04x04 - Come from the Shadows

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04x04 - Come from the Shadows

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[music playing]

FATHER JIM: Forget the
realities you grew up with.

It's a different world down
there, a world that would seem

to us terrible hallucinations.

To them, a daily horror.

To help these people, we
must enter this nightmare.

Now, this little girl,
her name was Elena.

She d*ed a couple of days
after I took this photograph.

One out of every
four baby starves

to death in El Salvador.

One out of every four.

It's a desperate situation.

Desperate situation that your
contributions can help remedy.

The US spends a million
dollars a day down there,

so why do you need
to contribute?

US foreign aid doesn't buy food.

It buys weapons.

The army has them.

The rebels have them.

And the death squads have them.

And what do the people have?

Poverty.

No sanitation, no land reform,
and their schools under siege.

The victims of the
g*ns are the people.

These people, these children,
I need your money to save them.

[THEME - LIAM STEMBERG,
" JUMP STREET"]

THEME SONG: We never
thought of finding

a place where we belong.

Don't have to stand alone,
we'll never let you fall.

Don't need permission to
decide what you believe.

Whoo!

I said jump, down
on Jump Street.

I said jump, down
on Jump Street.

Your friends will be there
when your back is to the wall.

You'll find you'll need us cause
there's no one else to call.

When it was hopeless a
decision's what you need.

You better be ready
to, be ready to jump.

Jump Street.

Put more arc on it.

I don't get the
appeal of basketball.

That's cause it's
an American game.

It's gotta be in your blood.

You gotta grow up with it.

Actually, it's an Aztec game.

Oh, really?

From Mexico.

They take the captain
of the winning team

and then chop his head off.

The winning team?

It was a great honor.

Well, the Americans
improved the game by giving

players seven figure salaries.

That's a great honor.

Oh, there's one.

JUDY: What's up, captain?

The mayor is very upset.

It's over the recent press
about El Salvadoran babies

being sold to American couples.

They've been working with
the INS to stop the influx,

but none of the couples
will reveal their source,

so they've come up with squat.

City Hall is starting
to feel the heat.

Sounds like Fed
territory to me.

Yeah, well it would be,
except they think a priest

named Jim Kelly is involved.

It's suspected he's been
running an underground sanctuary

movement for years
now, and INS figures

he's moved into baby selling.

Hmm.

That's too bad, but what
does that have to do with us?

Well, Father Jim is a teacher
at St. Brendan's University.

Oh, boy.

Brush up your Latin, guys.

Catholic school.

Don't lie to me.

You're with me now.

Beyond help, beyond hope, alone.

Tell me where your
friends are, Judy.

You want to live?

Tell me where they are!

Tell me!

Tell me where they are!

Hey, hold it!

Thank you.

What were you gonna do?

Were you going to
let me k*ll her?

OK, Judy, thanks very much.

You all right?

Yes.

I guess so.

Thank you.

OK, think about this.

Why was Doug the only
one that stood up?

Were you afraid?

It's all right if you were.

But think about it.

Because whatever you experienced
is small time compared

with the experiences of
people in Chile, in Guatemala,

and El Salvador.

The mad padre
didn't freak you out?

Well, let's just say he's not
what I expect from a priest.

Ron Greenwood.

Judy Hodges.

Is this Father Jim always so--

- Enthusiastic?
- Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah, he's basically a nut.

But he's a lunatic whose
heart's in the right place.

Do you know him pretty well?

Yeah, this is my
third class with him.

Do you know it's the
first time that I've

ever seen a new student
handle him as well as you did.

Well, I figured what he had
to say was pretty important.

Matter of fact, I wouldn't
mind hearing more of it.

Oh, believe me,
there's more to hear.

He gives tons of
seminars, fundraisers.

Is it hard to get in on that?

No.

No, my sister can
tell you all about it.

I could take you--

take you to her if you want.

Huh?

Your sister?

Yeah.

Yeah, Alice is
really into the guy.

In fact, she works in his office
and volunteers half her life

away for his refugee program.

Hmm, maybe I'll drop by.

I don't know, no priest I ever
heard of ever talked that way.

You ask me, he doesn't
deserve to wear a collar.

- He doesn't wear a collar.
- Very good point.

Wow.

I think I just d*ed and
went to cafeteria heaven.

How's my hair?
Is it OK?

You look great.

Go get her.

[speaking spanish]

Por favor-- yo--

can I have some of that?

HARRY: Me, too.

In Spanish, we call
this dish lasagna.

Lasagna.

You see, you can speak Spanish
and you didn't even know it.

If you come back
tomorrow, I will

teach you how to say hot dogs.

I'll be here.

Thank you.

I'll be here?

Couldn't think
of anything to say.

What are you reading?

"El Mundo."

It's a newspaper
from my country.

El Salvador?

Yes.

You ever get homesick?

Sometimes.

I'm Doug.

Doug Stevens.

Marta Cabarrus.

Um, [speaking spanish].

I have pretty eggs?

Is that what I said?

Yes.

Eyes.
Eyes.

I meant to say eyes.

You have pretty eyes.

[speaking spanish].

What's that?

Liar.

Liar?

No, it's true.

You do have pretty eyes.

World class, I'm telling you.

Your eyes are better than
Chef Ping's spicy lobster,

better than the World Series
going into seven games,

better than Batman comics.

(WHISPERING) So talking about
Chef Ping's spicy lobster,

do you think maybe, you know--

you know, me and you could--

do you want to go out
to dinner tonight?

I'm sorry, I can't tonight.

We're raising money
for the refugee center

and I'm already late.

Oh, that's Father Jim's setup.

You're involved with that?

Yes.

Is he, uh, the great
guy he's cracked up to be?

Yes, he's a wonderful man.

His center has helped the
refugees in many, many ways.

Oh.

Well, don't let me
keep you or nothing.

Uh, would it be possible, do you
think, if I were to just, like,

show up?

I'm really interested
in that kind of stuff.

I'd like to see what it's like.

Yes.

Please come tonight.

I'd like to see you there.

[mariachi music]

May I have your
attention, please.

Thank you for coming.

I'd like to begin with an
extraordinary young woman.

She applied for political
asylum four months ago.

She's still waiting
for her hearing.

But please realize that nearly
every Salvadorian like her

is refused, and is sent back.

Nearly every one.

We must change the law.

Here's a story from El Salvador.

My name is Marta.

I was a teacher in Chalatenango.

We traveled from village to
village teaching literacy.

You see, we are a
nation of farmers,

and I gave my people
new seed to plant--

seeds of hope,
seeds of equality.

This was unacceptable
to the people in power--

the people who have the money.

Because I was a teacher,
soldiers took me to prison

and kept me days.

My family and friends
could not find me.

I disappeared.

In prison, I was r*ped.

I was tortured with cigarettes,
and they tried to drown me.

They released me as a
warning to other teachers--

no more seeds for the people.

This is the system
in El Salvador--

el sistema.

We must change the system.

The blood must stop.

It is time to say enough.

[spanish]

ALL: [chanting in spanish]

But then, this kid
in class mentioned

something about Father Jim
not speaking any Spanish.

Yeah?

Don't you think
that's a little weird.

I don't know, I suppose.

The only way he could
run a baby selling ring

without speaking the
language is if he had

someone to speak it for him.

And that's when I thought
of that woman, the one

from El Salvador.

Marta?

She's a refugee.

She has firsthand connections
to Salvadoran families.

No, no, no, no.

There's no way she's in this.

You know that?

I know her.

She barely escaped that
country with her life.

She was tortured.

Look, I know you feel
sorry for her, Doug, but--

No, no, that's not it.

Oh, come on, man.

You're letting your
heart get in the way.

Really?

I understand why, but you
gotta look at the facts.

Now, Father Jim needs money
bad for his program, right?

You saw how rough
he was with Judy.

I mean this is not
your typical priest.

Yeah, so?

So-- so maybe he
uses unconventional

methods to help his cause.

That does not mean that he
uses Marta to sell babies.

Maybe she's not being used.

Look, the way I
read it, they figure

they're saving poor
babies down there,

helping couples here, making a
little cash for the operation.

I mean, it's a win-win-win
situation, man.

It's a good theory, Harry.

Too bad you don't know what
the hell you're talking about.

Excuse me.

I wanted to ask a
couple of questions

about the refugee program.

Well, what is it that
I can help you with?

Well, actually, I've got
this class with your brother--

Ron sent you here?

Well, yeah, and he mentioned
that you were really involved

with the refugee programs.

I wouldn't call Alice so
much involved as completely

and utterly devoted.

My only regret is we don't
have a million more like her.

But I'm surprised
to see you here.

Most of my students
stay clear after they've

been bound and blindfolded.

What makes you different?

Well, I've been thinking
about what you said,

and I thought
maybe I could help.

You know, volunteer.

Please, sit down.

You know, most people
think that what we do here

is like the junior
league, sitting

around, phoning in your weekly
hour of community service.

But the realities
of helping refugees

is depressing, and sad,
and ugly, and dangerous.

Dangerous, huh?

A lot of people don't
agree with what we're doing.

The law's on their side.

I guess the bottom
line is you've

got to know in your heart
that what you're doing

is the only thing that your
conscience will allow you to.

Hey.

Douglas, are you mechanical?

Yeah, when I need to be.

What's up?

I don't know.

Here, let me listen to it.

Sounds like your battery.

I don't think you
have any juice.

Juice?

Yeah, I'll jump ya.

I mean, uh, just wait here.

Let's get you started here.

What is it?

What's wrong?

Was it these?

Nothing.

I'm sorry.

Nothing.

What happened?

They used those
on me in prison.

Those police did that to you?

Yeah.

Listen, that sort of stuff,
that doesn't happen here.

And even if it did, I
wouldn't let them touch you.

He's an incredible man.

Passionate,
committed, determined.

He seems like a
very special guy.

Yeah, well, if anyone's
going to change the world,

Jim's the one to do it.

Jim?

Yeah, well, he told
me to stop calling

him Father a long time ago.

Oh.

Listen, Alice,
I've gotta take--

Judy.

What a pleasant surprise.

I had no idea you'd
even be here today.

Ron, I told you Judy
was working today.

Well, I must have forgot.

Um-- so can I help
you with anything?

You know--
- Yeah--

--and filing.

--why don't you
start on these,

and you can start on these, and
let's not forget about these.

Great.

What is all this?

Records on Salvadoran
families seeking asylum.

We got to keep
tabs on everybody--

parents, grandparents, children.

You see, the worst thing would
be to miss an opportunity

to bring somebody to freedom.

And we try to do
everything we can to make

sure that doesn't happen.

You see, it's--

it's very difficult for me to--

Open up?

But I want to.

I want to with you.

I have to get my
battery charged.

Well, I could drive you.

No, it's OK.

Father Jim would like to do it.

Besides, you've
done enough already.

Well, uh, can I see
you tonight maybe?

Tonight?

No, I have something
I have to do.

But tomorrow, first
thing in the morning.

I promise.

Douglas--

I'll finish here, then
I'll get a new battery.

Won't that make it too late?

- No, we'll be fine.
- How is the baby?

Oh, still sick.

It's a long trip for
a child that young.

Well, she'll have
a new home soon.

We'll leave just after dark.

Figure an hour there, the same
back, then we're home free.

You know, I was
thinking about Marta

and what happened down there.

I don't know how
I would react if--

if they tortured me.

Look, everybody's
equal under the law.

Now, don't let her sad story
take your eye off the ball.

She must have a good
reason for doing this.

That's all I'm saying.

[crickets chirping]

All units, move in now.

[police sirens]

Jim Kelly, you're under arrest
for the violation of the child

transportation laws.

What are you doing?

Arresting you for
selling babies, sir.

What are you talking about?

Let's get him out of here.

You're making a mistake!

You're police?

Read these people
their rights.

Get this baby in a car.

Turn off some of
them damn lights!

Douglas, what are you doing?

Doing my job.

Douglas, these
people are refugees.

My god, you think we're
selling this child?

We're bringing this
family here for safety!

This child belongs
to that family!

They would never sell her!

We're bringing this
family here for asylum.

Well, I guess, um, I was
wrong about Marta, huh?

I guess you were.

You know, when people
found out where I came from,

they treated me differently
from how you treated Marta.

What do you mean?

You believed her story.

You understood what
she's been through.

People didn't believe you?

Most people
couldn't picture it.

They weren't there.

Even I have a hard
time believing it now.

I'm sorry I was so hard on her.

Doug, you need to talk to her.

After what I did?

Look, Doug, you care
so much for her, man.

She's going to to
understand that.

I betrayed her.

I can't face her.

Have some faith.

OK?

Here, let me help you.

No, no, no, no, [spanish].

I don't understand.

[spanish]

Just listen to me, will ya?

No, you listen to me.

[spanish]

I don't need your help.

Why is it Americans think
they can grab things?

OK.
OK.

I'm sorry.

No, no, no.

You're sorry?

[spanish]

What do you think, I want
you to feel sorry for me?

FATHER JIM: Marta, can I
talk to you for a second?

OK, the call has come.

The INS has re-scheduled
your hearing for Friday.

Your attorney thinks that your
request for political asylum

is very strong.

There's been a lot of
attention, I'm afraid,

because of me, and
because of the case

that Doug was investigating.

You know, he didn't
mean for this to happen.

I don't trust him.

He paid your bail.

Why?

Why don't you ask him?

You mix me up.

You mix me up.

Why did you pay my bail?

Oh, I didn't want
you to know about that.

I need to know why.

Because I care for you.

I feel--

Sorry for me.

Yes, I know.

Why is it so hard for
you to be nice to me?

You know, I'm telling
you how I feel.

It's not a line or nothing.

Why do you have to
be so defensive?

Were you making believe in the
parking lot when you helped me?

Were you being a cop?

You mean, did I mean
it when I helped you?

Yes.

Ci.

I also was doing
what I had to do.

Someone's out there
someone babies.

It's my job.

I am a cop.

But I'm not--

La policia.

Yes, yes, you understand.

I don't want to hurt anybody.

Yeah, I understand
that you're different.

Americano loco.

Crazy American?

Yeah.

Yeah, that's me.

Peace?

Peace.

All right.

You know, in his country, it's
a custom to have a peace dinner.

Oh, really?

Yes, yes, it's very
bad manners to say no.

You know, it's a bad
insult. So what do you say?

I'll make you
something American.

I'll make you lasagna.

How about that?

OK.

[romantic music]

Now that's some serious music.

Yeah, that's great.

You hear that?

It's picante.

Absolutely.

Absolutely, picante.

Whose turn was it?

My turn.

We were talking about
your older sister.

Amalia.

We call her La Bizca,
because she's, um--

Oh, that's attractive.

She's cross-eyed.

She's cross-eyed.

OK, cross-eyed, Bizca.

And when we were little
kids, and [spanish] came--

What's that?

It's, um, winds in October--

heavy winds.

We were running to
the hills to play,

and we would play
that game with--

with the stones, where you
[makes slingshot sound]..

Slingshots.

Right.

And Amalia-- La Bizca-- could
sh**t better than anybody.

Now, I don't know
if it was her eyes,

or maybe she could
feel her target.

That's a true story?

Yeah, of course.

You think I would make it up?

No, no, no, it's-- you know,
weirder things have happened.

In Texas, they have these
mosquitoes that are so big,

they carry full grown men away.

A man?

I don't believe you.

It's the truth.

I'm telling the truth.

Douglas, I am serious.

This is a true story
what I'm telling you.

I know.

Why are you making fun of me?

I don't know.

Just a crazy American.

Douglas, thank
you for my dinner,

and thank you for my bail.

And thank you for
believing my story.

Judy, what are you doing?

You don't have any right.

I have a warrant.

Look, I'm not exactly
sure what's going on here,

but everything is in
these files-- lists of El

Salvadoran children, their
ages, their families'

economic status.

Well, I told you we
keep tabs on everybody.

Only you forgot to
tell me about the babies.

Or is that Father
Jim's department?

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

Oh, come on, Alice, the
connection is obviously

coming from this office.

Now, if Father Jim
is forcing you--

Father Jim would never force
me to do anything, especially

selling babies, for God's sake.

It goes against everything
he's trying to do here,

everything he believes
in, what I believe in.

All right, well, who else
has access to these files?

Who else?

Nobody, except Ron.

Ron?

What's going to happen to her?

Over % of the Salvadoran
refugees are sent back.

It's ironic.

We open our doors
to almost everyone,

but because El Salvador
is considered a democracy,

we turn a blind eye
to the slaughter.

Slaughter?

What are you saying?

If she's sent back, she'll
be in a lot of danger.

Oh, damn.

Damn.

Had to go and arrest her--

Douglas, it's not your fault.
Our system's not perfect.

Look, she wanted to be there.

She made a choice to
help other refugees,

understanding the dangers.

All we can do--
what we have to do--

is stand by her.

MARTA: Douglas, look
at those seagulls.

They are chasing each other.

DOUG: Yeah, I think he
likes her tail feathers.

Oh, Douglas.

Well, what do you think it is?

I think she likes his.

Possibly.

Are you cold?

Here.

Get in there.

Oh.

Wow.

You know, I've been
thinking a lot about things,

mostly thinking a lot about you.

Here, sit.

I want to do this right.

What are you doing?

I'm proposing.

Does that mean getting
your pants dirty?

No.

No, it means that,
uh, I'm asking you--

I'm asking you to marry me.

Douglas, no, I am sorry.

I cannot marry you.

Why not?

Because it's not right.

Because you are only
doing it to help a refugee

you feel sorry for.

I could be saving your life.

I know you understand that.

Of course I understand that.

Why do you think I must refuse?

I also am doing this
because I think this

could be a really good thing.

Look at the possibilities.

We get married.

We get to know each other.

Maybe, possibly, we
fall madly in love.

We have kids, some grandkids,
a house with a sun porch.

I think we could be
really happy together.

I don't want to lose you.

I don't want you
to lose me, either.

You're scared.

I'm scared.

We can be scared together.

All you gotta do is say yes.

Come on, I know it's in there.

Yes.

Say it again.

Yes.

Yes?

Yes.

Wow.

Why don't you just
tell them the truth?

All right, I--

I gave the names to this--
this lawyer, Robert Mendez.

And what was your cut?

%.

But that-- but that wasn't
what it was all about.

I mean, those kids down
there, they deserve a chance.

And I figured I was
helping, you know?

Like you, Alice.

Believe me, I understand
your impatience,

but the process
simply takes time.

Look, Mr. Mendez, god knows
I'm not getting any younger.

If we have to wait for
another year or two--

It's just that we've been
trying for so long already.

I mean, isn't there
something you can do?

Well, there are
some ways we can speed

up the process, of course.

But I don't usually
recommend them.

Well, we're asking you to
make an exception in our case.

It also depends
upon what you want.

Oh, we just want
it to be healthy.

You don't care about race?

Does it make it
easier if we don't?

It can.

We've had very good luck
with Hispanic babies.

Easier access, shorter
waiting periods.

They don't have to go
through the same process?

Not when they're
from another country.

The problem is that it
can get very expensive.

Well, we're prepared
to pay whatever it costs.

As much as $ , in advance?

What you're buying is time.

If everything goes as
planned, you can usually have

your baby in about four weeks.

Four weeks?

Sweetheart, did you hear that?

What do you think?

I think Mr. Mendez
is under arrest, honey.

You know how many times
you guys have pulled this?

Trust me, you got nothing.

Oh, except two
expert witnesses

to testify that you
trade babies for money.

Baby brokering is not illegal
in this country, officer.

You don't broker
babies, Mendez.

You export illegal
aliens, as if they were

your own private commodity.

You'd prefer I
leave them down there?

At age , those kids will
have a g*n shoved in their hand

so they can k*ll
another -year-old

in the next village.

They won't even know why
they're k*lling each other.

I take them away from all that.

For a price.

For a high price.

It's the system.

El sistema.

Yeah, well, el sistema in this
country says what you're doing

is illegal, pal.

I'll be out by this afternoon.

Maybe, but I'm going
to drag you downtown.

I'm going to book you.

And I'm gonna throw
you in a stinky cell.

Just want to ruin your day.

[serene music]

You need a haircut.

I just had a haircut.

You know, I've
imagined this place--

the tables, the flags,
where the judge sits.

And I knew I would
always be here,

and they would be
deciding about me.

And every time I imagined
it, you were never there.

Reality is not so bad.

I have a good feeling.

About the case, or us?

Both.

Me, too.

COURT BAILIFF: All rise!

Superior Court
is now in session.

The Honorable Irene
Pagota presiding.

The case of Marta Cabarrus,
file number capital A- .

In rendering my oral decision,
I find the respondent has not

met the requirements of
the Refugee Act enough

to establish a well-founded
fear of persecution.

Further, the respondent
was unable to provide

a clear, convincing,
and unequivocal

evidence of physical danger
to her person in El Salvador.

For these reasons, I am
denying the respondent's

application for asylum.

Further, I am
denying the privilege

of voluntary departure,
and am ordering

the respondent be
placed in custody,

pending immediate deportation.

Your honor, my
name is Doug Penhall,

and I think the court
should be advised

that Ms. Cabarrus and I have
just recently been married.

Given the fact that we
are very much in love

and now legally wed,
we request that you

re-evaluate your decision.

Aren't you the
arresting officer

in the case, Mr. Penhall?

Yes, your honor.

And how long have you and
Ms. Cabarrus known each other?

- Five days, your honor.
- Five days?

And you were married
after Ms. Cabarrus

was arrested and ordered before
the court, is that right?

Yes.

Officer Penhall, under the
Marriage Fraud Act of ,

it seems clear to me that
this marriage is strictly

a measure to avoid deportation.

No.

No, that's not true.

The order to
place the respondent

under custody pending
immediate deportation remains.

You cannot send me back.

Ms. Cabarrus--

You cannot send me back.

[sad music]

[ball field chatter]

Oh!

You'll swing at anything,
won't you, my man?

So you're lagging five, my man.

It is very late in the game.

My man out here is throwing
fire, and you are and .

So I would suggest to you that,
no matter what the next pitch

is, you swing at it.

OK?

Gone!

Gone!

Last out!
- Don't count on it.

Hey, I have seen you face
the man twice today, all right?

Last out!

[cheering and applause]

Hey, where you going?

What are you doing?

He's taking off.

What happened?

Word just came in.

She and three other
women were picked up

by government soldiers
just outside of Gotera.

Is she OK?

She disappeared.

[somber music]

[theme music]
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