1 00:00:01,501 --> 00:00:03,586 ♪ ♪ 2 00:00:17,100 --> 00:00:18,810 (gasping) 3 00:00:22,188 --> 00:00:24,190 (labored breathing) 4 00:00:27,694 --> 00:00:29,112 (gasping) 5 00:00:32,656 --> 00:00:35,285 J... Joe? 6 00:00:35,368 --> 00:00:36,286 Yeah? 7 00:00:36,369 --> 00:00:37,412 (toilet flushes) 8 00:00:42,041 --> 00:00:44,127 Did I wake you? 9 00:00:44,210 --> 00:00:48,590 (moans): It's friggin' cold. 10 00:00:48,673 --> 00:00:50,800 I had trouble sleeping, 11 00:00:50,884 --> 00:00:52,343 breathing. 12 00:00:52,427 --> 00:00:54,637 I must have picked up on that. 13 00:00:54,721 --> 00:00:57,390 I had a bad dream. 14 00:00:57,474 --> 00:00:58,933 What a shock. 15 00:00:59,017 --> 00:01:01,811 I can't seem to settle down. 16 00:01:01,895 --> 00:01:05,272 My head's filled with work; 17 00:01:05,355 --> 00:01:07,984 stuff going on. 18 00:01:08,067 --> 00:01:10,153 Come here. 19 00:01:10,236 --> 00:01:11,070 Uh, I don't know. 20 00:01:11,154 --> 00:01:13,239 Maybe I should sleep in the living room. 21 00:01:13,323 --> 00:01:14,657 Come here. 22 00:01:14,741 --> 00:01:16,159 What are you doing? 23 00:01:16,242 --> 00:01:19,621 What if I'm contagious? 24 00:01:20,079 --> 00:01:21,206 Shh... 25 00:01:25,418 --> 00:01:28,338 WOMAN: Oh, baby! 26 00:01:28,421 --> 00:01:31,549 Let me have it. Let me have all of it. 27 00:01:31,633 --> 00:01:35,178 Oh, baby, let me have it! 28 00:01:35,261 --> 00:01:36,679 Let me have all of it! 29 00:01:36,763 --> 00:01:42,227 Oh, baby, let me have it. Let me have all of it. 30 00:01:42,310 --> 00:01:45,522 Oh, baby, let me have it. 31 00:01:45,605 --> 00:01:46,898 Let me have all of it. 32 00:01:46,981 --> 00:01:51,444 Oh, baby, let me have it... 33 00:01:51,528 --> 00:01:54,489 (gasps) 34 00:01:54,572 --> 00:01:56,699 Oh, you okay? 35 00:01:56,783 --> 00:01:58,993 I don't know. 36 00:01:59,077 --> 00:02:00,954 What were you dreaming? 37 00:02:01,037 --> 00:02:04,332 Huh? I wasn't dreaming anything. 38 00:02:04,415 --> 00:02:05,416 I was sleeping. 39 00:02:05,500 --> 00:02:08,419 It was nice. 40 00:02:08,502 --> 00:02:10,003 Sorry. 41 00:02:15,552 --> 00:02:17,345 ♪ ♪ 42 00:02:20,014 --> 00:02:22,058 ♪ ♪ 43 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:32,026 (alarm clock beeps, music stops abruptly) 44 00:02:33,611 --> 00:02:37,615 Hey, Allison, we both overslept. 45 00:02:37,699 --> 00:02:39,492 Oh, you're kidding! 46 00:02:45,164 --> 00:02:46,666 BOY: Help! 47 00:02:47,667 --> 00:02:51,045 Please! 48 00:02:54,173 --> 00:02:56,593 Somebody, anybody! 49 00:03:00,513 --> 00:03:01,556 JOE: Allison? (gasps) 50 00:03:01,639 --> 00:03:03,600 You okay? 51 00:03:03,683 --> 00:03:06,561 I'm fine. I'm just trying to take a shower. 52 00:03:06,644 --> 00:03:09,397 Well, you got to turn on the water first. 53 00:03:09,480 --> 00:03:11,774 Hardy-har-har-har-har. 54 00:04:08,247 --> 00:04:10,458 Allison, you doing anything? 55 00:04:10,541 --> 00:04:16,047 Are you familiar with State Assemblyman Henry Rykoff? 56 00:04:16,130 --> 00:04:17,673 I know he's a state assemblyman. 57 00:04:17,757 --> 00:04:19,676 I know his first name is Henry. 58 00:04:19,759 --> 00:04:21,844 Died in his sleep last night. 59 00:04:21,928 --> 00:04:24,472 Apparently, his widow is fiercely protective 60 00:04:24,555 --> 00:04:25,932 of her late husband's legacy. 61 00:04:26,015 --> 00:04:26,975 Okay. 62 00:04:27,058 --> 00:04:29,686 After she discovered the assemblyman had passed, 63 00:04:29,769 --> 00:04:31,479 she called EMS. 64 00:04:31,562 --> 00:04:33,231 I don't know what's going on over there, 65 00:04:33,314 --> 00:04:34,816 but Emergency Medical called the police 66 00:04:34,899 --> 00:04:35,942 and everyone's been there 67 00:04:36,025 --> 00:04:37,694 since before 7:00 this morning. 68 00:04:37,777 --> 00:04:39,195 It's past 10:00. 69 00:04:39,278 --> 00:04:40,488 What do you think's going on? 70 00:04:40,571 --> 00:04:41,698 I have no idea. 71 00:04:41,781 --> 00:04:43,574 But whatever it is, the governor asked me 72 00:04:43,658 --> 00:04:45,535 to get over there and make it go away. 73 00:04:45,618 --> 00:04:46,744 What am I doing? 74 00:04:46,828 --> 00:04:48,246 Oh, I don't know. 75 00:04:48,329 --> 00:04:51,708 The assemblyman died. Isn't that your area? 76 00:04:54,502 --> 00:04:56,421 Mrs. Rykoff, 77 00:04:56,504 --> 00:04:57,755 I'm District Attorney Manuel Devalos. 78 00:04:57,839 --> 00:04:59,590 This is Allison Dubois. 79 00:04:59,674 --> 00:05:01,718 She's a bereavement counselor who works with my office. 80 00:05:01,801 --> 00:05:03,177 I'm so sorry for your loss. 81 00:05:03,261 --> 00:05:04,721 The governor asked us to come by 82 00:05:04,804 --> 00:05:06,556 and see if we could be of any help 83 00:05:06,639 --> 00:05:08,725 during what he knows must be a very difficult time for you. 84 00:05:08,808 --> 00:05:11,602 Help? Absolutely, we could use some help. 85 00:05:11,686 --> 00:05:14,689 Those idiots with the ambulance called the police, 86 00:05:14,772 --> 00:05:16,899 and the police won't let me call a funeral home. 87 00:05:16,983 --> 00:05:19,402 My husband is lying dead in his bed. 88 00:05:19,485 --> 00:05:21,529 He's been there for hours. 89 00:05:21,612 --> 00:05:23,197 I would like to get him where he belongs, 90 00:05:23,281 --> 00:05:25,241 so we can move on with the business of his funeral. 91 00:05:25,324 --> 00:05:26,200 I understand. 92 00:05:26,284 --> 00:05:26,909 Mr. District Attorney, 93 00:05:26,993 --> 00:05:28,244 my name is Casey Frank. 94 00:05:28,327 --> 00:05:31,914 I was the assemblyman's chief of staff, also a family friend. 95 00:05:31,998 --> 00:05:32,790 This is Scott Brittenham, 96 00:05:32,874 --> 00:05:33,708 the family attorney. 97 00:05:33,791 --> 00:05:36,252 Apparently, the maid discovered the body 98 00:05:36,335 --> 00:05:37,420 and immediately dialed 911 99 00:05:37,503 --> 00:05:39,922 before Mrs. Rykoff here had a chance to make contact 100 00:05:40,006 --> 00:05:41,382 with the funeral home. 101 00:05:41,466 --> 00:05:42,508 I think you'll see 102 00:05:42,592 --> 00:05:44,093 it's all a big misunderstanding. 103 00:05:44,177 --> 00:05:45,511 All anyone wants 104 00:05:45,595 --> 00:05:47,555 really, is to protect the assemblyman's dignity. 105 00:05:47,638 --> 00:05:49,724 Of course. 106 00:05:49,807 --> 00:05:53,269 Let us see what we can find out, please. 107 00:05:53,352 --> 00:05:55,229 Excuse us. 108 00:05:55,313 --> 00:05:56,272 MAN: Look at his neck. 109 00:05:56,355 --> 00:05:58,316 What do you mean? 110 00:05:58,399 --> 00:06:00,109 All the ambulance guys wanted to do 111 00:06:00,193 --> 00:06:02,278 was lift him up and get him out of here. 112 00:06:02,361 --> 00:06:04,947 I don't get a bonus for saying something smells fishy. 113 00:06:05,031 --> 00:06:08,743 Just go upstairs, look at his neck. 114 00:06:18,669 --> 00:06:20,254 ♪ ♪ 115 00:06:27,637 --> 00:06:30,723 ♪ ♪ 116 00:06:45,738 --> 00:06:46,864 (music stops abruptly) 117 00:06:58,209 --> 00:07:00,962 This man did not die in his sleep. 118 00:07:06,134 --> 00:07:09,178 I've taken a look at your late husband, Mrs. Rykoff. 119 00:07:09,262 --> 00:07:11,139 We have a problem. 120 00:07:11,222 --> 00:07:13,683 No, there is no problem. 121 00:07:13,766 --> 00:07:16,811 My husband served the state for 32 years. 122 00:07:16,894 --> 00:07:20,231 He's entitled to privacy with regard to his life 123 00:07:20,314 --> 00:07:23,317 and dignity with regard to his death. 124 00:07:23,401 --> 00:07:26,154 But he did not die in his sleep. 125 00:07:26,237 --> 00:07:28,156 We're not even convinced he died in that bed. 126 00:07:28,239 --> 00:07:30,158 Is my client being accused 127 00:07:30,241 --> 00:07:32,368 of something here, Mr. District Attorney? 128 00:07:32,451 --> 00:07:33,703 Not yet. 129 00:07:33,786 --> 00:07:35,329 My husband and I were married 130 00:07:35,413 --> 00:07:37,373 for 37 years. 131 00:07:37,456 --> 00:07:41,836 In 37 years, a couple can grow very close 132 00:07:41,919 --> 00:07:46,424 and very distant at the same time. 133 00:07:48,259 --> 00:07:50,052 Henry got up in the middle of the night. 134 00:07:50,136 --> 00:07:51,012 It wasn't unusual. 135 00:07:51,095 --> 00:07:53,306 He liked to use the bathroom down the hall. 136 00:07:55,433 --> 00:07:59,437 I heard him get up, make his way down the hall in the dark. 137 00:07:59,520 --> 00:08:02,398 I even heard him cough and wheeze through the wall. 138 00:08:02,481 --> 00:08:06,027 He had that cold that's been going around. 139 00:08:06,110 --> 00:08:09,614 I must have fallen back asleep, and when I woke up again, 140 00:08:09,697 --> 00:08:12,909 I realized that Henry still hadn't returned. 141 00:08:12,992 --> 00:08:15,912 Finally, I came down here. 142 00:08:15,995 --> 00:08:22,543 He had taken the belt of his robe... 143 00:08:22,627 --> 00:08:28,466 used that beam, put it around his neck. 144 00:08:28,549 --> 00:08:32,761 I kept screaming his name... 145 00:08:32,845 --> 00:08:37,433 but I think he was already dead. 146 00:08:41,520 --> 00:08:45,483 Mrs. Rykoff, I will do everything in my power 147 00:08:45,566 --> 00:08:47,652 to be sure that when a death certificate is issued... 148 00:08:47,735 --> 00:08:49,111 He did not commit suicide. 149 00:08:49,195 --> 00:08:52,698 Nothing could have been further from his mind. 150 00:08:52,782 --> 00:08:55,618 And you know this how? 151 00:08:55,701 --> 00:09:00,748 I know this because Mrs. Rykoff called me 152 00:09:00,831 --> 00:09:04,752 to help her get the body down from the ceiling. 153 00:09:04,835 --> 00:09:07,672 I know this because when I came in the room, 154 00:09:07,755 --> 00:09:08,673 his computer was on. 155 00:09:08,756 --> 00:09:11,717 There was a pornographic Web site on the screen. 156 00:09:11,801 --> 00:09:13,678 His pajama bottoms were around his ankles 157 00:09:13,761 --> 00:09:16,472 and was clear from the state of the rest of his body 158 00:09:16,555 --> 00:09:19,725 exactly what he was doing, 159 00:09:19,809 --> 00:09:22,478 exactly what his intention was. 160 00:09:22,562 --> 00:09:25,773 And it had nothing to do with killing oneself. 161 00:09:25,856 --> 00:09:29,694 And you helped Mrs. Rykoff move the body? 162 00:09:29,777 --> 00:09:31,946 Yes. 163 00:09:32,029 --> 00:09:34,615 Up the stairs and down the hall 164 00:09:34,699 --> 00:09:36,200 and into the bedroom. 165 00:09:36,284 --> 00:09:38,119 I beg of you all, 166 00:09:38,202 --> 00:09:41,122 let my husband be remembered for his great work 167 00:09:41,205 --> 00:09:45,668 and not for some foolishness 168 00:09:45,751 --> 00:09:49,005 no one was ever meant to know about. 169 00:09:52,883 --> 00:09:54,635 (exhales) 170 00:09:57,888 --> 00:10:01,642 BOY: Help me! 171 00:10:03,602 --> 00:10:04,645 Do you hear that? 172 00:10:19,952 --> 00:10:22,580 Somebody! 173 00:10:23,831 --> 00:10:26,876 What are you doing? 174 00:10:26,959 --> 00:10:29,420 Put your head on the pillow, close your eyes 175 00:10:29,503 --> 00:10:31,422 and let's get some sleep. 176 00:10:32,840 --> 00:10:34,258 You didn't hear that either? 177 00:10:34,342 --> 00:10:36,218 Shh. 178 00:10:36,302 --> 00:10:37,720 (sighs) 179 00:10:54,779 --> 00:10:57,323 (mechanical rattling) 180 00:10:58,449 --> 00:11:02,411 BOY: Help me! Please! 181 00:11:03,788 --> 00:11:05,664 Help me! 182 00:11:07,666 --> 00:11:10,294 Please! Somebody! 183 00:11:10,378 --> 00:11:11,837 (gasps) 184 00:11:15,841 --> 00:11:18,260 It looked like he was in some kind of a hole 185 00:11:18,344 --> 00:11:21,097 or maybe it was a cave or some kind of a well, or... 186 00:11:21,180 --> 00:11:23,057 Whatever it was, it looked like it was natural, 187 00:11:23,140 --> 00:11:24,100 not man-made. 188 00:11:24,183 --> 00:11:26,060 That's great, but, Allison, 189 00:11:26,143 --> 00:11:28,270 there are no missing children of that approximate age 190 00:11:28,354 --> 00:11:30,272 who match anything close to that description. 191 00:11:30,356 --> 00:11:31,816 What do you mean? 192 00:11:31,899 --> 00:11:33,317 I mean, you may have dreamt it, 193 00:11:33,401 --> 00:11:34,777 but it doesn't appear to have happened-- 194 00:11:34,860 --> 00:11:36,278 not yet, not around here anyway. 195 00:11:36,362 --> 00:11:38,447 Well, maybe his parents haven't reported it yet. 196 00:11:38,531 --> 00:11:40,783 Maybe they don't realize he's missing. 197 00:11:40,866 --> 00:11:42,910 You said he was dirty, you said he looked like 198 00:11:42,993 --> 00:11:44,286 he'd been wherever he was for a while. 199 00:11:44,370 --> 00:11:46,288 I mean, come on, if your child was missing 200 00:11:46,372 --> 00:11:48,791 for long enough to be beat up by the elements like that 201 00:11:48,874 --> 00:11:49,792 you'd notice, you'd report it. 202 00:11:49,875 --> 00:11:51,377 What are you saying? 203 00:11:51,460 --> 00:11:53,462 I'm saying there's nothing more I can do. 204 00:11:53,546 --> 00:11:56,006 I can't mount a search until I have someone to search for. 205 00:11:56,090 --> 00:11:57,466 And honestly, I've got about ten other fires 206 00:11:57,550 --> 00:12:00,136 I got to put out this morning, including... 207 00:12:00,219 --> 00:12:03,472 one that you might be interested in. 208 00:12:03,556 --> 00:12:04,974 What's this? 209 00:12:05,057 --> 00:12:08,144 The coroner's report on Assemblyman Rykoff. 210 00:12:08,227 --> 00:12:09,478 What am I looking at? 211 00:12:09,562 --> 00:12:12,314 "High levels of dexohyphrodan..." 212 00:12:12,398 --> 00:12:13,774 Dexohydrophan. 213 00:12:13,858 --> 00:12:16,193 "were present in the deceased's system." 214 00:12:16,277 --> 00:12:17,528 What's that? 215 00:12:17,611 --> 00:12:19,697 It's a libido inhibitor. 216 00:12:19,780 --> 00:12:22,658 It's like anti-Viagra. Kills the sex drive. 217 00:12:22,741 --> 00:12:23,951 I don't get it. 218 00:12:24,034 --> 00:12:25,494 Neither do I. 219 00:12:25,578 --> 00:12:27,955 Dexohydrophan is a drug usually reserved 220 00:12:28,038 --> 00:12:29,832 for chronic sex offenders. 221 00:12:29,915 --> 00:12:32,626 You're saying Assemblyman Rykoff was a sex offender? 222 00:12:32,710 --> 00:12:34,295 Of course not. 223 00:12:34,378 --> 00:12:35,504 But I got a better question. 224 00:12:35,588 --> 00:12:37,339 Why's a guy who's loaded to the gills on libido-inhibitors 225 00:12:37,423 --> 00:12:40,009 hanging from a belt with his John Thomas in his hand, 226 00:12:40,092 --> 00:12:41,135 looking at Internet porn? 227 00:12:46,765 --> 00:12:49,685 Girls down? 228 00:12:49,768 --> 00:12:53,189 All except Ariel, 229 00:12:53,272 --> 00:12:55,024 who just asked me what "clubbing" is. 230 00:12:55,107 --> 00:12:57,485 And when will she be old enough to do it. 231 00:12:57,568 --> 00:12:59,028 (sighs) 232 00:12:59,111 --> 00:13:00,279 I feel like 233 00:13:00,362 --> 00:13:05,868 I looked at a million files, stared at a billion pictures. 234 00:13:05,951 --> 00:13:09,872 All of those kids. 235 00:13:09,955 --> 00:13:15,169 I just know he's out there, scared and alone. 236 00:13:15,252 --> 00:13:16,837 If one of our girls... 237 00:13:16,921 --> 00:13:18,422 Shh, shh, shh, shh, shh. 238 00:13:18,506 --> 00:13:20,007 They're fine. 239 00:13:20,090 --> 00:13:21,592 They're in bed. 240 00:13:21,675 --> 00:13:23,093 All except for Ariel. 241 00:13:23,177 --> 00:13:26,680 She wants to know what "clubbing" is. 242 00:13:30,809 --> 00:13:32,811 (mechanical rattling) 243 00:13:59,838 --> 00:14:03,968 I see you. I see you up there. 244 00:14:04,051 --> 00:14:07,930 Hey, where are you going? 245 00:14:08,013 --> 00:14:10,641 No, please, you can't leave me. 246 00:14:10,724 --> 00:14:13,185 No! Please don't leave me! 247 00:14:18,190 --> 00:14:20,025 Allison, hey, what are you doing? 248 00:14:20,109 --> 00:14:21,819 I saw it, the place where the boy is. 249 00:14:21,902 --> 00:14:23,571 It's this hole, this glowing hole in the ground. 250 00:14:23,654 --> 00:14:24,572 I've got to call Scanlon. 251 00:14:24,655 --> 00:14:27,449 Hold on a second. You're not making any sense. 252 00:14:27,533 --> 00:14:29,451 What... 253 00:14:29,535 --> 00:14:32,079 what do you know today that you didn't know yesterday? 254 00:14:32,162 --> 00:14:33,956 A hole? 255 00:14:34,039 --> 00:14:36,834 You're going to wake the man up in the middle of the night 256 00:14:36,917 --> 00:14:40,504 to tell him about a hole in the ground that glows. 257 00:14:40,588 --> 00:14:42,590 Allison... I got to do something, Joe. 258 00:14:42,673 --> 00:14:43,632 He's drinking green muck. 259 00:14:43,716 --> 00:14:44,800 He's dying out there. 260 00:14:44,883 --> 00:14:46,927 The whole thing was green. 261 00:14:47,011 --> 00:14:48,137 It glowed green. 262 00:14:48,220 --> 00:14:50,139 Wait a second. Green? 263 00:14:50,222 --> 00:14:52,933 Like phosphorus? 264 00:14:55,060 --> 00:14:56,812 Have you ever heard of the Living Caves? 265 00:14:56,895 --> 00:14:58,897 No, the Living Caves-- what are they? 266 00:14:58,981 --> 00:15:02,151 Well, they're these naturally occurring holes in the ground 267 00:15:02,234 --> 00:15:03,319 and people say they're living 268 00:15:03,402 --> 00:15:05,112 because they still have big pools 269 00:15:05,195 --> 00:15:07,156 of acidic water at the bottom of them. 270 00:15:07,239 --> 00:15:09,491 So they're still eroding away the soil, 271 00:15:09,575 --> 00:15:11,660 forming new passages, growing, living. 272 00:15:11,744 --> 00:15:13,370 Okay. Here they are. 273 00:15:13,454 --> 00:15:14,663 Okay, what made you think of them? 274 00:15:14,747 --> 00:15:16,665 Uh, well, they're filled with phosphorus, 275 00:15:16,749 --> 00:15:18,208 so at night they glow. 276 00:15:18,292 --> 00:15:22,338 Okay, show me exactly where they are. 277 00:15:22,421 --> 00:15:24,632 Allison, there's over 200 square miles of these caves. 278 00:15:24,715 --> 00:15:26,383 There's no way to narrow it down. 279 00:15:26,467 --> 00:15:28,135 Wait a second. What's this? 280 00:15:28,218 --> 00:15:30,554 Railroad track? 281 00:15:30,638 --> 00:15:31,555 (rumbling) 282 00:15:31,639 --> 00:15:34,224 Railroad track... 283 00:15:34,308 --> 00:15:35,517 Hey, you think 284 00:15:35,601 --> 00:15:37,811 you could take the girls to school? 285 00:15:37,895 --> 00:15:39,146 You're going there? 286 00:15:39,229 --> 00:15:41,357 You're insane. 287 00:15:52,284 --> 00:15:53,911 ALLISON: Hello? 288 00:15:58,415 --> 00:16:00,209 Hello? 289 00:16:00,292 --> 00:16:01,377 Hello?! 290 00:16:08,300 --> 00:16:10,386 Hello? 291 00:16:17,643 --> 00:16:19,353 Hello? 292 00:16:19,436 --> 00:16:22,231 Is anyone in there? 293 00:16:22,314 --> 00:16:26,860 BOY: Hello? Is somebody up there? 294 00:16:26,944 --> 00:16:30,072 I'm down here. Somebody, anybody, can you hear me? 295 00:16:30,155 --> 00:16:32,741 Yes, someone's here. 296 00:16:32,825 --> 00:16:34,952 Yes, I can hear you. 297 00:16:35,035 --> 00:16:36,453 Keep talking. There's a lot of holes around here. 298 00:16:36,537 --> 00:16:39,039 Oh, please, get me out! Get me out! Get me out! 299 00:16:39,123 --> 00:16:40,082 I'm coming. 300 00:16:40,165 --> 00:16:42,251 Keep calling out. 301 00:16:42,334 --> 00:16:45,546 Can you hear me? 302 00:16:45,629 --> 00:16:48,215 Get me out! Get me out! 303 00:16:48,298 --> 00:16:50,926 Oh, please, get me out! 304 00:16:51,009 --> 00:16:52,594 Get me out! Get me out! 305 00:16:52,678 --> 00:16:54,555 I am. 306 00:16:54,638 --> 00:16:58,016 Here, let me throw you down some water. 307 00:17:02,521 --> 00:17:05,773 I have some food. 308 00:17:05,858 --> 00:17:08,234 I need to call people. What's your name? 309 00:17:08,318 --> 00:17:11,905 Jimmy... James. Jamison Nessler. 310 00:17:11,989 --> 00:17:13,949 Hi, Jamison Nessler. 311 00:17:14,031 --> 00:17:15,826 I'm Allison. 312 00:17:15,909 --> 00:17:18,871 How bad is your leg? 313 00:17:18,954 --> 00:17:20,455 It hurts. It's hard to climb. 314 00:17:20,539 --> 00:17:22,458 Okay, I'm not going anywhere. 315 00:17:22,540 --> 00:17:23,250 I'm going to stay right here 316 00:17:23,333 --> 00:17:25,461 and use my phone to call for help. 317 00:17:25,544 --> 00:17:29,298 You just eat. I'll be right here. 318 00:17:39,558 --> 00:17:42,478 He's here. He's in this hole. 319 00:17:44,605 --> 00:17:47,107 Young man... 320 00:17:47,191 --> 00:17:50,402 if you can hear me, I want you to... 321 00:17:50,486 --> 00:17:53,614 Shine a light down there. 322 00:18:02,956 --> 00:18:04,750 No. 323 00:18:04,833 --> 00:18:07,544 No, I just saw him. I spoke to him. 324 00:18:11,799 --> 00:18:13,509 Do you have any idea how much it costs 325 00:18:13,592 --> 00:18:15,344 to land an emergency helicopter 326 00:18:15,427 --> 00:18:20,349 with three Forest Service Rangers in the Arizona desert? 327 00:18:20,432 --> 00:18:24,520 Hmm, no, no, I don't. 328 00:18:24,603 --> 00:18:27,064 $1,700. 329 00:18:27,147 --> 00:18:33,195 $1,700 to pick up a skeleton. 330 00:18:33,278 --> 00:18:35,155 He kept saying, "A skeleton 331 00:18:35,239 --> 00:18:37,032 "is not an emergency, ma'am. 332 00:18:37,115 --> 00:18:39,993 Do you have any idea how much this is going to cost?" 333 00:18:40,077 --> 00:18:41,578 Of course, now I do. 334 00:18:43,455 --> 00:18:45,916 Aren't you going to say anything? 335 00:18:45,999 --> 00:18:47,000 What am I going to say? 336 00:18:47,084 --> 00:18:49,920 It's absurd. I don't have $1,700. 337 00:18:50,003 --> 00:18:51,755 I mean, I have it, we have it, 338 00:18:51,839 --> 00:18:55,050 but not to spend on unexpected emergency skeleton pickups. 339 00:18:55,134 --> 00:18:57,886 I mean, what are they going to do if we don't pay? 340 00:18:57,970 --> 00:18:59,137 Cut us off? 341 00:18:59,221 --> 00:19:02,057 Not show up the next time we have bones that need rescuing? 342 00:19:02,140 --> 00:19:04,643 I'm sorry. 343 00:19:10,107 --> 00:19:13,777 ♪ ♪ 344 00:19:13,861 --> 00:19:16,947 (labored breathing) 345 00:19:17,030 --> 00:19:18,907 WOMAN: Oh, baby... 346 00:19:18,991 --> 00:19:20,951 Let me have it. 347 00:19:21,034 --> 00:19:22,244 Let me have all of it. 348 00:19:22,327 --> 00:19:23,620 Oh, baby, let me... 349 00:19:26,540 --> 00:19:30,586 ALLISON: Something doesn't add up. 350 00:19:30,669 --> 00:19:33,338 I'm talking about the suicide of Assemblyman Rykoff. 351 00:19:35,340 --> 00:19:37,342 You want to close that door, please? 352 00:19:43,432 --> 00:19:45,267 That fact that Henry Rykoff committed suicide 353 00:19:45,350 --> 00:19:47,060 is supposed to be a closely held secret. 354 00:19:47,144 --> 00:19:48,604 It's not something we want to talk about 355 00:19:48,687 --> 00:19:49,771 where others can hear. 356 00:19:49,855 --> 00:19:51,565 Of course. I'm sorry. 357 00:19:51,648 --> 00:19:55,068 I'm already pretty far out on a limb with this thing. 358 00:19:55,152 --> 00:19:57,446 Hiding the material facts of this man's death, 359 00:19:57,529 --> 00:19:59,323 walking his death certificate through channels. 360 00:19:59,406 --> 00:20:00,324 For what it's worth, 361 00:20:00,407 --> 00:20:02,117 I don't think he actually did commit suicide. 362 00:20:06,204 --> 00:20:09,833 You remember Mrs. Dubois from the other day? 363 00:20:09,917 --> 00:20:11,793 And this is Detective Lee Scanlon 364 00:20:11,877 --> 00:20:14,338 who works with my office on a regular basis. 365 00:20:14,421 --> 00:20:16,423 I've taken them into our confidence. 366 00:20:16,506 --> 00:20:18,717 He's someone you can trust. 367 00:20:18,800 --> 00:20:20,969 Well, I'll have to take your word for that. 368 00:20:21,053 --> 00:20:23,513 Now, what am I doing here? 369 00:20:23,597 --> 00:20:27,434 Frankly, Mr. District Attorney, I have a funeral to plan. 370 00:20:27,517 --> 00:20:29,853 I appreciate that this is a difficult time. 371 00:20:29,937 --> 00:20:32,648 But if I'm going to get you a death certificate 372 00:20:32,731 --> 00:20:35,484 that indicates your husband died in his sleep of natural causes, 373 00:20:35,567 --> 00:20:39,488 I'm going to need your help answering some questions. 374 00:20:39,571 --> 00:20:42,532 Mrs. Rykoff, did you know your husband was taking dexohydrophan? 375 00:20:43,951 --> 00:20:46,662 Do you know what dexohydrophan is? 376 00:20:48,956 --> 00:20:51,833 Well, you people are just determined 377 00:20:51,917 --> 00:20:55,671 to wake up every sleeping dog in the village, aren't you? 378 00:20:55,754 --> 00:20:57,714 Yes, I am familiar with the drug, 379 00:20:57,798 --> 00:21:01,510 and I was entirely aware that my husband was taking it. 380 00:21:01,593 --> 00:21:06,348 He had been taking it since... some time in the early '90s. 381 00:21:06,431 --> 00:21:08,141 Mrs. Rykoff, 382 00:21:08,225 --> 00:21:11,395 it's my understanding that this drug is normally prescribed 383 00:21:11,478 --> 00:21:13,730 to registered sex offenders. 384 00:21:13,814 --> 00:21:15,232 Why would the assembly...? 385 00:21:18,276 --> 00:21:22,364 Years ago, I became aware that in addition 386 00:21:22,447 --> 00:21:25,701 to Henry's voracious ambition, he also possessed 387 00:21:25,784 --> 00:21:28,453 a seemingly endless appetite for... 388 00:21:30,288 --> 00:21:36,211 What's the polite way to say it? Companionship? 389 00:21:36,294 --> 00:21:37,546 Not that he didn't love me. 390 00:21:37,629 --> 00:21:40,257 I never doubted that. 391 00:21:40,340 --> 00:21:42,551 But, apparently, in addition 392 00:21:42,634 --> 00:21:45,220 he needed something more dangerous, 393 00:21:45,303 --> 00:21:47,848 something more... varied. 394 00:21:47,931 --> 00:21:49,725 And you knew about this? 395 00:21:49,808 --> 00:21:51,893 I sensed it. 396 00:21:51,977 --> 00:21:54,187 We had no children. 397 00:21:54,271 --> 00:21:59,026 He was extraordinarily busy with his career. 398 00:21:59,109 --> 00:22:02,029 I still couldn't account for all his time. 399 00:22:02,112 --> 00:22:04,865 One night, he came to me. 400 00:22:04,948 --> 00:22:08,118 He was terrified. 401 00:22:08,201 --> 00:22:10,620 Something had happened. 402 00:22:10,704 --> 00:22:14,916 He never told me what, and I never asked. 403 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:19,129 Someone got pregnant, I suspect. 404 00:22:19,212 --> 00:22:21,631 Whatever it was, whatever he had to do 405 00:22:21,715 --> 00:22:25,927 to clean up after himself... 406 00:22:26,011 --> 00:22:27,262 it changed him. 407 00:22:27,346 --> 00:22:31,266 He confessed to me that he just had these 408 00:22:31,349 --> 00:22:34,811 compulsions, he called them. 409 00:22:34,895 --> 00:22:39,274 That he hated himself for it. 410 00:22:39,357 --> 00:22:42,694 So he found this place in Minneapolis. 411 00:22:42,778 --> 00:22:47,115 He spent two weeks, intense counseling, 412 00:22:47,199 --> 00:22:48,617 medication. 413 00:22:48,700 --> 00:22:50,118 And it seemed to work for him? 414 00:22:50,202 --> 00:22:53,163 It certainly worked for us. 415 00:22:53,246 --> 00:22:56,583 It became our secret... 416 00:22:56,666 --> 00:22:59,669 our deep, dark secret. 417 00:23:01,838 --> 00:23:04,299 Until today. 418 00:23:04,382 --> 00:23:06,802 Actually bound us together in a way 419 00:23:06,885 --> 00:23:11,139 that old-fashioned intimacy never did. 420 00:23:11,223 --> 00:23:13,683 So now you know everything. 421 00:23:13,767 --> 00:23:14,309 I'm sorry. 422 00:23:14,392 --> 00:23:16,353 I still don't understand. 423 00:23:16,436 --> 00:23:18,021 When you found your husband the other night, 424 00:23:18,105 --> 00:23:19,898 it appears he was trying 425 00:23:19,981 --> 00:23:22,692 to get a kind of a, um, heightened... 426 00:23:22,776 --> 00:23:25,779 The drug kills the ability to get aroused, 427 00:23:25,862 --> 00:23:27,781 but not the instinct. 428 00:23:27,864 --> 00:23:29,783 The way you sometimes 429 00:23:29,866 --> 00:23:36,665 see a neutered dog rubbing against a lamppost. 430 00:23:36,748 --> 00:23:43,964 Oh, I felt so horrible for him sometimes. 431 00:23:44,047 --> 00:23:44,881 Is there anything else? 432 00:23:44,965 --> 00:23:49,136 I-I really would like to put him, this, 433 00:23:49,219 --> 00:23:51,680 all of this to rest. 434 00:23:51,763 --> 00:23:53,682 I'm good. 435 00:23:53,765 --> 00:23:57,686 I think we're all good. 436 00:23:59,312 --> 00:24:00,272 That's him. 437 00:24:00,355 --> 00:24:03,024 That's the boy from my dream. 438 00:24:03,108 --> 00:24:05,026 Ain't modern science amazing? Just like on TV. 439 00:24:05,110 --> 00:24:06,695 You give those guys a bag of bones, 440 00:24:06,778 --> 00:24:08,989 a day later, you get a name and a school picture. 441 00:24:09,072 --> 00:24:10,031 Say hello to Jimmy Nessler. 442 00:24:10,115 --> 00:24:11,992 Jimmy Nessler. 443 00:24:12,075 --> 00:24:15,829 He just turned 12 at the time of his disappearance, 444 00:24:15,912 --> 00:24:19,291 which his parents first reported to police in 1991. 445 00:24:19,374 --> 00:24:20,876 1991? 446 00:24:20,959 --> 00:24:25,046 My God, his parents-- I can't imagine their pain. 447 00:24:25,130 --> 00:24:26,715 One of those nightmares you hear about 448 00:24:26,798 --> 00:24:28,717 from time to time. 449 00:24:28,800 --> 00:24:29,801 Only child. 450 00:24:29,885 --> 00:24:32,053 Kids gets on his bike to go to school one morning, 451 00:24:32,137 --> 00:24:32,929 never comes home. 452 00:24:33,013 --> 00:24:35,724 Nobody saw him, never left any clues. 453 00:24:35,807 --> 00:24:38,393 Just, uh, vanished. 454 00:24:38,476 --> 00:24:39,394 It was an exhaustive search. 455 00:24:39,477 --> 00:24:40,437 It went on for months. 456 00:24:40,520 --> 00:24:42,063 Has anyone called 'em yet? 457 00:24:42,147 --> 00:24:43,398 I mean, his parents? 458 00:24:43,481 --> 00:24:45,817 Left the state in '94. 459 00:24:45,901 --> 00:24:48,361 The father died in a car accident two years later. 460 00:24:48,445 --> 00:24:50,280 His blood-alcohol level was through the roof. 461 00:24:50,363 --> 00:24:52,115 Mother had a series of mental problems. 462 00:24:52,199 --> 00:24:54,409 In and out of homeless shelters through the late '90s. 463 00:24:54,492 --> 00:24:55,911 After that... 464 00:24:55,994 --> 00:24:57,162 So nothing's different? 465 00:24:57,245 --> 00:25:01,041 If I'd never seen what I saw, if I never found what I found... 466 00:25:01,124 --> 00:25:04,794 everything would still be the same? 467 00:25:09,341 --> 00:25:10,926 ♪ ♪ 468 00:25:15,430 --> 00:25:18,767 MAN: Time to wake up, Jimmy. 469 00:25:21,853 --> 00:25:24,147 You doing all right? 470 00:25:24,231 --> 00:25:27,150 That was quite a little nap you had for yourself. 471 00:25:27,234 --> 00:25:29,152 Can I get you more to drink? 472 00:25:29,236 --> 00:25:31,279 (clears throat) 473 00:25:31,363 --> 00:25:33,281 Where's my clothes? 474 00:25:33,365 --> 00:25:35,492 You wanted to take a swim. 475 00:25:35,575 --> 00:25:38,370 Do you remember taking a swim? 476 00:25:38,453 --> 00:25:40,956 They're over there. 477 00:25:51,383 --> 00:25:53,843 Did you have a good time? 478 00:25:53,927 --> 00:25:55,428 I hope you had a good time. 479 00:25:55,512 --> 00:25:56,972 And don't worry. 480 00:25:57,055 --> 00:25:59,766 I'm not going to let anyone know you were here. 481 00:25:59,849 --> 00:26:02,018 I know how much trouble a kid your age can get into 482 00:26:02,102 --> 00:26:04,020 by skipping school. 483 00:26:04,104 --> 00:26:07,524 Did you put the dirty magazines back? 484 00:26:07,607 --> 00:26:09,401 Can't have my wife finding those. 485 00:26:10,986 --> 00:26:13,280 But if you ever want to look at 'em again... 486 00:26:15,573 --> 00:26:18,451 I can even make you one of my special drinks. 487 00:26:23,206 --> 00:26:24,833 Nice meeting you, Jimmy. 488 00:26:27,460 --> 00:26:28,503 Go after him. 489 00:26:28,586 --> 00:26:29,504 Make sure he's okay. 490 00:26:29,587 --> 00:26:31,047 He's okay. 491 00:26:31,131 --> 00:26:33,216 He's drunk. 492 00:26:33,300 --> 00:26:36,011 He's young. He's sweet. 493 00:26:36,094 --> 00:26:37,470 You know, I'm only a couple years older. 494 00:26:37,554 --> 00:26:39,806 It's not about that. 495 00:26:39,889 --> 00:26:41,474 Just go after him. 496 00:26:41,558 --> 00:26:42,934 (gasps) 497 00:26:44,602 --> 00:26:46,313 They knew each other. 498 00:26:59,200 --> 00:27:01,077 Look at you. 499 00:27:01,161 --> 00:27:03,121 I'm impressed. 500 00:27:03,204 --> 00:27:07,167 There's nothing impressive about a 55-year-old man 501 00:27:07,250 --> 00:27:09,878 who gets up before dawn to trudge a mile and a half 502 00:27:09,961 --> 00:27:11,921 just because he's convinced if he doesn't 503 00:27:12,005 --> 00:27:13,381 he'll die ten years before his time. 504 00:27:13,465 --> 00:27:15,467 I beg to differ. I'm impressed. 505 00:27:15,550 --> 00:27:17,093 Duly noted. 506 00:27:17,177 --> 00:27:19,054 What brings you out at this ridiculous hour? 507 00:27:19,137 --> 00:27:19,929 I called your house 508 00:27:20,013 --> 00:27:22,349 and your wife said you already left. 509 00:27:22,432 --> 00:27:27,520 Henry Rykoff, the dead assemblyman, knew Jimmy Nessler. 510 00:27:29,314 --> 00:27:30,940 Okay. 511 00:27:34,652 --> 00:27:37,197 Allison, Jimmy Nessler's been dead almost 15 years. 512 00:27:37,280 --> 00:27:38,406 He died from a combination 513 00:27:38,490 --> 00:27:40,367 of starvation, dehydration and exposure. 514 00:27:40,450 --> 00:27:43,161 Assemblyman Rykoff died several days ago 515 00:27:43,244 --> 00:27:45,580 and in my opinion, by his own hand. 516 00:27:45,663 --> 00:27:47,916 What do the two have to do with each other? 517 00:27:47,999 --> 00:27:50,126 I don't know. Something. 518 00:27:50,210 --> 00:27:52,128 I think when Mrs. Rykoff was talking about 519 00:27:52,212 --> 00:27:56,091 the assemblyman's... appetites, 520 00:27:56,174 --> 00:27:58,259 they may have included the Nessler boy. 521 00:27:58,343 --> 00:28:01,971 And I presume all of this came to you the way that most things 522 00:28:02,055 --> 00:28:03,139 come to you? 523 00:28:03,223 --> 00:28:06,309 I'm sorry, but I don't see how any of this is relevant 524 00:28:06,393 --> 00:28:07,477 to anything. 525 00:28:07,560 --> 00:28:08,895 The boy is dead. 526 00:28:08,978 --> 00:28:10,146 Rykoff is dead. 527 00:28:10,230 --> 00:28:12,232 Since we can be reasonably certain 528 00:28:12,315 --> 00:28:14,317 that the dead boy didn't kill Rykoff...? 529 00:28:14,401 --> 00:28:17,112 What if it's the other way around? 530 00:28:17,195 --> 00:28:19,406 I just like to confirm, in fact, the assemblyman knew the boy. 531 00:28:19,489 --> 00:28:20,615 Why? 532 00:28:20,698 --> 00:28:22,283 I'm sorry. 533 00:28:22,367 --> 00:28:24,244 I know why. I guess what I'm really trying to say is 534 00:28:24,327 --> 00:28:25,453 would it be such a terrible thing 535 00:28:25,537 --> 00:28:26,204 to just let sleeping dogs lie? 536 00:28:26,287 --> 00:28:27,497 Yes! 537 00:28:27,580 --> 00:28:30,333 Isn't Jimmy Nessler entitled to justice? 538 00:28:30,417 --> 00:28:31,501 If someone stole his life, 539 00:28:31,584 --> 00:28:33,711 isn't it our job to find out who did it? 540 00:28:33,795 --> 00:28:37,090 Of course, it is, but the victim is long dead 541 00:28:37,173 --> 00:28:39,634 and the man you think might be responsible is dead, too. 542 00:28:39,717 --> 00:28:42,429 And frankly, I'm dubious that any of it is true. 543 00:28:42,512 --> 00:28:44,139 And I strongly doubt that even if it were, 544 00:28:44,222 --> 00:28:45,140 we could prove any of it. 545 00:28:45,223 --> 00:28:46,141 What I am convinced of, 546 00:28:46,224 --> 00:28:47,851 given the times in which we live 547 00:28:47,934 --> 00:28:49,436 and the climate in which we work, 548 00:28:49,519 --> 00:28:51,146 if you go swimming around in all this muck, 549 00:28:51,229 --> 00:28:52,981 you will definitely stir up some kind of dirt 550 00:28:53,064 --> 00:28:55,650 and it may reflect badly on a man who isn't alive 551 00:28:55,733 --> 00:28:58,027 to defend himself. 552 00:28:58,111 --> 00:28:59,696 So where does that leave us? 553 00:28:59,779 --> 00:29:02,073 I'd still like to try and find out 554 00:29:02,157 --> 00:29:02,824 if he knew the boy. 555 00:29:02,907 --> 00:29:06,494 And how do you hope to do that? 556 00:29:06,578 --> 00:29:07,495 Ask! 557 00:29:07,579 --> 00:29:10,039 No, I am not bringing his widow back here. 558 00:29:10,123 --> 00:29:11,749 She wasn't out the door ten minutes 559 00:29:11,833 --> 00:29:13,793 and the governor was on the phone lecturing me 560 00:29:13,877 --> 00:29:15,503 about decency and fairness 561 00:29:15,587 --> 00:29:16,546 and respect for the grieving. 562 00:29:16,629 --> 00:29:17,797 Can I talk to his attorney? 563 00:29:17,881 --> 00:29:19,132 Or what about that aide of his? 564 00:29:19,215 --> 00:29:22,218 The one that his wife called to help move the body? 565 00:29:23,094 --> 00:29:24,012 Sir?! 566 00:29:24,095 --> 00:29:25,680 I have to take a shower. 567 00:29:25,763 --> 00:29:27,182 Just stay away from the widow. 568 00:29:27,265 --> 00:29:29,893 And if the governor calls, I'm putting him on with you. 569 00:29:33,104 --> 00:29:35,064 I'm sure he knew him or at least knew of him. 570 00:29:35,148 --> 00:29:36,524 We all did. I did. 571 00:29:36,608 --> 00:29:38,651 It was a big deal when this kid went missing. 572 00:29:38,735 --> 00:29:41,196 I mean, our school organized search parties. 573 00:29:41,279 --> 00:29:43,156 I think I was in the tenth grade 574 00:29:43,239 --> 00:29:45,074 and he was in, like, seventh. 575 00:29:45,158 --> 00:29:45,867 Yeah, definitely the assemblyman 576 00:29:45,950 --> 00:29:47,994 was almost certainly aware of him. 577 00:29:48,077 --> 00:29:50,079 No, I mean, before he went missing. 578 00:29:50,163 --> 00:29:52,040 Do you think they knew each other, Mr. Frank? 579 00:29:52,123 --> 00:29:54,501 Casey. Call me Casey. 580 00:29:54,584 --> 00:29:56,377 I don't know-- this is all before my time. 581 00:29:56,461 --> 00:29:58,046 I didn't start working for Mr. Rykoff 582 00:29:58,129 --> 00:29:59,380 until I was out of college. 583 00:29:59,464 --> 00:30:01,466 Hmm. But you knew him? 584 00:30:01,549 --> 00:30:04,177 I did yard work for the Rykoffs. 585 00:30:04,260 --> 00:30:06,804 And Mr. Rykoff was very much a father figure to me. 586 00:30:06,888 --> 00:30:07,889 Really pushed me to go to college, 587 00:30:07,972 --> 00:30:09,224 which I was not inclined to do. 588 00:30:09,307 --> 00:30:10,225 Introduced me to politics, 589 00:30:10,308 --> 00:30:13,186 or "public service," which is what 590 00:30:13,269 --> 00:30:14,229 he liked to call it. 591 00:30:14,312 --> 00:30:15,396 But again, back then, 592 00:30:15,480 --> 00:30:18,107 I was in high school. I have no idea he knew Jimmy. 593 00:30:18,191 --> 00:30:19,192 I mean, why would he? 594 00:30:19,275 --> 00:30:21,402 Let me ask you a question. 595 00:30:21,486 --> 00:30:24,239 I read just this morning that you were being asked to run 596 00:30:24,322 --> 00:30:26,908 to fill the assemblyman's vacant seat. 597 00:30:26,991 --> 00:30:28,785 You're young. 598 00:30:28,868 --> 00:30:31,246 You're at the beginning of your career. 599 00:30:31,329 --> 00:30:33,706 You get a call in the middle of the night 600 00:30:33,790 --> 00:30:35,166 to move a dead body, 601 00:30:35,250 --> 00:30:38,836 to disturb what may be a crime scene. 602 00:30:38,920 --> 00:30:39,921 At the very least, 603 00:30:40,004 --> 00:30:42,924 you must know you're putting your future on the line. 604 00:30:43,007 --> 00:30:44,217 Why did you do it? 605 00:30:44,300 --> 00:30:46,761 Same reason you and your bosses are working 606 00:30:46,844 --> 00:30:48,429 so hard to cover it up. 607 00:30:48,513 --> 00:30:50,807 Because he's earned that. 608 00:30:50,890 --> 00:30:53,226 Because it's the right thing to do. 609 00:30:53,309 --> 00:30:54,394 Because I was asked. 610 00:30:54,477 --> 00:30:59,107 You make it sound like a privilege, fudging the truth. 611 00:30:59,190 --> 00:31:02,235 Maybe I've been in politics too long, but yes, 612 00:31:02,318 --> 00:31:08,116 I consider it an honor to be asked to help a great man 613 00:31:08,199 --> 00:31:09,284 maintain his dignity at a moment 614 00:31:09,367 --> 00:31:11,786 when he doesn't have the strength to do it for himself. 615 00:31:11,869 --> 00:31:14,664 So you really admired him? 616 00:31:14,747 --> 00:31:17,250 I like to think I understood him. 617 00:31:17,333 --> 00:31:19,877 You know, with all he accomplished, 618 00:31:19,961 --> 00:31:22,463 Henry Rykoff was actually 619 00:31:22,547 --> 00:31:26,843 a very lonely and disconnected man. 620 00:31:26,926 --> 00:31:29,137 But I'll tell you something, when I was a kid, 621 00:31:29,220 --> 00:31:30,972 when I was constantly being told 622 00:31:31,055 --> 00:31:34,434 that I was not the smartest boy in the room or the best-looking 623 00:31:34,517 --> 00:31:35,977 or the strongest or the fastest, 624 00:31:36,060 --> 00:31:37,812 Henry Rykoff-- and I don't know why-- 625 00:31:37,895 --> 00:31:40,481 was the first adult to say to me "You're special. 626 00:31:40,565 --> 00:31:43,776 "There's a future for you if you want it, 627 00:31:43,860 --> 00:31:46,279 if you're willing to work for it." 628 00:31:46,362 --> 00:31:47,697 He wrote letters of recommendation 629 00:31:47,780 --> 00:31:48,823 to get me into school, 630 00:31:48,906 --> 00:31:51,075 loaned my mom money for tuition, 631 00:31:51,159 --> 00:31:52,285 and when I graduated, 632 00:31:52,368 --> 00:31:53,828 he immediately took me under his wing, 633 00:31:53,911 --> 00:31:56,205 made me part of his staff. 634 00:31:56,289 --> 00:31:58,708 Why? 635 00:31:58,791 --> 00:32:04,005 I think he sensed I might have been a bit lonely, 636 00:32:04,088 --> 00:32:07,800 a bit disconnected, too. 637 00:32:12,263 --> 00:32:14,140 (mechanical rattling) 638 00:32:39,290 --> 00:32:40,333 Jim! 639 00:32:41,959 --> 00:32:43,544 Jimmy... 640 00:32:43,628 --> 00:32:45,254 You okay? 641 00:32:45,338 --> 00:32:48,216 No, I'm not okay! 642 00:32:48,299 --> 00:32:50,343 I don't feel good! 643 00:32:50,426 --> 00:32:51,552 I feel sick! 644 00:32:51,636 --> 00:32:54,222 And now I'm going to get in trouble for skipping school. 645 00:32:54,305 --> 00:32:57,350 And I think you and that old guy, 646 00:32:57,433 --> 00:32:59,227 I think you're a couple of pervs. 647 00:32:59,310 --> 00:33:00,561 What are you talking about? 648 00:33:00,645 --> 00:33:03,898 You know what I'm talking about! 649 00:33:03,981 --> 00:33:05,566 How'd my clothes get off of me?! 650 00:33:05,650 --> 00:33:08,194 You wanted to swim. 651 00:33:08,277 --> 00:33:10,363 No, I didn't! I don't even know how to swim! 652 00:33:12,198 --> 00:33:14,117 I feel so sick. 653 00:33:14,200 --> 00:33:16,869 I need my mom. 654 00:33:16,953 --> 00:33:19,288 You're a perv and that other guy's a perv. 655 00:33:19,372 --> 00:33:21,249 And I'm telling my mom. 656 00:33:21,332 --> 00:33:23,209 You put something in my soda. 657 00:33:23,292 --> 00:33:25,253 Nobody's telling anybody anything. 658 00:33:25,336 --> 00:33:27,255 You understand? 659 00:33:27,338 --> 00:33:29,215 Nobody is telling anybody anything. 660 00:33:29,298 --> 00:33:31,592 Now you sit back down 661 00:33:31,676 --> 00:33:34,887 and I promise you you'll feel better soon. 662 00:33:34,971 --> 00:33:37,432 I'm going home. 663 00:33:37,515 --> 00:33:38,891 And I'm telling... No, you're not! 664 00:33:40,893 --> 00:33:42,603 Now don't be stupid. 665 00:33:42,687 --> 00:33:44,355 You're not going anywhere. 666 00:33:44,439 --> 00:33:46,399 Not until you calm down. 667 00:33:49,527 --> 00:33:51,654 What do you think you're gonna say to your mother? 668 00:33:53,364 --> 00:33:55,116 Do you know who that old guy was? 669 00:33:55,199 --> 00:33:58,035 Do you know how important he is? 670 00:34:04,125 --> 00:34:06,127 (grunting) 671 00:34:07,545 --> 00:34:10,130 (clanking) 672 00:34:10,214 --> 00:34:12,382 There! 673 00:34:13,384 --> 00:34:15,136 (laughs) 674 00:34:15,219 --> 00:34:16,429 (whistles) 675 00:34:16,512 --> 00:34:18,389 (grunting) 676 00:34:22,351 --> 00:34:23,311 What are you doing? 677 00:34:23,393 --> 00:34:25,146 I'm getting my bike. 678 00:34:25,228 --> 00:34:26,313 Getting your bike? 679 00:34:26,397 --> 00:34:27,648 What are you, nuts? You can't even see 680 00:34:27,732 --> 00:34:29,650 the bottom of... Shut up! I'm getting it. 681 00:34:30,735 --> 00:34:33,987 You don't seem to be making much progress. 682 00:34:34,071 --> 00:34:36,616 This was dumb. Help me out. 683 00:34:36,699 --> 00:34:37,992 What, so you can run home to Mommy 684 00:34:38,076 --> 00:34:39,159 and tell her all kinds of lies? 685 00:34:39,243 --> 00:34:40,661 Just help me out. Give me your hand. 686 00:34:40,745 --> 00:34:42,330 What are you going to tell Mommy? 687 00:34:42,413 --> 00:34:44,706 Just give me your hand! 688 00:34:46,417 --> 00:34:48,002 Swear to... 689 00:34:48,085 --> 00:34:49,170 (Jimmy screaming) Oh... 690 00:34:49,253 --> 00:34:51,297 Jimmy! (grunting) 691 00:34:53,757 --> 00:34:55,967 Jimmy! 692 00:34:57,261 --> 00:34:59,514 He's dead. 693 00:34:59,597 --> 00:35:01,182 What? 694 00:35:01,265 --> 00:35:04,018 These are his books. 695 00:35:04,101 --> 00:35:05,520 They're the only thing left. 696 00:35:06,479 --> 00:35:08,356 He fell. 697 00:35:08,439 --> 00:35:10,566 I mean, he was climbing because I threw his bike 698 00:35:10,650 --> 00:35:12,902 and he asked me for help, but I-I couldn't help. 699 00:35:12,985 --> 00:35:14,278 Put those in here. 700 00:35:22,286 --> 00:35:25,248 (sobbing) Casey... my Casey. 701 00:35:25,331 --> 00:35:28,000 (gasping) 702 00:35:28,084 --> 00:35:30,169 Casey. 703 00:35:33,130 --> 00:35:35,550 (elevator bell dings) 704 00:35:35,633 --> 00:35:38,177 CASEY: So, how can I be of help? 705 00:35:39,178 --> 00:35:41,597 As you may or may not be aware, 706 00:35:41,681 --> 00:35:43,599 when we recovered Jimmy Nessler's remains 707 00:35:43,683 --> 00:35:44,725 earlier in the week 708 00:35:44,809 --> 00:35:46,060 from the bottom of that living cave 709 00:35:46,143 --> 00:35:48,729 we also recovered some other artifacts 710 00:35:48,813 --> 00:35:50,731 that apparently had been down there 711 00:35:50,815 --> 00:35:53,067 as long as he had. Okay... 712 00:35:53,150 --> 00:35:56,070 A bicycle, that apparently was his, 713 00:35:56,153 --> 00:35:58,990 some microscopic bits of fiber 714 00:35:59,073 --> 00:36:01,909 that we believe is all that's left of his clothes 715 00:36:01,993 --> 00:36:03,202 after 15 years in the elements, 716 00:36:03,286 --> 00:36:05,872 and a Saint Christopher's medal. 717 00:36:06,873 --> 00:36:09,292 This is all fascinating, but... 718 00:36:09,375 --> 00:36:11,294 The back of the medal was engraved with the initials 719 00:36:11,377 --> 00:36:13,045 "C-E-F." 720 00:36:13,129 --> 00:36:14,255 Those are your initials, aren't they? 721 00:36:14,338 --> 00:36:16,966 Casey Edward Frank. 722 00:36:17,049 --> 00:36:20,177 Also the date, 11-15-74. 723 00:36:20,261 --> 00:36:21,304 That's your birthday. 724 00:36:21,387 --> 00:36:23,598 So you're suggesting...? 725 00:36:23,681 --> 00:36:26,684 That perhaps it might just be your medal. 726 00:36:27,685 --> 00:36:30,104 Okay, I'll concede that. It just might be. 727 00:36:30,187 --> 00:36:30,646 What's the point? 728 00:36:30,730 --> 00:36:31,731 No point. 729 00:36:31,814 --> 00:36:34,108 Not a big one anyway. 730 00:36:34,192 --> 00:36:36,277 Just that, you told Mrs. Dubois 731 00:36:36,360 --> 00:36:38,279 only yesterday that you really didn't know 732 00:36:38,362 --> 00:36:39,822 the Nessler boy, not personally. 733 00:36:39,906 --> 00:36:42,241 And I didn't. Did I play near those caves? 734 00:36:42,325 --> 00:36:43,951 Horse around there? 735 00:36:44,035 --> 00:36:45,786 Sure. Everyone did. 736 00:36:45,870 --> 00:36:49,457 Is it possible that I dropped or lost my medal? 737 00:36:49,540 --> 00:36:52,293 Sure. Where are you going with this? 738 00:36:52,376 --> 00:36:53,544 Not going anywhere. 739 00:36:53,628 --> 00:36:56,297 Just, now that you're going to be running for public office, 740 00:36:56,380 --> 00:36:58,132 now that you're going to be 741 00:36:58,215 --> 00:36:59,967 under some scrutiny, we just want to give you 742 00:37:00,051 --> 00:37:02,303 a chance to revise your statement 743 00:37:02,386 --> 00:37:04,138 with regard to how well you knew 744 00:37:04,221 --> 00:37:06,807 the Nessler boy, if... you chose to. 745 00:37:06,891 --> 00:37:08,768 I don't need to revise my statement. 746 00:37:08,851 --> 00:37:10,811 I stand by what I said. 747 00:37:12,021 --> 00:37:12,855 Are we through here? 748 00:37:12,939 --> 00:37:15,983 Just one more thing, uh, as you know I'm... 749 00:37:16,067 --> 00:37:17,985 working to get the coroner 750 00:37:18,069 --> 00:37:20,988 to issue a death certificate for Assemblyman Rykoff 751 00:37:21,072 --> 00:37:22,823 that would indicate he died of natural causes, 752 00:37:22,907 --> 00:37:24,867 and I almost had him there, but... 753 00:37:24,951 --> 00:37:27,119 then he realized that the trauma to the back 754 00:37:27,203 --> 00:37:28,955 of the assemblyman's neck 755 00:37:29,038 --> 00:37:30,831 was as severe as the trauma to the front. 756 00:37:30,915 --> 00:37:32,291 I'm sorry. 757 00:37:32,375 --> 00:37:35,044 You're losing me. If a man were 758 00:37:35,127 --> 00:37:38,172 to hang himself, even if it was only a botched attempt 759 00:37:38,255 --> 00:37:39,966 to heighten sexual sensation, 760 00:37:40,049 --> 00:37:42,259 the trauma would only occur to the front of the neck-- 761 00:37:42,343 --> 00:37:45,304 the place where the noose and the throat meet. 762 00:37:45,388 --> 00:37:48,975 It would take someone coming up from behind the assemblyman, 763 00:37:49,058 --> 00:37:50,810 strangling him with great force, 764 00:37:50,893 --> 00:37:52,853 to create the kind of trauma apparent at the back 765 00:37:52,937 --> 00:37:55,022 of the neck. 766 00:37:55,106 --> 00:37:57,858 Wh... what are you saying? We're saying that 767 00:37:57,942 --> 00:37:59,360 it appears that someone murdered Henry Rykoff, 768 00:37:59,443 --> 00:38:01,362 then staged it to make it look as though 769 00:38:01,445 --> 00:38:03,114 he accidentally caused his own death. 770 00:38:08,119 --> 00:38:12,039 And you think that someone is me. 771 00:38:12,123 --> 00:38:12,999 With any murder case, 772 00:38:13,082 --> 00:38:15,251 we look for means, motive and opportunity. 773 00:38:15,334 --> 00:38:17,086 You certainly had the means. 774 00:38:17,169 --> 00:38:18,879 You have the physical strength to strangle 775 00:38:18,963 --> 00:38:21,215 the assemblyman and lift him into that noose. 776 00:38:21,298 --> 00:38:23,050 You had the opportunity. 777 00:38:23,134 --> 00:38:24,844 We're very aware that you 778 00:38:24,927 --> 00:38:26,846 had a key to the Rykoff residence 779 00:38:26,929 --> 00:38:29,765 along with their alarm codes, that you frequently took care 780 00:38:29,849 --> 00:38:31,267 of their home when they were away. 781 00:38:31,350 --> 00:38:33,060 And as far as the motive, 782 00:38:33,144 --> 00:38:35,229 congratulations on running unopposed 783 00:38:35,312 --> 00:38:37,023 to fill the assemblyman's seat. 784 00:38:37,106 --> 00:38:39,900 That's absurd. This whole thing's absurd 785 00:38:39,984 --> 00:38:42,862 Everyone knew I was being groomed as Henry's successor. 786 00:38:42,945 --> 00:38:44,405 Everyone knew he was planning to retire 787 00:38:44,488 --> 00:38:47,241 after this term. Do you honestly believe 788 00:38:47,324 --> 00:38:49,243 I would kill a man to take something 789 00:38:49,326 --> 00:38:51,912 he was prepared to give me a year and a half from now? 790 00:38:51,996 --> 00:38:53,873 I'm going to remember this moment, 791 00:38:53,956 --> 00:38:55,291 Mr. District Attorney. 792 00:38:55,374 --> 00:38:57,918 When I'm sitting in the state capital building 793 00:38:58,002 --> 00:39:00,421 staring at your budget, 794 00:39:00,504 --> 00:39:02,465 contemplating anything to do with you 795 00:39:02,548 --> 00:39:05,134 or your office, I will remember this moment. 796 00:39:06,177 --> 00:39:08,095 I thought you were a smart man. 797 00:39:08,179 --> 00:39:09,764 I thought you were smart people. 798 00:39:09,847 --> 00:39:12,058 But smart people don't make absurd allegations. 799 00:39:12,141 --> 00:39:14,268 And they certainly don't make absurd allegations 800 00:39:14,351 --> 00:39:16,228 they can't prove. 801 00:39:16,312 --> 00:39:17,897 I'll see myself out. 802 00:39:20,399 --> 00:39:23,110 (door opens and closes) 803 00:39:24,320 --> 00:39:26,113 He's right. We can't prove a damn thing 804 00:39:26,197 --> 00:39:27,615 and he knows it. (sighing) 805 00:39:27,698 --> 00:39:29,033 ALLISON: I know what happened. 806 00:39:29,116 --> 00:39:31,952 I know who did it. I just can't prove it. 807 00:39:32,036 --> 00:39:34,121 And I'm never going to be able to. 808 00:39:34,205 --> 00:39:36,207 Well, you know what you need? 809 00:39:37,958 --> 00:39:40,002 A good night's sleep. 810 00:39:40,086 --> 00:39:42,213 Trust me. Just close your eyes, 811 00:39:42,296 --> 00:39:44,131 get some rest and everything will look 812 00:39:44,215 --> 00:39:45,466 better in the morning. (groaning) 813 00:39:45,549 --> 00:39:46,967 That's easy for you to say. 814 00:39:47,051 --> 00:39:48,135 You're right. In fact, I think 815 00:39:48,219 --> 00:39:49,970 I'll say it again. Close your eyes... 816 00:39:50,054 --> 00:39:52,056 Shut up. 817 00:39:56,560 --> 00:39:57,937 CASEY: Hey, you wanted to see me? 818 00:39:58,020 --> 00:40:00,856 Casey, my Casey. 819 00:40:00,940 --> 00:40:03,109 Thanks for coming over, um... 820 00:40:04,944 --> 00:40:06,195 Um... 821 00:40:09,907 --> 00:40:11,992 I've been thinking a lot about the plans we made, 822 00:40:12,076 --> 00:40:15,996 my... not running this term, endorsing you. 823 00:40:17,081 --> 00:40:19,875 Truth is, I just don't think I can do it. 824 00:40:19,959 --> 00:40:22,044 What? 825 00:40:22,128 --> 00:40:24,505 I'm gonna run again. 826 00:40:24,588 --> 00:40:28,050 And I'd very much like your help. 827 00:40:30,427 --> 00:40:32,888 Are you forgetting I know things? 828 00:40:32,972 --> 00:40:35,349 I know things that would make it very difficult 829 00:40:35,432 --> 00:40:37,017 for you to get reelected. 830 00:40:37,101 --> 00:40:40,354 That's a silly threat, young man. 831 00:40:40,437 --> 00:40:42,356 You know things. 832 00:40:42,439 --> 00:40:44,525 And everything you know about me involves you, too. 833 00:40:44,608 --> 00:40:47,027 So while you might be able 834 00:40:47,111 --> 00:40:49,488 to tarnish me at the end of my career, 835 00:40:49,572 --> 00:40:51,365 you'll destroy your own in the process. 836 00:40:51,448 --> 00:40:53,033 Well, I might do it anyway. 837 00:40:53,117 --> 00:40:55,953 I don't want to wait another four years. 838 00:40:57,288 --> 00:40:59,373 I can't. You can. 839 00:40:59,456 --> 00:41:01,876 And you will. 840 00:41:01,959 --> 00:41:04,211 Now let's not forget who has what on whom. 841 00:41:04,295 --> 00:41:07,715 You have nothing on me. 842 00:41:07,798 --> 00:41:09,717 I'm the victim in all this. 843 00:41:09,800 --> 00:41:12,178 That's not the way I see it. 844 00:41:18,142 --> 00:41:21,228 The Nessler boy's book bag. 845 00:41:21,312 --> 00:41:22,688 Covered with your fingerprints all over it. 846 00:41:22,771 --> 00:41:23,564 (safe door closes) 847 00:41:23,647 --> 00:41:26,066 Maybe not enough to prove you killed him, 848 00:41:26,150 --> 00:41:29,486 but you'd certainly have a lot of questions to answer. 849 00:41:31,655 --> 00:41:35,075 So... let's calm down. 850 00:41:35,159 --> 00:41:38,078 It's only four more years. 851 00:41:38,162 --> 00:41:39,705 And who knows? 852 00:41:39,788 --> 00:41:41,582 Maybe you'll get lucky. 853 00:41:41,665 --> 00:41:43,083 I could die in office. 854 00:41:43,167 --> 00:41:45,252 (gasping) 855 00:41:45,336 --> 00:41:47,504 (grunting) 856 00:41:49,840 --> 00:41:52,593 Everything okay? Everything's fine. 857 00:41:52,676 --> 00:41:53,928 Everything's great. 858 00:41:54,011 --> 00:41:55,429 You were right. 859 00:41:55,512 --> 00:41:56,972 I closed my eyes and suddenly 860 00:41:57,056 --> 00:41:58,265 everything was better. 861 00:41:58,349 --> 00:41:59,600 Who are you calling? 862 00:41:59,683 --> 00:42:01,727 A locksmith I know. 863 00:42:01,810 --> 00:42:04,647 Sorry to wake you, Mr. District Attorney. 864 00:42:04,730 --> 00:42:09,026 Uh... there's a safe that you and I need to crack right now.