01x03 - The Near Far Problem

[bunniefuu]

My name is Detective Raimy Sullivan.

My father was k*lled in 1996.

Last night...

This is WQ2YV.

Hello?

Hey.

I spoke to him.

Your father?

Dad?

So you're telling me that in 20 years, I'm gonna be on the job with my daughter?

No, you die tomorrow.

[g*nsh*t, tires squealing]

[engine revving]

[gasps]

Dad survived, but saving his life changed everything.

We've ID'd the remains from the marsh.

I'm sorry, Raimy. It's your mom.

The most wanted serial k*ller in New York took my mom.

Now, whatever we do, however we try to fix things, history keeps changing.

Your name is Daniel Lawrence.

How do you know my name?

I'm your girlfriend.

I've never been to Queens, and I don't know you. I'm sorry.

All I want is to get back what I lost.

Previously on "Frequency"...

We've changed something. Mom's gone.

Gone how?

The Nightingale k*ller.

Positively identified as Julie Elizabeth Sullivan.

You need to tell her.

What am I supposed to say?

Raimy, I got your mother here, and I think she needs to hear it from you.

Jules asked me to ask you to stop.

You've been under for two years.

You need to leave, Frank.

This Goff guy stinks of something, and I need your help. You and my dad talked to Goff.

Yeah, but there was nothing there.

You Thomas Goff?

This is our attorney. We're done here.

Goff lived in Jersey, and now he's gone.

[grunts]

[whimpering]

Help me, Mother.

[radio static]

I went back to the Goff house.

You remember there was an outbuilding?

It's gone now.

Sometime after we changed history, it was torn down.

I think I know why.

There's a cellar.

I think that's where Goff kept his victims.

So you think he abducted Maya Gowen and held her down there.

She disappeared three days ago in '96.

It can't be a coincidence.

We know Maya and Goff went to the same college.

They grew up two miles from each other.

No, no, we already checked out the house, me and Satch, and after we got through with the mom, who practically had a choke collar on him, he wasn't saying anything.

You got to go back. The outbuilding.

Find out what exactly is going on in there.

Wait, wait. Hold on. Hold on.

Do you have any evidence that somebody was being held down there?

It's been 20 years, but Goff could've taken Maya.

He could be the Nightingale, and we could save Mom.

Hey.

Hey, Gordo.

I'm sorry I took your head off last night.

Never apologize, remember? Not with us.

You told me that when you were ten.

So tell me what I should do here.

Your mom's family keeps text-bombing me.

You're not returning their calls.

I can't deal with them right now.

That's what I said, in nicer words.

They want to plan a service for your mom.

I don't want one.

I figured that too.

I'd say I'm sorry...

But we don't do that.

Carry on.

[knock on door]

Yeah.

Hey, you.

[chuckles]

How you doing?

You settling in?

Yeah, man.

Hey, sorry about washing up on your front porch like that.

Please, stay as long as you like.

No, I'm dead serious.

It keeps Leah's broke-ass cousins out of here.

[laughs] Thanks.

And of course, you got that thing set up before you even put your clothes on.

You're officially a nerd, my man.

Yeah, yeah.

Listen, we got to double back to Goff's house.

Jersey?

Oh, right, because Ma Goff's friendlier today.

No, just... I think we missed something.

Like what?

I don't know yet.

Let me guess, this is another one of your hunches.

Hey, look, what do you want me to say, huh?

All right, well, come on. Let's get some grub.

Leah's making eggs.

No, no, drive-through, man.

We got to b*at the traffic.

Sure. Why sit down and eat like a human being when you can stuff your face while I drive?

Exactly.

Mother...

[tapping]

[electronic warbling]

Mike, do a search for me?

You'll owe me your firstborn, but yeah.

Maya Elise Gowen, missing person.

No one found her.

That's what it says.

[Maya panting]

♪ ♪

[gasping and panting]

Look, Maya and Goff grew up in the same town.

They went to high school together.

She goes missing, and he's got a r*pe charge?

Expunged r*pe charge.

And you didn't mention the girl yesterday. Why?

I came across it late last night.

You want to tell me our play here?

Let's check out the shed.

Without a warrant?

Oh, here we go.

What are you doing here?

Mrs. Goff, where's Thomas?

You already talked to him. This is harassment.

Where are you going?

No, I want you off my property right now.

Ma'am, you're gonna have to calm down, okay?

Give me your badge numbers.

You got this shed locked.

I'm gonna need you to open it.

Are you insane?

I'm calling my lawyer.

Hey, we got to get in there, Satch.

What? Not without a warrant.

Give me a why.

No... what is he doing? What is he doing?

Exigent circumstances.

Stop it.

Oh, my God! There's nothing's in there.

You smell that?

Yeah, Frank, I smell it.

Bleach.

No, stop!

Get out! No.

Frank.

You can't do this! Get out! Get out!

You always clean out your cellars with bleach?

Huh?

All right, come on.

She was in here, wasn't she? The girl? Maya?

She was in here!

Hey, hey, hey.

What the hell is going on here?

What are...

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

Still missing.

You didn't even...

Yeah, I did, four times.

What do you want from me?

Records said they were gonna make the change.

I know the family.

♪ ♪

Maya!

Come on, Frank.

Maya.

Maya, Maya!

Maya, Maya, can you hear me?

This is Sullivan. I need EMT.

I found her. I found Maya. She's alive.

Maya, stay with me.

Maya, stay with me. Stay with me.

♪ ♪

You go straight for the outbuilding and the hatch when there's a whole beautiful house to search.

Man, I've been under for two years.

Maybe I'm starting to think like a bad guy.

No, I know what this is.

It's like Wroblicki on his first day as a detective.

He's coming out of the deli with a sandwich when, bam, nearly gets knocked on his ass by some guy tearing down the street.

Wro chases the guy down, tackles him.

Turns out he knifed some mope a block away.

It's beginner's luck.

Hey, what do you think about Goff as the Nightingale?

If he is, we got to catch him by the letter, and I don't know what ugly habits those narcos taught you, but that's it for busting into sheds without probable cause.

Yeah.

I knew that son of a bitch took her.

Maya's still unconscious.

There's no telling what she's gonna remember.

Where are you with Goff?

I'm coming up empty.

What about the mom?

She's been running defense for him for years.

No, we had her in a box for two hours, her and her douche bag attorney, and she's not saying jack.

She's hiding her son.

He's the Nightingale.

Hold on. Hold on.

Maya wasn't a nurse. She doesn't fit the profile.

In '96, the Nightingale's still figuring out his MO, and Maya, she's so close. He knows her.

It's too easy to pass up.

Okay, well, that's your opinion.

You have a better one?

Or maybe you listen to me and find him.

Oh, sure, yeah. I'm just gonna go make a call.

Goff has been AWOL for 20 years on my end, and I am the one dealing with the fact that this psycho b*at and strangled Mom.

Everybody wants a memorial for her.

They want to mourn her. Of course they do.

And I am the freak who is saying no because... because we're going to get her back.

I'm not gonna let anything happen to your mother, okay?

In fact, I'm, uh...

I'm seeing her tomorrow.

She still talking to you after all that crazy last night?

[chuckles] Yeah, trust me, it's not her choice.

She's doing two-a-days 'cause of her classes.

I get to babysit you.

You know it's not called "babysitting" when it's your own kid.

Oh, is that right?

I must've missed that in the book on parenting you wrote.

This is weird.

Nah.

You think?

[laughs]

[knock at door]

Huh.

You look like me the night before taxes, without the crying.

I feel like a freaking accountant. 20 years of property records to try and find a guy who's in the wind.

What, did he own half of New York?

Mostly Jersey. And his family.

Uh, speaking of, your aunt Eileen, not to mention your mom's whole nursing crew...

I'll call them off.

You don't have to.

I'm, uh... handling the service.

You're not flying into a rage.

This is good. I...

I thought you'd be pissed.

No, I-I get it.

Other people might need to mourn her. I just don't.

Thank you for taking it on, though.

I wanted to.

Do you want to get a slice or something?

I've hit a wall.

I can't. Laurel's pooping.

She doesn't wipe her own butt yet? She's seven.

She wipes.

I'm solo tonight. I got to get back.

Screw it.

[indistinct chatter]

Okay, so I got to ask.

What did you really think about my mom inviting you to dinner?

Um... [clears throat]

Well... I was fairly sure you were a morbid shut-in and that your poor mum had to find someone who was bleeding, incapacitated, and indebted to her to find you a date.

You don't hold back, do you?

You're a detective.

I'm already terrified to lie to you.

My mom is worried I won't even have cats when I die alone.

I'll just be found spooning case files.

Why do I doubt that could ever happen to you?

No, you'd be surprised.

Now, the real question is, how horrified were you that some desperate bloke would actually show up to a stranger's house to meet her shut-in daughter?

Honestly, I thought you were hitting it off so well with my mom, you were trying to get a party started with her.

[both laugh]

[indistinct chatter]

[both laughing, speaking indistinctly]

All right. Okay, here we go.

Wait, wait, wait.

Oh, okay. Wait.

Okay, uh...

Vampire.

[both laugh]

Okay, okay, ready? Wait for me to do it.

What?

You've got to do it.

It doesn't work... Not even a little bit.

[both laughing]

Oh, God.

♪ Patch me back to my mind ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Oh, can it be ♪
♪ The voices calling me ♪

[pounding]

Hey, get a room!

♪ They get lost and out of time ♪
♪ ♪
♪ I should've seen it glow ♪
♪ But every... ♪

[indistinct chatter]

Oh, I didn't order.

It's on the house.

I went to high school with your mom.

She was a beautiful person.

Funny as hell. Generous.

Thanks.

[somber music]

♪ ♪

I just ran.

I didn't know where to.

He was chasing me.

[crying]

Hey, Maya.

Maya, look at me. Look at me.

You b*at that son of a bitch.

All right? You saved yourself.

You did it, and we're gonna nail him.

Okay?

Was it any of these men?

Him. [crying]

Okay. All right.

Maya, is there anything else, anything that you remember about him?

He was incredibly calm.

He had the hatch open.

Looked at me while he worked, like I was his pet, like it was every day for him.

I started thinking, "What if he's the one on the news?"

The Nightingale?

I asked him. He got this half smile.

He said I wasn't the first.

[crying]

Frank.

She ID'd the outbuilding and Goff.

We got more than enough to arrest Marilyn.

Hold on a sec.

What?

We squeeze her until she gives up her son.

Or we play it smart.

We leave Marilyn out there.

She takes us right to him.

Come on.

You pack your hairbrush?

Yeah. I don't want to go.

Why can't Daddy stay here?

'Cause, peanut, we talked about this.

Daddy and me need some time to work things out.

Okay?

But you're gonna have a lot of fun with him tonight.

I promise.

Hey, kiddo.

Give your dad a hug. You know what I was thinking?

You want to see a movie tonight?

You know, there's that new Eddie Murphy professor thing. You like that?

Yeah.

Huh, yeah? Okay.

Can we get candy?

No gummy bears.

You'll never get 'em out of her teeth.

Popcorn.

[whispers] We're totally getting gummy bears.

You're sure you can do this?

You don't have to work?

No, I got it covered.

And you're not under too much pressure?

Hey, why don't you go put your stuff in the car, and I'll be right out, okay?

Okay.

Here.

There's the keys. Don't steal it.

Hey, hey, hey.

Mwah. Love you.

[giggles]

[laughs]

[clears throat]

Look, I know I said some weird stuff the other night, you know, and... and... you were right. I was... I was stressed.

You really had me scared, Frank.

I know, and I never meant to make things harder for you.

Being under that long, did they give you someone to talk to? To acclimate yourself?

Being back is what I needed.

Really.

Yeah, all right.

Okay, I have to get a...

I packed a thermometer and Tylenol for Raimy.

She's just a little stuffed up, you know?

So if she gets a fever, call me, all right.

And you know what? I'll call around 9:00 probably.

Hey, do you want us just to park it here?

Frank, it's... it's our first time doing this, okay.

Yeah, okay. All right.

And after work, you're just gonna come straight back, right?

Yes.

Jules, I'm only asking 'cause of this Nightingale guy.

You know, if you and your friends go out, you need to be careful, please.

I'm... I'm sensing a theme here.

Hey, keep your eyes open, okay?

Okay. You got it.

Mr. Peeps.

[chuckles]

Bye.

I pay a lot for my privacy.

Who told you how to reach me?

Mrs. Goff, no one.

The real estate you own, it's like a revolving door... houses, buildings, bought and sold... except one.

It's been in your family for 80 years.

First duplex my father ever bought.

He said it was our lucky charm.

Family is incredibly important to you.

I told you I don't know where my son is.

I haven't seen him for 20 years.

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

Marilyn... these women are all confirmed Nightingale victims.

What is wrong with you? Why are you showing me this?

You know your son better than anyone.

You never guessed?

Thomas is the Nightingale k*ller.

What?

No. It's...

[laughs]

This is crazy.

We have DNA evidence linking Thomas to 11 of these women.

We matched his samples from your house and the outbuilding in '96.

You're lying.

Here are the lab reports.

If you need help deciphering, I'll be glad to translate.

♪ ♪

I am not trying to stir up sympathy or play on your guilt with these pictures.

I know you don't give a crap about these women or their families.

A thousand could die, so long as your son's safe.

DNA can be wrong.

You paid off Thomas' first r*pe in '94.

You cleaned up the crime scene in his workshop in '96.

You hid him all these years.

It's love.

Real love.

The reason I am showing you Thomas' work...

No, he didn't do this.

...is so you understand why every cop in New York is out gunning for him.

We know your family has connections and money, so Thomas is not going to trial.

He's gonna get the back of his head blown off in a sh**t and no one is gonna ask why.

You can't do that.

If I bring him in, I promise you I can guarantee his safety and a trial.

The alternative: he's hunted down like a dog and sh*t in the street.

Marilyn, the next time you see your son, it'll be in the morgue.

Daddy, no.

Hey, what? Gummy cakes, huh?

That was my favorite when I was, like, five.

What are you talking about? I made these for you right before I went...

It's been a couple years, hasn't it?

I'll take 'em out.

No, it's okay.

I bet it's still good.

You're right it is.

Daddy?

Yeah.

Did you almost die?

What?

No.

But you got sh*t. You were in the hospital.

Oh, come on. I'm too tough.

You know that, huh?

Hey, kiddo, come here.

It must've scared you when I was... laying in that hospital bed, huh?

Yeah.

I'm all fixed.

I mean, look at me. Hmm?

I'm like Teflon.

[grunts]

[Salt-N-Pepa's "Shoop" plays]

♪ Lick him like a lollipop should be licked ♪
♪ Came to my senses and I chilled for a bit ♪
♪ Don't know how you do the voodoo that you do ♪

Get it, girl.

♪ So well it's a spell ♪
♪ Hell, makes me wanna... ♪

I got it. Yeah.

♪ Shoop-ba-doop ♪
♪ Shoop-ba-doop, ba-doop, ba-doop ♪

I got you.

Daddy, you know the dip?

Yeah, I know the dip. Look at me. I'm dipping.

♪ Shoop-ba-doop, ba-doop, ba-doop ♪

Oh, no, no. Please, don't stop all your smooth moves on account of me.

Yeah.

♪ Can I get some fries wi... ♪

Look, the phone company came back.

Yeah, and?

We got to go.

There's a pattern of calls from the Goff house to a pay phone in Washington Square.

Oh, we got him.

Yes, we do.

All right. Um...

[clears throat]

Okay, kiddo...

I got to, um...

I gotta go out for just a little bit, okay?

I'm going too.

Ah, no, no, no.

See, we got to chase a bad guy.

But what about the movie?

I tell you what, tomorrow I'm gonna take you to a double feature. How about that, huh?

But I want to go today.

Hey, look, Raimy, you know what?

Um, Leah's got your whole night planned out, okay?

We got our gaming situation hooked up.

Look, we got "Super Mario." We got "Mega Man."

Ooh.

And you can play any one of 'em you want.

Plus, I got to tell you, I'm a little jealous because Leah is making her famous lasagna tonight, so...

[groans and chuckles]

Hey, kiddo.

You want to punch me?

[whispers] No.

Oh, come on.

I know you do just a little bit. Come on.

Ow!

Ooh, look at that, huh?

Okay, that's your down payment, okay?

Now, I want you to think about my punishment, and you tell me how I can make it up to you.

Okay?

You're in trouble.

[chuckles]

I know I am.

And I deserve it.

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪
♪ ♪

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪
♪ ♪

[banging]

Police. On your knees, now.

Get down and put your hands behind your head.

You're under arrest for the abduction of Maya Gowen.

Do not move.

I'm not going to prison.

sh**t me.

That's not happening.

[both grunting]

♪ ♪

[groaning]

Hey, man, you still with me here?

I just keep seeing Raimy's face when I punked out on that movie.

Ah, nah. Just take her to a Knick game.

I'll talk to my uncle about it.

If Jules finds out about this, you and Leah can adopt me.

You know what? Leah's gonna k*ll me for getting in the middle of this, but, uh, Julie did find out, and she's picking up Raimy in an hour.

What?

Hey, what do you want from me?

She and Leah talk. You know how it is.

Oh, this is perfect.

Maybe your streak will hold out, and this'll turn out to be the Nightingale.

Yeah, that'll set everything right.

Let me ask you something.

You ever think about the families of those women, what you've done to them?

I'm tired of hiding.

I don't know how my life got so offtrack.

Offtrack?

Two hedge funds tapped me straight out of college, but I wanted to move to San Francisco, run hotels.

My mother said, "Watch out for the girls. They'll ruin you. They want to ruin you because they don't have anything themselves."

Well, believe it or not, Thomas, you have a chance to make things right, erase some of what you've done.

You answer a few questions, and things will be a lot easier for you and your mom.

Julie Sullivan.

You remember her?

Julie Sullivan, the nurse you strangled and dumped in the marsh in 1997.

I don't remember their names.

[tires screech, metal cage clangs]

[horn honks]

Check it out, hoody.

Oh, that's Goff.

Let's go.

♪ ♪

She was my mom.

How'd you decide on her? Did you know her?

Answer me!

No.

What are you doing?

What?

Get... out!

♪ ♪

You are gonna tell me how you picked her.

How you took her.

I'm not gonna tell you anything until you get me a lawyer.

Ow!

[screaming, grunting]

♪ ♪

Stop! Stop!

♪ ♪

Do you really think I'm gonna let you lawyer up?

Do you have any idea of what I'm about to do to you?

God, no. [whimpers]

Help me!

Help!

Stop!

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

I saw it. He knew what he was doing when he stepped off that curb.

He wasn't going to prison.

He wasn't the Nightingale.

Mom didn't come back.

Yeah, but we got Goff.

Hey, we saved Maya's life.

All right, that psycho, he was gonna take somebody else.

I mean, he had that whole setup in his outbuilding.

You didn't think he was the Nightingale.

It doesn't matter what I think.

We got a bad guy.

But you didn't stop me.

You let me wind myself up.

You didn't want to hear it.

You should've tried harder.

Now it's my fault that Goff's not the Nightingale?

Come on, nothing I said was gonna change your mind.

You wanted it to be him.

Okay, fine. Fine.

Just don't let me go off like that again.

What happened?

I had Goff in my hands.

I was so sure he k*lled Mom.

What'd you do?

Nothing I wouldn't do again.

Okay, you need to listen to me really carefully, Raimy. Okay?

This is a marathon. Now, we can't make mistakes.

Your mom needs both of us. You can't jeopardize this case.

And you can't be afraid to call me out.

Okay, you're right. I just... you were dealing with your mom and the service, and I just wanted to have your back.

I've been a detective for two years.

You don't need to protect me.

You're my kid.

You can't let that get in the way.

Yeah.

I know you're all alone there, kiddo, but you got to hold it together.

I'm good. I'm good.

I mean, you and me both, we would do anything to save your mother, but it's not worth jack if you go down for it.

You need to be there when she gets back.

I know why you're here, and the answer's no.

You look like you ran into a tree.

Thanks. Thanks for that.

Well, tell me you kicked his ass.

Up and down.

I'm not going to the memorial tomorrow.

There's, like, 200 people coming.

Seriously?

You really want to miss it?

Gordo, leave it alone.

Just tell me why.

Because I don't want to sit there with people sobbing, saying what an amazing mom I had, how I didn't get to know her very well because I was just a kid.

I'll be your bodyguard.

All right, I'll Heisman anybody who gets too close to you.

Gordo, my mom has been with me every day for the last 20 years.

I don't need to say good-bye.

Wait.

Your face, it needs a drink, and you promised me pizza.

Mm?

[rock music]

The last time I got tanked here, this was a Polish dive. That's pre-baby.

Of course, everything is pre-baby.

So why did you choose this place?

It's comforting.

Since when?

I do go out without you.

No, you don't.

♪ ♪

Crap.

[gentle music]

♪ ♪

Look, I... I don't want any trouble.

I don't want to cause a scene, but are you following me?

No, no. I hang out here.

I've never seen you here before.

It's my favorite bar.

Okay, I think you should leave.

Whoa, buddy, just take a b*at.

Raim, who is this guy?

It's okay, Gordo.

I love this place, the puffy fries, the secret, off-the-menu flight they claim not to have the first two times you ask.

You stay late on Sundays, people k*ll the Coltrane and play Loverboy, and where else can you get that, right?

♪ ♪

You know, my friend has had a rough couple of days, and can I be up front with you here?

Uh, this is making me super uncomfortable, so why don't we all just head home?

Sundays.

[chuckles]

I come on Sundays.

We must've just missed each other.

[indistinct chatter]

[rock music]

What the hell was that?

We had a thing once.

You and the Australian guy you've never mentioned.

South African.

Same thing.

Oh, is he the reason we're here tonight?

Oh, so you were stalking that dude.

There may be a case for that.

Yeah, you might want to let that one go.

♪ ♪

I can't believe you dumped Raimy.

We got a last-second break on the Nightingale, Jules.

I thought we had him.

It's the job, Frank.

It's always the job, right? You know I get it.

You know, I'm under the same kind pressure, but, Frank, it's been two years of "Daddy will be home for Christmas."

He'll be here for your birthday when you're seven, or when you're eight.

Maybe you just shouldn't make promises.

No, I want her with me. I want her to stay here with me.

You know what she said when she got home last night?

"Everybody needs to stop lying to me.

I'm not a baby anymore."

Of course she did.

She knows you almost d*ed.

She read the papers.

She heard your friends at the parties.

Hey, what could I do, huh?

Tell her that Daddy almost bled out in a shipyard?

When you were gone, she slept with one of your old sweaters every night 'cause it reminded her of you.

I didn't know that.

Yeah.

Frank, you have no idea how much she missed you and how terrified she was you were never coming back.

So she needs to come first now.

Jules, this...

[Junip's "After All Is Said And Done" plays]

♪ ♪

Hey, I'll meet you guys downstairs.

♪ ♪

Whoa, whoa, whoa. What happened there?

Meth head flipping out in the park.

I had to wrestle him down.

Lucky you.

All right, so we're about to head to the service.

♪ Can't remember when we last ♪

I'll cover the phones.

Raimy... you miss out on the people who loved your mom, hearing their stories, you're gonna regret it for the rest of your life.

♪ Fleeing moments in your dreams ♪

I know that you're just looking out for me, but the best way for me to honor my mom is to catch her k*ller.

Well, that's not gonna happen this afternoon.

♪ ♪

Why won't you mourn her?

♪ All the past so way behind ♪

I miss her every day.

Don't tell me I'm not mourning my mom.

All right.

Then how about you just come for the rest of us?

You were your mom's whole world.

People, they need to see you as a reminder of her living on.

You don't come, there's gonna be a big hole in the middle of it.

♪ ♪

I wish you could understand.

She's not dead to me.

♪ ♪

You're right.

I don't understand, but I got to tell you.

For the first time, you're letting me down.

♪ ♪

[sighs]

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♪ On each corner you'll see ♪
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♪ Fresh and new horizon ♪
♪ ♪

All right, come on, man. We're heading over to Dooley's, and I'm buying because you did good today.

No, down a couple for me. I don't have Raims tonight, so I'm gonna work late.

You sure?

Yeah, man.

Yeah, I'm good. I'm good.

My man. Good stuff.

Hey, watch that tequila tonight.

I got you. Let's do it.

All right.

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♪ First and each one underneath the snow ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Lies the grass ready to grow ♪
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♪ After all is said and done ♪
♪ After all is said and done ♪
♪ ♪
♪ After all is said and done ♪

Cheers.

[laughter]

♪ ♪

Who's this?

Mahalo.

Aloha.

Aloha.

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♪ After all is said and done ♪
♪ ♪
♪ After all is said and done ♪
♪ ♪

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