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[male announcer]
IN NEW YORK CITY'S
WAR ON CRIME,

THE WORST CRIMINAL OFFENDERS
ARE PURSUED

BY THE DETECTIVES
OF THE MAJOR CASE SQUAD.

THESE ARE THEIR STORIES.

[gunshot]

[gunshots]

LIONEL,
I CAN'T DO THIS TO HIM.

HE'S MY FRIEND.

I HAVE TO CALL YOU BACK.

I KNOW THIS IS
YOUR BIG NIGHT,

BUT THESE NEED
TO BE PROOFED.

GO.

[giggles]

YOU'RE JUST LEAVING NOW?

DON'T EVEN BOTHER, D.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[applause]

NEXT UP, I'M PERSONALLY
PROUD TO INTRODUCE,

STRAIGHT OUT OF BROOKLYN,

GIVE IT UP FOR
MISS KIRA DANFORTH.

[cheers and applause]

THE FOLLOWING IS,
AS THEY SAY...

A TRUE STORY.

[Kira]
I'M SO GLAD YOU CAME TONIGHT.
THAT MEANT A LOT TO ME.

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?

I'M LIKE AIRING
MY DIRTY LAUNDRY--

YOU. YOU HAVE
A GREAT NOVEL IN YOU.

AND I WANT IT.

LIONEL SAYS IT'S NOT
A NOVEL YET.

LIONEL'S NOT AN AGENT.

I AM.

COME ON.
FIRST DRINK IS ON ME.

I HAVE TO READ
THE WHOLE BOOK.

I MEAN,
I CAN'T BELIEVE--

YO, KIRA,
WHAT'S THIS?

[Sage]
HO, HO, HO,
HEY, HEY, HEY.

HANDS OFF THE LADY.

SHALL WE?

YOU KNOW HIM?I'M SORRY.

[Shill]
HE COULDN'T MAKE A SENTENCE
STAND UP AND BE NOTICED

IF HE PUT VIAGRA
IN THE INK.

[men chuckling]

DEAR. AH.

THANK YOU.

HELLO.
KIRA, WHERE ARE YOU?

KIRA,
HE'S VERY BAD NEWS.

GET OUT.

JUST COME JOIN US
AS SOON AS YOU CAN.

SUCH A PLEASURE
TO MEET YOU, MR. GREEN.

REALLY.

UH-HUH.

[object shatters]
THAT'S NOT REAL EITHER!

[gunshots]

[Detective Willis]
VICTIM'S KIRA DANFORTH.

LOT OF GOOD
THESE LOCKS DID.

LOOKS LIKE A PUSH-IN.

AH, BUT WHAT DO I KNOW,

AFTER WORKING
ONLY 50 HOMICIDES?

YOU MIND TELLING ME
WHY MAJOR CASE IS SLUMMING?

VICTIM WORKED
FOR ARIANA CYPHER

OF CYPHER PRESS.

OH. TOOK HER
FOR A COLLEGE GRAD.

WHAT WITH ALL THE BOOKS,
MILK CRATE FURNITURE.

OH, FOUND THIS...

HERE NEAR THE, UH, KITCHENETTE.

SATURDAY NIGHT SPECIAL.

OLDER THAN THE VICTIM.

[Eames]
SMALL CALIBER.

POOR GIRL BLED TO DEATH.

LOOKS LIKE SHE'S GOT

SYNTHETIC
HAIR EXTENSIONS.

THEY'VE BEEN SINGED.

THIS HAND'S BURNED.
LOOKS LIKE COILS.

STOVE'S ELECTRIC.

SO...

THEY TRIED TO, UH,

SHOVE HER HEAD
INTO THE BURNER.

SHE BLOCKS IT
WITH HER LEFT HAND.

BURNS HER HAND
AND HER HAIR TOO.

WHOEVER DID THIS,
THEY WERE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING.

THEY WANTED HER TO TALK.

WELL, THEY MIGHT HAVE FOUND
WHAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR.

I GOT BRIGHT GREEN RESIN,

[sniffs]
CRYSTALLIZED.

AND THEY SAY COPS
HAVE THE BEST POT.

EAST FLATBUSH KID.

SELLING HIGH-END WEED
TO HER MIDTOWN COLLEAGUES.

YOU KNOW, YOU COULD STORE
A FORTUNE IN HERE.

A SINGLE FEMALE--
EASY TARGET.

SHE MIGHT NOT BE SINGLE.

SCARFACE DVD.
MEN'S HOODIES.

WHERE'S HER BOYFRIEND?

SOMEBODY OUTSIDE
WANTS A WORD.

FAMILY?

DON'T KNOW.

BUT YOU'RE MAJOR CASE.
YOU TELL ME.

[police radio chatter]

[woman]
KIRA MAY HAVE
COME FROM HERE,

BUT SHE WAS GOING PLACES.

[Eames]
WHAT DID KIRA
DO FOR YOU, MISS CYPHER?

EVERYTHING.
SHE WAS DEVOTED, BRILLIANT.

NO MATTER HOW EARLY I GOT IN,
SHE WAS ALWAYS THERE FIRST.

RIGHT. WHEN SHE DIDN'T
SHOW THIS MORNING,

YOU CAME HERE?

NO. I SENT MY OTHER
ASSISTANT, PAIGE.

SHE CALLED 911.

FEEL FREE
TO ASK HER ANYTHING.

I WANT THE KILLER CAUGHT.

YOU'LL HANDLE THIS, YES?

[Eames]
WE'LL DO OUR VERY BEST.

I'M LATE.

I CAN'T BELIEVE IT.

JUST LAST NIGHT,
KIRA WAS ON TOP OF THE WORLD.

YOU WERE WITH HER.

AT A SHORT STORY READING
IN THE EAST VILLAGE.

I HAD NO IDEA
SHE LIVED HERE.

KIRA KEPT A LOT
CLOSE TO THE VEST.

LIKE SELLING POT
AT WORK?

KIRA? NEVER.

WHERE'D YOU GET
THAT IDEA?

SHE EVER MENTION
A BOYFRIEND?

NO.

BUT, UH, LAST MONTH,
COMING BACK FROM LUNCH,

WE RAN INTO A FRIEND OF HERS
ON HIS BIKE.

SHE DIDN'T INTRODUCE US,
SO I DID IT MYSELF.

HIS NAME WAS D TOUR.

BAGGY JEANS,

OVERSIZED HOODIE?

YEAH.

HE WAS...

HE WAS REALLY...

BLACK.

REALLY BLACK.
YOU MEAN OBSIDIAN?

NO. I MEAN NOT LIKE KIRA,
YOU KNOW?

STREET.

SAID HE WAS AN ANIMATOR

FOR A STUDIO IN RED HOOK,

BUT HE LOOKED LIKE A MESSENGER.

[man]
HIS REAL NAME...

UH, WE JUST CALL HIM
D TOUR.

HE RUNS ERRANDS,
MAKES DELIVERIES.

UH, OUT SICK TODAY.

HE TOLD PEOPLE
HE WAS AN ANIMATOR.

[Chad]
I TOLD HIM HE COULD
WORK HIS WAY UP.

BUT HE'S ALWAYS
STROLLING IN LATE.

[Eames]
HE'S NOT EXACTLY

EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH--
WHY KEEP HIM AROUND?

WE LIKE HIM.
HE'S A FUN GUY.

AND IT'S A FUN
PLACE TO WORK.

YOU GOT
ALL THIS STUFF.

YOU GOT PINBALL MACHINES
AND PING-PONG.

YOU GOT ROACHES.

IS THAT WHY
YOU KEEP D TOUR AROUND,

'CAUSE HE GETS
THE GOOD STUFF?

YOUR DIAL-A-WEED PAL'S
A MURDER SUSPECT.

WHERE DOES HE LIVE?

ALL I HAVE IS A...

PAGER NUMBER.

HEY, YO, D.

WHAT THE DEAL, BABY?

[Mrs. Danforth]
HOW DID THIS HAPPEN
TO MY DAUGHTER?

[Eames]
WE'RE LOOKING FOR A MAN
KIRA WAS INVOLVED WITH.

GOES BY THE NAMED TOUR.

THIS MEANS
NOTHING TO ME.

THEY MEAN DANTE, MAMA.

DANTE HEATH...

IS MY SISTER'S
HIGH SCHOOL BOYFRIEND.

HE LIVED NEARBY.

IN THE PROJECTS.

MY KIRA WAS RAISED
IN A HOME,

ONE I WORKED
THREE JOBS TO BUY.

[Goren]
IS THAT HOW YOU PAID

FOR HER EDUCATION?

SHE WON SCHOLARSHIPS
TO KINGSLEY, BRYN MAWR.

MY KIRA WAS CHOSEN.

SHE HAD NOTHING TO DO

WITH THAT TROUBLEMAKER
FOR YEARS.

YOU DON'T SHARE
YOUR MOTHER'S FEELINGS?

KIRA LOVED THAT FOOL.

SHE TOOK CARE OF HIM.

AND YOU DIDN'TTELL ME?

D TOUR WOULDN'T HURT HER.CHAYNE!

HE HAVE A HISTORY?

VIOLENCE, DRUGS?

SELLS A LITTLE GANJA.

YOU KNOW, WITH HIS BIKE
AND CARTOONS,

HE'S TOO MUCH A KID
TO GET INTO REAL TROUBLE.

THIS IS AS REAL
AS IT GETS, CHAYNE.

BUT D TOUR MUST KNOW THAT
BY NOW.

HE'S ON THE RUN.
HE'S SCARED.

I SUPPOSE HE'D GO
WHERE ANY KID WOULD--HOME.

TO HIS MOTHER.
IF YOU CAN CALL HER THAT.

[clicks tongue]

DANTE CRASHES WITH HIS MOM

IN THE SAME PROJECT
HE GREW UP IN.

KIRA HAS A DEGREE
FROM BRYN MAWR.

WHY COME BACK HERE--
FOR HIM?

[siren wailing]

[D Tour's mother, sobbing]

WHAT ARE Y'ALL LOOKING AT?

WHAT THE HELL
ARE Y'ALL LOOKING AT?

[sobbing]

[D TOUR]
NO, WHAT HAPPENED TO ME
WAS PAYBACK

FOR STEALING SOMEONE'S STASH.

[Eames]
YOU ROBBED SOMEBODY.

I WAS MAKING A PICKUP
WHEN I HEARD SHOTS.

I SAW MY CONNECTION
AND SOME FOOL BOTH DEAD,

ALL THIS WEED ON THE TABLE,

NOBODY AROUND.

BUT SOMEBODY
MADE YOU.

WHO?

[Goren] BEFORE THEY KILLED KIRA,
THEY TORTURED HER.

WHY WOULD YOU
PROTECT THEM?

I HOPE THEY ROT IN HELL.
BUT THEY DIDN'T KILL KIRA.

HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT?

'CAUSE SHE LEFT ME
A MESSAGE.

SAID THEY ROUGHED HER UP.

MESSAGE IS STILL THERE.
YOU CAN CHECK IT YOUR DAMN SELF.

WHAT HAPPENED?

SHE DUMP YOU,
YOU GOT JEALOUS?

I KNEW I LOST HER
AT THAT READING.

I SAW THE WAY--

THE WAY HE WAS TOUCHING HER,
SPEAKING FOR HER.

WHO'S HE?

SOME WHITE GUY.
LOSIN' HIS HAIR.

I WAS MAD, SO...I JUST
HOOKED UP WITH SOME HOOD RAT.

[Eames]
D TOUR AND A REBOUND DATE

WERE AT ROSCOE'S TILL 3:00.

KIRA'S BURNS PRECEDED
THE DEATH BY A FEW HOURS.

LOOKS LIKE
THIS TORTURE AND MURDER

MIGHT HAVE BEEN
TWO SEPARATE EVENTS.

OR D TOUR'S FRIENDS
COULD HAVE BEEN

LAYING IN WAIT FOR HIM
THE WHOLE NIGHT.

WE THINK THEY RECOVERED
THEIR POT AND CUT OUT.

KIRA LEFT D TOUR
THIS MESSAGE AT 11:00.

[Kira, tearfully]
THEY CAME FOR YOUR STASH.

THE PLACE IS A MESS,
AND SO AM I.

IT'S OVER, D.

KIRA MADE TWO OTHER
CELL CALLS THURSDAY NIGHT

TO THE PANTHEON RESTAURANT.

THE PANTHEON--
BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY.

LOOKS LIKE KIRA
WAS JUGGLING TWO WORLDS.

AND THIS WAS THE NIGHT

THAT THEY BOTH CAME
CRASHING DOWN ON HER.

[Paige]
RECEDING HAIRLINE?

THAT'S EVERY OTHER
EDITOR IN NEW YORK.

YOU DIDN'T LEAVE
THE READING WITH KIRA?

I HAD HOMEWORK.

AND SHE WAS BEING MOBBED;
EDITORS, AGENTS.

ONLY TJ WAS GETTING
MORE ATTENTION.

TJ...HAWKINS?

HE WROTE THAT MEMOIR ABOUT
HIS TIME IN A YEMEN PRISON?

MM-HMM.
THROAT FULL OF GLASS.

BEST-SELLER.

HE AND KIRA ARE IN
LIONEL'S SALON TOGETHER.

[Eames]
LIONEL...

LIONEL SHILL.

HE'S STILL WRITING?

HE'S LEGENDARY NOW.
AS A TEACHER.

GUIDING NEW WRITERS
LIKE KIRA AND TJ.

IT'S A TOKEN.

I-I GET IT.

SHE'S THE ONLY
AFRICAN-AMERICAN

IN THESE PHOTOS.

[Paige]
SHE HAD A SENSE
OF HUMOR ABOUT IT.

RIGHT.

[token clinks]

AMERICAN DELINQUENT. HAWKINS.

IT'S HIS NEW BOOK?

[Paige]
MM-HMM.

"TO MY GIRL KIRA.
LOVE, TJ."

TJ AND KIRA WERE LOVERS?

NO. LIKE SIBLINGS.

AND LIONEL'S PETS.

IN FACT,
LIONEL INVITED TJ

TO A SPECIAL DINNER AT
THE PANTHEON LATER THAT NIGHT.

AND TJ INVITED KIRA?

HE DID.

YOU LIKED THROAT FULL?

THERE YOU GO.
HAVE A GOOD ONE.

YOU TWO AREN'T HERE
FOR AUTOGRAPHS.

NO. BUT I READ
YOUR LAST ONE,

THROAT FULL OF GLASS.

IT WAS INTENSE.

TRY LIVING IT.

YOU ALWAYS WRITE
ABOUT YOUR LIFE?

IT'S A WAY FOR ME
TO EXORCISE MY DEMONS.

DONE THINGS
I SHOULDN'T HAVE.

MM. THAT INCLUDE
LAST THURSDAY NIGHT?

OKAY.

I GOTCHA.

THINK I DID IT?
HUH?

BECAUSE OF WHAT--
MY PAST?

YOU NEED TO TAKE IT
EASY, TJ.

[Eames]
IS THAT YOUR IDEA
OF TAKING IT EASY?

A LAWYER. HA.
NAW, I CAN HANDLE YOU TWO.

THEN SIT DOWN
AND ANSWER THE QUESTION.

WHERE WERE YOU THURSDAY
AT 2:00 A.M.?

WITH LIONEL SHILL.
CALL HIM.

OR DON'T.
JUST THROW ME IN RIKERS.

I DON'T CARE.

UH, HOLD THAT THOUGHT.

HE'S A PIECE OF WORK.

YEAH, PAPARAZZI'S
SWARMING OUTSIDE.

TJ DID THIS
FOR THE PUBLICITY.

AND HE GOT IT.

YOU MADE YOULENZ.

THE ADA SAYS
IT'S PERFORMANCE ART,

NOT ASSAULT.

IF SHILL CONFIRMS HIS ALIBI,
WE HAVE TO STREET HIM.

[Lionel]
I FIRST MET TJ
ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO

AT A NARCONON MEETING.

RESEARCHING
A NEW BOOK?

YES. HA.

TJ WAS
THE REAL THING.

OH, THE STORIES
HE TOLD.

ONCE HE WAS--

SO YOU INVITED HIM
INTO YOUR SALON.

I TOLD HIM THAT WRITING
COULD BE HIS SALVATION,

AND, AH,
TODAY HE'S AN AUTHOR.

SO YOU INVITED HIM
TO THE PANTHEON.

WAS THAT
TO IMPRESS ANYONE?

AU CONTRAIRE.

I KNEW HE'D BE DELIGHTED

TO MEET MY DEAR FRIEND
PHILLIP GREEN

WHO JUST WON THE NOBEL.

TJ SHOWED UP
ABOUT 9:00.

AFTER DINNER,
WE RETIRED HERE.

I WISH YOU WOULDN'T.

THOSE WERE GIFTS TO ME
FROM PAUL BOWLES!

TJ INVITED KIRA TOO.

DID SHE COME?

NO, SHE CALLED.

SHE WAS WITH
GARETH SAGE.

SNAKE OF A MAN.

A SNAKE.

SO HE'S AN AGENT.

YES, HE DOESN'T HANDLE
MANY WOMEN CLIENTS TODAY.

PERHAPS BECAUSE
OF THE WAY HE...

HANDLED THEM.

KIRA CALLED YOU
AGAIN AT 11:00.

DID SHE MENTION SAGE?

I COULDN'T MAKE OUT
A WORD.

SHE WAS VERY UPSET.

I...I TOLD HER
TO CALL 911.

HERE'S WHITE FLIGHT,
BLACK HATE.

IT'S ABOUT A YOUNG MAN
WHO SHOOTS A COP

IN THE NEWARK RIOTS.

I READ THIS WHEN
I WAS IN COLLEGE.

I TAUGHT THAT YOUNG MAN
TO READ WHILE HE WAS IN PRISON.

HE DIED OF AIDS.

I'D SHOW YOU MY NEW ONE
THAT'S DUE OUT IN A MONTH,

BUT MY PUBLISHER
WOULD KILL ME.

BUT YOU MAY KEEP THAT ONE.
I'M HAPPY TO SIGN IT FOR YOU.

NOT NECESSARY.IT'S...

BUT WE WILL TAKE
SAGE'S NUMBER.

OH.

GO AHEAD.

NO, NO, TOM--

THE DETECTIVES
AREN'T STAYING.

YOU KNOW WHAT?
I'LL HAVE ONE OF THOSE.

THANKS.
THANK YOU.

HEY!

[ping]

AND CALL THE TODAY SHOW.

TELL THEM IF THEY
DON'T TAKE MY CALL,

I'M GONNA GO
RIGHT TO ZUCKER.

OKAY.
I LIKED HER READING.

WE WENT TO A BAR, THOR,

AND...WE DISCUSSED
HER FUTURE.

DID YOU GIVE KIRA
A LIFT HOME?

NO. I WENT BACK TO THE WIFE
AND THE BRAT

IN GLEN COVE.

ALL RIGHT,
AFTER YOUR DRINK WITH KIRA,

SHE CALLED A FRIEND.

SHE WAS VERY UPSET.

YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHY?

I CAN'T IMAGINE.

I'D JUST TOLD HER I WAS
GONNA HANDLE HER NOVEL.

WELL, WE HEARD YOU DON'T
REPRESENT WOMEN.

OH, I SEE...

LIONEL SHILL.[telephone rings]

JERKING YOU AND ME AROUND.

WELL, YOU CAN IGNORE HIM.

MR. SAGE,
TODAY SHOW ON ONE.

AH.

HI.

YEAH. LOOK.

TJ WAS TERRIFIC
ON LENO LAST YEAR.

WHY ARE YOU MAKING ME
WORK SO HARD, HUH?

TOM, TOM, WOULD YOU PLEASE
SHOW THE DETECTIVES OUT?

YEAH. WELL, THIS BOOK
IS A LOT BETTER.

LET ME TELL YOU.

[Goren]
THANK YOU, TOM.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

[Eames]
I FOUND GARETH SAGE STORIES
ALL OVER A MESSAGE BOARD

DEVOTED TO BAD BOSSES.

YOU JUST HAPPENED
TO BE LOOKING THERE.

HE FORCED A WOMAN
TO LICK UP COFFEE

SHE SPILLED
ON HIS DESK.

HE'S A SUCCESSFUL,
POWERFUL AGENT,

AND HE'S HARD
ON HIS ASSISTANTS.

YOU NEED A MESSAGE
BOARD FOR THAT?

AT LEAST THREE WOMEN
HAVE CHARGED HIM

WITH SEXUAL HARASSMENT.

BUT THERE'S NO RECORD
OF ASSAULT.

NO. BECAUSE SAGE
ALWAYS SETTLES OUT OF COURT.

WHERE'S YOUR PARTNER?

HE'S ON A READING BINGE.
HAWKINS, SHILL.

SAGE IS GONNA LAWYER UP

THE NEXT TIME YOU AND GOREN
GO TO SEE HIM.

BEFORE YOU DO, SEE IF ANY
OF THESE WOMEN WILL TALK.

I WON THIS LIT PRIZE
AT COLUMBIA.

THERE WAS A CEREMONY.
I READ.

GARETH WAS THERE.

TOOK ME OUT
FOR A DRINK.

I TOLD HIM I HAD
A NOVEL AT HOME.

AND HE ASKED TO READ IT.

HE GAVE ME A RIDE
IN HIS JAGUAR.

AND THAT'S WHEN
HE HARASSED YOU.

I TRIED TO FIGHT HIM OFF,
BUT HE OVERPOWERED ME.

BUT YOU FOUGHT HIM
IN COURT.

AND LOST.

I GOT A LITTLE HUSH MONEY, BUT...

HE SAID HE'D BURY ME.

IT'S NOT EXACTLY THE FUTURE
YOU HOPED FOR?

SHARKS LIKE GARETH SAGE...

THEY DON'T PAY
FOR THEIR SINS.

[Eames]
THIS IS SAGE
AND HIS WIFE.

BUT IT TURNS OUT
HE HAS ANOTHER TYPE.

HE GAVE SHARON A RIDE HOME
TO PICK UP HER NOVEL.

WHO'S TO SAY HE DIDN'T
DRIVE KIRA TO GET HERS?

EAMES, IT'S A REACH.

HE STILL DRIVE A JAG?

A NEW ONE
EVERY THREE YEARS,

JUST LIKE HIS
HARASSMENT SUITS.

IF HE DROVE HIS OTHER
VICTIMS HOME,

YOU MIGHT HAVE ENOUGH
FOR A SEARCH WARRANT ON HIS CAR.

LIONEL, THE...

THE NEW ONE,
IT'S NOT...

YOU KNOW...

SOMETIMES

YOUR GREATEST TRIUMPH
CAN BE YOUR ALBATROSS.

THIS LIFE I HAVE...

THE ONE
YOU'VE GIVEN ME...

I CAN'T GO BACK.

HAVE A DRINK.
IT'S OKAY.

YOU'LL FEEL BETTER.

[police radio chatter]

THIS IS SYNTHETIC HAIR.

[Eames]
YOUR WIFE'S EXTENSIONS,
MR. SAGE?

HANG ON.

COMPACT.

THAT'S AN ODD SHADE
FOR A BLONDE.

YOU GAVE KIRA A RIDE
AFTER ALL.

DOES YOUR CLIENT
RECOGNIZE THESE WOMEN?

ONLY AS
SHAKEDOWN ARTISTS.

THOSE CHARGES
WERE SETTLED.

EACH LIAR RECEIVED
HER QUICK BUCK.

WELL, YOUR CLIENT TOLD US

THAT HE LEFT KIRA DANFORTH
IN A BAR.

BUT WE FOUND PROOF
THAT SHE WAS IN HIS JAGUAR.

SO WHAT DOES THAT
MAKE HIM?

OKAY.

I DROVE HER HOME,
AND THAT'S IT.

[Goren]
KIRA REJECTED YOU,

AND YOU WERE AFRAID
THAT SHE'D TALK,

SO YOU CAME BACK TO MAKE
SURE THAT SHE WOULDN'T?

NO. KIRA RAN UP
TO GET HER NOVEL.

NOW, I CAN'T AFFORD
MIXED MESSAGES,

SO I WAITED IN MY CAR...

WHEN I REALIZED
WHERE I WAS,

IN MY JAG IN THE 'HOOD.

SO I SET MY GPS
FOR CIVILIZATION,

AND I GOT THE HELL OUT.

[Constance]
HERE'S HIS GPS LOG.

MR. SAGE WAS HOME
BY 10:30.

WHY DIDN'T YOU
TELL US THIS BEFORE?

I WAS AFRAID
OF HOW IT WOULD LOOK,

GIVEN THAT PEOPLE LIKE
TO TELL LIES ABOUT ME.

[Goren]
THESE WOMEN, THEY'RE
SWORN TO SECRECY

AS PART OF THEIR SETTLEMENT.

SO WHO YOU TALKING ABOUT?

LIONEL SHILL?

WHY IS HE MAD AT YOU?

HE'S MAD AT HIMSELF

FOR SQUANDERING
WHAT LITTLE TALENT HE HAD.

HE PROJECTS HIS LOATHING
ONTO ME

AND ANYONE ELSE THAT
HE MIGHT BE JEALOUS OF.

YOU'RE SAYING THAT THAT
WOULD INCLUDE KIRA?

WELL, KIRA
HAD TWO THINGS

THAT SHILL LACKS--

A VOICE AND A FUTURE.

[man]
♪ DEE DEE DEE DEE

♪ DEE DEE DEE ♪

GARETH WAS HOME
LONG BEFORE KIRA WAS SHOT.

WHICH MEANS
WE'RE BACK TO SQUARE ONE.

MAYBE NOT.

THIS IS THE GALLEYS
TO SHILL'S NEW NOVEL.

IT'S ABOUT A YOUNG
BLACK PAINTER'S RISE

FROM POVERTY TO MANHATTAN'S
POSH ART SCENE.

HE'S CALLING IT TOKEN.

[Ross]
SO...

HOW CLOSELY DOES IT
HEW TO THE NOVEL

KIRA WAS GONNA
GIVE GARETH?

WE HAVEN'T BEEN
ABLE TO FIND IT.

KIRA'S COMPUTER WAS SMASHED
THE NIGHT SHE WAS KILLED.

JUST HOW DESPERATE
IS MR. SHILL?

WELL, HIS LAST SIX NOVELS
CRASHED AND BURNED.

HE MAKES A LIVING
ON THE LECTURE CIRCUIT.

YOU KNOW, ARIANA CYPHER,

SHE SAID THAT KIRA
WAS ALWAYS THE FIRST PERSON

IN THE OFFICE.

MAYBE SHE CAME EARLY

TO WORK ON HER NOVEL.

TAKE ANOTHER PASS
AT KIRA'S WORK COMPUTER.

DON'T TELL ARIANA WHY.

CAN YOU...DO THAT?

I-I WANNA TALK TO
ONE OF THE CHARACTERS

IN SHILL'S NOVEL.

[D TOUR]
I NEVER READ WHAT SHE WROTE.

WRITING STUFF
WASN'T MY BAG.

KIRA LOVED YA.

SHE LOVED THE WAY YOU SANG.
WHAT WAS THE SONG?

FORGOT WHAT TUNE IT WAS. UH...

MADE HER SMILE--
SHINE EYE GIRL.

HOW YOU KNOW THAT?

BECAUSE I READ IT.

KIRA WROTE ABOUT ME?

I'M NOT SURE
I'M FEELIN' THAT.

WHY, YOU GOT SOMETHING
TO HIDE?

I WAS 16.
I STOLE A BEEMER.

ENDED UP IN SPOFFORD
FOR A YEAR.

AND KIRA...SHE CAME
TO SEE ME EVERY WEEK.

WELL, SHE DIDN'T WRITE
ANYTHING ABOUT THAT.

LOOK, SHE EVER TELL YOU

WHAT SHILL THOUGHT
ABOUT HER NOVEL?

HE NEVER LET HER READ IT
IN FRONT OF HIS GROUP.

SHE'D COME HOME IN TEARS.

NO MATTER HOW HARD
SHE WORKED,

HE SAID IT WASN'T ENOUGH.

[Eames]
KIRA'S MANUSCRIPT
WAS IN A FILE

ON HER HARD DRIVE
TITLED BUDGETS.

YOU KNOW,
I SPOKE TO D TOUR,

AND SHILL
STOLE HER VOICE.

KIRA'S LAST PHONE CALLS
WERE TO SHILL.

YEAH, BUT HE MIGHT
HAVE SNAPPED

IF SHE TOLD HIM THAT SAGE
WAS INTERESTED IN HER NOVEL.

I DON'T KNOW IF I SEE SHILL

LEAVING HIS
WEST VILLAGE TOWNHOUSE

TO SHOOT HIS PROTéGé
IN A BROOKLYN GHETTO.

YEAH, BUT THE GUY
IS DESPERATE FOR A COMEBACK.

IF KIRA EXPOSED HIM
FOR WHAT HE IS,

I CAN'T SEE THAT GUY
SURVIVING HUMILIATION LIKE THAT.

I KNOW GUYS LIKE THIS.

I KNOW YOU DO.

I'VE MET YOUR MENTOR.

WELL, IT'S NOT
ABOUT THAT.

IT'S ABOUT FINDING
THE TRUTH.

WE GOTTA BRING
THIS GUY IN NOW.

LET'S TALK TO SHILL
ON HIS OWN TURF.

YOU KNOW, PHILLIP GREEN
COULD ATTEST

THAT THE THREE OF US
WERE HOME ALL NIGHT.

OF COURSE,
HE'S IN STOCKHOLM,

SO PERHAPS IT WOULD BE EASIER
TO CONTACT TJ.

YOUR LOYAL PROTéGé,
TJ HAWKINS.

NOW, HE OWES
HIS CAREER TO YOU.

WELL, HE'S BEEN
KIND ENOUGH TO SAY SO.

IN THE SAME WAY
THAT YOU OWE KIRA YOUR COMEBACK.

PARDON?

YOU STOLE HER BOOK.

RIGHT?
YOUR NEW BOOK.

KIRA'S LIFE
IS AN INSPIRATION,

BUT I--

WOULD YOU DO ME A FAVOR?
COULD YOU READ THIS?

I MARKED IT HERE...

CAN YOU READ THIS FOR ME?

LOOK, JUST...

YEAH.

"HE WAS MAKING
CHICKEN STEW.

"THE FETOR OF GARLIC
PULLED HER BACK,

BUT SHE WAS
DETERMINED TO GO."

THAT'S A NICE PIECE
OF WRITING.

THANK YOU.

"D COOKS STEW CHICKEN.

"THE SMELL OF GARLIC
BURROWS INTO MY SILK BLOUSE.

I LEAVE, REEKING OF HOME
AND FEELING LIKE A TRAITOR."

WE FOUND
KIRA'S NOVEL.

OH.

[Goren]
IT'S NOT AS PURPLE

AS YOUR PROSE, BUT...

I DON'T KNOW,
TO ME IT RINGS TRUER.

HUH.
EVERYONE'S A CRITIC.

[Goren]
AND YOU'RE A PLAGIARIST,
AREN'T YOU?

YOU'RE A FAKE.

A HACK.

IF WORD GOT OUT,

THOSE LECTURE FEES
WOULD DRY UP.

[Goren]
KIRA TRUSTED YOU,

AND YOU STOLE FROM HER.

AND YOU ARE BEING
HYPERBOLIC, DETECTIVE!

I'M NOT DONE!

I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO SAY
THAT YOU'RE A FRAUD.

[chuckles]

[whimpers]

AH...AH...AH!

HAVE A SEAT.

GO AHEAD.

COME ON.

I'D LIKE YOU TO SAY IT.

OKAY.

YOU PULLED BACK
THE CURTAIN,

AND YOU FOUND
A PATHETIC OLD MAN...

WHO COVETED A BRILLIANT
YOUNG WRITER'S FUTURE.

PERHAPS HE--
HE TOOK HER WORDS.

ONLY HER WORDS.

NOT HER LIFE.

YOU KILLED KIRA
TO SAVE YOUR LEGACY.

WHAT LEGACY?

MY LAST NOVEL SOLD
LESS THAN A THOUSAND COPIES.

I WAS HERE...
AS I AM EVERY NIGHT,

DRINKING...

ALL RIGHT!

I-I'LL GIVE YOU
PHILLIP'S NUMBER.

I WAS--I WAS HOPING
TO SPARE HIM THIS,

BUT HE WILL CERTIFY
THAT I WAS HOME ALL NIGHT.

MY GOD,

IF I DIDN'T KNOW BETTER,
I'D SWEAR THIS WAS PERSONAL.

[ice cubes clinking]

A VERY CRANKY PHILLIP GREEN
IN STOCKHOLM.

HE SAYS HE AND TJ
AND SHILL

GOT TO SHILL'S HOME
AROUND 11:30

WHERE HE SPENT

MOST OF THE NIGHT
IN THE GUEST ROOM RECOVERING.

RECOVERING FROM WHAT?

AN OVERABUNDANCE
OF GRAPPA.

WHY DON'T YOU GO BACK
TO THE ONE GUY IN THIS MIX

WHO ACTUALLY ADMITS
TO BEING A MURDERER?

THE POSER
WITHOUT A MOTIVE?

EAMES...

WE'VE SEEN THE BITTER FATE

OF BEING
A ONE-HIT WONDER.

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA
WHAT WAS ON KIRA'S MIND

THE NIGHT OF THE READING?

WHAT, YOU COULDN'T BEAT
AN ANSWER OUT OF LIONEL?

HE'S MAD AT ME.

IS THAT BECAUSE I WENT
AFTER YOUR MENTOR LIKE THAT?

LOOK,
KIRA WAS YOUR FRIEND.

SHE WAS IN TROUBLE.

SHE DIDN'T
TELL YOU ANYTHING?

I DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO TALK
TO HER BEFORE THE READING.

THEN SHE HOOKED UP
WITH SAGE.

AND WHEN SHE CALLED
THE RESTAURANT?

I DIDN'T KNOW
SHE CALLED.

PHILLIP WAS HOLDING COURT,

TELLING STORIES ABOUT
SMOKING POT IN THE WHITE HOUSE

WITH ALLEN GINSBERG.

WELL, SHILL TOLD US

THAT SHE WAS DISTRAUGHTAND...

HE DIDN'T SHARE THAT
WITH YOU AT ALL?

MAYBE HE THOUGHT
YOU'D BREAK OUT

INTO A VIOLENT RAGE
OR SOMETHING.

YOU KNOW, HE SHOWED YOU OFF
AS HIS PRIZED PUPIL,

BUT MAYBE HE THOUGHT DEEP DOWN
YOU WERE STILL AN ANIMAL.

LET ME DO IT.
HERE, COME ON.

GO AHEAD.

YOU DON'T WANNA
STAND THERE.

COME ON.YEAH?

COME ON, TJ.
LET'S SEE WHAT YOU GOT.

COME ON.

GIVE IT YOUR BEST SHOT.

THAT'S IT?
THAT'S--THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE?

IS THAT IT?
THAT'S ALL HE'S GOT?

OKAY, MAYBE THIS'LL
MAKE IT EASIER FOR YOU.

OH, BOBBY--

SORRY ABOUT THE FLIES.
THEY'RE ALL OVER YOU.

SHOW ME SOMETHING.COME ON.

SHOW ME SOMETHING.

I ONLY START
WHAT I CAN FINISH.

WELL, I GUESS THERE
WEREN'T ENOUGH CAMERAS AROUND

FOR HIM TO GIVE USA SHOW.

WELL, HE GAVE US A TELL.

TURNED HIS BACK
WHEN HE WALKED AWAY.

WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN
THE FIRST THING

HE'D LEARN NOT TO DO
IN THE PEN.

[Goren] THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ASHKOURAK.

YOU TWO PUNCHED IN EARLY.

[Goren]
WELL, THEY'RE SEVEN
HOURS AHEAD OF US IN YEMEN.

THE JAIL THAT TJ CLAIMS
TO HAVE SERVED TIME IN

BURNED DOWN IN 2004.

AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT
HAS NO RECORD

OF TJ EVER BEING
IN YEMEN.

I MAY BE DENSE,

BUT WHAT HAS THIS GOT TO DO
WITH KIRA DANFORTH?

TJ'S NEW BOOK,
AMERICAN DELINQUENT.

NOW, HE DOESN'T NAME
THE JUVIE DETENTION CENTER,

BUT HE WRITES ABOUT IT.

HE SAYS THAT HE COULD SMELL
RAW MEAT FROM HIS CELL.

THE PRODUCE AND MEAT CENTER
IN THE BRONX.

IT'S SPOFFORD.

THAT'S WHERE D TOUR
SPENT A YEAR

FOR STEALING A CAR.

NOW, I CALLED D TOUR AGAIN

AND TOLD HIM SOME OF THE THINGS
THAT TJ SAYS IN THIS BOOK.

HE LAUGHED.

TJ DID ENOUGH RESEARCH
TO SOUND CONVINCING.

IT WAS JUST HIS BAD LUCK
THAT KIRA'S BOYFRIEND

WAS ACTUALLY THERE.

OKAY, BUT HOW CAN
SHE HURT HIM?

SHE'S AN UNPUBLISHED WRITER.

HE'S ON THE TOP
OF THE BEST-SELLER LIST.

BUT NOT WITH
AMERICAN DELINQUENT.

THE DAILY TIMES

HASN'T PUBLISHED
A REVIEW YET.

POWERHOUSE AUTHOR
LIKE HAWKINS,

THAT REVIEW SHOULD HAVE RUN
IN TIME WITH THE RELEASE.

UNLESS WHOEVER WROTE IT...

COULDN'T TURN IT IN.

[Sage]
OKAY, I SHOULD HAVE TOLD YOU

THAT KIRA WAS GOING TO REVIEW
TJ'S BOOK.

[Goren]
IN THE TIMES.

YES.

WHEN DID YOU TELL TJ?

I DIDN'T.

I DIDN'T WANT TJ
PRESSURING KIRA.

IT WAS TOO RISKY.

THE NIGHT THAT YOU
TOOK KIRA OUT

AFTER THE READING...

YOU KNEW THAT YOU DIDN'T
WANT TO REPRESENT HER NOVEL.

TJ AND KIRA WERE FRIENDS.

I WOULD ASSUME THAT THE REVIEW
WOULD BE A RAVE, SURE.

BUT I WANTED
TO COVER MY BASES.

HEY, ANY CHANCE THE TIMES
LET YOU SEE THAT REVIEW?

[Eames]
KIRA NEVER HANDED IT IN.

IT WAS DUE THE DAY
AFTER SHE WAS KILLED.

GREAT! JUST MY LUCK.

NOW THEY'RE GONNA
HAVE TO REASSIGN.

THE THING
COULD TAKE WEEKS.

[Eames] WELL, I'M SURE
YOU CAN COME UP WITH

SOMEONE ELSE
WHO CAN WRITE IT.

WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?

WELL,
KIRA'S UNPUBLISHED.

SHE COULDN'T HAVE
GOTTEN THE GIG AT THE TIMES

UNLESS SOMEONE
CASHED IN A FAVOR.

[chuckling]
THE DAY THEY LET AGENTS

CHOOSE WHO'S GONNA
REVIEW BOOKS

IS THE DAY EVEN I THINK
THE BUSINESS IS TOO SLEAZY.

OKAY, IF IT WASN'T YOU,
HOW'D KIRA GET THE ASSIGNMENT?

HOW DID SHE GET
THE ASSIGNMENT?

WHO DO YOU THINK THE TIMES
EDITOR STUDIED UNDER?

[Eames]
SHILL GOT KIRA ASSIGNED

TO REVIEW
HIS PROTéGé'S BOOK,

KIRA'S FIRST BIG BREAK.

[cell phone ringing]

GOREN.

OH, IS THAT RIGHT?
ALL RIGHT, THANKS.

BALLISTICS.
THEY GOT A HIT ON THAT .22.

THEY ALREADY RAN THAT GUN.
CAME UP EMPTY.

YEAH, IN NEW YORK.

I HAD A FRIEND
RUN IT IN JERSEY.

TURNS OUT, IT WAS USED
IN THE NEWARK RIOTS

TO SHOOT A COP.

THAT BOY SHILL TAUGHT
IN PRISON...

HE NOT ONLY GOT
A NOVEL OUT OF HIM.

HE GOT THE KID'S GUN?

SAME AS THE BOOK, RIGHT?

KID GIVES THE TEACHER THE GUN
FOR SAFEKEEPING.

KIRA WAS SWIMMING
WITH SHARKS.

SHILL'S A THIEF.
TJ'S A FRAUD.

EITHER ONE OF THEM

COULD HAVE TAKEN THAT GUN
TO BROOKLYN.

[woman]
I WANTED TO OPEN
WITH SOMETHING MEMORABLE.

WELL, MY DEAR,
TWO THINGS:

FIRST, IT WASN'T MEMORABLE.

IT WAS LIKE JOYCE CAROL OATES
ON BARBITURATES.

SECONDLY,
YOUR OPENING SENTENCE

MUST BE A PROMISE
OF A TRUTH WORTH READING.

ANYTHING LESS
IS BLASPHEMY.

[deliberate clapping]

THEY FOLLOWED ME IN.
THEY HAVE BADGES.

WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE
OF OUR SALON.

IT'S OKAY.
I WANTED TO SEE THE...

MASTER AT WORK, YOU KNOW,
PLOTTING THE...

PSYCHOLOGICAL INTRIGUE.

THE WAY THAT YOU
MANIPULATE LIVES, AS IF...

THEY WERE CHARACTERS

IN YOUR OWN LIFE NOVEL
WHERE YOU PLAY GOD.

SHOW SOME RESPECT, SHERLOCK.

[Eames]
RESPECT. THAT'S IMPORTANT,
ISN'T IT?

WHERE'D YOU LEARN THAT,

AT THAT HELLHOLE IN YEMEN

OR AT SPOFFORD?

HARD TIME IS HARD TIME.

BEEN GOOD FOR YOU.

HOW'S THAT SECOND BOOK--
OH, WAIT.

IT HASN'T REALLY
CAUGHT ON FIRE YET.

YOU STILL WAITING
ON THE TIMES REVIEW?

[Eames]
A GOOD FRIEND LIKE KIRA
SINGING YOUR PRAISES.

THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN
A SLAM DUNK.

DID YOU KNOW THAT
MR. SHILL GOT KIRA THE JOB,

CONNED AN EDITOR FRIEND
OF HIS OVER THERE

INTO GLOSSING OVER
KIRA'S CONFLICT OF INTEREST?

SHE WAS THE PERFECT CHOICE,
WASN'T SHE,

BECAUSE OF HER CONNECTION
TO THE MATERIAL?

THE LOVE OF KIRA'S LIFE
SPENT A YEAR IN SPOFFORD.

SHE KNOWS THE TRUTH
OF THAT PLACE, YOU KNOW?

WHEN SHE READ YOUR BOOK,
SHE SAW IT FOR WHAT IT WAS.

IT WAS PURE FICTION.

[Eames]
HER EXPOSé WOULD HAVE
BEEN FRONT PAGE NEWS.

SO YOU HAD TO STOP THAT.

HOW DID YOU KNOW
THAT HE WAS A FAKE?

DID KIRA TELL YOU THAT,

OR YOU FIGURE THAT OUT
ON YOUR OWN?

YOU KNOW THIS IS
ABSOLUTE NONSENSE.

KIRA SHOW YOU THIS?

IT'S KIRA'S NOVEL
IN PROGRESS.

HERE.

[Shill, chuckling]
I'LL TAKE IT.

YOU SHOULD HAVE
A LOOK AT IT.

YOU'LL...RECOGNIZE IT.

HE STOLE HER VOICE
AND HER LIFE.

HE PUT HIS NAME ON IT.

YOU'RE LYING.

READ IT.

SECOND CALL
THAT SHE MADE TO YOU...

SHE HAD BEEN
BEATEN UP, YOU KNOW.

SHE WAS HURT.
SHE WAS SCARED.

SHE REACHED OUT TO YOU,

AND WHAT DID YOU DO?

I COULD NOT UNDERSTAND
A WORD SHE WAS SAYING.

NO, YOU SHOWED TJ
HER REVIEW.

OH, TJ,

THEY'RE TRYING
TO PROVOKE YOU.

COME ON, TJ.

HE SET YOU UP
TO KILL KIRA,

NOT BECAUSE SHE WAS
GONNA EXPOSE YOU,

BUT BECAUSE SHE WAS
GONNA EXPOSE HIM.

YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T
WANNA READ THAT THING?

THAT'S FINE.

READ SHILL'S.
LET'S HAVE A LOOK AT YOURS.

"SHE RIDES THE TRAIN
TO MIDTOWN.

"THE OTHER BLACK WOMEN

"IN THEIR SECRETARY BEST
EYE HER.

"SAMPLE SALE CLOTHES.

STRAIGHTENED HAIR."

YOU SON OF A BITCH.

YOU KNEW I WAS DOWN
ABOUT MY BOOK,

AFRAID I WAS GONNA...
LOSE EVERYTHING.

HE WOUND YOU UP.
HE GAVE YOU A GUN.

WHERE WOULD I GET
A GUN, TJ?

LAMAR STYLES.
REMEMBER HIM?

[book clunks on table]

HE SHOT A COP
IN THE NEWARK RIOTS IN '67.

[Eames]
THE BULLETS THEY FOUND IN KIRA

WERE FROM THAT SAME GUN.

HE GAVE IT TO YOU,
DIDN'T HE?

YES.

BUT BEFORE HE DID,

HE CUT ME A LINE OF COKE.

I'D BEEN CLEAN
FOR FIVE YEARS.

HE TOLD ME
I DESERVED IT.

THEN HE CUT ANOTHER ONE.

TOLD ME TO GO GET
THE CIGAR BOX FROM HIS DESK.

OH, YOU INGRATE.

HE TOLD ME
TO TAKE THE PIECE.

BE THE MAN
I WROTE ABOUT.

WHEN I GOT
TO KIRA'S APARTMENT, I--

I CONFRONTED HER
ABOUT THE REVIEW.

YEAH, BUT SHE DIDN'T WANT
TO HEAR ABOUT ANY REVIEW.

NOT FROM A FRAUD
LIKE YOU.

SHE TOLD ME I WOULD NEVER
BE ABLE TO USE A REAL GUN

'CAUSE I WASN'T REAL.

SHE MOCKED ME, TAUNTED ME.

YOU NEEDED TO SHOW HER
THAT YOU WERE REAL.

I PULLED THE TRIGGER.

BUT YOU DIDN'T EVEN HAVE
THE COURAGE TO FINISH THE JOB.

KIRA BLED TO DEATH.

TJ HAWKINS,
YOU ARE UNDER ARREST

FOR THE MURDER
OF KIRA DANFORTH.

LIONEL SHILL,
YOU'RE UNDER ARREST

FOR CONSPIRING IN THE MURDER
OF KIRA DANFORTH.

TJ. HA.

FROM MY TRIUMPH
TO MY ALBATROSS.

[Goren]
SEE THOSE WRITERS?

THEY'RE GONNA HAVE
A HELL OF A STORY.