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[Robert Palme singing "Simply Irresistible"]

[male #1] 'Sixty seconds to air!'

- Where's America's sweetheart? - Everett.

Where's Everett? Has anyone seen Everett?

Keep your pants on, Kravet. I'm right here.

Sixty seconds till we go live.

Well, you think I wake up looking like this?

It takes time.

They want ratings, I'm giving 'em ratings.

You still eating those damn Tums?

[Kravet] 'Only thing keeping me alive.'

♪ She's anything but typical ♪

Okay, Jane.

You've got the SNL thing and the rerun thing.

Move to your left, Jane.

- How's this, Clay? - Camera loves you.

Have you talked to them yet?

Come on, Nathan.

Barbara Wa-Wa isn't the only one

who can make celebrities cry.

Get me a special.

You won't remember my name when you sign

that big contract with network, will you?

The adorable man who rescued me

from tiny-town action news?

- 'You kidding?' - 'Two.'

- I'll talk to them. - 'One.'

A fire in a West Philadelphia row house

claims six lives.

The Channel 7 News Team is on the ground

with that story in just a moment.

[Jane] 'And later we'll you the..'

- Oh. - What?

[static]

- We lost the teleprompter. - Where is it?

Um, the update on the..

- Cut to commercial? - Give her a second.

The story on the Bass Group's

'two billion dollar purchase'

'of the Savings and Loan Association.'

No, hang on. Slow it down. Wait, wait.

[Jane] 'But first, what you've been waiting for.'

After months of reruns due to the writer's strike

Falcon Crest, Murder She Wrote

and all your favorites are back.

The update after these messages.

[song resumes]

All clear.

♪ There's no tellin' where the money went ♪

You get 'em, Jane.

♪ Simply irresistible ♪♪

[slow instrumental music]

[music continues]

- Okay. - This ain't casual Friday.

What, are you trying out for the team mascot, Nick?

Game's tonight.

You in, Scotty? Hitting Jones.

I don't do hockey.

I wanna see a fight I go to the ring.

Oh, man. This one's something.

[cheering on TV]

Anyone remember a newscaster named Jane Everett

co-anchor at Channel 7?

Jane Everett. She was hot.

Yeah, strangled in Fairmount Park back in the '80s.

A research assistant from Channel 7 is on her way up

to show us something.

- Ooh. - Was that a tooth?

- 'Gloves are off, baby.' - 'Hmm-mm.'

Tory Roberts?

- Channel 7. - I'm Detective Rush.

Why don't you come with me?

Oh...I got it.

Make sure you get all her info, you know..

name, number, marital status.

[chuckles]

Uh, said you had something to show us?

An old Beta tape.

We're converting outdated formats to DVD.

I got stuck logging all the footage.

You'd give WCNU reporters

a run for their money, they put you on the air.

- Gonna make that jump one day. - Yeah?

So what do you got?

This is Jane Everett of WCNU.

Tonight I'll be bringing you a special report.

[phone ringing]

Jane Everett.

What?

Slow down.

'Are you threatening me?'

'Listen, just.. You did the right thing.'

Just don't make any decisions tonight.

Tell me where you are.

I'll be there in 20 minutes.

- Tape's got a time stamp. - '"November 2, 1988."'

Everyone said her murder was this random thing

but they found the body, six hours after that call.

11:46 P.M.

Means Jane met her caller around midnight.

So the caller's either the last to see..

Or Jane's talking to her killer.

[theme music]

[music continues]

[instrumental music]

"Local cross-country team finds newscaster Jane Everett

strangled in Fairmount Park."

No shortage of coverage or man-hours on this one.

Story was all over the place. People felt like they knew her.

Well, she was in their living rooms every night.

[Vera] 'Hmm. Pretty girl.'

Looked great in a leotard.

Did you see that special she did on aerobics?

You into aerobics, Nick?

What's it to you?

Don't let me catch you in a leotard.

Well, Jane grew up in Manayunk. Uh, tough neighborhood.

Father was a tollbooth operator, died in '82.

- Mom was a housewife. - Margie Everett.

Valens and Miller are talking to her now.

Only 27 years old.

Strangled with her own scarf.

Crime of passion.

No mention of a boyfriend.

Ah, original theory was some perv

saw an easy target.

[Rush] 'No DNA or witnesses'

to discount the theory.

Abrasions, torn clothes.

She didn't go without a fight.

[Stillman] 'Lived a few blocks from the park.'

Jogged there every morning

at 5:00 A.M. before work.

"5:00 A.M." hours are worse than ours.

Uh, she died in the same clothes

she was wearing in that video.

Turtleneck, windbreaker.

Time of death was estimated

between 2:00 and 6:00 A.M.

Maybe she didn't go to the park for her run.

Could've met the caller there.

Or the caller knew she'd be there.

Tracked her down.

See what you can get from WCNU phone records.

If Jane knew her attacker, it's about time we did, too.

[instrumental music]

My daughter was a natural.

One look at her, people just fell in love.

Anything you can tell us about her

personal life, Mrs. Everett?

Yeah, she didn't have one.

She spent years at stations out west.

Then she gets a job here in Philly

I still didn't get to see her.

Oh, attractive woman like Jane

must had a boyfriend.

Well, if she did, she didn't tell me about it.

Two of you..

...have a falling out?

I left college in the middle

of my junior year to have her.

I got my education from the school

of Edward R. Murrow and Walter Cronkite.

Janey and I, uh..

We bonded over the news when she was a little girl.

'She'd even give her own broadcasts at dinner.'

But by the time she died, the news

wasn't the news anymore.

It's nothing but fluff.

'She didn't seem to care.'

"Aerobics, celebrity love lives."

That what your spat was over?

Type of stories she was covering?

She was co-anchoring the fourth largest market in this country.

It still wasn't enough for me.

♪ That young boy ♪

Janey, you're on.

[Jane on TV] ...participating in this great event.

Oh, what are you wearing?

- Um, it's a Halloween costume. - Uh.

I gotta say, I think the adults are having

as much fun as the kids.

It's better than the sexy witch.

'And best of all, the proceeds go to charity.'

Shaw Plastics raised $50,000 for disadvantaged kids.

'So, it was a good cause.'

[Margie] 'More like a good advertisement.'

Did Shaw Plastics pay you to cover that story?

We do this kind of stuff all the time, ma.

You give companies positive press, they buy ads.

Well, the Jane I knew dreamed of covering

the presidential debates.

Mort is covering the presidential debates.

You know that.

Can't you cover them, too?

Why do you always get stuck with the fluff?

There's gotta be something else.

Like what? The elections in Chile?

Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan?

Do you know what it would take to get people to watch a story

about armed rebels in remote villages?

Well, you don't really believe that, do you?

Management made changes to improve our ratings.

I took their advice about my hair and my wardrobe

and we went up four points.

Four points for teasing your hair?

I don't know how many times I have to tell you this, ma.

It's just...it's the way the business is now.

I just.. I don't understand

why news had to stop being news.

Well, ask Nathan if you don't believe me.

We've made peace with it. Maybe you should, too.

Janey, I'm not trying to be critical.

I know. I've got an early morning, ma.

- I'll see you later, okay? - Well..

♪ But I don't dare say ♪♪

The last time I saw my daughter alive

I was giving her a hard time.

Now who's this Nathan

she was talking about?

Nathan Kravet. He was her boss.

Well, he was her mentor, really.

They met when Janey was at Syracuse University.

Thanks for your time, Mrs. Everett.

What I wouldn't give to see Janey on TV again

cat suit or not.

Everett was something else.

I gave a guest lecture at Syracuse her freshman year.

She sent me a story idea every week till she graduated.

- They any good? - Not bad, actually.

She had an eye for the angle.

Could find a story in any picture.

Where'd the cat suit fit in?

By the time I hired her at WCNU

things were changing.

What qualified as news

was anything that got ratings.

Including cute newsgirls?

Before Reagan took office

stations had to serve the public

present balanced reports.

Hell, there were even limits on the amount of ads.

Reagan relaxed all the rules.

[Jeffries] 'Relaxed is right.'

'Looks more like a vacation than reporting.'

Company retreats.

Better ratings meant better profits.

Better profits meant better corporate retreats.

Any idea who might have been

threatening Jane, the night she died?

No idea. It wasn't like she was breaking Watergate.

Uh, I think her last story was about mall walkers.

You see her that night?

I was holed up in my office on the third floor.

Jane was on the first, so no.

Did she always work till midnight?

Evening news wrapped at 7:00

doesn't mean we did.

Public persona like that

she ever attract the wrong kind of attention?

Far as I knew, everyone loved her.

After a year at WCNU

she was getting more fan mail

than the seasoned reporters.

Any of those seasoned reporters

have a problem with that?

There's one person who comes to mind.

[The Fixx singing "One Thing Leads To Another"]

[male #2] 'The crime has left two people dead'

'and an entire neighborhood devastated.'

It's yet another casualty

of the crack epidemic here in the Philly..

In-in the city of..

In other news, he's this year's Sexiest Man Alive.

JFK, Junior.

So who made his list of sexiest women?

We'll have the story after this.

[male #1] 'All clear.'

The last I checked, I was the lead anchor.

I was trying to help you.

Let me finish the damn story.

It's called a transition or don't they teach that

in journalism school anymore?

Take it easy, Mort. She's doing her job.

You're the one who hired this amateur bubblehead newsreader.

As opposed to a pompous has-been?

Hey, I was here before you, sweetie.

I'll be here after.

[male #1] 'Nine, eight, seven..'

Have you checked with management on that?

You bet against me, sweetheart and I'll crush you.

[male #1] 'Three, two, one.'

An update on a story from yesterday.

The President has stated that his position

will not change in spite of

what Congress has proposed..'

WCNU went from worst to first that year

and there was only one reason

Jane Everett.

Mort knew it?

His low-grade insecurity

became full-blown paranoia.

Called me all hours of the night

trying to get her fired.

Why not get rid of him instead?

Thought about it.

Till he won a Peabody for his coverage

of Jane's murder.

Bought himself another 20 years in the business.

So I get this Bobby Badass in the squad car.

Thinks I'm hauling him down to PPD till he realizes

we're heading in the wrong direction.

The kid starts freaking out 'cause

we're going into 29th Street territory.

- The rival gang? - Oh, yeah, yeah.

He's begging us to turn around

and I'm talking to my partner about stopping for doughnuts.

Kid wets his pants, tells us everything.

Oh, that'd make a great segment.

Hmm, well, there's more where that came from.

How are things going?

Jane Everett case?

Stick around..

...and I'll let you know.

Scratch my back, I'll scratch yours?

Sounds good to me.

- Hey, take that off, would ya? - What?

Looks like you're about to take flight.

[Vera] 'Check out Casanova with that hottie from Channel 7.'

Back in the saddle.

Excuse me.

What up, fellas?

Rush dug up some dirt on Mort Ackerson.

Jane lodged a formal complaint against him

with the WCNU Human Resources

October 18, '88.

That's two weeks before she's killed.

It said Mort showed up at her shoots

was following her to interviews and press conferences.

Yeah, Tory says the guy's a real tool.

Got serious issues working with the ladies.

[female #1] 'Hey!'

[cheering]

'Eat it, Zaretsky!'

That's gonna be better than the game.

Well, last I checked, this was a cop bar.

Is that the best you can do? Newsroom Barbie?

- Oh, damn it, Frankie. - What? I like hockey.

Your husband like hockey too?

Admit it.

What?

You're trying to make me jealous.

You're the one came here.

So, maybe it's working.

You know, you're not the only woman in the world.

Right now I am.

I should go.

Yeah, you should.

Come on. Let's get out of here.

[instrumental music]

Mr. Ackerson?

I'm Detective Rush.

'I don't normally do this but'

you think I could have your autograph?

[chuckles] Oh, sure.

Call me Mort.

It's for my auntie.

Sign it "Dear Edie

see you in 50 to life."

You think I hurt Jane Everett?

Is-Is that what this is all about?

Convince me otherwise.

I always thought it was innocent until proven guilty.

Remember what happened to your ratings

after Jane was murdered, Mort?

I didn't pay attention to ratings.

They went up.

Or maybe it's 'cause of

the Peabody Award I won?

For covering Jane's murder.

You ever show up at her shoots?

- No. - 'Call her at home?'

No.

Oh, Jane's Human Resources file.

But I guess you already know about the complaint

she filed against you.

So I wasn't her biggest fan.

But that girl didn't know her place.

[Mort] 'That's the Shaw Plastics fundraiser, isn't it?'

- Who's that fighting? - David Wyatt.

[Mort] 'He's their PR guy, isn't he?'

[Jane] 'Doesn't make sense.'

They take care of their employees.

Tell it to that guy.

♪ Red skies at night Red skies at night ♪

♪ Whoa oh oh oh ♪

[male #3 on TV] 'Excuse me. Terribly sorry.'

[indistinct arguing on TV]

Mandatory drug testing?

'Don't you think I know what that's about?'

My family has given 15 years to this plant.

Would you keep your voice down?

Hey, look, I just want some answers, alright?

We both know I'm entitled to hell of a lot more than that.

Something's going on here.

So, what do you think you're some kind of breaking news

reporter all of a sudden?

Why don't you go bother that new intern

you've been circling, huh?

Piece of advice, sweetheart?

Stick to putting on your lipstick

and smiling pretty for the camera.

And upstage you? Never.

♪ People ignoring runnin' hidin' ♪♪

[Rush] 'She was investigating a story.'

I was worrying about that myself.

But if there was a story there

Jane wasn't getting it.

♪ Red skies at night Red skies at night ♪

♪ Whoa oh oh oh oh-oh-oh-oh-oh ♪

[male #4] 'Who the hell are you?'

[indistinct arguing]

♪ Red skies at night Red skies at night ♪

♪ Whoa oh oh oh oh-oh-oh-oh-oh ♪♪

She reported me to

Human Resources the next morning.

She was just mad 'cause she didn't have what it took.

I was the one people trusted.

Where was that house located?

Corner of 4th and...Lehigh?

Where were you the night Jane died?

I caught up with that new intern.

Rhonda Stewart.

Gonna need her number.

No problem.

I'm sure she'll remember.

Boss, got the phone records from WCNU.

Call to Jane's extension at 11:46 was local.

So there was no way to trace it back that far.

What about her reporter's notebook?

Station cleaned out her office back when.

Mort Ackerson's alibi check out?

Uh, Rhonda the intern.

Big producer over at WIXA now.

Uh, she vouched for him.

Mort's lucky day.

Canvassed the block of 4th and Lehigh.

Guy who lived in the corner house moved in '89.

Uh, name's Evan Briggs.

Neighbor said he worked at Shaw Plastics with his wife.

Left the neighborhood after she died.

Where is he now?

Meijer's Plastics bought Shaw off, December '88.

Lot of red tape getting to his personnel file.

See if ADA Bell can help with the warrant.

Sounds like this Briggs had real issues with Jane.

[elevator bell dings]

Hey.

Oh, hi.

I, uh..

...think you got something of mine.

Something of yours?

Are you sure?

I'm sure.

Let me, uh, see what I can dig up.

Yeah, you do that.

Detectives. I'm Andrew Powers, CEO.

I was hoping to join your meeting, but, uh

I'm sure David can help you with whatever you need.

I'm David Wyatt. Public Relations.

I understand you have some questions concerning

a former employee, Evan Briggs?

Two of you had some kind of altercation back in '88?

That was a long time ago.

In fact, it didn't ring any bells

until I pulled the file.

I'd only been with the company a few months.

What does this have to do

with Jane Everett's murder?

Can I see that file?

Yes.

He was terminated for failing to pass a mandatory drug test.

I don't see any prior infractions

previous 21 years?

Well, we didn't start the testing until '88.

He could've been coming to work high every day.

We would never have known.

Meijers bought Shaw Plastics

later on that year, right?

Drug testing, a precursor to the buyout?

Did make sense, I mean..

...you'd wanna get rid of the deadbeats first.

Well, drill it down, and yes

a guy like Evan Briggs was bad for business.

Shaw Plastics is a family corporation.

No room for drug use.

Family corporation?

It's a funny way of putting it.

Sometimes we had to use a little tough love.

Jane Everett ever contact you about this "Tough love" program?

Uh, no.

Well, she ever talk to you about Briggs?

Ms. Everett covered a few fundraisers for us.

That's all.

Now, if you will excuse me, um..

I do have some business I need to attend to.

Thanks for your time.

Oh, we're holding on to this.

"Drill it down." Guy's a schmuck.

Hey, I gotta swing by Channel 7.

See if they got more Jane Everett tapes.

You wanna come with? Hit Geno's after?

Oh, you mean

'cause you don't wanna go to Channel 7 alone

after you ditched that girl at the bar last night?

What are you talking about?

Leave me out of it. Uh-uh.

'Nope! Uh-uh.'

[phone ringing]

Look who's back.

Yeah. Tory, listen. Uh..

On-the-line guys needed help with a bust over in Fishtown.

I wanted to tell you but

this kind of thing goes down quick and..

Your on-the-line guys always wear pencil skirts?

Yeah, right.

Well, actually, that girl

she's an associate of the undercover unit.

Hmm, you-you know what?

Next time something "Goes down"

I get a call for the exclusive.

Deal.

Oh, so, where do you wanna start?

Are these the tapes?

Every tape Jane ever made.

[Vera] 'So, you were Jane's cameraman?'

I knew Jane better than anyone.

Best angle, best lights.

- Sounds intimate. - 'Nature of the job.'

You two ever get involved?

Wouldn't have minded.

But she was busy climbing the ladder.

She ever mention a story involving

a plastics factory, Shaw Plastics?

We covered a fundraiser for them once.

Jane saw something.

She had me film a couple of guys

arguing while she pretended to talk to fans.

Was this man one of them?

Yeah, he was arguing with a guy. Looked like his boss, maybe.

Ever see him giving Jane any trouble?

Yeah. A couple of nights later

we were shooting B-roll at an aerobics class.

She wanted to go by his house.

But he definitely wasn't expecting us.

[Tom Petty singing "Don't Come Around Here"]

Mr. Briggs, are you home?

♪ I've given up ♪

♪ Stop ♪

♪ I've given up ♪

♪ Stop ♪

♪ I've given up stop ♪

♪ On waiting any longer ♪

♪ I've given up ♪

♪ On this love getting stronger ♪

Hey! What the hell are you doing back here again?

Oh, Mr. Briggs, the door was open.

- I thought you heard us. - I already told you.

I got nothing to say.

Now that drug test was a lie.

Now, get out of here, before I call the cops!

Please, I just wanna talk to you, help figure things out.

Maybe that is what the test picked up. Percocet?

You get out of here with that thing!

- Easy, buddy! - Wait outside, Clay.

I have done some research and I think I can help you.

Look, I ain't gonna ask you again.

Now, get out.

♪ I don't feel you any more ♪♪

I don't know what that story was about

but whatever it was pissed that guy off.

You didn't think that might've caused Jane's murder?

Hotheads like him made good TV.

Way reporters earned their stripes.

What the hell is all this?

[instrumental music]

[dog barking]

Evan Briggs? Philadelphia Homicide.

Like to ask you a few questions.

What kind of questions?

Kind about Jane Everett.

Got nothing to say.

Well, talk to us for an hour

or talk to a grand jury for six?

Your choice.

Briggs? Briggs?

[dog barking] Run!

[barking continues]

[gunshot]

Hey, don't hurt him, you hear?

Control the dog or the next one

has his name on it!

[barking continues]

Saw your brand of hospitality, Briggs.

Jane Everett come at you, one too many times

get the same treatment?

I didn't hurt that reporter.

You were in a hell of a situation back in '88.

Lost your job, your wife.

Your life was in a tailspin.

Jane found out, you got terminated

threatened to make your life even worse

by exposing your drug use.

Couldn't get worse.

Not when they took my health insurance.

Not when they took my house.

Had to sting.

Jane throwing you under a bus

just to break a story.

Don't you get it?

Story wasn't about me. It was about my wife.

We-we worked at the factory together

till she got cancer.

Jane knew who was to blame

for her getting sick.

[dramatic music]

Oh! Mr. Briggs.

You scared me.

She's gone. My wife.

You know, doctors said it was coming, but..

You don't wanna believe.

I'm sorry.

Uh, what you were talking about?

I'm listening.

I spoke to the pharmacist you go to about the Percocet

you're taking for your cough.

She said you're not the only one

from the factory taking it.

So?

I met with a doctor.

Told him the tubing that Shaw manufactures

is reinforced with asbestos.

He said the tests are just being confirmed

but a lot of people are saying that asbestos is bad.

Said it's probably what caused your wife's cancer.

They knew?

There are others.

Doctor gave Peggy Foster four months this morning.

She's even younger than my wife.

Cliff Schuster. Len Turner--

Alright, uh, what do you wanna do?

I wanna take them on.

Take on Shaw Plastics? Yeah.

Anyone opens their mouth

company will cut 'em off at the ankles.

They'll take their health insurance.

That's all those people got.

You do nothing, the company

gets away with murder.

Hey, my word ain't gonna mean squat

against those suits.

That's why I found someone to back us up.

- An insider. - Someone from Shaw?

He agreed to go on camera

admit that Shaw knew their employees

were being exposed to asbestos and covered it up.

- I'm gonna film him tonight. - Then what?

Then I bring it to my boss

and we break the story tomorrow.

Prime time.

Wait, your boss knows about this?

We're gonna tell him tonight. He-he'll stand by us.

- Ms. Everett, uh.. - Jane.

These, uh, men

they play dirty, and they ain't gonna stop at me.

So why are you doing this?

What kind of a reporter would I be if I didn't?

She ever tell you who this insider was?

No idea.

Guys in management were cronies.

Can't imagine any one of them

sticking a neck out.

The morning Jane died

where were you?

Cleaning toilets in Center City.

Worked the midnight shift at the Atco Building

after the factory canned me.

At least until I got sick.

You, too?

Been in remission twice.

Don't think there'll be a third.

When my wife got diagnosed

would've given anything to be

the one going through it.

Guess my prayers have been answered.

"You did the right thing.

Don't make any decisions tonight."

Gotta be this insider who called her that night.

Well, Jane wanted to broadcast

the interview the next day.

Guy was trying to undo what he'd already done.

So if Jane recorded the interview, where's the tape?

Well, it definitely ain't at WCNU.

I screened every tape Jane ever touched.

[Rush] 'Could've brought it home with her.'

That's what I would've done.

Who packed up Jane's house?

Here are the rest of them. Been in there for years.

Just couldn't bring myself to throw anything away.

Did Jane ever tell you about the last story

she was working on?

Was, um, something about people

walking in malls for exercise, wasn't it?

Lil, I got something.

"November 2, 1988."

A day before she died.

People deserve to know the truth about

what's happening to them.

Why it's happening. People are dying.

[Jane] 'The people you're referring to are'

'employees of Shaw Plastics?'

[male #5 on TV] 'Factory workers.'

They're being exposed to a dangerous toxin

called asbestos.

How do you know this?

Because I have the memo.

[paper rustles]

Shaw Plastics was aware of the effects of asbestos.

[Jane] 'Can you explain what that means exactly?'

[male #5 on TV] 'Well, if-if you drill it down'

it means the company knew asbestos was causing cancer.

And instead of doing anything about it

'they covered it up.'

Exactly?

Well, if-if you drill it down

it means the company knew..

There's our smoking gun.

That spin doctor, Wyatt.

Bad PR from a big, fat liar.

I'd like to see him spin this.

What'd you talk about

'last time you saw Jane?'

[Wyatt] 'A few fundraisers.'

I told you, I-I barely knew her.

That why you called her about at 11:46 P.M.

the night before she was killed?A Fundraiser?

Shaw Plastics was knowingly harming people, hmm?

Company falsified the results of mandatory drug tests

to flush out anyone who opened their mouth.

And you knew about it.

The thing is, 21 years later

you're still working there.

- What's that make you? - This is ridiculous.

You people don't know what you're talking about.

[Jane] 'Can you...explain what that means exactly?'

Well, if-if you drill it down

it means the company knew asbestos was causing cancer.

'And instead of doing anything about it'

'they covered it up.'

I'm gonna ask again.

What were you calling about night before she died?

I didn't kill her.

"You did the right thing.

Don't make any decisions tonight."

Got your conversation on tape.

You drill it down

she was trying to warm your cold feet.

Interview never aired. You changed your mind.

And got rid of her to cover it up.

"I'll be there in 20 minutes."

She was going to meet you

makes you the last to see her alive.

I was trying to help those people who were getting sick.

I tried. I really did.

And then I thought about what the company would do.

Intimidation, blacklists..

People's lives get ruined.

Lives did get ruined.

It takes courage being a whistle-blower.

Heavy lifting for a schmuck like you.

Family corporation and all.

I thought I could talk her out of it.

I shouldn't have talked to you.

I want you to destroy the tape.

I gave Briggs my word, David.

Look, what the company is doing is wrong.

- That-that's not the issue. - So what is?

What are they gonna do to us when they find out?

Once the story's out, Shaw can't touch us.

Everyone will know the truth.

Don't back out on us, David.

Every minute we sit here someone else gets sick.

Now, tell me you're with me.

Alright.

For every one of those people..

...thank you.

I called Powers.

Bastard was sailing in the Cayman Islands.

You...told him about Jane?

The interview you gave her?

I thought he'd fire me.

Instead I got promoted.

Keeping his enemies closer.

Well, you keep your 401[k]

and Jane ends up dead.

You sleep at night?

I asked him to fix the problem

so that more people would not get sick.

What'd he say he was gonna do about it?

He said all he had to do was call the station

and the story would disappear.

No wonder he didn't stick around last time we met.

[Vera] 'Andrew Powers?'

Remember that asbestos scandal

you covered up back in '88?

Looks like it's making a comeback.

If you got stock in the company

you might wanna call your broker.

Insider information tip.

- 'Andrew.' - Yeah.

[male #6] 'I'll meet you at the restaurant.'

What do you want?

We're thinking you're a conspirator

to the murder of Jane Everett.

Murder?

I didn't touch that girl.

I was in the Cayman Islands.

[Vera] 'We know.'

You called someone at WCNU from your house

a few hours before Jane showed up dead.

Got the phone records to prove it.

[Jeffries] 'You tell us who you called'

maybe the conspiracy goes away.

I only wanted to kill a story.

Never intended for anyone to get hurt.

We'll let the jury decide that.

All we want is a name.

You friends with Andrew Powers, Nathan?

Station covered a few Shaw fundraisers

but no, I didn't know him personally.

Think of any reason why he might've been calling

your extension at WCNU from his house

in the Cayman Islands?

Corporate bigwigs liked throwing their weight around

bitching about a story

so sometimes they call.

Mm-hmm.

Uh, this particular conversation

happened at 1:15 in the morning

few hours before Jane was killed.

Probably had some idea he wanted the station to cover.

Looked into your financials, Nathan.

Yeah?

You bought stock in Shaw Plastics

two weeks before Meijers bought the company, huh?

Stroke of genius made you a millionaire overnight.

What can I say? I had a good broker.

It was the '80s.

Guys like Powers were making millions

and you wanted a piece of the pie.

Nothing wrong with free enterprise.

Except there was nothing freeabout it.

The stock tip came with strings attached.

Powers was calling you that night

because he wanted a story to go away.

And he was right.

Jane had no business taking that interview.

I know David Wyatt was no scientist.

I mean,youhad taught her better than that.

Letting her heart lead a story.

It's called journalistic integrity.

You don't just take the word of some PR hack.

How'd you know about that interview?

What?

The one Jane had with David Wyatt

that "PR hack"?

Did Powers tell you about it?

Or..

...was it Jane?

I'd never hurt Jane.

- She was like your daughter. - She was.

Sending you those stories every week.

Coming to work for me.

But she was still holding onto something.

What, what was that you called it? "Journalistic--

Integrity.

It wasn't as simple for you.

You had suits to answer to. The ratings to get.

Hard not getting swept up in the bonuses, the kickbacks..

The business demanded it. It was sink or swim!

You just wanted that tape. It's a simple request.

That's all I wanted!

But Jane refused.

She knew that if she gave it to me..

...we'd both be lost.

[dramatic music]

Nathan?

What are you doing here? I've been..

I've been trying to reach you all night.

I thought it was time to take care of this.

Ooh!

So what'd you wanna talk to me about?

I know I asked for a celebrity special

but...I have a story.

I have a real story.

The kind that we used to talk about at Syracuse.

Tell me.

Employees at Shaw Plastics are getting sick.

I found an executive who admitted management

knew they were being exposed to asbestos.

It's a toxin that causes cancer.

I got him on tape reading the memo.

Jane Everett, you cracked a story.

We break this story.

I mean, employees get a chance at getting their compensation.

They get, they get their medical bills paid.

Right.

So, uh, where is it?

What.. Where's what?

The tape.

- It's-it's in a safe place. - Great.

I'll need to vet it with, uh, legal first.

Legal? No, these people don't have that kind of time, Nathan.

We're exposed on this.

Shaw could take us to the cleaners.

We need to be responsible

to our advertisers and to corporate sponsors.

Then I'll take it to another station.

Are you kidding me? We'll lose our jobs!

Be sued for slander.

This isn't college, Jane.

This is business.

Now what's it gonna take for you to see that?

One million.

I always knew you were smart, Everett.

A million it is.

Wait. Hey. Where you going?

You were the one who lectured me about ethics.

Come on, Jane.

News isn't news anymore.

You love it just as much as anybody.

- The ratings, the attention. - No.

- Not anymore! - Come here!

- Just stay away from me! - Get over here!

Stay away from me!

Give me the damn tape!

No!

[screaming]

[sobbing]

Stop!

[gagging]

[dramatic music]

[grunting]

[slow instrumental music]

[Tears For Fears singing "Shout"]

♪ Shout Shout ♪

♪ Let it all out ♪

♪ These are the things I can do without ♪

♪ Come on ♪

♪ I'm talking to you ♪

♪ Come on ♪

♪ Shout shout ♪

♪ Let it all out ♪

♪ These are the things I can do without ♪

♪ Come on ♪

♪ I'm talking to you ♪

♪ Come on ♪

♪ In violent times ♪

♪ You shouldn't have to sell your soul ♪

♪ In black and white ♪

♪ They really really ought to know ♪

♪ Those one track minds ♪

♪ That took you for a working boy ♪

♪ Kiss them goodbye ♪

♪ You shouldn't have to jump for joy ♪

♪ You shouldn't have to jump ♪♪ Shout♪

♪ Shout ♪♪ For joy ♪

♪ Let it all out ♪

♪ These are the things I can do without ♪

♪ Come on ♪

♪ I'm talking to you ♪

♪ Come on ♪

♪ They gave you life ♪

♪ And in return you gave them hell ♪

♪ As cold as ice ♪

♪ I hope we live to tell the tale ♪

♪ I hope we live to tell ♪♪ Shout ♪

♪ Shout ♪♪ The tale ♪

♪ Let it all out ♪

♪ These are the things I can do without ♪

♪ Come on ♪

♪ I'm talking to you ♪

♪ So come on ♪♪

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