lying.

Kurt's lying.

He's writing it up.

If you want to help him now,

shine some light on why your dad
brought the gun home.

No...no.

I shot my mom.

We appreciate you wanting
to get Kurt out of this--

no, I shot her.

They were fighting.

She was beating on his head
with a paperweight.

She was going to kill him!

So I got the gun out
of my dad's closet,

and I shot her!

All right,
let's just calm down.

You're not listening!

You watched your brother
take a lot of beatings.

You think he doesn't deserve
to do time for this.

We will work
to minimize that time.

No, no.

But throwing yourself
on the grenade

is just gonna muck that up.

No, I shot her!
I swear to you!

I shot her!

Debrees, you here?

Debrees?

These clothes
weren't out before.

Hello?

Hey.

Come out, or I throw a shot
through the door.

Please leave.

That ain't gonna happen!
You got two seconds.

One...

I'm just getting dressed.

Put your hands up.
Get out of there!

Could you just give me
a minute?

Get your hands up!
Fine, okay.

May I please
get dressed now?

First, let's make it clear that
you can both do time for this.

If one of you
is protecting the other,

now's the time
to clear the air.

They love their mother.
They wouldn't kill her.

Mr. Ackerman, you're here
to encourage them

to tell the truth,
not to lay on more bullshit.

Now if this is something

that you did together
or planned together,

that's something
that we need to hear.

It's the only way the abuse
comes to light.

I just got the gun,
and I shot her.

Stop it, Kurt.
You got to stop it now.

It's my fault.
What's going on here?

Guys, why would you say
you hurt your mom?

Just let it go, dad.

Kurt, was there an accident
with the gun?

Don't answer that.

Ali, sweetie,

I'm sure Kurt appreciates
you standing up for him,

but if he did something wrong,
he needs to answer for it.

Why should he answer for
something that's your fault?

How is it
your dad's fault?

My mom would beat on Kurt,

yell at him,
and call him worthless.

And what did you do
about it?

Everything in my power.

You weren't there
this morning.

You've never been there.

Someone had to protect him!

Is that what happened
this morning?

She was slamming the paperweight
into his head.

I had to stop her
before she killed him!

Is your sister
telling the truth?

Kurt, it's over now.

Come on.

My mom was yelling, saying
that she was gonna kill me,

and Ali saved my life.

I can't believe this.
I'm stunned.

How can you say that?

It's been coming for years.

Police would come, but you
wouldn't let them in.

You'd say we could take care of
it ourselves.

Maybe I tried to deal with
things my own way internally,

but I never meant for you
to use the gun.

Is that true?

He came home two days ago

and said he put something
in his closet,

that it was off limits,

and we weren't allowed
to look in there.

Knowing damn well
they would.

Actually,
I thought they'd obey me!

Liar.
Alison.

Liar!!

What were you doing
in the dead girl's panties?

I like to wear
women's things.

I was cleaning up
Ann's apartment.

She had nice clothes.

I'm wasting my time,
aren't I?

Tell US about your
relationship-- you and Ann.

We just knew each other
to say hello.

You told US you were
volunteering for the library,

and that wasn't true,
either, was it?

Sometimes my supervisor
doesn't see me.

No, don't waste our time
on that either, debrees.

You knew Ann Healy.
You were obsessed with her.

That's the only way you wind up
in your undies after she's dead.

Well, you just have all
the answers, don't you?

You said before she had a lot of
guys in and out of her place.

Were you jealous of that?

I told you I was gay.

That doesn't jibe with
you wearing her clothes.

That tells me you wanted
to get closer to her,

or maybe you were in love
with her.

I still say he's a fag.

You don't know anything!

Steven, tell me.

Tell me.

Did you have feelings
for Ann?

Did you express them
to her recently?

Maybe ask her out?

She call you a creep,
tell you to beat it?

I don't want him
talking anymore.

You lose your mind
when she said that?

Tell him to leave me alone.

He'll back off
when you're honest.

Until then,
I can't help you.

When someone loves you,

and they've been saving up
to tell you for months,

you don't just shut the door
in their face.

You push in on her,
smack her on the head?

She pushed me first.

I reacted,
and she hit her head.

Why'd you strangle her?
She was yelling.

I didn't want to hurt her.

All right, Steven,
I need to ask you.

Was this the first time
you hurt someone?

What do you mean?

Have you ever heard the names
Angela Pratt or Pam riegert?

The other girls.

Did you hurt them, too?

Yes, I did.

And I want a full-page photo
in the daily news,

and the headline is to read,
"lady killer."

Right now
you need to tell US

what happened
with Pam and Angela.

"Lady killer."

And I want to do
television interviews.

You got to confirm something
for US, Steven.

Angela Pratt and Pam riegert

were strangled with
a very specific color rope.

We didn't tell the press
what that was.

Can you tell US?

Of course.

Yellow?

We're sure it was Alison
who pulled the trigger?
We are now.

And the dad was out of state
at the time?
Across the river.

Still,
he wasn't in the vicinity.

He provided the weapon.
A legal weapon,

which he didn't need a carry
or target permit for.

Well, that just says
he did his homework.

Did you find any record of
a hunting license?

He did apply for one.

Then, yeah, he really did
do his homework,

and there's nothing
to collar him for.

What about Alison?
I spoke to my bureau chief.

She'll have to testify in
front of the grand jury,

but with the family history,

and Alison fearing for her
brother's life

while he was being assaulted,

she may get away with
justifiable homicide.

But the dad was an enabler
and a coward.

He walks.

Sorry.

So?

Copycat.

We're sure?

He didn't know a thing about
the other two homicides.

M.e. Ever get Ann Healy's
toxicology?

Just finished the autopsy.
No drugs in her at all.

No cord around her neck.
Matchbook from a different bar.

Ron handler still weeping
in the cell downstairs?

Somebody kick him.

Then it's back to work.
We're back at square one.

Lieutenant?

Yeah?

How's things with your doc?

Good, fine.

I'll kick handler.

We got another homicide.

Young, female d. O. A.--
Strangled, bludgeoned.

D.O.A.'s Gretchen doren--

strangled, beat on the head,
signs of rape.

Who found her?

Lawrence Newman.
He's the boyfriend.

He's got a key?
Yeah.

We'll take the boyfriend.

One head wound, blue-and-white
cord around her neck.

Injection site
in her upper arm.

Matchbook.