02x10 - Confessions

[bunniefuu]

It's my son, Billy.

You might remember him
because you sent him to prison

on no good evidence, where
he was beaten so viciously,

he ended up in a coma.

Billy, I left you in that
prison knowing you were innocent.

Billy, wake up!

Billy, wake up!

Aaron, my, uh, old cell mate.

Is he still...

Heard he just got released.

It's okay, kid, I'm right here.

What are we doing here?

I'm gonna enlist.

In the Army.

What?

I think we're both at a
place in our lives that...

There's this case at work

and I feel like my firm
is on the wrong side of it.

What if I spoke up?

If you're gonna do that,

you gotta think long and
hard about the repercussions.

You worked with Herlitz, huh?

You're fired.

f*cking grief, right?

If follows you around
like some half-starved dog.

Turn around and it's always there.

Nate!

Hey, this is for you.

He's gone.

The married guy leaves me
and the nice guy does too.

Run!

Cyn?

Cyn?!

They made nine arrests.
Everyone, except Fisher.

We'll find him.

The contents of this might interest you.

Del Harris is a m*rder*r,
three times over.

Sue Herlitz. What the
hell are you doing there?

I passed my physical. I'm
going to basic training.

Be all you can be.

Hooah!

That man, right there,
does not deserve your pity.

He deserves action.

I want to propose to Lee
before I get on the bus.

She said she'll be here.

Just give her a moment, buddy.
It's all right, don't panic.

Whoa.

A little gift from the universe.

Wow.

Dry cleaned and everything.

I need to give some of my
laundry to the universe.

I think you're way beyond qualifying

for any assistance from the universe.

- Look at that! Yo.
- Hey.

Still fits.

They're gonna make you shave that off.

They're gonna shave your
head, shave your face.

Do not let them touch
your nether regions.

Uncle Sam has no jurisdiction
there, buddy. All right?

Hey, it's me. Where are
you? I thought you'd be here.

Last call! Bus to Atlanta!
Last call, Atlanta, Georgia.

Okay.

I love you.

I love you.

So proud of you, buddy.

You're gonna do great,
okay. You're gonna do great.

Hey, Dad, is everything gonna be okay?

You got this. Okay? You got this.

And don't worry about her, she
probably just got stuck somewhere. Okay?

You got it.

- Bye.
- Bye.

Bye!

Hm.

Jesus.

What the hell?

Thank you.

Jesus.

All right. Two waters, you got it.

Whoa.

Did anyone know what she was up to?

What was she up to?

Come on, don't f*ck
with me, Mr. Gossage.

Surveillance footage has
your predecessor, Sue Herlitz,

approaching Nell McKenna's
home around three weeks ago.

And a few days ago, Nell McKenna
hanged herself in her prison cell.

In case you haven't heard.
Something's clearly a little off here.

Look, I'm just as confused
about this as everyone else.

Does anyone from her
staff still work here?

No.

The last one standing
was her former assistant

but I let her go weeks ago.

I believe Ramona was her name.

Does Ramona have a last name?

Putz... or Paul... maybe Potts.

I'm sure you can understand I
wasn't too keen on having anyone

from the past regime on my watch.

Do you have any idea
where this Ramona went?

What her plans might've been?

I'm afraid I don't.

Not too keen on the concept
of the exit interview?

I'm told you weren't
too keen on that either.

I understand when you skipped town
it was practically on horseback.

Thanks for your time.

Hey, it's me. I'm on the bus.

I hope you're okay. Um...

Just, uh, just call me.

Everything okay?

Yeah. Yeah, I'm fine.

Sorry, I don't mean to be nosy.

No, not at all.

My girlfriend was supposed to
meet me at the bus this morning

and she didn't show up.

Oh, sorry to hear that.

Where are you heading?

First Atlanta, and then
another bus to Fort Benning.

Mm, famous m*llitary base.
You visiting someone?

I'm joining the Army. I'm
about to start boot camp.

Congratulations.

Thanks.

What about you? Where are you heading?

I'm actually on my way
to Jarratt, Virginia.

I get off the bus in Roanoke.

My name's Paul, by the way.

Billy.

Nice to meet you, Billy.

Nice to meet you.

What's in Virginia?

A friend of mine has been incarcerated

for a number of years and in a few days

he's scheduled to be ex*cuted at
Greensville Correctional Center.

Holy sh*t!

I'm sorry, I meant to say...

Man, that's, uh, intense.

He reached out to me a few months ago

after his final appeal was rejected.

So, this feels like a
pretty important trip.

What'd he do?

In 1998, he m*rder*d a young couple

and their three kids
while they were camping.

His name is Angus Braden Moon.

Angus was one of my
closest friends growing up.

So, you're going there to, to
what, just to hang out with him?

Well, that's certainly
one of the reasons.

I don't think many people
will be there on his behalf.

His parents have written
him off. He never married,

has no real family to speak of, so...

he asked me if I would read him
his last rites and I said I would.

That's pretty cool of you.

During our correspondence,

he became more and more interested
in the idea of forgiveness.

How old were those kids that he k*lled?

Uh, they were seven, nine and
eleven. Two boys and a girl.

Are you okay with what he did?

Not at all, no.

But I think everyone is
deserving of God's mercy.

Especially those who
are genuinely seeking it.

Even a m*rder*r?

Yes, even a m*rder*r.

Payroll?

Del Harris, Pittsburgh PD. I'm trying
to track down a former employee.

A Ramona Paul or Potts.

- Paltz?
- Yeah, that's it.

Can I ask what this is regarding?

I've been brought in to
investigate the Sue Herlitz m*rder.

I just came from Ron Gossage's office.

Feel free to give him a call.

All I need is an address.

I have a home address

but her checks were mailed
to a separate residence.

Give me both.

So, you're a Catholic priest?

The collar always gives us away.

The collar, yeah.

Although, clerics of many other
Christian faiths wear the collar.

Are you religious?

No.

My mom's side of the
family's technically Catholic

but we never go to church.

What about your dad?

The only thing my dad believes
in is money and cigarettes.

And the feeling he gets from having

whatever young girl he's got on his arm.

And revenge, too. Yeah,
he's pretty big on revenge.

I didn't realize revenge
was a spiritual belief.

Yeah, I guess revenge is just
revenge. An eye for an eye.

What comes around goes around.

Isn't that in the Bible?

It's actually a commandment
in the Book of Exodus.

Eye for eye, tooth for tooth,
hand for hand, foot for foot.

Yeah, revenge definitely
has its purpose.

Can you say more about that?

It balances things out.
It can be a release, too.

That's for sure.

Yes?

Sorry to bother you, ma'am.

I'm not bothered.

Del Harris, Pittsburgh PD. Do
you happen to know a Ramona Paltz?

I know a couple people named Ramona.

Ma'am, I don't mean to alarm you,

but people are winding up dead.

And Ramona... is she your daughter?

Look, I know your last name
even though somebody changed it

on the mailbox downstairs.
This is a very serious situation

and lives may be in danger. Your
daughter might be able to help.

Mom, it's okay. I know who he is.

Sue Herlitz was involved with
something pretty important.

And I have a hunch you know about it.

Follow me.

That's a lot of boxes.

Sue was about to take
down Landwill Energy.

We'd been quietly mounting
our case for months.

They were making water tests
disappear and fudging test results

so they could have an easier time
getting people to lease their land.

We were planning on taking the case

to the state Attorney General's office.

Are you okay?

Yeah, I'm fine.

Why was Sue going to
Nell McKenna's house?

Mrs. McKenna's dead now,
in case you hadn't heard.

I know. I heard it on the news.

Yeah, she was so scared of something
or someone that she confessed

to murdering her own husband
'cause she felt safer in prison.

What else can you tell me?

We had five witnesses who were
willing to testify against Landwill.

Nell McKenna was the person

who was manipulating the
test results for them.

She used to have a water testing
company, Allegheny Water Testing,

and Landwill had hired her.
Her company did the tests

and she agreed to fudge the results,

but when she realized that Landwill

was settling cases for
millions of dollars,

she wanted a cut of the action.

She tried to extort them.

And they started paying her
off but then, she wanted more.

She got greedy. So then what?

So then, after I
realized how Nell McKenna

played into all this,
Sue approached her.

Then it seemed like she
was gonna come on board.

She was gonna be our
star witness, in fact.

But then they k*lled her
husband and she got scared.

Was anyone else helping you
and Sue with this investigation?

No, it was just us.

We had all the pieces, we just needed
Nell McKenna to agree to testify.

You know you're sitting
on a powder keg here.

Landwill's a powerful company.

Ever since Sue was k*lled, I
haven't been back to my place.

I hardly ever leave this apartment.

Nell McKenna was being
threatened by someone.

Do you know who was threatening her?

No. I'm almost positive
whoever it was k*lled Sue.

You know they'll eventually find
you. They won't stop looking.

You'd be wise to continue
keeping a low profile.

You were smart to disappear.

You call me immediately if this
person gets in contact with you.

Your receipt.

Warden's office, please.

Yes, Detective Del
Harris, Pittsburgh PD.

I wanted to follow up on one of
your recent inmates, Nell McKenna.

Yeah, I know. I was
really sorry to hear that.

I was wondering if you could tell
me who was on her visitor's log

the day before she...

Yeah, I'll hold.

Hello, Detective?

Yeah, still here.

Okay. Bruce McKenna...

Uh-huh.

Claudia Aranda...

Uh-huh.

LeeAnn English...

LeeAnn English? Ca...
Can you repeat that?

LeeAnn English.

Are you sure?

Yes.

Okay, thank you very much.

Uh-huh.

Hey.

Where are you?

I needed some fresh
air. Have you seen Lee?

No. She was supposed to
show up at the bus depot

to say goodbye to Billy this
morning, but she stood him up.

What happened?

I don't know. She was in New
York finalizing her divorce.

Maybe she changed her mind and
decided to call it off. Good riddance.

Why aren't you in your room?

What is going on, Del?
You don't sound right.

I'll call you back in a bit.

sh*t! My f*cking phone!

f*ck. f*ck.

♪ I know a girl who's
on top of the world ♪

♪ And I know some guys who
are trying to take her ♪

♪ And I'd k*ll a guy if
I knew he was trying ♪

♪ To weasel in and meaning to take her ♪

Approximately 30 minutes
to Spartanburg, 30 minutes.

What's your friend's name again?

Angus Braden Moon.

Do you think he feels bad
about k*lling that family?

Yeah, I know he does. In fact, he
wrote to me several times about it.

I think if he had another
chance to relive those events,

he would make a very different choice.

How'd he k*ll 'em?

He sh*t them all while they were
sleeping. At point blank range.

Do you think he even
wants to be forgiven?

In our letters we've
discussed the nature of mercy.

I've been trying to impress upon him

that God is capable of forgiveness,

but how one has to forgive oneself, too.

The fact that he started to
contend with his conscience

that he's been harboring regret
for what he did seventeen years ago.

In many ways, admitting this to
himself has been a huge relief for him.

Do you think he's afraid to die?

I think we're all a
little afraid of death.

I'd be lying if I told you I wasn't.

What do you think happens when we die?

Well, the Catholic church holds that...

I don't really care
about the church thinks.

What do you believe?

Physics-wise, I'm not sure what
happens to our souls, but...

I do believe that each
of us possesses one.

Even Angus Braden Moon?

Even Angus Braden Moon, yes.

Are people basically good?

Like how we are when we're kids?

I think we start out that way.

And then, depending on the circumstances,
some of us stray from virtue.

But if we do stray, there's always
a way to get back on the right path.

God is there for us.

You really believe that?

Yes, it's right there in
Daniel 9:9. "The Lord, our God,

is merciful and forgiving, even
though we have rebelled against him."

Look, Billy, if you need to
unburden yourself, I'm right here.

Detective Del Harris, Pittsburgh
PD. Can I have a minute of your time?

Sure.

I understand you're the lawyer for
Landwill Energy, is that correct?

I'm chief counsel, yes. Why?

I got a hunch someone's been
doing some dirty work for them,

as in, people seem to be
conveniently winding up dead.

Are you aware of any of this?

I have no idea what
you're talking about.

Well, if you know this
person, you need to tell me.

We're an upstanding law
firm, Detective Harris,

we don't do business with thugs.

Lee English works for you, doesn't she?

She said she works closely with you.

She's one of our paralegals.
When were you talking with Lee?

Her life could very likely be in
danger, so if you did have any intel,

you need to say something.

Does that not even bother you
that her life is in danger?

Of course it bothers me,

but this honestly sounds
completely ridiculous.

Oh, so you've got nothing for me.

I'm afraid I don't.

Well, if something's about
to happen to Lee English,

you're the first f*cking
person I'm coming to.

You are out of line, Detective
Harris, and you know you are.

Come on, Lee. Come on, pick up.

Billy, hey. I missed
the bus, I'm so sorry.

I got a late start this
morning and traffic...

traffic out of New York was really bad.

Listen, I've been thinking about

what we talked about at
dinner the other night,

and, well, what I wanted to
say is that, I think I'm ready.

Billy, I know it's
been difficult lately,

but I want to make a life with you.

I hope you're having a good
trip down to Fort Benning.

I'll see you soon. Okay?

I love you.

Billy, this is Del Harris again.
Have you been in contact with Lee?

If you get this, give me a call.

Hey. They know there's a fixer.
Proceed with extreme prejudice.

Do you love me?

Yes.

Say it.

I love you.

Ange, hey.

I know that we're supposed to
be mad at each other right now,

but I just have to say, I think you
were right, something's going on.

Chief Bolt is lying. Yeah,
he definitely just lied to me.

And I know that this sounds crazy,

but I think that he
knows something about Vic.

I'm gonna do what I think you would do

and I'm gonna figure it out on my own.

Hello?

Is Lee there?

Who is this?

Detective Del Harris,
Pittsburgh PD. Who's this?

This is Alejandro
Ferreiras, I'm her husband.

Well, former husband.
Is something wrong?

No, nothing's wrong, everything's
fine. I'm a friend of the family.

I was close with her father.

Henry.

Yeah, Henry and I were old friends.

I've sort of been looking after Lee

and her brother since he passed away.

Lee and I had planned to get a
coffee and she never showed up.

Do you know where she is?

She came to New York to see me.

And she left her phone.

She flew?

She drove. Are you
sure everything's okay?

How long ago did she leave?

Hang on... over five hours ago.

f*ck! Listen, if she calls
looking for her phone,

can you tell her not to go home?

Okay. But why?

I'm... I'm... trying to surprise her.

Just tell her to meet
me at our lunch spot.

Promise me, Alejandro,
this is very important.

Okay, I promise.

Thank you.

What?

I need you to do me
a favor. It's urgent.

Head over to the English
house. Don't go alone.

Why would I do that?

Because Lee English's life is in danger.

You there, Steve? Did you hear me?

Aren't you in the hospital?

Oh, God...

Please do this, please. Seriously.

I'm liking all this pleading.
It's refreshing coming from you.

You're the Chief of Police.

You swore an oath to protect
the citizens of Buell.

Who the f*ck are you
to talk about oaths.

Steve, listen to me. I'm
literally, I'm begging you.

Why would I even begin trusting you?

Look, if you do this...
I'll give you what you want.

Meaning?

Meaning, I'll tell you what
happened in West Virginia.

You'll confess?

Yes.

Say it.

I'll confess to everything
that happened in West Virginia.

You'll get the whole story.

So, I was right.

You were right.

You still there, Steve?

Do we have a deal or not?

We have a deal.

Please get there fast.

You got him.

Hannah, I need you to meet me at
the English home. Possible 417.

Copy that. See you there.

f*cking God...

Hey.

Hey, what's going on? Where are you?

I have to head over to the English home.

Why?

I just need to check on something.

Check on what? Something's wrong

and you're not telling
me. You sound panicked.

I have to go.

Isaac?

f*ck.

Isaac, you home?

Russell?

What are you doing in my room?

Where's Isaac?

Russell?

- Go through the back.
- Got it.

- And stay off the radio.
- Yep.

- Cover me.
- Okay.

Chief!


English home, 942 Midlothian

Multiple sh*ts fired, my partner's
down. Officer down, 0807 is down.

I need back-up now!

Hang in there, Hannah.

Okay? Hang in there.

Lee!

What the f*ck did you do?!

Don't take another f*cking step!

What the hell happened here?

You just k*lled the person
responsible for Sue Herlitz's m*rder.

Landwill Energy's fixer.
Well done, Chief. Where's Lee?

Put your hands over your head.

What? Why?

Because if you don't, I'll sh**t you.

And don't ever f*cking "chief" me again.

Okay, okay, Steve. Take it easy. Just...

You did... You did a good thing here.

Don't patronize me. Do
we still have a deal?

Our deal was that you get here
to protect Lee. Where is she?

Do we have a deal or not?!

All right. Yeah, we have a deal,
Steve, we still have a deal.

You mind if I lower my arms a bit?

I'm dealing with three fractured
ribs and a punctured lung.

Your w*apon.

What happened in West Virginia?

Talk.

West Virginia was a
complicated situation.

You k*lled Bobby Jesus and then Jackson

and switched the g*ns to make it
look like they sh*t each other.

Am I the one confessing here?

At the Main Street bar, I baited Jackson

to follow me out to the
cabin in West Virginia.

I staged a phone call to you
while he was within earshot.

I made sure that he could
hear that we were closing in

on Bobby Jesus out at the
cabin. "We" meaning you and me.

In truth, I was actually
speaking to Grace,

which you've obviously gathered

if you subpoenaed the phone records.

I let Jackson get a head start.

Outside the bar, I stashed my phone
in the sand of a standing ashtray

so the signal would place me in Buell.

And I followed Jackson out to the cabin.

And I k*lled him and Bobby Jesus.

And how did you
manipulate the crime scene?

I made it look like
they sh*t each other.

You sh*t Bobby Jesus through the neck

and then took Jackson's g*n and
sh*t it through the same wound.

Correct.

And you sh*t the old lady.

Well, yeah, but she sh*t me first.

And then, you pried the slug
from your g*n out of the wall.

Correct.

And why did you do all this?

Because Bobby Jesus was the only witness

to the homicide in the old steel mill.

So, you did all this
to protect Billy Poe

and Grace Poe was in
on it the whole time.

You two were conspiring.

Say it.

Grace Poe and I conspired
to k*ll Bobby Jesus because

he was the only witness
at the steel mill

where Pete Novak was m*rder*d.

You feel better?

Finally getting all that
off your chest. Can't be easy

carrying that around
for as long as you have.

Let's just get this over with,
Steve. You gonna cuff me or what?

Give it to me.

You gotta get outta here.

Hey.

Thank you.

Lee!

Lee!

Let's go, guys! Grab your
bags and head to intake.

On the double! We don't got all day.

If you have a cell phone
or an iPad, put it away now!

You are to approach me as Drill
Sergeant! Not Drill Sergeant, sir,

not sir, Drill Sergeant, not even sir.

Before you reach the intake building

you're gonna throw all
your food and drink away.

And tuck your damn shirts in!

Let's go! Let's go! Get a move on!

Do you solemnly swear to
bear true faith and allegiance

to the Constitution of the United
States and to the Constitution

of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
and to take this obligation freely

without any mental reservations
or purpose of evasion

and that you will faithfully
discharge the duties

upon which you are about to enter.

I do.

Del Harris, you're now a
Sheriff of Fayette County.

Congratulations.

Sheriff, your presence
is requested at the table

for your special night.

Can I help with anything?

No. It's your special
night too. Sit down.

Be seated, Private Poe.

Mom, is there a corkscrew?

- There's not one on the table?
- No.

- Thanks.
- Yep.

So, where they sending you tomorrow?

Kandahar. As part of the
Resolute Support Mission.

The night before my
deployment, I couldn't sleep.

I kept checking my pack, my passport.

Your mom tells me that you did a
bang up job down at Fort Benning.

Yeah. The first week was pretty
rough but I gutted it out.

Scored 300 on his PT test.
Made top five as marksman.

My boy made Honor Grad.

I'm not at all surprised.
Army's lucky to have you.

Billy?

Sweetheart?

Sorry.

We all miss Lee a lot.

I just want us all to be okay again.

Me too, Billy.

Me too.

Well, we will be.

You'll see. We will be.

I have a, an update.
I'm selling the house.

Oh, yeah, Bethany mentioned
something to me about that.

I'm in the process of staging it.

New curtains, new rug
in the living room.

The realtor I'm working with

thinks I can get something
pretty decent for it.

It's a great old house.

Also, I'm... dating again.

Oh, good for you.

Yeah. Just dipping my toe in the water.

I had to write a big note to self.

"Dear Isaac, maybe stop being
attracted to closeted sociopaths."

Yeah, maybe steer clear of
former Green Beret black ops guys

who specialize in personal mail bombs.

Yeah, yeah.

f*ck you, Russell Wolff.

Yeah.

Well, I'm confident that there's
somebody out there for you.

I guess we'll see.

Everybody, raise your glass. Come on.

To new beginnings.

To new beginnings.

Grace, these potatoes au
gratin are really something.

Well, Isaac was an excellent sous chef.

And these beans... Jesus on a jet ski.

Could you imagine Jesus
on an actual jet ski?

The legs, the crown of thorns.

The Wella Balsam hair.

Very well-conditioned hair.

Bible hair.

- You okay?
- Yeah, I'm fine.

I just need some fresh air.

He'll be okay.